NEWS
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CAMPUS
Walk Safe program discontinued for Fall semester
By Ariella Phillips | Aug. 24, 2015This semester, students have one fewer option for getting home safely.
COVID-19
METRO
UF professors' study sparks debate in St. Augustine
By Brooke Baitinger | Aug. 24, 2015As the St. Augustine City Commission debated a landowner’s proposal for development in a meeting Monday night, community members discussed the use of a study conducted by UF professors in the debate.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gainesville Crime Roundup 8/25/15
By Giuseppe Sabella | Aug. 24, 2015Local man recovered after being hit with a car in O’Connell Center parking lot
METRO
Outback Steakhouse changes location
By Briana Erickson | Aug. 24, 2015Outback Steakhouse restaurant is staying true to their slogan and keeping things fresh with a new location.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Rhamat Alhassan continuing to improve heading into sophomore year
By Patrick Pinak | Aug. 24, 2015No one looks more poised to reverse the sophomore slump trend than Rhamat Alhassan.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Florida preaching importance of confidence to receivers
By GRAHAM HALL | Aug. 24, 2015Florida coach Jim McElwain has a mantra similar to Patches O’Houlihan’s iconic "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" line from the 2004 movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: If you can catch a ball in practice, you can catch a ball in a game.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF business student and professor debunk research study
By Alexandra Fernandez | Aug. 24, 2015Samantha Miller’s curiosity led her to debunk more than 40 years of respected research.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Column: Football is scandalous year-round
By IAN COHEN | Aug. 24, 2015Football is back, and with it comes the culmination of an offseason filled with controversy.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Despite controversy, Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for racial justice
Aug. 24, 2015In recent weeks, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’, I-Vt., relationship with black voters has been subject to tremendous scrutiny. Thus far, two of Sanders’ appearances on the campaign trail have been hijacked by activists who self-identify as part of Black Lives Matter, a movement dedicated to raising awareness and effecting substantial change to institutional racism and the subpar treatment of black citizens in the U.S.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Entering sixth year, Jake McGee aims to revitalize UF’s tight ends
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Aug. 24, 2015Jake McGee’s first season with the Gators ended before it could even start.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Previewing the Florida men’s and women’s 2015 Fall season
By Luis Torres | Aug. 24, 2015Following his first season as the head coach of the Gators men’s golf team, a season in which he saw his squad reach the NCAA Championship, J.C. Deacon enters his second season with a number of key contributors returning from last year’s squad.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Mediocre Advice: Finding love in college
Aug. 24, 2015Happy Tuesday to all my Random Randys and Anonymous Amys, and welcome to Mediocre Advice. This article is a reboot of Ariel Barnes’ own Mediocre Advice column, which was last published during my freshman year back in the salad days of 2012. Like the triumphant phoenix rising from its own ashes, your weekly inquiries will once again be answered with extremely average and somewhat distorted advice; you might even say the advice offered here could be considered prosaic, middling or any other acceptable synonym for mediocre.
METRO
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POLITICS
'Politically incorrect' hinders social issues
Aug. 24, 2015When someone embraces being politically incorrect, they really mean they are either: a) factually incorrect or b) a jerk. At the Aug. 6 Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump said, "I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time either." Contrary to what Trump may believe, political correctness is not stopping relevant political discourse but, rather, pushing it toward the real issues.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Guest Column: Letter of recommendation for Dr. Louis Guillette
Aug. 24, 2015The academic community, the scientific establishment, UF and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has recently suffered a great and premature loss of a remarkable man — Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Notebook: Gators ready to enter season without naming starting quarterback
By GRAHAM HALL | Aug. 23, 2015Florida hasn’t named a starting quarterback for the season opener against New Mexico State, and coach Jim McElwain seemingly couldn’t care less.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Florida volleyball thinking national championship as season looms
By Patrick Pinak | Aug. 23, 2015The Florida volleyball team has high expectations for themselves this year, and they aren’t afraid to talk about them — or the possibility of a national championship.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Column: UF athletics poised for successful Fall
By GRAHAM HALL | Aug. 23, 2015Fall in Florida brings with it a sense of optimism.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF running backs unproven, inexperienced behind Taylor
By Luis Torres | Aug. 23, 2015Florida finds itself in a peculiar position when it comes to the running backs on its roster.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Nikki O’Rourke set to lead UF volleyball's back row
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Aug. 23, 2015Nikki O’Rourke knows what’s expected out of the back row in Mary Wise’s volleyball program.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Florida falls in overtime to Ohio State in road battle
By Kyle Brutman | Aug. 23, 2015In the second game of the team’s three-game road trip, the No. 8 Florida soccer team fell to Ohio State in a 1-0 overtime loss on Sunday.
