Underage drinking laws to receive 'true test' in fall
By ASHLEY ROSS | Aug. 15, 2009Students can still party like they're at the No. 1 or No. 2 party school in the nation - as long as they do it legally.
Students can still party like they're at the No. 1 or No. 2 party school in the nation - as long as they do it legally.
A man had to be pulled from underneath a pickup truck by emergency crews after hitting it on his motorcycle across from the Reitz Union bus stop Thursday afternoon, according to reports from the scene.
UF's lawyers have responded to claims of racial and sexual discrimination made in a lawsuit earlier this year by former associate professor of law Sherrie Russell-Brown.
Despite its recent ranking as the nation/s No. 2 party school, UF was one of five schools named a 2009 Model of Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program on College Campuses by the U.S. Department of Education.
Hoping to make up for some of the $2.9 million a year in free fire service provided to UF, the city will use University Police Department officers to help patrol late-night parties and the bars along University Avenue.
As a result of recent armed robberies, UF plans to install cameras at Corry Village and Tanglewood Village, two graduate and family housing complexes.
A sergeant with the University Police Department was asked to resign or be fired last month after an internal investigation found he was guilty of hitting and kicking a man while off duty and likely lying about his actions to avoid charges.
Football fans will have to find a new way to relieve stress when the Gators are trailing during a game.
Senators approved $1,971 in aid for student organizations in the last Student Senate meeting of the summer Tuesday.
A new UF study shows people who witness co-workers being rude to each other experience the same effect as the people toward whom the rude behavior is directed.
A $15,000 grant from the French-American Fund for Contemporary Art will help the Harn Museum of Art commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in an exhibit set to debut in February.
A UF graduate student who was arrested in April for groping a woman in front of Library West after telling her he was removing a bug from her body will plead no contest on Friday.
Fox's Sun Sports is about to teach UF students something new about their university - Gators do not wear "jorts."
At Camp Kesem, Brian Shelton goes by Cookie Monster.
Researchers have found that bacteria growing in the wood of sweet gum trees, also known as alligator wood, may improve the process of making biofuels.
The link between age and vision loss may be a thing of the past.
UF will test its new emergency text messaging system Thursday, hoping to reach about 67,000 registered students, faculty and staff, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
In an effort to become healthier and cleaner, UF will ban tobacco on its main campus beginning in July, joining over 100 campuses across the U.S. that have already gone smoke free.
There won't be a full moon Saturday, but guests can celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and the first walk on the moon with marshmallow MoonPies.
Two UF professors received more than half a million dollars for research, and they're leaving it up to the students to do the legwork.