ALL ARTICLES FROM THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR
1. Title: Give Womens Sports A Chance
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7891355B78A30?p=AWNB
Description of the story: This article focused on peoples perceptions of women's sports and how it is perceived as a joke sport and sports casters only cover it because they "have to".
Description of the problem: Women's sports are not given enough credit and don't get as many views as men sports do even though they are both equally entertaining. The highest ratings for women sports is half the ratings that the recorded highest men sports were.
Description of who has the problem: The problem lies within women athletes that aren't getting enough credit for their skills and aren't having equal recognition to male athletes.
2. Title: UF, Santa Fe Students Give Back
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7891344651F40?p=AWNB
Description of the story: Around 200 students from UF and Santa Fe volunteer their day off from school to participate in MLK community service opportunities over 11 different locations.
Description of the problem: As it says in the article people should consider MLK day a day on not a day off and should not be sleeping in and should be taking advantage of all the MLK did for this world and should give back to the community and many people don't.
Description of who has the problem: The problem lies within students and individuals around the world that don't understand the importance of giving back to the community.
3. Title: Gainesville Can Do More Recycling
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7891384D37170?p=AWNB
Description of the story: The story bases on the author explaining how important it is to recycle even if its just putting one water bottle in a recycling bin, it can make a difference.
Description of the problem: The author describes the main problem being our town lacks the infrastructure to recycle and the lack of significance deemed to recycling as well.
Description of who has the problem: The problem lies within the community and town that does go the extra mile to put out recycling bins instead of trash bins as well as many other ways to create a more eco-friendly community.
4. Title: Cold Weather Shelter Houses Homeless
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A6288B597D1DB0?p=AWNB
Description of the story: The article explains that the St. Francis House opens itself up to the homeless and shelters them when the temperatures are below 45 degrees and allows for them to warm up and have a place for them to stay.
Description of the problem: The main problem is that there are so many homeless people around the town of Gainesville that when temperatures go below a certain degree are laying on the street so cold.
Description of who has the problem: The problem lies within the homeless people who from this article have been homeless for around 7-15 years!
5. Title: Hands works with Miami hospital to aid in liver transplants
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15A6288B4D76BF30?p=AWNB
Description of the story: The UF Shands Children Hospital is starting to work with Miami hospitals to transfer patients to provide children with the ability to get liver transplants because the center had to stop offering transplants.
Description of the problem: The problem is that the UF Shands Hospital cannot provide patients in need of liver transplants, the necessary surgeries. Families of these patients have to drive from Gainesville to Miami or Jacksonville to Miami to get the treatments.
Description of who has the problem: The problem lies within patients that don't have the ability to get the surgery they need at the hospital most convenient to them.
The articles you chose to write about shows how much responsibility lies in the hands of the community. When citizens of Gainesville work together, we can do our part to make the city more sustainable, benefit the greater Gainesville area and take care of our disadvantaged and low-income.
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