Mark Porter, 23, is a plant-breeding Ph.D. candidate who spends his days at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma, Florida, one of a dozen such facilities operated by UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
The Florida men’s club lacrosse team is having arguably its greatest season of all time, sitting fifth in the MCLA coaches poll with a chance to win its third conference title.
The Independent Florida Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers and more for the Summer semester.
For Frisch and four students who share their experiences on college campuses, challenges associated with a lack of accessibility are commonplace. At UF, barriers send a message that they don’t belong — such as construction, neglect of funds, hurtful language and classroom inaccessibility.
Emma Bissell thought a frisbee whacked her head outside Normal Hall. But frisbees don't leave talon marks. The 20-year-old UF telecommunications sophomore was attacked by a hawk in January. On Wednesday morning, UF’s College of Education sent an email warning students to be wary when walking in the Norman Hall area.
Four months after a 24-year-old snuck into UF residence hall bathrooms and recorded women, UF Housing installed additional locks on bathroom doors. But residents remain uneasy about their safety. Deontre Donnell Mason snuck into female-only floors in Murphree Hall and Thomas Hall and took videos of at least nine residents as they showered, used the bathroom and walked up the stairs.
ACSO has been accused of neglect in the past, including the incident when Erica Thompson gave birth in prison and lost her baby hours later at UF Health Shands Hospital. The internal investigation began on April 1 and was completed on April 5.
Over my time at The Alligator, I’ve learned to cherish every moment. However, to me, it isn’t only about appreciating time. It is learning to accept, revere and grow from the hardest.
The Alligator newsroom is lined with its history. The best issues, framed, hang over editors’ desks. The sagging couch where I nestled for the past 16 print nights seems pulled out of an estate sale, or an abandoned frat house. Closets contain stacks of our recent issues and proud collections of novels written by Alligator alum.
I’ve been obsessed with words for as long as I can remember. The way they can make you feel, what art you can create or how they shape you. And I love words, for I grew up having trouble arranging them in my speech the way I could on paper. So I gobbled them when I could, whether that was reading or writing elementary books before I understood what world I lived in.
I had joined The Alligator Summer 2020 as a transfer student, about four months after the onset of the pandemic. As a digital news assistant, I reported remotely from my Miami home, and my interactions consisted strictly of text and video calls over Zoom. It wasn’t until I became a features and investigations editor in January that I began to feel the sense of community that a true newsroom fosters. I began to see The Alligator as a second home.
It was freshman Deric Fabian who saved the day for No. 23 Florida (22-14, 6-9) in the 10th inning with a solo home walk-off run to seal a 4-3 victory over the Commodores (25-10, 7-8).
BT Riopelle’s three home run game and Brandon Sproat’s outing on the mound were spoiled by Vanderbilt’s four-run sixth inning en route to an 8-6 Gators loss Saturday night.
Trinity Thomas earned her 12th perfect score of the season in a tough loss to Oklahoma for the Natty.
It wasn’t always pretty, but No. 9 Florida softball earned two wins and its first SEC series sweep of the year at Ole Miss.
Florida comes back from an early deficit to cruise to a third-straight conference win, beating Vanderbilt 16-8 on the road.
Florida’s roller coaster of a season dropped again as they blew a late lead to Vanderbilt.
Fewer women’s restrooms in UF STEM buildings lead some women to question whether they belong in a male-dominated field. Ginger Lucas, a 22-year-old nuclear science senior, said the lack of equal restrooms bothers her but pushes her even further to prove her capabilities to others. “It’s just a minor inconvenience and sort of irritation,” Lucas said. “Like a reminder of the past, of how things used to be.”
The Gators advance to their 18th NCAA team final Saturday. Dominance on the floor secured their spot and led to a new Florida NCAA Championships record of 49.75.
The Gators scored five runs in the fourth inning to secure the first game of the series. Both teams will close the slate on a Friday doubleheader.
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