Metro
Fist fight on Main Street turns near deadly
By Alexa Ryan | Oct. 28During the early morning hours of Sunday, 21-year-old Brandon Goodin was arrested after allegedly stabbing someone multiple times.
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News
Mini crossword for Oct. 28, 2025
By Rohit Paranjape | Oct. 28Play The Alligator's original mini crossword.
The Avenue
Nearly 50 Fest freshmen take on this year’s punk festival
By Isabel Kraby | Oct. 27Though the final day of the festival was ridden with stormy weather, nothing could deter the tattooed troops from Gainesville’s annual three-day punk festival.
Metro
Gainesville families explore hands-on science at Molecular Mania
By Alabama Weninegar | Oct. 27Gainesville families have been coming together for 20 years to instill the joy of science into their children at Molecular Mania.
News
UF’s Smathers Library caps centennial year with 5K
By Ornella Moreno | Oct. 27The Smathers Centennial 5K race brought students, faculty and community members together Sunday morning, turning UF’s walkways into a moving tribute to 100 years of Smathers Library history.
The Avenue
Gainesville foodies are ‘stoked’ for new farm-to-table experience
By Summer Johnston | Oct. 27Through a forest past Haile Plantation on Saturday night, Gainesville community members were transported along a winding road to the rural countryside.
Metro
Gainesville man arrested on charges of attempted murder for alleged camp saw attack
By Alexa Ryan | Oct. 27A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday afternoon after allegedly attacking two people with a foldable camp saw in Butler Plaza.
Sports
From rivals to teammates: Alex Lloyd and CJ Ingram join UF with established connection
By Jeffrey Serber | Oct. 27While sophomore Boogie Fland and senior Xavian Lee are set to lead a revamped backcourt, freshmen Alex Lloyd and CJ Ingram come into the program as long-term projects to preserve Florida basketball’s success.
Opinion
A nude photo and the case for students’ free expression
By Dylan Santana | Oct. 27The largest on-campus protest in UF’s history began with just a photograph. In 1967, UF punished a student for breaking a rule that hadn’t been written yet.
El Caimán
Campus reacciona al Nobel de líder opositora venezolana
By Sofia Alamo and Vera Lucia Pappaterra | Oct. 27El Comité Noruego del Nobel anunció el 10 de octubre a María Corina Machado como ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz 2025, la primera venezolana en recibir el galardón. En la UF, estudiantes y docentes venezolanos dijeron sentirse orgullosos y validados al conocer la noticia.
El Caimán
Campus community reacts to Venezuelan opposition leader’s Nobel Prize
By Sofia Alamo and Vera Lucia Pappaterra | Oct. 27The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced María Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Oct. 10, making history as the first Venezuelan to receive the honor. At UF, Venezuelan students and faculty said they felt both pride and validation when the news broke.
Sports
Billy Napier’s next steps following his UF dismissal
By Max Bernstein | Oct. 27Billy Napier has about $21 million and a lot of options.
Sports
Jaden Rashada’s career from Gator to Bulldog to benchwarmer
By Max Bernstein | Oct. 27As Florida and Georgia face off again in one of the ugliest rivalries in college football, their teams have one thing in common: Jaden Rashada transferred out of them.
Sports
Next year, Jacksonville won’t host the rivalry game. What does that mean for the city?
By Curan Ahern | Oct. 27Barking Bulldog fans, slow-roasted gators, painted faces, liquor-filled solo cups and orange-and-blue pinstriped overalls are all staples at Florida and Georgia’s annual rivalry game, hosted in Jacksonville.
The Avenue
Celebrate Halloween with this week’s spooky Gainesville music events
By Christopher Rodriguez | Oct. 27Check out a roundup of some of the concerts and music events happening in Gainesville.
Sports
Florida and Georgia volleyball trade wins after years of Gators’ dominance
By Ava DiCecca | Oct. 27The Gators and the Bulldogs have met 79 times since their first match in 1985, playing one another every season as many as three times. Florida has taken all but 10 of the matches.
Sports
Is there hope for Florida’s rivalry games? 1986 says yes.
By Ava DiCecca | Oct. 27The 1986 team finished stronger than it started, coming back from a 1-4 start to take down UF’s two biggest rivals, Florida State and Georgia, and defeating conference rival Auburn to finish the season 6-5. This year’s team will have the same opportunity in Jacksonville, and again at home against Florida State.
Sports
How Florida’s loss against UGA powered them to the national championship
By Jeffrey Serber | Oct. 27The Gators men’s basketball team, riding a six-game win streak with playoff seeding on the line, seemed to have a walk in the park taking on the Georgia Bulldogs in February.
Sports
Florida softball flipped the Super Regional script in win against Georgia
By Riley Orovitz | Oct. 27The Florida-Georgia rivalry extended from the gridiron to the diamond and from Jacksonville to Gainesville last spring as the Gator softball team squared off against the Bulldogs in a Super Regional showdown.
Sports
Notable Florida head coach records against the Georgia Bulldogs
By Adrian Carmona | Oct. 27Since the reign of Bulldogs coach Vince Dooley from the ’60s to the ’80s, Florida head coaches have seen varying degrees of success in what is known as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.”
