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The Independent
Florida Alligator
Be informed, then decide
Students have been relying on
The Alligator
and its precursors since 1906. It began as
the
University News
and was renamed the
Florida Alligator
in 1912. It has been
financially and politically independent from the university since 1973 as
The Independent
Florida Alligator
. With a daily readership of more than 53,000, it is the largest-circulated
and most widely read student-run newspaper in the United States.