Hard work paying off for Hunter on vault
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Feb. 26, 2014It may be the quickest event in a gymnastics meet, but vault is far from simple.
It may be the quickest event in a gymnastics meet, but vault is far from simple.
Although Florida might not face a better starting rotation than it did against Miami, it held its own in its first road series this season — even though the team dropped the series.
Creating a track and field program that is competitive in multiple events has been Mike Holloway’s goal since he arrived at Florida.
Despite a slow start, Florida bounced back to defeat Florida State in a 4-2 victory on Wednesday at the Perry Indoor Tennis Facility in its first home match in almost a month.
Emily Jacobus is no stranger to the dreaded sight of a citation sticking out from her windshield wiper.
UF took a major step this week toward its initiative of Zero Waste by 2015.
The man behind the site that crowds Facebook feeds with whimsical quizzes and listicles is coming to UF.
Barbara Ruth says she’s no longer campaigning for a City Commission seat.
Graduates from UF are expected to do great things, but the 12 alumni serving in the U.S. Congress show just how far a UF degree can go.
Gainesville Police arrested a 28-year-old man Tuesday after he sold marijuana to undercover officers, according to a GPD arrest report. The sting was in response to residents’ complaints about drug dealing in the area.
Members of the Student Animal Alliance are encouraging students to “Be an Elefriend” the week after Spring Break.
Sandwiched between London and Paris fashion weeks, Milan’s autumn/winter ready-to-wear collections brought a delicious dose of cool to the table. For the past week, designers dished up the most enviable of cold-weather trends — their inspiration rising from the depths of centuries-old fairytale books to the height of McDonald’s golden arches.
After breaking onto the scene more than a decade ago with cooing vocals on “The Creek Drank the Cradle,” Sam Beam, known as Iron & Wine, has repeatedly redefined his music.
Predictably, as March approaches, news outlets will start releasing “shocking exposés” revealing the “dark side of Spring Break” as if we didn’t know drunken college students fall off balconies in Panama City every year. Trend writers would have you believe all students view Spring Break as a weeklong free-for-all, and while this isn’t necessarily true — we have Habitat for Humanity and other things to do, after all — it’s true that alcohol abuse is a pervasive problem in American university culture.
Each 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 past year in cinema is seen by many as one of the tightest races in Oscar history, and with the variety of powerful performances up for Hollywood’s biggest honors, this movie-goer agrees in full. Lupita, Matthew, Chiwetel, Alfonso — so many names, so little trophies to distribute. To close out the 2014 award season (and subsequent Trophy Hunting coverage this semester), I’m tackling six of the biggest categories in Tinseltown’s most coveted ceremony and casting my votes for the year’s biggest frontrunners. Note: I am not all-seeing. I may not get this right. If I do, then I will celebrate accordingly. If I don’t, I will probably still celebrate accordingly. It is the Oscars, after all…
If you don’t know who J. Cole and Chance The Rapper are, then it’s time to do some homework. The artists will perform at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center tonight, and the worst thing you could do is go to a concert where you don’t know at least one song.
Think about the nature of the Internet. It’s anything and everything at your fingertips whenever you want it. One day, we will tell our children we lived in a time when information was truly free.
Two UF students were invited to attend a USA rugby academy this summer at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., but funding the trip could prove a hurdle for the Gator athletes.
A former astronaut gave Gator engineering students a chance to shoot for the stars Wednesday evening.