NEWS
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CAMPUS
Magazine ranking: UF is in the top 10 for 'douchiest colleges'
By Michael Sykes | July 20, 2011When did you become a Gatordouche?
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF ranks No. 1 in SERU response rate
By Mehgan McLendon | July 20, 2011After almost five months of flooding students' inboxes with email reminders, the 2011 Student Experience in Research Universities, or SERU, survey closed July 5, and UF ranks at the top for student participation.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Despite $1.6B cut, all is not lost, NASA says
By Michael Sykes | July 20, 2011With the final space shuttle and NASA's budget falling down to earth, students at UF are trying to keep their hopes skyward.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Citing dwindling interest, UF cancels traditional luncheon
By Erin Jester | July 20, 2011The 40-year-old tradition of UF's Joint Civic Club Luncheon will come to a halt this year.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Senate talks break down
By Alexander Klausner | July 20, 2011Some members of UF's Student Senate think the Florida Bright Futures Medallion Award should not exist.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Goo Goo Dolls coming to Gator Growl this fall
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 20, 2011After last year's lack of a musical act, Gator Growl will be bringing in The Goo Goo Dolls to rock the crowd at this year's homecoming celebration.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Direct deposit now required for aid disbursement
By Natalie Teer | July 20, 2011UF is now requiring students receiving financial aid to sign up for direct deposit.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Seven programs at Shands ranked among nation's best
By Jasmine Earls | July 20, 2011UF health care physicians, researchers and staff can pat themselves on the back and say, "Job well done."
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Two disc jockeys leave 103.7 The Gator
By Gabriela Rosias | July 20, 2011Hosts Ron "Gator Ron" Brooks and Audrey Lynn will no longer be a part of UF's radio station, Country 103.7 The Gator.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
The 'S' word: The avada kedavra of American political rhetoric
July 20, 2011If you live in the United States, then you've become accustomed to the logic-be-damned attempts to malign politicians and public policy through the use of fear and hate.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Radical group does not accurately represent animal rights activism
By Jared Misner | July 20, 2011Sometimes we're mortified by our own kind. Today is one of those days.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Radical change: Slive proposes big athletics reform
By MATT WATTS | July 20, 2011HOOVER, Ala. — Addressing members of the media Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference Media Days, commissioner Mike Slive laid the foundation for monumental change.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
State champs foursome ready to shine at FNL camp
July 20, 2011When the hip hop music blasts and UF coaches begin issuing orders at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Friday, four reigning 3A state champions will take the field for Florida’s seventh-annual Friday Night Lights camp.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Ex-Gators track star nets high profile attorney
By JOHN BOOTHE< | July 20, 2011Three weeks after his arrest on a sexual assault charge and subsequent dismissal from Florida, former track and field athlete Dumisane Hlaselo has employed an attorney familiar to most Gators football players embroiled in legal troubles.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Notebook: Brantley confident, eager to return Florida to elite status
By MATT WATTS | July 20, 2011HOOVER, Ala. — Defensive end William Green and wide receiver Deonte Thompson believe Florida quarterback John Brantley has found his long-lost mojo.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
There's no 'I' in douche
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 20, 2011Congratulations, Gator Nation, you truly earned this one.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Gator Growl band choice makes sense
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 20, 2011Gator Growl got it right this time.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
True Companion launches new, innovative sex robot - with personality and moods
By Carter Lyles | July 20, 2011Last year, the U.S.-based company True Companion introduced the world to Roxxxy, the first sex robot.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Alternative hip-hop groups to be showcased Friday
By Kathleen Boyle | July 20, 2011When tracing the history of hip-hop, one will find an overarching consensus among non-supporters that generally vilifies the genre. Between mass marketing of overindulgence and the media's hype of criminal behavior, mainstream's tunnel vision of hip-hop culture has unfairly perpetuated a bad rap for this genre.
