Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2010This is it, Gators. You’ve all made it through another semester, and many of you have made it through your very first one. It wasn’t that bad.
This is it, Gators. You’ve all made it through another semester, and many of you have made it through your very first one. It wasn’t that bad.
After a yearlong study, researchers have found that the production of an important genetic protein linked to liver function decreases with aging.
UF’s Ad Society has taken advantage of the booming applications market for iPhones, iPods, iPads and the iTouch by creating its own free Ad Society app.
According to a Gallup poll released Monday, 43 is now higher than 44. That is, former President George W. Bush is now more popular than current President Barack Obama with a 47 percent approval to 46 percent approval, respectively.
Stop pretending. Stop it right now. If there’s one thing you can do for yourself and others this coming new year, I need you to stop pretending.
Students who attend a play in the Florida Gym tonight will feel like they’re in Italy for three acts.
Borrowing elements from Tim Powers’ novel “On Stranger Tides,” “Pirates of the Caribbean 4” is supposed to be closer in spirit to the original film, “Curse of the Black Pearl,” in that it tells a stand-alone story of pirate plundering with a supernatural twist — specifically, Captain Jack Sparrow’s search for the Fountain of Youth.
With Florida’s regular season over, coach Urban Meyer has plenty of time to evaluate how his assistant coaches performed this year.
I’ve come across plenty of interesting athletes in four and a half years working at the Alligator, but one stands far above the rest.
In an effort to foster ties within The Gator Nation, the UF Alumni Association will soon have a new Gator Club in Gainesville.
C-SPAN is previewing a new Digital Bus in Gainesville on Wednesday, making a stop at Eastside High School and Cox Digital Store located on Northwest 43rd Street.
Cory Weeks sits in a room with more than 700 students, each of whom paid $25 to be there.
The idea that it’s “All in the Family” may seem like a notion abandoned in the golden age of the 1950s, but a UF professor is striving to teach Americans that the traditional family structure heralded as ideal doesn’t ensure picture-perfect families.
It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday when Bret Denney gets a call from his boss. One of the pigs is in serious trouble.
We’re, like, the smartest city in Florida, y’all!
This was an excellent year to be a Republican and/or a fan of sludge.
When UF’s Hillel should be focusing on celebrating its winter Festival of Lights, the organization for Jewish college students is, instead, trying to persevere in the face of alleged anti-Semitism.
Florida’s performance this season has been somewhat of a puzzle.
The UF Police Department’s national accreditation is being re-evaluated, and students, faculty and citizens had the chance to put in their two cents Monday afternoon at a public forum held at the UPD administration building on Museum Road.
The UF Jewish community reassembled the large menorah in the Hillel garden in an effort to stand against hate.