NEWS
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CAMPUS
New education dean selected
By Devaney Vazquez | Aug. 1, 2011The UF College of Education announced Monday its new dean - Glenn Good.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Shuttle service coming to UF for game days
By Gabriela Rosias | Aug. 1, 2011For UF football fans looking to park off-campus for home games, the Gator Aider service returns.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Proposed Broward pool amenities get mixed reviews from students
By Chris Boogar | Aug. 1, 2011The students have been heard.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Firefly memories as scarce as the bugs themselves for Floridians
By Bianca Ventura | Aug. 1, 2011Talk to anybody who has grown up in the North, and they will surely regale you with fond memories of catching lightning bugs on warm summer nights. Ask born-and-raised Floridians, and they'll stare blankly as no memories come to mind.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF dorm residents prepare to move out
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 1, 2011About 2,500 students will move out of their summertime homes in UF's residence halls this week.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Homeless couple arrested during UPD bicycle sting
By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 1, 2011A homeless, middle-aged couple was arrested outside of the Hub on Thursday afternoon after plainclothes officers interrupted what they suspected was a bicycle theft.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
After 35 years at UF, bugs professor is hanging it up
By Erin Jester | Aug. 1, 2011"For better or for worse," he boomed, when all the shuffling and seat-swapping subsided, "this is my swan song."
METRO
Nonprofit group aims to 'give a hand up, not a hand out'
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 1, 2011A group in Gainesville aims to help others shift gears and get back on the road to success.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Taylor honored as year’s best
By JOHN BOOTHE< | Aug. 1, 2011Each UF athlete named on the All-alligatorSports team has pushed the boundaries and flirted with the limitations of what a collegian can do in competition.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Rejoice Gator Nation: This was your season
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 1, 2011Fans love to gloat. They love to boast.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
Four-star DE set to announce decision
Aug. 1, 2011For Ocean Lakes High (Va.) defensive end Eli Harold, today is significant.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG Senator: Why I decided to leave the Unite Party behind
By Carly Wilson | Aug. 1, 2011When I joined the Unite Party in fall 2010, I was inspired by its rhetoric about bringing the campus together. When I was elected to the Student Senate on the party's ticket, I was excited to work to improve our campus. However, with every passing week, I've grown more and more dismayed about how the party's words are always different from its actions.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Lost in the sauce: One last call for a swig of surrealism
By BILL O'CONNOR< | Aug. 1, 2011"Mike, join me in a pint of Guinness."
OPINION
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COLUMNS
When businesses suck, let them know
By Shea Ford | Aug. 1, 2011A few days ago, I went to a McDonald's. My girlfriend and I ordered two sandwiches. The women at the window seemed, shall we say, less than thrilled to be working there.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Game of drones
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 1, 2011"The only thing dumber than a Republican or Democrat is when these pricks work together," Lewis Black once rambled in one of his acerbic comedic whippings of American society. He said, "We have a two-party system: The Democratic Party, which is a party of no ideas, and the Republican Party, which is a party of bad ideas. And the way it works is the Republican stands up in Congress and goes, ‘I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!' and the Democrat says, ‘AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!'"
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Why should we have all the fun? Let's open it up
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 1, 2011We're going to try something different Thursday.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
The Challenge: Where sports and entertainment meet for a marvelous orgy
By JESSE SIMONTON | July 28, 2011MTV’s “The Challenge: Rivals” is the best damn show on TV not starring Larry David.
NEWS
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FEATURES
New GRE presents new questions, more hurdles
By Lisa Gallo | July 27, 2011The race is over.
METRO
After dodging death, rape victim looks for answers
By Erin Jester | July 27, 2011A woman who was raped and beaten is trying to get the word out about her attacker.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Dept. of Health issues sudden suspensions
By Gabriela Rosias | July 27, 2011The Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday the Emergency Suspension Orders of 14 medical practitioners and one pharmacy. One of the suspensions was handed down to local certified nursing assistant Melinda Lawanna Bryant.
