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Commuting undergraduates deal with long days, distances
By Meredith Rutland | Nov. 20, 2011For Samantha Scille, off-campus has a whole other meaning.
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Students transform trash into art
By Mary Anne Eades | Nov. 20, 2011Renate Balsamo knows how to turn stress into art.
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UF rugby team takes Florida Cup for third consecutive year
Nov. 20, 2011As Chris Coleman stood on the sidelines of the Collegiate Men's Rugby Florida Cup championship game Sunday with his swollen elbow in a sling and his nose plugged to stop the bleeding, he strategized about how to take off his jersey.
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Police, firefighters respond to two false alarms at Norman Hall
By Morgan Watkins | Nov. 17, 2011Students and faculty evacuated Norman Hall twice Thursday after police say someone pulled fire alarms without reason.
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Study finds increasing number of babies born addicted to mothers' medications
By Jenna Box | Nov. 17, 2011Expectant mothers might want to think twice before taking a prescription drug, a new report indicates.
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Students experience life with disabilities at dinner event
By Maggie Powers | Nov. 17, 2011In November 2008, Cameron McIntosh was an 18-year-old basketball and football star at his Illinois high school. He ranked 10th in his class academically and hoped to attend UF the next fall. He had 20/20 vision.
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Alumnus donates for new medical center
Nov. 17, 2011A donation from a UF College of Medicine alumnus and his wife will kick-start the planning for a new medical education center, the college announced Wednesday.
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Teach for America selects 34 UF students
By Samantha Shavell | Nov. 17, 2011Sociology senior Darius Rucker, 21, expected his Nov. 8 rehearsal of "Chicago" to be just like the other ones. It wasn't.
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Faculty raises delayed due to union lawsuit
By Erin Jester | Nov. 17, 2011In the wake of a lawsuit, UF has delayed its proposal to give faculty members a 3 percent raise to offset a state requirement for public employees to contribute the same amount to their retirement.
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Century Tower dresses up for World Diabetes Day
By Kathleen Birkhimer | Nov. 17, 2011Music, bubbles and blue light will surround Century Tower on Friday night.
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Student charged with assaulting two women
By Morgan Watkins | Nov. 17, 2011A UF student was arrested early Thursday after police say he forced his way into a fellow UF student's apartment and attacked her and her roommate.
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Local high school students learn Geographic Information Systems at Library East
By Harold A. Rocha | Nov. 16, 2011A group of ninth-grade students proved Wednesday they have at least one thing in common with the Regional Transit System and wildlife conservationists - they know how to use GPS technology.
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Organizations network on Reitz lawn for Disability Awareness Fair
By Amanda Cohen | Nov. 16, 2011Twelve community and student organizations gathered on the Reitz Union North Lawn on Wednesday afternoon to network for the Disability Awareness Fair.
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Occupy protest to take place at Cliff Stearns' Gainesville office today
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Nov. 16, 2011In response to the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park in New York on Tuesday, the American Dream Movement is hosting a We Are The 99 % nationwide rally today.
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Tips on how to tackle some of UF's toughest classes
By Raksheen Ayaz | Nov. 16, 2011It is the time of the year again to register for classes for the spring semester. Students, typically sophomores, juniors and seniors, are starting to take upper-level classes specific to their colleges. There are certain classes students take that are widely known as the most challenging. Compiled below are tips from professors and students in the various colleges of UF, on Biochemistry, Finance, Reporting and Thermodynamics - some of the hardest courses for students at UF.
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SG voting: An inside look at how it works at UF and other schools
By Clare Lennon | Nov. 16, 2011In September, about 8,000 UF students threaded their ways through fliers, stickers, party supporters and snaking lines to vote at the on-campus polls.
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Number of international students increasing nationwide
By Emily Morrow | Nov. 16, 2011Hyunji Lim and Moonhee Cho want to work in America.
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Graduate assistants rally against fee hikes
By Erin Jester | Nov. 16, 2011Waving colorful signs and chanting "stand up, fight back," UF graduate assistants rallied Wednesday to protest student fees they think are unfair.
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Construction on campus needs to be scheduled better
By Carolyn Huntley | Nov. 16, 2011Has this happened to you?
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Critter hat trend prowls around campus, Oaks Mall stores
By Aryanna Harrell | Nov. 16, 2011First spotted on the streets of New York and Los Angeles on celebrities such as Khloe Kardashian Odom, critter hats have scurried their way down to Gainesville. And with cold weather around the corner (fingers crossed), they'll have a warm welcome.
