Alachua County promotes bookmobiles during National Library Week
By Janiece Sebris | Apr. 11, 2016The Alachua County Library District will commemorate mobile libraries as part of a larger celebration throughout the week.
The Alachua County Library District will commemorate mobile libraries as part of a larger celebration throughout the week.
A UF alumnus will study Chinese history in London next Fall.
A UF music student will play classical music such as Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” at a national festival this June.
We live in a world full of myths. Never mind the tales of an undercover spy, or so-called “fairy” (likely Soviet-trained) sneaking into our children’s bedrooms to do Lord knows what with their precious teeth or the tales of a puppet hiding behind his nasal mutation to cover up his habitual dishonesty. No, we want to highlight supposedly truthful claims and offer a reminder of their unfounded foundations.
The young couple from Mississippi detained by federal authorities in August has, among other charges, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support for the Kim Kardashian of radical Islamic militancy: the Islamic State. The aspiring American jihadists shocked and captured the attention of Americans throughout the country.
"Everything that is good is light, what is divine runs on delicate feet: first principle of my aesthetic,” declares Nietzsche in “The Case of Wagner.” Paul Valery claims in his notebooks that “(t)he preparation of a work consists of laboriously granting oneself the liberty of executing it lightly.” In his “Six Memos for the New Millennium,” Italo Calvino calls for lightness to combat “the slow petrification” of the world caused by “the inexorable stare of Medusa.”
Editor’s note: This is part one of an ongoing series on sexual assault survivors. See Tuesday’s paper for more profiles on survivors.
UF students can relive their middle-school music memories April 19.
Students sampled beet radish spring salad and other organic dishes at the UF Student Agricultural Gardens on Friday.
Deacon Liput stepped up to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
At times this season, the Gators’ offense has sputtered while trying to match the prowess of its pitching and defense.
With the Spring game finally in the rear-view mirror, Florida coach Jim McElwain was able to assess his team's progress and evaluate each position, as well as determine who the starting quarterback should be.
During Southeastern Conference play, No. 6 Florida has been dominant in singles matches.
The Florida men’s tennis team hasn’t flinched in recent years when taking on South Carolina.
Alumni traveled back to Gainesville on Friday to be honored at the 10th Outstanding Young Alumni Awards.
About 50 students stopped to meditate on a red blanket Friday.
The green lawn beside the University Auditorium will house three 12-foot-tall whistles.
Hours before Friday’s Orange & Blue Debut, three men snuck into the Gators locker room and tried to steal two jerseys, according to University Police reports.
Students wrote “Keep pushing through” and “Take it one day at a time” on pink, purple and green construction paper Friday.
The Matheson History Museum is currently demolishing the former Melting Pot building and will start constructing a new space by June.