They stood in the center of Turlington Plaza Wednesday afternoon, donning caps, gowns and the gleaming faces of soon-to-be graduates.
Kent Barrett is the set designer for UF's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." He is also a fourth-year graduate student seeking a Master of Fine Arts degree in scenic design. He spoke with the Avenue about his experiences creating the set for the production, which runs until Sunday at the Constans Theatre.
Progress Party President Dave Schneider has nothing to hide.
When the UF administration signed a no-bid contract with Aramark last year, many students at UF were disconcerted with the lack of research into the options available for food services on campus.
Fransisco Sotomayor: Students like me care about The New York Times.
I have enjoyed the hectic media buzz surrounding the widespread condemnation of ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - workers over the last few weeks. The travesty against pimping that transpired in these videos should forever place shame on the houses of every pimp in the country, if not the world.
Midtown's newest restaurant by day and bar by night will ensure that no UF student needs travel to Tijuana in search of satisfying Mexican cuisine or top-shelf tequila. The recently opened 101 Cantina, a kind of "Southwestern sibling" to 101 Management Group's 101 Downtown, is situated at a premier University Avenue location right alongside The Swamp and Ben & Jerry's.
As a Hispanic student, I am very disappointed that Student Government senators couldn't find it in them to pass a simple resolution supporting human rights and dignity for farm workers in Immokalee, Fla., especially since most of the workers affected are also minorities.
A slight aroma of garlic and lime reaches your nostrils as the oil in the deep fryer begins to bubble and pop. You plunge the grouper fillet into a bowl of egg yolks. Picking it up, it drips like slime for only a few seconds before you dunk it into a mixture of breadcrumbs and cracker meal.
Free textbooks could be a few clicks away next semester.
A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday morning following an investigation into several gang recruitment videos posted on YouTube.
Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt gets a lot of credit for introducing the Wildcat formation to the college level when he was the Arkansas coach, but he doesn't feel as though he deserves all the recognition.
Vogue, Pronunciation: \'vog\, Function: noun, 1: the leading place in popularity or acceptance 2: one that is in fashion at a particular time. Synonyms: see "fashion."
Rethink Breast Cancer is rethinking its newest advertising campaign after critics say it focuses too much on sex and too little on the dangers of the disease.
As a student at UF, I am distressed to see that Aramark, the company contracted to provide food services, has seen fit to raise the prices charged by franchises in the Reitz Union and elsewhere on campus above those charged at off-campus franchise locations, especially while students are increasingly feeling financially crunched. Where is the oversight?
The issue of campus food reform is starting to gain some serious momentum. A few letters to the editor, some annoyed complaints to restaurants and raw discontent with the high prices of campus dining options was enough to convince Pollo Tropical that they were charging too much for their food.
Narrated by Kyle Maistri
One of Florida's most politically powerful men drew only five students to the second floor of Pugh Hall Tuesday afternoon, where he fielded questions about the upcoming legislative session.
Some student senators had a bone to pick with Aramark, UF's food provider, Tuesday night.
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