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Bridgette Caquatto performs her floor routine during the NCAA Regionals on April 6, 2013, in the O’Connell Center. Caquatto missed part of the 2013 season due to injury, but she plans to return for the Gators’ first meet on Saturday.
NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Caquatto ready to compete

Bridgette Caquatto is not the most experienced member on the Florida gymnastics squad. But as the Naperville, Ill., native prepares to start her sophomore season, she feels like she has already been tested.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

America’s problem is lack of social mobility

Another semester brought me another opportunity to contribute to the Alligator Opinions section. As I sat down and faced my laptop, preparing to write my first piece of the new year, I thought I should tackle the benefits of reading or my collegiate career so far. I wanted to stay away from politics at least for one week — we all want to start the semester on a good note.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Drop it like it’s hot — or not: Drop/add week woes

Like taxes, gynecological exams and salad, drop/add week is a necessary evil — a time of the semester where classes are treated like sample stations at Costco, only instead of hairnet-wearing old ladies, professors and TAs are doling out the tastes of what the semester will bring.



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