Sports
No. 7 strong-side linebacker Green joins Gators
By RYAN LEVICK | Jan. 30, 2008UF fans went to bed Tuesday night with hopes of the Gators adding to their 2008 recruiting class.
El Caimán
The Avenue
The Avenue takes on: tattoos
By KIMBERLY FULSCHER | Jan. 30, 2008Oh, it would hurt. But it would be worth it. To the tune of buzzing needles, I opened the door of Bodytech Tattooing and Piercing. The safe sounds of West University Avenue - cars passing, music playing and horns honking - disappeared and reality set in.
Opinion
Proposed scholarship bill won't work
By Angeline Kahn | Jan. 30, 2008While Sen. Jeremy Ring's proposal to push students into certain majors through fiscal incentives may look good on paper, his efforts are not likely to pan out as expected. Even if the bill were to pass, the truth is that science and engineering students have too many difficult classes to be propelled solely by the extra cash he has proposed.
Metro
Mott and Poe vie for votes in runoff election
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 30, 2008Though the race for Gainesville City Commission seats ended Tuesday, two candidates now have to shift into overdrive for an upcoming runoff election.
Opinion
Bill encourages better career choices
By Christopher C. Ferraro | Jan. 30, 2008As a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering, I can completely understand Sen. Jeremy Ring's stance on cultivating the student culture toward education, sciences and health care. Historically, there has always been a higher demand for teachers, health care employees and scientists in the United States to support the country's infrastructure.
The Avenue
UF alum cooks for canines
By STEFANIE ROBERTS | Jan. 30, 2008Most working stiffs would probably prefer to wind down at the end of a rough week with a Bud Light, not a non-alcoholic brew that strengthens their joints and makes their hair extra shiny.
Opinion
UF should outsource e-mail system
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 30, 2008The bold alert screeching from UF WebMail's login page for the past week is not only a caution to students against giving their e-mail password to anyone, it is also a bright-red warning that the university's e-mail system is broken and needs to be changed.
The Avenue
Scarves spruce up simple outfits
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Jan. 30, 2008There was once a time when scarves were just a cozy way to bundle up and keep your neck from freezing.
The Avenue
Volta's 'Bedlam' is lengthy chaos
By ROBERT HILSON | Jan. 30, 2008It is truly one of popular music's finest examples of irony that a duo so notoriously prone to hyperactivity produces music only for those with the most enduring attention spans.
News
Don’t quote me on that
Jan. 30, 2008Many times, reporters' sources will want to have some say in what
Sports
Speights' emergence crucial to team's success
Jan. 30, 2008Let's play a game of "I did not know that."
News
Heat lose yet again; Magic score 12 consecutive points in fourth quarter to win
Jan. 30, 2008THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News
Man identified for exposure in Education Library
By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 30, 2008Witnesses have identified a man accused of masturbating in the Education Library at Norman Hall, according to a news release from the Police Department.
Opinion
Scholarship bill would waste talents
Jan. 30, 2008I grew up wandering around the neighborhood with a notebook and a pencil in my hand. You couldn't tell the color of my grandma's refrigerator without lifting up a copy of something I wrote. I was writing complete stories before I knew what a division sign looked like.
News
Patch causes greater risk of blood clots than pill
By ALLISON CANDREVA | Jan. 30, 2008A recent study on the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch backed the findings of a 2006 study that found women who use it are at a two-fold greater risk for blood clots than women taking the birth control pill, according to a Food and Drug Administration news release.
Opinion
Ring's proposal not a 'pretty good deal'
By Jerod McKinney | Jan. 30, 2008UF students may be wary of the Bright Futures bill, but incoming UF students should be furious.
