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CAMPUS
UF students face long lines at SEC Championship
By LAUREN BAKER | Dec. 6, 2008While the Gators prepared to battle the Crimson Tide in the Southeastern Conference Championship game, some UF students were battling a long line just to enter the stadium.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Campus smoking ban ineffective, silly
By Allen DeLaney | Dec. 6, 2008As a smoker on campus, I have been told to move to beyond 50 feet by a UF employee. Not nicely or properly, but in the form of walking by, saying "50 Feet!"
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cutting language programs cuts culture
By Megan Vu | Dec. 6, 2008Think back to when you applied to college. There were piles of applications and many opportunities to go to other schools, but each of us chose to come to UF.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Board of Trustees to vote on Machen's bonus
By THOMAS STEWART | Dec. 6, 2008UF President Bernie Machen's bonuses, totaling $285,000, will be up for discussion at UF's Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators win SEC Championship, on verge of second national title game in three years
Dec. 6, 2008ATLANTA - Urban Renewal has paved way to Urban Domination.
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FEATURES
County to test for water contamination
Dec. 6, 2008County scientists will use grant money this January to perform tests on possible hazards of a local contaminated site.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Friends, family remember UF student killed in scooter accident
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Dec. 6, 2008When Brandy Jaworski couldn't sleep and needed to talk early Tuesday morning, she called her friend Michael VanWagner.
NEWS
VanWagner funeral to be held Monday
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Dec. 5, 2008A funeral service will be held Monday for Michael VanWagner, a UF history senior who died Thursday after his scooter was hit by a car two days earlier.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
No Harvin no problem for UF
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - Somehow, UF has discovered even more offensive firepower.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators win SEC Championship
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - Urban Renewal has paved way to Urban Domination.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Defense shows toughness against 'Bama
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - Late in the fourth quarter with the Gators nursing a 24-20 lead, LB Brandon Spikes went up and said a few choice words to his defense that may have saved their championship hopes.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Tebow won't be denied
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - The Southeastern Conference Championship was hyped as an old-school-versus-new-school clash, but in the end, there was only one major difference between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Florida.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Haden comes back to seal game for Gators
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - Joe Haden thought his ankle was ruined.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Hesiman still in reach for Tebow
Dec. 5, 2008ATLANTA - If the player with the best statistics wins the Heisman Trophy, it won't be Tim Tebow.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Werner, Hodge try to get back on track heading into Florida State
Dec. 4, 2008In recent days, the Gators' two most veteran players have played like anything but.
METRO
UF student hit in scooter accident dies
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Dec. 4, 2008After a 15-hour flight from Iraq, Michael VanWagner's sister, Dana, arrived at his hospital room three hours before he died at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Seeing Double: Two teams take similar paths
Dec. 4, 2008It's the summer of '92, and 18-year-old young men stroll into Yon Hall for the first time.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Study hall suck–face ruins finals week
Dec. 4, 2008When I realized that extended library hours begin this week, I couldn't help but wonder why people would subject themselves to 20 hours of the UF library experience.
