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Alligator staff from the Spring 2020 semester pose for a photo during a Zoom meeting. The incoming Summer 2020 staff reports remotely and communicates using the video conferencing service.

NEWS

Want to be part of The Alligator? Join our remote Summer 2020 team

Apr. 21, 2020

Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. April 28.

METRO

First COVID-19 death recorded in Alachua County

By Alexandra DeLuca and Alex De Luca | Apr. 21, 2020

Local health officials have confirmed Alachua County’s first death related to COVID-19.

The Standard at Gainesville, located at 1360 W University Ave. across the street from UF campus, is one of several student apartment complexes in Gainesville.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

UF students encouraged in an email to participate in rent strikes

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Apr. 20, 2020

The email was sent to more than 53,000 UF students

COVID 19

Daily updates from the Florida Department of Health

Apr. 20, 2020

COVID 19

Frequently Asked Questions

Apr. 20, 2020

What is the difference between coronavirus and COVID-19?

COVID 19

What's happened

Apr. 20, 2020

Alachua County COVID-19 curve appears to be flattening, local health officials say

COVID 19

What you need to know

Apr. 20, 2020

‘A horror show’: Mother’s Pub reopened

DaBaby's "Blame It On Baby" offers little more than run-of-the-mill trap beats and disposable lyrics.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Rate and Review: DaBaby's "Blame It On Baby"

By Manny Rea | Apr. 20, 2020

The “young CEO” falls flat, and that’s not on cap.

Chloe Weaver (left) and Amanda Deery (right) on the set of “American.ish”. The livestream with Weaver marks the first in the College of Journalism and Communication’s new series, “Great Storytellers: Women and the Art of Film."

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

CJC hosts first Women and the Art of Film speaker

By Julia Collins | Apr. 20, 2020

Chloe Weaver discussed breaking up the "boy's club" in cinematography

Patrick Schaller announced April 10 that Mother’s Pub on University Avenue would permanently close. This came after Mother’s was cited for serving drinks inside rather than through to-go only, a new measure meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Five days later, Schaller announced that with the help of the city manager, Lee Feldman, the pub would remain open.

METRO

‘A horror show’: Mother’s Pub reopened

By Hannah Phillips | Apr. 19, 2020

Employees say they’ve been taken advantage of and underpaid

METRO

COVID-19 closes nonessential businesses

By Anna Wilder | Apr. 19, 2020

This follows Alachua County’s stay-at-home order

Christina Morales, as a staff writer at The Alligator, and Tyler Pratt on one of their first dates at the UF X Ambassadors concert on Flavet Field in 2017.

OPINION | COLUMNS

What it's like to date a journalist

Apr. 19, 2020

Journalists don’t have a lot of free time. If they date you, they must really like you. I consider myself extra special because I was able to get a journalist to fit me in her abundant agenda filled with interviews, writing, meetings and editing all the time. While I do feel special, there was also a lot I learned by dating Christina Morales for more than two years during her Alligator career.

Lina Ruiz and Dana Cassidy respectively covered city commission and crime beats during the Fall 2019 semester. Lina Ruiz was the digital managing editor during the Spring 2020 semester.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Pop the champagne

Apr. 19, 2020

I remember the first time I entered The Alligator newsroom as a staff writer. I felt small despite the hospitality and limited square footage of the glorified closet.

Christina Morales with Abuelo and Ayaya at her 2016 high school graduation from Barbara Goleman Senior High at Florida International University.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Journalists are made by people

Apr. 19, 2020

There used to be an old man who tucked in his aqua button-up shirt into his khaki pants every day. He looped a leather belt, shined his shoes and slicked back the little white hair he had left.

SPORTS | FEATURES

Football may be gone, but the pain remains for NFL retirees

By Christian Ortega | Apr. 19, 2020

In 1989, 7-year-old Ben Troupe donned his helmet and pads for the first time and ran onto the field for practice at the Swainsboro Recreation Department's football league in Swainsboro, Georgia.

The Stephen C. O’Connell Center originally opened in 1980 and is named after the sixth president of UF. The building underwent a $64.5 million renovation in 2016. In the renovation, the entire interior area was demolished and rebuilt with the addition of a large hanging scoreboard and luxury suites. Gymnastics and swimming areas and locker rooms were improved, and a new entrance was built facing the stadium.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

An inside look at event transitions at the O’Connell Center

By Noah Ram | Apr. 19, 2020

SPORTS | COLUMNS

The best decision I never made

By Joseph Salvador | Apr. 19, 2020

Indecisiveness has plagued me for most of my life. And about four years ago, that lack of conviction set me on a path I never intended on walking.

METRO

Gainesville Whole Foods employee tests positive for COVID-19

By Alex DeLuca | Apr. 19, 2020

The team member is employed at the Butler Town Center store

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Alert: UFPD investigating sexual battery reported near UF bat houses

By Sarah Mandile | Apr. 18, 2020

The victim was approached near the bat house on Museum Road, police say

METRO

Saturday COVID-19: Gainesville Publix employees test positive; virus at local nursing homes

By Alex DeLuca and Alexandra DeLuca | Apr. 18, 2020

Today, the first known cases among Publix stores in Alachua County were announced along with local nursing homes positives and statewide online school extensions.

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