Before the rain came down Friday night, The Swamp was flooded with Gators fans eager to see UF football players battle it out in the Gator Charity Challenge.
Johnathan Lott/s July 30th column is either deliberately misleading or laughably misinformed, possibly both. He implies that if marginal tax rates go up, the government will take "56 percent of every dollar" that a wealthy person earns. Is UF/s economics department really so bad that an economics junior doesn/t understand marginal tax rates? Honestly?
A proposed state-wide "pay-as-you-throw" program would charge residents according to how much trash they throw out and increase state recycling requirements for businesses and apartments. Both requirements are already enforced by Gainesville.
Marla McGill had a lot of plans when she graduated from UF, but getting skin cancer wasn't on her list.
KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary that/s now the Army/s largest contractor, is a threat to the safety of our servicemen and servicewomen.
The man charged with 25 counts of battery last April has gotten his comeuppance.
During UF's run to a national title in 2006, David Nelson, a redshirt freshman, was one of several young receivers - including Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy and Riley Cooper - learning from the likes of Dallas Baker and Andre Caldwell.
In 2007, Billy Donovan and the Gators stood on top of the college basketball world after back-to-back national championships. Now, Donovan is looking to just get back into the NCAA Tournament.
Glee for green has been a long time coming in this country. What started out as an almost underground burlap sack movement has sprung into a multibillion-dollar enterprise and an entire culture, even generation, of planet-conscientious actions.
In an effort to become healthier and cleaner, UF will ban tobacco on its main campus beginning in July, joining over 100 campuses across the U.S. that have already gone smoke free.
UF will test its new emergency text messaging system Thursday, hoping to reach about 67,000 registered students, faculty and staff, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
As if university students who smoke didn/t have enough to worry about already, UF will ban cigarette smoking on campus beginning in July 2010. Healthy Gators is quick to point out that only 9 percent of UF students smoke. But just because someone is in the minority doesn/t mean their rights should be taken away. Last we checked, this was America.
The Gainesville Police Department has reported 12 robberies since Friday and officials are urging victims to call 911 as soon as possible after the attack.
The link between age and vision loss may be a thing of the past.
Researchers have found that bacteria growing in the wood of sweet gum trees, also known as alligator wood, may improve the process of making biofuels.
At Camp Kesem, Brian Shelton goes by Cookie Monster.
Fox's Sun Sports is about to teach UF students something new about their university - Gators do not wear "jorts."
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