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Rec Center Open House
By KORI FREDERICK | Aug. 30, 2007The UF Department of Recreational Sports hosts its second annual Rec Sports Open House.
Opinion
Open house invites budding journalists
By LYNDSEY LEWIS | Aug. 30, 2007We know, we know - the Alligator has broken your heart before.
News
Rec Sports open house offers diverse opportunities
By KORI FREDERICK | Aug. 30, 2007Steven Nguy came to the second annual Department of Recreational Sports open house to sign up for club tennis and Frisbee. But he wound up signing up for break dancing and Tae Kwon Do as well.
Metro
Company started at UF expands nationally
By APRIL DUDASH | Aug. 30, 2007It began in an UF dorm room.
Sports
The Chosen One
Aug. 30, 2007He dives head-first into concrete, bowls over linebackers and stiff-arms pesky cornerbacks to the ground.
News
UF to collect pancreases for new diabetes research study
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Aug. 30, 2007For nearly 1 million Americans, type 1 diabetes can cause blindness, increases the risk of heart disease and decreases life expectancy.
Opinion
Raised decal prices would help parking issues
By MATTHEW SALOIS | Aug. 30, 2007You're late for school. The time is 9:30 a.m. and you've just pulled onto Gale Lemerand Drive, hoping to find a parking space in the commuter lot. After searching for fifteen minutes, you give up and head to the O'Connell Center lot. Sorry, no luck - this lot is full, too. Despite being a bad way to start the day, thousands of students face this situation. The question is, how do we remedy the problem?
Opinion
Registering to vote: 'as easy as beating Florida State'
By Frank Bracco | Aug. 30, 2007As the Florida Gators prepare to take the field this season, you can be part of the team and help show other schools why UF is number one. UF is in a voter registration competition with all Florida public universities.
Sports
Hyde gains winning experience over summer
By <href="mailto:khyppolite@alligator.org"> KARL HYPPOLITE < | Aug. 30, 2007As the Gators begin their climb toward Southeastern Conference and national championships, the No. 13 UF soccer team is confident it has the leadership to reach such lofty goals.
News
City commissioner takes job as assistant vice president for student affairs
By APRIL DUDASH | Aug. 30, 2007For Gainesville City Commissioner Jeanna Mastrodicasa, the stars have aligned.
Sports
Williams ready to make a difference after injury
Aug. 30, 2007It will be a season of firsts for Janine Williams, even though it is technically her second.
News
Crist to visit UF
Aug. 30, 2007Gov. Charlie Crist will be visiting UF today to speak with big names on campus.
News
CLAS debt to be gone within two years, according to interim dean
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Aug. 30, 2007The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' ,4 million accruing debt will be gone within two years, according to a CLAS official.
News
UF students travel to Austin for Flugtag
By APRIL DUDASH | Aug. 30, 2007A giant skillet weighing about 350 pounds teetered down a 30-foot-high ramp.
Sports
Trautwein out for Western Kentucky, Troy
Aug. 30, 2007UF coach Urban Meyer didn't say how long offensive lineman Phil Trautwein will be out after sustaining a stress fracture in his foot, but he did confirm that the senior won't play Saturday against Western Kentucky or next week against Troy.
Sports
Hilltoppers set to debut as I-A school
Aug. 29, 2007Welcome to Division I-A, Western Kentucky.
News
UPD program prepares UF faculty, staff in case of active shooter on campus
By STACI WILKENSON | Aug. 29, 2007University Police Department has a 45-minute program that may save your life.
The Avenue
Healthy relationships require sacrifice
By PAIGE USYK | Aug. 29, 2007Lately I've been studying my coupled-up friends, trying to dissect what exactly makes a relationship work. The cynic in me keeps coming back to the same question: What are these people giving up?
Opinion
Students can help ease UF's debt woes
Aug. 29, 2007I know, I know - UF President Bernie Machen has made resolving UF's debt problem his calling card. But despite a cost-cutting task force, a hiring freeze and a tuition plan without immediate short-term benefits, one solution to the problem has not been addressed.
