For Anthony Maroun, a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, it was an air conditioner that changed his feelings about fighting in Iraq.
You could say that Avery Barnes is on an endless pursuit of perfection.
Last season, Janoris Jenkins struggled to sit through UF football games.
Base stealing, home-run hitting and power pitching are all marks of an exciting softball team.
In her four years as a sideline reporter for ESPN, Erin Andrews has been outrun by football coaches, knocked over by a defensive lineman and forced to fight rumors that she was dating West Virginia University's quarterback, Pat White.
Luis Delgado may not have been a Boy Scout, but he said he intends to leave his "campsite," or UF's Student Honor Court, better than how he found it.
City commissioners listened to both gratitude and complaints from citizens of northwest Gainesville's District 2 Thursday night at the second of four district commission meetings.
UF President Bernie Machen's recent decision to restructure his administration may have been well-received by UF's Board of Trustees at its meeting last week, but at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday, faculty members questioned Machen about the changes.
Recent UF alumnae Jolene Pinder and Sarah Zaman were awarded the top Emmy for their documentary, entitled "Bismillah: In the Name of Allah," at the 29th annual College Television Awards held in Los Angeles last week.
With the future of UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search in question after recent candidate withdrawals, the search committee will meet Friday afternoon to decide what to do next.
Backed by multi-million-dollar donations, construction for a three-level building for UF's graduate business program could start this summer.
Canada is on a roll. "South Park" cracks are down, hockey attendance is up and their dollar is making ours the new peso.
Florida's primary elections were held on Jan. 29. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
In the last couple of days there have been a number of comments posted to the Alligator Web site with complaints about the site being down and finding articles difficult.
If you didn't get the chance to catch Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia, it wouldn't hurt to head over to YouTube to watch it.
While I am not one to disagree with anyone's right to conceal or carry a weapon in public, I think that this issue has been blown out of proportion by the recent in-school violence.
Brandon McArthur rolled down the basketball court in his wheelchair, his arms pumping furiously while his wheelchair's tiny front lights blinked rainbows of color.
As the women's swimming and diving team races for the last time at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, there are a couple of things the it has in its favor.
Maybe it was nerves. Maybe it was the do-or-die atmosphere. Or perhaps it was just San Diego State.
Finding a living space that is easy on the environment and uses no electricity is simple - just find a tent.
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