Sports
McGee credits her success to teammates
By LISA GREENBERG< | May 30, 2012For sophomore distance runner Cory McGee, the 1,500-meter race is always the event she puts her heart into.
COVID-19
The Avenue
Gainesville man breaks societal chains to live in the woods
By Samantha Solum | May 30, 2012In the woods off of Southeast 16th Avenue and Williston Road lives 36-year-old Sam Parrish. He built a home there; a tent reinforced with a tarp, a futon, a cot and solar powered lights next to a creek.
The Avenue
The Church of Holy Colors travel the US to display art
By Michelle Klug | May 30, 2012Not many artists can say they have had Jack White as a critic.
News
Recent graduates launch online vintage clothing shop
By Jessica Kegu | May 30, 2012Both Megan Alfaro and Janice Erlacher like wearing bones, stones and vintage clothes. Last summer they decided to turn their style into a business.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
May 30, 2012It’s starting to look like this hurricane season is going to be worse than the last few years. Of course, they seem to say that every year and nothing happens. Either way, we’re proud to bring you this week’s it’s-about-damn-time-for-some-global-warming edition of...
News
Study finds people are more unhealthy than they estimate
By Kelly Price | May 30, 2012A new study conducted by Massive Health shows that Wysocki isn’t alone in her late-night junk food consumption.
Opinion
Memorial Day is a monument to character
May 30, 2012This Memorial Day, perhaps more than most, I’m reminded of the contrasts between people and the things they choose to stand for in their lives. With all of the talk coming from the left about the imagined 1 percent versus the beleaguered 99 percent, it’s very easy to simply tune out these fabricated numbers and carry on.
News
UF administration meets to debate on budget cuts
By Clare Lennon | May 30, 2012Machen said he had hoped the Florida Legislature would scale back on cuts to the university, but the state mandated UF cut $38 million from its budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Metro
City and county commissions disagree on road projects, taxing
By Chris Alcantara | May 30, 2012A new sales tax referendum is creating a rift between the city and county commissions.
News
Gainesville magazine hosts restaurant event for charity
By Katherine Hahn | May 30, 2012Taste of HOME Gainesville will feature foods from 32 locally owned restaurants and four bars.
News
Lake Wauburg offers climbing challenge
By Caitlin Manley | May 30, 2012Students in an empire state of mind can get their Big Apple fix only a few miles away.
News
Medical report finds therapy to help treat plasma cancer
By Kelly Price | May 30, 2012A team including UF researchers determined that a therapy could help treat a type of plasma cancer.
Metro
Local coffee shop opens with a mission to empower others
By Kathryn Varn | May 30, 2012The CYM Coffee Co., opening June 23 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., offers its own environment as a meeting place to foster creativity and hold events.
Metro
Man arrested, found hiding in apartment closet
By Chris Alcantara | May 30, 2012A late-night apartment visit Monday night landed one UF staff member in jail.
News
Senators walk out of Student Senate meeting in protest
By Samantha Shavell | May 29, 2012Tuesday night’s Student Senate meeting started with 66 Senators present but ended with 47.
Metro
Suspect in Waldo shooting turned himself in, officials expect arrest shortly
By Erin Jester | May 29, 2012A suspect in the shooting of a Waldo man has turned himself in and was taken in for questioning.
Metro
Man arrested, charged in connection with Gainesville shooting
By Michael Scott Davidson | May 29, 2012Police have arrested and charged a Gainesville man in connection with a shooting outside a local nightclub earlier this month.
News
Machen answers budget questions
By Clare Lennon | May 29, 2012As UF nears the end of a debated and contested budgeting process, faculty members took advantage of an open debate to ask UF President Bernie Machen questions about the university’s method of budgeting.
Sports
UF falls in SEC semis, earns No. 1 seed
By JOE MORGAN | May 28, 2012After a lengthy stay in Alabama, the Gators will be home for a while.
Sports
Column: Crawford deserves rotation spot over Whitson in postseason
By JOE MORGAN | May 28, 2012Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan is playing the waiting game and it’s time to stop. The Gators can no longer wait for Karsten Whitson to find himself.
