METRO
Fire spoils apartment move-in
By KATIE EMMETS | June 29, 2009A Gainesville apartment fire destroyed one townhouse, leaving it unlivable, and damaged two adjacent townhouses today.
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CAMPUS
Women outnumber men in colleges
By SARA WATSON | June 29, 2009Perhaps men really are from Mars.
METRO
UF professors split on Michael Jackson’s death
By JENNA EZELL | June 29, 2009The death of Michael Jackson has spurred a debate on how the pop king and accused child molester should be remembered, and UF pop culture professors are just as split as the rest of the nation.
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VIDEO
Woodland Villas Fire
June 29, 2009A fire in a Woodland Villas apartment on SW 20th Ave. left one unit uninhabitable and the two adjacent units with smoke damage. The owner was not home at the time of the fire.
METRO
New law bans flavored cigarettes
By ALEXANDRA LAYOS | June 29, 2009Gainesville tobacco shops may find it tough to survive under a Food and Drug Administration regulation, which was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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COLUMNS
Media outlets focus too much on Iran
June 29, 2009Like a bad version of "The Blair Witch Project," amateur video of riots and protests in Iran fill CNN's airwaves. Covering the turmoil in Iran has become en vogue, and publicly declaring one's alignment with Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the emblematic opposition candidate who lost in the last Iranian rigged election three weeks ago, has become as culturally trendy for some as a Free Tibet bumper sticker.
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CAMPUS
Fountain to be scrapped after vandalism
By STEVE JOHNSON | June 29, 2009There will no longer be a quiet oasis outside the University Galleries on the East side of UF's campus.
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SFC
SFC ranks sixth nationally
By ALISHA KINMAN | June 29, 2009After awarding 2,710 associate degrees last year, Santa Fe College topped national charts by placing sixth in the nation in Community College Week's Top 100 Best Associate Degree Producers for 2009.
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EDITORIALS
South Carolina governor should resign
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 29, 2009For lying to his constituency and for losing all credibility over his affair with a woman in South America, the Editorial Board would like to call for the resignation of Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
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CAMPUS
College of Medicine's F removed from scorecard
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | June 29, 2009The failing grade UF's College of Medicine received on a recent American Medical Student Association PharmFree Scorecard is being changed to "in progress."
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Keep metal sculpture for artist’s legacy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 29, 2009Students returning to Gainesville for Summer B classes may notice something missing from outside the Fine Arts building: Art.
METRO
Fla. seat belt law tightens
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 29, 2009Today, not wearing a seat belt becomes more dangerous to motorists, or at least to their wallets.
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COLUMNS
As fall approaches, it's time to look back on last UF sports year
By ADAM BERRY | June 29, 2009It's that time of the year again.
METRO
Man breaks into frat house for breakfast
By KATIE EMMETS | June 29, 2009A hungry man was arrested after cooking in the kitchen of a UF fraternity house at 1:30 Thursday morning.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF requests more stimulus money
By THOMAS STEWART | June 29, 2009UF's researchers haven't been shy about asking for stimulus funds for their projects.
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CAMPUS
Site introduces online notes service
June 29, 2009Starting this week, slackers won't even have to get dressed to catch up on missed lectures.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Machen bargains at FL-GA forum
By THOMAS STEWART | June 29, 2009UF president Bernie Machen is in Jacksonville this morning talking about ways to improve safety at the annual Florida-Georgia football game held in River City.
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Gainesville Tweetup
June 28, 2009Gainesville twitter users hosted a meet up at Stubbies and Steins on Thursday, June 25, 2009. The Alligator can be found on twitter at @TheAlligator.
