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Texter explains motivation in sending message
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 26, 2009The mystery is over.
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People pack Phillips Center for Chinese New Year’s Eve
By Laura Hampson | Jan. 26, 2009Although 2009 arrived almost a month ago, more than 1,300 people packed the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday for another New Year's celebration.
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Final 3 contenders vie for honors director spot
Jan. 26, 2009And then there were three.
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Professor recounts family's trek to inauguration
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 26, 2009Avid Barack Obama supporters since 2004, the Leslie family was finally able to see their hard work, and the work of millions of other Americans, pay off when they attended Barack Obama's Inauguration.
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Architecture College holds “Pride in Place Charette” for students to improve Architecture Building
By CAROLYN TILLO | Jan. 25, 2009One college at UF used the creativity of its students last week to save between $1,000 and $2,500 in 10 hours.
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UF baseball player arrested for drunk driving
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 25, 2009A UF baseball player was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Saturday morning after he was seen swerving into oncoming traffic on West University Avenue.
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Crowds of people mourn during Moses’ memorial service
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 25, 2009About 320 people attended a Friday memorial for Michelle Moses, 21, a fourth-year UF elementary education major who died over winter break while driving home to Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.
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Traditional, offbeat collections showcased at museum’s 30th annual Collectors Day
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 25, 2009Over 70 collectors showcased everything from Simpsons' toys and spatulas to political buttons and World War II memorabilia Saturday at the Florida Natural History Museum's 30th Annual Collectors Day.
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Broken up–escalator inconveniences many at Library West, may not be fixed for a week
By RACHAEL PINO | Jan. 25, 2009Library West's escalators came to a halt Friday morning when a technician broke the inside glass panel of the up escalator during a routine maintenance check.
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Student Body Presidential candidates have been chosen, all promise change for SG
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 25, 2009Three candidates have emerged for Student Body president, all of which send the message of giving Student Government a makeover.
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UF tenure–track professor fights to be reinstated
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 25, 2009A hearing was held Friday to determine if UF improperly laid off Andrea Pham, assistant professor of Vietnamese language and linguistics.
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College students pick grad school as economy falls
By MORGAN COLLINS | Jan. 25, 2009Recent college graduates are choosing graduate school over full-time jobs, as the failing economy makes it more difficult to find and keep work.
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SFC adds four–year program
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 22, 2009Come fall, Santa Fe College will begin offering four-year degrees for the first time, which will put it in competition with UF for even more of the state's already-scarce funds.
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Sorority plans memorial, donation drive for sister
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 22, 2009A memorial for Michelle Moses, a UF student who died Dec. 20 while driving home to Mason, Ohio, for winter break, will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at UF Hillel, 2020 W. University Ave.
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UF budget cuts force library to move materials online
By MICHAEL DeVOOGD | Jan. 22, 2009UF students spending hours at Library West may have to start staring at their computers instead of flipping through books.
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Student falls from parking garage, injures face
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 21, 2009A UF student plummeted three stories from a parking garage on campus early Wednesday morning.
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Dorm residents go green in eco–friendly battle
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Jan. 21, 2009Residents of UF dorms are reducing, reusing and recycling in an effort to minimize waste, energy and water consumption on campus.
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Suspect identified in Tuesday's mystery text alert
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Jan. 21, 2009He didn't mean to press Enter. But when he did Tuesday evening, he reached thousands of UF students through the emergency alert system with a text reading, "The monkey got out of the cage."
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Environmentalist speaks about ecological dilemmas
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 21, 2009Former White House employee and environmental advocate Nathaniel Reed spoke at UF's Pugh Hall Thursday night about two main problems plaguing Florida's Everglades.
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UF to cap endowment spending following investment losses
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 21, 2009UF announced Wednesday that it will be forced to reduce endowment fund spending by $1.5 to $2 million from April to June due to investment losses.
