After a decorated 24-year tenure as Florida's athletics director, Jeremy Foley retires today. He employed many coaches during his time as head of UF's athletic department, but which hire was his best? Sports writers Ethan Bauer, Jordan McPherson and Patrick Pinak debate.
After UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley was handed the game ball following Florida’s homecoming victory on Oct. 15, coach Jim McElwain asked Foley to talk to the team.
Looking back now, several weeks later, the conversation still gives Scott McCabe chills.
Hyped up on sugar and Halloween spirit, Gainesville celebrated a night of spooky fun with an array of activities throughout the day.
While much of Gainesville went door-to-door collecting candy for Halloween on Monday night, a group of UF students and residents celebrated Dia de los Muertos instead.
Thousands of candy-craving, costume-clad children went trick-or-treating at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo on Monday.
As punk rock fans piled into Gainesville for Fest on Friday, local businesses prepared for some of the year’s highest sales numbers.
UF officials are proposing a plan to change general education requirements starting in 2018.
Student Government and local officials made over 700 sandwiches for Gainesville’s homeless residents Monday afternoon.
Three UF alumni are getting paid to live out their dreams filming a new digital series for National Geographic.
UF researchers recently received a grant of nearly half a million dollars in the hopes of finding a way to regenerate tissue to possibly help injuries.
A University of Tennessee psychology associate professor told UF students Monday that discussions about the LGBTQ+ community should focus on tackling myths about the community.
On Monday, our editorial covered a very touchy topic. We decided to evaluate how a beloved TV show, “Bob’s Burgers,” was able to create a genuinely funny autistic character. It flirted with notions of comedic permissibility and how to identify that thin line between funny and disrespectful.
For as long as I can remember, I have touted October as my favorite month and Halloween as my favorite holiday. There wasn’t a defining moment where I decided this was the case, yet this fact has remained a minor facet of my identity I often analyze around this time of year. Perhaps it came about as a result of my adoration for vampires, horror films and sinister folklore, because Halloween allowed my otherwise-bizarre fascination to be cool for just one day. Or maybe it was because of my incessant desire to subvert the social norms of my suburban South Florida environment, as Halloween gave me a parent-approved outlet to do so.
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The Florida men and women’s cross country teams competed in the Southeastern Conference Championship at the University of Arkansas’ Agri Park on Friday.
JACKSONVILLE — Jarrad Davis cried out in pain as the stadium went quiet.
It must be strange to field these types of questions, especially after winning by two touchdowns in a rivalry game, after your defense suffocated yet another conference opponent, and after — just over halfway through the season — your team sits alone atop the SEC East.
Jacob Eason danced out of the pocket and dashed toward the sideline, keeping his eyes locked downfield.
As other students move on to different apps, Kristen Harding, 21, still uses Vine to send funny videos to her friends.
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