FAQ page addresses UF budget questions
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 26, 2008To set the record straight about the budget situation, UF created a frequently asked questions page on its Web site on Monday.
To set the record straight about the budget situation, UF created a frequently asked questions page on its Web site on Monday.
Both parties vying to succeed in UF's Student Government elections added umbrellas to their campaign materials on the first day of voting Tuesday.
Student Body President Ryan Moseley will form a committee to investigate online voting, a Student Government official announced in a Student Senate meeting Tuesday night.
Colleges at UF may start assessing students' learning so prospective employers have a better understanding of graduates' preparation in their intended field.
To appease students, faculty and staff who may have questioned UF's hiring of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos as a lecturer, a former state representative proposed Tuesday to pay for Haridopolos' UF salary with private money.
More than 100 online videos recently posted by "kingbootyhunter" on several Web sites showcase rear ends of unknowing women walking around the University of Central Florida's campus, and UF women have also been targeted.
Making defamatory statements in a newspaper can get a person sued for libel.
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.
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.