UF is inviting all undergraduate students to complete the Student Experience in the Research University survey, known as SERU, and is offering incentives to do so.
There are many reasons students decide to attend one university over another.
In Friday’s edition of the Alligator, it was reported that next year’s cost of UF campus scooter decals will increase 50 percent and car decals by $10, amounting to a $72-a-semester and $144 flat-fee for a year, no matter what kind of vehicle you drive.
Students who have a few years until graduation may want to get used to the idea of hot Gainesville summers.
The chiming of tiny hand cymbals and chanting of the Hare Krishnas fill the Plaza of the Americas at lunchtime during the week.
UF won another national championship Saturday, taking home first place and $100,000 in cash and prizes from the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship.
The event offered an opportunity for residents to appreciate local art while interacting with friends and neighbors. With more than 120,000 visitors, the event drew more people than a UF football game.
UF students should expect to fork over more money next semester when it comes to parking.
This week, about 100 Gators had the chance to become bunnies.
Students passing in front of Library West on Thursday morning were treated to books they could really sink their teeth into.
The Hare Krishnas weren’t the only ones dishing out plates of vegan food Thursday afternoon on the Plaza of the Americas.
More than 100 people marched down University Avenue on Thursday night to speak out against date rape and sexual abuse.
When Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine resigned on Tuesday, President Barack Obama selected Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a UF alumna, as the new DNC chairwoman.
At dusk, women will try to reclaim the night.
Gainesville Fire Rescue, the Gainesville Police Department and the University Police Department responded to an electrical fire on the fifth floor of J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center early Wednesday afternoon.
Paul Marji, a model in Gainesville Fashion Week, will be doing more than strutting his stuff down the runway this year. He will also be directing models today, when they debut his original clothing line, Sui Generis. Marji is the first GFW model to do so since the event’s inception in March 2009.
Even in competition, six groups will be working toward the same goal: raising money for Japan’s tsunami victims.
In other news, the mildly funny comic Daniel Tosh renegotiated his contract for speaking at the UF O’Connell Center to reduce the crowd from 8,000 to 4,900 attendees.
Daniel Tosh, best known for his show on Comedy Central, “Tosh.0,” poked fun at topics such as sex, college, basketball and Tim Tebow.
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