Sports
Gators face tall challenge against top-seeded Bears
By JOE MORGAN | Mar. 19, 2012Heading into the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Gators feel like an afterthought.
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Opinion
Kony 2012 movement garners empty support
By Dyllan Furness | Mar. 19, 2012I often hear conversations between two people seemingly so consumed by their own lives that they fail to be concerned with anything beyond themselves. And, all too often, I’m one of them.
News
Study: Students do not recycle as much as before
By Jolisa Canty | Mar. 19, 2012A recent study shows the current generation’s college students are less interested in recycling and the environment than past students.
News
Santa Fe College students benefiting from increased bus service
By Ashley Craig | Mar. 19, 2012Regional Transit System saw an increase in ridership this year after partnering with Santa Fe College.
News
Review: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum spectacular in “21 Jump Street”
By Karilla Dyer | Mar. 19, 2012The movie creating the most box-office buzz this past weekend was the film remake of the 1980s TV crime drama, "21 Jump Street."
News
90s one-hit wonders: a playlist
By Olivia Feldman | Mar. 19, 2012We all remember the ’90s for its unforgettable pop music. However, what stands out even more is the amount of one-hit wonders that spewed from recording studios during this time.
Opinion
Revival of holidays a sign we’re not ready to give up on fun
By Colleen Wright | Mar. 19, 2012As a college freshman and the oldest sibling in my family, everything in college life is new to me like a toddler who just arrived at Disney World for the first time. I see everything, the good and the bad, through rose-colored glasses.
Sports
Notebook: Roberson making long-awaited comeback from neck injury
By TOM GREEN | Mar. 19, 2012When Marcus Roberson left Florida’s game against South Carolina on Nov. 12 with a neck injury, coach Will Muschamp said he thought the then-freshman cornerback would be sidelined for about a month with a neck strain.
Metro
Series offers behind-the-scenes look at Gainesville's Hippodrome State Theatre shows
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Mar. 19, 2012The Hippodrome is taking people behind the scenes to see the process of creating, developing and rehearsing a play in a five-week observation program.
Sports
Top-ranked UF baseball trying to avoid midweek letdown vs. Samford
Mar. 19, 2012It would be easy for the Gators to stretch their weekly Monday off day into Tuesday.
Metro
Books Inc. slowly sells stock in process of closing doors for good
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Mar. 19, 2012Anne Haisley, 72, and Phillip Haisley, 77, co-owners of Books Inc., hope to clear the store of its 50,000 books before they shut their 20-year-old business down for good.
Sports
Florida lacrosse looks to continue recent cleaner play against Dartmouth
By JOSH JURNOVOY< | Mar. 19, 2012In the Gators’ biggest win of the season, coach Amanda O’Leary was bothered.
Sports
Van Overbeek drops fifth straight as Gators men's tennis loses to No. 1 Trojans
By ELI MARGER | Mar. 19, 2012To be the best, you have to beat the best. Bob van Overbeek hasn’t quite done that yet.
News
Gainesville realtors say now is the time to buy, but students disagree
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 19, 2012As the housing market improves, some city realtors say it is now more realistic — and cheaper — for students to buy houses or condominiums in Gainesville instead of renting one.
Metro
Effects of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's graphic anti-smoking campaign still remain to be seen
By Kelsey Grentzer | Mar. 19, 2012The physical and emotional scars of former smokers are being revealed in a bold new ad campaign created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
News
Gainesville man arrested, charged with hitting police dog
By Samantha Shavell | Mar. 19, 2012A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday night and accused of hitting a police dog after it tracked him down during a foot chase.
News
Students’ tablet use on the rise
Mar. 19, 2012When UF sophomore Opeola Bukola sits down to do her assigned reading, she doesn’t drop a stack of textbooks on her desk — she just taps on her tablet.
News
Tampa Bay Times journalist Steve Bousquet to discuss covering state legislature
By Kristen Morrell | Mar. 19, 2012Students can discuss recent changes made by the Florida Legislature with a political journalist today at the Bob Graham Center in Pugh Hall.
Metro
Future commissioner resigns from housing board to focus on city issues
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 19, 2012Yvonne Hinson-Rawls resigned from her position on the Gainesville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners in order to focus on city business.
Multimedia
Shands Vista and Rehab Hospital Celebrate 25 Years
By Samantha Montero | Mar. 19, 2012This past weekend Shands Vista and Rehab Hostpital celebrated their 25th anniversary with the community.
