‘Uncharted territory’: Unmasked students, fans return to pre-pandemic partying habits on game day
More than 200,000 Americans are dead and the U.S. president is in the hospital with COVID-19, but UF students partied on.
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More than 200,000 Americans are dead and the U.S. president is in the hospital with COVID-19, but UF students partied on.
Gainesville City Commissioner David Arreola published a letter Monday afternoon asking the UF Board of Trustees not to allow fans at home games this season.
For the 80th consecutive year, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium will welcome the Florida faithful into its concourses.
South Main Street erupted with the noise of two contrasting voices Saturday afternoon. Some called for justice for Breonna Taylor raising their fists and snapping as slurred giggles slipped from the mouths of students celebrating the Gators' win in beer-stained orange-and-blue shirts.
Luke Vescovi started Luke’s New York Bagels with his family to pay off student loans. Now, he’s using the family business to support the battle against leukemia.
Gainesville Police Department’s increase in funding this year has community members divided.
The Student Government Senate minority party, Inspire Party, is not running for election this Fall, but Level Up, a non-affiliated, newly-formed party is, along with four others.
The Gainesville Police Department’s funding is set to increase next year.
The masked crowd responded when it was asked what it would do with $1 million.
When the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles gave Florida guard Scottie Lewis his driver’s license in high school, his mother and grandmother gave him a list. On that piece of paper were different places they warned the then-16-year-old not to drive around.
Kelley Brannon is rarely on social media, avoids leaving behind bank records and falls off the grid sometimes.
Midtown reopened to dozens of bar-hoppers Friday night, but socially-distanced dance floors, reduced-capacity bars and long waits frustrated students and drove many away.
UF gave students another way of combating COVID-19: reporting when their peers are not.
The Alachua County Commission could be decreasing its indoor gathering limit to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as soon as Monday.
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.
Gainesville Police responded to two fatal car crashes within seven hours
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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David Prevatt wants to know why UF students don’t know the officers who police them.
The death of George Floyd sparked a national conversation about police brutality and reform. As local and national elections draw nearer, polls show that candidates' stance on police reform is becoming a key issue for some voters.