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(05/13/10 12:15am)
As someone who is fascinated by the U.S. Supreme Court, I’ve been consuming every bit of information about President Obama’s recent nominee, Elena Kagan. Unfortunately, it seems as if the Alligator’s Editorial Board has not consumed even half of that information.
(01/28/10 11:35pm)
I’m upset that Ana Laura Martinez was offended by the Writing on the Wall Project, but I’m even more upset that Martinez completely missed the point of the activity. The presence of the word “Cuban” on one of those bricks does not mean that the word itself is inherently offensive and derogatory. Instead, it means that the person who wrote “Cuban” on his/her brick felt offended when they heard someone say that word. This distinction is hardly about semantics. The difference is that the person who wrote “Cuban” on his or her brick felt victimized by the speaker, who perverted the meaning of a perfectly reasonable ethnic description.
(09/26/08 12:00am)
TAMPA - UF may have found another way to jump-start stalled construction projects after some members of the Board of Governors expressed support Thursday for giving universities greater flexibility in using state money.
(09/25/08 12:00am)
Florida's Board of Governors will begin discussing plans today for the state's spring legislative session, including finding a chancellor in time to lead the board during the 60-day session.
(05/13/08 12:00am)
The dean of UF's College of Medicine has apologized for divisive comments he made after his decision to overrule the admissions committee became public more than a month ago.
(05/13/08 12:00am)
To meet its share of a $47 million budget cut, UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will reduce its foreign language offerings, lay off more than 30 faculty and staff and eliminate three Ph.D. programs.
(04/23/08 12:00am)
On Tuesday, UF President Bernie Machen accepted the recommendations from a committee created after University Police officers Tasered a UF student at a campus speech.
(04/23/08 12:00am)
Floridance, UF's student-run dance company, invites the community to get "Caught in the Movement" and get caught doing a good deed on Sunday.
(04/23/08 12:00am)
As checking e-mail and surfing social-networking sites have become compulsive for many college students, professors around the country - and at UF - have begun limiting laptop use in classrooms.
(04/23/08 12:00am)
Martin McBriarty, a UF materials science and engineering senior, is calling all Gainesville residents to donate scraps and junk for his personal summer project: creating a nearly 40-pound robot costume.
(04/22/08 12:00am)
At the beginning of the fall, all it took was two clicks from UF's home page to call up your favorite UF trustee and ask him or her your burning question. But not today.
(04/21/08 12:00am)
When Katie Krasne, a UF freshman, went out Saturday night, all she wanted was her family.
(04/18/08 12:00am)
Despite plans to announce next year's specific budget cuts at Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, UF President Bernie Machen said he would delay his recommendations until the Florida Legislature ends its session and finalizes the state budget in May.
(04/18/08 12:00am)
The Gator Nation's armies have conquered almost 90 percent of the state of Florida.
(04/17/08 12:00am)
Einstein's Notes has temporarily stopped selling notes for a UF class after Faulkner Press, the software company used to supplement the course, sued the note-taking service.
(04/16/08 12:00am)
UF's Inter-Residence Hall Association passed two resolutions Monday suggesting that UF abandon a plan to eliminate certain on-campus student parking spots and solicit input about these parking decisions from students who live in residence halls.
(04/16/08 12:00am)
In reaction to the UF College of Medicine controversy over who has the final authority to admit medical school applicants, the college's Faculty Council has formed a subcommittee to better define the admissions process.
(04/15/08 12:00am)
Greg Halstead lives in Murphree Hall with 350 other UF students, but he said nothing prepared him for living with six roommates on MTV's "Real World: Hollywood."
(04/15/08 12:00am)
Method Man and Redman, the hip-hop duo also known for the film "How High," will perform at UF on April 23, the last day of classes.
(04/14/08 12:00am)
More than 70 years ago, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traveled 100 miles along the St. Johns River and chronicled the journey in a novel named after a rural town outside Gainesville.