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OPINION | EDITORIALS

Editorial: Scalia's legacy haunts his passing

Feb. 16, 2016

It was announced Tuesday that Senior Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away due to natural causes at a luxury resort in Texas on Saturday, will lie in repose in the halls of the Supreme Court this coming Friday. As is traditional, Scalia was honored with the placement of a black wool crepe over his chair and bench, along with black drapery over the doors to the courtroom. These simple, understated gestures by the Supreme Court are the most respectful remembrances of Scalia to have emerged from D.C. since his passing.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Column: Gap between the world and the scientific community

Feb. 16, 2016

On Thursday, a team of scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected gravitational waves. In measuring the sound of two black holes colliding, one of the last points of Einstein’s theory of relativity was proven correct. However, this triumph is not just a triumph for the sake of discovery; it was a triumph for the scientists who dedicated decades of their lives to proving this research. The time spent toward the study was worth it.

Esteban Siles, an 18-year-old industrial engineering freshman, plays a game of table tennis with his friend Carlos Ancaten in the recently opened Reitz Union Game Room on Tuesday afternoon.

MULTIMEDIA | GALLERY

The Reitz Kind of Recreation

By Emma Green | Feb. 16, 2016

Students are taking advantage of the recently reopened Reitz Union Game Room.

Sabrina Philipp takes questions during the Not My System town hall meeting at Turlington Hall on Feb. 16, 2016. On Tuesday, she hosted an online Q&A.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Group discusses SG tell-all video at town hall meeting

By Melissa Gomez | Feb. 15, 2016

In a lecture room Monday, Alfonso Mejia stood up and told students how he dropped out of rushing for his fraternity because he knew he would never be UF Student Body president.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF alumni competing on 'The Amazing Race' reality show

By Katelyn Newberg | Feb. 15, 2016

Two UF alumni are competing on this season of “The Amazing Race.”

METRO

Zika virus has little effect on student travels

By Molly Donovan | Feb. 15, 2016

As the Department of Health’s website posts daily updates on the Zika virus, traveling UF staff and students are taking precautions.

Pictured is a slew of graffiti painted outside Flint Hall. Acts of vandalism aren’t uncommon, said a UF physical plant worker; when spray paint is involved, chemicals and pressure washing is required to remove the graffiti.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Keene-Flint Hall graffiti removed, referenced organic chemistry

By Melissa Gomez | Feb. 15, 2016

Dimitri Kampouris, 20, sat outside Keene-Flint Hall on Monday afternoon and watched a team from UF’s Physical Plant Division wash off vulgar words and scribbles on the side of the building.

NEWS | CAMPUS