Human jukebox ‘Gator Ron’ rocks Gainesville stages
Dressed in a vibrant Florida Gators collared shirt and matching Gators sneakers, 75-year-old Ron Blake wasn’t the typical attendee at a midtown bar. He was, however, the most popular.
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Dressed in a vibrant Florida Gators collared shirt and matching Gators sneakers, 75-year-old Ron Blake wasn’t the typical attendee at a midtown bar. He was, however, the most popular.
In compliance with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aspirations for state education, the Florida College System is evaluating curricula from all 28 state colleges for traces of “woke” ideology.
Over the past six months, crisis centers nationwide have received more attention after the implementation of the new national hotline number: 988. The Alachua County Crisis Center is one of many centers expanding its care.
Dos años después de que la pandemia de COVID-19 obligará a los estudiantes y maestros a aprender a distancia, datos muestran que más estudiantes en Florida tienen dificultades para leer y comprender textos de su nivel debido a lagunas de instrucción.
In front of nearly 800 members of the UF community, Josh Peck’s message was clear: Be kind to yourself.
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced students and teachers into remote learning, data shows more students are struggling to read and comprehend grade-level texts in Florida due to instructional gaps.
There are more than 900 student organizations at UF, but only one is dedicated to Taylor Swift.
A Micanopy resident faces a homicide charge after Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies connected him to the bloody scene of a murder in the rural town 14 miles away from Gainesville.
Several weeks ago, Natalia Guerrero read a timeline of UF history published by The Presidential Task Force on African American and Native American History in an effort to understand the true history of the university she attended.
To end the opening practice of the Fall semester for UF’s fencing club team, Nicholas Van Nimwigen remembers how Bruce Capin sat his group down in a circle and repeated his lifelong advice.
Matthew Bowman III, a 14-year-old Gainesville resident, marched down East University Avenue declaring “I am a man. I have a dream.”
When Sofia Aguirre first got to UF, she experienced a revolution.
People filtered in and out of the A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center, crowding around a handful of text displays making up its new exhibit.
UF students may soon be able to vote on whether to establish a remote, online voting method for Student Government elections as two senators prepare to resubmit the bill.
During his time as dean of UF’s College of Journalism and Communications, John W. Wright II and his wife, Pam, traveled the country visiting UF alumni.
Editor’s note: This story contains mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs immediate help, dial or text 9-8-8 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Library West will remain closed into the beginning of the Spring semester after a break in the water line caused an estimated 60,000 gallons of water to flood the library’s first, second and third floors for several hours, according to a UF press release. Damaged areas will be closed indefinitely past Jan. 9.
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Ryan Marin, 19, entered an affidavit of admission Thursday regarding a violent Instagram post he made directed at TikTok star Josh Richards.