UF hopes tough schedule will yield championship results
Jan. 7, 2009If the gymnastics team is only as good as the competition it's going to face this season, then there's certainly a chance to be the best at the end of the year.
If the gymnastics team is only as good as the competition it's going to face this season, then there's certainly a chance to be the best at the end of the year.
MIAMI - He doesn't know. Even if he has an inkling, he won't tell you. Perhaps you'll get one of his school-boy chuckles and "yes sirs" or "yes ma'ams." It could be just a grin and an "I don't know."
UF President Bernie Machen is expanding efforts to further diversity among UF's faculty and student body.
While the Gators' tickets to the BCS National Championship Game were punched Dec. 6 with a win against Alabama, the journey began much earlier.
For close to two hours, UF made the third-largest crowd in women's basketball history forget they had come to view the BCS National Championship in the O'Connell Center following the basketball game.
After 87 days in jail without a trial, friends and supporters of a local political activist are getting restless.
Teresa Crippen and her sister, Claire, have always been close. Being only 16 months apart, the two never really had anything but love for one another.
The entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a very divisive topic in contemporary American society.Religious preference, ethnicity, political affiliation and social status often define and pervade the deep rifts that characterize this 60-year-old dispute.
A local woman is the first of 10 essay contest winners to receive a ticket to the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
MIAMI - If I had to list the reasons why I love sports, athletes talking trash would certainly rank near the top. It's as much a part of athletics as muscles, sweat and egos, but the art of smack talk seems to have fallen by the wayside lately.
MIAMI - Practice not only ended for the season Tuesday afternoon, it also ended the practice career of UF's seniors.
MIAMI - It appeared to be one of the misfortunes of sports, one of those bad things that happen to good people.
Thanks for reminding us why we all hate you, Bernie, by not only reminding us how pathetically few tickets students get compared to alumni, but also by giving us your standard holier-than-thou insistence that we go to class while you nurse your hangover in Miami.
Sorry, guys.
An article in Tuesday's Alligator incorrectly stated that UF's football team will be playing Oklahoma State in Thursday's BCS National Championship. UF will be playing against the University of Oklahoma.
While the Gators clash with the Oklahoma Sooners in Miami, much of the Gator Nation will party on University Avenue.
In line with international protests on the issue, the controversial attacks in the Gaza Strip have sparked reactions from UF students on both sides of the spectrum.