El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Groups welcome 300 LGBTQ students, allies at assembly
By HEATHER STRANGE | Sep. 16, 2007Frances Rivera was afraid to be her true self. Neither her friends nor her sorority sisters knew who she really was, she told a crowd gathered in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Friday night.
METRO
UF student dies early Friday morning in car crash
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 16, 2007A UF student died early Friday morning in a single-vehicle car accident.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators dominate Volunteers, take three straight in series
Sep. 16, 2007It was supposed to be a shoot-out at The Swamp, but only the Gators came armed.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Defense steps up in rout of rivalry game
Sep. 16, 2007For the third straight year, Tennessee couldn't run the ball against UF.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Men's hoops receives championship rings
Sep. 16, 2007The 2006-07 UF men's basketball team may have received its national championship rings Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but former UF forward Chris Richard got a sneak peak at the piece of jewelry in an unlikely location.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Homeless solution makes things worse
By VINCENT MASSARO | Sep. 16, 2007As I was recycling my stack of week-old Alligators that I had been using as a biodegradable pillow, I realized the local homeless population has come upon even harder times than usual.
METRO
Film fest commences, hopes to teach about Hispanic culture
By CARLY FAIN | Sep. 16, 2007The Latina Women's League kicked off the third annual Latino Film Festival on Saturday at the Hippodrome State Theater. The festival, part of Hispanic Heritage Month, features a free movie every Saturday at 2 p.m. through Oct. 13.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Blue-Out Blowout
Sep. 16, 2007It happened quietly in a split second by UF's bench, but safety Tony Joiner might as well have shouted his message over The Swamp's loudspeakers Saturday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sports writer made UF proud on ESPN
By CAMILO PAYAN | Sep. 16, 2007I just wanted to congratulate Mike McCall on a completely enjoyable 10 minutes of ripping into the University of Tennessee on ESPN on Thursday. He started off a little weak, saying Rocky Top was one of the great traditions in college football, but recouped with a dig about being surprised that 100,000 people from Tennessee are able to memorize anything at all, and it all went uphill from there.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UPD ejects 89 at UT football game
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 16, 2007At Saturday's UF football game against University of Tennessee, there was an increase in ejections from the game and arrests.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Progress Party platform focuses on RTS, WebMail
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 16, 2007With the release of its platform on Sunday, the Progress Party became the first party competing in the fall election to officially state its goals.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF student Tasered at Kerry forum
By ILEANA MORALES | Sep. 16, 2007A UF student was shot with a Taser gun today at a campus forum with U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Doe touchdown dashes Tennessee comeback
Sep. 16, 2007Tennessee's comeback bid lasted all but a few seconds.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Looking for Red amongst the Orange and Blue.
Sep. 16, 2007(Scott Robertson / Alligator Staff) Fred Thompson (third from left), who is running on the Republican ticket for the 2008 presidential election, talks to a fan before the University of Tennessee game outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. Fred Thompson, who formally announced his bid for the Republican ticket on Sept. 5, stopped in Gainesville during his campaign to accept an invitation to sit with UF President Bernie Machen in the president's box during the game.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Freshman linebacker Finch out for season
Sep. 16, 2007Freshman linebacker Jerimy Finch is out for the season with a broken bone in his lower right leg, UF coach Urban Meyer said during his Sunday teleconference.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
James makes fifth-longest return in school history
Sep. 16, 2007Sophomore running back Brandon James kicked off UF's Southeastern Conference season with a bang when made an 83-yard punt return on the Gators' first drive against the Volunteers on Saturday afternoon.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bright Futures' requirements too low
By Tolulope Bukola | Sep. 16, 2007I am writing in response to Daniel Burroughs's guest column in Thursday's Alligator, "Florida must keep Bright Futures Scholarship Program." The assertion that Florida must maintain the Bright Futures program unchanged is, at best, misguided. The state cannot sustain the financial burden of maintaining Bright Futures' low standards indefinitely. Bright Futures pays 75 percent tuition for a mediocre 3.0 weighted high school grade point average and an SAT score of 970 - 51 points below the national average.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
UF opens SEC play with wins against Georgia, Auburn
Sep. 16, 2007For two consecutive home matches, the UF volleyball team had come out sloppy and unready to play.
