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Fhillip Teixeira lifts Carla Amancio during Dance Live National Ballet's first performance of “A Haunted Swan Lake” of the season Oct. 25, 2015, at Riley Arts Center in Ocala. Teixeira and Amancio, both principal dancers from Brazil, play the king and queen.

NEWS | FEATURES

A Haunted Celebration: Dance Alive celebrates 50-year anniversary

By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 29, 2015

Judy Skinner still dreams about it.

The UF Men’s Crew club carry their boat into the waters of Lake Alto in Waldo on Oct. 28, 2015. Since their boathouse on Newnan’s Lake has been condemned, the club has to drive 45 minutes to practice every day.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Crew team boathouse condemned, number of members dropping

By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 29, 2015

Joseph Briggs has considered quitting the sport he loves more than once.

UF coach Jim McElwain participates in UF's pre-game Gator Walk prior to Florida's 28-27 win against Tennessee.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators head to Jacksonville to face rival Bulldogs

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Oct. 29, 2015

Florida coach Jim McElwain has been through his share of rivalry games.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Picks column: Georgia

Oct. 29, 2015

Site: EverBank Field (Cap. 67,164)

UF forward Savannah Jordan takes a shot during Florida's 2-1 win against LSU on Oct. 11, 2015, at James G. Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Gators claim 14th regular season SEC Title

By Ryan Summers | Oct. 29, 2015

A team that had nothing to lose but almost everything to gain was awaiting the Florida soccer team Thursday night in Athens, Georgia.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

UF cross country runner rebounding from debilitating injuries

By Alejandro López | Oct. 29, 2015

Embodying a willingness to rise to the occasion, three simple words — improvise, adapt and overcome — have been adopted as the unofficial mantra of the United States Marine Corps.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Ready for a new plan: UF entrepreneurship professor to retire

By Alexandra Fernandez | Oct. 29, 2015

UF entrepreneurship professor Bill Rossi always wanted to be a teacher, but life got in the way.

NEWS | CAMPUS

BADASS Halloween has art, tech

By Spencer Harvey | Oct. 29, 2015

To show she’s a badass, UF freshman Diana Salas dyed her hair blue and purple to look like Sulley from Disney’s "Monster’s, Inc."

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Halloween is a time when ghouls, ghosts and ghastly figures prowl the streets and mischief rules above all else. By most accounts, Oct. 31 is the spookiest day of the year. We don’t really see how that’s possible, given the third Republican debate aired on Wednesday. OH! *cue Andrew Dice Clay hand motion* With that cheap jab out of the way, it’s time for this year’s scariest edition of…

OPINION | COLUMNS

Sixty-nining sucks — pun very much intended

Oct. 29, 2015

A long, long time ago, someone realized people were wasting time performing oral sex individually and it might be a good idea to combine these acts into one time-saving sex position.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Police violence and censoring art

Oct. 29, 2015

Quentin Tarantino, the director of "Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained," is not unfamiliar with controversy. I realize this is a very I’m-20-years-old thing to say, but the man is one of the best directors out there. He took his passion for cinema and turned it into a successful career by writing and directing many of the most celebrated films of the last 25 years. His work is known for its fast-paced, witty and profane dialogue; its fantastical homages to other films and film styles (the Dirty Dozen, Spaghetti Westerns, Blaxploitation cinema) — and for his films’ often extreme violence.

OPINION | COLUMNS

The 'chill girl' stereotype needs to stop

Oct. 29, 2015

I think I’m pretty fun. I know how to relax, and I like beer. But I am not the "chill girl," I never will be and that’s OK.

Tawanya Norwood poses on UF’s campus for a self-portrait for her Instagram, @th33besticanbe. Norwood hopes to become a Nike model by getting the company’s attention with athletic photos on social media.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF alumna pursues modeling career, hopes to work for Nike

By Molly Donovan | Oct. 29, 2015

If you catch Tawanya Norwood around Gainesville during one of her photoshoots, you will see a pair of rainbow tights, an iPad and a backpack that doubles as her tripod.

Kelvin Taylor celebrates during Florida’s 38-20 win over Georgia on Nov. 1, 2014, at Everbank Field in Jacksonville.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Taylor Made: Kelvin Taylor’s forging his own path

By GRAHAM HALL | Oct. 29, 2015

Kelvin Taylor had dominated the opposition in his career, but never at Florida.

UF setter Mackenzie Dagostino sets the ball for middle blocker Simone Antwi during Florida's 3-1 win against Florida State on Sept. 20, 2015, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Backline play key for UF volleyball’s recent success

By Brian Lee | Oct. 28, 2015

As the Florida volleyball team enters the final month of the season, the Gators have emerged from an early season rough patch and hit their stride recently.

UF soccer coach Becky Burleigh talks with her team following Florida's 2-1 loss to Texas A&M on Sept. 10, 2015, at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

SPORTS | SOCCER

UF soccer can clinch share of SEC title with win at Georgia tonight

By Kyle Brutman | Oct. 28, 2015

While Florida’s regular season ends on the road, it can be considered a homecoming for one of the team’s — and the collegiate sport’s — biggest stars.