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METRO | BUSINESS

Corporate social responsibility and charity are not the same thing

Jan. 15, 2015

Charity is an incredible thing. It’s a way for us to show we care for one another, and it provides resources and aid to those in need both domestically and internationally. It has changed the lives of thousands every year, from building homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005 to providing medical care to Ebola virus patients in West Africa in 2014.

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Craft beer, free speech and astronomical discoveries in this week's Darts & Laurel

Jan. 15, 2015

Turns out we were lucky that it was just really, really cold last week. This time around, we got a hefty dose of bleak and rainy on top of the frigid air we’ve unfortunately had to get used to. But if Florida really is as weird as everybody else in the country seems to think — see Jon Stewart’s fierce description of us from Tuesday’s “The Daily Show” — it should be unbearably hot and humid soon. To celebrate getting one day closer to that time, here’s your damp-yet-bitterly-cold edition of...

OPINION | COLUMNS

Gators, let me be your dirty Dear Abby

Jan. 15, 2015

I’ve been writing this column for a year now, and I think it’s high time I introduce myself. My name’s Robyn, but I’m also affectionately referred to as “that one girl who writes those sex articles.”

Gordon Watson (right) high fives teammate Diego Hidalgo (left) during a doubles match in Florida's 9-3 win against William & Mary on Friday at the Ring Tennis Complex.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

UF’s Gordon Watson to play in singles lineup against Troy

By CAYLEE UNDERWOOD | Jan. 15, 2015

After opening the year with a 9-3 win against William & Mary, No. 13 Florida looks to continue building today when it hosts Troy at 3.

Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto competes on bars during Florida's win against Arkansas on Feb. 14.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Florida using multiple gymnasts to replace injured Sloan

By GRAHAM HACK | Jan. 15, 2015

For the UF gymnastics team, life without Bridget Sloan begins tonight.

Dale Neubauer, 65, supervises workers from the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Phillips Center for Performing Arts Center unload one of the crates in which Sue’s bones are packed. Each crate weighs about a ton.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Most complete and most famous T. Rex Skeleton arrives at UF museum

By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 14, 2015

Truck driver Dale Neubauer rolled his semi-trailer around the back of the Florida Museum of Natural History early Wednesday, lugging the bones of a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue.

Susan Gonzalez (center), participates in a R.A.D. exercise in which Capt. Ray Tremblay (right), of the City of Chiefland Police Department, acts as the aggressor.

METRO

Rape defense classes enrollment average again after spike

By Cyanne Dunn | Jan. 14, 2015

After class enrollment doubled following multiple attempted rapes reported on campus last Fall, registration for the UF Rape Aggression Defense program has normalized.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Apartment shooting leaves one man dead, one at large

By Kathryn Varn | Jan. 14, 2015

Deputies are searching for a man who ran away after reportedly breaking into a southwest Gainesville apartment Wednesday evening with another man whom the apartment resident shot dead.

Fuchs takes a selfie in the University Auditorium at the Innovation Academy convocation Jan. 5.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Fuchs delivers second-week report

By Alyssa Fisher | Jan. 14, 2015

Kent Fuchs admitted he took his first selfie at Innovation Academy’s convocation Jan. 5.

NEWS | SFC

SFC Student Senate adds 3 senators, new harassment course

By Hunter Williamson | Jan. 14, 2015

Continuing the forward-looking sentiment of Spring Convocation, Santa Fe’s Student Senate on Wednesday announced programs to combat social issues within the college.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Glorious heap of rock: Q&A with Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff

By Chloe Finch | Jan. 14, 2015

You may or may not have heard about King Tuff, but you knew someone like him once. He was the guy perpetually in and out of rock bands in high school, the guy in the faded Black Sabbath T-shirt reading a Richard Brautigan novel and the white guy who worshipped Jimi Hendrix. He was the guy you suspected might actually make it.

Celino Dimitroff, co-owner of SoMa Art Media Hub, builds a shelving unit out of repurposed wood flooring. Dimitroff said all the shelving will be handmade with mostly salvaged materials in the store he and co-owner Charley McWhorter plan to open in February. "It's sort of breathing a new life into it," he said.

METRO

Upcoming downtown supply store to fill hole in art community

By Carla Vianna | Jan. 14, 2015

Architecture and fine arts students can stop scrambling to find sketchbooks, drawing paper and paintbrushes.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Police: man harasses women for oral sex in library bathroom

By Melissa Mihm | Jan. 14, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a local man Tuesday after he reportedly asked two women for oral sex in a library bathroom and tried to trap one inside.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Political correctness limits free speech

Jan. 14, 2015

The recent events in Paris have shocked nations worldwide. Last week, 12 Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were killed because they used their right of free expression.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Program helps kick the smoking habit

Jan. 14, 2015

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THE AVENUE | FASHION

Brad Schultz: kindergarten teacher in Ocala, fashion designer in Gainesville

By Ellen Villafuerte | Jan. 14, 2015

Each day, Brad Schultz seamlessly transitions from a kindergarten teacher in Ocala to a local fashion designer in Gainesville, and he manages to keep both jobs separate.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Netflix-binge drinking game: Gilmore Girls

By Alex Harris | Jan. 14, 2015

Whether you’re an original fan or a lazy bones who waited until the show hit Netflix to binge indulge (raises hand), pop culture’s most iconic mother-daughter duo holds a special place in many people’s hearts. First-timers to the show may be confused by the rapid-fire dialogue, the obscure, outdated pop-culture references and the ever-perplexing but indefinitely entertaining relationship between Lorelai and Rory. And, oh, the ‘90s fashion.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Beatles fan has ‘every little thing’

By Laura Gomez | Jan. 14, 2015

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Heartbreak stories tonight at The Bull downtown

By Emily Cardinali | Jan. 14, 2015

Hearts will break at The Bull tonight.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

What's up this week

Jan. 14, 2015

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