This is not the ordinary tragedy of death, daggers and deception that you snoozed through in 11th grade English.
We’d love to give you all the details on these great events, but there just isn’t time! Gainesville is always buzzing with exciting local events, so don’t miss out. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s coming up:
Transfer wide receivers Trevon Grimes (Ohio State) and Van Jefferson (Ole Miss) were ruled eligible to play at UF this fall by the NCAA Thursday.
UF head football coach Dan Mullen has one of the most interesting policies about his players having weapons.
The money-sharing app Venmo recently created a debit card with Mastercard for users to pay for things using a Venmo account anywhere Mastercard is accepted in the U.S.
Several records were broken and milestones were achieved during the UF 2017-18 athletic season. We saw Caeleb Dressel torch several records, Chris Chiozza dazzle us with passes, Grant Holloway have himself a year, Jim McElwain slumping and Mary Wise showing why she belongs in volleyball. Our roundtable of Chris O’Brien, Evan Lepak, Andrew Huang, Brendan Farrell and Mark Stine debate about which event was the record or milestone of the year.
Florida is holding its annual football media day today, which means Friday is the anticipated launch of the Gators’ fall camp.
Sydney Look was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 16 years old. The condition causes her pancreas to produce little to no insulin, depriving her of the hormone that regulates her blood glucose levels.
“What in the f--k?”
Each year, students at four-year institutions pay an average of more than $1,200 on textbooks they may not even use. A program at UF is lowering this cost — and unnecessary purchases — one orange apple badge at a time.Affordable UF, an initiative that was piloted this Summer and will officially be launched this Fall, shows students which courses require materials that cost $20 or less per credit hour. Classes that meet this requirement get an orange-colored apple badge on their textbook requirement page.
In an emergency incident, key Santa Fe College staff would meet in the emergency operations center, located inside the Santa Fe Police building, to discuss a plan of action.
The UF Department of Astronomy will host a Mars viewing event at the Campus Teaching Observatory at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
On a rainy Monday, Corbin Stevens was operating the blood mobile across the street from Turlington Plaza at UF. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., he and his co-worker drew blood from only seven donors.
In 2016, a Tesla driver was killed in a crash in Florida when his car, operating on Autopilot mode, failed to recognize a large truck crossing into its path. Last March, a driver in California died after his Tesla, also on Autopilot, hit a roadside barrier and caught fire.
Multiple law enforcement agencies spent Tuesday morning tracking down teenagers who are suspected in four car burglaries and two car thefts.
After being closed all of Summer B, the UF Gator Career Closet will reopen in the renovated center at the start of Fall.
On July 24, six students at the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences received individual fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
Looks don’t really matter at the end of the summer, especially in North Florida. The entirety of the Gainesville population is dripping with sweat and unbothered by unkempt appearances.
Students here at UF pay a fee of $19.06 per credit hour called the “Activity and Service Fee.” Multiply that by however many credit hours students are taking, and this is how Student Government gets its $21 million budget.
Wellness, where health and happiness intersect, has become a trillion-dollar industry. It’s come at the cost of science and truth.
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