Opinion
IM language doesn’t make literature
Nov. 3, 2009I don't know when we, as a culture, got this idea that reading in any form is better for kids than watching TV or playing video games.
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Opinion
Good riddance to judge who refused to marry interracial couple
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 3, 2009Last month, an interracial couple seeking a marriage license was turned away by a Louisiana justice of the peace on the grounds that their marriage was "mixed." The refusal was met with an eruption of criticism from civil rights groups and public officials, including Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal.
Opinion
RTS must act to make crossing streets safer
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 3, 2009The death of Erin Pelton Monday night is a tragedy to say the least. A 2008 UF graduate with an animal biology degree, she aspired to become a veterinarian, and friends say she had a promising future.
Sports
alligatorSports Fantasy Challenge: Week 8 Recap
By BOBBY CALLOVI | Nov. 3, 2009(Writer) Bobby Callovi (Jerry Hughes for Heisman) def. (R) Ben Volin (Rollin' with Volin) 149-99: Callovi hands Volin only his second loss of the season. North Carolina State QB Russel Wilson (42) and Georgia Tech RB Jonathan Dwyer (36) go off to lead Callovi, and Volin's top scorer was his defense LSU (23). Fantasy is all about offense and Volin had none.
News
Housing fair helps students find apartments, houses
By CAROLYN TILLO | Nov. 3, 2009Students can explore housing options during the off-campus housing fair today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Reitz Union Colonnade.
News
SG president receives oar trophy for UF football win
By CAROLYN TILLO | Nov. 3, 2009UF students walked away with more than just a win after Saturday's game. They also got a 10-foot oar carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree.
News
UF to vaccinate 800 students for swine flu
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 3, 2009UF's Student Health Care Center will start vaccinating hundreds of students against the novel H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Metro
Student reports man watching porn in library
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 2, 2009A 21-year-old man was banned from campus last week after a UF student reported that he was looking at porn and masturbating while using a computer at Library West.
News
TOMS hosts shoe decoration event on campus
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Nov. 2, 2009Students get to pour their souls into their shoes Tuesday.
News
After Meth: Brown started using to stay awake
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Nov. 2, 2009Todd Brown doesn't miss methamphetamine.
News
Boynton shines in men's basketball team's exhibition rout
By ADAM BERRY | Nov. 2, 2009As a highly touted recruit who played in more than his fair share of high school all-star games, Kenny Boynton was no stranger to the spotlight before making his Florida debut.
Sports
Home crowd gets glimpse of four new Gators
Nov. 2, 2009First impressions are important in a relationship.
Sports
LB Spikes suspended for first half for eye gouge
Nov. 2, 2009Starting middle linebacker Brandon Spikes has been suspended for the first half of Saturday's Vanderbilt game, Florida coach Urban Meyer announced Monday.
Sports
Butler keeps women's basketball team sharp with no set starting lineup
Nov. 2, 2009Florida coach Amanda Butler knows cracking the starting lineup may seem like a big deal to some.
Metro
Sen. Paula Dockery to run for Republican gubernatorial nomination
By MATT HARRINGER | Nov. 2, 2009Despite opposition from her own party, state Sen. Paula Dockery, a UF alumna, filed paperwork Tuesday to run against Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination for Florida governor.
News
After Meth: Drugs left Weeks lonely, helpless
Nov. 2, 2009The eyes of Donna Gail Weeks tell a story that could rip the toughest leather binding. The whites, chiseled with scraggy red lines, contain two empty black holes that seem to yearn for a world beyond the forbidding confines of prison walls, where she will spend the next 6 1/2 years.
Sports
Heisman Watch: Week 5
Nov. 2, 2009Eventually, a couple of players will have to start separating themselves from the rest of the pack to win the Heisman Trophy, but until then, our alligatorSports Heisman Watch will continue to have shake ups.
News
Comfy Chat
By Rayiaz Khan | Nov. 2, 2009Brett Boncore, a UF sophomore, holds a sign advertising "Couch Talk." The couch, which Boncore and friends Michelle Hubbard and Daniel Hemme set up on the Plaza of the Americas, is intended to give students a place to just come and talk about their lives, he said.
News
Stringing It Along
By Rayiaz Khan | Nov. 2, 2009Wolfe Cronin, a UF mechanical engineering junior, lies on a bench next to the "potato" on Turlington Plaza while playing his guitar to pass the time in between classes Monday afternoon.
Metro
Students tan more despite health risks
By Laura Montalto | Nov. 2, 2009Despite a growing stigma surrounding tanning beds and recent studies linking tanning to tobacco, hepatitis B and arsenic gas, Gators are still getting their golden glow on this fall.
