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Surf club taking Gainesville one wave at a time
By Diana Lopez | June 8, 2011Despite many raised eyebrows, UF officially has a new surf club in the making.
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UF robotic lawn mower takes top prize at competition
By Clare Lennon | June 8, 2011What could be considered as nothing more than a rudimentary Saturday chore served as a pinnacle of glory for a group of UF engineering students last week.
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Hey you! Guess what? Your future is being discussed today
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 8, 2011UF's Board of Trustees will meet today for the first of two days of meetings at Emerson Alumni Hall to do one thing.
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Santa Fe students get RTS access with student IDs
By Clare Lennon | June 6, 2011Santa Fe College students will be able to ride designated Santa Fe buses to and from campus starting this fall, according to a new Florida law.
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SG elections could have electronic voting
By Alexander Klausner | June 6, 2011UF's Student Senate is expected to vote Tuesday night on an election reform measure that would allow student government to do away with paper ballots and switch to an electronic voting system.
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IFAS announces two more faculty appointments
By Gabriela Rosias | June 6, 2011Jack Payne has had a busy summer.
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UF grad student arrested
By Clare Lennon | June 6, 2011A UF graduate student was arrested early Friday morning for assaulting two men and shouting anti-gay slurs at them.
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Seeing the writing on the wall, UF grad paints crafty proposal
By Michael Sykes | June 6, 2011Love and spray paint were in the air Sunday evening.
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From the depths of dirt, an old church emerges
By Benjamin S. Brasch | June 6, 2011It took only three thrusts of a shovel to unearth an archeological find 60 years in the making.
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Most answer SERU seriously, UF officials say
By Emily Morrow | June 6, 2011The football ticket lottery closed Friday, but UF students still have the opportunity to put in their two bits about their university experience.
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Broward pool may get facelift
By Alexander Klausner | June 1, 2011Instead of flooding pools at various apartment complexes, UF students might get their own pool to throw parties.
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Autopsy shows UF student died of alcohol poisoning
By Daniela Guzman | June 1, 2011A recently released autopsy report has confirmed that Molly Ammon, a 19-year-old UF student, died over Spring Break due to alcohol poisoning.
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Ticket lottery for Gators football ends Friday
By Gabriela Rosias | June 1, 2011Price increases, a new coach and survey requirements have not deterred students from registering for the football ticket lottery en masse.
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Study: UF graduates get bang for their tuition buck
By Emily Morrow | June 1, 2011Is college worth it?
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Renovations to Murphree area to be ready by fall
By Lindsey Tercilla | June 1, 2011Picture the stretch between Murphree Hall and East Hall. That's how far UF students living in the area nicknamed "the Murph" have to travel to do their laundry.
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Crabs, camels and lumberjacks usher in summer
By Jonny Shiver | May 30, 2011The salty aroma of fresh seafood churned in the cool breeze blowing across the St. Johns River as children laughed and screamed out of joy or fear - and sometimes both - as carnival staff pushed mobile thrill rides to their limits.
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Locals remember those who died serving the U.S.
By Michael Sykes | May 30, 2011The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace erected more than 6,000 tombstones along a mile of Northwest Eighth Avenue between Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 23rd Street this Memorial Day weekend.
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Scott to UF: It's time to tighten your belt
By Joey Flechas | May 30, 2011A broken air conditioning system, a hole in the roof and a busted water chiller. The cost of these would-be repairs, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed roughly $12 million in funding for UF Thursday, would not come out of state funds.
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Officials break ground on new $45M research facility
By Emily Morrow | May 30, 2011UF broke ground Thursday on its new Clinical and Translational Research Building, a $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex expected to be completed by January 2013.
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Florida Ultimate falls in tourney
By Clare Lennon | May 30, 2011Florida Ultimate failed to defend its Ultimate Frisbee national championship, suffering two losses Friday and Saturday at the 2011 USA Ultimate nationals tournament in Boulder, Colo.
