UF student dies Saturday after accident at Lake Wauburg
By VALERIE JONES | Aug. 26, 2007A UF student died Saturday night after jumping into Lake Wauburg trying to catch a football.
A UF student died Saturday night after jumping into Lake Wauburg trying to catch a football.
With the season-opening football game against Western Kentucky University set for an unusually early and dangerously hot 12:30 p.m. Saturday, the University Athletic Association has urged fans to find ways to cool down.
The 15 new faculty positions announced by UF President Bernie Machen on Thursday will not affect the hiring of the professors and academic advisers promised by the Tuition Differential Program, said a UF official Sunday.
It took Megan Fleming several days to add the basic statistics course she needs for her minor. The freshman theater major made three attempts to register with ISIS each day, but the class was full each time.
While many UF students left Gainesville for the summer for internships, jobs or to spend time in their hometowns, the Student Senate was still in session.
UF's New Engineering Building was overrun by robots Aug. 9, but neither hostile aliens nor a malicious computer system were responsible for the invasion.
For many students in Georgia, hoping for a tuition-free college experience will leave them empty-handed.
Getting a foot in the door of one of the 11 state universities next year may be harder than ever this year.
Though the diversity of this year's freshmen class barely tops last year's, UF President Bernie Machen said he's satisfied with the slight improvement.
During his State of the University Address at the Faculty Senate meeting Thursday, UF President Bernie Machen highlighted the continuing need for more funding, UF's research success and other obstacles facing UF this year.
Though UF is facing deep academic budget cuts of ,20 million to ,30 million, the university received a record amount of research funding in 2007, according to a UF press release.
A cardboard pizza box roasting in the oven might not be as uncommon as you would think.
At 10 a.m. Friday, students will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to see the Dave Matthews Band at the O'Connell Center on Sept. 11, according to a UF press release. The show will also include a guest performance by The Wailers.
The University Athletic Association has chipped in ,6 million to help with several of UF's academic programs that are threatened by upcoming budget cuts, according to a UF press release.
UF President Bernie Machen said in an interview Monday that UF would be hiring more faculty, despite a previously announced hiring freeze.
Firefighters lifted people on stretchers as SFCC students wondered what had happened on campus.
The Delta Delta Delta Sorority?s new home still smells new inside.
With three national titles in football and basketball in the past two years, UF can hold its own in athletics, but that isn't the case for academics.
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