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NEWS
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CAMPUS
State Rep. speaks about conservative politics
By JENA ADDISON | Feb. 23, 2009State Rep. Kurt Kelly spoke at UF Tuesday night about conservative politics and issues ranging from Obama's stimulus package to global warming.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Octomom draws similarities to stimulus
Feb. 23, 2009Last week a New York cartoonist sparked a national controversy by directly relating a rampaging, face-biting monkey to the stimulus package recently signed into law.
METRO
Florida locals found "grassroots" sandal company
By RACHEL KOPEC | Feb. 23, 2009Go cure cancer. Go write the great American novel. Go start a sandal company.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Machen needs to switch focus
By BRANDON SACK | Feb. 23, 2009UF President Bernie Machen's recent statements concerning a desire to focus mostly on graduate education is troubling. In itself, setting a goal to become the best research university in the nation isn't a bad thing, but only focusing on the programs that attract the most grant money forecasts a dire picture of UF's future.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
O'Sullivan to test freshmen arms in two-game set against Eastern Michigan
By CALLOVI< | Feb. 23, 2009Coming off a sweep of a top-25 team and with a weekend matchup with perennial powerhouse Miami looming, UF cannot overlook its weekday games sandwiched in between.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Results from four UF players in NFL Combine
Feb. 23, 2009Seconds can mean the difference between millions of dollars.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Parties make final push before start of elections
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 23, 2009Student Government parties bombarded students with campaign materials and creative expressions of partisanship on Monday in a final push to win votes before elections, which begin today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and continue on Wednesday.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Yadloczky in lead after two rounds in South Carolina
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 23, 2009The second round of the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in South Carolina on Monday gave the UF women's golf team a chance at instant redemption after a difficult first round Sunday.
SPORTS
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SFC
SFC men claim berth in state tournament with win against FCCJ
By JESSICA ETTER | Feb. 23, 2009It was a win-or-go-home scenario for the Santa Fe College men's basketball team Monday.
SPORTS
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SFC
SFC women cap off regular season with victory
By KELSIE HOECHERL | Feb. 23, 2009The Santa Fe College women's basketball team finished its regular season with a solid home victory against Florida Community College at Jacksonville on Monday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
If passed, Crists budget could save UF from budget cuts
By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 23, 2009Budget cuts at UF? Not if Gov. Charlie Crist's budget passes the state Legislature.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Blood thinner testing improves medication measurements
By REBECCA WEISS | Feb. 22, 2009Doctors prescribing Warfarin, a blood-thinning medication, will now be able to use genetic testing as a means of estimating the initial dosage size for their patients.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Gators take down Tide in SEC clash
Feb. 22, 2009UF coach Rhonda Faehn said last week that the Alabama meet might provide the best gymnastics the O'Connell Center saw all year.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Alumnus donated $30 million to new business school
By CAROLYN TILLO | Feb. 22, 2009Although construction began in December, about 90 people attended the official groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for William R. Hough Hall, a $23 million building being constructed for graduate business students at UF.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Florida high school steroid testing shouldn't be casuality of economics
Feb. 22, 2009One of my favorite movie scenes is the Blues Brothers clip where Jake (John Belushi) begs to avoid the wrath of his former girlfriend.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF drops game to Washington in 4-1 tournament performance
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 22, 2009For the UF softball team, the difference between a win and a loss might be the difference between facing great pitching and the best pitching.
METRO
Two amendments up for vote at city elections on March 24
Feb. 22, 2009Today is the last day to register to vote in the March 24 City of Gainesville elections.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Put aside apathy, vote in SG elections
Feb. 22, 2009The final days of the pamphlet-pushing party loyalists haranguing me on Turlington Plaza to vote for their candidate in the impending Student Government election are upon us. They do a marvelous job, those pamphlet pushers, because once again I'm devoting another 500 words to their collective cause.
