Senate hopeful meets students
Apr. 7, 2010In his journey to become Florida’s newest senator, Congressman Kendrick Meek made a pit stop in Gainesville Wednesday night to listen to and talk with students.
In his journey to become Florida’s newest senator, Congressman Kendrick Meek made a pit stop in Gainesville Wednesday night to listen to and talk with students.
This is the second segment of a two-part series describing emergency response teams at UF.
Many wondered how Florida was able to sign the nation’s best recruiting class this year amid uncertainty surrounding coach Urban Meyer’s career, but it wasn’t just the staff that was working to keep the class together.
The Animal Activists of Alachua talked about veganism on the Plaza of the Americas.
A year after testing the transfer waters, Alex Tyus is evaluating his NBA Draft options.
Cheese-free pizza and soy ice cream awaited about 500 students on the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday during VegFest.
One of the great mysteries of our time is the paradox of state government. Every few years, each state in our great union selects the brightest and most talented descendants of privilege and sends them away to plot out the boundaries of our daily lives. Just like clockwork, these seemingly divine figures time and again fail to deliver on their promises and the effulgent nature of their haircuts.
Gleeks, the wait is over. The show that left America singing its high school heart out is back from hibernation, and not a moment too soon.
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It’s five minutes until your next class. You have just come out of a three-hour-block and now have to run across campus to present a project. By the way, your stomach is growling.
Change clothes and go. The sexy catwalk is all set for the fabulousness of the runway models who are about to stomp their heels into it. It’s Gainesville Fashion Week.
She’s the mistress to Vincent Van Gogh and friend to bohemians and scenesters everywhere. Elusive, magical and maybe even a little dangerous, the Green Fairy—better known as Absinthe—is the stuff legends are made of.
Florida Fight Nights is bringing mixed martial arts to Gainesville on Saturday at 8 Seconds (:08).
It goes without saying that students should not have to fear the police who are employed to protect them. Kofi Adu-Brempong’s incident is surely a moment the University Police Department should learn from. But the student organizations calling for the end of the Critical Incident Response Team are clearly missing the point.
For some of the 40 people who waited in line at Best Buy Saturday morning, the iPad may not have been worth the wait. If they attend UF, they may have a difficult time using Apple’s latest gadget.
UF students added color to their sex lives Wednesday during Pride Awareness Month’s Paint Your Orgasm event on the Reitz Union North Lawn.
There is a vast hoard arising at UF. It is recognizable by the hoard’s pasty, livid complexions. You can spot them a mile off by their awkward, stumbling, limp gaits. However, the best way to spot one of these bastion’s life-sucking buggers is to get up close and personal, so you can see the dead, hopeless gaze in their eyes.
Going against the tradition of bringing in intellectual “heavy hitters” such as Meghan McCain, Andy Samberg and the ever-esteemed, generic “Real World” cast member, our beloved high council of white sepulchres at Accent were able to lure religion experts Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens to campus Tuesday night.
There’s been a recent trend in mainstream cinema that thrusts schlub guys into the spotlight. They’re normal, everyday dudes who drink, smoke pot, look like your neighbor and have lame jobs, if they have jobs at all.
I’m going to let you in on a little secret.