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Patty Pascual

NEWS | CAMPUS BREAKING NEWS

Live Updates: All you need to know about Hurricane Idalia

By Alligator Staff report | Aug. 28

UPDATE: Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida Wednesday morning, spared much of Gainesville and Alachua County. With the departure of the hurricane, a gradual return to normalcy is underway. Many institutions, including UF and local schools, have reopened their doors after temporary closures due to the storm's threat.

METRO | K-12 EDUCATION

Local educators, students fear inaccurate Black history coverage in wake of new standards

By Alligator Staff report | July 31

Educators worry about the classrooms of future students after the Florida Board of Education issued a new set of standards for African American history instruction in public schools.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Gator wins executive seats, Change achieves first-ever UF Student Senate majority

By Alligator Staff report | Mar. 2

Gator won the executive ticket with Olivia Green as president, Clara Calavia as vice president and Nyla Pierre as treasurer. In the Senate, Change won 30 seats, Gator won 19 and a non-party affiliated write-in candidate won a seat as well.

UF students line up at the Reitz Union Printing Lab to cast their ballot for the Spring 2023 student body president, vice president and treasurer Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

Rae Chan

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

More than 7,600 UF students cast votes on first day of Spring Student Government elections

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 28

Thousands of UF students lined up across on-campus polling locations Tuesday for the first day of the Spring Student Government elections.

NEWS | CAMPUS BREAKING NEWS

UF Jewish community drowns out antisemitic streamers

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 2

Self-identified Christian Nationalist streamers Tyler Russell and Dalton Clodfelter began tabling at the Plaza of the Americans at about 1:30 p.m., donned in Yeezy merchandise, with a few supporters. A few feet across from them, the UF Jewish community showed up en masse.

NEWS | CAMPUS BREAKING NEWS

Bomb squad calls false alarm after UF Turlington Hall evacuation

By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 2

It was “research material” on the first floor of Turlington Hall that caused hundreds of students to flood out of the building when law enforcement ordered an evacuation of the building around 12:30 p.m, UF spokesperson Cynthia Roldan said.

Lorenzo Vasquez

METRO | POLITICS

Alachua County Commission round-up: Alford wins District 1, Wheeler wins District 2 and Cornell wins District 4

By Alligator Staff report | Nov. 8

Candidates Mary Alford, Marihelen Wheeler and Ken Cornell won the District 1, District 2 and DIstrict 4 County Commission races, respectively.

Lorenzo Vasquez

METRO | POLITICS

Voters cast Election Day votes for local, statewide candidates

By Alligator Staff report | Nov. 8

STRING: Voters take to the polls to cast their vote in the 2022 midterm elections. Local and statewide candidates brought voters out on Election Day.

BEN SASSE

Emerson Hall protest draws small turnout ahead of Sasse vote

By Alligator Staff report | Nov. 1

Around 50 protesters gathered outside Emerson Alumni Hall Tuesday morning to express their disapproval of Sasse’s selection as the sole finalist for the position of UF’s 13th president.

BEN SASSE

DISPATCHES: Updates on UF's Sen. Ben Sasse interview, protest

By Alligator Staff report | Nov. 1

Live dispatch updates: