NEWS
UF Trustee Fernandez resigns
Jan. 7, 2008Manny Fernandez resigned from the UF Board of Trustees on Dec. 6. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
El Caimán
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SPORTS
LSU becomes second straight SEC team to win national title, beating OSU 38-24
Jan. 7, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF flag football team snags a championship
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 7, 2008UF students suffering from championship-game nostalgia can look to a different UF football team for this year's national bragging rights - and they're not just pulling your flag.
NEWS
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SFC
SFCC green efforts to be ranked in national program
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 7, 2008The SFCC administration announced on Friday that the school has been invited to participate in a national program that aims to rate universities based on their commitment to environmentally sound practices.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
UF can't keep repeating LSU's mistake
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008Following the massacre at Virginia Tech last April, the university's officials were criticized for the amount of time that passed between the first time Tech student Seung-Hui Cho opened fire and the time students were sent e-mails warning them to stay off campus.
ABOUT US
Our History
Jan. 7, 2008The Alligator was founded in 1906 as The University News, which was an independent, student-owned newspaper created to serve the University of Florida when it opened in Gainesville. In 1912, the newspaper became a part of the University of Florida administration, and was renamed the Florida Alligator.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Butler deals with loss of grandmother
Jan. 7, 2008Susie Gardner knows the pain Amanda Butler is going through.
METRO
Founder of UF College of Medicine remembered
By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 7, 2008Every time Dr. Richard P. Schmidt brought fresh strawberries to his synagogue, the fragrance filled the building. The smell of strawberries will be missed but never forgotten, Rabbi David Kaiman said.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
After Taser incident, committee recommends new public-forum guidelines
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008The Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment, created by UF President Machen after the September Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer, has released a draft of recommendations to improve UF's public forum policies.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Ambassador: Peru ripe for free trade
By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 7, 2008Latin America is the newest frontier for free trade agreements, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Mike McKinley told UF faculty and students in a public meeting Monday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Trustees wrong to give Machen more
By Benjamin Dictor | Jan. 7, 2008It is completely irresponsible for the UF Board of Trustees to approve nearly ,300,000 in performance bonuses for President Bernie Machen while the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences remains in crippling debt.
METRO
Black group questions city leaders on pressing issues
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Jan. 7, 2008At a forum Monday night, a group made up of local black leaders and business owners questioned Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan and city commissioners on how effectively they have been serving the black community.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF to test texting alerts after LSU glitch
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Gators will need to overcome selves, not just opponents, to succeed in SEC
Jan. 7, 2008UF heads to Alabama tonight to kick off its Southeastern Conference schedule, but the biggest battle of the rest of the season isn't going to be with the opponents the Gators face.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
RIAA losing digital war
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008Just when you thought it couldn't get any lower than suing single moms for thousands of dollars, the Recording Industry Association of America has taken its fight one step further.
METRO
Kidnapping just a hoax
By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 7, 2008A Gainesville man who reported that he had been kidnapped from a Shands at UF parking garage Thursday night admitted Monday that the incident never occurred.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Interest in Pakistan too little, too late
By ANURADHA PANDEY | Jan. 7, 2008At last, another one of the Bush administration's foreign policy blunders has been placed under scrutiny: the protection of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at all costs. I'm willing to bet that most Americans hadn't even heard Benazir Bhutto's name until she was assassinated, let alone had known that she was Pakistan's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement with Musharraf that the Bush administration orchestrated.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Spring offers a plethora of sports to keep Gators fans entertained
Jan. 6, 2008Grab a Snickers, Urban Meyer.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Lawsuit to clear up tuition control tossed
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and the Board of Governors, the State University System?s highest governing body, now face a stumbling block in their fight for tuition-setting power.
