GPD responds to crimes with more patrols
By THOMAS STEWART | June 17, 2009Eight student-aged people were mugged and beaten last month while walking to and from the bars in the midtown area, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Eight student-aged people were mugged and beaten last month while walking to and from the bars in the midtown area, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
It took a while, but UF finally has an official Twitter account.
A student senate bill allocating $300,000 for improving the Student Government computer lab passed Tuesday night.
While UF is braced for $42.2 million in budget cuts, it's also been raising money - about $62 million in private donations since the beginning of January. And to top it off, UF's endowment has finally posted gains.
Hot does not only describe the weather in Gainesville this summer, it's also an acronym for one UF student-organization.
Two UF students were recognized Friday for their efforts in promoting multicultural awareness with residents on campus.
If you've ever thought about nabbing an abandoned bicycle off a bike rack on campus, maybe you should think again.
UF has been crowned the best in the nation once again.
She walks her class route through the UF campus several times before each semester starts. She goes to bed at 10 every night, and she gets up at 8 every morning. She writes exactly what she did that day in her journal and reviews it before she goes to bed.
Cell phones have been the target of a recent spate of thefts at the Southwest Recreation Center, according to reports filed with the University Police Department.
UF and the University of California at Los Angeles are using artificial stem cells in an attempt to cure Lou Gehrig's disease.
More buses and a new route may make UF's campus more accessible this fall, but the changes will come out of students' pockets.
A 71-year-old Gainesville man was banned from campus Wednesday after he poked a 21-year-old female UF student in the butt three times at Library West, according to the University Police Department.
"Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction" will debut today at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, showcasing the work of Esphyr Slobodkina.
Since Friday, Student Body President Jordan Johnson has been "tweeting" at the student body.
Students will likely pay about 16 percent more for classes this fall after UF's Board of Trustees approved the increases at Friday's meeting.
This fall, the Shands Cancer Center at UF will grow greener with the addition of a memorial garden for cancer victims.
Although one UF program is used to drama, a potential $90,000 budget cut might be a tough act to follow.
Two members of the Gator Nation will square-off over a party foul on national TV today in a pre-recorded episode of "Judge Joe Brown."
Permafrost is melting, and the number of new plants emerging from the ice isn't enough to offset the carbon, according to a recent UF study.