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UF shark exhibit to travel to Hawaii on nationwide tour
Aug. 28, 2008As Hawaii football players prepare to take on the Gators this weekend, UF is preparing to send a 60-foot-long metal shark in their direction.
News
Students upset over proposed code changes limiting alcohol
Aug. 28, 2008Some UF students are fighting for their right to party.
Metro
Recent mugging, prowling cases occur close to campus
Aug. 28, 2008Three recent crimes not far from UF's campus have prompted Gainesville Police to warn residents to exercise caution.
News
Student Government parties register for fall
By LAUREN BAKER | Aug. 28, 2008The Orange and Blue Party and the Gator Party are back for this fall's Student Government election.
Sports
Phillips named starting kicker
Aug. 28, 2008With two days until their first game against Hawaii, the Gators solidified their kicker position and narrowed down the starting defensive tackle candidates.
Sports
Picks Column: UF vs. Hawaii
Aug. 28, 2008Since Hawaii is so far away, we here at alligatorSports figured we should get a better sense of the culture there.
Opinion
Chinese, Americans not so different
By ANTHONY PAGLINO | Aug. 28, 2008I recently returned from a summer studying Chinese in Beijing. It was an intense summer, to say the least, in a war zone of culture fought in the urban jungle that is Beijing. The language barrier was daunting, the food hard to digest and the cabbies had a death wish that Charles Bronson couldn't deliver on.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 28, 2008First off, we would like to issue an at-least-someone-does-their-homework LAUREL to UF spokesman Steve Orlando for calling out the Editorial Board for an embarrassing blunder. We wrongly implied that UF President Bernie Machen contacted the St. Petersburg Times with an editorial when it was the other way around. From now on, we will quadruple check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. Our bad.
Opinion
Clinton supporters vital for Obama win
By MICHAEL HEANEY | Aug. 28, 2008Unity is the talk of the town in Denver this week. The Democrats have gone out of their way to try to demonstrate that their party has healed its rift in the months following the grueling primary battle between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Metro
Exhibit displays city employees' artsy side
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Aug. 28, 2008Among its clerks and commissioners, the city of Gainesville's employees include a variety of artists.
Sports
New season, new offense for UF
Aug. 28, 2008If there is one word to describe the last 17 seasons under coach Mary Wise, it is consistent.
Metro
Biofuels expert researches ethanol production from sorghum
Aug. 28, 2008While it's not the Emerald City, it certainly is green.
News
Job fair offers students part–time opportunities
Aug. 28, 2008When Eric VanVeelen arrived for fall classes, he found that most of the job opportunities in Gainesville had already been snatched up.
News
Machen says UF needs more revenue in State of University address
By ILEANA MORALES | Aug. 28, 2008UF President Bernie Machen said in his State of the University address Thursday that UF needs to focus on ways to build new revenue and preserve its resources - even after budget cuts.
Metro
Apartment complexes limit parking spaces
Aug. 28, 2008Living across from campus may seem like a comfort.
