News
Entourage actor Jeremy Piven cancels UF speech
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 16, 2009Jeremy Piven, who plays Ari Gold on HBO’s hit series “Entourage,” canceled his Monday appearance at UF.
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Sports
Florida finishes SEC slate perfect
Nov. 15, 2009No. 1 UF’s 24-14 win over South Carolina on Saturday gave the Gators 20 straight wins, good for sixth in Southeastern Conference history, as well as their first perfect league record since 1996.
News
Macklin overcomes slow start to lead Florida rout
By ADAM BERRY | Nov. 15, 2009Vernon Macklin’s regular-season debut for Florida couldn’t have started much worse.
Sports
Meyer, Spurrier not to be compared
Nov. 15, 2009COLUMBIA, S.C. — It has been almost five full seasons since Steve Spurrier took over as South Carolina’s coach, but as I watched his post-game press conference on the video screen at Williams-Brice Stadium, it still felt unnatural.
Sports
Volleyball team's hopes of 19th title fade
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Nov. 15, 2009As the final kill fell on the Gators’ side of the net, so did their dreams of winning a 19th consecutive conference title.
News
UF students write on arms for suicide awareness
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Nov. 15, 2009Chase Bissell didn’t accidentally forget her jacket Friday.
Sports
Jones shines in women's basketball team's season-opening win
Nov. 15, 2009They shot, they stole, they conquered.
Opinion
Obama shouldn’t take middle road in Afghanistan
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 15, 2009The human cost of the Afghan war has risen sharply in recent months, as evidenced by the headlines that appear all too frequently. But the financial cost of the war, another mounting problem, has received less coverage.
Sports
Lowe leads Gators to NCAA Cross Country Region title
By JESSICA ETTER | Nov. 15, 2009The Florida women’s cross country team is one step closer to winning a national championship.
Metro
UF graduate invents new condom
By Joey Flechas | Nov. 15, 2009A UF architecture graduate invented a new condom with two polyethylene tabs rolled into it that allows the user to roll the condom on with ease.
News
Diwali show celebrates Indian new year with dance
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Nov. 15, 2009More than 150 performers celebrated the Indian festival of lights Sunday evening at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for the Diwali Show, a dance-filled commemoration of the Indian new year.
News
Festival showcases Asian-American art, music
By Andrew Wyzan | Nov. 15, 2009The three main acts were singer and YouTube celebrity Gabe Bondoc, comedian Steve Byrne and Quest Crew, the winners of the third season of “America’s Best Dance Crew."
Opinion
Gay marriage is inevitable
By Nick Miner | Nov. 15, 2009Gay marriage recently suffered a devastating setback in Maine. This loss was made all the worse because it not only amended the constitution to outlaw gay marriage, it was also in a state that previously allowed it.
Opinion
Obama’s hesitation deserves acclaim
By Mark Spivey | Nov. 15, 2009An Associated Press article Thursday stated that Barack Obama’s hesitancy on Afghan war buildup implies weakness. I wish world leaders had more of that kind of weakness. President Obama does not want to send soldiers into harm’s way without a clear goal, a solid plan and an exit strategy.
Opinion
E-cigarettes shouldn’t be banned
By Stephen Clay | Nov. 15, 2009I support the campus smoking ban and free cessation classes for employees, but proposed regulation UF 2.022 should not ban e-cigarette usage for simply looking like smoking.
Opinion
US should give terrorists civilian trials
Nov. 15, 2009On Sept. 11 we lost not just lives and concrete buildings, but a way of life.
Metro
New Gainesville grocery store offers a taste of Poland
By ADAM JALALI | Nov. 15, 2009Gainesville residents don’t need to hop on a plane to get a taste of Europe anymore.
News
UF gymnastics team stocks local food banks
By ROBERT HILSON | Nov. 15, 2009The UF gymnastics team and about two dozen aspiring 2020 Olympians stocked local food banks Sunday with enough canned goods to outweigh a handful of 5-year-olds.
Metro
Bears for Cares program gives stuffed animals to cancer patients
By MELISSA QUINN | Nov. 15, 2009In the lobby of the Shands at UF cancer unit, a life-size teddy bear stares out at passers-by. The bear is one of thousands of stuffed animals distributed by the North Central Area of the American Cancer Society’s Bears for Cares program.
