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Opinion

Towers should be more tolerant

By Lisa Laniewski | Aug. 24, 2009

Moving back to campus after summer break is a hectic experience, and something that happened today made it more stressful. My daughter and I, in between moving into her new apartment near the campus and shopping at several local stores for essentials, decided to go to a local restaurant for a quick takeout lunch. Traffic was, as it always is on the last weekend before classes, very heavy with new and old students buying from every type of area

News

UCF may snag UF's ranking as state's largest university

By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 24, 2009

In addition to losing its title as the top party school, UF may slip to No. 2 in enrollment among state universities this year.

News

Vargas decides to transfer, Tishman enrolls in classes

By ADAM BERRY | Aug. 24, 2009

Eloy Vargas' brief career at Florida has come to an end.

News

New students taught how to "navigate the swamp"

By EMILY FUGGETTA | Aug. 23, 2009

A pedestrian on UF's Stadium Road Friday afternoon may have mistaken the swarm of freshmen for a new military branch.

News

Groper may be released in September

By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 23, 2009

The UF graduate student charged with groping dozens of women on campus while pretending to remove bugs from their bodies was sentenced to 180 days in jail earlier this month.

Opinion

UF students shouldn't live with RAs

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 23, 2009

One of the worst welcomes a UF student can receive is "permanent triple." Probably the second worst welcome they could receive would be telling them they have to room with a cross between a peer, a Mother Hen and an authority figure.

Metro

Students search for cheap textbooks online and locally

By PATRICK ANNESTY | Aug. 23, 2009

Cheap or easy-when it comes to buying textbooks, you usually can't have both.

Opinion

Tuition increases not the end of the world

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 23, 2009

Bright Futures recipients are still getting a hell of a break, but this year it won't be quite as big.

News

Sprinting New Sisters

By Harrison Diamond | Aug. 23, 2009

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Opinion

All students welcome to open house

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 23, 2009

Want to hang out at our house? Well, Friday is your chance. 'Cause it's Friday. You ain't got no job, and you ain't got shit to do.

Sports

Publish the country's best sports section and get involved? Yes we can!

Aug. 23, 2009

It might be a year late, but we here at alligatorSports believe in change too.

News

Correction

Aug. 23, 2009

The Aug. 17 edition of the Alligator incorrectly stated that Karma Cream aims to sell free-trade products. It aims to sell fair-trade products. The photograph accompanying the article identified the co-owner of Karma Cream as Payal Eatel. Her name is Payal Patel.

News

Campaign offers maps, assistance to new students

By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Aug. 23, 2009

If tuition included a personal tour guide, navigating a new school would be simple. Fortunately, new Gators can benefit from the next best thing.

News

UF rises two spots in university rankings

By CAROLYN TILLO | Aug. 23, 2009

UF climbed two spots in both the national and public school standings in the U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings.

Opinion

Student Body president outlines goals for coming semester

By Jordan Johnson | Aug. 23, 2009

To all you students who are new to UF, welcome to the next four years of your life. Returning Gators, try to cut the freshmen some slack and welcome back as well.

Opinion

At 22, transition to UF just as difficult as freshman year

By Ashley Cruel | Aug. 23, 2009

This past summer, while everyone was in a chilled-out, lazy summer mood, I was the girl armed with her class schedule, 50 fliers, a campus map and the bus schedule. I was the one spinning around wildly with a deer-in-headlights look on my face, trying to figure out where my next class was.

News

UF houses RAs with students

By STEFANIA FERRO | Aug. 23, 2009

Zumaly Dixon snuggles in her dorm bed while on her laptop as a Harry Potter movie plays in the background.

Sports

Athletes missing out on their own earning potential

By LAURA KUBITZ | Aug. 22, 2009

Editor'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

Doe settles legal issues, not practicing with team

Aug. 22, 2009

Florida linebacker Dustin Doe settled his legal issues Thursday, but coach Urban Meyer said he hasn't complained rejoined the Gators yet.

Sports

Orange and Blue scrimmage special for senior Cusack

By ANTHONY CHIANG | Aug. 22, 2009

Sunday not only acted as a reminder of the beginning of a new volleyball season, it also marked the beginning of the end of senior libero Elyse Cusack's career at Florida.