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NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG approves bug exhibit funding
By SARA WATSON | July 8, 2009Surrounded by moths and butterflies, Student Government senators passed a bill allocating $60,000 for an upcoming bug exhibit at Tuesday's meeting, held in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Celebrity proves a distraction to voters
By ED MCPHEE | July 8, 2009Al Franken is a funny guy. He is also intelligent and seems to understand the needs of his constituents. And Franken seems earnest in his desire to be a U.S. Senator. But despite all this, he should not have run for the position.
METRO
Church's anti-Islam sign stirs protest
By JENNA EZELL | July 8, 2009About 125 people of diverse religions, ages and races gathered in front of the Dove World Outreach Center Wednesday evening for a prayer vigil in response to a sign recently posted by the center.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Pace picks up in Reitz for Summer B
By ABBIE PARKER | July 8, 2009Students may have been able to hear a pin drop in the Reitz Union during Summer A, but things are picking up, with an event scheduled nearly every day of Summer B.
METRO
City Hall may raise property taxes to battle budget
By NEICHOY | July 8, 2009City Hall may depend on money from property owners to handle its budget shortfalls, which was announced during a press conference held Tuesday afternoon concerning the 2010 budget.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Hit and Run
July 8, 2009A man believed to be a UF student was hit by a truck early Thursday morning on West University Avenue at the corner of Northwest 12th Street.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Grade school instills competition at early age
By ERIK VOSS | July 8, 2009When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher introduced a new weekly competition called "Student of the Week." Every Friday afternoon she would saunter out from behind her desk, a freshly word-processed certificate in hand, and appoint one poor soul to a weeklong sentence of hatred from his or her peers.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida Alternative Breaks welcomes freshman
By BIANCA CAMPBELL | July 8, 2009UF's Florida Alternative Breaks program, which recently won the 2009 National Alternative Break Program of the Year from Break Away, will have summer trips from Aug. 9 through Aug. 19 this year, and interested students need to have their applications in by July 13.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Director shows films, scouts talent at local festival
By Jon Silman | July 8, 2009There are some people who strive for greatness. Ken Edwards, of England, ate 36 cockroaches in one minute. Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man," sat in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes. Director Jon Russell Cring shot 12 movies in 20 months with equipment his wife won in a student filmmaking contest.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Machen wants less booze at Georgia game
By THOMAS STEWART | July 8, 2009If UF officials have their way, it may be a little harder to get drunk at the next Florida-Georgia football showdown, which has been held in Jacksonville since 1933.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Pharmacy college requires iPod touch for students
By SHAY BRODERICK | July 8, 2009Enrolled in UF's College of Pharmacy? There's an app for that.
METRO
Truck hits pedestrian in hit-and-run
By RACHAEL PINO | July 8, 2009The Gainesville Police Department is trying to identify the driver of a dark-colored pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Bright Futures drops 100 percent awards
By ELIZABETH CHURCH | July 8, 2009The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program will not raise funds to cover the tuition hikes coming this fall after undergoing several changes made by the Florida Legislature.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Book traces journalist’s struggle with prescription drugs
By ALISHA KINMAN | July 8, 2009Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
METRO
The Fine Print earns top award
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | July 8, 2009The Fine Print, a progressive magazine designed for UF students, was deemed Best New Publication of the Year by Campus Progress Wednesday at a conference in Washington, D.C.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Top 10 Games I wish I saw live - Part I
July 8, 2009Some moments are simply better enjoyed in person.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Rules may be needed to define proper smartphone use
By MARY HILLYER PEELEN | July 8, 2009No matter the time or setting there is a likely to be the sound of a phone buzzing or a screen being rapped on nearby.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student researches salmon in Alaska
By LINDSEY DURANT | July 8, 2009While temperatures in Gainesville consistently reach the mid-90s, one UF student is spending the summer in a much cooler climate.
