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AP | SPORTS

Former Hawaii coach Jones takes SMU job

Jan. 7, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OPINION | EDITORIALS

UF can't keep repeating LSU's mistake

By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008

Following the massacre at Virginia Tech last April, the university's officials were criticized for the amount of time that passed between the first time Tech student Seung-Hui Cho opened fire and the time students were sent e-mails warning them to stay off campus.

ABOUT US

Our History

Jan. 7, 2008

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.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Butler deals with loss of grandmother

Jan. 7, 2008

Susie Gardner knows the pain Amanda Butler is going through.

METRO

Founder of UF College of Medicine remembered

By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 7, 2008

Every time Dr. Richard P. Schmidt brought fresh strawberries to his synagogue, the fragrance filled the building. The smell of strawberries will be missed but never forgotten, Rabbi David Kaiman said.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

After Taser incident, committee recommends new public-forum guidelines

By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008

The Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment, created by UF President Machen after the September Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer, has released a draft of recommendations to improve UF's public forum policies.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Ambassador: Peru ripe for free trade

By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 7, 2008

Latin America is the newest frontier for free trade agreements, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Mike McKinley told UF faculty and students in a public meeting Monday.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Trustees wrong to give Machen more

By Benjamin Dictor | Jan. 7, 2008

It is completely irresponsible for the UF Board of Trustees to approve nearly ,300,000 in performance bonuses for President Bernie Machen while the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences remains in crippling debt.

METRO

Black group questions city leaders on pressing issues

By KATIE GALLAGHER | Jan. 7, 2008

At a forum Monday night, a group made up of local black leaders and business owners questioned Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan and city commissioners on how effectively they have been serving the black community.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF to test texting alerts after LSU glitch

By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008

Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Gators will need to overcome selves, not just opponents, to succeed in SEC

Jan. 7, 2008

UF heads to Alabama tonight to kick off its Southeastern Conference schedule, but the biggest battle of the rest of the season isn't going to be with the opponents the Gators face.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

RIAA losing digital war

By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008

Just when you thought it couldn't get any lower than suing single moms for thousands of dollars, the Recording Industry Association of America has taken its fight one step further.

METRO

Kidnapping just a hoax

By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 7, 2008

A Gainesville man who reported that he had been kidnapped from a Shands at UF parking garage Thursday night admitted Monday that the incident never occurred.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Interest in Pakistan too little, too late

By ANURADHA PANDEY | Jan. 7, 2008

At last, another one of the Bush administration's foreign policy blunders has been placed under scrutiny: the protection of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at all costs. I'm willing to bet that most Americans hadn't even heard Benazir Bhutto's name until she was assassinated, let alone had known that she was Pakistan's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement with Musharraf that the Bush administration orchestrated.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Spring offers a plethora of sports to keep Gators fans entertained

Jan. 6, 2008

Grab a Snickers, Urban Meyer.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Lawsuit to clear up tuition control tossed

By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008

Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and the Board of Governors, the State University System?s highest governing body, now face a stumbling block in their fight for tuition-setting power.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION