Feet tap to the rhythm of drums and heads bob in sync with reggae beats that blare over the speakers. The dimly lit room is alive with anticipation and the excited chatter of a house that is packed before the show even begins.
Mr. Maple, in your Tuesday column, you failed to present evidence other than a $500,000 salary cap on executive compensation to substantiate your assertion that President Barack Obama will end our modern era of corporate malfeasance.
Two UF alumni were awarded a Student Emmy for their thesis documentary, making it the third consecutive win for UF's Documentary Institute.
Award-winning author and civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy is donating his personal library to Gainesville's Civic Media Center.
On Sunday, the "iron man" of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez, won an electoral coup and passed a referendum removing term limits. He will now run the country until he is defeated in an election - which, if his thuggish manner is any indication, could be a very long time.
A Gainesville man was arrested for petit theft after he was accused of taking six cans of a computer keyboard-cleaning product into a Wal-Mart bathroom.
Facebook made a quiet change in its user contract on Feb. 4, but most UF students are not concerned or informed enough to change their posting habits.
The Southeastern Conference is more than just a football conference. It's also a hotbed for gymnastics.
An ex-girlfriend of UF offensive lineman Carl Johnson, who was arrested Monday on charges of violating a sexual violence restraining order, wrote in a petition to obtain a restraining order that he "date raped" her three separate times from September to November 2008, according to court documents.
Yesterday, I left my wallet on a bus accidentally. An as of yet anonymous UF student found it and turned it over to the driver. I caught the bus next time around and got it back from the driver with nothing missing. I would like to commend both the student and the driver for their honesty.
For one fat flamethrower, sheer disgust over his video-game likeness led to a life-altering weight loss.
Losing is already a tough enough thing to deal with, especially for a team that rarely experiences it.
When Urban Meyer returns to the United States, he is not going to be happy.
Jake Miller stated in his Tuesday column that "we should view political capital as something more elusive and less ephemeral than the spoils of victory." It is unfortunate that the Democrats do not agree with him.
Whether it's incoming freshmen, junior college transfers or reinvented relievers, there's a whole lot of change in UF's pitching staff this season.
Senators from the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party were able to put party differences aside and pass a resolution unanimously opposing Gainesville Charter Amendment 1, which would legalize discrimination based on gender identity.
The ways in which our university manages its budget have never made sense to me, but as an undergraduate student striving to continue my education through graduate studies and independent research, I find one policy even more misguided than most - transcript fees.
Students passing through Turlington Plaza Tuesday afternoon may have heard something a little different than ranting preachers.
Times have been better for the UF basketball program.
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