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SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Ways to shrink basketball team's roster by one
Apr. 7, 2008With news from spring football and March Madness constantly swirling, UF's season-ending loss in the NIT was probably a mere blip on your radar.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hispanic Student Association hosts Janitor Appreciation Day
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Apr. 6, 2008Those responsible for maintaining UF's campus, including groundskeepers and irrigation workers, got a taste of appreciation Friday from a UF organization.
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CAMPUS
Prom Rugby Charity Match mixes sweat and dresses
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 6, 2008With their sequined prom dresses shining in the sun, about 30 women wrapped their arms around one another and smiled wide for the camera. Some had their hair in curls, and others donned tiaras.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ultrasound would educate patients
By Dominic Palvisak | Apr. 6, 2008In Friday's edition of the Alligator, the Editorial Board attacked the Florida House of Representatives for passing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to receive an ultrasound. The Darts & Laurels section called it "another conservative obstruction intended to prevent women from getting abortions."
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CAMPUS
UF's Dance Marathon 2008 raises more than $427,000
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 6, 2008Even after more than 26 hours without access to chairs or beds, more than 650 UF students participating in Dance Marathon jumped to their feet at the sight of a six-digit figure this weekend.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
The Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail
Apr. 6, 2008The Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is 16 miles of protected park land for biking, walking and horseback riding.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Dance Marathon 2008
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 6, 2008UF's Dance Marathon raises money for the Children's Miracle Network.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Medical school dean goes around selections committee to admit student
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 6, 2008The UF College of Medicine's dean may have violated national accreditation standards by overruling the college's selections committee and admitting a student from a politically connected family.
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CAMPUS
UF team competes at computer programming world finals
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 6, 2008Three members of UF's computer programming club are competing against student teams from around the world this week in the finals of a competition sponsored by IBM.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Gators turn season's second triple play, salvage series against Tennessee
Apr. 6, 2008With the bases loaded, the tying run at the plate and a full count, UF reliever Stephen Locke had a single thought racing through his mind.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Best of the Week in News Photos, April 1-7
By Alligator Photographers | Apr. 6, 2008Best news photos of the week.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Perry completes nation's fifth-fastest time of year in 100-meter dash
Apr. 6, 2008Just as the rain clouds began to roll in and cast a shadow over Gainesville, Willie Perry started to light up the track.
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SPORTS
Torchbearers in London meet resistance from protesters
Apr. 6, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWS
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SFC
Bomb threat forces SFCC to evacuate
By JESSICA PONN | Apr. 6, 2008The SFCC campus was evacuated Friday morning after a faculty member found a bomb threat written on a campus wall.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hip-hop competition flaunts fancy footwork, acrobatics
Apr. 6, 2008The amber wood-paneled dance floor vibrated as bass beats rumbled through the room. Two crews lined up on opposite sides, eyes set on their opponents. The DJ scratched the record, and suddenly bodies flew across the floor and lifted into air, freezing in acrobatic and abstract poses.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Economic stimulus package won't work
By Paul Heath | Apr. 6, 2008It looks like the Fed's money presses have some long nights ahead as taxpayers could begin receiving their government stimulus package checks as early as June, according to an Associated Press report. But President Bush and his economic team have made it very clear that everyone's piggy banks should be left on their shelves.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Judo Club hosts Gator Open competition
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Apr. 6, 2008Hajime! Koka! Yuko!
