Art in the Gardens provides peace of mind
By YVONNE AYALA | Mar. 3, 2009While many students buzz along Gale Lemerand Drive as they make their way to class, few may give a second glance to the shady oaks that conceal UF's Wilmot Gardens.
While many students buzz along Gale Lemerand Drive as they make their way to class, few may give a second glance to the shady oaks that conceal UF's Wilmot Gardens.
After this week, it may not be long before blogs and Wikis become regular parts of the UF curriculum.
A UF graduate student in the College of Education has organized a candlelight vigil scheduled for today to protest the possibility of cutting the college's undergraduate programs.
When she was 7 years old, Krystina Gustafson would slide into her mom's high heels, saunter in front of the television and pretend to be Vanna White, "flipping" the letters on the screen.
The 28 photos displayed on the wall of the Reitz Union show the faces and lives of people who, according to some, often face adversity in society.
Two men lounging at the Patrol Division front desk said I was in for some good stories that night.
As lawmakers started the spring legislative session Tuesday, they were joined by lobbyists from around the state, including about six of UF's own lobbyists.]
Tuesday night's back-to-back Student Senate meetings were filled with tearful goodbyes and words of encouragement, as old senators left and new senators sat through their first meeting.
It took Kyle Myers only two minutes and 51 seconds to eat 30 wings at Gator's Dockside on Tuesday night.
Despite possible future dips in state funding, UF has received a $21 million donation from a Jacksonville couple for medical education purposes and facilities.
Posters proclaiming "300,000 Dead 2.5 million displaced" and "It's not about our people or their people. It's about people" decorated Pugh Hall during a video and panel discussion about the genocide in Darfur Monday night.
The fat will hit the fire today in Tallahassee as state lawmakers convene in the capitol for the start of the spring legislative session.
Actor and film director Zach Braff ran onto the stage with a Red Bull clutched in his left hand Monday night, greeting the crowd and pointing to his butt before planting it in a cushy armchair.
The last six complaints filed among parties during the Student Government elections campaign season were discussed in an hour-long Elections Commission meeting on Friday.
The Prepaid College Board will likely have to shell out billions of dollars more in tuition payments over the next couple decades under an agreement reached last week.
Iguana: It's what's for dinner.
About 4,197 people streamed into the O'Connell Center on Saturday night to see nine of the nation's best step teams face off in the 20th Annual Florida Invitational Step Show hosted by UF's Black Student Union. Each fraternity and sorority performing in the show was invited by the UF chapter of their organization. No UF teams performed at the event.
ST. AUGUSTINE - UF will take another stab at securing funds this year to take care of 34 historic buildings in St. Augustine.
Budget cuts and possible tuition hikes getting you down? Try heading south of the border.
The band Copeland, UF quarterback Tim Tebow and speaker Joe White drew 2,957 people to the O'Connell Center Thursday to learn about Christianity.