Gators ready for SECs
By JESSE SIMONTON | May 12, 2010The UF track and field teams head to Knoxville, Tenn., today to compete in the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships on a mission: bring home championships.
The UF track and field teams head to Knoxville, Tenn., today to compete in the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships on a mission: bring home championships.
Yearlong leases keep buildings occupied during summer months.
Robison, who has focused primarily on novel writing as of late, did not expect to receive the award because she had not written a short story in some time.
On Tuesday, the Alligator published an article by Bryan Griffin who argued for a larger role for non-profits in the American health care system. This article was not only full of blatant contradictions but naive in the extreme. Mr. Griffin was arguing that the health care system would perform better in private hands, he just forgot that non-profits are heavily dependent upon the government and are not private enterprise. In his attempt to discredit the new health care laws he actually made an argument for an increased government role.
The No. 3 Gators women’s tennis team (24-2) has been named champions twice this season and now the mission to win the third and most important championship begins Friday.
Alex Flinchum practices his skateboard technique at the skate park in Possum Creek Park.
Just when we thought the Tea Party movement could not get any more ridiculous, one company has started selling its own take on the Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards, except they feature politicians.
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.
“You’re staying in Gainesville for the summer?” This is the last thing my friend said to me after I had finished helping him move out of his apartment a couple of weeks ago.
Just when the e-dust settled and pretty much everyone forgot what the “old Facebook” looked like, the unstoppable website did it again. The company’s new changes to profiles’ information section strip users of any sort of individuality and beg the question: Really?!
President Bernie Machen and other UF officials dedicated the Biomedical Sciences Building Tuesday.
A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection to a recent shooting of a Gainesville man who remains in recovery.
About seven years after graduation, one UF alumna is mastering the art of professional social networking.
We thought plans for a fire assessment fee died years ago, but the Alachua County Commission is pulling out the Jaws of Life to try and make its recent version of this terrible idea a reality.
This week, the director of the Congressional Budget Office announced the health care legislation is going to cost about $115 billion more than expected. This brings the total in health care spending up to about $1 trillion — so far.
Debate is important. Especially when it comes to something as vital as health care. But when it comes to debate, as one senator put it, “You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”
I wanted to let the Alligator know how Southwest Recreation Center is keeping students’ personal belongings safe.
Until ObamaCare officially kicks in, basic body maintenance can be expensive but also a major necessity. Specifically, I’m talking about birth control and getting tested.
Do you like it hard, loud and sweaty, surrounded by a dense crowd of bodies slamming together in nasty unison?
While fashion boutiques decorate their storefronts to attract summer shoppers, the time for students to start cleaning out their closets is now.