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SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Florida looks to continue dominance at UK

By Noah Ram | Jan. 30, 2020

The official state song of Kentucky is “My Old Kentucky Home.”

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

The blame game and its players

By Joseph Salvador | Jan. 30, 2020

Like most of you living in Gainesville with a Twitter account, Tuesday night was a return to every household Gator fan’s favorite pastime: the blame game.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators poised to rebound after falling short of expectations last season

By Dylan O'Shea | Jan. 30, 2020

The Florida baseball team didn’t live up to expectations last season.

Originally built as P. K. Yonge K-12 Laboratory School in 1932, Norman Hall currently houses the UF College of Education.

NEWS | CAMPUS

New food market and Starbucks to open in Norman Hall Monday

By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 30, 2020

Both are part of the building’s $28 million renovations

Thieves Guilde actors Sierra Barnier, 18, and Kevin Otero, 24, perform a choreographed sword fight during a chess game.

METRO

Gainesville medieval fair adds extra weekend to combat overcrowding

By Hope Dean | Jan. 30, 2020

The fair has been running annually for 34 years

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation.

NEWS

UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

By Maria Cheng | Jan. 30, 2020

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week.

A sinkhole is surrounded by police tape after it appeared when a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba, at Public Beach on West Bay, Grand Cayman, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or more severe damage. (Taneos Ramsay/Cayman Compass via AP)

NEWS

Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

By Michael Weissenstein | Jan. 29, 2020

HAVANA (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to Florida and beyond, but there were no reports of casualties or heavy damage.

Most of the UF Sailing Team’s equipment suffered damage on Lake Wauburg from high winds.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Sailing Team’s equipment damaged by high winds

By Meghan McGlone | Jan. 29, 2020

The team is fundraising through Stand Up & Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day Feb. 20

A woman walks by 101 Smoke Shop on SW Archer Road.

METRO | POLITICS

Local vape shops lose profits due to recent tobacco law

By Jared Johnsen and Anna Wilder | Jan. 29, 2020

You now have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student dies days after being struck by vehicle

By Samia Lagmis | Jan. 29, 2020

She was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital in critical condition

UF law students Anne Marie Tamburro and Brenna Cameron stand for a moment of silence in solidarity with victims of sexual violence at the protest against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday.

METRO

Students protest Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ arrival

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Jan. 29, 2020

The protests aim to give attention to survivors of sexual violence

The health food chain offers 17 all-natural smoothies and 21 acai bowl combinations.

THE AVENUE | FOOD

Plans for new acai bowl destination in Gainesville

By Chloe Greenberg | Jan. 29, 2020

The Rush Bowls franchise is planning to open its newest location along University Avenue in Summer 2020.

Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" is one of the films competing for Best Picture at the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. Soairse Ronan, who plays Jo March, is also nominated for Actress in a Leading Role.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

The Oscars in the eyes of UF students

By Christopher S. Cann | Jan. 29, 2020

The 92nd Academy Awards will take place Feb. 9

THE AVENUE | SEX

Orange & Boo: Are we or aren't we?

By Alyssa Archard | Jan. 29, 2020

What does it mean that I’ve slept at your house for three days straight now?

The exhibit winds around the room in chronological order from the creation of the Johns Committee to modern day LGBT+ events.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Matheson History Museum Opens New LGBTQ+ Exhibit

By Julia Collins | Jan. 29, 2020

The exhibit took a deep dive into the Johns Committee from the 1950s.

The Forum (L-R) consists of members Ethan Klohr (drums), Jacob Farrell (bass), Nick Wheeler (guitar) and Michael Higgins (vocals). The band formed in Gainesville in late 2015.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Gainesville band The Forum releases their first double-single this Friday

By Marlena Carrillo | Jan. 29, 2020

The release party will take place Jan. 31 at High Dive

The shelves of Lucky’s Market, located at 1459 NW 23rd Ave., became bare after the store announced that it would close Feb. 12.

METRO

Future of Gainesville Lucky’s Market remains unclear

By Sarah Mandile | Jan. 28, 2020

The supermarket chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Health monitors rumors of coronavirus spreading to Gainesville

By Hannah Phillips | Jan. 28, 2020

Four people have recently traveled from China to Gainesville

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senator resigns during election season

By Chasity Maynard | Jan. 28, 2020

He said he resigned because of school work

SPORTS | COLUMNS

God, (please) bless the XFL

By Christian Ortega | Jan. 28, 2020

With February forcing its way into our lives this weekend, it brings with it one of the most momentous occasions in the sport of football. The XFL returns on Feb. 8.

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