SPORTS
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COLUMNS
In pro wrestling, real danger not as fake as scripted matches
Apr. 4, 2011How do you know when a fake wrestler is hurt for real?
COVID-19
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Easley nixes last year’s transfer talk
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Apr. 4, 2011Despite seeing action in only six games and recording just four tackles, Dominique Easley was met with a lot of attention during his freshman campaign.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Heart of Florida’s batting order returning to form
By TOM GREEN | Apr. 4, 2011Florida’s big bats are starting to get into the swing of things.
NEWS
Math whiz has mind that won’t turn off
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Apr. 4, 2011Michael Rodeman defied the homeless background he came from to become a 4.0 GPA-bearing, national-math-contest winning college student with the potential to solve the world’s problems.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Student football ticket prices to increase
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 4, 2011The University Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a five-dollar-per-game increase on its season ticket packages, jacking the price for a student package up from $70 to $105.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Baseball waning as national pastime
By Laura Ellermeyer | Apr. 4, 2011Many beautiful things accompany the emergence of spring. Flowers explode, birds rejoice and a long-awaited end of the school year looms closer. But for any red-blooded American, these trivialities are just minor blips on the radar as the arrival of spring means only one thing: baseball.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Merit-pay plan rewards growth
By Danny Beaulieu | Apr. 4, 2011I would like to respond to a portion of Chad Mohammed’s Thursday column in which he said, “The merit-pay plan is flawed and simply will reward teachers for teaching in areas with students of higher socioeconomic status and punish those who teach students of lower socioeconomic standings.”
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Equalizing via E-books
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 4, 2011Two bills working their way through our state legislature are aimed at bringing public schools into the digital age. They would either require 50 percent of materials spending to go toward digital books and e-readers, as in the Florida House’s version of the bill, or test the waters with certain schools investing in said technology.
METRO
City tests solar-powered trash cans
By Jessica Kramer | Apr. 4, 2011When walking by Midtown, something might strike you as a little odd.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Gainesville singer, songwriter lives for her music
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 4, 2011Cathy DeWitt, a UF alumna, will bring her music to Gainesville on Sunday when her band, Patchwork, performs at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in the downtown historic district.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Time Out: Students shouldn’t complain about price
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 4, 2011As many of you have discovered, the price for student season tickets to Gators football games has increased for the 2011 season. The price has jumped from $70 to $105, an increase of 50 percent that has some students reeling. But before you complain about the change, keep a few things in mind.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF gets No. 1 ranking in sustainability report
By ALLISON BANKO | Apr. 4, 2011The Gators’ green agenda has propelled them to a clean No. 1 spot.
NEWS
Meal limit change passes first City Hall round
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 4, 2011The Gainesville Plan Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a change to the city meal distribution codes.
NEWS
Writing for success: using old skills to make new strides
By Brittany Brave | Apr. 4, 2011Ready, set, write. There are internships waiting for you at the finish line.
NEWS
Why too many choices can be a bad thing
By Tara Braun | Apr. 4, 2011From jeans to cellphones, apartments to new cars, we are bombarded with a multitude of options every moment of the day. But does this abundance of choice make our lives any easier?
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Florida’s bullpen steps up in sweep of Tennessee
By JESSE SIMONTON | Apr. 3, 2011After relaxing while Hudson Randall pitched a gem Friday night, the Gators’ stout bullpen flexed its muscles the rest of the weekend.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Host UF thrives at Relays
By JOE MORGAN< | Apr. 3, 2011Honoring their seniors before the season opener would be considered odd in most sports, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary for track and field.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Gators advance after ‘ugly’ meet at NCAAs
By ALLISON BANKO | Apr. 3, 2011Although it was the biggest meet of the season, something was off for the Florida gymnastics team on Saturday.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Rogers struggles as Gators suffer second straight sweep
By STEPHEN SHEEHAN< | Apr. 3, 2011For the second weekend in a row, the Gators went winless.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF matches record low in third round
By ALEX PECKHAM< | Apr. 3, 2011It’s not often in a round of golf that everything comes together at the same time, but that’s exactly what happened for the Florida women’s golf team Sunday at the Liz Murphy Invitational.
