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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Hero or killer, Kevorkian visit brings up important issue

By BILL COLBY | Jan. 14, 2008

On Monday morning, June 4, 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waited alone in his rusted Volkswagen van, parked at a remote campsite an hour outside Detroit. In the back, he'd rigged a makeshift bed next to a contraption that looked like a junior high shop project gone bad - three bottles dangling from hooks screwed into a piece of wood. Around 10 a.m., Kevorkian's two sisters arrived at the campsite with a 54-year-old woman from Portland, Ore., named Janet Adkins. Adkins, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, had flown to Detroit the day before for her "appointment."

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NEWS  |  FEATURES

Gainesville woman's miracle-baby story wins prize

By KATIE GALLAGHER | Jan. 14, 2008

This time last year, Gena Pass was living out of a hospital room at Shands at UF, praying that her pregnancy would end in a healthy birth.

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SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Thornqvist confident about women's tennis team's first opponent

Jan. 14, 2008

The time has finally arrived for the UF women's tennis team.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF athletes may overtrain

By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 14, 2008

John Brantley opts for the fastest way to get to practice every day - on scooter - to spend some extra minutes sleeping. He needs it because being on the UF football team is nearly a full-time job.

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NEWS

GIVING LIFE

By RYAN R. PINTO | Jan. 14, 2008

Feature Photo

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NEWS  |  GREEK AFFAIRS

Sororities rushing, albeit quietly

By ELIZABETH LEVA | Jan. 14, 2008

As Fraternity Row is abuzz this week with banners advertising pizza and chicken wings to lure prospective members into fraternity's homes, Sorority Row looks like business as usual.

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NEWS

Tejada, Bonds, Clemens become focus of baseball's trip to capitol Hill

Jan. 14, 2008

WASHINGTON - Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum. Maybe that's because the people under the most scrutiny this time - Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens - were nowhere to be seen.

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METRO

University Avenue accident causes power outages

By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008

A man crashed his car into a utility pole on West University Avenue on Monday, causing major traffic backups on the busy road as well as power outages for about 600 nearby residents.

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Gainesville Explorer

Jan. 14, 2008

Gainesville Explorer is a collection of maps, stories and multimedia showcasing places to go in Gainesville as well as day-trip locations. Each week, one location on the map will be updated, adding multimedia and a brief review.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Students drawn to new languages

By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 14, 2008

While enrollment figures in some language courses at UF have dwindled, others have increased by over 200 percent in the past eight years.

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SPORTS  |  MEN'S BASKETBALL

Lucas sees expanded role as Gators head to Mississippi

Jan. 14, 2008

Weighing 150 pounds and listed as a generous 5-foot-11 inches, UF guard Jai Lucas has made a habit of playing big.

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METRO

Commision approves towing rights draft

By WILL PAFFORD | Jan. 14, 2008

Gainesville may soon require towing companies to post in their offices a complete list of the rights of those they tow.

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METRO

UF celebrates civil rights hero

Jan. 14, 2008

As part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday celebration, UF is planning several events over the next week to commemorate the achievements of the civil rights activist.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Kevorkian's message opposite of university mission

By Anders Bergmann | Jan. 14, 2008

I was appalled when I woke up on Monday and read the letters by Ondi Crino and Martha Duffy.

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NEWS  |  FEATURES

UF given nearly ,200K grant to study marine DNA

By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 14, 2008

The Florida Museum of Natural History's task of identifying DNA of 25,000 marine specimens is getting easier thanks to a ,186,000 private grant.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF prepares for controversial Kevorkian

By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 14, 2008

With the protests and stunts of the past few Accent-sponsored speeches fresh in mind, UF officials are readying security for Dr. Jack Kevorkian's speech tonight at the O'Connell Center.

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NEWS

Correction: UF student commits suicide.

Jan. 14, 2008

Gainesville Police found the body of a UF student who committed suicide earlier this month. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.

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METRO

Shelter added at bus stops

By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 14, 2008

Sometimes during Gainesville's summer and fall, the sun becomes so unbearably hot on Newell Drive that Sarfaraz Suleman, a UF sophomore, has to improvise while waiting for the bus.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Harmless college fun will cost you later

By GERALD LILES | Jan. 14, 2008

If you still have not received your copy of the latest issue of "Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research" in the mail, allow me to give you an exciting sneak peek at what academics are doing to stem the advancing tide of beer in the United States. Get ready.

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SPORTS  |  SPORTS MULTIMEDIA

Visiting Recruits

Jan. 14, 2008

Nine of the recruits who are coming to visit Gainesville this weekend.