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SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Trio of UF tennis players win at NCAAs
By Dylan Dixon | May 25, 2016After the Florida men’s tennis team’s season officially ended last weekend in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship, several Gators received an opportunity on Wednesday to compete as individuals.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF libraries start program with publisher Elsevier
By RaSheba Jones | May 24, 2016UF and Elsevier, a journal publishing company, are collaborating to allow more direct access to UF researchers’ final publications. The dean of university libraries, Judy Russell, conversed with different groups on campus about getting more content into UF’s institutional repository, or IR@UF, where researchers submit their articles.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Florida men arrested, found with 19 fake credit cards
By Sara Marino | May 24, 2016Gainesville Police arrested two Florida men Wednesday morning after they said the men had 19 confirmed altered credit cards.
THE AVENUE
Here’s what to do if you’re in Gainesville this weekend
By Kirsten Chuba | May 24, 2016Looking for something fun to do this Memorial Day weekend? The Avenue has got you covered. Here are some of the Gainesville highlights for art, food and entertainment:
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Gainesville pizza delivery man robbed, knocked unconscious
By Sara Marino | May 23, 2016Five Star Pizza will stop delivering to Granada Apartments in Northwest Gainesville after a delivery driver was robbed and hospitalized.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Bug Week shares ‘the good, the bad and the bugly’
By Jessica Rodriguez | May 23, 2016About 500 adults and 260 children attended Saturday’s inaugural event for Bug Week at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which will continue online through Friday. About 40 families used bug-related hints and navigated the Florida Museum during a scavenger hunt.
NATIONAL
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NEWS
FDA introduces new nutrition facts label
By Monica Andrade | May 23, 2016The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday a new Nutrition Facts label, which many manufacturers need to adopt by July 26, 2018.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gatorloop engineering team works to make concept a reality
By Ryan Serpico | May 23, 2016Members of Gatorloop share more than just a team name. The 55-member group is mostly comprised of engineering undergraduates with fond memories of tearing things apart and seeing how they tick.
METRO
Virginia author David Swanson visits Gainesville, advocates nonviolence
By Natalie Calvo | May 23, 2016David Swanson, a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke about his newest book, “War is a Lie,” to an audience of roughly 70 on Saturday. Rather than focus on individual wars, Swanson analyzed noble ideals used to justify wars in the public sphere.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Shore, UF baseball players honored by SEC
By Patrick Pinak | May 23, 2016Florida pitcher Logan Shore was named the 2016 Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year on Monday, becoming just the second player in school history to receive the award.
METRO
More than 300 guests attended the endangered species awareness day
By Cameron Cobb | May 23, 2016Even without echolocation, hundreds found their way to the Lubee Bat Conservancy for an opportunity to learn about endangered species. The conservancy’s second annual Endangered Species Awareness Day took place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and attracted more than 300 guests. The event was held to raise awareness of threatened and endangered animals.
METRO
Organization combats obesity within Alachua County
By Rosanne Ramraj | May 23, 2016About 84 people received trivia facts, healthy-cooking demonstrations and advice from a Gainesville-licensed dietitian Saturday.
NEWS
Research Roundup: May 24, 2016
May 23, 2016Florida’s subtropical climate, coupled with its proclivity for sunshine, has traditionally been an attraction for snowbirds. Now the Nile crocodile is staking its claim to call Florida home.
METRO
UF graduate bikes across U.S. to support affordable housing
By Paige Fry | May 23, 2016When Amanda Brown was 8 years old, she was gifted a sparkling new bike. Even though the sparkle faded, Brown rode the bike all the way through her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF.
METRO
City, citizens plant trees, celebrate National Bike Month
By Justin Ford | May 23, 2016This Wednesday, Gainesville locals can participate in a tree-planting project to commemorate National Bike Month, which is held in May.
METRO
Farmers market has same sales despite fewer students
By Kathryn Farr | May 23, 2016Despite fewer UF students living in Gainesville during the summer, the Union Street Farmers Market keeps its liveliness.
METRO
RTS to install solar-powered lights at select bus stops
By Jessica Rodriguez | May 23, 2016Solar-powered lights will be installed at 24 Regional Transport System bus stops in the Greater Gainesville area by the end of June. The Federal Transit Administration will fund the $36,120 project to improve visibility and safety at each location, according to a press release.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
What happens in Nevada... But seriously, what happened?
May 23, 2016By now, most of you have probably heard about what happened at Nevada’s state Democratic caucus on May 14. Violence, chair throwing, verbal harassment, a California senator fearing for her life: At least, this is what happened according to many Democratic officials and major media.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Hillary Clinton is going to face a tough election
May 23, 2016As the election season is shifting gears into the general, with the two presumptive nominees beginning to attack each other, there is still a glaring lack of policy or anything resembling it. Last week was plagued with attack ads from both candidates in regard to each other’s history with women. It reminds me of the Mark Twain quote, “Never argue with a fool, onlookers won’t be able to tell the difference.” One of the candidates is a master of making politicians look like fools.
