The first Spring Student Senate meeting on Tuesday night kicked off the semester with an announcement that the resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement had been temporarily removed from the agenda, a unanimously passed bill and Senate plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Starting Jan. 1, minimum wage workers receive $7.93 per hour, a 14-cent increase from last year, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Another semester brought me another opportunity to contribute to the Alligator Opinions section. As I sat down and faced my laptop, preparing to write my first piece of the new year, I thought I should tackle the benefits of reading or my collegiate career so far. I wanted to stay away from politics at least for one week — we all want to start the semester on a good note.
Like taxes, gynecological exams and salad, drop/add week is a necessary evil — a time of the semester where classes are treated like sample stations at Costco, only instead of hairnet-wearing old ladies, professors and TAs are doling out the tastes of what the semester will bring.
A depleted Gators defense took another hit on Monday.
When Florida started the season ranked No. 10 in the nation, freshman Kasey Hill started at point guard over a suspended Scottie Wilbekin. Dorian Finney-Smith was working his way to play with the team, and Damontre Harris was hoping to just stay on it.
The last time the Gators lost a game, people’s refrigerators were still full of leftover turkey and pumpkin pie.
Gymnastics season has not even started, but some Gators are already sidelined.
UF researchers have been working to create a better-tasting tomato and a way to keep it fresh longer.
Florida’s win against Florida State on Saturday was a solid start to the spring season, but coach Gregg Troy is already looking toward the Southeastern Conference and NCAA meets.
Gainesville Police arrested a local woman early Monday morning after police said she tried to headbutt an officer who pulled her over for drunk driving.
Student access to adventures just got easier at UF.
With the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs in the books, here are a few former Gators who made the most tangible impact for their respective teams this weekend.
In an effort to help Gainesville residents prepare themselves for the recent sub-freezing temperatures, local organizations are providing tips and resources to confront the harrowing weather.
The Career Resource Center is ready to help students with their resumes, outfits and even their selfies.
Marshall Criser III, son of the former UF president that Criser Hall is named after, started Monday as chancellor of the State University System.
With the opening of the Roberts’ Stadium Club parking garage, the battle for parking in Midtown may be a thing of the past.
Following suit of charitable companies like Toms, a UF student has created a clothing company that donates shorts to children in need for every pair sold.
Were you that kid in elementary school who had a hard time waiting your turn to go up on the swing set? Were you that kid who refused to eat your vegetables, even though you were most likely to get dessert if you did?
Another year has come and gone. America began 2013 facing a number of difficult political and societal challenges, including an unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, increasing rates of economic inequality and poverty, and the ever-looming specter of global climate change.
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