News
UF deals with injuries as top-10 matchup approaches
By ADAM BERRY | Dec. 7, 2009The grueling portion of Florida’s early season schedule has taken its toll.
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Planetarium to host out-of-this-world daytime shows
By LONI CHASE | Dec. 7, 2009Throughout finals week, Santa Fe College students will be able to kick back and gaze at the stars between exams.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009It’s not only the end of the week here at the Alligator, but the end of one great semester. We laughed, we cried... we got called names, and we cried some more (Well, a few made us laugh). But the saddest part of all is having to say goodbye.
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Graduate students to protest Reitz Union fee
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Dec. 7, 2009Members of Graduate Assistants United, a union that represents UF’s graduate assistants, are planning to speak at a the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. They will protest the addition of another fee to a growing list of student fees.
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Memorial honors UF student
By CAROLYN TILLO Alligator Writer | Dec. 7, 2009The 22-year-old telecommunications senior, who died Nov. 30 from cystic fibrosis, cracked jokes with classmates, served as a foster parent for animals and raised awareness for the disease that slowly took her life.
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Local family chosen for home makeover
By NICOLE GREINER | Dec. 7, 2009Residents of Northeast Seventh Street will see a bit of a change during the next week as “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” takes over the small neighborhood.
Opinion
Fake Tans & Flip-Flops
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009Our glowing governor, Charlie Crist, is bent on convincing Floridians that his ultra-conservative views will save the country from financial ruin.
Opinion
Re: Rights: Accuracy can prevent trivial technicalities
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009“You have the right — in your anxious and confused state — to try to figure out what rights you may or may not have by deciphering the ambiguous statement I am currently reading in a robot-like voice — as if my true intentions are not to inform you of anything, but rather to show my disdain for civil liberties and humanity in general.”
Opinion
First year doesn’t set tone for future
Dec. 7, 2009A question for first-years here at UF: How was your semester?
News
Engineering students create, show off low-budget robots
By MEAD BOWEN | Dec. 7, 2009UF’s Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory students demonstrated their final projects at Monday’s Robot Demo Day at the Engineering Building, showing how college students with modest budgets can breathe life into metal and circuitry.
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Students toll Century Tower’s bells
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Dec. 7, 2009Harold Rocha trudged up 193 stairsteps to the top of Century Tower.
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UF graduate writes Gators rap song
By JOHN J. BOOTHE | Dec. 7, 2009When Will Albury raps, he doesn’t talk about having loads of cash or driving lavish cars — he represents the orange and blue.
Opinion
Column a ‘pick-me-up’ for readers
By Brad Bruggeman | Dec. 7, 2009Throughout the semester, I’ve always looked forward to Wednesday’s column. The sardonic humor underlying Hilary Lehman’s commentary on anything from the benefits of being judgmental to the lack of literary merit in the “Twilight” series has always been a welcome Hump Day pick-me-up.
Opinion
Alligator lacks support for Gators
By Randall Lockhart | Dec. 7, 2009After reading the Alligator sports page, I was greatly disappointed. Not because of our stinging loss to Alabama, but because of the lack of support. Nothing spoke of support for our team. I was at the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, and I stayed until the last second, cheering for our team. You could tell Tim Tebow and the rest of the team were crushed, and it pissed me off when Alabama fans cheered at Tim’s crying face.
Opinion
Govt. should put rights first
By Christina Garcia de los Rios | Dec. 7, 2009The following is an excerpt from a letter sent to New York State Sen. Tom Libous.
Opinion
Public reaction to loss disappoints
By Lindsay Waldron UF criminology senior | Dec. 7, 2009Three things to describe Tim Tebow: amazing athlete, outstanding character and 100 percent human. With humanity comes imperfection. Shocking, right?
Sports
Florida fans get rare taste of falling short
Dec. 6, 2009ATLANTA — David Nelson didn’t want to leave the field.
Sports
Sugar never tasted so sour
Dec. 6, 2009ATLANTA — When the group of reporters around David Nelson dispersed, and the Florida players had mostly cleared out of the locker room, the senior wide receiver said what everyone was thinking.
Sports
UF tops FIU, will face No. 1 Penn St. next
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Dec. 6, 2009For the last week, the Gators have had to hold it in.
