SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Tying ties a trying task for Gators football players
Sep. 12, 2007Every Saturday morning, Tate Casey knows they'll come knocking.
El Caimán
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By CONOR MANCONE, UF graduate student
Sep. 12, 2007An editorial in Wednesday's Alligator talked about the increased prices of soda, which is intended to encourage Gators to be healthier. Unfortunately, it missed the most important problem with this policy: It is not in any way the job of UF to encourage people to be healthier.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Silenced, Student Senate shouldn't censor Accent
By Editorial Staff | Sep. 12, 2007We hate to say it, but one Student Government organization is actually doing something right. Not everything, mind you, but we'll give credit where credit's due.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Fulmer on hot seat heading into UF game
Sep. 12, 2007Rocky Top might not be home sweet home for Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer much longer.
NEWS
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SFC
Wikipedia executive promotes Wikimania in speech
By KATIE EMMETS | Sep. 12, 2007Brion Vibber said he wants to make Wikimania accessible to everyone throughout the world.
NEWS
Soda prices increase in campus vending machines
Sep. 12, 2007An article in Wednesday's Alligator incorrectly referred to Jerry Meriwether, assistant director of UF Business Services Division, as "she."
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Low tuition, UF's size go hand in hand
By Warren Rhea | Sep. 12, 2007It's outrageous to hear people who go to this university talking about shutting the door on those who haven't had the chance to experience it yet.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Crazy About the Cosmos
Sep. 12, 2007(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Freshman Jamie Whalen uses a telescope fitted with a protective filter that allows her to look at the sun Wednesday afternoon. The telescope was placed on the Reitz Union North Lawn by the Undergraduate Astrophysics Society as part of the Student Organization Fair.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Students are excused from class to observe Rosh Hashanah
By HILLARY GREY | Sep. 12, 2007Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, started Wednesday night and lasts through Friday, but classes still go on as scheduled.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Offensive linemen deserve more credit
Sep. 12, 2007Everyone is starting to wonder how the wide receiver corps is going to react without its leader, Andre Caldwell.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Florida must maintain Bright Futures Scholarship Program
By DANIEL BURROUGHS | Sep. 12, 2007To all you Florida residents, please take a valuable lesson from your neighbor to the north: Don't let your legislators change anything about Bright Futures.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Fire ants plague RTS bus stops, students say
By EVA MAE SMITH | Sep. 12, 2007Jodi-Ann Pinnock waited at the bus stop carrying her books. Her arms were tired. She wanted to sit down as she waited, but she couldn't.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
LGBT Affairs hosts picnic to welcome gays
By KRISTINA PEIN | Sep. 12, 2007It's not cool to discriminate against people solely based on sexual orientation, according to members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, who held a welcoming picnic Wednesday on Plaza of the Americas.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Harris finds scoring ability at new position
Sep. 12, 2007After the biggest offensive outburst of her career, Ashley Harris is drawing a lot of attention.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Are hookups the modern 'free love' revolution?
By PAIGE USYK | Sep. 12, 2007Everywhere I turn it seems someone (usually someone older than 30) is bashing the so-called "hookup culture." And yet I know only a handful of people who don't somehow engage in it.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Red Scare
By Editorial Staff | Sep. 12, 2007They move around, barely visible to the naked eye. In silence, they attack their victims and leave us in agonizing pain when all we want to do is get to class. No, not terrorists. We're talking about the newest sadistic wave taking over Gainesville.
NEWS
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SFC
Environmental sustainability group holds first meeting, gets tips from UF group
By KATIE EMMETS | Sep. 12, 2007Tracey Chace witnessed what she said was a horrific sight: A maintenance man driving a gas-powered John Deere Gator to pick up trash.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Foiled again!
Sep. 12, 2007(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Valerie Burkett, an environmental engineering junior, performs a counter-attack on Courtney Stokes during fencing practice Wednesday evening in the Florida Gym. Both athletes began fencing their first year at UF.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
'Shoot 'Em Up' a full-length WB cartoon
By DANNY DJELJOSEVIC | Sep. 12, 2007The poster for "Shoot 'Em Up" brings to mind the work of John Woo before he started wasting his talent in Hollywood: Clive Owen, ever the new icon of modern, tough-guy cool, firing two pistols midair a la Chow Yun Fat.
