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UF Judo Club hosts Gator Open competition
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Apr. 6, 2008Hajime! Koka! Yuko!
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SFCC bomb threat
By JESSICA PONN | Apr. 4, 2008The SFCC campus was evacuated Friday morning after a faculty member found a bomb threat written on a campus bathroom wall.
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UF switches student insurance providers
By KATIE FOGARTY | Apr. 3, 2008After a year and a half of research and debate, the student health insurance committee at UF has agreed on a new insurance plan, which is set to begin in August.
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UF Student Senate to revise statutes on districts
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 3, 2008UF's Student Senate president said plans to revise Student Body statutes and the replacement-senator process are underway following questions surrounding another senator's residence.
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UF collaborates with Martin Luther King's alma mater
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 3, 2008UF and Morehouse College are teaming up to encourage college students to be more active in their communities on today's 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
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Senate committee approves bill to let students vote on technology fee
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 3, 2008UF students could get a chance to vote on whether a 5 percent technology fee is implemented, according to a bill passed Wednesday by the state Senate's Committee on Higher Education Appropriations.
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UF hosts AIDS-Free World speaker Stephen Lewis
Apr. 3, 2008A shrill cry pierced the air of a hospital room in Zambia as a young woman fell to her knees, clutching a limp bundle wrapped in a white sheet.
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On-campus housing rates rise by $65 a semester
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 3, 2008Rental rates for on-campus residences will increase by $65 per semester this fall.
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Dance Marathon to raise funds for Children's Miracle Network
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 3, 2008About 650 UF students will participate in non-stop bop this weekend for Dance Marathon, a fundraiser that benefits the Children's Miracle Network at Shands Children's Hospital at UF.
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Pulitzer winner Oshinsky speaks at UF
By SARAH JONES | Apr. 2, 2008Pulitzer Prize-winner David Oshinsky spoke at UF Wednesday night about the historical and cultural effects that polio, which hasn't been seen in the U.S. in two decades, has had on the 20th century.
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Lifeapalooza raises organ donation awareness
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 2, 2008As part of National Donate Life Month, members of a student organization that encourages organ donation will host a free concert tonight at the Orange & Brew.
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Student Sen. Sheldon Nagesh defends home address
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 2, 2008A UF student senator representing off-campus students is doing so from a few hundred miles away - at least technically.
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UF gets more than $3 million in grants
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 2, 2008UF research projects were given more than $3 million in grants from the Florida Legislature, the Board of Governors announced on Wednesday.
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CLAS committee says college can't afford 6 percent budget cuts
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 2, 2008Officials from UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences said the college would be unable to make the 6 percent budget cut UF President Bernie Machen asked each college to prepare for earlier this semester.
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Court at Florida Gym to be converted into classrooms
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 2, 2008Construction to add five classrooms to the Florida Gym began Tuesday.
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Man allegedly grabs woman in Constans Theatre stairwell
By JESSICA PONN | Apr. 2, 2008Police are looking for a man who reportedly attacked a woman early Wednesday morning in the Constans Theatre, located adjacent to the Reitz Union.
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Dahlem's widow backs Nightlife Navigators
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 2, 2008One year ago today, Gainesville Police Department Lt. Corey Dahlem took to the streets to protect revelers of UF's men's basketball national championship. In the early hours of April 3, 2007, a drunken driver hit Dahlem, and he died the next day.
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UF student Kristin Lundy wins $25,000 worth of prizes on 'The Price is Right'
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 1, 2008A UF student won more than $25,000 worth of prizes, including a trip to Singapore, on Tuesday's episode of "The Price is Right."
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Controversy over senator's address continues
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 1, 2008UF Student Senate President Kellie Dale said she would not leave her post despite a student senator's request for her immediate resignation on Tuesday night.
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'Juno' writer Diablo Cody to visit UF
By KIM WILMATH | Apr. 1, 2008Diablo Cody, writer of "Juno" and former stripper, will speak at UF on Tuesday night.
