A community emergency exercise, which was postponed in April as a result of the Boston Marathon bombing, will take place at UF between 7 a.m. and noon.
The Duke Energy Foundation will award $45,000 to two charitable organizations in Florida — one of which is the Gainesville-based Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, which will receive $25,000.
The City Commission met Wednesday night to discuss amending an already approved process that would allow Butler Plaza to expand by about 150 acres and include an upscale town center.
The day you graduate is the day you open new doors of opportunity and close the door on one chapter of your life. It is an inevitable occurrence to move into the real world with the knowledge you obtained and the friends you made an everlasting bond with.
With the popularity of electronic dance music right now, it’s easy for music lovers to obsess about the new products that DJs and artists are releasing. However, one band is making sure we don’t forget about the real meaning of electronic music.
Armed with nothing but a guitar, singer-songwriter Tristan Harvey crooned through his set Sunday afternoon at The Jam on West University Avenue. Although he performed alone, Harvey’s musical talents consumed the acoustics of the outdoor backyard stage as he delivered both covers and original funk, soul, reggae and folk-inspired songs to an intimate, engaged audience.
In the musical oasis “Avenue Q,” audience members step into a world reminiscent of their childhood days of watching “Sesame Street.” However, this is not a show for children.
Cookie lovers, rejoice! It’s been a long time coming, but Midnight Cookies has finally left its coveted spot inside California Chicken Grill for a new location at 3345 SW 34th St. — just a few doors down from Tropical Smoothie Cafe. The owner of Midnight Cookies, Jonathan MacAllister, said the relocation will attract more customers.
Winter is coming.
As the month of May drew to a close, bicycle enthusiasts gathered at the downtown library headquarters to celebrate the close of National Bike Month.
I embedded myself in Afghanistan last week to write an exposé for the Alligator. My adventures in Kabul were thrilling and, at times, dangerous. I would have felt honored being the first UF student to report from a war zone — if the entire trip weren’t a ruse.
Time flies, and before you know it Summer A is halfway over.
True confession: When I watched "Boy Meets World" for the first time at 5 years old, I decided I wanted to grow up to be Topanga Lawrence.
Being smack dab right in the middle of Gainesville, it can be pretty annoying to try to plan a beach trip
In the past few months hordes of tech lovers and hardware developers have been frothing with liquid excitement over the development of Google Glass.
At the turn, the Florida men’s golf team was two over par. But after a subpar performance on the back nine, the Gators finished Tuesday at 291 (+11) – six spots from the bottom of the leaderboard.
Since opening its location on University Avenue in late 2011, Munchies 420 Café has built a name for itself around euphemisms some may find unsavory. However, their food is possibly as savory as food gets.
Following the release of the second Fast & Furious film 2 Fast 2 Furious, it became clear that the proverbial horse that is the F&F franchise had died.
What does it take to be an impacting organization on campus? There are many facets of an organization that make it stand out among the rest.
Maybe this is just me, but when I’m starting a new job or internship, I think about where and what I’ll be having for lunch.
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