E-books get mixed reviews on campus
By Michael Sykes | Oct. 26, 2010While some see electronic books streamlining education in the near future, some UF students and faculty are hesitant to digitize learning.
While some see electronic books streamlining education in the near future, some UF students and faculty are hesitant to digitize learning.
The UF Meat Market is chopping prices on fresh flesh.
Students walking along Newell Drive on Thursday may have noticed an unusual vehicle parked behind Marston Science Library.
Meek, who is challenging Republican Marco Rubio and independent Charlie Crist, spoke to a crowd of about 40 people on Thursday in Reitz Union Room 282 about the importance of getting yourself and others to the polls.
At about 12:30 p.m., witnesses said they saw a man wandering around the Marston Science Library waiting for people to get up and leave their things.
What good is a rule if there are no mechanisms in place to enforce it? I’m talking about UF’s no-smoking policy. I see people every day, all day, smoking on campus, and they’re not even having to hide because they know there’s nothing anybody can do to them. I think on-campus smokers should be ticketed for the offense. If you were to add $5 to that $4 pack of cigarettes, I bet people would think twice about lighting up on campus.
Saturday's whole experience for most of The Gator Nation was horrible, but I'm not writing to complain about players or the result of the game.
Most of the crimes committed on campus involved property theft as opposed to violent crimes against people, also known as persons crimes.
The center ordered 10,000 doses of the vaccine this year, twice as many as last year.
Members of the Campus Diplomats will be calling all freshmen in an effort to make their transition to college easier.
David Bean accepted a trade from a customer in the 1990s that is now funding a new pharmaceutical wing at the UF Research and Academic Center in Lake Nona.
The Florida Cabinet debates scheduled for Oct. 5 at UF were canceled Tuesday afternoon.
The Reitz Union can now add a Redbox kiosk to its list of student services.
Students had the chance to learn a little bit more about getting involved on campus Monday afternoon.
On a day most students use to sleep in, about 20 students were on the Plaza of the Americas early Monday morning arranging this year’s memorial honoring the vicims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Student volunteers raced across campus Sunday afternoon picking up trash as part of Alpha Phi Omega’s Campus Cleanup Extravaganza.
Students who want to leave the country just have to hop on a bus.
Although hundreds of miles separate Gainesville from the site of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the issue resonates deeply for many Gainesville residents.
On behalf of the UF Police Department, I would like to welcome all of our new students, as well as returning students, back to campus. I also want to take this opportunity to discuss our department, convey the mission our staff strives to achieve daily and introduce each of you to the programming and coordination our department provides that may help you safely enjoy your stay while living, studying and working within the UF and Gainesville communities.
Each fall at UF marks the beginning of a new era as another group of recently admitted Gators arrive on campus. These students can look forward to defining moments that will be etched in their minds and will live on long after they walk across the stage on graduation day.