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Gainesville Raceway
Apr. 13, 2008The checkered flag has a home in Gainesville at the Raceway.
News
UF student documentary, ‘In Marjorie’s Wake,’ set to premiere at the Hippodrome
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 13, 2008More than 70 years ago, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traveled 100 miles along the St. Johns River and chronicled the journey in a novel named after a rural town outside Gainesville.
Opinion
Parking plans need to encourage alternatives
By the Editorial Board | Apr. 13, 2008It's a common gripe at colleges across the country: Parking on campus is a nightmare. At the second largest university in the United States, we're no strangers to the parking tickets, the "who-stole-my-car" moments before the adjustment to roam towing and the hours of circling and stalking in parking lots before classes.
Sports
Men edge South Carolina, clinch bye in SEC tourney
Apr. 13, 2008Looks can be deceiving in the Southeastern Conference.
Opinion
Hunger strike correlates to Iraq war
By Charles J. Allen | Apr. 13, 2008As one of the students on hunger strike, I wanted to respond to the "dart" Students for a Democratic Society received from the Alligator editorial board on Friday.
Metro
Armed robbers arrested at Cabana North Beach
By WILL PAFFORD | Apr. 13, 2008Two local men were arrested and charged in connection with an early Saturday morning armed robbery at the Cabana North Beach Apartments.
News
UF horticulture groups hold plant sale
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Apr. 13, 2008Despite the Orange and Blue football scrimmage on Saturday and gray skies Sunday morning, about 400 people showed up to buy around $9,000 worth of plants, shrubs and flowers over the weekend at the annual Spring Plant Sale on campus.
Sports
Gators commit season-high six errors in loss to Razorbacks
Apr. 13, 2008There goes the thought that UF had finally cleaned up the pitching and defensive woes that plagued the Gators during their recent five-game losing streak.
News
Sorority members pass pigskin for First and 15 charity game
Apr. 13, 2008Members of the Gators football team paced the sidelines of UF's Norman Field on Sunday. They could only watch as a football flew from one end zone to the other. This time, it was not their game.
Sports
Georgia bests rest of conference in inaugural beach volleyball competition
Apr. 13, 2008The rest of the Southeastern Conference will be wishing volleyball is only played outdoors from now on.
Sports
Gators sweep Bulldogs, equal season-opening win streak
Apr. 13, 2008The Gators proved that no matter how unthinkable the feat, history does, indeed, repeat itself.
Opinion
Machen should listen to student will
By Joe Richard | Apr. 13, 2008The referendum on the spring ballot supporting UF's adherence to socially responsible investment, which passed by student voters, shows that among students a strong sentiment exists for the university to do the right thing: to place people before the unrestrained quest for profit.
Metro
VegFest to serve free vegan food Tuesday on the Plaza of the Americas
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 13, 2008Students who salivate at the smell of tempeh and tofu will be bombarded by the aroma Tuesday.
Sports
Sturgis could revitalize kicking game at UF
Apr. 13, 2008It's the storyline fans have been tired of hearing about and the Gators have been sick of talking about for the past two seasons.
Sports
Perry continues great season, wins 200-meter dash for second straight weeks
Apr. 13, 2008The folks in Athens, Ga. had a front row seat for the Willie Perry show over the weekend.
Opinion
Government cannot parent children
By Patrick Duffey | Apr. 13, 2008In her column on Thursday, Ms. Ganzak asked all the wrong questions. "Why is the Internet so open?" she wondered. The question should be "Why is everything else so closed?"
Metro
'Heart of Florida Paint Out' promotes conservation
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Apr. 13, 2008Painters looked to rural North Florida for inspiration Friday, setting up easels and paintboxes in cow pastures and clusters of palm trees.
