Hundreds of students crowded into Gator Wesley to grab free Asian cuisine like bulgogi and kampoogi for the 25th annual food festival Monday night.
When Florida opened its season at the Carpet Capital Invitational in Dalton, Georgia, over a month ago, it had one major underlying problem: a lack of well-rounded team play.
Jessica Pascoe waited nine months to run with the Gators women’s cross country team again. This was abnormal for a UF runner, as they usually compete not only with cross country in the fall but the indoor and outdoor track and field in the spring as well. But when a tightness started to aggravate her foot, the Australia native knew she would not be able to make a return to the course anytime soon.
Richard Spencer will speak at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 19 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. What’s closed The Florida Museum of Natural History, the Harn Museum of Art, and Steinmetz Hall will all be closed. Southwest Recreation Center and the UVS Fields will close at 9 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen on Friday. Broward and Graham area pools will close on Thursday. No guests will be allowed at any Recreational Sports facilities on Wednesday or Thursday. Bo Diddley Community Plaza will be closed Thursday. What’s open Classes will not be canceled the day of Richard Spencer’s speech. Walk-in counseling hours for the Counseling and Wellness Center will be held in Peabody Hall on Thursday in a satellite office. The main Counseling & Wellness Center building will be closed Thursday. Gator 1 Cards will be required at the entry of Reid Hall, where the Disability Resource Center is located, from Monday to Friday. The Reitz Union will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, entry points will be limited to the North Lawn entrance and the Circle Drive Breezeway. Event services are canceled after 6 p.m. All libraries will be open regular hours, including 24 hour access to Library West, but Gator 1 Cards will be checked for entry on Wednesday, Thursday and possibly Friday. Newell Hall will have limited hours and will check Gator 1 Cards for entry. It will be open on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. It will open Friday at 8 a.m. and resume a 24/7 schedule. Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center will have extended hours, open from 9 a.m. until midnight, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Transportation Portions of Hull Road, Bledsoe Drive, and Surge Area Drive will be closed. A portion of Southwest 34th Street will be closed for vehicle traffic between Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest 20th Avenue. The road will close at 10 a.m. and is expected to reopen at 9 p.m. Parking garages in front of the Phillips Center and the Hilton Hotel will be closed. Vehicles must be removed by 10 p.m. Wednesday. Students with decals can temporarily park at Flavet Field and move their vehicles by 6 p.m. Friday. Bus routes 117, 118, 119 and 125 will be closed the day of the event. Bus routes 20, 21, 28, and 33 will be rerouted to Radio Road. Security measures All residence halls will need Gator 1 Card swipe access to enter beginning Monday. Prohibited items are not allowed near the Phillips Center. Events No Nazis at UF is planning a protest meeting at SW 34th Street and SW 20th Ave to march to the Phillips Center. They are also having a teach-in on Tuesday in Dauer Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CANCELED: Gail Johnson, candidate for Gainesville City Commission At-Large Seat 1, is hosting her campaign kickoff at 6 p.m. at Bodeology, located at 15 SW First Ave. The kickoff will celebrate diversity and equality in Gainesville with different speakers; Vietnamese, Jamaican and Mediterranean cuisine; and a local DJ playing hometown musicians like Tom Petty. It’s very much an anti-Spencer event, she said.
Gov. Rick Scott signed a seven-page executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency for Alachua County ahead of avowed white nationalist Richard Spencer’s UF speaking event Thursday.
Coach Jim McElwain stood in front of reporters and ran through his postgame clichés.
We’re smack dab in the middle of SEC football conference play, and some coaches are already suffering from severe butt sweats from how hot their seats are. Some might also be a little more soothingly warm on the buttocks than you might expect.
Running in stride with Auburn’s back line, Deanne Rose waited for a pass from teammate Sarah Troccoli. A perfectly weighted ball rolled onto Rose’s right foot as she took two dribbles into the Tigers box.
Oliver Crawford played in his first match as a UF tennis player over the weekend at the ITA Regional Championships in Atlanta. Crawford, a freshman from Spartanburg, South Carolina, made his debut a memorable one. He won his first match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, against Joan Carles Alcala of Georgia Southern on Saturday.
As Jessica Holmer gazed at Mary Parrish’s portrait Sunday, she said she felt inspired.
When Cassidy Littrell, 4, won a pie-eating contest Sunday at Lucky’s Market, she said she would spend her winnings on candy.
Students grabbed free succulent T-shirts with the phrase “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” and swarmed around buckets of colored dye Friday.
A white supremacist coming to campus later this week has sparked calls for unity, but these only seem to falsely cover up divisions within our own campus communities.
We live in a society where sexual assault and abuse are not only too common but pretty much expected. We live in a society where those with power feel entitled to take what they assume they deserve. We live in a society where women are exploited. Worst of all, we live in a society that is allowing all of this to happen. Again. And again. And again.
This week, I’m taking a brief breather from the flurry of politics to discuss a different topic near and dear to my heart: my all-time favorite books and movies that I have fondly deemed my “desert island necessities.” In other words, if you stuck me on a deserted island and said, “Hey, Mia, here’s enough food and water to last you a week on your own, but you can only take three books and three movies along,” this is what I would bring. Yeah, I know it’s not realistic, but this is my column, OK?
We don’t want to be sad. I mean, you can’t really blame us. Why would we want to be sad? Being sad, anxious or upset means being uncomfortable. We fight to avoid discomfort and to find that place where we feel comfortable. We want everything to be just so: nothing out of place, nothing left unaccounted for. We make lists and check them off. We fulfill obligations and settle into a routine that is safe. We pursue happiness. After all, is that not the ultimate goal?
There appears to be a collective angst looming over campus as preparation continues for Richard Spencer’s arrival on campus Thursday. I’ve already witnessed students discussing the notion of skipping class, fearing some faceless, nameless harm will do them injury. I empathize with this concern, especially for first-year students new to campus life.
I strongly condemn the actions of the four Student Government officials on the local fee committee who recently struck down a possible increase of much-needed funding for the Counseling & Wellness Center, located at 3190 Radio Road.
Upon reading the article about UF’s Counseling & Wellness Center fee proposal being denied, I felt deeply disappointed. “Affordability is of the utmost importance to our students.” Really?
With the election of President Donald Trump, we have seen racism rise to the level of respectability.
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