Out of the 152,746 registered voters in the county, 34,632, or 22.67 percent, cast ballots for local, state and congressional races.
The freedom of your first semester of college can be overwhelming. No one is telling you where to be or what to do. There are no curfews, no dress codes, no detention or hall passes.
UF Student Body President Tj Villamil and UF Board of Trustees member Alan Levine greeted new students and their families during residence hall move-in day with cold bottles of water and words of welcome and advice.
To the freshmen reading my writing for the first time, welcome! Hopefully you’ll come to be regular readers and feel closer to me than the effervescent guy who works the night shift at the Taco Bell on Archer Road (To find out why that is funny, Google “Skambis Defecation Proclamation”).
Researchers with the Florida Museum of Natural History dissected a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python Aug. 10, the largest of its kind ever found in the state. The 164.5-pounder was pregnant with 87 eggs and broke previous state records for pythons.
After a rainy day at school, Gary Solomon was hungry for some French fries. His appetite went up in smoke Tuesday when an unattended cooking pot caused a grease fire in his kitchen.
AtThePool.com will launch at UF Aug. 27. Students can make free online profiles and join themed “pools” that connect them with like-minded strangers.
I was on campus yesterday and picked up a copy of the Alligator, which had a story on the cover titled “NASA sends rover to Mars, awes students.” This is good because students don’t know or care much about space flight.
Police charged David Roland Bickford, 53, of 4002 NW 31st Terrace, with aggravated abuse of an elderly or disabled adult.
There is a storm brewing in America that will rock the world if it gets any worse. Americans are at the breaking point with a bad economy, corrupt banks and bought-out government officials.
The Student Senate will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to vote for a new Senate President.
After the first game of the 2012-13 athletic year, Florida is already hoping for a change of pace.
Gamedays at UF aren’t just about football.
Jacoby Brissett smiled when asked about the potential of starting at quarterback for Florida.
Behind the cluttered facemask that adorned bits of turf and paint from the field, he peered into the roaring depths of orange and blue that drowned the stands of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Florida coach Will Muschamp called last year’s team soft. With new offensive coordinator Brent Pease, the tone is changing.
With the Gators’ turnovers at a minimum last season, the interceptions naturally followed suit.
Chris Thompson scored six touchdowns last season for Gainesville High School. His mother saw every one.
With Jaye Howard gone to the NFL and Ronald Powell injured, Sharrif Floyd and Dominique Easley will try to pick up the slack for Florida’s 2011 sacks leaders.
Solutions by The State News
