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Rally against student shooting marches across campus
By Alligator Staff report | Mar. 16, 2010Updated: 2:55 p.m.
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Web site matches dorm roommates
By STEPHANIE RAMIREZ | Mar. 15, 2010They create a profile and post their pictures with hopes of finding a perfect match, but these UF students are not looking for love — they are looking for roommates.
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Student vote urged
Mar. 15, 2010After months of sign-waving, door-to-door canvassing and candidate forums, it all comes down to a vote.
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Board vote saves Machen money
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 15, 2010Although student voters rejected a proposed Reitz Union student fee, some student leaders are still working to form a more perfect union. In a meeting of the UF’s Board of Trustees Committee on Educational Policy and Strategy on Monday, UF Student Body President Jordan Johnson said Student Government is seeking alternative sources of funding for renovating the aging student center.
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UF student dies in highway accident
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 15, 2010UF electrical engineering student Thomas Hollister and his father, David Hollister, were killed Saturday when a pine tree fell on their car, causing it to swerve into a ditch.
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UF employee helps in Haiti
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 15, 2010Four days after the earthquake hit, Jason Byrd was in Haiti counting bodies.
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UF women seeking chivalrous men
By RACHEL MANKO | Mar. 15, 2010Hannah Roberson said she hasn’t had a man escort her anywhere, open a door for her or push in her chair for as long as she can remember. Chivalry is dead, she said.
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Gator piano to be auctioned
By RACHAEL PINO | Mar. 14, 2010Artist Chris Cruz is giving Gators fans a way to represent the Orange and Blue and support the arts by bidding on his one-of-a-kind “Gatorized” piano.
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Public safety group looks into shooting
By KATHERINE BEIN and MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 14, 2010UF President Bernie Machen has called for an independent investigation.
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Student plays volleyball in buff
By STEFANIA FERRO and LAUREN MARKS | Mar. 14, 2010One UF student left behind his clothes and his worries about tan lines when he headed to the Lake Como Nudist Resort near Tampa for a nude volleyball tournament at the beginning of Spring Break.
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Campus shooting investigation underway
Mar. 14, 2010An independent investigation into the March 2 UPD shooting of a UF graduate student at Corry Village is underway, said University of Florida President Bernie Machen in a Friday e-mail to UF students, faculty and staff.
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New charges brought on graduate student in shooting
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 8, 2010The charges against Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong have been changed to one count of second-degree aggravated assault and one count of third-degree resisting arrest with violence.
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Unite audio reveals campaign tactics
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 4, 2010Among other things, the audio implicated Kappa Alpha Theta sorority for giving members alcohol for voting.
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Road near sorority to be repaved over Spring Break
By ERIN O’DEA | Mar. 4, 2010Perpendicular to Sorority Row is a road with cracks, potholes and a garbage bin where someone has scribbled “Dinosaur Zone.”
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More than 100 students to study abroad for break
By GLENN COINE | Mar. 4, 2010UF study-abroad students will be left with little time for a break this spring while taking weeklong courses overseas.
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Nudist group to play volleyball this weekend
By LAUREN MARKS | Mar. 4, 2010While the recent cold weather has encouraged Gainesville residents to bundle up, there is one group of students who is choosing to do the opposite.
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Dorm timers cut shower times, conserve water
By NATASHA BETTY | Mar. 4, 2010Lather. Rinse. Don’t repeat.
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Delta Upsilon wins Greek blood drive competition
By JAMEL F. LANGLEY | Mar. 4, 2010Delta Upsilon Fraternity members were willing to lose blood to win the Blood Cup Award, which was presented to the group at The Swamp Restaurant Thursday night.
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Student Finance Group challenges UF clubs to hot-chicken-wing contest
By LYN KRAMER | Mar. 4, 2010The Student Finance Group is challenging all UF student organizations on campus to take on the nuclear chicken wing.
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Miss Gainesville pageant kicks off Saturday
By DANIELLA DORCELUS | Mar. 4, 2010Growing up, Elizabeth Gonzalez never expected to compete in beauty pageants. The 21-year-old from Newberry said her style was “boyish” during her adolescent years, preferring jeans and T-shirts to skirts and stilettos. But earning the title of Miss Gainesville would help her do what she’s passionate about: reaching out to young people.
