With exactly 54 days to go until Florida kicks off the 2017 regular season against Michigan at AT&T Stadium, numerous questions still sit unanswered regarding UF’s football team.
In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which UF team was the best of the 2016-17 season. Sports writers Mari Faiello, Andrew Huang and Morgan McMullen join alligatorSports editors Dylan Dixon and Jake Dreilinger in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
For months, the general manager of Gainesville Regional Utilities has told residents that by purchasing a $750 million biomass plant, the city could drive down utility rates by about 10 percent.
In late June, 13 visibly shaken UF students ate dinner at a Southern plantation filled with Confederate memorabilia.
On Turlington Plaza, Brandon Telg held a sign that read, “Tell me your story for $1.”
A US-India alliance could be key for the US to remain a global superpower
Last weekend, in Charlottesville, Virginia, members and supporters of the Ku Klux Klan protested the Charlottesville City Council’s decision to remove a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The rally was met with even more protesters denouncing the antiquated beliefs of the KKK.
I was an ambassador with Multicultural and Diversity Affairs for four semesters, where I worked exclusively at the Institute of Black Culture for three of those semesters. I chose to stop working for MCDA once it became apparent that many of the department’s actions didn’t align with the values that they promote. What is happening now with the renovation of the institutes is a prime example of how MCDA actively acts against the best interests of the students they claim to advocate for. Combining the IBC and the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, or La Casita, is not only working to erase the histories of the black and Latinx communities at UF, but also to further disregard the needs and concerns of students of color within a predominantly white institution.
I write a column every week, and many of these weeks, I have a hard time picking a topic. Sometimes topics just come to me, but often, they don’t. To remedy this, sometimes I search Google for topics. Sometimes I take the advice of a fellow columnist and Google search, “What are Americans angry about today?” I did that this week, and I was greeted by a slew of articles about why Americans are so angry. There was nothing too specific that day, but essentially, a bunch of news outlets wrote pieces about why Americans are so angry about many different things.
Every morning, Jason Ferrell wakes up and believes today could be the day he changes aquatic farming forever.
Nearly a year since UF’s star wide receiver Antonio Callaway was cleared in his Title IX sexual assault investigation, UF is still dealing with the fallout.
Despite graduating from UF last Summer, Richard Lainez is spending his summer fighting on behalf of the students who call the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures home.
Filed under the name of two recent graduates, a lawsuit is demanding the state of Florida pay UF more than $155 million for unfulfilled donation matches.
A deputy of nearly 20 years with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was fired Thursday after an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct and child abuse.
Instead of arresting a shoplifter at a Publix in southwest Gainesville on Sunday, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputy paid the balance of the stolen items — and let the man go.
With the conclusion of last week’s College World Series, athletics at UF for the 2016-17 NCAA season have officially come to an end.
July Fourth.
A year ago, two-time NCAA champion and former Gator great Al Horford made headlines when he signed a four-year, $113 million contract with the Boston Celtics. The deal played a huge role in shaking up the NBA’s landscape, as Horford helped the Celtics emerge as a championship contender in the Eastern Conference.
Hours after the Fourth of July’s end, three separate drive-by shootings took place in Gainesville.
Five days after warning her father about her safety, Eukelia Tershell Davis was found dead with three gunshot wounds on her boyfriend’s bedroom floor.
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