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(07/11/19 10:36am)
Swimming until your fingertips form mountain ridges, reading library books as the regularly scheduled rain pings at your window and napping with the smell of sunscreen lotion lingering on your cool sheets are just a few of the childhood summer mementos we hold close to our sunburnt hearts. Just because you have summer classes doesn’t mean you can’t tap into a youthful experience with exploration and adventure in a town most students only get to know in their adult life. Here are our favorite (somewhat) hidden gems and summer pastimes.
(07/03/19 10:29am)
UF alumnus Sen. Marco Rubio and former Sen. Bill Nelson spoke at UF Tuesday afternoon to discuss their bipartisan relationship in the U.S. Senate.
(07/02/19 2:11am)
UF Smathers Library and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service is partnering with former Senator Bill Nelson to host a discussion on bipartisanship.
(07/02/19 12:34am)
UF is planning for a lot of changes in the coming years. Earlier this month, students found out about the $2.2 billion expansion and projects planned by administrators. These include an expanded honors program residential space, a new student healthcare facility and turning Union Road and parts of Newell Drive into pedestrian walkways. Although these changes sound appealing, I have some thoughts on them.
(07/02/19 12:07am)
Summer B marks the halfway point of summer session, but for most of the fresh faces on campus, this is just the beginning. With beginnings come the transition period of figuring out what the hell is going on in this humid, and at times bizarre, place we call Gainesville. Your high school shenanigans may or may not have prepared you for this whirlwind six weeks of learning. The Editorial Board has a combined 14 years of experience on UF’s campus so take it from us…
(07/02/19 12:03am)
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF) held Building on Our History — Stonewall 50 Celebration Saturday night to honor the anniversary of the uprising seen as the catalyst for the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
(06/22/19 3:59pm)
The UF campus is about to get even safer with additional security equipment and resources.
(06/18/19 1:17pm)
The Florida Senate voted 33-6 in favor of a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill received support as a means to stop the increasing number of teenagers using e-cigarettes and tobacco products. While almost everyone agrees that smoking is unhealthy, this bill isn’t the right way to curb tobacco use.
(06/13/19 9:15am)
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a woman sleeping behind the wheel of her car around 7 p.m. Monday.
(06/04/19 1:15am)
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(06/04/19 1:14am)
The Gainesville Housing & Community Development Division (HCD) held a community meeting on Monday evening at the Thelma Boltin Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave., to review the Proposed Annual Action Plan.
(06/03/19 10:15pm)
Dwight Jenkins, 59, and Cayley Buckner, 21-year-old UF English and natural resource conservation senior, dance Friday night during the opening of the “A Walk in the Park” exhibition. Jenkins and Buckner are both members of the Gainesville Old-Time Dance Society, a local community for contra dancing. Contra dancing is a type of social dance where people can attend alone and find a partner at the event. “I hated dancing before I found contra,” said Buckner, who has been dancing for about four years. “I was the kid who would sneak off to the library and read during school dances.”
(06/03/19 10:07pm)
Dwight Jenkins, 59, and Cayley Buckner, 21-year-old UF English and natural resource conservation senior, dance Friday night during the opening of the “A Walk in the Park” exhibition. Jenkins and Buckner are both members of the Gainesville Old-Time Dance Society, a local community for contra dancing. Contra dancing is a type of social dance where people can attend alone and find a partner at the event. “I hated dancing before I found contra,” said Buckner, who has been dancing for about four years. “I was the kid who would sneak off to the library and read during school dances.”
(04/30/19 8:34pm)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A shooting on a North Carolina university campus left two people dead and four wounded Tuesday, prompting a lockdown and chaotic scene in the state’s largest city.
(04/24/19 1:11am)
At 3 a.m. in Library West, students sip their last drops of Starbucks and tremble in fear of failing exams and not living up to expectations.
(04/23/19 9:49pm)
Josiah T. Walls fought on both sides of the Civil War, served as Gainesville’s mayor and became Florida’s first black representative.
(04/21/19 11:14pm)
Garth Brooks concertgoers were given parking priority while UF students struggled to find spots Saturday.
(04/21/19 7:01pm)
Now that this day is here, the day of my last Alligator column, it may be appropriate for me to reflect on what I have been trying to do here for the past couple years.
(04/18/19 9:52pm)
A temporary discount code could give UF students and faculty one less thing to worry about during finals week.
