When Lia-Lucine Cary was a child, her grandfather taught her a valuable lesson — that educating oneself is the most important thing one can do. Today as a middle school teacher in Hawaii, Cary teaches that lesson to her students who are raised in a culture that doesn’t encourage college as an option.
The Gainesville Flow Arts Spin Jam meets the second Sunday of every month at Albert “Ray” Massey Westside Park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Picture this, you start a fundraiser. In 15 days you raise $4,500, but you set your goal at $9,600. If you don’t raise the full $9,600, you get nothing, zero, goose egg.
A local soap-making business, Thrive Handcrafts, recently teamed up with a local coffee business, Sweetwater Organic Coffee Roasters, to create a soap that will leave java junkies feeling squeaky clean.
Otter and Trout Trading Co., located at 625 W University Ave., recently added another room to its store to make space for the growing collection of herbs, books, gems and unusual gifts, but the renovations aren’t over.
Mars Pub and Laser Tag transformed its laser tag arena into an arcade.
In the woods off of Southeast 16th Avenue and Williston Road lives 36-year-old Sam Parrish. He built a home there; a tent reinforced with a tarp, a futon, a cot and solar powered lights next to a creek.
In May of 2008, Hoffman was acting as an informant for the Tallahassee Police Department when a poorly executed drug sting led to her death.
Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel spoke out last week in a big way, revealing exclusively to Rolling Stone magazine that he is transgender, has spent almost his entire life feeling trapped in the wrong skin and will be undergoing the steps necessary to transition into a woman.
I’m going to tell you what I’ve actually learned here at UF without any weird advice about where to poop.
VISA, or Volunteers for International Student Affairs, hosts its final event of International Month on Saturday at the O’Connell Center. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free to the public.
On April 14, the first Hogtown Craft Beer Festival at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens will showcase craft beer made by Florida breweries and brewpubs as well as other local and regional varieties.
I know what you're all expecting.
The other day, I received a text message from the new boy who I like.
To UF students, the Greek community is a normal and constant component of our university.
My opinion is on the fence when it comes to dance clubs.
Over the weekend, I got to thinking about the implications of the dance club cover charge.
Being an avid fan of the Assassin's Creed series, I was dead set on getting Revelations.
One of the biggest differences of opinion that has been characterizing Gainesville lately lies in the split personality of Mother Nature.
The Gator Nation is everywhere, especially on YouTube.
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