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SFC to open on–campus thrift store
By KATIE EMMETS | Nov. 23, 2008Santa Fe College students and staff will soon be able to go bargain hunting between classes.
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Officials say tuition hikes may not cover budget cuts
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 23, 2008In response to Florida's bleak budget forecast released by state economists Friday, UF Chief Financial Officer Matt Fajack said tuition increases would probably not cover state cuts to UF's 2009-2010 budget.
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UF plans to eliminate dining hall waste
By LAUREN BAKER | Nov. 23, 2008As students inside Gator Corner Dining Center feasted on turkey, mashed potatoes and other Thanksgiving staples Monday evening, UF's Erase the Waste campaign came to a close outside the dining hall.
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MTV's 'Engaged & Underage' to hold local auditions
Nov. 20, 2008MTV is looking for a good love story.
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UF students grow beards for charity
Nov. 20, 2008What ended as a $500 donation to the American World Adoption Agency began with one man's affinity for his facial hair.
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UF ranks No. 7 in most vegetarian–friendly campus
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Nov. 20, 2008UF's football team isn't the only program improving its ranking from last year.
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Faculty Senate discusses guidelines for budget cuts
Nov. 20, 2008As UF braces for an estimated budget crunch of about 7 to 8 percent, members of UF's Faculty Senate discussed Thursday measures meant to ensure it has greater input over the cuts.
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UF spreads organ, tissue donation awareness
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Nov. 20, 2008UF will hold a "Festival of Life" and try to break a world record Dec. 3 to promote organ donation and awareness.
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Students talk body issues in play tryouts
By TATIANA GONZALEZ | Nov. 20, 2008Women put taboos aside Thursday night to talk about one thing they all have in common: a vagina.
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Engineering students work on pico–satellite
Nov. 19, 2008A team of UF aerospace engineering students and professors is trying to shrink space's most frequent flyers.
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Johns Hopkins University tests gunfire detecting system
Nov. 19, 2008A Virginia-based company has developed a system for universities that distinguishes a gunshot from other sounds that could raise alarm, such as a car backfire.
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Students, faculty celebrate Geographic Information Systems Day
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Nov. 19, 2008About 300 people celebrated Geographic Information Systems Day, an annual event observed by about 80 other countries, at Library East on Wednesday.
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Senators vote down two bills, save minority bill for after break
By LAUREN BAKER | Nov. 19, 2008After meeting for five hours Tuesday night, student senators will have some unfinished business to attend to after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Universities employ laundry alert systems
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Nov. 18, 2008UF freshman Taylor Dariarow lugged her overflowing laundry basket down the stairs of Buckman Hall and across the courtyard to the Murphree Common Area.
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UF student featured on MTV's 'Exiled'
By MICHELLE PROFIS | Nov. 18, 2008Cher Hubsher spent a week in September waking in a hut to the cries of roosters at sunrise in eastern Panama.
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Senators debate legislation limiting minority party power
By LAUREN BAKER | Nov. 18, 2008Student Senate ended without voting on legislation that would limit the power of the minority party early Wednesday morning after a five-hour meeting.
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Ticketmaster apologizes for ticket sales problems
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 18, 2008Ticketmaster and UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley issued an apology Tuesday for kinks in online ticket sales that prevented many students from buying tickets to the Southeastern Conference Championship Game on Dec. 6.
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'Batman' movie franchise producer speaks at UF
Nov. 18, 2008When he was 3 years old, Michael Uslan read "Casper" comics in New Jersey barbershops.
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Accent hosts final semester show with originator of Batman movies
Nov. 17, 2008Michael Uslan really likes comics - so much so that he based his career on the Caped Crusader.
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Suicide attempt proves false alarm for UPD
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 17, 2008A student talking on a cell phone on the roof of Sisler Hall brought about a dozen University Police officers to the scene Monday afternoon in response to a possible suicide attempt.
