SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Perfect scores overshadow junior
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 27, 2014Rachel Spicer didn’t perform her floor routine during Florida’s 2013 title run.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gators finish fourth in season-opening tourney
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 27, 2014Katie Mitchell and Karolina Vickova walked onto the greens of the Black Diamond Ranch Monday morning hoping to score a win for the Gators on their birthday.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Holloway not satisfied despite solid performances
By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | Jan. 27, 2014Very pleased, but not satisfied, is how coach Mike Holloway is feeling about his track and field team after two meets thus far in the indoor season.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF names new dorm, schedules groundbreaking for February
By Shannon Sapourn | Jan. 27, 2014Details have emerged about the new residence hall that is under construction on the corner of 13th Street and Museum Road.
METRO
Users say TTYL to standard texting
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 27, 2014New reports show that nontraditional messaging may surpass texting as the most popular form of instant messaging among young people.
METRO
UF Health joins Orlando Health to fight cancer
By Elizabeth Renda | Jan. 27, 2014Residents of North and Central Florida will have access to one of the largest cancer centers in the state beginning Feb. 1 when UF Health and Orlando Health officially join forces.
METRO
Gainesville Improv Festival returns for ninth year
By Stephanie Newman | Jan. 27, 2014The Gainesville Improv Festival will return with 24 improv groups Wednesday for its ninth year of unscripted sketch comedy.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UF students deserve an on-campus early voting location
By Kevin Gerson | Jan. 27, 2014Voting isn’t just a necessary part of democracy. Voting is democracy. And, as the Supreme Court ruled in a 1979 landmark case, students establishing residency have the right to vote in the communities where they attend college. Students pay state sales tax. They are subject to the jurisdiction of the court system where they attend school. Most importantly, students are directly impacted by the decisions made by elected officials in the city, county and state governments where they attend college. Yet, at UF, the status quo prevents far too many students from exercising their fundamental voting rights.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Gov. Scott threw Florida under the rail
Jan. 27, 2014Driving across Florida is expensive. With gas prices rising, commuting is getting costlier each semester, and unless you’re game for the God-awful shuttle buses, you’re out of luck.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Double standards are really just sexism
Jan. 27, 2014Unfortunately, it’s become quite acceptable to use the term “double standards.” Double standards, of course, refer to the things socially acceptable for a certain type of person to do while the same things remain completely socially unacceptable for another type of person. Overwhelmingly, the term is used for all things related to gender. The phrase is used by an astounding number of people, partially joking and partially serious. But let’s get something straight here: Double standards are just a way of holding prejudices without actually saying out loud, “I’m sexist.”
OPINION
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COLUMNS
HuffPost, stop telling women how to dress
Jan. 27, 2014If women dressed for the stereotypical generalization of men’s desires, we would just wear tight jeans and low-cut tank tops. Or, to paraphrase fashion designer Betsey Johnson, we would just go around naked.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Trigger happy: Guns shouldn’t be allowed in dorms
Jan. 27, 2014As all the Preview skits would have you believe, freshman year of college is a stressful time. While the course load is the easiest during those first few months of college, the amount of mental and emotional turmoil can be taxing on 18- and 19-year-olds who are adjusting to adult life — or, at least, a practice run for adult life. The newfound freedom and access to alcohol, drugs and casual sex contributes chaos to the freshman experience, especially for the many first-year students who choose to live in residence halls.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Florida man threatens neighbor with golf club, police say
By Kelcee Griffis | Jan. 27, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday night after police say he threatened a neighbor with a golf club.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Poetry series kicks off Thursday at Volta
By Akeila Brown | Jan. 27, 2014Thursday marked the beginning of this semester’s installment of the UF Master of Fine Arts Poetry and Fiction reading series.
NEWS
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SFC
Santa Fe College student creates apartment-hunting site
By Alexia Marchetti | Jan. 27, 2014Finding an off-campus apartment just got simpler for Gainesville residents.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Quidditch players swamp Flavet Field for day of wizard gaming
By Emily Julson | Jan. 27, 2014On Saturday, Flavet Field was filled with seekers, chasers and snitches for the first UF-hosted Quidditch Swamp Cup since Spring 2012.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
There's an app for that: Alligator mobile app now available
Jan. 27, 2014You use apps to order pizza, check bus routes and view singles in your area — now, you can use one to read the Alligator on the go.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Florida offense finding balance during conference play
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Jan. 26, 2014For the first three games of the season, the Gators’ offense went through Casey Prather. Nearly a third of the team’s total points scored came from the senior forward.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UF snaps losing streak
By GORDON STREISAND< | Jan. 26, 2014The Gators snapped their three-game skid with authority Sunday afternoon in the O’Connell Center.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Sloan, Hunter perfect on floor
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 26, 2014When sophomore Bridget Sloan finished her floor routine Friday night, a crowd of more than 10,000 fans who gathered to see Florida (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) compete against Georgia erupted.
