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How Gainesville is tackling food insecurity

Mary Ewing’s car overflowed as she loaded it with blue reusable bags filled with green apples, lettuce and chips.

Gainesville modern landmarks seek more recognition

Gainesville’s land developments may put the city’s architectural history at risk.

Living in Gainesville: Students choose between luxury and affordability (Part 2 of 4)

Sydney Rosholt wanted the exclusive pool and top-floor views when she signed up for the VIP package at The Standard.

Pikachu, T-shirts and pizza: A look at Spring SG election finances

A recipe for a 2019 UF Student Government campaign includes T-shirts, food and inflatable costumes.

Former RTS bus driver will get her job back after three years

Three years and two court decisions later, a local bus driver is getting her job back.

A Carnivorous Campaigner

Mary Katherine Boney, 5, and Hampton Boney, 7, inspect Zachariah Chou’s Inspire-themed dinosaur costume Tuesday outside of the The Hub. Chou, a 21-year-old UF political science junior, is Inspire Party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 UF Student Government elections. Inspire Party members also dressed up in a Pikachu outfit while campaigning. Chou said that the idea for the inflatable outfits came from the “‘Pokemon Go’ to the polls” statement that Hillary Clinton made during the 2016 presidential election. “We thought it would be a very positive way to increase voter turnout, and it’s definitely something different,” he said. “It all started with the Pikachu suit.”

Swans, letters and lights: UF Student Government 2019 debate

Student Government’s tug-of-war in The Alligator’s opinion section became the forefront at a debate for executive ticket candidates Tuesday night.

Gainesville lands a spot as one of the best college cities in the country

Gainesville is one of the best cities for college students when it comes to cost of living, academia and economic growth.

Gainesville can be a music titan, but only if it stays weird

Gainesville is considered a progressive music hub. I’m not sure what factors play into making a city more “hipster” than others, seeing as it’s a pretty subjective descriptor, but I’m not complaining. Maybe that's accounting for how many successful musicians have hailed from Gainesville. In that case, we have Tom Petty, Stephen Stills, Benmont Tench and Don Felder, to name a few. So I can see how we’d top the list. Or maybe they take into consideration the current state of music and art within Gainesville.

First Gainesville, next the world: Local nonprofit brings basketball and gardens to east side

Malik Bakr peered out from his tent and looked into the Hawaiian jungle as it steadily rained. The light from his phone was the only beacon in the darkness.

UF Study Abroad Office sells bamboo straws

Handmade bamboo straws have made their way from Thailand to the UF International Center.

Cease and desist: A comprehensive collection of small irritations

The Alligator’s editorial board is always on the hunt for wrongdoers to write editorials about. We keep a watchful eye on who elevates our heart rate, no matter how small the infraction, so we can take them to task in a 600-word smackdown. But most of the people who end up on our list are too mundane to merit a full declaration. We have compiled a selection of those who didn’t make the cut so we may condemn them all simultaneously. We hope none of our readers are a part of these groups who commit small, commonplace sins.

Darts & Laurels: Oct. 26, 2018

Frustrated, frantic and desperate, you are about to end your search for a decent study space on campus. Library West is at capacity. Marston Science Library is so full that the fire marshall would faint at the sight of it. Students are packed in like sardines. The sleep-deprived, zombie-like crowd smells strongly of fatigue and caffeine. The line for Starbucks stretches far into the distance, over the horizon and into the sunset. Several students give up hope and pitch tents for the night, huddle around campfires and roast weenies under the Marston French Fries. You still have one last spot to check: Newell Hall. You jog down the steps and past the Hub. Racing toward the doors, you fling them open and enter.

Happy Birthday Petty

UF wants to improve society. Here’s the $17 million initiative it planned.

Diane McFarlin said the world is suffering from a crisis of trust. 

A note from the Student Body President

What’s up, Gator Nation! I hope your semester so far has been safe, productive and enjoyable. We are about halfway through the Fall semester, and your Student Government has been busy working to get things done for all Gators. I’m so excited to tell you about some of the projects we have completed.

Cultural Revolutions Can Happen Everywhere, Even Gainesville

If you’ve been to a home football game in the past year, you’ve experienced the electricity that ignites the stadium as “We are the Boys from Old Florida” fades into “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty. Phone flashlights glow throughout the stadium as about 90,000 people belt the chorus at the top of their lungs. It’s our way to pay homage to the Gainesville great who we lost a year ago next week. I can’t speak for everyone else, but every time I hear that song it makes me proud to say I also live in Gainesville, if only for a few short years.

Alternatives to West and Marston you didn’t know you needed

It’s refreshing to see Student Body President Ian Green moving forward with making one of the two major libraries – either Marston Science Library or Library West – 24/7. Ask anyone on campus and they’ll agree that keeping one of those two libraries, ones that, you know, actually have books and plentiful seating, open at all hours is the logical thing to do.

International Center in the Hub is getting a $360,000 facelift.

The International Center in the Hub is opening its revamped space next week. 

autobus sign

"Autobus only" signs are appearing at bus stops across Gainesville. This sign is located outside Innovation Hub on Southwest Second Avenue.