Manners, etiquette must be reclaimed
By GERALD LILES | Feb. 4, 2008Imagine that one day you are strolling toward University Avenue, about to grab a bite to eat before your 1:55 class, when it hits you: that first paper is due in an hour.
Imagine that one day you are strolling toward University Avenue, about to grab a bite to eat before your 1:55 class, when it hits you: that first paper is due in an hour.
Players have all sorts of pregame idiosyncrasies to get themselves hyped up for the next 40 minutes of play. Gators forward Dan Werner has just one - listening to the same three songs.
The Gainesville City Commission passed a motion Monday night to push back voting on an ordinance that would affect Gainesville's churches.
"No more kidnappings! No more deaths! No more lies! No more FARC!" read posters and T-shirts displayed by UF students and faculty at the March for Peace in Colombia held on the Plaza of the Americas Monday.
Today 22 states will hold primary elections or caucuses, but the delegates at stake won't all be decided the same way.
The Florida Board of Governors and former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham resubmitted their tuition lawsuit against the state Legislature late Monday afternoon.
Ryan Nelson, UF alumnus, former Writing on the Wall, staff member
If you ask Bryson Barber what the biggest difference is between former UF baseball coach Pat McMahon and his successor, Kevin O'Sullivan, only one word is necessary: intensity.
Few would have thought on New Year's night that January would have turned out like this.
UF students and professors gathered at a candlelight vigil Monday night to honor two UF engineering students who died in a car accident Jan. 26.
Gainesville Explorer is a collection of maps, stories and multimedia showcasing places to go in Gainesville as well as day-trip locations. Each week, one location on the map will be updated, adding multimedia and a brief review.
As fists flew and bodies lunged downtown Thursday night, Gainesville Police Department officer Courtnay Roberts aimed his Taser for the first time.
This year's class of incoming freshmen at UF survived an application process involving a record number of UF hopefuls, and all of them will find out if they got accepted on Feb. 15.
There's no love lost here.
Derek Day could be his teachers' star student or worst nightmare. They just better know who they were dealing with.
As the University of Miami celebrated a multimillion-dollar state research grant, Florida public university officials remained tight-lipped about the Legislature's support of a private institution in the face of public university budget cuts.
While winter will not officially end until late March, the coldest weather of the season has likely passed.
Gainesville Pet Rescue's new location on Archer Road aims to increase pet adoptions and keep Alachua County Animal Services a "no-kill" shelter.
Oprah Winfrey and Chuck Norris can make all the presidential endorsements they want, but it probably won't have a direct effect on votes.