University researchers and Gainesville businesses have united to get residents talking about science.
Katie Waldman will chair Student Senate’s Allocations Committee, which oversees money given to Student Government-funded student organizations.
A former hotel, once a sanctuary for travelers, may soon be a safe haven for people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.
We often experience conflict between what laws or legal precedents dictate and what we know to be right and wrong.
The Alachua County Commission’s hopes to switch from Gainesville Regional Utilities to another utility provider got a reality check from County Attorney David Wagner.
DREAM Act supporters have proposed two bills that would allow undocumented students to receive financial aid in colleges and universities in the state of New York.
During an argument with his ex-girlfriend, a Gainesville man shattered the woman’s car window, police said. Hours later, he tried to break into her house.
Tension in the Florida Legislature and the ineffective dominance of the Republican Party are creating difficulties in Tallahassee, political journalist Steve Bousquet said Tuesday.
For the first time, a UF student organization will dedicate a month to raising awareness about the daily oppression Palestinians face.
Repeat after me: “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
Draw Something is the latest game to take the iPhone and Android application world by storm.
Like many Alligator readers, I have been barraged with fliers, posters and Facebook posts asking me to protest the planned 15-percent tuition increase. Unlike the oft-cited “everyone” who opposes tuition hikes, I am frustrated by the debate.
Gay actor and filmmaker John Waters drew crowds and laughter at the opening ceremony of Pride Awareness Month on Monday night.
Alaina Johnson has always been one of UF’s most talented athletes, but she is also its most physically fragile all-around competitor.
As each Tuesday night comes and goes, quorum is barely established, with 46 senators and empty seats scattered throughout Room 282 of the Reitz Union where the Student Senate meets.
Since 1953, when the U.S. covertly overthrew democratically elected Iranian President Mohammad Mossadegh, relations between the U.S. and Iran can be described as troubling, to say the least.
In Tuesday’s edition of the Alligator, it was reported that bookshelves at Books Inc. were being sold for $200. Double-sided bookshelves are being sold for $200 and single-sided bookshelves are being sold for $100.
Much to our surprise, Student Sen. Katie Waldman has been recommended as chair of the Allocations Committee in UF Student Government.
Accent Speaker’s Bureau and Jewish Awareness Month are sponsoring an appearance by Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Meyers at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Kappa Alpha Psi recruits were slapped in the chest and back, forced to exercise and spanked with canes by some of the fraternity members during a nine-month stretch in 2010-11.
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