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Student makes eco-friendly clothing line

Feb. 16, 2010

For Lance Griffin, a theater senior at UF, shopping for eco-friendly clothes was too much of a hassle.

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Engineering and Science Fair draws about 450

By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 16, 2010

A Mars rover model, robots and bowls of ice cream chilled with liquid nitrogen were some of the exhibits at the Engineering and Science Fair, known as the E-Fair, Monday and Tuesday.

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Finance club holds flash mob to promote poker tournament

By ERICA COOK | Feb. 16, 2010

About 20 students put on their poker faces and danced to Lady Gaga in Turlington Plaza Tuesday afternoon.

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Talent show draws 200

Feb. 15, 2010

When four UF professors walked to the front of room 109 in Little Hall, they didn’t start lecturing.

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Beta Theta Pi sponsors event for Alzheimer's, scholarship

Feb. 15, 2010

Dressed in cheerleading outfits bearing their letters, members of UF's Greek community strutted their stuff Monday in the second annual Beta Bring It On philanthropy event sponsored by Beta Theta Pi.

Freshens, located on the ground floor of the Reitz Union .

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Reitz reopens Subway

By TATIANA QUIROGA | Feb. 15, 2010

The revamped food stores on the ground floor of the Reitz Union did not come cheap.

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Anti-abortion group hosts campus event, draws protestors

By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 15, 2010

Warning: The full-sized photograph accompanying this story contains graphic imagery.

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Student government fliers create conflict

By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 15, 2010

A war of words between the Unite Party and the Student Alliance party is already underway even though students have a week to wait before Student Government elections.

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Christian students share faith at Turlington

By ASHLEY WILLIAMS | Feb. 15, 2010

Each week on Turlington Plaza, a group of students participates in Testimonial Tuesdays and tell stories about how they became Christians, offering their message to anyone who wants to listen.

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UF defensive tackle Gary Brown arrested

Feb. 15, 2010

Police say he slapped one female and scratched another after they asked him to leave a party.

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Hindu Cultural Society hosts Indian dance event, collect food donations

By ANDREW PANTAZI | Feb. 14, 2010

The Hindu Cultural Society's "Spring Charity Garba" featured four hours of Indian dancing and cultural celebration on Friday at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.

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Student Alliance offers new solutions in party platform

By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 14, 2010

The Student Alliance party and the Unite Party have begun collecting donations for their campaigning efforts in the weeks leading up to Student Government elections.

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Vice president of foreign policy speaks at UF Hillel

By SARAH JACKSON | Feb. 14, 2010

Ilan Berman, the vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, said the U.S. needs to start formulating policies to deal with the nuclear threat of Iran when he spoke to a crowd of about 30 students at the UF Hillel Thursday night.

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Nine compete for Miss Black & Gold pageant crown

By Andrew Wyzan | Feb. 14, 2010

It was a regal evening for nine women as Alpha Phi Alpha held its annual Miss Black & Gold Scholarship pageant Friday in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.

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College Republicans, PETA debated meat Friday

By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 14, 2010

There were two items on the menu at the Great Animal Rights Debate Friday: vegetarian wraps on recyclable trays and Arby’s roast beef sandwiches.

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Hopeful UF freshmen find out fates

By Alex Orlando | Feb. 14, 2010

Kasey Metzler sat in her kitchen with a strained voice and a nervous look in her eye. A moment 45 minutes in the future would determine the next four years of her life.

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