UF senior to appear on 'The Price is Right'
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 30, 2008If it weren't for a hot dog and a forgiving cop, Kristin Lundy might not have been a contestant on "The Price is Right."
If it weren't for a hot dog and a forgiving cop, Kristin Lundy might not have been a contestant on "The Price is Right."
The Gators were on a mission to erase three years of futility with three days of prosperity.
After the dust cleared in Federal Way, Wash., there were some vague similarities between the conclusion of the men's meet and women's championship meet last week.
The Discovery Channel's MythBusters show, which scientifically tests the validity of rumors and urban legends, is coming to UF.
Thousands of students lined up this week to take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime chance to prove there is such thing as a free lunch, thanks to an advertising mistake by a marketing firm involving the venerable Gainesville institution Burrito Bros.
A man hired to renovate a Gainesville house was charged with attempted murder after police said he attacked the homeowner and her friend with a machete-type blade early Friday morning.
Local bars and restaurants serve food and an international selection of beer at Magnolia Park in Gainesville, Florida.
Student poets took the stage Friday night to share their innermost feelings before a crowd of about 50 people at Freestyle Fridays: Hip Hop/Poetry Slam.
Artist Pjae Adams comes to UF's Gator Nights to sketch butts.
Whitney Benik and Lolita Frangulyan couldn't stop smiling before, during or after the UF women's tennis team's win against LSU on Sunday.
Former California running back James Montgomery flew back to Sacremento on Sunday without a scholarship offer from UF.
UF's campus buzzed with a younger generation of students Saturday for two educational competitions: the Florida Blue Key Math Invitational and the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering Inc. Regional Olympiad for engineering.
As a member at large on the Replacement and Agenda Committee, I want to take this opportunity to clear an unjust blemish on the respected reputation of the committee.
In a dreary locker room after a 42-30 pounding by Georgia last season, Brandon Spikes stood up with something to say.
Willie Perry was a one-man show Saturday at the Hurricane Challenge hosted by the University of Miami.
Several of UF's graduate programs have moved up in this year's U.S. News and World Report rankings, but deans of those colleges said looming budget cuts could hurt next year's standings.
On March 21 and March 23, the Student Senate Replacement and Agenda Committee held interviews in order to fill Senate and committee vacancies. Applicants and committee members were informed well ahead of time when the interviews would be held. When asked if any accommodations were needed, not a single person approached Senate President Pro-Tempore MaryGrace Bell with concerns.
Jessica Yadloczky may just be too young to realize that Duke is supposed to win women's golf tournaments. Tiffany Chudy knows that all too well.
While the FBI has identified the remains of four out of five men who were kidnapped in Iraq in 2006, former UF student Jonathon Cote, 25, is still missing.