NEWS
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CAMPUS
It ain't your dad's Humans vs. Zombies anymore
By Severin Walstad | July 13, 2011Attention HvZ junkies: The rules have changed.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Vet department picks new chair
By Gabriela Rosias | July 11, 2011Rowan Milner spent his week adjusting to his new position as chairman of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences.
METRO
Changes coming to bus transit in fall
By Jonny Shiver | July 11, 2011Gainesville's Regional Transit System has a few big changes en route for the fall semester.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
No. 3: Secondary - Who replaces Jenkins, Black?
By JOHN BOOTHE< | July 11, 2011Whether it’s Steve Spurrier screaming at his quarterbacks or Urban Meyer fawning over Florida’s punt coverage, nearly every college coach is remembered for the pet project they took on during their tenure.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
City to hold Friday festivals before UF games
By Michael Sykes | July 11, 2011Those in Gainesville for Gator games will now have something to do Friday nights aside from packing the cooler for the next day.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
UF commits on display at Nike’s “The Opening”
July 11, 2011For 150 of high school football’s most elite athletes, last week was filled with copious amounts of free Nike swag, intense competition and tutelage from an array of NFL players.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
I’m gonna let you finish Wambach, but U.S. rides Solo
By MATT WATTS | July 11, 2011If you weren’t in front of the television watching the United States play Brazil on Saturday, I feel sorry for you. The women wearing the red, white and blue showed incredible resolve in one of the most epic comebacks the sport has ever seen.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF to get $7.2M to put scientific data online
By Clare Lennon | July 11, 2011UF and Florida State University are putting aside their differences and teaming up to digitize the nation's biological data.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF plans for first class of spring-summer students
By Erin Jester | July 11, 2011A new UF enrollment model will be doing away with the summertime farewell, "See you in September."
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Student offers tips for UF
By Jonathan Martin | July 11, 2011I'm a senior who is graduating this August, and I'm not hatin', but I've had four fantastic years of Gainesville college debauchery and can offer a few recommendations to keep the town prospering in all social aspects. I've noted some laws that want to curb the incurable, some changes that try to break the unbreakable and some traditions that need to be awoken from their sober deaths.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Lost in the sauce: guy walks into the bar
By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 11, 2011I've been back from Vietnam for seven years. I spent the first three in a drunken New Orleans haze. The next four, I drove for Hoffa's Teamsters.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
ABC Family ad blitz: accio facepalm
By Shea Ford | July 11, 2011For those who are living in a cave and are unaware, the final Harry Potter film debuts in U.S. theaters Friday.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
That ain't right
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011When a 168-year-old British tabloid read by millions goes down in the flames, we have to say something.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Do we really need awkward statues to get cultured?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011If you haven't noticed recently, there have been some new additions to the UF and Gainesville community. They aren't the swarms of parents and potential students who quizzically roam the campus, nor are they the people who hand out fliers for some benefit show or campus club. In fact, they don't do anything except waltz and creepily stare as you walk to your next class.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Powerbombs, pageantry on display at wrestling show
July 11, 2011Any other time, this may have been grounds for a call to child services. But on Friday night, it was all part of the show.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Grad student organizes swashbuckling flash mob using Facebook
By Kelsey Tomaselli | July 11, 2011It began with a whistle, then an episode of organized chaos.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Renowed photographer speaks at Harn
By Beatrice Dupuy | July 11, 2011Standing in front of a crowd that included the admiring eyes of some of his former students, Jerry Uelsmann said he does not have an agenda behind his photography.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
O'Dome to undergo $900,000 facelift
By Maria Castillo | July 6, 2011The Stephen C. O'Connell Center is getting a facelift at an estimated cost of $900,000.
METRO
Chick-fil-A to celebrate Cow Appreciation Day Friday
By Mehgan McLendon | July 6, 2011Chick-fil-A lovers can save some moolah Friday if they come into any of the restaurant's locations dressed as a cow in celebration of the franchise's annual Cow Appreciation Day.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Audit report released
By Erin Jester | July 6, 2011A document released by UF's Office of Audit and Compliance Review has revealed the School of Architecture's director billed the school for the services of a design center he also directs, signaling a possible conflict of interest.
