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SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Mitchell leaving UF after sophomore year
Apr. 13, 2008Gators forward Jonathan Mitchell has decided to transfer from UF, sports information director Fred Demarest confirmed Friday morning.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Content of Internet should be left alone
By Rob Myers | Apr. 13, 2008Rebecca Ganzak's column Thursday reminded me of the "Freedom, but…" concept too many people subscribe to today.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF cutting number of transfer students it will admit
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 13, 2008UF will invite about 2,000 transfer students to enroll Tuesday - about 1,000 fewer than last year.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Gymnasts dominate Southeast Regionals, heading to NCAA Championship
By CALLOVI< | Apr. 13, 2008With 6,032 fans cheering and clapping along with the music, Amanda Castillo danced her way to a nearly perfect floor routine.
METRO
Local military members react to U.S. plan to halt troop withdrawals
By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 13, 2008Congressional testimony last week from two of the United States' top officials in Iraq has already brought about changes to the military's plans for withdrawal. But for some former troops and current enlistees enrolled at UF, the latest decisions have not changed their feelings - positive or negative - about the war.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Gainesville Raceway
Apr. 13, 2008The checkered flag has a home in Gainesville at the Raceway.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF student documentary, ‘In Marjorie’s Wake,’ set to premiere at the Hippodrome
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 13, 2008More than 70 years ago, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traveled 100 miles along the St. Johns River and chronicled the journey in a novel named after a rural town outside Gainesville.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Parking plans need to encourage alternatives
By the Editorial Board | Apr. 13, 2008It's a common gripe at colleges across the country: Parking on campus is a nightmare. At the second largest university in the United States, we're no strangers to the parking tickets, the "who-stole-my-car" moments before the adjustment to roam towing and the hours of circling and stalking in parking lots before classes.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Men edge South Carolina, clinch bye in SEC tourney
Apr. 13, 2008Looks can be deceiving in the Southeastern Conference.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hunger strike correlates to Iraq war
By Charles J. Allen | Apr. 13, 2008As one of the students on hunger strike, I wanted to respond to the "dart" Students for a Democratic Society received from the Alligator editorial board on Friday.
METRO
Armed robbers arrested at Cabana North Beach
By WILL PAFFORD | Apr. 13, 2008Two local men were arrested and charged in connection with an early Saturday morning armed robbery at the Cabana North Beach Apartments.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF horticulture groups hold plant sale
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Apr. 13, 2008Despite the Orange and Blue football scrimmage on Saturday and gray skies Sunday morning, about 400 people showed up to buy around $9,000 worth of plants, shrubs and flowers over the weekend at the annual Spring Plant Sale on campus.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
UF could blow defenses away with normal, multi-faceted offense
Apr. 13, 2008No way.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Gators commit season-high six errors in loss to Razorbacks
Apr. 13, 2008There goes the thought that UF had finally cleaned up the pitching and defensive woes that plagued the Gators during their recent five-game losing streak.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Sorority members pass pigskin for First and 15 charity game
Apr. 13, 2008Members of the Gators football team paced the sidelines of UF's Norman Field on Sunday. They could only watch as a football flew from one end zone to the other. This time, it was not their game.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Georgia bests rest of conference in inaugural beach volleyball competition
Apr. 13, 2008The rest of the Southeastern Conference will be wishing volleyball is only played outdoors from now on.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Gators sweep Bulldogs, equal season-opening win streak
Apr. 13, 2008The Gators proved that no matter how unthinkable the feat, history does, indeed, repeat itself.
