The 2004 movie "Super Size Me" showed the dangerous truth of an ballooning waistline due to a McDonald's diet, but now, during the economic recession, the only thing ballooning for McDonald's are its sales.
A little less than a year ago, Urban Meyer said it would be hard to keep incoming freshman defensive tackle Omar Hunter off the field. Meyer could have shoved all of Hunter's 308 pounds out there with the first team defense when he arrived in Gainesville. And he wasn't bashful about praising Hunter's abilities, calling him the Tim Tebow of last year's recruiting class.
It's hard to say which causes a bigger swing in momentum: winning a rivalry game or losing a rivalry game with a rematch scheduled just two weeks later.
The losing streak didn't last long for Santa Fe College.
The editorial printed in Monday's Alligator about concealed carry on campus was irrational and unduly alarmist.
Along with more staff and faculty layoffs, UF's last sport and fitness classes are also on the chopping block after the release of budget cut proposals from three more colleges.
As a concealed-weapons permit holder and admitted UF law student, I couldn't help but shake my head at Monday's Alligator editorial "Guns have no place on college campuses," in which the question was posed, "Who is to say that if passed, these bills won't lead to coeds pulling guns on their significant other over a minor disagreement or professors feeling unsafe in their own classrooms?"
UF point guard Nick Calathes is ready to test his NBA prospects.
About 6,800 students have taken UF's Student Experience at Research Universities (SERU) online survey, which almost all undergraduates have to take in order to be eligible for the football ticket lottery.
America's economic downturn has ushered in tumultuous financial times across college campuses, leaving some schools to employ questionable tactics during the admissions process.
Over the past two days, automotive giants Chrysler and GM have been held increasingly accountable by the Obama Administration for their lack of action.
Santa Fe College's Anne Kress was named as one of three finalists Monday for president of Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y.
Good move, Billy Donovan.
For one former collegiate rower, raising awareness about cancer meant taking his talents to the ocean - all 2,950 miles of it.
Audience members danced and clapped in their seats as the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra played familiar tunes for the free, annual Pops on the Plaza concert.
More than 400 small, white paper bags bearing the names of those affected by cancer lit up the indoor track of the O'Connell Center as about 1,200 participants walked a silent lap and carried candles in remembrance.
The rain and wind couldn't completely stop UF this weekend in Tallahassee.
After watching receivers Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy work out for NFL scouts at UF's Pro Day on March 18, Urban Meyer came to an unpleasant realization.
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