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University develops smartphone app for student resources
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 21, 2011The UF campus is now only a tap away.
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Free bike repair service moves to new location
By Erin Jester | Aug. 21, 2011Students can say goodbye to standing in the rain and heat while waiting for bicycle repairs.
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UF joins effort to bring ultra high-speed Internet to city
By Emily Morrow | Aug. 21, 2011UF and 28 other research universities across the U.S. have promised access to an ultra high-speed Internet so fast that one could download a full-length, high-definition movie within seconds.
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Many food options near campus
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2011You have no car, no money and no clue where you are going to get food next. Welcome to college.
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Persistence key as competition for student jobs high
By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011Between obligatory trips to Leonardo's, the clicker that always gets lost, a few late-night stumbles into Pita Pit and cover charges for Friday night, many students realize they're going to need some extra cash in college.
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Disability services ensure no Gator gets left behind
By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011Stefani Pila considers herself a successful Gator. She's a psychology and history junior, part of the UF Honors Program and, along with her twin sister, Sarah, a member of the co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.
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Greek organizations offer avenue to involvement
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2011Greek life at UF could have a lot of stereotypes if you blindly put everyone in neat and easy categories. A closer look might show something different.
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Freshman 15 is a myth; plethora of fitness options is not
By Estee Beck | Aug. 14, 2011Have you ever heard of the freshman 15? That daunting, infant-sized mass of weight that the average freshman is predicted to gain?
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Gainesville's appeal not just confined to campus
By Erin Jester | Aug. 14, 2011With nearly 50,000 students traversing the university's campus every day, UF can sometimes feel like a city in itself.
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UF president welcomes new students
By Bernie Machen | Aug. 14, 2011Welcome to the University of Florida! I applaud your decision to come to UF, and I am confident you will have a rich and memorable experience here.
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What they didn't tell you at Preview
By C.J. Pruner | Aug. 14, 2011If you've made it to this page by now, you probably want to slug a small child for all the Orange and Blue fapping that I've allowed to take place in this New Student Edition. I know you don't give two squirts of R. Kelly's piss about Gator Nights or the smorgasbord of student clubs that provide good, clean Christian fun - you want to know the best place you can pound booze and get away with sexual harassment without the long dick of the law getting in your way. I know I sure as hell did.
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UF administration cares about students
By Jen Day Shaw | Aug. 14, 2011At UF, we are very lucky. Our Student Body is incredibly talented in a variety of ways. Many of our faculty and staff are nationally or internationally recognized in their fields. The awards and points of pride are vast and diverse. Here are some examples: Our Career Resource Center is ranked No. 1 in the country; our fishing club continues to win national championships; faculty make miraculous discoveries; our Student Alumni Association is the largest in the United States and much more. However, despite the many accolades and a tremendously caring community reminiscent of a much smaller institution, there still remain students in distress.
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Only you can make or break your UF experience
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 14, 2011In a week's time, this campus, this oasis of knowledge and aesthetic splendor, is going to be slammed-packed beyond your imagination. There are going to be bicyclists whizzing through herds of people, preachers damning the masses to hell and anything else you could possibly imagine, including tons and tons of dancing. It's going to be like Black Friday had a drunken hook-up with a Harry Potter premiere - on crack.
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Campus comes alive during gameday madness
By Jonny Shiver | Aug. 14, 2011Of all the schools you could choose from, you picked UF - a Southeastern Conference powerhouse at the beginning of Will Muschamp's inaugural season as head coach.
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Gators get a bellyfull of meal options
By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011Those extra pounds lurk somewhere between the first football game and Thanksgiving weekend. It's inevitable for your roommate who thinks pizza, beer and cheesy bread are the main food groups.
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Campus parking offers perks, pains
By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011The hunt is on. You crawl forward under the stifling Florida sun when you finally see it. Just as you're about to stake your claim, another driver whips around a corner and screeches into the spot right in front of you.
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Students can choose from hundreds of organizations
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2011So you're settling in - getting used to the roommate, eating at dining halls and making awkward conversation with that cute girl or boy who always gets breakfast the same time you do.
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Finding college overwhelming? UF offers ways to cope
By Erin Jester | Aug. 14, 2011For brand new freshmen, the first few weeks of college life can be exciting and liberating, but they can also feel scary and overwhelming.
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Hey kids! Not all your classes have to suck
By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 14, 2011Students are wising up to hard classes, taking a hint from Darwin and sniffing out the easy ones: adaptation at its best.
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Learning to navigate ISIS key to getting good classes
By Michael Sykes | Aug. 14, 2011So you've been to Preview, learned the chomp, met advisers and heard a plethora of presentations. But as the euphoria of diving deeper into the Gator Nation wanes, there are things those who've crawled the swamps before you want you to know, like how to get the classes you want when 50,000 Gators are chomping for the same bite.
