Sports
Gators look forward to home matches after brutal road trip
By JOSEPH R. HOLZER | Feb. 18, 2009There's no place like home.
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News
DOH to use reserve fund for common area wireless
By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 18, 2009At a time when many professors can't even print syllabi for students because of budget cuts, UF is spending nearly half a million dollars to install wireless Internet in the common areas of dorms.
News
Guest speaker says race and health are connected
By JESSALYN BERGER | Feb. 18, 2009B. Lee Green, vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, spoke about the differences between racial classes and their health on Wednesday.
Metro
Local greeting card stores suffer from economic woes
By KATHRYNE STOLARZ | Feb. 18, 2009Some of Gainesville's specialty card stores' sales dropped in 2009, despite Valentine's Day, causing some store owners to close their doors for good.
News
Senators opt out of Safe Run event to campaign
By KRISTEN HUFF | Feb. 18, 2009Though many student senators were running around campaigning today on campus, not one was running in the UF Naval-ROTC event to promote the Safe Run program.
The Avenue
Festival showcases avant–garde films
By MARY MANCHESS | Feb. 18, 2009Random blurs of colors and images. There is static. The screen goes blank. The audience is confused.
Sports
Brooks, Dotson to wrap up home careers this week
Feb. 18, 2009Home will be a welcome sight for Sha Brooks and Marshae Dotson.
Opinion
Cartoon’s racist overtones are unacceptable
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 18, 2009A quick glance at Wednesday's edition of The New York Post revealed that racism remains alive and strong in America.
Metro
Authorities ask community's help in finding missing man
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 18, 2009Authorities are looking for a Gainesville man who has been missing for a week.
Sports
Batting-order switch breathes life into offense
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 18, 2009Conventional wisdom says, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Metro
Economic condition does not affect marijuana sales
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 18, 2009He pushes the sawed-off top half of a Canada Dry 2-liter into a container of water, forcing smoke into his lungs.
News
Common Reading Program reveals title for freshmen
By HERSCHMAN | Feb. 18, 2009UF's Common Reading Program revealed the title of its required book for freshman on Wednesday on the Plaza of the Americas.
Sports
SFC's Glover drops 41 in win against CFCC
By KELSIE HOECHERL | Feb. 18, 2009The Santa Fe College women's basketball team needed a savior in Wednesday's game against rival Central Florida Community College, and they found one in sophomore forward Nichelle Glover.
Sports
Adams, McArthur lead versatile infield into new season
By CALLOVI< | Feb. 18, 2009Josh Adams had little idea what position he would play for most of last season, as he split time between six positions.
The Avenue
Album Review: The Bird and The Bee – “Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future”
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 18, 2009Aside from an obvious flair for album titling (makes you want to shout, "'Ray Guns' are now, bitch!" doesn't it?), vocalist Inara George and soundboard extraordinaire Greg Kurstin also have a way with swinging '60s pop music set to fantastically modernized, yet still retro, production. Does this make sense? If not, think of "Ray Guns" as the aural equivalent to Disney's Tomorrowland - both create a future that will never exist by looking to tail-finned Cadillacs and moon landings as points of reference. This record awaits the mythical Year 2000, and in so doing, delivers groovy neo-psychedelia ("Ray Gun"), doo-wop era Motown complete with seductress spoken word bits ("Baby"), and breathy cocktail lounge balladeering ("Meteor"), all in a sleek electronic shell. "Diamond Dave," George's irresistible tribute to the great David Lee Roth, is not only the most catchy song here, but the only appropriate evidence by which to date this offering. It's Van Halen hero worship dressed in spacey beats and a plat-blond 'do, and as such, cooler than Judy Jetson in a discotheque.
Opinion
Personal vendettas reason enough to oppose candidates
By ERIK VOSS | Feb. 18, 2009It's funny how you're never really "done" with people in college.
Metro
Voters have big decisions to make before March election
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Feb. 18, 2009With two open commission seats and two proposed charter amendments on the ballot for the upcoming city election, voters have a lot to wade through on their way to the polls.
Opinion
Sketchy change to terms of service sparks debate
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 17, 2009A series of discreet changes to Facebook's terms of use policy has users concerned about the future of their privacy.
Metro
Ocala horse owner enjoys benefits of UF animal hospital
By YVONNE AYALA | Feb. 17, 2009When Ocala resident Irene Bryan first purchased Skippa Secret, she knew the mare had a surprise in store.
