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OPINION | COLUMNS

Pay homage to your hometown: Volunteer

Oct. 7, 2018

You don't have to travel the world to make a difference.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

38 people ejected, two arrested at LSU game

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 7, 2018

Nine of the 38 ejected were UF students.

Edge rusher Jachai Polite's Twitter handle is @RetireMoms. He wants to make sure his mother is financially secure for the rest of her life.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Polite, Joseph fuel Gators defense in win against LSU

By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 6, 2018

Update Oct. 8, 1:30 a.m.:

Safety Brad Steward dived for the pylon after picking off LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. It was Burrow's first interception of the season and the game-sealing touchdown in Florida's 27-19 win over the Associated Press's No. 5-ranked team.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

UF pulls off upset in intense home environment

By Mark Stine | Oct. 6, 2018

Dan Mullen raised his arms, pumping up the crowd before his team burst out of the tunnel.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

What was that noise yesterday? Here are six things to know

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 6, 2018

Six things to know about the planned flyover

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

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators escape upset against Texas A&M

By Dylan Rudolph | Oct. 5, 2018

It was another long rally. A powerful hit by Texas A&M’s Hollann Hans was dug up by libero Allie Gregory.

Lara Alqasem, a member of the Radical Students Alliance and then-UF political science sophomore, speaks during a candlelight vigil in support of refugees in 2015. “You only leave home when home is the mouth of a shark,” she said. “No one puts their children on boats unless the boat is safer than the land.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student detained in Israel will be deported

By Dana Cassidy | Oct. 5, 2018

The student was detained at the airport

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UPDATE: Tuesday rape report unfounded, police said.

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 5, 2018

Investigators determined the reported rape was unfounded

Outside hitter Thayer Hall is the first freshman under Gators coach Mary Wise to record 20 kills in her collegiate debut.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Hall, Gators take undefeated conference record into Friday matchup

By Mari Faiello | Oct. 5, 2018

Arriving at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, last December was a special moment for Dorman High School coach Paula Kirkland and then-senior outside hitter Thayer Hall.

Florida had outshot Tennessee 7-4 in the first half of its 2-0 loss to the Volunteers on Thursday. Midfielder Sarah Troccoli came close to scoring in the 35th minute but was stopped by a UT save.

SPORTS | SOCCER

UF suffers eighth shutout of season in loss to Tennessee

By River Wells | Oct. 5, 2018

The Volunteers didn’t take long to make their mark.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Tiger Watch: Q&A with LSU’s student newspaper

By alligatorSports Staff Report | Oct. 5, 2018

We got with Kennedi Landry, the sports editor of LSU’s student newspaper, The Daily Reveille, to ask a few questions about Saturday’s game. Here’s what she had to say about the Tigers and their chances of winning against Florida.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

alligatorSports Picks: Week 6

By alligatorSports Staff Report | Oct. 5, 2018

We never thought we’d say this, but it’s good to be back in Gainesville.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Florida-LSU is the Gators’ most underrated rivalry

By Jake Dreilinger and Jake's on a Plane | Oct. 5, 2018

I wrote an article nearly three weeks ago highlighting the Florida football team’s game against Tennessee. That article started out with the phrase, “The Florida-Tennessee rivalry is the stuff of legends.”

Defensive end Jachai Polite (99) harassed Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald and recorded a pair of sacks. He finished the game with three solo tackles.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

The DBUs will have to depend on their D-Lines

By Mark Stine | Oct. 5, 2018

Florida and Louisiana State both lay claim to the title of ‘DBU’ because of the professional products that each program consistently churns out of their secondaries.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Reese’s Pieces: David Reese’s ankle injury no longer holding him back

By Alanis Thames | Oct. 5, 2018

David Reese ambled toward the football field with a nervous kink in his stride.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Rapper Ty Dolla $ign to perform at Gator Growl Nov. 2

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 4, 2018

The artist will open the show.

Tineka Benjamin, 19, said she and 8-month-old Princeton enjoy watching movies together and playing outside in the park. The computer science sophomore had her son during her first year at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS

“I’m hanging on by a thread”: A glimpse inside student-mom life at UF.

By Angela DiMichele | Oct. 4, 2018

Nearly 1,000 students at UF are moms

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF graduate detained in Israel threatened with deportation

By Dana Cassidy | Oct. 4, 2018

The student was to study at Hebrew University of Jerusalem on a scholarship.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Three UF fraternities are under investigation after hazing allegations.

By Amanda Rosa | Oct. 4, 2018

The fraternities currently cannot host events with new members.

METRO | POLITICS

Darts and Laurels: Oct 5, 2018

Oct. 4, 2018

“This is Ground Control to Major Tom,” David Bowie sings to you through your earbuds. As you peer through the tinted window of an RTS bus, the twinkling lights floating around campus buildings seem a thousand miles away. The constellation of lamps hovering above Turlington Plaza shine like lighthouses welcoming early morning visitors like yourself. Campus feels as if it were Mars, desolate and complete with the red brick terrain. You are the only passenger in the large tin can of a bus rolling slowly up Newell Drive. You can barely see anything in the dark, but the bus calls out the stops autonomously and seems to know which way to go. The air is cool and inviting as the bus slows to a stop and the doors part to let you out. Standing in the silence, you see UF in a new light, quarantined from the usual activity and bustle — in a cosmic bubble without distraction or noise. Soon campus will wake, but for now, the stars still twinkle in the soft daylight peeking over the horizon. The obelisk of Century Tower looms like a dark monument from another world.

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