The Jewish Student Union, a UF student organization, is welcoming students back to school with three days of social events.
I'm writing in regard to Carly Hallam's Friday column. Her ambition to become a mom and loving wife is picturesque and endearing. But I have to ask, is UF merely a holding station until she finds a suitable husband destined for suburbia?
Kentucky guard Joe Crawford didn't want to talk about it.
As a land-use lawyer, Thomas Hawkins Jr. believes most of Gainesville's problems revolve around growth management.
I am writing to say I was disappointed with Bryan Jones' column about how the UF-University of Kentucky men's basketball rivalry was now "just another SEC game."
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In response to Friday's letter by Marshall Printy, the author seems to feel that the intent of the educational system is to "teach students to find the correct answer" on a standardized test. Reality and the world around us do not consist of a single set of questions that every person must answer. Some sixth and eighth graders who performed poorly in their last standardized test are now, by state law, only taught reading, math and science each day.
I couldn't believe what I read in the Friday issue of the Alligator. A panhandler making $40 to $50 a day? That's amazing!
Sometimes a 9.875 just isn't good enough.
UF basketball coach Amanda Butler sees confidence as a big component in how well a team plays.
UF's Food Science and Human Nutrition Department held its annual Successful Ice Cream Retailing workshop Friday through Monday for ice cream entrepreneurs.
An observant, if bored, reader e-mailed me last week noting that there seemed to be more spelling errors in the paper as of late. The reader wondered whether it was because of new-semester blues or something along those lines.
Gainesville residents were encouraged to spend their long weekend flexing their political muscles at this year's Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday March.
UF coach Billy Donovan held his breath.
UF's gymnastics meet came down to the final routine of the competition, but the Gators fell just short of pulling out a victory.
On Monday we launched a new project, called Gainesville Explorer.
Leaders in the fight for juvenile justice met Thursday morning to present new research about the experiences of girls in Florida's justice system.
Luck didn't quite fall Susie Gardner's way.
Do you ever reach a point in life you when you just know things have changed? Like one day, all of a sudden, you realize you're an adult? It's not like you start misplacing your keys or using phrases like "cool beans." It's this creepy onset of maturity that just smacks you in the soul. Age has overcome me. But I should be ready by now. I've been given almost 21 years to prepare.
Street-side panhandling in Gainesville has dropped off significantly since it was banned by the Gainesville City Commission in July, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
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