Public Paddlings: Corporal punishment allowed in Florida
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 21, 2012According to a recent report by NPR, Florida is one of 19 states that permit public school officials to paddle students.
According to a recent report by NPR, Florida is one of 19 states that permit public school officials to paddle students.
Occupy Wall Street movements from across the Southeast will meet this weekend for a gathering north of Gainesville.
The crowd sees Hannah Rogers stare down batters with a steely, hardened gaze as she whips her arm back to crank a 65-mph fastball mere inches away from bare flesh and bones.
Tuesday night, the Unite Party trampled on the students of this university once again by failing to recognize the most qualified applicants for several committee seats.
A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with using a credit card he found in a parking lot.
The meme business has been starting to slow (trolls everywhere, pick it up!), but the Web still rolls on with plenty of juicy material ripe for posting. So this week we bring you the best of the Web!
When she’s not in class or going to the gym, The Girl Downtown, Amanda Mesa, 18, is interviewing and photographing DJs and producers to get their personal stories that she documents on her blog, The DJ Diaries.
When the Florida legislature passed a bill requiring general drug testing for all state workers, our representatives and senators conveniently excluded themselves from this requirement.
After several solo projects, a Video Music Award and collaborations with music’s biggest stars, Odd Future has brought its talents together to release “The OF Tape Vol. 2.”
For me, this Thursday isn’t quite the same as all the others because today is my half birthday.
British musical pop duo The Ting Tings return four years after the release of their debut album “We Started Nothing” with a self-produced, power-pop sophomore album called “Sounds from Nowheresville,” reminding us how the group revolutionized the way America hears pop music now.
This year, UF’s Shakespeare in the Park tackled “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a comedy of interlocking plots surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens to the Queen of the Amazons.
I believe it’s my duty to recommend Sherry Argov’s “Why Men Love Bitches” for any girl looking for honest dating advice.
Cammy Abernathy, the dean of engineering, held a town hall meeting on March 12 during which she welcomed discussion from the engineering faculty in regard to budget cuts requested from the provost’s office.
Hard-working Nava Ottenberg, 58, juggles many hats. In addition to being the owner of Persona Vintage Clothing and Costumes, located at 201 SE Second Place, she is also a mother of two, world traveler, artist and clothing designer.
Available as of March 20, “Port of Morrow” was five years in the making since The Shins’ last album, “Wincing the Night Away,” was released in 2007.
I’ll admit that Betty Draper (now Francis) has become increasingly unpleasant over the years. All she seems to do is continually harden as the characters around her grow and blossom.
For the second time in coach Amanda Butler’s tenure, the nation’s top-ranked team has ended the Gators’ season.
For nearly a week, the West region of the NCAA Tournament was a tease.
Mike Gillislee remembers what it was like in practice during his freshman season.