Sports
Leanne Wong shapes Florida gymnastics from the sidelines
By Sofia Alamo | Mar. 31For the first time in her life, Leanne Wong is watching gymnastics from the sidelines.
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News
Remembering ‘Uncle Ed’: Former Alligator general manager Ed Barber dies at 86
By Zoey Thomas , Sofia Meyers and Leona Masangkay | Mar. 31Alumni and former colleagues remember him as a mustachioed mentor, chili connoisseur and steadfast supporter of independent student journalism.
Enterprise
What to know about this legislative session and its Gainesville impacts
By Alexa Ryan | Mar. 30Florida’s legislative session ended March 13 with under 250 bills passing both chambers, a historic low. Several bills affecting Gainesville still have a chance to be signed at the governor’s desk, including a measure aiming to eliminate property taxes.
Sports
How Jenny Rowland got the Gators going on vault
By Paul Hof-Mahoney | Mar. 30On Feb. 18, Florida gymnastics head coach Jenny Rowland said in a media availability session that vault needed to be a point of emphasis for her Gators as they entered the back half of the season.
Metro
‘Incredibly offensive’: A state bill could erase a 3-year battle over Gainesville utilities
By Maria Arruda | Mar. 30Residents have voted twice to return utility control to the city. However, results are still pending until an ongoing lawsuit ends. A recent bill passed by the state Legislature would nullify the election results — regardless of whether the city wins the lawsuit.
Sports
Florida women’s basketball faces pivotal transfer portal window after coaching change
By Isis Snow | Mar. 30The NCAA transfer portal is about to open again, and for Florida women’s basketball, it comes at a pivotal time.
Sports
What’s next: Which Florida basketball players will take on larger roles next season?
By Jeffrey Serber | Mar. 30With the 2025-26 season at an end, Florida men’s basketball faces an offseason filled with uncertainty over who will return.
News
UF College Republicans retaliates after disbandment for alleged antisemitic gestures
By Alabama Weninegar | Mar. 29Sabatini said the chapter was illegally stripped of its status as a registered student organization for exercising its First Amendment rights. He also called the reason for disbanding UFCR “fake.”
Enterprise
‘Deliberate attack’: Sociology’s removal from Florida general education draws criticism
By Alexa Ryan | Mar. 29The State University System’s Board of Governors voted March 26 to remove Introduction to Sociology from general education across Florida’s 12 public universities. The change will go into effect for the 2026-27 school year. Students will still be able to take the course as an elective or as part of their individual degrees.
News
Gainesville homeless shelter to close after 46 years
By Kaitlyn McCormack | Mar. 29But in under a month, the shelter will permanently close its downtown facility due to funding and staffing challenges. Some fear the closure will result in a resource gap for one of Gainesville’s most vulnerable populations.
Metro
Meet the 5 candidates running for Alachua County school board elections in August
By Grace Larson | Mar. 29Three seats are open in August’s Alachua County School Board election. Five candidates are on the ballot, including two incumbents.
Sports
Gators dominate North Carolina A&T in back end of doubleheader
By Ethan Feinberg | Mar. 29With only about an hour and 40 minutes between matches, the Gators were set to wrap up the doubleheader weekend against the North Carolina A&T Aggies.
Opinion
OPINION: What to know about HPV and why you should get protected against it
By Lara Caglayan | Mar. 29The risk isn’t in getting the HPV vaccine — it’s in skipping it.
Sports
Florida claims first conference win in rematch of last season's Big 12 championship game
By Coral Uzgiden | Mar. 29On Sunday, following a 24-hour delay due to a bee infestation at the Sun Devils Lacrosse Stadium, the No.7 Gators (8-2, 1-0 Big 12) topped Arizona State (5-7, 0-1 Big 12) 14-8 in Tempe, Arizona.
Sports
Florida women’s golf wins Clemson Invitational to conclude regular season
By Colby Kistner | Mar. 29Ultimately, Florida finished in first with an 847 (-17) and one stroke ahead of Arkansas. The Florida lineup consisted of Paula Francisco, Siuue Wu, Megan Propeck, Katelyn Huber and Elaine Widjaja. Meanwhile, Addison Klonowski participated in individual play.
Sports
Kennedy’s walk-off homer hands Florida heartbreaking loss against Arkansas
By Zach Moore | Mar. 29The first walkoff surrendered by UF this season allowed No. 10 Arkansas (30-5, 5-4 SEC) over No. 3 Florida (33-4, 9-3 SEC) in heartbreaking fashion 6-4 at Bogle Park on Sunday. Florida drops its first SEC series of the year and will look to regroup next weekend against Mississippi State.
Sports
Lawson, Surowiec go long as Gators secure weekend sweep over No. 4 Arkansas
By Adrian Carmona | Mar. 29Florida (23-6, 6-3 SEC) edged out the Razorbacks (19-10, 4-5 SEC) 7-6 in Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the Gators secured the weekend sweep and capped off a 4-0 week against ranked opponents.
Sports
Florida snaps three-game win streak as No. 15 Oklahoma rallies in final-set victory
By Ethan Feinberg | Mar. 29No. 21 Florida (11-10, 4-6 SEC) was bested by No. 15 Oklahoma (15-5, 7-4 SEC) 4-3, snapping its three-game win streak.
Sports
Florida men’s swim and dive captures second at NCAA Championships
By Riley Orovitz | Mar. 29The 2026 chapter of Florida men’s swim and dive came to a close Saturday, but not without a surplus of historic accolades to be accounted for and its best finish since 1985.
News
Thousands attend the first No Kings protest of the year
By Vanessa Norris | Mar. 29Hundreds of people gathered in the heat with signs reading phrases like, “Stop the war on Iran” and “Gators chomp ICE.”
