Betsy Smith first started to play volleyball in the summer before sixth grade. It wasn’t until the summer before her freshman year of high school that she knew she wanted to play for Florida.
Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Quinton Dunbar is finally starting to catch on with the Gators. After two years as little more than a spring-practice standout, Dunbar is second on the team with 10 receptions so far in 2012.
Lost in an endlessly growing queue and buried beneath thousands of rows of titles, there are a few hidden Netflix Gems.
Andre Debose grinned from ear to ear as he celebrated on EverBank Field at the end of the 2011 season. Florida had just beaten Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl, and Debose hoisted the Most Valuable Player trophy high above his head. The hopes for his 2012 campaign flew even higher.
Less than 15 minutes from the UF campus, The Brew Spot Cafe, 1000 NE 16th Ave. Building H, offers patrons free chemistry lessons in addition to the menu.
The bye week seems to be the only thing that can slow Jeff Driskel. Since earning the starting job against Bowling Green on Sept. 1, the sophomore quarterback has improved each week.
Well, cold and flu season is back, and we all know what that means: For the next few months your life will resonate the general theme of a horror movie.
Today marks the release of her new book, “The Casual Vacancy,” her first novel written for an older audience. As of press time, the book was already at No. 1 on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers list.
Medical drama fans have had a big whole in their hearts ever since “House” ended its final season last May. Luckily, this fall’s lineup adds a few new prescriptions that might fill the void.
UF students in the Design Innovation course will participate in the Make a Difference project throughout the next two months. The project was introduced to the students Tuesday and encourages them to use their skills in small ways to make big differences, said Margaret Portillo, a professor and chairwoman for the Department of Interior Design.
Holly King likes to use her head.
A source in the story "Gainesville Youth Baseball's parent-run board faces setbacks," which ran in Monday's edition of the Alligator, misrepresented himself to the reporter. The online version of this story has been removed from the Alligator's website.
Aguilar, an 18-year-old biomedical engineering freshman from Miami, was reported missing Thursday night. The search continues for him.
The geniuses at Google recently turned into mad scientists; they invented a car that can drive itself.
On one hand, my life has been transformed by passionately pursuing the God of the Bible. On the other, I have always been captivated by the sciences.
Startup Weekend, a three-day entrepreneurial conference, is coming to Gainesville Friday to bring professionals together to develop startup businesses.
As the Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee deliberated on changes to speed up the college game, Florida senior Bob van Overbeek reacted with three simple words:
Florida hasn’t done anything this season.
Will Muschamp believes the Gators are a better team than they were a year ago because of improvements on the line of scrimmage, but he still sees plenty of room for progress on the perimeter.
I agree with David Bradshaw that the recently enacted Student Government campaign rules needlessly obstruct free speech. I write to encourage fellow students and the administration to oppose these unreasonable time constraints on a candidate’s ability to campaign for SG elections.
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