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In one UF athlete’s mind, reproductive health isn’t talked about enough in sports. And, at least in her experience, not at all in college basketball.
UF alerted the campus community late Saturday night regarding a reported rape that occurred at a residential hall Wednesday.
I am a UF alumnus. When I was a freshman, every university across the country was embroiled in protests of the Vietnam War. Students were demonstrating and marching almost daily. They had a powerful voice and used their collective power to affect change. Today, I only see alarming apathy. I don’t see the spirited rebellion for truth, justice and humanity on UF’s campus or any other. While I truly believe democracy is in peril — and I will do my part to defend it — this is really not my fight any longer. It’s yours!
Silvestre Hernandez, who belongs to the Huastec, Totonac and Comanche tribes, was at Gainesville City Hall Monday playing various traditional songs on different flutes from his culture. His shirt read “missing, murdered indigeneous women” with two red hand prints on it.
On top of new classes and new people, many UF students are paying close attention to something else: the 2022 midterm elections.
University Police Department officers arrested a UF student Tuesday in the alleged sexual assault and kidnapping of a woman on campus earlier this month.
A Florida judge announced plans to block a GOP-backed 15-week statewide abortion ban one day before it and other controversial conservative laws, like the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” and “Stop WOKE Act,” went into effect Friday.
A proposed UF Student Government Senate bill would reimburse students for 50% of contraceptives costs, emergency contraceptives, abortions, travel costs for abortion care in- and out-of-state and post-abortion counseling.
Alachua County residents will see nearly 150 state laws take effect Friday with changes to education, school safety and music.
Melanie Corrales doesn’t go grocery shopping without her pepper spray, her panic button and her defense key chain. One year ago, when a man lingered behind her as she tried to shop at the Publix next to campus, she wasn’t as prepared.
The man accused of raping a woman at Gainesville Place Apartments and kidnapping another woman near UF campus last September will not stand trial until a judge deems him mentally competent.
Over 100 protesters pooled outside a Gainesville courthouse Tuesday evening to rally for abortion rights after reports that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
As Floridians wait for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign an abortion banning bill, activist groups are organizing in retaliation, hosting protests and holding abortion information sessions.
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic depictions of sexual assualt and rape by coercion. Read with caution.
A GOP-backed proposal banning abortion procedures after 15 weeks of pregnancy could change the narrative for women’s reproductive rights in Gainesville.
The Collier Companies is one of the largest student housing companies and employers in Gainesville, responsible for providing thousands of UF students with a safe home and hundreds more with a stable job.
A former UF resident assistant was found guilty of attempted sexual battery, kidnapping and burglary Wednesday after about two years of a postponed trial. He’ll be sentenced Dec. 13.
Before Gainesville’s mayor gave his speech in front of city hall Monday, Anna Lopez had three people help hold up her handmade, traditional Native American quilt.
Texas’ abortion bill has made its way to the Florida legislature, reigniting a decades-old debate.
Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of sexual assault and rape.
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