National admissions panel seeks to make SAT, ACT optional
By KASEY ROBERTS | Sep. 22, 2008A national college admissions panel is encouraging universities to abolish SAT and ACT scores as requirements for admittance.
A national college admissions panel is encouraging universities to abolish SAT and ACT scores as requirements for admittance.
A new type of Facebook stalker is on the prowl, but for now, UF applicants don't have to de-tag those crazy spring break pictures.
Organic chemistry will never teach you how to ride a horse.
Generations of Florida Gators are expected to fill a video booth at the upcoming football game against the University of Mississippi to be a part of the newest nationwide campaign for UF.
The Orange and Blue Party released its platform for public input Sunday, but some of the party's ideas could be modified by the time the Student Government election arrives.
Football is the traditional UF moneymaker, but it's the marching band that recently earned $5,000 filming a spot for ESPN.
Victory Over Violence, a UF student organization that hosts the production of "The Vagina Monologues" annually, is hosting RAINN Day, an annual campaign created by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network to stop sexual assault on college campuses.
Members of the Orange and Blue Party, who have made controversial revisions to UF's Student Conduct Code a major part of its agenda in recent weeks, said they are happy with the final version of the changes, which were released Thursday.
The sun went down, and the feast began Thursday as people filled the floor level of the O'Connell Center in honor of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar.
Of 10 underage drinking arrests made by Gainesville Police on Wednesday night, five included members of Student Government political parties at The Swamp Restaurant.
Another message urging members of a student organization to register with the Gator Party during interviews for spots in next month's Student Government elections has emerged.
UF's grading system, which is being changed to include minus grades, will premier a semester later than planned.
About 100 yards of Newell Drive will be limited to one lane of traffic starting this morning and lasting until Tuesday.
For students who donate blood, the idea that they could save a person's life is satisfying enough, but UF freshman Giovanni Oliva feels he has made more of an impact than usual.
A fire alarm prompted a few hundred UF students, faculty and staff to evacuate Turlington Hall for about half an hour Thursday afternoon.
To keep up with highly mobile students, the Warrington College of Business Administration at UF is providing downloadable lectures that students can watch wherever and whenever.
John Baeza, a former narcotics detective for the New York Police Department, remembers the moment he decided to transfer from the narcotics unit years ago.
Rabbi Pickle stood about 5 feet tall with a green apron and a big, red beard.
Celebrations continued for the 50th anniversary of integration at UF with a ceremony at the Levin College of Law on Wednesday.
Stacey Gray is $150 richer, and she never had to leave a computer.