Residents of the Tent City homeless community have been served eviction notices following a stabbing last week, but no housing alternatives have been offered for the mini-city's nearly 200 inhabitants.
There's a lot of coaches not named Meyer or Donovan making headlines at UF.
The Gators have come from behind to win 27 games this season, but it was their inability to protect a 6-1 lead that ended their season.
The Alligator brings live coverage of the Gators Super Regional showdown at home against Southern Mississippi in the last stop before the College World Series in Omaha. Join the conversation to ask our beat writers questions about the team.
A season's worth of accomplishments earned UF the No. 8 national seed and the right to host an NCAA Super Regional, but Southern Miss continued to defy the odds in its unlikely run for Omaha, Neb., with a 9-7 victory in McKethan Stadium on Saturday.
An article in Thursday's Alligator incorrectly reported the date of Gator Growl 2009. The event will be held on Oct. 16.
With all the rabble between scientists and media outlets over the benefits and dangers of coffee, it's hard to know what to believe. People on the left say it prevents cancer, and other people on the left say it could give you a heart attack. People on the right talk too, but I don't listen to them. Like any red-blooded, coffee loving fool, I decided to see for myself.
With King James left watching from his medical bed and Superman laughing all the way to the STAPLES Center, the Department of Darts & Laurels offers Gainesville's faux Orlando Magic fans a hearty congratulations on reaching the NBA Finals.
Politicians and the business press are looking for signs that the economic crisis is over, and we'll soon be back on track. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks of "green shoots" of recovery. President Barack Obama sees "glimmers of hope."
OKLAHOMA CITY - "Hindsight is 50/50."
Pseudo-homos - ones that proclaim to be straight, but have had at least one homosexual experience. If you ask them about an outer-hetero experience, they will admit to it, but soon after comes an "I'm not gay" or "I was just curious," or "I was so drunk."
Charges will not be filed against Sergio Castro, 22, the UF student arrested last week for spray-painting a memorial to a drowned Gainesville resident on The Top restaurant in downtown Gainesville.
Recently, I read a letter to the editor of my hometown newspaper. The author had worked himself into a tizzy over President Barack Obama and the entire democratic leadership in Washington and their push for universal health care. He declared that any attempt at a universal health care system was an attempt at socialism and should be protested with equal zeal as one would protest Stalin's Red Army coming down the road.
Some UF students could see tuition increase by almost 16 percent beginning in the fall, and most of that increase wouldn't be covered by Bright Futures.
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Replacing the most storied senior class in UF softball history certainly won't be easy for coach Tim Walton and the 13 other players on this year's team.
A fire in an Ocala house resulted in the discovery of a grow room that contained more than 40 marijuana plants.
Perhaps you've been too immersed in one more summer of undergraduate bliss before facing that life-defining LSAT or MCAT this fall. Or perhaps you've been debating the merits of Kobe Bryant's legacy if he fails to win a title without Shaq, or why all Hollywood seems to do now is remake old films instead of write new ones, to notice. If so, you are missing a show far more embarrassing than Kris Allen winning American Idol. This show is the hapless efforts of conservative activists to paint President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a liberal ideologue unfit for service. With figures such as Rush Limbaugh admitting the chances of stopping her nomination are minimal, the question must be asked: Why the rabid opposition in the first place?
Balancing on hands, upside-down, with feet planted on a partner's back may not sound like a typical Sunday evening. But for those who seek new experiences, relaxation and enjoy working up a sweat, the week's finale might bring just that.
In an effort to improve my conversation skills, I've searched for a "universal ice breaker" - a topic so engaging it transcends barriers of age, class and gender.
Solutions by The State News
