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THE AVENUE
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NIGHTLIFE
No boundaries: Gainesville Improv Festival plays all
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 20, 2010Don’t you dare throw this lovely piece of literature that we call The Alligator away. And I’m not suggesting that you go green and skip your pretty little feet on over to the recycling bin either. Save your newspapers; they could be used as the inspiration for one of this year’s performances at the Gainesville Improv Festival.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Democrats shouldn’t give up after loss
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 20, 2010One of the bluest states in the country spat on Ted Kennedy’s grave Tuesday when Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown, and the Editorial Board can’t help but feel that Massachusetts voters delivered a sucker punch to the U.S. as a whole.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
‘Avatar’ parallels Republican Party
Jan. 20, 2010Read as a straightforward attack on capitalism in a blue-green hue, many conservatives have angrily vented across all media platforms belittling “Avatar” as yet another Hollywood-leftist-socialist-homosexual-pantheistic-anthrophobic diatribe.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Stayin’ Alive
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 20, 2010The New York Times announced Wednesday afternoon that in 2011 it will offer online readers only a limited number of articles for free each month. In this “metered system,” once users reach their limit, they will be charged or denied access.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
TV lessons lessen with time
By Eric Tegethoff | Jan. 20, 2010No offense to my parents, but I was raised by television.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Student’s arrest brings to light America’s flawed priorities
By Will Penman | Jan. 20, 2010About two weeks ago, Haisong Jiang, a graduate student from China studying biosciences at Rutgers, saw his girlfriend off at the Newark Liberty International Airport.
FORMS
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CORRECTION
Correction
Jan. 20, 2010An article in Wednesday’s Alligator incorrectly identified Bryan Griffin as the UF College Republicans executive director. He is the president of the UF group and executive director of Florida College Republicans.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Injuries cause UF to rework practices
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 19, 2010Billy Donovan has mixed up his team’s practice routine quite a bit in the last week.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Butler leads tight-knit staff
Jan. 19, 2010Amanda Butler referred to the UF women’s basketball program as a family.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Macklin controls team’s fate
Jan. 19, 2010At the beginning of the season, I would have pegged “He Ain’t Worth Missing” by Toby Keith as the song for the 2009-10 Florida basketball team, a tune freshman guard Kenny Boynton surely sang to the squad upon his arrival in Gainesville to ease the players’ pain over Nick Calathes’ departure for an exotic mistress (Greece).
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Freshman shines right away
By TOM GREEN< | Jan. 19, 2010Coming into the season, the Gators knew they would have to depend heavily on their underclassmen, including five freshmen who made up the nation’s top recruiting class.
METRO
Broadcaster faces child porn charges
By The Associated Press | Jan. 19, 2010Longtime UF sports broadcaster Steve Babik is facing federal charges of having child pornography on his home computer.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Employers remain optimistic despite lower turnout
By LYN KRAMER | Jan. 19, 2010The recession is making an impression on this year's Spring Career Showcase.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students get Reitz fee vote
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 19, 2010Senators discussed giving a voice to UF students on a potential Reitz Union fee at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Former Sen. Tom Daschle speaks about health care reform
By CJ PRUNER Alligator Writer | Jan. 19, 2010DASCHLE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF REFORM.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student leaders weigh in on Obama’s first year
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 19, 2010Today marks President Obama’s first year in office, and UF political groups have differing views on how his term is going.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Vigil honors Martin Luther King Jr., Haitian victims
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 19, 2010The voice of soul singer Sam Cooke filled the air as about 100 people gathered in the Reitz Union Amphitheater Tuesday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Grant aims to keep civil rights movement alive
By ERICA JOHNSON | Jan. 19, 2010As memories of the civil rights movement begin to blur and tales of integration fade with time, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is striving to bring these stories back into focus.
METRO
Cold weather may harm Florida's reptile, bat populations
By Taylor Dixon | Jan. 19, 2010WEATHER SHOCK CAN CAUSE ANIMALS TO FREEZE TO DEATH.
