UF alumnus John Cox won the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's 2008 national writing championship, the collegiate equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, in San Francisco on June 5.
"The Incredible Hulk" is an incredible disappointment. I had such high hopes for this remake after Marvel Studios' success with "Iron Man" and the film's reported box office numbers. True, this version is better than the 2003 "Hulk" but this film is still not up to par with what you would expect from a superhero movie.
The soccer cleats are new, and the uniforms are clean.
A new army of concrete stumps lining the curbs of the southwest entrance of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium has many students, well, stumped.
One after another, cars poured out of the Wal-Mart parking lot in the quaint town of Manchester, Tenn. Thursday morning.
Lightning Safety Awareness Week begins Sunday, and with recent thunderstorms drenching the Gainesville area, experts say residents should take note of those electrifying veins that stretch across Florida's summer skies.
When the Florida Board of Governors meets today, state university presidents and boards of trustees will pay close attention.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office is planning to destroy truckloads of evidence used in the Danny Rolling murder case within the next two weeks.
Summer is definitely the time of year to be flirtier, especially when it comes to fragrances. I've done some research at Sephora and concocted a list of this summer's must-have scents for guys and girls.
The banquet hall of a local hotel erupted with laughter as Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell began to spell "oviferous."
Last week, the Supreme Court turned its back on the American people. In a 5-4 ruling, the court held that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have the right to habeas corpus. In English, this means that prisoners are allowed to hear the evidence against them, and President Bush is prohibited from declaring anyone an "enemy combatant" and detaining them indefinitely without charge.
Summer break is within sight, and it comes not a moment too soon. We at the Department of Darts and Laurels have been waiting with baited breath for the chance to recharge our collective batteries with a week of rest and relaxation. However you choose to spend your downtime next week, we hope you will play it safe. With that said, it's time for the last-of-summer-A edition of …
A student gets out of class and starts the short stroll from Weimer Hall toward Stadium Road. His eyes are focused straight ahead in a deadpan gaze - the common look for most UF students going from class to class.
When the Milwaukee Brewers took former UF slugger Matt LaPorta with the seventh overall pick of last year's draft, the move was described as "shocking" and "stunning" by many draft analysts.
Putting pain into words can be difficult.
While Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton may be out of state, he is certainly not out of mind.
Joe Loffredo leads a double life. By day, he sports a button-down shirt tucked into khaki slacks. By night, he dons a bandana and high-top sneakers.
While you may not run into Soulja Boy on campus, critiquing local musicians can be risky. In the attempt to discover local music and at the suggestion of a fellow writer, below is a local band review.
If subleasing in Gainesville was a club, it would be the type of club where you have to know someone to get in.
"We are young despite the years we are concern/ We are hope despite the times." So sings Michael Stipe on R.E.M.'s classic "These Days," the band's statement of purpose and a tune that had been rattling in my head a full week prior to an early summer gig at the University of California, Berkeley campus. The song rocks, no questions asked, but it's also slightly cringe-inducing, should you picture it played by three middle-aged hipsters - one frumpy (Peter Buck), one bald (Stipe) and one timelessly nerdy (Mike Mills). It also begs the question, are these guys full of it? Twenty years on, are once-ballsy claims now as hollow as one of Buck's signature Rickenbackers? In short, does R.E.M. still matter?
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