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Allegiant Air flight makes emergency landing at Gainesville Regional Airport

An Allegiant Air flight made an emergency landing Thursday morning in Gainesville due to a medical emergency.Flight 1304 landed at the Gainesville Regional Airport at 8:39 a.m. The plane departed from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport about two hours prior, according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website. The original destination was headed to Punta Gorda, Florida.Gainesville Fire Rescue received a call at 8:24 a.m. and were told that a crew member was having a medical emergency. According to Gainesville Fire’s Twitter, the pilot suffered from a seizure. GFR District Chief Don Campbell declined to elaborate on the patient’s condition.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Navigating the meme-conomy

If you spend enough time on the internet, you learn the language of memes. It’s a market-driven tongue; memes go in and out of fashion frequently. They balloon, they bubble and they burst unexpectedly. If you’re not careful, you might find yourself in a lurch, trading in low-value memes. This is as important as any college course — learning to navigate the meme economy can make or break your online presence. Irrelevance, to any self-respecting, red-blooded citizen of the internet, is a fate worse than death.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Lowering your expectations allows you to enjoy life more

I’m going to paint the scene. It’s around midnight, and you’re craving a snack. You open the fridge and disappointment ensues. You close the near-empty fridge, displeased. After walking around the house, you return. This time when you open the fridge, you’re a little more honest with yourself. You’re desperate. Standards have hit rock bottom. With a renewed expectation, you finally select something. Although it may not have been your first choice, your hunger is subsided.


Senior Brooke Austin didn't play in a single match during the spring after a mysterious undisclosed injury, according to team officials. 
News

With end of season, UF women’s tennis starts anew

The 2018 Florida Gators women’s tennis team had a reputation to uphold. As defending champions, it came into the season looking to win a second-consecutive NCAA title and, if not, showcase that UF is still a dominant force in the world of collegiate women’s tennis. Half of the team’s six-person squad were freshmen.



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