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NEWS
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CAMPUS
Virtual law class links students with international experts
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Aug. 27, 2009Michelle Jacobs is only a few inches tall during third and fourth period Thursdays - unless you zoom in on her.
METRO
Thousands of Florida residents anticipated to contract swine flu
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 27, 2009This fall, students may have more to prepare for than just exams.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Marsh hurts ankle, held out of practice
Aug. 27, 2009Defensive tackle Lawrence Marsh missed practice Thursday with a sprained ankle.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Meyer changes hazing culture
Aug. 27, 2009Next time you're on your knees in a dark frat house getting beaten with a sack of doorknobs, try calling Urban Meyer for help.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 27, 2009If you're anything like us, fall is one big wake-up call (and if you're even more like us, you totally missed your 7 a.m. wake-up call on Monday).
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Magazine ranks UF on eco-friendly list
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Aug. 27, 2009Gainesville is not the least bit chilly, but UF just got a little cooler after the Sierra Club Magazine recently placed the school No. 15 on its third annual "Cool School" list with an "A" grade.
METRO
Police search for suspect in armed robbery of occupied home
Aug. 27, 2009Gainesville Police are still searching for a man who was involved in an attempted armed robbery of a family early Thursday morning.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students may qualify for textbook tax credit
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Aug. 27, 2009Long lines, pricey books and empty shelves are often the norm for students during the first week of classes.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF to add up to 100 faculty
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 27, 2009Just over a week after UF sent notices to many of the 60 employees being laid off, UF President Bernie Machen announced an initiative to use $10 million in stimulus money to hire up to 100 new faculty this year.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student Government steeped in mystery
By Gary Benedix | Aug. 27, 2009Why is it that our Student Government does not allow students to know what is going on? During my time at UF, I have seen a Student Government steeped in mystery and one that rarely interacts with the student body. I have seen SG officials ignore students, break the law and show an overall discontent for the issues facing us. As the lawsuit filed by Frank Bracco demonstrates, SG does not want us to know what is going on. SG has not only denied individuals the right to know what happens at public meetings, but it even goes so far as to not allow students to have the voting records of our elected officials, including our Student Body president who sits on the Board Of Trustees.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bill concentrates too much power in SG
By Alden Gillepsy | Aug. 27, 2009At Tuesday night's meeting of the Student Senate, the Unite Party passed a bill called the Executive Order Establishment Act, a bill that represents a serious threat to the democratic process within Student Government.
METRO
Campaign challenges Gators to use bicycles, buses
By CAROLYN TILLO | Aug. 27, 2009For the second year in a row, UF students, faculty and staff are choosing not to drive themselves crazy while getting around Gainesville.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Progress Party shouldn't promote power
By Taylor Cinalli | Aug. 26, 2009I was very disturbed to read in Wednesday's Alligator Progress Party Leader David Schneider's blatant intellectual dishonesty. To say that giving the Student Body president the unilateral ability "to create executive orders to create offices, departments and policies" would "discourage too much centralization of one power," as the article stated, is exactly the opposite of what is going to happen.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Part IV: UAA rewards athletes with better facilities
By LAURA KUBITZ | Aug. 26, 2009Editor's Note: This is the conclusion of our four-part alligatorSports series in which we examine whether college athletes deserve to be paid for their athletic efforts.
METRO
Consumer confidence rises despite recession
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Aug. 26, 2009Although the country is still deep in recession, consumers think it may get better soon.
AP
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SPORTS
Court rules seizure of 2003 drug-testing list unlawful
Aug. 26, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Tucker Max scores in Gainesville
By ASHLEY ROSS | Aug. 26, 2009Raise your hand if you've slept with a midget, a deaf girl and an amputee. Anyone? Oh yes, in the back of the class, Mr. Tucker Max.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SG should bring back New York Times
By Zoe Ziliak | Aug. 26, 2009When I arrived on campus early Monday morning, I immediately headed to the newspaper dispensers near Turlington to get my copy of the New York Times. They only held copies of USA Today. I assumed that particular dispenser was simply out of the New York Times, so I checked the one near Library West. Again, only USA Today.
