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NEWS
When life gives you lemons: How to live your dream life
By Pooja Majmundar | Oct. 20, 2014It upsets me to see so many people in the world waste their lives, youth, and potential. Yes, we all have 24 hours in a day, but how many of those hours do we actually immerse ourselves into what we do?
NEWS
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CAMPUS
USDA grants $4.57 million to projects
By Hannah Helms | Oct. 20, 2014UF and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have received more than $4.57 million to study specialty crops in Florida.
METRO
Video Rodeo moving to East University Avenue in December
By Patrick Pinak | Oct. 20, 2014Collin Whitlock remembers the night a homeless man wandered into Video Rodeo with his only possession: a guitar.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
‘That is Enough’ — It is time for us to focus on humanities
Oct. 20, 2014Consider the following two events that transpired during UF’s Homecoming week. First, the UF Board of Trustees selected Dr. Kent Fuchs to be the university’s next president. Second, I attended a UF-based talk which, among other things, alluded to the “innovative” research that could possibly be going on in the area of creating apps to remind people to brush their teeth. Let’s now juxtapose these two aforementioned events that happened on the UF campus last week with three history-making events that happened in the broader U.S. society in the same time frame. First, the deadly Ebola virus made its way to the U.S. Second, gas prices fell to levels not seen since 2010. Third, our stock market dropped by as much as 460 points. What a week!
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Jay Carney, Former White House press secretary to speak at UF
By Isabella Alsina | Oct. 20, 2014He was there when President Barack Obama prepared to tell the nation that Osama bin Laden had been killed.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF now offers access to online data collection for students
By Margaret Ameno | Oct. 20, 2014UF students can now follow 3 billion data collections like they follow their favorite celebrities on Twitter.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Kanapaha Middle school evacuates over bomb threat
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 20, 2014Kanapaha Middle School was evacuated for about an hour and a half Monday morning after a bomb-threat hoax left Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies and school staff sweeping the area for explosives.
NEWS
Gainesvillista: Making leggings fashionable
By Gabrielle Piloto | Oct. 20, 2014Let’s face it. No matter how hard we try, sometimes our workloads just max us out. We stay up late studying, and the next day still comes just as bright and just as early. Cue the leggings.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Groups to hold panel on domestic violence
By Nicole Wiesenthal | Oct. 20, 2014Gainesville and UF organizations will come together Thursday to present a panel on domestic violence.
METRO
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Alachua County early voting begins Wednesday
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 20, 2014Early voting for the 2014 general election will begin Wednesday and run until Nov. 1, said Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UF student arrested after punching cop at Gator Growl
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 20, 2014A UF student was arrested at Gator Growl after he tried to jump a fence to gain entry, failed, then punched a University Police officer in the face, according to police.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF professor recognized for her work in science teacher education
By Julia McBee | Oct. 20, 2014An associate professor in the UF College of Education was honored by two professional teacher organizations for her work in the science education field.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UC Berkeley study questions validity of student evaluations
By Alexia Fernandez | Oct. 20, 2014UF course evaluations roll around at the end of every term. Although some students may overlook them, faculty depend on them.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Have mid-semester blues? You can do it! Just remember we’re all in this together
Oct. 20, 2014The middle of the Fall 2014 semester has arrived. The middle of the semester signals the beginning of some wonderful things, such as the ability to start tentatively unpacking your sweaters in preparation for cooler weather and the onslaught of the pumpkin spice flavor being marketed in every single food product imaginable. There’s a whisper in the air of the holiday season just around the corner, when we can go home and blissfully forget about project deadlines.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Sexual assault is not a gender-specific issue
Oct. 20, 2014In the wake of recent high-profile cases of sexual assault against women on college campuses, including the incidents at UF in late August and early September, the issue has gained new importance among America’s youth.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
UF IFAS looking to attract more STEM students to agriculture
By Taylor Russell | Oct. 20, 2014UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is working to recruit students to fill the shortage of young professionals in the agricultural industries.
METRO
Local farm making mooooves toward dairy production
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 20, 2014In a push for added sustainability, the lush vegetables and bright flowers that grow on the seven farmed acres at Swallowtail Farm in Alachua will be joined by four new mooing members come January.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Gators volleyball playing the hot hand at outside hitter
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 20, 2014It was a late-August afternoon in the Gale Lemerand practice gym, and starting setter Mackenzie Dagostino was explaining why Florida’s practices are never lackadaisical.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Freshman Kuhlman wins singles draw at regional championship
By Mary Francis | Oct. 20, 2014On Friday, seven Gators stepped onto the Georgia Tech courts for the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships.
