Gabriel Mondry folded his arms and stuck out his hip to flaunt a black leather gun case.
Last month, Florida’s Republican U.S. senator and UF alumnus Marco Rubio proposed a bipartisan-supported bill detailing a plan to combat sexual assault on college campuses. A letter he wrote was featured in the Alligator, and he has been applauded by people on both sides of the aisle for his seemingly progressive piece of legislation. I even found myself commending Rubio until I realized he and the team of senators — a total of five democrats and five republicans — made the same mistake most people are making when it comes to combating sexual assault: They’re focused on the aftermath of rape instead of focusing on disintegrating rape culture.
Every American will need access to some form of higher education in the 21st century. Ensuring this is possible will require lowering costs, expanding options and changing the way students pay for degrees. But these reforms will be of little use if students don’t feel safe on college campuses.
While the legality of same-sex marriage is spreading across the nation, some LGBTQ+ activists are concerned the success of the fight for marriage equality will shift attention from the remaining struggle for equal rights.
Finding your way around campus just got easier thanks to a new app on campus.
Guns on campus could be a reality as soon as June if a recently introduced bill passes the Florida House and Senate.
Around this time last year, a loophole was forced open that allows students to keep guns in locked cars. Many found it problematic, some saw it as a decent compromise between an all-out ban and a free-for-all. But for a few on the ideological fringe, it wasn’t nearly enough of a relaxation.
Revisions made to a federal sexual assault act will now include LGBT students. But for some people in UF community, the act is not enough.
To dispel anxiety over assault rumors seen on social media, UF faculty and Gainesville Police urge students to look to official sources for information.
California’s new sexual consent law is giving college campuses extra legal backing to the phrase “No means no.”
A woman said she was followed by a man who matched the description of the UF assault suspect near the Hub early Sunday, setting off a string of UF alerts at about 1 a.m.
The National Eating Disorders Association has implemented a new online program to serve college students dealing with body image confidence.
Gainesville Area National Organization for Women, a feminist organization, is hosting its first UF event in response to dozens of emails from students asking the group to move on campus.
Against a stacked roster of Swamp Party candidates campaigning on Turlington Plaza and outside of the Reitz Union, Evan Morris and Preston Jones stick to word-of-mouth tactics.
Students who steered clear of Sorority and Fraternity Row this semester in favor of a more independent and alternative lifestyle can still rush today on Plaza of the Americas.
Capt. John Redmond of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office remembers the fear.
Girls dressed in teal in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Week lined the seats of the University Auditorium on Wednesday to hear a survivor tell her story.
After biking across America by herself this summer, Van Truong learned the significance of self defense.
Samantha Mossman has carried around pepper spray for years.
I remember touring UF my senior year of high school and hearing my mom ask the most important question of all: "How safe is campus?" We got the speech about the three-lock dorm system, the blue lights, Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol and all of the resources that make UF one of the safest places to call home. Now I, along with every other student, can only think about taking a self-defense class and buying pepper spray.
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