Editor's Note: Gainesville Police found the body of a UF student who committed suicide earlier this month. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
I disagree with Mr. Simmons' argument that UF's student-athletes deserve special treatment because of the money they generate.
Former UF forward Joakim Noah's crazy persona isn't sitting well with his new teammates. Noah was reportedly only going to be benched one game after the Chicago Bulls first-rounder got in a heated argument with assistant Ron Adams. However, after Noah sat in Friday's 100-97 win at Philadelphia, Noah's teammates unanimously voted that the former Gator should sit in Sunday's game against Atlanta as well. Bulls coach Jim Boylan gave his players their wish, and Noah didn't play.
Bernard Machen, the father of UF President Bernie Machen, died in Gainesville Wednesday after a long illness. He was 94.
A student branch of The Peace Alliance, a nonpartisan national organization promoting peace, was formed recently to include students in Gainesville.
Gators safeties coach John "Doc" Holliday has accepted a position with West Virginia, his wife confirmed Thursday afternoon.
The UF gymnastics team kicked off its year with the best season-opening performance in school history.
So far, so good.
An upcoming speech at UF from Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for assisting more than 130 suicides, has spurred about 1,000 e-mails to UF's administration in the past few days.
After closing for the holidays, the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at SFCC will reopen Friday night, but admission is no longer free.
Twenty-five UF fraternities will open their houses next week to welcome swarms of male students searching for brotherhood.
Prizes and ,1.50 lattes will likely draw crowds to Coffee Culture today for the store's grand opening at its new location.
Gators safeties coach John "Doc" Holliday has accepted a position with West Virginia, his wife confirmed Thursday afternoon.
Congratulations, Gainesville Police Department.
A Marion County elementary school teacher accused of engaging in sexual activity with a child younger than 12 years old was found dead Wednesday afternoon in his mother's shed, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
The online photo for this story was the original photo and not the photo illustration that ran in Thursday's paper.
In response to Rebecca Ganzak's Thursday column, giving student-athletes special treatment - especially the big moneymakers of football and men's basketball - is the least the university can do, seeing that these teams pour millions of dollars into UF each year.
As Gainesville's late-January city elections inch closer, one underdog candidate is hoping his military experience and zeal for change will win him a city commission seat.
The holidays are officially over, and it's that time of year again. You're heading back to class with aspirations of burning off all the cookies you ate over break and attempting to actually stick to your New Year's resolutions this time - or at least until drop/add ends.
Flu season has officially arrived on UF's campus.
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