Earth Day events kick off
By DANIELLE PETERSON | Mar. 16, 2010Earth Day is celebrating its 40th birthday, and Gainesville residents are invited to a 40-day party.
Earth Day is celebrating its 40th birthday, and Gainesville residents are invited to a 40-day party.
Census forms started arriving in mailboxes this week, and Alachua County officials are encouraging everyone, including students, to participate by filling out and mailing in the form that is required by law.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Florida is bowling to keep its doors open.
Some researchers want to fatten pizza and soda costs in hopes that it will slim America’s waistline.
I wish we were all really good jaywalkers. There may be some hardasses who think jaywalking is wrong because it’s against the law.
Students are sick of waiting, and they’re tired of walking.
On March 4, the Alligator Editorial Board commented on what they called the Unite Party’s “naughty audio.” However, the editorial and the administration’s silence on this issue reveal the true problem in Student Government: apathy.
Now that Spring Break is over and the Spring weather is here, its time to open up your closest and and try on your Spring outfits.
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Wolfe Cronin, 20, a UF mechanical engineering major, plays guitar on the Reitz Union North Lawn Monday afternoon.Hanna Palmer / Alligator
After seeing Army left fielder Ben Koenigsfeld lay out and snag a hard-hit ball in the fourth inning, the Gators took a different approach.
One year following a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, Florida missed out on the tourney altogether.
All Ryan Stamper did his senior year was lead the fourth-best defense in the nation in tackles with 78.
They create a profile and post their pictures with hopes of finding a perfect match, but these UF students are not looking for love — they are looking for roommates.
After months of sign-waving, door-to-door canvassing and candidate forums, it all comes down to a vote.
Although student voters rejected a proposed Reitz Union student fee, some student leaders are still working to form a more perfect union. In a meeting of the UF’s Board of Trustees Committee on Educational Policy and Strategy on Monday, UF Student Body President Jordan Johnson said Student Government is seeking alternative sources of funding for renovating the aging student center.
UF electrical engineering student Thomas Hollister and his father, David Hollister, were killed Saturday when a pine tree fell on their car, causing it to swerve into a ditch.
I fully admit to being a cynic about advertising, but there’s one TV commercial that throws me beyond mere cynicism and into just sputtering, angry confusion.
The upcoming federal election cycle sure looks exciting from here. Democrats are fighting for their political lives, Republicans trying to make gains in both houses of Congress and Tea Partiers clamoring for revolution.
Hannah Roberson said she hasn’t had a man escort her anywhere, open a door for her or push in her chair for as long as she can remember. Chivalry is dead, she said.