News
Dentist helps fund revamp
By RODD TAVAKOLI | Mar. 18, 2010It wasn’t in his job description to fundraise, but he made a huge impact at the UF College of Dentistry anyway.
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Metro
12 scarf down ‘nuclear’ wings
By STEPHANIE RAMIREZ | Mar. 18, 2010Sweat, tears and hot wings made for a fiery smackdown Thursday night at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on West University Avenue.
News
Picnic promotes LGBT pride
By MEG WAGNER | Mar. 18, 2010Balloons in all colors of the rainbow floated above the Plaza of the Americas Thursday afternoon during the Pride Picnic, a food giveaway organized by the LGBT Student Affairs Cabinet.
News
Council demands grand jury probe
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 18, 2010Graduate students stood up for one of their own Thursday.
Metro
Countywide scavenger hunt to start Saturday
By RACHEL MANKO | Mar. 18, 2010Michael Lee, a UF mechanical engineering freshman, and three of his friends have spent almost every Friday night this semester driving around Alachua County trying to plan clues for a scavenger hunt.
Metro
Residents encouraged to create fake $100 bills
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 18, 2010Usually the creation of counterfeit bills is discouraged.
News
Reitz Union’s summer job fair draws about 200
By PAIGE LACY | Mar. 18, 2010Spring hasn’t even arrived, but students were already thinking about summer plans at the Summer Job Fair Thursday on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
Opinion
Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Staff | Mar. 18, 2010Hang in there, Gators, the weekend is almost here. And after hearing several of you vomiting in our parking lot after a “successful” St. Patrick’s Day, we’re sure you’re ready for it.
Opinion
No one is qualified to judge shooting incident except for investigators
By MATTHEW LAMBIE | Mar. 18, 2010The line from Wednesday’s editorial on the Kofi Adu-Brempong shooting that reads, “We also question why he was shot in the jaw rather than a safer location,” is beyond ignorant.
News
Officials obtain shooting-related video
By Joey Flechas | Mar. 18, 2010The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has a copy of a video showing the moments leading to the March 2 University Police Department shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong and is examining the video as part of its investigation.
Opinion
People’s voice must be heard on immigration crisis
By JAIME GONZALEZ | Mar. 18, 2010My parents are Americans. They are citizens of this great country, which they are proud to call home. They are also immigrants.
The Avenue
Film 'As We Forgive' screened on Tuesday
By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 18, 2010Large brown eyes never packed so much emotion. Veined with burst blood vessels stained from tears and anger, just two women of the many affected by the 1994 genocide in Rwanda are portrayed in the documentary, "As We Forgive." AIM For Africa and Reitz Union Board Entertainment presented the film, directed by Laura Waters Hinson, Tuesday evening as the first part of An African Film Series in order to raise awareness to issues in foreign nations.
News
The Right Formula: UF goes dancing despite low expectations
By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 17, 2010On paper, Florida should probably be playing in the National Invitation Tournament for the third-straight year.
Sports
Gators open spring practice with Meyer on sidelines
Mar. 17, 2010When Florida coach Urban Meyer announced that he would be taking a leave of absence rather than retire from coaching all together after health concerns, he said his gut feeling was that he would be back for the start of the 2010 season.
News
BYU poses tough test for UF men's basketball team
By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 17, 2010OKLAHOMA CITY — About 10 minutes after the initial excitement of making the NCAA Tournament wore off, Chandler Parsons came to a harsh realization about his team’s next opponent.
Sports
Tebow shows new form at Pro Day
Mar. 17, 2010Tim Tebow finally got a chance to answer his critics, and he capped it off by meeting with one of his biggest.
Sports
Gators host USF in WNIT opener
Mar. 17, 2010It’s not the NCAA Tournament, but the Women’s National Invitation Tournament will at least offer the Gators a shot at redemption tonight at 7.
Sports
Bruns’ big night leads Florida to rout of Marist
By TONI-ANN MILLER | Mar. 17, 2010It was the Ashley Bruns Show in Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Wednesday night.
