TAMPA — When Logan Stallings walks on Turlington Plaza and sees anti-abortion supporters’ photos of aborted fetuses, he smiles at the students with the signs.
It’s not often that a college program ranked No. 2 in the nation cuts its recruiting staff without planning to replace it.
When Emily Conwell walks on Turlington Plaza, she slips on a pair of earphones. She doesn’t want to hear the passing students say “that’s so gay” or “no homo.”
The 18-year-old political science and international affairs student said he’s the second-youngest person to own a Super PAC, a type of political organization that can raise unlimited funds to promote its agenda.
While the Florida coaching staff still has not settled on a starting quarterback, all parties involved in the decision feel good about the eventual starter’s rapport with the wide receiving corps.
Florida coach Will Muschamp believes the Gators can win with two quarterbacks. Beyond this weekend, offensive coordinator Brent Pease is not so certain.
UF’s Department of Recreational Sports will host its annual RecSports Extravaganza from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Southwest Recreation Center on Hull Road.
In the event of an emergency, Supervisor of Elections Stephen Davis will enact his backup plan, which resembles former Supervisor of Elections Toni Megna’s plan from Spring, according to Alligator archives.
UF students joined thousands of media members in Tampa this week to report on protests and Mitt Romney’s official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. The students sacrificed their classes to be errand-runners for the press world’s elite.
The John V. Lombardi Scholarship and Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps Scholarship recipients were acclimated to college life before arriving on campus. During a six-week summer study abroad program, the students lived with host families and attended classes in Mexico.
A list of criteria for candidates applying to be UF’s next president was finalized and approved during a joint meeting of UF’s Board of Trustees and a presidential search subcommittee on Tuesday.
Patients like Frohlich can now rehydrate by drinking Enterade-R, a new beverage developed by a company based in Newberry. The drink, which is mainly marketed toward cancer patients undergoing treatment, launched Monday.
The Gator Coalition for Civic Engagement and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a screening of the convention at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Pugh Hall’s Ocora Room.
After months of competition, Jacoby Brissett and Jeff Driskel will each have 15 minutes to earn the starting quarterback job. The sophomores remain in a dead heat.
About 1,000 people attended a rally and march Monday hosted by the Coalition to March on the RNC. Although Isaac shrunk the crowd size from the expected 5,000 people, about 200 UF students and Gainesville residents made their way to Florida’s west coast for the protest.
For as high as he jumped for UF track and field as a former second-team All-American, Frankie Hammond Jr. fell flat for the football team.
The Florida offense isn’t missing just one or two pieces: The entire unit is a mess beyond a single year’s worth of repair.
Although she has wanted to become a doctor since about age 12, she never considered majoring in biomedical engineering to get there.
The spring survey had a 50 percent response rate, said CRC Director Heather White, but completing it became mandatory this summer.
Sara Hand never looked at her air-conditioned car with as much gratitude as she did upon returning from India.
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