City to disperse $1 million to aid programs
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 18, 2011Alachua County Commissioners debated at an informal meeting Tuesday how to best divvy up more than $1 million set aside for the Community Agency Partnership Program.
Alachua County Commissioners debated at an informal meeting Tuesday how to best divvy up more than $1 million set aside for the Community Agency Partnership Program.
A dispute between two half-brothers over wrestling trading cards led to one brother getting stitches and the other being charged with a felony.
City and university interests joined forces in their first joint meeting in recent years to discuss issues concerning students, from taxi fares to apartment price gouging.
Shayna Teijido, a UF nursing senior, died Monday due to complications involving blood clots in her lungs.
Instead of using words and ideas to tell a story, Joan Frosch prefers to use feet.
As the U.S. House of Representatives debates this week whether to repeal the Obama administration’s health care overhaul, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs remains optimistic that such legislative maneuvering will yield few actual results.
Luke Sipka enters from stage right portraying a member of a marching band, based on a situation suggested by the audience.
“There is no cheat sheet for life…”.
Laura Ellermeyer, author of Tuesday’s tutoring column, could have gone to TA sessions for free to prepare for the exam. ECO 2013 has TAs available seven periods a day, five days a week. I’m not sure if practice tests were made available last semester. They usually are and are by far the best way to prepare for an exam.
A mohawk never stopped Chuck Hurley from working.
Ever notice how you have all the right opinions? Why don’t more people think like you? Think back to when you were young, and imagine a situation where you and your fellow classmates were all “competing” to be the best at something. How about the most interesting show-and-tell piece? We’ll go with that.
One City Commission candidate is voicing her opposition to the idea of merging the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the Gainesville Police Department.
Sales of UF’s discounted Microsoft Office discs have been bringing business to both the UF Bookstore and the Computer Help Desk.
Everyone has someone they’d love to bring down a notch. There’s always that guy in class who’s a little too smug in his answers, that coworker with her holier-than-thou attitude.
When state Rep. Kelli Stargel filed a bill that would require elementary school teachers to grade not only students’ progress but parents’ participation, we rejoiced a little.
In “Teenage pregnancy not so glamorous,” Anita Babbitt argues that abstinence-only sex education is to blame for higher teen pregnancy rates.
With the exception of Gators football, I have not seen anything in my years at UF that has united the student body quite like block tuition.
Alachua County Commissioners debated Tuesday how more than $1 million meant for charities should be allocated.
People used to find out what happened in their city hall by a bellman who, after every meeting, rang his bell and announced the news to the passing people. Our cities have expanded, and newspapers have taken up the role of informer.
The running support of UF students for the people of Haiti warmed up a particularly cold morning Saturday.