UF cautious about positive investment returns
By KRISTEN HUFF | July 23, 2008UF administrators were warned to be prudent in their plans to use money from the university's endowment funds despite positive investment returns this year.
UF administrators were warned to be prudent in their plans to use money from the university's endowment funds despite positive investment returns this year.
Life isn't fair, and you need not tell this to The Hold Steady. In any justice-esteeming society, 2006's critically adored "Boys and Girls in America," an album crammed with hook-filled sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll throwbacks, would have landed the band the fanatical arena, following its unofficial designation as the scraggly incarnation of The E Street Band. Instead, they got a few nods in year-end polls and a billing on last year's Lollapalooza poster that was only slightly more visible than The Fratellis.
The new Batman movie will leave no one wondering, "Why so serious?"
HOOVER, Ala. - Reports are flying around that Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer was served a subpoena today at SEC Media Days while giving a radio interview, according to the Tuscaloosa News.
With temperatures hitting the 90s most days this summer, a hat might just become your new best friend. This season, hats are not just meant to be worn poolside. They can add a touch of style to any ensemble and, most importantly, protect your face from the summer's harsh rays.
Some people watch TV as a way to rest their minds and avoid meaningful conversations after a hard day.
Hundreds of high school students led by scrambled clues scoured UF's campus Wednesday morning for laminated clovers affixed to UF landmarks.
UF will begin a research program today that will aim to develop more reliable computer chips for military communications and radar.
It appears that the Alligator editorial board has had some difficulty in understanding the difference between a "timetable" and a "general time horizon." I would like to make an attempt to clarify these terms.
Haylee "Ugh" Slaughter likes where she is in life.
If you love football and feel-good stories, you must read "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis, author of "Moneyball." The book chronicles the story of how left tackles became one of the most important parts of any offense in the NFL and college, and it tells this tale through Michael Oher, the left tackle at Ole Miss.
When it hasn't been raining, it's been hot as Hades in the center of The Gator Nation this week. As the dog days of summer sprint onward at break-neck speed, we at the Department of Darts and Laurels would like to advise our loyal readers to stay hydrated and keep cool. Heat stroke shouldn't be taken lightly and neither should this week's blazing edition of …
Both players from Tennessee, running back Arian Foster and defensive end Robert Ayers, showed up to SEC Media Days wearing white jackets and pants. Foster's jacket had some nice black pinstripes.
Are Gainesville summer programs decreasing tension among neighborhood gangs? Depends whom you ask.
The fact that most of us don't hold a mortgage, work a full-time job or have kids to support makes it pretty easy to ignore the current economic crisis. It doesn't help that for all but a few of us, economics is more boring than an episode of "Book TV" on C-SPAN 3 featuring an interview with Alan Greenspan.
Both the city and county Equal Opportunity Offices have planned a day full of vendors, exhibits and support groups to celebrate the anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
It's not every day Alachua County deputies drive to the jail with Kate Spade, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton in their backseat.
Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses will congregate on campus this weekend to attend an annual regional convention held at the O'Connell Center.
You know what they say, everything is bigger in…Serbia.
UF fans are going to have to wait a little longer to find out if Gainesville will be named "TitleTown USA."