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Ten UF students sat scattered on an RTS bus Tuesday. While each had his or her differences in appearance, they had one thing in common: They were looking at their smartphones.
No childhood character is safe from the Internet. With a few strategically placed bleeps and pixelated blurs, even the most cute and cuddly images are tainted -- all in the name of hilarity, of course.
I don’t know how other students prepared for his or her freshman year, but I did extensive research. As geeky as it was, I looked up college reviews all summer before coming to UF. I was determined to prepare myself for everything college would throw at me. It turns out that no amount of reading could compare to the real experience.
The search has continued this week to try to find Christian Aguilar, the missing 18-year-old UF student. He’s been missing since Sept. 20. The more details are released about this case, the more search efforts increase. We’re sure you’ve seen the posters on campus, but if you have any information that might help the investigation, please contact Gainesville Police at 352-393-7604.
In a world buzzing over cellphones and high-speed Internet, ultra-fast networking, social media and text messaging, one can easily believe that he or she is always “in the know.” We crave news and thirst for more information. We desire it now ...
I agree with David Bradshaw that the recently enacted Student Government campaign rules needlessly obstruct free speech. I write to encourage fellow students and the administration to oppose these unreasonable time constraints on a candidate’s ability to campaign for SG elections. The troubling restriction prohibits “any intentional action in support of … a candidate or party for an elective student body office and posting of election specific materials…” more than one week before the election.
We are one week away from seeing a side-by-side contrast of both major presidential candidates. The first of a series of debates between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is rapidly approaching.
With Internet cafes causing controversy across the state, a Gainesville resident has voiced her concern about the stores to the city commission.
The Florida Museum of Natural History received a three-year $339,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for researchers to expand their digitized collection of invertebrate specimens.
We love a good viral video.
UF School of Art + Art History graduate students now have more space to create.
When President Barack Obama told an Iowa man about his White House-brewed beer stash aboard his tour bus, he piqued the interests of citizens across America — 25,000 to be exact. That’s the amount of signatures needed on a “We the People” petition submitted under the Freedom of Information Act by a determined Reddit user.
On a warm Tuesday night under hot lights, Tom Hart took the microphone at Satchel’s Pizza. As the murmur of the audience quickly died down and heads looked his way, the 42-year-old Gainesville resident began to share a story of a French friend’s visit to America.
Connecting to the Internet has been a hassle for students on the UF campus, but those not in compliance with the requirements will soon have their connection blocked.
We have reached a critical stage in our nation’s history. Facing a slow recovery from the Great Recession, and a nearly insurmountable debt crisis, the time is rapidly approaching for America to make a choice about its current and future direction.
Language is a funny thing.
President Barack Obama talked student loans, space program funding and beer in an unconventional interview on the Internet last week.
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If you’re a freshman, the weekday grind of repetitive conversation, handshaking and awkward smiling has left your face, hands and brain a little numb. Then the weekend arrives. You have a glorious Saturday or Sunday ahead of you filled with sleeping, Internet surfing and movie watching on a Netflix account that you probably don’t pay for. However, the problem then arises that you don’t know anything about anything because you’re a freshman — duh. You will probably find yourself weighing one of these general options and, if so, here are some tips to go along with them:
Solutions by The State News
