Allessandra Inzinna

Staff Writer

Allessandra is a third-year journalism major with a minor in English. In the past, she has covered local musicians and the cannabis industry. She is now the Student Government reporter for The Alligator. Allessandra paints and plays guitar in her free time.

Makiya Seminera

CAMPUS | STUDENT LIFE

“To be her friend was to feel true joy.”: In Honor of Sabrina Marie Obando

By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 10

Obando, a 22-year-old Miami native, graduated cum laude in Fall 2021 with a degree in art history. On Jan. 4, Obando was hit by a pickup truck while she was crossing the sidewalk around 12:30 p.m. on the intersection of Northwest 8th Ave. and Northwest 10th St. Following the crash, she was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital where she died from her injuries.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Graduate Students still have little voice in SG

By Allessandra Inzinna | Jan. 5

Following the Fall 2021 elections, both the Graduate and Family Housing seats remained vacant. Seven total votes were cast for only write-in candidates.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Here is what you missed in Student Government this Fall

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 29

Last Spring, SG passed 19 bills — at least 11 of which were resolutions. This semester, SG passed less than half of that. Seven bills were approved in the Senate chamber since September: three were resolutions.

Melanie Pena

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF-made satellite headed to space late December

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 22

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off on a resupply mission for the International Space Station Dec. 21. A small UF-made satellite, roughly the length and width of a Subway footlong sandwich, will venture into space along with it.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG advocates for crosswalk on University, 26th

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 10

Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday advocating for pedestrian safety at the intersection of University Avenue and Northwest 26th Street.

Cooper Brown, UF student body president, delivers the State of Campus Address at the University Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.

Alan Halaly

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Student Body President reflects on his term in State of the Campus Address

By Allessandra Inzinna | Nov. 3

The annual address allows SG’s executive branch to list their accomplishments of the semester and what is to come. Tuesday’s address was the first in-person address since 2019, as SG held the most recent address online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Liberty Pond is seen behind the Reitz Union on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.

Lauren Witte

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG moves to give Reitz pond facelift

By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 27

Built in April of 2009, the UF Veterans Memorial originally consisted of flags, a fountain and five granite pillars for each branch of the military. Now, the pond’s murky green water collects algae and has fallen into disrepair.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Committee seats are disproportionately Gator Party

By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 25

Gator Party has held a majority in Senate for more than a year since Spring 2020 when it won its first executive ticket. Now, with about 70 Gator senators in the chamber, the composition of Senate committees echoes this majority.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG Senate gives minimal public notice for committee meetings

By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 22

Although open to the public, standing Student Government committee meetings are often only announced on a clipboard on the ground floor of the Reitz Union. Students who do not pass the area and are not members of the committees themselves have no other means to find out SG meeting dates and times.

Kate McNamara

CAMPUS | STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Committee, Senate seat approvals leave some disappointed

By Allessandra Inzinna | Oct. 18

Some senators were dissatisfied with the picks for 21 committee seats and five open permanent Senate seats.