Minus grades to debut at UF this summer
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 18, 2008UF's grading system, which is being changed to include minus grades, will premier a semester later than planned.
UF's grading system, which is being changed to include minus grades, will premier a semester later than planned.
About 100 yards of Newell Drive will be limited to one lane of traffic starting this morning and lasting until Tuesday.
For students who donate blood, the idea that they could save a person's life is satisfying enough, but UF freshman Giovanni Oliva feels he has made more of an impact than usual.
A fire alarm prompted a few hundred UF students, faculty and staff to evacuate Turlington Hall for about half an hour Thursday afternoon.
To keep up with highly mobile students, the Warrington College of Business Administration at UF is providing downloadable lectures that students can watch wherever and whenever.
John Baeza, a former narcotics detective for the New York Police Department, remembers the moment he decided to transfer from the narcotics unit years ago.
Rabbi Pickle stood about 5 feet tall with a green apron and a big, red beard.
Celebrations continued for the 50th anniversary of integration at UF with a ceremony at the Levin College of Law on Wednesday.
Stacey Gray is $150 richer, and she never had to leave a computer.
UF's Student Government released a statement Wednesday in an effort to explain proposed revisions to the Student Conduct Code's alcohol policy.
The first three weeks of the 2008-2009 academic year were record-breaking for UF.
UF Hillel celebrated a day of new beginnings Tuesday.
When spring Student Government elections arrive next year, three more seats will be added to Student Senate than are available in next month's upcoming election.
The last day of interviews for Student Senate positions brought a rush of last-minute applicants who hope to be on the ballot in next month's Student Government election.
Students might soon be able to vote on whether they want to be required to scan their hands to enter recreational facilities on campus.
The Orange and Blue Party has launched a petition to persuade the Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, to vote against controversial changes to the Student Conduct Code.
Kentucky Fried Chicken hosted a Welcome to College 2008 party in honor of its Colonel's Scholars scholarship recipients on the Plaza of the Americas on Tuesday.
Santa Fe College kicked off Constitution Week on Tuesday with the first of three discussions about the more than 200-year-old document's influence in today's political climate.
One year ago today, then-UF telecommunication senior and former Alligator columnist Andrew Meyer was shot with a Taser gun after questioning former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry at an on-campus town hall forum.
Fifty years to the day after becoming the first black student to enroll at UF, George Starke Jr. returned to campus for a more welcoming reception than he was given the first time around.