Florida hits the road for SEC opener
By JAIME MANHEIMER | Sep. 23, 2010The Gators are about to start their Southeastern Conference season, but the toughest stretch of the 2010 campaign may already be behind them.
The Gators are about to start their Southeastern Conference season, but the toughest stretch of the 2010 campaign may already be behind them.
Heading into its third tournament of the season, the UF women’s golf team is hoping this is the week they break out.
While the Gators dominated the Gator Invitational last weekend, they face a difficult test this weekend as they travel to Meadowood, Calif., to take part in the Napa Valley Tennis Classic.
A recent report from The Wall Street Journal states that debt from student loans is about $2.5 million more than consumer credit debt. UF financial aid advisers and a student explain where that money is headed and how students can spend it more efficiently.
When Buddy MacKay returned to Florida after serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, he saw a state in desperate need of development and renovation. Yet more than a decade removed from his service in a state government that has overseen numerous changes, he still sees a state in need of improvement.
UF students can now plan their weekends on their iPhones, thanks to a new application from a local company.
Since we last left you, the gems of our Gator Nation, we were enjoying the last bit of the summer season we still had left.
A 58-year-old Gainesville man was arrested and charged with one count of animal cruelty Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a neighbor’s rottweiller about 16 times with a pocketknife.
Frantzie Saint Juste listened patiently as one student after another gave the same response — too much homework, not enough time. Another day at the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County, another day understaffed.
In his column “Zombie attack bad for university image,” Sean Quinn states, “above all else UF is a four-year research institution, focused on educating its students to their fullest potentials.” I would argue this is exactly why alternate reality games like Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) should have a place on campus.
I try not to get too involved in Student Government politics; it makes your head spin after awhile. But after reading Wednesday’s letters, I have to ask the question: Why are the current SG officials (i.e., the Unite Party via longtime Student Sen. Matt Michel and Unite operative Dana Summerstein) so threatened by the up-and-coming reformers?
I’m getting tired of this.
After the blur that was my 21st birthday, I found myself sober enough to realize fall was officially upon us. I don’t know about you, but I sincerely detest fall.
In keeping with the sweeping technological changes in the media industry, the UF College of Journalism and Communications will be opening the 21st Century News Laboratory today.
Matt Michel and Dana Summerstein both wrote letters trashing the Independent Coalition.
With Student Government elections looming, candidates are hitting the pavement and making their case to students about why their positions stand above the others.
After beating ranked foes from the Big 12, Mountain West and Southeastern Conferences in the first nine matches of the so-called “Gator Gauntlet,” Florida closed its rough opening stretch by adding a fourth conference to the list.
Despite carrying the ball a career-high 26 times last week, Florida running back Jeff Demps said he has not felt sore.
If a mad scientist ever made a prototype for the perfect goalkeeper, it would be tall, quick, loud and fearless.
Looking at the schedule before the season, fans knew what to expect from a Kentucky-Florida matchup.