Travis returns home as No. 5 Florida faces No. 17 Duke
By JESSE SIMONTON | Sep. 16, 2010Taylor Travis is heading home. No, not because the freshman phenom is homesick, but because the forward is making a brief stop where it all started.
Taylor Travis is heading home. No, not because the freshman phenom is homesick, but because the forward is making a brief stop where it all started.
While some things remain constant, a level of uncertainty surrounds the UF men’s golf team as it travels to Chicago today to play in the season-opening Olympia Fields Invitational hosted by the University of Illinois.
While the football team deservedly receives national attention with its success under Urban Meyer, the men’s tennis team isn’t doing too bad itself as it looks to put together its ninth consecutive winning season under coach Andy Jackson.
It may not have a catchy nickname like The Swamp or a capacity crowd of 90,000 plus, but the Mark Bostick Golf Course has still proved to be a dominating venue for the Gators’ cross country program.
A 46-year-old Gainesville woman was being held on a $30,000 bond Thursday for leaving three children in a locked car with no air conditioning.
The Reitz Union can now add a Redbox kiosk to its list of student services.
What a silly argument Bryan Griffin has against the health care bill. He seems to think faceless government bureaucrats are somehow different or worse than faceless insurance company bureaucrats.
The Onion editor, Joe Randazzo, and staff writer Seth Reiss came to UF and spoke about The Onion and its history in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom Thursday evening. For the full story, visit the Alligator online at www.alligator.org.Matt Tripp / Alligator Staff
I hate to say it, but Washington, D.C., has a pretty terrible record of helping the little guy, even when they try the hardest.
A young boy loudly announced what most had already noticed at Hogtown Reptile Shop Saturday afternoon. “It got out of the cage!” The subject of concern, a 5-foot iguana, sat on top of a cage and lazily stared back at the finger pointing in its direction. The owners smiled and explained that it didn’t need a cage.
Starting Oct. 1, Gainesville Regional Airport will offer two direct, round-trip flights to Miami, Fla., courtesy of American Airlines.
Americans owe more in student loans than credit card debt.
On Saturday, the UF Surf Club will kick off its 25th annual UF Alumni Surf Challenge at Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine.
UF may institute an experimental program that would give incoming students the option to spend their time at UF enrolled in classes only during spring and summer terms.
Growing up we’re taught the very important lesson of determination. We can accomplish anything we put our minds to, we’re told. Our goals are nothing but a few steps away. Our childhood dreams would always come true.
After reading how the Alligator staff responded to the Chris Rainey story, I was thoroughly disappointed. Saying Rainey “just sent a sexy text message that said ‘Time to die bitch’ among other sweet nothings” is trivializing a serious issue.
Did you miss us?
In an article published Thursday, it was written that ticket prices to see Dane Cook’s performance on Oct. 22 will cost $74.75 and $24.75. The actual ticket prices are $71.75 and $36.75.
In the wake of wide receiver Chris Rainey’s arrest for aggravated stalking, coach Urban Meyer said the Gators will move Omarius Hines from tight end to slot receiver and start redshirt freshman Jordan Reed in Hines’ old position.
Chanel Brown is the only active true freshman on a roster with nine upperclassmen, but you wouldn’t believe it watching her play.