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NEWS | CAMPUS

'Yes Means Yes' seminar to discuss consensual sex

By Catalina Ruiz | Mar. 6, 2016

UF will hold its bi-annual sexuality seminar at an earlier time this year.

NEWS | CAMPUS

CRC to expand, add interview rooms and staff offices

By Katelyn Newberg | Mar. 6, 2016

UF’s Career Resource Center will begin its expansion this year.

METRO | POLITICS

Column: Trump as president would be a disaster

Mar. 6, 2016

Donald Trump started his campaign being viewed as a joke. No one thought a businessman with no governing experience would ever get this close to winning the nomination. Now, it’s no longer improbable that he will win the nomination. When it comes to delegates, Trump is clearly in the lead after bringing in about 250 delegates on Super Tuesday. If he wins the nomination, he has a strong possibility of becoming president. It’s time to consider what type of president he might be.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Column: Faux-personalism breeds a new populism

Mar. 6, 2016

"This perfect recycling tended to present itself, in the narcosis of the event, as a model for the rest: like American political life itself, and like the printed and transmitted images on which that life depended, this was a world with no half-life.” —Joan Didion, “Political Fictions”

METRO | POLITICS

Column: As Trump rolls on, Republican adults show up

Mar. 6, 2016

Watching the debates at this stage in the presidential primaries is a masochistic endeavor. The spectacles of both parties are simply unbearable.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Editorial: Delegates, superdelegates have you like, 'huh?'

Mar. 6, 2016

The 2016 election is everywhere and spreading fast — faster than Zika or even Kendrick Lamar’s new, surprise album “Untitled Unmastered.” It’s there on your news feed when you go to bed and is provided to you by your local newspaper — hey, what’s up? — when you wake up. From every which way, it’s an adrenaline shot of nothing but primaries, caucuses, debates and He Who Must Not Be Named.

UF guard Chris Chiozza drives into the paint during Florida's 87-83 win over Arkansas on Feb. 3, 2016, in the O'Connell Center.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Florida snaps losing streak with win over Missouri

By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Mar. 5, 2016

Saturday’s game was a must-win — one last chance in the regular season for Florida to prove its postseason worth.

UF outfielder Buddy Reed (23) celebrates with teammate Deacon Liput while an FGCU player walks back onto the field during Florida's 8-4 win against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 20, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Buddy Reed hits walk-off homerun to give Gators extra inning win

By Luis Torres | Mar. 5, 2016

Buddy Reed stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the 12th inning looking to get something going for Florida.

UF's Kirsti Merritt crosses home plate to score the lone run of the game in the eighth inning of Florida softball's 1-0 win against Florida Atlantic during the NCAA Regional finals on May 17, 2015, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Florida sweeps doubleheader against South Alabama, FIU

By Matt Brannon | Mar. 5, 2016

The Gators (20-0) outclassed their opponents on Saturday, winning both games of their doubleheader in dominating fashion on the second day of the Aquafina Invitational in at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

Bridget Sloan performs on the balance beam during Florida's win against Arkansas on Feb. 12, 2016, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Sloan, Gators bounce back in win against Kentucky

By Alejandro López | Mar. 5, 2016

You could hear it in her voice.

Elliott Orkin returns a serve during Florida's 6-1 win over Troy on Jan. 17, 2016, at the Ring Tennis Complex.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

UF men's tennis opens SEC play with win over LSU

By Dylan Dixon | Mar. 5, 2016

One of the major goals the Florida men’s tennis team has set out to accomplish this season is to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Peggy Porter returns a ball during Florida's win against Maryland on Jan. 25, 2015, at the Ring Tennis Complex.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Florida women's tennis beats Missouri 6-1 for second straight win

By Jake Dreilinger | Mar. 5, 2016

You would normally see Spencer Liang and Peggy Porter on the sideline cheering on their teammates and anxiously waiting for their opportunity for Florida’s women’s tennis team.

Delanie Gourley pitches during Florida's 14-10 loss to LSU on March 14, 2015, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

No. 1 Florida softball opens tourney with win over FIU

By Brian Lee | Mar. 4, 2016

Delanie Gourley’s bid for a perfect game ended when Florida International right fielder Dominique Grossman homered to left field with one out in the sixth inning — the first home run that Florida’s pitching staff has allowed in 2016.

Logan Shore pitches during Florida's 4-2 win against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 19, 2016, at McKethan Stadium.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Logan Shore dominates as No. 1 UF beats Dartmouth

By Luis Torres | Mar. 4, 2016

Logan Shore was dialed in on Friday night.

Sam Darcangelo prepares to shoot during Florida’s 18-7 win against High Point on Feb. 15, 2014 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

No. 3 Florida lacrosse routs Niagara 19-3

By Kyle Brutman | Mar. 4, 2016

Paige Aldave. Sam Darcangelo. Alex Puller. Alix Lopez.

Florida's Ronni Williams shoots the ball during UF's 92-69 loss to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament on March 4, 2016, in the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF women's basketball eliminated from SEC tourney with 92-69 loss to Kentucky

By Ethan Bauer | Mar. 4, 2016

JACKSONVILLE — Heading into Friday’s Southeastern Conference Tournament matchup, UF was poised to avenge its first-round, 22-point loss in last year’s conference tournament.