In tough economy, are hikes unjustified?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 19, 2011Is the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society really concerned about tuition hikes, or is it just trying to find something to protest?
Is the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society really concerned about tuition hikes, or is it just trying to find something to protest?
Floridians are well acquainted with their state's scalier residents. They have shared property lines with alligators and tree frogs, swept lizards out of their houses and gone to battle with a snake or two.
At a food pantry in a Chicago suburb, a 38-year-old mother of two breaks into tears.
CHICAGO - Former Sen. Charles H. Percy, a successful Chicago businessman once widely viewed as a top presidential contender, described himself as "a conservative on money issues but a liberal on people issues."
MIAMI - Officials say a South Florida police officer facing drug charges has been fired after fleeing to Brazil earlier this month.
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. David Vitter calls the Obama administration "reckless" for awarding billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for renewable energy projects, including a $528 million loan to a now-bankrupt California solar panel maker. But Vitter was not always so critical of the loan program.
RENO, Nev. - They came from every corner to the Nevada desert to watch the nation's premier air race, a daring competition between speed-hungry pilots that pushed the limits of safety. They all had one thing in common: a deep affection for aviation.
Children and families watched as a dancer dropped her orange. A fellow dancer rushed to pick it up for her.
UF's Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program will hold its second annual Walk to Eliminate Health Disparities on Saturday.
Linzi Sheppard, 22, is a fifth-year agricultural education and communication senior.
Each Friday, Lesley Wolfson and her husband drive an hour and a half from Jacksonville to Gainesville so she can learn to read lips.
September 22, 1964: Gator Growl director Tom Kirby pleads with students to audition for Gator Growl, stating he only has half the talent needed to act in "the world's largest completely student-produced show."
Shouts echoed across campus Friday as about 30 members of the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a protest against UF's 15-percent tuition hike.
Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster are spending a couple of days in Gainesville next week.
She broke it with a date.
UF is looking to increase access to dental care in Florida by expanding its dental school and producing more dentists.
More space for students in Library West could become available within a year as the library's inventory sheds about 400 sets of low-use publications.
A UF music professor was fired in January for allegedly forcing a kiss upon a female student during a private lesson, and an arbitrator recently declared the decision to fire him sound after hearing an appeal from the United Faculty of Florida.
The Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society will march to Tigert Hall this morning to protest the 15 percent tuition increase passed in June by UF's Board of Trustees.
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine waved neon signs and chanted with a megaphone on Turlington Plaza on Wednesday in support of an independent Palestine.