NEWS
Set fashion trends for this spring
By ASHLEY MOSES | Mar. 16, 2010Now that Spring Break is over and the Spring weather is here, its time to open up your closest and and try on your Spring outfits.
El Caimán
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CAMPUS
Rally against student shooting marches across campus
By Alligator Staff report | Mar. 16, 2010Updated: 2:55 p.m.
NEWS
Spring Strings
By Hanna Palmer | Mar. 15, 2010Wolfe Cronin, 20, a UF mechanical engineering major, plays guitar on the Reitz Union North Lawn Monday afternoon.Hanna Palmer / Alligator
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Three-run fifth inning propels UF to win over Army
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Mar. 15, 2010After seeing Army left fielder Ben Koenigsfeld lay out and snag a hard-hit ball in the fourth inning, the Gators took a different approach.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators women's basketball team misses NCAA Tourney
Mar. 15, 2010One year following a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, Florida missed out on the tourney altogether.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Stamper should be drafted
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 15, 2010All Ryan Stamper did his senior year was lead the fourth-best defense in the nation in tackles with 78.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Web site matches dorm roommates
By STEPHANIE RAMIREZ | Mar. 15, 2010They create a profile and post their pictures with hopes of finding a perfect match, but these UF students are not looking for love — they are looking for roommates.
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CAMPUS
Student vote urged
Mar. 15, 2010After months of sign-waving, door-to-door canvassing and candidate forums, it all comes down to a vote.
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CAMPUS
Board vote saves Machen money
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 15, 2010Although student voters rejected a proposed Reitz Union student fee, some student leaders are still working to form a more perfect union. In a meeting of the UF’s Board of Trustees Committee on Educational Policy and Strategy on Monday, UF Student Body President Jordan Johnson said Student Government is seeking alternative sources of funding for renovating the aging student center.
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CAMPUS
UF student dies in highway accident
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 15, 2010UF electrical engineering student Thomas Hollister and his father, David Hollister, were killed Saturday when a pine tree fell on their car, causing it to swerve into a ditch.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
TheLadders commercial is regressive
Mar. 15, 2010I fully admit to being a cynic about advertising, but there’s one TV commercial that throws me beyond mere cynicism and into just sputtering, angry confusion.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
No Excuses: Students should vote in today’s city election
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2010The upcoming federal election cycle sure looks exciting from here. Democrats are fighting for their political lives, Republicans trying to make gains in both houses of Congress and Tea Partiers clamoring for revolution.
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CAMPUS
UF women seeking chivalrous men
By RACHEL MANKO | Mar. 15, 2010Hannah Roberson said she hasn’t had a man escort her anywhere, open a door for her or push in her chair for as long as she can remember. Chivalry is dead, she said.
METRO
New program gives students high school diploma earlier
By Emily Morrow | Mar. 15, 2010A new program that will give high school students a head start on college may come to Florida.
METRO
Volunteers drive cancer patients to treatment centers for programs
By MEGAN MERRILL | Mar. 15, 2010After winning her battle against breast cancer, Barb Thomas now lives to help drive the disease out of other cancer patients’ lives.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF employee helps in Haiti
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 15, 2010Four days after the earthquake hit, Jason Byrd was in Haiti counting bodies.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Give Us Google
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2010Students get a bad rep around Gainesville sometimes for throwing a metaphorical four-year party, trashing the place because we don’t have to live with the resulting mess. You’ll hear this when any vote on taxes does or doesn’t pass, when discussing student driving habits or when we throw the parties that land us among the top 5 party schools.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator endorsement misrepresented Mayoral candidate
By Monica Leadon Cooper | Mar. 15, 2010I was misrepresented in the Alligator on Monday concerning my knowledge of the city’s strong anti-discrimination protections.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader urges UF students to vote for Wells in Gainesville’s elections
By Ben Cavataro | Mar. 15, 2010In today’s elections for City Commission’s District 4, students should choose Randy Wells. Wells has a proven track record of getting results and bringing people together.
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COLUMNS
Candidate Craig Lowe urges vote
By Craig Lowe | Mar. 15, 2010My name is Craig Lowe and I am running to use my proven leadership and experience as mayor.
