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COLUMNS
Picks column Week 5: Ordering 352 Delivery
Sep. 28, 2017What a week it’s been for the Florida Gators.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Column: Players taking a knee isn’t about the First Amendment. It’s about more.
By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 28, 2017Go ahead and look away for a second. Pause. Breathe. Relax. You’re going to need a clear head and a clearer conscience for this. Now, I want you to grab your phone, go on Twitter, type “knee” into the search bar and scroll through what pops up.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Gators volleyball team to face Tennessee on Friday at 7
By Justin Ahlum | Sep. 28, 2017In its first two games of the 2017 season, Florida showed a slight regress in its offensive abilities following a nearly nine-month hiatus from collegiate play. But now, a solid nine games into the season, the Gators are stepping up and proving why their offense in 2016 wasn’t a fluke.
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SOCCER
Gators soccer team looks to end road woes Sunday at Georgia
By Mark Stine | Sep. 28, 2017The Florida soccer team is without a scheduled weekday match for the first time this season, giving it extra time to practice and build chemistry.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators men’s golf team heads to Oregon for weekend tournament
By Tyler Nettuno | Sep. 28, 2017This week has been an encouraging one for the Gators men’s golf team.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF women’s and men’s tennis teams in action this weekend
By Mari Faiello | Sep. 28, 2017After taking home multiple titles from their previous tournaments, both the men’s and women’s tennis teams will be competing in ITA tournaments this weekend in Oklahoma and California, respectively.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
More than 100 students march across UF to support DACA
By Christina Morales | Sep. 28, 2017“Dreamers united will never be defeated,” echoed around UF’s campus as students marched in support of those who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gainesville, UF send aid to devastated Puerto Rico
Sep. 28, 2017Carla Rodriguez spends all day waiting for 7 p.m.
METRO
Music fest to spread environmental awareness
By Courtney Mims | Sep. 28, 2017Music lovers will learn a little bit about water issues in the environment while enjoying local musicians Saturday.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Homeless man sexually batters woman
By Catie Wegman | Sep. 28, 2017A homeless man was arrested Wednesday morning after he sexually battered a mentally disabled woman in a McDonald’s parking lot, Gainesville Police said.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD finds 51 fraudulent credit cards in car, three arrested
By Catie Wegman | Sep. 28, 2017Three people were arrested Wednesday after an officer found 51 fraudulent credit cards inside their car, Gainesville Police said.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF engineering students launch mentorship program
By Noelle Kough | Sep. 28, 2017Johncarlo Cerna wants to help computer science students succeed during their first year at UF.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD searching for man seen masturbating in library
By Catie Wegman | Sep. 28, 2017Gainesville Police is searching for a man who was seen masturbating at a public library downtown Wednesday afternoon.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF fashion show displays Arab, Palestinian cultures
By Nicolette Perdomo | Sep. 28, 2017Adorned in handmade Palestinian beaded dresses called thobes, UF students showcased Arab culture at a fashion show Thursday.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
5 percent property tax raise will fund city services
By Jessica Giles | Sep. 28, 2017Gainesville residents will soon experience a 5 percent raise in property taxes.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD assistant chief to face external investigation
By David Hoffman | Sep. 28, 2017Gainesville Police assistant Chief Terry Pierce will be the subject of a third-party investigation amid allegations of unprofessional behavior, GPD confirmed Wednesday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Under the fig tree: Not knowing what you want in life is normal
Sep. 28, 2017I’m going to sound like a very stereotypical college-age young woman (college-age English major specifically) and talk about the scene in Sylvia Plath's “The Bell Jar” where Esther is lying beneath a fig tree. Here, she imagines that each fig represents an imagined future — she sees a famous editor, a poet, a housewife — and she cannot make up her mind as to which fig to pluck, since choosing one means losing the rest, and then they all begin to shrivel up, and it is simply too late.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
It's time to stop kneeling during the national anthem
Sep. 28, 2017Baseball may be the American pastime, but it is no secret our football players are the ones who are treated like the real heroes. Seriously, more than 30 million viewers tune in every week to worship by screen and watch their favorite teams play on Sundays.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
The 80/20 rule is a fact of life
Sep. 28, 2017In the late 19th century, economist Vilfredo Pareto demonstrated in his first academic paper that, in his native country of Italy, 20 percent of the population owned about 80 percent of all the land. Pareto then noticed the same pattern of distribution in his garden, where he found that 20 percent of the pods contained 80 percent of the total peas. Named after Vilfredo himself, the Pareto principle, also known as the 80/20 rule or the law of the vital few, is one of the most widely seen statistical phenomena in the world, seemingly evident on both the largest of macro levels (entire country wealth distributions) to the smallest of micro levels (amount of peas in a peapod).
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DARTS LAURELS
Darts & Laurels
Sep. 28, 2017You finally make it back to your apartment after what feels like the longest day of your life. Between classes, meetings and your third Study Edge review of the week, you want nothing more than to plop down on the couch with a glass of wine and the fuzziest of fuzzy blankets.
