Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, started Wednesday night and lasts through Friday, but classes still go on as scheduled.
Everyone is starting to wonder how the wide receiver corps is going to react without its leader, Andre Caldwell.
To all you Florida residents, please take a valuable lesson from your neighbor to the north: Don't let your legislators change anything about Bright Futures.
Jodi-Ann Pinnock waited at the bus stop carrying her books. Her arms were tired. She wanted to sit down as she waited, but she couldn't.
It's not cool to discriminate against people solely based on sexual orientation, according to members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, who held a welcoming picnic Wednesday on Plaza of the Americas.
After the biggest offensive outburst of her career, Ashley Harris is drawing a lot of attention.
Everywhere I turn it seems someone (usually someone older than 30) is bashing the so-called "hookup culture." And yet I know only a handful of people who don't somehow engage in it.
They move around, barely visible to the naked eye. In silence, they attack their victims and leave us in agonizing pain when all we want to do is get to class. No, not terrorists. We're talking about the newest sadistic wave taking over Gainesville.
Tracey Chace witnessed what she said was a horrific sight: A maintenance man driving a gas-powered John Deere Gator to pick up trash.
(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Valerie Burkett, an environmental engineering junior, performs a counter-attack on Courtney Stokes during fencing practice Wednesday evening in the Florida Gym. Both athletes began fencing their first year at UF.
The poster for "Shoot 'Em Up" brings to mind the work of John Woo before he started wasting his talent in Hollywood: Clive Owen, ever the new icon of modern, tough-guy cool, firing two pistols midair a la Chow Yun Fat.
Since the qualifying round for potential student senators ended Tuesday, the Gator and Progress parties will soon begin their three-week campaigns.
With a starting lineup full of veterans and a deep bench, it's hard for the new girls in town to get on the court for the UF volleyball team.
If you're addicted to caffeine - like so many college students are - you've probably noticed that soft drinks cost more on campus than they did last year. But did you notice that water, fruit drinks, Gatorade and Starbucks beverages' prices stayed the same?
Satchel here, and I just wanted to thank Kyle Cox for his fine opinion piece in Tuesday's Alligator about my restaurant. You know, the most-asked question I get is "When are you going to open another location?" I don't know if I ever will. I have two small kids and a really nice life going on. I even have hobbies like gardening and painting. Opening another restaurant would simply mean driving back and forth a lot, trying to make sure both were outstanding.
I am responding to Anuradha Pandey's column in Tuesday's Alligator. She has the perfect idea of what this school should do: If we want lower faculty-student ratios and shorter lines for academic advising, we should admit fewer students. Why is it UF's responsibility to accept everyone who is qualified and jam-pack our classes so no one gets a quality education?
Students looking for their daily newspaper have been playing guessing games with the lockboxes containing it since spring 2007, according to one Student Government official.
Manuel Villegas followed a strong finish in Monday's second round in the Inverness Invitational in Toledo, Ohio with another two-under 69 in final round of play Tuesday to finish tied for third at two-under after 54 holes.
In observance of the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, more than 900 people pledged good deeds at the Good Deed Mitzvah Marathon.
The sound of a circular saw shreds the air on the ground floor of the Reitz Union as Adam Loose cuts a board.
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