El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Orange and Blue party announces ticket
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 4, 2008The Orange and Blue party is the second Student Government party to announce its executive ticket for the Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 SG elections.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Manners, etiquette must be reclaimed
By GERALD LILES | Feb. 4, 2008Imagine that one day you are strolling toward University Avenue, about to grab a bite to eat before your 1:55 class, when it hits you: that first paper is due in an hour.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Werner breaks out after disappointing freshman year
Feb. 4, 2008Players have all sorts of pregame idiosyncrasies to get themselves hyped up for the next 40 minutes of play. Gators forward Dan Werner has just one - listening to the same three songs.
METRO
Commission votes to push back land ordinance
By SARAH JONES | Feb. 4, 2008The Gainesville City Commission passed a motion Monday night to push back voting on an ordinance that would affect Gainesville's churches.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Colombian Student association holds peace march
Feb. 4, 2008"No more kidnappings! No more deaths! No more lies! No more FARC!" read posters and T-shirts displayed by UF students and faculty at the March for Peace in Colombia held on the Plaza of the Americas Monday.
METRO
Deligate Decisions
By JESSICA PONN | Feb. 4, 2008Today 22 states will hold primary elections or caucuses, but the delegates at stake won't all be decided the same way.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Board of Governers continues to fight for tuition power
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 4, 2008The Florida Board of Governors and former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham resubmitted their tuition lawsuit against the state Legislature late Monday afternoon.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wall not about ending intolerance
Feb. 4, 2008Ryan Nelson, UF alumnus, former Writing on the Wall, staff member
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
UF working hard in O'Sullivan's intense practices
Feb. 4, 2008If you ask Bryson Barber what the biggest difference is between former UF baseball coach Pat McMahon and his successor, Kevin O'Sullivan, only one word is necessary: intensity.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
In spite of bowl loss, UF gets another star-studded recruiting class
Feb. 4, 2008Few would have thought on New Year's night that January would have turned out like this.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Candlelight vigil held for 2 UF students who died in January
By KATIE SANDERS | Feb. 4, 2008UF students and professors gathered at a candlelight vigil Monday night to honor two UF engineering students who died in a car accident Jan. 26.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Gainesville Explorer
Feb. 4, 2008Gainesville Explorer is a collection of maps, stories and multimedia showcasing places to go in Gainesville as well as day-trip locations. Each week, one location on the map will be updated, adding multimedia and a brief review.
METRO
Tasers prove an asset for GPD
By JESSICA PONN | Feb. 4, 2008As fists flew and bodies lunged downtown Thursday night, Gainesville Police Department officer Courtnay Roberts aimed his Taser for the first time.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF applicants await decision
By Nick Holmes | Feb. 4, 2008This year's class of incoming freshmen at UF survived an application process involving a record number of UF hopefuls, and all of them will find out if they got accepted on Feb. 15.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF, Tennessee renew what has become heated rivalry
Feb. 4, 2008There's no love lost here.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student suicide sheds light on issue
By WILL PAFFORD | Feb. 4, 2008Derek Day could be his teachers' star student or worst nightmare. They just better know who they were dealing with.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Universiy of Miami's $80 million state grant questioned
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 4, 2008As the University of Miami celebrated a multimillion-dollar state research grant, Florida public university officials remained tight-lipped about the Legislature's support of a private institution in the face of public university budget cuts.
