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Local songwriter Eric Tappert performs at Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises’ open mic night on the first Wednesday of every month. While he’s played at other venues, Tappert keeps coming back for Lightnin’ Salvage.
This story was updated on Feb. 13 to further clarify how general education impacts student degrees.
Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time to celebrate love, connection and romance. Whether you’re planning a date night or enjoying some calming alone time, a little preparation can help ensure your holiday goes smoothly.
After a couple of failed situationships, awkward first dates and the occasional love bomber, the eerie existential feeling of dying alone starts to creep up. It becomes your chaser for the night — the bitter taste of realizing the guy you’ve been talking to just told you he never wanted something serious in the first place.
Florida’s players dragged their feet walking out of the O’Connell Center loading dock on Thursday. They had just scored 86 points, their second-highest total in SEC play, but lost by 13 at home to Vanderbilt. That marked UF’s fourth loss in a row — a streak that spoiled a loosely promising 2-2 start in conference play.
Teachers in Alachua County are fed up.
Editor’s note: This story contains sensitive topics of domestic violence and abuse and may be sensitive to some readers.
If one followed the warmly lit stone path right off the corner of Southeast Sixth Ave and South Main Street Friday, they’d find Heartwood Soundstage’s spacious outside venue full of fans wearing vintage clothing. But if they ventured past the crowds and merchant tables, a dark doorway would lead them into a small indoor stage where local musicians Jordan Burchel, The Nancys and Hotel Fiction performed.
Dozens of UF students flocked to the Plaza of the Americas Friday afternoon to witness the evangelical preacher Cindy Smock, better known as “Sister Cindy,” deliver her yearly quasi-sermon on the dangers of drinking and sexual promiscuity among college-aged students.
After months of uncertainty, 18-year-old country singer Mason Ramsey’s “Falls Into Place Tour” was back on track at Gainesville’s Heartwood Soundstage.
Editor’s note: The search committee told attendees that the sessions and names of attendees would not be recorded. Names of some speakers have been omitted to platform their unvarnished feedback on administration without jeopardizing their jobs or enrollment.
As President Donald Trump was sworn into office Monday, civil right activists around the nation found themselves in a combined state of celebration and mourning.
The director of UF’s Center of Latin American Studies, Carlos de la Torre, abruptly stepped down Jan. 13 at the request of interim Provost Joe Glover. The reasons behind Glover’s decision remain unclear.
In his book “What’s Next is Now,” author Frederik G. Pferdt asserts that certain traits can help shape our futures — things like embracing experimentation or being continually curious about the world. One of my favorite parts: Pferdt, Google’s first chief innovation evangelist, says we all have what he labels as “Dimension X.”
Going into 2025, Gainesville continues to be a welcoming place for all those who wish to be welcomed, Mayor Harvey Ward said as he presided over the swearing in of new and returning commissioners Monday at the Thomas Center.
In 2022, Flamy Grant’s album “Bible Belt Baby” rose to number one on the Christian charts after the drag queen and Christian country musician was referred to as an example of the “deconstruction movement in the church.”
After Florida’s men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden was accused of sexual harassment and stalking by an unreleased number of women, the university investigative process is still unfolding.
Standing at the starting line of his 30th triathlon, Julian Becker was afraid of one thing: alligators in the water. The athlete faced a 0.6-mile swim through Larry and Penny's lake in Miami, and like almost every swamp, it was infested with gators.
UF basketball senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. has a vision for his professional career — one that doesn’t involve flexing cars or jewelry.
In our modest four-room office, there is a smooth wooden table where Gainesville Sun publishers from the golden days once sat. It is long and official-looking. It seats eight, but normally there’s 12 chairs tucked in close, shoulder to shoulder, familiar with sweaters and sports bras and T-shirts leaned against their backs rather than suit jackets.
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