Monday, July 13, 2009

University of Florida

Gator Football Players Invited to Ride With Police

A school group and local police team up to show football players the other side of law enforcement. more >>

Florida Lifts Ban on E-Mail Forwarding

Improvements in spam filtering make forwarding less cumbersome. more >>

Florida Programs Submit 10% Budget Cut Plans

The Board of Regents will use the proposals to determine final budget cuts for next year. more >>

Solved: Mystery Behind Strange Florida Text Message

A former Mobile Campus employee tells his story. more >>

Florida Investigates Hacked Text-Message Notification

Students and faculty all received a message that read, "The monkey got out of the cage." more >>

In BCS, Boston College Is Tops Academically

Northwestern, Penn State round out top three; Texas, Michigan State are among worst of football powers. more >>

Three SEC Fraternities Suspended

Various groups at Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are cited for hazing. more >>

Florida Governor Supports Tuition Hike

Charlie Crist has opposed a hike in the past, but the state's economy has put higher education in a bind. more >>

Florida Offers Wi-Fi in Two Gyms

Students can now check E-mail while using electricity-producing elliptical machines. more >>

Florida Proposal Would Ban Drinking Games

Kegs also are prohibited under revised student code of conduct. more >>

Florida to Install Hand Scanners in Gyms

Technology may cost school $100,000 for two buildings. more >>

Florida Named Top Party School

'Princeton Review' ranks nearly every facet of the college experience, including college newspapers. more >>

Gators Safe From Starbucks Closures

The four coffee shops on campus aren’t among the 600 nationwide that will be shuttered. more >>

Florida Protest Mirrors One in South Korea

The demonstrations call for the resignation of President Lee Myung-bak and protest plans to resume imports of U.S. beef. more >>

Gonzales Receives Icy Reception at Wash. U

Alberto Gonzales has not had the easiest time on the lecture circuit since resigning from his U.S. attorney general post last year. more >>

Story of the Year

The Virginia Tech shooting was unquestionably 2007's biggest story. Vote on the best of the rest that made national news. more >>

Columnist of the Year

Which wordsmith best spoke to you? more >>

U. Florida Police Learned Lesson From Tasergate

Trail Mix

Louisiana State's live tiger mascot makes debut; Cornell's compost collects large roadkill; PSU's Brock and Bridle Club protest vegetarians more >>

Campus Police and Tasers, Part 2

University of Florida senior was charged with a third-degree felony for resisting arrest with violence, but not before he was shot with a Taser gun. more >>

Trail Mix

*Arkansas State University has begun looking for a new mascot in lieu of the NCAA ban of American Indian imagery and nicknames by schools, the Herald writes. The chair of the Mascot Review Committee (really) recommended retiring the names "Indian" and "Indian Family" from the ASU lexicon in July. more >>

At Florida: Male or Christian, but Not Both

Beta Upsilon Chi, an all-male Christian fraternity, has filed suit against the University of Florida because the group has been denied approval as a registered student organization, the Gainesville Sun reports.. more >>

After Talk, Florida President, Provost Decide Not to Cancel Class for Ohio State Game

Students who skip class to watch their football team take on Ohio State on January 8 will not get excused absences, the president and provost of the University of Florida decided Tuesday in a meeting. The national championship game in Glendale, Ariz. more >>

Welcome Back! Or Did You Even Leave?

Money concerns outweighed turkey cravings for some students this Thanksgiving break. At the University of Florida, one student forced herself not to go home so she could earn extra money by working the holiday shift at Gap. more >>

At Florida, Ollie Gator Crocked in Favor of Albert and Alberta

The alumnus who named him had already raised $1,000 toward saving Ollie the Gator, the inflatable alligator mascot who had attended University of Florida basketball and volleyball games for 10 years until his inflation machine broke this year. But no amount of money will make the university revive Ollie, a marketing director for the school's athletic association tells the Florida Alligator. more >>

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