Muchos países en Latinoamérica tienen ascendencias cruzantes. Sin embargo, los inmigrantes latinoamericanos que vienen a los Estados Unidos ven que sus mezclas de ascendencia blanca, negra, e indígena muchas veces chocan en el contexto de las dinámicas raciales de los EE.UU.
Many countries in Latin America have intersecting heritages. For Latin American immigrants who come to the United States, however, their mixes of white, Black and indigenous heritage often conflict in the context of the U.S.' racial dynamics.
Black gymnasts use floor routine, hair as an opportunity to infuse their identity into the sport.
Olivia Miller became the first freshman in Florida softball history to throw a perfect game. Miller was the highlight of two wins on Sunday.
After suffering a bitter loss at the hands of the Mississippi State Bulldogs less than three weeks earlier, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team came into their Sunday afternoon rematch hungrier than ever before.
The Gators softball team split its doubleheader on Saturday. The team fell to Michigan but bounced back and dominated Illinois State.
The Gators track and field teams traveled back to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Tyson Invitational, their fourth and final regular season meet of the indoor season. Part of the team headed north for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.
The Florida Gators men’s tennis team (3-4) took on the No. 3 ranked Texas Longhorns (6-1) in Austin, Texas on Saturday.
The Gators men's basketball team upset the No. 12 Auburn Tigers at home on Saturday.
The No. 10 Florida Gators (0-1) lacrosse team lost to the No. 8 Loyola Greyhounds (1-0) home opener 18-10 after being outscored 10-2 in the second half, turning a cloudy day in Baltimore into a sunny one for the Greyhounds.
The Gators gymnastics team beat the Arkansas Razorbacks Friday in its Annual Link to Pink meet for breast cancer.
A UF student was barred from campus for stealing a pro-Palestinian sign from a protester in Turlington Plaza.
A Skylar Wallace solo home run in the third inning was the difference in Florida softball's season opening win against Oregon State.
The No. 8 Gators women’s tennis was bested by the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal 4-0 in the first round of the ITA National Indoor Championships.
In its Feb. 6 meeting, the Gainesville Finance Committee worked to revise the city’s budget to make up for the $1.4 million in payments withheld by the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority. Its proposal, which the City Commission will discuss Feb. 15, makes up the difference by dipping into contingency funds for designated programs such as at-risk youth and gun violence prevention.
A Gainesville man was arrested on suspicion of child abuse Wednesday evening, after his 15-year-old son escaped their apartment and was found naked inside a local Walgreens begging for help.
A Santa Fe College student was arrested and charged with battery, a first degree misdemeanor, Thursday.
The Gators (12-9, 3-6 SEC) secured their third SEC win of the season in a tightly contested 84-81 victory over the Razorbacks (17-8, 5-5 SEC) on Thursday night. Florida led by as many as nine points and trailed by as many as 10 on the evening, but the team emerged from the dust triumphant following a strong fourth quarter showing.
At the start of every break, students crowd into buses, cars and airplanes to make the journey home. South Floridians like myself are well-acquainted with the contours of I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike. This journey can become costly, both in time and money. My five-hour commute to and from Miami costs over $400 annually on gas alone. Multiply that across every student, and the exodus looks glaringly inefficient.
After over two hours of deliberation, amendments and rants from school board members, the Alachua County School Board approved a new contract for Superintendent Shane Andrew in a 3-2 vote.
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