Students value social aspect at UF-Ga. game
By SIMON PERSICO | Aug. 5, 2009Chanel Munezero, a senior at UF, eagerly anticipates his annual road trip to Jacksonville for the UF-Georgia game, with or without tickets.
Chanel Munezero, a senior at UF, eagerly anticipates his annual road trip to Jacksonville for the UF-Georgia game, with or without tickets.
In response to a string of armed robberies, the Gainesville Police Department will deploy 25 more officers per shift in an attempt to not only catch robbers faster but also deter them from committing the crimes.
A new UF study shows people who witness co-workers being rude to each other experience the same effect as the people toward whom the rude behavior is directed.
Relationship karma is karma's lesser-known and more sadistic cousin, and I assure you it is not lacking at colleges across the nation. With no shortage of sex-starved students, immorally themed parties and dollar-pitcher nights at the nearest bar, college is a breeding ground for screwing and - often - screwing over. But thanks to relationship karma, you can be sure that what goes around in your love life will come back around to bite you in the rear.
During his three seasons at UF, Tim Tebow has won, in chronological order, a national championship, a Heisman Trophy and another national championship.
There's something special about pick-up basketball.
From broadcasting on ESPN to winning Heisman trophies, Gator students prove their success through athletics, scholarship, and perhaps less recognized, their fashion sense.
Riley Cooper will be wearing orange and blue this fall after all.
Caitlin Nicole Eadie has more in common with Hannah Montana than she'd ever like to admit.
The Sunday afternoon performance of "Peter Pan" opened its curtains to a sold-out crowd of children, parents and those young and old who just don't want to grow up.
After 140 days of uncertainty, the fate of two American journalists has been decided in a carefully orchestrated visit by former President Bill Clinton.
I step into the dojo quietly and respectfully trying not to disturb any of the other classes, and I am greeted by immediate chiding from one of the senseis.
The Harvest of Hope Foundation will host its first-ever Vegan Chili Cook-off from 1 to 8 p.m. at The Kickstand, a community bicycle shop, 722 S Main St.
From the time confetti was falling on Dolphin Stadium, people started talking about the 2009 UF football team.
Hoping to make up for some of the $2.9 million a year in free fire service provided to UF, the city will use University Police Department officers to help patrol late-night parties and the bars along University Avenue.
Here it is. It all starts today.
Before Erica Hyatt walks through the door, she is a chemical engineering major. She is a student at the UF. She thinks about homework and grades and meetings for the intramural softball team she is on. But for the hour she is in the room, she forgets all of that. She throws her arms in the air and sways her hips to the blaring music.
Despite its recent ranking as the nation/s No. 2 party school, UF was one of five schools named a 2009 Model of Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program on College Campuses by the U.S. Department of Education.