GoFundMe for ill UF alumna raises more than $16,000
By Patricia Potestades | Aug. 5, 2015Roselle Derequito started feeling sick a few weeks ago. She had a fever and a mild headache — nothing too out of the ordinary.
Roselle Derequito started feeling sick a few weeks ago. She had a fever and a mild headache — nothing too out of the ordinary.
After more than three months between nomination hearings, UF Student Government now has its entire Executive Branch agency heads approved.
Upon first glance, Joselin Padron-Rasines seems quiet and reserved.
After a moment of uncertainty, the first Republican Party debate of the election season today in Ohio promises to have an interesting showing, with hosts, times and finally debaters set.
“Gainesville,” a new show on CMT network, is set to air back-to-back episodes Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. While some may be excited that a reality television series will take place within their own city, others don’t think “Gainesville” will accurately represent all aspects of the show’s namesake city.
“Hotline Bling” and “Right Hand” by Drake
Gainesville’s dearest icon and Maude’s Cafe performer Tom Miller is asking his family and friends to buy him a reasonably priced dinner in a small town for his 50th birthday.
The newest installment of the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” series was released last week, only to be met with overly harsh criticism. Though it’s necessary to swallow any preconceived ideas of high comedy prior to seeing “Vacation,” the film is not bad — idiotic, yes, but certainly not the terrible movie it’s been made out to be.
When I first got to UF, I struggled to find a group of friends. I had friends speckled throughout Gainesville, but I always felt like I was lacking that family away from family. I guess you could say, I eventually gave up.
Greetings and salutations, Gainesville! We welcome you to this most August occasion by which we end our Summer circulation of the Alligator and prepare our inkstained (not really because everything’s digital nowadays) hands for the coming of our Fall semester. But before we go, we must leave our valued audience for our even more valued swimsuits and margaritas and leave you with this final summer edition of…Darts and Laurels.
Punk veterans No Fraud are coming to Gainesville — a music scene the hardcore thrashers are more than familiar with.
In storytelling, it is a common occurrence for the protagonist to gain insight or make a personal breakthrough by retreating to nature.
The Alligator Awards continue this week, with the sixth award being for "Best Female Athlete." Editor-in-chief Jordan McPherson and staff writer Ian Cohen join alligatorSports editors Graham Hall, Luis Torres and Graham Hack in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
With the Florida football team opening Fall camp on Aug. 6, coaches will get their first look at the newest Gators arriving on campus from the 2015 recruiting class. Here’s a list of five freshmen who could start from the beginning for UF.
The UF volleyball team set the bar high in 2014, but it can undoubtedly soar higher in 2015.
Errict Rhett, Florida football’s career rushing leader, has been accused of filing fraudulent liens and conveying a fraudulent deed to avoid foreclosure on his Gainesville home.
When Troy Bryant and Sean Lyons were first year engineering students at UF, they joked about being senior design partners and having the best project.
UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures is nearing the final stretch of its search for a new director.
When her friend was shot about two weeks ago, Clara Edwards decided to make a GoFundMe page to help cover his medical expenses.
A voting program focused on accessibility developed by a team now at UF is being awarded by the Knight Foundation as part of its $3.2 million Knight News Challenge.