Column: Gators should ditch gimmicks
By GREG LUCA | Sep. 19, 2012Only one thing is keeping coach Will Muschamp from fully establishing Florida as a team known for toughness and physicality: his foolish, stubborn insistence on trick plays.
Only one thing is keeping coach Will Muschamp from fully establishing Florida as a team known for toughness and physicality: his foolish, stubborn insistence on trick plays.
Joker Phillips is ignoring the elephant in the room.
I have been an avid Taylor Swift fan since her early country days. My obsession with her music has led me to two of her concerts, and her songs are the most played on my iTunes account.
Coach Will Muschamp has led the Gators to a 3-0 start for a second consecutive year.
The internationally touring music show, formerly known as Dayglow, is making a stop in Gainesville on Friday night.
In commemoration of a 50-year career, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan reminds old and new fans of why he is the voice of his generation with his 35th album, “Tempest.”
Days after a video leaked about presidential nominee Mitt Romney telling supporters that 47 percent of the nation is overdependent on government support, the nationwide discussion has trickled down to Gainesville.
* Editor's Note: A previous version of this story ran online at alligatorSports.org on Monday, Sept. 17.
Three men with outstanding warrants were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Clay and Marion counties Tuesday.
Pesek might not have noticed he was wearing a “Gators for McCain/Palin” shirt, but the Obama for America staff at first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center did. He said he was denied entrance to the event.
Josh Romney will be speaking at 6 p.m. Friday in Room 270 of Weil Hall. He’s planning to rally grassroots Mitt Romney supporters, said Katy Melchiorre, chairwoman of the UF College Republicans.
In an international collaboration, scientists used a superconductor, magnets and a series of refrigerators to measure the atomic spin of subatomic particles called bosons as they transitioned into the Bose-glass phase, said Neil Sullivan, a UF physics professor and director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory High B/T Facility.
The “mass vaccination event” will occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the front lawn of the center, Catherine Seemann, the center’s marketing coordinator, said. The first 500 students vaccinated will receive a free T-shirt.
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will speak at 6 p.m. in Emerson Alumni Hall as part of the national Truth Tour sponsored by Job Creators Solutions.
The Gators will face the top-ranked passing offense in the Southeastern Conference for a second consecutive week on Saturday. However, UF’s pass rush may be without defensive end Dominique Easley.
Porter Robinson and Anton “Zedd” Zaslavski will share a back-to-back set at The Vault, 238 W. University Ave., for the Poseidon Tour. Up-and-coming producer Nick Thayer will open for both artists.
Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to Anayo Ordu’s Tuesday column, “Voter apathy is absolutely pathetic.”
After a four-year break from shows in Gainesville, Peter Pettegrew’s artwork will return to Thornebrook Gallery, at 2441-6D NW 16th Ave., where the Winter Park artist will exhibit “Glazes of Color.”
This letter is in response to Anayo Ordu’s Tuesday column, “Voter apathy is absolutely pathetic.”
World of Beer will open in Newberry’s Tioga Town Center in November or December, said Thomas Popa, partner at World of Beer.