SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Column: Stay aggressive, KeVaughn Allen
By Ray Boone | Jan. 19, 2017He doesn’t say much.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Nigerian sprinter came to UF searching for opportunities
By Daniel Smithson | Jan. 19, 2017Kunle Fasasi knew if he was to progress in his sport, he would have to leave his home in Nigeria and become a student-athlete in the United States.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Gators underclassmen ready to impress in Spring opener
By Mark Stine | Jan. 19, 2017The UF men’s tennis team is heading into the dual season ranked No. 11 in the country and with high expectations of success.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Florida swimming looks to carry momentum to Auburn
By Sean Denison | Jan. 19, 2017Florida’s men’s swimming and diving team fell nine points short against Auburn a season ago. At the time, coach Gregg Troy said that “too many little mistakes” accumulated, costing his men’s team the victory.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Despite growing pains, freshman making early impact
By Dylan Dixon | Jan. 19, 2017Delicia Washington’s teammates and coaches have recently begun referring to her as "WIP," a nickname she originally received from head coach Amanda Butler.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
New leaders stepping up for UF gymnastics
By Lauren Staff | Jan. 19, 2017The Gators entered the 2017 season with many unknowns.
METRO
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POLITICS
On different sides of history
By Molly Vossler | Jan. 19, 2017This morning, Julia Sutton will slip on a red skirt speckled with white elephants to watch the inauguration of the 45th U.S. president.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Stand up for your beliefs
Jan. 19, 2017Today, the nation’s 45th president will place his hand on the Bible, swear the oath of office and assume the presidency. In turn, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo and Sunny Obama will leave the White House. From this day forward, we’ll refer to Barack Obama as our former president.
METRO
Forced into homelessness, Gainesville woman regains normalcy
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 19, 2017“The porta-potty was my birthday present,” Trina Hernandez said, barely containing her giddiness.
METRO
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POLITICS
UF professor, a Trump critic, to serve on his committee
By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 19, 2017A UF professor will serve under incoming President Donald Trump on the National Medal of Science committee.
METRO
After rescue from Korean meat farm, puppies to be adopted
By Catherine Dickson | Jan. 19, 2017In the days since Gainesville became acquainted with Bernard and Louie, two puppies rescued from a South Korean meat farm and transported to the Alachua County Humane Society, many have fallen in love.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Two UF students aim to chronicle 50 years of SG history
By Paige Fry | Jan. 19, 2017Two friends have spent the past year taking pictures of more than 3,000 pages of UF Student Government resolutions in an effort to create a database.
METRO
Gainesville celebrates Arbor Day
By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 19, 2017A group of about 70 people celebrated Arbor Day on Thursday by planting a ceremonial tree with a golden shovel.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: Woman tries to push officer down stairs
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 19, 2017A Gainesville woman was arrested Wednesday after she tried to push a police officer down stairs, Gainesville Police said.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACSO: Man found walking near school with rifle, dead squirrels
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 19, 2017As schoolchildren waited for their guardians to pick them up Wednesday afternoon, a man walked past Chester Shell Elementary School carrying a rifle, a bullet and three dead squirrels.
METRO
Hippodrome displays unity before Trump’s inauguration
By Paige Fry | Jan. 19, 2017A single fluorescent light in a dark theater conveyed a message to the incoming president’s agenda: unity.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Asbestos in Reitz to be removed by next week
By Catherine Dickson | Jan. 19, 2017By next week, the asbestos in the Reitz Union will be gone.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
A Trump presidency is not the end of feminism
Jan. 19, 2017Well, dear reader, today is the day we have been insurmountably hoping would never come — Inauguration Day.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
The gripping power of a single tweet: 140 characters or less
Jan. 19, 2017A lot of knowledge can be packed into the tiny text boxes of Twitter — this sentence alone is less than 140 characters from start to finish.
OPINION
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DARTS LAURELS
Darts & Laurels: January 20, 2017
Jan. 19, 2017We’ll start off with some trivial internet culture stories. Zoo Miami humanely euthanized one of their gorillas this week — their 49-year-old matriarch, Josephine, the grandmother of internet-sensation Harambe. Really, 2017? You’re going to hit us with that right off the bat? Please, internet, don’t turn this one into a 6-month-long meme. Thankfully, Josephine was laid to rest peacefully after years of failing health. But we throw a dart at the universe for setting 2017 off with another gorilla death just as we begged it for no more shenanigans.
