Sports
Gators open season Sunday at N.C. State
By Lauren Staff | Jan. 6, 2017Florida’s team theme in 2016 was, “You are destined to go far.”
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University
LSU’s Jackson dominates Gators in Baton Rouge
By Dylan Dixon | Jan. 6, 2017It was Chloe Jackson’s world, and the Florida women’s basketball team was simply living in it on Thursday night.
Opinion
Should I stay or should I go: resisting the urge to live in Florida forever
Jan. 5, 2017During my time on campus thus far, I have come across very few individuals who have no desire to ever leave Florida. About 97 percent of UF students come from Florida, and many of the other 3 percent have lived in Florida in the past or have close family in-state, according to Study Point, a college-admissions website. As the premier university in this wonderful state, UF’s reputation dominates all markets up and down the peninsula. However, many students entertain the thought of starting their careers elsewhere. This is completely normal, as it is natural for young people to desire new landscapes, people and environments, but the level of longing for new sights and sounds seems to vary greatly among individuals.
University
Renovated advising center eases wait time
By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 5, 2017At 4 p.m. Thursday, about eight students were waiting to see advisers as they sat on sofas and armchairs in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Academic Advising Center’s new lobby.
Opinion
Nothing in life is certain but death — and ever-inflating textbook prices
Jan. 5, 2017Like every great work of academic literature, I’ll begin with the superfluous introduction to what lies ahead.
University
Students discuss renovation of off-campus cultural hubs
By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 5, 2017About 70 UF students sat in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Thursday night to discuss plans to rebuild their second homes on campus.
University
Study shows systemic racism impacts health of African-Americans
By Katelyn Newberg | Jan. 5, 2017UF researchers have linked the effects of racism to high blood pressure in African-Americans — and determined that addressing inequity may reverse the trend.
Metro
City announces 8-month Midtown construction project
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Jan. 5, 2017Midtown businesses like Study Edge and Grill Fresh may see fewer customers as the city begins an eight-month-long construction project.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels: January 6, 2017
Jan. 5, 2017Let’s start with something completely trivial in order to ease into the new year. In a move that no one really asked for, Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures are set to release “Cars 3” this sum- mer. “Cars 2” is the only Pixar movie thus far to ever receive a “Rotten” score on movie-rating website Rotten Tomatoes, so it seems like a strange move. Perhaps it’s for the nostalgia factor? After all, children and young adults alike were excited for last summer’s “Finding Dory.” You’d think that, perhaps, visiting an old movie for the third time, the big shots at Disney and Pixar would know how to balance their new and old audiences, as they so masterfully did in “Toy Story 3.” But plot details released to Entertainment Weekly have revealed that “Cars 3” is going to be about entitled millennial cars. Yes. Millennial cars, according to Entertainment Weekly. So a dart to Pixar for giving us another reason not to see the sequel to the sequel that no one asked for.
University
UF plans lab, facility to expand bee research
By Paige Fry | Jan. 5, 2017As honeybee colonies in Florida decline, UF is dedicating money and space to study the insect more seriously — and lure researchers to Gainesville.
Metro
FHP: 15 phony credit cards, weed found in car
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 5, 2017A Tampa man and woman were found with fraudulent credit cards and copies of driver’s licenses not belonging to them in their car Wednesday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Metro
GPD: Clerk hit with wine bottle after failed heist
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 5, 2017After a failed gas-station holdup, one man threw a wine bottle at a cashier’s face, Gainesville Police said.
University
College of Medicine-Jacksonville welcomes new dean
By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 5, 2017Leon Haley is bringing more than 26 years of medical experience to UF’s College of Medicine-Jacksonville. Haley, who began working as the new dean of the college Jan. 1, said he wants to help provide care for people who may not have access to highquality medical services, while also training the next generation
Metro
FHP: Car totaled, driver hurt after collision with semitruck
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 5, 2017A man was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital after his car and a Walmart semitruck collided at the intersection of U.S. Route 441 and County Road 234 on Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
University
UF researchers look for citrus alternative
By Jamie Shapiro | Jan. 5, 2017While one of Florida’s most marketed crops declines, UF researchers hope tea can fill in the gap left by the depleted citrus industry.
Metro
Pulitzer winner to visit GNV
By Molly Vossler | Jan. 5, 2017A Pulitzer Prize-winning author is reading at the Alachua County Headquarters library Sunday.
Metro
FHP asking drivers to move over
By Molly Vossler | Jan. 5, 2017As the Florida Highway Patrol uses billboards and pamphlets to remind drivers to move over for stopped emergency vehicles, Gainesville seems to have received the message.
Opinion
Focus on the positives as we move into 2017
Jan. 5, 2017I was going to write a year in review. I was going to write about how crazy 2016 was with all of the atrocities that plagued our world, from our nation’s deadliest mass shooting in Orlando to everything that has been happening in war-torn Aleppo. I was going to write about how we lost popular-culture icons every month, from David Bowie in January to Debbie Reynolds at the tail end of December, and then we had an orange one elected to be president of the U.S. in between. I could have written all about every single bad thing that happened last year. I was going to, but then I realized that by doing that, I would be focusing on only the negative things that happened.
Sports
DECISIONS, DECISIONS: A look at Florida's potential NFL Draft picks
Jan. 4, 2017With football season having ended, several Florida juniors have announced their intentions to leave school early for the NFL Draft. Other underclassmen have yet to announce but are expected to leave, while some seniors are expected to be high picks as well. Here, we take a look at all of Florida’s potential draft picks.
Sports
Florida women’s basketball team trying to limit turnovers
By Dylan Dixon | Jan. 4, 2017Florida women’s basketball coach Amanda Butler has been instructing her players to “love the ball.”
