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Students sit at voting stations at the Marston Science Library computer lab polling location and cast their votes for last Fall's Student Government elections on Sept. 25. Marston is one of several locations students can vote at on Wednesday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Meet the five students running as Independents for Student Government elections

By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 22, 2019

Michael Granto, a 17-year-old student at Santa Fe High, shouts Friday during the climate protest. Granto is in dual enrollment at Santa Fe College and is a member of Santa Fe Sustainability Club. Granto said he felt the need to attend the protest because “obviously the world is on fire”.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gainesville protesters participate in global climate strike

By Chasity Maynard | Sep. 22, 2019

Children with marker-stained hands, teenagers in black leather jackets and retirees with specks of gray hair crowded shoulder to shoulder in front of Gainesville City Hall Friday.

Warrington Goes Green participants at the first meeting last Tuesday evening.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Heavener welcomes new eco-friendly business club

By Marlowe Starling | Sep. 22, 2019

Students in a conference room mixed coconut oil, baking soda and peppermint. This wasn’t an elementary school science experiment –– college students were making toothpaste.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Letter To the Editor: Gator Party’s platform is unimpressive; their candidates are unambitious

By Zachariah Chou | Sep. 22, 2019

As we head to the polls tomorrow and Wednesday, I have to make it known to you: all is not as it seems with Gator Party.

NEWS | CAMPUS

LSAT goes digital: from paper to tablet exams

By Meghan McGlone | Sep. 21, 2019

The most important test for students applying to law school faced a major change Saturday: a switch from traditional pencil and paper to a modern, digital tablet.

NEWS | SFC

Dead man found on Santa Fe Northwest Campus, police say

By Dana Cassidy | Sep. 20, 2019

A dead man was found just after midnight Friday on Sante Fe’s Northwest Campus, according to campus police.

Former UF football player John Huggins allegedly choked a female tutor in October.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Dismissed UF football player John Huggins accused of rape

By Sam Campisano | Sep. 19, 2019

A family is alleging former UF football player John Huggins raped an underage teenager earlier this year when he was still with the program.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

On Blue Lights: Student Government should not prioritize money over lives

By Zachariah Chou | Sep. 19, 2019

I heard on the grapevine that a certain someone said that installing additional blue lights on campus would be a tremendous waste of student fees, to the vast disapproval of the Student Body.

Bruce Capin strokes Kuwa, one of the three cougars living in the sanctuary at his home, Monday evening after bringing her some grass to eat. Capin said he has had the sanctuary for 20 years and that he takes in cougars that were mistreated or neglected so that they can live out the rest of their lives.

NEWS | FEATURES

Cougars of Alachua: Meet the couple behind Yahtok’ya Animal Sanctuary

By Alyssa Feliciano | Sep. 19, 2019

In a fenced enclosement adjacent to a mobile home, an 80 pound cougar slowly inched closer to Bruce Capin.

David Colburn, died on Sep. 18, 2019. Colburn served as the director served as the chair for the Department of History, vice provost and dean of the International Center, and UF’s provost and senior vice president in his nearly 50-year career.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Colleagues and mentees honor former UF Provost

By Ana Escalante | Sep. 19, 2019

David Colburn wasn’t a fan of long, drawn-out obituaries.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Judge on UF Resident Assistant battery case removes himself from the case

By Dana Cassidy | Sep. 19, 2019

The judge for former UF Resident Assistant Ian Milaski’s case is no longer presiding over it after releasing him from jail for being a “high-achieving” student.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students blocked from Gator Party’s Facebook page

By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 19, 2019

UF Student Government tensions transferred to social media when Gator Party blocked students from its Facebook page.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

As UF rises, what should endure?

By Kent Fuchs | Sep. 19, 2019

Several years ago at another university, I met with the faculty members in one of the university’s colleges. I was responsible for leading the search for the college’s next dean, and I wanted to hear the faculty’s input on the search.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF President Kent Fuchs to continue position without a contract

By Hope Dean | Sep. 19, 2019

UF President Kent Fuchs’ five-year contract will end in June 2020, but that won’t necessarily end his time at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Meet the man behind SG: New adviser begins his first semester on the job

By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 19, 2019

Between party divides and agendas, UF Student Government has a new figurehead to manage party relations and act as a liaison.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF provost and history professor dies at UF Health Shands

By April Rubin | Sep. 19, 2019

David Colburn’s teaching and work left a legacy on the Bob Graham Center for Public Service as well as the political and ethical education at UF.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student raped at Rawlings Hall, police say

By Amanda Rosa | Sep. 18, 2019

About a week after a report of a rape in a UF dorm hall was released to students, UPD said another student reported she was sexually battered at Rawlings Hall early Saturday morning.

Yveline Saint Louis, a 19-year-old UF microbiology sophomore, and Torri McFarlane, a 19-year-old UF public relations sophomore, march down Fraternity Drive Tuesday afternoon during the protest for blue lights.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Protestors march down Fraternity Drive demanding blue lights

By Chasity Maynard and Ana Escalante | Sep. 17, 2019

When their representatives didn’t bring blue lights to Fraternity Drive, protesters brought the blue themselves.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

The blue light conversations we haven’t had yet

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 17, 2019

Tuesday afternoon, approximately 200 protesters marched along UF’s Fraternity Row, the only place on campus without blue light emergency poles. These lights represent security and are designed to call law enforcement at the press of a button. The protest was organized by student leaders and the Gainesville chapter of the National Women’s Liberation Association. Since the protest was announced, the debate surrounding blue lights has been a point of controversy, finger pointing and a focal point of The Alligator’s news coverage for the past week.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG Parties release platforms for upcoming elections

By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 17, 2019

It’s that time of year again.