Metro
Pembroke Pines teenager stunned by UPD outside law school
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 25, 2018A man was stunned by University Police for resisting arrest Friday, authorities said.
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University
UF committee approves seven resolutions for Senate vote
By Christina Morales | Feb. 25, 2018The UF Student Government Senate Judiciary Standing Committee unanimously passed seven resolutions and failed one amendment Sunday.
University
Joining high-school walkouts won't affect UF admission status, officials say
By Amanda Rosa | Feb. 25, 2018High school students who protest against gun violence will not be denied admission into UF, university officials said Saturday.
University
UF students host cookie baking fundraiser for Parkland victims
By Amanda Rosa | Feb. 25, 2018UF students pinched, stuffed and baked more than 200 triangular-shaped cookies to support Parkland shooting victims Sunday night.
Sports
Florida lacrosse team earns hard-fought win over Loyola in overtime
By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 25, 2018Florida spent most of regulation either tied or playing from behind.
University
Music festival debuts at UF with local, national artists
By Robert Lewis | Feb. 25, 2018A$AP Ferg told women in the audience at The Wetlands Music Festival, who he called “Florida’s finest,” to get up on the shoulders of men near them. Event staff told them to get down.
Sports
Florida’s men take third, women finish sixth in SEC Indoor Championships
By Alanis Thames | Feb. 25, 2018Grant Holloway clapped his hands together and broke into a running-man celebratory dance following his race.
University
UF engineering students wanted to break a world record. They laid down 1,440 pencils.
By Jessica Curbelo | Feb. 25, 2018To try to set a Guinness world record, engineering students crouched as they laid down pencil after pencil along the edge of a sidewalk near Plaza of the Americas on Friday.
University
UF Chinese Student Association celebrate the Year of the Dog through dance and song
By Jessica Curbelo | Feb. 25, 2018Soft Chinese music played as a dancer in a flowy red gown and another in a white blouse leapt through the air, holding traditional umbrellas matching their outfits high above their heads.
Opinion
Diversity rises in the Winter Olympics
Feb. 25, 2018This year’s Winter Olympics exhibits more black athletes than we’ve seen in previous years. Not only that, but these games have smashed the stereotype that black athletes solely dominate in basketball or track and field. Black athletes represent less than 3 percent of all Winter Olympians this year; however, their increasing attendance challenges the classic image of a winter athlete.
Opinion
Stop the conspiracy theories and start showing support for crisis survivors
Feb. 25, 2018Whenever there’s a big enough crisis, there is a good amount of collateral to follow. The media explodes, and conspiracy theorists fly into the picture from every direction. Was Lee Harvey Oswald the only gunman involved in former President John F. Kennedy's assassination? Was 9/11 an inside job?
Sports
Gators’ offense lethargic again as UF drops regular season finale to Georgia
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 25, 2018With two and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, Florida’s women’s basketball team emptied its bench.
Sports
Kelly Barnhill baffles Georgia Southern on the way to hurling perfect game
By Mari Faiello | Feb. 25, 2018The sounds of about 1,600 clapping Gators fans resounded in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as pitcher Kelly Barnhill readied herself for the final throw of the day.
Metro
Hundreds celebrated the work of this African American artist
By Joshua Baker | Feb. 25, 2018Juana Diaz pressed the final layer of brown ink onto a print to complete an image of two children holding hands pointing to a red horse.
Sports
Florida’s offense goes cold, falls to Miami in strikeout-riddled series finale
By Ethan Bauer | Feb. 25, 2018Palm trees bristled and clay clouded the air on Sunday in Coral Gables.
Sports
Gators baseball benefits from sloppy play by Hurricanes, stays undefeated
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 25, 2018The beginning of game two between the Gators and Hurricanes was less baseball and more slapstick comedy.
News
Bassett 'doing the dirty work' in Gators men’s basketball’s win over Auburn
By Jake Dreilinger | Feb. 25, 2018After his team claimed the opening tip-off, Auburn guard Mustapha Heron started driving toward the basket from the right side before stopping to make a pass through the paint. The ball never reached its target.
News
Florida ends three-game skid with upset of No. 12 Auburn
By Benjamin Brandt | Feb. 25, 2018Florida guard KeVaughn Allen remained impossibly composed. Despite having just launched the ball 65 feet through the air to connect on a first-half buzzer beater, he wore his usual collected, serious expression.
Sports
Florida softball teams continues winning streak on Day 2 of Aquafina Invitational
By Mari Faiello | Feb. 24, 2018It was the hit that no one saw coming.
Sports
Lloydricia Cameron leads Gators in Day 1 of SEC Indoor Championships
By Alanis Thames | Feb. 24, 2018Lloydricia Cameron stood inside Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium ready for her chance to win the first SEC indoor title of her collegiate career.
