THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Godless godfather questions faith in himself
By ERIK VOSS | Oct. 22, 2008In a bold and risky move, my sister asked me to be godfather to her child.
COVID-19
OPINION
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COLUMNS
McCain needs to reinvent his image
Oct. 22, 2008The growing chants of "start the buses" resonate every time you pick up The New York Times, tune in to MSNBC or check out the latest poll numbers. Much like Clemson's football season, the McCain-Palin campaign is for all intents and purposes a lost cause.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Kentucky in for horror show
Oct. 22, 2008Rich Brooks has a front-row seat for an upcoming horror flick.
METRO
County officials promote use of electric vehicles
By KATHRYN WATSON | Oct. 22, 2008Cheaper and more environmentally friendly transportation could become easier if county officials get their way.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Michelle Obama visits Gainesville
By Lara Hickox | Oct. 22, 2008Michelle Obama visits Gainesville from Alligator Online on Vimeo.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Of Montreal – "Skeletal Lamping"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 22, 2008Kevin Barnes lost his marbles a long time ago. Now his pants must go. Of Montreal's "Skeletal Lamping" uncovers the brainchild's most outrageous fantasies in a series of wildly uninhibited hallucinations - each deceptively catchy, each bat-shit freaky. The track titles -"An Eluardian Instance," "Nonpareil Of Favor" - baffle as much as the actual music, which shuns conventional song structures for whimsical snippets blended indiscriminately into a faux-disco smoothie. Prince says it goes down easy. And it does - the slinky R&B, the electro-pop excursions, the noise jams. It's an orgy of a record that takes us to the bottom of Barnes's rabbit hole where he buried his two most cherished readings - Webster's Dictionary and the Kama Sutra.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
College football should be decided like baseball
Oct. 22, 2008Dear college football fans,
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Halloween treats adults to more than just candy
By STEPHANIE DUNN | Oct. 22, 2008I'm convinced Halloween was created for the sole purpose of getting boned. No other holiday compares. When mischief and moonlight abound, someone is going to get laid. Throw in a chintzy costume, garish makeup and orange beer, and you're done for.
THE AVENUE
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NIGHTLIFE
Mind your bar manners
By GABRIELLE FALCONEIRI | Oct. 22, 2008This difficult midterms week that recently passed wore on my patience because of the day-to-day annoyances bartenders face. It inspired me to share my thoughts on bar etiquette from start to finish.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Meyer gives respect to UK special teams
Oct. 22, 2008Special teams will again play a big role when No. 5 UF hosts Kentucky on Saturday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Divorce doesn’t justify gay marriage
By Stephen Courson | Oct. 22, 2008In reading Michael Belle's article about how he is both a Christian and a Democrat, I thought he proposed his ideas well but had flawed logic in some of his thinking.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
National story-gathering project comes to Gainesville
Oct. 21, 2008You don't have to run for president to become part of American history.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Alection: Beer company uses creative polling method
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 21, 2008A northern California brewery has taken it upon itself to establish the most directly proportionate presidential election model so far this election year. Actually, the brewery has only succeeded in running the election hype into the ground.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UF diploma helpful in real world
By Daniel Seeman | Oct. 21, 2008Wes Hunt's Monday column is, perhaps, the worst opinion piece that I've seen in the Alligator in the last five years.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Tebow likes Colt McCoy for Heisman
Oct. 21, 2008Tim Tebow has more than one vote to cast this fall.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dogs enjoyed costume contest
By Lauren Gray | Oct. 21, 2008Boy, was I disappointed when I opened the Alligator on Monday morning.
METRO
First days of early voting see high turnout
By BETHY PIERRE | Oct. 21, 2008Alachua County residents heading to the polls are quickly outnumbering early voters from the 2004 presidential election.
METRO
GPD arrests woman for hitting boyfriend with car
Oct. 21, 2008A woman was arrested after witnesses reported she intentionally hit a man with her car early Tuesday morning.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate appoints 19 senators to committees
By LAUREN BAKER | Oct. 21, 2008Nineteen senators - 12 from the Gator Party, six from the Orange and Blue Party and one independent senator - were appointed to Student Senate committees during Tuesday's meeting.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF to maintain spending despite lower investment returns
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 21, 2008The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
