Bob Knight retiring has made me realize how grateful I am for UF coach Billy Donovan.
Faced with a growing state population and dwindling funding for higher education, a group that promotes college access for minorities called for a statewide summit of all higher education policymakers to address enrollment.
Despite national economic struggles and Florida's declining housing market, UF officials said they are prepared to continue soliciting gifts from big-spending donors.
It's not my problem if irresponsible people have to try to finish their essays one hour before their class.
Pompano Beach Ely High cornerback Patrick Johnson may be reconsidering his decision to attend LSU. The Miami Herald reported today that Johnson moved his announcement from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., further fueling speculation that he was second-guessing his choice.
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The editorial condemning the Writing on the Wall Project was actually proof of its importance. As the editorial stated, we don't live in a perfect world - the sad truth is that discrimination and intolerance are still very prevalent and very real threats everywhere and to the Gainesville community. An even sadder truth is that while some will experience intolerance, there will always be some that never will.
The debate over Student Government online voting now faces a nearly weeklong standstill.
The UF College of Journalism and Communications will receive $500,000 from alumnus Peter C. Barr Sr. for the public relations and advertising departments.
The people who were cheered on Tuesday were unlike the pad-clad players of Sunday's Super Bowl and the bead-wearing revelers of Tuesday's Mardi Gras celebration.
After meeting with UF officials, the NCAA did not find any rules violations through Tuesday night in the recruiting of junior college signee wide receiver Carl Moore and his girlfriend, UF gymnast Maranda Smith.
On Friday, Florida4Marriage.org submitted the last few thousand signatures required to get a proposed state amendment banning gay marriage on the November ballot.
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey still isn't sure if the interrogation practice known as waterboarding - where an individual is strapped down with a rag placed over the nose and mouth while water is poured over the rag to simulate drowning - constitutes torture. That is, unless he were to be subjected to it.
Kudos to the Alligator. Finally an objective analysis of the transgender ordinance and what it really means. Everything else I have read has been slanted and inciting.
A car crashed into a utility pole on Southwest 34th Street just south of Archer Road, in front of Back Yard Burgers on Tuesday evening.
Editor's Note: Interviews in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search will take place Feb. 15, 16 and 17. We reported otherwise in Wednesday's Alligator.
UF has to cut $16 million come July 1, when officials project the total drop in recurring state support will be $47.2 million.Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University expects to lose another $4.6 million this year, and Florida State University anticipates a reduction of programs and a hiring freeze because of new cuts in the $16 million to $18 million range. The Board of Governors, facing $147 million in cuts to the state university system this year alone, gave university presidents the go-ahead last month to lay off faculty members, slash enrollment and take other actions to salvage their budgets.
Do you keep up with the news? Are all your friends tired of hearing you talk about the upcoming election or the latest campus scandal? Would you like to have a say in what goes into the Alligator?
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