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METRO | POLITICS

In 2020, Democrats must remember down-ballot races

By Ben Lima | Sep. 5, 2019

It goes without saying that the presidential election will be the main event of the 2020 campaign cycle. The White House is now home to a historically polarizing and unpopular president who is tearing away at the moral fabric and reputation of the country — and the Democrats must take it back. But we cannot forget the other fronts on which Democrats must play both offense and defense.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Two minors threaten to ‘shoot up’ Westwood Middle School on a fake Instagram profile, police say

By Dana Cassidy | Sep. 5, 2019

A Gainesville child didn’t want to go to school, so he and another child made a fake school shooting threat on Instagram.

Florida right side hitter Holly Carlton registered a team-high 10 kills in Wednesday's loss to Stanford.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Stanford sweeps Florida volleyball in home opener

By Mari Faiello | Sep. 4, 2019

It wasn’t disastrous, per se, but it certainly wasn’t pretty either.

This GOES-16 satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at 17:00 UTC and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Dorian, right, churning over the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its 185 mph winds ripping off roofs and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and other shelters. (NOAA via AP)

NEWS | SFC

Hurricane Dorian to bring wind and rain to Gainesville Wednesday

By Melissa Hernandez | Sep. 3, 2019

Although Gainesville may have dodged Hurricane Dorian, residents may still be affected by the storm’s strong winds and rain Wednesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF classes canceled through Wednesday due to Hurricane Dorian

By Hope Dean | Sep. 2, 2019

UF classes are canceled on Wednesday as Hurricane Dorian batters the Bahamas and continues to threaten Florida.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida falls to UCLA 2-0, leaving Los Angeles winless

By Graham Marsh | Sep. 1, 2019

One team had just lost to the No. 5-ranked USC Trojans. The other had just beaten the No.1-ranked Florida State Seminoles.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators volleyball holds off Dayton Flyers in five-set nailbiter on the road

By Mari Faiello | Aug. 31, 2019

It took two sets and a must-win situation, but Florida’s volleyball team found its way to a five-set win over the Dayton Flyers Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, in nailbiter fashion.

This GOES-16 satellite image taken Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at 16:00 UTC and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Dorian, right, churning over the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Bahamas as a fierce Category 4 storm Saturday, with new projections showing it curving upward enough to potentially spare Florida a direct hit but still threatening parts of the Southeast U.S. with powerful winds and rising ocean water that causes what can be deadly flooding.(NOAA via AP)

METRO | CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

Dorian expected to make east coast landfall late Labor Day Weekend

By Melissa Hernandez | Aug. 31, 2019

The latest predictions of Hurricane Dorian show that the storm is moving east, away from central Florida and possibly from even making landfall.

Opposite/Setter Holly Carlton totaled six kills and five digs in Florida's sweep of Louisville.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators sweep Louisville to open 2019 season

By Brendan Farrell | Aug. 30, 2019

It was a game that Florida had been anticipating for eight months. The experienced, freshmen-less team could finally get its season underway.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida suffers first loss of the season to fifth-ranked USC

By Bryan Matamoros | Aug. 30, 2019

Coach Becky Burleigh and Florida’s soccer team have struggled against USC in recent years. They came out victorious in the first three meetings between the two powerhouses but lost the next two by a combined score of 4-0.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

Women run away with win in season debut

By Joseph Salvador | Aug. 30, 2019

UF picked up where it left off in 2018: The women leaving their opponents in the dust while the men still try and take that next step to catch up.

Richard Henson (foreground) and his uncle, Peter Henson, prepare their grandmother's house Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, where she lives on Greenwood Drive in Fort Pierce, Fla., for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. (Eric Hasert/TCPalm.com via AP)

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF cancels classes in anticipation of Dorian

By Melissa Hernandez | Aug. 30, 2019

UF has announced classes are canceled and campus will be closed Tuesday in preparation of Hurricane Dorian.

Junior outside hitter Paige Hammons combined with sophomore outside hitter Thayer Hall for 555 kills last season.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators begin 2019 season with ranked matchup against Louisville

By Brendan Farrell | Aug. 29, 2019

Florida’s 10th-ranked volleyball team will start its 2019 season with a pair of games against No. 25 Louisville on Friday night and Dayton on Saturday at the Cardinal Classic in Louisville, Kentucky. Here’s what to watch for:

Florida’s men’s cross country team is tied for fourth with Kentucky in the 2019 SEC Cross Country Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The women’s team is ranked third.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

Florida cross country team opens year in Jacksonville

By Joseph Salvador | Aug. 29, 2019

Florida’s cross country team will be traveling to Jacksonville to compete in the University of North Florida Invitational on Friday at 8:30 a.m. to start its 2019 campaign. The team has competed in the event each year since 2016. Here are some things to know going in:

No. 3 Georgia opens its season with a conference matchup at Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs were the preseason favorite to win the SEC East and are a popular College Football Playoff pick.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Bye Week Blues: Games to watch

By Dylan Rudolph | Aug. 29, 2019

A bye week is long and tedious for college football fans. While Florida’s Week 0 battle with Miami on Aug. 24 was entertaining, it left a hole for the UF faithful this week while the rest of the country gets to watch their team play.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Picks Column: Week 1

Aug. 29, 2019

Oh boy.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Gator Party begins interviewing for Senate elections

By Emma McAvoy | Aug. 29, 2019

Students looking to work in UF Student Government now have a new third party option to get involved with.

A traditional dance performed by the indigenous Kuikuro people in the Brazilian Amazon, which Michael Heckenberger has worked with for the past 27 years. He designed Amazon Hope to help save these people and the rainforest they live in.

NEWS | FEATURES

‘There is still hope’: UF professor organizes summit to address Amazon rainforest fires

By Hope Dean | Aug. 29, 2019

When UF anthropology professor Michael Heckenberger worked in the Brazilian Amazonrainforest, the sky wasn’t always blue.

Andrea Lopez, an 18-year-old biomedical engineering freshman at the University of Florida, tie-dyes a shirt Thursday evening during an event for the SWEek of Welcome on the Reitz North Lawn. Lopez said she heard about SWE during E-Swamp and decided she wanted to be a member.

MULTIMEDIA | GALLERY

Welcome Week Tie Dye

By Margaret Dotson | Aug. 29, 2019

The University of Florida Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted a variety of events during the second week of fall semester encouraging students to attend other events and provide an opportunity for them to connect with people from other majors. SWE’s goal is to help empower women across campus to become engineers and leaders in STEM fields. “I just want to be a part of it,” said electro engineering freshman Kathleen Yang about the organization.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Running from our problems: beginner exercises to help you destress

By Matthew Diaz | Aug. 29, 2019

From a marketing perspective, I think that exercise has been criminally mismanaged. If there were a drug that could do for human health everything that exercise can, it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed. The problem comes from the idea that exercise must be really taxing and time-consuming to be effective. While I’m not suggesting that you’ll be an Olympian by doing 30 minutes of exercise every other day, I think most people would be surprised by just how beneficial a few movements can be, not just physically but mentally.

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