The poster sale at the start of each semester at the Reitz Union has has been held for more than 30 years and has become a tradition, but sales haven't been doing well so far this semester.
Trash collection for Alachua County will be delayed the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Update October 2013: The felony charge against Yasha Lichtschein was amended to misdemeanor battery and dismissed.
When the earthquake hit Haiti one year ago, Getro Naissance didn’t feel right being in Gainesville.
The depiction of women in video games has always been a mark of shame in the industry. Undoubtedly, the majority of video games developers are male — as is the industry’s target demographic. Thus, it’s not surprising that many virtual females are designed to look like idealized perfections of the gender at best and pubescent fantasy at worst. Take these favored femmes: Bayonetta has 4-foot long legs, Taki from “Soul Calibur” has triple-E sized breasts, and the entire female cast of “Dead or Alive” can be summed up with the phrase “jiggle physics.”
For some Gainesville residents, old school is the only school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— After a year and a half of criticism, struggle and doubt, Kenny Boynton looked like he was on his way to yet another poor outside shooting night.
Alex Tyus was thisclose to yet another heartbreak at Thompson-Boling Arena.
The crowds may not recognize her just yet, but she’s proven she’s not going anywhere. The Florida gymnastics team debuted freshman Alaina Johnson at last week’s meet against Nebraska, and she made history.
Picked to finish last in the Southeastern Conference, the Gators are exceeding the expectations pundits placed on them before the season. But despite the early success, there is still some cause for concern.
The Pepsi Refresh Project at UF announced Dance Marathon at UF as the $15,000 grant winner Saturday night at the Gators men’s basketball game against University of Mississippi.
Gainesville police are still searching for two robbers who ran away after holding a man at gunpoint Monday evening.
Funding for sheltering the homeless on freezing cold nights is running low.
Jan. 12 marks the first anniversary of the earthquake that tore through Haiti, an event that left thousands dead, billions of dollars in damage and a countless number of people asking why.
Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: Florida is not a consistently good outside shooting team.
As Don DeVito walks toward his music classroom at Sidney Lanier School, he hears his name and turns toward the sound.
In a story in Tuesday’s Alligator, Lindsey Scoates was incorrectly identified as Dante Cameron’s friend and the girlfriend of Jacob Harmer. In fact, Lindsey Buz was Cameron’s friend and is Harmer’s girlfriend.
In Tuesday’s paper, the Alligator misidentified a woman in a photo of swing dancers. Her name is Karen Pearce.
Maybe there are superheroes among us.
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