UF students on military duty overseas get care packages
By John Lockett | Mar. 22, 2009UF students who are deployed overseas are getting a taste of home thanks to their fellow Gators.
UF students who are deployed overseas are getting a taste of home thanks to their fellow Gators.
A tug-of-war ensued on Friday among a group of six members from Students for a Democratic Society, who pulled to protest the current budget cuts UF is facing as well as costs of funding the Iraq war.
The Southeastern Conference had a strong showing in the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational this weekend, but excuse the Gators if they aren't too happy with their performance in the tournament.
Environmentalism and public transportation are at the top of the platform for Gainesville City Commission candidate Tom Cunilio.
Five members of UF's award-winning Dance Marathon team traveled to Orlando last week to film a commercial and attend the Children's Miracle Network Celebration, an event honoring about 70 children from around the world for their positive attitudes in the face of medical struggles.
Richard Selwach reveals the real agenda of the "Yes on Charter Amendment 1" campaign in Hunter Sizemore's March 20 article.
Forty-five minutes before going on sale, "Twilight" DVDs were out of stock at the Borders on Newberry Road.
A man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance after spitting out a small bag of crack cocaine while talking to Gainesville Police Department officers.
Welcome to the worst three days of March Madness.
Despite getting just 2 1/3 innings from preseason ace Patrick Keating, UF (14-7, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) was able to come from behind and record a 7-5 victory on Sunday in McKethan Stadium, completing the series sweep of Tennessee (9-12, 1-5 SEC).
Whether it is in a low-key competition or on a large stage against the top competitors in a sport, success is a major confidence booster for athletes, and this especially stands true for the younger athletes on the UF women's track and field team.
UF may continue offering Vietnamese classes next year after assistant professor Andrea Pham, who was scheduled to be laid off in June, was ordered to be reinstated by an arbitrator about a week ago.
Music blared from a van's speakers, children bounced in an inflatable moonwalk and smoke poured from a huge grill cooking hot dogs and hamburgers at what seemed to be a typical block party.
About 30 students took part in a 24-hour fast on Friday and Saturday to better understand the lives of people living in poverty around the world.
The Santa Fe College softball team (33-3, 8-2 Mid-Florida Conference) took another doubleheader Saturday against South Florida Community College.
The undergraduate programs in the College of Education will not be eliminated next academic year under a draft of a 10 percent budget cut proposal presented Friday by Catherine Emihovich, dean of the college.
Next month, the state of Michigan will join the ranks of 12 other states who currently allow for the use of medicinal marijuana - the first located between the Rockies and the East Coast.
For 12 hours comedians were kept on their toes, performing fresh jokes and skits at the Reitz Union to fundraise for cancer research on Friday.