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Students celebrate Israeli independence day
By RACHEL ARROYO AND ANDREA ASUAJE | Mar. 25, 2008Yom huledet same'ach - that's "happy birthday," for those who don't speak Hebrew.
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Sen. Evelyn Lynn forfeits FSU pay to reduce distraction
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 25, 2008State Sen. Evelyn Lynn, chairwoman of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee, relinquished pay for her post at Florida State University on Monday.
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Saget promises 'R-rated' performance
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 25, 2008Bob Saget doesn't think he'll drop the "f-bomb" too much at the O'Connell Center tonight.
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Lawmaker questions universities donations to Board of Governers
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 25, 2008For years, Florida's public universities have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Board of Governors at its request, but Florida State University will not comply this year with a system one lawmaker deemed "soft extortion."
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Senator's Student Government's district disputed
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 25, 2008A UF student senator called for the resignation of another senator at a meeting Tuesday night, charging that he does not live in the district to which he was appointed.
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New voting system eliminates runoffs at SFCC
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 25, 2008The results from SFCC's Student Government elections will be determined tonight, but one decision is set in stone: There will be no runoff election.
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Intoxication levels found lower in Gator Stompin' survey
By KAITLYN WELLER | Mar. 25, 2008Gator Stompin', the traditional end-of-semester pub crawl, may not be the drunken fest students would imagine.
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Orange and Blue senatiors upset over committee appointments
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 25, 2008During a Student Senate meeting marked by division and bickering between parties, senators from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences expressed heated disapproval of decisions that have kept them out of all Senate committees.
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Japanese-constitution writer visits UF
Mar. 24, 2008Beate Sirota Gordon was only 22 when Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered her to draft the women's rights section of the democratic Japanese constitution.
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Madeleine Albright to speak at UF
By ELIZABETH LEVA | Mar. 24, 2008Those still hoping to attend former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's Wednesday speech are out of luck.
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UF associate provost selected for American Council on Education fellowship
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 24, 2008When Debra Walker King came to UF in 1994, she said she was a "young kid on the block," watching the wheels of administration turn as a new English professor.
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SFCC switches to Gmail; UF weighing email options
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 24, 2008SFCC started its transition to replace its e-mail system with Google's Gmail on March 18, while UF is still working on a switch of its own.
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SFCC respiratory programs recruits students
By APRIL DUDASH | Mar. 24, 2008Whether it's managing hospital ventilators or giving breathing therapy, respiratory care practitioners are in high demand locally.
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UF student installs lumber art display near Library West
Mar. 23, 2008Students passing by Library West may find themselves stumped by a new public art display constructed from tree parts and installed Sunday.
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UF Zoology student Brock Benton dies after car crash
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 23, 2008A UF student involved in a single-car crash on Wednesday died Thursday morning.
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Japanese constitution writer Beate Sirota Gordon to speak at UF Monday
By KARUNA SZE-NGAR TSANG | Mar. 23, 2008The only woman to help write Japan's post-World War II constitution will visit UF Monday night to talk about her career.
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CLAS dean search committee delays results to gather faculty feedback
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 23, 2008Instead of making a recommendation to the provost at its Friday meeting, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences decided to gather faculty input for one more week.
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Cowboys rope cattle at UF's Ropin' in the Swamp
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 23, 2008About 200 people watched 36 modern-day cowboys in pursuit of cattle and prizes on Saturday for UF's third-annual Ropin' in the Swamp competition.
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FSU also has state senator on payroll; Evelyn Lynn to head reading center
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 23, 2008Amid controversy surrounding UF's recent hire of a state senator for a lecturer position, the online publication Inside Higher Ed reported Thursday that Florida State University hired another senator in September to oversee a reading center she helped create and fund.
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Criticism prompts changes for UF's Student Honor Court
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 20, 2008Luis Delgado may not have been a Boy Scout, but he said he intends to leave his "campsite," or UF's Student Honor Court, better than how he found it.
