Taven Bryan was wearing a blue collared shirt. He had stripped off the bulky shoulder pads that he wore about 30 minutes before, pulled off the white jersey that had been covered with dirt and sweat, and, for just a moment, unburdened himself of what was running through his mind.
Out of all the unpopular opinions I’ve formed about sports, there isn’t one I stand by more firmly than this: I hate the College Football Playoff.
For more than two years, U.S. Navy veteran Gabriel George wasn’t in control.
Jacob Ascher, a 12-year-old artist, used his tie-dyed colored pencil box to store his cash.
After being born in a Syrian refugee camp with an upper limb birth defect, 10-year-old Mohammed received a new hand Sunday.
Local officials started a petition Friday to protect LGBTQ+ state employees from being fired because of their sexual orientation.
Dave Clark, a UF professor, has been working to save the sweet basil plant from a dangerous pathogen for the past three years.
While Gainesville quietly removed one downtown Confederate monument in August, UF hasn’t evicted one that stands on a property they manage in St. Augustine.
Philip Poekert can’t find the exact words to describe how he feels about the millions of children worldwide who do not feel safe at school.
In a recent visit to Capitol Hill, a UF Health child psychiatrist and researcher highlighted her ongoing work with Tourette syndrome.
Pet owners gathered to race and raise money for veterans who need service dogs.
Scooters, SUVs and a 1986 hot rod were some of the about 30 vehicles members of the Campus Diplomats washed in honor of Veterans Day.
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.
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