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Former Gator Pete Alonso notched his first career home run for the New York Mets on Monday night. 
Sports

Alonso powers Mets, tops list of Gators in the pros

By Noah Ram | Apr. 2, 2019

Pete Alonso stepped up to the plate for the New York Mets on Monday night against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in the top of the ninth inning. The Mets had alleviated some of the pressure on his shoulders after they took a 4-3 lead.

Florida freshman Trinity Thomas was named SEC Freshman of the Year and became a four-time All-American in all-around, uneven bars, beam and floor. 
Sports

Florida confident in its abilities as NCAA regionals approach

By River Wells | Apr. 2, 2019

It was during its vault rotation that the Gators’ gymnastics team watched its lead in the SEC Championships dwindle to the LSU Tigers. An outside observer would likely believe that UF was going to spend a lot of time in the gym improving the event it scored the lowest on before it headed off to Oregon for the NCAA Corvallis Regional on Friday.

Opinion

A follow up on Dance Marathon

Apr. 2, 2019

We, the editorial board, wanted to address the last editorial published Monday entitled, “What does it mean to do it ‘For The Kids’?” Since its publication, we’ve received a number of questions regarding some of the topics we addressed. In addition, we received answers to some of our own questions posed in the editorial. We did not reach out to UF Health Shands Hospital specifically for Monday’s editorial; however, we received an email Tuesday from Shands spokesperson Rossana Passaniti after we reached out to her earlier that day. In the email, she provided a statement from the CEO of Shands, Ed Jimenez, who responded to the board’s editorial, which will be published in full on our website. He addressed some of our previous questions, namely where the money from Dance Marathon goes and how the Miracle Children are helped. These Miracle Children are patients at the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. DMUF’s Miracle Children have profiles provided on DMUF’s website. These are the answers Jimenez provided:

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: To the Dance Marathon skeptic

Apr. 2, 2019

In my five years at UF, I’ve met many people who have raised similar questions to yours regarding the sincerity and efficiency of Dance Marathon’s fundraising efforts. They’re good questions. I’m sure they’re coming from a place of genuine concern. In fact, I’ve asked the same questions myself.

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