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Redshirt senior Jorge Powell may be the favorite to take UF's place kicking responsibilities.

Sports

Three storylines to follow when UF opens its regular season

By Jake Dreilinger | Aug. 30, 2018

It has been 29 years since the Florida Gators lost a home-opener, and this year should be no different.

UF punter Tommy Townsend and tight end R.J. Raymond celebrate after the Orange and Blue game on April 14.

Sports

THE SPECIALISTS: Florida lost a pair of special teams legends. How will UF replace them?

By Morgan McMullen | Aug. 30, 2018

Every meal Florida’s football team eats is meticulously accounted for. Calories are measured down to the last bite, and it all corresponds to the team’s new strength and conditioning program.

Alexia Yau, a 19-year-old UF natural resource conservation junior, cheers as Julissa Calderon, a Buzzfeed video producer and the keynote speaker at the UF Hispanic-Latinx Student Assembly, concludes her presentation.

News

UF alumna BuzzFeed producer discusses being Latinx

By Jessie White | Aug. 30, 2018

UF students celebrated Latinx culture at the Hispanic-Latinx Student Assembly Wednesday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. UF President Kent Fuchs welcomed the crowd and keynote speaker, BuzzFeed’s “Pero Like” Julissa Calderon, a 2011 UF alumna.

Despite registering a season-high 17 kills against Northern Arizona on Friday night, middle blocker Rachael Kramer and the No. 8 Gators fell in five sets.

Sports

Florida begins Bubly Invitational with USC rematch

By Dylan Rudolph | Aug. 30, 2018

After splitting its first two matches last weekend in the VERT Challenge, the No. 4 Florida volleyball team enters the Bubly Invitational with its third top-ten matchup of the season against No. 7 USC today in the O’Connell Center at 7 p.m. The team will then face Louisville on Saturday and UCF on Sunday.

Jordan Sison, a 21-year-old UF acting senior, performs in her senior thesis performance, “The Wolves,” at the Hippodrome Theatre.

Metro

‘I nearly died’: Gainesville art programs see devastating cuts in funding

By Bailey LeFever | Aug. 30, 2018

Days before the Gainesville Orchestra’s annual spring concert, Greg Johnson opened his email. Inside, a message from the state shocked the orchestra president. The orchestra’s state funding was gone.

Midfielder Sammie Betters is tied for the team lead in goals with two (Madison Alexander) and has only taken three shots.

Sports

What to expect from UCLA in UF’s fourth match of season

By River Wells | Aug. 30, 2018

With zero goals in its last two games, Florida’s soccer team has been hit with a major offensive lull. With the No. 2 team in the nation heading to Gainesville on today, the Gators (2-2) will have to play to their full potential if they’re going to end their scoring drought against the Bruins (2-0).

Daniel Leal, a 22-year-old UF sustainability studies senior and founder of cookie-delivery company Cookiegazm, poses with a batch of his cookies in October 2016. The late-night cookie delivery business announced it was closing on Facebook.

Metro

One less place to order late-night cookies from, Cookiegazm closes

By Dana Cassidy | Aug. 30, 2018

Lily Cardone was trying to call in her typical order of peanut butter cookies from Cookiegazm with her roommates Wednesday night but couldn’t reach anyone.

Metro

Shooting suspect arrested with sandwich bag of cocaine, police say

By Amanda Rosa | Aug. 30, 2018

A man wanted by Gainesville Police in regards to a shooting two weeks ago, was arrested Wednesday with a sandwich bag of cocaine in his front pants pocket.