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THE AVENUE  |  NIGHTLIFE

Realm, formerly known as Gallery, will bring new flavor to the familiar at Friday’s soft opening

By Isabelle Resnick | June 30, 2017

On Friday, the space above the Florida Theater will be almost unrecognizable to fans of electronic music who frequented the former Gallery Ultralounge since opening in January 2016. The club, which received a significant face-lift since classes ended in Spring, is now called Realm.

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SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

Gators celebrate CWS title with fans

By Jake Dreilinger | June 29, 2017

The UF baseball team held a championship celebration for fans at McKethan Stadium on Wednesday night to commemorate its first ever NCAA title.

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SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

Gators in the MLB: Zunino has historic month in Seattle, Tebow and Puk called up

By Jake Dreilinger | June 29, 2017

Former Gator and current Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino has had a month to remember.

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SPORTS

Who was Florida's best coach of 2016-17?

June 29, 2017

In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which coach was the best of the 2016-17 season. Sports writers Mari Faiello, Andrew Huang and Morgan McMullen join alligatorSports editors Dylan Dixon and Jake Dreilinger in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.

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SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

The first is always the sweetest: Gators finally clinch national championship

By Dylan Dixon | June 29, 2017

As second baseman Deacon Liput shifted to his left, corralled the ground ball and fired it over to first base, Florida’s dugout erupted with cheers like it never had before.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Women’s March Gainesville protest Better Care act on Tuesday

By Catie Wegman | June 28, 2017

Thirty-six-year-old Melissa Hawthorne stood in the rain with two of her children alongside about a dozen protesters at the corner of Newberry Road and Northwest 62nd Street on Tuesday afternoon.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

On his birthday, Gainesville bicyclist killed in crash with oil-carrying trucker

By David Hoffman | June 28, 2017

After slipping on hydraulic oil accidentally spilled by a truck on Northwest 13th Street on Tuesday afternoon, a Gainesville bicyclist was killed.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

There’s nothing new under the sun

June 28, 2017

I recall a conversation I had with my dad in which he reflected on his experience in school as a child. He vividly remembers the school administration in the early 1960’s conducting drills in which he and his classmates would practice crouching down under their desks in the event of a nuclear blast.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Family creates scholarship in alumnus’ memory

By Adam Turner | June 28, 2017

After a 33-year-old UF alumnus lost his two-year battle with brain cancer earlier this month, his family is working to ensure that his legacy as a “Triple Gator” lives on.

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THE AVENUE

First Magnitude Brewing Company hosts fundraiser to benefit Harn Museum of Art

By Mackenzie Duffy | June 28, 2017

Spend your Thursday evening drinking beer, listening to music and eating pizza in support of art.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Tensions flare over UF’s Black, Hispanic Institute renovations

By Catie Wegman | June 28, 2017

Despite UF’s Multicultural and Diversity Affairs’s effort to emphasize transparency surrounding the upcoming renovations to the Institute of Black Culture and “La Casita,” the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, some students feel like they’ve been left in the dark.

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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Tribute, charity concert to be held for Chris Cornell of Soundgarden

By Janiece Sebris | June 28, 2017

High Dive will host a concert to honor Grammy-nominated musician Chris Cornell, who took his life in May.

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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Producer/DJ Nitti Gritti to perform at Simons Nightclub

By Natalie Rao | June 28, 2017

Flash back to January and you’d find Nitti Gritti playing an opening set for DJ duo Bonnie X Clyde at Simons Nightclub. The Miami-based electronic dance music producer had only been creating music for about six months at that point but had already begun turning heads with his fresh take on bass music.  

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Wealthy Republicans have no idea that it costs money to stay alive

June 28, 2017

Twenty-two million. Over the next two decades, 22 million Americans are expected to lose their health insurance under the proposed U.S. Senate Republican health care bill.

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METRO

Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center to become emergency shelter by the 2018 hurricane season

By Kianna Brown | June 28, 2017

Gainesville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center will serve as a hurricane shelter in 2018.

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SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

NATIONAL CHAMPS: Gators win first ever NCAA title in Omaha

By Jake Dreilinger | June 27, 2017

For the first time in program history, the Gators get to dogpile on the pitcher's mound in late June. For the first time, they get to wear the shirts and hats with the words printed on them that puts a satisfying end to their season-long journey.

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SPORTS

Alligator Awards: Who was Florida’s best male athlete of 2016-17?

June 27, 2017

In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which UF male athlete was the best of the 2016-17 season. Sports writers Mari Faiello, Andrew Huang and Morgan McMullen join alligatorSports editors Dylan Dixon and Jake Dreilinger in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.

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SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Column: A message to the Class of 2021

By Jake Dreilinger | June 27, 2017

I was in your shoes nearly two years ago.

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SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS TRACK

Fourteen athletes will represent Gators on world teams

By Andrew Huang | June 27, 2017

A grand total of 14 Gators—past, present and future—earned the chance to compete in the IAAF World Championships this August in London following strong showings at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, California. The four-day meet concluded this Sunday.

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SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

Gators win Game 1 of College World Series Finals

By Dylan Dixon | June 26, 2017

Zach Watson did everything he could to catch the ball, breaking into a deep sprint towards the warning track as he stared into the glaring sun.