Kalia Richardson - The Independent Florida Alligator

OPINION | COLUMNS

An unexpected second home

By Kalia Richardson | Apr. 18

I had joined The Alligator Summer 2020 as a transfer student, about four months after the onset of the pandemic. As a digital news assistant, I reported remotely from my Miami home, and my interactions consisted strictly of text and video calls over Zoom. It wasn’t until I became a features and investigations editor in January that I began to feel the sense of community that a true newsroom fosters. I began to see The Alligator as a second home.

Carley Noll

CAMPUS | UF ADMINISTRATION

UF female TAs experience gender bias from students and faculty

By Kalia Richardson | Dec. 15, 2020

Gender stereotypes have led to bias from students and faculty.

People eating at The Swamp Restaurant in 2019. Gainesville's iconic restaurant will return at a new location closer to downtown in 2022.

Aaron Ritter

CAMPUS

The Swamp restaurant to return to Gainesville in new location

By Kalia Richardson | Dec. 13, 2020

The restaurant, previously located at 1642 W. University Ave. in Midtown, will be moved to 1026 SW Second Ave. in the Gainesville Innovation District, two blocks from UF’s campus. Construction will begin in the summer of 2021 and is expected to take 12 to 14 months.

Shannon Ahern

CAMPUS

UF students leave stressful home situations and look positively to the Spring

By Kalia Richardson | Dec. 7, 2020

With in-person, HyFlex and online classes all being offered in Spring 2021, University of Florida students look forward to moving back to Gainesville next semester.

Samantha Harrison

CAMPUS

Working students stay in Gainesville to not expose their families at home

By Kalia Richardson | Nov. 22, 2020

With regular exposure to the virus and unmasked partiers, student workers fear returning home could put their immunocompromised family members at further risk

Graphic remembering Matt Marriott, Alligator alumnus

Shannon Ahern

CAMPUS

Remembering Alligator alumnus and photographer Matt Marriott

By Kalia Richardson | Nov. 13, 2020

Alligator alum Matt Marriott remembered as a fearless and gifted photographer by his friends and family

Masked UF students with Nigerian flags in hand stand in solidarity against police brutality in Nigeria and other forms of injustice throughout the continent.

Courtesy to The Alligator

CAMPUS

‘The level of inhumanity is just unbearable’: Nigerian faculty and students speak up on police brutality in their home country

By Kalia Richardson | Nov. 13, 2020

With social unrest in the country, Nigerian students and faculty are advocating for solidarity within the Black community.

Aubrey Bocalan

CAMPUS | UF ADMINISTRATION

Provost doesn’t agree with foreign language professors’ demands

By Kalia Richardson | Nov. 8, 2020

Face masks have added an additional roadblock to the pathway to in-person language classes

Aubrey Bocalan

CAMPUS | UF ADMINISTRATION

Internet scavenger hunts and camera-on policies: UF Professors adapt to the Zoom classroom

By Kalia Richardson | Nov. 1, 2020

Many UF professors have mandated student participation and cameras to increase student engagement

Shannon Ahern

CAMPUS

Transform Today event raises more than $500,000 for pediatric patients and their families, less than last year

By Kalia Richardson | Oct. 29, 2020

Transform Today is an annual 26.2 hour student-run event where each dollar raised goes toward pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, Gainesville’s local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.