Americans should not forget the past
(04/09/10 12:15am)
Race relations in the United States are not perfect, nor will they ever be. Since the election of Barack Obama, the problems seem to be increasing.
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Outback Steakhouse advertising is really troopvertising
(04/01/10 10:33pm)
Outback Steakhouse has concluded its month-long “Thanks for Giving” promotion, in which customers could supposedly “help” the restaurant donate $1 million to Operation Homefront, a military charity that supports service members and their families, by ordering off a special menu. They’ve been pushing the promotion in their TV commercials:
Grant aims to keep civil rights movement alive
(01/19/10 11:40pm)
As memories of the civil rights movement begin to blur and tales of integration fade with time, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is striving to bring these stories back into focus.
End of NCAA football season not end of the world with basketball underway
(12/09/09 12:25am)
Florida still has a Sugar Bowl to play, but the mood around Gainesville is college football season is pretty much over.
Pentecostal church service proves adaptive to community
(03/18/09 12:00am)
They catch you as soon as you come in.
Brooklyn Heights: Guard brings New York game to UF
(03/18/09 12:00am)
At the intersection of Marion and Thomas S. Boyland streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the Marion Hopkinson Playground.
Harvest of Hope Fest offers help for migrant workers
(03/02/09 12:00am)
A half-mile west of the Devil's Millhopper, Ed Kellerman stood in his living room crammed with electric guitars, amplifiers and drums, glued to his TV screen with his son, Dillon, watching replays of his son's basketball game.
Intolerance opposes American values
(11/13/08 12:00am)
America's drunken love affair with the notion of change has led the nation to completely overlook the shortcomings that continue to ravage our country.
Local candidates discuss platforms for Nov. 4 elections
(10/20/08 12:00am)
With early voting starting today, we here at the Alligator thought it would be a good idea for you to take a look at your local candidates.
Saved by the Game: Rainey overcomes difficult past en route to football stardom
(10/10/08 12:00am)
With each laugh, the confines of a horrid past slowly trickle out.
UF vs. Tennessee Live Game Blog Final
(09/20/08 12:00am)
GAME OVER
Racism still plays part in U.S. society
(09/18/08 12:00am)
Judge Jackie Glass told prospective jurors Monday in Las Vegas, "If you are here to think that you're going to punish Mr. Simpson for what happened in Los Angeles back in '95, this is not the case for you."
Students guide to interview style
(09/04/08 12:00am)
Some people may think college is just a holding tank of fun before entering the real world, but it's actually much more than that. It's a time to figure out what we want to do with our lives and see where we want to plant our feet. In order to figure that out, we all have to endure the dreaded interview process.
Local music scene provides excuse to get out of the dorm
(08/18/08 12:00am)
A blustery force of innate headwinds faces every incoming freshman at UF, and that's before you count the crappy weather. For starters, there's the budget deficit strangling the liberal arts program (hope you're good at engineering!) and, for those who get hosed by the lottery system, the impossibility of scoring football tickets without selling a kidney. These challenges may seem daunting but manageable with determination and a spare organ.
Organization holds chain off to advocate animal rights
(07/08/08 12:00am)
Bernie Campbell does not go looking for mistreated dogs -but she is not about to look the other way.
Army must be integrated to stop bias against homosexuals
(04/09/08 12:00am)
Imagine that a resident assistant walking through a dorm at night hears a noise that sounds suspicious, so he or she knocks on the door. He eventually gains access to the room and realizes that he has interrupted a sex act between two male students. He reports the incident to the administration. The president oversees an investigation into the sexual identity of the two students. The investigation infuriates other homosexual students, so several of them walk into the president's office and claim to be homosexuals. After learning that all the students are in fact homosexuals, the university expels all of them.
Fear tactics used to divide electorate
(03/05/08 12:00am)
The American people have been fed a steady diet of fear for the better part of the last seven years. Since the harrowing hours of Sept. 11, our media and politicians have done their best to scare the living daylights out us by incessantly informing us that its not a matter of if there will be another terrorist attack, but when.
100 Moments in Gators History
(12/31/07 12:00am)
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100 Moments in Gators History
(12/30/07 12:00am)
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100 Moments in Gators History
(12/13/07 12:00am)
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