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Gabrielle Russo, 17, was accepted into UF’s class of 2023. Russo, who’s a third generation Gator, applied as undecided but is interested in biomedical engineering.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘It’s like a dream come true': UF welcomes class of 2023

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 8, 2019

Some decisions were announced about an hour earlier than 6 p.m.

UF junior Grant Holloway ran the 60-meter hurdles in 7.43 seconds at the Tyson Invitational. The time was one millisecond off of his personal record.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF Track and Field split up for weekend meets

By Graham Marsh | Feb. 7, 2019

Just like on the track, UF’s the long-distance runners have much farther to travel this weekend for their meet than everyone else.

Coach Kevin O'Sullivan successfully dialed-up a gimmick steal play in the Gators' win over the USA 18-U team.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators may be worse off than you think

By Evan Lepak | Feb. 7, 2019

Florida’s baseball team enters the 2019 campaign with high expectations, as it should.

Men’s basketball coach Mike White and the Gators are in the middle of one of the worst offensive seasons in the past 20 years. They are averaging 68.7 points a game, the second lowest in that span.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

By The Numbers: Is this Florida basketball’s worst offense in the past 20 seasons?

By Jake Dreilinger | Feb. 7, 2019

The Gators men’s basketball team has been in a rut all season.

Guard Delicia Washington registered her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the Gators' win over FAMU.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Washington’s game-winning shot lifts Florida over Alabama

By Sam Campisano | Feb. 7, 2019

Florida guard Delicia Washington had been there before.

Florida goalkeeper Haley Hicklen earned Big East Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday for her efforts against Villanova and Temple. It was the second time this season she has been awarded the title.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Gators lacrosse motivated by last year’s NCAA quarterfinal exit

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 7, 2019

Athletes know the feeling all too well.

The graduation of Kayli Kvistad left an open spot at first base for the Florida softball team. Coach Tim Walton will likely either start one of his freshmen or sophomore Jordan Matthews there this season.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Two questions UF will answer this weekend

By Mark Stine | Feb. 7, 2019

The UF softball team heads down to Tampa this weekend to play its first five games while the finishing touches are put on the newly renovated Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Fall commencement procedures change again

By Lakshmi Gomez | Feb. 7, 2019

The change comes after graduates' low ratings

Sophomore gymnast Alyssa Baumann earned SEC Specialist of the Week for her performance against Oklahoma on Friday.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Florida to host Auburn in “Link to Pink” Meet

By River Wells | Feb. 7, 2019

There are only two SEC gymnastics teams unbeaten in conference play. Come tonight, there will only be one.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Lung Transplant Program sets new Florida record

By Emily Kracht | Feb. 7, 2019

The UF Health Lung Transplant Program broke a Tampa hospital’s 2018 record for the number of lung transplants in a year.

A girl stares out the window of an Alachua County school bus on West University Avenue.

METRO | K-12 EDUCATION

Alachua County Public Schools unsure of post-Common Core future

By Josephine Fuller | Feb. 7, 2019

A new program has not been decided

METRO | CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

City Commission votes against pay raise for high-ranking officials

By Karina Elwood | Feb. 7, 2019

$19,222 had been previously budgeted for the increase

OPINION | COLUMNS

Show bingers beware: Spoiling is on the rise and it needs to stop

Feb. 7, 2019

I am a victim of a spoiler. In an interview before the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance revealed details about the second “Black Panther” movie. The actors got too excited and decided to drop spoilers. Herein lies the issue: My unexpecting ears weren’t prepared to hear this information.

Florida center Kevarrius Hayes scored 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting on Tuesday against Auburn.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

With loss to Auburn behind it, UF turns attention to Tennessee

By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 7, 2019

The Florida men’s basketball team hasn’t lost three-straight games this season. But it’ll have to pull off a major upset if it wants to keep it that way.

Lizzie Jenkins, the author of the 1998 book “The Real Rosewood,” speaks Thursday to a crowd of about 85 people at the Matheson History Museum. Jenkins spoke about her aunt who was assaulted during the 1923 Rosewood Massacre as well as her own experiences with racism during the civil rights movement. “What happened to me,” Jenkins said, “I don’t want it to happen to anybody else.”

METRO

Historian tells story of the Rosewood Massacre

By Naomi Cruz | Feb. 7, 2019

More than 100 African Americans were killed in the 1923 massacre

Wendy Thomas, director of the Department of Doing, submitted her letter of resignation to Deborah Bowie, interim city manager, on Feb. 1.

METRO

Gainesville Department of Doing director resigns

By Taylor Girtman | Feb. 7, 2019

Wendy Thomas held the position for two and a half years

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels: Feb. 8, 2019

Feb. 7, 2019

The sun and the heat are finally back where they belong in the Sunshine State, and it’s time to get back to business as usual — days beside the pool. You grab your towel and slide your sunglasses onto your face, making your way down to the pool. You slip into one of the reclining chairs that line the outside of the pool and begin to relax. Thoughts of midterms pushed firmly out of your head, the only thing on your mind is the shoreline that awaits you during Spring Break.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: Impact's dirty little secret

Feb. 7, 2019

So there I was on Saturday afternoon, existing.

Spaghetti Wednesdays are gone. Hare Krishna is responding to numerous student complaints that the iconic Wednesday meal was hard to eat, by changing to an easier pasta meal.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Krishna Lunch is the perfect cure for a bad day

Feb. 7, 2019

The first article I ever published for The Independent Florida Alligator was a comedic piece about where to study around campus. One of the places I suggested going to was Plaza of the Americas, and I stand by this statement. It’s still where I eat and study most weekdays. I spend most of my waking hours on Plaza because Krishna Lunch has become a staple in my diet. No, seriously. I eat it all. the. time. And that’s saying something because I am an extraordinarily finicky eater.

FILE - In this Sunday, May 20, 2018, file photo, 21 Savage arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

OPINION | COLUMNS

21 Savage’s detainment is a window into US immigration

Feb. 7, 2019

Anyone who has ever dealt with the U.S. immigration system is likely to label the process long, challenging and sometimes discouraging.

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