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BASEBALL
UF to host NCAA Regional
By ANTHONY CHIANG | May 31, 2010Despite not winning their conference tournament, the Gators received some good news Monday.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
National title goes unnoticed
By TOM GREEN | May 31, 2010Go ahead and add another national championship to Florida’s collection.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Gators send 16 to NCAA Outdoor Championships
By JESSE SIMONTON | May 31, 2010While Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets may have been hard to come by, the Gators track and field teams collected their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as easy as stealing candy from a baby.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Men's golf team set for NCAA Championships
By JAIME MANHEIMER | May 31, 2010Last week at NCAA Regionals, Florida played well enough to finish in third place and qualify for the NCAA Championships on June 2.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Boonstra and Will ousted in doubles
May 31, 2010Sometimes the competition is too much.
METRO
State-funding cut hits Shands hard
By Holly Kane | May 31, 2010The $9.7-million cut in state funding for Shands at UF, which was approved by Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday, will likely adversely affect Florida's under- and uninsured patients, according to a Shands press release.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Soccer deserves a spot in the limelight alongside football
By Marc Evenst Jn Jacques | May 31, 2010It is love at first sight. It is a Thursday afternoon, and you are exhausted, waiting on the bus and eager to get home.
METRO
Gainesville biomass plant approved
May 31, 2010The Florida Public Service Commission approved a plan on Thursday to build a 100-megawatt biomass plant at the Gainesville Regional Utilities facility in Deerhaven.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fat Tuscan restaurant owners can’t complain about zoning restrictions
By Robert Hueckstaedt | May 31, 2010If the zoning code hasn't changed, then the owners of the Fat Tuscan have no argument.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Facebook should not share user info
By Joshua Lee | May 31, 2010Like most college students, I am quite tied to my Facebook account and have put much of my life on the ever-growing social network. When I first heard about Facebook four years ago, I promised myself I would never sign my deal with the devil and get an account. Four years later and here I am, one of those people who logs on at least twice a day to update myself on things that the website says I care about.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Inhospitable: Crist vetoes $9.7 million for Shands funding
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 31, 2010Things just got a little more difficult for the under-insured and uninsured.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Officers’ claims of self-defense do not justify student shooting
By Andrew Lapetina | May 31, 2010Bill Cervone's statement clearly indicates that he believes police officers can, in the name of self-defense, shoot any person in their presence armed with a possibly deadly weapon - such as a cane, which is hardly different from a table leg - and wielding it in a dangerous manner.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF's ultimate Frisbee takes national championship
By Clare Lennon | May 31, 2010Florida Ultimate's A-Team won six of seven games over the weekend, culminating in the victory over Carleton College.
METRO
UF students build solar house for competition
By ARIELLE LEWIS | May 31, 2010UF students built a house, tore it down and are now building it again.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Up in smoke: Countdown to the campus smoking ban
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 31, 2010Students only have one more month to smoke on campus before it is officially banned. Let the countdown begin.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UF Supreme Court nominees lacked basic knowledge about FERPA.
By Alan Martin | May 31, 2010David Nigliazzo was not the only controversial nominee.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Donating hair to oil spill effort wasn’t done in vain
By Christopher Day | May 31, 2010I cut off 8 inches or so and donated all my hair to the group in the plaza Thursday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bus customer does not deserve refund for his missed flight
By Karl Bruno | May 31, 2010This headline, "Bus customer demands refund for missed flight," makes it sound like the bus didn't get him there on time, in which case he would be right to demand a refund.
METRO
Tombstones pay tribute to soldiers
By JORDAN DIAZ | May 31, 2010A display of 5,473 cardboard tombstones, one for every soldier killed in the wars, lined both sides of Northwest Eighth Avenue.
NEWS
Feature photo: Rain Delay
By Harrison Diamond | May 31, 2010Members of the grounds crew drag a tarp over the infield at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
