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Monday, August 18, 2025

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Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Party poolside with sun, drinks

Welcome back, Florida. It’s been about four months since we’ve been graced by your usual, bright and shining self. Our long-awaited warm weather is finally upon us, and the forecast for upcoming weeks is looking mighty delicious. Highs will be topping out in the 70s and lows, just on the brim of the 50s. So sayonara Jack Frost. It’s time to party poolside.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  FOOD

Festival brings worldy beers

Take it from me: There is no better way to spend a weekend than drinking good beer and eating free food.  If these activities are relevant to your interests, look no further than The Greater Gator Beer Festival.  This Saturday, for the price of admission, you get ample helpings of food from local restaurants, premium entertainment, and most importantly - unlimited beer samples from across the country and around the world.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Raise Bright Futures standards

Look at what has been on American television and what has been popular in American music for the past decade. Look at the countries that have been the most innovative in mathematics and physics for the past two decades; America is no longer one of them. Look at the American manufacturing machine and how it has been struggling for the past three decades. The list can go on.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Total Breakdown

What do you get when you throw 90 bands on six different venues in Gainesville? You get Total Bummer, Gainesville’s biggest do-it-yourself music festival.


THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Atten-tion! Bootcamp pushes students to new levels

For 30 seconds, you and a partner are shoulder- pressing a 30-pound tire together over your head. Just when your shoulders can’t take it anymore, you’re running 40 yards at full speed. Your jog to the next station is your break, only to throw a 10-pound medicine ball as hard as you can to your partner after squatting and then lunging forward with it. You throw back and forth with your partner for 50 seconds.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  FASHION GFW

Fashion week ahead

Fashion has no limits. It’s daring, risky and of course, fabulous. Tuesday evening, Gainesville Fashion Week and CovetedList.com proved the absence of style’s boundaries with a fashion show that featured outfits fitting women of all colors, heights and body types.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Columnist ‘too objective’

Matthew Christ: To which political party do you belong? I couldn’t tell after reading yesterday’s column. Maybe if you had spent a few words glorifying one of the two parties, I could have figured it out. Perhaps some shameless, ruthless bashing of all things related to your political opposition would have helped. I turn to the opinions section of the Alligator to see stubborn opining, not acceptance and compromise.



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