Sports
Maria Torres developing in second year
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Jan. 21, 2015Maria Torres found success as a freshman.
COVID-19
Sports
Florida details new indoor practice facility
By RICHARD JOHNSON | Jan. 21, 2015The Florida football program will soon have its crown jewel facility.
News
UF reacts to Pres. Obama’s annual State of the Union
By Alyssa Fisher | Jan. 20, 2015President Barack Obama suggested ways to expand educational opportunities and make education more affordable during his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.
Metro
Students running for Gainesville commission seats face unique challenges
By James McLaughlin | Jan. 20, 2015A Santa Fe College student and a UF doctoral candidate are both ready to face challenges reminiscent of the 2013 Gainesville election.
News
Redbox co-founder speaks about entrepreneurship, persistence
By Paola Asencio | Jan. 20, 2015Mike DeLazzer visited UF to share an important life lesson with students: Never give up on an opportunity.
News
UF Senate funds swing dancers, NORML
By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 20, 2015UF student senators found themselves in an unfamiliar setting at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting.
News
Police: Woman smashes crack pipes during traffic stop, resists arrest
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 20, 2015Gainesville Police arrested a woman Tuesday morning after she reportedly smashed two crack pipes during a traffic stop.
Sports
UF soccer embracing opportunity to play against FC Bayern
By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Jan. 20, 2015It was only back on Nov. 28 that Florida soccer’s Fall season came to an end with a loss in penalty kicks to Stanford in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals.
Metro
Go nuts on Squirrel Appreciation Day
By Ashley Pancoast | Jan. 20, 2015They’re a topic occasionally popular on Yik Yak. Twitter hashtags are dedicated to them. And Squirrel Appreciation Day is their time to go nuts.
News
Florida falls to LSU at home, loses second straight SEC game
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 20, 2015Freshman forward Devin Robinson awoke Florida’s hometown crowd with an alley-oop off an assist from Kasey Hill, which followed a steal in the paint from Michael Frazier II.
News
Gators in the NBA: Corey Brewer making most of opportunity with Rockets
By GRAHAM HALL | Jan. 20, 2015Corey Brewer is enjoying the change of scenery – and the chance to compete for another NBA championship.
Metro
New dwarf planets won’t change Gainesville Solar Walk art piece
By GRAHAM HALL | Jan. 20, 2015Discoveries in the sky won’t necessarily be reflected on Gainesville’s streets.
Metro
A lost goat’s journey baaaa-ck home
By Kathryn Varn | Jan. 20, 2015If you’ve ever wondered what a goat family reunion may look like, Laura Labine can tell you.
Metro
Former Supreme Court Justice speaks on capital punishment, his book
By Zee Krstic | Jan. 20, 2015Almost five years after his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, former Justice John Paul Stevens spoke to UF students and the general public Tuesday afternoon about his personal thoughts on topics ranging from the death penalty to the Second Amendment.
News
Smathers exhibit offers insight into construction of Panama Canal
By Cyanne Dunn | Jan. 20, 2015Frank Townsend doesn’t consider Panama home anymore, but he does miss the music and the coffee.
Opinion
MLK and ‘American Sniper’: Light will drive out darkness
Jan. 20, 2015It’s heartbreaking and infuriating to observe that this weekend — officially dedicated to commemorating the legacy of a great pacifist and visionary of a more just world — was hijacked by Hollywood and rededicated to a film, which serves to glorify American militarism; attempt once again to justify the unthinkably savage slaughter waged for a decade in Iraq; and reignite hatred against Arabs and Muslims. Just check Twitter.
Opinion
Save yourself money: switch your phone plan to a Wi-Fi service
Jan. 20, 2015Imagine an average student with an iPhone: She gives $45 a month to AT&T for cell service. If she switched to my $12.71 Republic Wireless plan, she’d save approximately $387 a year. That’s about 28 jars of Nutella from Amazon, or about 49 months of Netflix.
Opinion
New anti-abortion law is unnecessary, restricts access to a safe procedure
Jan. 20, 2015Unless you come from Texas, or you keep up with the intricacies of state politics, you probably aren’t aware of the fact that Texas currently only has seven functional abortion clinics. Some people will probably say that seven is plenty, or perhaps too much. Some people might be horrified by the fact that I say there should be and need to be more. Texas is the biggest state in America, and as of 2013, a safe and healthy medical procedure is now likely impossible for many people who don’t have the resources or ability to go to an abortion clinic that could be hundreds of miles away.
Opinion
New Connecticut Taser law a step in the right direction
Jan. 20, 2015Little known fact: “Taser” is actually an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle,” which is high in the running for snazziest name of anything, ever. Thomas Swift, by the way, is the main character of a young adult science fiction series from the 1910s.
News
UF students mourn loss of Jerry DeClasse
By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 19, 2015Jerry DeClasse was known to seize the day.
