A recent UF graduate who was missing in Rio de Janeiro was found alive in a hospital Wednesday morning.
At least once during your educational career at UF, you’ve had one or will have one of those dreaded three-hour classes. Being trapped in those walls for longer than 50 minutes can put the mind into a zoned-out coma.
While Dove World Outreach Center is gaining national attention for its planned Quran burning, one UF student is quietly working to promote peace in Gainesville.
Until Sept. 11, we saw terrorists as nothing but extremists who had taken their violent turn in history.
Directors of the Counseling and Wellness Center welcomed visitors to the grand opening of the new building Wednesday afternoon.
In a discussion that touched everything from stimulus dollars to college football, Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, spoke to a group of college reporters Wednesday in an attempt to woo a youthful demographic that he believes will be key to a November victory.
For the first time in 40 years, the fair won’t come to town.
Seldom does the Devil do interviews. When she does, you better bet that she’s got a damned good reason — and that she’ll be dripping in designer. Earlier this month, Vogue magazine’s editor Anna Wintour was seen in a rare interview on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” For September is when she thrives. This month’s famed September issue of Vogue is bound with 532 astounding pages of fashion. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicks off today. Yet Wintour was seated on Fallon’s scarlet couch cushions to, instead, promote the largest fashion party in history — and everyone is invited.
As a former Gainesville resident, I’m displeased with the reaction to the Dove World Outreach Center’s planned “Burn a Quran Day.” Students need to use their education and make sure these people know they do not represent Gainesville.
Pastor Terry Jones gave a brief press conference outside the Dove World Outreach Center on Sept. 8, confirming that the church will be continuing with the burning of the Qurans on Saturday.
There were miscues aplenty in the Gators’ season-opening win against Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, but the most lasting image of UF’s struggles is the mishandled and errant snaps between center Mike Pouncey and quarterback John Brantley.
We’ve come an awfully long way since Geneva.
University Police Department Chief Linda Stump announced Tuesday she’s still awaiting an independent report from the consulting agency responsible for reviewing the UPD’s response and subsequent March 2 shooting of a UF graduate student while on campus. The editorial board has many concerns about the outcome.
After taking care of business in their first five matches of the year, the No. 7 Gators embark on their toughest match of the young season as they head to Tallahassee to face No. 5 Florida State on Friday.
The Gators’ quarterback summarized his team’s inept play rather simply.
The sheriff and the county commission are heading for a showdown.
Senators agreed to unanimously approve the 2011-2012 Activity and Service Fee Budget of about $16.7 million at their meeting Tuesday night.
On June 10, Thomas Maresco blogged about his excitement for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where he would root for the USA while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Changes might be in store for UF’s approach toward handling campus threats, including increased attention to threatening or troubling behavior from faculty and staff members.
I participated in the Interfraternity Council’s fall 2010 recruitment this past week. Now, as much as I’d love to say I entered into the process like Hunter S. Thompson did in “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72,” — a journalist looking for the scoop on a mystical and oft-misinterpreted process — that wasn’t the case. I was genuinely interested in finding a fraternity that would suit my needs.
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