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Study shows US among most expensive countries for college

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s annual “Education at a Glance” report, which studies the education systems of countries across the world, showed it costs a U.S. student between $116,000 and $117,000 to pursue a college degree, including direct costs and a calculation of possible wages lost while in school.


Junior wide receiver Andre Debose smiles as he accepts the trophy for Most Valuable Player at the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. in Jacksonville. Debose hasn't replicated the success he had in 2011. 
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Column: Benching Debose right move

Andre Debose grinned from ear to ear as he celebrated on EverBank Field at the end of the 2011 season. Florida had just beaten Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl, and Debose hoisted the Most Valuable Player trophy high above his head. The hopes for his 2012 campaign flew even higher.


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Design class seeks to help

UF students in the Design Innovation course will participate in the Make a Difference project throughout the next two months. The project was introduced to the students Tuesday and encourages them to use their skills in small ways to make big differences, said Margaret Portillo, a professor and chairwoman for the Department of Interior Design.


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Campaign rules go against UF’s mission

I agree with David Bradshaw that the recently enacted Student Government campaign rules needlessly obstruct free speech. I write to encourage fellow students and the administration to oppose these unreasonable time constraints on a candidate’s ability to campaign for SG elections.


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Religious group wants Tebow

In 2010, Alan Nanney was arrested for breaking into the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, where, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, he was found barefoot and shirtless.


Brooke Schwartzman and Adam Firestone pass challah bread around the table during the pre-fast dinner for Yom Kippur at UF Hillel Tuesday night.
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Students fast for Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement and reflection during which Jewish people ask for forgiveness for any wrongdoings, according to Rabbi Gail Swedroe, the newest campus rabbi at UF Hillel. There is also a 25-hour period of fasting.



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