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No one should be judged for keeping with or rejecting gay stereotypes
By Michael Crowley | Apr. 18, 2011Drag is a part of gay culture.
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Rejecting drag and other sections of LBGT society disheartening
By Luis Giraldo | Apr. 18, 2011While an opinion is something to always be respected, it is hard to do so when the motives behind it somehow insult the efforts of a community as a whole.
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UF’s Pride Student Union perpetuates LGBT stereotypes
By Jonothon Mitchell | Apr. 17, 2011People mock what they don’t understand. Last fall, our country witnessed a string of suicides by gay teens as a result of bullying. These teens weren’t mocked for who they were — they were mocked because of who people assumed they were because of the labeling and gay stereotypes that have been forced upon us by specific members of our community.
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Accent and SGP lack backbone with Tosh performance
By Joe Verboncoeur | Apr. 6, 2011In other news, the mildly funny comic Daniel Tosh renegotiated his contract for speaking at the UF O’Connell Center to reduce the crowd from 8,000 to 4,900 attendees.
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Senate bill keeps FLC its own entity
By Hannah Winston | Apr. 5, 2011The Student Senate unanimously passed the Cabinet Reconstruction Act despite the commotion it caused at last week’s meeting.
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Student project ponders whether college is waste of time
By Ashton McLeod | Apr. 5, 2011UF student Kyle Eschenroeder is working on a project that explores one question: Is college a waste of time?
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Funeral service for student scheduled for Thursday
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 5, 2011Tucker Obie McCarty, a UF student from St. Augustine, died Saturday night in Columbia County when his truck swerved off the road and flipped. He was 21 years old.
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Student football ticket prices to increase
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 4, 2011The University Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a five-dollar-per-game increase on its season ticket packages, jacking the price for a student package up from $70 to $105.
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Student composer to debut his opera this weekend
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 31, 2011For more than a year, Evan Kassof has been writing his own opera. On Saturday, the first act of his work will be unveiled as part of his senior composition recital.
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African Student Union to host annual showcase Saturday
By Courtney Steinberg | Mar. 30, 2011The African Student Union will host the 39th annual showcase Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
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SG votes to maintain Freshman Leadership Council
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 29, 2011Members of the Freshman Leadership Council flooded the Student Senate floor Tuesday night with an outpouring of concern about a bill that would have combined the group with other student outreach programs on campus.
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Middle class, students should fight against state budget cuts
By Dave Schneider | Mar. 24, 2011We’re living in a dark time.
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Machen names interim vice president of student affairs
By C.J. Pruner | Mar. 23, 2011Dave Kratzer has been chosen to replace Patricia Telles-Irvin, who is leaving her post to accept the same position at Northwestern University.
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UF student arrested in underage sex sting
By Kat Bein | Mar. 23, 2011A UF student was arrested in Sumter County on Sunday as part of a sting operation in that area to catch sexual predators.
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Housing fair presents off-campus options
By Miranda Moore | Mar. 23, 2011Seventy-seven housing complexes tabled outside of the Reitz Union on Wednesday hoping to attract potential residents with cups, koozies, T-shirts and corn hole.
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Hope for Japan solicits donations for victims
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 23, 2011After a tsunami hit Japan, the Asian American Student Union was overwhelmed with offers of money and time.
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Senate honors student who died on Spring Break
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 22, 2011Senators unanimously passed a resolution honoring the memory of UF freshman Molly Ammon, who was found dead March 13, during Tuesday night’s meeting.
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UF student recounts effects Libya attacks have on her family
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 21, 2011The swing set 20-year-old Mercedes Farhat saw in 2008 while visiting her father’s family in Tripoli, Libya, was a metal skeleton.
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Friends remember student as giving, adventurous
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 17, 2011Senior Stacie Lavender touched more lives during her time at UF than she may ever have realized.
