Immigrants’ children deserve in-state tuition
By Collen Wright | Feb. 20, 2012SB 106 died in the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee last week, a bill that would have allowed children of illegal parents to qualify for in-state tuition.
SB 106 died in the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee last week, a bill that would have allowed children of illegal parents to qualify for in-state tuition.
With help from Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs, the event made its debut at Orange & Brew, featuring 11 performances by UF students. About 100 people attended.
The reenactment, now in its 36th year, is a three-day event that started Friday and lasted through Sunday afternoon at the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park.
UF football coach Will Muschamp publicly endorsed the Students Party vice presidential candidate last week for the upcoming Student Government elections.
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UF's Black Student Union held the 23rd annual Florida Invitational Step Show.
The Miss UF pageant will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Twenty of UF's most eligible male engineers competed at the second annual Mr. Engineer pageant on Friday night at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.
Go vote Feb. 21 and 22 for the zombie-killing Marine and football player Jesse Schmitt as your Student Body vice president.
Students flocked to the North Lawn on Friday afternoon for homemade food and locally made crafts at a farmers market.
When the Gators first arrived in Fayetteville, Ark., Kenny Boynton reminded his longtime teammate Erving Walker of their last trip to Bud Walton Arena more than two years ago.
The Boar's Head Tennis Club has not been friendly to the Gators this year. Two weeks ago, Florida lost in Charlottesville, Va., against No. 2 Virginia. Up until the beginning of singles play on Saturday, it appeared the team's fortunes had turned around.
The first pitch Taylor Gushue saw in his collegiate career was a fastball high and just a tad away.
While three of the Gators' four main all-around competitors rested from at least one event, sophomore Alaina Johnson picked up the slack and lit up Auburn Arena.
Rain was in Friday night's forecast, but the only thing falling from the sky was softballs.
About 190 UF students registered through UF Hillel as of Thursday for the Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.
As UF students flooded the Florida Capitol to meet with legislators, a state Senate committee passed a bill that would allow UF to charge higher tuition as early as this fall semester.
The Institute of Black Culture, a division of UF's Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, is celebrating its 40th anniversary today at the Arredondo Cafe in the Reitz Student Union.
Krissy Wilson, a 22-year-old English senior, created The Art of Google Books, a Tumblr with about 800 posts of Google Book anomalies.