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UF’s Casey Prather looks to pass the ball during the Gators’ 74-56 win against South Carolina in the season’s SEC opener on Wednesday night. Prather is questionable for Florida’s road game against Arkansas on Saturday due to swelling in his right knee.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Lethargic play hurting UF

By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Jan. 9, 2014

South Carolina is no Kansas.

Five-star cornerback Jalen Tabor commits to Arizona on ESPN at the Under Armour All-America Game on Jan. 2 in St. Petersburg. Tabor flipped his commitment to Florida on Thursday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gators swing top commit

By MORGAN MORIARTY | Jan. 9, 2014

Thursday was a busy day for UF’s 2014 and 2015 recruiting classes.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Weight Watchers meetings now on UF's campus

By Debora Lima | Jan. 9, 2014

Students looking to drop pounds can attend Weight Watchers meetings at UF for the first time.

Eddie Lovett leaps over a hurdle during an NCAA East Preliminary Round in Greensboro, N.C., on May 24, 2013. Lovett has been leading the Gators in the build up to this season.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gators look to seniors for leadership in final season

By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | Jan. 9, 2014

When the UF track and field team travels to Birmingham, Ala., for its season-opening indoor meet this afternoon, one thing will be stressed above all: consistency.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF health center warns about peak of flu season

By Beatrice Dupuy | Jan. 9, 2014

With flu season in progress, the UF Student Health Care Center is urging students to take precautions.

NEWS | FEATURES

Families battling mold in Gainesville apartment complex

By Shayna Posses | Jan. 9, 2014

Erica Brown’s 6-year-old son doesn’t understand why his family can’t go home.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gainesville activists fight for monkeys’ rights

By Shayna Posses | Jan. 9, 2014

When it comes to the treatment of UF laboratory animals, a local organization isn’t monkeying around.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF ranked fifth in online undergraduate degrees

By Angela Skane | Jan. 9, 2014

From 2013 to 2014, UF’s online degree program rocketed up 29 places in the U.S. News and World rankings.

Trinity Christian Academy outside linebacker Jeffrey Holland, a 2015 recruit, narrows down his choices to six schools Thursday morning.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Florida rebuilding secondary with top-5 cornerback recruit

By MORGAN MORIARTY | Jan. 9, 2014

We’re just less than a month away from National Signing Day, and for recruiting that means it’s the busiest time of year. Florida received some big news Thursday from both 2014 and 2015 recruits.

Scottie Wilbekin is helped off the court after rolling his right ankle during Florida’s 74-58 win against South Carolina on Wednesday in the O’Connell Center. This was the second right ankle injury Wilbekin has suffered this season.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gators lose point guard in win against Gamecocks

By LANDON WATNICK< | Jan. 8, 2014

No. 10 Florida handled Southeastern Conference bottom-dweller South Carolina 74-58 on Wednesday night in the O’Connell Center, but a right ankle sprain to senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin put a damper on the Gators’ program record-tying 24th straight home victory.

Tyrek Cole announced over Twitter when he would verbally commit to a school.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Tyrek Cole will announce his oral commitment Thursday

By MORGAN MORIARTY | Jan. 8, 2014

UF defensive back target Tyrek Cole will announce his oral commitment Thursday night at 8.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Scam emails impersonate UF Help Desk

By Beatrice Dupuy | Jan. 8, 2014

A phishing scam has recently surfaced to hook students into providing their GatorLink information.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UFIT cracking down on Java, Flash updates

By Beatrice Dupuy | Jan. 8, 2014

Starting Monday at 7 a.m, devices that have not been installed with anti-virus software and updated with Java and Flash will be locked out of UF’s Wi-Fi.

Florida wide receiver commit Ermon Lane posted a photo on his Instagram account Wednesday afternoon of him wearing Florida State attire.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Class of 2014 looks to bolster meager Florida offense

By MORGAN MORIARTY | Jan. 8, 2014

Florida’s offense will have a new look in 2014.

Damontre Harris poses during Florida’s basketball media day. Harris was dismissed from the team on Dec. 21. Billy Donovan said Harris was re-enrolled at UF this semester and has a possibility of returning to the team after this season.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Harris re-enrolled at UF but will not play for Gators this season

By LANDON WATNICK< | Jan. 8, 2014

Damontre Harris is re-enrolled at UF, coach Billy Donovan said after No. 10 Florida’s 74-58 win against South Carolina on Wednesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF allows guns in cars on campus

By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Jan. 8, 2014

UF’s ban on firearms has loosened following a Florida appellate court decision that allows for guns locked inside a vehicle to be brought on campus.

NEWS | CAMPUS

New environmental major approved at UF, two majors canceled

By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Jan. 7, 2014

The end of the Fall semester brought approval for a new degree within UF’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, as well as two canceled majors from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Bridgette Caquatto performs her floor routine during the NCAA Regionals on April 6, 2013, in the O’Connell Center. Caquatto missed part of the 2013 season due to injury, but she plans to return for the Gators’ first meet on Saturday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Caquatto ready to compete

By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 7, 2014

Bridgette Caquatto is not the most experienced member on the Florida gymnastics squad. But as the Naperville, Ill., native prepares to start her sophomore season, she feels like she has already been tested.

NEWS | SFC

RTS adds new shuttle route to Lake Wauburg

By Beatrice Dupuy | Jan. 7, 2014

Lake Wauburg-bound students no longer have to cram into friends’ cars for a weekend excursion thanks to a new bus route from the Regional Transit System.

Agata Strausa, who will compete in distance events during the spring track season, never finished worse than second in eight meets during cross country in the fall.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF women look to meet men’s title standard at season-opening meet

By LAWRENCE LAGUNA< | Jan. 7, 2014

Mike Holloway is one of the most decorated coaches Florida has on its payroll. Under his leadership, the UF men’s team has won five national titles, and Holloway has five coach of the year awards.