NEWS
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CAMPUS
Pugh Hall opens its doors for students, faculty
By JENNIFER KEIL | Jan. 14, 2008Don't be fooled by Pugh Hall's traditional brick exterior.
El Caimán
METRO
Two University Avenue condo projects put on hold
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008Wintertime for developers of two of University Avenue's most promising condo projects has meant more than bigger jackets and heating bills.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Hero or killer, Kevorkian visit brings up important issue
By BILL COLBY | Jan. 14, 2008On Monday morning, June 4, 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waited alone in his rusted Volkswagen van, parked at a remote campsite an hour outside Detroit. In the back, he'd rigged a makeshift bed next to a contraption that looked like a junior high shop project gone bad - three bottles dangling from hooks screwed into a piece of wood. Around 10 a.m., Kevorkian's two sisters arrived at the campsite with a 54-year-old woman from Portland, Ore., named Janet Adkins. Adkins, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, had flown to Detroit the day before for her "appointment."
NEWS
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FEATURES
Gainesville woman's miracle-baby story wins prize
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Jan. 14, 2008This time last year, Gena Pass was living out of a hospital room at Shands at UF, praying that her pregnancy would end in a healthy birth.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Thornqvist confident about women's tennis team's first opponent
Jan. 14, 2008The time has finally arrived for the UF women's tennis team.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF athletes may overtrain
By ILEANA MORALES | Jan. 14, 2008John Brantley opts for the fastest way to get to practice every day - on scooter - to spend some extra minutes sleeping. He needs it because being on the UF football team is nearly a full-time job.
NEWS
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GREEK AFFAIRS
Sororities rushing, albeit quietly
By ELIZABETH LEVA | Jan. 14, 2008As Fraternity Row is abuzz this week with banners advertising pizza and chicken wings to lure prospective members into fraternity's homes, Sorority Row looks like business as usual.
NEWS
Tejada, Bonds, Clemens become focus of baseball's trip to capitol Hill
Jan. 14, 2008WASHINGTON - Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum. Maybe that's because the people under the most scrutiny this time - Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens - were nowhere to be seen.
METRO
University Avenue accident causes power outages
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008A man crashed his car into a utility pole on West University Avenue on Monday, causing major traffic backups on the busy road as well as power outages for about 600 nearby residents.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Gainesville Explorer
Jan. 14, 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.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students drawn to new languages
By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Jan. 14, 2008While enrollment figures in some language courses at UF have dwindled, others have increased by over 200 percent in the past eight years.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Lucas sees expanded role as Gators head to Mississippi
Jan. 14, 2008Weighing 150 pounds and listed as a generous 5-foot-11 inches, UF guard Jai Lucas has made a habit of playing big.
METRO
Commision approves towing rights draft
By WILL PAFFORD | Jan. 14, 2008Gainesville may soon require towing companies to post in their offices a complete list of the rights of those they tow.
METRO
UF celebrates civil rights hero
Jan. 14, 2008As part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday celebration, UF is planning several events over the next week to commemorate the achievements of the civil rights activist.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kevorkian's message opposite of university mission
By Anders Bergmann | Jan. 14, 2008I was appalled when I woke up on Monday and read the letters by Ondi Crino and Martha Duffy.
NEWS
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FEATURES
UF given nearly ,200K grant to study marine DNA
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 14, 2008The Florida Museum of Natural History's task of identifying DNA of 25,000 marine specimens is getting easier thanks to a ,186,000 private grant.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF prepares for controversial Kevorkian
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 14, 2008With the protests and stunts of the past few Accent-sponsored speeches fresh in mind, UF officials are readying security for Dr. Jack Kevorkian's speech tonight at the O'Connell Center.
NEWS
Correction: UF student commits suicide.
Jan. 14, 2008Gainesville Police found the body of a UF student who committed suicide earlier this month. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
METRO
Shelter added at bus stops
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 14, 2008Sometimes during Gainesville's summer and fall, the sun becomes so unbearably hot on Newell Drive that Sarfaraz Suleman, a UF sophomore, has to improvise while waiting for the bus.
