App gets users in sync with Gainesville
By Alexandra Gonzalez | Sep. 23, 2010UF students can now plan their weekends on their iPhones, thanks to a new application from a local company.
UF students can now plan their weekends on their iPhones, thanks to a new application from a local company.
Since we last left you, the gems of our Gator Nation, we were enjoying the last bit of the summer season we still had left.
A 58-year-old Gainesville man was arrested and charged with one count of animal cruelty Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a neighbor’s rottweiller about 16 times with a pocketknife.
Frantzie Saint Juste listened patiently as one student after another gave the same response — too much homework, not enough time. Another day at the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County, another day understaffed.
In his column “Zombie attack bad for university image,” Sean Quinn states, “above all else UF is a four-year research institution, focused on educating its students to their fullest potentials.” I would argue this is exactly why alternate reality games like Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) should have a place on campus.
I try not to get too involved in Student Government politics; it makes your head spin after awhile. But after reading Wednesday’s letters, I have to ask the question: Why are the current SG officials (i.e., the Unite Party via longtime Student Sen. Matt Michel and Unite operative Dana Summerstein) so threatened by the up-and-coming reformers?
I’m getting tired of this.
After the blur that was my 21st birthday, I found myself sober enough to realize fall was officially upon us. I don’t know about you, but I sincerely detest fall.
In keeping with the sweeping technological changes in the media industry, the UF College of Journalism and Communications will be opening the 21st Century News Laboratory today.
Matt Michel and Dana Summerstein both wrote letters trashing the Independent Coalition.
With Student Government elections looming, candidates are hitting the pavement and making their case to students about why their positions stand above the others.
After beating ranked foes from the Big 12, Mountain West and Southeastern Conferences in the first nine matches of the so-called “Gator Gauntlet,” Florida closed its rough opening stretch by adding a fourth conference to the list.
Despite carrying the ball a career-high 26 times last week, Florida running back Jeff Demps said he has not felt sore.
If a mad scientist ever made a prototype for the perfect goalkeeper, it would be tall, quick, loud and fearless.
Looking at the schedule before the season, fans knew what to expect from a Kentucky-Florida matchup.
Deriving its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chitchat,” PechaKucha Night is back again for a second gathering.
Widespread student participation in Student Government is the major theme for the Progress Party’s platform this fall.
Even though the 24 independent candidates in the upcoming Student Government election are running decentralized campaigns, they have still agreed to run on a common platform.
Providing grant funding for graduate students, placing more Redboxes across campus and adding a Regional Transit System Bus Tracking Center in the Reitz Union mark just some of the issues the Unite Party plans to tackle on their platform.
UF freshman John Rohde speaks to representatives about a study abroad trip to Chengdu, China Wednesday afternoon on the Reitz Union Colonnade. The table was part of the 2010 Study Abroad Fair. Students who took the first step to becoming a “Global Gator” were able to speak with staff and students who have been abroad, as well as with representatives from approved study abroad programs to learn more about studying overseas.Dana Burke, Alligator