The Sept. 15 edition of the Alligator incorrectly stated that 70 volunteers served 120 homeless people food in honor of Ramadan at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Sept. 11. Twenty volunteers served food, and 70 homeless people attended.
I would like to defend Kyle Robisch and his column last week regarding Bright Futures scholarships. It seems Sarah Maloney is nitpicking the literal meanings of his words. Anyone deserving a need-based scholarship is required to have a certain GPA and SAT score. That is supposed to be the point of a scholarship - to give an incentive to be a well-educated student. What's the point in receiving a scholarship to attend the university because I can't afford it if I fail every single class I take? So cheers to you, Kyle, for making this point.
True to its original plan, UF will try to avoid more cuts to academic programs when it eliminates the remaining $16.6 million in cuts from its budget this year, UF President Bernie Machen said Friday.
UF is planning a new study center to give students some extra reading room.
On Friday, about 120 of Gainesville's homeless gathered around the Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza's picnic area to eat Indian food.
Runners of two species crowded the starting line waiting for the race to begin.
Henrik Boecken is too young to remember Sept. 11, but he wants everyone to know what happened the day that brought America's heartbeat to a jolting halt.
I hope none of my colleagues waste any ink writing the obligatory "The real season starts now" column this week or a "Now it's time for Lane Kiffin to back up his comments" piece.
In newly released videos, former UF graduate student Robin Garg, who was sentenced to 180 days in jail for groping dozens of women on campus, tells police he had no sexual intentions and that he was having second thoughts about his actions.
The United States of America desperately needs William F. Buckley to rise up from the grave.
Yep, that's right. I blame you guys, every last one of you who eats on campus. I know it takes five minutes in the morning to throw two slices of bread together with some meat and cheese, but that five minutes will save you 20 in the Subway line. I bring my lunch every day I can. When they were open, I was a faithful Wendy's dollar burger patron when I couldn't bring lunch.
TAMPA &ndash Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys figure they'll be fine without Terrell Owens.
TAMPA - The Gators learned the hard way how wide the gap can be between two of the top teams in the country.
Kyle Robisch, have you ever heard of a personal budget? I'm a UF junior who relies on Florida Bright Futures, and I'm grappling with the concept of money management.
After Saturday's 56-6 romping of Troy, it took Florida no time at all to publicly turn its attention to Tennessee.
ALLIGATOR STAFF REPORT
The Supreme Court is debating whether to overthrow campaign finance laws that prohibit corporations from spending unlimited amounts of money on political advertisements and endorsements right before an election.
Students should lose scholarship opportunities if their parents are successful. Sure, some of those students deserve the money, but there are so many more who need it. Everyone knows need trumps ability.
What if "Encyclopedia Brown" grew up and was still solving mysteries for a dime? Well, you'll find out what it's like in Derrick Comedy's new movie, which premiered Friday at Regal Cinema 14 in Butler Plaza.
No. 14 Florida dropped No. 20 Colorado 3-1 Sunday in a game more lopsided than the score indicates.
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