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(02/25/25 3:31pm)
Vision, Change, and Watch Party have laid out their plans for tackling food insecurity, establishing elections and supporting minority groups and initiatives on campus. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students will cast their ballots to decide which party they want to be in control of the next year of policy decisions.
(02/24/25 12:11am)
With the Gators down 2-0, junior Rachel Gailis came back to secure a major upset over Auburn junior and national No. 2 DJ Bennett. Senior Alicia Dudeney followed suit by winning her singles match, providing a positive light to Florida’s tough defeat.
(02/25/25 10:19pm)
Assistant head coach Jeremy Bayon played a pivotal role in bringing freshman Noémie Oliveras to Florida’s tennis court. From flying to France to recruit her to sharing meals together, Bayon helped Oliveras adjust to the Gator lifestyle.
(02/24/25 10:55am)
For every kid that grows up playing baseball, the ultimate dream is to make it to the big leagues. This dream could have been a reality for a pair of Gators during the offseason. Instead, both decided to come back to Gainesville in hopes of returning to Omaha to win the most prestigious prize in college baseball: an NCAA title.
(02/24/25 4:00pm)
Singing soul music was never about profit for singer Little Jake Mitchell — it’s about seeing people happy. Even now, at 80 years old and 50 years into his career, his band, Little Jake and the Soul Searchers, continue to use Gainesville’s historic R&B music scene as inspiration for innovation in their music.
(02/28/25 8:00pm)
On a summer day in 2015, 64-year-old Josefina Tometich grabbed her trusty BB gun and shot out the back window of a man’s car.
(02/24/25 11:00am)
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that the disease black pod rot is not caused by a fungus. The article previously incorrectly reported that it was a fungal disease.
(02/28/25 11:00am)
For most of the year, the Forster’s tern lives on the coast. But on an afternoon in the middle of February, the sleek, black-capped bird could be seen at Depot Park’s pond in downtown Gainesville.
(02/27/25 11:30am)
Going to a U-Pick strawberry farm can be a wholesome experience, but it takes a lot of work to get the berries ready for picking.
(02/24/25 11:15am)
UF indefinitely paused all activities in six non-academic Living Learning Communities Feb. 17, just days after the Trump administration’s Office for Civil Rights banned the consideration of race in any decisions made by academic institutions nationwide.
(02/25/25 1:05pm)
La UF suspendió indefinidamente todas las actividades en seis Comunidades de Aprendizaje Vivenciales sin enfoques académicos el 17 de febrero, justo días después de que la Oficina de Derechos Civiles de la administración de Trump prohibiera la consideración de la raza en cualquier decisión tomada por las instituciones académicas a nivel nacional.
(02/27/25 1:05pm)
On Feb. 9 around 8:30 p.m., millions of fans sat in their living rooms, eyes glued to their screens as rapper Kendrick Lamar took the Super Bowl halftime stage. For 13 minutes, fans watched as Lamar commanded the space, delivering a performance that was as visually striking as it was thought-provoking.
(02/28/25 5:06pm)
While on her recent tour, Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk expressed her distaste for the current state of the music industry in an interview with Variety, claiming streaming culture has ruined the music industry, specifically citing Spotify. But, how could something that revolutionized the music industry also plague it?
(02/23/25 9:53pm)
Florida freshman Liv McGill ended the first half flat on her stomach after fighting and clawing for the ball, a moment that embodied the intensity and aggressiveness of the Gators’ first-half dominance of the Vols.
(02/23/25 9:20pm)
After starting the first six games of the season for Florida, junior second baseman Cade Kurland came off the bench on Sunday and did not disappoint. He blasted two two-run homers over the left-field wall in three at-bats. The second of which ended the game in walk-off fashion as the Gators mercy-ruled Dayton for the third day in a row.
(02/23/25 8:50pm)
A decade-long run was on the line for the Florida men's swimming and diving teams heading into the 2025 SEC Championship in Athens, Georgia. The Gators had dominated the SEC for 12 consecutive years, winning trophy after trophy with their speed and endurance. Following back-to-back joint conference victories, the men's and women's teams hoped to extend their streak with a third straight title sweep.
(02/23/25 4:48am)
Saturday proved to be another day where a native Arizonian had a big performance in her home state. After practicing at her high school on Thursday, Jocelyn Erickson showed up in a big way at the plate.
(02/23/25 2:01am)
It was seemingly a homecoming for senior guard Alijah Martin, who grew up in Summit, Mississippi, roughly an hour-and-a-half away from LSU’s campus. With various friends and family members in attendance, Martin showed out.
(02/23/25 1:00am)
Coming into his freshman year at UF, Canadian first baseman Brendan Lawson needed to make a big adjustment. He went hitless through his first two collegiate games, but has since turned it on in the past three. On Saturday, he went deep for the first time as a Gator with a grand slam in the third inning to blow the game open.
(02/22/25 9:34pm)
The closer the day crept to noon, the more the anticipation seemed to build. The talent was undeniable, and the stakes seemed the highest they’ve been this season as two of the SEC’s most prestigious tennis programs looked to notch its first conference win.