Five of the best UF sports moments of the decade
With the decade coming to a close, five of our writers picked out their favorite UF sports moments of the decade across a handful of sports. Here are our selections:
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With the decade coming to a close, five of our writers picked out their favorite UF sports moments of the decade across a handful of sports. Here are our selections:
Coach Mary Wise knew one of her student managers for Florida volleyball was different than most quickly. In her 33 years of coaching, she had never seen someone so interested in the minute details of her program.
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U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho will keep his pledge to only serve four terms in Congress.
“Parasite” is a masterclass example of what quality cinema can do for a viewer. It can entertain while infiltrating the deepest crevasses of their thoughts on the human condition and the world at large.
It was January of 2017 in my freshman year at UF when I got the call.
I have dreaded this exact moment: My acrylic nails tapping against my phone at 3:41 a.m. as I type into the notes app.
Wow, I’m finally leaving the godforsaken basement office that is The Alligator. Despite my cries to never come back at the end of every semester, it is a year and a half later and I’ve finally reached the point where I truly can’t come back. As a Leo sun and Virgo rising, I’m deeply unemotional, so I don’t know how to be sentimental. Instead, I'm just going to spew a bunch of words and stop when I feel like I’ve run out of things to say as a true fire sign with a Gemini moon.
As the clock strikes 6 p.m., Betty Jenner almost expects to hear the familiar rattling of the cage of her emotional support parrot, Koa, or the piercing sound of him squawking “Ma!” from across the room.
Marina Escobar Domingo knows that at 16 years old, playing in a golf tournament among Spain’s best, including her idol, was quite a feat.
UF administration sent an email to students Friday afternoon with a statement denouncing “two incidents in the past week related to racism and anti-Semitism.”
Impeachment is a strong and often fearlessly used word, so much so that the popularity of the word on Merriam-Webster’s website jumped 3,600 percent the day House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. By all means, impeachment is a rallying cry that screams justice, accountability and the need for marginalized voices to be loud and clear in the face of adversity. It’s for these reasons that our conscience and decency as a student body force us to begin the process of impeaching president Michael Murphy.
When Kitan Adeniji went to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for UF’s Institute of Black Culture Saturday afternoon, she felt that the university was listening to black students for a change.
There were less than 15 minutes to play in the Players Development Academy (PDA) league’s New Jersey Cup Semifinal. Vanessa Kara — forward for the PDA Force — already had two goals. This was her shot at a third.
Utter dominance.
Teddy Robb used to be a cover artist until his career began to transform.
The sweet aroma of fried chicken and hamburgers on the grill fills the air as I walk around campus Saturday morning. It’s here. Football season has arrived.
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), ethnic and racial minorities often bear a disproportionately high burden of disability resulting from mental disorders. Yet, by 2044, models show more than half of all Americans will belong to a minority group. Taken altogether, this seems to indicate troubled waters on our horizons, and it should speak to the importance of cultural sensitivity in mental health training.
The Hails will be returning to Gainesville on Friday after spending several months touring.
There’s a hat rack just outside of the dark wooden doors that open up to the College Football Playoff selection room at the Gaylord Texan Resort.