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Parties go extra mile for votes
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 22, 2010Campaigning during this Student Government election season involved a blend of traditional approaches and new campaign tactics.
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Couples tango at Haiti fundraiser
By PAIGE LACY | Feb. 21, 2010It took more than two to tango at a Haiti relief fundraiser Sunday night when about 21 couples raised more than $700 during a dance at the UF Hillel.
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UF students puck off at underwater hockey clinic
By STEFANIA FERRO | Feb. 21, 2010UF's Underwater Hockey Team taught students how to hit a puck underwater on Saturday.
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Frat raises $31K for children
By ANDREA RUMBAUGH | Feb. 21, 2010Sigma Chi’s annual philanthropy, Derby Days, raised a record-breaking $31,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network at Shands at UF on Friday and Saturday.
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Machen: More cuts to come
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 21, 2010UF President Bernie Machen had an important message for the Board of Trustees Friday: Prepare for cuts.
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Step show brings 5,000 to O'Dome
By SARAH JACKSON | Feb. 21, 2010As part of Black History Month, several step teams danced in a competition held Saturday night in the O'Connell Center.
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New York Times reporter visits UF
By Robert Imfeld | Feb. 18, 2010Andrea Elliott has told many stories in her career at The New York Times.
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Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek discusses education
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 18, 2010About 30 students and local activists gathered in the Reitz Union for the campaign rally.
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Parties spend about 15K on spring election
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 18, 2010With elections four days away, the Unite Party and the Student Alliance party are starting to wrap up their campaign spending.
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SG parties spar at debate
Feb. 18, 2010In a final attempt to reach voters before election day, representatives from the Unite Party and the Student Alliance party met Thursday at the UF Hillel to debate about platforms.
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New dean of students Jen Day Shaw settles in at UF
By Joey Flechas | Feb. 18, 2010Wearing a hot pink jacket and sipping Starbucks in Library West, Jen Day Shaw blends in with those she oversees as UF’s new dean of students.
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Campus radio station to air Spanish show
By SARAH GIBSON | Feb. 17, 2010A UF radio station will launch its first half-hour Spanish newscast tonight.
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U.S. Representative campaigns for Senate at UF
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 17, 2010Rep. Kendrick Meek is serious about involving college students in his campaign for Senate.
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UF faculty to receive more academic freedom, better sabbaticals
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 17, 2010After five years of bargaining with UF administration, the United Faculty of Florida at UF has approved a new contract by a vote of 491 to 4.
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Students, farmworkers appeal for more money
By Joey Flechas | Feb. 17, 2010No promises were made as corporate representatives from Aramark met with members of the Student/Farmworker Alliance Tuesday to discuss the treatment of Immokalee workers, who pick tomatoes for Aramark.
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Nazi fliers offend Student Government parties
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 17, 2010Fliers saying “Student Alliance party is the Nazi Party” were found on campus bulletin boards and apartment bus stops Wednesday morning.
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Students learn health resources at UF, become more aware
By LYN KRAMER | Feb. 17, 2010Students walked away with condoms, candy and concern for their health and safety after the Student Government Health and Safety Fair on the Reitz Union Colonnade Wednesday.
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UF students express support for renewable energy fee
By Joey Flechas | Feb. 17, 2010Five UF students are in Tallahassee this morning to vouch for their right to vote for a fee that would support renewable energy projects on Florida college campuses.
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UF students dance, celebrate hip-hop on Turlington plaza
By ERIN O’DEA | Feb. 17, 2010Dropped cell phones and scraped elbows were the battle scars of a takeover that happened Wednesday afternoon, but it was all for the love of hip-hop.
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CNN poll measures chance of Obama’s re-election
By CAITLIN E. O’CONNER | Feb. 17, 2010A little more than a year after Barack Obama took office, one UF student is less than impressed with the president’s performance.
