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UF ranked fifth in online undergraduate degrees
By Angela Skane | Jan. 9, 2014From 2013 to 2014, UF’s online degree program rocketed up 29 places in the U.S. News and World rankings.
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Aerial dancing club to hold Fall showcase this week
By Angela Skane | Dec. 2, 2013Twenty feet up in the air, gracefully twisting her body and wrapping pieces of silk around her feet and hands, A’shayla Passaretti flips upside down and dangles above the studio floor.
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Video: Volaticus Aerial Dance club to host fall showcase
By Angela Skane | Dec. 2, 2013Volaticus Aerial Dance club will host its fall showcase 6:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the Nadine McGuire Dance Pavilion. Aerial dance incorporates acrobatics, classical dance and equipment that is hung from the ceiling. The showcase will highlight 11 individual performances and two group pieces. It's free and open to the public.
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Video: Campus Diplomats help appreciate teachers
By Angela Skane | Nov. 19, 2013Showing appreciation for teachers can be difficult in college. The Campus Diplomats want to make it easier for students to offer thanks by giving them the opportunity to send a thank you note and a small gift to their teachers or teaching assistants.
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UF organization’s Apple-4-U offers free way to thank a professor
By Angela Skane | Nov. 19, 2013Dedrah Mathis wanted to thank two of her teaching assistants and show her appreciation for their work this semester, but showing appreciation as a student can be difficult in large lectures.
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Most women who experience pelvic pain don’t see a doctor
By Angela Skane | Nov. 18, 2013When Stephany Vazquez was taken to the hospital at 13 years old to get morphine for her cramps, her mom realized her daughter’s menstrual pains weren’t normal.
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Don’t worry, Halloween stragglers — we’ve got you
By Angela Skane | Oct. 30, 2013It’s Halloween day, and you still don’t have a costume. Your sources are limited, and you’ve lost all hope. Fear not. These last minute creative ideas are sure to allude to the fact you totally did not plan your costume.
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Last-minute costumes have lasting impact
By Angela Skane | Oct. 23, 2013Your time until Halloween is dwindling. All those elaborate costumes you dreamt up in class are now seeming less and less possible. There are still a few simple costumes you can pull together to avoid recycling last year’s ensemble.
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Foxy, pregnant politicians? Make a statement with a pop culture-inspired costume
By Angela Skane | Oct. 16, 2013You’re done with being the same ol’ cliches for Halloween. Why not use this year as your chance to branch out and create a costume with more relevance? Chances are there won’t be anyone in your group with these costumes. You’ll be the talk of the costume party — and not because you drank too much punch.
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Pay-it-forward deal at Starbucks stores ends today
By Angela Skane | Oct. 10, 2013Today is the last day Starbucks is offering a free coffee to generous patrons.
