Language barriers can hinder learning
By Phillip Madrid | Oct. 3, 2007I hate it when I can't understand what some foreign teaching assistants and professors say.
I hate it when I can't understand what some foreign teaching assistants and professors say.
With loud cheers and lit cigars, Gator Party candidates celebrated their near-sweep of the fall Student Government election early Thursday morning.
First let me say, as an avid Lil Weezy fan, I enjoyed Monday night's concert at the O'Connell Center. However, I was a little disappointed with the show, mainly the sound quality.
Halloween Horror Nights is back and more intense than ever.
UF strong safety Tony Joiner practiced with the team Wednesday, but his status for Saturday's game against No. 1 LSU is still up in the air, Coach Urban Meyer said.
Scot Davis and Shamrock McShane's rendition of David Mamet's play "American Buffalo" is not your conventional theater production.The dimming lights, heavy curtains and theatrical music are nowhere to be found.Instead, they opt to produce the play with what Davis calls "organic staging" - the stage is set up so the audience can be included in the dramatic action.The audience sits on and around the set in the intimate setting of the Civic Media Center stage, which can hold about 30 people at the most."They see it from every possible perspective," McShane said."American Buffalo" will be opening at the center, 1021 W University Ave., on Friday.
Because I could not stop for voting, it kindly stopped for me. Oh, Emily Dickinson's famous words will forever linger in my mind. Actually, I think it was traffic. Traffic kindly stopped for her, right?
The thumbs-up reviews described it as "explosive," "high octane," and "unstoppable" after three games.
Becky Burleigh has a secret.
If I had to pick a word to describe the new movie "The Kingdom," I might choose "intense." "Rapid" also comes to mind.
The Burger King, decked out in a shiny red robe and a rubber mask, marched through Turlington Plaza Wednesday.
The possible No. 1 pick in the 2008 NFL Draft hides down on the bayou, listening to Phil Collins and building on a foundation set in high school.
UF senior football player Earl A. "Tony" Joiner will be charged by the State Attorney's Office sometime in the next 30 days, officials said.
On Wednesday, UF President Bernie Machen announced the nine appointments to a task force charged with reviewing UF's event management and University Police practices.
Andrew Meyer strikes again! However, this time we didn't see it coming. Only his actions could effectively assist in the suicide of another campus speech. I can only assume that in light of recent events, UF President Bernie Machen believes postponement of a "controversial" speaker will somehow ease tension and tame the chaos he has created.
Gone are the days when Hollywood starlets glamorized smoking. Guys are finding it harder to pick up a girl in a bar by offering her a light.
UF couldn't have picked a better week to lose.
Steam rose from the building but firefighters said there was no fire.
By running in a race on Saturday, students can help rebuild areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina that some say are forgotten.
I'm sure Kyle Cox hasn't done a lot of things in his life as I haven't either. But to say that you cannot criticize someone because of never doing those things is ridiculous.