Picks Column: Week 11
(11/08/19 8:34am)
The Gators did it.
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Q&A with Saturday Night Live legend Chris Kattan
(11/04/19 1:35pm)
“Chris Kattan and Friends” is coming to Gainesville for the first time to perform a live stand-up comedy special for a sold out crowd on Tuesday night at the High Dive.
Photojournalism’s future is uncertain in the digital age
(10/27/19 9:29pm)
Professional photography isn’t dead, it’s just becoming less appreciated. Newsrooms across the nation are letting go of their professional photographers in favor of less expensive freelancers and amateur photographers. Jobs in photography are decreasing, and photojournalists could be replaced by pretty much anyone with a smartphone.
Questions to ask other than, “What are you going to do with that major?”
(10/13/19 10:06pm)
As college students, our majors are closely tied to our identities, whether we like to admit it or not.
Former ‘The Amazing Race’ stars speak about UF
(10/03/19 11:26pm)
Between seemingly impossible frisbee trick shots, beating cancer and paragliding down a 7,000 foot tall mountain, Brodie Smith and Kurt Gibson know all about beating the odds.
ACCENT Speakers Bureau’s Conservative Bias
(10/03/19 10:55pm)
Do you ever just want to waste $50,000, but don’t feel like dousing it in gasoline and setting it on fire? Don’t feel like funding emergency blue lights? Don’t feel like helping student organizations that are struggling with funding?
Picks Column: Week 5
(09/27/19 3:18am)
We may still have Rocky Top stuck in our heads after hearing it way too many times for a 31-point Florida win, and some Gators fans may still be recovering from early morning drinking (seriously, who schedules a noon football game?), but we all survived Week 4.
LSAT goes digital: from paper to tablet exams
(09/21/19 3:13pm)
The most important test for students applying to law school faced a major change Saturday: a switch from traditional pencil and paper to a modern, digital tablet.
Picks Column: Week 4
(09/20/19 9:16am)
Nobody had a particularly good trip to Lexington.
Alachua County Jail hacker outsmarted system “just to prove” he could
(09/13/19 12:19am)
Justin Lee Williams watched his reflection against a dim screen in the Alachua County Jail.
Be kind to the weather person
(09/06/19 12:22am)
During discussions of hurricane tracks, forecasts and cones of uncertainty, I’ve heard mention of how the meteorologists discussing these forecasts “always” get it wrong or make mistakes. While I can understand why people feel this way, such comments detract from the important work that meteorologists do.
The social media oligarchy banished Alex Jones. Who’s next?
(08/25/19 11:45pm)
Few tales are more perplexing than the Alex Jones saga. The eccentric, conspiratorial host of InfoWars seems to be at the center of virtually every controversy, from insinuating that the mass shooting at Sandy Hook was staged (and subsequently being sued for it) to sending child pornography, supposedly unknowingly, to the plaintiffs in a defamation lawsuit.
Social media negatively influences back-to-school shopping
(08/21/19 12:26am)
I can’t deny that I love a good deal. When most people see a sale they immediately perk up, and probably spend a little more than they should. This, unfortunately, is especially true in retail shopping and many people don’t realize how affected they are by the advertising they see-especially online.
Darts & Laurels: UF experience edition
(08/12/19 10:16am)
The beads of sweat drop down your face and burn as they slide into your eye. You are finally done moving into your new dorm. Even though you are from Florida, you have never experienced heat like this. The dorm is nice...-ish. But it will do. Nothing can get you down. It’s your first week of college and you’re about to meet your roommate who you met on an online forum. As they knock on the door, you ask yourself, “How weird could they be?” You open the door and a strange saying is plastered across their shirt....
UF resources for students in poverty
(08/12/19 2:09am)
To students facing financial hardship: you are not alone. Both UF and off-campus organizations have resources readily available to those who need them, said Sara Tanner, marketing and communications director for UF’s Student Affairs.
Darts and Laurels: Aug. 7, 2019
(08/07/19 11:28pm)
Move out day is here. The cardboard boxes clutter your room in a claustrophobic way. You start to see the appeal in minimalism as you cram the umpteenth box with the umpteenth useless piece of junk. The floors are bare. The walls lack personality. It is time to say goodbye to your favorite corner of the apartment where all the spiders hang out. You take one of the Comfort Color T-shirts that now serves you no use and cry into it. After five minutes of bawling your eyes out, you lift your head and look into the shirt. You don’t remember what function you got it from, but the tear stains spell something out...
As death count rises in 2 US shootings, a familiar aftermath
(08/05/19 10:31pm)
Anguished families planned funerals in two U.S. cities, politicians pointed fingers and a nation numbed by gun violence wondered what might come next Monday as the death toll from two weekend mass shootings rose to 31.
Disney makes money off remakes, but creativity is tossed aside
(07/30/19 2:24pm)
I first wrote about remakes, reboots and sequels for The Alligator in November of last year. At the time, I addressed Hollywood as a whole and how it can do remakes better. But I have since realized that while almost all of the major studios are guilty of this, Disney’s approach has been… special.
What Fortnite World Cup champion should do with prize money
(07/30/19 12:51am)
Sunday night, a teenage gamer became a multi-millionaire and also a Fortnite World Cup champion. Sixteen-year-old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf beat 99 other players, and in doing so, became the game’s first solo world champion. He won $3 million. And although he didn’t ask, we have a few ideas about how he should spend it.
The trouble with troll videos
(07/23/19 1:30pm)
The internet’s resident troll has struck again, this time in our very own Turlington Plaza. If you’re lucky, you’ve never heard of him. If you have, you probably wish you had not. Instagram user Supreme Patty posted a video on Saturday of him smoking a bong in front of Marston Library as a UPD patrol car rolls in the background. Although the video may have you believe the 20-year-old Daytona Beach, Florida, native was smoking weed, UF Public Safety tweeted “it was oregano...”
