News
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Gators offered $1 to watch video promoting animal rights
By Alex Harris | Nov. 4, 2013A truck arrived on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday offering to pay students $1 to watch a four-minute video for animal rights.
Sports
Despite Alabama decision, no worries for block seating at UF
By Steven Katona | Nov. 4, 2013Students who get their football tickets in block seating at UF can breathe a little easier. Privileges will not be taken away for leaving a football game early.
News
Shutdown causes Floridians' consumer confidence to fall
By Candice Wynter | Nov. 4, 2013Much like the rest of the nation, Florida’s consumer confidence in the economy faltered in October.
News
Oxford study: Butt size linked to intelligence, health
By Alexandra Hershorn | Nov. 4, 2013Big butts make for big brains.
News
Reitz construction noise disrupts classes, concerns Reitz Union Hotel
By Halley Wharton | Nov. 3, 2013With the Reitz Union construction set to continue until 2015, some UF students, faculty and visitors are considering the project an ear sore.
News
No Southern Accent moves on to second audition for "America's Got Talent"
By Elizabeth Brown | Nov. 3, 2013The weekend ended on a high note for UF’s co-ed competitive a cappella group. No Southern Accent auditioned for producers of “America’s Got Talent” Sunday evening in Atlanta and landed a second audition in front of executive producers.
News
Gator Growl adding a second stage for added performances
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Nov. 3, 2013For the first time in four years, Gator Growl will sport a second stage in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium that will host two new performers.
News
Locals show little concern about wine shortage
By Rebecca Turkel | Nov. 3, 2013Recent alerts of a looming wine shortage aren’t making Gainesville residents put away their wine glasses quite yet.
News
Better call Vince: Accent to break bad with creator Gilligan
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Oct. 31, 2013Get the RVs and chemistry equipment ready, UF students — Vince Gilligan, the creator of the award-winning television series “Breaking Bad,” is coming to campus.
News
Officials urge safe Florida-Georgia parking, transportation options
By Regina Sin | Oct. 31, 2013Students traveling to Jacksonville for Florida-Georgia game festivities this weekend have several options for parking and resources for a safe experience, officials advise.
News
UF alumnus releases "Chicken Soup for the Undead Soul" e-book
By Michaela Bisienere | Oct. 31, 2013A new book compiled by a UF alumnus tackles zombie pregnancy, mummy problems and other spooky stresses.
News
Weekend event round-up: Blues fest, Hipp horror shows, Buddhist relics
Oct. 31, 2013A spinoff of last year’s Swamp Symphony, Gators Jazz & Blues Fest will be hosted from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday on Flavet Field.
News
Zombie author kills UF visit, promotes apocalypse preparation
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Oct. 30, 2013Max Brooks, author of best-selling books “The Zombie Survival Guide” and “World War Z,” left the audience in a packed Reitz Union Rion Ballroom convulsing with laughter.
News
Gators should be wary of stereotyping cultures as costumes
By Alexandrea DaCosta | Oct. 30, 2013This Halloween, with a history of blackface in Gainesville in mind, UF students have been discouraged from seeing cultures as costumes.
Opinion
Media searches for truth, not impartiality
Oct. 30, 2013Journalism is dead, and we all know it.
News
BlackBerry Messenger makes a comeback: Official app released for iOS and Android
By Bailey Mullins | Oct. 29, 2013With mixed feelings among college students about the updated iPhone operating system, some UF students are now turning to the BlackBerry Messenger app as an alternative.
News
Two UF students chosen for Fall White House internships
By Hanna Marcus | Oct. 29, 2013She had tried and failed before, but this year, Elizabeth Renda’s hard work proved successful when her name was printed on the list of White House interns for Fall 2013.
News
Keep it PG: Medical school admissions officers checking applicants' Facebook pages
By Colleen Wright | Oct. 29, 2013Zachary Field knows better than to post an inappropriate photo on Facebook.
News
Homecoming 2014 only a three-day weekend, to be held in October
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Oct. 29, 2013Homecoming weekend will fall in October for 2014, the first time it’s been scheduled outside of November in four years.
