Metro
Alabama residents look to P.K. Yonge for school model
By MOLLY LARMIE | Oct. 13, 2009Rivals in football, teammates in education.
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Sports
Lack of passing game could bite UF later
Oct. 13, 2009The Florida football team is 5-0, ranked No. 1 in both polls, quarterbacked by one of the best college football players of all time, led by one of the best defenses in a long while and should coast into the Southeastern Conference Championship Game.
Opinion
Breast cancer marketing overwhelming other diseases
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 13, 2009Americans have become obsessed with promoting breast cancer awareness, and corporations have noticed.
Metro
Man arrested for slapping butt at apartment pool
By KATIE KLOSS | Oct. 13, 2009Police said a UF student was arrested Monday evening for slapping a sunbathing woman on the butt at the University Commons pool.
Metro
March of Dimes to hold chicken-wing-eating contest
By ERICA JOHNSON | Oct. 13, 2009Chicken wings and babies don't mix - unless it's for the Rattle Battle Wing Bowl, a chicken-wing-eating contest to raise money for the March of Dimes' March for Babies.
Sports
Elliott to redshirt, return next season
Oct. 13, 2009Ashlee Elliott is looking forward to "doing the Tebow."
Metro
Fla. Pledge of Allegiance rule comes under fire
By ALEXANDRA LAYOS | Oct. 13, 2009The Pledge of Allegiance, a required and generally unquestioned routine in Florida schools, went under scrutiny earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a case challenging the Florida law.
Opinion
Alligator shows socialist slant
By Rafael A. Yaniz | Oct. 13, 2009By reading today's Alligator, it seems that the paper should be renamed Granma UF or The Socialist Newsletter of Gator Comrades. The International Socialist Organization was prominently quoted in one article without a counter position from a group that may not support their issue. Another article positively framed an event about a health clinic set up by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez without mentioning that he has stolen land without payment, a la Cuba's Fidel Castro, has nationalized private businesses and has shut down more than 50 private radio stations, television stations and newspapers critical of his totalitarian tactics. And the kicker was the opinion column calling Che Guevara a "hero" with laughable propaganda that failed to mention Guevara's death squads of innocent Cubans. The Alligator's motto "We Inform. You Decide." should be changed to "We Indoctrinate. You Obey."
Metro
Gainesville residents travel to D.C. for equality march
By EMILY HANSON | Oct. 12, 2009Justin Jones, a UF senior, knew at 11 years old that he was different.
Sports
UF should embrace running identity
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 12, 2009The Gators haven't needed to throw the ball much to win this season, and they probably aren't going to anytime soon.
Sports
Butler ready for new season to start
Oct. 12, 2009Amanda Butler has an important dinner date.
Sports
Young gives Tebow concussion advice
Oct. 12, 2009Just about everyone with a press pass, football ticket or computer turned into a doctor during the last two weeks to evaluate Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's playing status after his concussion against Kentucky, but Tebow had little use for the opinions.
Opinion
Altered photo glorifies unrealistic body image
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2009In a recent advertisement for its Blue Label line of jeans, Ralph Lauren created an advertisement that featured model Filippa Hamilton in a pair of the brand's $500 Tartan Patchwork jeans.
Opinion
Che is a hero, not a terrorist
By PAUL MURTY | Oct. 12, 2009As I walked through Turlington Plaza to drop off a midterm Friday afternoon, I noticed a few posters with Ernesto "Che" Guevara's infamous picture on them. Progressing through Turlington, I saw protesters holding signs condemning Che Guevara, calling him a terrorist instead of a hero.
Opinion
Art project puts message before money
Oct. 12, 2009PostSecret, the popular community art project created by Frank Warren, is the opposite of advertising. And that's a damn good thing.
News
UF plans to build $61M research center in Orlando
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Oct. 12, 2009UF has moved forward with plans to build a new research center at Lake Nona.
Opinion
On The Map
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2009Although the use of public transportation in Florida is relatively unimpressive overall, Alachua County manages to stay ahead of the curve.
Opinion
Philly accusations false
By Kaitlyn Flynn | Oct. 12, 2009I am responding to Tommy Maple's column, "Philly no friend of man's best friend," in Thursday's Alligator. I am an out-of-state freshman from Philadelphia. Actually I am from South Philly, so although I should have "at least two emotional and psychological disabilities," I sincerely hope you take what I am about to say into consideration.
Metro
Organization provides free meal for HIV, AIDS victims
By Jared Misner | Oct. 12, 2009A towering statue of Lady Liberty directs people to the Liberty Center Plaza's exit once they've left the protection of the structure on Northwest 13th Street.
