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THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Album review: Snow Patrol – "A Hundred Million Suns"

By ROBERT HILSON | Nov. 19, 2008

Q magazine calls this album "essential," which suggests that Snow Patrol has pictures on the editors of said magazine. The two defining elements about this hook-challenged, wuss-rock are its neutrality - this is the Switzerland of pop music - and "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It." Great title. "Take Back the City" and "Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands," which have ho-hum titles, are actually peppy, catchy little numbers. "Peppy" and "catchy" cannot otherwise be associated with this record. For those who noticed the inconsistency of this review - a neat line or two scattered amongst sketchy, bland ones - now you know what it's like to listen to "A Hundred Million Suns."

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Looking for love stunts personal growth

By Michelle A. Hipps | Nov. 19, 2008

Michael Belle's Wednesday column was very interesting to read. But I wanted to focus on one particular point I couldn't agree with more: "Becoming the right person instead of stumbling on top of the right person." A close friend and I both recently came to this conclusion!

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Yenser happy to finally play

Nov. 19, 2008

It appears Susan Yenser's time at UF has finally arrived.

METRO

Commission to draft project–cutting resolution

By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 18, 2008

A failing housing market and reduced tax revenue may force the county to eliminate or scale back some projects planned for the coming years.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Ticketmaster apologizes for ticket sales problems

By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 18, 2008

Ticketmaster and UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley issued an apology Tuesday for kinks in online ticket sales that prevented many students from buying tickets to the Southeastern Conference Championship Game on Dec. 6.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Flings no substitute for relationships

Nov. 18, 2008

I was talking with a friend the other day about how she met her boyfriend of three years. As I get older, I turn more of my attention to these stories because they have become almost as important to me as politics.

AP | SPORTS

Miami gearing up for cold game against Georgia Tech

Nov. 18, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWS | CAMPUS

'Batman' movie franchise producer speaks at UF

Nov. 18, 2008

When he was 3 years old, Michael Uslan read "Casper" comics in New Jersey barbershops.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Alligator editorial reveals agenda

By Alex Harper | Nov. 18, 2008

Wvery morning, thousands of UF students put their trust in the Alligator. They pick it up not only because it is the most popular news platform for students at UF but because they have vested their belief in the objectivity and journalistic integrity of the editors and news staff.

METRO

Authorities cite fog as possible factor in plane crash

By KATIE EMMETS | Nov. 18, 2008

Fog may have made it difficult for the pilot of a plane that crashed near the Gainesville Regional Airport to see the landing lights. The Nov. 7 plane crash killed three Key West residents.

AP | SPORTS

Pedroia takes home AL MVP award

Nov. 18, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Meyer proving to be one of nation's best coaches

Nov. 18, 2008

It's the Internet version of a ghost town.

NEWS | FEATURES

Universities employ laundry alert systems

By CHELSEA KEENAN | Nov. 18, 2008

UF freshman Taylor Dariarow lugged her overflowing laundry basket down the stairs of Buckman Hall and across the courtyard to the Murphree Common Area.

METRO

Commissioners sworn in for another term

Nov. 18, 2008

In a room stuffed with city and county officials, middle-school students and Alachua County residents, three re-elected county commissioners were sworn in to serve for another term.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Insulting Republicans won’t change vote

Nov. 18, 2008

As someone who worked against Amendment 2 and felt hurt by the results, I appreciate the general sentiment behind Todd Portnowitz's guest column, but I take serious issue with the implication that all of Sen. John McCain's supporters are unreasonable or immature voters.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Thompson making strides in UF offense

Nov. 18, 2008

Welcome to the offense, Deonte Thompson.

NEWS | FEATURES

UF student featured on MTV's 'Exiled'

By MICHELLE PROFIS | Nov. 18, 2008

Cher Hubsher spent a week in September waking in a hut to the cries of roosters at sunrise in eastern Panama.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senators debate legislation limiting minority party power

By LAUREN BAKER | Nov. 18, 2008

Student Senate ended without voting on legislation that would limit the power of the minority party early Wednesday morning after a five-hour meeting.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

UR Laundry iz dun ;–)

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 18, 2008

In our freshman days, when Maui Teriyaki wasn't 20 minutes away from campus, Sloppy Gator was still alive and the football team battled for a chance at the Outback Bowl (ha!), there was nothing we hated more about dorm life than doing laundry.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Column misconstrues Bible’s message

By Daniel Simpson | Nov. 18, 2008

Wes Hunt's column, "Bible archaic, full of contradictions," is ludicrous. Every contradiction he quoted was either taken out of context or completely ignorant.

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