News
Fresh start leads to hunt for passion
Aug. 30, 2012New sights, new people and new places to explore — such is the life of a freshman.
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Sports
Tymrak racks up weekly awards after netting critical goal
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN | Aug. 29, 2012Gators midfielder Erika Tymrak has a knack for clutch plays.
Sports
Accomplished Beisel awed by unexpected Olympic success
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Aug. 29, 2012Although she had already won five Southeastern Conference titles, an NCAA title and a world title, junior Elizabeth Beisel was shocked when she won two Olympic medals in London.
Sports
Still no starter at QB
By GREG LUCA | Aug. 29, 2012The kickoff to the 2012 season is only three days away, but coach Will Muschamp is still mum on the identity of Florida’s starting quarterback.
News
Column: UF air attack will struggle in 2012
By JOSH JURNOVOY | Aug. 29, 2012Anyone who is expecting big things from the Gators this season is either falling victim to blind optimism or foolishly taking the team at its word.
Opinion
Republican’t: Check Ann’s facts first
Aug. 29, 2012Since this is kind of the biggest party of the Republican Party for every election cycle, the convention planners scheduled Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to speak.
Sports
Defensive line making life easier for Gators linebackers
By ADAM PINCUS | Aug. 29, 2012Coaches expect a Florida defense that ranked eighth in the country in 2011 to be even better this fall.
Metro
Final suspect in sledgehammer break-in arrested during traffic stop
By Chris Alcantara Alligator Writer | Aug. 29, 2012A traffic stop Tuesday night led police to arrest and charge a man accused of using a sledgehammer to rob a northeast Gainesville convenience store in July.
News
UF Performing Arts tickets on sale Friday
By Kelcee Griffis | Aug. 29, 2012This Fall, $10 can open UF students’ gateway to world-class performances. And they don’t even need to leave campus.
Metro
Students surf Isaac
By Michael S. Davidson | Aug. 29, 2012Many Florida residents spent the weekend stocking up on canned food, filling gas tanks and covering their windows in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac.
News
Planned Parenthood rallies in Tampa
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 29, 2012TAMPA — When Logan Stallings walks on Turlington Plaza and sees anti-abortion supporters’ photos of aborted fetuses, he smiles at the students with the signs.
Metro
UF student crashes car into apartment building
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 29, 2012A week into the semester, a UF graduate student and university employee has already hit the wall.
The Avenue
More listen, less livid: Why Nickelback is pretty decent
By Alyssa Holcomb | Aug. 29, 2012I could very easily play devil’s advocate when it comes to Nickelback and all of the unequivocal hatred surrounding its members. However, after constantly hearing a particularly poignant list of “reasons” for the band’s supposed amount of suck, I find myself more leveled with defending what is, without a doubt, one of the decade’s most successful acts.
The Avenue
Nickelback: The most hated band for a reason
By Kathryn Varn | Aug. 29, 2012I liked Nickelback once.
News
UF’s International Center cuts Peace Corps program, office
By Michael Scott Davidson | Aug. 29, 2012It’s not often that a college program ranked No. 2 in the nation cuts its recruiting staff without planning to replace it.
The Avenue
Craigslist > missed connections
By Jessica Kegu | Aug. 29, 2012If there is a w4w posting you have hit a rare gem of a personal ad. The elusive w4w posting is rare because lesbians don’t care nearly as much about the Internet as straight guys do (for porn), straight women do (for Pinterest) or gay guys do (for porn and Craigslist missed connections). Now take a shot like a man.
News
UF freshman owns Super PAC
By Webb | Aug. 29, 2012The 18-year-old political science and international affairs student said he’s the second-youngest person to own a Super PAC, a type of political organization that can raise unlimited funds to promote its agenda.
The Avenue
Student creates UFmobile iPhone app as campus resource
By Vonecia Carswell | Aug. 29, 2012Bryan Dubno overheard more than sandwich orders while standing in the Reitz Union Subway line Sunday. He stood between two UF students who were talking about one of his cherished inventions: the UFmobile iPhone app.
News
Study shows gay slurs have long-term effects
By Kelly Price | Aug. 29, 2012When Emily Conwell walks on Turlington Plaza, she slips on a pair of earphones. She doesn’t want to hear the passing students say “that’s so gay” or “no homo.”
The Avenue
The freshman's guide to going out
By Jessica Kegu | Aug. 29, 2012If you’re a freshman, the weekday grind of repetitive conversation, handshaking and awkward smiling has left your face, hands and brain a little numb. Then the weekend arrives. You have a glorious Saturday or Sunday ahead of you filled with sleeping, Internet surfing and movie watching on a Netflix account that you probably don’t pay for. However, the problem then arises that you don’t know anything about anything because you’re a freshman — duh. You will probably find yourself weighing one of these general options and, if so, here are some tips to go along with them:
