Although I doubt that I am the first person at UF that you have heard this from, I would like to welcome you to the University of Florida!
I really feel bad for all you freshmen.
Just because you live on campus doesn't mean you're stuck there.
No matter your vice, it's not hard to find your fix in Gainesville. From beer to boobs, the city is home to plenty of stores that will entertain your wild side.
How do you replace a guy who's irreplaceable?
No excuses, newbies-with more than 600 student organizations at UF, there's a place for everyone to find a niche, make friends and gather resume lines.
UF may be a top party school, but it was ranked sixth in the earning potential of graduates, according to a new survey.
In introducing incoming freshmen to the Opinions pages of the Alligator, we have to temporarily revert (at least mentally) to what it was like to move to Gainesville. The only guideline we have to go on for the inaugural editorial is something freshmen would like.
December of my junior year, I was sitting in my friend Jen's apartment drinking Sangria. I was also about to fail my organic chemistry class, which I was taking for the third time after dropping it twice.
Alas, you've made it. Your 'rents are gone, you're already sick of Broward Dining and you may or may not have thrown up in your pillow case last night. (R.I.P. Fall 2006; I haven't eaten pad thai since.)
Junior safety Ahmad Black was held out of practice on August 7 because he came to practice 10 pounds under weight and missed a team meal the day before, according to a source close to the team.
Safeties coach Chuck Heater jokingly called himself Mother Teresa after practice last week.
UF opponents should prepare to be hit with a steady dose of lightning and more lightning this season, as sophomore speedsters Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey are expected to take the bulk of the carries out of the backfield.
UF coach Urban Meyer has always aimed to reload, not rebuild, before each season.
Highlights from UF football media day interviews with Tim Tebow, Charlie Strong and Urban Meyer.
How do you replace a guy who's irreplaceable?
Emmanuel Moody still thinks he can make a big impact for the Gators.
Urban Meyer says he has "extremely high expectations" for the 2009 Florida Gators.
A man had to be pulled from underneath a pickup truck by emergency crews after hitting it on his motorcycle across from the Reitz Union bus stop Thursday afternoon, according to reports from the scene.
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