Students show off talent at Upward Bound showcase
By ALLYSON FOX | Mar. 4, 2010Sixteen-year-old Bianka Sanders went to the front of the room, placed her violin on the left side of her chin and filled the air with music.
Sixteen-year-old Bianka Sanders went to the front of the room, placed her violin on the left side of her chin and filled the air with music.
The Student Alliance party formed this semester, but it earned more Senate seats than any minority party participating in Student Government elections since spring 2002.
Growing up, Elizabeth Gonzalez never expected to compete in beauty pageants. The 21-year-old from Newberry said her style was “boyish” during her adolescent years, preferring jeans and T-shirts to skirts and stilettos. But earning the title of Miss Gainesville would help her do what she’s passionate about: reaching out to young people.
The Student Finance Group is challenging all UF student organizations on campus to take on the nuclear chicken wing.
Praise whatever God you do or don’t choose to believe in — it’s Spring Break!
Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon, according to Alachua County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Art Forgey.
Delta Upsilon Fraternity members were willing to lose blood to win the Blood Cup Award, which was presented to the group at The Swamp Restaurant Thursday night.
Nate Brown is determined to work back to where he was by making use of the single thing that remains totally his—a silver briefcase holding a tattoo gun and needles.
Lather. Rinse. Don’t repeat.
I know I will probably catch some criticism for writing about this, but I feel it needs to be said. Wednesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced the first “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal bill. Although the bill lacked any Republican support, it was still a step in the right direction.
You’ve got to love Monday morning. Most spend it with a bitter sense of injustice at having to wake up after a relaxing weekend. I partake in that activity with the added sense of injustice at having to go to Orgo 2. This particluar Monday, however, I was greeted with a new sense of wrong.
Recent legislation passed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday legalizing gay marriage has received many different reactions in Gainesville.
Jack Frost’s prolonged and icy grip on Florida farms is now reaching into grocery stores and restaurants across the country.
UF study-abroad students will be left with little time for a break this spring while taking weeklong courses overseas.
Wet T-shirt contests. Sandy beaches. Booze. Community service.
A fainting uncle, temporarily misplaced rings and painful shoes were not enough to keep Adriana Sanchez-Lindsay from having her fairy-tale wedding.
The Gainesville City Commission took a step toward realizing Project Grace’s goal to fight homelessness in a meeting Thursday night.
Graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot in the head as he swung a metal rod at the police officers in his apartment, according to a police report filed Friday.
UF’s campus is bursting with students packing up their shades and bathing suits, eager to hit the beach and make their mark on Spring Break. However, some Gators will be left behind, and rather than donning their swanky swimwear, they’ll be sporting jerseys.
Students for Justice in Palestine simulated the Gaza war zone.