City officials and homeless advocates continue to debate whether relocating the homeless residents of Tent City has been a successful venture.
As a result of the decline in Florida's economy, a special session of the Legislature this fall will consider an expected 4 percent to 10 percent reduction in the statewide budget. This would result in the State University System losing between ,100 million and ,232 million.
Never before have I been so against a proposal from the Student Senate and so supportive of an editorial from the Alligator. Accent's success lies not only in the experience, professionalism and dedication of its staff, but in its independence from Student Government's legislative branch. The Accent chairperson must be free to act quickly to respond to offers from speakers and be able to act even quicker to research and bid on potential speakers. Requiring the Accent chairperson to report to the Student Senate and ask for approval would strangle Accent's success.
Pahokee High cornerback Janoris Jenkins verbally committed to UF on Thursday night, giving the Gators a huge boost in the early recruiting season.
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is scheduled to stop in Gainesville on Saturday.
While the Accent Speaker's Bureau chairman said feedback is important, the organization is working fine without the Student Senate.
In a presentation to UF's Board of Trustees during its strategic discussion before its meeting, UF President Bernie Machen said if UF were a corporation, it would be the 16th largest corporation in the Florida.
The 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.
Even in her third year, defender Liz Ruberry still has a debut to make.
Sometime tonight, a Georgia hitter will spring off the floor, looking for the perfect kill.
Throughout his entire football career, Tony Joiner has morphed into a quarterback, a wide receiver, a linebacker and a safety.
At a meeting Friday morning of UF's Board of Trustees, UF President Bernie Machen said a UF student died in a single-vehicle car accident on 13th Street Thursday night.
If there was ever a year where a Gators blowout of Tennessee was possible, this could be it. But if there?s one thing we all know about rivalry games (particularly this one), it?s that they are incredibly unpredictable.
UF may have already played two games, but it seems like Saturday's matchup with No. 22 Tennessee is the start of a whole new season.
Although I agree there is nothing wrong with controversial speakers, I believe that ,50,000 is a steep price to pay someone convicted of murder and stripped of his medical license. The truth is Mr. Kevorkian is a very sick individual whose ultimate goal is to experiment on the living.
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After a two-week exhibition, the Gators' season is finally set to get underway Saturday against Tennessee, but we here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column still have some questions that need answering.
Some UF students seem caught in a bubble, often unaware of local political affairs.
UF coach Jill Briles-Hinton has had good teams in the past, but this team, she says, is different: "I've never really had an old team before."
During the strategic discussion before the UF Board of Trustees meeting Friday, UF President Bernie Machen broke down UF's budget to show where Gov. Charlie Crist's required statewide budget cuts would be made.
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