UF closes Reitz Union tribute to Pulse shooting victims
By Kristen Solorzano | Aug. 25, 2016UF students expressed hope for a safer world at a brief ceremony commemorating the Pulse victims Thursday morning.
UF students expressed hope for a safer world at a brief ceremony commemorating the Pulse victims Thursday morning.
The last time Florida played Stanford in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals, the game ended in a 2-2 tie and came down to a penalty kick decision.
After a 2015 season that ended in agonizing defeat, the Florida volleyball team finally has a shot at redemption.
Here we are, dear readers: the end of the first week of school. It feels like only a few short hours ago we were packing our bags and kissing our families goodbye as we ventured into the abyss of collegiate life. Time flies when you’re adding and dropping classes like there’s no tomorrow. For all of our new readers out there, welcome to the Friday version of our paper, where we survey the what’s going on in the world and either praise a story with a “laurel” or banish one forever with a “dart.” So get ready for our epic roast, our salty attitude gone wild, our Fall debut of…
Riddle me this. Classes began Aug. 22, and by Aug. 26, only four days later, UF students are expected to have decided whether they want to drop their course. If not, they have to pay for it anyway.
Last week, Iran and Russia reached a historic agreement that allowed Russia to launch military strikes from Iranian bases in order to “fight terrorism” and continue propping up the Assad regime. Considering no foreign military has operated from Iran since World War II, this was a considerable step forward for Russia and, as I see it, a considerable step backward for the millions of Syrians on the ground who feel firsthand the brunt of Assad’s regime. A Russia more involved in Iran and Syria is bad for everyone.
Robert Livingston IV, an Alachua County assistant attorney, was charged Wednesday with attempting to sexually assault two minors.
Sigma Kappa Sorority members in pink and white dresses lined Sorority Row on Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the first students to celebrate in their new house for Bid Day Fall 2016.
UF’s Student Government will replace on-campus phone charging stations next month.
A music festival known for taking over Miami every year is making a stop up north. Road to III Points will take over downtown this weekend.
A new survey says Alachua County residents turn to Facebook more than any other platform when it comes to news.
Gainesville residents expressed their concerns of future gentrification and lack of affordable housing in the city at a public meeting with UF’s Strategic Development team.
Police charged a Gainesville man Tuesday with having more than 4 pounds of marijuana and $35,000 in his shed.
With UF’s season opener against UMass fast approaching, alligatorSports football writers Ethan Bauer, Ian Cohen, Jordan McPherson and Patrick Pinak take their best shots at predicting how the 25th-ranked Gators will fare this year.
Two matches into the season, No. 7 Florida has dominated its opponents.
UF professors now have the chance to show their students how to grow watermelon, kale and onions.
University Police is advising students to be cautious after receiving a report of a man impersonating an Uber driver and “specifically targeting female students.”
The staircase leading up from the first floor of the Reitz Union will stop bearing hundreds of rainbow-colored paper bracelets commemorating the Pulse Nightclub shooting today.
Fall is here.
Hey, Florida, we did it. For the first time in forever (Any “Frozen” fans out there?), something crazy and nationally humiliating happened, and it wasn’t in our state. Here, here: Drinks on us, everyone. According to the local Channel 8 News, police arrested a man they found publicly masturbating and “acting like (a) gorilla” at Giant Eagle Plaza in Warren, Ohio.