Tropical Storm Ida was forecast to strike Florida's Gulf Coast Tuesday morning. After being recently downgraded from a Category 2 hurricane to a tropical storm, Ida is no longer expected to cause any major problems but could still wash out some Veterans Day events.
UF's Air Force ROTC was ranked as the top program of its size in the nation. The program competed with about 50 others for the award.
We here can't seem to make up our minds in the alligatorSports Hesiman Watch.
Under recently formulated plans to cut the last $6 million from UF's budget this year, the university could leave as many as 60 faculty positions unfilled.
Florida's special teams continue to gain recognition, from inside the program and out.
Emily Hunt has killed two student senators and has her eyes set on another.
As usual, the Gators have made major noise on the recruiting front.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office dropped charges against a man arrested for attempted murder Friday after further investigation led them to believe he was falsely accused.
UF raised almost $50,000 less than last year in its fall pledge drive for WUFT-FM, the university-owned radio station that recently dropped its classical music programming in favor of more news and talk shows.
In Monday's edition of the Alligator, an article incorrectly stated that Alpha Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. won Saturday's step show. This is not an existing member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The actual winner was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Also, the article said there were eight judges when there are nine judges. The article also said the winners would advance to a regional competition. However, this competition was not a qualifier for that competition.
A UF graduate student was arrested Sunday evening after he ran from police while wearing a pair of sneakers he'd just stolen.
A successful crossbreed of two citrus fruits has left a sweet taste of accomplishment in the mouths of its inventors.
The Berlin Wall came tumbling down again Monday afternoon.
Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Support the troops.
Three South Florida teenagers who stand accused of setting another teen on fire will be charged as adults, according to the Associated Press. Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, both 15, and Jesus Mendez, 16, were charged with one count each of attempted second-degree murder on Monday.
In a report compiled in June, consultants advising John Wright, the dean of UF's College of Journalism and Communications, suggested a format change to WUFT-FM would only lose $52,000 in membership dollars the first year ($26,000 per semester). Sadly, this semester's drive fell short. It represented a loss of more than $49,000 compared to fall 2008. That is a nearly a 40 percent reduction in pledge dollars; the number of pledges fell by 40 percent as well. The fall pledge drive brought in 29 percent less than the much weaker spring 2009 pledge drive.
Matthew Christ needs to learn a thing or two about the political ideology of Americans before he writes another column. In his latest one, "Republicans should move away from fringe," he seems to be under the impression that this country leans moderate to left, and therefore the Republicans lost the presidential election. With every column of his I read, I find myself questioning his understanding of what a conservative is. He seems to think that we are all "Bible-thumping," overzealous patriots, and I for one resent his attempts to pigeonhole us.
This TV commercial from Walmart, which features various people singing about how "sometimes the little things can go a long way," is so close to good:
A week after exploding out of the gates against Georgia to score touchdowns on its first two drives, No. 1 Florida reverted to the struggling offense it has been for most of the season.
Solutions by The State News
