One dog died and another is injured following the arrest of two men early Saturday after they reportedly ignored commands from Gainesville Police.
Giving any attention to the under-handed mischief and general plots that go on in state-level politics becomes exasperating really quickly. It’s difficult not to think of state legislatures as places where objectionable ideas go to get put in legally binding ink.
According to many news sources, Sen. Rand Paul will be announcing his candidacy for president Tuesday and will then engage in a five-state, five-day announcement tour. Paul, who is the son of former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul, is an ophthalmologist-turned-politician who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and has not been one to shy away from controversy. While many Republicans go with the flow of the Grand Old Party and often do not hesitate to inflate the deficit or ignore major problems, Paul has been one of the few shining stars of the party. He addresses the concerns of middle-class Americans, and his commitment to libertarian conservatism and advancing liberty makes him stand out from the crowd.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Saturday afternoon on a charge of sexual battery after an officer reportedly saw him raping a UF student.
About 30 UF students spent Saturday night in the water.
The final round for UF’s Three Minute Thesis Competition will be held Tuesday.
The Florida women’s tennis team finished its last regular season road match yesterday afternoon when it faced off with a Top-10 contender.
UF’s club hockey team is crowdfunding to prepare for its upcoming season.
On a weekend in which all 21 of Florida’s senior athletes were honored in front of the fan fare, UF came out to play, garnering 20 individual personal records and 17 top-five individual-event finishes at the three-day Florida Relays.
Through four and a half innings, the rubber game between Florida and Missouri was quiet.
The Florida softball team swung the bats like no other team in program history last weekend against South Carolina, earning its first series sweep of the season and establishing a school record.
While Virginia and Wake Forest finished off the Bryan National Collegiate in dramatic playoff fashion, the Gators rebounded on Sunday from an otherwise average tournament.
The Florida men’s tennis team had mixed results in its final home weekend of the regular season.
Thursday night 9:00 PM, the University of Florida’s Theatre Strike Force hosted an improv show featuring the traveling improv group, Upright Citizens Brigade.
On March 6th, Madonna released her 13th studio album Rebel Heart.
The 2015 Major League Baseball season will get underway at 1:05 PM on Monday when the New York Yankees take the field against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.
Gainesville Police arrested a former UF athlete early Sunday after he reportedly punched a bouncer at a local night club.
On the final day of the Pepsi Florida Relays, Florida’s relay teams highlighted a slew of top-five finishes for coach Mike Holloway’s men’s and women’s track and field teams.
To say that conference play has been kind to Florida this season would be an understatement. The Gators have dismembered their Big East opponents so far in the team’s first season as a member of the conference. It was more of the same on Saturday.
After toppling Missouri in the series-opener on Friday, the Florida baseball team failed to carry the momentum into Game 2 on Saturday.
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