Sports
Gaels outlast Gators to force Sunday rubber match
By Luke Adragna | Mar. 9, 2024The No. 4 Florida Gators (9-5) lost to the St. Mary’s Gaels (9-5) 9-7 Saturday afternoon at Condron Family Ballpark.
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Gators women’s basketball knocked out in SEC Tournament quarterfinals
By Jack Meyer | Mar. 9, 2024The Gators’ Cinderella run came to an end in an 84-74 loss to the Rebels, Friday night. In a game featuring all kinds of hits, twists and everything in between, Ole Miss bullied its way to victory in an extremely physical outing from start to finish.
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Gators baseball walks off St. Mary’s 12-11
By Bennett Solomon | Mar. 8, 2024Up 9-6 in the top of the ninth, Gators junior closer Brandon Neely surrendered three runs in the top of the ninth inning, allowing the Gaels to push the game into extra innings.
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Gainesville Catholic school teacher arrested for molesting students
By Daniel Bednar | Mar. 8, 2024A physical education teacher and coach at St. Patrick Interparish School in Gainesville was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting several middle school girls.
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Gators women’s tennis fall short in comeback attempt against Georgia
By Max Bernstein | Mar. 8, 2024The win was Georgia’s eight straight against Florida, including its 4-1 win over the Gators at the ITA National Indoor Championships just less than a month ago.
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Florida lacrosse makes clean sweep on West Coast
By Lacey Rogers | Mar. 8, 2024The No. 11 Florida lacrosse team (5-2) wrapped up its West Coast adventure with a bow on top after taking down the San Diego State Aztecs (1-5) 23-5, Friday. The win marks a five-game winning streak for the Gators and a five-game losing streak for the Aztecs.
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Gators men’s tennis falls on the road to No. 5 Kentucky
By Chandler Hawkes | Mar. 8, 2024The Florida Gators men’s tennis team (6-5, 2-1 SEC) fell to the No. 5 Kentucky Wildcats (12-2, 3-0 SEC) 4-1, Friday evening. Even after dropping the doubles point, the Wildcats proved their national ranking by hitting the Gators off the court in singles play.
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Students, staff and faculty protest DEI decision outside UF Board of Trustees meeting
By Sara-James Ranta | Mar. 8, 2024On Friday morning, about 45 people gathered outside Emerson Alumni Hall chanting “Get DeSantis out of our campus” and “The B-O-T has got to go” to protest UF’s recent firing of diversity, equity and inclusion positions.
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Gainesville City Commission passes ordinance ending GRU’s right of way exemption
By Henry DeAngelis | Mar. 8, 2024The City of Gainesville voted 6-0, with Commissioner Desmon Duncan Walker absent, to end Gainesville Regional Utilitity’s right-of-way exemption.
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Aliyah Matharu soars for Gators women’s basketball in thrilling SEC Tournament win
By Jack Meyer | Mar. 7, 2024Senior guard Aliyah Matharu powered the Florida Gators women’s basketball team to an upset victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores in the second round of the SEC Tournament, Thursday night.
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McNeillie struggles, Knights take charge in Gainesville in defeat over Gator baseball
By Luke Adragna | Mar. 6, 2024The UCF Knights took advantage of Florida’s inexperienced arms and charged past the Gators 9-6 Wednesday night.
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Florida lacrosse increases win streak to four after defeating UC Davis
By Lacey Rogers | Mar. 6, 2024The No. 11 Gators lacrosse team (4-2) took down the University of California Davis (5-2) 21-7 in San Diego, California, Wednesday.
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Florida women’s basketball opens SEC Tournament with hard-fought win over Missouri
By Jack Meyer | Mar. 6, 2024The Gators women’s basketball team opened up the 2024 SEC Tournament with a down-to-the-wire 66-60 victory over the Missouri Tigers.
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UF SG Senate begins elections for new leadership
By Annie Wang | Mar. 6, 2024After over eight hours in the Senate Chambers, the UF SG Senate elected its new president and president pro-tempore Wednesday morning just before 4 a.m. following the Tuesday night meeting.
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Gainesville man arrested for fatal hit-and-run of UF alumnus
By Daniel Bednar | Mar. 5, 2024A Gainesville man surrendered to officers early Friday morning after allegedly killing a former UF student driving a scooter and fleeing the scene.
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Florida men's basketball earns upset victory over No. 16 Alabama
By Max Tucker | Mar. 5, 2024The Florida Gators men’s basketball team put up 105 points in a senior night victory over No. 16 Alabama, Tuesday.
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Sasse appoints UF’s first biomedical research evangelism adviser
By Zoey Thomas | Mar. 5, 2024UF President Ben Sasse appointed UF Health President Dave Nelson to a new role as adviser to the president for biomedical research evangelism, he announced in an email to faculty March 5.
Opinion
What UF tells us about America
By Andrew Taramykin | Mar. 5, 2024I am confident the overwhelming majority of our faculty and staff hold this position, and absolutely positive that our students do. While the provost’s promises of maintaining trust and respect may seem disingenuous in this context, I believe most Gators remain steadfast in our commitment to a more equitable university, community, and world.
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Jacksonville dice-maker brings handcrafted collections to Gainesville
By Bea Lunardini | Mar. 4, 2024The time it takes Schweiner to handcraft his own dice amounts to more than 30 hours every week. Each hour is spent in his workshop, a small room in his Jacksonville home. The room has a workbench and table, a 36-square-foot cork board holding his tools and most importantly, around 450 dice.
Sports
Gators football set to prepare for intimidating 2024 schedule
By Bennett Solomon | Mar. 4, 2024Florida begins its preparation on the field for the 2024 season March 7 in its first spring practice. Headlined by multiple new coaches and a solid 2024 recruiting class, Florida will begin bracing itself for an eight-game conference schedule at the Gators’ practice facility.
