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MONDAY FEBRUARY 7-9, 2011

MEN’S TENNIS CHOMPED FSU loses in heartbreaking fashion to seventh-ranked Gators SPORTS | 8

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VOLUME XX ISSUE XI

Not-so-super Sunday... UNC 89 FSU 69

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INSIDE: For coverage of Florida State’s loss to North Carolina, see Sports, Page 8

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Florida State traveled to Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday afternoon and walked out of the Dean E. Smith Center with a 20-point loss at the hands of North Carolina. The loss dropped FSU to 16-7 overall and 6-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Barron’s year in review Your best source for Florida State news

Feb. 8 marks the end of the president’s first year at FSU

fsunews.com web poll results What are your plans for Super Bowl Sunday? for the 9% Rooting Steelers for the 36% Rooting Packers care who 18% Don’twins Busy doing 36% other things

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34º-56º INDEX ARTS & LIFE SPORTS VIEWS

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CLASSIFIEDS 18 BON APPETIT 3 STUDY BREAK 14

TURNER COWLES Staff Writer A year ago this month, Eric Barron assumed the role as president of Florida State University, taking the reins from former President Thomas Kent Wetherell, with the goal of making FSU one of “the most student-centered universities in the country.” “By being completely committed to your institution and its success, you become part of the fabric essentially,” Barron said in one his first interviews as president. “This is a chance to renew that fabric here at Florida State and to be proud. It’s great to be back.” Nearly a year later, Barron still expresses his appreciation for what FSU offers. “I think coming back I all of the sudden realized just how broad FSU is and how many different things there are [going on] that are exciting,” Barron said. “I’ve got a lot to brag about—about the whole institution, and it’s a lot of fun.” In that first interview, Barron clearly expressed his desire to establish FSU as a student-centered university. “Dr. Barron has come in and proclaimed a studentcentered university,” Vice President for Finance and Administration John Carnaghi said. “He wants more activities focused on [the] student. Not a difficult change for us to make, because we’ve been there. We’re here for the students, but Dr. Barron making this one of the

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Florida State University President Dr. Eric Barron poses in front of the Westcott Building and Ruby Diamond Auditorium on Jan. 28.

Ideal Financial Resources Compared with Quality Financial Resources

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Quality of Education

President Barron explained his financial policy using the graph to the left. “If everybody spent their dollars perfectly, you should fall on a line right through the center,” said Barron. “Whoever has the most money has the highest quality” and vice versa.

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