Here, children rarely go to school. Backpacks, pencils and books are scarce, just as scarce as the buildings that provide an education to growing minds. Here, they bear guns and ammunition and fight a war.
Watching SportsCenter at 3 a.m., it’s possible a commercial for the Florida women’s basketball team espousing the word “obsessed” has graced the screen.
For Gainesville Fire Rescue employees, their jobs are about helping those in need whether they face a fire or a torrential downpour.
As political and social turmoil sweep across Egypt, one UF student studying abroad there is being evacuated, UF administration confirmed Monday.
The debate of police consolidation is done — at least for now.
The Florida men’s golf team entered the JU invitational hoping to prove itself worthy of its No. 3 national ranking, and the Gators appear to be well on their way to doing so.
As Patches O’Houlihan from the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” wisely declared, “You’ve got to learn the five D’s of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.” I never thought these words would assist me at UF.
The UF Paris Research Center is on the move.
The recent health care reform may be due to tumble like a row of dominoes.
Zack Smith makes a fundamental mistake in his Jan. 31 column, “Compromise DeLay-ing the Inevitable.” In it, Smith argues that Tom DeLay demonstrated ideological consistency by refusing to compromise with Democrats. Yet partisanship, as Smith writes, is not a “philosophy [that] may have intellectual teeth.” Instead, it is a methodology for attaining one’s political — or ideological — goals.
When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
Dressed to impress in cocktail attire, UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the opening of Black History Month Monday night.
Florida women’s basketball players Azania Stewart and Jordan Jones were referred to as seniors in a headline in Monday’s Alligator. Stewart is a junior, and Jones is a redshirt junior.
A headline in Monday’s newspaper stated that 14,000 people attended the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. That is the figure for Saturday alone. The attendance figure for Sunday is unknown.
There are many ways to deal with stress in college, so consider trying some of the following techniques to reduce stress and improve your emotional health.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — In the closing moments of Saturday’s game, the free-throw line was the Bulldogs’ strongest weapon and the Gators’ biggest weakness.
UF captains Jordan Jones and Azania Stewart stepped up in a big way Sunday.
Moments before her collegiate debut on floor, Mackenzie Caquatto’s thoughts were on her grandmother.
The Gators closed their home season Sunday with nine NCAA “B” qualifying times and 29 season-best times against Indian River State College.
Florida’s men’s and women’s tennis teams backed up their high early season rankings, winning the ITA Kick-Off Weekend tournament in Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex.
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