More than 2,200 fans piled into the O'Connell Center on Thursday, eager for a full night of Florida volleyball. Just 65 minutes later, they were headed home.
About 2,000 chicken-lovers visited the new Chick-fil-A at The Standard at Gainesville apartments during its grand opening Thursday and were greeted by the signature Chick-fil-A cow mascot and smiling team members.
Golf players will tee off today at Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club to fundraise for athletes from the Alachua County chapter of Special Olympics Florida.
Members of Student Government’s new mental health taskforce held its first town hall to help students find mental health resources in Gainesville.
Pharmaceuticals and personal hygiene items are contributing to water pollution, a UF researcher found.
When Albert White attended Lincoln High School, east Gainesville’s school for black students during segregation, he never paid for a single school lunch.
When Lisa Klug’s friend was diagnosed with HIV in 1998, Klug was devastated.
A UF pop-up art shop is coming back for its second year, but in a new location.
Gainesville was ranked No. 20 on a list of the top cities to live for those with student debt.
In a way, the process of how rapidly and expansively a new meme spreads is impressive. Someone takes an image that is only mildly funny and then does something to it that suddenly renders it into a new creative medium of expression. If the meme is hot, “memelords” from around the internet will start using the new template and begin the production of new content utilizing this meme. For a few days, it will be the only meme you see on the internet, until it dissolves into irrelevancy just as quickly as it entered it, the ultimate fate of every meme.
In about two weeks I'm going to graduate. It’s been an interesting four and a half years, filled with ups and downs, things I expected and others I never thought would. I didn’t think I’d end up at UF, but I sit here now and realize this was where I needed to be. I'm happy with how the last four and a half years transpired, and now I wait for the next.
Nicole (which is not her real name) was a freshman, a virgin and a long way from her Midwestern home. She indulged in the staples of first-semester college life like alcohol, fraternity parties and boys. Although she had heard stories of sexual assault on campus, she never thought its reach would extend to her.
Campus is crowded. Like, really crowded. More so than usual, and you’re fed up with it. Everyone who neglected to attend classes or show their face in the library is finally creeping out of their dorms and apartments with the realization that finals week is just around the corner.
Irving Roth said he didn’t understand why he was at Auschwitz.
Root and Pecker will start serving breakfast and stop offering dinner on Monday.
UF Student Government Cabinet is hosting the Gator Career Closet’s first clothing drive.
At a free HIV/AIDs testing event, students rushed to pet John, a labrador retriever therapy dog comforting the students.
Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park’s staff hopes to get help from citizens Saturday clearing the damage Hurricane Irma left behind at the park, located at 4732 Millhopper Road.
A year later, they haven’t forgotten the game that got away.
Dan Mullen has added another Mississippi State assistant to his staff at Florida.
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