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More than 60 exhibitors attended the Small Opportunity Fair

Many students’ first foray outside their family home takes them straight to their freshman year college dorm. UF has 26 residence halls for students to choose from. The Alligator interviewed current and former residents of each hall to discover the good and bad in each. Room layouts are an artist’s interpretation base

While the annual Pride Parade will not be held this year, the popular Pride Festival will return to Bo Diddley Plaza from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

The Gainesville Community Band, the Annasemble Community Orchestra, and the Next Generations Mothers Day Concert are all scheduled for Sunday.

It’s the wild west for straws a year-and-a-half into Gainesville’s single-use plastic straw and stirrer ban. Every establishment has picked its own solution to satisfy the city ordinance.  Karma Cream uses a commercially compostable paper straw. Chick-fil-A uses a commercially compostable polylactic acid (PLA) straw. MOJO Hogtown uses a compostable and ocean-friendly polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) straw. So, whose choice is the best? The environmentalist mantra of reduce, reuse, recyc...

Gainesville Girls Rock Camp creates a safe space for girls and gender-expansive youth The nonprofit organization uses music, art and creative expression to amplify the voices of marginalized gender groups May 20, 2021 | 7:30am EDT Gainesville Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization that uses music, art and creative expression to amplify the voices of marginalized gender groups. (Courtesy to The Alligator) After the COVID-19 pa...