1 - The Independent Florida Alligator

Here, children rarely go to school. Backpacks, pencils and books are scarce, just as scarce as the buildings that provide an education to growing minds. Here, they bear guns and ammunition and fight a war.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Team inspired by Butler’s obsession

By MATT WATTS< | Jan. 31, 2011

Watching SportsCenter at 3 a.m., it’s possible a commercial for the Florida women’s basketball team espousing the word “obsessed” has graced the screen.

METRO

Firefighters go above and beyond call of duty

By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011

For Gainesville Fire Rescue employees, their jobs are about helping those in need whether they face a fire or a torrential downpour.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

UF study abroad student forced to evacuate Egypt

By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 31, 2011

As political and social turmoil sweep across Egypt, one UF student studying abroad there is being evacuated, UF administration confirmed Monday.

METRO

Officals rule out law enforcement merger

By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2011

The debate of police consolidation is done — at least for now.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

UF leads JU Invitational after 36 holes

Jan. 31, 2011

The Florida men’s golf team entered the JU invitational hoping to prove itself worthy of its No. 3 national ranking, and the Gators appear to be well on their way to doing so.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Distributing fliers annoying, wasteful

By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 31, 2011

As Patches O’Houlihan from the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” wisely declared, “You’ve got to learn the five D’s of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.” I never thought these words would assist me at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF closes research center in Paris, plans to relocate

By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011

The UF Paris Research Center is on the move.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Rights Fight: Judge calls health care reform into question

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 31, 2011

The recent health care reform may be due to tumble like a row of dominoes.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Stubborn politicians self-serving

By Charles Dahan | Jan. 31, 2011

Zack Smith makes a fundamental mistake in his Jan. 31 column, “Compromise DeLay-ing the Inevitable.” In it, Smith argues that Tom DeLay demonstrated ideological consistency by refusing to compromise with Democrats. Yet partisanship, as Smith writes, is not a “philosophy [that] may have intellectual teeth.” Instead, it is a methodology for attaining one’s political — or ideological — goals.

METRO | BUSINESS

Dog walker faces commission to keep business open

By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 31, 2011

When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Opening ceremony celebrates start of Black History Month

By Kari Pflanzer | Jan. 31, 2011

Dressed to impress in cocktail attire, UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the opening of Black History Month Monday night.

NEWS

Correction

Jan. 31, 2011

Florida women’s basketball players Azania Stewart and Jordan Jones were referred to as seniors in a headline in Monday’s Alligator. Stewart is a junior, and Jones is a redshirt junior.

NEWS

Clarification

Jan. 31, 2011

A headline in Monday’s newspaper stated that 14,000 people attended the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. That is the figure for Saturday alone. The attendance figure for Sunday is unknown.

NEWS

College students: How to manage the stress in your life

By Tara Braun | Jan. 31, 2011

There are many ways to deal with stress in college, so consider trying some of the following techniques to reduce stress and improve your emotional health.

El Caimán