NEWS
Documenting the Documentary
By CARLOS BAEZ | Nov. 29, 2007Boaz Dvir and his partner Rebecca Goldman, both students in The Documentary Institute, are working on finishing up their first documentary.
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METRO
City to overhaul traffic system completely by 2012
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 29, 2007For anyone who's ever prayed for the light to change more quickly at 34th Street and Archer Road - your prayers may be answered.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tuition differential costs more than ,75
By Bruce Haupt | Nov. 29, 2007I hate to play the part of institutional memory for the Alligator, but I remember last spring semester when the editorial board went ga-ga for the Academic Enhancement Program, now known as the Tuition Differential Program.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Laptops, iPods stolen from three UF dorm rooms
By ANDREW TAN | Nov. 29, 2007The University Police Department is investigating three burglary calls in a UF residence hall.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Race will benefit kids' charity
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 29, 2007A UF class will host a race to raise money for two children's organizations.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Speights looks forward to bigger role in hometown game
Nov. 29, 2007When the UF men's basketball team heads to Tampa today to take on Vermont, all eyes will be on center Marreese Speights.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators try to figure out late-game struggles against Louisville
Nov. 29, 2007It's only seven games into the season, but a disturbing trend has emerged for the UF women's basketball team.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student sits on Plaza of the Americas to talk about life
By VANESSA VERA | Nov. 29, 2007Sitting across from an empty lawn chair, Michael Berry waits for someone, anyone, to talk to.
METRO
City decorates for Christmas
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 29, 2007It may be 70 degrees out, but downtown Gainesville is getting ready to celebrate Christmas.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Most students support Obama, not Paul
By Danny Beaulieu | Nov. 29, 2007A great deal of Alligator articles and editorials recently have focused exclusively on Ron Paul, whereas there have been zero articles about any other candidates. An editorial Wednesday reported that 34 percent of Republican students on Facebook support Paul.
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Nov. 29, 2007If you're like us here in the Department of Darts & Laurels, you have four days to pull it all together and pass all your classes. Oh yes, it's crunch time. If you have eight 10-page papers to write, five exams you have to get A's on just to get C's in those classes, and homework assignments from September you have to beg your professor to accept, you've got quite a weekend ahead of you. So grab your venti iced soy mocha-frappa-whatever and stay optimistic for the next 72 hours with this week's how-the-hell-am-I-ever-gonna-pull-this-off edition of…
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Former Lebanon slave speaks to UF about her life, escape
By KORI FREDERICK | Nov. 29, 2007Courage, hope and faith.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Muslims constantly fighting sterotypes
By Shahira Mohammed | Nov. 29, 2007Do the organizations that sponsored "Obsession" really expect Muslims not to be offended? And that if we are, as one person's letter blatantly implied, we are radicals, too?
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CAMPUS
'Radical Islam' movie prompts discussion panel about Islamic faith
By ILEANA MORALES | Nov. 29, 2007Students and faculty gathered Thursday for a panel discussion about misconceptions of Islam in response to the controversial promotion of a movie about "Radical Islam."
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Gators sweep Charleston in opening round without Hampton
Nov. 29, 2007Marcie Hampton stood the entire time.
NEWS
Machen on board with Task Force
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 29, 2007In response to UF's proposed budget cuts of ,34 million, the Cost Reduction and Efficiency Task Force proposed several solutions to save money and bring in extra revenue.
NEWS
Will the real Gators please stand up?
Nov. 28, 2007I had plenty of time to stew over the UF-Jacksonville women's basketball game on my trip back to Gainesville. Due to traffic and road closures the one-and-a-half-hour journey took nearly three hours coming home.
METRO
Second shooting suspect arrested at Gainesville motel
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 28, 2007A second suspect in a Sunday downtown shooting was arrested Wednesday morning.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Students support Paul's drug stance
By Scott Beck | Nov. 28, 2007If the Alligator's editorial board wants to know why Ron Paul is so popular among college students, it should research Ron Paul's stance on the war on drugs. That's it in a nutshell. Only a few other candidates, Republican or Democrat, are even pro-medical marijuana.
NEWS
Taking a break to help out others
Nov. 28, 2007Sneha Patel, a spokeswomen for Florida Alternative Breaks, does not want to become a therapist. A story in Tuesday's Alligator reported otherwise.
