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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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MULTIMEDIA  |  VIDEO

Video: Looming Loans

A recent report from The Wall Street Journal states that debt from student loans is about $2.5 million more than consumer credit debt. UF financial aid advisers and a student explain where that money is headed and how students can spend it more efficiently.


NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Former gov. weighs in on political landscape

When Buddy MacKay returned to Florida after serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, he saw a state in desperate need of development and renovation. Yet more than a decade removed from his service in a state government that has overseen numerous changes, he still sees a state in need of improvement.


Florida Alligator
METRO

Service group seeks help

Frantzie Saint Juste listened patiently as one student after another gave the same response — too much homework, not enough time. Another day at the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County, another day understaffed.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Learning is undead

In his column “Zombie attack bad for university image,” Sean Quinn states, “above all else UF is a four-year research institution, focused on educating its students to their fullest potentials.” I would argue this is exactly why alternate reality games like Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) should have a place on campus.


Florida Alligator
METRO  |  POLITICS

Reader urges students to vote independent

I try not to get too involved in Student Government politics; it makes your head spin after awhile. But after reading Wednesday’s letters, I have to ask the question: Why are the current SG officials (i.e., the Unite Party via longtime Student Sen. Matt Michel and Unite operative Dana Summerstein) so threatened by the up-and-coming reformers?



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