UF needs Calathes to return to top of his game
Mar. 12, 2009With the Gators' season on the line, their best player had put on a disappearing act.
With the Gators' season on the line, their best player had put on a disappearing act.
On Tuesday, the UF softball team reclaimed the top spot in the national rankings. On Wednesday, the Gators showed why they are the nation's No. 1 team.
While the UF women's golf team may be disappointed with this tournament in the short run, in the long run this week might prove to be the one they look at as the one that catapulted them to the next level.
With center fielder Kim Waleszonia out of the lineup with a knee injury until at least the end of the regular season, the Gators will need someone to step up at the plate. This weekend, Kelsey Bruder answered the call.
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Playing Tennessee again was not the recipe UF wanted to cook up to start the postseason.
Walter Hodge wasn't about to go out a loser.
Walter Hodge wasn't about to go out a loser.
Playing Tennessee again was not the recipe UF wanted to cook up to start the postseason.
Welcome to the Alex Lacroix Show, a program of endless thrills and excitement.
If things continue to go poorly for UF in this weekend's three-game home series with Duquesne, it won't be because coach Kevin O'Sullivan has been unwilling to shake up the pitching staff.
Powerful music filled the air and the audience sat with awestruck expressions as the UF Symphony Orchestra performed Thursday night.
The success of UF's sports teams has led some students and faculty members to wonder why the University Athletic Association can't step in and rescue UF's academic programs from big budget cuts next year.
On Wednesday morning, the entire editorial staff of the Daily Emerald - the student-produced newspaper at the University of Oregon - went on strike in protest of the attempts of its board of directors to install a publisher with unprecedented control over the newsroom.
In a way, UF was victorious in the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships. The team didn't win the championship trophy in Lexington, Ky., but it got the next best thing - experience.
It is no secret to anyone (except maybe Florida State economics students) that the economy is in its worst state in years.
The Gators aren't exactly used to this.
The Friends for Life of America held their fifth annual Chomp Cancer Spring Carnival Thursday afternoon on the Reitz Union North Lawn in order to spread cancer awareness among UF students.
On a night Corey Hartung envisioned waving to the crowd after her floor exercise, she instead will face the harsh reality of not competing, waving to the crowd from the floor with her family, dressed up to cheer and coach while wearing a protective boot.
For those of you who don't know me, or for those of you who I have offended, I apologize if you took the meaning of my column to be anything but satire. As an effective satire only mirrors reality, I stand by what I have written for a few reasons.