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The Alligator Awards: Columnists debate ‘Best Individual Performance’
By COREY MCCALL | July 9, 2012As part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
Sports
Column: Home Run Derby needs makeover
By JOE MORGAN | July 9, 2012I don’t care about the Home Run Derby.
Sports
Florida wins three events at U-23 meet
July 9, 2012Although the 2012 season is over and the U.S. Olympic trials are finished, that didn’t stop three Gators from competing last weekend. Marquis Dendy, Jeremy Postin and Eddie Lovett all participated in the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Track and Field Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico.
University
Students, non-students can now register for UF leisure courses
By Katherine Hahn | July 9, 2012UF’s Leisure Course Program begins Monday for Summer B, offering hobby, music and sports classes to students and Gainesville residents.
University
UF researchers assist in discovery of the Higgs boson
By Samantha Shavell | July 9, 2012About 40 UF researchers were among the thousands of scientists who discovered what they believe to be the “God particle.”
University
Off-duty paramedic finds stabbed running man in road
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 9, 2012An off-duty Alachua County paramedic found an unidentified man stabbed early Monday morning.
Metro
Rising temperatures to return to normal this week
By Michael Scott Davidson | July 9, 2012The decrease in temperatures should mark the end of a heat wave that has affected much of the U.S. since late June, experts say.
Sports
Student football season tickets still not sold out
By Kelly Price | July 9, 2012Gajda said this year, the department is 1,000 tickets below its average 21,500 UF band and student tickets — about a 5 percent decrease.
University
Gatormania celebrates diversity of campus
By Michael S. Davidson | July 9, 2012They had just performed at Gatormania, a student organization fair showcasing diversity on campus.
Opinion
High and Mighty: Vendetta against drugs is misguided
July 9, 2012On Monday, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), officially won his battle against the now-infamous synthetic drug bath salts — the substance that supposedly caused Rudy Eugene to eat a man’s face on a causeway in Miami back in May.
Metro
Gainesville City Commission selects new city attorney
By Chris Alcantara | July 9, 2012The Gainesville City Commission selected Nicolle Shalley as the new city attorney.
Opinion
End the ‘Photoshop’ standard of beauty
July 9, 2012Self-image and self-esteem are two incredibly important qualities that need nurturing basically forever. But it is much harder to keep a positive outlook on those traits when you’re a girl.
University
Gainesville ranked best Florida business city by Forbes magazine
By Chris Alcantara | July 9, 2012Gainesville was recently named the top city in the state for Forbes magazine’s 14th annual “Best Places for Business and Careers.”
Opinion
Link between HIV and heart disease needs more research
July 9, 2012In a study by Dr. Daniel Klein at the Kaiser Permanente in northern California, higher rates of coronary heart disease have been found in patients with HIV. With already-high rates of heart disease, more research and policy must be directed toward these health initiatives.
Metro
Gainesville man arrested for kidnapping woman
By Chris Alcantara | July 9, 2012Gainesville Police arrested Alphonso Perry Hinton, 41, for sexual assault, aggravated battery, forced prostitution and false imprisonment, according to Alachua County Jail booking logs.
University
Off-duty paramedic finds unidentified man stabbed
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 9, 2012An off-duty Alachua County paramedic found an unidentified man stabbed at about 4:30 a.m.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
July 4, 2012We hope you enjoyed the fireworks and Fourth of July celebrations as much as we did. Unfortunately, we have no fun holiday to look forward to until Halloween.
Opinion
‘Moderation’ is not the key to independence
July 4, 2012Most people, if asked, would say July 4 is the birth date of our Republic. Technically they are correct, but for the founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was merely the birth date of an idea.
The Avenue
Wayward Council closes its doors
By Natalie Teer | July 4, 2012Nonprofit record store and music venue Wayward Council is closing its doors after 14 years.
