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DeAndre Goolsby runs to the end zone during Florida's 13-6 win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 1, 2016, in Nashville.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

UF tight end showcasing potential

By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 26, 2016

Derby, Kansas, operates like a football factory.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

The rise of apex predators: Netflix and HBO Go

Oct. 26, 2016

There used to be a time when movie rental stores roamed free across this vast land. Blockbuster would graze happily on its nourishing customer base. Rival species Hollywood Video would gladly pick up the scraps.

METRO

Gainesville debates banning smoking in parks

By Romy Ellenbogen | Oct. 26, 2016

Visitors to city parks may no longer be able to smoke if a proposed city ordinance passes.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students can now bring Gatorade to Southwest Recreation Center

By Katelyn Newberg | Oct. 26, 2016

After working out, students can purchase Gatorade at Southwest Recreation Center.

Originally built as P. K. Yonge K-12 Laboratory School in 1932, Norman Hall currently houses the UF College of Education.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Norman classrooms get updates

By Catherine Dickson | Oct. 26, 2016

Updates to three classrooms in Norman Hall are changing the way future educators are learning.

NEWS | CAMPUS

After negotiations, GAU, UF agree on graduate assistant raises

By Paige Fry | Oct. 26, 2016

The lowest-paid graduate assistants will now see a $2,000 raise in January.

OPINION | COLUMNS

The UF Halloween memo and how extreme political correctness has run amok

Oct. 26, 2016

We live in a world of extremes. It saturates our culture, plagues our politics. But substantive discourse often requires gray area and nuance. Yet as a society, we perpetually leave little room for it. The conversation about political correctness is no exception. This became obvious to me a few days ago.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Panel discusses sports, fitness accessibility and inclusion

By Clare Roca | Oct. 26, 2016

Hailey Remigio stopped her wheelchair in front of a group of about 15 people Wednesday night to tell them how she plays sports despite her disability.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Behind high school student’s perfect AP score, a tradition of academic achievement

By Emma Green | Oct. 26, 2016

Rena Cohen cried when she read she got a perfect score on her AP Statistics exam. When she received the news in a thin envelope from College Board on Oct. 14, she was in shock.

OPINION | COLUMNS

When everything is going wrong, focus elsewhere

Oct. 26, 2016

I went on vacation two weekends ago, and almost everything that could’ve gone wrong did go wrong. It was a weekend adventure to the Desert Trip concert in California (dubbed “Oldchella,” because it was a showcase of ’70s and ’80s musicians on the Coachella grounds) with my dad and my sister, and going in, I was already nervous. I’m a naturally anxious person; my dad and my sister are not. So the week beforehand, I had called them numerous times trying to figure out what the “plan” was. As of Tuesday, two days before we left, I didn’t even know what time the flight was. The two of them just told me to relax and that they’d take care of it, which wasn’t exactly helpful to my overly anxious brain.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park prepares to get into Hulaween spirit

By Cindy Lu | Oct. 26, 2016

Suwannee Hulaween will return to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, this weekend for its fourth annual festival.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Fest returns for 15th anniversary

By Jeremy Haas | Oct. 26, 2016

While hardcore football fans will be out of town to watch the Gators play the University of Georgia Bulldogs in Jacksonville, Florida, this weekend, Gainesville will host a completely different type of entertainment.

THE AVENUE | FASHION

Steve Madden: the man, the brand

By Emma Witmer | Oct. 26, 2016

This past Tuesday, Steve Madden came to visit UF for a live interview with CollegeFashionista founder Amy Levin and an open floor Q&A session with students. Those in attendance were required to RSVP for the event.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Indie flea market pops up in Gainesville

By Janiece Sebris | Oct. 26, 2016

Tampa Indie Flea will host its first indie flea pop-up market in Gainesville this Sunday.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Hippodrome State Theatre to bring international performers

By Audrey Alonso | Oct. 26, 2016

The Hippodrome State Theatre will host two weeks of international performances throughout the end of October and early November starting today. The performances will include world-traveling actors from the Workcenter of Jerzy Growtowski and Thomas Richards. But here’s the kicker: The actors will not have microphones, lights or even a set to perform with. They will showcase the revolutionary method of Jerzy Growtowski, a 20th-century Polish dramatic theorist. Growtowski’s method breaks boundaries between actor and audiences, creating an atmosphere that transforms audience from watchers into doers.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC