Sixty-one percent of the nearly 10,000 students who cast a ballot in this week's Student Government elections voted in favor of withholding funding from facilities that require biometric data, such as a hand scan, for entry.
Homelessness can't be solved in a weekend, but one UF graduate hopes his project will open the doors to the solution.
The FBI searched the office of UF professor Samim Anghaie for suspected fradulent grant propsals to NASA on Wednesday.
UF has asked the College of Education and the College of Nursing to submit proposals presenting the pros and cons of cutting their undergraduate education programs.
As if Turlington fliering didn't drive students bananas already, a man in a gorilla suit chased a man dressed as a banana alongside about 170 people holding hands in a line stretching from the Hub to the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesday afternoon.
Raucous cheers filled the air outside of the Orange & Brew early Thursday morning as the Unite Party swept UF's Student Government spring elections, taking 42 of the 50 available Senate seats as well as the Executive ticket.
A former Miss Florida and UF alumna spoke about her struggles with an eating disorder to about 30 students and faculty Wednesday night on the Plaza of the Americas.
A UF student avoided a $154 ticket and four points on his driver's license Wednesday.
A resolution was passed unanimously by Student Senate on Tuesday night urging UF's administration to save the Korean and Vietnamese programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The programs will be eliminated in May.
For students who wanted to know what's up with the economy's effect on UF, the Weaver Hall basement was the place to be Tuesday evening.
Lindsay Byers-Storey has been sober for a year and a half. She hasn't binged, purged or starved herself.
A sworn complaint against UF associate professor Anthony Falsetti for simple battery and the restraining order sought against him by UF assistant professor Martha Burt have been dismissed.
Political party supporters were out in full force on Tuesday to pull students to the polls on the first day of Student Government elections. However, the day was not without conflict.
Student Government parties bombarded students with campaign materials and creative expressions of partisanship on Monday in a final push to win votes before elections, which begin today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and continue on Wednesday.
State Rep. Kurt Kelly spoke at UF Tuesday night about conservative politics and issues ranging from Obama's stimulus package to global warming.
The possibility of a $5.3 million budget cut next year has caused the dean of UF's College of Engineering to consider replacing the phone lines with magicJack, the inexpensive Internet phone system famous for its late night infomercials.
When a new parking garage goes up on UF's campus, the price of parking decals will likely also rise.
Students will have the chance to vote on three referendum questions and one initiative on today's Student Government ballot.
Winning student votes doesn't come cheap. Parties spent a pretty penny this election season, with the majority of funds spent on T-shirts. The rest went toward campaign materials, such as fliers and stickers.
Budget cuts at UF? Not if Gov. Charlie Crist's budget passes the state Legislature.
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