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Kayla Kalhor is on the bottom right with the rest of the contestants for Jeopardy! College Championship.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF sophomore competes in Jeopardy! College Championship

By Valentina Botero | Feb. 7, 2020

Who is Kayla Kalhor?

NEWS | SFC

Former Santa Fe President Jackson Sasser retires

By Sarah Mandile | Feb. 7, 2020

Santa Fe College’s new president, Paul Broadie II, delivered his inaugural address Tuesday afternoon. As he steps into his new role, Santa Fe students and faculty reflect on former President Jackson Sasser’s legacy at the college.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 that will make post-secondary education more available to students. A goal of the bill is to increase the percentage of people in the Florida workforce with post-secondary education from 49 to 60 percent by 2030. The bill also has a Last Mile program to financially assist students who dropped out of college within 12 credits of their degree.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Florida bill could make college, university president searches private

By Samantha Chery | Feb. 7, 2020

Some Floridians are concerned about a lack of transparency

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF retention among highest in country

By Elisabell Velazquez | Feb. 7, 2020

The retention rates remain consistent

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Inspire, Gator release platform points

By Chasity Maynard | Feb. 7, 2020

Both parties focus on student safety

A Lucky’s Market customer shops as the store’s closing approaches. The store is officially closing on Feb. 12.

METRO

Lucky’s Market in Gainesville being sold to Southeastern Grocers

By Stephany Matat and Anna Wilder | Feb. 7, 2020

The store is officially closing Feb. 12

Nora Brown's stickers, which she proudly displays on her water bottle, speak to her experience interning in Washington D.C. over the summer.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

A Story Told Through Stickers

By Katie Delk | Feb. 7, 2020

5 students share what their favorite stickers mean to them

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student data among information sold by anti-virus software

By Hannah Phillips | Feb. 6, 2020

Avast sold users’ browsing history and geo-locations

METRO

City Commission discusses police department’s immigration policy

By Grethel Aguila | Feb. 6, 2020

One of several changes to the order states that GPD should only assist ICE when there is a task force or joint criminal investigation involved

Kamula McKnight-Butler and Phillip Griffiths, Denise Griffiths' mother and father, speak fondly of their late daughter and urge her loved ones to celebrate her life during her memorial service in the Rion Ballroom on Wednesday evening. "Denise has dropped the mic, but will always be in the building," Griffiths said.

NEWS | CAMPUS

'Rest in Power:' Denise Griffiths remembered

By Hannah Phillips and Chasity Maynard | Feb. 6, 2020

More than 150 people attended her memorial

METRO

Gainesville under tornado watch tonight

By Stephany Matat | Feb. 6, 2020

Winds will be 25 mph with gusts of up to 45 mph

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Gators welcome Denver and Iowa State for tri-meet

By Noah Ram | Feb. 6, 2020

Eight years is a long time.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Previewing the 2020 Florida season, which begins tonight

By Payton Titus | Feb. 6, 2020

What were once commanding voices of leadership in the locker room, bullpen and dugout have now vacated Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The echoes of all-time athletes like Kelly Barnhill, Amanda Lorenz and Alex Voss interfere with loud whispers of doubt from the rest of college softball, generating feedback in Gainesville.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

From boys to men

By Joseph Salvador | Feb. 6, 2020

The crowd in Gainesville exploded as bucket after bucket sank. Shooters couldn’t miss, and fans sporting orange and blue were in awe of the offensive showing.