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NEWS
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CAMPUS
'Juicy' gossip site raises concern
By JEREMY FIELDS | Feb. 26, 2008Making defamatory statements in a newspaper can get a person sued for libel.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
True patriots question country’s path
Feb. 26, 2008Americans have little to cheer about or believe in these days. The list of reasons to have lost faith in our republic is inordinately long and spectacularly depressing. Whether it's the incomprehensible incompetence of the government's response to Katrina, contentious elections rendering dubious results, complete disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law, the denigration of the environment, the use of torture on "enemy combatants" (whatever that means), the exponential increase of wealth disparity, steroids in baseball, "Spygate" in football or the quicksand quagmire that is Iraq - the American people have good reason to be despondent.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Rays players, fans have mixed reactions to Bonds
Feb. 26, 2008ST. PETERSBURG - Baseball's home-run king is without a home, but that may change in the near future.
SPORTS
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SPORTS MULTIMEDIA SPORTSCAST
Sportscasts for 02/22/08
Feb. 25, 2008Nick Zaccardi and Danny Klein talk about basketball and what the Gators need to do to get into the NCAA Tournament.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators pick up right where they left off: on the bubble
Feb. 25, 2008After five days, not much has changed.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF begins charging for transcript copies
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 25, 2008UF began charging students and former students for transcripts Monday, and though university officials said things went smoothly, some students were still left grumbling.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Men lose heated contest against No. 22 Pepperdine
Feb. 25, 2008This one couldn't have been much closer, and unfortunately for the UF men's tennis team it was on the wrong end of the outcome.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF forum features discussion of ‘radical Islamism’
Feb. 25, 2008The chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy's board of directors said "radical Islamism" is a threat to everyone, including the Muslim community, in a Monday night speech on UF's campus.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SG should be left to students, not admin
By Dave Chauncey | Feb. 25, 2008As a UF student, I have been interested in the controversy with online voting that has unfolded in recent weeks. I sympathize with both sides and see valid points all around concerning the issue.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Kosovo's independence hits close to home for some
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Feb. 25, 2008Kosovo's recent independence and subsequent Serbian protests hit close to home for some UF students.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
American dream is still alive and well
By GERALD LILES | Feb. 25, 2008Has an authority figure ever forced you to try something you were almost positive you couldn't do?
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SPORTS
Edwards wins Auto Club 500, beats out Johnson, Gordon
Feb. 25, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWS
Bedford will coach cornerbacks in 2008
Feb. 25, 2008UF hired assistant Vance Bedford to round out its 2008 football coaching staff on Tuesday, according to a press release.
NEWS
Group sues university, SG over online voting
Feb. 25, 2008UF Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Aungst was not contacted for the online voting lawsuit story in Monday's Alligator. The story stated he had been contacted and declined to comment.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Where to vote
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 25, 2008Students can vote from 8 a.m. to 8 pm. with their Gator 1 card at various locations on campus.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Butler makes no excuses for second upset loss
Feb. 25, 2008After her team played its 27th game of the season on Sunday, UF coach Amanda Butler sensed that fatigue might have begun to affect the Gators.
METRO
Two women file complaints against City of Gainesville
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Feb. 25, 2008Two women have filed complaints against the city of Gainesville for sexual discrimination in the workplace.
SPORTS
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SPORTS MULTIMEDIA SPORTSCAST
Sportscasts for 02/22/08
Feb. 25, 2008Evan Drexler and Karl Hyppolite discuss the major storylines of the 2008 UF baseball season: Brandon McArthur, the young pitching staff, stealing bases, Avery Barnes and Bryson Barber.
