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Tailgate toss
By Chelsea Hull | Sep. 2, 2010Students started partying early for Saturday's football game.
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Search begins for fall Student Government candidates
By Joey Flechas | Sep. 2, 2010When Olivia Barket walked out of her interview with Unite Party officials, she was happy to have taken her first step toward a seat in the Student Senate.
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Uf now offers on-campus passport services
By Meredith Rutland | Sep. 2, 2010Students who want to leave the country just have to hop on a bus.
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Website brings local food with no service charge
By Kate Feldman | Sep. 2, 2010The Campus Special, the company known for its $100 bill coupon books, is delivering a new online food service to students at UF.
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UF information center opens at Santa Fe College
By Dezma Gainer | Sep. 1, 2010UF and Santa Fe College students seeking an online degree have a new UF resource available to them.
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Fair touts benefits of alternative transportation
By Rebecca Astorga | Sep. 1, 2010Freshman Xavier Hanson didn't break a sweat during his bike ride outside the Reitz Union on Wednesday morning.
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Southwest Rec debuts state-of-the-art hand scanners
By Jessica Kaufman | Sep. 1, 2010Melissa Pender can be described as a gym regular. Five days a week, she, like many other UF students, travels to Southwest Recreation Center to take advantage of all the state-of-the-art equipment.
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Campus, local groups weigh in on NYC mosque
By Hannah Leach | Sep. 1, 2010Although hundreds of miles separate Gainesville from the site of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the issue resonates deeply for many Gainesville residents.
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UF T-shirt, fleece supplier pays workers living wages
By Lidia Dinkova | Aug. 31, 2010Next time a student buys a Gator T-shirt, he may be helping Maritza Vargas, who, at 45, has her own bedroom and bathroom for the first time.
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French documentarist captures Gator Nation on film
By Silvia Fernandez | Aug. 31, 2010He came all the way from France to experience an American college campus, but he didn’t expect all the food.
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Student Senate denounces Quran burning
By Joey Flechas | Aug. 31, 2010The Student Senate passed a resolution during Tuesday night’s meeting condemning the Dove World Outreach Center’s planned Quran burning on Sept. 11.
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Reader questions support of diversity in light of Alligator poll question
By Karen Holland | Aug. 31, 2010As a professional engineer and prospective graduate student on the University of Florida campus for a single day, Aug. 30, I flipped through the Independent Florida Alligator and was shocked to read a campus poll result indicating 74 percent of the students regret women were given the vote.
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Ad agency pays former intern for good grades at UF
By Lidia Dinkova | Aug. 30, 2010Sometimes it pays to get good grades.
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LGBTQ club kicks off year
By Nadine Korioth | Aug. 30, 2010A bright rainbow-colored backdrop decorated the entrance of the Rion Ballroom, and a photographer snapped photos of incoming students and faculty as they kicked off the new school year with the LGBTQ Welcome Assembly Monday night.
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Florida governor debate changes date
By Lidia Dinkova | Aug. 30, 2010UF students might have the opportunity to hear from Florida gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott much sooner than expected.
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GED holders get free educational services at Santa Fe
By Erin Rauch | Aug. 30, 2010Any GED-holding student in his or her first semester at Santa Fe College is now eligible for free tutoring, mentoring and seminars through the Pathways to Persistence program.
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UF President Machen christens Gator Wesley church
By Hannah Winston | Aug. 29, 2010After nearly 10 years of planning and praying, the Gator Wesley Foundation finally opened its doors to its new center Sunday.
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Gator Nights hits 10-year mark
By Miguel Chateloin | Aug. 29, 2010Orange frosting spelled out "Happy 10th Birthday Gator Nights!" on two cakes, and staff wore festive hats Friday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gator Nights in the Reitz Union.
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Asian student groups perform
By MEG WAGNER | Aug. 29, 2010Traditional and contemporary culture blended seamlessly at UF during the Asian American Student Union's "Rolling Out the Red Carpet" assembly Friday night.
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Cultural festival celebrates Indian customs, traditions
By Justin Jones | Aug. 29, 2010In a salute to one of the world's oldest cultures, Gators for Asha hosted the fifth annual Praharsha festival on Saturday night.
