As February approaches, men’s basketball teams around the country are looking for big wins to give them an edge when March rolls around. Resumes are being examined for a possible tournament berth.
The Florida baseball team has high expectations entering the 2016 season.
After a successful fall, the no. 12 Florida’s men’s golf team is set to begin Spring play today at the Sea Best Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Spring semester is in full swing, and for the No. 12 UF women’s golf team, it’s time for this year’s Florida Challenge, hosted by South Florida.
Students learned to bust a move while registering to vote Saturday.
Students can now donate professional clothes to help students land jobs.
Two organizations are moving into the Reitz Union today.
Kendall Ackley first entered the Alachua County Headquarters Library 12 years ago.
As journalists, it is our obligation to maintain a cool head when parsing through information and drafting a story. Although we in the Opinions section are not held to the same standards of objectivity as the rest of the paper, it is still up to us to collect and pore over as much information as possible; whether our findings align with our worldview, it remains our job to share and dissect what we may stumble upon in a comprehensive manner.
I am not a conservative per se — as a Jew, a woman and a first-generation American, it wouldn’t be becoming of me to join the openly racist, sexist and xenophobic right wing. But if conservative could mean something else, it might mean this: Things exist, and exist for reasons, and we’d better think about what they are before we burn it all down.
I’m sad and disappointed most UF students — probably an overwhelming majority — don’t participate in local politics. We spend practically four years of our lives in Gainesville. We eat, live and spend a lot of money in this fair city. When issues of utility rates, transportation and public safety are brought up in local politics, students should pay close attention — is there a better time to get involved in Gainesville politics than right now?
The new generation of Barbie dolls represents many different kinds of women of different shapes and sizes. For many little girls, these dolls aren’t sidekicks – they ARE Barbie. Often for girls they symbolize an ideal to aspire to. Many of Barbie’s incarnations have been different professions, including careers in the military, medicine and public service. The point of these has been to show girls this message: “You can do it, too!”
Police arrested a Gainesville woman Friday evening after they said she stole prescription pills from a man at Walgreens.
High school students from across the state travelled to UF this weekend to debate global issues while acting in two new committees.
Students can now wear hijabs and get free henna tattoos as part of Islam Appreciation Month.
Gainesville residents waged a war against invasive plants Saturday.
High Dive continued a tradition of food and charity during the Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally’s third anniversary Saturday.
Gainesville Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old UF student after he fell six stories from an apartment balcony Sunday morning.
After two days of competition at the Razorback Invitational, the Gators wrapped up a memorable weekend filled with record-breaking performances from members of both the No. 1 men’s team and the No. 6 women’s team.
After starting off the year with a series of strong performances in doubles play, Florida’s men’s tennis team suffered a setback against Southern California on Saturday that would ultimately cost them their fourth victory of the season.
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