Feathers from Brazil on display at Harn
By PATRICK ANNESTY | July 8, 2009Ceremonial items, which were seized as illegally exported goods made from endangered species, are on display at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
Ceremonial items, which were seized as illegally exported goods made from endangered species, are on display at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
Surrounded by moths and butterflies, Student Government senators passed a bill allocating $60,000 for an upcoming bug exhibit at Tuesday's meeting, held in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Al Franken is a funny guy. He is also intelligent and seems to understand the needs of his constituents. And Franken seems earnest in his desire to be a U.S. Senator. But despite all this, he should not have run for the position.
About 125 people of diverse religions, ages and races gathered in front of the Dove World Outreach Center Wednesday evening for a prayer vigil in response to a sign recently posted by the center.
Students may have been able to hear a pin drop in the Reitz Union during Summer A, but things are picking up, with an event scheduled nearly every day of Summer B.
City Hall may depend on money from property owners to handle its budget shortfalls, which was announced during a press conference held Tuesday afternoon concerning the 2010 budget.
A man believed to be a UF student was hit by a truck early Thursday morning on West University Avenue at the corner of Northwest 12th Street.
When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher introduced a new weekly competition called "Student of the Week." Every Friday afternoon she would saunter out from behind her desk, a freshly word-processed certificate in hand, and appoint one poor soul to a weeklong sentence of hatred from his or her peers.
UF's Florida Alternative Breaks program, which recently won the 2009 National Alternative Break Program of the Year from Break Away, will have summer trips from Aug. 9 through Aug. 19 this year, and interested students need to have their applications in by July 13.
There are some people who strive for greatness. Ken Edwards, of England, ate 36 cockroaches in one minute. Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man," sat in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes. Director Jon Russell Cring shot 12 movies in 20 months with equipment his wife won in a student filmmaking contest.
If UF officials have their way, it may be a little harder to get drunk at the next Florida-Georgia football showdown, which has been held in Jacksonville since 1933.
Enrolled in UF's College of Pharmacy? There's an app for that.
The Gainesville Police Department is trying to identify the driver of a dark-colored pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning.
The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program will not raise funds to cover the tuition hikes coming this fall after undergoing several changes made by the Florida Legislature.
Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
The Fine Print, a progressive magazine designed for UF students, was deemed Best New Publication of the Year by Campus Progress Wednesday at a conference in Washington, D.C.
Some moments are simply better enjoyed in person.
No matter the time or setting there is a likely to be the sound of a phone buzzing or a screen being rapped on nearby.