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Nov. 7, 2016

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Anna Danilina watches the ball during the 2016 ITA Regional Championships at the Ring Tennis Complex.

Sports

UF women’s tennis ends Fall season on positive note

By Cassie Amundson | Nov. 7, 2016

Relaxed, confident and handling their business.

UF coach Mary Wise talks with her players during Florida's 3-1 win over Marshall on Sept. 17, 2016, in the Lemerand Athletic Center.

Sports

Coach proud of season-long development from Gators volleyball

By Skyler Lebron | Nov. 7, 2016

No. 6 Florida is standing tall in the latter portion of its Southeastern Conference schedule.

UF soccer coach Becky Burleigh talks with her team following Florida's 5-2 win against Iowa State on Aug. 19, 2016, at James G. Pressly Stadium.

Sports

Florida soccer earns No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament

By Lauren Staff | Nov. 7, 2016

After winning the program’s 12th Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship, Florida was named a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday.

Luke Del Rio stands on the sideline during Florida's loss to Tennessee on Sept. 24.

Sports

Notebook: Florida football decimated by injuries after loss

By IAN COHEN | Nov. 7, 2016

When Luke Del Rio couldn’t lift his duffle bag after Saturday’s game, Jim McElwain knew something was wrong.

Ashley St. Charles, a 20-year-old political science and international studies junior, stands surrounded by her fellow Campus Diplomats as they remember former member Abby Dougherty. “All I can remember was just her laughing and smiling,” St. Charles said of the last memory she has of Dougherty.

University

‘Honor her memory forever and ever’: Vigil held for UF student

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 7, 2016

In front of a podium adorned with yellow, red and purple flowers, the UF community honored the life of Abby Dougherty.

UF right-side hitter Alex Holston (3) celebrates during Florida's 3-0 win against St. John's on Sept. 17, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

Sports

Florida volleyball sweeps Miss. State, forces tie for first in SEC

By Ray Boone | Nov. 6, 2016

She hadn’t attempted a swing the entire match.

Florida celebrates its 2-1 overtime win in the 2016 Southeastern Conference Tournament championship match in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Sports

BACK TO BACK: UF wins SEC Tournament in overtime

By Lauren Staff | Nov. 6, 2016

The golden goal came in the last minute.

Luke Del Rio looks to the sideline for instruction during Florida's 24-10 win over Georgia on Oct. 29, 2016, in Jacksonville.

Sports

Column: UF has a quarterback problem, and it may lead to Del Rio's benching

By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 6, 2016

Luke Del Rio dropped back and tried to squeeze a slant pass in too tight a window to his first-year receiver, Tyrie Cleveland.

Florida's Luke Del Rio (14) looses the ball before being taken down by Arkansas' Deatrich Wise Jr. (48) and Randy Ramsey (10) during the second half of an NCAA college football game on Nov. 5, 2016 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Arkansas beat Florida 31-10. (AP Photo/Samantha Baker)

Sports

PICKING UP THE PIECES: Injuries, loss destroy UF’s playoff hopes

By IAN COHEN | Nov. 6, 2016

After his team was decimated by injuries, and after his starting quarterback threw two interceptions, Jim McElwain stated the obvious.

University

UF to implement new undergraduate requirements in Fall 2018

By Paige Fry and Katelyn Newberg | Nov. 6, 2016

Starting in Fall 2018, UF students will have to take a course that includes What is the Good Life and may add additional general education requirements.

Metro

Mi Apa and Krispy Kreme to reward voters with free coffee, doughnuts

By Molly Vossler | Nov. 6, 2016

Citizens can get a free cup of coffee and a doughnut by showing their “I Voted” sticker this week.

ShandsCair 2, an EC13-model helicopter, sits in the sun during the 35th anniversary celebration of UF Health’s ShandsCair on Saturday. It is just one of three helicopters used to transport patients from the scene to the UF Health Shands Hospital, a level-one trauma center.

Metro

Shands celebrates 35 years of helicopter patient transport

By Janine Wolf | Nov. 6, 2016

Barry Gebhard, a lead pilot with UF Health’s critical-care transport system, has saved a lot of lives during his 24 years of flying helicopters, but one patient stands out.

Metro

Georgia man leads GPD in high-speed chase before hitting car

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 6, 2016

Gainesville Police arrested a Georgia man after he led an officer in a high-speed chase Thursday.

Tyson Ritter, the lead singer of The All-American Rejects, performs during the free “Rock the Vote” concert on Friday evening on Flavet Field.

University

Rock concert encourages students to vote

By Emma Green | Nov. 6, 2016

Two American rock bands told Gainesville residents and students to go out and vote during a Friday-night concert.

Metro

Bill Clinton coming to Gainesville today

By Melissa Gomez | Nov. 6, 2016

Clinton will be making stops in Jacksonville and Gainesville to rally early votes for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as part of the "Stronger Together" bus tour today.

A voter reads his ballot at the Hamilton County Board of Elections as early voting begins statewide, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati.

Metro

Get out and vote tomorrow

Nov. 6, 2016

Tuesday marks a monumental day in our history. Our nation will decide who they want to lead the good march into the future. We here at the Alligator encourage each and every one of you, Democrat, Republican, Independent and Libertarian alike, to please go out to the polls tomorrow and cast your votes.

Surrounded by her family, Joy Graham Miller shows David, 7, how to make a toy turtle out of pipe cleaners and bottle caps on his birthday on Sunday.

Metro

Gainesville woman helps children through art

By Robyn Wilbar | Nov. 6, 2016

Two pediatric cancer patients twisted green pipe cleaners around clothespins as they made alligators and turtles at a crafts event Sunday.

Opinion

Clinton’s emails, Trump’s words aside — just vote

Nov. 6, 2016

The Clinton name comes with strong connotations of scandal, and this past week just added to it with the latest email snafu about Huma Abedin’s emails being on Anthony Weiner’s computer. Even if there was no criminal activity, the announcement of an investigation so close to Election Day creates doubt. Although Election Day is tomorrow, these scandals will linger long after, perhaps throughout a Hillary Clinton presidency.

Opinion

Why vaccinations are a necessity and not a terrible idea

Nov. 6, 2016

As we all know, ‘tis the season. I’m not talking about Christmas season, but that is fast-approaching. Are you ready? I know I’m not. Anyway, I digress. It is certainly election season, and fewer than 48 hours after this is published, we will know who will be our president for the next four years. That is equally cool as it is terrifying. Good luck, America. Again, I kid. I am talking about flu season.