Faculty voice concerns about ending sick leave payouts
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 17, 2009UF faculty expressed its concern about the proposal to end sick-leave payouts in response to budget cuts at Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting.
UF faculty expressed its concern about the proposal to end sick-leave payouts in response to budget cuts at Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting.
William Stewart Sedgwick IV, who was arrested early Wednesday morning for driving under the influence of alcohol, resigned his position as Student Government Finance and Fees cabinet secretary Thursday.
It's been a few years since the U.S. Constitution was signed-222 to be exact.
Even a dismal economy can't stop money from flowing into Student Government party campaigns.
She may not have won NBC's "Last Comic Standing," but Tracey Ashley was the only comic standing Wednesday night at the Orange and Brew.
11:29 a.m.: Turlington Plaza buzzes with students; anxiety builds for those who know what is about to occur.
The secret is out: College kids like a lot of sex. According to Playboy's most recent college sex poll, that is.
About 900 students gathered at the O'Connell Center Wednesday night to celebrate Islam on Campus' seventh annual Fast-A-Thon in celebration of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
JabbaWockeeZ, a 10-man dance group made famous by appearances on "America's Got Talent" and "America's Best Dance Crew," will perform at this year's Gator Growl, organizers announced Tuesday.
Students will be able to cram in a little extra on-campus study time, after senators voted Tuesday to allot $30,000 of Student Government reserve funds to keep the Hub open 20 hours a day.
David Reed has never had lice, but now as an assistant curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, he is spending nearly $1 million on a global study of these parasites.
As the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, looms in the minds of UF students, faculty and staff, the number of infected UF students continues to rise, according to the UF Student Health Care Center.
Questions on the validity of Student Body President Jordan Johnson's transparency waiver have been raised since its Sept. 1 debut.
Four UF employees resigned after being accused of using university money to buy about $30,000 worth of DVDs, digital cameras, furniture and other items for personal use.
Frank Warren can't keep a secret.
After President Barack Obama announced the impending closure of the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, two UF student journalists decided to tell its story.
Demonstrators held signs and played cellos last week to show their opposition to WUFT-FM's change from classical music to news and public affairs.
On Monday UF announced a privacy breach involving the Social Security numbers of 25 people.
In order to help spread the word on prevention about the H1N1 virus, known as the swine flu, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has enlisted the help of Twitter and Facebook.
Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Florida Sen. Ted Deutch warned Jewish Americans at UF Hillel about the dangers of Iran.