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NEWS

She Blinded Me With Science: Not-So Secret Code

By Hannah Morse | Feb. 11, 2015

What do Nas, Ashton Kutcher, Warren Sapp, Bill Gates and President Obama all have in common?

NEWS | CAMPUS

New IFAS program aims to help North Florida farmers secure their futures

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 10, 2015

UF is reaching out to Florida’s agricultural roots.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Florida hires new wide receivers coach from FIU

By RICHARD JOHNSON | Feb. 10, 2015

Jim McElwain’s first coaching staff is complete.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Women’s golf finishes in 10th

By JUSTEN ROSENBERG | Feb. 10, 2015

On Tuesday’s third and final round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Florida’s women’s golf team looked to improve on their fifth place standing.

Chris Abeleda, second from left, poses with his father, brother and mother. The 21-year-old UF psychology junior was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being admitted for a bone marrow transplant to treat his Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student released from hospital after bone marrow transplant

By Alyssa Fisher | Feb. 10, 2015

Chris Abeleda woke up around lunchtime Tuesday to news that he was being released from the hospital.

Yanick Hart competes in the 2014 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF on track midway through indoor season

By Kyle Brutman | Feb. 10, 2015

Heading into the final indoor meet before the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships, the No. 2 Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams are right where coach Mike Holloway wants them to be.

Sean Parker (right), a 20-year-old UF economics sophomore, joins the rest of a tour group viewing the Infinity Hall construction site Tuesday afternoon. A student enrolled in the Innovation Academy, Parker said he was interested in the possibility of living in Infinity Hall next fall.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Infinity Hall begins holding tours for future residents

By Nicolette Hoffman | Feb. 10, 2015

Prospective Infinity Hall residents accessorized with blue construction hats got a sneak peek of UF’s newest housing facility Tuesday.

Junior Matt Elliott competes in the men's open 100 breast at the Pinch a Penny All-Florida Invitation at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Sept. 28.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Florida swim ready for SEC Championships

By Mary Francis | Feb. 10, 2015

The UF men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will travel to Auburn, Alabama, on Sunday and relax, per coach Gregg Troy’s orders.

Kirsti Merritt bats during Florida’s 8-0 win against Mercer on March 12 at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF riding momentum from season-opening tournament

By Patrick Pinak | Feb. 10, 2015

Equipped with an electric offense, the UF softball team stormed into Tampa and won every game they played to open up the season — highlighted by a Gator lineup that clobbered eight home runs in five games.

METRO

Lucky’s Market revives Verde Plaza, complicates parking

By Shawn Larsen | Feb. 10, 2015

Lucky’s Market has brought new life to what was once a nearly vacant plaza.

Senator Yareliz Mendez-Zamora (left), representing District C, announces her disaffiliation from Swamp Party to an independent. “There are things that can no longer be ignored in these senate chambers,” Mendez-Zamora said, “and I believe that by changing my affiliation to the independent coalition I can truly represent 100 percent of the student body.” Senate President and Swamp candidate for Student Body President, Joseph Michaels, looks on.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

18 Senate members drop party affiliation, form new coalition

By Ariana Figueroa | Feb. 10, 2015

A heavy silence fell over the Senate chambers at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting when Sen. Michael Christ announced the formation of an independent Senate coalition.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

UF lacrosse facing first road test

By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Feb. 10, 2015

In only the second game of the regular season, Florida is looking to right the ship.

Michael Frazier II (from left), Dorian Finney-Smith and Chris Walker huddle during Florida's 68-61 loss to No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Billy Donovan wants Gators to work on internal motivation

By GRAHAM HALL | Feb. 10, 2015

In coach Billy Donovan’s eyes, the Gators truly played like Gators for the first time this season against Kentucky.

Freshman pitcher Danny Young warms up on the mound before Florida’s 4-0 victory against Ole Miss on March 31 at McKethan Stadium. Young picked up the loss in the Gators' 18-6 loss to the Tigers on Saturday.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators baseball yearns to reach Omaha, College World Series

By IAN COHEN | Feb. 10, 2015

A few days before its season opener, one word is making its way around Florida’s locker room.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Office of Sustainability to introduce new GROW initiative

By Ariana Brasman | Feb. 10, 2015

The UF Office of Sustainability is expanding by planning a new resource to help UF departments become more environmentally conscious.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Lilly Pulitzer brand to hold events on campus to recruit for jobs

By Zoe Sessums | Feb. 10, 2015

UF is about to look lovely in Lilly.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ex-wife of US attorney now charged with premeditated murder

By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 10, 2015

Deputies have now charged the ex-wife of Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Williams with premeditated murder.

Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead performs Sept. 1 at Forum. The electronic dance music industry is under fire after the multi-day Electric Zoo Festival was shut down following two suspected drug overdoses that same day.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Ongoing college EDM culture ranking includes UF at third

By Moriah Gaynor | Feb. 10, 2015

UF is highly ranked for its sports, academics, research and now for its electronic dance music scene.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Alabama limbo good sign for national marriage equality

Feb. 10, 2015

Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday. Well, parts of Alabama, anyway.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Improvement in UF SG: a how-to guide

Feb. 10, 2015

For those who missed out, last week I wrote a column detailing our Student Government representatives’ lack of visibility. In an attempt to highlight the disparities in SG presence during election time as compared to that of the rest of the year, I mentioned that Swamp Party has a recurring pattern of abandoning their social media platforms after elections. Thankfully, Blake Murphy, SG director of external affairs, wrote a letter to the editor informing me of an election code that prohibits political parties from making posts outside of election cycles. Murphy also brought attention to another YouTube account, one of three unverified ones, that releases “SG TV” episodes. He went on to mention that SG hosts dozens of events because visibility and transparency are their priorities.

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