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NEWS | CAMPUS

UF to train teachers as part of national program

By Lidia Dinkova | Nov. 2, 2010

UF will be teaching more teachers, thanks to a new program.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Cricket club hopes for championship

By Daniela Abratt | Nov. 2, 2010

The Gators are trying for another national championship. Members of the Gator Cricket Club will take the pitch this weekend in the American College Cricket’s Southeast Championship.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Provost pitches tuition change at Student Government meeting

By Meredith Rutland | Nov. 2, 2010

University Provost Joe Glover told senators that students would still be given Bright Futures tuition assistance based on how many credit hours they take, but they would be charged a flat fee.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF researcher discovers human ties to tree rodents

By Eric Henely | Nov. 2, 2010

A small, 55-million-year-old, tree-climbing rodent might be distantly related to you.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Campus offers polling places

By Alexander Klausner | Nov. 1, 2010

Students on campus have the polls brought to them.

NEWS | CAMPUS

According to the president of Gators Humans vs. Zombies, he was contacted by UF officials from the Office of Risk Management and the Center for Student Activities and Involvement who were concerned about insurance liability issues because some participants are not UF students.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Psychiatrist: Adderall poses serious risks

By Miriam Rattes | Nov. 1, 2010

It’s exam week, your stress levels are through the roof and you haven’t even started studying for your first midterm tomorrow.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Campus groups, services reach out to LGBT students

By Erin Jester | Nov. 1, 2010

UF freshman Shawn Abrahams is like most college students his age. He likes to watch football games and hang out with his friends, and he is looking forward to getting more involved with his new major, botany.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students sample ‘TreatZ’ at multicultural food tasting

By Marissa Prieto | Nov. 1, 2010

Meat pies, Ghanaian pancakes, Tamarind balls and baklava were just a few of the main courses being offered at TreatZ from Around the World: A Dessert Exposition.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF competes for prize from networking service

By Mina Radman | Nov. 1, 2010

Students with smart phones can check in on campus and help UF win $10,000.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF officials explain tuition proposal

By Joey Flechas | Nov. 1, 2010

About 30 students and faculty gathered in Pugh Hall Monday night for a forum about the looming issue of block tuition.

NEWS | FEATURES

Gators sell ‘superfluous’ shirts

By Sara Solano | Nov. 1, 2010

“Serving no useful purpose” since the summer of 2010.

NEWS | CAMPUS

“Vagina Monologues” auditions held this week

By ALINA TORRES | Nov. 1, 2010

The student organization Victory Over Violence will be hosting auditions for “The Vagina Monologues” this Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Reitz Union Room 275.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe College scares with "House of Seven"

By Nadine Korioth | Oct. 31, 2010

A girl squeezes her stuffed animal as she sits on a couch rocking back and forth in a state of delirium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

High schoolers debate at Blue Key

By Luke Gavin | Oct. 31, 2010

High school students duked it out over the weekend at UF, but they hit with words instead of fists.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Israeli consul to speak

By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 31, 2010

Ishmael Khaldi, the first Bedouin Deputy Consul for the State of Israel and the nation’s first high-ranking Muslim in the Israeli Foreign Service, will be speaking at UF on Monday night.