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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Guest column: Business program in Gainesville is disappointing

Sep. 12, 2013

Imagine a program that promised the opportunity to change your life: the opportunity to work side by side with some of Gainesville’s most successful business leaders in creating a mock company. Imagine — after applying to more places than you can count, going on interview after interview and struggling to find a job much less a living wage — that someone offered you the chance to change your career path. Then, imagine the bad news: that for no logical or rational reason, 25 percent of you would be randomly and summarily rejected.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Guest column: No 9/11 recognition: Is Firehouse Subs a scam?

Sep. 12, 2013

Like most Americans, I am able to vividly recall the events that took place 12 years ago. It was my last year of high school, and a friend and I decided to leave study hall to hang out in the library.

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SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida to debut two freshmen this weekend at Fab Four Invitational

By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Sep. 12, 2013

For their first play of the year, the Gators will bring their young and old talent to Durham, N.C., for Duke’s Fab Four Invitational.

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SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators to compete at Olympia Fields Invitational for fifth straight season

By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | Sep. 12, 2013

The No. 18 Florida men’s golf team will tee off the 2013-14 season at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational tonight in Olympia Fields, Ill.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Despite what Obama says, intervention in Syria is necessary and inevitable

Sep. 12, 2013

In his speech on Tuesday, President Barack Obama argued that the United States is not the global police force.

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OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels 9/13/13

Sep. 12, 2013

This week, we remembered the events that transpired on Sept. 11 those 12 years ago. Our hearts and prayers remain with the families and friends of those whose lives were tragically cut short.

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NEWS

Everything is what makes the One Direction movie beautiful

By Denise Robinson | Sep. 12, 2013

“We’re just normal guys, our job is just abnormal.”  - Niall

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NEWS

Bruno Mars killed it in Tampa

By Kathryn Williams | Sep. 12, 2013

If you ask anyone that knows me, from minor Facebook acquaintances to lifelong friends, they would tell you that I am a huge fan of Bruno Mars.

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NEWS

Fashion Week goes plus-sized

By Anagabriela Medina | Sep. 12, 2013

History was made during this year’s New York Fashion Week. In it’s 70 years of existence, this was the first year that a plus-sized designer showed off her collection on the runway.

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NEWS

A feel-good alt rock EP bringing in the fall

By Nicole Wiesenthal | Sep. 12, 2013

The Colourist introduces a new EP that explodes with crisp fruity vocals, positive lyrics, and bouncy engaging songs.

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NEWS

alligatorSports Podcast with Sharrif Floyd and Justin Trattou

Sep. 12, 2013

On a "Gators in the NFL" edition of the alligatorSports Podcast. Phil Heilman and Joe Morgan interview former Gators Sharrif Floyd of the Minnesota Vikings and Justin Trattou of the New York Giants.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Yale professor kicks off humanities speaker series with talk on cultural cognition

By Niko Pifferetti | Sep. 11, 2013

On the most polarizing scientific issues like climate change, more knowledge does not necessarily lead to more agreement. Or so said science communication theorist and Yale law professor Dan Kahan when he gave the first presentation Wednesday for the 2013-2014 Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Speaker Series, “‘Civil’ Society?”

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Hub renovations over budget but students now reaping benefits

By Isha Choksi | Sep. 11, 2013

The Hub may not be new, but students are noticing its improvements.

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METRO

Event offers wine-tasting for a cause

By Grace Kim | Sep. 11, 2013

The Fresh Market and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation are teaming up for a wine-tasting soiree to be held Sept. 12. All of the proceeds will go toward research for Type 1 diabetes.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Market for new iPhone models seen among high school and college students

By Melissa Dukes | Sep. 11, 2013

There’s a new iPhone in town, and it’s easier on the eyes and the wallet.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Study says teacher underperformance linked to tenure

By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Sep. 11, 2013

Professors dimming the lights and reading off PowerPoint slides is nothing new to college students, but a new study from Northwestern University states a teacher’s underperformance might be due to tenure.

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METRO  |  POLITICS

Record number of students slate for October elections

By Colleen Wright | Sep. 11, 2013

After a slow start, more students qualified and slated for UF Student Government Senate seats than last semester.

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METRO

Terry Jones arrested in Polk County, found with gas-soaked Qurans

By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 11, 2013

MULBERRY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the Rev. Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center — which left Gainesville this summer — on Wednesday afternoon after they found a smoker full of kerosene-soaked Qurans attached to the car he was riding in.

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METRO

Porters Community Farm preps for workshops, next growing season

By Regina Sin | Sep. 11, 2013

By 10 a.m. Tuesday, locals were already bent over in the rich soil of Porters Community Farm, kneeling and pulling weeds to prepare for planting the next crop: lettuce.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Review those privacy settings — Facebook starting to track #trends

By Sarah Lapp | Sep. 11, 2013

On Monday, Facebook rolled out two new interfaces that will make the social media platform more public. By collecting valuable feedback, it’s becoming more like Twitter, some locals say.