Allure of power confusing
By PAIGE USYK | Mar. 19, 2008The news media had a field day this past week: New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer was discovered to have spent more than $80,000 on prostitutes.
The news media had a field day this past week: New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer was discovered to have spent more than $80,000 on prostitutes.
UF Office of Technology Licensing Director David Day was identified as UF Chief Information Office Matt Fajack in Wednesday's Alligator.
Though anti-war activism in Gainesville has increased dramatically in the past year, national demonstrations against the ongoing war in Iraq won't attract the same number of participants they once did today on the five-year anniversary of the invasion.
UF's Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment presented 16 recommendations Wednesday night concerning police protocol and community conduct during UF events.
Not all of the 10 men and women arrested on drug charges Friday were charged with selling drugs. We reported otherwise in a headline in Tuesday's Alligator.
March Madness has arrived, well sort of.
Now that the Florida Democratic Party has ruled out the possibility of a revote in Florida, the Democratic National Committee needs to accept the results of the Jan. 29 primary.
Three earrings; hair he could tuck in his pants; a Fu Manchu mustache. It's a far-off memory for the man who will soon oversee UF's financial operations in a time of budgetary crisis.
UF's Student Body treasurer-elect will be getting an early start on his new job.
Monday's Alligator quoted men's basketball coach Billy Donovan commenting on his team's loss to Alabama: "These guys may need to be totally humbled in a way."
Since 1998, David Cox has been writing letters asking Alachua County to pave Northwest 227th Drive, the dirt road in High Springs he has lived on for 13 years.
The Kanapaha Botanical Gardens consists of 15 different gardens, providing a lush and serene atmosphere.
You think colleges should allow students to carry guns on campus? Are you crazy?" I hear the familiar arguments once again. Terrible and tragic images flow in this steady stream of pure verbal disbelief - images of a student irritated with his English test grade pulling a gun on his teacher or images of a student opening fire in a crowded auditorium of students peacefully taking an exam.
Exactly five years ago, President Bush addressed the nation to announce the commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a nifty euphemism for new American imperialism.
A 52-year-old, unemployed Gainesville man faced the consequences of giving car rides in exchange for cocaine early Saturday morning, when he was kidnapped and beaten by two men he had picked up.
Nestor Briceno flung his racket into the air, threw his hat as high as he could and screamed at the top of his lungs.
Eventually, expectations, goals and dreams give way to assessment and reality.