METRO
City names downtown plaza for Bo Diddley
Sep. 4, 2008Famed rock 'n' roll musician Bo Diddley has left an official mark on Gainesville.
El Caimán
METRO
Angry Dayglow Tour party–goers demand refunds
By ANGELA BOULIAKIS | Sep. 4, 2008About 800 people were denied entrance to a Dayglow Tour paint party Wednesday night at Whiskey Lounge and Moon after more tickets were sold than capacity allowed.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AP courses prepare students
By Wess Brooker | Sep. 4, 2008I've lived to see everything now.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gators should rally around Obama
By Christopher McBryde | Sep. 4, 2008Politics aren't my thing. One of my favorite quotes by Albert Einstein is, "Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Web site connects adventure–seeking women
By LAUREN BAKER | Sep. 4, 2008Courtney Crow was used to being one of the guys.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Healthy Johnson ready to help UF take on Jacksonville
Sep. 4, 2008In mid-air hangs an attacker, a defender and an orange and blue striped volleyball.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Pollo Tropical to debut at UF
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 4, 2008What do the next 10 years taste like?
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Picks Column: Miami
Sep. 4, 2008Editor's note: This alligatorSports Brand Picks Column, in its entirety, is not meant to disrespect any women, in its entirety. Well, you know what we mean.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Scalping deserves harsher penalties
By MARC WEINOTH | Sep. 4, 2008I've got some good news for students still looking for a ticket to tomorrow's football game against Miami: There are plenty available. It will only cost you $150.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Palin no comparison to Clinton
By Rachel Brenner | Sep. 4, 2008Sen. John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate shows his inability to comprehend what Sen. Hillary Clinton's female supporters really stood for. In view of Palin's ultraconservative views, to believe that her gender alone would cause Clinton supporters to run in McCain's direction because of some estrogen gravitational pull truly insults female intelligence.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Chief Justice visits UF
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 4, 2008Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court will preside over a mock court case conducted by UF law students at 10 a.m. today at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Interim dean of students appointed
Sep. 4, 2008Paige Crandall will serve as interim dean of students for the remainder of the academic year, according to a Thursday memo from Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for Student Affairs
SPORTS
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BLOGS
UF middle blocker Kelsey Bowers injury update
Sep. 4, 2008Coach Mary Wise fielded questions on a number of topics prior to Thursday's practice on the O'Connell center floor.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators and 'Canes renew rivalry
Sep. 4, 2008It's been a while since these teams last met, but don't tell the Gators it's not a rivalry.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hopkins brain surgeon discusses brain tumor research at UF
Sep. 3, 2008UF students and faculty crowded the auditorium at the McKnight Brain Institute on Wednesday to listen to a medical superstar discuss his research on brain stem cells.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Road Trip!
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 3, 2008As if the bus ride home didn't take long enough already, upcoming road construction on Newberry and Archer is forcing the Editorial Board to break out the Google Maps and study Gainesville's back roads harder than we study for class.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Oh Sanders has rebirth with "Death"
By LANE NIESET | Sep. 3, 2008At 2 a.m. on a main street in Athens, Ga., a parade is forming. This is not your average late-night parade, but a kazoo parade led by the singer of legendary indie-pop band The Music Tapes. Members of local band Oh Sanders followed a crowd of 300 fellow indie-music fans, passing spectators and fraternity houses while repeating the same six notes on the kazoo.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Honky–tonk Dawg on "Malt Lick'er"
By HENRY TASKIER | Sep. 3, 2008It was an ordinary day when Three Legged Dawg band member Billy Ray took a walk in his yard. His dog had taken a dump in the grass. To his amazement, a butterfly was perched on the excrement as if to symbolize the triumph of freedom and beauty over ¾ well, crap.
