UF students recall terror in Colombia
By YUDISLAIDY FERNANDEZ | Feb. 4, 2008Vanessa Pineda's heartbeat rises when the phone rings with a call from Colombia.
Vanessa Pineda's heartbeat rises when the phone rings with a call from Colombia.
I think you guys were too hard on the Writing on the Wall project.
The recent ruling of the Gainesville City Commission to approve an ordinance protecting transgender residents from discrimination at local businesses was not a revolutionary move - the commission is just keeping up with the times.
In a perfect world, our wall would end racism and cure intolerance. Obviously, that is a ridiculous goal, and that has never been our intention.
Despite two home losses last week, don't count UF out of the NCAA Tournament picture just yet.
The Orange and Blue party is the second Student Government party to announce its executive ticket for the Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 SG elections.
Imagine that one day you are strolling toward University Avenue, about to grab a bite to eat before your 1:55 class, when it hits you: that first paper is due in an hour.
Players have all sorts of pregame idiosyncrasies to get themselves hyped up for the next 40 minutes of play. Gators forward Dan Werner has just one - listening to the same three songs.
The Gainesville City Commission passed a motion Monday night to push back voting on an ordinance that would affect Gainesville's churches.
"No more kidnappings! No more deaths! No more lies! No more FARC!" read posters and T-shirts displayed by UF students and faculty at the March for Peace in Colombia held on the Plaza of the Americas Monday.
Today 22 states will hold primary elections or caucuses, but the delegates at stake won't all be decided the same way.
The Florida Board of Governors and former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham resubmitted their tuition lawsuit against the state Legislature late Monday afternoon.
Ryan Nelson, UF alumnus, former Writing on the Wall, staff member
If you ask Bryson Barber what the biggest difference is between former UF baseball coach Pat McMahon and his successor, Kevin O'Sullivan, only one word is necessary: intensity.
Few would have thought on New Year's night that January would have turned out like this.
UF students and professors gathered at a candlelight vigil Monday night to honor two UF engineering students who died in a car accident Jan. 26.
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