Midfielders King, Dragotta assuming larger role for UF
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN | Sep. 11, 2012With defender Kat Williamson out indefinitely due to a torn right meniscus, the Gators will look to a pair of seniors to anchor the defense.
With defender Kat Williamson out indefinitely due to a torn right meniscus, the Gators will look to a pair of seniors to anchor the defense.
The competition, which was designed to test students’ abilities to solve algorithms, image processing, data structures and artificial intelligence, among others, began Saturday and continues until Oct. 6.
The storytelling is part of a community-involvement endeavor at Satchel’s. On the second Tuesday of each month, the eclectic pizza restaurant hosts “The Conch,” an open mic night during which people tell true stories of hope, heartbreak and randomness.
This might be the type of message you expect to receive from a friend or a significant other.
Florida has only four sacks in the season’s first two games and will be without 2011 sack leader Ronald Powell for the rest of the year, but it’s not time to panic just yet.
Progress Energy Florida gave the university a 100-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array for free through the SunSense Schools solar energy program, which aims to provide renewable energy education to Florida students.
Innovation Hub director Jane Muir credits the center’s early success to entrepreneurs, employees and students who are investing their talents in Gainesville. She said UF and Santa Fe College students are taking full advantage of the 48,000-square-foot business incubator and its resources.
Will Muschamp always wears his realistic glasses.
La Lola Loca, UF’s first food truck, is in the middle of its first week serving Latin fare to go.
On Monday, more than 20,000 teachers walked off the job in Chicago-area schools. This left hundreds of thousands of students with nothing to do, and parents with extra headaches.
Participants can submit up to 10 photographs, according to the contest rules posted on the City of Gainesville website. Entries should be composed according to the contest theme, which is “My Gainesville is...” The rules state the photos should represent Gainesville’s culture beyond UF.
Texas A&M’s eight sacks against Florida on Saturday did not faze offensive coordinator Brent Pease. He believes the Gators’ offensive line is the “strength of the team.”
The two will hash out the national issue at UF during the Accent Speakers’ Bureau event “The Great Weed Debate: Heads vs. Feds.” It will take place at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 in the University Auditorium.
Tickets to see Seinfeld live Nov. 2 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts go on sale Friday at noon.
Gainesville Police charged Celestia Vanessa Howard, 44, Sunday night with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a GPD arrest report.
GPD officers later arrested Kenneth Roy Coleman, 30, after he was found hiding under a bed.
Educated Quest looked at UF’s retention rates, graduation rates and tuition in comparison to those of private Ivy League schools, said Stuart Nachbar, the website’s publisher and president.
For the Gators volleyball team, black and blue have become the unofficial team colors this season.
Sherry Benton, director of UF’s Counseling and Wellness Center, said about 35 percent of students who go to the center report difficulty sleeping among their symptoms of stress.
Camilla Hedberg started her 2012 season perfectly on Tuesday. Not only did the Gators win the Cougar Classic, but the sophomore also grabbed the first individual title of her college career.