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Space heaters may be money wasters
By T.J. Morrell | Nov. 9, 2010Students running out to buy space heaters to survive the winter may want to reconsider the purchase.
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Professor part of nation-wide research team
By Robin Pisan | Nov. 9, 2010The room was packed, and Pam Soltis was especially nervous.
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Student Government gives $170,000 to renovate campus game room
By Joey Flechas | Nov. 9, 2010The Student Senate unanimously passed a bill to allocate $170,000 for maintenance in the Reitz Union Game Room at the meeting Tuesday night.
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Veterans to share war experiences
By Mina Radman | Nov. 9, 2010As Lt. Marion Gordy flew back from a mission in Berlin in April 1944, his plane was attacked by German anti-aircraft guns.
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Faculty to track Haiti cholera outbreak
By Joey Flechas | Nov. 9, 2010UF health researchers are returning to Haiti this week to track the recent cholera outbreak and to help educate locals about how to treat and prevent the disease.
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Student showcases ‘LOL’ art
By Justin Jones | Nov. 9, 2010Effie Rodriguez is the type of girl who doesn’t want to work a desk job her whole life.
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Student comedians to tackle pop culture
By Liberty Bostwick | Nov. 9, 2010UF’s improv comedy and sketch group, Theatre Strike Force, is performing a review of pop culture from the past 10 years Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Rion Ballroom.
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UF professor, born deaf, triumphs over difficulties
By Rashielle Teape | Nov. 9, 2010Michael Tuccelli listened to the sound of a chirping frog for over an hour, fascinated.
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Carnival aims to ‘Chomp Cancer’
By ALINA TORRES | Nov. 9, 2010Friends for Life of America will be hosting its Chomp Cancer Carnival today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the J. Wayne Reitz Union North Lawn.
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Nearly half of incoming freshmen feel career ‘calling’
By Sara Solano | Nov. 9, 2010Wearing her black JanSport backpack crammed with organic chemistry textbooks, sophomore Carly Dworkin makes her weekly trip to Shands at UF to volunteer in the hospital’s emergency department.
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UF telecommunications department is failing its students
By Dale Jackson | Nov. 9, 2010Why is UF hiring professional broadcasters to do anything other than teach students about radio? I really don’t get it.
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New theater troupe seeks to keep Shakespeare alive
By Chelsea Hull | Nov. 8, 2010Determined to keep the curtain from falling on William Shakespeare, a new thespian troupe called Shakespeare in the Swamp will perform two free, local shows a year.
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Event sponsors women
By Ali Robertson | Nov. 8, 2010Beginning today and lasting throughout November, the organization Global Nomads will be collecting donations for its project, Support a Pregnancy, on Turlington Plaza from noon to 4 p.m.
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Student to toss footballs into giant can for money
By Cristina Rabaza | Nov. 8, 2010A can of Dr Pepper is about $1, but much more than chump change is at stake for UF student Kevin Parza.
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UF offers free flu vaccines
By Joshua Jurnovoy | Nov. 8, 2010As the temperature drops and the number of sniffles begins to go up, students are being urged to get their vaccinations in anticipation for flu season.
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Co-founder gives look inside Apple
By Meredith Rutland | Nov. 8, 2010When Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc., was a kid, he and his friends would ask to be paid for gardening work in spare electronic parts.
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Officials speak in support of DREAM act
By Joey Flechas | Nov. 8, 2010With the next session for the U.S. Congress looming, local supporters of the DREAM Act stood on the steps of Tigert Hall to drum up support for legislation.
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Engineering student supports block tuition
By Chad Kimes | Nov. 8, 2010In response to Chris Moody’s Monday letter addressing the seemingly universal engineering student opposition to block tuition, I support block tuition.
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Christian group offers comfortable place to chat
By Samantha Liebhaber | Nov. 8, 2010On Mondays joining the snoozing sunbathers on the Plaza of the Americas, there is a large pink couch, a coffee table and lawn chairs.
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Alliance program helps UF ‘represent diversity’ of Florida
By Alexander Klausner | Nov. 8, 2010In 2000, only two students from Miami Carol City Senior High School were accepted to UF.
