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(10/22/19 10:10pm)
UF law students have formed a new group called We Believe Survivors. It was created in response to the Levin College of Law’s invitation to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to teach a course on the religious clauses of the First Amendment in Spring 2020.
(09/10/19 10:20pm)
Self-care culture. In 2019, you’re bound to see these three words everywhere.
(07/11/19 1:01am)
After years of joining different women’s empowerment groups, one Gainesville resident is taking matters into her own hands to create a space for women to discuss concerns and learn from each other.
(07/02/19 12:03am)
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF) held Building on Our History — Stonewall 50 Celebration Saturday night to honor the anniversary of the uprising seen as the catalyst for the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
(06/27/19 12:22pm)
Ten presidential candidates discussed issues such as immigration, healthcare, gun reform, economic policies and climate change in Miami on Wednesday night during the first Democratic presidential debate.
(06/20/19 11:50am)
Nate Ferrell’s sister Abby thinks he should be a narwhal for Halloween. Nate laughs and dances in the seat of his mom’s Honda Pilot to a song about the horned sea animal. The 11-year-old picks his nose.
(06/20/19 1:31am)
Laughter filled the RISE Food Festival Saturday as residents gathered in the Howard W. Bishop Middle School cafeteria.
(06/18/19 1:08pm)
Most people are familiar with the drinking age, especially for college students. You’re acutely aware it’s illegal to drink an alcoholic beverage if you’re under the age of 21. But Florida also has a smoking age, and it’s currently 18. It’s time to change that and raise the smoking age to 21 as well.
(05/27/19 9:17pm)
Girls should have access to menstrual products. Period.
(05/23/19 12:48am)
The War on Women has been in full force since the Reagan administration and recent anti-abortion laws are just the newest assault on women’s reproductive rights. On May 15, Alabama signed into a bill into law that bans virtually all abortions. It does not include exceptions for rape or incest and makes performing an abortion a felony punishable by 99 years in prison.
(05/20/19 4:41pm)
Summer session has arrived in the swampy marsh that is Gainesville.
(05/16/19 1:17am)
Yoga lovers, rejoice: preparations are underway for a Lululemon pop-up shop on Archer Road.
(04/30/19 4:15pm)
Jae’Lyn Dorsey is graduating from UF this semester with a bachelor’s degree in health education.
(04/23/19 10:52pm)
The story of racism in Gainesville is one of two worlds experiencing different realities for generations of black families.
(04/22/19 12:19am)
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib watched the flow of bright reds and deep blues as UF students strutted in garments from various Middle Eastern cultures on campus this weekend.
(04/17/19 12:50am)
If you’re a student at UF, you received an email from UF President Kent Fuchs encouraging students to fill out a campus climate survey on sexual assault and misconduct. It’s a survey that attempts to better understand sexual assault and sexual misconduct on college campuses. There are 33 universities conducting the survey, which is being conducted by the Association of American Universities, including UF.
(04/15/19 1:25am)
The Florida women’s tennis team’s season hasn’t been stellar.
(04/07/19 9:36pm)
Since 1948, April 7 has been celebrated as National World Health Day. This day is a celebration of the implementation of the constitution of the World Health Organization. It was adopted during an International Health Conference in New York, held on June 1946 and later signed by 61 States on July 22, 1946. The constitution, which can be read on the organization’s website, was implemented on April 7, 1948.
(04/07/19 8:17pm)
Core ideas of the body positivity movement date back to the late 1800s when the Victorian dress reform movement emerged. This movement aimed to put an end to the fad of corsets and tightlacing, to which women succumbed, conforming to the societal standard of a tiny waistline. The movement emphasized acceptance of all body types, regardless of waist measurements.
(04/05/19 12:38am)
Grab your condoms and dental dams.