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The UF Student Health Care Center announced last week that it would begin accepting a discount prescription card that benefits students who don't have health insurance.

Paul Maneval, Apple service coordinator at UF Apple Tech Hub, conserves energy by carpooling to get where he needs to go.

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Students compete for free Zipcar membership, driving credit

By Mina Radman | Oct. 4, 2011

Zipcar is offering student organizations up to $5,500 each for making a difference.

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UF backs lunch-hour walking

Oct. 4, 2011

Six times a week, the Walking Gators lace up their sneakers and walk together on campus.

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Ra Ra Riot to perform on campus on Oct. 13

By Alexandra Rivera | Oct. 4, 2011

Indie band Ra Ra Riot is coming to UF for a free concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.

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Author to speak at Reitz about ethics in medical research

By Maria Galindo | Oct. 4, 2011

The UF Honors Program will host award-winning medical journalist and author Harriet A. Washington at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.

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Funding cuts could limit UF construction, renovations

By Joey Flechas | Oct. 4, 2011

Repairing and maintaining UF campus facilities may be tough next year as state funding looks to be down again.

Jane McGonigal urged students to spend more time playing online video games. She stressed the positive effects that playing games have on people.

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Expert talks benefits of gaming

By Oriana Paolillo | Oct. 4, 2011

World-renowned gaming expert Jane McGonigal gave students a seemingly unexpected piece of advice Tuesday night: She urged them to spend more time playing games online.

Senate President Micah Lewis had to quiet senators several times during Tuesday's Senate meeting. Senators debated whether to transfer reserve funds to SG Cabinet for cellphone charging stations in six high-traffic campus locations.

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SG to pay $28,000 for phone chargers

By Clare Lennon | Oct. 4, 2011

The Student Senate on Tuesday approved transferring $28,800 from reserve funds to the vice president's SG Cabinet for cellphone charging stations.

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SG elections to undergo investigation

By Clare Lennon | Oct. 3, 2011

Results of the fall Student Senate elections are still up in the air after a UF Supreme Court appeals hearing Monday night.

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More students defaulting on loans during recession

By Emily Morrow | Oct. 3, 2011

As tuition increases, scholarship programs slip away and the unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent, the overall rate of students defaulting on their college loans has increased at the highest rate in two decades.

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Report finds Alachua County property tax rate highest in state

By Emily Morrow | Oct. 3, 2011

For the second year in a row, Alachua County had the highest combined property tax rate in the state of Florida, and UF's presence in Gainesville has a lot to do with it.

Second-year graduate students Katie Pankow, 24, and Joshua Hamilton, 26, perform an improv show Monday on the Reitz Union Colonnade.

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Organization fair celebrates national arts, humanities

By Melissa Harvard | Oct. 3, 2011

Artistic students met the first Monday of October with a dancing gold crystal and a flash mob on the Reitz Union Colonnade.

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UF Supreme Court orders SG elections investigation, postpones validation

By Clare Lennon | Oct. 3, 2011

Results of the fall Student Senate elections are up in the air after a court hearing.

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Pink pumpkins to raise breast cancer awareness

By Justin Jones | Oct. 3, 2011

Pumpkins aren't naturally pink, but come Saturday, Oct. 15, about 300 pumpkins will be.