In the aftermath of the drunken arrest of UF’s incoming Student Body President Smith Meyers, some students plan on calling for his resignation today in a Turlington Plaza protest.
Jenn Powell decided to run for a City Commission seat just over three months ago.
Perry Clawson felt the city commission wasn’t listening to Gainesville residents, so he decided to get involved in local government.
After UF proposed a new, more expensive health care plan to its graduate assistants, they quickly pushed back.
UF students came back from Spring Break to a half-renovated Plaza of the Americas — and some were not impressed with the university’s latest project.
Perched on a 90-foot light pole, UF’s two resident ospreys will soon add baby birds to their nest.
In celebration of National Pi Day, pizza restaurants are prepping deals throughout Gainesville.
A UF health care center in Jacksonville is one step closer to becoming a hospital.
This is in reference to an Alligator story published March 13, in which a Papa John's Pizza employee was fired after writing a joke about domestic violence on the inside of a customer's box of brownies. The joke asked, "What do you tell a woman with two black eyes? Nothing, you already told her twice."
I am writing to voice my support for incoming Student Body President Smith Meyers and speak on behalf of the thousands of students who have read his statement and accepted his apology. I don’t know Smith well, but what I do know from mutual friends is how much this situation has weighed on his heart. Smith has worked for four years advocating for students and portraying UF in a positive light. That should not be erased by the actions of one night. I also find it puzzling that the majority of students calling for his resignation — because he embarrassed the university — are the same students sharing the stories and videos all over social media, presumably spreading the embarrassment they claim to oppose. I also find your publication’s criticism of his transparency to be unfounded. As anyone who has ever found himself or herself in a legal situation knows, you do not talk about your case with anyone other than your attorney before it is decided so as not to impact the outcome. This holds especially true for media outlets. What information are you asking from Smith that he could ever possibly give you? Finally, your criticism of administration for their lack of comment is also unfounded. No university official is able to comment on the legal proceedings of a student due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Do you expect administration to ignore this for your interviews? Please practice more responsible reporting in regard to this issue.
I first discovered Jon Ronson’s book “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” last summer during one of my regular podcast loops at work. Ronson discussed his latest literary endeavor with Chris Hardwick on the Nerdist podcast and shed light on a topic I had never truly thought about on a deeper level: public shaming in the social media age. Cases like those of Justine Sacco, Lindsey Stone and Jonah Lehrer form the backbone of the book as Ronson depicts the swift-moving and often life-ruining mob mentality of public shaming on sites like Twitter and 4Chan.
In case you haven’t heard, there might be cameras in your microwave detecting your every move. That’s a claim made by good old Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, now infamous for using the term “alternative facts” to describe lies. So really, we shouldn’t be that surprised that her most recent stint involves a technology that doesn’t exist to defend a claim that has no basis.
Florida led Texas A&M by 1.5 points heading into the 4x400 meter relay.
Maria Torres and one of her playing partners, UCF's Ashley Holder, joked with each other as they made the walk from the third hole to the fourth tee on the opening day of the SunTrust Gator Invitational on Saturday.
The Florida men’s tennis team faced off with SEC opponent South Carolina in unique conditions on Sunday.
In the bottom of the first inning, freshman third baseman Jaimie Hoover hit a ball straight to Missouri shortstop Braxton Burnside.
It had been 756 days since Ryan Larson parked a ball outside McKethan Stadium.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Gators held the world’s saddest pizza party in a solemn locker room after being bounced from the SEC Tournament in their first game.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was all hugs and smiles.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After an abrupt exit from the SEC Tournament, Florida will enter March Madness as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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