If you happen to sit on a panel that deals with discrimination policy, you probably also don't want to be posting racial slurs online.
We are often implored to look local after graduation to find employment. Gainesville has an entrepreneurial culture and is trying to become a center for start-ups, especially in the tech industry. Unfortunately, the policies of the local government will be sure to stunt Gainesville's growth for the foreseeable future. Gainesville is obsessed with collecting large tax revenues, regulating everything and taking profits from brick-and-mortar businesses to give to imaginary ones.
There is some misinformation circulating about the Florida Animal Rescue Act. Despite claims, Senate Bill 818/House Bill 597 does not force the transfer of "unwanted strays" to nonprofit animal rescue organizations.
Area residents eat funnel cakes, listen to bluegrass and browse knick-knacks at the annual Cross Creek Festival. The money raised will go toward new equipment for the Cross Creek Volunteer Fire Department.
Bowl games used to be a birthright at Florida.
When things looked bleak for Florida, sophomore wide receiver Andre Debose did what he does best.
After reeling off four straight wins this season with an inexperienced lineup, coach Gregg Troy knew the Gators’ youth would eventually catch up to them.
The Gators have struggled all season when playing from behind. On Friday night, it finally cost them their season.
Nobody is going to confuse the Florida volleyball team’s last three games of the regular season as marquee matchups, but the Gators are using them as confidence boosters.
Students and faculty evacuated Norman Hall twice Thursday after police say someone pulled fire alarms without reason.
People at a local gym had to take a sudden break from their pushups on Thursday when a faulty smoke detector sounded the building's fire alarm and led to the gym's evacuation.
Residents expressed their ideas for the future of the Gainesville Police on Thursday evening at the department's fourth and final planning meeting of the year.
Expectant mothers might want to think twice before taking a prescription drug, a new report indicates.
In November 2008, Cameron McIntosh was an 18-year-old basketball and football star at his Illinois high school. He ranked 10th in his class academically and hoped to attend UF the next fall. He had 20/20 vision.
Most people would never expect political opposites President Barack Obama and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez to have a genuinely amicable conversation with each other, much less be photographed in a public lip-lock.
A donation from a UF College of Medicine alumnus and his wife will kick-start the planning for a new medical education center, the college announced Wednesday.
Sociology senior Darius Rucker, 21, expected his Nov. 8 rehearsal of "Chicago" to be just like the other ones. It wasn't.
Watching Jaye Howard rip through offensive linemen with his signature club move down after down, it’s nearly impossible to recall the player coaches once considered “lazy.”
Furman may be the smallest opponent on Florida’s schedule, but a win Saturday could be the Gators’ biggest of the year.
In the wake of a lawsuit, UF has delayed its proposal to give faculty members a 3 percent raise to offset a state requirement for public employees to contribute the same amount to their retirement.
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