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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Machen, trustees focus on UF's graduate education

By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 22, 2009

As Lake Wauburg glistened in the morning sun, a faint fire flickered in the nearby Cypress Lodge's stone fireplace and a breakfast spread including smoked salmon and maple pecan pastries sat partially eaten, UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, got down to the gritty business of budget cuts.

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Crist asks for $3.6 billion for state universities

By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 22, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist unveiled his $66.5 billion budget proposal for the 2009-2010 fiscal year on Friday.

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Students, faculty protest Charter Amendment 1

By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 22, 2009

About 80 UF students and faculty members marched through campus on Friday in protest of the Charter to Amendment 1, which would legalize discrimination based on sexual orientation. Protesters presented a letter for UF President Bernie Machen, in hopes of gaining administrative support for their cause.

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Student bicycles for 24 hours for cancer awareness

By ELIZABETH DOW | Feb. 22, 2009

Lisa Sawicki had never pulled an all-nighter until this weekend when she spent 24 hours riding a stationary bike.

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Blood thinner testing improves medication measurements

By REBECCA WEISS | Feb. 22, 2009

Doctors prescribing Warfarin, a blood-thinning medication, will now be able to use genetic testing as a means of estimating the initial dosage size for their patients.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Alumnus donated $30 million to new business school

By CAROLYN TILLO | Feb. 22, 2009

Although construction began in December, about 90 people attended the official groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for William R. Hough Hall, a $23 million building being constructed for graduate business students at UF.

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Musicians, attorneys discuss modern music industry

By ANA GONI–LESSAN | Feb. 22, 2009

Hopeful artists must first garner a following before attracting a record label in today's music climate, said an attorney and musician at a conference Saturday.

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Car hits woman on campus

By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 19, 2009

A woman was arrested Wednesday night after she hit another woman with her car in a UF parking garage.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Trustees keep retreat local

By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 19, 2009

UF's Board of Trustees is taking a staycation this year due to budget cuts.

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Intruder hacks UF's Grove system, accesses files

By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 19, 2009

An intruder gained access to files containing the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 97,200 UF students, faculty and staff who used the Grove computer system from 1996 to 2009, UF announced Thursday.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Professor challenges UF’s authority to adjust course load

By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 19, 2009

UF's authority to change the agreement under which faculty are hired without their consent was questioned Thursday in a six-hour arbitration hearing.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Stimulus’s impact on UF depends on state’s share of package

By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 19, 2009

UF could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars from the $787 billion stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday but, then again, the number could be much lower.

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Bright Futures won’t cover possible tuition increase

By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 19, 2009

Fall tuition at UF could increase by as much as 15 percent if a bill unanimously approved by a Florida State Legislature committee passes.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Candidates get last words in at final SG debate

By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 19, 2009

About 75 people attended the last debate before Student Government elections on Feb. 24 and 25 at the UF Hillel.

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First NC–17 film at Reitz

By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 19, 2009

The Reitz Union Board will hold free showings of an NC-17 rated film starting on Sunday, a move that received a mild response from UF President Bernie Machen.

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Parties sling mud at elections complaints meeting

By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 18, 2009

Eight elections complaints were presented and voted on Wednesday night during a two-hour Student Government Elections Commission meeting.

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Common Reading Program reveals title for freshmen

By HERSCHMAN | Feb. 18, 2009

UF's Common Reading Program revealed the title of its required book for freshman on Wednesday on the Plaza of the Americas.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senators opt out of Safe Run event to campaign

By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 18, 2009

Though many student senators were running around campaigning today on campus, not one was running in the UF Naval-ROTC event to promote the Safe Run program.

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Guest speaker says race and health are connected

By JESSALYN BERGER | Feb. 18, 2009

B. Lee Green, vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, spoke about the differences between racial classes and their health on Wednesday.

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DOH to use reserve fund for common area wireless

By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 18, 2009

At a time when many professors can't even print syllabi for students because of budget cuts, UF is spending nearly half a million dollars to install wireless Internet in the common areas of dorms.