News
CORRECTION
Aug. 25, 2009In the Aug. 25 edition of the Alligator, Yogaberry's product was incorrectly identified as sour frozen yogurt. The company sells frozen yogurt.
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Opinion
Scooter taxi service will keep drunks off road
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 25, 2009Students who want to celebrate their return to Gainesville will have a chance to do so safely on Wednesday night.
Sports
Hill impressing coaches, teammates in bid for snaps
Aug. 25, 2009With both starting safeties from last year's BCS national championship team returning and on preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, Will Hill's chances of expanding his role on defense in his second year at Florida seemed slim.
Sports
Playing through injuries just part of the game
By CALLOVI< | Aug. 25, 2009Despite what you see on Saturdays or hear in jokes, Tim Tebow is still only human.
Metro
City muggings drop by more than half
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Aug. 25, 2009In less than a month, muggings in Gainesville have decreased from as many as 12 a day to five in the last two weeks.
Sports
Part II: Smaller sports faces scholarship deficit
By LAURA KUBITZ | Aug. 24, 2009While football generates a large amount of revenue for the university, the smaller sports consistently operate at a loss.
Metro
Deja Brew to be replaced by frozen yogurt shop
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Aug. 24, 2009At 3:03 Monday afternoon, Will Borell placed a sign taped to a cardboard box on the counter of Deja Brew, a local coffee shop.
Metro
Police still searching for man accused of rape
By KATIE EMMETS | Aug. 24, 2009Police are still searching for a man who raped and robbed a 22-year-old woman in Southeast Gainesville Sunday night.
News
Digital Worlds Institute offers four new technology courses
By CAROLYN TILLO | Aug. 24, 2009Despite recent budget cuts, the Digital Worlds Institute is offering four new graduate-level courses this fall.
Opinion
Schools need foreign language focus
By Allison Griner | Aug. 24, 2009Having taken French classes since high school, I am always impressed with someone who has actually learned to be fluent in a foreign language.
Opinion
Nation's addiction to bickering, celebrity news steals air time
Aug. 24, 2009Health care reform, Michael Jackson and Lady GaGa's penis. What do all of these things have in common? Together they comprise 99.9% of the news cycle, and I never want to hear about any of them ever again. Under any circumstances. Period.
Sports
Munroe sidelined with knee injury again
Aug. 24, 2009The injury bug has bitten Dorian Munroe again.
News
Our History
Aug. 24, 2009The Alligator was founded in 1906 as The University News, which was an independent, student-owned newspaper created to serve the University of Florida when it opened in Gainesville. In 1912, the newspaper became a part of the University of Florida administration, and was renamed the Florida Alligator.
Sports
Sports show common bonds even overseas
Aug. 24, 2009They say that travel expands the mind, but in the few short weeks I spent in England, Ireland and the Netherlands this summer, I found just the opposite to be true.
Sports
Part I: Athletes missing out on their own earning potential
By LAURA KUBITZ | Aug. 24, 2009Editor's Note: This is the first of a four-part alligatorSports series in which we examine whether college athletes deserve to be paid for their athletic efforts.
Sports
Tebow returns to full practice after injury
Aug. 24, 2009Urban Meyer doesn't bother asking Tim Tebow if he's hurt anymore.
Opinion
Students should root for Rays
By Casey Peterson | Aug. 24, 2009This is in response to Kyle Maistri's "Fanifesto," in which he groups the Tampa Bay Rays with the Yankees and Red Sox as three baseball teams which are off limits to bandwagon fans.
