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(11/13/18 7:50pm)
In 2016, I decided to try online dating apps for the first time. It was great until I was assaulted. Three times. Over the course of less than two years. The first time I was attacked came at the end of an evening I spent with a man I met on Tinder. We had dinner downtown and then went to hang out at his apartment complex’s pool. I figured this was totally safe — neighborhood pools are public areas and there were other people there. I had to use the public bathroom before going back home for the evening, but it was being renovated, so my date invited me to use the bathroom in his apartment before heading home. I agreed. Once I got inside, however, the nightmare every woman fears began. He grabbed my arms — leaving bruises — and attacked my face with his tongue. It was disgusting, but after a few seconds of struggling to get away, I realized that this man was not going to willingly let go of me. My brain went into survival mode: I kissed him back until he let go of my arms, at which point I ran toward the door. I jammed my foot in the doorway as he tried to slam it shut. I knew then that it was time to start screaming for help. He must have known, too, because as soon as I opened my mouth to start screaming, he lost his grip on the door enough that I was able to use my foot and a free hand to pry it open and run away.
(10/30/18 7:45pm)
What would Twitter be like if ‘likes’ disappeared?
(10/26/18 1:14am)
Superman is near-invincible. Batman is crafty.
(10/25/18 10:07pm)
For Alyssa Chavez, the scariest part of Halloween is the unwanted attention she might receive while dressed in her costume.
(10/09/18 11:54pm)
A Gainesville man was accused of raping a pregnant 14-year-old girl Sunday night.
(10/05/18 3:16pm)
Detectives determined that a rape reported on Tuesday didn’t happen, GPD spokesperson Ofc. Ben Tobias wrote in an email Friday morning.
A woman told police she was pulled into the woods near the Kanapaha Veterans Memorial Park and raped by two men around 10 a.m., Tobias said.
While the woman was transported to a local hospital, investigators began searching for evidence of the attack, Tobias said. Sexual Violence Unit detectives took over the case, and a rape victim advocate was assigned to the woman.
Detectives found physical evidence that contradicted the woman’s report but will not release the information publicly because the case is still open, Tobias said. The woman told police the attack didn’t happen during a follow-up interview.
(10/02/18 9:19pm)
Gainesville Police is looking for two men suspected of raping a woman Tuesday morning.
(09/30/18 8:51pm)
I don’t know Brett Kavanaugh. I’ve met several men who fit the description Kavanaugh’s college roommate and accusers have given, but I don’t know Kavanaugh, and I won’t pretend to know what the content of his character is.
(09/25/18 11:15pm)
#MeToo will outlive its hashtag. It will outlive Twitter. It will likely outlive social media. Long after we have graduated, past the prime of our college lives, the heydays of our careers and the golden years of our old age, the Me Too movement will persist.
(09/25/18 10:30pm)
An 18-year-old man was arrested for raping his friend in June, deputies said.
(09/21/18 12:23am)
Rachel Kalfin was just trying to go to her fashion design class.
(09/04/18 11:14pm)
UF suspended its chapter of Delta Chi for four years after a pledge nearly died following a Spring hazing incident.
(08/31/18 3:43am)
If I walk to my car when it’s dark out, I always tuck my sharpest key between my pointer and middle fingers.
(08/22/18 12:06am)
Gainesville Police arrested a man early Tuesday morning for reportedly possessing more than three pounds of crystal meth.
(08/08/18 9:07pm)
If you’re having a “ruff” day, one resource to try on campus is dog therapy. Offered at both Santa Fe College and UF, respective programs “Paws & Relax” and “Yappy Hour” connect students with Beau, Marco, Siggi and Gabe, the four campus therapy dogs.
(08/03/18 6:30pm)
When she hung a man in a full latex suit by his ankles and flogged him onstage in front of 2,000 people 20 years ago, the Lady Grinning Soul was born.
(07/16/18 10:55pm)
A man called Gainesville Police on Saturday and reported he was just raped and another man was shot.
(07/16/18 10:35pm)
A Newberry resident was arrested by Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday night for allegedly threatening a woman’s family to get money.
(06/20/18 10:55pm)
Gainesville Police arrested a man Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman in May.
(06/14/18 12:25am)
It’s been awhile since Heavan Papendick became a sexual assault survivor. She found a way to use her experiences to help others when she started volunteering for the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center in 2016.
