SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators men’s golf looking to take momentum to SunTrust tournament
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 14, 2017Different.
El Caimán
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE
Before hosting Scotland, UF adjusts to new shot clock
By Jake Dreilinger | Feb. 14, 2017When the No. 3 Florida lacrosse team played No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday, one thing was noticeably different from last season’s game.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Florida football will be better in 2017: a rebuttal
By Ethan Bauer | Feb. 14, 2017On Monday, one of my colleagues penned a column saying that Florida football fans shouldn’t be optimistic. That UF won’t be making a third-consecutive trip to the SEC Championship. That with Florida’s daunting 2017 schedule, the Gators are doomed to mediocrity.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF softball to take dominant pitching staff to Jacksonville tonight
By Cassie Amundson | Feb. 14, 2017With the Gators up 2-1 in the 10th inning against then-No. 6 Michigan, coach Tim Walton claimed he could hear something in the dugout.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Barry scores 30 in UF win at Auburn
By Ray Boone | Feb. 14, 2017With about eight minutes left in the game, Canyon Barry drove hard to the basket.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man killed by ex-girlfriend at The Ridge apartments, police say
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 14, 2017A man was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds to his head at The Ridge at Gainesville on Monday — and his ex-girlfriend is accused of his killing, police said.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACSO: Man punches woman over owed money
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 14, 2017A Gainesville man forced himself into an apartment and demanded money before being scared off by a woman with a knife, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
After student death, RTS considers bus stop safety
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 14, 2017Following the death of a UF student at a bus stop outside Campus Club Apartments on Saturday, the stop’s safety has come under scrutiny and will be investigated.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student Government approves new Veteran’s Affairs director
By Paige Fry | Feb. 14, 2017A student who will lead soldiers into battle after graduating was unanimously approved Tuesday by UF Student Senate as the next Student Government Veteran’s Affairs executive cabinet director.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UF president, GNV mayor sign development agreement
By Molly Vossler | Feb. 14, 2017Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe and UF President Kent Fuchs signed an agreement Tuesday promising to turn Gainesville into a “new American city.”
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Live-stream documents lovebirds above UF baseball field
By Jenna Gray | Feb. 14, 2017High above UF’s Alfred A. McKethan Stadium at Perry Field, a pair of lovebirds have made their nest.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Wearing gorilla mask, artist talks feminism on campus
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 14, 2017An anonymous artist in a gorilla mask drew a crowd of about 600 people to a UF auditorium on Tuesday.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: UF student arrested for theft of $454 in makeup
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 14, 2017***UPDATE***
NEWS
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CAMPUS
After decision day, ‘disappointed’ calls flood UF Admissions
By Romy Ellenbogen | Feb. 14, 2017More than 1,400 rejected applicants called UF’s Admission Office Monday looking for answers.
METRO
Award-winning author speaks at high school
By Harrison O’Keeffe | Feb. 14, 2017Students at a Gainesville high school listened attentively Tuesday as an award-winning author spoke about how she wants to inspire them to be heard.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF organization to promote healthy, safe sex this week
By Courtney Moberley | Feb. 14, 2017While the month of February is packed with love and romance, a UF student organization wants to address safe sex.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Website aims to make job hunting easier for college students
By Darcy Schild | Feb. 14, 2017A new website is offering to help college students find their perfect jobs.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
On Valentine’s Day, paper butterflies at UF promote self-love
By Jessica Rodriguez | Feb. 14, 2017On Tuesday afternoon, about 50 paper butterflies with messages of love appeared in trees on Turlington Plaza.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Get in touch with your emotions: Let yourself feel
Feb. 14, 2017It feels like modern society idolizes logical thinking over emotional thinking. Bring feelings into an argument and you get labeled overemotional and hysterical. Gush about how much you love something and you’re given a side-eye for being too enthusiastic. Vent about how much you hate something and you’re told you’re being too passionate. It’s not clear when this preference for subdued emotions became the norm. It’s not even that society prefers totally logical thinking to the emotional way — we’re expected to have emotions, of course, but we need to keep them in check.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
February relationship series: notion of ‘innocence’
Feb. 14, 2017Any conversation about intimacy would be remiss to ignore the subject of sex, and I think it is vital to examine a longstanding social trend known as “purity culture.” Society has deemed sex as the single act in human experience which is detractive. The term “virginity” has no parallel in our language. You don’t avoid learning to swim because you can never again be a “non-swimmer.” Let’s take a look at why.
