World-renowned gaming expert Jane McGonigal gave students a seemingly unexpected piece of advice Tuesday night: She urged them to spend more time playing games online.
What do you think makes a good student? Your response may include that a person must go to class, understand the material, study hard and take tests well. These are all important aspects of being a good student, yet there are also factors involved that may at first seem counterintuitive. Success in school also depends on how you compare your performance to others and how happy you are.
Drivers going to fill up on gas or grab a late-night snack at the McDonald's on Archer Road should expect lane closures starting next week.
This weekend is a huge game for the Florida Gators. After being defeated by Alabama, we have the chance to redeem ourselves when we play the No.1 Louisiana State University Tigers.
While the official Oktoberfest festival in Munich ended on Monday, beer drinkers around the world continue to celebrate the popular style by picking up a pint of this seasonal favorite.
The Student Senate on Tuesday approved transferring $28,800 from reserve funds to the vice president's SG Cabinet for cellphone charging stations.
MIAMI (AP) - The Univision television network denied allegations Tuesday that it told Republican Sen. Marco Rubio it might not broadcast a story about a relative's decades-old drug conviction if he appeared on its news programs.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - The first thing you'll do upon entering Legoland Florida is walk up to the nearest oversized Lego model and touch it: Is it really made out of those little plastic bricks that are as much a part of American childhood as skinned knees and ice cream cones?
After reading his opinion piece on Social Security Monday, I was baffled when I saw that Travis Hornsby was a senior majoring in statistics and economics.
This is in response to Sami Main's editorial "Vegetarian Options Should Not Be Feared." While applauding Sami's address to an often overlooked issue, I'd like to take it a step further and say that vegetarian options should be revered.
Republicans: Your prayers for victory in 2012 just might have been answered.
If you have not already, some of you might start getting charged a monthly fee for debit-card usage.
Results of the fall Student Senate elections are still up in the air after a UF Supreme Court appeals hearing Monday night.
As tuition increases, scholarship programs slip away and the unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent, the overall rate of students defaulting on their college loans has increased at the highest rate in two decades.
For the second year in a row, Alachua County had the highest combined property tax rate in the state of Florida, and UF's presence in Gainesville has a lot to do with it.
Florida will be without John Brantley when it travels to Baton Rouge, La., this weekend.
Artistic students met the first Monday of October with a dancing gold crystal and a flash mob on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
Florida coach Will Muschamp addressed his defense’s issues Monday following a 38-10 blowout loss at home in which the Gators failed to limit the Crimson Tide’s run game.
Results of the fall Student Senate elections are up in the air after a court hearing.
Big men need love, too.
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