UF begins charging for transcript copies
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 25, 2008UF began charging students and former students for transcripts Monday, and though university officials said things went smoothly, some students were still left grumbling.
UF began charging students and former students for transcripts Monday, and though university officials said things went smoothly, some students were still left grumbling.
Students can vote from 8 a.m. to 8 pm. with their Gator 1 card at various locations on campus.
Student Body presidential candidates found one thing to agree on - "Family Guy" is better than "The Simpsons."
The whirl of orange and blue stickers, fliers and T-shirts signals the start of Student Government elections today, but the campaign goodies come with a lofty price tag.
The chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy's board of directors said "radical Islamism" is a threat to everyone, including the Muslim community, in a Monday night speech on UF's campus.
Kosovo's recent independence and subsequent Serbian protests hit close to home for some UF students.
During high school, Tommy Jardon, the Orange and Blue party's candidate for UF Student Body president, was one round of interviews away from joining Catholic priesthood.
Kevin Reilly, UF Student Body presidential candidate with the Gator Party, got his first title - "Mayor Seaford" - when he was 2.
Editor's Note: UF Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Aungst was not contacted for this story.
Following statewide budget cuts, UF canceled its annual lobbying day, known as Gator Day, at the Capitol.
A Florida senator will teach at UF and help students find government internships, but the recent hire has raised some questions among faculty.
The UF Dean of Students Office revealed "When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century" as the book incoming freshmen must read as part of the second year of UF's Common Reading Program.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity's lion statue outside the chapter's house was smashed again Friday - just a few months after an artist had to completely reconstruct its stone face.
Jerry Seinfeld brought his knack for twisting life's little dilemmas about nothing into big laughs to Gainesville on Friday night.
UF's Air Force ROTC swept the board for push-ups and sit-ups and almost clinched first place in the soccer tournament in overtime.
Pounding bass, coordinated steps and strobe lights turned the O'Connell Center into a thunder dome as nine step teams from across the nation battled for first place at the 19th Annual Florida Invitational Step Show on Saturday night.
University Police Department officers arrested Kevin D. Bradshaw, 19, on UF's campus at Fletcher Drive and University Avenue after finding he had a stolen gun.
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Scooter decal prices, which were proposed last month to increase from $36 a year to $121, may now only rise to $64.
To comply with requests from the Board of Governors to stifle enrollment for the fall, UF may be left with only one option: cutting transfer students. And that news did not sit well across town at SFCC.