UF clubs push for attendance over Summer
By Jessica Rodriguez | July 18, 2016While students enjoy shorter lines and more parking during the Summer term, UF’s clubs have to find ways to keep attendance high with fewer people on campus.
While students enjoy shorter lines and more parking during the Summer term, UF’s clubs have to find ways to keep attendance high with fewer people on campus.
Alex Sunnarborg will have 90 seconds to pitch his company to a crowd of about 400 investors, industry experts and possible partners.
Among teenagers in college, among Greek life and dorm rooms and around campus living, sexual assault is inevitably present.
Though the rain may have washed up the Kickin’ it for the Kids Kickball Tournament earlier than planned Saturday, it didn’t wash away the success of the event.
About two years after Lonesome River Band’s “Turn on a Dime” made it on the Billboard Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart, the band will now perform at the Jewel Box Summer Concert Series’ last show Friday.
UF law school alumnus Zee Asghar formed an online business to help international students find housing in the U.S.
Over the next week and a half, the political elite of both major parties will evolve themselves from the primaries to the general election. Afterward, the candidates will ready themselves for battle in the gym we call America, and the two political parties will find themselves, according to The New York Times, $150 million in debt to the private entities (gym leaders) that will write checks for the conventions this year — all the more reason for our representatives to prioritize donors over constituents.
“The manner in which burning is executed is as follows: He who had been thus condemned was lowered into dung up to his armpits, then a hard cloth was placed within a soft one, wound round his neck, and the two loose ends pulled in opposite directions, forcing him to open his mouth. A wick was then lit, and thrown into his mouth, so that it descended into his body and burnt his bowels.”
Avoiding the financial summertime blues
On Friday, July 15, UF Student Government released a video via Facebook enthusiastically announcing an upcoming expansion to the Hub’s Chick-fil-A location. Under a cheery guise of “Moving Gators Forward,” SG seemed excited about the new breakfast options. As stated in the video’s caption, “Starting next year, UF students can finally ask, ‘Chick-n-Minis or Chicken Biscuit?’”
University Police arrested two freshman football players Monday morning after authorities said they shot at a residence hall with a BB gun four days earlier.
In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which male athlete was the best of the 2015-16 season. Sports writers Ray Boone, Matt Brannon and Alejandro López join alligatorSports Editors Ian Cohen and Ethan Bauer in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
An assistant professor with the UF College of Pharmacy was released from jail Tuesday after he was once again arrested when a judge said he violated a restraining order from his previous arrest.
Cox Communications customers in Florida were left without internet or phone services after a tree-trimming accident late Wednesday morning in Ocala, said Cam Johnson, Cox’s public affairs manager.
Bernie Sanders ended his campaign Tuesday when he officially endorsed Hillary Clinton at a campaigning event in New Hampshire.
Starbucks customers may have to pay a little more during their next visit.
Stacey Steinberg, a UF law professor, is a former child abuse attorney who advocates for kids by photographing children with traumatic medical conditions.
The Florida Department of Health reminded residents to take precautions after a new Zika-related case was reported earlier this week in Alachua County.
In an effort to communicate with Gainesville’s LGBTQ+ and minority communities, Gainesville Police officers held an open discussion at the Pride Community Center this week.