Louise Marra had been sitting in the same chair in the same parking lot for about 24 hours as the line wrapped around North Main Street and Northwest Sixth Avenue in downtown Gainesville.
The Florida House passed an insane new bill regarding guns and riots last week, prompting Cliff Schecter of the Daily Beast to say, “you could call Florida the Grand Ole Opry of gun nuttery.”
Home run king Henry “Hank” Aaron shed his quiet demeanor last week, chastising Republicans for derailing President Barack Obama’s agenda. Aaron — like many — believes the vitriol many spew at Obama has less to do with political disagreements and more to do with race.
The weather is starting to heat up, and students are shedding their polar vortex sweaters for muscle tanks, crop tops, swimsuits and anything that shows off their midriffs or deltoids.
A Justin Shafer sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run against South Carolina on Saturday night to even up the Southeastern Conference series and keep Florida tied at the top of its division.
Florida capped its nonconference weekend with a second shutout on Saturday. No. 6 UF (37-8, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) defeated North Carolina State (26-11, 12-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) 10-0 in four and a half innings at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Pick up a magazine off the shelf when you’re in line to buy groceries. As you flip through it, you will notice ads and photoshoots scattered throughout the layouts of beautiful women, all thin and with flawless faces. This is a lie.
You can find a job you love, you can stop distancing yourself from your dreams and be competitive with a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences major. How would you like to believe that? Now you can.
Alright, ladies. Let’s talk high-waisted shorts.
Florida showcased its new up-tempo offense during the Orange and Blue Debut on Saturday, and coach Will Muschamp liked what he saw in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Youth is the key word in the Gators’ wide receiving corps.
The Gators got on the board first Friday night, but the Gamecocks got the best of them.
A third-inning rally and stout pitching by freshman Delanie Gourley proved to be the difference-maker in Florida’s Friday-night matchup against Florida A&M.
Florida entered Friday’s match in fourth place in their conference and with 129 consecutive home victories — the longest active home winning streak in any Division 1 Women’s sport.
The Gators continue to have struggles on the road as the season winds down. No. 15 Florida fell 4-3 to Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., for its eighth loss of the season and fifth on the road.
Students will be taking games seriously with a video-game tournament Saturday in the Reitz Union.
A flaw in a widely used online security mechanism has left information technology departments doing damage control, but officials at UF said students’ information is safe.
Paging all book lovers: The Friends of the Library Book Sale is this weekend.
The presidential search is on — again.
When you hit rock bottom, there isn’t anywhere to go but up. The Gators hope that’s true because 2013 was, by all accounts, a disaster.
Solutions by The State News
