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NEWS | CAMPUS

On-Campus voting is a privilege: Use it

Oct. 23, 2018

Students who normally don't vote can access the Reitz Union

OPINION | COLUMNS

Tinder is the Walmart of Dating

Oct. 23, 2018

The Great Value version of dating may be fine in the short run, but think beyond that

OPINION | COLUMNS

Cherishing time alone isn’t just ‘adulting’; It’s for now, too

Oct. 23, 2018

Taking time for yourself is important

Nestor Garcia, a 21-year-old industrial engineer major, attends the early voting session on Oct. 22, 2018, at the J. Wayne Reitz Union to vote for the first time.

METRO | POLITICS

First two days of early voting at Reitz draws in more than 1,000 people

By Hannah Beatty | Oct. 22, 2018

A Federal judge ruled early voting can be allowed on campus.

Nicholas Moore-Lefauve, a 20-year-old information systems and operations management major, puts on his "I Voted" sticker during the first day of early voting at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Monday morning. This is the third time Moore-Lefauve has voted in his life.

NEWS | CAMPUS

More than 40 people compete in first day of ‘Battle of the Ballots’

By Jeana Fraser | Oct. 22, 2018

Event organizers aim to dictate which college had the highest voter turnout.

Gordon Neale finished over par for the second day in a row at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational with a 5-over round on Monday. UF dropped from fifth to 10th and no Gator broke even in the second round.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators can’t overcome tough start, fall to 10th

By Brendan Farrell | Oct. 22, 2018

No birdies and 13 bogeys.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: Man bit by police dog after burglary

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 22, 2018

A police dog bit the man after he stole a cash register from a seafood market

UF coach Emily Glaser will put redshirt freshman Elin Esborn and freshman Addie Baggarly into the top two spots in the lineup for the Landfall Tradition.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Notebook: Women fall late, men begin near top in respective tourneys

By Brendan Farrell | Oct. 21, 2018

Women’s golf falters, falls to fourth-place finish at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Roundup: UF swimming splits with ranked Indiana and Texas

By Evan Lepak | Oct. 21, 2018

Both Florida swim teams came into this weekend's tri-meet in Austin, Texas, with plenty of confidence and something to prove.

Sophomore forward Deanne Rose put up three shots against the Tigers on Sunday afternoon with one on goal. The Gators were held scoreless for the 11th time this season ahead of the team's Senior Day game against Arkansas.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida drops match to Missouri with SEC tournament looming

By River Wells | Oct. 21, 2018

It’s been the same old song and dance for the Florida Gators soccer team.

The 3D art mural at the wall behind the Florida Theatre on West University Avenue was revealed Sunday afternoon. It cost $10,000 to pay for the materials and the artist to fly in from Greece.

METRO

New 3D mural unveiled on wall outside of Florida Theatre

By Ke’on Christian | Oct. 21, 2018

It cost about $10,000 to pay for materials and for the artist to fly out

Sophomore Oliver Crawford won the singles portion of the USA F28 Futures tournament in Harlingen, Texas.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Oliver Crawford wins singles title, Gators dominate in Georgia

By Kyle Wood | Oct. 21, 2018

Oliver Crawford dominated the USA F28 Futures from start to finish. The sophomore lost just one set in five matches en route to a two-set victory in the final over Great Britain’s Andrew Watson to claim the Harlingen 25k singles title.

Seven-year-old Elizabeth Poe, daughter of Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, sits on a parade float Saturday afternoon during the the Gainesville Pride Parade. “Pride gets bigger and better and more celebratory every year,” Mayor Poe said.

METRO

Gainesville shows its Pride during annual festival

By Lindsey Breneman | Oct. 21, 2018

About 5,000 People came to the festival.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

UF-UGA lightyears ahead of last season's matchup

By The Lost city of Alanis | Oct. 21, 2018

It was this week a year ago when this Florida program was unraveling at every seam.

Students practiced stuffing fake bullet hole wounds with gauze Saturday morning. The two-hour-long educational training taught attendees what to do when someone has life-threatening bleeding in an emergency.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘Stop the Bleed’ emergency first-responder training comes to UF

By Angela DiMichele | Oct. 21, 2018

Danielle Gaeta packed gauze into an orange foam swimming pool noodle wrapped in duct tape Saturday morning.

Quarterback Feleipe Franks (13) said the Gators are still working on fundamentals in practice. "You can't get complacent," he said.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Florida-Georgia games have usually decided the SEC East. This year, it may decide the playoff.

By Morgan McMullen | Oct. 21, 2018

Laura Rutledge and Tim Tebow announced SEC Nation was heading to Jacksonville to be on-site for the Gators’ matchup against Georgia. Rutledge, a UF graduate, made clear that the name of the rivalry has never been set in stone in a video posted to Twitter.

Attacker Holly Carlton recorded nine kills and a service ace on 26 attacks in Florida’s five-set loss to Missouri on Sunday afternoon. The loss snaps a 14-match winning streak stretching back to Sept. 7.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators snap 14-match win streak, lose in five sets to Mizzou

By Mari Faiello | Oct. 21, 2018

Right-side attacker Holly Carlton quickly transitioned back behind her setter and the 10-foot line after coming down from a block on the right-side pin.