Editor's Note: This is the first of a four-part alligatorSports series in which we examine whether college athletes deserve to be paid for their athletic efforts.
They say that travel expands the mind, but in the few short weeks I spent in England, Ireland and the Netherlands this summer, I found just the opposite to be true.
The Alligator was founded in 1906 as The University News, which was an independent, student-owned newspaper created to serve the University of Florida when it opened in Gainesville. In 1912, the newspaper became a part of the University of Florida administration, and was renamed the Florida Alligator.
The injury bug has bitten Dorian Munroe again.
Health care reform, Michael Jackson and Lady GaGa's penis. What do all of these things have in common? Together they comprise 99.9% of the news cycle, and I never want to hear about any of them ever again. Under any circumstances. Period.
Having taken French classes since high school, I am always impressed with someone who has actually learned to be fluent in a foreign language.
While football generates a large amount of revenue for the university, the smaller sports consistently operate at a loss.
Despite recent budget cuts, the Digital Worlds Institute is offering four new graduate-level courses this fall.
The UF graduate student charged with groping dozens of women on campus while pretending to remove bugs from their bodies was sentenced to 180 days in jail earlier this month.
One of the worst welcomes a UF student can receive is "permanent triple." Probably the second worst welcome they could receive would be telling them they have to room with a cross between a peer, a Mother Hen and an authority figure.
Cheap or easy-when it comes to buying textbooks, you usually can't have both.
Bright Futures recipients are still getting a hell of a break, but this year it won't be quite as big.
A pedestrian on UF's Stadium Road Friday afternoon may have mistaken the swarm of freshmen for a new military branch.
Want to hang out at our house? Well, Friday is your chance. 'Cause it's Friday. You ain't got no job, and you ain't got shit to do.
Zumaly Dixon snuggles in her dorm bed while on her laptop as a Harry Potter movie plays in the background.
It might be a year late, but we here at alligatorSports believe in change too.
The Aug. 17 edition of the Alligator incorrectly stated that Karma Cream aims to sell free-trade products. It aims to sell fair-trade products. The photograph accompanying the article identified the co-owner of Karma Cream as Payal Eatel. Her name is Payal Patel.
If tuition included a personal tour guide, navigating a new school would be simple. Fortunately, new Gators can benefit from the next best thing.
UF climbed two spots in both the national and public school standings in the U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings.
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