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Gators volleyball team begins string of home matches
By GREG LUCA | Sep. 23, 2010Although they’ve already played eight ranked opponents, the most important part of the Gators volleyball season is just getting started.
Sports
Florida hits the road for SEC opener
By JAIME MANHEIMER | Sep. 23, 2010The Gators are about to start their Southeastern Conference season, but the toughest stretch of the 2010 campaign may already be behind them.
Sports
Gators open tournament against eight top-10 teams
By MATT WATTS< | Sep. 23, 2010Heading into its third tournament of the season, the UF women’s golf team is hoping this is the week they break out.
Sports
Florida heads west for Napa Valley Tennis Classic
By STEPHEN SHEEHAN< | Sep. 23, 2010While the Gators dominated the Gator Invitational last weekend, they face a difficult test this weekend as they travel to Meadowood, Calif., to take part in the Napa Valley Tennis Classic.
Multimedia
Video: Looming Loans
By Alex Orlando | Sep. 23, 2010A recent report from The Wall Street Journal states that debt from student loans is about $2.5 million more than consumer credit debt. UF financial aid advisers and a student explain where that money is headed and how students can spend it more efficiently.
News
Former gov. weighs in on political landscape
By C.J. Pruner | Sep. 23, 2010When Buddy MacKay returned to Florida after serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, he saw a state in desperate need of development and renovation. Yet more than a decade removed from his service in a state government that has overseen numerous changes, he still sees a state in need of improvement.
News
Student government candidates push platforms
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Sep. 23, 2010With Student Government elections looming, candidates are hitting the pavement and making their case to students about why their positions stand above the others.
Opinion
Students deserve an apology
By Gaochuan Xie | Sep. 23, 2010Matt Michel and Dana Summerstein both wrote letters trashing the Independent Coalition.
News
Journalism school to open state-of-the-art newsroom
By Amy Garland | Sep. 23, 2010In keeping with the sweeping technological changes in the media industry, the UF College of Journalism and Communications will be opening the 21st Century News Laboratory today.
Opinion
Columnist looks to winter with dread
By Hassan Casanova | Sep. 23, 2010After the blur that was my 21st birthday, I found myself sober enough to realize fall was officially upon us. I don’t know about you, but I sincerely detest fall.
Opinion
Independent candidates share common goals
By Michael Morales | Sep. 23, 2010I’m getting tired of this.
Metro
Reader urges students to vote independent
By Sterling Davenport | Sep. 23, 2010I try not to get too involved in Student Government politics; it makes your head spin after awhile. But after reading Wednesday’s letters, I have to ask the question: Why are the current SG officials (i.e., the Unite Party via longtime Student Sen. Matt Michel and Unite operative Dana Summerstein) so threatened by the up-and-coming reformers?
Opinion
Learning is undead
By Margeaux Johnson | Sep. 23, 2010In his column “Zombie attack bad for university image,” Sean Quinn states, “above all else UF is a four-year research institution, focused on educating its students to their fullest potentials.” I would argue this is exactly why alternate reality games like Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) should have a place on campus.
Metro
Service group seeks help
By Ali Robertson | Sep. 23, 2010Frantzie Saint Juste listened patiently as one student after another gave the same response — too much homework, not enough time. Another day at the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County, another day understaffed.
Metro
Man charged with stabbing rottweiller
By Lidia Dinkova | Sep. 23, 2010A 58-year-old Gainesville man was arrested and charged with one count of animal cruelty Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a neighbor’s rottweiller about 16 times with a pocketknife.
Opinion
Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2010Since we last left you, the gems of our Gator Nation, we were enjoying the last bit of the summer season we still had left.
News
App gets users in sync with Gainesville
By Alexandra Gonzalez | Sep. 23, 2010UF students can now plan their weekends on their iPhones, thanks to a new application from a local company.
Sports
Murphy’s triple-double leads Gators past Seminoles
By GREG LUCA | Sep. 22, 2010After beating ranked foes from the Big 12, Mountain West and Southeastern Conferences in the first nine matches of the so-called “Gator Gauntlet,” Florida closed its rough opening stretch by adding a fourth conference to the list.
Sports
Drayton to reduce Demps’ workload going forward
Sep. 22, 2010Despite carrying the ball a career-high 26 times last week, Florida running back Jeff Demps said he has not felt sore.
