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By Chase Drayer | Apr. 13, 2016Hear Again Music and Movies normally retains a quiet atmosphere — until the third Saturday of April.
Hear Again Music and Movies normally retains a quiet atmosphere — until the third Saturday of April.
Dear Mediocre,
This weekend, more than 100 UF student performers will take over the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
JJ Schwarz hadn’t homered in 21 games — the longest drought of his career.
Bryce Harper, one of baseball’s great young stars, recently wore a hat that said "Make Baseball Fun Again," playing off Donald Trump’s campaign slogan of "Make America Great Again."
The Florida gymnastics team is showing no signs of slowing down.
The UF softball team has dominated Florida State over the last decade.
Following No. 2 Florida lacrosse's 10-9 win against a feisty Temple team on April 2, UF coach Amanda O’Leary was concerned about her team’s aggression — or, rather, its lack thereof.
Two UF coaches answered questions Tuesday night about both sports and their personal lives.
Thousands of books will go on sale Saturday, but a line will begin for the Friends of the Library’s Spring 2016 Book Sale on Thursday night, said P.j. van Blokland, a sorter for the organization and a professor in the UF Food and Resource Economics Department.
A model plane built by UF students never got off the ground.
Editor's note: This is part of an ongoing series on sexual assault survivors. See Thursday’s paper for an overview of the legal options and processes that survivors experience.
Part of the 34th Street Wall now reads “In Honor of Fallen Women.”
The Alachua County Labor Coalition will join the Civic Media Center, located at 433 S. Main St., to screen “Dream On” today at 7 p.m. The film will later air on PBS.
A student news organization is battling a Florida university for the right to know the names of Student Government officials in meetings and documents.
UF students are using videos to teach others about current agricultural issues and how they can affect the future.
For the first time, the Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation will host a spring safari.
Thirteen women hope to bring more than 40 characters to life this weekend.
Over the past few weeks, it appeared as though Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were about ready to channel a Mortal Kombat-level deathmatch over each other’s qualifications. The fire may have subsided, but many voters, including us Alligator staffers, still wonder: Is either Sanders or Clinton truly qualified to be president? Better yet, what does it mean to be “qualified”?
Satire’s funny, right? Well, it can be. Cool, let’s talk about that then. Satire provides commentary through irony — sarcasm, in most cases. And, as I’ve spouted at least twice, irony or “subversion of expectation” is the root of all comedy. Saying one thing and meaning another. Presenting one perception and juxtaposing it with the truth. How much more pretentiously can I describe it? There will always be bigger words in the dictionary; you may as well aim low in that regard.