A plain white delivery truck with pictures of fruit was parked near Library West on Wednesday, but the inside of the truck was less plain — chain and news clippings with the word “slavery” in every headline covered the walls.
Former UF quarterback Tim Tebow shows off his improved mechanics and new throwing motion for NFL coaches and scouts at UF’s Pro Scout Day in The Swamp on Wednesday. Tebow and other UF pro prospects, including Joe Haden and Brandon Spikes, worked out for teams.
Today roughly marks the one-year anniversary of the unquestioned pinnacle of Barack Obama’s presidency – the bracket he filled out for last year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Mired in the muck of a massively unsatisfying and restive term as the leader of the free world, President Obama now must re-calibrate his approach and perhaps use the basketball acumen of his inner circle to a decided political advantage.
In a society that goes out of its way to celebrate the mediocre — Applebee’s restaurants, allowing the Detroit Lions to be televised on Thanksgiving Day, ‘80s music — we really outdo ourselves on March 17.
More than a year after Barack Obama was elected president, his home state is finally trying to grow a pair.
FSU lived dangerously, and Preston Tucker made the Seminoles regret it.
While the Southeastern Conference has been a dominant force in football and basketball for years, its softball teams have only started to earn national recognition recently.
Everybody wants to be The Man. But not everybody can handle being The Man.
It’s not the way UF coach Andy Jackson wanted it to play out, but today is a big match for the men’s tennis team.
There is no place like being home on familiar territory after a disappointing loss on the road for athletes, and the Florida lacrosse team will benefit from that Wednesday.
Following the controversial shooting of Ghanian graduate assistant Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, Students for a Democratic Society presented a list of demands to Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Listed below are these demands followed by the Editorial Board’s recommendations.
Congrats, Mississippi. Your residents just helped solidify the backwards image many Americans have of you.
She’s at it again. Our favorite anatomically incorrect career hopper is adding another hobby to her already formidable list — promoting the purchase of animals.
In the race for Gainesville mayor and a District 4 City Commission seat, no candidate received the 50-percent plus one vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
The rally was organized by members of Students for a Democratic Society, as well as independent Facebook groups created by friends and colleagues of Adu-Brempong.
Singer, songwriter and pianist Ben Folds will perform tonight at 8 at UF’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
About 300 students marched in protest of GPD's actions on March 2.
Although the student protest ended Tuesday afternoon, debate about the University Police shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong continued at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
Earth Day is celebrating its 40th birthday, and Gainesville residents are invited to a 40-day party.
Census forms started arriving in mailboxes this week, and Alachua County officials are encouraging everyone, including students, to participate by filling out and mailing in the form that is required by law.
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