NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students share the love on Valentine's Day, donate to charity
By Kendall Prior | Feb. 12, 2015Valentine’s Day isn’t all superficial.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Gators holding steady in rankings following ITA National Indoors
By Eneisy Rodriguez | Feb. 12, 2015The Florida women’s tennis team remains No. 2 following its outing at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship last weekend.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UF women’s basketball upsets ranked Georgia on the road
Feb. 12, 2015The Florida women’s basketball team secured its first win over a ranked opponent this season, defeating No. 24 Georgia 51-48 in Athens on Thursday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Millions of years of love: Date night with a dino
By Marcella Tortorici | Feb. 12, 2015Students who find themselves dateless this Valentine’s Day can make plans with a 67-million-year-old dinosaur.
METRO
Gainesville ranked 19th most romantic US city by Amazon
By Mauricio Almenara | Feb. 12, 2015Alexa Tsongranis never thought of Gainesville as a romantic spot.
METRO
Resources available all weekend for last-minute health care enrollment
By Hunter Williamson | Feb. 12, 2015Several locations around Alachua County will be open with resources to help citizens enroll for mandatory health care before enrollment ends Sunday.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Track and field heads to two events this weekend
By Kyle Brutman | Feb. 12, 2015The No. 2 Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams will split up this weekend, as the Gators will compete in the Tyson Invitational and the Iowa State Classic on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
METRO
Orangetheory fitness franchise comes to Gainesville
By Chris Calderon | Feb. 12, 2015Exercise-loving residents can rejoice as a Fort Lauderdale-based fitness franchise makes its way to Gainesville.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: Man arrested with weed in his butt, crack in his mouth
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 12, 2015Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Thursday after they found a bag of weed in his butt and a bag of crack in his mouth.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Freshman showcasing versatility for Florida softball heading into home opener
By Luis Torres | Feb. 12, 2015If there was one word that would describe what kind of player Nicole DeWitt, it would be versatile.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF preparing the right way heading into lone home tournament
By Ryan Summers | Feb. 12, 2015Cold and windy conditions could make for an interesting tournament this weekend at Florida’s Mark Bostick Golf Course.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rebels sink last-second three-pointer to steal win from Gators
By GRAHAM HALL | Feb. 12, 2015Dorian Finney-Smith’s three-pointer should have been good enough.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
UF gymnastics thinking about the present, Missouri
By GRAHAM HACK | Feb. 12, 2015Rhonda Faehn is looking ahead, even though she wants her team to remain focused on the present.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Sophomores shore up Florida’s season-opening pitching rotation
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 12, 2015Logan Shore’s mindset heading into his freshman year with the UF baseball team was simple.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New Starbucks opens in Marston Science Library on Monday
By Veronica Garcia | Feb. 12, 2015Loyal Marston Science Library dwellers will soon have coffee at their fingertips.
OPINION
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DARTS LAURELS
Kanye West, veterans and cub scouts in this week's Darts & Laurels
Feb. 12, 2015So, it’s the middle of midterms, and like you, we’re looking desperately for the light at the end of this dark, dark tunnel. Coffee has completely wrecked our digestive systems, and it feels like we gave up on eating real food weeks ago. But there’s hope on the horizon — we’re right at peak testing insanity, and there’s only about a week left. Until then, enjoy this holding-out-for-next-weekend edition of…
OPINION
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COLUMNS
“Fifty Shades” shouldn’t be on your Valentine’s to-do list
Feb. 12, 2015Put away your candy hearts and flowers and pull out your floggers and whips — “Fifty Shades of Grey” is here.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Idiots threaten the United States’ safety and future
Feb. 12, 2015For a country that urges young people to get educated in order to get ahead, we’re quickly becoming a nation of idiots. Perhaps the Mike Judge film “Idiocracy” accurately predicted a future America in which everyone is a dunce, where any idiot who time travels to the future is automatically the smartest man in the country. Whatever the cause, our collective idiocy could undo all that our country has accomplished, and that should terrify everyone out of their pants. Sure, we can pride ourselves on American exceptionalism or believe that a 230-year-old constitution will save the day, but something is amiss in the U.S., and we need an urgent course correction.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Straight outta Bahston: Mark Wahlberg, the Oscars and American greatness
Feb. 12, 2015As a culture, Americans have long been fixated on the idea of being “the best.” As any cultural anthropologist could tell you, this phenomenon is the natural by-product of being “the best” country the world has ever seen. Naturally, our esteemed privilege has often led us to debate who or what is “the best” in their respective fields. “The best” president. “The best” college football team. “The best” Kardashian. “The best” flavor of Doritos to go with your Mountain Dew. “The best” instance of Rob Schneider yelling “You can do it!” in an Adam Sandler film. It is these debates, rational and nuanced as they are, that have helped to keep American civil discourse the respected, revered institution that it is.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Man blacks out, crashes car into Gator Dining picnic table
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Feb. 12, 2015A Gainesville man lost control of his car and smashed into a table outside of Gator Corner Dining Center on Thursday afternoon, leaving a 1,200-pound concrete picnic table in rubble.
