Sports
Gators finish tournament in middle of pack
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 11, 2009After a long trip to California, the UF women's golf team will have a long trip back to Gainesville.
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The Avenue
Album Review: Franz Ferdinand – “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand”
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 11, 2009Trends always expose themselves on the third album. The Look only buys you so much time. Catchy singles only take you so far. By album three, you're either the White Stripes or you're Jet. Or, you're Franz Ferdinand, stuck in that untenable middle ground - milking the same-song formula for all it's worth, and in turn, fielding diminishing returns. So it goes, Tonight's "Ulysses" takes on "Do You Want To," which was take-two on "Take Me Out." That's a lot of "takes" for one sentence, not so many for three and a half years - the time between albums. And if this seems like a momentum killer, well, it is. So too are these songs - "Turn It On" and "Live Alone." They're all the same, really: slinky little danceable groove rockers that have three things in common. All catchy, all disposable, all written by a band destined to be the answer to a trivia question.
The Avenue
Indie band reunites with renewed energy, record deal
By JENNIFER ARELLANO | Feb. 11, 2009The musical death and rebirth of a rock band rarely happens in the span of one night. But for Averkiou, such an unusual life cycle is the norm for the three-year-old Gainesville band. Convinced that they were playing their farewell show at Pop Mayhem in May last year after the brief departure of their guitarist, Averkiou played an appropriately rollicking final set.
Opinion
Despite steroid use, baseball remains America’s pastime
By JASON KIEFFER | Feb. 11, 2009Many fans are quick to say the game of baseball is being ruined and degraded by the use of steroids.
Sports
SFC earns 20th win against SJRCC
By JESSICA ETTER | Feb. 11, 2009After a 4-point loss to Central Florida Community College on Saturday, Santa Fe College was forced to cross off its goal of repeating as Mid-Florida Conference champions.
Sports
UF's Offense wakes up in 11-0 rout of Jacksonville
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 11, 2009After falling 1-0 to Baylor on Sunday, UF coach Tim Walton placed all the blame for the loss on his hitters. Wednesday, the Gators showed their true potential at the plate.
News
UF ranks 10th in list of nation's most popular schools
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 11, 2009UF can add one more title to its list after a recent study ranked it among the top 10 most popular colleges in the U.S.
Metro
Man steals cash and credit cards to raise gang status
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 11, 2009A Gainesville man was arrested Monday and charged with stealing money in order to raise his ranking in the United Blood Nation, a gang more commonly known as the Bloods.
News
UF may connect faculty and students with iTunes U
By CORTNEY WHITLOW | Feb. 11, 2009An iPod may be able to extend learning beyond the classroom for UF students if faculty members choose to connect to the Apple's iTunes U service.
The Avenue
Rachel' shows close up of emotions, addictions
By JACK BENGE | Feb. 11, 2009Most weddings have those inevitable tense moments: the drunken toast from a distant relative, the mother-in-law's last ditch effort to abort the wedding, the clash of personalities that arise when families come together for the first time.
The Avenue
Album Review: Bon Iver – “Blood Bank”
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 11, 2009"Blood Bank"? More like bloodletting - well, the last song anyway. The first three on this four-track hold-me-over from indie-folk songsmith Justin Vernon ebb and flow with all the woodsy beauty of an icy stream or a staggering moose. Mr. Bon Iver plays sparsely arranged acoustic pop that lives and dies on lyrical content and vocal delivery. In the case of the title track and "Beach Baby," an achingly fragile voice spins off melodic narrative flush with images that come alive in the depth of their detail. "Babys," likewise, continues the theme with cappella passages, chopsticks piano, and a warm refrain - "Summer comes to multiply." This is throw-another-log-on music for snow-ins, chamomile tea and photo albums, except for the unholy Dylan-Daft Punk union of "Woods," which takes a leak on your crackling fire and sends you running for a snow shovel and icepick.
Opinion
Education takes a backseat to progress
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 11, 2009Wednesday afternoon brought word from Washington of an oh-so-close deal on the proposed economic stimulus package.
Opinion
Guns have a rightful place in schools
By JONATHAN LOTT | Feb. 11, 2009A Gainesville teacher was arrested on Monday after he was found to be in possession of two loaded firearms - a small one in his pocket and a larger one in his car.
News
Progress Party down $80, but not out
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 11, 2009The Progress Party was not disqualified Wednesday night by Student Government's Elections Commission, but they will have to dish out $80.
News
Donovan doesn't hold Calathes responsible for loss
Feb. 11, 2009It's like a horrible nightmare the Gators just can't wake up from.
News
High–paid Sen. lecturer says he took lower–paid job
By THOMAS STEWART | Feb. 11, 2009Though the $75,000 salary of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos, hired last spring as a lecturer at UF, drew criticism because it eclipsed most others in the political science department, it turns out UF approached him in the fall about teaching a seminar, which would have bumped his salary even higher.
News
Treasury's salary–cap mandate could affect Machen
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Feb. 11, 2009UF President Bernie Machen's salary may be lowered if the U.S. Treasury Department extends its new guidelines to university presidents. On Feb. 4, the department tried to cap top executives' salaries at some companies to $500,000 in order to ameliorate the nation's financial crisis, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education article released last week.
Opinion
It’s Just A Game
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 11, 2009The Editorial Board loves playing practical jokes on each other during our rare moments of free time.
Opinion
UF shouldn’t punish students for DUIs
By Lawrence Mackey | Feb. 11, 2009In reference to Wednesday's article about DUIs, I was encouraged that the rate has, at the moment, decreased. However, I was appalled to learn that a student who is dumb enough to receive a DUI not only faces charges from the government but has to submit themselves to UF's discipline.
