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Research Roundup: January 23, 2017

UF researchers identify brain receptor in rats to help improve working memory

Learn, evaluate and reason your opinion

There is a lot of political news going on right now. You could say that about the whole year, but it seems that in the last few days there have been protests and protests of those protests. There have been things signed and things allegedly signed. There has been praise of the protests and criticisms of the protests. There has been praise of the signed things and also criticisms of those same signed things. It’s an information overload.

Should we care about what celebrities say?

The abstract concept of celebrities has confounded and fascinated many of us as we’ve grown up. Some of us think about it more than others, regularly scrolling through celebrities’ Instagram accounts and consuming tabloid news with zeal. On the other hand, some of us ignore celebrities as much as society allows us, disenchanted by their self-appointed responsibility as the voice for the masses despite their immense privilege. Either way, these potent feelings often contribute to some sort of opinion towards celebrities in general, and the past few weeks were no exception.

A criticism of complaints and a discussion of whether they are justifiable

To everyone who considers me to be some liberal guy who has way too much pent-up anger about recent issues and complains about them constantly, I apologize. Through reflection, I’ve realized all my pieces so far have been critiques. They’ll probably stay that way. My first guest piece was a critique, and my last regular piece may be as well. I consider critiques to be an opposing opinion that the critiqued could learn something from — and by no means am I exempt from this. So please, if you believe I could be doing anything different which would be beneficial in any manner, then comment on my piece, send me a message of any kind, etc. I will fully accept any criticism and try to learn.

Column: Tebow didn’t endorse Trump, so why do some of his voters think he did?

It’s no wonder why Tim Tebow is a favorite son of the evangelical crowd. After all, he embodies the fundamental traits of a red-blooded American.

Holloway leads Florida track team at Hokie Invitational

An emerging Florida freshman found himself at the top twice over the weekend.

UF men’s tennis dominates in first weekend of season

The UF men’s tennis team opened up its season on Saturday by battling not only its opponents, but the will of nature.

Florida women’s basketball ends SEC funk

As the final buzzer sounded and the Florida women’s basketball team began to jog off the court, Haley Lorenzen and Dyandria Anderson couldn’t contain their excitement any longer.

Gators at ‘a fork in the road’

When Gators coach Mike White sat down to take questions following Saturday’s game between Florida and Vanderbilt, he remained in an uncomfortable, sullen silence.

During tornado watch, fallen trees, downed power lines

Severe weather hit Southeast Georgia and Northwest Florida Sunday, causing some damage and power outages in Gainesville.

Man shot dead by deputies 2 miles from UF campus

A man is dead following a deputy-involved shooting Friday night outside a Gainesville inn about 2 miles south of UF.

GPD: Gainesville woman assaults two people at Taco Bell

A Gainesville woman was arrested after assaulting two people at Taco Bell while she was intoxicated Friday, Gainesville Police said.

UF sorority to hold virus themed social justice events

UF’s chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority will teach students survival skills and about social justice this week during the sorority’s 40th-annual Spring Week.

Magnolia tree to stand as a memorial for UF student

In February, the white flowers of a newly planted magnolia tree will stand tall, a permanent mark on Gainesville for a fallen UF student.

Free yoga classes to teach young girls empowerment

A semicircle of young girls formed around Lauren MacKay on Saturday, intently following the yoga instructor’s every move as best they could.

Americans voters have no obligation to respect or support President Trump

People are splitting hairs over whether protesting Donald Trump is protesting the office of the presidency or protesting his views.

Take a walk in their shoes, and spread the love

Anyone who has read John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” is familiar with the quote, “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you.” While I’d argue that this quote is accurate in the context of this novel, it isn’t as accurate in the grand scheme of things. In this world, you don’t get a say if you get hurt, and you often don’t have a say in who (or what) hurts you either.

It’s our job to keep America great

On Friday, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of our nation, and the winds of change have begun to blow across the country — we felt them quite literally Sunday.

Women's March on Washington

Florida swimming and diving teams split meet at Auburn

Florida’s men’s swimming and diving team extended its win streak to three by beating Auburn 163-137 on Saturday, while the women’s team fell 197-103.