UF, SG heads prepare to serve, celebrate for holiday
By LAUREN BAKER | Nov. 25, 2008As Thanksgiving draws near, several UF administrators and student leaders are looking forward to a holiday that means more than chomping on turkey.
As Thanksgiving draws near, several UF administrators and student leaders are looking forward to a holiday that means more than chomping on turkey.
A criminal charge of hazing against UF's Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, known as TEP, has been dropped, but the fraternity has agreed to a suspension lasting until Jan. 1, 2010 for its participation in hazing activities discovered by UF earlier this month.
There's not much booing at Gator football games anymore, a sign George Edmondson Jr., more commonly known as Mr. Two-Bits, said means the team doesn't need him as much anymore.
A 22-year-old man sitting in front of the Fine Arts A building with a blue, plastic lightsaber toy was taken to the emergency room by University Police at about noon Monday.
UF President Bernie Machen has announced a plan to unite UF's environmentally friendly research and education initiatives into one academic program.
As students inside Gator Corner Dining Center feasted on turkey, mashed potatoes and other Thanksgiving staples Monday evening, UF's Erase the Waste campaign came to a close outside the dining hall.
Santa Fe College students and staff will soon be able to go bargain hunting between classes.
In response to Florida's bleak budget forecast released by state economists Friday, UF Chief Financial Officer Matt Fajack said tuition increases would probably not cover state cuts to UF's 2009-2010 budget.
Women put taboos aside Thursday night to talk about one thing they all have in common: a vagina.
As UF braces for an estimated budget crunch of about 7 to 8 percent, members of UF's Faculty Senate discussed Thursday measures meant to ensure it has greater input over the cuts.
UF will hold a "Festival of Life" and try to break a world record Dec. 3 to promote organ donation and awareness.
MTV is looking for a good love story.
What ended as a $500 donation to the American World Adoption Agency began with one man's affinity for his facial hair.
UF's football team isn't the only program improving its ranking from last year.
A team of UF aerospace engineering students and professors is trying to shrink space's most frequent flyers.
A Virginia-based company has developed a system for universities that distinguishes a gunshot from other sounds that could raise alarm, such as a car backfire.
After meeting for five hours Tuesday night, student senators will have some unfinished business to attend to after the Thanksgiving holiday.
About 300 people celebrated Geographic Information Systems Day, an annual event observed by about 80 other countries, at Library East on Wednesday.
Cher Hubsher spent a week in September waking in a hut to the cries of roosters at sunrise in eastern Panama.
Student Senate ended without voting on legislation that would limit the power of the minority party early Wednesday morning after a five-hour meeting.