UF student detained by ICE, facing deportation
Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Pollen is in the air, an endless stream of team buses is rolling through the north side of campus, and the cacophonic sound of a starting gun is still ringing through the air. All of this means one thing: it’s track season in Gainesville.
The streets bled orange and blue in the early hours of 5 a.m. on Saturday, as Gator fans marked their spots in line at The Swamp Restaurant for a chance to secure a table for the Gators’ Final Four match against Auburn at 6 p.m.
SAN ANTONIO — Florida and Auburn had faced one another already, but when it came time for a second meeting, the stage couldn’t get any grander than the Final Four.
Riding the high of a dramatic comeback win and upset of No. 26 Georgia, Florida men’s tennis (13-9, 8-5 SEC) hosted No. 18 Tennessee, prepared to keep its momentum alive and knock off another ranked SEC rival.
In San Antonio, Gators men’s basketball is gearing up to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. But back at home in Gainesville, Florida fans will have their eyes glued to the TV, whether that screen is at a bar, home or on campus.
For the first time in team history, Florida lacrosse hosted a Big 12 Conference matchup in Gainesville, as UF faced off against San Diego State. The result was the Gators’ most dominant performance of the season so far.
SAN ANTONIO — 134, 18 and one. Those are the numbers that sent Florida to the Final Four.
SAN ANTONIO --- After leaving class on Friday afternoon, Hannah Skalicky and a couple friends darted to her dorm and began packing the 19-year-old mathematics freshman’s car. They had a 15-hour drive ahead of them to San Antonio, Texas.
The first inning proved to be detrimental for Florida in its second-straight game. Once again, it got off to a slow start in the circle.
Florida (13-8, 8-4 SEC) was not happy having its four-game conference win streak ended by Mississippi State on Saturday. The Gators returned home to Gainesville with a vengeance to host another Bulldog team, the No. 26 Georgia Bulldogs (14-8, 7-4 SEC).
For most people, getting pulled for a bag check while going through customs is a hassle. It’s been a long day of travel, and cranky fliers just want to get home.
When former Florida men’s basketball head coach Billy Donovan arrived in Gainesville in 1996, he was tasked with leading a program that had appeared in just five NCAA Tournaments throughout its 76-year history. By the time Donovan departed in 2015, he brought Florida into the national spotlight of the sport. The Gators reached the pinnacle of college hoops not once, but twice, with back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.
There isn’t a lot of orange and blue in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, as the small town just up the road from Gettysburg houses 1,901 people. One of which was Thomas Haugh, and when he first saw Florida play in the late 2000s, an out-of-place Gator suddenly wandered through rural Pennsylvania.
When Christian singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp came out as gay in 2010, she was confronted by a pastor on national television for her “sin.” The terrifying prospect of coming out in a faith-based environment made it seem nearly impossible for her to carry on with her music career. Yet, after realizing real faith knows no boundaries, she let go of the mold she so desperately once tried to fit into.
UF is eliminating thousands of dollars in funding and staff support for several identity-centered welcome assemblies, potentially jeopardizing events meant to acclimate new Gators to campus.
When Gov. Ron DeSantis hand-picked Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s surgeon general in September 2021, the role came with a second high-profile appointment: a tenured faculty position at UF.
The barometer of success for any program in sports is the number of wins and titles it amasses. In college baseball, there haven’t been many programs better than the Florida Gators since manager Kevin O’Sullivan took the reins in 2008.
With one out, the bases loaded and her squad down by two, Florida first baseman Reagan Walsh laced a ball past the Tigers’ diving first baseman. Two runners – senior center fielder Kendra Falby and shortstop Rylee Holtorf – crossed home to tie the game.
La UF está eliminando miles de dólares en financiamiento y apoyo al personal para varias asambleas de bienvenida centradas en la identidad, lo que podría poner en peligro los eventos hechos para asimilar a los nuevos Gators al campus. Los recortes afectarán las asambleas anuales de bienvenida de al menos cuatro organizaciones estudiantiles: la Unión estudiantil Afroamericana, la Unión estudiantil de Orgullo, la Unión estudiantil Hispana-Latina y la Unión estudiantil de Mujeres. Las asambleas, financiadas por el programa Signature Events de la UF, acogían a los estudiantes de primer ingreso cada agosto con presentaciones, comida, mercancía y oportunidades para involucrarse en la vida universitaria.