Sports
Horn, Claye qualify for NCAAs
By JOE MORGAN< | Jan. 30, 2011Excelling in every facet of the heptathlon requires a well-rounded athlete.
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No. 3 Florida set to begin spring
Jan. 30, 2011High expectations are the norm for the Florida men’s golf team. As four-time national champions, highly touted recruits came to Gainesville expecting to be part of the squad that brings home a fifth.
News
Southwest Recreation Center renovations drawing high numbers
By Katy Doran | Jan. 30, 2011The buzz of treadmills, the swoosh of rotating elliptical trainers and the beep of hand scanners allowing entry into Southwest Recreation Center are heard daily as close to 4,500 students arrive at the recently renovated gym.
News
This week in Gainesville
By Paul Runnestrand | Jan. 30, 2011February 3, 1964: Three UF faculty members are among 10 people killed when a twin-engine aircraft crashes immediately following takeoff at Gainesville Municipal Airport. South Central Airlines Flight 510, departing for Jacksonville, loses power in its left engine and falls about 75 feet to the runway. William G. Cowperthwaite, James W. Willingham and David V. Legate are on board.
News
College of Engineering may merge departments
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 30, 2011UF’s College of Engineering may fuse the nuclear and radiological engineering department with another department this summer.
Metro
Gainesville city commissioner candidates discuss the city budget
By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 30, 2011As dozens of Gainesville residents, campaign volunteers and political enthusiasts poured into the United Church of Gainesville Sunday afternoon, Don Marsh silently sat at the makeshift foldaway table and slightly adjusted his campaign button.
Metro
Medieval fair mixes old with new
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 30, 2011The smell of smoked turkey legs and sweet frying funnel cake wafted over gypsies with jingling skirts, young girls in Renaissance costumes and men in pirate outfits armed with half-drunken brown bottles.
Opinion
Government work rewarding for students of all backgrounds
Jan. 30, 2011It’s that time of year again. If you are an underclassman like I am, the economy is still looking down, and you could use a well-paying internship or job to get you through the summer. For those UF seniors about to enter the “real world,” the job market is terrifying.
Metro
Crowd of 800 slurps soup from local restaurants
By Danielle Alvarez | Jan. 30, 2011St. Francis Catholic High School hosted its fourth annual Souper Fun Sunday event at the high school’s gymnasium, 4100 NW 115 Terrace.
Metro
Strip poker tournament collects clothes for charity
By Margeaux Nelson | Jan. 30, 2011UF junior Garrett Kramer wasn’t playing to win any of the grand prizes. He felt like a winner because he gave the shirt off his back to charity – and then some.
Opinion
Balancing Act: Obama caught between the ideal and the real
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 30, 2011Whether we admit it or not, stability drives most of our decisions. It’s why we prize houses, steady jobs and reliable transportation. We might say we tire of routine, but without it, civilization as we know it would not exist.
Opinion
Compromise DeLay-ing the inevitable
By Zack Smith | Jan. 30, 2011Hobbes. Locke. Montesquieu. Tom DeLay?
Sports
Gators notch 5 victories, 2 qualify for nationals
By JOE MORGAN< | Jan. 30, 2011Florida head coach Mike Holloway said that his team would focus on
Sports
Men's, women's teams sweep Vols on Senior Day
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Florida lands former BC commit
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Lacroix propels men's team to Seattle
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Free-throw line dooms Florida
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 29, 2011STARKVILLE, MISS.— In the closing moments of Saturday’s game, the
Sports
Horn breaks first-day school record at Texas A&M Challenge
By JOE MORGAN< | Jan. 29, 2011The Gators got off to a great start at the Texas A&M Challenge
Sports
alligatorSports Video Show, Episode 3
Jan. 28, 2011The alligatorSports staff continues its goal of taking it one week at a time, adding improved effects, more game footage and Adam's delusions of stardom in the third installment of the weekly video show. Greg returns to Gainesville from Athens with analysis of the Gators' double-overtime win over Georgia, and Matt breaks down the women's basketball team's skid-snapping victory over Alabama. Finally, we have footage of the gymnastics squad's impressive performance at the Link to Pink tri-meet.
Sports
Link to Pink meet sets stage for freshman to shine
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