Students watch, discuss CNN documentary on race
By CHANTELLE MARCELLE | July 23, 2008Some people watch TV as a way to rest their minds and avoid meaningful conversations after a hard day.
Some people watch TV as a way to rest their minds and avoid meaningful conversations after a hard day.
Hundreds of high school students led by scrambled clues scoured UF's campus Wednesday morning for laminated clovers affixed to UF landmarks.
UF will begin a research program today that will aim to develop more reliable computer chips for military communications and radar.
It appears that the Alligator editorial board has had some difficulty in understanding the difference between a "timetable" and a "general time horizon." I would like to make an attempt to clarify these terms.
Haylee "Ugh" Slaughter likes where she is in life.
If you love football and feel-good stories, you must read "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis, author of "Moneyball." The book chronicles the story of how left tackles became one of the most important parts of any offense in the NFL and college, and it tells this tale through Michael Oher, the left tackle at Ole Miss.
When it hasn't been raining, it's been hot as Hades in the center of The Gator Nation this week. As the dog days of summer sprint onward at break-neck speed, we at the Department of Darts and Laurels would like to advise our loyal readers to stay hydrated and keep cool. Heat stroke shouldn't be taken lightly and neither should this week's blazing edition of …
Both players from Tennessee, running back Arian Foster and defensive end Robert Ayers, showed up to SEC Media Days wearing white jackets and pants. Foster's jacket had some nice black pinstripes.
Are Gainesville summer programs decreasing tension among neighborhood gangs? Depends whom you ask.
The fact that most of us don't hold a mortgage, work a full-time job or have kids to support makes it pretty easy to ignore the current economic crisis. It doesn't help that for all but a few of us, economics is more boring than an episode of "Book TV" on C-SPAN 3 featuring an interview with Alan Greenspan.
Both the city and county Equal Opportunity Offices have planned a day full of vendors, exhibits and support groups to celebrate the anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
It's not every day Alachua County deputies drive to the jail with Kate Spade, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton in their backseat.
Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses will congregate on campus this weekend to attend an annual regional convention held at the O'Connell Center.
You know what they say, everything is bigger in…Serbia.
UF fans are going to have to wait a little longer to find out if Gainesville will be named "TitleTown USA."
This place is an absolute zoo. Southeastern Conference commish Mike Slive announced in his opening speech at about 12:45 Central Time that more than 850 people were in this hotel in the middle of Alabama. Approximately 750 of them are media members. That's quite a lot. The conference room here just for the print writers seems to be the size of a football field, complete with 10 rows of about 30 seats each. That's room for 300 print writers. There might be that many cameras in the building. And ESPN gets its own room.
HOOVER, Ala. - The Gators' offensive line is supposed to be one of the team's best units this year.
Cole Figueroa has agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres and will not return to UF next season, according to a report in the Tallahassee Democrat.
HOOVER, Ala. - Tim Tebow's success in his first season as a starter was well documented as he became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy amid a record-breaking campaign. But nestled in all his mind-boggling stats was a number that doesn't sit well: four.