NEWS
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CAMPUS
Consumer confidence up
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 27, 2010The economy may be improving, according to a new UF study.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Walking Gators kicks off fall semester walks with new routes
By Sara Solano | Oct. 27, 2010A small cluster gathered around library employee Jami Beserock, her orange Walking Gators T-shirt signaling their usual meeting spot outside Smathers Library.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader disappointed with endorsement
By Naveen Mudaliar | Oct. 27, 2010Wednesday’s endorsement for attorney general was the worst endorsement yet in the series of political endorsements.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Amendment Showdown
By Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2010We see you’ve made it through your near booklet of a sample ballot, filling in the bubbles for the best candidates (in black ink because apparently blue is just not acceptable) as we work our way through the endorsements of major political candidates. But you still have local races, judges to not reappoint (read: Charles T. Canady) and lots of amendments to bravely work your way through. Luckily, we’re not going to abandon you in the wake of a mind-numbing panic of legalese. Stay with us as we present you with your very own and possibly very first This-Looks-A-Lot-Like-Darts-&-Laurels-But-It’s-Really-Not edition of Amendment Showdown.
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
Tricks to look like a treat
By ALLISON BANKO | Oct. 27, 2010Sure, you’ve been going buck wild in all of autumn’s glory: breathing in sweet smells of cinnamon, indulging in candy corn, busting out the pumpkin spice candles. You may think you’ve got the fall feel down, but does your wardrobe?
OPINION
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COLUMNS
US legal system fundamentally flawed
By Nate Rushing | Oct. 27, 2010Pamela Raymond is a former nurse who lives in the quaint city of Morristown, Vt. And according to the state, Raymond is a murderer.
NEWS
Correction
Oct. 27, 2010Wednesday’s story on the Alachua County School Board forum discussed charter schools. For clarification, charter schools are independent, non-profit schools but are funded by the public.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
‘Sex on the lawn’ event offers food, free condoms, sex ed
By Mina Radman | Oct. 27, 2010Three blindfolded students raced to open condoms and place them on plastic model penises while others guessed how many condoms were in a jar Wednesday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Professor loses 10 years of racism research to burglars
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston has spent the past 10 years studying racism in Nova Scotia — but now all of her research is gone.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
IFAS gets $2.9 million to study strawberries
By Gennaro Scibelli | Oct. 27, 2010The grant will help the multi-state research team, led by UF plant pathologist Natalia Peres, find better ways to fight fruit rot that plagues the strawberries in Florida fields and refrigerators every year.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Meet the Zombie Beatles: Bands we want to resurrect
By Jessica Poitevien | Oct. 27, 2010Let's take a trip down music's memory lane, back to a time when there was no such thing as Auto-Tune or "Glee" or Ke$ha. We had our one-hit wonders (anyone heard from Haddaway lately?) and our boy bands that produced a few albums then disappeared (B2K ring a bell?).
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Get lost: Gainesville corn maze celebrates Halloween
By Melinda Cartensen | Oct. 27, 2010All is still and quiet at Rogers Farm but for a faint breeze and the soft, muffled clucks of a few chickens behind barbed wire.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Trick-or treating with the Avenue
Oct. 27, 2010We’re not in denial: We know we’re a little past our trick-or-treating prime. We know we can no longer strap on a pair of rabbit ears and faux-furball tail without being called a few choice words. We know we’re not getting any candy this year unless we march our non-bunny-costumed selves over to Walgreens (most likely on Nov. 1, when all that cavity-causing goodness goes on sale).
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Rainey could see time at RB
Oct. 26, 2010Chris Rainey could see a lot of touches out of the backfield Saturday against Georgia, but he needs earn playing time first.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate meeting heats up over bill about bills
By Lidia Dinkova | Oct. 26, 2010In a heated debate Tuesday night, Student Senators passed a bill that allows only for bills passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to be heard in Senate meetings.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF travel ban to Haiti applies to undergrads
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 26, 2010A cholera outbreak in Haiti has prompted UF to restrict undergraduate travel to the recovering country.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Blakely commits to UF
By TOM GREEN | Oct. 26, 2010BRADENTON — After keeping his college choice a secret from the public for six days, Mike Blakely wasted no time making his decision known Tuesday morning.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hogwarts party draws 600 Harry Potter fans
By Max Reed | Oct. 26, 2010Students made a trip to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Tuesday night.
NEWS
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SFC
Santa Fe rallies for buses
By Alexandria Ugarte | Oct. 26, 2010The legislation would allow all Florida colleges to add a small transportation fee to each credit hour for students.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Rainey’s situation handled correctly
Oct. 26, 2010Chris Rainey will probably see the field Saturday. That’s not a guarantee. Don’t take it to the bank. Like anything related to the UF football team, fans won’t actually know until the game starts.
