UF police vigilant after week of bomb threats on college campuses
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 20, 2012UF police said they are monitoring a string of bomb threats that led to mass evacuations at college campuses nationwide in the last week.
UF police said they are monitoring a string of bomb threats that led to mass evacuations at college campuses nationwide in the last week.
For Florida, the sting of last season’s embarrassment against Furman is still fresh.
Students petitioned for clean and green politics on the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday, and all they had to do was have their pictures taken.
UF recently installed a system of more than 300 antennas in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium that works to triangulate cellphone signals and pinpoint users’ calls, said John Madey, manager of telecommunications and network infrastructure for UF Information Technology.
UF President Bernie Machen acknowledged the Morrill Act’s role in establishing UF and addressed the university’s U.S. News and World Report rankings.
For rock group Sister Hazel’s guitarist and vocalist Drew Copeland, taking the stage at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is not just another gig.
One of the worst parts of the season is already in the past for the Gators.
The Gators have had plenty of reasons to give up this season, associate head coach Dave Boos said.
Pesek might not have noticed he was wearing a “Gators for McCain/Palin” shirt, but the Obama for America staff at first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center did. He said he was denied entrance to the event.
Josh Romney will be speaking at 6 p.m. Friday in Room 270 of Weil Hall. He’s planning to rally grassroots Mitt Romney supporters, said Katy Melchiorre, chairwoman of the UF College Republicans.
In an international collaboration, scientists used a superconductor, magnets and a series of refrigerators to measure the atomic spin of subatomic particles called bosons as they transitioned into the Bose-glass phase, said Neil Sullivan, a UF physics professor and director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory High B/T Facility.
The “mass vaccination event” will occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the front lawn of the center, Catherine Seemann, the center’s marketing coordinator, said. The first 500 students vaccinated will receive a free T-shirt.
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will speak at 6 p.m. in Emerson Alumni Hall as part of the national Truth Tour sponsored by Job Creators Solutions.
The Gators will face the top-ranked passing offense in the Southeastern Conference for a second consecutive week on Saturday. However, UF’s pass rush may be without defensive end Dominique Easley.
The Gators have 10 freshmen, but you wouldn’t know it from asking the players.
At UF, a panel plans to discuss the subject — as well as family issues — with students and members of the community at 6:30 p.m. today in Room 180 of the UF Levin College of Law. The panel will consist of UF faculty members and Florida politicians.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will speak at UF’s Levin College of Law Friday.
Growing up in Florida made an impression on writer and former UF journalism professor William McKeen. It compelled him to collect stories from people who grew up in the same area.
As of Sept. 12, the Men’s Basketball Rowdies is an official UF student organization.
Frankie Hammond Jr. didn’t want to take credit for one of Florida’s most exciting plays this season.