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VISA to host talent show benefitting tsunami victims
By Courtney Steinberg | Apr. 6, 2011Even in competition, six groups will be working toward the same goal: raising money for Japan’s tsunami victims.
Accent and SGP lack backbone with Tosh performance
By Joe Verboncoeur | Apr. 6, 2011In other news, the mildly funny comic Daniel Tosh renegotiated his contract for speaking at the UF O’Connell Center to reduce the crowd from 8,000 to 4,900 attendees.
Daniel Tosh performs for audience of 4,900
By Kristin Lopopolo | Apr. 6, 2011Daniel Tosh, best known for his show on Comedy Central, “Tosh.0,” poked fun at topics such as sex, college, basketball and Tim Tebow.
Rock concert to help feed families
By Jenna Mescon | Apr. 6, 2011Charity and rock ‘n’ roll will come together today in the form of a benefit concert aimed at ending hunger throughout Florida.
UF to defend title at fishing championship
By Hannah Winston | Apr. 5, 2011Jake Gipson and Matt Wercinski won a national championship last year by a 9-ounce margin.
Medical school icon dies
By Morgan Watkins | Apr. 5, 2011For more than 50 years, Dr. W. Jape Taylor watched the UF College of Medicine grow from a startup school to one that is well established in the medical community.
Crowd limited for Daniel Tosh
By Kristin Lopopolo | Apr. 5, 2011Although the show was originally to be open to 8,000 people, Student Government Productions and Accent announced last week that only 4,900 UF students and members of the faculty will be permitted to attend.
Senate bill keeps FLC its own entity
By Hannah Winston | Apr. 5, 2011The Student Senate unanimously passed the Cabinet Reconstruction Act despite the commotion it caused at last week’s meeting.
Student project ponders whether college is waste of time
By Ashton McLeod | Apr. 5, 2011UF student Kyle Eschenroeder is working on a project that explores one question: Is college a waste of time?
Students to perform German opera at Phillips Center
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 5, 2011A narrator stepped onto the stage in an olive tunic holding an empty three-ringed binder.
WUFT to offer Spanish news
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 5, 2011For those with an HD radio, WUFT-FM will now be coming through the airways in two languages.
Funeral service for student scheduled for Thursday
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 5, 2011Tucker Obie McCarty, a UF student from St. Augustine, died Saturday night in Columbia County when his truck swerved off the road and flipped. He was 21 years old.
Student football ticket prices to increase
By Alexander Klausner | Apr. 4, 2011The University Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved a five-dollar-per-game increase on its season ticket packages, jacking the price for a student package up from $70 to $105.
UF gets No. 1 ranking in sustainability report
By ALLISON BANKO | Apr. 4, 2011The Gators’ green agenda has propelled them to a clean No. 1 spot.
Gospel choirs sing at annual spring extravaganza
By Jessica Kegu | Apr. 3, 2011Voices from around the state filled the University Auditorium on Sunday evening for the University Gospel Choir’s annual spring Gospel Extravaganza.
Student composer to debut his opera this weekend
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 31, 2011For more than a year, Evan Kassof has been writing his own opera. On Saturday, the first act of his work will be unveiled as part of his senior composition recital.
UF Student Government meets with state lawmakers in Tallahassee
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 31, 2011About 70 students packed into a bus and headed to Tallahassee on Tuesday to speak with state lawmakers about issues important to the university.
UF ranks 9th on list of top social media colleges
By GREG LUCA< | Mar. 31, 2011As UF students are flocking to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the university is following suit.
Honors students reach out
By Sara Kaner | Mar. 31, 2011A school project on Rwanda inspired one UF freshman to realize that she wanted to do something to help the world.








