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Student Government elections should unite Student Body
By Michael Scott Davidson | Feb. 27, 2012Conflict-free campaigning.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Environmental films highlight second day of Cinema Verde
By Matt Boles | Feb. 26, 2012About 60 people attended the second day of the Cinema Verde Film Festival Saturday afternoon in downtown Gainesville.
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Bus drivers compete at RTS Bus Roadeo
By Chris Alcantara | Feb. 26, 2012Twelve drivers competed for a chance to be titled Gainesville’s best bus driver during Saturday’s 14th Annual RTS Bus Roadeo at the Gainesville Regional Airport Driving Pad.
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Parking decal prices could increase by 4 percent this fall
Feb. 26, 2012Parking decal prices could go up by 4 percent starting in May if a request from UF’s Transportation and Parking Services is approved.
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Engineering senators to keep seats
By Samantha Shavell | Feb. 26, 2012The UF Supreme Court determined that three upcoming Students Party engineering senators will be allowed to keep their seats.
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Hazing involved paddling, chest slaps, police say
Feb. 26, 2012University Police filed sworn complaints to the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday alleging that nine UF students and one alumnus engaged in hazing with a risk of physical injury or death.
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Students vie to be strongest Gator
By Evan Galin | Feb. 26, 2012The Strong Gator competition, hosted by RecSports, took place on Maguire Field on Saturday and tested contestants’ strength, endurance and speed as they fought for bragging rights and a Strong Gator champion T-shirt.
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Organization serves mealworm cookies, ‘Bambi tacos’ at Beast Feast
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 26, 2012About 400 people feasted Saturday on stranger-than-usual fare at the UF student chapter of The Wildlife Society’s 29th annual Beast Feast.
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Finding a home away from home
By Adrianna Paidas | Feb. 26, 2012Aidan Knowles is one of about 200 international exchange students who study at UF every year.
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Robotics club recreates 1950s robot for University of Florida Engineering Week
By Javier Edwards | Feb. 26, 2012Using three photographs, a 55-year-old video clip and $700 from the Benton Engineering Council, the UF Gator Robotics club resurrected a 7-foot robot from the past.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
University of Florida blog looking for student writers
By Kimberly Greenplate | Feb. 26, 2012A new UF blog about the Reitz Union is set to debut in early March and is still looking for student bloggers.
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Filmmakers brave deadlines in contest
By Webb | Feb. 26, 2012The deadline for SFC’s second annual 48 Hour Film Competition was 7 p.m. sharp Sunday night at Emiliano’s Cafe — a deadline so strict that two teams were disqualified for submitting three minutes late.
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UF women’s track team takes home SEC Indoor Championship
By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 26, 2012Although it was the men’s team that came into this weekend’s meet as defending champions, it was the women who added yet another Southeastern Conference title to the school’s history books Sunday.
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Election Commission rules Unite Party didn't coerce voters
By Samantha Shavell | Feb. 24, 2012The Election Commission ruled that the Unite Party did not directly or indirectly coerce voters to vote in the Student Government elections held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Adderall no substitute for good study habits, experts say
By Maureen Mariano | Feb. 23, 2012Like other college students facing midterms, Santa Fe junior Laura Putlek has a project and paper due this week, two exams and two lab practicals.
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Speaker talks media bias against Islam at Reitz Union
By Javier Edwards | Feb. 23, 2012About 236 people attended Shaykh Omar Suleiman’s speech about American media bias toward Islam on Thursday night as part of Islam Awareness Month.
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Organization campaigns to better bus drivers’ contracts
Feb. 23, 2012One Regional Transit System mechanic joined eight members of Students for a Democratic Society in Tigert Hall on Thursday as they asked the UF administration to support bus drivers’ contract negotiations.
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Lawsuit sparks discussion of legality of unpaid internships
By Kelsey Meany | Feb. 23, 2012A former intern at Harper’s Bazaar filed a class-action lawsuit in regard to her unpaid work from August to December 2011.
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Miami couple donates $5 million to UF gene therapy research program
By Matt Boles | Feb. 23, 2012A Miami couple donated $5 million to a UF gene therapy program.
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UF finalist in Twitter contest
By Brittany Ann Morrisey | Feb. 23, 2012The Gator Nation recently showed its social media presence to the judges of an online contest.
