Circus entertains families, draws protests
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Oct. 24, 2007Black, pink and baby-blue poodles rode in a tiny pink car and jumped from a ladder suspended in the air Wednesday evening.
Black, pink and baby-blue poodles rode in a tiny pink car and jumped from a ladder suspended in the air Wednesday evening.
This sure isn't high school ball anymore.
After more than 10 years as a band, the world of Nada Surf has remained constant.
WTF, FDLE?
Finally, there's peace. The dust has cleared. We're putting the horror and the carnage of war behind us. Seventeen Magazine has called a cease-fire in the war with our body images.
The Independent Florida Alligator should know its own history. The whole reason behind the "independent" in its title is because it could no longer associate itself with the university administration due to its commitment to investigative and unrelenting reporting on controversial issues in the 1960s and '70s.
Ashley Harris isn't claiming that the UF soccer team is as good as the Brazilian national team.
For Andrey Medeiros, the circus means more than doing daredevil motorcycle moves for a wide-eyed crowd.
(Jessie Coleman / Alligator) Arianna Smith, 7, and Chontavia Jones, 11, climb on the batting cage at Greentree Park on 39th Avenue on Monday night.
Sonya Robbins picked up a 5-pound pumpkin off the table at a pumpkin stand in Gainesville, examining it in her left hand and its price tag in her right, flipping the tag over as if looking for a magic number to appear.
UF's chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority is awaiting disciplinary action after the manager of a Tampa restaurant complained her establishment was damaged when the sorority held a social there.
A UF student was arrested and charged Monday with sexual battery of an 18-year-old female student.
UF's efforts to make its campus more environmentally friendly will be highlighted today for the university's Sustainability Day. The event lasts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Reitz Union North Lawn.
The UF Model United Nations will spread awareness about malaria prevention during United Nations Day today.
I have spent nearly 16 of the past 24 hours discussing the situation regarding the report and recommendations of the Student Conduct Code Review Committee.
After two days of commission meetings, protests and deliberation, the City Commission did not reach a decision by press time Tuesday night on whether to approve the creation of Hatchet Creek Development. The meeting started at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Here's some spillover from the print edition on UF's newest dunker:
(Andrew Stanfill / Alligator Staff) UF student Nick Karlovich winces as he is given a flu shot on the Reitz Union Colonnade on Tuesday. The Flu Clinic at the UF Student Health Care Center set up a booth on the colonnade and in Shands at UF to be more accessible to students. The cost of flu shots is ,5 for students and ,25 for employees. The shots will be offered at the colonnade and Founder's Gallery at Shands for the next four weeks, according to the Student Health Care Center's Web site. Andrew Stanfill
The Student Senate passed a referendum Tuesday announcing its support for charging a fee on top of tuition for renewable energy projects.
Coach Amanda Butler has said during this preseason she feels her team may