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Defensive line making life easier for Gators linebackers
By ADAM PINCUS | Aug. 29, 2012Coaches expect a Florida defense that ranked eighth in the country in 2011 to be even better this fall.
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UF Performing Arts tickets on sale Friday
By Kelcee Griffis | Aug. 29, 2012This Fall, $10 can open UF students’ gateway to world-class performances. And they don’t even need to leave campus.
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Planned Parenthood rallies in Tampa
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 29, 2012TAMPA — When Logan Stallings walks on Turlington Plaza and sees anti-abortion supporters’ photos of aborted fetuses, he smiles at the students with the signs.
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UF’s International Center cuts Peace Corps program, office
By Michael Scott Davidson | Aug. 29, 2012It’s not often that a college program ranked No. 2 in the nation cuts its recruiting staff without planning to replace it.
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Study shows gay slurs have long-term effects
By Kelly Price | Aug. 29, 2012When Emily Conwell walks on Turlington Plaza, she slips on a pair of earphones. She doesn’t want to hear the passing students say “that’s so gay” or “no homo.”
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UF freshman owns Super PAC
By Webb | Aug. 29, 2012The 18-year-old political science and international affairs student said he’s the second-youngest person to own a Super PAC, a type of political organization that can raise unlimited funds to promote its agenda.
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Chemistry with wideouts not affected by QB battle
By JOSH JURNOVOY | Aug. 28, 2012While the Florida coaching staff still has not settled on a starting quarterback, all parties involved in the decision feel good about the eventual starter’s rapport with the wide receiving corps.
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UF quarterback rotation not ‘sustainable’
By JOE MORGAN | Aug. 28, 2012Florida coach Will Muschamp believes the Gators can win with two quarterbacks. Beyond this weekend, offensive coordinator Brent Pease is not so certain.
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Annual RecSports event showcases sports, services
By Brandon Shenk | Aug. 28, 2012UF’s Department of Recreational Sports will host its annual RecSports Extravaganza from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Southwest Recreation Center on Hull Road.
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Student Senate presents election contingency plan
By Samantha Shavell | Aug. 28, 2012In the event of an emergency, Supervisor of Elections Stephen Davis will enact his backup plan, which resembles former Supervisor of Elections Toni Megna’s plan from Spring, according to Alligator archives.
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Student media get rare opportunities at convention
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 28, 2012UF students joined thousands of media members in Tampa this week to report on protests and Mitt Romney’s official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. The students sacrificed their classes to be errand-runners for the press world’s elite.
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Mexico trip prepares freshmen for UF
By Kelcee Griffis | Aug. 28, 2012The John V. Lombardi Scholarship and Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps Scholarship recipients were acclimated to college life before arriving on campus. During a six-week summer study abroad program, the students lived with host families and attended classes in Mexico.
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UF Board of Trustees to publish presidential search criteria
By Erin Jester | Aug. 28, 2012A list of criteria for candidates applying to be UF’s next president was finalized and approved during a joint meeting of UF’s Board of Trustees and a presidential search subcommittee on Tuesday.
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Newberry company develops drink for radiation patients
By Kathryn Varn | Aug. 28, 2012Patients like Frohlich can now rehydrate by drinking Enterade-R, a new beverage developed by a company based in Newberry. The drink, which is mainly marketed toward cancer patients undergoing treatment, launched Monday.
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UF organizations will screen Republican National Convention
Aug. 28, 2012The Gator Coalition for Civic Engagement and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a screening of the convention at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Pugh Hall’s Ocora Room.
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Driskel, Brissett to play one quarter each in first half on Saturday
By JOE MORGAN | Aug. 27, 2012After months of competition, Jacoby Brissett and Jeff Driskel will each have 15 minutes to earn the starting quarterback job. The sophomores remain in a dead heat.
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UF student groups rally at Republican National Convention
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 27, 2012About 1,000 people attended a rally and march Monday hosted by the Coalition to March on the RNC. Although Isaac shrunk the crowd size from the expected 5,000 people, about 200 UF students and Gainesville residents made their way to Florida’s west coast for the protest.
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Hammond climbs depth chart
By ADAM PINCUS | Aug. 27, 2012For as high as he jumped for UF track and field as a former second-team All-American, Frankie Hammond Jr. fell flat for the football team.
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Column: UF attack has gaping holes
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 27, 2012The Florida offense isn’t missing just one or two pieces: The entire unit is a mess beyond a single year’s worth of repair.
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Biomedical engineering now offered for the first time at UF
By Melissa Harvard | Aug. 27, 2012Although she has wanted to become a doctor since about age 12, she never considered majoring in biomedical engineering to get there.
