About five months after a UF student riding her bicycle near Midtown was killed by a garbage truck, one of her best friends hopes to teach his peers at UF about bicycle safety.
It’s a popular pastime nowadays to rant about how the U.S. is infringing upon freedom of speech. Conservatives specifically will talk about how oppressed their freedom of speech is because they feel like they cannot express their views without people criticizing them. What a lot of people fail to realize is that freedom of speech does not mean freedom to speak without repercussion: It means that the government cannot censor or restrain you. It does not mean people can’t criticize you, that your workplace cannot find your speech or actions inappropriate or that what you say won’t be subject to negative social repercussions. You have the freedom to say what you want, without the government regulating you; other people, press, companies, celebrities and social media, however, have the freedom to react.
When the president of the U.S. uses Twitter to get his message out, it’s safe to say that Twitter has become part of mainstream media consumption. With 140 characters or less, there’s a lot of room for misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the facts.
There has been some debate about the ethics of so-called sanctuary cities. Let’s look at one argument against non-compliance with federal law enforcement and whether it holds up.
The endangered species list has a new addition: the rusty patched bumblebee.
UF students will take to the North Lawn this week to act out a unique Shakespeare play.
Nancy Hunt is using a gangster film, a comics workshop and a discussion of masculinity to change how students view the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an African country stained by violence and civil wars.
Students walking through UF’s campus this week may notice backpacks adorned with purple ribbons, symbols of domestic-violence awareness.
As the first pitch was headed towards junior Janell Wheaton in the fourth inning, pinch runner Jacqui Switzer was running towards second.
Growing up in Missoula, Montana, Jim McElwain fantasized about two sporting events he — one day — hoped to attend.
By almost every account, the Florida basketball team exceeded expectations this season — only 9.3 percent of NCAA Tournament brackets filled out on ESPN.com had Florida advancing to the Elite Eight.
Not much has come easy away from McKethan Stadium for the Gators.
With Sunday’s 77-70 loss to South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, the careers of four Gators came to a close: seniors Kasey Hill, Justin Leon, Canyon Barry and Schuyler Rimmer.
Cameron Newbauer was named Florida’s new women’s basketball head coach on Monday, UF’s athletic department announced.
In 2014, Kasey Hill was celebrating a trip to the Final Four.
Two years after its suspension from campus, UF’s chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is back with a new class of brothers.
A recent survey claims 65 percent of Americans are having unprotected sex.
University Police arrested two Florida men on Sunday after they were seen trying to steal bicycles in a UF parking garage behind Hume Hall.
Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Trenton, Florida, man Saturday on a charge of drinking and driving when he drove a car into a utility pole.
After her sister was sexually assaulted as a teenager, UF alumna Jacqueline Ros created a product to make notifying friends of unsafe situations easier.
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