In a lawsuit between Florida A&M University and a university student, Florida public universities have signed a brief in support of the university’s position that Student Government at the university level is “not real Florida government.”
Transgender students in public schools must now be allowed to use whichever bathroom aligns with their chosen gender identity, or internal sense of gender.
St. Petersburg Police are searching for the man who repeatedly punched a UF student. Zachary Taylor will now take medical leave from a Summer class after an unknown man attacked him at the Del Mar Gastro Lounge, he wrote in an email.
On May 9, Secretary of Education John King sent a letter to America’s colleges and universities and asked them to remove questions about criminal history from early stages of the admissions process.
As part of an American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists’ event, the UF Small Animal Hospital will provide free eye exams to certified therapy and service dogs Friday.
We’re almost halfway through 2016, and this year has already been a better year for music than the last. Some of today’s biggest artists, including Kanye West, Beyonce and Drake, have released albums this year, but some of the best projects released have been from artists with less star power. It’s time to catch you up on some of the latest and hottest releases.
Crystal Balls, a Gainesville band made up of Kendrick Lemke, Nick Herrera and Erick Ubiles, is hitting the scene with their self-described “blackened swamp sci-fi doom metal.” I sat down with the band to talk sound and the music scene before Crystal Balls’ Saturday show at the Hardback Cafe.
A local gay bar will host a new burlesque show during its grand opening in a former biker bar Friday.
In just a few months, the community will gain a 32-acre urban park and, hopefully, a boost to its economy and sustainability. Planning for Depot Park began about 20 years ago, and the project is both within its $5.9 million budget and on schedule for a soft opening August 1, said Nathalie McCrate, the project manager for the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency.
A Santa Fe College sophomore and self-pro- claimed equestrian might become Chrome magazine’s next top model. Jeremy White’s love for horses led him to apply, and the magazine chose him as one of the top five male finalists for the American Paint Horse Association’s international modeling contest.
To Yilam Sartorio, the U.S. feels more like home than any other country she’s performed in. The 33-year-old opera singer from Cuba has toured globally, playing sold-out shows in countries like France and Mexico. Now, she and her husband, opera singer Ramon Centeno, are visiting UF as part of their first-ever U.S. tour.
A popular reggae band will visit Gainesville this week to show fans its redefined iconic music.
Gainesville will welcome a New York Times bestselling author to town Sunday when Amy Stewart speaks at the Alachua County Library District.
Gainesville will celebrate Cofrin Nature Park’s renovations Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department started ren- ovations in 2003 and closed the park for six months in fall 2015, said Linda Demetropoulos, the nature manager for PRCA.
The third in a series of tribute shows benefiting the Gainesville Girls Rock Camp will take place Friday at 9:30 p.m. at Loosey’s Downtown.
Nearly three months ago, Florida met Stanford in a road match to close out the non-conference schedule.
Hear ye, hear ye, dear readers. We’re already nearing the end of our second week this semester. How does time pass so quickly? Are we to learn that the Earth is rotating on its axis at faster rates? Is the very fabric of spacetime in jeopardy as the possibility of a Mein Drumpf presidency becomes evermore plausible? No matter: We invite you to take solace and pleasure in our latest segment of…
People have a lot to be aware of on a monthly basis. The lists of May go on to include older Americans, healthy vision and ultraviolet light. However, the most perplexing phenomenon to dedicate an entire month isn’t about a disease or demographic: May is National Bike Month.
Florida’s one-run loss to Auburn on Friday put a swift end to its hopes of winning the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
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