The annual Praharsha 2012 cultural fest showcased the best of Indian culture: its dancing, music and food in the Reitz Union Ballroom on Saturday night.
Adriana Leon’s first goal in orange and blue was golden.
About 150 Jewish students donning orange and blue yarmulke gathered for a candle lighting ceremony to start off Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, at UF Hillel.
The UF Supreme Court met Friday and ruled that two referendums passed the necessary technical procedures to be placed on the October elections ballot. However, only one of them was approved to be on the ballot.
A step show by six members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council on Friday kicked off the Black Student Union’s Unity Fridays, a recurring event to showcase minority organizations working together.
Volunteers will read sections of the U.S. Constitution at noon for the 225th anniversary of its signing. The event, UF Reads the Constitution, is sponsored by the Smathers Libraries.
On Sept. 7, Dr. Terri Bunch, a UF pediatric neurologist, died after a three-year battle with breast cancer. She was 65.
More than 300 UF students registered to volunteer around Gainesville as part of the the Center for Leadership and Service’s 13th annual Gator Plunge. Participants didn’t know until they arrived where they’d end up — Alachua Conservation Trust, Kids Count in Alachua County Inc. and Wilmot Gardens were just three of the organizations benefiting from the day’s events.
Florida gave its visiting teams a rude welcome Saturday afternoon.
The UF Supreme Court of the Student Body met today to rule that two referendums regarding newspaper racks and a name change for the Reitz Union passed the necessary technical aspects to be placed on the ballot.
Donald Glover, a comedy actor and writer who raps under the name “Childish Gambino,” and Steven Markowitz, aka rapper “Hoodie Allen,” will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 on Flavet Field.
The Florida Modern Slavery Museum, a traveling exhibit funded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, showcased memorabilia that documented labor abuse in the past decade, particularly abuse against migrant workers in farmland-rich Immokalee.
Raised in Alabama, new men’s tennis coach Bryan Shelton was instilled with the simple southern values he has kept with him all of his life.
Redshirt senior Betsy Smith is the only player who was around for the end of Florida’s last era of dominance.
Tampa supplement company NexGen Biolabs gave away anywhere from 5,000 to 8,000 pill samples of AdderRx at each of 10 universities — including UF — nationwide over the last two weeks, said CEO Josh Carlucci.
About 25 people gathered Thursday to hear Mitt Romney supporters announce the UF chairman on the Florida Students for Romney Leadership Team.
Obama is scheduled to speak to grassroots supporters at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, according to a press release. Doors open at noon, and the event is free and open to the public.
First-year head coach Paul Spangler graduated from Alabama. He also received a master’s degree from Florida State. However, when the opportunity arose for the homegrown Florida boy to become the leader of UF’s cross country teams, he took advantage of it.
Reitz Union Board Entertainment and the Florida Swing Dancing Club hosted the Great Gatsby Swing Dance. About 50 people attended.
The Gators know the importance of an early lead.
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