Last week in the Alligator’s GatorAid advice column, Leslie Cole responded to an anonymous student’s question, “I’m a girl, but I’m not 21. What are good old-fashioned ways to have fun without drinking?”
As Gov. Rick Scott gears up for his 2014 re-election campaign, his primary focus has shifted away from dealing with the many critical issues our state faces. Instead, he has decided to devote the bulk of his energy toward fundraising for his re-election bid in advance of the November election.
While the world wasn’t looking, the U.S. Senate passed what CNN called “the most overlooked mega-bill of the past 12 months”: a $1 trillion spending measure that sets five years of eating and farming policy in the United States. It’s been commonly labelled a “farm bill,” but CNN claimed it will be much, much more.
Gainesville Police arrested two locals at a traffic stop Monday night after the driver swallowed a bag of cocaine and the passenger hid crack cocaine in his butt.
In a succinct Student Senate meeting Tuesday, senators unanimously approved funding for two groups, enacted the Senator Accountability Act and presented a new system for budget requests.
Sophomore outfielder Harrison Bader has been suspended indefinitely from team activities due to a scooter accident early Sunday morning in which the Gainesville Police Department is investigating whether alcohol was involved.
An algorithm published in a new UF study could benefit Florida’s $9-billion citrus industry by allowing growers to predict crop yields both earlier and with improved accuracy.
Alachua Police used a Taser on a Fort Lauderdale man Sunday after police said he got in an argument with his roommate over a Super Bowl bet.
Jacob Embuscado thought he belonged on the road when he was riding through campus on wheels.
In the 52 days since Chris Walker was admitted to Florida, he has been his own entity — isolated from the team and helpless to do anything about it.
When Alicia Lew’s family friend lost the use of his legs in a car accident, she decided to raise money for spinal cord research by doing what she loves — hosting an art auction.
Coach Rhonda Faehn has fewer and fewer changes to make to her squad as the season progresses.
Alachua County is one of 35 counties facing a statewide review by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement after a Pensacola chemist was found tampering with evidence.
Ward’s Supermarket, a family-owned independent grocery store, is introducing its own brand of sustainably grown Angus beef later this month.
In the early stages of the season, the new, fluid offense was supposed to be Florida’s strong point.
Undergraduate students with innovative ideas are set to converge, collaborate and create in a new competition offered by UF this semester.
Tim Walton’s team has plenty of depth to start the 2014 season.
A UF alumnus has created a slicker way to save cooking oil.
The last time No. 4 Florida lacrosse went head-to-head with an opponent, it had 13 seniors and shared an American Lacrosse Conference title.
Student Government Productions will host Dispatch on Friday for the band’s first live show in Florida.
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