NEWS
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CAMPUS
Spring Break safety tips and events
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 24, 2015Protecting Personal Items
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF alum co-curates Ghana fashion exhibit now open at the Harn
By Laura Escobar | Feb. 24, 2015Ghana’s vibrant, patterned textiles are on display at UF’s Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art with help from a UF alumnus.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Second annual public relations frank conference starts today
By Chris Kennedy | Feb. 24, 2015Ann Christiano is aiming to change the view of the public interest communications field to highlight it as a legitimate career choice during the second annual frank conference.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: Florida man crashes into car after inhaling computer dusters
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 24, 2015Gainesville Police arrested a man Monday evening after he reportedly got high off computer dusters and crashed into a car.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF loses to Missouri, Billy D stuck at 499 wins
By GRAHAM HALL | Feb. 24, 2015With the season fading quickly, coach Billy Donovan may have seen his hopes of winning his 500th career game before the season finishes fade away as well.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students form quintet, to perform over Spring Break
By Moriah Gaynor | Feb. 24, 2015While many students will be running to the beach for Spring Break next week, a student-run brass quintet will be performing in Jacksonville and the Florida Keys.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF law students spending break volunteering with Habitat for Humanity
By Cresonia Hsieh | Feb. 24, 2015Between working full time for the military and Department of Defense and earning his bachelor’s degree, Dion Bass hasn’t had a traditional Spring Break for nearly a decade. This year will be no different.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
All-American puts up solid numbers in first event since ankle injury
By GRAHAM HACK | Feb. 24, 2015When Bridget Sloan walked up to perform her first routine in almost six weeks, she had no fear.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Florida gets key hits late against Florida Atlantic
By IAN COHEN | Feb. 24, 2015It took until the eighth inning, but Florida finally pulled away from a pesky FAU team.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Florida to host Pro Day in April in advance of NFL Draft
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 24, 2015Florida’s Pro Day will be held later than usual this year.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
UF alumni scuffle over medical marijuana, political influence
Feb. 24, 2015Today marks the end of Student Government elections for this semester, and while it’s easily been the one of the most entertaining ones on record, we feel like it’s time to step back and talk about something else for a change. Considering this is Florida, we’d have to be incredibly unlucky to go a day without a scandalous story going by, especially if it has to do with in-state political maneuvers.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
High-powered Florida riding offensive streak into midweek
By Patrick Pinak | Feb. 24, 2015The softball must look like a beach ball to Florida’s hitters.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
On teaching, Twitter and being a Gator
Feb. 24, 2015As a first-semester freshman president, I am experiencing everything at UF for the first time.
NEWS
Rock your own vote; don’t let anyone else decide SG’s fate
Feb. 24, 2015When the founding fathers created the American Electoral College, they created a buffer between the majority vote and the actual selection of the president. They were aware of the scary possibility of the electorate being persuaded, bribed or forced to vote for someone who would mishandle power. So, they created a process in which voters express their preferred candidates, and then previously designated state electors vote, in most states, for the candidate who won the state’s popular vote. We, however, don’t have that sort of buffer in our Student Government elections. So, the nightmare that probably kept our founding fathers tossing and turning is a very real possibility at UF. In fact, it may have already happened.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
'Radical Brownies' troop gives hope for the next generation
Feb. 24, 2015Some believe that much of the prejudices that plague our society stem from older generations, whose “traditional” values are more often the thinly veiled discriminatory attitudes of a less tolerant time. Younger generations are so much more liberal-minded that the “activist college student” stigma is now a tired cliche. Baby Boomers sometimes paint this trend as a passing fad, a collegiate trend that fades with age and, supposedly, wisdom. This dismissive mindset is patronizing, and I find the most likely explanation in the positive correlation between a college education and social liberalism. Younger generations aren’t trendy activists; they’re educated, inclusive and tolerant. The leaders of social justice are continually getting younger, but they are no less aware or invested in the causes they champion.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF women’s golf wraps up Sugar Bowl Tourney tied for second
By JUSTEN ROSENBERG | Feb. 24, 2015The Gators women’s golf team entered the final round at the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship knowing it was in a position to finish as one of the tournament’s top teams.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
UF not pressured heading into SECs
By Kyle Brutman | Feb. 24, 2015As Florida’s men’s and women’s track and field teams prepare for the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship — the final chance for athletes to qualify for the national meet — the last thing on the team’s mind is pressure.
NEWS
Enter the Wilderness: Miner Bees
By Richard Barker | Feb. 24, 2015Though the Northeast is snowbound and the weather here is still bouncing from hot to cold, some wildlife is starting to get spring fever.
NEWS
SGP show features the Knocks, Edward Sharpen and the Magnetic Zeros
By James McLaughlin | Feb. 24, 2015Despite the chilling temperatures that set in Friday night, The Knocks and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros received a warm reception from UF students.
