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The University Athletic Association is collecting shoes and monetary donations from Gators sports teams to give to Alachua County elementary school students.

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Keys burglaries, holiday safety tips

By Chris Alcantara | Dec. 4, 2012

University Police is investigating a series of burglaries this week at the Keys Residential Complex.

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Gators sports attendance down

By LANDON WATNICK< | Dec. 4, 2012

Despite the success of Gators athletics on the field and hardwood this year, UF has seen less attendance at its Fall sports.

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Flu season may arrive early to Florida, UF prepares with shots

By Meredith Mulvihill | Dec. 4, 2012

The flu season may have had its earliest start in nearly a decade this year, but UF has yet to see anything out of the ordinary.

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Runners light up the night for charity

By Carina Seagrave | Dec. 4, 2012

UF will host its first Light Up the Night 5K at 7 p.m. Friday at Pony Field, on the corner of Gale Lemerand Drive and Mowry Road.

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Study shows more college students are getting hitched

By Rachel Kurland | Dec. 4, 2012

A recent national study published in The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships discovered that many college students intend to take the plunge into marriage by the time they are 25 years old.

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Freshman returns to team, sparks UF victory with all-around play

Dec. 4, 2012

For freshman Sydney Moss, the past week involved grieving and thousands of miles of plane rides.

Allocations Committee Chairman Elliot Grasso speaks Tuesday at the Student Senate’s tacky sweater-themed meeting.

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Student Senators pass bill to create new humanities minor

By Samantha Shavell | Dec. 4, 2012

Student Senators unanimously passed a bill urging UF to establish an Asian American studies minor at their last meeting of the semester Tuesday.

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Students to show off robotic innovations at demo day

By Chabeli Herrera | Dec. 4, 2012

Despite his clipped wings, Pepper the parrot is now mobile and a little quieter thanks to robotics.

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Florida fans can’t afford bad showing in New Orleans

By JOSH JURNOVOY | Dec. 4, 2012

We’ve all received the emails. The ones that were unfathomable a little more than three years ago.

Florida forward Will Yeguete attempts a shot against Georgetown forward Otto Porter (22) aboard the USS Bataan in Jacksonville on Nov. 9.

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Gators basketball focused on avoiding letdown against Seminoles after hot start

By KATIE AGOSTIN | Dec. 4, 2012

Through six games this season, the Gators are doing more than just winning. Not only does Florida boast a 6-0 record, but it has won each game by an average margin of 25.3 points — more than double last year’s 10.9.

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Life is the greatest show on earth

Dec. 3, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, readers of all ages: Life is chaotic and complicated.

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Gainesville should ban cigarette butts from city

Dec. 3, 2012

Butts are everywhere!

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UF president to be selected next month

By Erin Jester | Dec. 3, 2012

The applications may not all be in, but UF’s 12th president will be selected next month.

Ed Weston, front row, far right, stands with students of an Applied Journalism class at The Gainesville Sun in the Spring quarter of 1975.

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Journalism faculty member sails on from long-standing post

Dec. 3, 2012

Ed Weston has spent 42 years teaching UF students about words, but maybe the story of his career is best told in numbers.

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Bus company behind Miami crash to continue UF service

By Meredith Rutland | Dec. 3, 2012

Miami Bus Service will continue its shuttle service between UF and South Florida this holiday season despite scrutiny after one of the company’s buses crashed in Miami, killing two people.