SPORTS
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BASEBALL
No. 6 Gators even season series with No. 5 Seminoles
Mar. 16, 2010FSU lived dangerously, and Preston Tucker made the Seminoles regret it.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Florida hosts SEC foe Auburn
By GREG LUCA< | Mar. 16, 2010While the Southeastern Conference has been a dominant force in football and basketball for years, its softball teams have only started to earn national recognition recently.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Tucker immune to pressure
Mar. 16, 2010Everybody wants to be The Man. But not everybody can handle being The Man.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Gators men's tennis team faces unexpected test from rival Seminoles
By ANDREW OLSON < | Mar. 16, 2010It’s not the way UF coach Andy Jackson wanted it to play out, but today is a big match for the men’s tennis team.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Gators seek friendly confines to quell losing streak
By TONI-ANN MILLER | Mar. 16, 2010There is no place like being home on familiar territory after a disappointing loss on the road for athletes, and the Florida lacrosse team will benefit from that Wednesday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Alligator weighs group’s demands
By Jared Misner | Mar. 16, 2010Following the controversial shooting of Ghanian graduate assistant Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, Students for a Democratic Society presented a list of demands to Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Listed below are these demands followed by the Editorial Board’s recommendations.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Mississippi Cruelboard
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010Congrats, Mississippi. Your residents just helped solidify the backwards image many Americans have of you.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Bad Barbie: New toy sends wrong message to children
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010She’s at it again. Our favorite anatomically incorrect career hopper is adding another hobby to her already formidable list — promoting the purchase of animals.
METRO
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POLITICS
Mayoral elections not over
Mar. 16, 2010In the race for Gainesville mayor and a District 4 City Commission seat, no candidate received the 50-percent plus one vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Students protest UPD
Mar. 16, 2010The rally was organized by members of Students for a Democratic Society, as well as independent Facebook groups created by friends and colleagues of Adu-Brempong.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Ben Folds to sing at UF
By GABRIELLE FALCONEIRI | Mar. 16, 2010Singer, songwriter and pianist Ben Folds will perform tonight at 8 at UF’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
NEWS
Video: Student shooting protest
By Aundre Larrow | Mar. 16, 2010About 300 students marched in protest of GPD's actions on March 2.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student Senate calls for further shooting investigation
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 16, 2010Although the student protest ended Tuesday afternoon, debate about the University Police shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong continued at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Earth Day events kick off
By DANIELLE PETERSON | Mar. 16, 2010Earth Day is celebrating its 40th birthday, and Gainesville residents are invited to a 40-day party.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students urged to complete census
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 16, 2010Census forms started arriving in mailboxes this week, and Alachua County officials are encouraging everyone, including students, to participate by filling out and mailing in the form that is required by law.
METRO
Group to bowl to raise funds
By EDEN JOYNER | Mar. 16, 2010Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Florida is bowling to keep its doors open.
METRO
Study says pizza, soda tax would encourage healthier choices
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Mar. 16, 2010Some researchers want to fatten pizza and soda costs in hopes that it will slim America’s waistline.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Jaywalkers should be smart about it
By Will Penman | Mar. 16, 2010I wish we were all really good jaywalkers. There may be some hardasses who think jaywalking is wrong because it’s against the law.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students, faculty talk buses
By GLENN COINE | Mar. 16, 2010Students are sick of waiting, and they’re tired of walking.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Audio tapes should inspire students to vote
By Jonathan Ossip | Mar. 16, 2010On March 4, the Alligator Editorial Board commented on what they called the Unite Party’s “naughty audio.” However, the editorial and the administration’s silence on this issue reveal the true problem in Student Government: apathy.
