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SPORTS
Canes knock off Noles in opening game of College World Series
June 16, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Alumni Association names new executive director
By KATIE SANDERS | June 16, 2008The Gator Nation has a new leader.
METRO
Obama, McCain mobilize campaigns in Florida
By CHRISTOPHER MYERS | June 16, 2008As bowling balls thundered down the lane to ruin perfectly spaced white pins Friday evening, local volunteers met to discuss Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Law school first in U.S. to offer new master’s program
By VICTORIA WINKLER | June 16, 2008Beginning this fall, UF's Levin College of Law will be the first in the country to offer a master's degree focused on environmental and land use law.
METRO
School board lays off local school nurses after Medicaid cuts
By JAVI CALDERON | June 16, 2008A federal cut in funding to state Medicaid programs has begun to resonate locally, as 29 of Alachua County's 42 public school nurses have been laid off.
NEWS
Top UF official agrees to stay for extra year
By KATIE SANDERS | June 12, 2008Despite announcing his intention to resign in March, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for one more year.
NEWS
Chemical spill causes UF lab evacuation, road closure
By APRIL DUDASH | June 12, 2008A chemical spill in the UF Chemistry Lab Building next to Leigh Hall resulted in a building evacuation and road closure Thursday morning.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
‘Zohan’ delivers stylish, silly humor
By JESSICA METZGER | June 11, 2008Don't mess with the Sandman. Adam Sandler has done it again with his combination of ridiculous characters, raunchy humor and crazy fight sequences that help make his new flick, "Don't Mess With the Zohan," gut-bustingly funny.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Juneteenth Festival showcases African–American heritage
By MARGARITA DELAPAZ | June 11, 2008A late flight into the wrong airport did not keep Kenneth Ogungbemi from attending the Juneteenth Festival & Juried Art Show last year. It did, however, keep him from competing.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF receives $250K grant for study program on U.S. foreign policy
June 11, 2008Academics from across the globe began a six-week program Monday to learn about U.S. foreign policy at UF with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Old shtick on ‘Weezer’
By ROBERT HILSON | June 11, 2008Not many guitar heroes make it through their high school years without getting slapped with the dropout tag, so it's even more impressive that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo gets to flaunt a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University. A decade-long stint with the Ivy League's finest must afford one all kinds of vital knowledge, and yet Cuomo still can't wrap his horn-rimmed head around the law of diminishing returns.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
One—night stands can boost confidence
By ANNIE ANTHONY | June 11, 2008A one-night stand is nothing to be ashamed of. You should be proud of it. Cramming a mini-relationship based on attraction and minimal conversation into less than 24 hours is a feat.
METRO
Former UF professor, author dies Friday
By KATIE SANDERS | June 11, 2008Smith Kirkpatrick, a former UF professor, spent much of his childhood in awe of seashells he found while playing in the Arkansas mountains.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Consumers shouldn’t dictate book prices
June 11, 2008Edward Miller, 4LS
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gym fee created without student input
June 11, 2008Valerie Little, 3LS
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Handler’s book a summer must–read
By BRIANA O’SULLIVAN | June 11, 2008Chelsea Handler began telling wild and eccentric lies at the age of 9. Since then, she has not stopped, and neither have the bizarre situations her untruths get her into.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
MLB Draft, draftees offer Cinderella stories
June 11, 2008What in the name of Billy Beane is going on out there?
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF informs more than 11,000 students of online privacy breach
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 11, 2008UF officials mailed letters to more than 11,000 current and former students of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tuesday to inform them that their private information, including Social Security numbers, was posted online and may have been accessible to the public.
