The Gators entered Monday’s first and second round of the Briar’s Creek Invitational as a top-25 team for the first time this season.
Ariana Miyamoto was born May 12, 1994, in Sasebo, Japan. She is a Japanese citizen. She speaks Japanese fluently. She spent her childhood years in Japan. She identifies as Japanese. Miyamoto’s beauty, talent and strong sense of patriotism enabled her to win the 2015 Miss Japan Pageant. With this victory, Miyamoto will represent Japan in the Miss Universe Pageant. Despite her qualifications and talent, Miyamoto has faced criticism, and people have questioned her ability to represent Japan.
Sexual assault on college campuses has become one of the defining issues of the mid-2010s. Discussion of the problem is widespread, and at this point it has become impossible to ignore. The president launched an initiative to combat it. Sen. Marco Rubio is sponsoring legislation against it. As a community, we were forced to deal with it during last year’s spree of yet-unsolved attacks against women.
The sixth annual TEDxUF conference was held Saturday, and it was a chance to see the awe of TED Talks come to life right here on our own campus. Unfortunately, I did not manage to land a ticket. But, inspired by the availability of an event on campus so similar to the innovative presentations I used to watch every week, I went searching for some good TED Talks to watch.
This project is for those of you that do not mind getting a little bit dirty!
The Florida gymnastics team earned the No. 2 national seed for the 2015 NCAA Championships and will compete at the Morgantown, West Virginia, Regional on April 4 at 4 p.m.
It was a packed house.
As UF medical students anxiously waited in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom to learn where they would be spending their residency training, Ryan Meral was worrying for two.
Santa Fe College Student Government elections begin today.
President Barack Obama strolled past UF student Kiona Elliott in the White House courtyard.
About 30 people gathered Saturday night for the To Write Love On Her Arms’ UF chapter’s benefit concert.
The Committee on Finance and Facilities discussed UF’s ongoing construction projects at a brief meeting Friday in preparation of the Board of Trustee’s next meeting, which will take place April 2-3.
This weekend’s third annual Gainesville Modern Weekend saw an increase in event participants.
The civil rights activist approached the lectern and faced a silent crowd Saturday.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Friday afternoon for reportedly punching another driver because he was cut off in traffic.
Four Gainesville entrepreneurs are finalists in a state-wide competition.
A pop-up street store gave Gainesville’s homeless community a unique shopping experience on Sunday.
Schools from across the state came together this weekend to help Hispanic and Latino students better understand themselves, serve their communities and enact social justice.
Conor Flynn and Hannah Gwynn are in this together.
Justin Deese considers himself a workaholic, which he said is a good thing.
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