I am sure you are getting a large number of emails on the WUFT programming switch, so I will try to keep mine short. I am writing.
May I add my voice in support of WUFT-FM's current programming format, and I hope you will hear from many more who share my view that the new format offers an exciting, rewarding and enriching listening experience. It's impossible to fact-check the claims by those 40 music-lovers with the funds to buy a full-page ad in the Sun.
Your editorial column "Closed Doors" was patently ridiculous. According to Mapquest Shands at AGH and Shands at UF are 1.42 miles apart. I hardly think a three-minute travel time will result in "cutting off access to those in need" and your hysterically dire predictions for infant mortality, STDs, homicide deaths, economic decline, crime, etc.
The first phase of UF's campus-wide tobacco ban will go into effect Sunday at UF's Health Science Center and all Shands at UF facilities.
UF's men swimming and diving team will open its Southeastern Conference schedule with a matchup against Georgia in the O'Connell Center on Friday.
Dominic "The Drill Instructor" Esposito, a staff writer for Pool & Billard Magazine known for dressing in drill instructor garb, gave onlookers tips and techniques on how to improve at pool.
After a flubbed test of its emergency messaging system Wednesday, UF will send another batch of text messages to students and employees some time Friday.
The UF College of Fine Arts re-created Johann Sebastian Bach for a "live" video Web cast. Resembling the technology used by Pixar Animation Studios, Bach answered questions from the audience at Norman Hall.
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was the topic of interest Thursday when UF’s Pro-Life Alliance held a demonstration on the Plaza of the Americas. The organization called the demonstration Margaret Sanger Exposed and talked about her attitude toward eugenics, or selective breeding, through sterilization and birth control.
Five bands will play a free show an the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom as part of The Fest 8, a punk music festival taking place Friday through Sunday in Gainesville.
About 40 residents of Maguire Village and University Village South, two of UF’s graduate and family housing facilities, met with officials from the Department of Housing Thursday night to discuss problems with their wireless Internet.
KGB, a service that allows people to text questions for money, promotes women as sexual objects in their ads.
Aside from the obvious comfort food factor, manicotti cooks quickly, tastes great and looks beautiful, making it a go-to dish for impressing someone when you’re in a hurry.
With Halloween here, beer drinkers across Gainesville will undoubtedly turn to pumpkin ales to satisfy their holiday sensibilities. But which of the many should you buy for yourself and your costumed associates?
Those who decided against Fest because of the cost, probably saw the $60 pass price and said "no, thank you."
Sunday has a fantastic line up of local bands throughout the day, including Grabass Charlstons, Anchor Arms and Radon featured in the schedule below. Diet Cokeheads are also an excellent local consideration.
Florida cornerback Joe Haden couldn't tell you much about the nuances of Georgia's offense or quarterback Joe Cox's playing style.
As the NBA season begins, the Gators will have two fewer fans in attendance at the O'Connell Center.
Solutions by The State News
