News
Students and faculty raise awareness for Indigenous Peoples Day
By Catie Wegman | Oct. 9, 2017Austin Light, a Native American student, said he feels like a needle in a haystack.
COVID-19
Sports
WAKE-UP CALL: Florida forced to re-evaluate after loss to LSU
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 8, 2017The ball was tilted, sure. Leaning slightly to the left. The hold was a bit awkward, and the kick could have been straighter, and the score could have been different. But they weren’t.
Sports
Column: If you’re an offensive player, why would you want to play for the Gators?
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 8, 2017Florida ruins offensive players. That’s just what it does, with a few notable exceptions.
Sports
Outside of men’s doubles, Gators find little success in Tulsa
By Mari Faiello | Oct. 8, 2017After a long week of tournament play for UF’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, Florida fell short of claiming its respective singles titles.
News
Snoop Dogg lights up the joint at Gator Growl
By Christina Morales | Oct. 8, 2017As Snoop Dogg took the stage of Gator Growl at about 8:40 p.m., a plume of marijuana smoke engulfed the audience.
News
UF, Gainesville react to Richard Spencer confirmation
By Romy Ellenbogen | Oct. 8, 2017About two weeks before white supremacist Richard Spencer is set to speak at UF, local anti-fascist protesters spoke out against Spencer’s ideals and those who work with him.
Sports
Florida freshman scores twice in road win at Vanderbilt
By Morgan McMullen | Oct. 8, 2017On a soggy, muggy, overcast afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee, freshman forward Deanne Rose found herself in a familiar position: in possession of the ball with opposing defenders draped all over her.
Sports
Gators sweep Bulldogs to remain lone undefeated team
By Andrew Huang | Oct. 8, 2017Down 24-19 in the third set, Florida — on the brink of losing just its eighth set in 13 matches this season — turned to sophomore Chanelle Hargreaves, who served three consecutive times, each ending in a Florida point.
Metro
UF has a serious marijuana problem
Oct. 8, 2017On Friday night, UF welcomed producer and rapper Snoop Dogg to the stage as he performed at our annual Homecoming event, Gator Growl, on Flavet Field. And, in traditional Snoop Dogg fashion, the man himself had with him what we can only assume was a joint — for the record, we’re avoiding the use of “marijuana cigarette” because the word cigarette implies tobacco, not just because we’re hip like that. And let us emphasize, dear reader: A man — a black man, no less — was openly smoking marijuana (we’re gonna make the leap in logic and assume it was marijuana) on a university campus in front of law enforcement. When our reporter spoke to both law enforcement and Gator Growl officials, their responses were along the lines of, “Eh, it’s probably just a cigarette.” They all turned the other cheek.
Opinion
We need to stop saying it’s too soon to talk about gun control
Oct. 8, 2017I don’t like to start a column this way, but sometimes we do things we don’t like in order to think critically about the world. Imagine a large building in Gainesville burned down. Imagine the fire started by accident — a gas leak or a candle — but the flames raged out of control, and the entire structure came down. In the 24 hours following the fire, we learn that it rapidly escalated as a result of poor building codes, and we probably could have contained the fire if it had not spread so quickly.
Opinion
We need to learn to disagree with others effectively
Oct. 8, 2017We are living in a time of anger. We’re angry at the way the world looks right now. We are angry at each other for making it this way. We all have different opinions about why the world is the way it is, and we have even more opinions about how to fix it.
Metro
GPD: Woman arrested for hitting two people with her car
By Catie Wegman | Oct. 8, 2017A Gainesville woman, who police found lying on the sidewalk with empty wine bottles, was arrested Saturday for hitting two people with her car, Gainesville Police said.
Metro
UPD: Man tresspasses and steals from Reitz Union Bookstore
By Catie Wegman | Oct. 8, 2017A Miami man was arrested Friday afternoon after he robbed a man at the Reitz Union Bookstore and stole items from the store, University Police said.
News
Surf Club creates social media movement to clean planet
By Juan Lozano | Oct. 8, 2017As Nic Mostyn stitched his natty one-and-a-half-year-old board shorts back to life, he reflected on the movement he helped found.
News
Shands introduces video calls for pediatric patients
By Kacey Finch | Oct. 8, 2017Pediatric patients no longer have to make a six-hour trip from Tallahassee to UF Health Shands Hospital to see a physician.
News
Executive director of Florida ACLU to speak at UF
By Alexandra Regueiro | Oct. 8, 2017The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will speak at UF today at 6 p.m.
News
New study abroad program in Italy available to students
By Sofia Arriaga | Oct. 8, 2017UF students seeking an immersive Italian study abroad program now have an additional location to choose from.
News
IFAS Extension helps Florida Keys lobster industry recover
By Anna Cappelli | Oct. 8, 2017After Hurricane Irma hit Monroe County, the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association struggled to locate and recover their 350,000 missing lobster traps.
Metro
Families and gardeners attend local seed exchange
By Eman Elshahawy | Oct. 8, 2017Cristina Gomez, 6, gazed up at a jar of hundreds of seeds Saturday and guessed how many the jar contained.
Metro
Bar celebrates late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner
By Stephanie Gonzalez | Oct. 8, 2017Sporting matching bunny ears, Madi Smith and Amielia Holt celebrated the life of the founder of Playboy, Hugh Hefner, on Saturday.
