News
RecSports gets infusion of cash, will add classes
By Alex Harris | May 28, 2014RecSports will be busier than ever in the coming year, thanks to an extra $100,000 allocation from UF’s Student Senate.
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News
UF Information Technology makes moves to fully replace Sakai with Canvas
By Hannah Fell | May 28, 2014UF will begin the gradual process of switching from Sakai to the new course management system Canvas this summer.
News
Online Learning Institute gets first program director
By Hannah Fell | May 28, 2014UF has chosen the head of its new Online Learning Institute.
Metro
Woman arrested with a medley of drugs, some found in her crotch
By Kyle Follansbee | May 28, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a local woman carrying a bag of meth and seven oxycodone pills after she tried to destroy 0.2 grams of crack cocaine in her pants.
Sports
Softball set to square off in Women’s College World Series
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | May 28, 2014They’re back.
Sports
Breaking down the Women’s College World Series field
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | May 28, 2014Eight teams remain in the hunt for the title as the top softball team in the country. Each team took different paths to make it, but in the end, they all made it to Oklahoma City. With action beginning today, alligatorSports took a look at each opening-round matchup.
Metro
Allegations read in Hernandez double-murder case
By RICHARD JOHNSON | May 28, 2014Former Florida football player Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty on seven charges — including two counts of first-degree murder — during his arraignment Wednesday in a Boston courtroom.
Sports
Track tries to run down outdoor national titles
By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | May 28, 2014The championship taper has come again as Florida has a grand opportunity at redeeming itself on why it deserves to be No. 1.
Sports
Local business capitalizes on ‘Famous Jameis’ crabgate
By RICHARD JOHNSON | May 28, 2014As you walk past “Gator Mania” in the Oaks Mall, you take in a storefront that vomits orange and blue. But hanging on a mannequin in a display window is an orange shirt with a blue crab on it that has the No. 5 right in the middle, inviting you to visit ‘Jameis’ famous crab shack emporium.’”
Opinion
Darts & Laurels 5/29/2014
May 28, 2014Here it is, y’all: Your how-many-episodes-of-Bob’s-Burgers-can-I-get-through-before-I-absolutely-have-to-study-for-my-midterms edition of Darts & Laurels
Sports
Lacrosse signees tapped for All-American team
By EDEN OTERO | May 28, 2014As the season ended for Florida in a devastating 12-11 loss against then-No.5 seed Northwestern (14-7) on May 17, the Gators are already working toward boosting their roster for 2015.
The Avenue
Tampa’s Sunset Music Festival garners 45,000 attendees
By Cody Smith | May 28, 2014Memorial Day weekend marked Sunset Music Festival’s third invasion of the North Lot of the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Opinion
Florida women seek governor’s veto
May 28, 2014Our legislature is attacking women’s rights in Florida. House Bill 1047/Senate Bill 918, which vaguely claims to revise circumstances under which a pregnancy in the third trimester may be terminated, permits doctors to place the potential life of a fetus above the life of a woman.
Opinion
Prepare for climate change and the worst-case scenario
May 28, 2014When a meteorologist warns Floridians of an impending hurricane and the catastrophic damage that could result from such a storm, most people heed the warnings and batten down the hatches. Recently, scientists discovered that a massive ice sheet in Antarctica melted past the point of return, and in the coming decades could seriously threaten coastal cities, especially those in Florida.
The Avenue
For a non-rom-com look at long-term lovers, see ‘Le Week-End’
By Jackson Hart | May 28, 2014“Le Week-End,” playing at the Hippodrome State Theatre until June 5, is a small marvel of a film. Though it deals with a subject that (on the surface) is hard for college students to relate to — the boredom that grows in a long relationship — “Le Week-End” is still full of small, often devastating truths about the human condition we can all relate to.
The Avenue
Mac Miller’s new ‘Faces’ highlights mature production, personal struggles
By Patrick Glynn | May 28, 2014Mac Miller, also known as “Easy Mac with the Cheesy Raps,” capitalized in his teenage years as a party rapper with chorus-driven songs of low lyrical depth like “Nikes on my Feet” and “Donald Trump.”
The Avenue
New ‘X-Men’ a formulaic fallback onto action movie cliches
By Jackson Hart | May 28, 2014I went into “X-Men: Days of Future Past” with high hopes. After a string of disappointing superhero movies – the latest Spider-Man, “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” the last stupid Thor — I was ready to get back to the glory days of the Batman trilogy.
The Avenue
What your preferred package of potato chips says about you
By Keri | May 28, 2014Picture this: You and your friends are hanging out in the backyard, playing Frisbee or cornhole, waiting for the hamburgers to grill on the barbecue.
Metro
Alachua County Fire Rescue seeks volunteers
By Patrick Pinak | May 26, 2014Alachua County Fire Rescue’s Emergency Management Division is assembling a volunteer Fire Corps for the first time in its history.
Metro
UK robotic company to make US debut in Gainesville
By Taylor Junck | May 26, 2014Out of all the cities in the U.S., a foreign startup company chose to open its first U.S. location in Gainesville’s Innovation Square, and a UF alumnus is heading the location.
