SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Florida wins season-opening meet
By Logan McGuire | Sep. 30, 2013With the first meet of the season finished, Florida has a grueling schedule ahead.
El Caimán
METRO
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POLITICS
Your guide to voting in SG elections
By Colleen Wright | Sep. 30, 2013After weeks of campaigning, voting for the Fall 2013 Student Government elections begins today.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY
Miranda solidifies spot with first win
By GORDON STREISAND< | Sep. 30, 2013The picture is starting to come into focus.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Florida men's golf finishes first day at Shoal Creek in fifth place
By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | Sep. 30, 2013Erasing the bad and writing the good is exactly what the Gators men’s golf team did Monday on the first day of the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.
METRO
Apple-licensed repair store opens in Butler Plaza, covers most devices
By Jeanna Arroyo | Sep. 30, 2013Kaley Loewendick didn’t know what to do when her MacBook Pro fell off her top bunk two years ago.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New African-American studies major fully available this semester
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Sep. 30, 2013UF’s new African-American studies major is in full swing this semester after its approval by the Board of Governors over the summer.
METRO
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Mayor Ed Braddy feels pressure to run city smoothly in first quarter
By Hanna Marcus | Sep. 30, 2013In the four months that have ticked by since Mayor Ed Braddy was sworn into office, he has overseen accomplishments and setbacks for the city of Gainesville.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
To Obamacare and beyond: What we’ve learned in the health care debate so far
Sep. 30, 2013Today is the day many have been dreading — the first day of the enrollment process for the Affordable Care Act. The hallmark legislation of the Obama Administration takes its first steps as we speak.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Guest column: NCAA athletes shouldn’t get salaries
Sep. 30, 2013There is a very political debate within the world of sports centered on the relationship between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and student athletes and the fact that players, though they may be worth thousands of dollars, often live well below the poverty line while coaches, universities and the NCAA reap millions of dollars in profits off their backs.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Studying, living abroad can expand students' horizons
Sep. 30, 2013During my junior summer in Gainesville, I started feeling a thirst for something other than college life.
METRO
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POLITICS
Alligator Editorial Board's Fall SG election endorsements
Sep. 30, 2013Historically, the Alligator has chosen to endorse one party over another within Student Government.
METRO
Termite poop might be key to new antibiotics
By Kaitlyn Wilson | Sep. 29, 2013Two UF researchers have discovered why environmentally safe termite control has never been effective.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF alumnus who wrote "21 Jump Street" releasing novel Oct. 22
By RJ Schaffer | Sep. 29, 2013Joe Gazzam, now a screenwriter and soon-to-be novelist, used to work at Sears.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Florida dominates Pinch A Penny All-Florida Invitational for fourth straight season
By Logan McGuire | Sep. 29, 2013For the fourth consecutive year, the Gators were victorious at the All-Florida Invitational and remain the lone team to win the invitational since Florida began hosting it in 2009.
METRO
UF study gets support from NIH to cut the fat in rural areas
By Thomas Lynn | Sep. 29, 2013Rural areas known for warm hospitality and homemade sweet tea can also cater to obesity.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man with $1 million bond tries to hang self after child abuse charges
By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 29, 2013A Gainesville man arrested on an aggravated child abuse charge was found unconscious in his Alachua County Jail cell Saturday night after trying to hang himself with a bedsheet.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gainesville Unicycle Fest draws participants from around the state to play games, have fun on unicycles
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Sep. 29, 2013While the Gators were busy taking care of business in Kentucky this weekend, another group gathered to play a different kind of football in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. But in this game, the challenge was staying balanced on a single wheel.
METRO
Local Chipotles make switch to vegetarian pinto beans
By Alex Harris | Sep. 29, 2013Gainesville Chipotle locations recently started offering newly bacon-free pinto beans.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Hargreaves best UF cornerback
By PHILLIP HEILMAN< | Sep. 29, 2013LEXINGTON, Ky. — The kid needs to play.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Fowler fills void for Gators
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Sep. 29, 2013LEXINGTON, Ky. — With senior defensive tackle Dominique Easley out for the season with a torn ACL and medial meniscus, Florida’s defense needed someone to step up to lead the unit.
