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High-risk individuals and their families have spent the COVID-19 pandemic watching the rest of the world take a socially distanced walk in their shoes.
It was an emotional and action-packed Tuesday night as discussions in the district office board room discussed concerns ranging from budget to teacher morale.
Sidewalks normally flooded with cyclists, skateboarders and speedwalkers, now appear vacant. The few students on campus are sparse, with faces hidden behind cloth or medical face coverings.
A Student Government party that fell apart in Spring is back with the same leader. Two new parties will appear for the first time on the SG ballot.
March 12 – NCAA cancels the remaining athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments as well as all other championships. Notable sports cut short included gymnastics, golf, baseball, softball, tennis, and track and field.
Alachua County Commission
She was born in the Jim Crow South. At 20, she dedicated her life and mind to protecting all Americans, even those who oppressed her, from the threat of Nazism. She was the first African American woman in the U.S. to receive a graduate degree in physics — later earning another master’s degree in the field.
Faye Williams developed an appetite for activism in the tenth grade. She has worked tirelessly to uproot the symbols of hatred in the Gainesville community and let Black people take charge.
The pounding of the djembe shook the ground, the shekere set the pace. Enthusiastic claps joined in unison. She grasped the palms of her elders and swept the floor below them with her hands. The music brought sitting guests to their feet in a rhythmic trance.
As the start of the Fall semester draws near, UF officials are preparing for a return of about 56,000 students — some with the expectation of more political turbulence than ever.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
They didn’t build her a hut.
Editor’s Note: The Alligator didn’t cover the candidacy of Raemi Eagle-Glenn for District 1 and Joy Glanzer for District 3 because the positions are uncontested for the Republican party. The candidacy of Democrat Charles S. Chestnut IV for District 5 is also uncontested. These races will not appear on the Aug. 18 ballot.
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“If you’re reading this I hope you know how much pain you continue to cause me,” an anonymous survivor’s story reads. “My life will never be normal again because of you.”
Belonging to the archaic category of endlessly recycled narratives, Takashi Doscher’s “Only” illustrates mid-20s couple Will and Eva’s struggle to survive an apocalyptic pandemic that has shoved humanity to the brink of extinction. However, deviating from previous epidemic clichés, Doscher’s original story adds a twist, hinted in its title as subtly as it is guised by its nonsequential narrative structure. Although the virus’ infectivity does not discriminate, it onlyposes a health threat for women: males are asymptomatic.
Kali Blount’s perspective on Black history shifted his senior year of high school.
Suddenly, Brianna Collins felt overwhelmed. Her heart-rate spiked, she felt dizzy and her chest tightened. It felt like running from a lion, she said.
Alachua County Sheriff candidates discussed COVID-19 response, police accountability, the school-to-prison pipeline and decarceration at a Saturday forum.
I celebrated my first ever Pride in Gainesville.
Solutions by The State News
