Library West to host Guitar Hero jam session today
By KARUNA SZE-NGAR TSANG | Mar. 4, 2008Library West is no longer just a place to study.
Library West is no longer just a place to study.
Hundreds of UF students, faculty and staff were forced outside during stormy weather Tuesday after the Florida Gym was evacuated due to a bomb threat and Library West was cleared out because of a plumbing problem.
David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian for the books "Truman" and "John Adams," spoke to a sold-out UF audience Tuesday night about the importance of writing.
Students in need of a financial wake-up call will be encouraged to start saving their money tonight.
As soon as the doors flung open, girls pushed each other as they flooded the Reitz Union Auditorium, yelling things like "I'm here for Willie" and "Thank God, we've got good seats."
Students for a Democratic Society is one step closer to creating more transparent investing at UF after a majority of students approved the group's referendum in last week's Student Government elections.
As the Florida legislative session starts today, many eyes will be on how lawmakers will shave the state budget down to $70 billion without compromising the quality of higher education.
One of the finalists for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position will meet students, faculty and staff on campus today and Wednesday.
Sometimes it pays to be green.
Five Russian teachers visited the UF campus and attended a beginner's Russian language class Thursday morning.
The windows blazed a reddish burnt orange, and 13-year-old Sadae Kasaoka stood in her bedroom and thought about how pretty the glass looked. An instant later, the blast pummeled her into the wall while shards of glass pierced her skin.
The root of UF's game-day alcohol problem stems from police negligence of the open-container law, UF researchers said at a presentation Thursday.
State Sen. Mike Haridopolos, who was recently hired as a UF lecturer, told UF officials that he was working on his doctoral degree at the University of Arkansas, but Arkansas officials said he hasn't been since 2000.
Although the Student Government elections results were announced early Thursday morning, the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party kept battling until late Thursday night.
Editor's Note: The state Board of Education does not oversee the Board of Governors.
YULEE - UF's highest-ranking officials met Thursday to discuss ways to slash $50 million from UF's budget - an amount UF President Bernie Machen said UF should aim to cut next year to make up for legislative funding shortfalls.
UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences could implement a multi-year hiring freeze and eliminate its critical-tracking program if it heeds the budget-cutting recommendations of the college's Faculty Finance Committee.
Some students don T-shirts proclaiming Gainesville a "drinking town with a football problem." But to a group of UF students, drinking is no joke.
Editor's Note: Twelve members of the Gator Party ran unopposed in the spring Student Government election, and more than 8,000 students cast ballots in the two days of SG voting.
Two years ago, it was an idea.