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Student Government to build new Bike Repair facility
Aug. 26, 2008With the beginning of each semester comes a rush to start anew - bicycles included.
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Turlington lecture halls reopen after renovations
By LAUREN BAKER | Aug. 26, 2008Some Turlington Hall classrooms may be known for function rather than aesthetic appeal, but three of the building's large lecture halls received a makeover this summer.
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UF political groups register students to vote
Aug. 26, 2008UF students can watch the debates, sport red and blue or participate in discussion over presidential policy, but one question remains: Will they make it to the polls?
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Fay puts UF's emergency notification system to the test
Aug. 26, 2008When Tropical Storm Fay forced officials to close UF on Friday, the university's emergency-notification system was put to its first real test after undergoing two practice runs in spring.
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UF Bookstore discount draws students
Aug. 26, 2008Judging from sales on Student Government and the UF Bookstore's first Textbook Sales Tax Relief Day, some UF students can't seem to resist a good deal.
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UF gyms get wireless Internet
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 26, 2008The air at UF's campus gyms is now filled with more than just the scent of students' sweat, thanks to newly installed wireless Internet.
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Students to vote on extending Thanksgiving holiday
Aug. 26, 2008The Wednesday before Thanksgiving isn't an official UF holiday, but some members of UF's Student Senate think it should be.
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Moe's, Chili's Too see busy first week
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 26, 2008The cash registers have been getting a workout at the new Moe's Southwest Grill and Chili's Too at the Racquet Club Dining Center.
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Baby Boomer's collection offers blast from the past
By LAUREN BAKER | Aug. 25, 2008It all started with a third-grade homework assignment.
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CNN special correspondent to speak in September
Aug. 25, 2008CNN special correspondent Soledad O'Brien will take a break from covering national topics to speak to UF students Sept. 11.
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Campaign informs students of Shands emergency room policies
Aug. 25, 2008When Johnny Ramirez started his UF career, many of his new friends had the same advice on what to do when he had too much to drink.
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Biotech lab valuable resource to suicidal students
By ILEANA MORALES | Aug. 25, 2008With more college students reporting thoughts of suicide nationwide, the UF Counseling Center is opening a lab to help students before they reach that point.
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UM bans freshmen from bringing cars to campus
Aug. 25, 2008While UF freshmen purchase their car decals and peruse campus parking lots, University of Miami freshmen were forced to leave their car keys at home.
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UF political experts react to Obama's selection of Biden as running mate
Aug. 24, 2008After weeks of speculation by the press and by the public, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden, a Democrat representing Delaware, as his running mate Saturday.
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UF maintains No. 17 spot in national rankings of public universities
By ILEANA MORALES | Aug. 24, 2008In a year of shrinking state funds, UF President Bernie Machen is pleased to see two numbers stay the same: 49 and 17.
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Bid Day a soggy but successful finale to Rush Week
Aug. 24, 2008Rain and puddles couldn't prevent Kelsey Carr and Marisa Eley from running across a soggy Norman Field on Sunday to their new sorority house.
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Actor Kal Penn stops at UF to spread support for Obama
By ILEANA MORALES | Aug. 24, 2008College students know Kal Penn from movies and TV shows - as Kumar or Lawrence Kutner.
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Student returns to Gainesville after absence, remains nostalgic after city changes
By DOMINICK TAO | Aug. 24, 2008The place is an alcoholic and a hippie, a scenester and a sports star, a handbag-crazy nature freak as at ease in the library as in a disco.
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BET comedian to perform at Orange and Brew
By LAUREN BAKER | Aug. 24, 2008UF students can fight their weariness of the return of classes by getting their chuckle on tonight.
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Machen opposes initiative for drinking age discussion
Aug. 24, 2008A petition signed by more than 100 university presidents urging lawmakers to rethink the national drinking age has spurred a recent wave of negative feedback and media attention.
