El Caimán

---

SPORTS  |  MEN'S BASKETBALL

Column: Chiozza will be the main man at point guard next season

By Ray Boone | Mar. 30, 2017

When the final buzzer rang in Madison Square Garden in the Elite Eight on Sunday afternoon, three things became clear: The Gators were completely outplayed by South Carolina, their season was over and, last but not least, senior point guard Kasey Hill’s career as a Florida Gators basketball player was over as well.

---

METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

MCSO: 12-year-old threatened school shooting to ‘be cool’

By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 30, 2017

Dunnellon Middle School faced heightened security Wednesday after a 12-year-old threatened a school shooting, officials said.

---

METRO

Raw cookie dough bakery set to open next week

By Max Chesnes | Mar. 30, 2017

Next time you take a bite of raw cookie dough, you won’t be flirting with salmonella.

---

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF announces new director for The Brechner Center

By Paige Fry | Mar. 30, 2017

The executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Student Press Law Center is coming to work at UF.

---

METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

MCSO deputy resigns for giving false testimony

By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 30, 2017

A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy resigned Thursday for giving false testimony during a deposition, MCSO said.

---

NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

UF student plans protest of Ben Shapiro’s UF appearance

By Jimena Tavel | Mar. 30, 2017

As students enter the University Auditorium on Monday to hear Ben Shapiro speak, Nate Quinn will stand outside and protest.

---

METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: Drunk man falls asleep at green light

By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 30, 2017

After indulging in wine coolers and visiting a strip club, a Gainesville man was found asleep in his car at a green light Wednesday, police said.

---

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Suspended Rollins student was accused of stalking while at UF

By Romy Ellenbogen | Mar. 30, 2017

Court records show that a former UF student whose hostility toward a Muslim professor got him suspended from Rollins College was accused of stalking a student and entering her room while at UF.

---

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF professor honored with SEC-best award

By Karen Patino | Mar. 30, 2017

A UF professor could be in line to win another award for his teaching skills.

---

OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels - March 31, 2017

Mar. 30, 2017

It’s the home stretch, Gators. Graduating seniors are counting off the last few weeks of their college careers. Others are gritting their teeth and trying to make it to summer. With less than a month left of this Spring semester, every responsibility, every deadline, every little grade point is piling up, and now’s the time that makes us or breaks us. If you’re sitting in lecture now, trying to pay attention, but really just thinking of your summer abroad, why not pretend to be doing something more favorable than daydreaming and turn to this week’s...

---

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Don't focus on protesting individuals

Mar. 30, 2017

About two months ago, a man wearing an armband depicting a swastika stood firmly on Turlington Plaza. Jewish professors came to his aid to ensure he was not harmed. Passionate students came forward in art and song to discredit his hate. Well-meaning as his opponents were, he still got the attention he wanted, and a debate sparked on campus about the nature of free speech and how far the public is willing to limit that sacred right for the safety of all.

---

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The average American city is boring, but that is OK

Mar. 30, 2017

In a short piece for The New Yorker, Cirocco Dunlap describes the wandering between New York City and Los Angeles that was much of her young adulthood. From within the limits of each city, the other seems much more appealing, yet when she gets there, the culture and habits of the locals only make her long for the place she just left. Back and forth, she wavers between both ends of American culture, eventually ending by stating “halfway between New York and L.A., I imploded. I am so much happier now.”

---

METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: City employee defrauded department of more than $91,000

By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 30, 2017

A Gainesville city employee was arrested Tuesday for stealing more than $91,000 from the city, Gainesville Police said.

---

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF’s online students promised added majors for Fall term

By Romy Ellenbogen | Mar. 30, 2017

Come Fall, UF students enrolled in online-based programs will be offered a wider selection of majors, inching them closer to parity with on-campus students.

---

SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Gators begin SEC road trip at Bama

By Mark Stine | Mar. 30, 2017

The UF men’s tennis team is entering a difficult stretch in their schedule: a four game SEC road stint.

---

SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

UF Swimming and diving: Although third wasn’t ‘the goal,’ Troy pleased with Gators’ season

By Sean Denison | Mar. 30, 2017

As the NCAA Championship wrapped up this past week, the Gators men’s swimming and diving team found themselves in a familiar place.

---

SPORTS  |  OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Gators lacrosse team falls to No.1 Maryland

By Jake Dreilinger | Mar. 30, 2017

Midfielder Sydney Pirreca controlled the ball after a successful clear attempt.

---

SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Column: The now-infamous softball push: Why UF's coach deserves more of the blame

By Patrick Pinak | Mar. 30, 2017

How often is Florida’s softball team cast under the national spotlight for something that happens after a game?

---

SPORTS  |  SOFTBALL

Bethune-Cookman no pushover for UF

By Cassie Amundson | Mar. 30, 2017

Bethune-Cookman’s Yvonne Siordia hit a pop up toward second baseman Nicole DeWitt.

---

SPORTS  |  GYMNASTICS

Boren, UF gymnastics team waltzing into regionals

By Lauren Staff | Mar. 29, 2017

There’s a lot at stake for the No. 3 Florida gymnastics team, which will have to notch one of the top two scores at this weekend’s regional meet to advance to the NCAA Championship on April 14.