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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Two UF professors receive Darwin-Wallace Medal

Two distinguished professors from the Florida Museum of Natural History and UF received the 2016 Darwin-Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society of London last Tuesday for outstanding advances in the fields of evolutionary biology, according to a press release from the Florida Museum.


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METRO

Fresh Market to host annual fundraiser

The Fresh Market will host its 22nd annual “Hope Floats” Sidewalk Sale from Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, an organization that funds Type 1 diabetes research.


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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels: June 2, 2016

If you’re on the lookout for some life coaching, Dr. Ben Carson awoke from his slumber, yet again. Let’s see what message he brought to Fox News on Memorial Day: “America right now is like a cruise ship that is about to go off of Niagara Falls with tremendous carnage and death.” Hmm… Never mind. This sounds more like some nightmare he had after seeing “Titanic.” Anyway, we at the Alligator would never do you like that. We’d never give you up, let you down or run around and desert you. So, relax and fade away into our latest segment of…


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Opinion: Whom does one remember on Memorial Day?

My great-grandparents fought in Syria’s army in World War I for the Allied Powers, which eventually earned them an expedited path to U.S. citizenship. This historical anecdote allows me to account for my presence in the U.S., which I can do without kissing the ground on which I was born or giving thanks my family left its homeland.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Opinion: President Obama still has six more months

If you thought of the last few accomplishments of President Barack Obama, what would come to your mind? It would probably be his visits to Cuba this past March and Japan just last week. The bottom line, though, is Obama’s past accomplishments have not been here in the U.S.


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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Surviving Paris and other big cities

Before I left the U.S., I did a ton of research on each city and country I planned to visit in order to ensure as much safety as possible. There were quite a few horror stories about being pick-pocketed in places like Paris, but I figured I’d just use common sense. And I don’t want to speak prematurely, but it worked.


Gainesville band Duppies has been a staple on the local music scene for more than a decade. The band has toured up and down the East Coast, but the group still regularly plays shows around town.
THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Q&A: Duppies

Over the last decade, Duppies has become a staple band on the Gainesville music scene. The band has long played at venues all over town and has even taken their show on the road up and down the East Coast. I sat down with lead vocalist and percussionist Brian Hiebel to talk the band’s start and success.



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