COVID-19
Early recruiting class has makings of nation's best
By ROBERT CALLOVI | Nov. 15, 2007At this time last year, the UF football team's recruiting class had 14 oral commitments and arguably the nation's best class.
Faculty Senate recommends altering Student Honor Court
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Nov. 15, 2007UF's Student Honor Court is one step closer to losing its ability to hear academic dishonesty cases, which is its primary responsibility.
Enrollment in UF language courses rises
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 15, 2007While numbers of UF international students and study-abroad participants are on the upswing, many students are also opting to learn foreign languages from the comfort of Gainesville.
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Nov. 15, 2007Thank God - it's finally starting to feel like a season other than summer. It's time to put the sundresses and shorts in the back of the closet and break out the sweaters and scarves. It's time to put on a pot of chili and sip some hot cocoa. It's time to trade in the Corona Light for a dark, wintry ale. It's time to stop going to class and stay under the covers instead. But most of all, it's time to read this week's frost-covered edition of…
College students warned against enticing credit-card offers
Nov. 15, 2007Enticements of free food and merchandise when applying for credit cards could be a thing of the past if a consumer advocacy group has its way.
Removal of radio-reading programs upsets some listeners
By KORI FREDERICK | Nov. 15, 2007Carol Massey wakes up every Thursday and waits to hear the grocery ads read over the radio. The Gainesville resident, who is blind, depends on the program to know where she can go to save money.
Machen's pay tops list of Florida university presidents
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 15, 2007There's a powerful man roaming campus.
Student production of 'Vagina Monologues' holds last day of open auditions
By MEGAN JEFFERS | Nov. 14, 2007For females who have always wanted to express feelings about their sexuality and bodies in a public setting, the opportunity has arrived.
Headline
By ROBERT CALLOVI | Nov. 14, 2007At this time last year, the UF football team's recruiting class had 14 oral commitments and arguably the nation's best class.
Overheard in Gainesville
Nov. 14, 2007Ever accidentally eavesdropped and overheard something so ridiculous you had to laugh and tell all your friends later? Well, share it with the rest of us. Send your ridiculous, funny or ridiculously funny overheard quotes to Beth Romanik.
Orlando welcomes Florida's second IKEA store
By ANDREW TAN | Nov. 14, 2007ORLANDO - Jeremy Schrecengost said he came for the free Poäng.
Student remembered by family, friends at memorial
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 14, 2007After the death of her sorority sister and friend Pamela Eve Frank, Jackie Weiner wrote her a letter.
Happy Trails
By the Editorial Board | Nov. 14, 2007Two officers from the Florida State University Police Department will trek by bicycle from Tallahassee to Gainesville on Monday as part of the "Road to Responsibility Challenge" to discourage drunken driving and alcohol abuse for next week's traditionally rowdy Gators-Seminole clash, which also just happens to fall on Thanksgiving weekend.
Alicia Keys' sound matures
By ADRIAN RUHI | Nov. 14, 2007Alicia Keys has carried a piano prodigy stigma throughout her career, yet her two studio albums and Unplugged album were punctuated with a hip-hop edge indicative of her Harlem upbringing. But with her latest, "As I Am," Keys' sound matures, often reaching adult contemporary. It's her most mellow, most boring album, but it's still pretty good.
Winning team declared in SFCC competition
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Nov. 14, 2007As smiles exploded on the Bomb Squad's faces, team member Gus Moran couldn't contain himself.