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Florida coach Rhonda Faehn (above) was impressed by Kytra Hunter’s debut last week, which netted the freshman an all-around title.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Freshman gymnast Hunter makes early impact

By LANDON WATNICK< | Jan. 10, 2012

Coach Rhonda Faehn may have found herself another dynamic freshman.

METRO

Commissioners name acting county manager

By Webb | Jan. 10, 2012

Alachua County commissioners officially named Rick Drummond the new acting county manager Tuesday.

Student Senators Matt Mountjoy and Katie Waldman present revisions to UF's Student Government elections codes. Mountjoy and Waldman co-chaired a committee that formed to examine and modify the rules.

NEWS | CAMPUS

SG votes on revisions to election code

By Samantha Shavell | Jan. 10, 2012

UF Student Senate gave its preliminary approval to Student Government election code revisions at Tuesday night's meeting.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Chilling effect: College paper adviser didn't deserve firing

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2012

In college, students have many opportunities to practice a lot of the same things they would be doing in the real world.

Maranda J. Martin, 22, walks out of the GPD Criminal Investigations Bureau at 211 NE First Street after her arrest on a charge of attempted murder and home invasion robbery with a firearm. Martin turned herself in to Gainesville Police with her mother at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Home invasion suspects in custody

Jan. 10, 2012

Cousins Austin M. Jones, 22, and Maranda J. Martin, 22, are in police custody after they donned masks and broke into 78-year-old Paul D. Quandt's house at 4854 Northwest 75th Road late Monday night.

Occupy supporter Annette Gilley, 58, makes a poster on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Tuesday for "Occupy the Courts," an event that will take place Jan. 20.

METRO

Gainesville protesters plan to continue advocacy in 2012

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 10, 2012

After a year of international social movements, Time magazine chose The Protester as its Person of the Year.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Harn Museum exhibit to highlight female artists

By Kelly Price | Jan. 10, 2012

While most UF students were home for winter break chomping on candy canes and scoring last-minute holiday deals, the Harn Museum of Art debuted a new exhibit highlighting female artists.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF shouldn't ignore growing vegan population

By Jared Misner | Jan. 10, 2012

While we were gone for winter break, the percentage of Gators who support UF's smart, ethical and sustainable transition to a Meatless Monday in its two dining halls grew to 10 percent.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students: Diversify your social lives

Jan. 10, 2012

Before and during college, students are bombarded with advice from all directions by all people, some of it obvious, some intriguing but not fully clear and some brushed off like an insignificant fly.

METRO

Textbook site compares prices

Jan. 10, 2012

For Dylan Fisher, buying textbooks becomes a treasure hunt. When the UF exploratory freshman discovered he needed five textbooks for the spring semester, he set out to find the magic combination of new, used and rental books that would reduce the damage to his wallet.

A flower head of the plant species that was studied by UF researchers, Tragopogon miscellus, sits in a field.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Research may explain plant infertility

By Clare Lennon | Jan. 10, 2012

Results from a UF research project on young plants might help make the nation's agriculture more fertile.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Fifth-annual UF MLK Celebration to kick off Monday

By Chris Alcantara | Jan. 10, 2012

To commemorate the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a UF committee will spend the rest of January highlighting his core values.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Libertarianism can't help conservativism

By Luke Bailey | Jan. 10, 2012

As the votes from the Iowa Republican caucus began to roll in a week ago, most of the nation's viewers were riveted by the small, fluctuating margin between Rick Santorum and the eventual winner, Mitt Romney.

ABOUT US

Our History

Jan. 10, 2012

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.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Disabled man recovering after violent home invasion; suspect apprehended after high-speed chase

Jan. 10, 2012

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Santa Fe criminal justice junior Samantha Baker, 21, takes blood from UF advertising sophomore Tiffany Sanders, 19, who said she has given blood every two months since she started attending UF. "It's easy to just come in when you have a break from class," Sanders said.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Blood drive comes to campus for National Blood Donor Month

By Webb | Jan. 9, 2012

The first time Bryan Agostini gave blood, he went with a group of friends when a collection truck came to his high school.

A man involved in the three-car accident at Southwest 13th Street and Southwest Fifth Avenue is tended to by emergency workers.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

High-speed police chase ends in wreck at Southwest 13th Street and Southwest Fifth Avenue

By Emily Morrow | Jan. 9, 2012

A high-speed police chase ended in a wreck at the intersection of Southwest 13th Street and Southwest Fifth Avenue shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

METRO

Gainesville drivers' commuting times shortest in Florida

By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 9, 2012

Gainesville has been ranked by an Orlando newspaper as the city with the shortest commuting times in Florida.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students react to end of Iraq War

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 9, 2012

With no patriotic parades and little fanfare on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Iraq War is done.

Bob Adams eats at the St. Francis House, 413 S. Main St., on Monday morning. New regulations require people using any service at the shelter and soup kitchen to obtain police clearance.

METRO

Shelter requires police clearance

By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 9, 2012

Three months ago, when the meal limit at St Francis House was lifted and replaced with a meal time, officials added a police clearance requirement to use any service at the shelter and soup kitchen.

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