While most people in the U.S. are patiently awaiting the start of both college football and the NFL season, there’s another type of "football" currently being played around the world.
I can recall my social media ‘firsts’ as easily as I could my major life events: first cryptically spelled Facebook status, first grotesquely filtered Instagram, first angsty song lyric quoted on Twitter. It becomes almost nostalgic, recalling a time when social media was new and each post brought me one step closer to perfecting my skillfully crafted online persona. Yet my most profound ‘first’ was when I gave it all up.
The recent "controversy" over the recruitment video for the University of Alabama chapter of the Alpha Phi sorority was baffling. One critic, op-ed writer A.L. Bailey, rightfully derided the video as "so racially and aesthetically homogenous and forced, so hyper-feminine, so reductive and objectifying, so...unempowering." Snapchat provided live coverage of sorority rush week this past weekend, and anyone could readily observe that the problematic behavior criticized in the video is not only expected but is the norm.
Happy Hump Day fellow Gators!
When Florida announced on Friday that it had suspended three players for the season opener, there wasn’t much cause for concern.
The vaunted Florida secondary is known across the country as arguably the most talented defensive backfield in the country.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Midnight Madness will make its return to the O’Connell Center -- albeit with a name change.
Gainesville will soon have new spots to fill those grilled cheese cravings.
McCarty Hall has a friendly neighbor: UF’s new Field and Fork Campus Food Program.
Ashley Lee is spending Christmas with her family — and about 30 orphans.
This semester, students have one fewer option for getting home safely.
As the St. Augustine City Commission debated a landowner’s proposal for development in a meeting Monday night, community members discussed the use of a study conducted by UF professors in the debate.
Local man recovered after being hit with a car in O’Connell Center parking lot
Outback Steakhouse restaurant is staying true to their slogan and keeping things fresh with a new location.
No one looks more poised to reverse the sophomore slump trend than Rhamat Alhassan.
Florida coach Jim McElwain has a mantra similar to Patches O’Houlihan’s iconic "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" line from the 2004 movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: If you can catch a ball in practice, you can catch a ball in a game.
Samantha Miller’s curiosity led her to debunk more than 40 years of respected research.
Football is back, and with it comes the culmination of an offseason filled with controversy.
In recent weeks, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’, I-Vt., relationship with black voters has been subject to tremendous scrutiny. Thus far, two of Sanders’ appearances on the campaign trail have been hijacked by activists who self-identify as part of Black Lives Matter, a movement dedicated to raising awareness and effecting substantial change to institutional racism and the subpar treatment of black citizens in the U.S.
Jake McGee’s first season with the Gators ended before it could even start.
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