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THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Indie-pop giant of Montreal talks new record, Gainesville appearance

By Chloe Finch | Jan. 14, 2015

If you’re dying for a taste of what’s to come on of Montreal’s next album, Aureate Gloom (dropping March 3 on Polyvinyl Records), here are some hints: It involves Talking-Heads-inspired funk, traces of pain and identity-searching following frontman Kevin Barnes’ separation from his wife in 2013 and a little bit of 1970s New York City.

NEWS | CAMPUS

New College of the Arts dean looks to strengthen research

By Cyanne Dunn | Jan. 13, 2015

There is a new face at the UF College of the Arts.

NEWS | CAMPUS

After local suicide, remember mental health resources

By Carla Vianna | Jan. 13, 2015

The recent suicide of a Santa Fe student has cast light on the need for mental wellness resources in Gainesville.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Grant awarded to UF libraries for Jewish studies

By Lauren Maloney | Jan. 13, 2015

The UF George A. Smathers Libraries received a $500,000 grant that will ensure continual advancement in Judaic studies.

Water streaks run down the rusted hood of a fireplace in the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house on West Panhellenic Drive.

NEWS | GREEK AFFAIRS

AEPhi house flooded during break

By Alex Harris | Jan. 13, 2015

Dani Hauser came home from Winter Break to a complete shock.

METRO

Florida Highway Patrol reinforces Move Over law

By Hunter Williamson | Jan. 13, 2015

Florida Highway Patrol is urging Florida residents to remember the importance of a law requiring motor vehicles to merge away from other vehicles stopped alongside the road.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

UF Student Senate debates opening new bike repair stations

By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 13, 2015

Students will see more bike repair stations pop up on campus by Spring Break, which caused debate at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Local shooting range now hosts ladies’ nights

By Carla Vianna | Jan. 13, 2015

It’s ladies’ night on Wednesdays — at the shooting range.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Deadline to submit proof of health insurance to UF is Friday

By Lilianne Busto | Jan. 13, 2015

The deadline for students who enrolled during or after Summer B to submit proof of health insurance is Friday, or they could face a fee and automatic enrollment in UF’s health insurance plan.

Van Truong, a 19-year-old anthropology sophomore, poses next to the “Starry Night” art piece she made on a whiteboard with her biology notes. Truong is applying for a grant within the Bob Graham Center for Public Service to bring the arts and sciences together.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student combines art and science to study for exams

By Amaury Sablon | Jan. 13, 2015

Van Truong has a different way of studying than reviewing notes and making flashcards.

METRO

Study: Drinking has immediate effect on immune systems

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Jan. 13, 2015

A night out on the town might mean more than just a hangover the next morning.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF professor discovers new planets through astronomy research over 6 years

By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 13, 2015

Jian Ge has explored the universe searching for other planets in the solar system since 2006.

Filmmaker Jessica Oreck welcomes UF students to the screening and Q-and-A of "The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga" in the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at UF on Tuesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Slavic folklore-based film screened at Smathers Library

By Lindsay Alexander | Jan. 13, 2015

Smathers Library was quiet Tuesday evening except for the Russian and Polish murmurs coming from the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica.

METRO

Fla. experiences moderate flu spread, local shots still available

By Elizabeth Thompson | Jan. 13, 2015

For Ashlee Larranore, flu season is nothing to worry about. Her last serious run-in with the disease was two weeks during her sophomore year of high school, and she relies on her strong immune system not to get sick.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Local man falsely calls 911 six times in less than one hour

By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 13, 2015

ecochrane@alligator.org

Both 32-ounce jugs and one-gallon jugs of beer, sold at Swamp Head Brewery, are legal container sizes in Florida. Lobbyists are trying to legalize the 64-ounce size beverages.

METRO

Swamp Head Brewery to open at new location in coming weeks

By Christina Hunt | Jan. 13, 2015

Craft beer lovers can soon rejoice as Swamp Head Brewery moves to a larger location.

January Miller drives into the lane during Florida's win against Jacksonville on Nov. 14.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida finding identity in SEC play

By GRAHAM HALL | Jan. 13, 2015

Just four games into Southeastern Conference play, the Gators women’s basketball team is fighting for its season.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Vinyl made heroic comeback last year

Jan. 13, 2015

Vinyl was the laughingstock of the music industry ever since sales of compact discs — CDs — took off in the late 1990s. The digital music format seemed to sound as good, if not better, than its analog counterparts. Tapes sounded terrible, and vinyl records just took up too much damn space. There was no way you were going to fit those things in your car or your Walkman.

OPINION | COLUMNS

College football: not so happily ever after

Jan. 13, 2015

On Jan. 6, 2013, I nearly hit a naked man with my car.

Freshman Caeleb Dressel jumps into the pool at the start of the 200-yard breaststroke event during Day 3 of the 2014 Pinch A Penny Invitational

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Dressel, McKnight lead UF swim teams

By Mary Francis | Jan. 13, 2015

The UF men’s swimming and diving teams returned to the O’Connell Center Natatorium unaffected by the hiatus in training that came with winter break.

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