UF grad gains popularity on YouTube
(05/15/12 12:15am)
Many people may associate the word ‘viral’ with sickness, but for UF alumnus Cameron Magruder, it means money and glory.
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Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary needs financial help to expand facility
(04/25/12 1:31am)
When Shira Reid shows people around her workplace, she makes sure to introduce them to Iris. Iris is smart and outgoing, and she and Reid could chat all day.
Campaign Conundrum: How SG election codes can be fixed
(04/23/12 12:30am)
[Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a clarification.]
Employers should not trust Facebook
(04/16/12 12:19am)
A few weeks ago, practically everyone in my major flipped out when the news story broke that employers were asking applicants for their Facebook login information. I expected no less from people who love attention being told their Facebooks will keep them from potentially getting more of it.
Researchers track fake virus with game
(04/16/12 12:13am)
The virus is lethal and highly contagious. If unleashed in Gainesville, it would infect most UF students by the end of September.
Virus affects about 600 students’ Macs on campus
(04/12/12 11:46pm)
Morgan Russell didn’t know her Apple computer could get a virus, but it turns out her Mac isn’t as invincible as she thought.
Ariana Grande to drop debut album
(04/12/12 12:15am)
At 18, Ariana Grande already knows her future.
Society should only change when necessary
(04/11/12 12:18am)
Most of us enter college with the intention to change society for the better. College students are natural catalysts for change — we organize protests, debate in our classrooms and then return home to antagonize our more traditional parents.
Mobile app eliminates multiple logins on campus
(04/09/12 12:48am)
A new iPhone application called UF Wi-Fi will allow students and faculty to easily access UF Internet from their phones by removing the hassle of repeated logins.
Web series promises murder and comedy
(04/05/12 12:15am)
Where we’re going, we don’t need cable.
Former Student Body president brings Internet company to US
(04/04/12 12:45am)
Former Student Body President Ashton Charles is visiting UF, bringing her work to the United States as well as to The Gator Nation.
Internet Insanity: Trolling is free speech, too
(04/04/12 12:30am)
Have you ever been annoyed by something that someone posted on your Facebook wall?
Ashton Charles
(04/03/12 12:45am)
Eiso Kant, 21, of Madrid, Spain, and former Student Body President Ashton Charles pose for a photo in the Reitz Union Amphitheater during their visit to Gainesville to promote Tyba, an Internet company for which Charles works in Spain.
Trending Internet topics: Trayvon Martin and 'The Hunger Games'
(03/29/12 12:15am)
The interwebs are starting to serve a purpose other than mindless procrastination. After Kony 2012 a few weeks ago, people are back to being social activists with the Trayvon Martin case.
Foreign policy should be cautious, decisive
(03/28/12 12:15am)
A clear agenda on foreign policy is something all our political parties lack. The Republican neoconservatives, from former President George W. Bush to Newt Gingrich, have seen their hawkish ambitions dwindle as the American people have grown weary of constant foreign intervention. Libertarians, such as Ron Paul, preach pseudo-isolation, yet in a climate where nuclear weapons are prevalent, such an approach appears dangerous and nearsighted. President Barack Obama and the remainder of the political left are walking a tightrope between these two extremes — aware of the dangers across the seam, yet unwilling to face them head-on.
Odd Future releases latest album 'The OF Tape Vol. 2'
(03/22/12 12:15am)
It was only a year ago that Tyler the Creator’s self-directed video for “Yonkers” spread like wildfire on the Internet, and turned him and the members of his crew, Odd Future, into instant fixtures in the blogosphere.
Best of the Web: Draw Something, WhatShouldWeCallMe and more
(03/22/12 12:15am)
The meme business has been starting to slow (trolls everywhere, pick it up!), but the Web still rolls on with plenty of juicy material ripe for posting. So this week we bring you the best of the Web!
Books Inc. slowly sells stock in process of closing doors for good
(03/20/12 12:07am)
[Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect a correction. It was incorrectly reported that bookshelves at Books Inc. were being sold for $200. Double-sided bookshelves are being sold for $200 and single-sided bookshelves are being sold for $100.]
Students’ tablet use on the rise
(03/19/12 11:49pm)
When UF sophomore Opeola Bukola sits down to do her assigned reading, she doesn’t drop a stack of textbooks on her desk — she just taps on her tablet.
Popular encyclopedia to move online
(03/15/12 1:02am)
Video killed the radio star, and the Internet may have just killed the printed Encyclopaedia Britannica.
