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SPORTS

Teeing off with Mike DiFerdinando

Oct. 21, 2009

The trustee overseeing Bernard Madoff's assets has labeled the New York Mets winners in the epic fraud. He says the baseball team made nearly $48 million in the Ponzi scheme…. Michigan resident Daniel Allen is being held on $15,000 bond after being accused of biting through a neighbor's lips. The confrontation took place when he refused to give back a football that had been thrown into his yard by a group of kids.

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THE AVENUE  |  FASHION

H&M opens Orlando stores

By KARINA GALVEZ | Oct. 21, 2009

Any girl who has been out of Florida and in a Hennes & Mauritz store knows it's a fashionista's dream - wall-to-wall clothing and accessories at affordable prices. You don't need to plan expensive road trips or dreamy wish lists anymore. H&M has arrived.

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THE AVENUE  |  SEX

Good porn proves hard to create

By ERIK VOSS | Oct. 21, 2009

Never take good porn for granted.

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THE AVENUE  |  MOVIES AND TV

Q & A with the cast of “Secret Girlfriend”

By Jon Silman | Oct. 21, 2009

The cast of the new Comedy Central show "Secret Girlfriend" want to be your best friends, literally. The show is shot in an unheard of first-person view, and you are the main character.

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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Modern Skirts builds its reputation with ‘indie scene’

By Joey Flechas | Oct. 21, 2009

Modern Skirts, alternative popsters armed with airy keyboards and dreamy melodies, are the most recent act from Athens, Ga.'s indie rock scene.

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SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Hunter steps up at defensive tackle for football team

Oct. 20, 2009

For Florida's Omar Hunter, less is more.

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SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Rating the SEC at halfway mark

Oct. 20, 2009

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that 90's rock music holds the answers to virtually all of life's most important questions.

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SPORTS  |  MEN'S BASKETBALL

Tishman still not cleared by NCAA to play for men's basketball team

By ADAM BERRY | Oct. 20, 2009

It didn't take Billy Donovan long to change his opinion of Nimrod Tishman.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Amnesty International shows films about human rights violations on campus

By LORA BOVIE | Oct. 20, 2009

Amnesty International held the first of three film showings Tuesday to spread the word about worldwide human rights violations.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Career Resource Center fair helps undecided students find their majors

By BRANDON BRESLOW | Oct. 20, 2009

The second annual Majors Fair took place Tuesday in the Reitz Union Colonnade to help uncertain students decide which major is right for them.

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METRO

Mosquitoes bring West Nile to Alachua County

Oct. 20, 2009

Elevated traces of the West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis, both transmitted by mosquito bites, have seeped into Alachua County.

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METRO

Libraries offer online alternatives to books, movies

By ANNA QUINTANA | Oct. 20, 2009

As part of a national trend toward online library collections, Alachua County's public libraries now hold 10,000 digital books.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Man shot in face, drives to hospital; police nab suspect

By ROBERT HARRINGER | Oct. 20, 2009

A man drove himself to the hospital after being shot in the face.

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METRO

Student's Web site promotes sharing

By TIMOTHY TAYLOR and MELISSA PENDER | Oct. 20, 2009

A UF graduate student launched a Web site that allows people to share belongings instead of buying them.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Jacksonville cuts back on alcohol vendors for UF-Georgia

By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Oct. 20, 2009

Jacksonville will increase police and the number of sideline safety zones while waterfront venues cut back on alcohol sales.

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NEWS

For The Cure

By Danica Spears | Oct. 20, 2009

Allison Megano, left, pies Ari Garay with a plate full of whipped cream for a $2 donation to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation Tuesday afternoon on the Reitz Union North Lawn. Garay and other sisters from the alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority held the fundraising event.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Students may pay for Reitz renovations

By CAROLYN TILLO | Oct. 20, 2009

A proposed Reitz Union renovation plan to remove asbestos and replace lighting and plumbing lines could be funded through a new student fee.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Riker Hall residents may pay for flood damage

By REBECCA MARTINEZ | Oct. 20, 2009

Riker Hall's third-floor residents may have to shell out $3,000 each in damages after the building flooded Oct. 10.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Professor discusses Bible's role in history

By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Oct. 20, 2009

A history professor from the University of Notre Dame discussed Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln's usage of the Bible to a crowd of 300 at the University Auditorium.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Current health system worth fixing

By Francisco Sotomayor | Oct. 20, 2009

I would like to respond to the opinions in the Alligator that show a bias against health reform. And ignoring the likely possibility that these gentlemen watch Fox News, I'm going to try to debate with them rationally. First of all, studies show that 45,000 people are dying otherwise avoidable deaths every month based on the simple fact that they don't have health insurance. If that isn't worth fixing, I don't know what is.