News
Breaking-up: expectation versus reality
By Alexandra Booth | Nov. 22, 2013So my boyfriend broke up with me.
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News
Two bloggers sound off: Sweden launches new feminist movie rating
By Claudia Marina | Nov. 22, 2013Did you hear Rachel McAdams is coming out with a new movie? Don’t roll your eyes. Yes, she’s typecast again as the “other-half” who loves so much it hurts in “About Time,” as well as in “The Vow,” “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” and “The Notebook.” At least we’ll always have “Mean Girls,” which I argue is her pièce de résistance.
Sports
Blood, Sweat, Tears: Easley confident in face of life’s struggles
By ADAM PINCUS< | Nov. 21, 2013Before giving opposing offenses headaches, Dominique Easley suffered pains from just sitting inside his Staten Island, N.Y., apartment as a child.
News
Young dominant as Gators cruise to win
By LANDON WATNICK< | Nov. 21, 2013Without freshman point guard Kasey Hill (high ankle sprain), the Gators struggled to play organized on the offensive end early Thursday night. But they eventually figured it out and cruised to a big win.
Sports
Freshman running back succeeding in starting position
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Nov. 21, 2013Kelvin Taylor is used to setting high standards.
Sports
Picks Column: Georgia Southern
Nov. 21, 2013We here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column are extraordinarily excited for this weekend. For the Georgia Southern-Florida game, you ask? Of course not. The second installment of the ‘Hunger Games’ series, “Catching Fire” premiered last night at midnight! If that doesn’t get your heart pumping, then we don’t know what’s wrong with you. Just watch the trailer, for crying out loud!
Sports
Florida falls to in-state rival Florida State
By GORDON STREISAND< | Nov. 21, 2013The Seminoles gave the Gators a taste of their own medicine on Thursday night in the O’Connell Center.
Sports
Senior leads UF into NCAA Championships
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Nov. 21, 2013Mark Parrish will take the helm for the Gators one last time.
Sports
Middle blocker looks to end decorated career on high note
By RJ Schaffer | Nov. 21, 2013There have been few things Chloe Mann has not accomplished in her career.
News
Bill Nye tells science guys (and girls) to change world
By Alex Harris | Nov. 21, 2013When about 1,800 Gators walked into the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, they had no idea they would be getting a show from both Bill Nye and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
News
Board of Governors approves UF preeminence plan
By Colleen Wright | Nov. 21, 2013#UFRising is a go.
Metro
Traffic delayed after bicyclist hit at Cabana Beach
By Rachel Crosby | Nov. 21, 2013Traffic was rerouted for about two hours Thursday afternoon after a woman ran into a bicyclist with her vehicle in front of Cabana Beach Apartments, 1601 SW 51st Terrace.
Sports
Florida soccer to square off against Duke in second round of NCAA Tournament
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Nov. 21, 2013MICHELLE PROVENZANO
Sports
Gators swimming to compete in Buckeye Invite
By Logan McGuire | Nov. 21, 2013For the second year in a row, the Gators swimming and diving teams will travel to the home of the Buckeyes for the Ohio State Buckeye Invitational today where both teams’ competition will include Purdue, Kentucky, Virginia and host Ohio State in the three-day meet.
Metro
Holiday bike scavenger hunt launches in Gainesville
By Emily Cardinali | Nov. 21, 2013Some Gainesville bikers are getting cranky about Thanksgiving, but it’s OK — it’s for charity.
News
UF student lived in pineapple field, rediscovered 15 species of moths in Hawaii
By RJ Schaffer | Nov. 21, 2013Chris Johns did not know what to expect when he went to Hawaii in April. What he found was 15 species of moth previously thought to be extinct.
News
UF’s first satellite launched into space remains silent
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Nov. 21, 2013Gainesville, we have a problem.
Metro
Cancer patients celebrate Thanksgiving a week early
By McKenzie Collard | Nov. 21, 2013Twenty-seven years ago, a grocery store chain funded the building of Gainesville’s American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families. On Thursday night, the same chain provided its first Thanksgiving dinner for current residents.
Opinion
Not your mother’s Plato: Philosophy matters
Nov. 21, 2013As the end of my final semester at UF approaches and one of my many ambitions comes to fruition, I find myself constantly reflecting on an eventful college experience.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels 11/22/13
Nov. 21, 2013The last full week of the semester is coming to a close, and you should pat yourself on the back: You made it! Without further ado, here it is, folks: Your last-one-of-the-semester edition of Darts & Laurels.
