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In its yearly effort to increase safety awareness at UF, the University Police Department will release its 2007 "Together for a Safe Campus" brochure in hard copy Tuesday.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Teammates in shock over Guilford's death

Oct. 13, 2007

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - The death of UF football player Michael Guilford continues to send shockwaves through the Gators' program.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS

Volleyball suffers first loss of season

Oct. 13, 2007

Four match points.

NEWS

More reaction to Guilford's death

Oct. 12, 2007

death of UF football player Michael Guilford continues to send

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LSU fan apologizes for fans' misconduct

By Caitlin O'Sullivan | Oct. 11, 2007

I would like to apologize to UF fans, your football team and staff and Tim Tebow on behalf of the city of Baton Rouge. The classless things done (the cell phone incident) and said (I'm sure there are too many to say) are not a representation of Louisiana State University or its fans.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Cunningham lets his tackles do the talking

Oct. 11, 2007

It's one of those stat lines that make early-morning risers spit out their coffee when scanning newspaper box scores.

METRO

Friends of the Library book sale to begin Saturday

By KATIE GALLAGHER | Oct. 11, 2007

About 350,000 books fill the Friends of the Library building as members prepare for the semiannual book sale.

METRO

Some local stores see downturn in Gators merchandise sales

By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 11, 2007

With the combination of two football losses, a month of away games and an off-week, some local Gators merchandise stores are feeling the strain from a lack of interest.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Hoops, football teams share youthful images

Oct. 11, 2007

Traditionally, basketball season has offered a change of pace from football season at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS

More than 500 butterflies to be released this weekend

By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Oct. 11, 2007

A swarm of monarch butterflies, their familiar orange-and-black markings shining under soft museum lights, clung to wires in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, waiting to be free.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

UF football player, student killed in early-morning car accident

Oct. 11, 2007

A UF football player and one other UF student were killed in an accident at Old Archer Road and SW 23rd Terrace early Friday morning, Gainesville Police Department spokesman Keith Kameg said.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators ready for round two of up-tempo season

Oct. 11, 2007

UF is trying to turn a women's basketball game into a full-court race.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS

Swimming teams start out seasons with wins

Oct. 11, 2007

The No. 8 UF men's swimming and diving team defeated Virginia 162-133 in its season opener Thrsday night.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Chomp the Vote to hold off-campus registration this weekend

By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Oct. 11, 2007

UF students will have the chance to enjoy free food and drinks, catch some rays and register to vote this weekend.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 11, 2007

Blah. That's how this week has been. We're all hitting that mid-semester slump. Midterms have turned us into hermits. Papers have us gnawing our pencils. Starbucks has probably sold more cups of coffee this week than all the previous weeks of this semester combined. And sleep? What's sleep? Maybe we'll finally find out this weekend. Hopefully your exams are coming to a close and you can clear those textbooks off your bed so you can, you know, sleep on it. But for now, take a five-minute study break for this week's high-stress edition of…

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS

Gators try to rebound from worst stretch since '02

Oct. 11, 2007

As you enter the UF Soccer Practice field, you can't help but notice the large yellow sign on the far side of the complex displaying the message "No Whining, Just Winning" in bold red letters.

El Caimán