About 300 Air Force, Marine Corps, Army and Navy ROTC cadets marched past their reviewing officer in UF's ROTC Joint Service Pass-in-Review Thursday.
The Plaza of the Americas turned into a mock refugee camp Thursday when about 60 students gathered at an event to learn about global poverty and disease.
Johnathan Lott's column on the need to increase the quality of education at UF is well-intentioned but terribly misguided. First, Florida Opportunity Scholars are held to the same admission standards as other UF students. So to suggest that there is a "lack of any notable academic qualifications" is to suggest that not only are the scholarship recipients underqualified, but that the rest of UF students are undeserving of admissions as well. Immediately after, he suggested that this program is risky because some of the money will be wasted on students who "can't handle UF."
Everyone loves a villain. Well, we like to hear about them, anyway.
Smokers will have yet another incentive to kick the habit after an April 1 tax increase, and local retailers are bracing themselves for the effects. The federal excise tax will increase for small cigarettes from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack and from $3.90 to $10.07 per carton, according to the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's Web site.
Globalization is a tricky word, said author and visiting professor, Saskia Sassen Thursday night.
A Gainesville Wal-Mart Supercenter employee and two other people were arrested Wednesday after being accused of stealing almost $5,000 from the store.
Losing City Commission candidates said they anticipate bright political futures, despite landslide victories by incumbents in Tuesday's Gainesville City Elections.
This weekend the O'Connell Center won't be filled with Gator fans cheering for a sports team. Instead, it will house UF's fifth annual Relay for Life.
This weekend, when the UF men's track and field team competes for the first time since its second-place finish in the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14, there will be a new yet familiar face looking to contribute on the track for UF: Jeff Demps.
The College of Medicine released their 10 percent budget cut proposal late Wednesday, which would cut about $3.8 million and result in the layoffs of seven faculty and staff positions, according to UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes.
It should be labeled "The Thriller at Linder."
After losing a home doubleheader earlier in the week, the Santa Fe College softball team redeemed itself, sweeping a doubleheader with Lake Sumter Community College on Thursday.
Questions have arisen recently over the payment of millions of dollars in bonuses and incentives to College of Medicine faculty while budget cuts threaten the jobs of dozens of employees and academic programs at UF.
It's no secret that the Gators have been looking forward to this weekend since the season started.
Florida's Board of Governors discussed upcoming slashes in the budget of Florida's 11 public universities and the happenings of Florida's legislative session in the final meetings of a two-day session on Thursday.
Junior center fielder Matt den Dekker had always been a do-it-all player in his first two seasons at UF, but coach Kevin O'Sullivan has managed to find new ways for the preseason All-American to make an impact on the team.
For what most considered to be a meaningless game during the middle of the NCAA Tournament, the scene in the UF locker room looked like anything but.
It took one sentence to lay her off and one more to reinstate her.
The UF organization Victory Over Violence will present "The Vagina Monologues" on Sunday, March 29 to promote awareness about domestic abuse and raise money for Peaceful Paths, a non-profit domestic abuse center in Gainesville.
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