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Buck position suits Powell

Will Muschamp wants to turn Ronald Powell into the football equivalent of a superhero.

Gators displaying impressive pinch-hitting ability

Riding an eight-game winning streak and the best start in program history, the top-ranked Gators look poised to make a run back to Omaha, Neb.

Sophomores past conflicts of 2010

Last year, Florida’s freshmen struggled to establish a good rapport with the team’s upperclassmen, often clashing with the veterans.

Post players push Florida past FGCU in WNIT

Florida showed Monday why there’s no substitute for size.

General education distracts from major

It sometimes seems that high school curricula and “When am I ever gonna use this crap?” go hand in hand. Elective requirements in high school may seem like funny time wasters (I carried a fake baby around for a week and loved every second of it), but as we neared graduation, we looked forward to the end of electives and fixed our gazes on more serious coursework that was actually relevant to a topic and career we chose.

With Honor: Gator fans should avoid religious jabs

After a weekend that saw numerous powerhouses get smacked down by teams ranging from the Spiders to the “whointhehell?”, the Gators lived up to expectations and their inflated seeding, pounding the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos to within an inch of their lives before sliding by UCLA and into the Sweet 16 (or the “fourth round” for those unwilling to infringe on new tradition grounded in irrationality.)

Columnist’s rhetoric does little to defend bill

The rhetoric used by Zack Smith in Monday’s column  is overused and deceptive. Sadly, however, it tends to work. He starts by

Evolution constant subject of critical evaluation

Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” was published in 1859, and the theory that life on Earth is in a constant state of evolution was around even before that. What columnist Zack Smith seems unable to grasp is the fact that the theory of evolution has, in fact, been subject to “critical analysis” for 150 years and has been proven every time.

Action in Iraq, Libya fundamentally different

The current military action in Libya is not the same as the Iraq War. Plain and simple. In 2002 and 2003, the United States cooked up a reason to go to war based on faulty intelligence and post-9/11 hysteria. The U.S. went to the U.N., couldn’t get a military resolution, and we invaded Iraq anyway. In Libya’s case, the U.S. and our allies are riding with our allies in NATO on the back of a U.N. Security Council resolution.

Mormon musical hits broadway

Since the 1990s, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made their buck throwing everything from the sacred to the unmentionable under the comedic bus. They have taken on topics ranging from Scientology to the Shake Weight and everything else in between.

UF teachers union threatened by proposed bill

UF’s teachers union is in jeopardy of being decertified and having its collective bargaining rights revoked.

UF student recounts effects Libya attacks have on her family

The swing set 20-year-old Mercedes Farhat saw in 2008 while visiting her father’s family in Tripoli, Libya, was a metal skeleton.

Beatlemania week lets students express love for music

UF students have the opportunity to experience life in the ‘60s and express their love for The Beatles by participating in events involving the life and times of the fab four.

African-American group endorses Bottcher in run-off

Rob Zeller and Susan Bottcher admit that they don’t agree on everything.

Festival to raise awareness for relief efforts in Japan

When planning this year’s spring festival for the UF Japanese Club, Andrea Powell figured the event would be relatively similar to previous years.

Correction

A story that appeared in Monday’s paper incorrectly identified Bethany Koch as the president of Shakespeare in the Park. Joseph Sweeney is the club’s president. Koch is one of the club’s directors.

Principles of the press release

If you're late, you're old news. Sorry, but that's just how a press release works.

Shifting behavior can change your brain

I often experience what my dad refers to as “monkey mind.” When I try to focus on one thing, I become distracted by my thoughts or by something else that catches my eye. My thoughts shift around like a monkey swinging through a forest. While it would be easy to resign myself to poor attention skills forever, there are ways that people can change their behavior and habits, including their attention. According to research in the field of neuroscience, behavioral interventions can cause lasting changes within the brain.

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Walker leads Florida past UCLA, into Sweet 16

TAMPA — After a year filled with clutch shots in big moments, there was little surprise when the Gators turned to Erving Walker with their season on the line.