Now in the 2020-2021 school year, school districts have decided to allow proms and graduations since positivity rates continue to decrease. Universal Orlando has cancelled Grad Bash and Gradventure celebrations and plans to resume hosting these events in spring 2022.
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On a warm and sunny Saturday evening, hundreds walked from Bo Diddley Plaza to Depot Park to march against racism and anti-Asian violence after six Asian American women were killed in Atlanta on March 16.
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Speed notes that people tend to focus on people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but she wants to showcase people in Gainesville and Alachua County who also accomplished greatness.
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The newest round of campaign finance reports for the March 16 City of Gainesville election reveal Gigi Simmons leading campaign fundraising numbers.
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Local Alachua County immigration activists said the victory of President-elect Joe Biden provided a sigh of relief.
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Her loved ones remember her as a devoted icon of the Gainesville educational community, a pioneer of integration and a prominent local civil rights activist. She died on Sept. 24 in her home at the age of 96.
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As dean of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications from 1976 to 1994, Lowenstein arranged for the installation of a large, integrated PC network, made up of some 300 computers – one of the earliest in a university environment.
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More than 13,000 UF students had signed a petition urging UF to temporarily transition from the standard A-E letter grading system to a pass-fail option for students in the wake of the virus.
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Florida ranks third in most human trafficking cases, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, behind only California and Texas.
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Gainesville is set to receive about $38 million this fiscal year from GRU. That amounts to almost 29 percent of the city’s anticipated total general fund revenue: $133 million.
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