Waiting on Obama

Student Health Care Center clerk Donald Greist, 35, waits in line for tickets for first lady Michelle Obama. Obama will be speaking Monday in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center at 3:30 p.m.
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Student Health Care Center clerk Donald Greist, 35, waits in line for tickets for first lady Michelle Obama. Obama will be speaking Monday in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center at 3:30 p.m.
Hundreds of UF students and local residents lined up all over Gainesville on Thursday to get tickets to see first lady Michelle Obama when she visits campus next week.
Alligators may love to nap in the sun, but Gators need to take care not to overheat in The Swamp.
TAMPA, Fla. — With the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac approaching Tampa, UF student activists shrugged and threw on some ponchos.
Whether it’s by attending election awareness campaigns or by registering to vote, UF students can become engaged in the upcoming presidential election.
A few days before the biggest UF medical school test of the year, Ray Brown sped 550 miles to Tennessee to clear his mind.
You’re finally in college. No one is nagging you about a project being due. No one is making sure you’re paying attention in class. And no one is telling you when to be home at night.
LOL. BRB. G2G. OUCH.
In a close decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the national health care plan pushed by President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats.
UF administrators say budget cuts are inevitable, including the $13.4 million that might come from their own budget.
It is obvious we are beginning a volatile year for UF. The issue at hand is the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering dean’s proposal to drastically cut and reform CISE to address budget cuts. But we shouldn’t kid ourselves that similar proposals from other deans aren’t coming.
Update: Michael R. Edmonds Jr.’s funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at Broadus-Raines Funeral Home, 501 Spring St., Green Cove Springs. The funeral home will host a viewing at 1 p.m. and a service an hour later.
UF students who have not had chickenpox or its vaccine should beware of the itchy virus in the upcoming weeks. It has been steadily infecting students in Alachua County schools.
In the bustling classrooms inside the Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion, dance students stretch their muscles, perfect choreography and find life-changing inspiration in a class of Parkinson’s disease patients.
Mark Dykes isn’t scared of bees.
Jacob Atem remembers the day his parents were killed.
Allergy season has made itself known at UF, bringing pollen-covered cars, dry eyes and constant sneezing.
Annie ran across the playground and signed the word “helicopter” to tell her teacher about a helicopter flying overhead.
This week, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments surrounding the individual mandate, which is part of the controversial health care reform law. However, within the next few years, the court will likely be ruling on another extremely important issue, especially for civil libertarians.
The physical and emotional scars of former smokers are being revealed in a bold new ad campaign created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.