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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 is one of the best cities for college students when it comes to cost of living, academia and economic growth.
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.
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.
Handmade bamboo straws have made their way from Thailand to the UF International Center.
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.
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.
Diane McFarlin said the world is suffering from a crisis of trust.
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.
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.
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.
The International Center in the Hub is opening its revamped space next week.
"Autobus only" signs are appearing at bus stops across Gainesville. This sign is located outside Innovation Hub on Southwest Second Avenue.
Gainesville residents will be able to board a driverless RTS bus as early as Aug. 20. Until then, a team of UF researchers wants your opinion on it. One might approach you at a crowded bus stop to get it.
Music drives people, and tonight, it just might be driving people to downtown Gainesville’s Depot Park for its weekly music-centered events leading up to Make Music Day.
With the start of Summer A and C, I’m reminded that summer is my favorite time of year at UF.
The Innovative Product Development Center at Santa Fe College is aiming to help entrepreneurs and innovators in Alachua and surrounding counties develop their discoveries into commercial products. Its main focus is mentoring start-up companies.
Former Student Body President Smith Meyers completed his term Tuesday, and President-elect Ian Green will take over today. Here’s a review of what suggestions the Impact Party made during Meyers’ campaigning that were accomplished or are in progress:
Al Holmes, 59, greets every passenger with a “good morning” as they board the bus Thursday mornings. He gets up early in the morning to work his shift, which begins at 4:30 a.m., and drives the 118 route which goes all the way from the Cultural Plaza to the Hub, traversing from east to west across campus.
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