Ben Nielsen is The Alligator’s Multimedia Editor. He formerly worked as The Alligator's videographer, and began working as multimedia editor in January 2024. He specializes in visual storytelling and manages photos, graphics and videos.
The Top filled with balloons July 13 as a crowd of people waited outside to be let in for the 24th anniversary of the restaurant’s opening.
When 20-year-old UF anthropology major Fiona Garber and a group of her peers were tasked with a research project as a part of UF’s Alexander Grass Scholars Program, she chose to delve into the impact of the condition and the effect of the AIDS pandemic on a local scale.
En una calle típica llena de casas ordinarias, una vivienda ofrece más de lo que parece a simple vista. En su interior, se pueden encontrar instrumentos musicales, decoraciones vibrantes y multitudes eléctricas. Este es The Roadhouse, un local de música DIY que ha albergado actuaciones de música en vivo regularmente durante los últimos cuatro años. El local, ubicado en Grove Street, anunció en una publicación de Instagram que realizará su último show este verano, el 27 de julio.
The venue, located in Grove Street, announced in an Instagram post it will host its final show this summer, July 27. The decision to close arrived when its owners, event coordinator Bri Reed and their husband Justin Reed, decided to move away from Gainesville.
Donning a winged helmet, a lightning-decorated fanny pack and a toy hammer, Eggleston embarks on a weekly run every Thursday — or as he calls it, “Thorsday.”
Gabby Lafond tends the bar at The Top on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Florida senior Flomena Asekol sprints in the Gators SEC Outdoor Championships on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
As Supervisor of Elections Ethan Halle stood on the stairs above the Reitz atrium, the ground floor came to a hush as students set down their Sprite cups and lowered their cardboard cutouts of candidates’ heads. The results were in. Vision Party swept the executive ticket of the Spring 2024 SG election, electing John Brinkman as student body president. Laura Thomas and Saketh Damera, both from Vision, will serve as vice president and treasurer. Filmed by Gabriella Aulisio, Kyle King and Ben Nielsen
Caitlyn Schiffer talks with Topher Adams, Sophia Bailly, Jared Teitel and Kat Tran in this roundtable podcast about their own mental health experiences as journalists. Filmed and edited by Ben Nielsen.
Oct. 28, 2023, a crowd of costumed people amassed for the annual independent Queer the Fest. The “Mutant Disco” theme brought a slew of colorful glittery outfits and creative face makeup.
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