SPORTS
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BASEBALL
CWS failure motivates No. 1 Gators
By JESSE SIMONTON | Jan. 31, 2011Baseball America just ranked them the No. 1 team in the nation.
El Caimán
METRO
Construction on Depot Avenue to finish by Feb. 14
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 31, 2011Traveling along downtown’s Depot Avenue will no longer be a hassle or a construction-heavy eye sore.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Invisible Children chapter to partner with Heal the World for benefit concert
By Kristen Wasko | Jan. 31, 2011Here, children rarely go to school. Backpacks, pencils and books are scarce, just as scarce as the buildings that provide an education to growing minds. Here, they bear guns and ammunition and fight a war.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Team inspired by Butler’s obsession
By MATT WATTS< | Jan. 31, 2011Watching SportsCenter at 3 a.m., it’s possible a commercial for the Florida women’s basketball team espousing the word “obsessed” has graced the screen.
METRO
Firefighters go above and beyond call of duty
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011For Gainesville Fire Rescue employees, their jobs are about helping those in need whether they face a fire or a torrential downpour.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
UF study abroad student forced to evacuate Egypt
By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 31, 2011As political and social turmoil sweep across Egypt, one UF student studying abroad there is being evacuated, UF administration confirmed Monday.
METRO
Officals rule out law enforcement merger
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2011The debate of police consolidation is done — at least for now.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF leads JU Invitational after 36 holes
Jan. 31, 2011The Florida men’s golf team entered the JU invitational hoping to prove itself worthy of its No. 3 national ranking, and the Gators appear to be well on their way to doing so.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Distributing fliers annoying, wasteful
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 31, 2011As Patches O’Houlihan from the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” wisely declared, “You’ve got to learn the five D’s of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.” I never thought these words would assist me at UF.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF closes research center in Paris, plans to relocate
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011The UF Paris Research Center is on the move.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Rights Fight: Judge calls health care reform into question
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 31, 2011The recent health care reform may be due to tumble like a row of dominoes.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Stubborn politicians self-serving
By Charles Dahan | Jan. 31, 2011Zack Smith makes a fundamental mistake in his Jan. 31 column, “Compromise DeLay-ing the Inevitable.” In it, Smith argues that Tom DeLay demonstrated ideological consistency by refusing to compromise with Democrats. Yet partisanship, as Smith writes, is not a “philosophy [that] may have intellectual teeth.” Instead, it is a methodology for attaining one’s political — or ideological — goals.
METRO
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BUSINESS
Dog walker faces commission to keep business open
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 31, 2011When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Opening ceremony celebrates start of Black History Month
By Kari Pflanzer | Jan. 31, 2011Dressed to impress in cocktail attire, UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the opening of Black History Month Monday night.
NEWS
Correction
Jan. 31, 2011Florida women’s basketball players Azania Stewart and Jordan Jones were referred to as seniors in a headline in Monday’s Alligator. Stewart is a junior, and Jones is a redshirt junior.
NEWS
Clarification
Jan. 31, 2011A headline in Monday’s newspaper stated that 14,000 people attended the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. That is the figure for Saturday alone. The attendance figure for Sunday is unknown.
NEWS
College students: How to manage the stress in your life
By Tara Braun | Jan. 31, 2011There are many ways to deal with stress in college, so consider trying some of the following techniques to reduce stress and improve your emotional health.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Free-throw shooting woes doom UF vs. MSU
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 30, 2011STARKVILLE, Miss. — In the closing moments of Saturday’s game, the free-throw line was the Bulldogs’ strongest weapon and the Gators’ biggest weakness.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Juniors Jones, Stewart lead Gators to victory
By MATT WATTS< | Jan. 30, 2011UF captains Jordan Jones and Azania Stewart stepped up in a big way Sunday.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Freshmen key tri-meet win
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 30, 2011Moments before her collegiate debut on floor, Mackenzie Caquatto’s thoughts were on her grandmother.
