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Gators women’s tennis can focus on positives heading into SEC Tournament
By River Wells | Apr. 15, 2018The Florida Gators women’s tennis team is feeling major déjà vu.
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UF tennis player Chase Perez-Blanco reflects on his Gators career
By Dylan Rudolph | Apr. 15, 2018As fans filed out of the Ring Tennis Complex on Friday for the last time this season, senior Chase Perez-Blanco, along with fellow seniors Jordan Belga and Josh Wardell, stayed on the court.
Sports
Gators and Gamecocks unite in “Yellow Game”
By Mark Stine | Apr. 15, 2018The Gators softball team will face Georgia at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Sports
NBA Playoffs are here and Ben Simmons is ready to rock the nation
By Benjamin Brandt | Apr. 15, 2018Philadelphia has seen enough sports success in the past four months to last a decade.
Sports
Florida’s bench shining during conference play
By Tyler Nettuno | Apr. 15, 2018There’s a reason that the Gators lacrosse team was a unanimous pick to win the Big East during the preseason: it hasn’t lost a conference game since 2015.
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Florida’s bench shining during conference play
By Tyler Nettuno | Apr. 15, 2018There’s a reason that the Gators lacrosse team was a unanimous pick to win the Big East during the preseason: it hasn’t lost a conference game since 2015.
Sports
Orange and Blue game leaves quarterback situation unclear
By Jake Dreilinger | Apr. 15, 2018The uncertainty surrounding the Florida football team’s quarterback situation is almost as murky as Jim McElwain’s prospects of ever landing another head coaching job.
Metro
UPD to move into portables amid building safety concerns
By Christina Morales | Apr. 15, 2018Every work day, Sgt. Walter Hamby walks into the University Police building at 5:30 a.m., gears up in his uniform and weaponry, conducts roll call and checks the police vehicles.
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UF increases funding, resources for DRC
By Jessica Giles | Apr. 15, 2018UF announced Thursday it will provide more resources and funding for the Disability Resource Center to meet its growing demand.
Metro
GPD: Hawthorne men arrested for possessing drugs, guns
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 15, 2018Two Hawthorne men were arrested after police found drugs and three guns, one stolen, in their car, Gainesville Police said.
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More than 600,000 gallons of wastewater were spilled. Two companies were fined a total $438.
By Jessica Giles | Apr. 15, 2018Loblolly Woods Nature Park reopened early Thursday after being shut down for nearly a week due to raw sewage overflow.
Metro
Deputies: Gainesville man pours hot oil on three sleeping people
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 15, 2018A Gainesville man woke up three people with a pan of hot oil Friday morning, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
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GPD: Gainesville man arrested for child pornography possession
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 15, 2018A Gainesville man was arrested Thursday morning after police said he shared and downloaded child pornography.
University
Self-proclaimed ‘50 Billion Dollar Man’ threatens UF student
By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 15, 2018A self-proclaimed “$50 Billion Man” threatened to break a UF student’s neck before leaving a speaking event on campus March 21.
University
Annual 5K runs raises more than $3,000 for veterans
By Irfan Kovankaya | Apr. 15, 2018Conner Dowd’s grandfather served as a Navy pilot for 26 years and retired at the rank of captain, inspiring his grandson to do the same.
Sports
UF’s top performers halfway through SEC play
By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 15, 2018It’s so hard to choose.
University
UF student receives $15,000 scholarship for STEM research
By Daisha Peek | Apr. 15, 2018Aaron Sandoval was examining a mouse’s foot muscle through a microscope in his research lab when he received an email that he won a $15,000 scholarship.
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UF scientist names, rediscovers butterfly found 60 years ago
By Hannah Maggiore | Apr. 15, 2018Thomas Emmel first stumbled upon the 2.25-inch-wide butterfly in March 1959 as a 17-year-old on an expedition in Mexico. The specimen was later stashed away in one of his collection drawers and forgotten about.
University
UF researchers find termites are killing South Florida trees
By Wyatt Schreiber | Apr. 15, 2018Six-legged beasts are tearing up under the bark of century-old trees in South Florida, causing the trees to collapse and die.
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Tinkergarten teaches problem-solving outside the classroom
By Kayla Turner | Apr. 15, 2018Amy Carson is a teacher, but her classroom doesn’t have rows of desks facing a chalkboard or central air conditioning. She believes nature is the ideal classroom.
