Three members of UF's computer programming club are competing against student teams from around the world this week in the finals of a competition sponsored by IBM.
With the bases loaded, the tying run at the plate and a full count, UF reliever Stephen Locke had a single thought racing through his mind.
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Just as the rain clouds began to roll in and cast a shadow over Gainesville, Willie Perry started to light up the track.
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The SFCC campus was evacuated Friday morning after a faculty member found a bomb threat written on a campus wall.
The amber wood-paneled dance floor vibrated as bass beats rumbled through the room. Two crews lined up on opposite sides, eyes set on their opponents. The DJ scratched the record, and suddenly bodies flew across the floor and lifted into air, freezing in acrobatic and abstract poses.
It looks like the Fed's money presses have some long nights ahead as taxpayers could begin receiving their government stimulus package checks as early as June, according to an Associated Press report. But President Bush and his economic team have made it very clear that everyone's piggy banks should be left on their shelves.
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The only time Gainesville Police Lt. Corey Dahlem was ever reprimanded at work was when the life-long Seminoles fan got caught on the job watching a Gators sports game with his colleagues.
UF basketball player Adam Allen has joined the baseball team. The 6'8" forward is a right-handed pitcher on the mound and his addition could not have come at a better time for a baseball team lacking in pitching depth.
It used to be that the controversial college admissions policies that got the most attention had to do with skin or scores.
A UF team "playing catch" with solar energy won a $20,000 grant to help them get it right.
A briefcase labeled with an explosive nickname sent part of Florida State University's campus into emergency mode Thursday afternoon, but FSU officials said the scare proved to be nothing more than a good test of its emergency resources.
Rain kept the UF men's tennis team off the courts on Sunday, but it didn't slow them down in Friday's washout of Auburn.
Combining rape prevention lessons with free tuxedo rental and manicures, the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center spent last week bringing the "Respect Your Date Contest" to local high schools.
It is perhaps an integral part of the offense, and its difficulty can be overlooked by a casual bystander: the center-to-quarterback exchange.
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