Agata Strausa’s consistent improvement during 2013 was one of the reasons the Gators looked poised to live up to their predicted second-place finish at the Southeastern Conference Championships on Friday.
With the Reitz Union construction set to continue until 2015, some UF students, faculty and visitors are considering the project an ear sore.
Alachua County and Gainesville may be joined by the federal government as a bill that promises to end employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity gains traction in the Senate.
The weekend ended on a high note for UF’s co-ed competitive a cappella group. No Southern Accent auditioned for producers of “America’s Got Talent” Sunday evening in Atlanta and landed a second audition in front of executive producers.
For the first time in four years, Gator Growl will sport a second stage in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium that will host two new performers.
From Thursday to Sunday, Gainesville was filled with bearded men, cut-off jean shorts and empty beer cans as Fest 12 attendees hopped venues.
In a Broward County courtroom on Dec. 21, Seth Penalver sat quietly next to his lawyer, waiting to hear the jury’s verdict for a 1994 triple murder he claimed he didn’t commit.
“I❤Boobies!” bracelets may soon be the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case as a school district in Pennsylvania plans to appeal a federal court’s ruling that has allowed the bracelets in schools.
A 45-year-old Callahan man died Friday morning after he was thrown from his SUV during a rollover crash two miles northwest of Waldo.
The excitement is definitely in the air. It’s the University of Florida’s Homecoming week, and Gator Growl is almost here!
In an effort to stem the tide of millions of Americans using government handouts to put food on the table, major cuts to the nation’s food stamp program went into effect last week. Conservatives cheer it as a way to cut additional government waste, while liberals recall the days when millions of Americans lived in poverty, unable to feed their families.
Recent alerts of a looming wine shortage aren’t making Gainesville residents put away their wine glasses quite yet.
Everyone knows the world we live in is increasingly centered on technology — its invention, design, construction, marketing and — most importantly — its use. Science, technology, engineering and math careers abound and STEM-major students receive incentives for choosing more “worthwhile” tracks. Such a society denounces the humanities and its subfields.
President Barack Obama’s use of drone strikes abroad is a polarizing debate, and the legality and secrecy of the strikes is often called into question by lawmakers. The public’s top concern over the strikes, according to the Pew Research Center, is the potential endangerment of civilians’ lives.
Seth Penalver and Herman Lindsey, both former death row inmates share their stories with the public at the St. Augustine Catholic Church in Gainesville on November 2, 2013.
JACKSONVILLE — For three straight seasons, Will Muschamp and the Gators fixed their eyes on the prize. If only they could get their hands on it.
JACKSONVILLE — You won’t find a more impressive start to a game than the one Todd Gurley enjoyed Saturday.
JACKSONVILLE — Florida got the third-down stop it needed with time running out in the fourth quarter.
Redshirt senior middle blocker Chloe Mann did exactly what she had been doing all night on Friday — she notched a kill in the fourth and final set. Except this kill didn’t just earn Florida a set win.
Over 50 years ago, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. The Equal Pay Act prohibits discrimination between employees on the basis of sex.
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