French club partners with ministry to teach language
By Kate Feldman | Oct. 16, 2011Anthropology senior Stephen White spent the summer working with a ministry in Paris, but he had one main dilemma: He didn't speak French very well.
Anthropology senior Stephen White spent the summer working with a ministry in Paris, but he had one main dilemma: He didn't speak French very well.
Researchers at UF and the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota have discovered that bacteria natural to coral are capable of slowing a white pox disease that plagues many Florida coral reefs.
Harold Saive sat in his War Room and said he wants to shake up the City Commission.
Florida Organic Growers hosted a Fair Food Panel on Saturday evening to kick off Gainesville's observance of World Food Day on Sunday and National Food Day on Oct. 24.
Sixth-grader Megan Lapcevic, 11, dipped her paint brush into a Styrofoam cup and coated her pumpkin in a deep magenta paint.
David Parra sets up his video camera and switches on his lighting equipment, which shines on a black backdrop surrounded by painted rainbow walls.
The Friends of the Library book sale is expected to kick off this weekend with the largest stock the sale has had in its 57-year history.
In our editorial Oct.10, we discussed the problems with federal "mandatory minimum" laws.
Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to rising income inequality in the U.S., especially among the top 1 percent of income earners. The reason for this fact is clear: Globalization and mass media have increased the returns to productivity, and the market has rewarded these people accordingly.
Americans rarely ever pay heed to international celebrations that honor the establishment of a foreign nation. On Oct. 9, the People's Republic of China celebrated the centennial of the 1911 Chinese Revolution. Aside the cacophony of other pressing matters, this event signifies three important issues all Americans should be concerned with: (1) the upcoming Fifth Generation of leadership, (2) potential foreign and economic issues and (3) the future of China.
Alex Guilmartin made a good point in his Thursday column, lamenting the fact that the loud protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement are full of sound and fury yet signify nothing.
SPANISH FORK, Utah - Two 15-year-old girls died and a 13-year-old girl was critically injured after they were struck by a freight train in Utah.
PHOENIX - Authorities in Arizona arrested nearly 100 people after two separate protests in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
According to the "http://police.ufl.edu/media/crimelog/default2.asp" target= "_blank">University Police Department's campus crime log, the following crimes were committed from Oct. 9 to Oct. 15.
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Though the UF men’s and women’s swimming teams won convincingly against LSU on Saturday, coach Gregg Troy made sure the dual meet was anything but comfortable for his swimmers.
The Gators left the warm, humid Florida weather and got the cold shoulder in Wisconsin by some of the top competition in the country on Friday.
There was no letdown for the Gators when they took on the last place team in the Southeastern Conference on Friday.
Tangerine Wiggs plays just three rotations in Florida’s frontcourt, but on Friday night she took advantage of every chance she was given.
Ellas Anthony McDaniel, the 56-year-old son of rhythm and blues singer Bo Diddley, was arrested for trespassing in the downtown plaza named for his father.