When news of Fidel Castro’s death broke out, the reaction of the Cuban community was one of elation. Cuban-Americans danced and sang in the streets, celebrating the death of a dictator who had divided their families, forced them into exile and, in many cases, imprisoned and executed some of their closest friends and relatives.
In an effort to promote sustainability, Santa Claus will wear a green suit Saturday.
UF’s bicycle lanes and number of bike racks helped qualify the university for a national distinction.
For this entire calendar year, Reddit, “the front page of the internet,” has been waging a secret war on one of its most popular and active subreddits: The Donald. Created around the time of President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential bid announcement, this community of brave souls who were courageous enough to proclaim themselves pro-Trump on a website as public as Reddit started off small, with only about 6,000 subscribers after its first six months of existence. Then, sometime around February, an inexplicable spike in subscribers was initiated and has yet to show signs of slowing down. Now with more than 300,000 subscribers, or “centipedes” as they are called on the subreddit, The Donald has become one of the most cohesive, discussion-based and meme-making subreddits in the website’s history.
A game removed from its worst shooting performance of the season, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team was looking for efficiency.
UF researchers are planning to help workers in the agriculture industry stay safe.
On Monday, the No. 24 Gators cracked the top 25 in The Associated Press Poll for the first time since 2014.
When Willie Green strums his guitar and belts out the blues today, he’ll be going off memory.
Alachua County waters are not meeting standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, so the county is implementing a fertilizer ban to improve them, a county official said.
With cold temperatures expected today and Friday night, Gainesville will activate its Cold Night Shelter Program.
More than two dozen Christmas trees and wreaths will be auctioned off to raise $50,000 for children’s health care over the next three days.
It took Derek Cummings 30 days to create a dystopian world.
A group of 59 students stood side-by-side on Turlington Plaza on Wednesday night and recited the Hail Mary prayer.
The UF Health Shands Rehab Hospital is hosting its first art festival for people with special needs.
Perhaps one of the most famous (and offensive) myths perpetuated by financial conservatives is that all of those who receive government assistance in the form of welfare checks or food stamps are either lazy, addicted to drugs and alcohol or both. Today, we are going to evaluate how absurd and ignorant this view is.
Fidel Castro is dead. Finally. For years, there were rumors regarding the Cuban leader’s declining health. His public appearances had become scarce since he transferred power to his brother Raúl in 2006. But late last Friday, news broke that the 90-year-old had passed away.
I came home for Thanksgiving very eager to shut myself inside the house and relax; my sister came home very eager to get out of the house and see all the friends she had left behind. It’s not that I don’t have friends in my hometown. It’s just that one of them doesn’t come home for that short break, and the others I see in Gainesville anyway. I didn’t really keep in contact with all the people I was friendly with in high school. Maybe in the beginning I did, but in the end, only the really strong relationships lasted.
Music has the power to lift us up and carry us out of situations, whether those situations are just crossing the street or crossing the border.
With finals right around the corner, study hotspots on campus quickly overflow with stressed-out students and red coffee cups. This exam season, skip waiting in line at the Marston Science Library Starbucks or wandering through Library West for a place to settle. Instead, check out some of Gainesville’s most aesthetically pleasing cafes for quality coffee and a fun study experience.
This Sunday, UF’s College of the Arts and the School of Music will be holding the 67th annual “Sounds of the Season” concert with the theme “¡el Festival!” This concert will be held at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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