Board of Trustees to vote on Machen's bonus
By THOMAS STEWART | Dec. 6, 2008UF President Bernie Machen's bonuses, totaling $285,000, will be up for discussion at UF's Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
UF President Bernie Machen's bonuses, totaling $285,000, will be up for discussion at UF's Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
Orange and Blue Party Sen. Benjamin Dictor, who represents the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has announced that he intends to run for Student Body president this spring.
Of the nearly 32 students who camped out Wednesday to snatch an unclaimed ticket for the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, nothing remained but empty soda cans, a pillow, and for some, a busted dream.
About 1,000 people living in West Africa will have increased access to water, thanks to five UF graduate students and a $10,000 grant.
What started as dine-in ended as takeout.
Santa Claus is still welcome in college towns.
An air of discontent lingered in Dauer Hall on Wednesday as about 100 UF faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences took a stand for what they wanted.
Members of UF's crew club wrapped a two-day mission Wednesday to row 554 miles without leaving the Reitz Union Colonnade.
Those among The Gator Nation who are making a list and checking it twice this season can cross off finding a card to send out for the holidays.
About 200 students stood silently at the Reitz Union Amphitheater on Wednesday night in the midst of flickering candlelight.
Legislation aiming to reduce Student Senate's minority party protections was rejected at Tuesday night's meeting. If passed, the proposed rules would have required 40 percent approval from senators present to add nominations for open committee seats in addition to those already made by the Replacement and Agenda Committee. Currently, 20 percent is required.
UF athletes Cornelius Ingram and Brandon McArthur performed in front of a different crowd than usual on Tuesday morning.
In 2003, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, left their friends and families in New York and Israel to run the Chabad house in Mumbai, India.
Spring 2009 rental rates for campus housing may see a $40 increase in price.
Out of about 2,000 applicants across the country, one of UF's students was chosen to blog about her first year of college for Seventeen magazine.
When Freddy Vazquez sat in front of his computer to sign up for courses his sophomore year, he found a major flaw.
Food from the local farmers market may not always be "Fresh from Florida."
Students have been banned from smoking within 50 feet of all UF buildings for more than a year, but one UF professor's research shows students are still lighting up where they shouldn't be.
Students will soon be able to camp out at a couple of campus libraries for 20 hours straight if they so desire.
What began as a casual in-class reading assignment has matured into a theatrical production of a former UF professor's choreopoem.