To all you students who are new to UF, welcome to the next four years of your life. Returning Gators, try to cut the freshmen some slack and welcome back as well.
This past summer, while everyone was in a chilled-out, lazy summer mood, I was the girl armed with her class schedule, 50 fliers, a campus map and the bus schedule. I was the one spinning around wildly with a deer-in-headlights look on my face, trying to figure out where my next class was.
Senior Ashlee Elliott promised pizazz this year and delivered after one game.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
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Tim Tebow can't go a day without seeing himself or his team mentioned on TV, but he's not tuning in for the talk of Florida winning a third title in four years or his bid for a second Heisman Trophy and college football immortality.
Sunday not only acted as a reminder of the beginning of a new volleyball season, it also marked the beginning of the end of senior libero Elyse Cusack's career at Florida.
Florida linebacker Dustin Doe settled his legal issues Thursday, but coach Urban Meyer said he hasn't complained rejoined the Gators yet.
Carlos Dunlap stepped into the national spotlight in January, but that may have been just the beginning.
Call UF's defense intimidating. Call it deep. Call it limitless in its potential.
UF relied heavily on a rotation of players at defensive tackle to create penetration up the middle a year ago, but with Torrey Davis and John Brown off the team and Matt Patchan switching to the offensive line, the Gators needed someone to step up this fall to fill out the rotation.
Much of the talk during fall camp has centered on filling the void left by do-it-all receiver Percy Harvin, but the production of fellow former Gator Louis Murphy may prove to be just as hard to replace.
UF coach Urban Meyer has called Joe Haden one of the top five athletes he has ever coached.
Don't let Urban Meyer and Kyle Mastri fool you into thinking Joe Haden will be spending any real time on offense this season.
College and fast food usually go hand-in-hand, and UF's campus is no different than most other colleges. But outside the campus boundaries, Gainesville offers numerous options for eating out that are healthy, delicious and affordable.
College has a way of dwindling your bank account faster than you can chug a lukewarm can of Natty Light.
After years of housing too many bats, part of UF's bat house collapsed Sunday.
You are new to Gainesville and perplexed by the throngs of drunk college hooligans swaying by your doorstep at 2 a.m. Or, you are back from your forced exile from home-cooked meals and motherly laundry service, and all of a sudden are forced to fend for yourself once again.
When it came time to move up to Gainesville and start my college career three years ago, I ended up living in Thomas Hall with by best friend from high school.
Kelly Murphy isn't worried about a sophomore slump.
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