Mr. UF pageant raises about $10,000
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 9, 2009Snazzy suits, cowboy hats and tiny Speedos were all part of the show at Tuesday night's pageant to choose Mr. UF.
Snazzy suits, cowboy hats and tiny Speedos were all part of the show at Tuesday night's pageant to choose Mr. UF.
Four women became the first to pledge Chi Lambda Theta Fraternity, UF's only Greek-letter organization for lesbians, on Feb. 2.
As the holiday that emphasizes love and intimacy approaches, students will have the chance to get checked for STDs.
Students can learn to fight off attackers without stepping outside the safety of their homes.
Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the O'Connell Center Tuesday night to see Ne-Yo, an artist known for his R&B and pop stylings.
A former associate professor in UF's Levin College of Law filed a lawsuit against UF last week alleging she was forced to resign in 2007 because of sex and race discrimination.
Local cyclists exchanged their sweaters for spandex Saturday for the two-day Swamp Classic.
The UF Libraries Web site, uflib.ufl.edu, has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing. The new home page was released today for public testing and will be officially launched on Feb. 16.
Twenty UF graduates were commemorated Saturday night during "Celebrating the Firsts," a gala honoring UF's earliest known black graduates.
UF has changed its policy to accept more incoming credits from high school exams after learning it was in violation of a statewide regulation.
Fourteen UF students shared their side-splitting jokes with the standing-room-only crowd at the Orange and Brew Friday night for a chance to win a national stand-up comedy title.
Rock Band, hot chocolate and a whole lot of pizza drew some UF students away from the bars on University Avenue and back to campus Friday night.
This year UF may see the largest increase in its utility bill ever, and since the state can no longer afford to foot the bill, it means UF will be forced to cut millions from its budget to keep the lights on.
A roll of cash flowed through UF Thursday when three employees from the local sushi restaurant Rolls 'n Bowls handed out about $500 around various spots on campus.
UF's Delta Phi Epsilon sorority house reopened Monday after closing for nearly a week due to an outbreak of Norovirus, a food-borne illness, that may have infected about 35 girls in the sorority.
In a small production room in ivy-covered Bryan Hall, a moppy-haired man clad in a blue long-sleeved collared shirt and dark jeans appears on eight different screens.
The largest species of snake today, which weighs in at about 550 pounds and is 30 feet long, is tiny in comparison to the newly discovered Titanoboa.
Eight finalists for the position of UF's senior vice president for health affairs were announced Tuesday.
Much like their real-world counterparts, UF's student political parties and their candidates are out to win, using tactics to gain an extra edge and stirring up controversy in the process. While the campaigning season began on Jan. 27, some party leaders argue their opponent began campaigning prematurely.
UF President Bernie Machen will be returning to the office today after spending the last three days in Washington, D.C.