NEWS
Light displays around Alachua County offer a way to celebrate the holiday season amid the pandemic
By Steven Walker | Dec. 9, 2020Spectators can drive in their own cars, safe from the outside world
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Without closure, alumni face ups and downs moving past their time at UF
By Aurora Martínez | Dec. 9, 2020UF alumni not only missed the chance to walk up the stage and celebrate the culmination of their studies, but some also had to unexpectedly replan or readjust their career plans.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
UF Student Government Senate meetings will remain virtual until March
By Lianna Hubbard | Dec. 9, 2020Senate President Cooper Brown and Senate President Pro-Tempore Gabriella Zlatanoff will keep UF Senate meetings virtual until their terms end in the beginning of March.
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COLUMNS
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.
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CAMPUS
With more in-person classes inbound, students decide where to live
By Nora O'Neill | Dec. 9, 2020COVID-19-related apartment vacancies, as well as excitement and uncertainty surrounding the increase of in-person classes this Spring, are forcing UF students and Gainesville apartments alike to continue adjusting to housing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
What mandatory COVID-19 testing will look like for UF students
By Corbin Bolies | Dec. 9, 2020The plans for mandatory COVID-19 testing was unveiled by UF Health’s Dr. Michael Lauzardo
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COLUMNS
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.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Smith stars, Briggs hits milestone in UF victory
By Declan Walsh | Dec. 8, 2020Guard Kiara Smith scored a career-high 27-points in the Gators win over FAU Monday.
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CAMPUS
UF braces for impact before students return to in-person classes in Spring
Dec. 8, 2020With Spring just over one month away, UF hammered out plans for a return to campus and face-to-face classes. Not much will change.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
What happened in UF Student Government this Fall?
By Lianna Hubbard | Dec. 8, 2020UF Student Government had virtual events, in-person elections and sweeping UF Senate rule changes throughout the Fall.
COVID 19
UF navigates COVID-19 test accuracy
By Thomas Weber | Dec. 7, 2020UF’s COVID-19 testing capacity will be accelerated in the Spring as it becomes mandatory for thousands of students.
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators grab USC transfer Yuxin Lin
By Michael Hull | Dec. 7, 2020Lin is currently ranked No. 18 in the World Amatuer Golf Rankings.
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COLUMNS
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.
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COLUMNS
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.
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COLUMNS
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.
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CAMPUS
What HyFlex learning will look like at UF in the Spring
By Rachel Slay | Dec. 7, 2020Hybrid-Flexible classrooms, or HyFlex, will be used throughout UF in the Spring. Teachers will simultaneously address in-person students and the rest of their students remotely, via Zoom. The switch will require professors to learn new technology, adjust course layouts and be flexible with their syllabi.
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COLUMNS
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.
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COLUMNS
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.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
With the highest number of reported employee COVID-19 cases in the country, UF is failing its faculty
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2020The simplest explanation for all of this, or at least the most symbolic, is that UF has utterly failed to keep its employees safe from its own students.
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COLUMNS
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.
