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Rhianna Reed, 22-year-old food and resource economics senior, uses her scarf and coat to stay warm while studying in the grass behind The Hub on Monday afternoon.

METRO

Temperatures to warm up this week in Gainesville

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Feb. 13, 2012

Cold temperatures, which started Friday night, will warm up to 73 degrees today and 78 degrees Wednesday.

With forward Will Yeguete ruled out of the game with a concussion, Florida will be relying on little-used 6-foot-6 forward Casey Prather (left) against Alabama tonight.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Suspended Alabama players to return against UF tonight; Rosario out

By GREG LUCA | Feb. 13, 2012

After levying four suspensions in the past week, Alabama coach Anthony Grant said Monday that two of those players — guards Trevor Releford and Andrew Steele — will “most likely” be back for tonight’s matchup with Florida.

Florida sophomore guard Jaterra Bonds has played 1,654 minutes since joining the team last season and is the only Gator to start every game this year.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Bonds proving clutch for Florida women's basketball

By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 13, 2012

Jaterra Bonds has been a key player for the Gators since she arrived on campus.

Florida junior attacker Kitty Cullen (left), who scored three goals in UF’s season-opening loss to North Carolina on Saturday, said the Gators did not play with enough intensity throughout the game after opening up an early two-goal lead.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Gators lacrosse lacked intensity in season-opening loss to Tar Heels

By JOSH JURNOVOY< | Feb. 13, 2012

After jumping out to a quick lead Saturday, the Gators were not the same.

NEWS

Correction

Feb. 13, 2012

In Monday's paper, the Alligator incorrectly reported that to be qualified as a political party, a prospective party must have candidates for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer and have at least six candidates for the Student Senate. To be qualified as a party, a prospective part needs candidates for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, or have at least six candidates for the Student Senate.

NEWS

Correction

Feb. 13, 2012

In Monday's paper, the Alligator incorrectly reported that the UF TED club organized the TEDxUF event. UF's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was the event organizer.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Campus crime by the numbers: Feb. 3-10

Feb. 13, 2012

Crimes from Feb. 3-10 range from the silly (driver's license violation) to the serious (robbery) to the as-of-now mysterious (hazing).

Linguistics junior David Sleeth, 20, and business senior Maria Novoa, 21, listen to Sen. Steve Oelrich comment about his rejection of a bill that would have granted U.S citizens of undocumented parents in-state tuition at a candlelight vigil on Friday.

METRO

Protesters confront senator about vote against controversial bill

By Webb | Feb. 12, 2012

Protesters gathered outside Florida Sen. Steve Oelrich's office Friday evening to confront the senator for voting against a bill that would have allowed some children of undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF admits about 11,700 freshmen

Feb. 12, 2012

About 11,700 students were accepted for UF's Summer B and Fall 2012 semesters.

Florida forward Will Yeguete will miss Tuesday’s game against Alabama after suffering a concussion and serious laceration above his right eye in Saturday’s loss to Tennessee. Yeguete leads UF in rebounding percentage this season.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Yeguete absence to hurt Florida on defense, glass

By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 12, 2012

In the two minutes Will Yeguete spent on the court Saturday, he created havoc.

Russell Welker from Tree of Life Wine, right, pours a sample of Merlot for Erik and Marcy Bayard at the Hippodrome's 30th anniversary party on Saturday night.

METRO

Hippodrome celebrates 30th anniversary

By Christy Hanbyul Na | Feb. 12, 2012

The theater hosted the 30th anniversary of the Hippodrome Cinema on Saturday night with an evening of food, wine and music.

Erwin Felicilda, 27, co-founder of InforMeta SEO, poses for a photo on Sunday afternoon.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Technology entrepreneur makes way with websites, apps

By Niaz Moshtagh | Feb. 12, 2012

Erwin Felicilda, 27, is a young Gainesville businessman who went from rich to poor to college dropout to success.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

NIT warning nothing but a glorified wake-up call for UF

By GREG LUCA | Feb. 12, 2012

It was only a matter of time before those three dreaded letters were bandied about.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida women's basketball drops another tight game against South Carolina

By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 12, 2012

Coming off the high of a three-game winning streak, the Gators suffered yet another close loss.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Campus Memes creates set of memes for University of Florida

By Matt Boles | Feb. 12, 2012

Campus Memes showcases memes that apply to specific schools like UF. There are about 15 UF memes so far.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF softball finishes opening weekend with two wins

By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Feb. 12, 2012

In the final day of the USF Softball Tournament, Florida notched its fourth and fifth wins of season against USF and Florida Gulf Coast.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Caution advised: Law enforcement should be careful on roads

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 12, 2012

A new investigative report about crashes involving law enforcement by the Orlando Sentinel discovered some pretty disturbing statistics.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida women's tennis drops first match of season; men's squad beats Florida State, Illinois

By ELI MARGER | Feb. 12, 2012

The Gators’ hopes of winning back-to-back national championships took a blow Sunday.

Florida junior T.J. Vogel shot a final round 70 (E) to finish second individually Sunday at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators men's golf comes up short in home tourney

By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 12, 2012

When T.J. Vogel stepped into the sand trap on 18, he was able to get the ball out and stick it relatively close to the pin. After reading his line, he was ready to make his par putt.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Old parties registered for UF Student Government elections

By Samantha Shavell | Feb. 12, 2012

Two political parties will be shoving Student Government elections fliers at students on campus this week, but 10 other prospective parties were registered when candidates started qualifying.

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