Protesters in opposition of Samuel Lee Smithers’ execution bang a hammer on a metal cylinder in solidarity. Smithers was executed at Florida State Prison on Oct. 14, 2025.

Bayden Armstrong is a Fall 2025 photographer for The Independent Florida Alligator. She is a sophomore Media Production, Management and Technology major. In her spare time, you can find her vintage shopping or logging movies on Letterboxd.
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By Ryan Friedenberg | 10:49pmCustomers wait in line at the Sonic inside of the J. Wayne Reitz Union on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.
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By Libby Clifton | 6:27pmChris Malachowsky, co-founder of computer graphics company Nvidia, speaks with students about their engineering projects during the unveiling ceremony of the fourth generation of HiPerGator, the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the U.S., at UF East Campus on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.
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By Libby Clifton | 6:27pmErik Deumens, director of research computing in UF Information Technology, guides members of the media through “the bunker,” the housing facility for the computers that make up the fourth generation of HiPerGator, the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the U.S., at UF East Campus on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.