Gator fans may find final resting place on campus
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 4, 2009For some people, four years at UF just isn't enough.
For some people, four years at UF just isn't enough.
Editor's note: This is the final part of a two-part series about veteran UPD officers.
Progress Energy, which sells electricity to UF, has requested a decrease in electric rates that could soften UF's budget cut by between $2 million and $3 million, according to Matt Fajack, UF's chief financial officer.
While many students buzz along Gale Lemerand Drive as they make their way to class, few may give a second glance to the shady oaks that conceal UF's Wilmot Gardens.
After this week, it may not be long before blogs and Wikis become regular parts of the UF curriculum.
A UF graduate student in the College of Education has organized a candlelight vigil scheduled for today to protest the possibility of cutting the college's undergraduate programs.
When she was 7 years old, Krystina Gustafson would slide into her mom's high heels, saunter in front of the television and pretend to be Vanna White, "flipping" the letters on the screen.
The 28 photos displayed on the wall of the Reitz Union show the faces and lives of people who, according to some, often face adversity in society.
Two men lounging at the Patrol Division front desk said I was in for some good stories that night.
As lawmakers started the spring legislative session Tuesday, they were joined by lobbyists from around the state, including about six of UF's own lobbyists.]
Tuesday night's back-to-back Student Senate meetings were filled with tearful goodbyes and words of encouragement, as old senators left and new senators sat through their first meeting.
It took Kyle Myers only two minutes and 51 seconds to eat 30 wings at Gator's Dockside on Tuesday night.
Despite possible future dips in state funding, UF has received a $21 million donation from a Jacksonville couple for medical education purposes and facilities.
Posters proclaiming "300,000 Dead 2.5 million displaced" and "It's not about our people or their people. It's about people" decorated Pugh Hall during a video and panel discussion about the genocide in Darfur Monday night.
The fat will hit the fire today in Tallahassee as state lawmakers convene in the capitol for the start of the spring legislative session.
Actor and film director Zach Braff ran onto the stage with a Red Bull clutched in his left hand Monday night, greeting the crowd and pointing to his butt before planting it in a cushy armchair.
The University Police Department shut down a philanthropic dodgeball tournament at UF's Norman Field on Saturday after underage drinking arrests involving participants were made in the neighboring parking garage.
The last six complaints filed among parties during the Student Government elections campaign season were discussed in an hour-long Elections Commission meeting on Friday.
The Prepaid College Board will likely have to shell out billions of dollars more in tuition payments over the next couple decades under an agreement reached last week.
Iguana: It's what's for dinner.