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UF administration changes stance on 'Obsession' controversy
By ALYSSA LaRENZIE | Jan. 8, 2008The UF student groups involved in a campus free-speech controversy that got national attention met last month to discuss the issue and to put it behind them.
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Phi Delta Theta allowed to recruit new members in spring
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 8, 2008A UF fraternity formerly banned from recruitment this semester will now be allowed to take on new members after appealing its punishment.
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Professor publishes book on minority working rights
By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 8, 2008I'm not a particularly religious man, thought Robert Zieger as he made the long walk from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to his car. It's just a Baptist preacher, and I need to pick up my wife anyway, he said to himself.
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Senate proposes amendment to limit amount of representatives
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 8, 2008Students could have the chance to cap the size of UF Student Senate close to its current amount if senators approve a constitutional amendment proposed Tuesday night.
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Ambassador: Peru ripe for free trade
By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 7, 2008Latin America is the newest frontier for free trade agreements, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Mike McKinley told UF faculty and students in a public meeting Monday.
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UF to test texting alerts after LSU glitch
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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After Taser incident, committee recommends new public-forum guidelines
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008The Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment, created by UF President Machen after the September Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer, has released a draft of recommendations to improve UF's public forum policies.
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UF flag football team snags a championship
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 7, 2008UF students suffering from championship-game nostalgia can look to a different UF football team for this year's national bragging rights - and they're not just pulling your flag.
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SFCC green efforts to be ranked in national program
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 7, 2008The SFCC administration announced on Friday that the school has been invited to participate in a national program that aims to rate universities based on their commitment to environmentally sound practices.
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Lawsuit to clear up tuition control tossed
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and the Board of Governors, the State University System?s highest governing body, now face a stumbling block in their fight for tuition-setting power.
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College of Engineering dean resigns after 6 years
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 6, 2008Pramod Khargonekar, the six-year dean of UF?s College of Engineering, announced his resignation Dec. 4.
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Machen?s salary hiked up
By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 6, 2008In 2012, UF President Bernie Machen?s salary will be bumped up to a cool million.
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It's official: Wright is dean of College of Journalism and Communications
By <href="mailto:dswerdlow@alligator.org">DEBORAH SWERDLOW< | Jan. 6, 2008John Wright, who served as the interim dean of the UF College of Journalism and Communications for more than a year, was named the college?s permanent dean last month.
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Student Democracts, Republicans respond to caucuses
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 6, 2008The victories of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., in Friday?s Iowa caucuses have earned support from some UF student political organizations on campus.
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Kappa Sigma set to move into ,5 million mansion
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 6, 2008After a year of building, decorating and testing couches for the right balance of comfort and durability, members of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at UF are prepared to move into their new ,5 million Southern-style mansion - but they can?t call it home just yet.
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Hazing allegations land ATO on probation
By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 6, 2008For accusations of hazing, UF?s Greek Judicial Board recommended that Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity be placed on conduct probation for the spring semester.
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UF transfer student dies in crash
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 6, 2008A newly enrolled UF transfer student died Dec. 29 in a motorcycle accident in Dunnellon, a small city in Marion County.
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Social networking Web site geared toward Gators
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 6, 2008Move over, Facebook.
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UF Trustee Fernandez resigns
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008Editor's Note: Manny Fernandez resigned from the UF Board of Trustees on Dec. 6. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
