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Gators to face Dolphins in NIT first-round matchup
Mar. 17, 2009The UF basketball team sat and watched the NCAA Tournament selection show Sunday just like all the others.
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Student Senate considers bill to remove SG lobbyists
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Mar. 17, 2009Tuesday night's Student Senate meeting was filled with debate as senators voted to tighten their watch on one Student Government organization and considered a bill that would remove SG's lobbyists.
News
BOT committees vote on rent, tuition, parking hikes
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 16, 2009At Monday's Board of Trustees meetings, plans to request over $100 million in federal earmarks for research in 2009-2010 as well as plans to hike dorm rental rates and parking decal prices were approved by various committees of the board.
Opinion
Proverb spreads Irish cheer
By Erin Costello | Mar. 16, 2009May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
Metro
Clerk traps man attempting theft at convenience store
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 16, 2009A Gainesville convenience store employee stopped a man from stealing Sunday night by electronically locking the store doors.
Sports
Panteliodis to take mound against rival FSU
Mar. 16, 2009There's nothing like a rivalry game to wake up a reeling team.
Metro
Local restaurant robbed
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 16, 2009A Gainesville restaurant was robbed by an armed man Monday morning.
Sports
March Madness showcases what college football is missing
Mar. 16, 2009Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.
Opinion
Obama takes hard line against AIG spending
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Kudos to President Barack Obama for standing up to AIG's outlandish intentions of paying out over $100 million worth of bonuses to top executives.
Metro
Commissioner Mastrodicasa is 'just a regular person'
By MARA RUDOLPH | Mar. 16, 2009Mix one part city commissioner, half an Italian, a smidge of Georgia Bulldog, a Beastie Boy lover and a full serving of normalcy, and you get Jeanna Mastrodicasa.
Sports
Orr orally commits to Gators class of 2010
Mar. 16, 2009The latest addition to the Gators' 2010 recruiting class is a big one.
Metro
Gainesville's Veterans for Peace will participate in march
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Mar. 16, 2009Those who plan to march in the Florida March for Peace describe themselves as militant. Their Web site displays the silhouettes of soldiers, weapons cocked and helmets fastened.
Metro
Challenge inspires people to eat locally grown food
By YVONNE AYALA | Mar. 16, 2009Carnivore, herbivore, but have you heard of localvore?
Opinion
Paper in Peril
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Today marks another sad day in journalism history - the closing of Seattle's oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Opinion
Column over–glorifies Stewart
By William Gower | Mar. 16, 2009Matthew Christ's column on Monday over-glorified Jon Stewart as our nation's court jester who leads a mob in finding the fallacies in claims made by financial news networks in today's economic crisis and in ordinary news networks heading into the Iraq War. I think a criticism of Stewart is warranted today.
News
UF students star in Axe “Bad Hair Day” ad on MTV
By CHELSEA BUNDSCHUH | Mar. 16, 2009Students who saw the new Axe commercials, which aired on MTV Sunday, may have recognized a few of the actors.
Opinion
Consumers jump the gun on firearms
Mar. 16, 2009In response to these depressing days of fiscal failure and the realization of the tenuous grip most people have on their homes and their jobs, Americans of every stripe seem to be clinging to their guns and blogs.
