SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF looks to snap losing skid
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Apr. 3, 2014Florida is arguably more eager for a win now than it has been all season.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE
Freshman stout on defense
By EDEN OTERO | Apr. 3, 2014From 2010 until 2013, No. 4 Florida faced the challenge of defending against midfielder Erin Fitzgerald when it played Northwestern.
METRO
Grade-school students compete in solar engineering competition
By Emily Julson | Apr. 3, 2014North Florida’s first-ever EnergyWhiz Expo on Saturday will feature competitions to build the best miniature solar car and solar cooker.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gov. Rick Scott grants veterans in-state college tuition
By Lynna Lawrence | Apr. 3, 2014Gov. Rick Scott granted in-state tuition to veterans Monday in hopes of making Florida the most military-friendly state, and UF military members are saluting the efforts.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Ranked singles players lead Floirda into road contest against Mississippi State
By BRITNEE MCCOY< | Apr. 3, 2014Coming off of a win against LSU, Florida is looking to continue its Southeastern Conference success when it travels to Starkville, Miss., today to take on Mississippi State.
METRO
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Gainesville City Commission votes to ban sale of e-cigarettes to minors
By Brooke Austill | Apr. 3, 2014Gainesville city commissioners unanimously voted in favor of regulating the use of e-cigarettes in a commission meeting Thursday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Embrace the dad jeans: Normcore is in
Apr. 3, 2014Spring is abloom, but ignore the flower prints and bright colors: What you should really be digging out of your closet is the pair of dad jeans you bought months ago at the thrift with the intention of turning into distressed cutoffs.
OPINION
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DARTS LAURELS
Darts & Laurels 4/4/14
Apr. 3, 2014Is it just us, or was this week not totally hellish? Most of us are in that comfortable lull between midterms and finals, the weather is gorgeous, and McDonald's will be giving away coffee for the next two weeks.
METRO
Gators basketball success shifting downtown Gainesville business dynamics
By Julianne Huhn | Apr. 3, 2014The success of the Gators men’s basketball team may also lead to increased success for local businesses.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF graduate students shorten their theses for timed competition
By Jessica Pereda | Apr. 3, 2014The seconds ticked by for contestants striving to cram their massive amounts of research, sometimes amounting to 80,000 words, into three minutes.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
UF student leading Wing Zone sauce competition with jalepeño cheddar
By Akeila Brown | Apr. 3, 2014UF student and Delta Chi brother Shane McCann is so hot right now.
METRO
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Gainesville City Commission runoff candidates criticize each other at city issue debate
By Hanna Marcus | Apr. 3, 2014At the Thursday night City Commission runoff candidate forum, a debate about city issues was partially clouded by sharp comments from each candidate about her opponent.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Government seeks to destroy privacy
Apr. 3, 2014The rapid growth of technology’s capabilities is cause to reflect on what privacy means in the 21st century. But the U.S. government is not concerned with such reflection. In the post-9/11 world, the government has made it a top priority not to redefine but destroy the idea of privacy.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Colbert racism mishap shows satire is lost on Twitter
Apr. 3, 2014Sitting behind his anchor desk on Monday night, Stephen Colbert offered the nation a firm and righteous apology.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Accent blunders suggest tokenism
Apr. 3, 2014On Monday, I was surprised to learn that Accent Speaker’s Bureau had to cancel its event featuring former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after he backed out of the interview. I assumed it was an early April Fools’ Day joke. The news of the cancellation came the same day that Olmert was convicted of bribery in a Tel Aviv court for taking $160,000 in bribes to speed along government permits to build the Holyland housing estate while he was the mayor of Jerusalem.
NEWS
The Whole You: Five things you need to start doing
By Elena Hoogland | Apr. 3, 2014Here are five sure-fire ways to feel and be better in life.
METRO
New beer glass to help bar patrons ignore phones, interact
By Ellen Kirkness | Apr. 2, 2014You can check if the Instagram you just posted has any likes, or you can enjoy a cold pint of Blue Moon. But you can’t do both.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ASO arrests man with 11 grams of marijuana hidden in his butt
By Jenna Lyons | Apr. 2, 2014In another case of hiding drugs in interesting orifices, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a local man Monday night after a traffic stop search revealed he was hiding about 11 grams of marijuana in his butt.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF club boxing team to compete against other colleges
By Valentina Santana | Apr. 2, 2014UF’s collegiate boxing team will step into the ring for its first intercollegiate national competition since becoming a sports club in 2012.
METRO
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POLITICS
Rush’s campaign attributes comments to another gamer
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 2, 2014Jake Rush said he did not write violent, sexual comments as Chazz Darling.
