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Where The Wild Things Are

The sounds of roaring motorboat engines and the splashing of water against hard carbon fiber fill the air as Scott Hopkins pulls off a trick at the Southeast Regional Tournament for Collegiate Wakeboarding.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Phones prevent us from communicating

A very noticeable trend in campus life is the overwhelming presence of students attached to their cell phones or encapsulated by the earbuds of their iPods. Not only does this trend essentially shut us off from the world that is within our gaze, but it nearly destroys any attempts one student may have at communicating with another.


Florida Alligator
News

Walker to transfer

UF redshirt freshman running back Chevon Walker has been granted a release from his scholarship and allowed to talk to other schools about transferring, UF sports information director Steve McClain confirmed Tuesday.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Gonzales not a controversial speaker

Why are we paying ,40,000 to hear Alberto Gonzales speak? Accent claims it is bringing another "controversial speaker" like Janet Reno. Reno was controversial because of policy in the Elian Gonzalez and Waco raids. Alberto Gonzales is controversial because of his alleged illegal actions.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Women headed for NCAAs, men don't make cut

The UF women's cross country team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships while the men's team did not. Neither met expectations at the NCAA South Region Championship Saturday.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Accent speech a waste of student money

As an alumnus of UF and the Alligator, I was disappointed to learn ,40,000 of student money would be going to pay former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to speak at UF. What on Earth could he have to share with students? What valuable insights will he offer, given how little he remembers of his own tenure?


Florida Alligator
Sports

Hand the Heisman Trophy to Tebow

For all of the records Tim Tebow broke Saturday and for the hundreds of yards he gained, one of his single-digit statistics baffled both Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer.



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