Transgender lives remembered
By Nicole Wiesenthal | Nov. 20, 2014About 40 people gathered Thursday night to memorialize the lives of 226 transgender individuals lost to hate crimes in the past year, including a 4-year-old.
About 40 people gathered Thursday night to memorialize the lives of 226 transgender individuals lost to hate crimes in the past year, including a 4-year-old.
Facing its toughest test of the young season, the Florida women’s basketball team clawed back against a double-digit halftime deficit but ultimately fell short against St. John’s (2-0) in Queens, New York, on Thursday night.
In Mackenzie Dagostino’s three years playing college volleyball she hadn’t experienced a winning season in which she was the starting setter.
The regular season is over.
One student is still keeping the student section hyped even when the Gator football team can’t.
Just four short years after it began, the sun is setting on the Will Muschamp Era in Gainesville. Believe it or not, Coach "Boom" has just two games — Eastern Kentucky and a road game at Florida State — left on the horizon.
TALLAHASSEE — Tatiana Aponte said Strozier Library was a safe place.
Bunduki Ramadan can do it all. He is the mic man you see on the sidelines during football games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, leading chants and cheers — a position he auditioned for after hearing about it through his first friend at the University of Florida.
Early Thursday morning, a gunman shot and wounded three students at Strozier Library on Florida State’s campus in Tallahassee.
A dark cloud is hanging over the Florida football program.
Sara Shourds woke up at 12:30 a.m. Thursday to a missed call from her twin sister, Natalie, a Florida State University freshman.
Three men puffed smoke from their glossy vape pens outside Gainesville’s city hall in defeat.
As you have probably noticed by now, we normally go casual on Fridays with a quirky, tongue-in-cheek “Darts and Laurels” summing up the best and worst of the week. But on Thursday night, the Alligator staff was in no mood to chide silliness and applaud reason. Anything we could have written in this space feels trivial compared to what dominated Florida State University students’ thoughts, prayers and social media newsfeeds in the past 24 hours.
Billy Donovan has experience managing expectations, but the return of suspended sophomore forward Chris Walker tonight against Louisiana-Monroe will be another test of Donovan’s management skills this season.
Millennials have a bad reputation for being emotionally distant, lazy and unfulfilled. During my time here at UF, I have tried to counteract this generalization.
You’re walking with your girls through Midtown, choosing where to go. Shuck and 101 Cantina look too crowded. You finally choose to go to Grog House Bar & Grill. Inside you start dancing and having a blast with your friends when suddenly you see him. He’s looking straight at you, and walking your way. Do you want to dance with this guy? Is he creepy or smooth? Will this be a bad decision later?
An annual craft festival will return to campus for its 22nd year, giving UF students and Gainesville residents the chance to get a head start on their holiday shopping.
UF is looking to fill one Board of Trustees spot as the application deadline was extended.
Before you go home for Thanksgiving to see your (hopefully not bickering) family, the best way to pre-celebrate is by having Friendsgiving with your (again, hopefully not bickering) friend family in your dorm. I mean, you’ve probably seen these people naked in those (awful) communal showers. The least you can do is share a dinner.
Six tofu turkey roasts, large pans of stuffing and mashed potatoes, and one vat of vegan gravy were sampled by UF students Wednesday afternoon.