For those looking to explore music with a darker tone, Gainesville band GAUL is worth a listen. The band, which describes its sound as “blackened doom” and is composed of Derek (guitar/vox), Chris Hencher (bass) and Chris Vigilante (drums), is playing at the Atlantic this weekend. I sat down with Hencher to talk about the band’s experience.
From producing music and video content for artists in their Swamp Sessions, to hosting an annual showcase of Gainesville artists, Swamp Records has worked closely with the local music scene for the past three years.
In hopes of making a positive impact on the world, Breton Homewood joined the Peace Corps in 2012 and is now UF’s new the organization’s campus recruiter.
Enjoy discounted craft beer while helping save the Asian elephant.
Last week, the A.H. Burnett Foundation donated a bronze alligator statue, designed by architect David Price, to be featured in the Library West Colonnade after renovations are complete.
People Against Violence Enterprises coordinated a back-to-school event Saturday, giving away 2,000 backpacks filled with school supplies.
Steve Spurrier was the first coach to call Florida Field The Swamp.
More than 400 rainbow-colored links wrap around the main staircase of the Reitz Union in remembrance of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
A group of Gainesville’s amateur musicians will showcase its musical talents after practicing throughout the summer.
In its first year under Mike White, the men’s basketball team went 21-15, falling in the quarterfinals of both the Southeastern Conference Tournament and the National Invitation Tournament.
Gainesville Police arrested a Micanopy man Friday after they said he was under the influence of meth when he hit two cars last Easter, killing a 6-year-old boy and his own 4-month-old child.
Though the number of UF admissions applications rose by more than 1,000 since the last school year, the number of students accepted to the university went down.
Study finds people don’t know health benefits of mushrooms
It’s the last week of classes, and you’re diligently studying for finals in a library, coffee shop or “Pokegym” of preference. At least, that’s what you tell your people back home. Of course, like any college student in 2016, you’re in awe at the debacle that is our presidential election, dying for a conclusion to the endless media cycles of the “what-he-said-versus-what-she-said” between the two main candidates.
In the opening scene of the adored Disney classic “High School Musical,” an eclectic set of multi-dimensional and well-intended teenagers burst out of a classroom in song, vividly expressing the excitement of the summer vacation to come. For those of you whose teenage blunder years were also not nearly as animated as this scene, there was one student made for us. In the back of the classroom, for the entirety of what is really just this obnoxious flashmob, an adolescent young man lays head-in-arms on his desk.
Smaller pieces create what we consider life. Therefore, understanding the building blocks of existence makes us not researchers, but rather seekers of understanding. These were the welcoming words of Dr. Juan Manuel Lopez-Alcorocho, the director of quality control of Amplicel, on the first day of my internship.
In a public records request by the Alligator, University Police released surveillance videos from the Keys Residential Complex that led to the arrest of freshman football players Rick Wells and Tyrie Cleveland. The above video has been edited for brevity, and the unedited videos can be found below.
Gainesville Police is offering a $3,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the people who shot into a Gainesville home occupied by more than 20 people late Wednesday night.
UF reached new heights in both technology licensing and donations this year, receiving $402 million in donations and submitting 122 licenses.
Authorities arrested a Gainesville man Wednesday evening after they said he robbed the Campus USA Credit Union on Archer Road, causing a multi-agency manhunt and leaving some residents blocked from their homes.
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