Column: UF punter Johnny Townsend has been Florida’s best weapon
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Nov. 23, 2015What Johnny Townsend has done for the Gators this year is incredible.
What Johnny Townsend has done for the Gators this year is incredible.
Despite a lack of name recognition, Savannah State’s women’s basketball team is not to be taken lightly.
Antonio Morrison fits the part of a linebacker.
Landon Rogers kept a journal.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Sunday morning after police said he stole and sold more than $300 in figurines and playsets from his roommates’ children.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Saturday evening after police said he lied to officers about being robbed at gunpoint for $50 and being forced to give oral sex.
In the cold weather early Monday night, three Santa Fe College students and one adviser pitched tents on the Oak Grove to experience, for one night, what it’s like to be homeless.
A Facebook page claiming to be the University of Florida White Students Union was created Sunday.
For most UF students, Thanksgiving Break means turkeys and pumpkin pies at home. But for international students, it is nothing more than a week off from school.
Late Sunday evening, the Facebook feeds of many UF students became inundated with cries of outrage and disbelief over the purported existence of an exciting, new student organization: the University of Florida White Students Union! With a profile picture proudly showing off Century Tower and a cover photo showing the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence, the page for this totally real and not at all fictitious group claims on its "About" page that it represents "a place to celebrate the very beautiful European culture," and wants to "encourage you to preserve your heritage by sharing it and discussing its future."
The sexual violence on college campuses is not an issue that can be swept under the rug. Universities have served as the focal point for media coverage, awareness campaigns and congressional legislation in the discussion about sexual assault, regardless of whether they help or hinder the issue at hand. We’ve all experienced some offshoot of this, whether it was through last year’s Walk Safe program, the Interfraternity Council’s "It’s On Us" campaign or UF’s Sexual Assault Awareness month.
In light of the Charlie Hebdo shootings this past January, and the recent attacks in Paris, many have reacted by painting Islam and the Middle East as being fundamentally at odds with Western values such as free speech.
America is not and will never be a Christian nation.
Florida should have had no problems on Saturday.
As scooters whirred past on Saturday, Maria Coady thought of her son.
UF paid the U.S. government about $19.9 million Friday.
University Police arrested a UF student during Saturday’s football game after police said he tried to escape arrest after trying to stop police from taking his friend to Emergency Medical Services.
Melanie O’Rourke took a few steps back before she hit Donald Trump’s body with a stick.
In a chapel on Friday, every person received a slip of paper.