NEWS
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CAMPUS
The Collegiate Veterans Society hosts 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
By Christina Morales | Sep. 18, 2017Erica Ross had never been so proud to have shaking legs.
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Architecture & Fine Arts Library receives expansion
By Alexandra Regueiro | Sep. 18, 2017After 10 years without a major renovation, the UF Architecture & Fine Arts Library was expanded in a $300,000 upgrade.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida Museum to host pirate-themed murder mystery
By Alexandra Regueiro | Sep. 18, 2017On Tuesday night, Kyle and Vanessa Niblett will become Wally “Wood-Eye” McLifeTaker and Isabella “Ahoy!” McCoy.
METRO
Swamp Records signs new band
By Emily Long | Sep. 18, 2017Swamp Records announced their third flagship artist, flipturn, on Friday.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Walk-off win vs. Volunteers puts the Gators back on track
By Matt Brannon | Sep. 17, 2017Feleipe Franks wasn’t shaken.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Notebook: Reliving UF's game-winning play vs. Tennessee; freshman corner standing out
By Dylan Dixon | Sep. 17, 2017Surrounded by photographers in the south end zone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Tyrie Cleveland collapsed to one knee and began to pump his fist.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Column: Florida's win vs. Tennessee shows that the Gators don't need Callaway
By Skyler Lebron | Sep. 17, 2017Antonio Callaway should not be on the Florida football team.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Freshman Paige Hammons thriving in an all-around role
By Justin Ahlum | Sep. 17, 2017Her list of high school accolades takes up a whole laptop screen, and her talent and volleyball IQ takes up the whole court on gameday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New stadium wall signs to shine during football games
By Camille Respess | Sep. 17, 2017The phrase “This is... The Swamp” will be illuminated for all to see during night football games at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF women’s tennis team takes home title from Newport
By Mari Faiello | Sep. 17, 2017The Hall of Fame/ITA Grass Court Invitational and Duke Bonk Invite had some successful finishes for the Florida women’s tennis team.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Pets are a part of the family, too, please don’t leave them behind
Sep. 17, 2017It’s been a week since Hurricane Irma did a number on the Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Many are still reeling from the damages, stress and anxiety brought on by the storm. More than 6.5 million people were told to evacuate Florida based on the projection of the storm, and a lot of them did. The interstates quickly became clogged with terrified people desperate to get themselves and their loved ones out of the storm’s path.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
What exactly does it mean for UF to be a top-10 university?
Sep. 17, 2017What makes a university great? Is it the academics? The prestige? The ability to help students move up the socio-economic ladder? And what are we really bragging about when we share a Facebook post about UF being a top-10 public institution?
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Trump’s complacency with racism is concerning
Sep. 17, 2017Another day, another tweet from President Donald Trump. It doesn’t quite come as a surprise to anyone anymore, does it? Our president has desensitized many of us to his cruelty and ignorance by exposing us to his repulsive words on a daily, or sometimes hourly, basis.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Let’s talk about what happened at Georgia Tech
Sep. 17, 2017On Saturday night, the president of Georgia Institute of Technology’s LGBTQ+ student organization, the Pride Alliance, stood in a parking lot holding a knife. Scout Schultz stood there — in full view of a student dormitory — and told Georgia Tech Police to shoot.
METRO
Bikes repaired, donated to local children
By Stephanie Gonzalez | Sep. 17, 2017Hugh Wu unscrewed the rusty handles of a red children’s bike.
METRO
Professional ‘midget wrestling’ entertains Gainesville
By David Hoffman | Sep. 17, 2017For the third year in a row, Gainesville got a taste of the biggest little show on earth.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Latino culture featured at Florida Museum
By Jimena Tavel | Sep. 17, 2017Although Risa and Paul George visited the Florida Museum of Natural History with their three granddaughters to see the frog exhibit, they stayed for the Latino festival Saturday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Contest aims to make UF Health more sustainable
By Robert Lewis | Sep. 17, 2017UF Health and PepsiCo Inc. will help UF Health Shands Hospital be environmentally conscious with an essay contest called It Pays to Think Green.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF to study those underrepresented in medical research
By Amanda Rosa | Sep. 17, 2017UF will join the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research program, a project that aims to collect data from 1 million Americans who are underrepresented in medical research.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Health Shands Hospital joins women’s heart alliance
By Kacey Finch | Sep. 17, 2017UF Health Shands Hospital has joined a national alliance to teach women about heart disease and its risk factors.
