Event held to raise awareness about Hurricane Katrina
Oct. 7, 2007A story in Friday's Alligator incorrectly stated Jon Bennett's title. He is the Reitz Union Board film director.
A story in Friday's Alligator incorrectly stated Jon Bennett's title. He is the Reitz Union Board film director.
As the Arctic ice cap melts at an alarming rate and the biggest recent headlines are about global warming, it's easy to think that the issue would be moving its way rapidly up the policy priority ladder for governments (notably ours) to slam the brakes on a catastrophe. Just read this week's Time Magazine, and you'll see that what's turning governments' heads toward the North isn't the glaring nightmare of a global climate shift but rather, the almighty dollar.
As shoots of blue bamboo wave outside his office window, Don Goodman sits at his desk and pets his daughter's pug puppy with his left arm.
BATON ROUGE, La. - A long, eventful week for UF safety Tony Joiner ended like almost nothing had changed at all.
UF men's tennis senior Greg Ouellette advanced to the semifinals before falling Saturday at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
If all news is bad and no news is fake, then wouldn't that make all fake news good? I don't see why not.
BATON ROUGE, LA - The Gators entered Death Valley listening to the screams of 92,910 fans.
BATON ROUGE, La. - For the first time in two weeks, the Gators actually received production from someone who wasn't named Tim Tebow or Percy Harvin.
BATON ROUGE, La. - A long, eventful week for UF safety Tony Joiner ended like almost nothing had changed at all.
BATON ROUGE, LA - In its biggest game of the season, No. 9 UF may have found a new playmaker.
BATON ROUGE, LA -The game's biggest star wasn't any of the players, but rather a tiger.
Safety Tony Joiner has not started. It's Dorian Munroe that has started in his place. If and when Joiner takes the field we'll let you know.
Wayne Bomstad had the kind of laugh that could be heard down the hallway of the physics department.
The Gators have started to spread the ball around, and the scoreboard shows it. UF leads LSU 17-7 at the half. So far quarterback Tim Tebow has thrown to five different Gators receivers and four of them have caught passes.
Baton Rouge, LA - After having burglary charges dropped, UF safety Tony Joiner has traveled with the Gators to LSU. While Coach Urban Meyer has not come out and said if he will play, Joiner is eligible and most will be shocked if he doesn't play. Keep watch at alligatorsports.org, and we'll give you updates on Joiner as they come.
It's official, Gator Nation. Tony Joiner is in the game. He replaced Dorian Munroe at the start of the second series. The Gators lead 3-0 off a Joey Ijjas 32-yard field goal.
I'd like to respond to Wednesday's U-Wire column, "More useful classes, please."
UF observed National Depression Screening Day early this year, as students received free screenings Thursday in recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week.
The UF College of Veterinary Medicine will host an adopt-a-thon Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Three UF women's tennis players advanced to the second round at the All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Thursday.