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Alachua County library district to host cosplaying event

By Cooper Fulcher | Apr. 3, 2017

Comic book and anime fans can cosplay their favorite characters this weekend.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student plans Gainesville car show to benefit charity

By Courtney Moberley | Apr. 3, 2017

Cars, trucks and motorcycles will line the streets of downtown this Saturday during the first Great Gainesville Car show.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

OK, now when’s the Lil Wayne protest?

Apr. 3, 2017

On Monday night, a small group of UF students carried signs and yelled into megaphones in protest of Ben Shapiro’s appearance on campus. Remarkably outnumbered by students waiting in a snaking line to see the controversial conservative talking head, the protesters stood in the name of morality, for the sake of letting UF know that they wouldn’t stand for Shapiro’s anti-LGBTQ+ stances.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Find what you’re passionate about, and pursue it

Apr. 3, 2017

Passion. What a word. As college students, this word probably means a lot to a good number of us. We’re told time and time again to major in something we love and to join organizations centered around ideas we’re passionate about. The funny thing about this is that when we first arrived on campus armed with twin XL sheets and a shower caddy, a lot of us may have thought we knew what we were passionate about, only to change our minds a little further down the road.

OPINION | COLUMNS

When pondering theories, focus on getting everyone on the same page

Apr. 3, 2017

The other week in my English theory course, we were talking about sexuality, feminism and the issues of gender. Specifically, we were dissecting works like Michel Foucault’s “The History of Sexuality,” Donna Haraway’s “A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s” and Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble.” If you know any of the three of these works, then you’d know they all share one thing in common: density. These works are all so dense that it takes a significant amount of poise to parse through them, though even at times, I find the lazier side of myself resorting to calling their arguments “wack” and closing the book.

Maria Torres watches her shot during the SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invitational on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Florida falters late at Clemson Invitational

By Morgan McMullen | Apr. 2, 2017

The Gators women’s golf team finished the second round of the Clemson Invitational in a tie for second place at 7 under on Saturday. The only thing to change between then and the end of the final round on Sunday was a lower placement.

UF's Sam Horsfield swings during the SunTrust Gator Invitational on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Mark Bostic Golf Course.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators win tournament as Horsfield takes individual title

By Justin Ahlum | Apr. 2, 2017

Florida was trailing Alabama going into the final round on Saturday night. But on Sunday, the Gators rolled past the Tide to win the Mason Rudolph Championship by one stroke.

UF freshman Grant Holloway jumps at the Hokie Invitational men's long jump final on Jan. 21, 2017.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF track teams find success at Florida Relays

By Daniel Smithson | Apr. 2, 2017

Florida hadn’t led the entire race.

UF's Josie Kuhlman hits a backhand during Florida's 4-2 win against Oklahoma State on Feb. 18, 2017, at the Ring Tennis Complex.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida plays ‘complete weekend, dominates

By Spencer Thompson | Apr. 2, 2017

After a week with very little practice and two players sick with the flu, the Gators women’s tennis team could’ve played slow. Instead, they dominated.

Kelly Barnhill pitches during UF's doubleheader sweep of Jacksonville on Feb. 27, 2016, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Florida sweeps Arkansas behind Barnhill

By Cassie Amundson | Apr. 2, 2017

Arkansas shouldn’t have been surprised.

UF President Kent Fuchs leads a crowd of more than 90,000 people in a cheer as honorary Mr. Two Bits before the Florida State University game on Nov. 28, 2015, in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. “It was incredible,” he said afterwards, about leading the cheer.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Spacemen, Skunk Apes and Skeeters: Renaming the Gators

By Matt Brannon | Apr. 2, 2017

President of UF Kent Fuchs made an unbelievable announcement over the weekend.

UF gymnast Rachel Slocum celebrates during the NCAA Gainesville Regional on April 1, 2017, in the O'Connell Center.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Florida has Super Six aspirations following NCAA Championships berth

By Lauren Staff | Apr. 2, 2017

As soon as Rachel Slocum stuck her landing on vault, she couldn’t contain her excitement.

UF first baseman JJ Schwarz swings during Florida's 2-0 win against Miami on Feb. 25, 2017, at McKethan Stadium.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators edge out Mizzou for series sweep

By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 2, 2017

Jackson Kowar watched and hoped. He needed the bunt to roll foul. He waited for it to roll foul. But it teetered right up against the third-base line and ended up fair.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Police arrest man for driving drunkenly, racing car

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 2, 2017

Gainesville Police arrested a man Saturday for racing his truck on West University Avenue while he was drunk.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Professor calls on Fuchs to add diversity course

By Paige Fry | Apr. 2, 2017

A UF professor and her students want more than UF President Kent Fuchs’ condemnation of recent hateful events on campus.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: Man schemes to steal from businesses

By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 2, 2017

Gainesville Police arrested a Georgia man Friday for going to local businesses and selling nonexistent ad space.

At the conference, four UF students from different art departments created a painting inspired by the talks. "It's relaxing," said Maddy Nave, a UF art junior with a specialization in print. "You just have to say yes to what everyone else is doing."

NEWS | CAMPUS

Eighth annual TEDxUF attracts about 1,200 people

By Jimena Tavel | Apr. 2, 2017

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that the 2017 TEDxUF event was the eighth annual, not the fourth and that admission for the event was capped.