Last week in Virginia, a group of gun-control activists planned to hold a rally at the Virginia State Capitol. The protesters were turned away by Capitol Police, who informed them that the sticks on the American flags that they carried were forbidden inside the building because they could be considered weapons.
Right now, the big buzzword for the NFL is “concussion.” It’s hard not to hear about it. Ever since the book and documentary “League of Denial” entered into the sports media arena, concerns for player safety and head-related injuries intensified. The word is in the back of every fan’s, coach’s and player’s mind. I challenge you to find a game where the word “concussion” has not been brought up by the play-by-play or color commentator.
In 2013, female-driven films killed in the box office. TIME magazine reported that movies released last year passing the Bechdel test made $1.55 billion more than movies that didn’t. The Bechdel test, for those of you who aren’t fans of the “Dykes to Watch Out For” comic strip, is a standard that works of fiction are held to in order to determine gender bias. Films, books, TV shows and other forms of entertainment pass the Bechdel test if they contain two or more named female characters, the female characters speak to one another, and their conversations are about something other than men or relationships.
Introspection may be a cure for frantic students suffering from beginning-of-the-semester blues.
From the day Patric Young stepped on Florida’s campus as a freshman in 2010, the 6-foot-9 center immediately drew comparisons to some of the NBA’s biggest stars, such as Dwight Howard and Amare Stoudemire.
For students interested in being a part of the next big idea, a startup hub is hosting its second internship fair today and Wednesday.
Some officials believe the next step in the city’s transit services is a streetcar system.
Medicinal marijuana is officially on the Florida ballot.
Rebounds are not an issue if you are sinking threes at will. Florida showed that on Sunday against Auburn.
A former UF Faculty Senate chair is running for a District 2 Commission seat, but Cheri Brodeur isn’t asking for any campaign donations. She said her conscientious, original problem-solving style is what the City Commission needs.
Four-star running back Derrell Scott, a 2014 prospect out of Havelock, N.C., announced his verbal commitment to Tennessee on Monday afternoon.
Throughout the 2013-14 season, the Houston Rockets have called Chandler Parsons their “glue guy.”
Rachel Spicer didn’t perform her floor routine during Florida’s 2013 title run.
Katie Mitchell and Karolina Vickova walked onto the greens of the Black Diamond Ranch Monday morning hoping to score a win for the Gators on their birthday.
Very pleased, but not satisfied, is how coach Mike Holloway is feeling about his track and field team after two meets thus far in the indoor season.
Details have emerged about the new residence hall that is under construction on the corner of 13th Street and Museum Road.
New reports show that nontraditional messaging may surpass texting as the most popular form of instant messaging among young people.
Residents of North and Central Florida will have access to one of the largest cancer centers in the state beginning Feb. 1 when UF Health and Orlando Health officially join forces.
The Gainesville Improv Festival will return with 24 improv groups Wednesday for its ninth year of unscripted sketch comedy.
Voting isn’t just a necessary part of democracy. Voting is democracy. And, as the Supreme Court ruled in a 1979 landmark case, students establishing residency have the right to vote in the communities where they attend college. Students pay state sales tax. They are subject to the jurisdiction of the court system where they attend school. Most importantly, students are directly impacted by the decisions made by elected officials in the city, county and state governments where they attend college. Yet, at UF, the status quo prevents far too many students from exercising their fundamental voting rights.
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