Forget Nothing: Remember the purpose of Memorial Day
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 26, 2010The weather is going to be great, but you may want to think twice before cracking open a beer and having a pool party this weekend.
The weather is going to be great, but you may want to think twice before cracking open a beer and having a pool party this weekend.
Want to learn how to grow weeds? Have you been itching to use your green thumb this summer? Then I'm here to tell you that it's not only easy, it's fun and affordable.
In the third set of the last singles match to decide the championship, Marrit Boonstra was one game away from putting the finishing touches on the ideal ending to her college career.
Although it was coming off its worst loss of the season, the Florida softball team proved last weekend it can play its best when it matters most.
Josh Adams began the regular season with a bang and ended it with one, too.
Kevin O’Sullivan is the R. Kelly of college baseball coaches.
When the season began, UF women’s tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said he felt like it had been a long time since 2003, the year Florida won its last national title.
The Gators enjoyed the luck of the Irish in South Bend, Ind., at the Central Regional this past weekend, and finished high enough to earn a bid for the NCAA Championships.
Caleb Burton was looking for plants for his landscaping project. Every year for his wife’s birthday, he does gardening work. This year, he went to the Alachua County Master Gardener Plant Sale.
Lamar Abel, a former walk-on defensive lineman for the Gators, died Saturday after an apparent seizure.
Less than a week into his term, Mayor Craig Lowe said he is expecting some of the toughest budget decisions in decades.
The zombie epidemic has infected a Gainesville apartment complex.
A 21-year-old Gainesville man drowned in a pool at the Bellamy Forge condominium complex shortly before noon Saturday.
Imagine a world where all you had to do to get away with shooting a disabled man in the face was say you felt endangered and the law would be on your side.
The UF Health Science Center and Shands HealthCare announced a $580 million, five-year-plan on Thursday.
A couple of weeks ago, at the tender age of 19, I finally got my Florida driver's license. After a three-year saga of excuses and missed opportunities, I finally sucked it up and studied hard enough to pass - despite running over a cone and failing my first attempt. While pretty much all college students and young drivers can relate to the experience, I feel like I have a unique view of the whole process.
As a 20-year veteran of the adult entertainment industry, I can tell you this isn't about controlling access to adult material. This is about money, plain and simple.
Last spring, an extraordinary event occurred in Student Government: Members of the Progress and Orange and Blue parties put aside their differences and created a brand-new party that represents all students, not just the lucky few. This new party, the Student Alliance party, immediately got to work by opposing the new Reitz Union student fee. We felt that in times of great economic hardship, the Unite Party was wrong to pass the buck on to the Student Body.
About 200 people bought hand-painted chairs and donated money to hear live music in support of local arts programs Saturday night in downtown Gainesville.