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AMPED with UF athletes: shooting guard Kenny Boynton
Feb. 23, 2011Kenny Boynton knows what he likes: rap.
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UF student premieres jewelry line at local boutique
By Kasi Martin | Feb. 23, 2011While some may see scraps on the ground as trash, UF architecture junior Mu Mudenda sees them as the opposite: precious building blocks for her one-of-a-kind jewelry line.
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Campus comedy group to hold 12-hour fundraising show
By Sami Main | Feb. 23, 2011Theatre Strike Force is taking “Relay for Life” into a completely different context.
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GRE overhaul to place emphasis on reasoning skills
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 22, 2011The GRE will be replaced with a revised version Aug. 1, adding new question types and an extra hour to the test’s length.
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Princeton Review ranks UF as third-best value for public universities
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 22, 2011UF students may be dropping serious dollars on tuition hikes, but they’re getting the third-best bang for their buck in the country.
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Gov. Scott’s retirement plan could reduce faculty benefits
By A'Shayla Passaretti | Feb. 22, 2011A reduction in government spending could also reduce UF faculty retirement benefits.
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Student hospitalized after being hit by a bus downtown
By Kat Bein | Feb. 22, 2011A UF student was taken to Shands at UF on Tuesday morning after she was hit by a Regional Transit System bus on West University Avenue, having suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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Food expert discusses challenges of world food supply
By Kristen Wasko | Feb. 22, 2011As the world’s population grows daily so does the world’s demand for food, a World Food Prize laureate said during a presentation Tuesday.
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UF alumni create iPhone app to measure noise
By Daniela Abratt | Feb. 21, 2011How loud is the roar of the crowd when the Gators score a touchdown?
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Block tuition proposal would rob UF students
By Sean Johnson | Feb. 21, 2011Travis Hornsby, the author of a letter published Monday in support of block tuition, has unfortunately taken sips of the block tuition Kool-Aid. Over the past few months, I’ve heard the administration espouse the virtues of block tuition, all the while trying to sweep under the rug its dirty little secrets. The fact of the matter is this plan will cost the average student more; there is no way around it.
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City Commission candidates to debate on campus Thursday
By Shelley Greenspan | Feb. 21, 2011UF Student Government is giving local politicians a reason to put UF back on their radar.
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Students get credits for city commission campaigns
By Alex Orlando | Feb. 21, 2011For three credits and 150 hours a semester, students of POS4940 stroll the campaign trail, passing fliers, hanging fliers and holding signs on busy street corners.
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Speaker discusses negative perception of political activism of young people
By ALLISON BANKO | Feb. 21, 2011What’s the matter with kids today?
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Student Government elections to take place Tuesday and Wednesday
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 21, 2011Tired of the Unite Party and Progress Party handing you fliers, following you between classes and trying to get you to wear a sticker?
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10th annual Fashion X-Clusive show draws about 1,000 people
By Rachel Stephens | Feb. 20, 2011An air of the New York fashion scene swept through the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Friday night.
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Schneider would bring activist mentality to the executive office
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 20, 2011When Schneider faces the incumbent party in the polls he knows he can’t waiver in what he considers a good fight.
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Meyers looks to continue the Unite Party's reign over SG
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 20, 2011Many say when Meyers is president, he’ll be one of the best the university has seen.
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The next face of the student body?
Feb. 20, 2011Unite Party’s Ben Meyers and Progress Party’s Dave Schneider face off to be UF’s next Student Body president in the Student Government elections Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Students to voice opinions on block tuition this week
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 20, 2011UF administrators and Student Government leaders remain embroiled in a battle over the implementation of block tuition at UF.
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Advocate Francis Fitzpatrick causes stir at City Commission meeting
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 20, 2011Francis “Pat” Fitzpatrick has been kicked out of more than two dozen Gainesville City Commission meetings.
