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OPINION | COLUMNS

Abolish Student Government. Burn it all down.

June 15, 2020

Murphree Area Senator Zachariah Chou asks if UF cares about its minority students

SPORTS

What We're Missing: The Little League World Series

By Declan Walsh | June 15, 2020

For a 12-year-old baseball player, this is supposed to be a magical time.

SPORTS

What We're Missing

June 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the sports calendar into disarray. The month of June usually features the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final as well as the MLB's regular season and the U.S. Open. This summer was also supposed to have huge international events like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and Euro 2020.

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 file photo, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) passes against the Baltimore Ravens during the second half of an NFL football game in Cleveland. Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to kneel during the national anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism, Saturday, June 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Which is better: College football or the NFL?

By Noah Ram | June 15, 2020

Why the big league NFL reigns supreme over college football

This story is a part of an Avenue series called “The Voices of Gainesville” meant to spotlight black-owned businesses, black artists and black musicians in Gainesville.

THE AVENUE

Two men forging a better future for BIPoC in fashion

By Valentina Botero | June 15, 2020

Brown and Jones both manage clothing businesses in Gainesville

THE AVENUE

The Voices of Gainesville: Black visual artists create art for the times

By Thomas Holton | June 15, 2020

Artists and filmmakers strive to promote equality through artistic expression

Whether used to find love, something to do on a Friday night, someone to hook up with and never speak to again or something to give your thumbs to do when you’re bored, college students are no strangers to the online dating game.

THE AVENUE

Orange & Boo: Differences in Dating — Politics

By Alyssa Archard | June 15, 2020

Can you disregard party alliances for love?

“I am happy about the amount of people that are out here still fighting and should just keep that momentum going to actually make change,” protester Jersa (left), a 21-year-old UF psychology junior, said. Kayla Zavac (right), 22, said that she just graduated from UF and in all her time here, this is the first time she has seen real movement from the community taking place for change.

METRO

“Who are you protecting?”: Gainesville’s past spotlighted

By Kaelyn Cassidy and Tristan Wood | June 14, 2020

A family of three stood together in a tight circle. Trenita White held an umbrella while her daughters, Joanna and Juanita, passed back and forth a cardboard sign that read “Black Lives Matter.” It ended at Joanna, who held it for the majority of the march.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

A look at the Gators' offense on 1st and 2nd down

By Brendan Farrell | June 13, 2020

Third down may be the “money down,” but what about the first two downs?

MULTIMEDIA | PHOTO NEWS

Facing Race: Kristen Louder

By Carley Noll | June 12, 2020

An inside look at racism on campus

Tommy Mace strides towards home last season. The junior surrendered just two earned runs in seven innings in Game 1 against Florida A&M Friday night.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

No Gators selected in 2020 MLB Draft

By Dylan O'Shea | June 12, 2020

Every year, college programs say goodbye to some of their best players on draft day.

Branden Pearson apologized Friday morning after messages containing racial slurs and other offensive language surfaced.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG official to no longer serve after racial slurs, offensive language resurface

By Meghan McGlone | June 12, 2020

Branden Pearson apologized Friday morning after messages containing racial slurs and other offensive language surfaced

Florida will become the first state to allow student-athletes to receive compensation

NEWS

Governor Ron DeSantis signs NIL Bill into law

By Noah Ram | June 12, 2020

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday that would allow college athletes to make money by profiting off their name, image and likeness (NIL). Florida is the third state to pass an NIL-related bill, but its bill will be the first one to be put into action.

Executive Order 20-72 prohibited hospitals from performing non-emergency procedures, which led to cut hours among some medical professionals

COVID 19 | ALACHUA COUNTY

Medical professionals return to work

By Emma Bautista | June 12, 2020

“We're the ones who have to take care of these patients, but we're also going to be the ones getting evicted out of our houses in June,” said one nurse.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

The alligatorSports Way-Too-Early SEC Poll

By Alligator Staff report | June 11, 2020

Assuming that the college football season begins as scheduled (which feels like a big assumption right now), we’re down to three months until the beginning of SEC play on Sept. 12. We decided to celebrate by surveying our staff on how it would rank all of the teams in the SEC heading into next season.