Few students have seen the murals in the basement of Sledd Hall. Even fewer know the story behind them. One of the original basement dwellers, Richard Maney, husband of the late painter of the murals, talks about the parties he threw below his dorm in the early '70s.
Determined to keep the curtain from falling on William Shakespeare, a new thespian troupe called Shakespeare in the Swamp will perform two free, local shows a year.
Beginning today and lasting throughout November, the organization Global Nomads will be collecting donations for its project, Support a Pregnancy, on Turlington Plaza from noon to 4 p.m.
A can of Dr Pepper is about $1, but much more than chump change is at stake for UF student Kevin Parza.
As the temperature drops and the number of sniffles begins to go up, students are being urged to get their vaccinations in anticipation for flu season.
When Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc., was a kid, he and his friends would ask to be paid for gardening work in spare electronic parts.
The Gators brought in two five-star defensive tackles in their 2010 recruiting class.
With the next session for the U.S. Congress looming, local supporters of the DREAM Act stood on the steps of Tigert Hall to drum up support for legislation.
This season not gone the way you wanted?
While some teams held viewing parties to celebrate their selection to the NCAA Tournament, the No. 7 Gators did what they usually do on Mondays: practice.
For students looking to show their appreciation for the men and women who serve in the armed forces, Gainesville offers opportunities that extend from Veterans Day this Thursday through the weekend.
In response to Chris Moody’s Monday letter addressing the seemingly universal engineering student opposition to block tuition, I support block tuition.
We don’t blame him for getting the heck out of here on the first plane out east.
UF students will raise money to help children who can’t help themselves Tuesday night.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear several cases that will further define the freedoms of speech that are protected by the First Amendment, but only one case prominently involves Arnold Schwarzenegger and the tenuous link between Mortal Kombat and parenting skills.
On Mondays joining the snoozing sunbathers on the Plaza of the Americas, there is a large pink couch, a coffee table and lawn chairs.
Our generation is one of change and progress. We revolutionized the Internet. We elected a black president. And we are legalizing same-sex marriage. Now, we are beginning to reshape another age-old custom of our society: the American diet. Our generation deserves more than just Happy Meals. We deserve healthy meals.
In a move that can only be labeled as an attempt to become the super-exclusive “Mean Girls” of Capitol Hill, GOP-elected officials rallied behind an agenda Sunday based largely on bullying their boss: Mr. President.
In 2000, only two students from Miami Carol City Senior High School were accepted to UF.
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