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Using a harmonious blend of music, art and scientific poetry, The Crossroads Project: Rising Tide addressed issues of environmental sustainability during its performance Tuesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF receives weather-safety recognition

By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 24, 2016

After a tornado watch in Alachua County on Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service honored UF as a StormReady school.

Pictured is the remaining damage to Wise’s Pharmacy storefront on Southwest 4th Avenue after a vehicle drove through the building. No one was hurt during the incident.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Police: Woman crashes SUV into pharmacy

By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 24, 2016

For the second time in less than a week, someone crashed an SUV into a Gainesville business.

Huggy Bear Da Poet, a spoken word artist, performs at Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar during the “Black Euphoria” open mic night on Tuesday.

METRO

Mic night celebrated Black History Month

By Anthony Nicotera | Feb. 24, 2016

Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar hosted “Black Euphoria” on Tuesday night, opening its stage to music and spoken word poetry on the black experience in America.

Lizzy Snow, a graduate intern with the Center for Arts and Medicine, draws a picture to support a research study hosted by 352 Creates. The 29-year-old will be running events for 352 Creates on Friday at The Midnight, including coloring book and collage making as well as instructing a hip-hop workshop.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students draw and color to express art, relieve stress

By Joseph Garcia | Feb. 24, 2016

Students drew on white posterboards on the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesday.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Editorial: Don't get a pet unless you can care for it

Feb. 24, 2016

As college students, we deprive ourselves of a long list of things. Typically this list includes sleep, food and money, but there’s that one thing that especially seems to be missing, especially when we’re still getting accustomed to being away from home: a pet.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Column: The 2016 presidential election is bad reality TV

Feb. 24, 2016

Tonight, the next Republican debate will be held in Texas, marking the first time semi-rational candidates will be outnumbered by their knuckle-dragging counterparts. Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, and an ever more ideologically unrecognizable Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be on the stage with a real estate mogul, an unhinged brain surgeon and a Canadian constitutional lawyer. While this may sound like the setup to a bad joke, it is actually the alarming state of American politics.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Local band Flat Land to play at Okeechobee festival

By Paulina Praphanchith | Feb. 24, 2016

Spring Break is about to transform from sand and sun to an open forest and a collection of ethereal funk fusion.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Locochino prepares for battle of the bands at Destination Okeechobee

By Chase Drayer | Feb. 24, 2016

Playing to thousands of people seemed improbable to Sam Coplin when his original audience was a set of gardening tools and unused furniture layered with dust.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Triumph through nihilism - Q&A with Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus

By Zach Schlein | Feb. 24, 2016

Patrick Stickles has never been at a loss for words: In both interviews and his work with beloved punk outfit Titus Andronicus, Stickles comes across as a man with almost too much to say on any given subject.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Brewery to become site of new mural

By Cecilia Lemus | Feb. 24, 2016

This weekend, doodle for a cause.

Florida forward Justin Leon drives into the paint during UF's 87-84 loss to Vanderbilt on Feb. 23, 2016 in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida falls to Vanderbilt as defense falters

By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Feb. 23, 2016

Usually, Florida’s offense is the issue. On Tuesday night, its defense was equally as bad.

JJ Schwarz readies for a pitch during Florida's 8-4 win over Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 20, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

JJ Schwarz powers Florida past Eastern Michigan

By Patrick Pinak | Feb. 23, 2016

Before Tuesday, JJ Schwarz hadn’t been himself.

Scott Moss pitches during Florida's 12-3 win against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 21, 2016 at McKethan Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF pitcher Scott Moss makes long-anticipated debut

By Luis Torres | Feb. 23, 2016

It might’ve been perceived as an insignificant moment when coach Kevin O’Sullivan made a call to the bullpen in the ninth inning of Florida’s win against Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday.

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