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Despite a bleak economy and rising tuition costs, officials from the UF Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs have not seen a decline in the number of students who join Greek organizations.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Artist displays steel sculptures, student creations in front yard

By Erin Jester | Sep. 6, 2011

Passers-by may have noticed a non-native moose guarding Jenn Garrett's front yard near Westside Park and Littlewood Elementary School.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Textbook rentals on the rise

By Emily Morrow | Sep. 6, 2011

August is a month of firsts - the first day of school, the first semester's tuition payment, the first month's rent deposit - all of which can add up.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Study: People addicted to phones

By Anna Marie Soltren | Sep. 6, 2011

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project last month told us this: We are addicted to our cellphones.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Tuition increases necessary

By C.T. Bland | Sep. 6, 2011

I am a graduate student who supports tuition increases to cover the rising operating costs of UF, including my meager salary.

NEWS | CAMPUS

New students should come out of shells

By Nicholas Butler | Sep. 6, 2011

This is my first column, ever. Well, at least it is the first one to be published. I want to make it good. You only get one first impression.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Administration postpones block tuition indefinitely

By Joey Flechas | Sep. 6, 2011

During Tuesday morning's Board of Trustees conference call, UF Provost Joe Glover said the recent jump in graduation rates gave the administration reason to reconsider the measure.

NEWS | CAMPUS

SHCC orders fewer flu shots for 2011

By Erin Jester | Sep. 5, 2011

Despite a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control that everyone older than 6 months get one, the Student Health Care Center ordered half as many flu shots as last year.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Dorm shortage puts students in overflow housing

By Keilani Rodriguez | Sep. 5, 2011

Resident assistants are being forced to take roommates.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

TutoringZone adds new class sessions

By Clare Lennon | Sep. 5, 2011

Before students posted on Facebook that TutoringZone "is like academic sex," before there were 31 tutors and thousands of student clients, there was just Matt Hintze.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Professor stable after suffering heart attack

By Erin Jester | Sep. 5, 2011

A UF materials engineering professor who suffered a heart attack is in stable condition thanks to two students.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Students Party makes debut

By Clare Lennon | Sep. 5, 2011

Students who want to run for Student Government now have the option to run under the Students Party, a new minority party that looks to challenge the Unite Party's majority rule.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Baby Gator a place of learning, laughter

By Emily Morrow | Sep. 5, 2011

A single tear clung threateningly to Brayden's cheek as his daddy walked out the door as if it couldn't decide whether to fall or not.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Researchers modify ocean chemical as potential cancer cure

By Mina Radman | Sep. 5, 2011

UF researchers may have found a new way to fight colon cancer.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Keep campus clean after football games

By Sami Main | Sep. 5, 2011

Gamedays are here again.