In the name of reducing UF's carbon footprint, students on the North Lawn learned Wednesday how to fix flat tires on their bikes for UF's fourth-annual One Less Car Day.
A report from someone who smelled gas at the Harn Museum of Art on Wednesday ended in a hazardous materials team investigating the potential leak, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Although crime was reported to be on the decline in Gainesville in 2010, last week turned out to be an anomaly with two homicides in four days.
Since the 1950s, the Florida-Georgia game has been called the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." Call it what you may, the UF vs. UGA game is a huge deal - an SEC rivalry on neutral Jacksonville turf, an unbelievable tailgate and a great game of football. However, not everyone can swing for the $40 ticket. But you can still enjoy the game (and the killer Jacksonville atmosphere) at any of these locations:
Just four doors down from a busy Starbucks is a store not much bigger than a closet. Inside are vintage blouses, clocks and pearled purses. The small space echoes with music, and around this time of year it specializes in vintage Halloween costumes dating from the '70s to the present.
For a few nights in October, the UF dorms are haunted by ghosts, clowns and villains.
In the U.S., the line between where your property rights end and the so-called "public interest" begin have always been a point of contention.
Aaron Murray’s emotions may have gotten the best of him in Jacksonville last season.
"We've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen. But then, America's never seen a candidate like Herman Cain."
Turn your radio down for a second and listen: October is National Audiology Awareness Month and National Protect Your Hearing Month. Now is the perfect time to get your hearing checked.
Breaking up isn’t as hard as it’s said to be.
Greg: John Brantley is back!
Florida defensive coordinator Dan Quinn said the Gators simplified the playbook slightly during their bye week.
Not your typical trip to the strawberry fields, this haunted corn maze is the perfect October activity. The third-annual Rogers Farm Corn Maze, 3831 NW 156th Ave., is now open, and it offers the perfect mix of fright and fall. Here's what to expect.
Swaying blue lights illuminate the winding, wooded path you walk through, while actors hide in the brush, waiting to jump out from the darkness. The path leads you through a sawmill town cursed by a voodoo priestess. Chuckles the Clown, Mrs. Slaughter, the Butcher and the chainsaw-wielding Virgil roam through the woods waiting for passers-by to haunt.
With the best hitting percentage in the Southeastern Conference, the Gators’ offense is getting a lot of attention for the team’s recent streak of eight sweeps in a row.
It would be foolish to condemn college students for drinking. After all, if it's a football weekend, you know inebriation is going to be a mass event.
A bunker can serve as a comforting source of protection in battle.
As a sober Lindsey Lohan once said in the movie "Mean Girls," "Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut, and no other girls can say anything about it."
It all started in 2002 with just 60 bands and six venues in a small town in Florida. And after ten years of ruling Gainesville, The Fest is back for its 10th anniversary weekend.
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