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UF team simulates hurricanes to test damage
By VICTORIA WINKLER | May 19, 2008It starts with a roar.
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UF students hold vigil, raise $10K for victims of Chinese earthquake
By JENNIFER WALKER | May 19, 2008Harsh winds couldn't extinguish the flames blazing from a couple hundred candlewicks at a Friday night vigil held to honor victims of an earthquake that hit the Sichuan Province of China on May 12.
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Minority party avoids scare
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 19, 2008A dispute at a UF Student Senate committee meeting Sunday left the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party pointing fingers over job responsibility.
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UF faculty, staff pursue other job opportunities
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 19, 2008Budget cuts are costing UF something more valuable than $47 million - the university's prominent faculty and staff members.
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Faculty Senate requests more input in administrative decisions
By KATIE SANDERS | May 19, 2008Members of UF's Faculty Senate called for greater input over decisions about faculty layoffs and department shake-ups during the Senate's Thursday meeting.
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Art studio relocates to the Reitz Union basement
By LAUREN WIECHMANN | May 19, 2008A art studio in the Reitz Union has packed up its paints and pottery in preparation for a move to the Reitz Union basement to save money in light of budget cuts.
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Turlington Hall revamps outdated lecture halls
May 19, 2008UF students returned for summer classes to a campus littered with chain-link fences and abuzz with the sounds of demolition.
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New UF webcam documents lives of ants and termites
By JENNA LANIA | May 14, 2008Insects can't get any privacy these days.
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UF environmental campaign aims to reduce paper waste
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 14, 2008Several UF departments have formed a new awareness campaign called "Think Before You Ink" to solve a large financial and environmental problem - excessive waste of paper.
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Journalism college announces unique public relations chair
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 14, 2008A new position, the first of its kind in the United States, will soon come to the UF College of Journalism and Communications.
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Documentary Institute students, faculty speak out against cuts
By JESSICA BRANDI | May 14, 2008After $200,000 in state funds were cut from UF's Documentary Institute, supporters of the institute argue that it was unfairly targeted by the dean of the College of Journalism and Communications.
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Board of Trustees approves Machen’s $47M budget cut
By KATIE SANDERS | May 14, 2008UF's Board of Trustees approved President Bernie Machen's plans to shrink the university's budget by $47 million on Wednesday morning, resulting in about 130 layoffs.
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Student Senate weighs in on UF budget cuts
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 14, 2008Student senators unanimously passed a resolution at Tuesday's meeting requesting that the UF administration consider more voices when making decisions about budget cuts.
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IFAS avoids faculty layoffs despite $9.5M budget cut
By KATIE SANDERS | May 14, 2008UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will face the largest monetary cuts of all UF colleges and administrative units next year, when it will lose $9.5 million and about 110 faculty and staff positions.
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Bar specials put drinkers over legal limit, study finds
By NATHALY LONGAS | May 14, 2008"Ladies night," "two-for-one" and "all-you-can-drink" -Gainesville bars offer all kinds of specials to college partiers. But according to a new UF study, the deals could create a cocktail for catastrophe.
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Shands wins award
By NATHALY LONGAS | May 12, 2008Shands HealthCare was named one of five winners of the 2008 Governor's Sterling Award earlier this month.
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UF College of Medicine dean apologizes for e-mail about disputed admission
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | May 12, 2008The dean of UF's College of Medicine has apologized for divisive comments he made after his decision to overrule the admissions committee became public more than a month ago.
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CLAS interim Dean Joe Glover named as UF provost
By KATIE SANDERS | May 12, 2008Joseph Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become UF's provost on July 1.
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Machen announces $47 million in UF budget cuts
By KATIE SANDERS | May 12, 2008UF President Bernie Machen announced long-awaited and already controversial plans to slash the university¿s budget by $47 million to cope with state revenue shortfalls last week.
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CLAS faculty upset as college bears brunt of layoffs
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | May 12, 2008To meet its share of a $47 million budget cut, UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will reduce its foreign language offerings, lay off more than 30 faculty and staff and eliminate three Ph.D. programs.
