The Fightin’ Gator Marching Band prepares for Homecoming
By Joey Flechas | Nov. 3, 2011On a field still damp from morning rain, with the wind bringing the temperature into the 50s, a family of about 330 stood at attention.
On a field still damp from morning rain, with the wind bringing the temperature into the 50s, a family of about 330 stood at attention.
As a kid growing up in Virginia, Mike Salay always thought if you wanted to be a good skateboarder, you had to have lots of tattoos.
Gators fans decked out in orange and blue stream through the streets, giving "the chomp" to each other as they throw fists and "Go Gators!" into the air.
At Bluefield Estate Winery, it's all right if you don't know tannins from tea leaves or a Riesling from a pinot gris. It doesn't matter if you throw your wine back or prefer the see, swirl, sniff, sip and savor method.
To sum up the challenges in getting a college education, Joe Johnson took the stage of the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom on Thursday night and busted into rhyme.
The shooter pauses for a brief second, points his shotgun and pulls the trigger.
College kids are making the city look bad.
As UF Homecoming festivities swamp the streets on and around campus this weekend, Gainesville Police are planning to increase patrols in the city.
Despite a lackluster football season and winning the title of 10th douchiest school in the U.S., UF received more applications this year than last year.
UF professors have invented a filter that could help municipalities treat waste water and benefit the environment.
Gainesville Police are still searching for a man who kidnapped a UF student and held him hostage in his home for hours, according to police officials.
UF emailed an emergency alert shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday warning of an armed suspect in the Shands at UF atrium.
A UF employee was in serious condition at Shands at UF on Wednesday after she was in an accident while driving her motor scooter Tuesday afternoon.
The UF Supervisor of Elections may be removed from office if a resolution proposed by five Student Government senators passes.
Update: According to a University notification sent out at about 12:10 p.m., UPD "have conducted a complete search of the Shands/Health Science Center campus but have not located the subject".
Library West will be open 24 hours a day Sunday through Thursday in the spring.
With a swift keystroke on a smartphone and a download of the Foursquare app, as of Monday, students, visitors and fans alike can "check in" to official UF buildings and events.
Despite the football team's recent losing streak, the Gators ticket office has not seen a decrease in demand for tickets to Saturday's game.
Brittany Jacobs, 20, a mechanical engineering junior, received her first free flu shot from the Student Health Care Center this fall.
M. Jack Ohanian, former associate dean for research and administration and a professor of nuclear engineering at UF, died Monday.