As returning Gators know — and freshmen are soon to discover — UF is probably a much more open and safe environment for the LGBT community than the environment they experienced in high school.
Victoria Miller combines second-hand doilies and entrepreneurship to create a unique result. Miller, a 21-year-old art history senior at UF, makes dreamcatchers and sells them online at the popular handmade goods marketplace, Etsy.
1882: Gender-neutral historical figure Toni Labor sought to free the American worker from the shackles of the American work-week that, at its inception, continued for 365 days in a row. Tasks included, but were not limited to, beating rocks together and collecting goat and human sacrifices as offerings to the evil dragon who oversaw production atop Mt. Drudgery. Americans refered to the dragon as “Grover.” Toni Labor succeeded in slaying the dragon with a cardboard sign that read: “Seriously Grover, my feet are killing me,” and Americans celebrated by cooking the dragon over a fire. The Labor Day barbeque tradition was born.
This fall, the Alachua County Fairgrounds will see more paint than it ever has.
Rockeys, located at 112 S Main St., will showcase two professional comedians in addition to a local Gainesville comedian that hosts the show.
After you’ve been out for the night with your friends, Five Star Pizza just seems to call your name.
At the 2012 London Olympics, coach Gregg Troy led the U.S. men’s swimming team to 16 medals, six of which came from athletes Troy coached at Florida.
Bowling Green is not familiar with the Southeastern Conference.
With Noami Santos-Lamb hobbling on crutches, Florida’s freshmen have given the team a leg to stand on.
While the Florida coaching staff still has not settled on a starting quarterback, all parties involved in the decision feel good about the eventual starter’s rapport with the wide receiving corps.
To most, Florida looks like a Gator Bowl bid waiting to happen.
Florida coach Will Muschamp believes the Gators can win with two quarterbacks. Beyond this weekend, offensive coordinator Brent Pease is not so certain.
UF’s Department of Recreational Sports will host its annual RecSports Extravaganza from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Southwest Recreation Center on Hull Road.
St. Francis House, a shelter and soup kitchen, is raising money to transform the lot into a community garden to grow one ton of produce. The Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc. intends to plant 10 55-foot rows of produce in the privately owned lot, said Travis Mitchell, a coordinator for the nonprofit’s food projects.
Gainesville Police charged David Wesley Harteis, 25, of 13402 NE 34th Way, with escaping from authorities, according to a GPD arrest report. He returned to the Santa Fe Work Release Center on Tuesday morning.
We try to find patterns where there are none. Patterns help us make sense of our environment and surroundings.
In the event of an emergency, Supervisor of Elections Stephen Davis will enact his backup plan, which resembles former Supervisor of Elections Toni Megna’s plan from Spring, according to Alligator archives.
UF students joined thousands of media members in Tampa this week to report on protests and Mitt Romney’s official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. The students sacrificed their classes to be errand-runners for the press world’s elite.
As a much-anticipated college football season kicks off at The Swamp this weekend, it may be appropriate to look almost 1,000 miles north to Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.
I would like to address a gender inequality that has vexed me greatly the past two weeks. Both Tropical Storm Isaac and the general rainy nature of Florida have characterized the beginning of classes by a stoic low-energy conflict with nature.
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