Students looking to work in UF Student Government now have a new third party option to get involved with.
When UF anthropology professor Michael Heckenberger worked in the Brazilian Amazonrainforest, the sky wasn’t always blue.
The University of Florida Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted a variety of events during the second week of fall semester encouraging students to attend other events and provide an opportunity for them to connect with people from other majors. SWE’s goal is to help empower women across campus to become engineers and leaders in STEM fields. “I just want to be a part of it,” said electro engineering freshman Kathleen Yang about the organization.
From a marketing perspective, I think that exercise has been criminally mismanaged. If there were a drug that could do for human health everything that exercise can, it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed. The problem comes from the idea that exercise must be really taxing and time-consuming to be effective. While I’m not suggesting that you’ll be an Olympian by doing 30 minutes of exercise every other day, I think most people would be surprised by just how beneficial a few movements can be, not just physically but mentally.
Authorities arrested a Gainesville man and are in pursuit of a second who allegedly stole and tried to sell about $2,000 worth of game consoles and electronics.
New details have surfaced about the fatal attack in Alachua County earlier this year from what ornithologists describe as “the world’s most dangerous bird.”
The Humane Society of North Central Florida is looking to get all of its animals under foster care before Saturday.
Gainesville residents are preparing for a hurricane that they’re not sure is even coming toward them.
A lifetime in Moscow hasn’t prepared Masha Ovespyan for Florida’s unpredictable hurricane season.
If you read the Alligator or checked the Swampy UF memes for top ten public teens Facebook page on Wednesday, you probably heard that a “new” Student Government party was announced: Gator Party. But there’s really nothing new here. Gator Party is Impact Party—just with a different name.
The UF campus is teeming with opportunities.
“Yes, Mom. I am prepared for the hurricane. Yes. Uh-huh.” You roll your eyes and shift your cell to the other ear.
Full disclosure: I pick my column topics based on how easy they are to write. A piece about my academic struggles? I can crank that out in an hour. Topics about the law school culture at UF, a more in-depth think piece on some political topic or (heaven forbid) a nuanced look at the student organization funding “crisis”? We’ll save those for a week when I’m not already procrastinating on my class assignments.
In 2017, two wooden houses on University Avenue, meant to bring comfort to Latinx and black UF students, were torn down.
A UF resident assistant was arrested Wednesday night after a female student told police he tried to sexually batter her.
Hurricane Dorian could potentially hit Florida as a Category 4 storm Sunday evening.
Gov. Ron Desantis has declared a state of emergency following Hurricane Dorian’s expected landfall in Florida.
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The Free Fridays Concert Series is hosting a celebration of ‘70s progressive rock bands, featuring local keyboardist Brad Bangstad.
He traveled to over 15 countries as part of the Yuujou project.
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