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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Florida sweeps Kentucky in first road dual meet of year
By AARON FRIEDLAND | Oct. 16, 2014Chalk up another Southeastern conference victory for the Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving team (M: 2-0, 2-0 SEC; W: 3-0, 3-0 SEC) as the men’s team beat Kentucky (M: 0-2, 0-2 SEC; W: (1-1, 1-1 SEC) by a score of 164-128 while the women won 161-137 in Lexington, Ky.
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LIFESTYLE
A whole latte fall-flavored love
By Kelsey Jordan | Oct. 15, 2014As the cool weather of autumn arrives, coffee drinkers are trading in their iced beverages for hot brews. Local cafe menus are filling up with flavors of the season, and while the pumpkin spice latte is a dead-set tradition, creative alternatives are emerging.
NEWS
Swamp of love: Dressing for success
By Kat Anthony | Oct. 15, 2014It’s Friday night, and you’re getting ready for your date. You sit on your bed with five different shirts around you, two pairs of pants on the floor and more shoes than you can count are all over the room.
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LIFESTYLE
Dating website finds UF females more selective than UF males when dating
By Mahogany Brown | Oct. 15, 2014A dating platform that makes finding love easier for students recently looked through its users from colleges in Florida to find out who were the pickiest when it came to dating.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
UF gets it right with Fuchs presidential selection
Oct. 15, 2014On Wednesday, the UF Board of Trustees selected Kent Fuchs to be the university’s next president. Fuchs currently serves as the provost of Cornell University, one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning.
METRO
Man fatally shoots himself in City of Alachua hostage situation
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 15, 2014A man armed with a rifle held a woman hostage before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
We can do more with modern technology
Oct. 15, 2014Last Wednesday, rockstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gave the keynote address at a conference for the information security industry. I refer to him as a rockstar because he’s the only astrophysicist I know by name. I’d imagine I’m not alone.
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LIFESTYLE
Raven-Symoné’s social media storm
By Rachel Welch | Oct. 15, 2014Former “The Cosby Show” and “That’s So Raven” child star “set the Twitter on fire” Sunday night, according to Oprah Winfrey.
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MUSIC
Christian musical acts to perform tonight at local church
By Kelsey Jordan | Oct. 15, 2014Contemporary Christian artist Jason Gray’s “With Every Act of Love Tour” will grace Gainesville tonight.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
KENT FUCHS CHOSEN AS NEXT UF PRESIDENT
By Ariana Figueroa | Oct. 15, 2014It took less than three minutes for the Board of Trustees to unanimously determine UF’s 12th president, Kent Fuchs (pronounced “fox”), on Wednesday.
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FOOD
Toasting to the holidays ahead
By Keri | Oct. 15, 2014Now is the time to start preparing for the holidays ahead. No, we don’t mean shopping or menu planning, which are good ideas by the way, but preparing for the social events ahead. Ways to fine-tune your social etiquette are to know how to give good toasts, a universal practice of honoring a person or occasion with an expression of goodwill and a drink. The holidays present many opportunities to give toasts with gatherings of friends and family ahead, including parties, winter weddings and graduations.
METRO
Gainesville ranks fifth-best small city for college students
By Patrick Pinak | Oct. 15, 2014It’s great to be a Florida Gator – and to live in Gainesville.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
IFAS to receive $300,000 to help sustain growing world population
By Mahogany Brown | Oct. 15, 2014UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has partnered with two global agricultural companies to help sustain the world’s growing population by 2050.
METRO
GPD promotes safety at community event
By Shanté Shedrick | Oct. 15, 2014Residents participated in an evening of live demonstrations, giveaways and tours at Gainesville Police headquarters Wednesday as a part of Celebrate Safe Communities.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police dog tracks down, captures local man after two-hour manhunt
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 15, 2014A Citra, Florida man accused of attempting to cash fraudulent checks evaded capture for two hours Wednesday as he led a force of police officers, helicopters and K-9 units on a manhunt through dense forests and swampy grounds.
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ART AND THEATER
Blood, a D-list film director, a drugged-up mom and more
By Jasmine Wildflower Osmond | Oct. 15, 2014With a set that features bloody mannequins chained to walls and a bathtub full of bloody body parts and severed heads, the Hippodrome State Theatre’s Halloween play isn’t scared of getting a little messy this year.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF men's basketball gears up for season, replacing four seniors
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Oct. 15, 2014Billy Donovan knows he has to rebuild.
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FOOTBALL
Notebook: Morrison leading UF defense
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Oct. 15, 2014Antonio Morrison is on a hot streak.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Recek has season-best outing in Gators win over Gamecocks
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 15, 2014After the match’s first set, it appeared as if South Carolina would be the first Southeastern Conference team to hand Florida a loss this season.
