NEWS
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CAMPUS
Professor holds book signing for Hunter S. Thompson biography
Oct. 15, 2008He fished with guns and was famously fired for destroying a candy machine.
El Caimán
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Q&A with Brett Dennen
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008Brett Dennen said his desert island food of choice is sushi. After all, raw fish is already on the menu. This clever California folkie, who releases his third album "Hope for the Hopeless" on Oct. 21, is a man of sound judgment. Supports Barack Obama? Check. Keeps his childhood friends? Check. Huge Ween fan? Obviously.
METRO
Annexation of Southwest 20th Avenue up for vote in Nov.
Oct. 15, 2008Are you sure you live in Gainesville?
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
Fake fashion faux pas
By REGINA STUZIN | Oct. 15, 2008Last week I wrote about the fashion rules that you can (and probably should) break, especially in Florida. This week, I'm writing about the rules that you can bend. I emphasize the word bend because if you break them, you could end up looking like a hot fashion mess, but if you bend them the right way, you could break new fashion ground.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New ticket system not that bad
By Ed Kallal | Oct. 15, 2008The new online ticket system is infinitely better than the old phone system.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Senate transition goes smoothly
By Frank Walch | Oct. 15, 2008I arrived at Tuesday night's first meeting of the new Student Senate apprehensive of what was to come. I was afraid of the ugliness that would follow when the gloves came off in the start of a new Senate session.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
British author Fred Pearce discusses global water crisis at UF
By KRISTEN WILKIE | Oct. 15, 2008Fred Pearce drinks his own sewage water.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Murphy swings match with second set performance
Oct. 15, 2008Wednesday night's dismantling of South Carolina came down to one thing: hitting percentage.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Oasis – "Dig Out Your Soul"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008If the Cubs ever won a World Series, the universe would collapse on itself. Likewise if Oasis ever made another classic album -some things just aren't meant to happen. But Noel Gallagher has a go at greatness anyway, and on "Dig Out Your Soul," he comes very close before little brother Liam and friends set him back another hundred years. The first four songs, penned by the older, more talented sibling, make up a bristling suite channeling the sounds of London, circa 1969. "Bag It Up" and "The Shock of the Lightning" strut to quintessential Oasis - swaggering guitar rock, pissed off and brash. And too good to be true. Liam and the rotating cast of sidemen promptly pull a Steve Bartman: distracting the professional from accomplishing something special.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Mercury Rev – "Snowflake Midnight"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008There's a place in the market for white noise, and nobody knows this better than Mercury Rev. With "Snowflake Midnight," the veteran space-rockers piece together an orthopedic pillow of an album that's not only as serenely unexciting as its name suggests but could likely accompany "trickling stream" and "rainforest animals" as the third setting on a Sleep Mate sound machine. Each of the few engaging moments scattered throughout - the soft-loud dynamic in "People Are So Unpredictable (There's No Bliss Like Home)," the Little-Drummer-Boy-learns-techno choral passage of "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower" - is promptly smothered to death by an extended ambient interlude. This is the sonic equivalent of turkey: it's pretty bland by itself, and after consumption, all you want to do is take a nap.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Headphones may increase risk of permanent hearing loss, study says
By SELINA SOWERS | Oct. 15, 2008While blasting music through iPod headphones may seem harmless now, the noise could cause serious hearing problems in the future, according to a new European study.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Aggressive defense looks to score
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 15, 2008To opposing teams' defenses, it sometimes appears as if the entire UF soccer team is attacking them.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Jenkins all about confidence
Oct. 15, 2008When UF's coaching staff told Janoris Jenkins that he would be starting at cornerback opposite Joe Haden, the true freshman had a rather simple reaction.
METRO
SFC congressional forum features only one candidate
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 15, 2008A debate planned for Wednesday at Santa Fe College became heated, though only one candidate was present.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Man arrested for carrying gun on campus
By KATIE SANDERS | Oct. 15, 2008University Police Department officers arrested a man on campus Wednesday who they reported was carrying a gun.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Taller team gives reason for optimism
Oct. 15, 2008At first glance of the 2008-09 UF women's basketball media guide, you can't help but notice the slogan at the bottom: Bigger and Better.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New system allows students to access financial services online
Oct. 15, 2008A new electronic system for UF students to pay fees and access financial services went online Wednesday afternoon, two days after the initially planned launch on Monday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Supreme Court justice to visit UF in November
By LAUREN IRIZARRY | Oct. 15, 2008U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will speak at UF this November, according to an e-mail sent to UF law students Tuesday.
