NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students raising money for app
By Caitlin Ostroff | Jan. 6, 2016Last Spring, Jonathan Katz had an idea for an app.
COVID-19
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Shooting prompts lockdown of local schools
By Martin Vassolo | Jan. 6, 2016Police locked down four Alachua County schools Wednesday after an Alachua County man was shot and injured.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Epilogue: Faculty and students remember beloved trombone professor
By Katelyn Newberg | Jan. 6, 2016Arthur Jennings let his passion for music show.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF student creates one-stop shop for UF's websites
By Melissa Gomez | Jan. 6, 2016A UF student is trying to make navigating UF’s website easier.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Cumbia rock band brings fresh latin music to GNV scene
By Laura Gomez | Jan. 6, 2016When Cristobal Gonzalez was 10, his father taught him how to play guitar in Chile. At age 23, the guitarist furthers his roots and shares a fresh blend of cumbia rock with Los Panas 352.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Netflix Binge Drinking Game: Jessica Jones
By Katherine Dagand | Jan. 6, 2016Marvel fans rejoice: There’s a new heroine in town and she’s hardcore. Jessica Jones is the most recent character to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a 13-episode series on Netflix, released Nov. 20. The series follows the same nitty-gritty, dark essence the first Netflix-Marvel collaboration “Daredevil” was filmed in, and just like the former, “Jessica Jones” does not disappoint.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
City to showcase local art, parks
By Kirsten Chuba | Jan. 6, 2016On Friday, Gainesville will show off two things it is best known for: its local art scene and its nature.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Off the Record: Top 10 Hip-Hop albums of 2015
By Jack DaSilva | Jan. 6, 20162015 will go down as one of the best years for not only hip-hop, but for music in general. We barely went two or three weeks without a new album being released. With all these great artists putting out tons of new music, it is time to release my top 10 albums of the year.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe to perform at High Dive
By Veronica Garcia | Jan. 6, 2016American funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Karl Denson will return to Gainesville Wednesday with his band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Guest Column: Planning on flying your own drone? Read this before you're cleared for takeoff
Jan. 6, 2016If you’re one of the lucky people who got a drone as a holiday gift, don’t strap on your flying goggles just yet.
METRO
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POLITICS
Iowa caucus and the (hopeful) fall of Donald Trump
Jan. 6, 2016Ever since the announcement of his campaign last summer, Donald Trump has been an unstoppable force in politics. Although most of his speeches are just ramblings about whatever controversial topic he feels like discussing that day, with nary a hint of a coherent policy in sight, many of his supporters like that he “speaks his mind.” Trump has had the privilege of high poll numbers and media attention despite his lack of experience in public service. But Trump’s campaign now faces a challenge that has felled many presidential campaigns in the past: the Iowa caucus.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
LCD Soundsystem reunites, we reflect on its influence
Jan. 6, 2016We here in the Opinions corner of the Alligator have a profound respect for music. However, our love for the medium is generally not enough to overcome the realities of a daily student newspaper, where the witty commentary and strong emotions of the lone editorial are generally reserved for that day’s top stories, NOT the passions of music obsessives. So it was to our surprise and excitement that the reformation of LCD Soundsystem not only generated headlines but did so in several prominent publications: Hey, if it’s good enough for Time magazine, the L.A. Times and The Guardian, it’s good enough for us.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students can access bottom two floors of Reitz Union
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 6, 2016UF students can now access parts of the Reitz Union.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Future U.S. & Middle East exhibit at Harn funded by grants
By Cecilia Mazanec | Jan. 6, 2016The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art received two grants for an upcoming exhibit.
NEWS
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SFC
Santa Fe Senate elects parliamentarian
By Hunter Williamson | Jan. 6, 2016Santa Fe College Student Senate elected a new parliamentarian and a club senator onto its elections committee during its first Spring Senate meeting.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police arrest man with 145 grams of weed
By Martin Vassolo | Jan. 6, 2016Gainesville Police arrested a Fort Wayne, Indiana, man Tuesday afternoon after police said he drove with 145 grams of marijuana in his trunk.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Committee orders review of tiny-house concept
By Hunter Williamson | Jan. 6, 2016The Gainesville Community Development Committee inched forward Wednesday with a housing plan to provide smaller, cheaper housing alternatives for the community and its homeless population.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators men's basketball seeking consistency against Volunteers
By IAN COHEN | Jan. 5, 2016It didn’t seem as if Mike White was asking for much.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Kelvin Taylor's departure from UF marked by highs and lows
By Luis Torres | Jan. 5, 2016ORLANDO — Kelvin Taylor’s Florida career had its share of ups-and-downs.
