The Princeton Review may rank UF as the nation's No. 1 party school, but at least one UF administrator has doubts.
HOOVER, Ala. - At Southeastern Conference Media Days last year, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said his team finally had enough talent to compete for the conference title.
The final countdown has begun. One week until summer break. The beginning of the end of summer classes means that tailgating and tackle football are on the horizon. And while we at the Department of Darts and Laurels can't wait to see Tebow and Co. run all over the "competition," we're determined to conclude the summer with the patented satirical smack-downs that you've come to expect from these pages. As summer classes wind down to a close, we hope you've enjoyed the summer edition of what has become something of an institution (no, we're not presumptuous at all) in The Gator Nation. We thank you for humoring us as we've offered scathing indignation and effusive gratitude, not usually in equal portions, in reaction to the news of the week. So without further ado, we offer the second-to-last summer installment of …
UF students are taking an autonomous submarine they designed to a San Diego competition this weekend.
For all those who don't get their nightly fill of Entertainment Tonight, let me recount the story of Miami native and fast food enthusiast Tamien Bain. A self-described "up-and-coming" rapper, Bain penned a Big Mac chant (a la "two all beef patties…") and was one of five finalists contending to replace the sandwich's original jingle by way of an online 40th anniversary contest. Here's the rub: Bain held up a McDonald's when he was 14.
UF Students have mixed reviews for technology that will soon require them to scan their hands before entering campus gyms.
Cross country coach Jeff Pigg has left UF to take the same position at Southeastern Conference rival Georgia, the Bulldogs announced Monday. Pigg took over the UF cross country program in 2002 and led both the men's and women's teams to their first NCAA championship appearence in 2006. UF is expected to name Ole Miss associate men's track coach Brian O'Neal as Pigg's replacement.
We're not exactly sure what it is about Gainesville that predisposes The Gator Nation to excellence. Maybe it's something in the water (or in this case, the amber-colored beverages routinely found in plastic cups). At any rate, UF is once again the reigning national champion - this time we're No. 1 in partying.
Paul Drayton will still have an office to return to when his internship in New York City ends this summer.
China, the European Union, the United States and South Korea.
There won't be any more opportunities to giggle at former Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron and his gruff Southern accent. If you want to see what I'm talking about, just search for his Hummer ad on YouTube.
Student Government kicked off a clothing drive to deliver clothes to young people in Alachua County before the school year begins on Aug. 18.
If your experience has been anything like mine, you've been surrounded by Obamamania for the better part of the past several months. It's not related, as much as you might expect, to spending most of the day on a college campus, where support for the master orator is pervasive and contagious. Rather, like most Americans, I've been bombarded with thinly veiled propaganda from the mainstream media in support of the hope-monger for longer than I care to remember.
Lovetta Smith, who earned a doctorate in nursing and spent 30 years as a head nurse and counselor at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been confined to a wheelchair since her sophomore year in college 38 years ago.
eer into a "negative" climate, UF President Bernie Machen announced Friday an $11 million plan to give some faculty and staff pay raises for the first time in two years.
Gainesville may not have won ESPN's TitleTown USA contest Monday night, but UF students still have something to party about this week.
This weekend at the Dwight H. Hunter Municipal Pool in northeast Gainesville, a national champion was crowned.
He started in elementary school with fist fights and marijuana joints.
HOOVER, Ala. - There were plenty of memorable moments for Georgia last season.
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