Six UF students spent their Winter Break working at medical clinics in Lima, Peru.
There is a very strong consensus that 2016, quite frankly, sucked. Maybe folks are blaming it on the massive political overturns happening across the world (including both Brexit and the U.S. presidential race) or the devastating acts of violence that occurred last year. Maybe it was the staggering number of influential celebrities that left us in 2016 or the fact that the globe mourned a gorilla for way too long. Maybe it was the sudden influx of creepy clowns lurking in people’s neighborhoods (seriously, what the heck was that one?). Regardless, there’s no denying that 2016 was an eventful year, but it was not necessarily eventful in a good way.
The other night I was biting my nails at a party. I was trying not to step outside and bum a cigarette. It had been five days since I last smoked. I had felt proud of myself earlier in the day, but the familiar feeling of intense craving welled up the second I stepped into the dimly lit apartment. Now, one hour into the soiree, sipping my second rum and coke, I was exhausted with small talk. I didn’t want to discuss my major, my post-graduation plans or my summer internship. I grimaced at the faux-floral stink of the scented candle in the corner, downed my cocktail and stepped onto the balcony. I saw a portly guy with a scraggly brown beard puffing away at a cigarette. I tried to play it cool.
It didn’t take long for Chauncey Gardner’s teammates to reach him.
Mark Thompson juked, sidestepped and stiff-armed Iowa defenders before sprinting into the end zone like something out of former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch’s book with under two minutes left in the first half.
Standing beside the Outback Bowl trophy waiting to get on stage, Jim McElwain put his arm around Chauncey Gardner and smiled.
UF researchers have helped discover a galaxy that produces stars at an unusually high rate.
Ronni Williams apologized to her teammates at halftime.
A married Gainesville couple was arrested Saturday night after a botched $10 drug deal left a man with a stab wound to his chest, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man flipped his car into a ditch when he was driving home drunk from a friend’s house Friday, Gainesville Police said.
Gainesville bars and businesses will bid farewell to 2016 on Saturday night and ring in the new year with champagne toasts, a ‘bubble’ drop and music from the likes of David Bowie and Prince.
During a morning workout in Haile Plantation on Thursday morning, a woman was forced into a wooded area and molested by a homeless man, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
Two Live Oaks men were arrested Thursday after video surveillance caught them on a robbing spree in November, Gainesville Police said.
An argument about music ended when a Gainesville man grabbed a knife and stabbed his boyfriend in the stomach Thursday, Gainesville Police said.
Standing at center court in front of a crowd of 1,619 at the newly renovated Exactech Arena, Ronni Williams smiled.
Dusty Hannahs knew the three-pointer was good as soon as the ball left his hands.
The YMCA’s Board of Directors gave a 30-day extension on Wednesday for its Gainesville chapter to continue its fundraising efforts to avoid closure.
A former employee of Alliance Credit Union admitted Wednesday to stealing $6,330 from a dead person’s bank account to pay for a new car, Gainesville Police said.
For nearly half a year, a Kmart pharmacist stole about 1,400 prescription pills from the store’s pharmacy, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
A Gainesville man — wearing a black speedo and red compression shirt — was arrested Wednesday after trying to seduce a woman in her backyard, Gainesville Police said.
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