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Vols coach visits UF, Jewish center

Just a few hours before he led the Volunteers in their win over UF, the University of Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl sported a yarmulke that read, "It's Great to be a Jewish Gator."


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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Erykah Badu explores space funk on album

Erykah Badu has never been one to conform to R&B's norms musically, stylistically or otherwise. It's only appropriate that on her first studio album in three years, "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)," she manages to find cohesion amidst myriad sounds and influences.


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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Common sense needed during drills

In regards to Ms. Meyerson's letter Wednesday about poor police response to the bomb threat, I agree that perhaps more information could have been made immediately available through emergency channels. But it should also be said that students, staff, and faculty need to use common sense when it comes to fire alarms and announcements to evacuate. The first priority of the police and other emergency responders should be to get people out of the building, with specific information about "why" as a lesser priority.


NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF's Bob Graham Center dedicated

Hundreds of UF students, officials and alumni gathered at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service on Wednesday morning to dedicate the center and honor its namesake - a man UF President Bernie Machen deemed UF's "most prominent graduate."



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