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Coming off of a roller-coaster of a 2023-24 campaign and a busy offseason that saw all kinds of new talent landing in Gainesville, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team knew the stakes were higher than ever in their regular season opener on Monday night.
Florida women’s tennis continued its Fall slate by sending two competitors to the UNF Fall Invite. The University of North Florida-hosted event lasted three days, with UF freshmen Noemie Oliveras and Nikola Daubnerova competing in four matches.
Dressed in their Sunday best and ‘Black Voters Matter’ T-shirts, more than 500 citizens of Gainesville’s Black community joined together in music and educational celebration to incentivize others to perform their civic duty — voting.
A symposium in support of Palestinian causes was moved off campus one day before it was scheduled to take place.
Unhoused individuals often struggle with the hardships and stigma associated with homelessness, but stereotypes and unhoused status don’t mean they can’t exercise the right to vote. Yet many of them are still choosing not to.
When Florida redshirt freshman quarterback Aidan Warner announced he was transferring from Yale to UF in Spring 2024, he wasn’t greeted with words of encouragement from his peers.
It was 2011, and the U.S. Women’s National Team faced a 2-1 deficit against Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals. Nine-year-old Lauren Donovan watched in awe as Abby Wambach made history. Little did she know, she would later follow in Wambach’s footsteps in college.
The No. 3 Florida Gators men’s and women’s swim teams were faced with a tall task on Friday. With their meet against Alabama being postponed, the Gators opened SEC play on the road against Georgia’s No. 7 men’s team and No. 10 women’s team.
Twenty-year-old Allison Wilcox said she has a dirty secret. While she’s never worn a MAGA hat or waved a Trump flag, she’d love to see the former president return to the White House.
A medida que el sol desaparecía el 1 de noviembre, la comunidad de Gainesville cobró vida con los coloridos sonidos y vistas de El Día de Los Muertos. Esta festividad mexicana tradicional, observada el 1 y 2 de noviembre, honra a los seres queridos fallecidos a través de altares vibrantes, ofrendas y otras celebraciones culturales.
As the sun disappeared on Nov. 1, Gainesville’s community came alive with the colorful sights and sounds of El Día de Los Muertos. The traditional Mexican holiday, observed on Nov. 1 and 2, honors deceased loved ones through vibrant altars, offerings and other cultural celebrations.
Being a con man in 1912 River City, Iowa isn’t the easiest job, especially when it comes to singing and dancing to convince citizens to give you their money. Throwing in plaid, warm wool suits? Forget about it.
In 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis made national headlines when he created the Office of Election Crimes and Security, a so-called “election police” force designed to investigate and prosecute alleged voter fraud. The timing was no coincidence. As DeSantis cemented his political ambitions and positioned himself for a presidential run, he needed to appeal to a specific base. In creating this office, DeSantis wasn't protecting democracy — he was pandering to conspiracy theorists and sowing doubt in the electoral process, all while laying the groundwork for voter intimidation and going after petitions and amendments to please his voters. And now, in 2024, we are seeing the full, dangerous impact of this move.
Election day, Nov. 5, will be the central event that will forecast American policy for the next four years. In the past month, Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris' campaigns have gone full throttle in convincing the American public why they should stay with the status quo or go back to old policies through Trump's executive hand. Before you go out and cast your ballot, please consider these points.
The energy was palpable in the Stephen O’Connell Center with Florida on a match point.
Justin Ramer was arrested Friday on charges of strangling two women who both identified as his girlfriends as part of a “throuple,” or a polyamorous relationship.
With momentum seemingly on their side in a heated rivalry game, the Gators were taking advantage. Hanging on to a 10-3 lead, Florida forced a three-and-out to get the ball back at its own 25-yard line. But as high as the emotions were on Florida’s sideline, you could hear a pin drop moments later.
Florida true freshman quarterback DJ Lagway will miss the rest of the Florida-Georgia rivalry game after sustaining a hamstring injury in the second quarter.
The Florida Gators (4-3, 2-2 SEC) are set to take on the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 SEC) at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville. Follow along here for live updates. Kickoff is set for 3:50 p.m.
As he walked into the Reitz Union Career Connections Center, Cameron Driggers joined the ranks of over six million early voters in Florida.
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