Two riders charge toward each other, rods in hand, and the joust begins. The Gainesville Bike Polo All Stars have begun their weekly Thursday night practice.

At the removal Monday morning, workers at the scene pried the bricks using crowbars and hammer claws and stacked the removed pieces like a Jenga board before sealing them with a tarp. The three rainbows were fully removed by Aug. 27.

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A professor at Columbia University has been named UF’s interim president — igniting discourse throughout the university.

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The city of Gainesville removed three rainbow-colored crosswalks, originally meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, to comply with new Florida Department of Transportation mandates.

UF students who receive financial aid through a STEM-specific waiver will no longer see refunds from the program following changes in state legislation effective this Fall.

“Connect with someone here, with everyone here. Celebrate your roots proudly,” said Hector Isiah Collazo, Hispanic-Latine Student Assembly's organizer.

Patrick Johnson, 50, was arrested on charges of robbing $1,448 from the Wells Fargo bank located on Archer Road on Wednesday afternoon.

Curtis Windom, 59, was executed Thursday at the Florida State Prison. A member of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty read a statement from the family of Windom and his victims: “Rest in peace, Curtis. We love you. We forgive you.”

UF graduates fought for years for Florida to ban corporal punishment in schools — often known as paddling. Their efforts came to fruition earlier this year with a law requiring parents to consent before their kids are struck.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 27 people in Alachua County this month as of Wednesday, with 24 of those arrests occurring over the past two weeks. The youngest arrested were two 19-year-olds.

“We want to serve the public. We want to have a facility that serves the public,” Commissioner Ken Cornell said.

AI can perform quick, repetitive jobs like data entry and customer service. But there are still some careers that require a human touch — or chipping hammer.

From style to personal wellness, some Black-owned businesses in Gainesville try to go a step further in caring for and improving locals’ wellbeing. As National Black Business Month comes to a close at August’s end, here’s some local spots to visit.

Over the Fall semester, The Alligator will be keeping in touch with some of these freshmen, tracking the organizations they join and drop throughout the semester — and how many they’re still involved with by the end.

"While UF may hope to live in a world without a climate crisis, hope is not a plan.". Read this opinion by Abigail Trachtenberg.

"Transforming pizza from Baroque to brutalist, SquareHouse redefines the form with its sharply cut, freshly baked, build-your-own squares.". Read this opinion by Aidan Ragan.

UPDATE: The Board of Trustees unanimously approved Landry as interim president. He will need approval from the Board of Governors to continue in the role long-term, but he can start working Sept. 1 while waiting for that confirmation.

The Hispanic-Latine Student Assembly, an annual welcoming event, will go on this year with nearly half the budget it once had, joining other UF welcome assemblies that lost their Signature Event designations.