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Semi tipped over on I-75 southbound

A semi-truck hauling construction materials tipped over driving south on Interstate 75 Friday morning.

Eyeliner on spiders: UF researchers experiment with makeup and insects

UF researchers have been using makeup to alter the color patterns of certain spiders to see how it affects their mating or hunting behaviors.

Diagnosis and treatment is more primitive than you think

Doctors on television are portrayed as heroes. That’s not to say they can’t be in real life, but as a patient who has seen dozens of doctors in hopes of finding an answer and feeling better, I’m jaded. In my story, more often than not, they’re the antagonist rather than the helpful figure I need.

Mollie Tibbets' story calls us to end the culture of violence toward women

If I walk to my car when it’s dark out, I always tuck my sharpest key between my pointer and middle fingers.

'They' in the singular is good grammar and better for gender

The year is 2018, yet a certain subset of professors still cling to the notion that the personal pronoun “they” or “them” can only be plural. I’ve heard of an instance where a student suffered point deductions for using the singular “they” in their writing. These grammar “purists” find themselves in good, authoritative company: Purdue OWL and the APA style guide both proscribe use of the singular “they.” As a writer lacking sufficient tact, allow me to make my point clear: These professors are dull-witted and severely lacking the high ground.

Assemblies for WSA and DRC are well worth your while

It was a typical day for me on Facebook not too long ago. I look at deserving posts and give them “love” reacts in order to make Facebook’s heartless algorithm realize whatever post I’m looking at is a good one and deserves more love.

Darts and Laurels: August 31, 2018

It’s a lovely, overcast afternoon in Gainesville. The sun beats away fruitlessly at the clouds that shield the Earth from a tropical inferno. Floridian humidity fogs your glasses as you step off the bus. You stroll toward the heart of campus with a textbook cradled in one arm and your Instagram feed clutched in the opposite hand. You, shining monument to the millennial spirit, are the Statue of Liberty of twenty-somethings everywhere — the shining beacon of social media savvy. You float along the sidewalk still glistening from this morning’s rain. Headed to Library West, you pass through Turlington Plaza. A ghostly, pale figure stands stock-still in the center of the otherwise empty, red-bricked patio. He raises his arm towards you as you approach; in his outstretched hand is a small pamphlet. On its face, written in wispy white letters, a headline reads:

After first day of SG interviews, only 33 students interested in Senate positions

Both Student Government parties saw a large drop in students interviewing to run for a Senate seat compared to last year.

What the hack: UF research reveals smartphones can be hacked via USB

UF researchers say a smartphone can be hacked by something as easy as plugging it into a charger.

Plans are set in motion for making Reitz Union an early voting location

The Reitz Union is preparing for an unknown number of early voters to walk through its doors in November.

SNL comedian to UF: ‘Do y’all have gangs or just gators?’

Chris Redd posed one of life’s most pressing questions to about 500 UF students.

A fleet of RTS electric buses to come by 2019

Three new electric buses will take Gainesville streets by 2019.

alligatorSports College Football picks column: Week 1

Sports boys and sports girls, it is time.

Bold predictions for Mullen’s first year

Men’s golf coach issued public reprimand

The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee announced Thursday afternoon that Florida men’s golf coach J.C. Deacon has been issued a public reprimand for his actions at the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf National Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on May 28.

Three storylines to follow when UF opens its regular season

It has been 29 years since the Florida Gators lost a home-opener, and this year should be no different.

THE SPECIALISTS: Florida lost a pair of special teams legends. How will UF replace them?

Every meal Florida’s football team eats is meticulously accounted for. Calories are measured down to the last bite, and it all corresponds to the team’s new strength and conditioning program.

UF alumna BuzzFeed producer discusses being Latinx

UF students celebrated Latinx culture at the Hispanic-Latinx Student Assembly Wednesday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. UF President Kent Fuchs welcomed the crowd and keynote speaker, BuzzFeed’s “Pero Like” Julissa Calderon, a 2011 UF alumna.

Florida begins Bubly Invitational with USC rematch

After splitting its first two matches last weekend in the VERT Challenge, the No. 4 Florida volleyball team enters the Bubly Invitational with its third top-ten matchup of the season against No. 7 USC today in the O’Connell Center at 7 p.m. The team will then face Louisville on Saturday and UCF on Sunday.

‘I nearly died’: Gainesville art programs see devastating cuts in funding

Days before the Gainesville Orchestra’s annual spring concert, Greg Johnson opened his email. Inside, a message from the state shocked the orchestra president. The orchestra’s state funding was gone.