On a national day of "emergency rallies," a small group of women gathered on the corner of South Main Street and Southwest Second Avenue to protest the $700 billion government bailout for Wall Street.
To lead off, we'd like to shoot a get-your-hand-outta-my-face-and-just-mind-your-business DART at college admissions officers for using students' Facebook profiles to help decide whether a particular student is right for a school.
Before the future of UF's offense was centered on Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin, it was focused on a strong-armed Texan named Jevan Snead.
Apparently people are expecting big things from the Gators this season. At this point all of the major preseason basketball magazines have been released, and the consensus seems to be that UF is heading back to the NCAA Tournament after missing out on the Big Dance last season for the first time in 10 years.
The grades are in, and according to the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, UF's eco-friendly efforts are above average, though its score in endowment transparency remains low.
UF has announced its TV appearances on SUN Sports and Fox Sports Net for the upcoming season.
The Gator Party released its platform Thursday, featuring plans to improve UF's environmental efforts and student representation and safety.
Add compact fluorescent light bulb purchases to the Gator-Seminole rivalry.
Megan Kerns didn't just score the winning overtime goal for UF on Friday night against Georgia. She did it with a knot the size of a golf ball on her forehead.
Since 1966, the Republican Party has been held together by a tripod of issues and standpoints: foreign policy, economic and fiscal conservatism and the creation of cultural resentment. Today, its case for the presidency has been whittled down to one argument.
Some Florida counties have been unsympathetic to a plea from the state's Bureau of Voter Registration Services asking for help to process voter applications, but Alachua County accepted the challenge.
In response to a $1.5 million deficit, Gainesville's Regional Transit System will increase rates and reduce Saturday service starting Oct. 1.
A recent study found that feeling burned out may be associated with increased suicidal thoughts among students in medical school.
Your first date with someone is incredibly important. It determines the outcome of the relationship. They say first impressions are everything, and hopefully your first date ends well with no walk of shame (see last week's article).
The application process to join next summer's Preview staff will be a little more of a battle than in recent years.
Gainesville Police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with a robbery at a Walgreens earlier in the week, where two sticks were used as a fake gun.
In a few weeks, Disney will release the movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," yet another gem from the live-action-films-about-talking-animals genre.
Let me introduce myself. I'm Stephanie, and I'm a fag hag. But let me make a few things clear before your mind conjures up the image of that outspoken MAC makeup artist who so perfectly embodies the stereotype of the textbook fruit fly. I'm not a pudgy hanger-on, and my self-esteem is nowhere near lacking. I don't cling to gay men because otherwise, I'd never get within three feet of a penis. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who thinks that she alone can turn any Britney-squealing, homosexual man into a burly football fanatic. I don't brandish my gay friends like accessories, nor do I harbor any "Sex and the City" fantasies of being a cosmopolitan surrounded by sophisticated sodomites. Somehow, I just always found myself surrounded by gay guys and never thought much of it until everybody started asking me why.
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