Despite getting just 2 1/3 innings from preseason ace Patrick Keating, UF (14-7, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) was able to come from behind and record a 7-5 victory on Sunday in McKethan Stadium, completing the series sweep of Tennessee (9-12, 1-5 SEC).
Whether it is in a low-key competition or on a large stage against the top competitors in a sport, success is a major confidence booster for athletes, and this especially stands true for the younger athletes on the UF women's track and field team.
UF may continue offering Vietnamese classes next year after assistant professor Andrea Pham, who was scheduled to be laid off in June, was ordered to be reinstated by an arbitrator about a week ago.
Music blared from a van's speakers, children bounced in an inflatable moonwalk and smoke poured from a huge grill cooking hot dogs and hamburgers at what seemed to be a typical block party.
About 30 students took part in a 24-hour fast on Friday and Saturday to better understand the lives of people living in poverty around the world.
The Santa Fe College softball team (33-3, 8-2 Mid-Florida Conference) took another doubleheader Saturday against South Florida Community College.
The undergraduate programs in the College of Education will not be eliminated next academic year under a draft of a 10 percent budget cut proposal presented Friday by Catherine Emihovich, dean of the college.
Next month, the state of Michigan will join the ranks of 12 other states who currently allow for the use of medicinal marijuana - the first located between the Rockies and the East Coast.
For 12 hours comedians were kept on their toes, performing fresh jokes and skits at the Reitz Union to fundraise for cancer research on Friday.
Ever since the end of the Cold War, political and historical experts alike have predicted a decline in American hegemonic status. Some of the nuttier experts, such as Russian scholar Igor Panarin, have even predicted a complete collapse of our union into four different republics. Longhorn fans will be pleased to know that Panarin predicts the Republic of Texas will be the biggest of the four new countries, incorporating even Florida.
Continuing his trend of engaging in everyman endeavors, President Barack Obama's actions Thursday evening rang true with innumerable people across the country - wishing he could take back the words he already said.
The UF gymnastics roster has 12 names on it. Only seven of those names were able to compete at the Southeastern Conference Championships on Saturday.
The video starts with a jolt.
Junior swimmer Gemma Spofforth makes a habit out of setting records, and her performance at the NCAA Championships meet in College Station, Texas, proved that.
GAINESVILLE - Walter Hodge opened the night with a deep three just 13 seconds into the game and the Gators never looked back.
Gainesville has been promised about $7,800,000 in economic stimulus funding, according to Thursday's city commission agenda.
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