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Die-Hard Gator Alums May Find Final Resting Place at UF

Dedicated Gators want to spend eternity on campus

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(Newser) – University of Florida alums who want their final resting place to be somewhere on the campus of their alma mater will likely get their wish, the Gainesville Sun reports. A bill that cleared a Florida Senate committee today would allow any of Florida’s state universities to build a columbarium—a mausoleum that houses urns of cremated remains.

Alumni could then pay $3,000 to $5,000 to guarantee an eternity on campus. UF receives about one such request a month from dedicated Gators. Of course, some may choose to skip the fee: "Really, somebody could just go and spread their ashes on campus and we wouldn't find out about it," a UF spokesman said.

Stadium workers spray paint the Florida Gators logo on the sideline at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.
Stadium workers spray paint the Florida Gators logo on the sideline at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.   (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Gator fan and UF student Lindsey Wuenker, from Gainesville, Fla., reacts after Georgia defeated the Gators, 42-30, in a college football game, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Gator fan and UF student Lindsey Wuenker, from Gainesville, Fla., reacts after Georgia defeated the Gators, 42-30, in a college football game, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla.   (AP Photo/Phil Coale)
The Florida Gators mascots Albert and Alberta dance with cheerleaders at a Gator Day event at Jungle Island in Miami , Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.
The Florida Gators mascots Albert and Alberta dance with cheerleaders at a Gator Day event at Jungle Island in Miami , Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.   (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)
George Lindley, from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., plays with a Gator hand puppet before the BCS Championship NCAA college football game between Florida and Oklahoma in Miami on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.
George Lindley, from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., plays with a Gator hand puppet before the BCS Championship NCAA college football game between Florida and Oklahoma in Miami on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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