Sports
UF was too little, too late in campaigning for Kyle Trask
By River Wells | Dec. 24, 2020UF shouldn’t have been so shy about campaigning for their star quarterback.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Goodbye Column: Don’t let imposter syndrome stop you.
By Valentina Botero | Dec. 9, 2020Digital editor of The Avenue, Valentina Botero, says goodbye with a final column.
Opinion
Goodbye column: I didn’t know I was sentimental until I had to say goodbye
By Emily Felts | Dec. 8, 2020I’m sad my time with The Alligator was short, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Opinion
Goodbye column: That’s all, folks
By Kyle Wood | Dec. 7, 2020It’s time to come clean – I transferred to UF for the opportunity to work at The Independent Florida Alligator.
Opinion
Goodbye Column: This one is for my team
By Rosmery Izaguirre | Dec. 7, 2020Maybe it was the pandemic, maybe it was the people, but even though we were farther away from each other, we were more connected.
Opinion
Goodbye Column: You can be a journalist
By Sophie Feinberg | Dec. 7, 2020If there’s anything this year has taught me, it’s that journalism can be and should be for everyone.
Opinion
The HyFlex farce
Dec. 7, 2020Your instructor will be so burdened preparing for two classes while being paid for one, that the quality of instruction and attention to individual student work will inevitably suffer.
Opinion
Goodbye column: My biggest regret at UF
By Zachariah Chou | Dec. 7, 2020With a culture of excellence and staff of the highest caliber, our newsroom is filled with people who you would want to surround yourself with in order to become the best version of yourself.
Opinion
Open letter from UF faculty against the Spring plan
Dec. 7, 2020The reality is that our last-minute, improvised plan for undergraduate education at the University of Florida next semester will not provide the best, or even a sufficient, learning and teaching environment.
Sports
Believe in yourself. Trust me, it's worth it
By Evan Lepak | Dec. 6, 2020A decision that has truly changed my life.
Sports
I found my home at The Alligator
By Brendan Farrell | Dec. 6, 2020There’s a lot about that office on SW 13th Street I’m going to miss.
Sports
Let me tell you about the best decision of my life
By Tyler Nettuno | Dec. 6, 2020Over the last four years, I’ve often wondered what I would write in this column.
Opinion
What life has been like as a COVID-19 contact tracer
By Emily Klann | Nov. 30, 2020First-hand experience working as an epidemiologist and contact tracer during this pandemic has provided me with a unique perspective in that, while I fully appreciate and adhere to guidelines, I am also able to acknowledge and address the hesitancy and skepticism of others.
Opinion
What does freedom mean during a pandemic?
By Daniel Acosta | Nov. 30, 2020From the perspective of an outsider, the idea of following science as means to protect the general population possibly ending up in litigation or political blowback is absolutely ridiculous.
Sports
Play like a girl
By River Wells | Nov. 29, 2020Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller trotted on the field, stepped back from the tee and did her job.
Opinion
I lost my senses to COVID-19. Now I can’t eat meat
By Gabriel Acosta | Nov. 26, 2020It has been seven months since I was first admitted to the hospital, and in those seven months I have not had the joy of being able to smell. My sense of smell is completely gone. My sense of taste is so distorted that no foods taste the same as they did before I had COVID-19.
Sports
Dabo Swinney is out of touch, per usual
By Tyler Nettuno | Nov. 24, 2020Clemson coach Dabo Swinney finds himself at the center of controversy once again.
Opinion
How to talk to someone considering suicide
By Sara Nash | Nov. 22, 2020Thoughts of suicide are a human experience, not a sign of personal failure or flaw. Struggles with suicide need not be the end of the story and can be a signal that we need more support than we currently have.
Opinion
Newest amendment could be the end of democracy in Student Government
By Brianne Seaberg | Nov. 17, 2020It appears that the Senate now finds hearing students’ opinions too inconvenient and pesky, rather, they would like to exclude them from exercising their free speech altogether.
