Congressional testimony last week from two of the United States' top officials in Iraq has already brought about changes to the military's plans for withdrawal. But for some former troops and current enlistees enrolled at UF, the latest decisions have not changed their feelings - positive or negative - about the war.
The checkered flag has a home in Gainesville at the Raceway.
More than 70 years ago, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traveled 100 miles along the St. Johns River and chronicled the journey in a novel named after a rural town outside Gainesville.
It's a common gripe at colleges across the country: Parking on campus is a nightmare. At the second largest university in the United States, we're no strangers to the parking tickets, the "who-stole-my-car" moments before the adjustment to roam towing and the hours of circling and stalking in parking lots before classes.
Looks can be deceiving in the Southeastern Conference.
As one of the students on hunger strike, I wanted to respond to the "dart" Students for a Democratic Society received from the Alligator editorial board on Friday.
Two local men were arrested and charged in connection with an early Saturday morning armed robbery at the Cabana North Beach Apartments.
Despite the Orange and Blue football scrimmage on Saturday and gray skies Sunday morning, about 400 people showed up to buy around $9,000 worth of plants, shrubs and flowers over the weekend at the annual Spring Plant Sale on campus.
No way.
There goes the thought that UF had finally cleaned up the pitching and defensive woes that plagued the Gators during their recent five-game losing streak.
Members of the Gators football team paced the sidelines of UF's Norman Field on Sunday. They could only watch as a football flew from one end zone to the other. This time, it was not their game.
The rest of the Southeastern Conference will be wishing volleyball is only played outdoors from now on.
The Gators proved that no matter how unthinkable the feat, history does, indeed, repeat itself.
Welcome back, Chris Rainey.
The referendum on the spring ballot supporting UF's adherence to socially responsible investment, which passed by student voters, shows that among students a strong sentiment exists for the university to do the right thing: to place people before the unrestrained quest for profit.
Students who salivate at the smell of tempeh and tofu will be bombarded by the aroma Tuesday.
It's the storyline fans have been tired of hearing about and the Gators have been sick of talking about for the past two seasons.
The folks in Athens, Ga. had a front row seat for the Willie Perry show over the weekend.
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