Mark Zuckerberg insists “it’s not e-mail.” Bloggers are throwing around phrases like “Gmail killer.” One headline in The Times of India asks, “Will Facebook sound death knell for e-mail?”
Students won’t get cake and ice cream for this birthday celebration, but they can expect much more.
Today is the last day to see a Native American art exhibit being shown in the U.S. for the first time.
Students got a little lesson on Israeli international relations Thursday afternoon.
In his Thursday column, Nate Rushing does an excellent job of stating his opinion and, frankly, not much else. In his unabashed attempt to denigrate the vegetarian movement, a target too often eliciting the scrutiny of chest-thumping, ultra-macho, self-aggrandizing he-men, he overstates the trivial and overlooks abundant evidence that runs counter to his agenda. Indeed, he stands so thickly eclipsed by straw men, one need not wonder why his views embody carnivorous myopia.
The UF Premed American Medical Student Association (AMSA) hosted Gainesville's 14th Light the Night Walk to raise money and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on Thursday night.
In 2005, in preparation to apply for citizenship and get papers for his children, Mariano married another woman. There was a wedding cake, a party and a certificate.
Ricky Klopfenstein was frantic when he didn’t see Molly’s patchy-haired “rat tail” wagging under the crawl space of his house.
If you’ve ever used a GPS, you’ve used GIS.
She’s the girl you see on the bus every morning, hunched over a book, scribbling answers to math problems, listening to music with big headphones.
Today, students will arrive at the UF Hillel for dinner. But if all goes according to plan, most will leave with nearly empty stomachs.
A fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity house, 8 Fraternity Row, on Wednesday morning will lead to the eviction of one house resident and a mandatory fire safety educational session from the Gainesville Police Department.
When Marielle Ness’s father, Lt. Col. James Ness, told her about the local kids who give him and other soldiers the thumbs up as they drive the streets of the green zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, it ignited an idea for a project.
About 70 students chanted and marched with signs from Turlington Plaza to Tigert Hall on Wednesday to protest the administration’s block tuition proposals.
TJ Villamil said his committee increased the allotted budget by 5 percent this year, but the special event groups’ funding requests came in $1,800 under budget.
A newly elected legislature overturned eight of outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist’s vetoes, including a $9.7 million budget appropriation for Shands Teaching Hospital, during a special session Tuesday.
Unless you live under a rock and don’t use Facebook or read this newspaper, you’ve heard about plans to bring a block tuition program to UF. UF President Bernie Machen is eager to implement block tuition as soon as possible, but his administration’s proposal is unsuitable for this campus.
A UF journalism student will be getting some face time with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie at the end of this month.
Despite a modest decline among students nationwide, interest in studying abroad has not waned at UF.
The holiday season is a time to give to those in need, and this year, some of Gainesville’s local businesses are offering rewards to those who donate.
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