Metro
City decorates for Christmas
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 29, 2007It may be 70 degrees out, but downtown Gainesville is getting ready to celebrate Christmas.
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Opinion
Most students support Obama, not Paul
By Danny Beaulieu | Nov. 29, 2007A great deal of Alligator articles and editorials recently have focused exclusively on Ron Paul, whereas there have been zero articles about any other candidates. An editorial Wednesday reported that 34 percent of Republican students on Facebook support Paul.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Nov. 29, 2007If you're like us here in the Department of Darts & Laurels, you have four days to pull it all together and pass all your classes. Oh yes, it's crunch time. If you have eight 10-page papers to write, five exams you have to get A's on just to get C's in those classes, and homework assignments from September you have to beg your professor to accept, you've got quite a weekend ahead of you. So grab your venti iced soy mocha-frappa-whatever and stay optimistic for the next 72 hours with this week's how-the-hell-am-I-ever-gonna-pull-this-off edition of…
News
Former Lebanon slave speaks to UF about her life, escape
By KORI FREDERICK | Nov. 29, 2007Courage, hope and faith.
Opinion
Muslims constantly fighting sterotypes
By Shahira Mohammed | Nov. 29, 2007Do the organizations that sponsored "Obsession" really expect Muslims not to be offended? And that if we are, as one person's letter blatantly implied, we are radicals, too?
News
'Radical Islam' movie prompts discussion panel about Islamic faith
By ILEANA MORALES | Nov. 29, 2007Students and faculty gathered Thursday for a panel discussion about misconceptions of Islam in response to the controversial promotion of a movie about "Radical Islam."
Sports
Gators sweep Charleston in opening round without Hampton
Nov. 29, 2007Marcie Hampton stood the entire time.
News
Machen on board with Task Force
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 29, 2007In response to UF's proposed budget cuts of ,34 million, the Cost Reduction and Efficiency Task Force proposed several solutions to save money and bring in extra revenue.
The Avenue
Carell's 'Dan' proves unexciting
By DANNY DJELJOSEVIC | Nov. 28, 2007There is a scene in "Dan in Real Life" where one of Steve Carell's character's shrill, insufferable daughters ("She sounds like a tea kettle," to quote an earlier, better Carell movie) is pleading emotionally with him to let her boyfriend stay over. Once she uses the word "love," Carell suddenly laughs uncontrollably at his daughter's naïve stupidity. Not only is it the only genuinely funny scene in the film, but his line also accurately depicts how I felt watching "Dan in Real Life": "You've got to be kidding me."
The Avenue
Game screen to big screen? Not so much
By MARK KEREMEDJIEV | Nov. 28, 2007"Hitman" is perhaps one of the better film adaptations of a video game. However, that is not saying much. It is quick and highly stylized but suffers from a lack of depth.
Opinion
Celeb news no substitute for real stuff
Nov. 28, 2007Shame on the news industry. You've been very naughty, and I'm sending you to your room without any new celebrity drunken-driving stories, outrageously priced politician haircut stories or developments on the latest celebrity divorces.
The Avenue
These gifts can be for the naughty or nice
By PAIGE USYK | Nov. 28, 2007Every year it seems like there's more pressure to buy my loved - and sometimes not-so-loved - ones awesome, creative, flawlessly wrapped gifts. Yet even though Black Friday came and went, I have not one giveable gift.
The Avenue
These are the things you should have thought were great
By BETH ROMANIK | Nov. 28, 2007If you're wondering what to get your music-savvy friends for the holidays, consider buying them these releases to add to their record collections. Ha, just kidding - who actually pays for music anymore? Anyway, I couldn't mention only 10, so here's my baker's dozen of top picks for the albums of 2007.
Sports
Gators fade late, fall at Jacksonville
Nov. 28, 2007JACKSONVILLE - UF forward Marshae Dotson knew it was a mistake the moment she heard the whistle.
The Avenue
Rejoice in these rentals
By BETH ROMANIK | Nov. 28, 2007When you're home for the holidays and get to the point where you can't possibly stand your relatives any longer, turn to the entity that truly shaped your childhood: TV.
News
Will the real Gators please stand up?
Nov. 28, 2007I had plenty of time to stew over the UF-Jacksonville women's basketball game on my trip back to Gainesville. Due to traffic and road closures the one-and-a-half-hour journey took nearly three hours coming home.
Metro
Second shooting suspect arrested at Gainesville motel
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 28, 2007A second suspect in a Sunday downtown shooting was arrested Wednesday morning.
Opinion
Students support Paul's drug stance
By Scott Beck | Nov. 28, 2007If the Alligator's editorial board wants to know why Ron Paul is so popular among college students, it should research Ron Paul's stance on the war on drugs. That's it in a nutshell. Only a few other candidates, Republican or Democrat, are even pro-medical marijuana.
News
Taking a break to help out others
Nov. 28, 2007Sneha Patel, a spokeswomen for Florida Alternative Breaks, does not want to become a therapist. A story in Tuesday's Alligator reported otherwise.
