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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Try listening to the Turlington crazies

By Stephan Chamberlin | Aug. 8, 2018

We all know the walk through Turlington Plaza. It’s a veritable minefield of distractions. People handing out pamphlets, students trying to get you to join their clubs, doughnut sales for the nexus of evil: the Alachua County Humane Society. But there are also those who have a less-than-appealing message. Some of the Turlington heralds preach a very religious message of fire and brimstone, and some go way overboard on the rhetoric. The next time you walk through Turlington try to keep an open mind and listen to what they’ve got to say.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

See you later, Alligator — Stefano’s goodbye column

By Stefano Ferreyros | Aug. 8, 2018

Throughout the semester, I’ve read and edited some pretty bad columns, so I’m hoping I’ve learned how to write a good one.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Things that make you go ‘hmmmm’: how we lost our 24/7 Library West (Part 5)

By Zachariah Chou | Aug. 8, 2018

Given this is my final column for the summer, I wanted to go over everything that went wrong in the way Student Government handled juggling Newell Hall and Library West. Well, perhaps not just everything that went “wrong;” maybe also things that make you go “hmmmm.”

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF gets record-breaking $837.6 million in research funding

By Jacob Kovach | Aug. 6, 2018

UF announced last week it received a record $837.6 million to fund research for 2018.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF Health opens Comprehensive Spine Center

By Tori Chin | Aug. 6, 2018

The U.S. spends more than $90 billion on the treatment and diagnosis of back and neck pain each year, and a new center at UF aims to provide cost-effective treatment for these patients.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Three years later, HIV pill still not widely used

By Ashley Mirtyl | Aug. 6, 2018

The Student Health Care Center has a pill that effectively prevents getting HIV, but students at UF haven’t taken advantage of it in at least three years.

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METRO

Local Walgreens stores no longer stock cigarettes

By Angela DiMichele | Aug. 6, 2018

Out of the 800 Walgreens locations in Florida, the 17 Gainesville stores no longer have cigarettes on their shelves.

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METRO

'Humans of Gainesville' administrator shows off new exhibition

By Victoria Salomon | Aug. 6, 2018

In a climate of uncertainty and hatred toward immigrants, Gainesville artist Renee Hoffinger, 65, brought light to their stories in a photo exhibition Sunday.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UF football players accused of harassment

By Devoun Cetoute | Aug. 6, 2018

A group of UF football players were accused of harassing a Santa Fe College student and other Gainesville residents in a recent Gainesville Police report.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF/IFAS researchers to develop open-source library for farmers

By Michael Knauff | Aug. 6, 2018

To combat the dwindling freshwater supply, UF scientists are teaming up with universities across the nation to develop more efficient ways to water crops.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Former UF football coach at center of controversy

By Mark Stine | Aug. 6, 2018

Ohio State University’s head football coach Urban Meyer is currently on administrative leave for supposedly knowing about domestic violence committed in 2009 and 2015 by OSU assistant Zach Smith against his now ex-wife, Courtney.

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METRO  |  K-12 EDUCATION

GPD takes kids on back-to-school shopping spree

By Dana Cassidy | Aug. 6, 2018

A Norton Elementary fifth-grader was thrilled to get school supplies so he could color pictures and pursue his career as an artist and musician.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

ACSO: Man fires gun at Majestic Oaks Apartments

By Devoun Cetoute | Aug. 6, 2018

A man accused of shooting at a group of fleeing men was arrested Sunday by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Bouncer charged with aggravated battery

By Devoun Cetoute | Aug. 6, 2018

A nightclub bouncer is being accused by Gainesville Police of striking a man unconscious Sunday.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF scientists create low-cost trap to reduce mosquito population

By Dana Cassidy | Aug. 6, 2018

UF researchers have developed a new inexpensive mosquito trap to lower the cost of genetically modified mosquito captures and releases.

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SPORTS

Alligator Awards: Honorable Mentions

By Chris O'Brien , Andrew Huang , Brendan Farrell and Alligator Staff report | Aug. 6, 2018

We’re not perfect here at alligatorSports. This summer, we’ve been going over some of the best athletes and teams. But now, we’re going to take a look at some of those programs or people that we left out or missed.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Dan Mullen missed the mark at UF Media Day

By Chris O'Brien and O’B-Wan Kenobi | Aug. 6, 2018

At last Thursday’s media day for the UF football team, head coach Dan Mullen had a chance to set the record straight on his team’s buffoonery and stupidity associating with a Santa Fe student named Devante Zachery over the summer.

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SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

QBs with lots to learn, transfer receivers settling in

By Mark Stine | Aug. 6, 2018

The Florida Gators will take the field for the first time in full pads today.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

MCDA houses to open in 2019

By Danielle Ivanov | Aug. 6, 2018

The first discoveries were mold and termites. Then came wood rot, decay, air and water leaks and structural flaws. After fire and space code violations, Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, also known as La Casita, and the Institute for Black Culture finally closed in spring of 2017.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Election prep:part four

By EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug. 6, 2018

Endorsements, much like winter in Westeros, are coming. The Alligator will be gathering information provided from most candidates for most offices in the coming weeks.