UF Green Team collects recyclables during games
By Kathleen Birkhimer | Nov. 30, 2009The UF Green Team completed its fourth season at the UF-FSU game. It collected 29,000 pounds of recyclables last year.
The UF Green Team completed its fourth season at the UF-FSU game. It collected 29,000 pounds of recyclables last year.
While Florida lawmakers and top state employees are criticizing Congress’ efforts to extend health care to more poor people, they have fought to protect an entitlement of their own: free insurance premiums.
Lynch Park, formerly a space used largely by the homeless, will get a name change and a makeover, including turning much of the open space into a dog park.
The Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ was played publicly for the last time this semester on Monday night, showcasing the few UF musicians with the expertise to touch the historic instrument.
Some UF students took a bicycle built for two to the next level.
I like this question, even if it’s a little morbid: If you knew you were going to die this evening, and you couldn’t talk to anyone between now and then, what would you most regret not telling someone?
The Republican Party has recently drafted a Purity Resolution. If passed, any candidate seeking support from the Republican National Committee would be required to support at least eight of the 10 resolutions named by the committee.
Florida blows out Florida State in Tim Tebow's final home game.
UF upset No. 2 Michigan State en route to Legends Classic title.
I give a nod of agreement to the Wednesday column, “Kids Should Not be Billboards.” I am a student and full-time employee who works at a business on University Avenue. While working, I watch mothers pushing strollers (complete with babies) along our sidewalks, donning these “Islam is of the devil” T-shirts. It disappoints me that people feel more comfortable hiding behind their months-old children to spread a discriminatory message. These mothers are persistent, walking with their babies in cold, rainy weather. They approach passers-by with pamphlets and smiles. But why use the infants? Should we be more inclined to trust their message because they are responsible for a tiny human?
Unlike Ashley Stringfield, I believe that being Christian means believing in all progressive values, including being pro-choice and embracing equal values for all. I think it’s a travesty to say that there is something “inherently wrong” with being Christian and supporting these values.
If you’ve just been in a horrible car accident and you’re bleeding to death on a surgeon’s table, would you refuse a blood transfusion from a gay man?
It is my opinion that Gate 15 of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium should be renamed Gate Tebow. If you’re with me, Gator Nation, let’s let the university know.
Reitz Union Board Entertainment will serve free coffee drinks and show "Inglourious Basterds" and "The Invention of Lying".
Florida State kicker Dustin Hopkins trotted onto Florida Field to attempt a 20-yard field goal with the Seminoles down 30-0 at the end of the third quarter and gave the 90,000-plus onlookers a startling wakeup call.
In the name of God, the most beneficent, the most merciful.
Jesse Lash can’t remember the last time he bought shaving cream.
The Gulf of Mexico may look calm from the porch I’ve perched myself on for the Thanksgiving holiday, but a contentious political storm is slowly brewing over efforts afoot in the Florida Legislature to repeal a ban on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jordan Jones scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Gators.