Zoey Thomas is a media production junior and The Alligator's Spring 2025 data editor. She previously reported for the metro, university and enterprise desks. In her free time, you can find her reading, crocheting or arguing for the superiority of sweet potatoes over regular potatoes.
The Board of Governors, a majority of which are appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis, voting month to purge UF’s general education catalog from more than 1,200 courses to just under 300.
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that reoccurs in a pattern about four months out of the year — often during the winter. SAD doesn’t occur often among Floridians, with people from Alaska or New England more likely to develop the disorder. But many Floridians still suffer from a less extreme version: the “winter blues” or “holiday blues.”
Plasma donation centers, such as the new BioLife Plasma Services, are bringing in donors and re-igniting ethical questions. Some argue targeting low-income donors violates two medical ethics principles: autonomy and justice.
Republican candidate Stan McClain won the Florida State Senate District 9 seat after earning a majority in Levy County and his home county, Marion.
Since 2013, eating disorders on campus have risen steadily. College has long proved a catalytic time for developing eating disorders — illnesses of obsession with food that may take the form of anorexia, bulimia or binge eating.
Attendees rallied to support an amendment that would return the company’s leadership from state to city control. It will appear on the general election ballot Nov. 5.
The city saw 60 mph winds and power outages but escaped destruction seen in coastal areas.
Less than 9% of cisgender female UF students reported feeling very safe walking on campus at night. Yet despite concerns, UF outsourced a private company to manage Title IX reports, stopped using two campus-wide violence prevention programs, and renamed and moved its gender equity office, all in the past two years.
Thousands of people across Florida are facing disruptions in health coverage after UF Health and UnitedHealthcare failed to solve months-long contract negotiations. Patients with Medicaid and employer-sponsored commercial plans are now out-of-network at UF Health locations statewide. Medicare holders are not affected except at UF Health Flagler Hospital.
Almost 70% of UF students reported drinking in the last three months, about 6% higher than the national average. Although it’s normalized as part of the college experience, drinking also comes with mental and physical risks.
A crowd of 150 pro-Palestinian protestors stand in the middle of the intersection chanting in unison for an end to the siege of Gaza Saturday, November 4, 2023.
Muralists paint a mural of The Priest Theatre in High Springs on Saturday, March 25, 2023.
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