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OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Regulation should be left to states

By Caitlin O'Conner | Nov. 23, 2009

This is in response to Monday’s editorial about the Environmental Protection Agency and nutrient limits for Florida’s rivers and lakes. In case you didn’t know, FDEP (the Florida Department of Environmental Protection) has passed down this year nutrient limits for nitrogen and phosphorus present in Florida waterways like the St. Johns River.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

People in spotlight face more scrutiny

By Michel Schoemaker UF physics freshman | Nov. 23, 2009

In response to Nicole Martingano’s letter yesterday, I can only say that I wholeheartedly agree that anyone can be a drunken driver. After all, the first thing you learn in driver’s ed is how the immediate effect of alcohol is not the slight dizziness so many students seem to enjoy, but the lack of judgment. (Drunken texting, anyone?)

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF should spend on education, not pride

By Brittany Fox | Nov. 23, 2009

With the current stimulus plan showing few signs of creating real economic stability, maybe the leaders of the free world should take a look back a few centuries.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dems should be cautious with reform

By Jenna Kilic | Nov. 23, 2009

Thank you, Editorial Board, for writing the “Party Poopers” editorial in Monday’s paper. You were dead on. Those stupid, cautionary senators, Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, need to keep their mouths shut so we liberals can ram through health care legislation we think is appropriate. If any Democrat questions whether it’s financially sound, screw ‘em! They can join those loser Republicans, who for eight years got to be fiscally irresponsible. Well, now it’s our time, damn it. Who cares if we’re in a recession?

OPINION | COLUMNS

Holidays create ‘Garden State moments’

Nov. 23, 2009

For many first years, the Thanksgiving holiday is the first real opportunity in the semester to go back home. And thus, it’s often the first real opportunity to have what I call a “Garden State moment.”

NEWS | GREEK AFFAIRS

Fraternity unveils new members to crowd of 400

By CAROLYN TILLO | Nov. 23, 2009

They walked onto the fog-filled stage wearing black masks. When the masks came off, the crowd cheered as the newly inducted members of Pi Delta Psi revealed themselves to the Greek community.

MULTIMEDIA | VIDEO

Video: Lillian's Music Store

By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Nov. 23, 2009

Lillian's Music Store claims to be Gainesville's oldest bar.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators romp, begin preparing for Senior Day

Nov. 22, 2009

As the 62-3 score went final on Tim Tebow’s second-to-last home game as a Gator, the quarterback could feel his time winding down.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Florida eliminated from SEC volleyball title race

By ANTHONY CHIANG | Nov. 22, 2009

The Gators will not win the Southeastern Conference for the first time in 19 years, but on Sunday, Florida prevented Kentucky from claiming a share of the title.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

FIU game gives glimpse of future

By CALLOVI< | Nov. 22, 2009

Tim Tebow only has three games left as a Gator, raising plenty of questions about what the offense will look like when he’s gone.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Men's basketball team snaps out of shooting slump to rout Trojans

By ADAM BERRY | Nov. 22, 2009

When Erving Walker’s 3-pointer found the bottom of the net a little more than three minutes into the second half Friday night, he said two words immediately came to his mind.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Cold shooting lets Pitt's women's hoops team pull away early

Nov. 22, 2009

The shots didn’t fall for the Florida women’s basketball team against FSU and it lost by four.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

Lowe leads Gators in attempt for first NCAA cross country title

By JESSICA ETTER | Nov. 22, 2009

The Florida women’s cross country team has a chance to do something today its never done before in its 30-year history — win a national title.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF study shows religious left more active

By Joey Flechas | Nov. 22, 2009

A new UF study reveals diversity in political leanings among religious voters that might not have been as obvious before.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Men's and women's swim teams finish second behind FSU

By TONI-ANN MILLER | Nov. 22, 2009

From the first day of competition in the Georgia Tech Invitational, Florida’s women were in contention.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UF psychiatrist arrested for DUI

By MATT HARRINGER | Nov. 22, 2009

A resident psychiatrist at UF’s College of Medicine was arrested early Sunday morning for driving drunk and failing to stop after hitting a pedestrian near Ben and Jerry’s on University Avenue.