METRO
Flood watch issued for Alachua County
By Michael Scott Davidson | June 24, 2012A flood warning has been issued for parts of Alachua County.
El Caimán
METRO
Tree falls on carpet cleaning van, one man injured
By Benjamin S. Brasch | June 21, 2012A tree fell on a carpet cleaning van leaving one man in critical condition.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Young people seduced by anti-government ideology
June 21, 2012Two misguided columns that appeared in the June 14th edition of the Alligator demonstrate the perverse anti-government ideology that is consuming many of our young people, at the expense of reason.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
June 21, 2012Well, it’s the end of Summer A, which means the Alligator will be on break next week. However, we have a lot to cover this week, so sit tight, relax and prepare for our document-withholding-amnesty-granting-substance-banning-cancer-curing-animal-crashing-studio-bashing edition of...
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
What happened to free speech and common courtesy?
June 21, 2012I’ve been a student senator since the last student government elections in spring, and one thing has been made abundantly clear in my short time in the Student Senate: the Unite Party doesn’t like being told that they’re wrong or that they’re corrupt and incompetent or even that you want to amend one of their bills to be grammatically correct.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
President Obama displays incompetence
June 21, 2012Well, I’m just going to come right out and say it. President Obama is arguably the worst president in American history. Never have the American people been sold such a bill of goods as they have with this man.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Board of Governors approves tuition, fee increases
By Erin Jester | June 21, 2012After accepting a few losses during this year’s legislative session, UF is getting some approval at a critical time for the university.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
University of Florida's English Language Institute looking for conversation partners
By Mariela Ramirez | June 21, 2012UF’s English Language Institute, or ELI, is looking for student volunteers for the Conversation Partner Program during Summer B. Volunteers will be paired with at least one non-English speaking student from another country and meet for a minimum of one hour each week.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida coping with abrupt end to College World Series run
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Last week, Brian Johnson was not thinking about life after Omaha.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
The Rally: Is baseball, softball or ‘John Carter’ the bigger disappointment?
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Joe: Rewind to January 1, 2012. The ball has dropped in New York City, and I’m drinking champagne out of a plastic wine glass. A fortune teller — decked out in purple robes with a crystal ball — saunters over and tells me the Gators will win three national championships in the first six months of the year and that John Carter would be the box-office bust of 2012.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Some iPhone users choose phone over sex
By Rachel Stephens | June 20, 2012Stinnett, a 21-year-old UF political science senior, isn’t alone. According to a study released Monday, 15 percent of iPhone users would choose a sex-free weekend over giving up their phone for the same amount of time.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Barbiasz one of several Gators competing in U.S. Olympic trials
By KATIE AGOSTIN | June 20, 2012When junior Dwight Barbiasz first started competing in the high jump in 2008, he had to spend that summer watching the Olympics from home. This year Barbiasz wants in.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
UF Senate approves new Supervisor of Elections after extension
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012Student Body President Tj Villamil left this position open later than others, hoping that more people would apply. UF junior Stephen Davis was chosen.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Senator to begin 150-mile trek to Tallahassee Monday
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012The trek is Wheeler’s way of giving back to his church, St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, and raising money for the construction of its new building.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Bus routes to change for Summer B schedule
By Chris Alcantara | June 20, 2012Bus service will be reduced during the weeklong break between Summer A and Summer B.
METRO
Man allegedly robs gold store, limps from scene
By Michael Scott Davidson | June 20, 2012Kouvaris Lamar Roberts was arrested on felony charges of robbery with a weapon and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
METRO
Judge orders $1 million dinosaur fossil be returned
By Chris Alcantara | June 20, 2012On Tuesday, a New York federal judge requested the Department of Homeland Security to seize the remains of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur artifact in New York City believed to have been stolen from Mongolia.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Two Gainesville residents host Free Community Meditation Group
By Natalie Teer | June 20, 2012For Keri Johnson, a 27-year-old UF student studying religion and nature, and 36-year-old tattoo artist “Sleepy Dave” Kotinsley, a discussion that started about a thesis paper grew into a community meditation group.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Otter and Trout Trading Co. offers holistic practices to Gainesville
By Samantha Solum | June 20, 2012Otter and Trout Trading Co., located at 625 W University Ave., recently added another room to its store to make space for the growing collection of herbs, books, gems and unusual gifts, but the renovations aren’t over.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Grads and students use Etsy to expand the Gator Nation
By Kathryn Varn | June 20, 2012Melnichuk, who spent her teenage years in Brooklyn, N.Y., painted throughout high school. She was accepted to the School of Visual Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design and other well-known art schools, as well as waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon for physics.
