The Avenue
‘Classy and Sassy’ burlesque show Saturday at the Market Street Pub
By Ashlyn Pinter | Mar. 18, 2015Burlesque and blues is on the menu at the Market Street Pub and Cabaret on Saturday night.
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The Avenue
UF grad student’s death metal band, Eschaton, lands record deal
By Michaela Beeda | Mar. 18, 2015Despite being away from his band, one UF student is finding success in the music business.
News
She Blinded Me With Science: Only You Can Prevent Methane Emissions
By Hannah Morse | Mar. 18, 2015Waste is the quintessential example of “out of sight, out of mind.” It’s so easy to pay no attention to how much of it we create, unless it’s your roommate’s turn to take out the garbage and they let it simmer in the bin for a few more days.
News
The Trouble With Taboo
By Richard Barker | Mar. 18, 2015This month’s issue of National Geographic focuses on the existence and pitfalls of tribalism by belief. In communities where membership is granted by birth but lines are drawn by worldview, many find themselves socially trapped in inflexible, unrealistic mindsets, unable to contemplate otherwise obvious problems for fear of alienation.
News
The Changing Face of UF: Report on UF enrollment reveals trends, barriers
By Emily Cardinali | Mar. 17, 2015Several articles have been written lately regarding whether enrollment of African-American/black students at UF has drastically decreased.
Metro
City Commission election low turnout results in two runoffs
Mar. 17, 2015While turnout was low for Tuesday night’s Gainesville City Commission elections, voters have another chance to cast their ballots during two run-off elections next month.
Metro
Pedestrian severely injured in car crash on University Avenue
By Alex Harris | Mar. 17, 2015A Gainesville man is in critical condition after he was hit by a car early Tuesday. The accident closed down part of University Avenue for several hours.
Metro
Project crowdfunds to store homeless people's identifying documents online
By Ansley Pentz | Mar. 17, 2015St. Francis House resident Scott LeValley has two things that show who he is: a social security card and a driver’s license.
Metro
Humane Society to hold benefit at First Magnitude brewery
By Taylor Casala | Mar. 17, 2015First Magnitude Brewing Company is teaming up with the Alachua County Humane Society to help homeless pets of Gainesville.
Sports
Florida outlasts Florida State behind offensive outburst
By IAN COHEN | Mar. 17, 2015As the game bled into the four-hour mark and the crowd began to thin, JJ Schwarz eyed down a fastball.
Metro
Ward’s celebrates customers with appreciation week
By Lilianna Busto | Mar. 17, 2015Ward’s Supermarket is taking time to appreciate its customers this week.
News
Senate debates ice cream toppings to teach new senators parliamentary procedures
By Ariana Figueroa | Mar. 17, 2015Giggles, ice cream and committee chair appointments made up Tuesday night’s UF Senate meeting.
Sports
UF losses mounting as Gators fall to Stony Brook
By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Mar. 17, 2015For the second-straight Tuesday, Florida played host to a Top-25 team. And for the second-straight time, the Gators lost to that team by one goal.
Metro
The Rebels roll into their new season
By Jennifer Jenkins | Mar. 17, 2015The Gainesville Roller Rebels are preparing to crush the North River Roller Renegades in the first match of the roller derby season this weekend.
Sports
Fanpay hopes to fund student athletes despite NCAA opposition
By RICHARD JOHNSON | Mar. 17, 2015In 2015, anything and everything can be crowdfunded — from mission trips, to pet veterinary bills to potato salad.
Metro
Westwood sixth graders embrace hands-on, outdoor curriculum
By Sophia Karnegis | Mar. 17, 2015Local sixth graders returned to the woods last week to sow the seeds of their middle-school curriculum.
News
Gator Law ACLU to march to remember Selma, rally for rights
By Veronica Garcia | Mar. 17, 2015It’s been 50 years since the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, and the Gator Law American Civil Liberties Union is holding its own to continue the rally for peace.
Metro
Obama right to call out Iran deal critics
Mar. 17, 2015The Mexican standoff between Iran, the U.S. and Israel over the nuclear talks due to end this month have already caused a bunch of ruckus in their respective countries. The talks had wide-reaching effects, including Tuesday’s elections in Israel and the legacies of our sitting president and the legislators who’ve made it their life’s work to oppose him. The deal comes at a time when the Middle East is once again the center of world chaos and general upheaval.
Opinion
Kylie Jenner’s relationship is a bad example for young girls
Mar. 17, 2015When it comes to relationships, I usually refrain from passing judgment of any kind. My mindset is: Why judge someone if they are genuinely happy? It’s not up to me to decide if a relationship is right or wrong with regard to age, race or gender. I figure, if two people are happy, let them be happy. But my usually solid stance quivered when a relationship between two celebrities was confirmed last week.
Opinion
Created Equal failed to change minds
Mar. 17, 2015Created Equal may “believe what they believe,” but their display was simply inaccurate, inflammatory rhetoric. Their only goal was publicity and they achieved it. One could evoke similar revulsion among viewers by photographing any surgically removed human organ and displaying it, billboard-sized, on a truck. It is immaterial that such beneficial surgeries remove cancerous organs to prolong human life. I doubt their display changed any “thinking” minds. More likely, last week’s stunt merely hardened previously held positions, both pro- and anti-abortion rights, among our campus community and effectively stifled any reasonable debate on campus regarding abortion and the anti-abortion rights movement.
