SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Hernandez skipping senior season for NFL Draft
By CALLOVI< | Jan. 6, 2010The hits keep coming for Florida.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Alabama will claim another title for SEC
Jan. 6, 2010An undefeated season and the chance to win a second BCS National Championship in the last five seasons gives Texas a lot to play for today.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Gators expect more from 2010
Jan. 6, 2010Florida is fourth in the preseason rankings. Coach Rhonda Faehn knows it, accepts it and understands it.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Saints Rising: The Missionary Grind
Jan. 6, 2010Every year, more than 52,000 Mormon missionaries descend upon the world. This is a part three in a four-part series that follows two such messengers.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD search for slayers of Santa Fe student
Jan. 6, 2010The motive has been determined as robbery, as some drugs and a small amount of cash were taken from the apartment.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG minority parties announce merger
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 6, 2010The two parties had been discussing the merge for about two months, but the decision was finalized during the winter break.
METRO
New RTS bus route eliminates need to cross Archer on foot
Jan. 6, 2010UF's Parking and Transportation Committee and RTS have created one new bus route and extended another in an effort to boost student safety and reduce crowding on buses.
METRO
Florida snow unlikely
By KATHERINE BEI | Jan. 6, 2010Despite record lows, a load of rumors and the collective hopes and dreams of everyone in Gainesville, officials aren’t expecting snow to fall this Friday night.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
"Dead Man's Cell Phone" opens at the Hippodrome
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 6, 2010What would happen if someone else had complete access to your cell phone, your world? Oh the secrets that they could uncover! (Cue a certain golfer who had been doing some putting around of his own). This heart-wrenching fear is played out on stage in Sarah Ruhl’s comedy “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” set to be performed at the Hippodrome State Theater from January 6 to 31.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Forget your New Year's fitness resolution
By ERIK VOSS | Jan. 6, 2010At this stage in my life, the only practical benefit to regular exercise is improving my sexual attractiveness. (Health? I’m good, thanks. I voted for Obama, and he’s got me covered there.) I’ll pick up a dumbbell when the other channels of attracting women become obsolete.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Jorts and Guy Harvey T-shirts not the way to score
By Jared Misner | Jan. 6, 2010All right, boys, wake up. These simple resolutions will help you score just a little bit more. As for all you boys who like boys? Don’t worry. I know your games, too. We’ll get to you all soon enough.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Many shoes, little plot in Sex and the City 2 trailer.
By ASHLEY ROSS | Jan. 6, 2010When you’re wearing metallic gold Christian Louboutin pumps, who needs a plot line?
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
"Cats" musical comes to Gainesville
By MICHELLE PROFIS | Jan. 6, 2010Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by theater proficient Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Cats” celebrates the lives and stories of a variety of dancing, prancing cats.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
The Avenue wants talent, opinions
By ASHLEY ROSS | Jan. 6, 2010Stop by The Alligator Friday between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to pitch your ideas, show us your work or give us any feedback.
THE AVENUE
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NIGHTLIFE
A weekend guide to Gainesville's best bar deals
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 6, 2010Your belly might be full, but your pockets are probably empty because, let’s face it, the magic of Christmas isn’t free. Imagine you have only $30 left in your wallet. Here are the best deals around town to make your first weekend of spring semester a memorable one:
METRO
National census hiring in Gainesville
By ERICA JOHNSON | Jan. 6, 2010Norm Sassner, the local census office manager, said part-time jobs as census takers, supervisors and crew leaders are still available.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Still too soon for 9/11 jokes?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 6, 2010The question is, nearly a decade later, is it still too soon for 9/11 references?
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
America has soft spot for aging rockers
Jan. 6, 2010The end of a decade is naturally a time for reflection, and the end of this decade has inspired overwhelmingly bad reviews from everyone who has taken the time to ponder the last ten years of depressing suckitude.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
SG minority parties smart to rejoin
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 6, 2010It’s almost that time again. That time when no one is safe from the mass of blue, orange and red fliers.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Michael Cera gets dangerous for ‘Youth In Revolt’ film
By Jon Silman | Jan. 6, 2010What do Michael Cera, sex-crazed teenagers and gratuitous violence have in common? They are all mashed up in the new film “Youth in Revolt,” a teen sex comedy opening nationwide in theaters tomorrow. You may have, by now, been exposed to the subtly salacious trailer or seen the posters with Cera’s boyish face around campus.
