OPINION
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COLUMNS
First year doesn’t set tone for future
Dec. 7, 2009A question for first-years here at UF: How was your semester?
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Engineering students create, show off low-budget robots
By MEAD BOWEN | Dec. 7, 2009UF’s Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory students demonstrated their final projects at Monday’s Robot Demo Day at the Engineering Building, showing how college students with modest budgets can breathe life into metal and circuitry.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF graduate writes Gators rap song
By JOHN J. BOOTHE | Dec. 7, 2009When Will Albury raps, he doesn’t talk about having loads of cash or driving lavish cars — he represents the orange and blue.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students toll Century Tower’s bells
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Dec. 7, 2009Harold Rocha trudged up 193 stairsteps to the top of Century Tower.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Column a ‘pick-me-up’ for readers
By Brad Bruggeman | Dec. 7, 2009Throughout the semester, I’ve always looked forward to Wednesday’s column. The sardonic humor underlying Hilary Lehman’s commentary on anything from the benefits of being judgmental to the lack of literary merit in the “Twilight” series has always been a welcome Hump Day pick-me-up.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator lacks support for Gators
By Randall Lockhart | Dec. 7, 2009After reading the Alligator sports page, I was greatly disappointed. Not because of our stinging loss to Alabama, but because of the lack of support. Nothing spoke of support for our team. I was at the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, and I stayed until the last second, cheering for our team. You could tell Tim Tebow and the rest of the team were crushed, and it pissed me off when Alabama fans cheered at Tim’s crying face.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Govt. should put rights first
By Christina Garcia de los Rios | Dec. 7, 2009The following is an excerpt from a letter sent to New York State Sen. Tom Libous.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Public reaction to loss disappoints
By Lindsay Waldron UF criminology senior | Dec. 7, 2009Three things to describe Tim Tebow: amazing athlete, outstanding character and 100 percent human. With humanity comes imperfection. Shocking, right?
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Florida fans get rare taste of falling short
Dec. 6, 2009ATLANTA — David Nelson didn’t want to leave the field.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Sugar never tasted so sour
Dec. 6, 2009ATLANTA — When the group of reporters around David Nelson dispersed, and the Florida players had mostly cleared out of the locker room, the senior wide receiver said what everyone was thinking.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
UF tops FIU, will face No. 1 Penn St. next
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Dec. 6, 2009For the last week, the Gators have had to hold it in.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators can’t stop Ingram, Tide offense
Dec. 6, 2009ATLANTA — Florida came into the Southeastern Conference Championship Game with the No. 1 scoring defense in the nation, but the Gators hadn’t played Mark Ingram yet.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators find stroke, rout Dolphins
By ADAM BERRY | Dec. 6, 2009JACKSONVILLE — So far this season, the Gators have built their identity on defense, a sharp contrast to the team that lived and died by its 3-point shooting a year ago.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Florida hopes team meeting leads to improved play
Dec. 6, 2009With nearly a week off to reflect on its latest loss, UF is ready to get back out on the court and under the lights.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Swim team falls at Georgia Invitational without top swimmers
By TONI-ANN MILLER | Dec. 6, 2009With the more experienced swimmers back in Gainesville, Florida concluded the fall season with weak showings at the Georgia Invitational.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Road Rebel: Confederate plate no debate for state
Dec. 6, 2009As it turns out, the longest battle of the Civil War was not Gettysburg, or Marietta, or Yorktown.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
'Mock' Trial
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2009Italy’s courts threw the book at American college student Amanda Knox on Saturday, sentencing her to 26 years in prison for murdering her British roommate.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader thanks columnist for writings
By Sophia Aiguesvives | Dec. 6, 2009Joe Dellosa,
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Graduate students deserve pay increase
By Luke Rostant | Dec. 6, 2009I am writing today to voice my opposition to the creation of any fee for the restoration or expansion of the Reitz Union.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader fails to detect sarcasm
By Caitlin Niblick | Dec. 6, 2009Thank you, Mr. Maple, for bringing Tiger Woods’ affair to light for everyone who had unfortunately missed out on the “media sleaze machine” coverage. I’d have to say that yours was by far worse. Not only did you cite the same news sources you bashed, but you also managed to do so in a way far more offensive than the mainstream media. You refuted the media’s attack on Woods’ affair with a cocktail waitress by saying his actions were only really wrong because he didn’t choose the right type of woman to sleep with.
