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Student receives $30,000 award for leadership
By AMANDA HINES | Apr. 9, 2009The passion Adam Amir fights with just won him $30,000.
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Group climbs stadium stairs for autism awareness
By ARIANA ORTEGA | Apr. 9, 2009Gators fans will have a new reason to crowd Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this Saturday-- to support autism awareness.
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Machen discusses tuition increases, budget cuts with SDS
By TATIANA GONZALEZ | Apr. 9, 2009UF President Bernie Machen walked outside his office Thursday and perched himself on a bench to discuss looming budget cuts and tuition increases with Students for a Democratic Society.
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Students find support, comfort in Pride Awareness events
By PAZIA DWYER | Apr. 8, 2009Luis Velasco Jr. is an 18-year-old freshman at UF. He is studying English. And he is gay.
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One Night Only to showcase international fashion
By JESSICA OSORIO | Apr. 8, 2009High fashion from around the world will be presented at the One Night Only fashion show on Friday.
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Downturn means more debt and fewer jobs for students
By RACHAEL PINO | Apr. 8, 2009To combat the strain of unemployment, young adults are making life-changing decisions and increasing their debts simultaneously, according to a national study released Wednesday.
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Feminists protest "racist and sexist" layoff pattern
By THOMAS STEWART | Apr. 8, 2009Local feminists protesting what they see as a racist and sexist pattern in layoffs at UF presented the university with a statement signed by about 240 supporters Wednesday around noon.
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Reitz food court overhaul costs $2.3m; Wendy's to close
By THOMAS STEWART | Apr. 8, 2009UF and Wendy's are breaking up, and it's not on the best of terms.
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Program aims to dispel homeless stereotype
By Matt Tripp | Apr. 7, 2009Kyle Evers' Tuesday started like many other people in Gainesville. He woke up at about 7 a.m. next to his wife with his dog at the foot of the bed.
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Anti–abortion group plants flags, holds vigil
By GUYANA HAND | Apr. 7, 2009When 14-year-old Patricia Aguerrevere felt her brother kicking inside her mother's belly, she knew she was feeling life. Now, as a second-year art history major, she is a member of the Pro-Life Alliance.
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Religious groups voice beliefs at first Interfaith Forum
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Apr. 7, 2009"How does your belief system, or lack thereof, affect your life?" This was one question posed to five panelists, each representing a major religious outlook, during UF's first Interfaith Forum on Tuesday evening in front of about 250 people. Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism and non-theism were represented. "Our goal was to spark religious dialogue, and I think we accomplished that," said David Yakobovitch, who was credited with initiating the forum's creation.
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UF students, faculty rally against budget cuts
By CAROLYN TILLO | Apr. 7, 2009Equipped with a microphone, Deeb Kitchen grabbed a cell phone to call state Sen. Steve Oelrich before leaving the makeshift stage in the middle of the Plaza of the Americas on Tuesday.
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Senate discusses Reitz restaurant changes, DREAM Act
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Apr. 7, 2009UF's Student Senate discussed upcoming changes to the Reitz Union's food choices, including the closing of Wendy's, at Tuesday night's meeting.
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Hate symbol spray–painted on Jewish fraternity house
By THOMAS STEWART | Apr. 6, 2009A gray swastika was spray-painted on the side of the house being built by traditionally Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi, according to the University Police Department.
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Senate to discuss, vote on resolution for DREAM Act
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Apr. 6, 2009Student senators plan to discuss a resolution supporting the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act at tonight's Senate meeting.
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Summer study abroad enrollment unaffected by economy
By AMANDA HINES | Apr. 6, 2009Despite the economic downturn, the number of students grabbing passports to head to Paris with UF's College of Journalism and Communications has remained steady.
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$1M multimedia lab construction begins at Weimer
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Apr. 6, 2009The sounds of hammers, drills and country radio filled Weimer Hall's basement Monday afternoon as workers remodel for a million-dollar multimedia lab.
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UF honors Galileo's life, discoveries at celebration
By ALEX CHACHKEVITCH | Apr. 5, 2009Four hundred years since Galileo Galilei first gazed into outer space, UF scientists are still searching the corners of the universe through new technological developments.
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UF's 15th annual Dance Marathon raises more than $400,000
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Apr. 5, 2009When Brooke Emory was six years old, doctors found a brain tumor on her optic nerve, the cause behind her recurring migraines. Rather than having the tumor removed via surgery, which would likely cause blindness, she underwent 18 months of chemotherapy.
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Women's role in Islam discussed
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Apr. 2, 2009Right after sunset, 14 students kneeled in the direction of Mecca on the floor of Touchdown Terrace at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Thursday night to take part in prayer before Jamillah Karim took the podium to speak to a crowd of about 40 people.
