Sports
Column: NASCAR entering transitional season
By GRAHAM HACK | Feb. 18, 2016Change is in the ocean breeze at Daytona.
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Focus is key for UF men's golf entering SunTrust Gator Invitational
By Ray Boone | Feb. 18, 2016For the first and only time this year, the Florida men’s golf team will compete on their home course.
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UF men’s swimming and diving in first, women in fourth at SEC Championships
By Sean Doty | Feb. 18, 2016Sophomore Caeleb Dressel and senior Kahlia Warner have been the two most consistent competitors for UF’s swimming and diving teams through the first three days of the Southeastern Conference championship meet.
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Hillel hosts 24-hour event to benefit those with disabilities
By Paris Olkes | Feb. 18, 2016UF’s Hillel will host the first-ever BuildUp.
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UF hosts climate change seminar
By Nate Phillips | Feb. 18, 2016Tobias Buckell discussed how he foresees a new ocean, made from the melted North Pole, to an audience of about 70 on Thursday.
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Friends, family celebrate the life of UF student
By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 18, 2016Chance Wolf had a heart of gold and the wit to match.
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Lil B tells students to set goals, stay positive
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 18, 2016When Lil B walked into the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Thursday night, he took the microphone and yelled “Florida” to a crowd of about 600.
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UF Reitz Union may get sustainability certification, has to pass inspections
By Rebecca Papilsky | Feb. 18, 2016After its renovation, UF’s Reitz Union might be one of the most sustainable buildings on campus.
Opinion
A special edition of Darts & Laurels: 02/19/2016
Feb. 18, 2016Today, in lieu of the traditional Friday Darts & Laurels, we at the Alligator would like to share an editorial we planned to run Monday. But in light of a recent article, Darts & Laurels seemed a more appropriate platform.
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UF group performs musical for children with illnesses and disabilities
By Ann Ostrander | Feb. 18, 2016A group of 35 students is putting on a production for children with illnesses and disabilities today.
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Gainesville becomes first Florida 'Welcoming City'
By Molly Donovan | Feb. 18, 2016Gainesville became Florida’s first city to granted the title of a “Welcoming City” on Thursday.
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UF professor, author to speak at Headquarters Library
By Anthony Nicotera | Feb. 18, 2016Award-winning environmental journalist and author Cynthia Barnett will speak at the Headquarters branch of the Alachua County Library District from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Looking ahead in Gainesville: celebrating student veterans and a LGBTQ+ open mic
Feb. 18, 2016UF student veterans celebrated
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The Groveland Four: a meeting at Levin College of Law
By Katelyn Newberg | Feb. 18, 2016Josh Venkataraman met Carol Greenlee, the daughter of one of the men he hopes to exonerate for a decades-old sexual assault case, on Thursday.
Opinion
Guest Column: To the Alligator's 1105 W. University Ave. building, with love and memories
Feb. 18, 2016While on a rooftop in Iowa at the wedding of one of my editors, I decided to get an Alligator tattoo.
Opinion
Column: Graffiti, orgo and weed-out class theory
Feb. 18, 2016What frustrates a student enough to deface university property? Organic chemistry, apparently.
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UF's Mr. Two Bits makes videos for class of 2020
By Kristen Solorzano | Feb. 18, 2016To give the class of 2020 a feel for UF, a weekly video will be released showing a student leader.
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UF starts science summer program for high-school students
By Mary Kate Cobb | Feb. 18, 2016UF’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is starting a program for high-school students this Summer.
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Column: The sensationalism of Trump is concerning
Feb. 18, 2016I don’t like Donald Trump. It’s pretty easy not to; the guy is a xenophobic, classist egomaniac. The only thing more obscene than the things he says is the height of his wispy, golden mane — which I’m convinced grows in direct proportion to the amount of attention he receives. Yet what scares me the most about Trump isn’t his call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., nor is it his proposed $8 billion wall along the border of Mexico: It’s his sensationalism and what it means for the future of American politics.
