News
Senate bill keeps FLC its own entity
By Hannah Winston | Apr. 5, 2011The Student Senate unanimously passed the Cabinet Reconstruction Act despite the commotion it caused at last week’s meeting.
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News
Student project ponders whether college is waste of time
By Ashton McLeod | Apr. 5, 2011UF student Kyle Eschenroeder is working on a project that explores one question: Is college a waste of time?
Metro
Five Guys opens second location
By Danielle Alvarez | Apr. 5, 2011Students and residents have a new place to get their burger fix as Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened a second restaurant in Gainesville on Tuesday.
Opinion
Sounding the Alarm
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 5, 2011We realized years ago that constant noise affects our mental health. It was only recently, however, that the World Health Organization published a report on the physical fallout of living in a loud atmosphere. This goes beyond hearing implications; WHO even went as far as to point to heart problems that may derive from coping with noises our bodies weren’t meant to handle.
News
Students to perform German opera at Phillips Center
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 5, 2011A narrator stepped onto the stage in an olive tunic holding an empty three-ringed binder.
Opinion
Columnist’s case against baseball overlooks prices, youth involvement
By Sarah Calise | Apr. 5, 2011In response to Laura Ellermeyer’s Tuesday column on Major League Baseball’s dwindling popularity: While I absolutely agree with Laura on the grounds of the declining popularity of baseball, she has gotten many of the reasons wrong.
El Caimán
WUFT to offer Spanish news
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 5, 2011For those with an HD radio, WUFT-FM will now be coming through the airways in two languages.
Opinion
Football ticket price increase harms cash-strapped students
By Alex Kaufman | Apr. 5, 2011I am not a fan of the student ticket price increase for football. Not for the amount, but for the principle.
Opinion
Princess movies hurting young girls
By Wesley Campbell | Apr. 5, 2011Disney movies teach awful lessons to children. They have ruined entire generations of Americans’ concepts of love, happiness and the pursuit thereof.
Sports
alligatorSports Video Show, Episode 11
Apr. 5, 2011On the 11th installment of our weekly video show, we're back on the baseball diamond as Tom Green reports from the Gators' weekend sweep of Tennessee at McKethan Stadium, featuring right-hander Hudson Randall's 74-pitch, complete-game gem. We've also got plenty of spring football coverage as well, as Adam Berry breaks down the recent developments and previews the annual Orange and Blue Debut.
Multimedia
Video: Dance Marathoners finish 26.2 hours for Shands
By Max Reed | Apr. 5, 2011Saturday's Dance Marathon at the University of Florida broke a threshold of $700,000 raised for the Children's Miracle Network at Shands. The event, which lasted 26.2 hours, brought 800 dancers together inside the O'Connell Center to fight fatigue to show support for the children and families who undergo hardships on a daily basis.
News
Male leads cast in 'The Hunger Games' movie
By Joshua Saval | Apr. 5, 2011Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth will join Jennifer Lawrence in “ "http://www.alligator.org/blogs/swampcinema/article_e3dc82ee-54e2-11e0-b846-001cc4c002e0.html" target="_blank">The Hunger Games,” which is based off the first chapter in Suzanne Collin’s popular young adult series.
Sports
Powell leads emerging sophomore trio
By ADAM BERRY | Apr. 4, 2011If Ronald Powell is as comfortable on the field as he was in front of reporters Monday afternoon, the Gators’ defense should be in good shape.
Sports
In pro wrestling, real danger not as fake as scripted matches
Apr. 4, 2011How do you know when a fake wrestler is hurt for real?
Sports
Easley nixes last year’s transfer talk
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Apr. 4, 2011Despite seeing action in only six games and recording just four tackles, Dominique Easley was met with a lot of attention during his freshman campaign.
Sports
Heart of Florida’s batting order returning to form
By TOM GREEN | Apr. 4, 2011Florida’s big bats are starting to get into the swing of things.
News
Math whiz has mind that won’t turn off
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Apr. 4, 2011Michael Rodeman defied the homeless background he came from to become a 4.0 GPA-bearing, national-math-contest winning college student with the potential to solve the world’s problems.
News
Student football ticket prices to increase
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 4, 2011The University Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a five-dollar-per-game increase on its season ticket packages, jacking the price for a student package up from $70 to $105.
Opinion
Baseball waning as national pastime
By Laura Ellermeyer | Apr. 4, 2011Many beautiful things accompany the emergence of spring. Flowers explode, birds rejoice and a long-awaited end of the school year looms closer. But for any red-blooded American, these trivialities are just minor blips on the radar as the arrival of spring means only one thing: baseball.
Opinion
Merit-pay plan rewards growth
By Danny Beaulieu | Apr. 4, 2011I would like to respond to a portion of Chad Mohammed’s Thursday column in which he said, “The merit-pay plan is flawed and simply will reward teachers for teaching in areas with students of higher socioeconomic status and punish those who teach students of lower socioeconomic standings.”
