Metro
Documentary features Gainesville teen's struggle with muscular dystrophy
By ROBERT HILSON | Sep. 9, 2009Dale Ginder is 7 years old. He is from Gainesville. He loves his Gators.
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News
UF adjusts class policies to curb swine flu
By ASHLEY HORN | Sep. 9, 2009In its most recent step in the battle against swine flu, UF will require all courses to have e-Learning sites to assist students who have contracted the virus.
News
Jones-Drew back at practice after missing time with leg injury
Sep. 9, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Opinion
Obama's speech did not indoctrinate children
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 8, 2009Schools should have shown President Barack Obama's speech on Tuesday instead of succumbing to parents who wanted it boycotted.
Metro
School cafeterias serve more vegetarian dishes
By Jared Misner | Sep. 8, 2009Step aside, Salisbury steak - tofu may soon be king of the lunch line.
Opinion
Middle East trip reveals need for peace
By Travis Hornsby | Sep. 8, 2009Instead of working odd jobs, getting an internship or taking classes this summer like a normal college student, I decided to go to the Middle East. I spent the majority of my time in the West Bank, even though the U.S. Department of State advised to stay clear of the Palestinian territories. What I saw has completely changed my views and understanding of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
News
IRHA reprimanded for underage drinking at party
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 8, 2009As the Inter-Residence Hall Association found out this summer, Facebook pictures of an on-campus party with underage drinking can get you in trouble with UF.
Opinion
"Twilight" does not have literary value
Sep. 8, 2009"Twilight" has made the world a worse place.
News
Student Senate passes $14.4M budget
By CAROLYN TILLO | Sep. 8, 2009Student Senate heated up Tuesday night as when senators passed a $14.4 million budget, which is comprised of Student Activity and Service fees.
News
SG interviews end with 262 potential candidates
By CAROLYN TILLO | Sep. 8, 2009Student Government's political parties wrapped up interviews to fill the 50 open Senate seats at the Reitz Union Tuesday.
Metro
Driver strikes 7 cars in stolen city truck
By BEN MARKUS | Sep. 8, 2009A St. Petersburg man was transported to Shands at UF after allegedly stealing a Department of Transportation pickup truck and crashing into seven vehicles on University Avenue Tuesday.
Metro
UF graduates make game day dresses
By GWEN RAHN | Sep. 8, 2009For some, orange and blue has merely become a color combination sported on game days or school-funded events. Though the colors seem to consume Gainesville in an array of fashions during Saturday football games, two UF graduates choose to take their love for orange and blue to the next level.
Metro
Lane closures to congest Main Street
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Sep. 8, 2009Don't expect to get somewhere quickly on Main Street - at least not for another two years.
Opinion
On-campus restaurants gouge prices
By Eric L. Pheterson | Sep. 8, 2009I agree with Zach Mayo's stance on the restaurant situation at UF. At a place where I pay to attend, you'd think my food would be somewhat subsidized. Instead, the opposite is true: At every eating establishment on campus, the price is hiked. In South Florida I can get an entire meal from Pollo Tropical for $3.50, here you may as well double it. I think it's wrong of UF to take advantage of its students by charging more simply because we have no other options on campus.
Opinion
Students ejected from game for no reason
By Geoffrey Lioon | Sep. 8, 2009I noticed the article in Tuesday's issue stated that 51 people were ejected from the football game Saturday. I was one of the nine people ejected from the stadium for being in the wrong section.
News
Levin named eighth best law school for Hispanics
By MOLLY LARMIE | Sep. 8, 2009ñFelicidades!, Levin College of Law.
Opinion
Without patience, nothing gets solved
By Eric Tegethoff | Sep. 8, 2009This is the first time I've written to the Alligator in my four years at UF. I've thought about it many times, but Columnist Joe Dellosa's article about patience yesterday was the first time I actually felt inspired to. Though I haven't read any of David Foster Wallace's work, I think the message of the article was clear: We are a nation of impatient people. And the Internet isn't the only place where that is evident. We spend a week talking about pressing issues like health care and then forget about it all together when it becomes boring. We can't even listen to a full album of our favorite bands anymore because it takes too much of our precious time.
Metro
Dove World Outreach Center pastor misses city meeting
Sep. 8, 2009Monday's morning meeting agenda was a monstrous, 55-topic affair that was to compact budget, ordinance and other matters into three hours.
