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OPINION
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COLUMNS
Gay marriage views influenced by statistics, representation
By Will Penman | Jan. 10, 2010I found a chart online recently consisting of two pictures. The top picture had a map of the United States with states highlighted where gay marriage was legal: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and New Hampshire. Pretty simple picture — five states. The picture below it was the same map but with a lot of states colored. That one? States where it’s legal to marry your first cousin.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Nothing after 1980 compares to old rock
By Mike Boulware | Jan. 10, 2010
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Too soon to compare presidents
By Jake Jacobs | Jan. 10, 2010“I have never seen outright hatred for a president like I have seen with Obama,” is a quote from Paul Murty’s guest column on Friday. I would like to disagree. First off, the only president our generation can compare President Obama to is President Bush
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
America should drop Tiger Woods fixation
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2010Remember that YouTube video starring the overly concerned Britney Spears fan begging the American public to just leave the pop princess alone?
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Political gaffes grow more rampant
By Ryan Spencer | Jan. 10, 2010It was a banner week for bipartisan tomfoolery, culminating on Friday and coming from both Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and Democratic strategist James Carville.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Baby daddies
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2010We know it’s not time for Darts and Laurels yet, but the Editorial Board would like to commend state Rep. Christine Johnson for agreeing to carry a child for a gay couple in Utah — one of only six states in the U.S. to explicitly ban gay adoption.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF improv group stages first show of semester
By AMANDA BROOKE WARD | Jan. 10, 2010Theatre Strike Force performs improvisational games and shows similar to those seen on “Whose Line is it Anyway?”
METRO
Congressman Meek reaching to students in 2010 Senate race
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 10, 2010Florida’s 2010 Senate race has been generating headlines since Gov. Charlie Crist announced his candidacy last spring.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
3 UF Professors recieve grants to teach abroad
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 10, 2010Ido Oren, an associate professor of political science; Paul Robinson, an assistant professor of architecture; and Sheryl Kroen, an associate professor of history, will be teaching around the world. Kroen will be lecturing in Italy, while Robinson will teach and conduct research in Slovenia and northern Italy
METRO
World Hypnotism Day celebrated at local bookstore
By Caitlin O'Conner | Jan. 10, 2010Gainesville's first observance of World Hypnotism Day was held at Books-A-Million on Saturday where seven hypnotherapists discussed a range of topics.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators down Tigers in double OT
Jan. 9, 2010With the game forced into a second overtime, Steffi Sorensen was the least expected player on the Gators to take a shot. Through the game’s first 45 minutes, Sorensen had failed to score a single point.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators open up SEC play with loss despite hot shooting performance
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 9, 2010NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Florida finally fixed its woeful outside shooting, but one of the Gators’ supposed strengths turned into a glaring weakness on Saturday.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
UF falters in first meet of season
Jan. 9, 2010For a Gators team that came into the season with sky-high expectations, fusing a top-ranked recruiting class with a seasoned returning class that finished fourth in the nation was a challenge on Friday night in Norman, Okla.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Team looks to Parsons to solve shooting woes
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 7, 2010The Gators have spent plenty of time working to get their three-point shots falling again – extra shots in practice, individual shooting sessions, breaking down film.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
UF hits the road for season opener
Jan. 7, 2010The UF gymnastics team opens its season on the road at Norman, Okla., for its first meet of the season against No. 9 Oklahoma tonight at 8. With weather forecasted to be in the teens at the time of the meet, the team can be thankful it gets to perform indoors.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Jumpball: Gymnastics the sport to watch in the spring
By CALLOVI< | Jan. 7, 2010Just because football season is over, doesn't mean your Gators clothes have to stay in your closet until next August.
NEWS
Jumpball: Softball tops the list of spring sports
Jan. 7, 2010Now that you’re free from football season’s choke hold, it’s time to take some advice from Wu Tang Financial and diversify your bonds.
METRO
Free H1N1 shots to be given Sat.
By Marissa Prieto | Jan. 7, 2010The Alachua County Health Department is offering free H1N1 vaccinations Saturday at three locations.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Audiences to gather in the O'Connell Center for horseplay
By Andrew Wyzan | Jan. 7, 2010The stallions will perform at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
