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Junior transfer letting shots rip for Gators
By LANDON WATNICK | Sep. 27, 2012Adriana Leon only needed one goal to get her confidence flowing.
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METRO
Annual Pride Festival to celebrate equality
By Rachel Crosby | Sep. 27, 2012The annual Gainesville Pride Festival will take place from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. At noon, a parade will start at Wild Iris Books, 802 W. University Ave. For an hour, marchers and floats will trickle down University Avenue. By 1 p.m., the parade will flood into Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
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CAMPUS
‘Peanuts’ nature exhibit to open at the UF Florida Museum
By Jordan Robbins | Sep. 27, 2012The “Peanuts … Naturally: Charlie Brown and Friends Explore Nature” exhibit will kick off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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Student Government parties debut platforms, campaigns
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 27, 2012Both the Students Party and the Swamp Party appeared around campus and provided students with information about their campaign platforms and party messages.
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CAMPUS
Runners to sprint for a drink and donations at Beer Run 5K
By Carina Seagrave | Sep. 27, 2012Runners and beer enthusiasts will gather at the Gainesville House of Beer today at 6 p.m. to run a 5K to benefit nonprofit organizations A Walk in My Shoes Inc. and the Pledge 5 Foundation. Race director and event coordinator Dan Phillips said 200 people have already registered.
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CAMPUS
SG Election Commission rules on Swamp Party complaint
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 27, 2012Sen. Truman Williams, on behalf of the Swamp Party, filed an elections violation complaint against Sen. Umair Asghar and the Students Party for misrepresenting a fact in a guest column Asghar wrote for the Alligator.
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CAMPUS
Freshman duo making progress for UF tennis
Sep. 27, 2012Freshman Brianna Morgan has made more progress than any player assistant coach Dave Balogh has seen in his time at Florida.
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CAMPUS
Donation program lets Gators fundraise through touchdowns
By Chabeli Herrera | Sep. 27, 2012The fourth annual Academic Sports Challenge will bring in money to the George A. Smathers Libraries for every touchdown scored in the season. Students, faculty and alumni can pledge dollars per touchdown to donate to the library system.
METRO
iPhone users are dropping some serious cash for repairs
By Jordan Robbins | Sep. 27, 2012SquareTrade surveyed more than 2,000 iPhone users and then combined the cost of repairs, replacements and insurance deductibles for broken iPhones.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
UF cross country runner overcoming injury history
Sep. 27, 2012Phil Duncan knows how difficult it is to help his team when he’s stuck on the sideline. He understands the adversity of not being with the team or participating when it matters most.
METRO
Campus ministry front door shattered
By Alex Catalano | Sep. 27, 2012The majority of the United Methodist campus ministry was upstairs worshipping when the left door of the first-floor entryway had a quarter-inch hole punched into its upper right corner, leaving a web of cracks across the pane.
METRO
Downtown bus routes will change during Gainesville Pride Parade
By Alex Catalano | Sep. 27, 2012The parade, which will start at noon, will go from Ayers Medical Building to Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Four of RTS’s transit routes will be affected. The routes will change from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Gainesville Unicycle Festival to be held today on North Lawn
By Jewel Midelis | Sep. 27, 2012A family that unicycles together, stays together, his dad always said, and although Elsner has fallen hundreds of times over the years, he’s still unicycling.
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UF swim coach racking up awards
By ROBERT JUDIN | Sep. 27, 2012If the hardware hanging in coach Gregg Troy’s office isn’t enough to prove he’s accustomed to winning, the hardware around his swimmers’ necks should be.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Senior maturing, improving for Gators men's golf
By CHARLES KINGSBURY | Sep. 27, 2012When Tyler McCumber wants to get away from the golf course, he tackles the enormous swells on Barbados’ east coast at Bathsheba Beach.
METRO
Florida home to the most recreational fishers, study says
By Webb | Sep. 27, 2012He is among millions of other Florida fishers. Florida was ranked as the state with the most recreational fishers earlier this month in a study released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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CAMPUS
UF study finds mice to have regenerative properties
By Kelly Price | Sep. 27, 2012The African spiny mouse could become a new base for regenerative medicine research in mammals, said Ashley Seifert, a 36-year-old Department of Biology postdoctoral fellow at UF who worked on the study.
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UF is first university in nation to offer bowling application
By Noelia Trujillo | Sep. 27, 2012UF is the first university in the nation to offer XBowling, a social mobile application that combines traditional bowling with technology. It allows bowlers to connect with players worldwide, said Bill Fasig, chief marketing officer at its parent company, Sports Challenge Network.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Here’s what I know about Pedro: A roommate’s observations
By Erik Skipper | Sep. 27, 2012Pedro was a randomly assigned roommate, and he seemed like a pretty nice kid. He was quiet, thoughtful and courteous.
METRO
County updates emergency system to provide fast alerts
By Phillip A. Nunley | Sep. 27, 2012The Emergency Alert System now gives the president, state government and local government the ability to broadcast about natural and man-made disasters or life-threatening situations, according to a county press release.
