UF won another national championship Saturday, taking home first place and $100,000 in cash and prizes from the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship.
The event offered an opportunity for residents to appreciate local art while interacting with friends and neighbors. With more than 120,000 visitors, the event drew more people than a UF football game.
UF students should expect to fork over more money next semester when it comes to parking.
This week, about 100 Gators had the chance to become bunnies.
Students passing in front of Library West on Thursday morning were treated to books they could really sink their teeth into.
The Hare Krishnas weren’t the only ones dishing out plates of vegan food Thursday afternoon on the Plaza of the Americas.
More than 100 people marched down University Avenue on Thursday night to speak out against date rape and sexual abuse.
When Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine resigned on Tuesday, President Barack Obama selected Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a UF alumna, as the new DNC chairwoman.
At dusk, women will try to reclaim the night.
Gainesville Fire Rescue, the Gainesville Police Department and the University Police Department responded to an electrical fire on the fifth floor of J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center early Wednesday afternoon.
Paul Marji, a model in Gainesville Fashion Week, will be doing more than strutting his stuff down the runway this year. He will also be directing models today, when they debut his original clothing line, Sui Generis. Marji is the first GFW model to do so since the event’s inception in March 2009.
Even in competition, six groups will be working toward the same goal: raising money for Japan’s tsunami victims.
In other news, the mildly funny comic Daniel Tosh renegotiated his contract for speaking at the UF O’Connell Center to reduce the crowd from 8,000 to 4,900 attendees.
Daniel Tosh, best known for his show on Comedy Central, “Tosh.0,” poked fun at topics such as sex, college, basketball and Tim Tebow.
Charity and rock ‘n’ roll will come together today in the form of a benefit concert aimed at ending hunger throughout Florida.
Jake Gipson and Matt Wercinski won a national championship last year by a 9-ounce margin.
For more than 50 years, Dr. W. Jape Taylor watched the UF College of Medicine grow from a startup school to one that is well established in the medical community.
Although the show was originally to be open to 8,000 people, Student Government Productions and Accent announced last week that only 4,900 UF students and members of the faculty will be permitted to attend.
The Student Senate unanimously passed the Cabinet Reconstruction Act despite the commotion it caused at last week’s meeting.
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