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THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

New Girl

By Daniela Garcia | July 1, 2015

The roommates of apartment 4D would agree there are two ways to spend your first weekend of the semester. Option one: You could cuddle up on the couch and binge watch “Dirty Dancing” while hysterically crying into a pillow — Jessica Day style. Option two: You could go crazy with your friends and attempt to play a game of “True American.” With both options being a bit extreme, it’s best to just settle for a happy medium. Yes, it’s finally here — a “New Girl” drinking game!

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Rock the Fourth like an American

By Michaela Beeda | July 1, 2015

On this righteous day, we celebrate the brave souls who made the American dream a reality. This reality was founded on the grounds that justice is needed for all. This is the one day of the year when we all come together and applaud the fact that people fought to make the land of the brave. As Americans, it is our duty to honor this day the way a true patriot would — we give it our all or we give nothing.

METRO | BUSINESS

Punk band Abandon the Midwest returns to GNV tonight

By Joshua Williamson | July 1, 2015

Punk-rock quartet Abandon the Midwest is returning to Gainesville tonight, and if you’re lucky, you might catch them throwing the occasional beer can at one another.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Forget automatic: Learning how to drive stick makes you a better person

July 1, 2015

I’ve always driven a manual transmission car. In my house, an automatic just wasn’t an option. My parents have always driven manuals, and when I turned 15 and was ready to learn how to drive, that was what was available to me.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Online professionalism: fallacy or reasonable?

July 1, 2015

Since the social media boom of the 2000s, there has been a common refrain amongst parents, professors and anyone generally over the age of 35: Watch what you post on Facebook. As the distinction between our online personas and our physical activities becomes increasingly blurred, more scrutiny than ever has been placed upon an individual to keep their online profile proper, pristine and free of anything remotely vulgar or suggestive. Conventional wisdom holds that once college students enter the professional world, they’ll be surprised to learn how little that picture of them double fisting PBR tallboys will impress their potential employers.

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Darts and Laurels: MUUUUURICA Edition(Kinda)

July 1, 2015

Welcome back readers! We’re sure you’re settling back into the proper swing of things following our week off. In any event, it’s another week, another paper and another weekly dose of...

NEWS | CAMPUS

Fireworks will light up Flavet

By Lauren Blakely | July 1, 2015

Bursts of color and patriotism will once again speckle the night sky over UF’s Flavet Field.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF campus safety headlines Tuesday’s Senate meeting

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | July 1, 2015

Campus safety was a focal point at Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting, with the chambers unanimously approving a resolution encouraging scooter safety and University Police Department Operations Deputy Chief Darren Baxley giving an update on the TapShield app.

Laura Ann Rosenbury, dean of UF’s Levin College of Law, speaks. She began her role as dean on Wednesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF welcomes its first permanent female law dean

By Melissa Gomez | July 1, 2015

Twelve sunflowers, an orchid, a potted plant and a box.

UF men's basketball coach Mike White speaks at his introductory press conference on May 11 in the Gator Room at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Mike White, Florida excited to establish new identity

By GRAHAM HALL | June 29, 2015

With the departure of former Florida coach Billy Donovan, who built the Gators into a perennial contender in not just the Southeastern Conference but the entire country, one would think incoming UF coach Mike White would attempt to emulate Donovan’s methods to be successful.

UF's JJ Schwarz runs past third base and heads to score during the first inning of Florida's 13-5 win against Florida State in the NCAA Super Regionals on June 5, 2015, at McKethan Stadium.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Season in Review: Looking back at Florida baseball in 2015

By IAN COHEN | June 29, 2015

When examining Florida baseball’s 2015 season, the best place to begin is at the end.

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, center right, celebrates with CC Sabathia after Rodriguez hit a home run — his 3,000th career hit — during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on June 19 at Yankee Stadium in New York.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

A-Rod? More like A-Fraud: Rodriguez milestone is a Big Apple-sized fiasco

By Luis Torres | June 29, 2015

Alex Rodriguez’s baseball accomplishments shouldn’t be celebrated.

Marquis Dendy competes in the triple jump during the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF continues dominance of triple jump at USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships

By Kyle Brutman | June 29, 2015

Florida track and field has made its mark in recent years in the triple jump circuit.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Rick Scott’s state budget approvals, vetoes affect UF

By Melissa Gomez | June 29, 2015

If Bill Overholt doesn’t find $900,000 by July 1, he’ll be out of a job.

METRO

Legalizing same-sex marriage is just the first step

By Patricia Potestades | June 29, 2015

When Damian Gonzalez woke up to the news Friday that the Supreme Court had struck down bans on same-sex marriage, his first reaction was to call his aunt.

Rain falls on Orange Lake at the Heagy Burry Park boat ramp Monday. Sinkholes along the bottom of Orange Lake are lowering water levels, preventing boats from safely launching on to the lake.

METRO

Sinkholes are drying out Orange Lake

By Lawrence Chan | June 29, 2015

North Central Florida’s biggest lake is vanishing down a sinkhole.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Marriage equality a step in the right direction

June 29, 2015

On June 26, the Supreme Court took a massive step forward toward equality, making marriage equality the law of the land.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Busy news week shows good, bad of United States

June 29, 2015

All right, we at the Independent Florida Alligator leave our posts for a week and the United States decides to up and blow its top with national news and national controversies bubbling over like some witch’s brew.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Tree experts: UF golf course pines don’t need to be chopped

By Ansley Pentz | June 29, 2015

The loblolly pines in the Bat House Woods conservation area are surrounded by smaller trees, shrubs, critters and a growing army of support.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Removing the Confederate flag is only symbolic of bigger issues at hand

June 29, 2015

I agree with the South Carolina governor’s position to take down the Confederate flag, as well as the decisions of Wal-Mart, Sears, eBay, the proposal in Mississippi and other such moves.

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