Everyone knows the best part about starting college is not having a bedtime. And sure, sometimes you stay up late to study, but not that often. When you're not going out or partying, watching TV is one of the greatest college pastimes.
One of the best things fall semester is the air of newness and reinvention that comes with it. Like a New Year's resolution, students find inspiration in the fall.
You have no car, no money and no clue where you are going to get food next. Welcome to college.
While it's common for most record labels to launch an onslaught of highly anticipated releases during the fall, this is being taken to a new extent in 2011. From my perspective, this year has been laden with excellent new releases, and given the schedule for upcoming records in the fall, 2011 is shaping up to be a stronger year than 2010.
Oh, the dreaded Freshman 15: The extra pounds gained by eating boxes of instant mac 'n' cheese, slurping up extra-whip caramel Frappuccinos and stacking up on the endless supply of succulent chocolate chip cookies the dining halls have to offer.
I know exactly what you were thinking.
Andrew Schaer isn't comfortable with how young people are going about compiling their music libraries.
Between obligatory trips to Leonardo's, the clicker that always gets lost, a few late-night stumbles into Pita Pit and cover charges for Friday night, many students realize they're going to need some extra cash in college.
Stefani Pila considers herself a successful Gator. She's a psychology and history junior, part of the UF Honors Program and, along with her twin sister, Sarah, a member of the co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.
Greek life at UF could have a lot of stereotypes if you blindly put everyone in neat and easy categories. A closer look might show something different.
Have you ever heard of the freshman 15? That daunting, infant-sized mass of weight that the average freshman is predicted to gain?
In a week's time, this campus, this oasis of knowledge and aesthetic splendor, is going to be slammed-packed beyond your imagination. There are going to be bicyclists whizzing through herds of people, preachers damning the masses to hell and anything else you could possibly imagine, including tons and tons of dancing. It's going to be like Black Friday had a drunken hook-up with a Harry Potter premiere - on crack.
At UF, we are very lucky. Our Student Body is incredibly talented in a variety of ways. Many of our faculty and staff are nationally or internationally recognized in their fields. The awards and points of pride are vast and diverse. Here are some examples: Our Career Resource Center is ranked No. 1 in the country; our fishing club continues to win national championships; faculty make miraculous discoveries; our Student Alumni Association is the largest in the United States and much more. However, despite the many accolades and a tremendously caring community reminiscent of a much smaller institution, there still remain students in distress.
If you've made it to this page by now, you probably want to slug a small child for all the Orange and Blue fapping that I've allowed to take place in this New Student Edition. I know you don't give two squirts of R. Kelly's piss about Gator Nights or the smorgasbord of student clubs that provide good, clean Christian fun - you want to know the best place you can pound booze and get away with sexual harassment without the long dick of the law getting in your way. I know I sure as hell did.
Welcome to the University of Florida! I applaud your decision to come to UF, and I am confident you will have a rich and memorable experience here.
With nearly 50,000 students traversing the university's campus every day, UF can sometimes feel like a city in itself.
Of all the schools you could choose from, you picked UF - a Southeastern Conference powerhouse at the beginning of Will Muschamp's inaugural season as head coach.
Those extra pounds lurk somewhere between the first football game and Thanksgiving weekend. It's inevitable for your roommate who thinks pizza, beer and cheesy bread are the main food groups.
The hunt is on. You crawl forward under the stifling Florida sun when you finally see it. Just as you're about to stake your claim, another driver whips around a corner and screeches into the spot right in front of you.
So you're settling in - getting used to the roommate, eating at dining halls and making awkward conversation with that cute girl or boy who always gets breakfast the same time you do.
Solutions by The State News
