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Jobs harder to get for law school grads
By Danielle Alvarez | Feb. 1, 2011The dream of becoming a lawyer with a high salary might be slowly fading away.
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Police continue investigating death of UF student
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 1, 2011The investigation of the death of a UF student remains open and ongoing, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
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Faculty member in Egypt as riots erupt
By C.J. Pruner | Feb. 1, 2011When Sandra Russo left her hotel in Egypt in the early hours of Jan. 26 for her flight, she couldn’t help but hear the sounds of laughter and upbeat music coming across the way. Unbeknownst to them, Egypt was erupting.
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Second Amendment needs another look
By David Grundy | Feb. 1, 2011Contrasting the recent Alligator poll, which found that 69 percent of respondents were against state permission for guns on campus, there have been few letters attempting to discredit the gun control position while ridiculing the holders of that opinion.
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Unite makes wise vice president choice
By Megan Vu | Feb. 1, 2011Today, our campus exposes itself to a world of potential firsts, most visibly for the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) community. But this “first” also extends to all Gators and all of Florida — to you and me. Anthony Reynolds has announced his candidacy for Student Body vice president, and I would like to explain why this is monumental and why I personally support him.
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Board seeking student signatures for Reitz Union renovation
By Jolisa Canty | Feb. 1, 2011The Reitz Union Board of Managers is seeking student signatures to petition the Make It Reitz project, a renovation and expansion of the Reitz Union.
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Student Government parties announce executive candidates
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 1, 2011As the qualifying interviews for Student Government elections wound down Tuesday, the executive race picked up.
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Library donors pledge donations for basketball shots
By Sara Oelschlaeger | Jan. 31, 2011For the second year, the better the Gator basketball players perform, the more the UF libraries benefit.
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UF Invisible Children chapter to partner with Heal the World for benefit concert
By Kristen Wasko | Jan. 31, 2011Here, children rarely go to school. Backpacks, pencils and books are scarce, just as scarce as the buildings that provide an education to growing minds. Here, they bear guns and ammunition and fight a war.
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UF study abroad student forced to evacuate Egypt
By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 31, 2011As political and social turmoil sweep across Egypt, one UF student studying abroad there is being evacuated, UF administration confirmed Monday.
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UF closes research center in Paris, plans to relocate
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011The UF Paris Research Center is on the move.
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Opening ceremony celebrates start of Black History Month
By Kari Pflanzer | Jan. 31, 2011Dressed to impress in cocktail attire, UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the opening of Black History Month Monday night.
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Southwest Recreation Center renovations drawing high numbers
By Katy Doran | Jan. 30, 2011The buzz of treadmills, the swoosh of rotating elliptical trainers and the beep of hand scanners allowing entry into Southwest Recreation Center are heard daily as close to 4,500 students arrive at the recently renovated gym.
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This week in Gainesville
By Paul Runnestrand | Jan. 30, 2011February 3, 1964: Three UF faculty members are among 10 people killed when a twin-engine aircraft crashes immediately following takeoff at Gainesville Municipal Airport. South Central Airlines Flight 510, departing for Jacksonville, loses power in its left engine and falls about 75 feet to the runway. William G. Cowperthwaite, James W. Willingham and David V. Legate are on board.
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College of Engineering may merge departments
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 30, 2011UF’s College of Engineering may fuse the nuclear and radiological engineering department with another department this summer.
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Donovan competes to raise hospital funds
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 27, 2011The Florida Gators basketball team has another challenge to win, but this one won’t be on the court.
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Astronomy professor pleads guilty to killing Pluto
By Kat Bein | Jan. 27, 2011Bo Gustafson learned as a child there’s never one answer. Ask him a question and he’ll smile, knowing there’s no such thing as a simple, concise response.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 27, 2011You may not realize it, but Student Government slating starts today. That’s right, our semiannual circus is back in town, ready to pitch its tents and set up the same old platforms.
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SNAP updates system for requesting a ride
By Courtney Steinberg | Jan. 27, 2011The integration of a new automated system will allow the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol to run more efficiently and decrease students’ wait time.
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Israeli official outlines sustainability efforts of Israel
By Joshua Jurnovoy | Jan. 27, 2011Israel is using green technology to help itself both economically and diplomatically, an Israeli official said at the Reitz Student Union on Thursday night.
