Gator Ride offers students free rides home for fall
By VICTORIA WINKLER | Aug. 6, 2008Members of UF's Student Senate promoted an effort Tuesday to help students at the nation's No.1 party school get home safe.
Members of UF's Student Senate promoted an effort Tuesday to help students at the nation's No.1 party school get home safe.
In a normal setting, 20 against one would be unfair.
UF's Student Government and the UF Naval ROTC are working together to help students feel safe enough to run after dark.
The Princeton Review may rank UF as the nation's No. 1 party school, but at least one UF administrator has doubts.
Student Government kicked off a clothing drive to deliver clothes to young people in Alachua County before the school year begins on Aug. 18.
It's not often students can power a room just by working up a sweat, but that's one of the goals David Bowles, director of Recreational Sports, has in mind for renovations to Southwest Recreation Center.
It was a very cold case.
UF President Bernie Machen predicted another round of budget cuts to come later this year during a question-and-answer session at UF's Student Senate meeting Tuesday.
Gator Dining Services will offer two smaller plans this fall for off-campus students who may have had trouble stomaching previous plans designed for dorm-dwellers.
The trend in UF's Student Government seems to be that absence makes the heart grow fonder.