SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Meyer will unseat Spurrier as best coach in Florida history
Nov. 11, 2009It’s time to start the debate again.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Crimson Tide get taste of Gators' spread
Nov. 11, 2009Florida coach Urban Meyer said this week his team won’t start preparing to face Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship until the week of the game, but the Crimson Tide will get a feel for the Gators this week.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Meyer not worried about Strong’s head coaching offers
Nov. 11, 2009As the season draws to a close and coaching vacancies open up, Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong’s name is sure to be associated with head coaching jobs.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Libero Cusack interns with UAA for baseball team
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Nov. 11, 2009There is no secret to senior libero Elyse Cusack’s success.
METRO
About 240 line up to try to set massage chain record
By DAVID TINTNER | Nov. 11, 2009While the rain may have been a pain in the neck for some people Wednesday, others spent the afternoon getting the pain massaged away.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Reitz official proposes student fee to fund fix-up
Nov. 11, 2009Renovations may cost $42.5 million.
METRO
Veterans Day celebration honors local veterans
By OLGA VELEZ | Nov. 11, 2009About 2,000 people gathered with umbrellas and ponchos at the Kanapaha Park memorial to celebrate Veterans Day Wednesday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF names location for new 24-hour study center
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 11, 2009The almost-100-year-old Newell Hall will likely be the location of UF’s 24-hour study center. Stimulus funds will cover most costs of the renovation.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Locals organize to defend arrested Fest partiers
By J. HUNTER SIZEMORE | Nov. 11, 2009A local group demands charges be dropped against five arrested in a clash between police and partiers on Fest 8 weekend. Videos of the incident are in the jump.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Most relationships dysfunctional
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Nov. 11, 2009Last summer I was visiting a notoriously melodramatic couple in West Palm Beach. Seated at a bar in Bradley’s, the couple’s most recent quarrel had us on the edge of our bar stools. Downing another Tequila Sunrise in a futile attempt to tune out the awkwardness, I listened to my friends trade barbed insults. They passionately disputed whether it’s appropriate to boast about their previous sexcapades in front of one another (by the way, it’s really, really not). Now imagine this: The guy, who resembles a Jewish version of The Hulk, becomes inexplicably jealous and tears up underneath his oversized dark shades while the girl coolly rolls her eyes and says, “If you don’t stop crying, we’re leaving.”
OPINION
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COLUMNS
New policies could cut Web freedoms
Nov. 11, 2009First they came for the digital pirates, and I did not speak out — because I was not a digital pirate.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Take It Easy Police: partygoers should think before acting
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 11, 2009“They think Gainesville is their personal toilet... coming from behind shows what kind of garbage they are.” These are the words that Gainesville Police spokesman Keith Kameg used to describe five individuals arrested for attacking police at a Fest after party on Nov. 1. He went on to describe these individuals as a “fringe element” who only visited Gainesville looking for a place to stay.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Director discusses success through perseverance
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Nov. 11, 2009Brett Ratner shared stories of some of his biggest career challenges with a crowd of about 250 people in the University Auditorium Tuesday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Air Force ROTC runs to remember war veterans
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Nov. 11, 2009131 cadets attended the run Wednesday.
NEWS
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GREEK AFFAIRS
Fraternities charged with providing alcohol to minors
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 11, 2009Three fraternities face possible sanctions from UF for allowing underage drinking at events over the summer and early fall.
METRO
UF alumni among speakers for Florida Writers’ Festival
By Andrew Wyzan | Nov. 11, 2009Three UF alumni authors will visit UF this weekend for the 2009 Florida Writers’ Festival.
METRO
Orange & Brew to host ‘Beatles Bonanza!’
By NATASHA SCHOULTZ | Nov. 11, 2009The Beatles will be causing a crowd to come together tonight.
NEWS
CORRECTION
Nov. 11, 2009It was reported in Tuesday’s edition of the Alligator that UF has laid off nine faculty members and 32 staff. UF has actually sent layoff notices to nine faculty and 34 staff.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Public must take interest in polluted site
By CHRIS MOODY | Nov. 11, 2009The Cabot-Koppers Superfund site is at the corner of Northwest Sixth Street and Northwest 23rd Avenue. For those of you who don’t know about this, let me enlighten you. This property has been used since 1916 for wood treatment. Chemicals from this site have been found seeping into the groundwater and surface water, including arsenic, copper and nine other chemicals found to cause cancers and other health problems. According to EPA testing in 2006, harmful chemicals have already started reaching the upper portion of the aquifer (not good, considering nearly 100 percent of the drinking water in Florida comes from the Floridan aquifer). As bad as all this sounds, it might surprise you that nearly 19 years after a cleanup approach was signed, no action has been taken besides a few trenches being dug.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Proposed public option destined to fail
By Clay Hughes | Nov. 11, 2009This letter is in response to statements made by the UF College Republicans’ chairman, Bryan Griffin, and the Florida College Democrats’ president, Ben Cavataro, in Tuesday’s article “Locals react to House vote.”
