Sports
Gators using bye to heal injuries, work on self-improvement
By JOSH JURNOVOY | Sep. 25, 2012The season is young, but the Gators could already use a break.
COVID-19
Sports
Redshirt senior thriving, trying to finish career on high note
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN | Sep. 25, 2012Three years after taking a leap of faith, Tangerine Wiggs is still trying to stick the landing.
News
National Voter Registration Day event rakes in new voters
By Jewel Midelis | Sep. 25, 2012Fifty-nine people showed up to register to vote and update their voter information Tuesday at Pugh Hall Ocora.
News
Study finds students become skeptical of negative political ads
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 25, 2012A study done by a UF political science professor determined that negative ads don’t always work, but when they do, it’s on people who trust the government — which Christian said she only does sometimes.
Opinion
Debates minimized by other outlets
Sep. 25, 2012We are one week away from seeing a side-by-side contrast of both major presidential candidates. The first of a series of debates between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is rapidly approaching.
News
Religious group wants Tebow
By Sarah Brand | Sep. 25, 2012In 2010, Alan Nanney was arrested for breaking into the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, where, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, he was found barefoot and shirtless.
News
Students fast for Yom Kippur
By Rachek Kurland | Sep. 25, 2012Yom Kippur is a day of atonement and reflection during which Jewish people ask for forgiveness for any wrongdoings, according to Rabbi Gail Swedroe, the newest campus rabbi at UF Hillel. There is also a 25-hour period of fasting.
Metro
Internet cafes cause stir
By Jared Ginsburg | Sep. 25, 2012With Internet cafes causing controversy across the state, a Gainesville resident has voiced her concern about the stores to the city commission.
News
UF group hopes to spread obesity awareness to children, parents
By Laura Hogan | Sep. 25, 2012A UF research team will work with about 200 parents and children during a childhood obesity awareness and intervention workshop Thursday.
News
UF Florida Museum goes digital
By Noelia Trujillo | Sep. 25, 2012The Florida Museum of Natural History received a three-year $339,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for researchers to expand their digitized collection of invertebrate specimens.
Sports
Senior midfielder brings composure, stability to Gators
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN | Sep. 25, 2012Jo Dragotta was doing her best to keep her mind clear.
News
Students sit in Student Senate meeting protesting referendum
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 25, 2012About 10 people attended the Student Senate meeting in support of a referendum that asks students if they want to rename the Reitz Union after Virgil Hawkins, an African-American man who was denied entrance to UF in 1949.
News
Scientist gets grant to study worms
By Melissa Harvard | Sep. 25, 2012Akito Kawahara, an assistant curator at the McGuire Center of Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History, received the one-year grant to do field research in Central America to investigate the tobacco hornworm and relatives.
Metro
Church holds political forum
By Webb | Sep. 25, 2012Candidates for county and state elections held an open forum at Westside Baptist Church on Tuesday evening.
News
UF grads launch businesses online
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Sep. 25, 2012Despite the daunting nature of starting a business, two UF alumnae have taken the plunge to create their own startups. One launched her business this month, and another is celebrating one year running a successful website.
Metro
The Jones B-side opens its downtown location to patrons
By Natanya Spies | Sep. 25, 2012The Jones B-side, a restaurant with a focus on locally grown and vegan fare, officially opened Tuesday afternoon at 203 SW Second Ave.
Metro
Charity hosts golf fundraiser
By Michael Scott Davidson | Sep. 25, 2012Gators March for Babies will host its first charity golf tournament Saturday at the Meadowbrook Golf Club supporting March of Dimes, an effort to help all babies have a healthy and full-term birth.
Metro
Paynes Prairie to remove plants
By Jewel Midelis | Sep. 25, 2012Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is gathering volunteers to remove Ardisia, an invasive plant, from 9 a.m. to noon as part of National Public Lands Day.
News
UF choir first North American group to attend international festival
By Rosa Llamo | Sep. 25, 2012Chamber singers in the Concert Choir will headline the 17th annual Encuentro Coral de Musica Colombiana in Buga, Colombia, from Oct. 16 to Oct. 21. The noncompetitive international choral festival will feature about 25 choirs from six countries — and UF’s is the first North American choir to be invited.
Sports
Rally: Does this season’s 4-0 start mean more than last year’s?
By GREG LUCA | Sep. 25, 2012Joe: When the sun rises in Gainesville this Saturday, everything will be a little bit brighter.
