METRO
Walker on trek for cancer awareness comes through Gainesville
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 9, 2007He arrived in Gainesville on day 369 of his trek.
El Caimán
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Name Game
By Editorial Staff | Sep. 9, 2007The battle rages on, and the end is nowhere in sight. As Student Government parties continue fighting over just their names, they delay qualifying for would-be senatorial candidates. This does not bode well for a smooth election season.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF administration begins yearlong leadership training program
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 9, 2007Despite universitywide budget cuts of ,30 million to ,34 million, UF is implementing a leadership training program for its employees that will cost ,1,000 per individual, paid for by his or her department.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Parties bicker over right to 'Swamp' party name
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 9, 2007Two UF students, each vying to be called Swamp Party president, are still playing the name game after bickering over which of them has the right to the party's name.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New on-campus laundry machines more efficient, expensive
By MARLY FALCON | Sep. 9, 2007UF students who moved back to campus this August returned to a semester of new professors, new classes and a new laundry system.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Cross Country teams open with victories
Sep. 9, 2007The UF men's and women's cross country teams opened the 2007 season with victories Friday night in the Mountain Dew Invitational.
NEWS
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FEATURES
UF student hosts Whataburger social
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 9, 2007The thick smell of active grease traps wafts in the air as some blood-shot college students dine on fried chicken, burgers and fries.
METRO
'Operation Catnip' raises awareness of pet overpopulation
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Sep. 9, 2007About 60 volunteers showed up Sunday morning to spay, neuter and vaccinate roughly 200 stray and wild cats from Alachua County.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Ingram has career night in blowout win
Sep. 7, 2007Tight end is a position that has traditionally been featured very little in Urban Meyer's spread offense.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Nothing Fishy About Sturgeon
By RYAN MOULTON | Sep. 7, 2007A UF associate professor farm-raises sturgeon to decrease the effects of overfishing.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators' defense struggles in second half
Sep. 7, 2007For the second week in a row, UF's defense took the fifth.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Haugabook regrets post-touchdown Gator Chomp
Sep. 7, 2007Troy quarterback Omar Haugabook could not have been more apologetic after losing to UF.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF spreads ball around in scoring onslaught
Sep. 7, 2007UF coach Urban Meyer doesn't seem to have any favorites when it comes to his cache of offensive weapons.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators demolish Trojans with first-half outburst
Sep. 7, 2007A car collided with Troy's defensive bus on its way to The Swamp on Saturday, and the bus kept on going up Interstate-75.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Even clueless can survive football games
By COLLEEN SHEA | Sep. 6, 2007What I am about to say has never been said before. I do not believe that anyone, in the history of UF, has expressed the following words, for fear of being a social outcast forever and possibly banished from The Gator Nation altogether.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Not all students back tuition increase
By Scott Erker | Sep. 6, 2007It was interesting to read the Wednesday Alligator's pro-tuition-increase editorial. I am sure I am not the only one who found it bizarre. The editorial first demanded that UF wants an increase in tuition. Who exactly is "UF" anyway? It is obviously not the students, the majority of whom do not want to pay any more money to the school than they or their parents already do. Some students support an increase, but only if that money is guaranteed to be directed toward need-based grants for students or new faculty hires. The editorial said 12 student government leaders from Florida's public universities went to Tallahassee to talk with Gov. Charlie Crist, and, "about half of the leaders said they would support a tuition increase if it went toward reducing class size or providing need-based scholarships." The editorial also stated Crist did not listen to the students because in May he vetoed a 5 percent tuition increase.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
No. 14 UF to take on in-state rivals FSU, South Florida
Sep. 6, 2007Say what you will about Florida State, but Ashley Harris isn't listening.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
,3 million in state funds earmarked for UF upkeep
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 6, 2007The ,5 million of state funds given to UF will not only be used to finance the salaries of the 15 new faculty members and eight new advisers, but for upkeep at UF as well.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Darts all around
By Editorial Staff | Sep. 6, 2007We're mad. We have too much homework and too little sleep. Too few beers and too little money. Not enough clothing and not enough laundry money. We're pissed, and we're not afraid to say it. This week, the Department of Darts & Laurels might as well be a crotchety old man - you know, that bald 80-year-old covered in liver spots who yells at those damn kids to get off his lawn. So stay out of our way today as we vent our frustrations in this week's furious-and-fuming edition of…
