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NEWS | CAMPUS

Conservative author speaks at UF

By Gillian Sweeney | Nov. 7, 2018

Allie Beth Stuckeyaddressed a crowd of about 50 people

Chanae Jackson-Baker is speaking to a crowd of about 70 people at the Hippodrome Theatre on Monday evening about the inequity in Alachua County schools.

METRO

Gainesville residents lament inequity at Alachua County schools

By McKenna Beery | Nov. 7, 2018

They gathered to talk about how black parents are blamed

Jonathan Friedman, a 31-year-old activist, chants “I want my foreskin back” Monday morning at the intersection of 13th Street and University Avenue. Friedman is a member of the Bloodstained Men, an activist group that has been traveling across the United States to protest the circumcision of boys at birth.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Anti-circumcision rally sweeps through Turlington Plaza

By Dana Cassidy | Nov. 7, 2018

The group said it wasn't targeting any group

NEWS | CAMPUS

Are you a perfectionist? It turns out it could harm you.

By Fotini Sisois | Nov. 7, 2018

Researchers in the UF Warrington College of Business found perfectionism in the workplace is detrimental to a person’s well-being.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Jarlskog, Kessler lead Gators on Day 1 of Fall Nationals

By Brendan Farrell | Nov. 7, 2018

Ida Jarlskog and McCartney Kessler had been the Gators’ women’s tennis team’s best players all fall. The two easily sliced through the ITA Southeastern Regional like a hot knife through butter, with Jarlskog defeating Kessler in the finals of that tournament.

Quarterback Kyle Trask was carted off the Gators' practice field with a lower body injury Wednesday, according at a 247Sports report.

NEWS

Report: Trask out with non-contact injury

By Morgan McMullen | Nov. 7, 2018

The Gators’ recent quarterback controversy might have been solved prematurely.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

ACSO: Second man charged for shooting 14-year-old girl

By Alyssa Ramos | Nov. 7, 2018

His bond is set at $1,350,000.

Redshirt sophomore Holly Carlton (right) was convinced by freshman Thayer Hall (middle) to transfer to the University of Florida.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

One for the team: Holly Carlton’s journey from the backyard to front row

By Dylan Rudolph | Nov. 7, 2018

A 9-year-old Holly Carlton followed her older sister, Kayla, to their quiet backyard in the Eastern Loudoun subdivision in Sterling, Virginia, with a volleyball in hand. The two went to a portion of their backyard that was fenced off for a makeshift volleyball court.

Guard Funda Nakkasoglu scored 22 points in Florida's 60-58 loss to Gardner-Webb. She shot the potential game-winning three with second remaining, but was off the mark.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators open season in disappointing fashion with loss to Gardner-Webb

By Sam Campisano | Nov. 7, 2018

Redshirt senior Funda Nakkasoglu already had 22 points on the day and had made at least half of her shots from three-point range. A pass from Delicia Washington put the ball in the right hands for the Florida women’s basketball team down by two with just a few seconds left.