Over my time at The Alligator, I’ve learned to cherish every moment. However, to me, it isn’t only about appreciating time. It is learning to accept, revere and grow from the hardest.
The Alligator newsroom is lined with its history. The best issues, framed, hang over editors’ desks. The sagging couch where I nestled for the past 16 print nights seems pulled out of an estate sale, or an abandoned frat house. Closets contain stacks of our recent issues and proud collections of novels written by Alligator alum.
I’ve been obsessed with words for as long as I can remember. The way they can make you feel, what art you can create or how they shape you. And I love words, for I grew up having trouble arranging them in my speech the way I could on paper. So I gobbled them when I could, whether that was reading or writing elementary books before I understood what world I lived in.
I had joined The Alligator Summer 2020 as a transfer student, about four months after the onset of the pandemic. As a digital news assistant, I reported remotely from my Miami home, and my interactions consisted strictly of text and video calls over Zoom. It wasn’t until I became a features and investigations editor in January that I began to feel the sense of community that a true newsroom fosters. I began to see The Alligator as a second home.
It was freshman Deric Fabian who saved the day for No. 23 Florida (22-14, 6-9) in the 10th inning with a solo home walk-off run to seal a 4-3 victory over the Commodores (25-10, 7-8).
BT Riopelle’s three home run game and Brandon Sproat’s outing on the mound were spoiled by Vanderbilt’s four-run sixth inning en route to an 8-6 Gators loss Saturday night.
Trinity Thomas earned her 12th perfect score of the season in a tough loss to Oklahoma for the Natty.
It wasn’t always pretty, but No. 9 Florida softball earned two wins and its first SEC series sweep of the year at Ole Miss.
Florida comes back from an early deficit to cruise to a third-straight conference win, beating Vanderbilt 16-8 on the road.
Florida’s roller coaster of a season dropped again as they blew a late lead to Vanderbilt.
Fewer women’s restrooms in UF STEM buildings lead some women to question whether they belong in a male-dominated field. Ginger Lucas, a 22-year-old nuclear science senior, said the lack of equal restrooms bothers her but pushes her even further to prove her capabilities to others. “It’s just a minor inconvenience and sort of irritation,” Lucas said. “Like a reminder of the past, of how things used to be.”
The Gators advance to their 18th NCAA team final Saturday. Dominance on the floor secured their spot and led to a new Florida NCAA Championships record of 49.75.
The Gators scored five runs in the fourth inning to secure the first game of the series. Both teams will close the slate on a Friday doubleheader.
A milestone in Billy Napier’s first season as coach is in the books. Blue bested Orange in the 2022 iteration of the annual Florida spring game Thursday night.
Alachua county was chosen to participate in the US Department of Energy’s Communities Local Energy Action Program at the end of March — a huge leap in the direction of equitable sustainability. The county is one of 22 participating communities and the only Florida recipient to participate in the program, which aims to help low-income and energy-burdened communities experiencing environmental justice or economic impacts.
Miranda “Mimi” Mythen wants to revive the dying deathcare industry. Under her TikTok account @mimithemortician, Mythen has more than 1.3 million likes and 59.8 thousand followers. She has been interviewed by Allure and Refinery29 and she has been featured in the DailyMail and the New York Post about her viral videos on funeral service.
Bo Diddley Plaza teemed with festival-goers of all ages, from the elderly lounging in lawn chairs to children dancing in hula hoops in front of the stage. Above, colorful lights casted patterns of violet, red, blue and green onto a brick backdrop and performers below. A musician stepped up to the microphone. His strong voice boomed out a call-and-response scat melody, beckoning to the audience. More than 100 people eagerly participated in the dancing crowd, echoing back the improvised syllables.
In the second matchup of the season against the Florida State Seminoles (19-13, 7-8), Florida (21-12, 5-7) suffered a five-run bottom of the first inning, three of those runs allowed by redshirt sophomore starting pitcher Nick Pogue
Florida’s six runs in the fourth inning helped secure a much-needed victory over Alabama. The Gators now set their sights on a series against Ole Miss, starting Thursday at 6 p.m.
Grade A Productions made international stars out of rap artists like Juice WRLD and The Kid LAROI. The U.S. production company’s next big name could be one of UF’s own.
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