Economic and environmental sustainability were themes of the 5th annual State of the City address given by Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan Tuesday morning.
The Alligator was founded in 1906 as The University News, which was an independent, student-owned newspaper created to serve the University of Florida when it opened in Gainesville. In 1912, the newspaper became a part of the University of Florida administration, and was renamed the Florida Alligator.
I'm on a mission to be more approachable. The rare, 20-second conversations at parties are really getting disheartening, especially when they end with, "You're blocking the keg."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The proposition concerning the limit of underage students in bars is a good thing in my opinion.
Cynthia Russell, 50, of Newberry, recently won a ticket to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration through an essay contest sponsored by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Russell, who has lived in the area since 1978, worked with Obama's grassroots campaign. She owns three businesses, Emerald Ventures, a construction company, Studio One Home Staging, an interior design company, and Magnolia Manor, a property management company. She enjoys riding Harley Davidson motorcycles and cooking gourmet food with her boyfriend, Chris. Here are her thoughts on the win:
AUBURN, Ala. - With the first three, Erving Walker gave the Gators a chance, with the second, hope, and with the third, Walter Hodge delivered a win.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the time has finally come. In less than a week, Bush is out of office. Critics might allege that he destroyed our economy, started two wars and even failed to correctly pronounce the word nuclear on a regular basis. But he succeeded in one area-he is leaving the White House without a sex scandal on his record.
Although Student Government elections are more than a month away, the rush to register student parties began Monday.
Student Senate President Jordan Johnson announced Wednesday that he will be running for Student Government president this spring.
A Gainesville woman was arrested on her birthday after turning herself in for stabbing her boyfriend.
Better known as "the bailout," Congress passed the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program last October. This program was widely criticized for its sheer volume as it nearly doubled the federal deficit for 2008.
Although UF has no official plans to for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday, student groups will be holding viewings and other events on campus.
When male genitalia make an unpublicized appearance on the bus ride to school, you know your morning can only "go up" from there.
The stars weren't aligned for Florida Community College at Jacksonville against Santa Fe College on Wednesday night.
AUBURN, Ala. - In their first two Southeastern Conference bouts, the Gators have scored the first knockdown only to have their opponents pick themselves up off the canvas.
My letter is in response to Naudia Jawad's blatantly terror-sympathetic column entitled "Is there life for detainees after Gitmo?" in Wednesday's Alligator.
A man was arrested Tuesday after two teenagers reported to authorities that he was masturbating on a city bus.
So begins another chapter of the Middle East conflict.
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