Conservatives taking on a war against abortion
(08/03/15 11:12pm)
Taking the war on women to the next step, conservatives are pushing for low-income women to be denied healthcare.
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County struggles to find food desert solution for residents
(04/21/15 1:26am)
Most Gainesville residents don’t worry about reaching the closest grocery store.
Local pop-up store provides free clothing for trans people
(04/20/15 12:42am)
Transitioning is expensive.
Campaign tactics won’t help Hillary’s track record
(04/15/15 11:47pm)
Hillary Clinton decided to shake things up when she announced her presidential campaign Sunday. Instead of launching her candidacy with a forced, painfully rehearsed, one-on-one conversation with a camera like she did in 2007, Clinton released a well-executed video with a diverse cast of characters.
UF student represents women of extreme sports in April competition
(04/14/15 12:04am)
Self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie Dixie Smith is one of the only two girls on UF’s nationally competitive wakeboarding team.
Indiana miscarriage case and feticide law unjust for convicted, setback to women's body rights
(04/07/15 12:22am)
On March 30, Indiana native Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she miscarried her pregnancy.
Long road to LGBTQ+ equality demonstrated by Florida's trans bathroom bill
(04/07/15 12:20am)
There’s a common misconception that once marriage equality becomes a national standard, the struggle the LGBTQ+ community faces will be over. But as the bills emulating the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act in Indiana and Arkansas show, discrimination of LGBTQ+ people goes way beyond their ability to marry and extends to denial of service.
Jimmy Carter subs for wife, speaks about mental health
(04/01/15 1:17am)
Accent Speaker’s Bureau planned on welcoming former first lady Rosalynn Carter to the Phillips Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday night, but she was sick and stayed in Plains, Georgia.
Former first lady Carter to discuss mental health Tuesday
(03/30/15 1:04am)
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will speak about mental health at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.
Democrats voting no on Trafficking Act is a shameful, political charade
(03/23/15 12:47am)
There comes a time in American history when a bill is introduced into Congress that has real bipartisan support and has such common-sense appeal that it would be idiotic for anyone to block it. To want to play politics with a bill of this nature would be asinine and would prove one’s ineptitude. Yet, this “well, duh, we are going to vote yes on it” bill is being obstructed by Senate Democrats, and no end is in sight for them to realize the senselessness of their stance against something that, I’m sure, 99.99 percent of the population supports.
The Changing Face of UF: Report on UF enrollment reveals trends, barriers
(03/18/15 1:43am)
Several articles have been written lately regarding whether enrollment of African-American/black students at UF has drastically decreased.
New clinic brings health care to southwest Gainesville
(03/17/15 1:54am)
Anthanette Manns can say goodbye to the three bus trips she used to take to see a doctor. As of today, all Linton Oaks residents — and those in surrounding neighborhoods — will have a clinic within walking distance.
New clinic in SW Gainesville aims to bring care to those in need
(03/11/15 12:41am)
For a working parent living in the Linton Oaks neighborhood in Southwest Gainesville, taking a child to the doctor used to mean missing an entire day of work.
New UF pregnancy program to center on group care
(02/24/15 1:07am)
Pregnant women of North Florida can soon begin bonding with other women with similar delivery dates.
Choose public health over personal beliefs: Get vaccinated
(02/23/15 11:47pm)
Last week, Andrew Silver wrote a column in which he argued that veganism should be considered a religion so that vegans would have a civil right to refuse vaccinations. While I appreciate Silver’s interesting perspective on the issue, his column failed to address crucial aspects about vaccinations and the value they hold in our society.
New smartphone device gives 15-minutes results for STD tests
(02/17/15 1:14am)
A new device for smartphones boasts the ability to test for HIV and syphilis with results in just 15 minutes.
UF alumna enters jet-setter contest, hopes to be youngest woman to travel world
(02/13/15 1:10pm)
Callie Pitman doesn’t have a bucket list.
Scooter crash leaves two hospitalized
(02/12/15 12:24am)
Two women were hospitalized at UF Health Shands Hospital on Wednesday after their scooter collided with a car at the intersection of Southwest 19th Avenue and Southwest 34th Street.
GOP: There’s nothing ‘beautiful’ about rape
(02/09/15 11:54pm)
A Republican state lawmaker insulted women and sexual assault survivors nationwide Thursday when he spoke about rape exemptions in a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. During West Virginia’s House Health Committee meeting, delegate Brian Kurcaba argued that rape and incest victims shouldn’t be exempt from the ban because even pregnancy from rape has a silver lining.
The growing problem of male body image
(02/06/15 12:17am)
Last year, I overheard a conversation between two men at the gym. “Yeah, if I didn’t have class I’d lift for two hours in the morning, do cardio at lunch and then do two hours of core at night.” I turned around, curious to see what kind of person would ever want to do that. What I saw didn’t seem to be a person at all, so much as a rippling ball of hypervascularized muscle. His arms were so huge that they hung limply like a T. rex’s, and his legs seemed to buckle under his frame. If I didn’t have my glasses on, I probably would have mistaken him for The Thing.
