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Fans of all ages to participate in Gator Gallop
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Oct. 23, 2008While Pamplona has an annual running of the bulls, Gainesville has a yearly gallop for Gators.
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Flyover scheduled for 85th anniversary of parade
By LAUREN IRIZARRY | Oct. 23, 2008With the forecast gray today, it may rain on UF's 85-year-old Homecoming parade. But the show will go on, complete with Kung Fu Pandas, an Olympic athlete and marching bands.
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Homecoming court members vie for crowns
Oct. 23, 2008Being on homecoming court is an accomplishment, but for the candidates in the running this year, a position as UF royalty might not even qualify as their crowning accomplishment.
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Swimmer Ryan Lochte to serve as parade's grand marshal
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 23, 2008Homecoming weekend marks a special time in football season when Gainesville is filled with UF alumni making their pilgramages back to The Gator Nation.
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UF receives $5.3 million for head and neck cancer center
Oct. 22, 2008UF's College of Medicine received a five-year, $5.3 million grant Wednesday to fund a center to prevent and improve care for head and neck cancers in minorities.
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Former education official speaks on tuition battle
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Oct. 22, 2008The tug-of-war for tuition-setting power between the state Legislature and the Board of Governors has no end in sight, according to a former higher education official who spoke at UF on Wednesday.
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Building renamed after chemistry professor
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 22, 2008UF professor emeritus Harry Sisler is remembered for endeavors such as teaching for free during tough times or aiding NASA's Apollo program in the '60s.
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National story-gathering project comes to Gainesville
Oct. 21, 2008You don't have to run for president to become part of American history.
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Senate appoints 19 senators to committees
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 21, 2008Nineteen senators - 12 from the Gator Party, six from the Orange and Blue Party and one independent senator - were appointed to Student Senate committees during Tuesday's meeting.
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UF to maintain spending despite lower investment returns
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 21, 2008The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
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NCAA study shows higher graduation rate among athletes
By BRIAN KELLEY | Oct. 20, 2008Student athletes looking to dismiss negative stereotypes about their intelligence have some new ammunition.
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Retired UF law professors remembered by co–workers
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 20, 2008After they had lunch together for the last time, Walter Weyrauch gave UF law professor Sharon Rush a book about a subject that had come up during their discussion.
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UF cancels plans for GPS screens
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 20, 2008Because of high costs, UF no longer plans to install two LCD screens that would have displayed a GPS map of bus locations.
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Discussion addresses election from racial perspective
By GUYANA HAND | Oct. 20, 2008At the end of the first day of early voting, about 50 UF students met up to learn about common misconceptions at the polls during a discussion Monday night.
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Shands holds 50th anniversary gala
Oct. 19, 2008Although her photos are in black and white, Nancy S. Bowman still remembers the pink and gray decor of the UF Teaching Hospital's opening ceremony about half a century ago.
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College professors sign pro–Bill Ayers statement
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 19, 2008The man Sarah Palin calls a terrorist has a fan club.
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Museum releases Monarch butterflies at festival
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Oct. 19, 2008Over the course of two days, 275 tagged Monarch butterflies fluttered their orange wings and were released into the sky to begin their migration to Central Mexico.
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Break dancers battle it out in Reitz Union
By TATIANA GONZALES | Oct. 19, 2008B-Boys and B-Girls battled it out Friday at a Halloween-themed break dance contest.
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Pre–Vet club holds dog costume contest
Oct. 19, 2008Pooches at the sixth annual HOWL-o-ween Dog Costume Contest know what it takes to earn a Halloween treat: a killer costume and occasionally a few tricks.
