American Legion to provide flags for Hippodrome
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 20, 2009The flag flying over the Hippodrome State Theatre will continue to wave in the future thanks to a sponsorship by Gainesville's American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16.
The flag flying over the Hippodrome State Theatre will continue to wave in the future thanks to a sponsorship by Gainesville's American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16.
I found the title of Friday's opinion column titled "Bitter Teabaggers Ignored President's Package, Tax Cuts" to be very ironic. Jake Miller does make an extremely valid point about the frightening number of people ignoring the real implications of the president's package and tax cuts.
At the end of Skyler Kern's summer vacation, his bike won't be the only thing that's tired.
At about 15 inches tall, Shoot 'Em Up, the beer-pong playing robot created by UF electrical engineering senior Jamie Unger-Fink, can aim and launch a ping-pong ball at a targeted red Solo cup eight times in a row.
Conservative voices in government and in the media seem to be convinced that President Barack Obama's foreign policy stance is decidedly pansy. Bowing to the Saudis, shaking hands with Chavez and agreeing with European leaders has cemented Republican opinion that Barack is a sissy on the world stage.
While labor unions have been hurting over the last 30 years, the Major League Baseball Players Association has been thriving, said Donald Fehr, executive director of the baseball union.
UF's campus is scattered with about 250 blue emergency phones for those in need of help.
For the typical all-world quarterback, the spoils of gridiron war often include a proverbial "get out of jail free" card - turning college towns across the country into their own personal camps run-amok.
Somewhere between renting a minivan in Tulsa, Okla., and scarfing down chicken and waffles at 2 a.m. in downtown Atlanta, I realized I have no qualms about saying this has been the best four years of my life. I also have no problems saying my senior year has been the highlight of those four. It's not even close.
Two Gainesville Police Department officers stood in front of residents of Porters Community Monday apologizing and taking criticism for throwing eggs in the neighborhood while drunk.
UF coach Kevin O'Sullivan stresses the importance of pitching and fielding over and over again.
Though Monday's sky was covered in a blanket of gray, some UF students managed to lighten the mood with a little green as part of 4/20, an unofficial holiday centered on marijuana.
England. It is a country I've always had a soft spot for - I consider myself something of an Anglophile, and when I was younger, I always wanted to move there.
Ana Gonzalez has never seen the country she calls home.
By plucking the metal keys of a foot-long piano, guest lecturer Aaron Spalding brought more than a thousand years of African tradition to life.
If offense wins you games and defense wins you championships, the Saints (25-18, 14-7 Mid-Florida Conference) seem a likely bet to win the MFC this season.
Some student senators concerned with possible cuts to UF's multicultural and volunteering programs are hoping students will agree to pay higher tuition fees to save the programs.
The UF student accused of groping women on campus after telling them he was trying to remove a bug from their bodies may have groped as many as 36 women.