METRO
Gainesville looks at possible downtown renovations
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 21, 2011A plan to modernize downtown Gainesville has been mapped out and color-coded.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
City Commission candidates to debate on campus Thursday
By Shelley Greenspan | Feb. 21, 2011UF Student Government is giving local politicians a reason to put UF back on their radar.
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FEATURES
Students get credits for city commission campaigns
By Alex Orlando | Feb. 21, 2011For three credits and 150 hours a semester, students of POS4940 stroll the campaign trail, passing fliers, hanging fliers and holding signs on busy street corners.
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CAMPUS
Speaker discusses negative perception of political activism of young people
By ALLISON BANKO | Feb. 21, 2011What’s the matter with kids today?
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Student Government elections to take place Tuesday and Wednesday
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 21, 2011Tired of the Unite Party and Progress Party handing you fliers, following you between classes and trying to get you to wear a sticker?
NEWS
Savoring the present
By Tara Braun | Feb. 21, 2011Our society has become increasingly future-minded and less focused on the present. As college students who are striving towards future accomplishments, it is sometimes difficult for us to stop and fully appreciate the present moment.
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Public relations: setting the record straight
By Brittany Brave | Feb. 21, 2011It’s time for some transparency. Let's move our attention from the rumors, so we can get on with redirecting the hype to the right places.
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VIDEOSHOW
alligatorSports Video Show, Episode 6
Feb. 20, 2011The sixth installment of our weekly video show brings you an in-depth look at the No. 1 Florida baseball team's opening-weekend sweep of South Florida. Beat writer Jesse Simonton takes a look at the Gators' staff of talented pitchers, including former first-round MLB Draft pick Karsten Whitson, and points to a few other breakout performances from the weekend. Stay tuned until the end of the show to check out some of our not-so-finer moments.
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CAMPUS
10th annual Fashion X-Clusive show draws about 1,000 people
By Rachel Stephens | Feb. 20, 2011An air of the New York fashion scene swept through the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Friday night.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Schneider would bring activist mentality to the executive office
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 20, 2011When Schneider faces the incumbent party in the polls he knows he can’t waiver in what he considers a good fight.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Meyers looks to continue the Unite Party's reign over SG
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 20, 2011Many say when Meyers is president, he’ll be one of the best the university has seen.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
The next face of the student body?
Feb. 20, 2011Unite Party’s Ben Meyers and Progress Party’s Dave Schneider face off to be UF’s next Student Body president in the Student Government elections Tuesday and Wednesday.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Students to voice opinions on block tuition this week
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 20, 2011UF administrators and Student Government leaders remain embroiled in a battle over the implementation of block tuition at UF.
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FEATURES
Advocate Francis Fitzpatrick causes stir at City Commission meeting
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 20, 2011Francis “Pat” Fitzpatrick has been kicked out of more than two dozen Gainesville City Commission meetings.
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BASEBALL
Whitson, starting staff pitch UF to series sweep vs. USF
By JESSE SIMONTON | Feb. 20, 2011Late last August, while most college freshmen were acclimating themselves to dorms, bars and financial hardship, Karsten Whitson was turning down $2.1 million to play for the top-ranked Gators.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Florida rolls over LSU
By GREG LUCA | Feb. 20, 2011BATON ROUGE, La. — With a win over LSU on Sunday, Florida accomplished something it hadn’t since the 2006-07 season: 10 wins in the Southeastern Conference.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
In support of Progress Party 1
By Benjamin Dictor | Feb. 20, 2011In the spring of 2009, the Progress Party was founded in an attempt to overthrow a political system composed of an entrenched group of overly entitled elites that rendered the UF Student Government completely inaccessible to the students it promised to represent. I had the honor to serve as the Progress Party’s presidential candidate with some of the most thoughtful and passionate students I met during my time at UF.
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In support of Progress Party 2
By Timothy Johnson | Feb. 20, 2011Diversity is a value that I hold high, and I hope it is shared by the Student Body at large. My three semesters of participation in the Korean Undergraduate Student Association, as well as being the founder and president of Students for Peace in Korea, should speak for itself.
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Comedian, alumnus Todd Barry brings act to Reitz
By GREG LUCA< | Feb. 20, 2011Although he has released three albums and starred in his own “Comedy Central Presents” special, comedian Todd Barry admitted he was nervous about his performance in the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.
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SG Elections: Endorsing the better of two goods isn’t easy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 20, 2011In a biannual tradition, the Editorial Board called in candidates from both Unite and Progress parties Sunday night to discuss the Student Government elections. With the heat on, both figuratively and literally, in our sauna-like conference room, we came to a realization: Everyone’s good.
