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UF is increasing alcohol awareness after receiving two grants from the U.S. Department of Education in July and October. The money will be used to create a new advertising campaign, which will debut in the spring.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF tailgating culture featured on "Masters of the Tailgate"

By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Nov. 5, 2009

Wacky Gators apparel, lucky alligator heads and tons of food are the standard at Gators tailgates.

NEWS | CAMPUS

ASU scholarship pageant teaches cultural heritage

By CAROLYN TILLO | Nov. 5, 2009

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.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF sends students to school with text-based donation program

By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 5, 2009

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.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Student club gives smiles to orphans

By BRIAN RICHIE | Nov. 5, 2009

Some UF students are working hard to put a smile on the faces of children.

NEWS | GREEK AFFAIRS

Fraternity honors fallen brother

By DEREK GILLIAM | Nov. 5, 2009

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity house has completed construction on three flagpoles to honor the memory of a fallen brother.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Man banned for threatening to throw hot coffee on computer users

By KATIE KLOSS | Nov. 4, 2009

A local man was banned from all UF libraries after he threatened to throw his hot coffee on anyone using his favorite computer.

NEWS | CAMPUS

TOMS shoes creator discusses mission

Nov. 4, 2009

Blake Mycoskie came up with idea while vacationing in Argentina.

NEWS | CAMPUS

More apply to UF despite diminishing admission rate

By TATIANA QUIROGA | Nov. 4, 2009

1,300 more people have applied for admissions than at this time last year.

NEWS | GREEK AFFAIRS

Dance Marathon participants dance in Turlington Plaza

Nov. 4, 2009

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.

NEWS | CAMPUS

700 students receive swine flu vaccines

By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 4, 2009

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.

NEWS | CAMPUS

College Republicans hold "PETA Barbeque"

By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Nov. 4, 2009

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.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Engineering college given $3 million by corporation

By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 3, 2009

Melbourne-based Harris Corporation employs about 850 UF graduates.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe College rejects campus smoking ban

By JENNIFER BATE | Nov. 3, 2009

Santa Fe College opted not to follow UF's lead by banning smoking on campus.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students use TOMS shoes as blank canvases

By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Nov. 3, 2009

Students and faculty bought and decorated pairs of TOMS shoes on the Reitz Union Colonnade.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students dance to new beat on new Reitz dance machine

By Jared Misner | Nov. 3, 2009

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."