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Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  NIGHTLIFE

Zumba offers fun fitness alternative

Before Erica Hyatt walks through the door, she is a chemical engineering major. She is a student at the UF. She thinks about homework and grades and meetings for the intramural softball team she is on. But for the hour she is in the room, she forgets all of that. She throws her arms in the air and sways her hips to the blaring music.


Florida Alligator
NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Prevention program earns $100K

Despite its recent ranking as the nation/s No. 2 party school, UF was one of five schools named a 2009 Model of Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program on College Campuses by the U.S. Department of Education.


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Correction

A cutline in Tuesday's Alligator incorrectly identified Deja Brew employee James Kenlon-Durrance, who has worked at the café for about two years.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Nudity should be embraced, not taboo

Sunday nights, trash nights, before I roll the garbage out to the curb, I strip off all my clothes and leave them in a little pile on the bench by the front door. Naked, I approach the street with the garbage can, which smashes the grass under its weight. It's one of the busiest streets in Akron, Ohio, during the day. But come 2 a.m., traffic is sparse. After the can is in position on the curb, I don't hurry back to my pile of clothes. Instead, I pace the dew-soaked grass, and I let the night air touch all the parts of my body it normally can't.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

Change is afoot in Gainesville right now. All it takes is one look at the Alligator parking lot full of cars crammed with clothes, kitchen utensils and random boxes to know that summer is coming to an end, and everyone is ready to begin anew in his or her freshly leased pads. But, before you get too excited (and crumple up this paper to use as packing material), we would like to present you with an are-there-really-only-two-weeks-until-fall edition of…


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Correction

An article in Tuesday's Alligator attributed a quote from Geoffrey Mason to a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement spokewoman. The quote was: "He's from a different society, different upbringing," he said. "He's a nice guy, but wrong place, wrong time, wrong situation." The same article stated that 19 charges against Robin Garg will be dropped. Twenty cases will be dropped.


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