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Shelters seek support during abundant kitten season

By Anne Marie Tamburro | Mar. 17, 2016

In a cemetery outside of Gainesville, someone deserted three bright-eyed kittens in 2015.

Lucas Sanders, a 19-year-old UF computer engineering freshman, performs a selected scene from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” as Benedick alongside Sarah Emily Hall, a 20-year-old UF psychology sophomore, as Beatrice on the Library West Breezeway on Thursday evening.

NEWS | CAMPUS

The Bard in the boy: unity through Shakespeare in the Park

By Molly Donovan | Mar. 17, 2016

Lucas Sanders thought his passion for acting would end after he graduated high school.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Former UF track star arrested for kidnapping, battery

By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 17, 2016

Police arrested former UF athlete Dedric Antoine Dukes on Thursday morning after they said he repeatedly assaulted, kidnapped and threatened his girlfriend with a gun over the course of four months.

Debbie Maciel poses for a promotional photo for the “Harn Museum of Dance” event on Saturday. About 70 dancers from the UF’s School of Theatre and Dance will perform from 1 to 4 p.m., combining a variety of the visual arts and dance.

NEWS | CAMPUS

The Harn hosts its first Harn Museum of Dance Event on Saturday

By Leah Marshall | Mar. 17, 2016

UF students will perform ballet, hip hop and West African dances Saturday.

Jason Nance, a UF associate law professor, spoke to students about racially disproportional punishment and incarceration rates during the last seminar of UF Levin College of Law’s “Race in the News” series on Thursday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Law professor discusses school-to-prison pipeline

By Nate Phillips | Mar. 17, 2016

Between 2011 and 2012, about 92,000 students were arrested at school, Jason Nance, a UF associate law professor, told students Thursday.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Guest column: Cop and Shaq shoot it out in Florida

Mar. 17, 2016

This is going to be an amazing year for the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, and we want to thank everyone for making that possible. One of the greatest things I have learned from the CSPOA is the proper role of law enforcement. As a young child, I grew up with two Florida Highway Patrol officers as parents and a longtime friend who was a Marion County deputy sheriff. Though I never worked the beat, I did hear stories and saw how they carried themselves.

METRO | POLITICS

Column: The GOP created Trump; he'll destroy it. What next?

Mar. 17, 2016

The Republican Party has failed to stop Trump.

METRO | POLITICS

Darts & Laurels: 03/18/2016

Mar. 17, 2016

It’s been a wild ride this week, dear readers. Between the Florida primary and mayoral elections, there has been plenty to keep the Alligator newsroom busy and bustling. But now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite part of the week: a time to reflect on the good and the bad, the pretty and the ugly. Thanks for tuning in, readers, to this week’s edition of…