You see it every day: chain-link fences and green tarp on one of Gainesville's most-viewed corners.
It's that time of year again - the time when the UF Board of Trustees gets together to decide how it can make life harder for UF students, usually financially.
If you're like us here in the Department of Darts & Laurels, you have four days to pull it all together and pass all your classes. Oh yes, it's crunch time. If you have eight 10-page papers to write, five exams you have to get A's on just to get C's in those classes, and homework assignments from September you have to beg your professor to accept, you've got quite a weekend ahead of you. So grab your venti iced soy mocha-frappa-whatever and stay optimistic for the next 72 hours with this week's how-the-hell-am-I-ever-gonna-pull-this-off edition of…
Free speech is a funny thing, isn't it? Who decided it was OK to yell at someone for wearing fur, but illegal to yell "Fire!" in a crowded room?
If you're a Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholars recipient, you can plan on getting about one less textbook for free next semester, thanks to budget cuts.
What is the deal with Ron Paul? Why are college students head over heels for him? We just can't figure it out.
Tell your little brothers and sisters to put down their cell phones and give their thumbs a break - at least while driving. Two Florida legislators want to ban minors from txting while driving. WTF doesn't that include every1?
He's won an Emmy, an Oscar, a Nobel Peace Prize and, to most voters, the presidency. Monday, Al Gore finally stood in the Oval Office for the first time in six years.
The phrase made famous by UF telecommunication senior Andrew Meyer has made its way so deep into the American lexicon that it has earned an entry in one of the most prestigious dictionaries.
We're starving. The thought of eating another meal out of a box, bag or can is enough to make out stomachs turn. So we're holding out for the gluttonous pleasure that is epitomized in the Thanksgiving meal.
No one wants to go to class on Wednesday. If you can find us one person who does, we'll eat a copy of today's Alligator.
Radical Islam wants you dead," said fliers for the documentary, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," which was shown last Tuesday in the Reitz Union.
UF President Bernie Machen makes a lot of money - more than three-quarters of a million dollars.
Thank God - it's finally starting to feel like a season other than summer. It's time to put the sundresses and shorts in the back of the closet and break out the sweaters and scarves. It's time to put on a pot of chili and sip some hot cocoa. It's time to trade in the Corona Light for a dark, wintry ale. It's time to stop going to class and stay under the covers instead. But most of all, it's time to read this week's frost-covered edition of…
We've all heard of the french-fry automobiles that drive across the country, powered only by grease and oil from fast-food restaurants.
Two officers from the Florida State University Police Department will trek by bicycle from Tallahassee to Gainesville on Monday as part of the "Road to Responsibility Challenge" to discourage drunken driving and alcohol abuse for next week's traditionally rowdy Gators-Seminole clash, which also just happens to fall on Thanksgiving weekend.
Kudos to the student volunteers who care enough about their community to try to make a difference in it. Specifically, we're talking about the nearly 1,000 student volunteers who showed up to Gainesville's "Homeless Night Out and Service Fair" last week.
So this is the part when we're supposed to congratulate the Gator Party on accomplishing another one of its platform goals for getting the UF Bookstore to hold a student discount day. Gator says this will alleviate some of the financial burdens of the holiday season.
We realized the crazy things people will do and sell for money this weekend after perusing UF's Facebook Marketplace listings.
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