Op-Ed on UF and Islam

HumanEvents.com
UF Refuses to See Threat From Radical Islam
by Ashley Emans
Posted: 12/10/2007

On November 13, several student groups at the University of Florida (UF) held a viewing and a panel discussion of the documentary Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West. Fliers advertising the event (which had been repeatedly torn down by free-speech-loving liberals) contained the phrase “Radical Islam Wants You Dead.” Now the university’s administration is demanding an apology from the five hosting student organizations: College Republicans, Law School Republicans, the Jewish Law Students Association, the Jewish Student Union and Gators for Israel. This is likely the direct result of Islam on Campus’s lobbying the highest-ranking UF officials, including President Bernie Machen, for an investigation into the event and its advertising. [Continue reading…]

Five female student athletes from Broward County charter school sign with Division I teams

Posted on Sun, Dec. 09, 2007
Miami Herald

Five female Pembroke Pines Charter High School student-athletes signed letters of intent with Division I schools. [More]

Florida threatens legal action against sites selling Tebow items

Posted: December 7, 2007

Sporting News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The University of Florida has sent cease-and-desist orders to at least seven Web sites trying to profit from quarterback Tim Tebow's name, a newspaper reported. [More]

2 UF students die after transplants

Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
By JACK STRIPLING

Two University of Florida students died last month due to complications from transplant operations, but success rates for such surgeries have seen improvement in recent years, according to health officials. [Continue reading...]

UF Quarterback makes history

Tebow Makes Heisman History
The Associated Press -
NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Tebow needed only two years of college to graduate to Heisman Trophy winner, putting the sophomore in a class by himself.

Florida's folk-hero quarterback with the rugged running style and magnetic personality won the Heisman on Saturday night to become the first sophomore or freshman to take college football's most prestigious award. [Continue reading…]