SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF defense gears up for Oklahoma’s no–huddle attack
Jan. 5, 2009MIAMI - The Gators' scout offense sure must be tired.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
New budget cuts may force UF to borrow from itself
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009Though UF officials previously said they didn't expect mid-year budget cuts, they are now preparing to take another hit this month from the Florida Legislature.
METRO
Charities see rising requests for aid, fewer donations
By KATHRYN WATSON | Jan. 5, 2009This holiday season brought a catch-22 to local charities: fewer donations and more requests for aid.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF's offense back to full strength with Harvin
Jan. 5, 2009MIAMI - UF's win against then-No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship was an unforgettable experience for most members of the UF football team.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calathes emerges as No. 1 option
Jan. 5, 2009If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF pushes studies over BCS title game
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF's administrators are setting stricter expectations for classroom attendance as the football team plays its second national championship game in two years.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Study shows UF athletes have widest SAT score gap
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 5, 2009A study released during winter break pointed to a gap in SAT scoring between college football and basketball players compared with their classmates' average, a trend that extended to UF's own football team.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
UF Bookstores offer 20 percent off select items
By Bridget Higginbotham | Jan. 5, 2009Select merchandise will be 20 percent off at the University of Florida Bookstores today thanks to a continued effort by Student Government.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ticket office failed to please fans
By Dean Millard | Jan. 5, 2009I have been a football season ticket holder since 1997. In 2003, I not only kept up my Gator Booster status but I also upgraded to Champions Club at a time when the program was struggling to sell these seats due to a decline in the team's performance. In 2006, I had no trouble getting either SEC Championship or BCS Championship game tickets.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student dies in car crash; friends plan memorial
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF student Michelle Moses, 21, a fourth-year elementary education major, died while driving home to Mason, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati, over winter break.
METRO
Vandals shatter windows of parked cars
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 5, 2009Gainesville police officers responded to a Northeast Gainesville neighborhood Sunday morning after receiving several calls from residents reporting their cars damaged.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Economic woes shouldn’t dictate faith
Jan. 5, 2009The culmination of a brutal year for every aspect of the Western economic paradigm birthed a dismal Christmas retail season. The blind faith in overheated consumerism that fuels the economic engine of the world exploded over the last year - and even 8-pound, 6-ounce baby Jesus could not steer us clear of fiscal ruin.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Franks’ comments provide UF bulletin–board material
Jan. 5, 2009FORT LAUDERDALE - Brandon Spikes has stressed all week long that being in South Florida is a "business trip." Luckily for Spikes, he did get a slight reprieve with a great joke on Sunday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Provost leaves for Virginia Tech
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF announced a search Monday to replace Daniel Wubah, who has been UF's associate provost for undergraduate academic affairs since 2007.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF's offense back to full strength with Harvin
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - UF's win against then-No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship was an unforgettable experience for most members of the UF football team.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Title game can't come soon enough for UF, Oklahoma
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - In two days, it all ends.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators end non–conference play on historic winning streak
Jan. 4, 2009Not many saw this kind of start to the season coming, maybe not even the UF women's basketball team.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Championship game yields more than a trophy
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - As sportswriters and fans, one of the fun things about following sports is debating the implications of wins and losses and the legacies of winners and losers.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calathes emerges as No.1 option
Jan. 4, 2009If the Gators have learned one thing this season, it's that when the chips are down, Nick Calathes antes up.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Oklahoma, Big 12 out to dethrone SEC
Jan. 4, 2009MIAMI - It's time to pull back the curtain.
