By Joe Richard

Gainesville, it’s been a long time coming. We both knew it was going to happen. We’ve known each other for years now, always with the thought that, one day, our two lives would cease their parallel course and veer in wildly different directions. But at this moment of our nearing departure, I’d like to raise [...]

By Travis Pillow

One might be inclined to say, “Yes, homo mayor!”

On Friday, a recount confirmed that Gainesville citizens have elected Craig Lowe to be the next mayor of Gainesville. The runoff was tight – ultimately decided by just 42 votes, with a higher turnout than the general election. The student support Lowe cultivated clearly helped make his [...]

By Esteban O Sullivan

The SpringBoard dinner will take place on April 9 at the Matheson Museum, 513 E. University Ave. For more information, call the Civic Media Center at (352) 373-0100.

By Nadine Navarro

Why UF’s award-winning Documentary Institute is relocating to Wake Forest

The notorious UF budget cuts have brought opportunity to another institution.
While the cuts have affected every college in the university in some way – some more than others – they’ve had a particularly interesting effect on UF’s award-winning Documentary Institute, which will permanently close its doors [...]

By Cody Bond

When it rains, Geneva’s dishes get wet. So do the coffee pots and the Coke bottles, the Bibles, lamps and bike helmets. All the wooden furniture swells; the scrap metal rusts a little more; and Geneva stays inside. During the winter, she shuffles her wares down the long lines of tables and sweeps the leaves. By the time she’s finished, more have fallen, and she starts all over again.