UF tailgating culture featured on "Masters of the Tailgate"
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Nov. 5, 2009Wacky Gators apparel, lucky alligator heads and tons of food are the standard at Gators tailgates.
Wacky Gators apparel, lucky alligator heads and tons of food are the standard at Gators tailgates.
Contestants at the African Student Union Scholarship Pageant traced their roots to about five different countries but emphasized the importance of uniting cultures during a two-hour show at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom Thursday night.
Five dollars and a phone is all you need to help put a UF student through college, thanks to a new text-based donation program launched by UF this past week.
Some UF students are working hard to put a smile on the faces of children.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity house has completed construction on three flagpoles to honor the memory of a fallen brother.
A local man was banned from all UF libraries after he threatened to throw his hot coffee on anyone using his favorite computer.
Blake Mycoskie came up with idea while vacationing in Argentina.
1,300 more people have applied for admissions than at this time last year.
The music of Michael Jackson and Beyoncé mingled with the chimes from Century Tower's bells as about 45 participants from Dance Marathon at UF lined up and danced on Turlington Plaza Wednesday afternoon.
There were no major problems in the first mass distribution of vaccines to UF students. 100 doses remain from students who did not show for appointments, and the Student Health Care Center expects to get more shipments of the vaccine.
Meat eaters gathered on the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday to sample a slice of political activism for the "PETA Barbeque" held by College Republicans.
Melbourne-based Harris Corporation employs about 850 UF graduates.
Santa Fe College opted not to follow UF's lead by banning smoking on campus.
Students and faculty bought and decorated pairs of TOMS shoes on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
Dan Linehan doesn't know any of their names. But after three years behind the desk at the Reitz Union Game Room, Linehan has accrued a slew of nicknames for the Dance Dance Revolution "regulars."
UF's College of Public Health and Health Professions has decided it likes things the way they are.
The Senate chambers were a bit more crowded than usual Tuesday night when about 30 students stuffed into rows and crowded the aisles to discuss an upcoming resolution regarding a report on last winter's Gaza conflict.
Students can explore housing options during the off-campus housing fair today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Reitz Union Colonnade.
UF students walked away with more than just a win after Saturday's game. They also got a 10-foot oar carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree.
UF's Student Health Care Center will start vaccinating hundreds of students against the novel H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, Wednesday at 9 a.m.