Recently we attended our third “Preview” program for incoming freshmen at the University of Florida. Can you identify the “art” that I’m standing by on the UF campus in Gainesville, Florida? Hint, it’s commonly known as “French Fries.”

While we’re at it, here’s another recognizable icon form the University of Florida’s Gainesville campus, the J. Wayne Reitz Union.
ANSWER:
The official name for this “art” is “Alachua.”

OK. As suggested by a blOg reader, this is a follow up for the April 8^th post about “Dancing zombies documented at University of Florida!” First, let me say that we did things differently when I was a student at UF and–though I hesitate to state the obvious–this was a few years back. In particular, we wasted what precious free time we had doing things like watching horror movies at the midnight movies or drinking beer. Frankly, it never occurred to me that I ought to be training for what many people see as the inevitable collapse of human civilization at the filthy hands of a murderous zombie hoard. The scenes shown in this video are from an actual training exercise. No real zombies are shown. No zombies were killed or injured in the making of this video.

University of Florida students are now vigorously training in actual combat techniques to defend humankind when zombies get loose “in the wild.” Congratulations UF on a job well done! More about the full training exercise was reported by the Independent Florida Alligator in its in depth news coverage; or on the actual UF zombies vs. humans web site.

Once again, the University of Florida proves to be a hotbed of zombie activity. Zombies have a well documented craving for human flesh. This video, released by Campus Crusade for Christ, suggests some zombies may also have a primitive sense of rhythm.

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