While the Alligator certainly has problems of its own at the moment, they obviously pale in comparison to the horrible incident at “The Dark Knight Rises” premiere in Aurora, Colo., last week. That brings us to this week’s our-thoughts-go-out-to-everyone-affected-by-this-tragedy edition of...
Is anyone else counting down the release of “The Dark Knight Rises”? If you aren’t excited about what will likely be the most epic movie of the year, we hope you enjoy our oh-well-that’s-cool-I-guess-hope-you-enjoy-Adam-Sandler’s-”That’s My Boy” edition of...
On Monday, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), officially won his battle against the now-infamous synthetic drug bath salts — the substance that supposedly caused Rudy Eugene to eat a man’s face on a causeway in Miami back in May.
We hope you enjoyed the fireworks and Fourth of July celebrations as much as we did. Unfortunately, we have no fun holiday to look forward to until Halloween.
Many Republicans and conservatives have expressed the sentiment that Obamacare constitutes a takeover of the health care industry by the government.
Well, it’s the end of Summer A, which means the Alligator will be on break next week. However, we have a lot to cover this week, so sit tight, relax and prepare for our document-withholding-amnesty-granting-substance-banning-cancer-curing-animal-crashing-studio-bashing edition of...
When you were in high school, did you ever visit the school nurse only to be told that they couldn’t give you any medication?
This week, it’s all about recognition. We’ll be recognizing outstanding students. We’ll be recognizing outstanding organizations. We’ll be recognizing fun Gainesville events.
It would be an understatement to say that last week’s Board of Trustees meetings were eventful.
Well, this week was certainly more tame than last week.
Recently, Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has raised some serious discussions about the ability of people to defend themselves or others in violent or aggressive situations.
It’s starting to look like this hurricane season is going to be worse than the last few years. Of course, they seem to say that every year and nothing happens. Either way, we’re proud to bring you this week’s it’s-about-damn-time-for-some-global-warming edition of...
It feels like the weeks are going by faster than the decline in Facebook’s stock price.
We have a lot to cover today, so let’s skip the introduction and get right into this week’s first-Darts-and-Laurels-of-the-summer edition of...
The Alligator Editorial Board wants to welcome back all returning students and introduce ourselves to those who are new to Gainesville.
On Wednesday, state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda will be speaking about the death penalty in the lounge at the Catholic Student Center at St. Augustine Church on 1738 W University Ave.
We present to you this week’s OK-only-a-couple-more-weeks-left-we-can-do-this-maybe-but-I-have-so-much-stuff-to-do-and-oh-wait-did-I-forget-about-that-paper-due-tomorrow edition of...
A report by the Florida Department of Corrections showed that 26.1 percent of all prisoners admitted for the fiscal year 2010-2011 were incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses, the most common type of offense for the year.
Last week, the leader of a neo-Nazi group claimed its members were conducting armed patrols of Sanford, Fla., where Trayvon Martin was shot.
In 1907, Charles Evans Hughes, New York governor and eventual chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, said, “The judiciary is the safeguard of liberty ... under the Constitution.”
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