Sports
Young fighting for time at PF
By MATT WATTS< | Oct. 18, 2010With the season less than a month away, coach Amanda Butler has been busy.
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Opinion
Sowing Secrets: Facebook users should value privacy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 18, 2010Put that hoe down! Step away from the wandering stallion. And leave. Just leave that sad brown duckling in the pond.
News
UF engineers to represent university at festival in D.C.
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 18, 2010The Gator Nation will have representation at the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival this week in Washington, D.C.
News
UF professor discovers new fish species from Thailand
By Morgan Watkins | Oct. 18, 2010Holding a two-inch fish, Larry Page runs his thumb along the yellow skin beneath its eye.
News
Online grocery service brings food to dorm
By Alexander Klausner | Oct. 18, 2010The website Dormzy began shipping to UF in September, after launching at the beginning of the fall semester.
News
Sustainability office gets modern with social media
By Rebecca Danta | Oct. 18, 2010To catch the attention of students, the Office of Sustainability is seeking to reach students and promote awareness of alternative forms of transportation through social media and Web use.
Metro
750 Alachua County voters cast ballots Monday
By Josh Isom | Oct. 18, 2010Three sites are designated for early voting: the Millhopper Branch Library, the Tower Road Branch Library and the County Administration Building. Carpenter estimated that up to 40 percent of voters in the county will vote early this year in person or with an absentee ballot.
Opinion
Hot As Ice
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 18, 2010It’s not often we say this, but Nelly might be on par with Nostradamus.
News
Olympic bobsledder talks to students
By Estee Beck | Oct. 18, 2010The audience was silent while Steve Mesler talked about the moment that changed his life.
Metro
Man pistol-whips Walgreens pharmacist, stole drugs
By Kat Bein | Oct. 18, 2010The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who pistol-whipped a Walgreens pharmacist and made off with Oxycontin and Adderall.
News
UF One chapter hosting BeadforLife jewelry sale for HIV education
By Ali Robertson | Oct. 18, 2010In honor of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, members of the UF chapter of the international nonprofit group One will sell BeadforLife jewelry on the Plaza of the Americas from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Wednesday.
Sports
Columnist examines sports gender roles
Oct. 18, 2010This football season has been creating excellent opportunities to examine the role of women in male locker rooms, but the way the NFL backpedaled from a series of teachable moments is both superficial and predictable.
News
UF Board member donates $2 million to chemistry program
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 18, 2010A member ofthe UF Board of Trustees has donated $2 million to department of chemistry.
Opinion
Tragedy reminds people of the importance of accepting others
By Ashton Charles | Oct. 18, 2010As students, we should each take the opportunity to learn a lesson of acceptance and civility from the recent tragedy at Rutgers University.
News
Dane Cook cancels O'Connell show
By Alexander Klausner | Oct. 18, 2010Cook also canceled his other performances on his Florida tour, which would have been in Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, according to a press release on his website.
News
Google decides to go social
By Vidhyaa Muralidharan | Oct. 18, 2010It looks like Google’s going on a social networking trail.
Sports
Florida defeats Georgia, Wise picks up 700th career win
By MATT RUBIN< | Oct. 17, 2010Sunday’s match was not the best display of volleyball by the Gators this season.
Sports
No sense in sugarcoating anymore, Gators are just not a good team
Oct. 17, 2010Well, there’s really no other way to put it.
Sports
Bulldogs use running game to control clock, game
Oct. 17, 2010Omarius Hines’ 5-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter Saturday night ignited not only a struggling Gators offense but also a stadium of frustrated fans.
Sports
Pair of Tymrak goals lifts Gators past ’Dawgs in OT
By JESSE SIMONTON | Oct. 17, 2010Saturday night the Florida football team sent Gators fans into a panic. On Sunday afternoon the other football team nearly gave the rest of the Gators fans a heart attack.
