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SPORTS
Red Sox rally to beat Rays
Oct. 16, 2008BOSTON - Down seven runs and running out of time, the Boston Red Sox weren't quite ready to go away.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Study says college liberal bias learned from peers
Oct. 16, 2008A recent study shows a long-held notion of college culture may be true: Students' political beliefs become more liberal while attending college.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY
Morgan, team gear up for Pre-NCAA Invitational
By ADAM BERRY | Oct. 16, 2008It would be something of an understatement to say this Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational is important to coach Todd Morgan.
METRO
Officer arrests woman after 100–mph car chase
Oct. 16, 2008A woman with two previous warrants out for reckless driving was arrested Wednesday night after a northeast Gainesville car chase that reached 100 mph.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Bernie Machen announces 10 percent budget cut
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 16, 2008At the request of Gov. Charlie Crist, UF President Bernie Machen said Thursday that UF will submit a budget proposal for the 2009-2010 school year that is 10 percent less than this year's budget.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
High expectations for women's hoops
Oct. 16, 2008The bar is set pretty high at UF.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Compromise shouldn’t breed hatred
By ANDREW WYNN | Oct. 16, 2008The 2008 presidential election is less than three weeks away, and Sen. Barack Obama is slightly ahead in most national polls.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Novice players should not use acoustic guitars as wingmen
By Collin Binkley | Oct. 15, 2008There is a growing epidemic saturating college campuses nationwide: the hobby guitarist.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Heavy metal bands team up to raise money for breast cancer
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Oct. 15, 2008With a microphone in his hand, Validus vocalist Justin Kalvin will sing Friday for Save Second Base - a breast cancer benefit concert at Gainesville's Backstage Lounge, 1315 S. Main St.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Beauty is in the eye of the artist
By MEGAN HERON | Oct. 15, 2008"Beauty" is a word that often refers to something that gives pleasure to the senses, mind and spirit. But not according to local artist Erik Jones.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Rise Against – "Appeal To Reason"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008The boys in Rise Against could probably take out David Blaine in a breath-holding contest. How do I know? Because "Appeal To Reason" is a 47-minute, make-your-cheeks-turn red scream-a-thon, somehow peppered with enough actual words to resemble something of a concept album bemoaning the collapse of Western civilization. Exhale. "Kotov Syndrome" pegs the formula - hey! hey! backing vocals, mosh-inducing chord progressions and anger. Lots of anger. Not a great deal of range here, unless the scale runs from "'roid rage" to "where's the baseball bat?" "Collapse (Post-Amerika)" tactfully depicts a doomsday scenario. Spoiler alert - we spell America with a K. It all tries to sound grave and important, but through it all, your mind will wonder: Can these guys belch the alphabet?
METRO
GRU offers locals solar energy incentive
By LAUREN COTO | Oct. 15, 2008Alternative energy systems in Europe have inspired Gainesville Regional Utilities to propose a completely different approach to renewable energy.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
District 6 election echoes presidential race
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 15, 2008The great thing about politics is that if you allow yourself to take a step back from the headlines for a second, you can feel how absurd the entire system can be.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' wins audience
By DAVID STUZIN | Oct. 15, 2008"How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" is a strikingly clever movie title; not only because of its length but also because it manages to be somewhat ironic. The funny and friendly movie certainly doesn't alienate the audience but draws them into a big, warm bear hug of romantic humor.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: The Streets – "Everything Is Borrowed"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008Intellectualism isn't completely dead in America, but it's plugged to a ventilator. If The Streets are any indication, the academic inquisition hasn't yet crossed the pond. "Everything Is Borrowed," everything except the ideas, sounds like a particularly intelligent Black Eyed Peas spin-off, genre-hopping from English R&B to pop-laden beat poetry. Be this as it may, "Heaven for the Weather" jumps and jives on a piano-tambourine combo dolled up for mass consumption. No elitist claims here: this is freaking catchy, mate. "The Way of the Dodo," though, is problematic Al Gore hip-hop - smart, smug, warning human extinction. And it's kind of hard to dance to music about the end of the world.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Professors express issues with textbook affordability law
By CHRISTINA McGINLEY | Oct. 15, 2008Some UF professors have qualms with the university's handling of a new state law intended to give students time to find the best deals on textbooks.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Imitation not really the sincerest form of flattery
By ERIK VOSS | Oct. 15, 2008I never realized how generic my taste in fashion is until I spent more time on campus. It seems like every other day that I spot some dope in Turlington wearing a shirt I have somewhere in my closet, or worse, one I'm currently wearing.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Board of Governors announces committee in search of new chancellor
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 15, 2008Florida's Board of Governors has come one step closer to filling the shoes of outgoing Chancellor Mark Rosenberg.
