Most of us eat blindly. On a late Tuesday night, sitting in our college apartments with “Girls” on the laptop and hunger pangs setting in, the majority of us are not looking to make a commentary on modern day commodity food culture.
Players representing UF Student Affairs raised $5,000 for a local elementary school renovation project after winning a charity kickball tournament in southwest Gainesville on Saturday.
Many people might not know who helped discover the North Pole or when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
With the conclusion of the five-day qualifying period Friday, the race for the March city elections is on.
It looks like an oasis at the edge of the 278-acre Morningside Nature Center in east Gainesville.
Just hours after a new Walmart Supercenter opened Friday, Gainesville Police arrested a man for shoplifting.
The UF Supreme Court voted Friday to uphold the Election Commission’s decision to not order a cease and desist on Swamp Party campaign activities.
Stop, drop and roll shouldn’t be the newest dance craze.
With 40 seconds until race time, participants scurried to line up behind a UF College of Medicine student who incurred brain damage in a car accident in June.
Last week in Student Senate, Swamp Party treasurer and Student Government Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman Joey Michaels was publicly asked to step down from one of those positions for the sake of the students.
Year of the Dragon was so 2012.
In an increasingly competitive and global world, how do we make ourselves stand out? The answer to this question is one word. Well two words, actually. Study abroad.
At street corners all over the county, crossing guards stop traffic as they help school children safely cross the road, and on Friday, as part of School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day, it was their day to be thanked.
As any Cicerone, pamphlet, or R.A. will tell you, there are over 975 official clubs or groups to join at UF. Do you like to dance the Argentine tango? There’s a club for that. Can’t go a day without discussing edible landscaping? There’s a club for that. Do you like to blow off steam by building robots? There’s a club for that, too! If more traditional community service and professional organizations are your cup of tea, well, there are so many of those that it would be impossible to join all of them. But there are some that I have heard a lot about just by being on campus and talking to other students.
Local residents have a new area to explore after a nature preserve south of Gainesville opened Saturday morning.
Florida had shut out two opponents before facing Furman.
Florida senior Lauren Embree snagged her 99th career singles match victory against Baylor on Saturday, but winning was no easy feat.
Steady improvement and solid outings seem to be themes for the Gators track and field team this season.
Summer is surprisingly only three months away, and every Gator should be doing something fantastic. I’m talking about internships, study abroad programs, jobs — whatever it is you want to do to take full advantage of your summer, you probably need a few key items backing you up.
Poor shooting and slow starts have plagued Florida during Southeastern Conference play. Freshman Christin Mercer helped change that, ending the Gators’ five-game losing streak in the process.
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