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Florida Alligator
NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Faculty search raises questions

Colleges, such as the College of Journalism and Communications and the Rinker School of Building Construction, require graduate degrees for faculty, although the same educational standard isn't held for professionals in their respective fields.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Make up your own mind about politics

For the last two weeks, I have given advice for incoming UF students to use as they acclimate themselves to university life. This week, however, I write to lend a word of advice to all university students. Whatever grade, alma mater, or status as a student, listen up: Don’t drink from the punch bowl.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Games you may have missed: ‘Alan Wake’ for Xbox 360

In a quarter swarming with high-profile sequels like “Red Dead Redemption” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2”, it may have been easy to overlook an original game for something flashy, familiar and safe.
To overlook “Alan Wake,” however, is a fool’s mistake that should be rectified immediately.


NEWS

"Action" figures

Singers and guitarists Brian Cag, right, and Anthony Li, left, both of Action Item, a five-piece pop band from New Jersey, belt it on stage at 1982 on Saturday. Avenue writer Alex Orlando interviewed the band and had his own opinions of the show. "Gainesville's a hard nut to crack for out-of-town performers. Action Item stood out in the way it interacted with the crowd because of its teen pop sound. The band typically opens for thousands of screaming girls at Justin Beiber concerts, so it seemed out of place playing in front of 30 beer-drinking college kids. Sweat-drenched and tired, they returned to the tour van with disappointed looks on their faces." Action Item's new album, "The Stronger The Love," is set to be released on Aug. 2.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  FOOD

Ghost Chili Dawg is a test of intestinal fortitude, sanity

The hot dog on my plate frightened me. But as I sat at Gator Dawgs on West University Avenue armed with a half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and a box of Kleenex, I knew it was too late to back out. I was about to eat a Ghost Chili Dawg, topped with sauce from the bhut jolokia, known as the ghost pepper, the hottest in the world.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Bootsington T. Cat: A column of reverence befit for a feline king

Rarely is a man so great that even the legends written about him fail to truly capture the magnificence of his existence. This is one of those situations. This is an especially unique case, however, because the great man I am writing about is not a man. Readers, put on your monocles and be seated in your favorite fireside chair, for I shall chronicle the life and times of my cat, Boots.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Legislature defeats Crist in smackdown over oil-drilling ban

Like an episode of “Deadliest Warrior,” Florida saw its own battle between two epic foes Tuesday, this one during a special legislative session called to pass a measure that would put the question of banning oil drilling on the November ballot. In The Florida Legislature vs. Charlie Crist, I have to give this one to the Legislature, and a quick kill it was—about 55 minutes, to be exact.



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