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UF student arrested during oceanography class
By EVA MAE SMITH | Sep. 27, 2007A UF student was arrested Wednesday during a class in Williamson Hall 100.
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Turlington elevator motor overheats, interrupts evening exam
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 27, 2007About 200 students ambled around Turlington Plaza, red and blue flashing across their faces from parked squad cars and fire engines.
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Ring tone, remix made of Taser incident
By ILEANA MORALES | Sep. 27, 2007Before the YouTube videos, the protests and the Wikipedia entry, Toby Turner already knew the quote "Don't Tase me, bro" was going to catch on.
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Board of Governors votes to raise tuition 5 percent
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 27, 2007TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Board of Governors voted at a meeting Thursday to increase tuition at the state's 11 public universities by 5 percent this spring.
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Canned food drive focuses on Auburn game for donations
By LAUREN COLLINS | Sep. 27, 2007The Gators have won conference titles in both basketball and football, and now they're hoping to add one for community service.
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Planetarium adds more shows due to high turnout
By KATIE EMMETS | Sep. 27, 2007While SFCC's Kika Silva Pla Planetarium has been open to the public for a week, it is already making changes.
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UF study predicts a decrease in consumer confidence
By ILEANA MORALES | Sep. 27, 2007With an unexpected rise in gas prices this fall and a declining housing market, Florida's consumer confidence is expected to continue to dip despite a one-point increase to 79 out of 100 this month, according to a UF report.
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Marine transitions from Iraq to UF
By KORI FREDERICK | Sep. 26, 2007Editor's Note: This is the final story in a three-part series on students who completed military service in the Middle East. The first stories ran Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Turlington Transformers
Sep. 26, 2007(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Students participating in a Flashmob UF event on Turlington Plaza on Wednesday wave their arms like robots. A flashmob is a group of people who assemble at a predetermined time and place to create a random display of cooperation.
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Dance Marathon event decreases time to 26.2 hours
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 26, 2007This year, Dance Marathon participants will quit moving and grooving five hours earlier.
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Turlington preacher leaves UF to teach in South Korea
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 26, 2007On Turlington Plaza Wednesday afternoon, in the shadow of his big white sign, Joey Johnsen said goodbye.
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Campaigns costly for SG parties
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 26, 2007Attracting students' attention is not a cheap task for the two political parties competing in the fall Student Government election.
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Board of Governors meets to discuss tuition increase
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 26, 2007Florida's Board of Governors will decide how much of a tuition increase to impose on Florida's 11 universities at a meeting this morning in Tallahassee.
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UF students travel to D.C. for Iraq war protest
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Sep. 26, 2007Student protesters from Gainesville will join forces with activists from Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest the Iraq war.
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Father speaks at service after taking son off life support
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 25, 2007When Backinathan Aruldas arrived in America after a tear-filled, two-day flight from Chennai, India, he went straight to Shands at UF.
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Smathers library displays Brazilian priest exhibit
By CARLY FAIN | Sep. 25, 2007Yellowed manuscripts, books, journals and other critical archival materials that document the life of a controversial Brazilian priest are being exhibited on the second floor of George A. Smathers Library.
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Student soldier returns to UF after driving trucks in Iraq
By KORI FREDERICK | Sep. 25, 2007Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series on students who completed military service in the Middle East. Part Three will run Thursday.
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Experts debate First Amendment issues in Tasering
Sep. 25, 2007Although the Tasering of Andrew Meyer, a UF telecommunication senior, has been scrutinized from every camera angle, the legal implications of the situation remain clouded.
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Senate passes resolution in appreciation of UF sustainability efforts
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 25, 2007UF's Student Senate shifted its focus from politics to the environment at its Tuesday night meeting.
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Excavating an Excavator
Sep. 24, 2007(Scott Robertson / Alligator Staff) An excavator machine that fell into a large pit behind the Mechanical and Aerospace Building B this weekend is retrieved by two winch-wielding tow trucks. Recent rainfall caused the earth beneath the excavator to give way, allowing the machine to slip into the pit and sink into the mud. The tow trucks, along with several workers, were successfully able to retrieve the machine.
