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Counseling center to offer support for Web addicts
By Amanda Eatman | Jan. 23, 2011Tyler Reed, coordinator of UF’s collegiate-league “StarCraft II” team, can play nonstop, skip meals and justify spending seven to eight hours on the computer a day.
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State to consider allowing guns on campus
By Sarah Poser | Jan. 23, 2011One Florida state senator is pushing for a bill to loosen gun control in the state as well as the classroom.
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Students get together for campus-wide cleanup event
By Stephanie Schwartz | Jan. 23, 2011About 160 students participated in Alpha Phi Omega’s third Campus Cleanup Extravaganza on Sunday which was followed by a celebration on Flavet Field with free food, games and an award ceremony.
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UF, Kentucky blood drive starts today
By Lindsay Decarlo | Jan. 23, 2011When the University of Kentucky Wildcats come to the O’Connell Center, they will not only be competing in basketball but also in a blood drive.
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This Week in Gainesville
By Kat Bein | Jan. 23, 2011January 25, 1968: Planners for the fifth annual Graham Area Playboy Party on campus announce they’re looking for Gator girls to don the bunny ears.
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Taxi sting shows benefits of UF Student Government
By Michelle Lanier | Jan. 23, 2011I was extremely uplifted to read about Student Government and Ben Meyer’s recent role in investigating taxi price gouging.
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Presbyterian student center closes for now
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 20, 2011The Presbyterian and Disciples of Christ Student Center at the University of Florida began 2011 searching for a new direction.
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ROTC buddy program up and running
By Jessica Kegu | Jan. 20, 2011After nearly a two-year hiatus, the UF Safe Run program is up and running again as of this week and under new leadership.
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Club building race car for competition
By Tae Yeon Hong | Jan. 20, 2011Most nights of the week, welding sparks and noise can be seen and heard from outside the sturdy, brown garage doors of Aerospace and Engineering C that sit just down the road from the stadium.
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Greyhounds look for a life after the track
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 20, 2011For a greyhound, life is a racetrack.
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UF gets $5 million to study bugs
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 20, 2011Attention insects: You’re about to be put under the microscope.
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Speaker shares struggles of her Muslim upbringing
By Joshua Jurnovoy | Jan. 20, 2011More than 200 people crowded into the Pugh Hall Ocora Thursday night to hear Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak.
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UF grad is new breed of entrepreneur
By Kat Bein | Jan. 20, 2011Taylor McKnight has always been ambitious.
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Textbook rental programs pay off for students
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Jan. 20, 2011This academic year, the UF Bookstore is running a textbook rental program that saved students a total of more than half a million dollars in the summer and fall semesters.
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AMPED: UF jumper Will Claye
By Kelly Richard | Jan. 19, 2011Four-time All-American jumper Will Claye has enjoyed soaring through the air since elementary school. And today, what really gives the UF athlete and 2009 NCAA outdoor men’s triple jump champion momentum is a super-energetic collection of gospel and rap music.
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Student activism responsible for stalling tuition overhaul
By Dave Schneider | Jan. 19, 2011There’s a reason we don’t celebrate Lyndon Johnson Day. This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I spent a lot of time thinking about the civil rights movement.
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Writing on the Wall project to be built Jan. 23
By Ashley Fierman | Jan. 19, 2011The Inter-Residence Hall Association will be sponsoring the ninth annual Writing on the Wall Project to help break through social, ethnic and religious boundaries within our society.
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Stacks of skeletons pile up at old museum
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 19, 2011An ecosystem of the dead rests hidden behind tendril-covered walls, guarded by a skeleton shark.
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Unicycle Unit prepares for one-wheeled polo tournament
By Allysar Hassan | Jan. 19, 2011You may spot them riding down Southwest 13th Street on their way to Krispy Kreme, or perhaps going through the drive-thru at McDonald’s — balanced, poised and beaming with enthusiasm and talent.
