Sports
Kennedy Martin reaches career milestone against Arkansas
By Shaine Davison | Oct. 30, 2024Florida volleyball won its match against Arkansas on the road at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Sports
Room for improvement: Florida soccer season comes to an end against Tennessee
By Max Tucker | Oct. 30, 2024The Florida soccer team took the field clinging to a hope of ending its inconsistent season on a high note. For the seniors, it was their last time ever stepping foot on the pitch. The result ended up being far from what the Gators desired.
Sports
Florida shows plenty of promise, dominates Flagler in Wednesday exhibition
By Jack Meyer | Oct. 30, 2024After over seven months away from the Stephen C. O’Connell Center hardwood, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team made a statement in its exhibition match against Flagler College on Wednesday night.
Sports
Basketball coach’s departure offered Florida a Golden opportunity
By Luke Adragna | Oct. 30, 2024The University of Georgia’s colorway represents pure evil in the eyes of Florida fans. According to them, wearing it would be nothing short of committing treason. So on Jan. 27, when Mike White, the former head coach of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, entered the Stephen C. O’Connell Center donning the red and black colorway, reactions ensued as expected.
News
New UF graduate healthcare benefits to go into effect January 2025
By Delia Rose Sauer | Oct. 30, 2024Health insurance benefits under GatorGradCare are expanding for graduate, teaching and research assistants.
News
UF professor’s work drives new safety standards for Florida student-athletes
By Vera Lucia Pappaterra | Oct. 30, 2024UF professor helps Florida increase the state's student athlete safety score.
Sports
Florida women’s tennis names Per Nilsson as new head coach
By Noah White | Oct. 29, 2024Twenty-two days ago, Florida women’s tennis was tasked with finding a head coach after Roland Thornqvist’s retirement. The Gators did that today, selecting Pepperdine’s Per Nilsson to guide their program.
Metro
Alachua County Commission 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024Most Gainesville areas west of the Archer Road and Southwest 23rd Terrace intersection are part of District 1, and District 3 stretches from southwestern Alachua County to UF campus, where it envelops a majority of the dorms.
Metro
Florida Senate 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024Florida Senate District 9 accounts for parts of Levy County and Marion County, as well as the southern half of Alachua County. Sections of Gainesville neighborhoods are included just a few miles from UF campus, though the university itself is not.
Metro
Florida House of Representatives 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024District 10 includes the northern half of Alachua County, with a small portion of the northernmost neighborhoods outside of Gainesville enveloped as well. District 22 includes the southwestern portion of Alachua County, with a western section of Gainesville incorporated.
Metro
Alachua County Supervisor of Elections 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is responsible for setting up polling locations, educating voters, maintaining voter registration and verifying election results.
Metro
Alachua County Sheriff 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024There are three people up for Alachua County Sheriff this year: a Democrat, a Republican and a nonpartisan candidate.
Metro
The Alligator 2024 Voter Guide
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2024Election Day is less than a week away. In anticipation of an influx of early voters, the Alligator has crafted a voter guide outlining candidates from the county level to the state level.
Sports
Rivalry Week: Ranking Florida and Georgia’s top five current professional athletes
By Chandler Hawkes | Oct. 29, 2024The listing of the top five current professional athletes from UF and UGA combined will be primarily weighed on what they have accomplished in their professional career while also acknowledging some of their accolades at the collegiate level. Let’s get into the list.
News
UF presidential search committee announced
By Annie Wang | Oct. 29, 2024Five are UF faculty members, two are members of the Florida Board of Governors and three are members of the UF Board of Trustees. There is one student body representative.
The Avenue
‘Party to the Polls’: Students ride party bus to early voting site
By Caroline Kwara | Oct. 29, 2024During the organization's Party to the Polls event on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., a party bus transported UF students from La Casita, UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, to the Reitz Union, an early voting location for Alachua County.
Metro
ACPS community discusses sex education for students
By Sara-James Ranta | Oct. 29, 2024With no statewide curriculum for sexual education in Florida, school districts are left to decide what type of sex education they provide to students, if any. In Alachua County, advocates say these gaps leave youth unprepared.
Sports
Fearless freshman will have chance to make immediate impact for UF men’s basketball
By Max Tucker | Oct. 28, 2024Freshman guard Isaiah Brown is set to embark on his first collegiate game with the Gators Nov. 4.
El Caimán
Un vistazo a la cocina sudamericana de Gainesville
By Isabela Reinoso | Oct. 28, 2024Algunos restaurantes han crecido junto a la comunidad hispana, que representa alrededor del 12% de los residentes de Gainesville. Otros acaban de seguir sus pasos abriendo sus negocios.
The Avenue
Ave Roundtable: Gainesville’s guide to cafes with fall flavors
By Avenue Staff | Oct. 28, 2024Juliana DeFilippo
