News: Campus, Student Life

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UF Student Body President: Why I voted for the tuition hike

By Ben Meyers | June 13, 2011

As your Student Body President, the most important part of my role consists of representing you on the Board of Trustees - the highest decision-making body of our university. Last week, the issue of a tuition increase was before the Board of Trustees. I voted for the increase because I believed it was best for every student only after making sure the neediest students were financially secured.

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Santa Fe students get RTS access with student IDs

By Clare Lennon | June 6, 2011

Santa Fe College students will be able to ride designated Santa Fe buses to and from campus starting this fall, according to a new Florida law.

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UF grad student arrested

By Clare Lennon | June 6, 2011

A UF graduate student was arrested early Friday morning for assaulting two men and shouting anti-gay slurs at them. 

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Autopsy shows UF student died of alcohol poisoning

By Daniela Guzman | June 1, 2011

A recently released autopsy report has confirmed that Molly Ammon, a 19-year-old UF student, died over Spring Break due to alcohol poisoning.

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Meyers pursues printing pledge

By Gabriela Rosias | May 30, 2011

Student Body President Ben Meyers' mission to expand free printing on campus is underway.

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Participation in student online survey high

By Jessica Kegu | May 23, 2011

University officials have noted a healthy response to this year's Student Experience in the Research University survey, which is being used a second time at UF.

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Student fees pay for $16 million Student Government budget

By Hannah Winston | Apr. 19, 2011

Every semester students at UF pay $13.94 per credit hour in “activity and service fees.” That’s about $200 for the average 14-credit hour student at UF. But where does it go?

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Net natives can revolutionize the world

By Wesley Campbell | Apr. 19, 2011

For some of you moving on, up, out, wherever, this may be the last time you ever read this paper. If you’ve read my column every Wednesday, then I am stunned and flattered. Most of you probably glance for something interesting between classes and that’s that.

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Nobody is a stereotype

By Donnie Fields President | Apr. 19, 2011

Stereotypes are not what they seem. They are ideas. They are not people. Nobody — no matter how predictable one thinks their behavior — is a stereotype. We are all dynamic individuals with backgrounds and attributes completely unique to ourselves. The problem with stereotypes is the generalization of the specific quality to all members of the group — not the quality itself.

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Student Body President reflects as she leaves office

By Hannah Winston | Apr. 18, 2011

Ashton Charles sat front row in 2008 for the “Don’t Tase Me Bro” incident.

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No one should be judged for keeping with or rejecting gay stereotypes

By Michael Crowley | Apr. 18, 2011

Drag is a part of gay culture.

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Rejecting drag and other sections of LBGT society disheartening

By Luis Giraldo | Apr. 18, 2011

While an opinion is something to always be respected, it is hard to do so when the motives behind it somehow insult the efforts of a community as a whole.

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UF’s Pride Student Union perpetuates LGBT stereotypes

By Jonothon Mitchell | Apr. 17, 2011

People mock what they don’t understand. Last fall, our country witnessed a string of suicides by gay teens as a result of bullying. These teens weren’t mocked for who they were — they were mocked because of who people assumed they were because of the labeling and gay stereotypes that have been forced upon us by specific members of our community.

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College student submits film to the annual Floirda Film Festival

Apr. 6, 2011

 

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Accent and SGP lack backbone with Tosh performance

By Joe Verboncoeur | Apr. 6, 2011

In other news, the mildly funny comic Daniel Tosh renegotiated his contract for speaking at the UF O’Connell Center to reduce the crowd from 8,000 to 4,900 attendees.

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Senate bill keeps FLC its own entity

By Hannah Winston | Apr. 5, 2011

The Student Senate unanimously passed the Cabinet Reconstruction Act despite the commotion it caused at last week’s meeting.

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Student project ponders whether college is waste of time

By Ashton McLeod | Apr. 5, 2011

UF student Kyle Eschenroeder is working on a project that explores one question: Is college a waste of time?

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Funeral service for student scheduled for Thursday

By Alex Orlando | Apr. 5, 2011

Tucker Obie McCarty, a UF student from St. Augustine, died Saturday night in Columbia County when his truck swerved off the road and flipped. He was 21 years old.

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Student football ticket prices to increase

By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 4, 2011

The University Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a five-dollar-per-game increase on its season ticket packages, jacking the price for a student package up from $70 to $105.

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Student composer to debut his opera this weekend

By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 31, 2011

For more than a year, Evan Kassof has been writing his own opera. On Saturday, the first act of his work will be unveiled as part of his senior composition recital.