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Gainesville’s TransLoc transit app to soon include Uber
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 23, 2016Bus stop a mile away? Take an Uber.
Harn Museum opens international art exhibit
By Paige Fry | Aug. 23, 2016Loss, refugees, veterans and current real-world tragedies are on display at a new Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art exhibit.
New Chipotle on NW 13th Street to open in September
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 23, 2016Hungry students forced to wait in long lines at the Chipotle Mexican Grill near UF’s campus may soon find relief.
Police: suspected burglar found with $4.50, bottle rockets
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville Police charged a local man with stealing $4.50 in quarters and a handful of bottle rockets from a parked car near Gainesville Place Apartments on Monday.
Deadline to receive mail-in ballots 5 p.m. today
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 23, 2016Registered voters who want to receive mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s election must request them today by 5 p.m., according to a statement issued by Pam Carpenter, the Alachua County supervisor of elections.
Smartphone app Pocket Points coming to UF on Monday
By Catherine Dickson | Aug. 23, 2016A smartphone application that offers local discounts if students don’t check Facebook during lectures will launch Monday at UF.
One town, two Townsends: UF’s punting brothers helping each other grow
By Patrick Pinak | Aug. 23, 2016There weren’t many players the Gators leaned on as much as Johnny Townsend last year.
With time running out, UF defensive back wants to be great
By Ethan Bauer | Aug. 23, 2016The top two safeties in Florida’s 2013 recruiting class have taken strikingly different paths so far in their young careers.
Local businesses see sales surge as students return
By Andronik Mkrtychev | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville businesses are getting ready for more foot traffic as students return to UF and Santa Fe College.
UF College of Nursing aims to increase diversity with new director
By Paige Fry | Aug. 23, 2016UF’s College of Nursing named Dr. Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini its first director of diversity and inclusion this month.
Senate approves 23 positions to prep for Fall election
By Katelyn Newberg | Aug. 23, 2016At the first Student Senate meeting of Fall, 23 students were approved as assistant supervisors of elections.
Veterans looking to patch up Florida’s porous offensive line
By IAN COHEN | Aug. 23, 2016When Bryan Cox walks up to the left side of the line of scrimmage and squares his 6-foot-3, 269-pound frame toward the quarterback, he has his eyes set on one player: sophomore offensive lineman Fred Johnson.
GPD: Local woman arrested after hitting woman in face with calendar at Oaks Mall
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville Police charged a woman with assault Monday after they said she bit someone at The Oaks Mall and hit the person with a calendar.
After man shot dead with toddler in arms, police increase reward for information
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016After a shooting in a crowded home left one man dead and a toddler wounded last month, Gainesville Police has increased its reward for any information leading to an arrest.
UF grad student recognized for work in teaching tolerance, diversity
By Katelyn Newberg | Aug. 23, 2016When Cody Miller tells his students about the love between Romeo and Juliet, he tells them to imagine them as a same-sex couple.
Lost in a sea of Trump #2K16
Aug. 23, 2016The media needs to relax its relentless Trump coverage. It’s already caused a lot of damage, and it will only continue to get worse.
Column: Undocumented is a better term than ‘illegal’
Aug. 23, 2016Illegal parkers, illegal drinkers and illegal immigrants: What do they have in common?
Column: Less remakes, more original movies
Aug. 23, 2016At the end of the “Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes” episode of “South Park,” Stan and Kyle are face-to-face with the evil force behind the town of South Park’s addiction to consumption: “Wall-Mart,” in the flesh. The town has been colonized with the irresistibly low prices and bargain deals of the “Wall-Mart.” The local community is disintegrating, because no one shops anywhere else. Stan’s father, Randy, is the town’s most helpless victim: a man who forsakes his job to work at "Wall-Mart" for the minute employee discount. In an absurd sequence of events — it’s “South Park” we’re talking about — the boys find themselves at the heart of South Park’s problems, as usual.
Column: Conquer Fall 2016 with less stress
Aug. 23, 2016Most of the time, students find themselves engaging in activities that help them cope with the stress of college. Some of these include overeating, getting emotional or trying new relaxing experiences. Sadly, some of the students start to get involved with harmful activities that dissociate them from their anxiety.