METRO
Police have suspects, still looking for victim in robbery
By Kat Bein | Apr. 19, 2011By KAT BEIN
El Caimán
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CAMPUS
UF ready for trash left behind as students move out
By Grier Ferguson | Apr. 19, 2011As the semester draws to a close, thousands of UF students will arm themselves with whatever they can get their hands on to pack every possession they can find in their living space.
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FEATURES
Social site links local businesses to customers
By Ashley Fierman | Apr. 19, 2011There’s a new way for students to save money.
METRO
Parkour academy to open in May
By Sara Kaner | Apr. 19, 2011Scaling a two-story wall, vaulting off of a park bench and jumping over a three-foot fence are just a few of the many parkour moves people can learn at the new American Parkour Academy opening in May at Go Primal Fitness and Training Institute.
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CAMPUS
Reitz offers summer leisure classes
By Miranda Moore | Apr. 19, 2011Students looking to fill their time this summer can soon register for Reitz Union leisure classes.
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CAMPUS
E.T. York leaves lasting impact on UF, state system
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 19, 2011E. T. York liked to say tall trees catch a lot of wind. Those who knew him said he was one of the tallest.
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CAMPUS
Experts debate role of religion in society
By Morgan Watkins | Apr. 19, 2011Religion and science butted heads at UF on Tuesday night as two scholars argued whether religion, particularly Christianity, deserves the blame for many of society’s problems.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Maddox moving to third
By TOM GREEN | Apr. 19, 2011After Zack Powers slid into second base Friday night against Georgia, Austin Maddox found himself in a familiar spot the rest of the weekend.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 19, 2011For all the time we’ve spent poking fun at the religious nuts on Turlington during our time at UF, now we’re the ones saying, “The end is nigh.”
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Columnist neglects to mention serious side effects
By Frank Coxon IV | Apr. 19, 2011I feel obligated to respond to Laura Ellermeyer’s Tuesday column on “study pills.” While I applaud her for denouncing their use, I feel she took the matter too lightly. I have ADHD and take Concerta (a form of Ritalin) and suffer the side effects she spoke of, but there are worse side effects as well. All the drugs she mentioned can cause chronic headaches (which I suffer from) as well as loss of appetite, heartburn, vomiting. And that’s just the mild symptoms. Worse symptoms include seizures, depression, heart trouble and sudden death, especially in adults with heart defects or previous heart problems. This can all be found on the PubMed Health website. There have been documented cases of children dying from a Ritalin dose their own doctor prescribed.
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BUSINESS
Online courses continue to gain popularity at UF
By Amanda Eatman | Apr. 19, 2011UF freshman Eric Olson walked into his first macroeconomics class in Bryan Hall in fall 1980 not knowing what to expect.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Nobody is a stereotype
By Donnie Fields President | Apr. 19, 2011Stereotypes are not what they seem. They are ideas. They are not people. Nobody — no matter how predictable one thinks their behavior — is a stereotype. We are all dynamic individuals with backgrounds and attributes completely unique to ourselves. The problem with stereotypes is the generalization of the specific quality to all members of the group — not the quality itself.
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CAMPUS
Bands bring unique sounds to end of semester shows
By Kat Bein | Apr. 19, 2011Today marks the end of a long 105 days of studies, lectures and deadlines, and students looking to party have plenty of options to get down.
NEWS
Editor-in-chief says goodbye
By Paul Runnestrand | Apr. 19, 2011There are a lot of things I want to do in my lifetime. None of them involve a newspaper.
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CAMPUS
Activities designed to help with stress
By Stephanie Schwartz | Apr. 19, 2011From bowling to zumba, there will be many ways to de-stress during finals.
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CAMPUS
Actor, activist Kal Penn to host watch party for Obama speech
By Clare Lennon | Apr. 19, 2011Kal Penn will be at UF today to host President Obama’s Facebook Town Hall Watch Party at 4:30 p.m. in Pugh Hall’s Ocora Room.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Net natives can revolutionize the world
By Wesley Campbell | Apr. 19, 2011For some of you moving on, up, out, wherever, this may be the last time you ever read this paper. If you’ve read my column every Wednesday, then I am stunned and flattered. Most of you probably glance for something interesting between classes and that’s that.
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CAMPUS
Counseling and Wellness Center seeing more students
By Clare Lennon | Apr. 19, 2011Whether it’s difficult exams, piles of homework or social drama, college can be stressful.
NEWS
Correction
Apr. 19, 2011A photo caption in Tuesday’s paper incorrectly identified Alan G. Weinstein.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Video: Protestors March on Corporations for "Fair" Taxes
By Andres Arocha | Apr. 19, 2011Demonstrators gathered on Bo Diddley Community Plaza and marched to the Bank of America on West University Drive on Monday afternoon. The demonstration continued outside the bank, where protestors delivered a bill for what they believe the bank "owes" the American people.
