The Presbyterian and Disciples of Christ Student Center at the University of Florida began 2011 searching for a new direction.
There’s a reason we don’t celebrate Lyndon Johnson Day. This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I spent a lot of time thinking about the civil rights movement.
City and university interests joined forces in their first joint meeting in recent years to discuss issues concerning students, from taxi fares to apartment price gouging.
Shayna Teijido, a UF nursing senior, died Monday due to complications involving blood clots in her lungs.
When state Rep. Kelli Stargel filed a bill that would require elementary school teachers to grade not only students’ progress but parents’ participation, we rejoiced a little.
Flames danced in the hands of mourners who filled the Reitz Union Amphitheater on Saturday night for a candlelight vigil in honor of 21-year-old Saleha Huuda, a UF student who was found dead Dec. 30.
When Saleha Huuda showed up to try out for the UF Competitive Cheerleading squad, her smile immediately made an impression, and her skills as a flyer had her fellow cheerleaders fighting over who would be the one to catch her as she fell from the air.
At a time when students and faculty make the most use of ISIS, a technological setback crashed the system Wednesday morning.
An ongoing investigation of the death of a UF student is expected to be ruled a homicide, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
Students who attend a play in the Florida Gym tonight will feel like they’re in Italy for three acts.
It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday when Bret Denney gets a call from his boss. One of the pigs is in serious trouble.
Andrew Pantazi’s pseudo-rant Tuesday regarding UF’s less-than-stellar faculty choices really resonated with me, though he probably put it a lot more nicely than I would have.
Ian Elsner puts safety first: No fire indoors, and new members are not allowed to play with knives. Elsner is the president of Objects in Motion, the official UF juggling club. The club will hold its first solo performance, “Objects in Motion Live! and in 3D” Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. Objects in Motion has more than 50 active members, with an average of 30 participants at each activity, he said. Contact jugglers balance an acrylic ball on their bodies and allow it to roll across their arms, shoulders and hands.
When Lucianna Grasso learned that about 90 percent of the students at the A. Quinn Jones Center were eligible for free or reduced lunch, she knew she wanted to do something to help the students and their families.
Students sat in a dark room watching a video of two women kissing Monday night.
Students got a taste of world hunger Thursday night.
Ricky Klopfenstein was frantic when he didn’t see Molly’s patchy-haired “rat tail” wagging under the crawl space of his house.
TJ Villamil said his committee increased the allotted budget by 5 percent this year, but the special event groups’ funding requests came in $1,800 under budget.
A UF journalism student will be getting some face time with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie at the end of this month.
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to put out their cigarettes this week.
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