Florida women finish disappointing seventh at NCAA meet
By MELISSA PENDER< | Mar. 20, 2011Despite their best efforts, the Gators were unable to recapture last year’s glory.
Despite their best efforts, the Gators were unable to recapture last year’s glory.
The Gators rolled up to the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center prepared to defend their conference title, but after small mistakes, mild sicknesses and pestering injuries, they fell short.
Syracuse constantly shadowed Florida’s top scoring threat, chasing Kitty Cullen all over the field Saturday.
Florida continued its conference dominance this weekend.
When asked to explain Bank Vongvanij’s latest individual tournament title, his third in a 2010-2011 season that has seen him finish no lower than 15th, Florida men's golf coach Buddy Alexander answered simply.
At times, Mike Holloway sounds like a broken record.
Nearly everyone agrees that critical thinking is a skill essential for children to develop as early as possible.
First off, I must say I generally don’t read Tiffany Miles’ letters because, overall, I find their content to be dull and presented in a condescending manner.
There are moments in time when I am immensely proud to be a Florida Gator. Thursday was one of them. No, it wasn’t due to many students’ impressive performances on St. Patty’s Day. It wasn’t even due to our dominance in basketball. It was due to the sight I witnessed at the candlelight vigil in commemoration of the disaster in Japan. Hundreds of students sat huddled in the Reitz Union Amphitheatre. There were students from all communities and cliques. Unity prevailed as all the students joined in praying for those affected by the tragedy and committing to doing all they can to help. We heard emotional tales of those here who know individuals who lost their homes and even their lives. Though the words were in Japanese, the emotion transcended language and generated compassion from all in attendance.
The president must understand our fears about the situation in Libya. Why else would he stress his understanding of the risks of any military action? Why would he emphasize and repeat his intentions of keeping U.S. troops off Libyan soil? Obama is seeing what we’re seeing — a frighteningly familiar scenario of international forces intervening in a country on the brink, complete with the undertones of terrorism and the memorable words of a crazy dictator. We’ve seen this movie before, and we know how it goes. Or do we?
While the Florida ticketing office may find it surprising that their 75 student tickets allotted for the UCSB and UCLA games didn’t sell out, I’m certainly not. Expecting students to pay $154 up front to watch the Gauchos and Bruins is asinine.
After 10 years and tons of free midnight breakfasts, GatorNights is still going strong.
March 21, 1966: John Due becomes the first African-American to run for state Senate since the days of Reconstruction when he announces his candidacy for the District 6 seat in Gainesville.
The Harn Museum of Art will open an expanded 26,000-square-foot Asian art wing to the public in spring 2012.
UF junior Courtney Read said almost all she can recall from her hypnosis was riding a motorcycle in a sandy, cactus-filled desert in Arizona.
As the sun set over the Plaza of the Americas on Saturday night, three women with dirt-smudged faces, torn clothes and leaves in their tangled hair gathered around a tire.
The 2010 census results show that the county grew by 29,381 people since 2000, putting the latest population count at 247,336.
The scene at Kanapaha Park had all the symptoms of a typical Sunday afternoon.
Day two at the Schenkel Invitational followed a similar script as
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