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Andy Jackson is the Gators men's tennis coach…Wait a minute, his name
sounds like it's straight out of a history book. Coach Andy Jackson
is a real descendent of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president.
"I am the 14th generation of the Jackson family. The former president
Andrew Jackson is the eighth generation, and Gen. Stonewall is the ninth
generation," he says.
He has the family tree, which his grandfather worked on for a decade,
in his office to prove his heritage because people always doubt it.
"When you have name like that, you get some kidding," he says. And
even though he tells his heritage, people don't believe it. "Then I
show them the family tree, and they understand I am serious."  
-- by Tomoko Kudo
"People usually ask me if I 'feel good.' Or they say things like 'Hit me!'
and make exclamations like 'Ow!' I don't dance or sing, for the good
of the world, so I guess that disappoints some people." - UF electrical
engineering student James Brown
-- by Scarlett Williams
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