Independent Florida Alligator

Pros: A Student's View of College Life and the community of Gainesville, They Strive To Present A Fair Story, IT'S FREE
Cons: Not Very Large, Slightly Biased Towards U of F Students

On any typical day on the University of Florida campus, you can take a stroll, and swim in a sea of newspaper readers, whether walking or reclined. If you sit in on a class, you'll see that almost every student has a copy of The Alligator, as we call it,...

Pros: It's free and decent
Cons: Doesn't always have the best writing.

Because it's free. That's the first thing that must be said, if students had to pay for the Alligator then readership would drop by more than half.
Whether it's sitting in a boring class or eating lunch between classes, everyone read the...

Pros: Young, scrappy and opinionated.
Cons: Can't think of any.

The best of the college press in on University Ave. in Gainesville, Florida. And that's not only because I got a free subscription when I edited The South Georgian in Douglas, Georgia!
An old high school classmate edited the Alligator back in 1992...

Pros: Free, Great Sports Coverage, Online, Daily Student Paper
Cons: Liberal Bias, No Investigative Reporting

Having traveled to many other Universities with UF's Speech and Debate team, I often pick up their student paper. Those papers are often flimsy weekly papers with almost zero news. In comparison, the Independent Florida Alligator is absolutely amazing....