As Snoop Dogg took the stage of Gator Growl at about 8:40 p.m., a plume of marijuana smoke engulfed the audience.
On a soggy, muggy, overcast afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee, freshman forward Deanne Rose found herself in a familiar position: in possession of the ball with opposing defenders draped all over her.
Down 24-19 in the third set, Florida — on the brink of losing just its eighth set in 13 matches this season — turned to sophomore Chanelle Hargreaves, who served three consecutive times, each ending in a Florida point.
On Friday night, UF welcomed producer and rapper Snoop Dogg to the stage as he performed at our annual Homecoming event, Gator Growl, on Flavet Field. And, in traditional Snoop Dogg fashion, the man himself had with him what we can only assume was a joint — for the record, we’re avoiding the use of “marijuana cigarette” because the word cigarette implies tobacco, not just because we’re hip like that. And let us emphasize, dear reader: A man — a black man, no less — was openly smoking marijuana (we’re gonna make the leap in logic and assume it was marijuana) on a university campus in front of law enforcement. When our reporter spoke to both law enforcement and Gator Growl officials, their responses were along the lines of, “Eh, it’s probably just a cigarette.” They all turned the other cheek.
I don’t like to start a column this way, but sometimes we do things we don’t like in order to think critically about the world. Imagine a large building in Gainesville burned down. Imagine the fire started by accident — a gas leak or a candle — but the flames raged out of control, and the entire structure came down. In the 24 hours following the fire, we learn that it rapidly escalated as a result of poor building codes, and we probably could have contained the fire if it had not spread so quickly.
We are living in a time of anger. We’re angry at the way the world looks right now. We are angry at each other for making it this way. We all have different opinions about why the world is the way it is, and we have even more opinions about how to fix it.
A Gainesville woman, who police found lying on the sidewalk with empty wine bottles, was arrested Saturday for hitting two people with her car, Gainesville Police said.
A Miami man was arrested Friday afternoon after he robbed a man at the Reitz Union Bookstore and stole items from the store, University Police said.
As Nic Mostyn stitched his natty one-and-a-half-year-old board shorts back to life, he reflected on the movement he helped found.
Pediatric patients no longer have to make a six-hour trip from Tallahassee to UF Health Shands Hospital to see a physician.
The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will speak at UF today at 6 p.m.
UF students seeking an immersive Italian study abroad program now have an additional location to choose from.
After Hurricane Irma hit Monroe County, the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association struggled to locate and recover their 350,000 missing lobster traps.
Cristina Gomez, 6, gazed up at a jar of hundreds of seeds Saturday and guessed how many the jar contained.
Sporting matching bunny ears, Madi Smith and Amielia Holt celebrated the life of the founder of Playboy, Hugh Hefner, on Saturday.
When Josh Pickering and Brandon Burns saw the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, they knew they wanted to help.
To Ron Chandler, the Garo Hills in India are the most beautiful place on earth.
Eddy Pineiro’s right foot has redefined the word “kicking.”
Funny, isn’t it? The game of football. It’s a confusing sport. One with plenty of randomness that sometimes isn't that random and plenty of measurables that you can’t really measure and plenty of certainties that turn to uncertainties.
Florida’s 17-16 loss to LSU showcased the Gators’ struggles to stop opponents on third down, a lack of preparation for pre-snap trickery, and the absence of a sense of urgency when the game was on the line.
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