IFAS gets 93 proposed cuts
By THOMAS STEWART | Apr. 2, 2009UF would lay off about 100 more staff and faculty under budget cut proposals described this week, bringing the number of layoffs UF could see in the next round of cuts to about 250.
UF would lay off about 100 more staff and faculty under budget cut proposals described this week, bringing the number of layoffs UF could see in the next round of cuts to about 250.
UF sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma, an 18-member Latina-based group, has been shut down for five years by its national organization for hazing activities that included push-ups and restrictions on Facebook usage.
With fall registration in full swing this week, some students in the UF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are upset by the resignation of their only adviser following an investigation into two student privacy violations.
Two cars were stolen and at least two others were damaged on campus Thursday, according to University Police Department reports.
Two editors with about 65 years of combined journalism experience took the stage at Pugh Hall Wednesday night to describe the media's influence on President Barack Obama's campaign and the Internet's impact on print journalism.
An Ocala man was issued a notice to appear before a judge for a misdemeanor possession of marijuana after reportedly trying get a 19-year-old UF student to engage in oral sex.
Despite rainy weather and change of plans, the ninth annual Pride Awareness Month began with laughter on Wednesday night.
The 20 students enrolled in UF's award-winning Documentary Institute would be the last to graduate before its program ceases to exist under a $909,000 budget cut proposal unveiled last week.
Two faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be laid off June 30 to make way for the reinstatement of two assistant professors last week, according to Paul D'Anieri, dean of the college.
UF would lay off about 140 faculty and staff under the 10-percent budget proposals that have been released by its colleges so far.
After debating, discussing and altering a bill for about three weeks, which will hold Student Government's two lobbyists more accountable, senators finally voted and passed it unanimously.
Organs of a different type were on display outside UF's McKnight Brain Institute Monday night.
Along with more staff and faculty layoffs, UF's last sport and fitness classes are also on the chopping block after the release of budget cut proposals from three more colleges.
About 6,800 students have taken UF's Student Experience at Research Universities (SERU) online survey, which almost all undergraduates have to take in order to be eligible for the football ticket lottery.
About eight students rallied together on the Plaza of the Americas Monday morning in support of giving education rights to immigrant students.
Santa Fe College's Anne Kress was named as one of three finalists Monday for president of Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y.
More than 400 small, white paper bags bearing the names of those affected by cancer lit up the indoor track of the O'Connell Center as about 1,200 participants walked a silent lap and carried candles in remembrance.
The UF organization Victory Over Violence will present "The Vagina Monologues" on Sunday, March 29 to promote awareness about domestic abuse and raise money for Peaceful Paths, a non-profit domestic abuse center in Gainesville.
Questions have arisen recently over the payment of millions of dollars in bonuses and incentives to College of Medicine faculty while budget cuts threaten the jobs of dozens of employees and academic programs at UF.
It took one sentence to lay her off and one more to reinstate her.