Police make two arrests after armed robbery
Gainesville Police arrested a local boy Wednesday and a local man Thursday after police said they robbed a motel employee at gunpoint. Two additional suspects remain at large.
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Gainesville Police arrested a local boy Wednesday and a local man Thursday after police said they robbed a motel employee at gunpoint. Two additional suspects remain at large.
Well, finals are now upon us. As many of you grab your face and cover your mouth in disbelief, curl your hair, bite your nails or indulge in other popular nervous habits of choice, take refuge in the knowledge that we’re still here, and yes, Darts & Laurels is still around to provide comfort to the afflicted.
Here’s the best way to deal with finals: Procrastinate by watching (or re-watching) six seasons of "Gossip Girl," and drink away your stress.
Even though most of you think that college will last a lifetime, at some point you will either have to graduate or drop out because you can’t pay tuition forever. When graduation day comes you will in almost all certainty have a panic attack concerning what you will do with your life. There will be one thing that you won’t have to worry about, that is how to buy a house, because hopefully you can understand what I am about to tell you.
Gainesville Police arrested two men Monday night after police said they had about 2 grams of cocaine and crack between two separate incidents.
UF research team finds way to help those with chronic back pain
Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Sunday morning after police said he stole and sold more than $300 in figurines and playsets from his roommates’ children.
The sexual violence on college campuses is not an issue that can be swept under the rug. Universities have served as the focal point for media coverage, awareness campaigns and congressional legislation in the discussion about sexual assault, regardless of whether they help or hinder the issue at hand. We’ve all experienced some offshoot of this, whether it was through last year’s Walk Safe program, the Interfraternity Council’s "It’s On Us" campaign or UF’s Sexual Assault Awareness month.
Florida quarterback Will Grier has lost his appeal to reduce a year-long suspension by the NCAA, the school confirmed Friday night.
Earlier this year, Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, increased the cost of a life-saving HIV drug by about 5,000 percent. The price raised from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill.
UF biological station receives $20,000 grant
When I was deciding my career as a little girl, full of blind naiveté and enthusiasm for a world that seemed so clearly ready to catapult me to stardom, there were a lot of options on the list. My aspirations ranged from ballerina to doctor to orange-truck driver over the years, but there was one job that kept coming up in the mix, no matter how many years passed: I wanted to be a writer.
UF doctoral candidate finds freedom of speech restricted in schools
Well, here we are.
University Police arrested a UF student early Thursday morning after police said he had several knives and a bong in his car.
"So I took an over-the-counter supplement that had something in it."
Gainesville Police arrested two local men Tuesday night after police said they had a gun, drugs and a Gator 1 Card.
On Tuesday, news outlets were littered with headlines like "Liberals Are Losing the Culture Wars," "America may be in a reinforcing feedback loop of growing inequality and Republican rule" and "Houston decided it has a problem: Its LGBT nondiscrimination law." The weak attempt at humor in the last headline aside, all three of these articles were written in response to the Nov. 3 election, which was mostly concerned with local affairs and citizen initiatives. As the doom and gloom of these headlines illustrate, it was not a good day for progressive causes, which means it was an even worse day for Democratic politicians.
On Monday, a fellow opinion columnist wrote about how he felt Ann Coulter should be a guest speaker on campus. While I would concede there is a need for more conservative speakers, I could not disagree more. Coulter is the last conservative speaker we need.
Earlier last month, the first of the Democratic Party debates for the 2016 U.S. presidential election commenced in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcast on CNN with Anderson Cooper as the moderator.