THE AVENUE
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SEX
Sex and the Swamp: My long-distance dud
By Jared Misner | Oct. 13, 2010Dear Jared,
El Caimán
METRO
City gives scholarships to kids
By Kat Bein | Oct. 13, 2010Jared Chasse, 12, wants to be an oceanographer when he grows up, and the City of Gainesville is offering to help pay for him to reach that goal.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Rainey back at practice, will not play Saturday
Oct. 12, 2010When Emmanuel Moody walked through the Florida football offices Sunday, he came upon a welcome sight waiting in the hallway.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Gators look to rebound after winless weekend
By JAIME MANHEIMER | Oct. 12, 2010When the No. 13 Gators embarked on their second Southeastern Conference road trip of the season, they were fresh off their best offensive weekend of the year.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Debose starting to find role in Gators’ offense
Oct. 12, 2010Andre Debose didn’t need to run routes or learn a book’s worth of plays in high school.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators finish tourney in second
By MATT WATTS< | Oct. 12, 2010The Gators headed into the Jerry Pate Invitational knowing they had to go low.
NEWS
Feat photo: Poker Face
Oct. 12, 2010The game was played in order to draw attention to their poker tournament Thursday at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s at 8 p.m. Registration will be held at the restaurant prior to the competition for anyone who wants to play for $10.
METRO
Guy Harvey donates boat
By Thomas MorrellL | Oct. 12, 2010UF researchers can now get up close and personal with shallow-water sharks.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Fired host lands UF job
By C.J. Pruner | Oct. 12, 2010Two months ago, Renee Gork was known to the sports world as the woman who wore the wrong hat to work and found herself out of a job.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Americans entirely apathetic
Oct. 12, 2010UF’s Student Body really has nothing interesting to say.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
The Dirty Bird
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2010When weighing a quasi-important, ecologically destructive decision in the aftermath of the nation’s largest environmental catastrophe, apparently six months is plenty.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Vet offers advice to slim chunky pets
By Hannah Winston | Oct. 12, 2010When Bernice walks around on a game day, fans stop and say, “What a fat beagle!”
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Columnist: Dylan is a man of the ages
By Sean Quinn | Oct. 12, 2010Last week, I mused on why Florida needs to get on the ball when it comes to decriminalizing marijuana, and I attended the Bob Dylan concert with thousands of other fans at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Some would like to use that anecdotal evidence to further their claims of me as a “stoner.”
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The best advice reader has gotten
By Erin Jester | Oct. 12, 2010My father is a man of few words.
METRO
Would-be condo building for sale
By Erin Rauch | Oct. 12, 2010Stadium Club, the partially constructed luxury condominium building on University Avenue across from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, will be auctioned today.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Design students sell Halloween-themed paper goods
By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 12, 2010The graphic design club Vox Graphis will be selling Halloween-themed paper items designed and printed by UF students until Thursday on the Plaza of the Americas.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Senate votes to spend $35,000 for bandshell safety
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 12, 2010Student Senators voted Tuesday night to allocate $35,000 of SG reserve funds to improve safety at the Flavet Field Bandshell.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
The Greasy Bird
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2010In a marketing move some are calling greasy, unhealthy and hideous, not much unlike the criticisms of its artery-clogging sandwich laden with 32 grams of fat, KFC is paying (supposedly) good-looking girls at a handful of colleges across the nation to promote its death-defying sandwich with the words “Double Down” on the buns of specially-designed sweatpants.
NEWS
Zack Snyder directing next Superman film
By Joshua Saval | Oct. 12, 2010The acclaimed director behind such hits as "300" and "Watchmen" will helm the next film for the most iconic superhero of all time - Superman.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Rainey rejoins team, won't play Saturday
Oct. 12, 2010Chris Rainey has rejoined the Florida football team, but he still has a few hurdles left to clear before he gets back on the field.
