City cracks down on street vendors
Oct. 23, 2008Illegally setting up a stand selling Gator gear could cost roadside peddlers more than football tickets this year.
Illegally setting up a stand selling Gator gear could cost roadside peddlers more than football tickets this year.
When it comes to Homecoming week, there may be no one busier than UF's rowdy reptiles, Albert and Alberta, who spread spirit around The Gator Nation like its their job because, well, it is.
It began with some household cloth, Barbie-outfit stencils and a few Barbie dolls. Years later, her passion for hand-sewing dresses has become a business.
This year's Homecoming parade may be greeted by a different crowd than usual at the end of its run downtown.
The flock of alumni returning to Gainesville for Homecoming weekend is expected to give a boost to local businesses - one that is especially welcome during the economic crisis.
UF professor emeritus Harry Sisler is remembered for endeavors such as teaching for free during tough times or aiding NASA's Apollo program in the '60s.
UF's College of Medicine received a five-year, $5.3 million grant Wednesday to fund a center to prevent and improve care for head and neck cancers in minorities.
The tug-of-war for tuition-setting power between the state Legislature and the Board of Governors has no end in sight, according to a former higher education official who spoke at UF on Wednesday.
The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
Nineteen senators - 12 from the Gator Party, six from the Orange and Blue Party and one independent senator - were appointed to Student Senate committees during Tuesday's meeting.
You don't have to run for president to become part of American history.
After they had lunch together for the last time, Walter Weyrauch gave UF law professor Sharon Rush a book about a subject that had come up during their discussion.
Because of high costs, UF no longer plans to install two LCD screens that would have displayed a GPS map of bus locations.
Student athletes looking to dismiss negative stereotypes about their intelligence have some new ammunition.
At the end of the first day of early voting, about 50 UF students met up to learn about common misconceptions at the polls during a discussion Monday night.
Over the course of two days, 275 tagged Monarch butterflies fluttered their orange wings and were released into the sky to begin their migration to Central Mexico.
Although her photos are in black and white, Nancy S. Bowman still remembers the pink and gray decor of the UF Teaching Hospital's opening ceremony about half a century ago.
The man Sarah Palin calls a terrorist has a fan club.
B-Boys and B-Girls battled it out Friday at a Halloween-themed break dance contest.