New Torah celebrated at Jewish center Sunday
By Molly Vossler | Jan. 29, 2017About 100 students and community members joined a musical procession Sunday to celebrate the completion of a hand-written Torah.
About 100 students and community members joined a musical procession Sunday to celebrate the completion of a hand-written Torah.
After tempers flared at a four-hour protest against the use of a swastika on campus, UF students relieved their stress with dogs and doughnuts Friday.
In a theatrical performance, 14 men and a nun discussed what should happen to a woman’s body on Saturday.
Students gathered on UF’s North Lawn on Friday to demolish a wall of hate, for some a metaphor for their country’s current political backdrop.
Many UF students, faculty and staff may wonder why the university has not banned the individual wearing the swastika from our campus. The answer is rooted in the First Amendment and the role of state officials. As interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court, the First Amendment protects hateful, disturbing and offensive speech from government censorship — at least as long as the speaker is peacefully expressing his views in a public space without threatening anyone’s physical security.
Members of the UF community gathered around a man preaching about love on Friday — a day after students and faculty members protested against a man wearing a swastika armband.
In big block letters over the whiteboard, the poster read, “Good teachers don’t teach you what to think. They teach you how to think.” Even at 16, I knew my 10th-grade AP World History teacher embodied the message she had hung up in her classroom. She taught well, with respect for us and pride for her work, with the kindness and empathy to reach way back into the early days of history and teach us angsty adolescents a thing or two.
For the first time in over a year, Florida’s swimming and diving teams had a home meet at the O’Connell Center.
Devin Robinson missed an open shot, picked up his second foul and took a seat on the bench.
In the last routine of the meet, junior All-American Kennedy Baker stepped up to the mat.
Once the thick crowds of college students exhaust last calls for alcohol and slowly scatter from Midtown’s bar scene early Saturday morning, 101 Cantina will close its doors for good.
The men who assaulted swastika-wearer Michael Dewitz on Thursday kicked and punched him before one of them burned Dewitz’s swastika-emblazoned jacket in a grill, police said.
In last week’s victory against No. 6 Auburn, the Gators men’s swimming and diving team — which won 10 out of 16 events — improved its dual-meet win streak to three.
Fireworks.
For the second weekend in a row, the UF men’s tennis team will play two matches.
With nearly seven minutes left in the game, Eric Hester stood deep beyond the right wing with the ball in his hands.
Sharrika Barnett was close to quitting track before coming to the United States.
Tonight's meet is more than just a battle between No. 3 Florida and No. 16 Auburn in the O’Connell Center.
Tennessee may be five years removed from legendary coach Pat Summitt leading its sideline, but nothing has changed when it comes to the Volunteers beating up on the Gators.
Florida’s 35-point blowout win at LSU on Wednesday snapped a losing streak, jazzed the locker room and re-introduced No. 25 UF’s overlooked weapons on offense.