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Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto competes on bars during Florida's win against Arkansas on Feb. 14.

Sports

Florida using multiple gymnasts to replace injured Sloan

By GRAHAM HACK | Jan. 15, 2015

For the UF gymnastics team, life without Bridget Sloan begins tonight.

Dale Neubauer, 65, supervises workers from the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Phillips Center for Performing Arts Center unload one of the crates in which Sue’s bones are packed. Each crate weighs about a ton.

University

Most complete and most famous T. Rex Skeleton arrives at UF museum

By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 14, 2015

Truck driver Dale Neubauer rolled his semi-trailer around the back of the Florida Museum of Natural History early Wednesday, lugging the bones of a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue.

Susan Gonzalez (center), participates in a R.A.D. exercise in which Capt. Ray Tremblay (right), of the City of Chiefland Police Department, acts as the aggressor.

Metro

Rape defense classes enrollment average again after spike

By Cyanne Dunn | Jan. 14, 2015

After class enrollment doubled following multiple attempted rapes reported on campus last Fall, registration for the UF Rape Aggression Defense program has normalized.

Metro

Apartment shooting leaves one man dead, one at large

By Kathryn Varn | Jan. 14, 2015

Deputies are searching for a man who ran away after reportedly breaking into a southwest Gainesville apartment Wednesday evening with another man whom the apartment resident shot dead.

University

Fuchs delivers second-week report

By Alyssa Fisher | Jan. 14, 2015

Kent Fuchs admitted he took his first selfie at Innovation Academy’s convocation Jan. 5.

University

SFC Student Senate adds 3 senators, new harassment course

By Hunter Williamson | Jan. 14, 2015

Continuing the forward-looking sentiment of Spring Convocation, Santa Fe’s Student Senate on Wednesday announced programs to combat social issues within the college.

The Avenue

Glorious heap of rock: Q&A with Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff

By Chloe Finch | Jan. 14, 2015

You may or may not have heard about King Tuff, but you knew someone like him once. He was the guy perpetually in and out of rock bands in high school, the guy in the faded Black Sabbath T-shirt reading a Richard Brautigan novel and the white guy who worshipped Jimi Hendrix. He was the guy you suspected might actually make it.

Celino Dimitroff, co-owner of SoMa Art Media Hub, builds a shelving unit out of repurposed wood flooring. Dimitroff said all the shelving will be handmade with mostly salvaged materials in the store he and co-owner Charley McWhorter plan to open in February. "It's sort of breathing a new life into it," he said.

Metro

Upcoming downtown supply store to fill hole in art community

By Carla Vianna | Jan. 14, 2015

Architecture and fine arts students can stop scrambling to find sketchbooks, drawing paper and paintbrushes.

Metro

Police: man harasses women for oral sex in library bathroom

By Melissa Mihm | Jan. 14, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a local man Tuesday after he reportedly asked two women for oral sex in a library bathroom and tried to trap one inside.

Opinion

Political correctness limits free speech

Jan. 14, 2015

The recent events in Paris have shocked nations worldwide. Last week, 12 Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were killed because they used their right of free expression.

Opinion

Program helps kick the smoking habit

Jan. 14, 2015

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The Avenue

Brad Schultz: kindergarten teacher in Ocala, fashion designer in Gainesville

By Ellen Villafuerte | Jan. 14, 2015

Each day, Brad Schultz seamlessly transitions from a kindergarten teacher in Ocala to a local fashion designer in Gainesville, and he manages to keep both jobs separate.

The Avenue

Netflix-binge drinking game: Gilmore Girls

By Alex Harris | Jan. 14, 2015

Whether you’re an original fan or a lazy bones who waited until the show hit Netflix to binge indulge (raises hand), pop culture’s most iconic mother-daughter duo holds a special place in many people’s hearts. First-timers to the show may be confused by the rapid-fire dialogue, the obscure, outdated pop-culture references and the ever-perplexing but indefinitely entertaining relationship between Lorelai and Rory. And, oh, the ‘90s fashion.

The Avenue

Beatles fan has ‘every little thing’

By Laura Gomez | Jan. 14, 2015

The Avenue

Heartbreak stories tonight at The Bull downtown

By Emily Cardinali | Jan. 14, 2015

Hearts will break at The Bull tonight.

The Avenue

What's up this week

Jan. 14, 2015

Thursday

The Avenue

Trophy Hunting: Golden Globes Awards

By Alyssa Holcomb | Jan. 14, 2015

A little glitz, a bit of glam and a whole lot of celeb power — the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards showed off the year’s best film and television actors, actresses and artists with its usual elegance and excitement.

Kayla Lewis drives down the court during Florida’s 81-76 loss against Missouri on Feb. 20 in the O’Connell Center.

Sports

Gators head to Kentucky to face depleted Wildcats

By GRAHAM HALL | Jan. 14, 2015

Even though the schedule doesn’t get any easier — with tonight’s matchup against the No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats on the road being a prime example of the schedule’s difficulty — the Gators women’s basketball team is hoping to find easier ways to score.

Billy Donovan looks down the court during Florida's 65-63 loss to Florida State on Dec. 30 in Tallahassee.

Sports

Air Jordan: UF hoops needs consistency in second half of season

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Jan. 14, 2015

Billy Donovan had to have liked what he saw in Florida’s first two Southeastern Conference games.

New head football coach Jim McElwain following his introductory press conference on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Sports

Martez Ivey, Byron Cowart among recruits UF targeting

By MORGAN MORIARTY | Jan. 14, 2015

With the recruiting dead period over and National Signing Day approaching in just three short weeks, the Florida coaching staff has to hit the recruiting trail hard to put together the 2015 recruiting class.