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The Wandering Gator: Goodbye to Florence

By Vanessa Van Note | July 3, 2014

Florence gave me more in a mere six weeks than college has given me as a whole in two years. I came into college with no sense of direction. To be honest, my only purpose for majoring in engineering was pleasing my family. For the past few years, I have been desperately searching for myself to no avail. I did not feel the need to do well in my classes, I spread myself too thin amongst clubs in an attempt to find someplace I belonged, and I just was not happy.

Hannah Rogers pitches during UF's 17-1 win against USF on April 23 at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Rogers was named the 2014 Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year and finished her senior season with a 30-8 record and a 1.60 ERA.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Hannah Rogers tabbed SEC Female Athlete of the Year

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | July 2, 2014

Hannah Rogers has proven time and time again her value to the Florida softball team.

METRO

The Swamp to hold first hot dog eating contest

By Jenny Clements | July 2, 2014

Ten minutes. Hundreds of hot dogs. Ninety-degree weather.

Head coach Will Muschamp has three 2015 commits competing in The Opening football camp, which takes place Friday until July 10 in Beaverton, Ore.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

UF commits attend The Opening

By MORGAN MORIARTY | July 2, 2014

The 2014 edition of The Opening football camp kicks off this Friday and runs until July 10 at Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore.

United States’ goalkeeper Tim Howard leaps over Omar Gonzalez to tip the ball away during the U.S.’ 2-1 loss to Belgium on Tuesday.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Column: Embrace the bandwagoners

By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | July 2, 2014

A week prior to the start of the World Cup, I may have been able to name three players on the U.S. men’s national soccer team. And one of them would have definitely been Landon Donovan (oops).

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF observatory gets star ranking

By Claudia Stantzyk-Guzek | July 2, 2014

UF’s astronomy observatory was recently ranked fourth in a list of the top 25 college observatories in the nation on CollegeRank.net.

The University of Florida announced Tuesday that the team of Davis Architects, CPPI Construction Management and TLC Engineering will begin meeting to discuss the renovation of the O’Connell Center, which will occur after the 2014-2015 season.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Design and build team announced for O’Dome

By RICHARD JOHNSON | July 2, 2014

With the heavily anticipated renovation to the Stephen C. O’Connell Center coming soon, there were bound to be leaks of the new additions.

NEWS | CAMPUS

LSAT possibly waived for 10 percent of law school admits

By Rebecca Kravetz | July 2, 2014

Students looking to apply to law school may no longer need to take the LSAT starting in August.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student helps US Special Olympics soccer team win second

By Aldo Araujo | July 2, 2014

They may not be playing in the FIFA World Cup, but the Special Olympics Unified soccer team came, saw and conquered at the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Suing Obama: Symptom of DC insanity

July 2, 2014

In an effort to save American democracy from the evil tyrant, “King Obama the First,” Speaker of the House John Boehner revealed that he plans to sue the president for overstepping his constitutional authority.

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels 7/3/14

July 2, 2014

It’s Summer B 2014, and freshmen desperation is in the air: You can find them moving in herds of 50 across Midtown, clogging the Starbucks on campus and wearing head-to-toe orange and blue. This isn’t a dig, though, class of 2018. We were in your (brand-new) shoes at one point, and we’re imparting some wisdom to you: Nobody is too cool for an umbrella. Carry an umbrella. And call your mom once a while.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

High Dive celebrates the Fourth of July with live music and BBQ

By Stephanie Newman | July 2, 2014

For those seeking fun other than fireworks this Fourth of July, you can check out The High Dive: The local music venue will host a celebration with food and musical performances.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

RiFF RAFF’s ‘Neon Icon’ album has new sounds, old traditions

By Emily Cardinali | July 2, 2014

After much album-date release confusion and pandering to white girls on Twitter to revamp excitement, Houston-based rapper RiFF RAFF finally released “Neon Icon” on June 24.

Victoria de Benedicty, 18, and Dalton Jacob, 24, practice at Victoria’s house in Ocala on Tuesday. Their band III BONES will perform its last show at the High Dive on Saturday before moving out to Austin, Texas.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Lo-fi Motown-soul duo III Bones graduates from Gainesville

By Chloe Finch | July 2, 2014

On Monday evening, lo-fi Motown-soul duo III BONES held one of its final rehearsals in Ocala on American Eagle Farm. Light from the setting sun streamed in through the farmhouse’s floor-to-ceiling living-room windows as guitarist/singer Victoria de Benedicty, guitarist/singer Dalton Jacob and fill-in drummer Jared Reddick practiced for III Bones’ farewell show at High Dive on Saturday night.

THE AVENUE | FOOD

Recipes: The instruction manuals you actually want to read

By Kelsi | July 2, 2014

Recipes are, on one hand, an instruction manual with directions or instructions on how to make something and also a narrative with engaging prose or a story that elevates the procedure into something else entirely.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Furry friends fear the 4th: How to protect your pet this holiday

By Torri Macarages | July 2, 2014

Animals hate America’s favorite holiday. Fireworks scare them, hot dogs upset them and bug spray makes them sick. It’s no wonder that more pets are lost on the Fourth of July than on any other day of the year.

THE AVENUE | FOOD

Booze & food with James Bond

By Joey Martinez | July 2, 2014

Matt Sherman wants to show you what is on the menu — James Bond’s menu.

NEWS

For Your Entertainment: Five shows to get you ready for 4th of July

By Elena Hilton | July 2, 2014

This Friday is America’s birthday, and what better way to celebrate than watching all your favorite shows set in the nation’s capital? I’m currently interning in Washington D.C. –sadly Olivia Pope is not here—and I think it’s given me a bit more insight into my favorite political shows. Here are my picks for the best fictional D.C. shows:

"800_6373" by Brandon Binkwilder Santana, used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

NEWS

The Whole You: Women and lifting- 7 reasons to not fear the weight room

By Andrea Vidal | July 2, 2014

I can’t speak for all gyms (although it always happens in the few that I’ve seen), but there always seems to be some sort of invisible divide between the cardio and weight areas. We still live in a world where girls dominate the elliptical, while guys master the bar. Of course, I’m not saying that women should be the next body builders -- even though there already are plenty of successful ladies out there -- but having a little knowledge on how to lift wouldn’t kill anyone.

NEWS

For Your Entertainment: New age of music

By Cody Smith | July 2, 2014

The internet has allowed unorthodox artists and bands who may not have normally risen to stardom gain worldwide attention and dedicated fan bases. However, the advent of torrenting and other forms of illegal downloading have sparked an ongoing debate on whether torrenting sites like the Pirate Bay damage an artists' success or spread their music to new audiences. While that debate continues to remain relevant, for this blog I will discuss a sub-issue of sorts: the downloading of leaked songs or albums.

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