News
Comedian hypnotizes six
Mar. 23, 2010Under normal circumstances, a trip to outer space would require years of scientific training and expensive equipment.
COVID-19
Sports
Thompson to lead receiving corps
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 22, 2010Deonte Thompson came to Florida as one of the top wide receiver recruits in the 2007 class, but three years later, he still hasn’t produced on the field.
Sports
Doublespeak: Reading between the lines at Florida’s spring practice
Mar. 22, 2010It’s spring, which means the sun is shining, the birds are singing and love is in the air.
Sports
Transfers leave UF women's basketball team in uncertainty
Mar. 22, 2010Amanda Butler’s third season as head coach of the UF women’s basketball team wasn’t the charm she was looking for.
News
Alligator MusiCast #9
By FRANKIE FUSCO | Mar. 22, 2010Check out this special festival edition of the Alligator's MusiCast.
Metro
Magazine gives M.B.A. program 'excellent' rating
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Mar. 22, 2010UF’s Internet M.B.A. program is one of two in the world to earn a rating of “excellent” in The Economist’s “Distance-learning special 2010.”
News
Twin remembers his brother, father killed in car accident involving tree limb
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 22, 2010Sam Hollister was always close to his twin brother Tom. And, as they grew older, they grew even closer.
Metro
Commission allocates $404K for public safety
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 22, 2010The Alachua County Commission voted unanimously Monday morning to give the Alachua County Department of Public Safety an additional $404,565.
Metro
Red Mango to join list of Gainesville froyo shops
Mar. 22, 2010Bernadette Castro and her family were told they could open a frozen yogurt shop anywhere in the state.
Opinion
We should appreciate ephemerality
Mar. 22, 2010I dug out my high school yearbook from senior year during the end of Spring Break. It was a combination of impending graduation wistfulness coupled with a “what’s past is prologue!”-induced search for anything that can assuage just how freaked out I am about that impending graduation. And then I discovered something: I was really, really terrible at predicting with whom I’d still be friends after high school.
News
LGBT students create postcards about coming out
By KATRINA PEREZ | Mar. 22, 2010UF students are being asked to share their feelings about coming out without fear of judgment. All they need is a postage stamp.
Opinion
Monday Miracle: Students became health experts overnight
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 22, 2010In one of the greatest miracles to ever grace academia since the adderall cocktail, millions of college students overnight have become America’s leading experts on health care policy.
Metro
County proposes uniforms
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Mar. 22, 2010The School Board of Alachua County released a proposal on Monday for mandatory uniforms in its schools.
News
Local Republicans, Democrats react to health care bill
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 22, 2010Local reactions to the House of Representatives’ historic health care bill passing Sunday night were as partisan as the vote itself.
News
Counselors available to discuss shooting with students
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 22, 2010After the University Police Department shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong on March 2, staff members of the UF Counseling & Wellness Center are making themselves available to students who want to talk about the incident.
Opinion
Columnist impresses reader
By Lou Ortega | Mar. 22, 2010I’ve been reading your paper for a long time, and I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an article so much.
News
Featured Video: African Beats
By THOMAS PLEVIK | Mar. 22, 2010Teacher’s assistant Terrence Jamison leads his West African dance class in the McGuire Pavilion on Monday afternoon.
Opinion
Crappy Contract
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 22, 2010Everyone knows about the Jay Leno/Conan O’Brien mess on NBC that left the latter kicked off The Tonight Show after the former was reinstated.
Opinion
GDI’s should shed graphic T-shirts, jorts
By Fernando Valle | Mar. 22, 2010CJ Pruner’s column published Monday was a shameless attempt at Greek-bashing in what he described as, “some hippie rag of a newspaper.” But, while we’re in the spirit of critiquing others’ wardrobes, there are some pressing matters I’d like to address.
