Four years ago, professor of music Dr. Paul Richards started the Florida Contemporary Music Festival. After the festival debut, he planned on holding the festival every other year until students urged him to do it annually.
The No. 11 Florida Gators (8-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) travel to Columbia, South Carolina, to face the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6 SEC) in both teams’ final conference game of the year. The Gators already clinched the SEC East and are now focused on running the table for a potential College Football Playoff berth. The Gamecocks are on the outside looking in for the postseason, needing to win their final three games to become bowl eligible. Here’s a look at South Carolina’s season to this point and what the Gamecocks bring to the game:
A wise man who’s either Baba Oje or Gurdijeff once said, "When it rains, it pours." If the rain in this idiom was news regarding police brutality, then this week was a monsoon.
The story up to this point in the season for Florida’s swimming and diving teams has been their lack of consistency.
In 1902, two years before he became UF’s first president, Andrew Sledd lost his faculty position at Emory University in Georgia because he spoke out against racism.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always hated fantasy and science fictions books.
UF students and faculty will work toward making UF more inclusive in the Reitz Grand Ballroom tonight.
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Santa Fe College student early Tuesday morning after police said he threatened people with an AK-47 rifle.
Gainesville Police arrested a Palm Bay man early Monday morning after police said he stole a car with a woman still inside.
Isu Yoon likes pink sidewalk chalk, and she cries when her friends try to snatch it from her.
When U.S. Marine Corps veteran Brett Surles transferred to UF this Fall, he was worried about making friends.
Andy Grammer will sing to students to keep their heads up Nov. 20.
University Police are investigating an incident in a Keys Residential Complex building after one of the glass doors to the building was smashed Sunday night.
Danny Makowsky never used his gas mask for anything but U.S. Air Force drills.
A bill in the state Legislature could allow law enforcement to pull motorists over for texting and driving.
The countercultural revolution of the ‘60s coincided with remarkable advancements in recording and broadcast technology. With the two occurring in tandem, it became easier than ever for fanbases to develop around adored figures in pop culture. This proved to be a boon for stand-up comedians who, given the transgressive era they operated in, gained notoriety among young people for putting truth to power — in other words, giving voice to and reflecting the fears, concerns and sensibilities of young people. In short, they called it as they saw it.
This past October, we witnessed a stark readjustment of the U.S. military agenda in the Middle East. On Oct. 30, President Obama announced the U.S. military would, in fact, be putting "boots on the ground" in Syria. Earlier on Oct. 15, the Obama administration announced an extension of the timeline for U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Through most of next year, 9,800 troops will continue operations, and by Jan. 2017, a residual force of 5,500 troops will remain indefinitely.
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"Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall."
It’s an experience we know all too well: innocently scrolling through Facebook, attempting to stay up to date on your friends’ activities and unwillingly being drowned in a sea of useless click-bait articles. You know the type of article I’m talking about: the ones with titles like, "20 Things I Want to Tell My Little," "10 Struggles That Only Girls With Long Hair Will Understand" and "8 Thoughts Every Girl Has When Picking Out a Halloween Costume."
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