Opinion
From the editor-in-chief: Journalism ain’t dead. Chill.
Apr. 24, 2018This is supposed to be the moment where I look back at my time at The Alligator and reflect.
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Dream. Then work hard for your dreams.
Apr. 24, 2018A dime holed up inside a pocket of his pants was the only thing my grandfather carried with him the day he left Cuba.
Opinion
What I learned at The Alligator: The scope of humanity through my lens
Apr. 24, 2018May 5th marks the end of my journey at UF, but it also marks the beginning of my unexpected journey here.
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Goodbye Gainesville: What four years of entertainment taught me
Apr. 24, 2018For someone who considers the written word much easier to compose than the spoken one, this goodbye column was surprisingly difficult to complete.
Sports
Rafael Nadal: The Immortal King of the Clay
By Benjamin Brandt | Apr. 24, 2018My father had barely parked his car before I opened the passenger door and just about flew to the glass storefront. From outside E-Z Tennis, I could see my prize hanging behind clustered racks of athletic apparel.
Opinion
Don’t fight prejudice with prejudice
Apr. 22, 2018Around 3 p.m. Thursday, two Florida deputies were eating at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, when they were shot and killed by a gunman.
Opinion
Farewell column: This is how you start to let go
Apr. 22, 2018I’ve never been good at goodbyes. I much prefer a quick hug and a “see-you-later” to a drawn-out adieu. It’s not because I’m not emotional; on the contrary, it’s because I’m afraid I’ll start to weep as soon as I meet your eyes with that “Well, this is it” look we’ve all seen before.
Opinion
Take care of yourselves and take care of each other: my parting words
Apr. 22, 2018Happy Monday, dear readers. That sentence holds a lot of weight for me because this is the last time I will be writing it in a column in this paper.
Opinion
To save Earth, environmentalists should improve their argument
Apr. 22, 2018Earth Day was this past Sunday. Across the country, children drew Earth on paper plates while learning to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Opinion
Finishing the academic year with success and sun
Apr. 19, 2018More will be accomplished on our campus in the next few days than in any other week of the entire year. Thousands of papers, projects and exams will be completed, and more than 10,000 UF degrees will be conferred. This is the time of year when all of us experience the greatest stress and joy.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels: April 20, 2018
Apr. 19, 2018Graduation is a mere few weeks away, and you find yourself thinking, more often than usual, “How the heck did I get here?” You think back to unloading your parent’s car in the front of Broward Hall in the sweltering August heat, and you remember the nerves you felt as you walked into your first college lecture hall. It feels like just yesterday, right?
Opinion
Trying to explain the success of Fortnite
Apr. 19, 2018It was revealed this past week that the new mobile version of Fortnite is reeling in $2 million a day, usurping the insanely lucrative Candy Crush and Pokemon Go. If you’ve been living under a rock the last two months and do not know what Fortnite is, I will do my best to explain it here.
Opinion
Infiltration mission failure: my attempt to attend the SG banquet
By Zachariah Chou | Apr. 19, 2018You know those events that happen around the same time every year? As my second year at UF comes to a close, I’ve started to get a sense of when the yearly events happen around here.
Sports
Refs should do postgame interviews
By Morgan McMullen | Apr. 19, 2018A funny thing happened during Tuesday night’s baseball game between Florida and Jacksonville.
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Seriously, why do sports matter?
By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 17, 2018It was nearly dusk when I arrived, stepped out of my dad’s Nissan Sentra and inhaled the scent of high expectations.
Opinion
The Alligator’s archives are now online
Apr. 17, 2018At The Alligator’s office, our articles prior to the 2000s are bound in black-spined books. Articles of more recent years are saved in blue binders with the semester and year etched on its side.
Opinion
Goodbye column: What writing about feminism taught me about feminism
Apr. 17, 2018My cursor hovered over the send button after I typed my pitch for a column about feminism. I’d read over the email half a dozen times, but I just couldn’t get myself to click.
Opinion
Movie theaters aren’t Netflix. That’s a good thing.
Apr. 17, 2018I love the movie theater. I love buying my ticket and popcorn and finding a suitable seat, usually in the back-center rows. I love the movie previews. I love packed theaters. I love walking out of a good movie and seeing everyone chatting about it with their friends and family because we all have just shared an experience that has, in some sense, brought us together.
Sports
NBA Playoffs are here and Ben Simmons is ready to rock the nation
By Benjamin Brandt | Apr. 15, 2018Philadelphia has seen enough sports success in the past four months to last a decade.
