NEWS
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CAMPUS
YouTube stars Us the Duo performing at UF on Friday
By Melissa Gomez | Nov. 28, 2016The husband-and-wife band Us the Duo will perform at UF on Friday.
COVID-19
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF expanding on-campus Greek life housing near Hume Hall
By Paige Fry | Nov. 28, 2016Forest land near Hume Residence Hall is being cleared for Greek housing.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Home again: a week of Thanksgiving firsts and looking to the future
Nov. 28, 2016Thanksgiving always manages to shift your perspective, creating a different effect with each visit. It can make you nostalgic, anxious or maybe just send you straight into that existential tailspin the Alligator detailed in last week’s editorial. It’s a brief reprieve from a tedious collegiate schedule and a reality check on life in the Gainesville bubble. It’s a week of compromise: with your parents promising not to pry too much about post-graduation plans and you tolerating the pageantry of the Christmas-card photo shoot in return. Despite this being my last Thanksgiving Break as an undergraduate, I experienced a variety of firsts, proving that while I grow and change, so does my home.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
The ‘Great American Hypocrisy’
Nov. 28, 2016On Thanksgiving, it is custom to sit at the table with those you feel most connected to in your life and be grateful for the simple things. When we sit down at that dinner table, surrounded by good food and better company, we remind ourselves to be thankful for the little things: a good meal, our health and togetherness. As soon as the meal is complete, another great American tradition begins: Black Friday shopping.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Let love motivate you, not hatred, you silly human
Nov. 28, 2016Sorry, copy desk. I wanted to get kind of political today. Not political enough to provide facts for you to check, but political enough to make you groan at another one of these columns. If it makes you feel any better, I regret this column, too.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators finish strong, top Miami in Orlando
By Matt Brannon | Nov. 27, 2016After an agonizing loss against No. 11 Gonzaga on Friday, Florida found itself on the wrong end of a 9-0 Miami run to start the second half on Sunday.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Column: McElwain missed the mark in post-game press conference
By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 27, 2016Jim McElwain took to the microphone following the football team’s loss to Florida State on Saturday looking like he’d just been told about a dead relative.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
‘HEARTBROKEN’: UF’s playoff hopes dashed in loss to FSU
By IAN COHEN | Nov. 27, 2016TALLAHASSEE — The pocket was closing, so Austin Appleby ran.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Renovations to Plaza of the Americas to begin today
By Catherine Dickson | Nov. 27, 2016UF’s Plaza of the Americas is getting a new look.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Java Hut Coffee employee arrested in connection with bomb threat
By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 27, 2016Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Waldo woman Tuesday in connection to a handwritten bomb threat found in UF’s New Engineering Building last week.
METRO
Emotions high for Cuban faculty, students after Castro’s death
Nov. 27, 2016Early Saturday morning, Pedro Luis Perez screamed until he lost his voice.
METRO
During post-election Thanksgiving, students, families avoid discourse
By Molly Vossler | Nov. 27, 2016For UF professor Stephen Craig, Thanksgiving dinner provided more than a whiff of homemade food — it was a breath of fresh air following a divisive election cycle.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: While evading police, man waved newspaper out of window
Nov. 27, 2016As he led police on a mile-long chase Thursday, a Gainesville man waved a newspaper out of his car window and nearly hit someone with his car, Gainesville Police said.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF highest-ranked US public university for post-graduation job preparations
By Jimena Tavel | Nov. 27, 2016UF became the highest-ranked public university in the U.S. for preparing its students for jobs after graduation by a London-based survey.
METRO
Christmas tree sales already booming in Gainesville
By Martin Vassolo | Nov. 27, 2016Fresh from Thanksgiving Break, Gainesville was in a merry mood Sunday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students, professors to honor Nelson Mandela today
By Romy Ellenbogen | Nov. 27, 2016UF lecturer Kole Odutola will read a letter today addressed to Nelson Mandela.
METRO
Muslim student denied rifle purchase, alleges discrimination
Nov. 27, 2016After being denied from purchasing a gun earlier this month, a Muslim Santa Fe College student believes his religion motivated the Gainesville Bass Pro Shops to turn him away.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
The acquisition of innate knowledge and restrooms
Nov. 27, 2016Years ago, Wolfgang Kohler conducted a psychological study in which several monkeys were placed in a cage together with a single piece of food at the top of the cage. The monkeys were fed regularly, but if one of those monkeys attempted to climb up stairs and touch the food, the researchers would spray all the monkeys with ice water. The monkeys were eventually conditioned to never go up that high to retrieve the piece of food.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
What the frack? A look at fracking economics and why we should care
Nov. 27, 2016You’ve probably heard of fracking before. For those of you who have not heard of it, let me provide a brief overview. Fracking is another name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a drilling technique used to extract oil or natural gas from deep underground. Right now, fracking is a hotly debated topic both environmentally and politically. Some people say it’s fine, safe and economically sustainable. Others disagree, claiming it leads to contaminated drinking water, air pollution and heightened conditions for global warming.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
We’re not talking about Standing Rock correctly
Nov. 27, 2016Protestors against the Dakota Access pipeline have been told to leave their camp by Dec. 5 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Although they said it’s to protect the protestors from confrontations and illness due to the harsh winter conditions, taking away their right to protest will actually do more to harm them. The people who are most affected by this are the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; they will have a lot more problems in the future if the pipeline is built without interference. The protestors must be allowed to voice their concerns until they are heard.
