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UF to maintain spending despite lower investment returns
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 21, 2008The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
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Senate appoints 19 senators to committees
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 21, 2008Nineteen senators - 12 from the Gator Party, six from the Orange and Blue Party and one independent senator - were appointed to Student Senate committees during Tuesday's meeting.
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Retired UF law professors remembered by co–workers
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 20, 2008After they had lunch together for the last time, Walter Weyrauch gave UF law professor Sharon Rush a book about a subject that had come up during their discussion.
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UF cancels plans for GPS screens
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 20, 2008Because of high costs, UF no longer plans to install two LCD screens that would have displayed a GPS map of bus locations.
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NCAA study shows higher graduation rate among athletes
By BRIAN KELLEY | Oct. 20, 2008Student athletes looking to dismiss negative stereotypes about their intelligence have some new ammunition.
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Pre–Vet club holds dog costume contest
Oct. 19, 2008Pooches at the sixth annual HOWL-o-ween Dog Costume Contest know what it takes to earn a Halloween treat: a killer costume and occasionally a few tricks.
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Break dancers battle it out in Reitz Union
By TATIANA GONZALES | Oct. 19, 2008B-Boys and B-Girls battled it out Friday at a Halloween-themed break dance contest.
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Shands holds 50th anniversary gala
Oct. 19, 2008Although her photos are in black and white, Nancy S. Bowman still remembers the pink and gray decor of the UF Teaching Hospital's opening ceremony about half a century ago.
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College professors sign pro–Bill Ayers statement
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 19, 2008The man Sarah Palin calls a terrorist has a fan club.
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Museum releases Monarch butterflies at festival
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Oct. 19, 2008Over the course of two days, 275 tagged Monarch butterflies fluttered their orange wings and were released into the sky to begin their migration to Central Mexico.
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UPD arrests UF student in possession of Ecstasy pills
By KATIE SANDERS | Oct. 16, 2008A UF student was arrested Wednesday after police found 153 grams of Ecstasy pills in his Hume Hall dorm room.
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Study says college liberal bias learned from peers
Oct. 16, 2008A recent study shows a long-held notion of college culture may be true: Students' political beliefs become more liberal while attending college.
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SHCC to offer flu shots starting Monday
By JAMES WILKEY | Oct. 16, 2008The UF Student Health Care Center will begin offering flu shots to students and faculty during the next two weeks.
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Bernie Machen announces 10 percent budget cut
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 16, 2008At the request of Gov. Charlie Crist, UF President Bernie Machen said Thursday that UF will submit a budget proposal for the 2009-2010 school year that is 10 percent less than this year's budget.
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Colds bring high number of students to SHCC
By CAROLINE VILLADA | Oct. 16, 2008All those extra coughs, sneezes and runny noses are adding up.
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Museum to host third annual ButterflyFest
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Oct. 16, 2008The third annual ButterflyFest will flutter into the Florida Museum of Natural History this weekend.
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British author Fred Pearce discusses global water crisis at UF
By KRISTEN WILKIE | Oct. 15, 2008Fred Pearce drinks his own sewage water.
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Headphones may increase risk of permanent hearing loss, study says
By SELINA SOWERS | Oct. 15, 2008While blasting music through iPod headphones may seem harmless now, the noise could cause serious hearing problems in the future, according to a new European study.
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Man arrested for carrying gun on campus
By KATIE SANDERS | Oct. 15, 2008University Police Department officers arrested a man on campus Wednesday who they reported was carrying a gun.
