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UNF student pleads guilty in Dahlem's death, awaits sentence
By ANDREW TAN | Oct. 4, 2007A University of North Florida student pleaded guilty Thursday to the killing of a Gainesville Police officer.
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Veterinary college to host largest adopt-a-thon since 2002
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Oct. 4, 2007The UF College of Veterinary Medicine will host an adopt-a-thon Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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State Attorney's Office may review Joiner case within 30 days
By KORI FREDERICK | Oct. 3, 2007UF senior football player Earl A. "Tony" Joiner will be charged by the State Attorney's Office sometime in the next 30 days, officials said.
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Miracle Day gives kids a chance to watch UF basketball practice
By EVA MAE SMITH | Oct. 3, 2007Two-and-a-half-year-old Geoffrey Porter gazed down at the UF men's basketball team with a smile on his face as he clapped his hands together and shot at a make-believe basketball hoop.
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Meningitis death at USF causes concern at UF
By NICOLE LINTON | Oct. 3, 2007The UF Student Health Care Center received concerned inquiries from students and parents regarding vaccination for bacterial meningitis, a rare but deadly disease, following the death of a University of South Florida student.
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Bacteria putting turtles' health at risk
By MARLY FALCON | Oct. 3, 2007Florida's marine ecosystem might be posing a serious threat to the already endangered sea turtles living there, according to a presentation held Tuesday at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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Student group to hold race in hopes of rebuilding homes
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Oct. 2, 2007By running in a race on Saturday, students can help rebuild areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina that some say are forgotten.
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UF football player arrested, charged with burglary
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 2, 2007UF football team captain and safety Earl A. "Tony" Joiner was arrested and charged with burglary early Tuesday.
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UF group uses art for healing
By HANNA THOMPSON | Oct. 2, 2007When a UF School of Theatre and Dance faculty member approached an undergraduate studying neuroscience, a new student organization was born.
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Local vets provide free vaccinations for virus affecting dogs
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Oct. 2, 2007In the past five months, Alachua County has had an outbreak of a somewhat uncommon but serious virus that affects dogs.
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UF football players speak to GPD about Sunday shooting
By ANDREW TAN | Oct. 1, 2007Gainesville Police have spoken to former and current UF football players about a shooting near campus Sunday, according to GPD officials.
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Two men shot close to campus
By ANDREW TAN | Sep. 30, 2007Two people were shot in a white Ford Crown Victoria near the Holiday Inn off University Avenue on Sunday at 2:20 a.m., according to Gainesville police.
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Former football player to open for hip-hop artists at UF concert
Sep. 30, 2007Tony Gay will take the stage at the O'Connell Center on Monday night to open for Lil' Wayne and Fabolous, but he once hoped to perform under the lights at The Swamp instead.
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RTS changes routes; lets students' spouses ride free
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Sep. 30, 2007Changes to the paths and times of several bus routes will go into effect today.
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Poetry event donates proceeds to Florida Wildlife Care
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 30, 2007With a backdrop of oil and watercolor landscape paintings, poets stepped up to the microphone and shared pieces of themselves with the audience.
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Locals confront tow-truck driver
By ANDREW TAN | Sep. 30, 2007While the word "hope" grips the steering wheel, a cigarette wedged in between "less" hangs outside the window of the blue Ford F-450 XLT tow truck.
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UF student dies after being found unconscious in pool
By ANDREW TAN | Sep. 27, 2007A UF student died Thursday after his friends found him unconscious in a swimming pool.
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Local businesses use Taser jokes to their advantage
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Sep. 27, 2007Three days after Andrew Meyer was Tasered by university police, a sign went up in Gator Dawgs.
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Tennis on Wheels brings tennis to disabled children
By MARLY FALCON | Sep. 27, 2007Disabled children in the Alachua Country school district have a new activity to look forward to during gym, thanks to a service group of UF students.
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'Fill the Boot' firefighters try to work around city panhandling ordinance
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Sep. 26, 2007Although a change in the county panhandling ordinances may allow nonprofit groups to collect money on roads, officials said there were no plans to change city ordinances.
