Aug. 6, 1969
Playboy has named UF the sexiest school in the country in its September issue, which hit mailboxes today.
UF tops a list of 25 schools rated "in descending order of permissiveness - the chart's upper reaches being meccas for the sexually hedonistic, its lower depths monasteries for the sexually meek."
The article mentions UF's freshmen women-only curfew, a rule which is lazily enforced, as one of the reasons the school ranked so high.
"Although the tone of the article is sprightly," according to the original Alligator article, "the research behind them was thorough enough to support a treatise in a sociological journal."
Aug. 5, 1976
The establishment of UF's first organization for gays and lesbians, the Gay Community Service Center, is announced.
Five years earlier, a more radical group, the Gay Liberation Front, failed to achieve the same goal.
"The GLF is more politically radical," said Elizabeth Williams, chairwoman for the center. "We have a broader base as to purpose and goals."
The group pledges to work to eliminate prejudice, dispel myths and stereotypes, as well as help foster pride and self-awareness in the gay community.
Aug. 5, 1997
UF announces that students will now have access to a free university e-mail account, called GatorLink.
Up until now students wishing to have a school account had to go through a third party server and pay a $20 fee.
Along with the e-mail service, students can register for classes free of charge on ISIS, the Integrated Student Information System.
"The university wants UF faculty, staff and students to be able to communicate through e-mail," said Fran McDonell, manager of the UF Computing Help Desk. "Anywhere you have an Internet connection, you can access these services."
