The all-encompassing purpose of going to college is to better yourself. You get an education so you don’t have to drive the same piece-of-crap car you drove in high school for the entirety of your life or deliver pizzas when you’re 40. Why some don’t include the people they date in that same category of “things to be improved,” I will never understand.
On Monday, Pfc. Bradley Manning finally got a day in court.
Fifty years after he came to Florida as a young quarterback from Tennessee and 47 years after he won the first Heisman Trophy in Gators history, Steve Spurrier was again honored on Florida Field.
Following an early exit in the NCAA Regionals in 2012, the Florida softball team was expected to have a down year. Sixty-four games later, the Gators are entering the Women’s College World Series as the No. 2 national seed. With Florida preparing for its fifth appearance in the WCWS, alligatorSports editors Adam Lichtenstein and Landon Watnick will decide which player was the most important in getting the Gators there.
On Saturday, the Alachua Home Grown Open House will provide an opportunity to learn about gardening habits through hands-on experience.
Nearly 5,700 patients are at risk after a UF medical practice employee was discovered to have ties to an identity theft ring.
The 2013 hurricane season starts Saturday, and experts are predicting a stormy six months.
A community emergency exercise, which was postponed in April as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing, will take place at UF between 7 a.m. and noon.
The Duke Energy Foundation will award $45,000 to two charitable organizations in Florida — one of which is the Gainesville-based Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, which will receive $25,000.
The City Commission met Wednesday night to discuss amending an already approved process that would allow Butler Plaza to expand by about 150 acres and include an upscale town center.
With the popularity of electronic dance music right now, it’s easy for music lovers to obsess about the new products that DJs and artists are releasing. However, one band is making sure we don’t forget about the real meaning of electronic music.
In the musical oasis “Avenue Q,” audience members step into a world reminiscent of their childhood days of watching “Sesame Street.” However, this is not a show for children.
Cookie lovers, rejoice! It’s been a long time coming, but Midnight Cookies has finally left its coveted spot inside California Chicken Grill for a new location at 3345 SW 34th St. — just a few doors down from Tropical Smoothie Cafe. The owner of Midnight Cookies, Jonathan MacAllister, said the relocation will attract more customers.
As the month of May drew to a close, bicycle enthusiasts gathered at the downtown library headquarters to celebrate the close of National Bike Month.
I embedded myself in Afghanistan last week to write an exposé for the Alligator. My adventures in Kabul were thrilling and, at times, dangerous. I would have felt honored being the first UF student to report from a war zone — if the entire trip weren’t a ruse.
Time flies, and before you know it Summer A is halfway over.
When people discover I’m a Gainesville resident of 10 years, they often look surprised then sympathetically say: “Wow, you must get so bored over the summer.” And I would vigorously nod my head in agreement.
Robbie Rogers is an openly gay athlete who plays soccer. In European countries, this would mean he’d get a few chants dedicated to him from fans of opposing teams. In America, it means he’s making history.
A majority of Americans would rather take a financial loss than gain additional weight, according to a recent national study, and many Gainesville residents agree.
Gators are making Etsy orange and blue.
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