News
Study finds meth causes brain damage
By Sofia Rattes | Feb. 14, 2013Methamphetamine might get people higher — a higher risk for long-term damage to the brain, that is.
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Sports
UF pitching staff looking to improve
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN | Feb. 14, 2013In 2012, then-sophomore pitcher Hannah Rogers led the Gators’ pitching staff with an ERA of 1.23, but a week into the 2013 season, the junior’s ERA is nearly a run higher at 2.13.
Sports
Gators ready for tough road tests
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Feb. 14, 2013Freshmen Danielle Collins and Brianna Morgan will learn first hand how rowdy opposing tennis teams’ fans can get.
News
Gainesville mother hopes for change for wheelchair-bound son
By Eleni Kouvatsos | Feb. 14, 2013Timothy Bird loves watching action-packed thrillers and spending time on his computer. But he is not your average 23-year-old.
Sports
Gators aiming to maintain quality with shot selection
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Feb. 14, 2013With a little more than a minute left in the first half of Florida’s 69-52 win against Kentucky, junior Scottie Wilbekin passed the ball to redshirt senior Mike Rosario after struggling to get open. Seconds after getting the ball, Rosario had Kentucky’s Jon Hood guarding him at the arc.
Metro
Wendy’s protestors want fair wages for farm work
By Alex Harris | Feb. 14, 2013The Rev. Les Singleton held a disassembled hamburger and pointed at its single, tiny tomato slice.
News
Florida struggles in paint in road loss to Texas A&M
Feb. 14, 2013The Gators traveled to College Station, Texas, on Thursday looking to win their third straight game in Southeastern Conference play.
News
Athletes wrestle with Olympic drop
By Kelcee Griffis | Feb. 14, 2013In the wake of the International Olympics Committee’s decision earlier this week to drop wrestling from the 2020 games, Gainesville athletes and experts are expressing concern over the impacts of the decision.
News
Junior holding UF together
By GREG LUCA | Feb. 14, 2013Three months ago, no one knew when Casey Prather would begin his junior season. After suffering a pair of concussions in the preseason, Prather didn’t play until Nov. 23 — Florida’s fifth game.
Metro
Two arrested in connection with consecutive Midtown robberies
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 14, 2013Students walking around Midtown can breathe easier, as Gainesville Police arrested two people in connection with two January robberies in the area.
Metro
Local artists display works in winter art fair this weekend
By Michelle Jackson | Feb. 14, 2013Local artists will showcase their artwork to Gainesville area residents this weekend during the sixth annual Winter Fine Art Fair at Tioga Town Center in Newberry.
Metro
Large asteroid to skirt Earth today
By Andrew Kays | Feb. 14, 2013If an asteroid half the size of a football field were to strike Earth, it would flatten everything within 750 square miles.
News
SNAP app frustrates some riders
By Victoria Forst | Feb. 14, 2013As the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol prepares to become an application-only-based system, SNAP users at UF without a smartphone might find themselves waiting outside for a very long time.
Metro
Hot rod owners show off cars for heroes
By Kathy Pierre | Feb. 14, 2013Your car must be 30 years old or older to ride.
Sports
Out with the old, in with the new: Florida replacing nine departed players in 2013
By ADAM PINCUS | Feb. 14, 2013Tom McNamara never left a Gators game disappointed. The Seattle Mariners Director of Amateur Scouting has studied players since 1994. McNamara began evaluating former Gators catcher Mike Zunino since the Cape Coral native was 16. The Mariners selected the Golden Spikes Award winner with the No. 3 pick in last June’s MLB Draft, during which eight other Florida players found new teams.
News
Close but no cigar: 150-foot asteroid makes a record-breaking approach
By Charlene Hewitt | Feb. 14, 2013Don’t kiss your family goodbye. Don’t sell your worldly possessions. Life on Earth will not be destroyed at 2:24 p.m. today when an asteroid whizzes past just 17,000 miles above the ground.
News
Whitson’s injury leaves Florida rotation shorthanded
By JOSH JURNOVOY | Feb. 14, 2013Pitching and defense were supposed to be the Gators’ foundation this season.
News
Televisionistas: "Pretty Little Liars," Spencer Hastings
By Jamie Wilson | Feb. 14, 2013As entertaining as television shows can be, there’s always a little bit of a downside. The show ends, and you realize that all of the cute clothes you’ve seen aren’t going to appear in your closet. They are either way to expensive, or you simply don’t know where to look. I know it’s hard out there for a fashion junkie, but here is a way to make it easier.
News
Valentine’s Day: table for two
By Jennifer Hernandez | Feb. 14, 2013Relationships are difficult. Usually, mates want you to hang out with them, do them special favors and make them sandwiches.
The Avenue
Valentine’s Day: à la carte
By Seantyel Hardy | Feb. 14, 2013Unless you’re Taylor Swift, you’ve probably been single on Valentine’s Day. But it shouldn’t be a letdown this year.
