In Friday's edition of the Alligator, the Editorial Board attacked the Florida House of Representatives for passing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to receive an ultrasound. The Darts & Laurels section called it "another conservative obstruction intended to prevent women from getting abortions."
Even after more than 26 hours without access to chairs or beds, more than 650 UF students participating in Dance Marathon jumped to their feet at the sight of a six-digit figure this weekend.
The Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is 16 miles of protected park land for biking, walking and horseback riding.
UF's Dance Marathon raises money for the Children's Miracle Network.
The UF College of Medicine's dean may have violated national accreditation standards by overruling the college's selections committee and admitting a student from a politically connected family.
Three members of UF's computer programming club are competing against student teams from around the world this week in the finals of a competition sponsored by IBM.
With the bases loaded, the tying run at the plate and a full count, UF reliever Stephen Locke had a single thought racing through his mind.
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Just as the rain clouds began to roll in and cast a shadow over Gainesville, Willie Perry started to light up the track.
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The SFCC campus was evacuated Friday morning after a faculty member found a bomb threat written on a campus wall.
The amber wood-paneled dance floor vibrated as bass beats rumbled through the room. Two crews lined up on opposite sides, eyes set on their opponents. The DJ scratched the record, and suddenly bodies flew across the floor and lifted into air, freezing in acrobatic and abstract poses.
It looks like the Fed's money presses have some long nights ahead as taxpayers could begin receiving their government stimulus package checks as early as June, according to an Associated Press report. But President Bush and his economic team have made it very clear that everyone's piggy banks should be left on their shelves.
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The only time Gainesville Police Lt. Corey Dahlem was ever reprimanded at work was when the life-long Seminoles fan got caught on the job watching a Gators sports game with his colleagues.
UF basketball player Adam Allen has joined the baseball team. The 6'8" forward is a right-handed pitcher on the mound and his addition could not have come at a better time for a baseball team lacking in pitching depth.
It used to be that the controversial college admissions policies that got the most attention had to do with skin or scores.
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