SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators receive No. 8 seed in NCAA Tournament
Mar. 16, 2009Just imagine the feeling.
El Caimán
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Consumers jump the gun on firearms
Mar. 16, 2009In response to these depressing days of fiscal failure and the realization of the tenuous grip most people have on their homes and their jobs, Americans of every stripe seem to be clinging to their guns and blogs.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students star in Axe “Bad Hair Day” ad on MTV
By CHELSEA BUNDSCHUH | Mar. 16, 2009Students who saw the new Axe commercials, which aired on MTV Sunday, may have recognized a few of the actors.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Proverb spreads Irish cheer
By Erin Costello | Mar. 16, 2009May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Column over–glorifies Stewart
By William Gower | Mar. 16, 2009Matthew Christ's column on Monday over-glorified Jon Stewart as our nation's court jester who leads a mob in finding the fallacies in claims made by financial news networks in today's economic crisis and in ordinary news networks heading into the Iraq War. I think a criticism of Stewart is warranted today.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Paper in Peril
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Today marks another sad day in journalism history - the closing of Seattle's oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
METRO
Gainesville's Veterans for Peace will participate in march
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Mar. 16, 2009Those who plan to march in the Florida March for Peace describe themselves as militant. Their Web site displays the silhouettes of soldiers, weapons cocked and helmets fastened.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Orr orally commits to Gators class of 2010
Mar. 16, 2009The latest addition to the Gators' 2010 recruiting class is a big one.
METRO
Commissioner Mastrodicasa is 'just a regular person'
By MARA RUDOLPH | Mar. 16, 2009Mix one part city commissioner, half an Italian, a smidge of Georgia Bulldog, a Beastie Boy lover and a full serving of normalcy, and you get Jeanna Mastrodicasa.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Obama takes hard line against AIG spending
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Kudos to President Barack Obama for standing up to AIG's outlandish intentions of paying out over $100 million worth of bonuses to top executives.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
March Madness showcases what college football is missing
Mar. 16, 2009Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.
METRO
Local restaurant robbed
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 16, 2009A Gainesville restaurant was robbed by an armed man Monday morning.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Panteliodis to take mound against rival FSU
Mar. 16, 2009There's nothing like a rivalry game to wake up a reeling team.
METRO
Clerk traps man attempting theft at convenience store
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 16, 2009A Gainesville convenience store employee stopped a man from stealing Sunday night by electronically locking the store doors.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
BOT committees vote on rent, tuition, parking hikes
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 16, 2009At Monday's Board of Trustees meetings, plans to request over $100 million in federal earmarks for research in 2009-2010 as well as plans to hike dorm rental rates and parking decal prices were approved by various committees of the board.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Comedy Central guilty of boasting bad acts
By ERIC CHIANESE | Mar. 15, 2009There have been a ton of hard-hitting items in the news lately: President Barack Obama has pushed forward stem-cell research, the chairman of the Republican National Committee announced that he's pro-choice and Jon Stewart nearly made Jim Cramer wet his pants. That's all well and good, but I want to talk about something that's really been on my mind. Sunday, Comedy Central roasted Daniel Lawrence Whitney - better known as Larry the Cable Guy - and I shed a tear for comedy.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Dodson makes splash in NCAA qualifying
By MERCEDES MACHADO | Mar. 15, 2009Sophomore diver Monica Dodson knew this weekend was going to be a challenge. With the pressure to qualify for the NCAA Championship on her shoulders, she succeeded in achieving a goal she and her teammates trained for all season.
