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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Student offers tips for UF

By Jonathan Martin | July 11, 2011

I'm a senior who is graduating this August, and I'm not hatin', but I've had four fantastic years of Gainesville college debauchery and can offer a few recommendations to keep the town prospering in all social aspects. I've noted some laws that want to curb the incurable, some changes that try to break the unbreakable and some traditions that need to be awoken from their sober deaths.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Lost in the sauce: guy walks into the bar

By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 11, 2011

I've been back from Vietnam for seven years. I spent the first three in a drunken New Orleans haze. The next four, I drove for Hoffa's Teamsters.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

ABC Family ad blitz: accio facepalm

By Shea Ford | July 11, 2011

For those who are living in a cave and are unaware, the final Harry Potter film debuts in U.S. theaters Friday.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

That ain't right

By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011

When a 168-year-old British tabloid read by millions goes down in the flames, we have to say something.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Do we really need awkward statues to get cultured?

By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011

If you haven't noticed recently, there have been some new additions to the UF and Gainesville community. They aren't the swarms of parents and potential students who quizzically roam the campus, nor are they the people who hand out fliers for some benefit show or campus club. In fact, they don't do anything except waltz and creepily stare as you walk to your next class.

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NEWS  |  FEATURES

Powerbombs, pageantry on display at wrestling show

July 11, 2011

Any other time, this may have been grounds for a call to child services. But on Friday night, it was all part of the show.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Grad student organizes swashbuckling flash mob using Facebook

By Kelsey Tomaselli | July 11, 2011

It began with a whistle, then an episode of organized chaos.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Renowed photographer speaks at Harn

By Beatrice Dupuy | July 11, 2011

Standing in front of a crowd that included the admiring eyes of some of his former students, Jerry Uelsmann said he does not have an agenda behind his photography.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

O'Dome to undergo $900,000 facelift

By Maria Castillo | July 6, 2011

The Stephen C. O'Connell Center is getting a facelift at an estimated cost of $900,000.

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METRO

Chick-fil-A to celebrate Cow Appreciation Day Friday

By Mehgan McLendon | July 6, 2011

Chick-fil-A lovers can save some moolah Friday if they come into any of the restaurant's locations dressed as a cow in celebration of the franchise's annual Cow Appreciation Day.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Audit report released

By Erin Jester | July 6, 2011

A document released by UF's Office of Audit and Compliance Review has revealed the School of Architecture's director billed the school for the services of a design center he also directs, signaling a possible conflict of interest.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

GOTCHA Ride looking to give barflies a new way home

By Alexander Klausner | July 6, 2011

For at least one year, UF students' nighttime transportation options are expanding.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF grad dies while tubing

By Clare Lennon | July 6, 2011

A recent UF graduate died Saturday while tubing with his friends at Ginnie Springs on the Santa Fe River.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Law experts weigh in on Anthony case

By Mehgan McLendon | July 6, 2011

One six-week-long trial, media frenzy and not-guilty verdict later, a few UF legal experts have weighed in with opinions on the Casey Anthony verdict.

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NEWS

Correction

July 6, 2011

In the June 28 edition of the Alligator, an article about a fossil discovered in Vero Beach incorrectly reported the fossil has been exhibited in the Florida Museum of Natural History since November. A replica of the fossil has been exhibited.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Unity among Americans should last longer than one day in July

July 6, 2011

On Monday, we recognized a day of legendary bravery in an onerous battle for life, liberty and happiness. We put aside our political persuasions and forgot our delusions of enmity. For a brief moment, we all had long hair, figuratively sang "Imagine" by John Lennon and did indeed "live as one."

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

A pissing contest like no other: My encounter with Rick Scott

By C.J. Pruner | July 6, 2011

Last Thursday, my good buddy/managing editor/the-man-who-has-the-sense-to-never-let-me-run-a-Muhammad-cartoon Joey Flechas and I drove down to St. Petersburg for the annual Florida Press Association convention. For the few of you who don't religiously follow the inner workings of Florida print media, the FPA convention is where a bunch of godless leftist journos/"media academics"/anyone with a hard-on for the written word from all across the state gather at some palace of a hotel, dress up in outfits picked out by Stevie Wonder and try to outstroke each other in rhetorical masturbation. Essentially, it's like the Republican National Convention with the exception that there's a limit to how much free booze you can guzzle.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Casey Anthony trial doesn't make you a legal expert

By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 6, 2011

If you're looking for some sense of validation as to whether your expert hunch that Casey Marie Anthony is innocent or guilty, seek life elsewhere.

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SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

No. 4: Muschamp - Will Florida Way win?

By JOHN BOOTHE< | July 6, 2011

It’s been seven months since Will Muschamp first stood at a lectern and promised his players would abide by a specific code of conduct.

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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

What to watch out for: Summer B freshmen edition

By Webb | July 6, 2011

Summer B is well underway, with many UF freshmen about two weeks into their college careers. The summer semester is a good way to ease into college life, but some of you may have noticed it isn't the easiest thing in the world.