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NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG officials to meet over decal price increase
By KATIE SANDERS | Feb. 5, 2008Several Student Government officials will meet Thursday to discuss the effect of a proposed price increase for motorcycle and scooter decals on UF students.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
BSU sponsors free haircuts for Black History Month
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Feb. 5, 2008Wads of hair carpeted the Reitz Union Colonnade Tuesday afternoon as UF students lined up to get free haircuts and massages as part of the Black History Month events around campus.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Departing Texas Tech coach Knight contrasts sharply with Donovan
Feb. 5, 2008Bob Knight retiring has made me realize how grateful I am for UF coach Billy Donovan.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF provost:summit won't solve enrollment woes
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 5, 2008Faced with a growing state population and dwindling funding for higher education, a group that promotes college access for minorities called for a statewide summit of all higher education policymakers to address enrollment.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Despite record month, future UF donations unclear
By KATIE SANDERS | Feb. 5, 2008Despite national economic struggles and Florida's declining housing market, UF officials said they are prepared to continue soliciting gifts from big-spending donors.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Checking Facebook isn't rude behavior
By Stephanie Powers | Feb. 5, 2008It's not my problem if irresponsible people have to try to finish their essays one hour before their class.
NEWS
Patrick Johnson having second thoughts?
Feb. 5, 2008Pompano Beach Ely High cornerback Patrick Johnson may be reconsidering his decision to attend LSU. The Miami Herald reported today that Johnson moved his announcement from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., further fueling speculation that he was second-guessing his choice.
NEWS
Giants celebrate Super Bowl victory with parade in New York, New Jersey
Feb. 5, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
High-scoring contest ends in Tennessee's favor
By <dklein@alligator.org"> DANNY KLEIN < | Feb. 5, 2008KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Sometimes the score can be deceiving.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wall necessary until intolerance ends
By Lindsey Parsons | Feb. 5, 2008The editorial condemning the Writing on the Wall Project was actually proof of its importance. As the editorial stated, we don't live in a perfect world - the sad truth is that discrimination and intolerance are still very prevalent and very real threats everywhere and to the Gainesville community. An even sadder truth is that while some will experience intolerance, there will always be some that never will.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG online voting decision pushed to next week
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 5, 2008The debate over Student Government online voting now faces a nearly weeklong standstill.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF alumnus donates $500K to journalism college
Feb. 5, 2008The UF College of Journalism and Communications will receive $500,000 from alumnus Peter C. Barr Sr. for the public relations and advertising departments.
METRO
Students watch Super Tuesday with high energy
Feb. 5, 2008The people who were cheered on Tuesday were unlike the pad-clad players of Sunday's Super Bowl and the bead-wearing revelers of Tuesday's Mardi Gras celebration.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
NCAA: Meyer commits no rules violations in recruiting WR Moore
Feb. 5, 2008After meeting with UF officials, the NCAA did not find any rules violations through Tuesday night in the recruiting of junior college signee wide receiver Carl Moore and his girlfriend, UF gymnast Maranda Smith.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Reject marriage amendment to stop paranoia
Feb. 5, 2008On Friday, Florida4Marriage.org submitted the last few thousand signatures required to get a proposed state amendment banning gay marriage on the November ballot.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Torture overshadows War on Terror
Feb. 5, 2008U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey still isn't sure if the interrogation practice known as waterboarding - where an individual is strapped down with a rag placed over the nose and mouth while water is poured over the rag to simulate drowning - constitutes torture. That is, unless he were to be subjected to it.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Transgender ordinance is worthwhile
By Annette Merritt | Feb. 5, 2008Kudos to the Alligator. Finally an objective analysis of the transgender ordinance and what it really means. Everything else I have read has been slanted and inciting.
METRO
Local businesses lose revenue due to power outage
By YUDISLAIDY FERNANDEZ | Feb. 5, 2008A car crashed into a utility pole on Southwest 34th Street just south of Archer Road, in front of Back Yard Burgers on Tuesday evening.
