Survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida arrived at the state's Capitol on Wednesday demanding gun reform.
Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White stripped himself of certain formalities before Monday’s practice.
One of the most notable factors about Florida’s softball team this season is its deep roster.
David Filipov saw the lies. He watched first hand as “fake news” about Russia spread like a disease.
Shalena Hoang no longer has to leave her Hume Hall residence hall room to enjoy her Chick-fil-A order of eight-count nuggets, fries and sweet tea.
Anthony Neher collected four “I Voted!” stickers in Marston Science Library to take back to his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, to win a prize. He said it’s normal for Greek life students to vote for Impact Party.
More than 200 people stood quietly on Turlington Plaza on Tuesday night, and, among them, a cohort dressed in maroon and white cried.
Although the Student Government codes specify the Elections Commission should be made up of six members, seven people acting as members discussed and voted on three election code violations at a meeting Monday night.
Feleipe Franks was a lucky one.
With three black students running for Student Body president in this Spring’s Student Government elections, many individuals are quick to jump the gun and state change is coming and bigotry and racism will no longer be a thing on this campus. The same thing was said when President Barack Obama was elected. It was said America had entered a new phase in its history, and the phrase “we are living in a post-racial America” became popular. Well, the 2016 U.S. presidential election showed otherwise.
Gators pitcher Jack Leftwich had retired his previous 12 batters when FAU second baseman Eric Rivera stepped into the batter’s box to lead off the fifth inning.
Sierra Brooks’ career at Florida is off to an impressive start.
Despite having only opened a year ago, Heartwood Soundstage, Gainesville’s multi-stage live recording venue, has become a budding hotspot for musicians and concertgoers alike.
Gainesville alternative rockers The Hails release their newest single, “Younger,” tomorrow.
After High Dive’s epic Battle of the Bands, The Savants of Soul emerged as fan favorite and earned their spot on the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival lineup in one short week.
The ghost of coffee shop past is returning to the heart of downtown Gainesville on Friday.
Last Spring, the results of the Student Government Spring elections were decided before students made it to the polls. Only one party was running for the executive ticket, so no matter how many students voted, they only had one option.
There was something different about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting — something in the coverage and public response that was more emotionally raw than any other shooting aftermath. Reporters were breaking down on the scene. Social media was a slew of angst directed at the eternally inept government. Stoneman Douglas students who survived the shooting have been speaking out against gun violence with urgency — as they should — because public officials have been lacking in that department.
One day, my professor brought his 8-year-old son to class. When the period ended and students filed out of the room, the boy asked his dad, “Why don’t college kids like to talk?”
The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returned home on Monday after a successful showing at the SEC Championships.
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