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University of Florida football season-ticket prices will increase next year for the first time since 2011, the UAA announced at a meeting Thursday. Board members also discussed the construction updates of the O'Connell Center and Otis Hawkins Center.

The University of Connecticut and Vanguard University tested potential new NCAA rules at their exhibition game Nov. 8. The rules, which include using men's basketballs, a farther 3-point arc and a shorter shot clock, could cause significant changes to the University of Florida's women's basketball team and other college basketball teams.

Title IX has brought greater equality to collegiate athletics, but budgetary gaps still exist between men's and women's sports at universities across the country.

Karen Clarke, assistant superintendent for the Alachua County School Board, said the school board has been working since June to ensure that graduation at Citizens Field is a memorable night for the class of 2016.

This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of Gainesville Senior Games hosted by Gainesville Sports Commission. This year people 50 and older can compete in nine local sporting events.

Islam on Campus hosted its 13th annual Fast-A-Thon at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on Tuesday and rewarded about 700 attendants with a free meal. The event featured guest speaker Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy and will benefit Project Downtown Gainesville, a local charity, and Islamic Relief USA with a goal of benefiting Nepal earthquake survivors.

This semester's Career Showcase hosted 378 businesses and organizations, the largest number since 2008, and in each fall semester there has been a 10 percent increase in student turnout since then.

University spokesperson, Steve Orlando, confirmed one employee was injured at the construction around the renovation of the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

The UAA announced plans on Wednesday for the construction of an indoor football practice facility expected to be completed September 2015. The project is estimated at $15 million and will be located at the site of the Sanders Football Practice Fields.