Seven-year-old Willow Hess spent two days learning and rehearsing the dance she performed Sunday morning with a crowd of about 100.
After hundreds of sea turtles were discovered dead off Central America’s coast, Gainesville sea turtle experts are theorizing about the cause of the deaths.
Last Wednesday, I was at my usual weekly Undergraduate Philosophy Society meeting (shameless plug, check us out on Facebook). That evening, the discussion centered around how we should attempt to understand bullying and how to prevent kids from doing it. Quickly, the group of us recognized the ways in which bullying mirrors — and frequently reflects — different phobias and other bad “-isms” like homophobia, racism, sexism and transphobia.
You may have heard of the term gaslighting. It can happen between supposed friends, between an employee and their superior or in any other relationship. Whether within our own student organizations or on a national scale, it happens every day.
Jamie (which is not the real name of the victim) woke up on the floor next to a couch she didn’t recognize. The party was a few hours old.
White supremacy is on the rise. Not just in the U.S. but in nations across the globe.
Tears, hugs and smiles filled the O’Connell Center during the pregame ceremony as the Gators honored their seniors. Caroline Knop, Lindsey Rogers, Shainah Joseph, Carli Snyder and Rhamat Alhassan were all joined by family members before defeating the Missouri Tigers in four sets, 25-16, 23-25, 26-24, 25-16 .
As halftime drew near, Sydney Searcy’s unofficial theme song began to play.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It started, like most good moments for Florida’s football team this season, with a punt.
It looked bad. Malik Zaire crumbled after taking the snap and shifting his weight to left leg.
By the time Florida’s defense realized Jake Bentley still had the ball in his hands, there was nothing any of its players could do.
Rachael Kramer, 6-foot-8, and Shainah Joseph, 6-foot-1, jumped in unison in front of the net, both hands in the air. Their teammate, freshman Paige Hammons, set her feet in the backcourt, bracing for Pilar Victoria’s attack, should it pass through the outstretched arms of Kramer and Joseph.
Freshman Madison Alexander waited patiently inside the South Alabama box as midfielders Gabby Seiler and Sarah Troccoli traded passes. Seiler found space on the left flank and served a cross towards the six-yard box. Alexander jumped all over Seiler’s ball, placing it past goalkeeper Justice Stanford to open the scoring in the 34th minute.
As 4-year-old Ella giggled and jumped to the “Cupid Shuffle,“ which blasted throughout Santa Fe College’s main parking lot Thursday night, 39-year-old Jerry Farris couldn’t help but shake his hips to the beat, too.
The Gators men’s and women's cross country teams ended their season at the NCAA South Regional Championship Friday.
When Amy Meacham bought masquerade masks on Bourbon Street in 2010, she didn’t know what she would use them for, she just knew she needed to buy them.
Two more arrests have been made in the UF Housing and Resident Education scandal now totaling more than $470,000 in alleged credit card fraud.
A Gainesville wildlife conservation will offer a free tour to veterans Saturday.
Around 50 people played laser tag, drank beer and and learned about lasers at the Cade Museum Wednesday night.
As Emily Johns sauntered into Flavet Field walking beside her bike and carrying her backpack from the class she had just left, she passed few police officers.
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