NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida defeats Jacksonville in delayed home opener
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 19, 2014When Taylore Fuller hits the ball, it leaves the park.
COVID-19
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UF looks to avenge loss to Mizzou
By GORDON STREISAND< | Feb. 19, 2014Florida is out for redemption against Missouri.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gators in second at SEC Championships
By Logan McGuire | Feb. 19, 2014The No. 1 Gators men’s swimming and diving team is second on the leaderboard after picking up two gold medals, two school records and an SEC record performance for Florida’s relay squads on Day 1 of the Southeastern Conference Championships and three gold medals and another school record on Day 2.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Swamp sweeps Senate, executive ticket in Spring SG elections
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Feb. 19, 2014For the first time in UF Student Government history, all 50 Student Senate seats were awarded to one party. That party is Swamp.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Student reprimanded after tussle with Turlington preacher
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 19, 2014University Police filed a sworn complaint charging a student with disorderly conduct after he confronted a belligerent street preacher Wednesday afternoon on Turlington Plaza.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Campus Mugshots rolls out online ‘mugshot pageant’ poll
By Monique Hernandez | Feb. 19, 2014Next time you get arrested, don’t forget to pose and smile. Your mugshot could end up in a new kind of beauty pageant.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Lake Wauburg to host Gator Open Climb
By Annaleigh Bonds | Feb. 19, 2014This weekend, more UF students will have the chance to say goodbye to their fears of heights and reach for the sky.
NEWS
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SFC
UF Enactus uses grant to empower women in business roles
By Kelsey Martinez | Feb. 19, 2014Through the help of a grant, a national business career and leadership program is suiting up its UF team to empower women.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Bambooville creator, UF representatives discuss future
By Alex Harris | Feb. 19, 2014Bambooville creator Jon Anderson met with representatives from UF’s physical plant Wednesday to discuss the future of the art installation, which is slated to be torn down.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Fresh Picked 2/20/14
By Alexa Volland | Feb. 19, 2014Each Thursday, the Avenue will dish out the best in entertainment. From the silver screen to hidden Internet gems, check out this week’s top picks:
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Broken Bells’ new album perfect for After the Disco
By Marjorie Nunez | Feb. 19, 2014Broken Bells’ latest release “After the Disco” is, as the name implies, the perfect soundtrack to unwind from a late night of dancing.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Jon Batiste, Stay Human's new album delivers
By Alexa Volland | Feb. 19, 2014Drawing on a smorgasbord of inspiration, Jon Batiste and Stay Human’s album “Social Music” is just that — social music.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Fan-favorite corrupt politician returns for 'House of Cards' second season
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 19, 2014In 1999, American audiences sat glued to their television screens to watch President Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, and his presidential Democratic administration work its way through crisis and grapple with Congress.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Downtown Gainesville's Restore the Music festival to raise money for music education
By Lauren Zika | Feb. 19, 2014To bring the world’s youngest heavy metal band on stage as the headline act at some music festivals may seem strange, but not at Restore the Music Festival.
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
New York Fashion Week 2014 showcases fur, feather, prints
By Olivia Muenter | Feb. 19, 2014Even though New York Fashion Week officially ended Feb. 13, the debut of the fall collections is only the very beginning of a new season of popular colors, patterns and trends Gainesville can look forward to.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
UF should be a place for free —not hate — speech
Feb. 19, 2014If you’re on Facebook, you probably saw bemused, frantic, outraged statuses about the Turlington preacher and a UF student getting into a tussle.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Plan to help homeless a step, not a solution
Feb. 19, 2014Nine years ago, a 10-year plan to end homelessness began in Gainesville. It only takes a walk past Bo Diddley Community Plaza downtown to see how well that went.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Harn Museum of Art announces competition to inspire creative writing
By Lourianne Apollon | Feb. 19, 2014A campus museum’s first writing competition, “Words on Canvas,” invites UF’s wordsmiths to show off their art-influenced prose and poetry.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Video: Preacher, UF student altercation on Turlington Plaza
By Esteban Peralta | Feb. 19, 2014
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Transfer notches big hit in UF’s four-run seventh inning
By ADAM PINCUS< | Feb. 18, 2014A chance encounter for Braden Mattson put the Texas-bred catcher on a one-way ticket to Gainesville. He played his freshman season at Texas Christian, where Chuck Jeroloman, the brother of former Gators catcher Brian Jeroloman, served as a volunteer assistant in 2011.
