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Parts of the walkway in front of Norman Hall are blocked off due to aggressive attacks from hawks on pedestrians. A sign with safety tips is seen on Sunday, April 17.
NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Hawks plunge at pedestrians in the Norman Hall area

By Lily Kino | Apr. 18, 2022

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.

NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF to install additional locks following voyeurism case

By Marinna Stopa | Apr. 18, 2022

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. 

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Part of history

By Lianna Hubbard | Apr. 18, 2022

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.

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Gambling with imposter syndrome

By Asta Hemenway | Apr. 18, 2022

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. 

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

An unexpected second home

By Kalia Richardson | Apr. 18, 2022

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.

NEWS  |  CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Men’s restrooms still outnumber women’s in STEM buildings

By Lily Kino | Apr. 15, 2022

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.”

METRO  |  POLITICS

Alachua chosen for federal support to revitalize energy efficiency

By Lucille Lannigan | Apr. 13, 2022

Alachua county was chosen to participate in the US Department of Energy’s Communities Local Energy Action Program at the end of March — a huge leap in the direction of equitable sustainability. The county is one of 22 participating communities and the only Florida recipient to participate in the program, which aims to help low-income and energy-burdened communities experiencing environmental justice or economic impacts.

METRO  |  BUSINESS

Mimi the mortician: Gen-Z in death care

By Jiselle Lee | Apr. 13, 2022

Miranda “Mimi” Mythen wants to revive the dying deathcare industry. Under her TikTok account @mimithemortician, Mythen has more than 1.3 million likes and 59.8 thousand followers. She has been interviewed by Allure and Refinery29 and she has been featured in the DailyMail and the New York Post about her viral videos on funeral service.

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