METRO
City discusses mandating cyclists to register bikes
By Griffin Horvath | July 28, 2014Future residents of Gainesville may have to leap over a few hurdles before hopping on a bicycle.
COVID-19
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Beta Theta Pi to appear in court for busted toga party
By Kyle Follansbee | July 28, 2014A weekend toga party may cost more than a cover charge for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
NEWS
This Week in Social Justice: Transcending the binary part 2
By Anthony Tijerino | July 28, 2014In part one of this series on trans issues I discussed appropriate and inappropriate terminology to use or avoid when talking about trans issues and/or about trans people. Today, let’s focus on two major issues trans people face that cisgender people (people who identify with the gender with which we were assigned at birth) find ourselves privileged enough to avoid. As with part one, this is not an exhaustive list for there are, sadly, many other issues to be accounted for.
METRO
Shooting at Campus Walk Apartments, no one was hurt
By Kyle Follansbee | July 28, 2014On the night of the shooting, Larry McLamara had just returned from the store. He bought a four pack of Natural Ice beer and a pack of Clifford cigarettes.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Internet browsing during class linked to lower grades, study says
By Jessica Marsh | July 28, 2014That BuzzFeed listicle you just read in class may not be helping your grades.
METRO
Cupcake store battles summer slump
By Lindsey Cook-Saucier | July 28, 2014Three girls sat huddled in the corner of Sarkara Sweets, playing the word game Scattergories in silence.
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CAMPUS
UF Tech Connect service grows, brings local jobs
By Jacqueline Adadi | July 28, 2014Gainesville is becoming a technology hub that will soon be teeming with job opportunities.
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RECRUITING
Notebook: McCloud chooses Clemson, Lewis decommits
By MORGAN MORIARTY | July 28, 2014Ray-Ray McCloud III announced his verbal commitment to Clemson on Monday evening. The commitment came as somewhat of a surprise as McCloud was in attendance at UF’s Friday Night Lights camp. The feeling was that McCloud would go with Florida with Gainesville fresh on his mind.
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FOOTBALL
Position Preview: Gators eye a chance at running back to success in 2014
By MORGAN MORIARTY | July 28, 2014AlligatorSports continues its 2014 Florida football position breakdown by turning its attention to the running backs.
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CAMPUS
UF student publishes her second book
By Joey Martinez | July 28, 2014A UF student with high-functioning autism wants to help incoming freshmen survive their first year of college.
METRO
Second Florida judge OKs same-sex marriage
By Tanima Mehtotra | July 28, 2014Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage has been declared unconstitutional for the second time this month.
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CAMPUS
Follet’s stadium store’s sales a success
By Natalia Tamayo | July 28, 2014Willie Royster was almost invisible behind bookshelves holding heaps of Gator merchandise in the Gator Sportshop at Gate 18 of the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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COLUMNS
The Alligator Awards: Which Florida male athlete was the best in 2013-2014?
By JORDAN MCPHERSON AND EDEN OTERO | July 28, 2014As part of the Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2013-14 season, staff writers Jordan McPherson and Eden Otero will debate two of the five nominees for best male athlete. Check out the rest of the nominees in the photos (left) and vote for the winner.
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CAMPUS
Birthright trips not stopped by conflict
By Debora Lima | July 28, 2014Weeks of airstrikes, elusive cease-fires and a flight ban have not deterred a teen travel program from continuing trips to Israel.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Watson wins singles event in Gainesville ITA Circuits Draw
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | July 28, 2014Gordon Watson closed out the 2013-14 season on a hot streak.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Women, not just men, deserve the right to free their nipples
July 28, 2014Summers in Florida mean outfits that contain as few articles of clothing as possible.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators in the NFL: Elam returns to strong safety
By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | July 28, 2014With NFL training camps in session for the upcoming 2014 season, former Gator greats are on the rise while others are not.
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COLUMNS
Hamas hasn’t and won’t respond to Israel’s plea for peace
July 28, 2014You walk into a restaurant at 6:55 p.m. in anticipation of your 7 p.m. date. When 7:10 p.m. approaches, there is no sign of your date. And when you cautiously pick up the phone to call, there is no answer. You wait a little longer and call again. Someone picks up the phone, and within a mere second, the call is ended.
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EDITORIALS
Negative ads undermine FL gubernatorial race
July 28, 2014Unless you’re a TV-less hipster (getting all your shows on Hulu/Netflix/HBO Go — yeah, we’re on to you), you’ve been bombarded with the predictable mud-flinging political ads as November elections draw closer and closer. As they’d have you believe, Rick Scott is a reptilian warlord in a human skin suit, and Charlie Crist is a slick turncoat pushing for education cuts.
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COLUMNS
World events don’t need US’ blessing
July 28, 2014America must come to grips with an uncomfortable reality: Our world influence is beginning to wane. The two main crises that have dominated the airwaves for the past few weeks, the Malaysian Airline downed by Russian-backed Ukrainian separatist forces and the latest chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have made this development perfectly clear. We have overstretched, overreached and overplayed our influence for too long.
