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(04/20/15 12:58am)
It’s easy to forget about that $18 per credit hour that’s funneled to Student Government. But this past year’s executive ticket spent it — almost exactly the way they promised they would in their platform.
(04/17/15 1:13am)
Sandibel Miron made sure to binge-watch “House of Cards” before actress Robin Wright came to UF.
(04/17/15 12:00am)
Robin Wright, actress from “The Princess Bride,” and “House of Cards,” speaks at an Accent Speaker's Bureau event at the Philips Center of Performing Arts on Thursday. Wright spoke about getting back into TV, life on the House of Cards set and how she related to her characters. "Give me something challenging," she said while discussing roles she'd turned down. "Give me something that I'm afraid of."
(04/08/15 12:58am)
UF athletic director Jeremy Foley is not a fan of white helmets.
(04/07/15 11:55pm)
From left: Mike Hill, UAA executive associate athletics director for external affairs, and Chip Howard, executive associate athletics director for internal affairs, watch Jeremy Foley, the UF athletics director, speak about his career at an Accent Speaker’s Bureau event in the Evans Champions Club on Tuesday. “It’s not a perfect science,” he said about the process of hiring a new coach. “The fit part is really important. The honesty and integrity part is really important.”
(04/01/15 1:17am)
Accent Speaker’s Bureau planned on welcoming former first lady Rosalynn Carter to the Phillips Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday night, but she was sick and stayed in Plains, Georgia.
(04/01/15 1:14am)
UF’s own Jeremy Foley will be having a one-on-one chat with students.
(03/31/15 4:35pm)
Former President Jimmy Carter will stand in for his wife Rosalynn Carter who was scheduled to speak about mental health at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts tonight.
(03/30/15 1:04am)
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will speak about mental health at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.
(03/25/15 10:00pm)
Seven years ago, television was graced with what many now consider the best TV series about a high school teacher turned meth cook of all time. Just in 2013, “Breaking Bad” series creator Vince Gilligan was here at UF with the Accent Speaker’s Bureau, where he answered questions about the show and his creative process.
(03/11/15 1:40am)
Senators at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting said goodbye to some members and welcomed newly elected members as well as a new president, president pro-tempore and members-at-large.
(02/26/15 1:22am)
By 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Natasha Pereira was already in line.
(02/18/15 12:31am)
Accent Speaker’s Bureau has reliably brought us great guests over the years. Thanks to the group’s work, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting such illustrious and enviable personalities as Carl Hiaasen, Kurt Vonnegut, George Takei, Queen Latifah, Dr. Kevorkian and Ben & Jerry — yes, THAT Ben & Jerry. Next week, they’ll be bringing us James Franco, who will converse with J-school professor and de facto journalism guru Mike Foley.
(02/17/15 1:27am)
Members of the UF community raised concerns with Student Government’s Accent Speaker’s Bureau, finding it uncooperative with various diversity programs on campus.
(02/16/15 12:51am)
The Gator Nation will be getting its own version of “The Interview.”
(02/10/15 1:21am)
A crowd of UF students cheered and laughed at stories and entrepreneurial advice shared by a self-made fashion designer and TV star Monday evening in the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
(02/09/15 11:47pm)
Daymond John, branding expert, speaks about entrepreneurship to a full crowd at the Phillips Center of Performing Arts on Monday. The cast member on ABC's "Shark Tank" was brought to UF by the UF Black Student Union and ACCENT Speaker's Bureau.
(02/04/15 11:52pm)
A shark is due to enter the Swamp.
(01/20/15 11:49pm)
Little known fact: “Taser” is actually an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle,” which is high in the running for snazziest name of anything, ever. Thomas Swift, by the way, is the main character of a young adult science fiction series from the 1910s.
(11/04/14 2:00am)
Stephen A. Smith, sports analyst, radio host and co-host of the ESPN show “First Take,” will bring his outspokenness to UF next week.