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TOMS hosts shoe decoration event on campus
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Nov. 2, 2009Students get to pour their souls into their shoes Tuesday.
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After Meth: Brown started using to stay awake
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Nov. 2, 2009Todd Brown doesn't miss methamphetamine.
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After Meth: Drugs left Weeks lonely, helpless
Nov. 2, 2009The eyes of Donna Gail Weeks tell a story that could rip the toughest leather binding. The whites, chiseled with scraggy red lines, contain two empty black holes that seem to yearn for a world beyond the forbidding confines of prison walls, where she will spend the next 6 1/2 years.
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Students voice concerns over new course-drop policy
By ALISON CLARK | Nov. 2, 2009This is the first semester that students with Bright Futures scholarships will have to refund the cost of any dropped or withdrawn course paid for by the scholarship.
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Fest goer arrested for spitting on officer
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 2, 2009A 19-year-old woman in town for The Fest was arrested on campus Saturday for spitting on a University Police Department officer.
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UF receives batch of 1,000 swine flu vaccines
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 2, 2009UF received its first batch of swine flu vaccines--800 of which are for students only--Monday afternoon.
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Architectural firms to discuss plans for new student union
By Andrew Wyzan | Nov. 1, 2009Two architectural firms are visiting UF this week to discuss possible expansions and renovations to the Reitz Union. Students have the opportunity to meet with the team in two open forums.
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Psychics give warnings, fortunes to students at Reitz
By TATIANA QUIROGA | Nov. 1, 2009Hoping to get a glimpse of their futures Friday night, about 50 students lined up to see psychics at the first floor of the Reitz Union. Three psychics tended to five students at a time for 10 minute sessions.
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Trick-or-treaters trade cans for candy at Boo at the Zoo
By ROBERT HILSON | Nov. 1, 2009The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo opened its haunted home to more than 5,000 people for an afternoon of fairy tales and furry tails Saturday for its 15th annual Boo at the Zoo.
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UF officials: emergency text message test successful
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 30, 2009The text message, sent a little after 11 a.m. on Friday, took just over eight minutes to be sent out to cell phone carriers, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
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Vigil honors victims of breast cancer
By MOLLY LARMIE | Oct. 29, 2009Candlelight flickered in the humid Thursday night, as the normally bustling Plaza of the Americas quieted during a vigil for breast cancer.
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Zoo gets scary for Halloween with Boo at the Zoo
By LAUREN DELGADO | Oct. 29, 2009Halloween in Gainesville is about to get a whole lot wilder.
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UF professor resigns after sex allegations
Oct. 29, 2009A UF department chair resigned earlier this month following accusations that he had sex with students.
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UF and Georgia student body presidents to battle for huge paddle
By CAROLYN TILLO | Oct. 29, 2009Student Body President Jordan Johnson said an anonymous donor presented him with a 10-foot-long oar to heat up the rivalry between UF and the University of Georgia.
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Campus-wide smoking ban starts Sunday
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 29, 2009The first phase of UF's campus-wide tobacco ban will go into effect Sunday at UF's Health Science Center and all Shands at UF facilities.
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‘Drill instructor’ gives billiards tips at the Reitz Union
By ANDREW NORRIS | Oct. 29, 2009Dominic "The Drill Instructor" Esposito, a staff writer for Pool & Billard Magazine known for dressing in drill instructor garb, gave onlookers tips and techniques on how to improve at pool.
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UF hopes to send emergency text with fewer delays
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 29, 2009After a flubbed test of its emergency messaging system Wednesday, UF will send another batch of text messages to students and employees some time Friday.
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After 250 years, Bach comes to life for interview
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Oct. 29, 2009The UF College of Fine Arts re-created Johann Sebastian Bach for a "live" video Web cast. Resembling the technology used by Pixar Animation Studios, Bach answered questions from the audience at Norman Hall.
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Campus group demonstrates against Planned Parenthood
By Andrew Wyzan | Oct. 29, 2009Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was the topic of interest Thursday when UF’s Pro-Life Alliance held a demonstration on the Plaza of the Americas. The organization called the demonstration Margaret Sanger Exposed and talked about her attitude toward eugenics, or selective breeding, through sterilization and birth control.
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Free Fest show offered on campus Saturday
By J. HUNTER SIZEMORE | Oct. 29, 2009Five bands will play a free show an the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom as part of The Fest 8, a punk music festival taking place Friday through Sunday in Gainesville.
