UF, FSU work to offset emissions caused by football game
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 20, 2007Turfgrass footprints are easy to patch up. A carbon footprint - damage done to the atmosphere that results in global warming - isn't so simple.
Turfgrass footprints are easy to patch up. A carbon footprint - damage done to the atmosphere that results in global warming - isn't so simple.
While many students are excited about packing up to go home and visit their families over Thanksgiving break, some aren't too happy about an extended stay at home.
After attending Alberto Gonzales' speech, I have never been so ashamed and embarrassed to attend UF. I simply cannot believe people are so disrespectful and rude to someone who has devoted his life to serving our country.
After hearing the news of Ashley Ann Groves' accident Monday afternoon, about 100 of her friends arrived at Shands at UF and prayed downstairs.
To some, he's a legend. To others, he's senile.
Nine goals and five assists.
While students return to their homes for holiday festivities and companionship, the LifeSouth Community Blood Centers remain lonely places.
With wintry weather around the corner, blankets were collected this month for the Gainesville homeless population.
Jack Hanna said he knew he wanted to be a zookeeper when he was 12 years old.
As Atanu Mukherjee stood on the white sands of a Florida beach, he looked into the Atlantic Ocean with envy in his eyes. Mukherjee, 32, a UF foreign exchange student from Calcutta, India, could not swim. But for Mukherjee and other aquatically challenged adults, it's not too late to learn.
Food donations are pouring into the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank just in time for Thanksgiving.
There was actually a bright spot in UF's 27-point defeat at Nebraska on Saturday night.
(Andrew Stanfill / Alligator Staff) Jose Cavarrero, with Central Florida Drywall, removes old drywall paper in preparation of putting on new drywall compound while wearing stilts in the Reitz Union on Monday. Andrew Stanfill
Students returning from Thanksgiving break with leftovers from their turkey dinners may want to take precautions if they want to be replenished and ready to jump into final-exam studies.
A smiling Percy Harvin returned to practice for the first time in nearly two weeks Monday after recovering from a sinus infection and migraine headaches.
While I know how excited UF fans are for a chance to see their Gators battle it out against Ron Zook and the Illini in the Capital One or Outback bowl, the Gators still can earn a spot in one of the nation's elite bowl games.
City towing rates could increase if employees at Watson's Towing get their way.
I just wanted to tell all UF students to have a good Thanksgiving, but even more importantly, to return to UF alive next week. Please don't do anything stupid. There have already been too many young, potentially great lives lost this semester. Be safe.
In his first appearance at a university since resigning in August, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was met at UF on Monday with a mixture of cheers, boos and scattered interruptions by protesters, two of whom were arrested.
An accident involving a car and scooter near Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest 26th Street left a UF student in serious condition Monday afternoon.