Ah, Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for the holiday you can't screw up. There's no need to fret about finding the perfect gift for your mom or someone hot to kiss at midnight. It's socially acceptable to eat so much pie that you can't get up from the table. Here's what I'm thankful this year:
In Monday's "Fashion" Alligator Rants, "frat guys who wear Guy Harvey shirts" were chastised for wearing the artists's apparel simply because "Gainesville doesn't have any good places to fish for swordfish." As a longtime supporter of Mr. Harvey's artwork and marine preservation efforts, I'm a little baffled.
The Southeastern Conference office announced its end-of-season volleyball awards Tuesday afternoon, and, just like the conference standings, the Gators came out on top.
With one day before break, we have a lot to be thankful for. But with Monday's speech, one thing that is fairly low-key tops my list.
When UF throttled Florida State 34-7 two years ago in the Swamp, UF coach Urban Meyer walked around the locker room with his hands in his pockets.
With temptations of pumpkin pie, gingerbread, turkey with gravy and more, it's easy to make bad decisions when eating during the holidays.
With 26 student deaths since January, including several caused by traffic accidents, law enforcement officials are advising students to be careful on the roads this weekend.
Christmas music is already playing on the radio, red and green decorations are infiltrating stores in the Oaks Mall and white, plastic reindeer are grazing on the lawn of the V.A. Medical Center on Archer Road.
Alisha Wainwright, a UF sophomore, said she is hoping to bring creative learning, fun and a break from curriculums geared toward FCAT to elementary school students in Gainesville.
With Friday's rivalry matchup against Florida State looming, the UF men's basketball team prepared with a warm-up game Tuesday night.
(Jeremiah Wilson / Alligator) Connor Thompson, 6, awaits a pass from his father, Ron, during a game of catch Tuesday evening on the Plaza of the Americas.
More than 400 former UF students might have been put at risk for identity theft after their Social Security numbers were posted on UF's Computing & Networking Services Web site.
A single pair of blue and silver Nike shoes lies untouched in the corner of a bonus room on the second story of a Tampa home.
Two UF students arrested at an appearance by former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday night were released from the Alachua County Jail on Tuesday afternoon.
As you sit down tomorrow to enjoy your turkey dinner, surrounded by smiling family members and with the prospect of pie in the not-so-distant future, people in Japan will be sitting down to a plateful of … whale.
This week, I wrote a lengthy feature about Andre Caldwell, and yet despite the amount of space I was allotted, I still couldn't fit all the information I gathered into the story.
Prairie View A&M dominated the opening of both halves, but it would be the UF women's basketball team (3-1) who finished on top with a 69-63 victory Tuesday night.
Twenty-five years ago, a now-infamous man named Edgar was left with a naked scalp, vowing to get revenge.
Lauren Bledsoe is going home for the Thanksgiving holiday, but there won't be much time for family and friends.
For the first time since I have been at UF, I was embarrassed to be a Gator on Monday night. The treatment of Mr. Gonzales was completely devoid of class, professionalism and common decency.
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