Veterans for Peace memorial
By Matthew Gonzalez | May 25, 2008[Read the full story]
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It has been three years since the Gators have made the NCAA's field of 64. In 2005, they were one of the last two teams standing in the College World Series. This year, the road to Omaha winds through the home of their rivals.
The Gators baseball team has been selected to the NCAA Tournament and will be traveling to Tallahassee for the opening round. UF, the No. 2 seed in the regional, will square off against No. 3 Tulane in its first game. Should the Gators win, they will play the winner of No. 1 Florida State and No. 4 Bucknell. UF lost two of three to FSU during the year.
The final pitch of the season was thrown at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium on Saturday, marking the last time a game will be played in Gainesville this year.
After winning its first regional title since 1986, the UF women's golf team had national championship aspirations.
Odds are, if you've flipped on CNBC lately or listened to the predictions of our doomsaying politicians, you know the economy has hit a rough patch. But as college students, most of whom are more concerned with making our next rent payment than pruning our stock portfolios, what does this mean for us?
Former UF center and current Chicago Bull Joakim Noah was arrested on charges of possessing less than 20 grams of marijuana on S. Main Street early Sunday morning, according to Gainesville Police online documents. Noah was caught with an open container of alcohol as well.
Tim Walton didn't need his peanut butter and jelly sandwich this time.
HOOVER, Ala. - It was a tournament to forget for the Orange and Blue.
In a matter of weeks, the question, "Dude, where's my bus?" will finally be answered.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the UF Student Senate unanimously voted to spend $80,000 to fund construction of a veterans memorial on campus.
UF will host the 2008 National Student Steel Bridge Competition this weekend at the O'Connell Center.
Marreese Speights didn't hire an agent so he could have the possibility of returning to UF.
It would be hard to call anyone on the No. 1 ranked Gators (65-3) "weak" after everything they have accomplished this season.
The show that revived Paula Abdul's career and hooked audiences for six seasons has lost its grip on American viewers. Though the show still tops the ratings list, the success of "American Idol" is fading.
That's more like what Jill Briles-Hinton was hoping for.
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Rihanna cut hers short. Katie Holmes and her daughter sport matching looks, and Lauren Conrad wore one in just about every episode of "The Hills" last season. You guessed it girls: I am talking about this summer's fiercest hairstyles - the pixie cut, the bi-level bob and the side French braid.
Nestor Briceno isn't done yet.