Students are wising up to hard classes, taking a hint from Darwin and sniffing out the easy ones: adaptation at its best.
So you've been to Preview, learned the chomp, met advisers and heard a plethora of presentations. But as the euphoria of diving deeper into the Gator Nation wanes, there are things those who've crawled the swamps before you want you to know, like how to get the classes you want when 50,000 Gators are chomping for the same bite.
Around October, brightly colored study guides, stacks of flashcards and coffee thermoses start popping up in the arms of students all over campus.
If you're not paying attention to UF Student Government, you probably should. It controls a $17 million budget paid for by you and 50,000 of your fellow students.
There is no yellow brick road of transportation in the land of the orange and blue.
With the ever-increasing cost of tuition and college students' budgets steadily shrinking, purchasing new books from the university bookstore just isn't an option for some anymore.
On behalf of the UF Student Body, welcome to the Gator Nation! This is the beginning of the greatest years of your life, and we are here to guide you as you transition to college.
A technology boost makes safe riding a snap.
UF took a dive in rankings that will simultaneously please administrators and leave students disgusted.
UF's newest graduates may have more to fear this weekend than an unfriendly job market.
Archer, Fla., is but a speck on a map. It has a population of about 1,300, and its claim to fame might only be that it was once home to legendary rhythm and blues artist Bo Diddley.
Three UF alumni captured the story of a community's support, a family's resilience and a special child's love for baseball in a seven-minute short film titled "Jacob's Turn."
The Chords of Color for a Cause program approaches cancer in a different way.
The UF College of Education announced Monday its new dean - Glenn Good.
For UF football fans looking to park off-campus for home games, the Gator Aider service returns.
The students have been heard.
Talk to anybody who has grown up in the North, and they will surely regale you with fond memories of catching lightning bugs on warm summer nights. Ask born-and-raised Floridians, and they'll stare blankly as no memories come to mind.
About 2,500 students will move out of their summertime homes in UF's residence halls this week.
"For better or for worse," he boomed, when all the shuffling and seat-swapping subsided, "this is my swan song."
When I joined the Unite Party in fall 2010, I was inspired by its rhetoric about bringing the campus together. When I was elected to the Student Senate on the party's ticket, I was excited to work to improve our campus. However, with every passing week, I've grown more and more dismayed about how the party's words are always different from its actions.
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