Metro
Solar panel project powers GRU
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 3, 2009The first Alachua County Government large-scale solar panel project was unveiled Tuesday.
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Sports
Senior Sacrifices: Gymnast takes long journey from home to compete for four years at UF
Mar. 3, 2009A white Hyundai Sonata cruises onto the turnpike blaring country music through scenic Pennsylvania.
The Avenue
Album review: U2 – “No Line On The Horizon”
By ROBERT HILSON | Mar. 3, 2009Noisy, surging guitars; octopus-arm polyrhythms; Bono hollering on like a hopped-up Pentecostal preacher; spectacularly transparent declarations of purpose whooped in flailing whoa-oh frenzy. These are the first sounds of "No Line On the Horizon," U2's new album, and they combine to say what, with this band, goes without saying: This is a statement.
The Avenue
Sex on the Beach
By ASHLEY ROSS | Mar. 3, 2009Oh, glorious day. Spring break is finally here.
Sports
Gators look to win first-ever SEC Tournament despite late-season skid
Mar. 3, 2009Some may be searching for what went wrong all of a sudden or when everything just went bad.
Opinion
Gym’s weight room not just for men
By Emily Congdon | Mar. 3, 2009Joshua Nederveld is a chauvinistic, pea-for-a-brain, wannabe meathead. As a woman who regularly uses the bench (with her measly 70 pounds), I am outraged by his delusional "unwritten laws" of the weight room.
News
Man eats 30 wings in under three minutes to win competition
By ANA GONI–LESSAN | Mar. 3, 2009It took Kyle Myers only two minutes and 51 seconds to eat 30 wings at Gator's Dockside on Tuesday night.
Multimedia
An Unexpected Gift
By Chen Wang | Mar. 3, 2009An Unexpected Gift from Alligator Online on Vimeo.
Metro
Film shows city's role in Civil Rights Movement
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Mar. 3, 2009When thinking of the Civil Rights Movement, Gainesville doesn't immediately come to mind.
News
Departing senators give final goodbyes
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Mar. 3, 2009Tuesday night's back-to-back Student Senate meetings were filled with tearful goodbyes and words of encouragement, as old senators left and new senators sat through their first meeting.
News
UF spends millions on federal lobbying
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 3, 2009As lawmakers started the spring legislative session Tuesday, they were joined by lobbyists from around the state, including about six of UF's own lobbyists.]
Metro
Community Emergency Response Team classes offered to Gainesville residents
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Mar. 3, 2009Two was company Tuesday night at the first Community Emergency Response Team class at the Alachua County Emergency Operations Center.
Sports
Gators bounce back from sweep with win at Stetson
Mar. 3, 2009For someone who was projected to be the closer, Jeff Barfield turned in an impressive start.
News
Patrol Division turns citizen interactions into memories
By APRIL DUDASH | Mar. 3, 2009Two men lounging at the Patrol Division front desk said I was in for some good stories that night.
News
Photography exhibit aims to dispel prejudice
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Mar. 3, 2009The 28 photos displayed on the wall of the Reitz Union show the faces and lives of people who, according to some, often face adversity in society.
Metro
Gainesville residents pleased with food–stamp hot line
By AMANDA HINES | Mar. 3, 2009Gainesville residents are giving positive feedback on a customer service call center hot line in which people can learn about applying for food stamps.
Metro
City commission candidates discuss economy's impact
Mar. 3, 2009Although they clearly have their differences, there is one thing all candidates for the Gainesville city commission can agree on: spending must be cut.
Opinion
Online news sources add to cultural illiteracy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 3, 2009No news isn't necessarily good news.
News
Vigil protests cutting undergraduate programs
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 3, 2009A UF graduate student in the College of Education has organized a candlelight vigil scheduled for today to protest the possibility of cutting the college's undergraduate programs.
