TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Board of Governors voted at a meeting Thursday to increase tuition at the state's 11 public universities by 5 percent this spring.
While SFCC's Kika Silva Pla Planetarium has been open to the public for a week, it is already making changes.
About 200 students ambled around Turlington Plaza, red and blue flashing across their faces from parked squad cars and fire engines.
A UF student was arrested Wednesday during a class in Williamson Hall 100.
Before the YouTube videos, the protests and the Wikipedia entry, Toby Turner already knew the quote "Don't Tase me, bro" was going to catch on.
On Turlington Plaza Wednesday afternoon, in the shadow of his big white sign, Joey Johnsen said goodbye.
Florida's Board of Governors will decide how much of a tuition increase to impose on Florida's 11 universities at a meeting this morning in Tallahassee.
Attracting students' attention is not a cheap task for the two political parties competing in the fall Student Government election.
Student protesters from Gainesville will join forces with activists from Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest the Iraq war.
This year, Dance Marathon participants will quit moving and grooving five hours earlier.
Editor's Note: This is the final story in a three-part series on students who completed military service in the Middle East. The first stories ran Tuesday and Wednesday.
(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Students participating in a Flashmob UF event on Turlington Plaza on Wednesday wave their arms like robots. A flashmob is a group of people who assemble at a predetermined time and place to create a random display of cooperation.
Yellowed manuscripts, books, journals and other critical archival materials that document the life of a controversial Brazilian priest are being exhibited on the second floor of George A. Smathers Library.
When Backinathan Aruldas arrived in America after a tear-filled, two-day flight from Chennai, India, he went straight to Shands at UF.
Although the Tasering of Andrew Meyer, a UF telecommunication senior, has been scrutinized from every camera angle, the legal implications of the situation remain clouded.
Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series on students who completed military service in the Middle East. Part Three will run Thursday.
UF's Student Senate shifted its focus from politics to the environment at its Tuesday night meeting.
The outcome of the fall Student Government elections on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 might not be a surprise if past elections are any indication.
SFCC students have the chance to intern for a Florida senator - if they survive "The Interns."
(Scott Robertson / Alligator Staff) An excavator machine that fell into a large pit behind the Mechanical and Aerospace Building B this weekend is retrieved by two winch-wielding tow trucks. Recent rainfall caused the earth beneath the excavator to give way, allowing the machine to slip into the pit and sink into the mud. The tow trucks, along with several workers, were successfully able to retrieve the machine.
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