University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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; Dominant Snacks for the road are as important as the mixed CD in the player and the games Of h'cense plate and punch buggy When going on road trips. Above; Checking the air pressure of the tires, and fluids under the hOOd are all essential Pfetmad trip ChECk hSt items. photos by: Eliana Bums :53; 51:37:: ?; E resemee Mace ... geese a $$$R I1 the groundfloor 0fthe I.Wayne Reitz Student Union there is an invaluable WW resource for students trying to get from pointA to point B. Between the post Office mail- boxes and the Freshens smoothie stand is the Ride Board The Ride Board consists of two maps, one of the United State s, the other of the state OfFlorida Each map is divided into regions. The purpose 0fthe board is to provide studentswitha mode 0ftrans- portation todifferent partsofthe state or the country. In order to use the Ride Board studentsmust fill out the formslip and leave it in the boxcorre- spending to the region that they are headed to. For example, if someone needs to go to Tampa 0r Or- land0,they can go over to the Ride Board and see if anyone else is headed in that direction The board is also economically convenient, It allows students to car pool and save money on gasoline and tells. Seeing as howthe price of gasoline is pretty high these days, this is defi- nitely something that needs to be taken into consideration -Leslie Veiga Student '.

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iilViake haste and get ready before the weather gets too hot and go straight on your road while you areN out and behave prettily and mo destly? -Little Red Riding-Hoo 1R0 ad Finally, you finish your last exam for the spring semester and you are done for the year. Its that time of the year, ROAD TRIP! iiMy most memorable road trip would have to be jacksonville 2004,, Gators V. Bulldogs garnef Annette Velasquez, BHP. There was crazy people everywhere and very lenient security. A good time was had by all. You and your friends have been planning it since spring break Everything is ready to go. Destination anywhere but here. iiOne of the most memorable of all road trips that l have been on since Ive been in my fraternity has to have been my road trip to Atlanta Georgia? said Henry E. Green TIL 4L8. This trip was one of the first times where nearly all of my fraternity members traveled together at the same time. It was one of those times when you learn to truly live like a family. Its that time to experience the wide open roads of America. When you arrive at your apartment you burst through the door and immediately grab for the house phone, since you are over your minutes on your cell phone, to call your best friend and tell them you are ready to hit the road The ear toting your best friend rolls up, and you both pile your bags in and hop into the car. Making your way to another friends house you talk the drivers ear off. The car pulls into the next apartment complex where the last passenger stays. They throw their stuff in and you all are off. At last, the three amigos together once again for another mind boggling road trip. Now its the three of you laughing, joking, and singing along to some of your favorite CD5. T A few frineds and I went to Jacksonville our freshman year. We had 14 people in a Suite at the Clarison Hotel, Ryan Moose, 4L8 said uGoing to the game and winning and celebrating at the landings with everyone rip from UP was the most memorable trip Tve had? to S -Eliana Burns This student is packed and heading out the door for a weekend filled with fun and excitement in 1 a far off land. 5 :3 photo by. Eliana Bums JHent Life If the trunk of his car would just close without breaking the tons of suitcases inside of it, he could hit the road and get on his way. photo by. Eliana Bums Freshman Jessica de la Torre sits down with a travel agent to plan her Spring Break adventure to Cancun, Mexico. She doesnit plan on taking the trip for a few years, but she figures its better to be prepared. photo by. Eliana Bums

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squire magazine put Gainesviiie, Fla at number five on the list of iiCities that RockiintheirAprii2004issue. While the small college town may seem like an unlikely Choice especialiycomparedtoiarge metropolisesiike Miamiand New York However for music enthusiaststhe townihNorthCehtrai Florida deserves a spot on the prestigious list The home of the Florida Gators has nurturediocal talehtiike few other placesinthe country. While some OfGainesVilles musical groups like the Archer Road Band ofthe 19703 and 1980s achieved local notoriety, 0t hers broke the bou nds OfAiaChua county and became populararound the state and the country. Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers got their startinGainesviiie asthe native Floridianscame together and went on to record four albums ta gether. They recorded such popular songs as iiAmerican GUT, and listen to her Heart? More recently,the rockgroup Lessthanjake formedin Gainesviiie and released albumsinthe late 1990s and 2000s. Some 0ftheir more popular songs include History of a Boring TOWD: Which the band wrote about Gainesviiie, and iiAiiMy Best Friends are Metal He ads? -Les1ie Veiga i'iThe above photo is Ofa Tom Petty concert at UF in 1991asitappearedinthe 1994 Tawer. Dominant Todd Baechle, lead vocalist of The Faintentertains thecrowd with his isoboticvoice echos in his microphone. Thanks to the efforts of RUB and SGP, The Faint played for free at the Reiliz Union Rion Ballroom. photo by: Cinthja Sandoval Above; The D-O-Double G advoaites peace during his Black History Month concert. photo by? cm thia Sandoval