After a night featuring drama and delays, the seesaw of two-party representation in UF Student Senate has edged closer to a balance.
In an effort to reduce food waste on campus, Gator Dining Services is launching a campaign targeted at students, faculty and staff - the "Erase the Waste" campaign.
Esperanto is a first language for many but unheard of by most.
They just want to talk tomatoes.
Women reigned in the Black Student Union's Battle of the Sexes challenge Wednesday night.
Former Sen. Bob Graham spoke like a sportscaster giving a pregame analysis. In a speech before the presidential debates Tuesday night, Graham compared the debates to a championship game in which each player shows his strengths.
Two former Gators who have risen to political power addressed the impact a new president would have on Florida.
Twenty-three acts had to sing, salsa, shimmy or shake for a coveted award Tuesday night: one of three performances at this year's Gator Growl on Oct. 24.
The first day of the Student Government election saw a high turnout of voters, but it did not come without some polling mishaps and political mischief.
Two partisan UF student groups on campus are teaming up to inform voters of their chosen candidate's policies by hosting a series of debates sponsored by various student organizations until the early voting period begins on Oct. 20.
Four top officials from UF Student Government and Student Senate made plans via personal, non-SG e-mail accounts to keep Orange and Blue Party members out of Senate committees during the summer session, according to printouts of e-mails anonymously mailed to the Alligator last week.
Samantha Evans, who specializes in sexual health issues at the Student Health Care Clinic, said students are always surprised when she tells them how many students refrain from sex.
Emmanuel Jal stood tall on stage Monday evening, stomping, rhyming and retelling his story of violence and struggle.
After a breakdown in negotiations, the two major Student Government political parties will not debate each other as planned.
In about two weeks, students will throw water balloons to fight breast cancer and break a world record.
Members of Students for a Democratic Society protested plans to install hand scanners at UF's recreation facilities outside Southwest Recreation Center on Friday.
Monday is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 4 presidential general election, and though there is still some confusion about voter registration regulations, UF students should not worry, local voting officials said.
Nightmares still flood the mind of Emmanuel Jal.
Although vice presidential candidates may have a slightly more important role during this election, UF political experts said Thursday night's debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin probably will not affect polls.
A group of UF finance and economics faculty pointed to drops in real estate value as the origins of the U.S. economic crisis in a panel on the nationwide financial dilemma Thursday night.
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