METRO
Termite saliva may hold key to biofuels
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 31, 2010A tiny bug could help solve one of the world’s biggest problems.
El Caimán
OPINION
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COLUMNS
House candidate gets stickers wrong
By Sean Quinn | Aug. 31, 2010Palm Beach County isn’t exactly known for its good voting record.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Spread offense to prove its doubters wrong this season
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Aug. 31, 2010Don’t try to act like you understand the spread offense.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Reader questions support of diversity in light of Alligator poll question
By Karen Holland | Aug. 31, 2010As a professional engineer and prospective graduate student on the University of Florida campus for a single day, Aug. 30, I flipped through the Independent Florida Alligator and was shocked to read a campus poll result indicating 74 percent of the students regret women were given the vote.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Lemmens, Trattou face tall task of replacing DE pair
Aug. 31, 2010Many unproven players will take on prominent roles for the Gators this season, but perhaps no position will need to replace as much production as defensive end.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Karl Marx hates Saturdays
Aug. 31, 2010How excited are you for Saturday? I mean, really, how excited?
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Linemen excited for tweaks in Gators’ offense
Aug. 31, 2010Florida’s offensive schemes will remain a bit of a mystery until the season gets underway this weekend, but count left guard Carl Johnson among those who want to see a bruising running game.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Ad agency pays former intern for good grades at UF
By Lidia Dinkova | Aug. 30, 2010Sometimes it pays to get good grades.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Model faith
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 30, 2010Bring out the rosaries and communion juice, ladies (and gents), Tebow's back on top.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
LGBTQ club kicks off year
By Nadine Korioth | Aug. 30, 2010A bright rainbow-colored backdrop decorated the entrance of the Rion Ballroom, and a photographer snapped photos of incoming students and faculty as they kicked off the new school year with the LGBTQ Welcome Assembly Monday night.
METRO
Local group sues state over funding for education
By Alexander Klausner | Aug. 30, 2010A Gainesville political action group is suing the the state to make education its paramount duty.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Hurrican't: New Orleans recovering five years later
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 30, 2010Time sure does fly when you're battered by hurricanes, fleeing your home to live in a sports arena, relying on FEMA for pretty much everything and worrying about, well, surviving.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida governor debate changes date
By Lidia Dinkova | Aug. 30, 2010UF students might have the opportunity to hear from Florida gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott much sooner than expected.
METRO
Grooveshark in Time's top five
Aug. 30, 2010Grooveshark, a free music-streaming website, is now the biggest thing to come out of Gainesville since Tom Petty and Gatorade.
NEWS
Correction
Aug. 30, 2010Monday’s article about the Praharsha festival refers to the garb and songs as Hindi, when they are actually Indian and represented many languages and regions in the country.
NEWS
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SFC
GED holders get free educational services at Santa Fe
By Erin Rauch | Aug. 30, 2010Any GED-holding student in his or her first semester at Santa Fe College is now eligible for free tutoring, mentoring and seminars through the Pathways to Persistence program.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Florida primary results show media predictions mean little
By Brittany Fox | Aug. 30, 2010A guy walks into a bar. He gets a drink, stands up and says, "All politicians are crooks." A man in the corner replies, "Hey, I resent that." First guy asks, "Why, are you a politician?" Man in the corner says, "No, I'm a crook."
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Ignoring intolerance solves nothing
By Dave Schneider | Aug. 30, 2010The Dove World Outreach Center's hateful plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 prompts a lot of responses from people.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Offensive line set for season opener
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Aug. 29, 2010As the season creeps closer, questions are beginning to be answered.
