NEWS
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CAMPUS
Group offers lunch in exchange for freedoms
By JENA ADDISON | Mar. 18, 2009Group offers lunch in exchange for freedoms
El Caimán
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Coverage of celebs often too excessive
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 18, 2009When celebrities face plights similar to those of everyday folk, the media falls guilty of spending far too much time and resources tracking the latest developments.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Women's basketball team just getting started with winning ways
Mar. 17, 2009It was the best news the UF women's basketball players had heard in three years, and they were wishing for something better.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Good Eats
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009In the wake of America's economic downturn, one restaurant has bucked the current trend of slumping sales by employing a creative business model - name your own price.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Donations fall as Krishna Lunch attendance increases
By RACHAEL PINO | Mar. 17, 2009Those enjoying Krishna Lunch this week may have received something extra with their meal - a flier.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF's Board of Trustees listen to graduate assistant pleas
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 17, 2009After passing plans to request more than $100 million in federal earmarks and hiking dorm rent and parking decal prices Tuesday, UF's Board of Trustees listened to impassioned pleas from UF's graduate assistant and faculty unions about low stipends and possible layoffs.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
N.Y. Attorney General cracks down on AIG
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009Word out of New York reveals an ever-growing scandal behind the doors of beleaguered insurance giant AIG.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Three birds nesting in Broward Dining pose health risk
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Mar. 17, 2009Bird seed, bread, trash bags on poles and bird traps have all failed to kick out the unwanted guests at Broward Dining Hall.
METRO
Mother's Pub & Grill serves up green beer
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Mar. 17, 2009Tuesday was a day of favorites for Josh Stratton.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF's midweek doubleheader to help prepare team for weekend conference matchup
By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 17, 2009Working an extra day of the week might not seem like an appealing prospect to most people, but for coach Tim Walton and the UF softball team, it's something to be excited about.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Pentecostal church service proves adaptive to community
By ALLIE CONTI | Mar. 17, 2009They catch you as soon as you come in.
SPORTS
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SFC
Saints sweep Tejanas in doubleheader
By KELSIE HOECHERL | Mar. 17, 2009The Santa Fe College softball team (29-3, 6-2 Mid-Florida Conference) proved why it is ranked No. 1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association on Tuesday against El Paso Community College.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF's first black graduates reflect on experiences
By Matt Tripp | Mar. 17, 2009About 300 people attended an event Tuesday night to hear local civil rights activists and UF's first black graduates speak about their struggles in the Deep South and the changing times.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student Senate considers bill to remove SG lobbyists
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Mar. 17, 2009Tuesday night's Student Senate meeting was filled with debate as senators voted to tighten their watch on one Student Government organization and considered a bill that would remove SG's lobbyists.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators to face Dolphins in NIT first-round matchup
Mar. 17, 2009The UF basketball team sat and watched the NCAA Tournament selection show Sunday just like all the others.
METRO
Woman accused of attacking people with box cutter
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 17, 2009A Shands at AGH clerk was arrested Monday after she was accused of slicing two people with a box cutter and trafficking prescription drugs.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Munroe's walk-off single in ninth downs Seminoles
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 17, 2009FSU's Tyler Holt yelled back at Buddy Munroe after running over UF's catcher to score the game-tying run in the top of the ninth. Munroe responded with his bat.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG president participates in discussion held by Charlie Crist
By KRISTEN HUFF | Mar. 17, 2009UF Student Body President Kevin Reilly was behind enemy lines Tuesday to discuss proposed state budget reform and legislation with Gov. Charlie Crist.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Brooklyn Heights: Guard brings New York game to UF
Mar. 17, 2009At the intersection of Marion and Thomas S. Boyland streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the Marion Hopkinson Playground.
METRO
Commissioner will focus on youth if re–elected
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Mar. 17, 2009Walking past nitrogen tanks and stepping around carts stacked with latex gloves and beakers, it's hard to imagine how Scherwin Henry has any time for anything but his research.
