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Students embrace personality and passion at ‘I Am More’ event

Lev Ettinger knelt on one knee while holding his phone in his right hand and a marker in his left on Plaza of the Americas Tuesday afternoon.

An SG update from your Student Body President

I hope you Gators all had a great Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family! I am writing to you today with some updates on what your Student Government has been up to lately. I’ll touch on some new initiatives we’ve been working on as well as a summary of what else SG has accomplished so far this year.

About 50 emergency bleed kits available on campus

UF students and faculty can access about 50 emergency kits on campus to stop bleeding in 30 seconds.

What makes a monster? New UF class opening exhibit in January

Frankenstein, smallpox and Kevin Spacey have something in common. UF honors students are preparing an exhibit about monsters, and all three are on display.

Four things you can do rather than Juul

On Tuesday, e-cigarette company Juul Labs announced that it will stop all store orders for their mango, cucumber, fruit and creme Juul pods. These fruity flavors are popular among the younger crowd, and we all probably know someone who teared up when they found out their favorite flavor won’t be sold in stores anymore. If you are one of the teary-eyed just mentioned, here is a list of four things you can do now that you’ve quit Juuling because Juul stopped selling your flavor of choice:

George A. Smathers Libraries donates to Field and Fork Pantry for survey responses

Smathers Libraries will use a survey to fill the Field and Fork Pantry shelves as they empty out for Thanksgiving.

Picks Column Week 11

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

The Alligator sent a reporter into Library West for a whole 24 hours to ask: “Why are you here?” Here’s what 24 people had to say.

To spend 24 hours in Library West, I had to bring along some supplies. 

The Alligator sent a reporter into Library West for a whole 24 hours to ask: 'Why are you here?' Here’s what 24 people had to say.

About 8,000 people vote early at Reitz Union

Megan Newsome felt nervous and giddy Thursday afternoon. She gathered friends and ate cake.

Free menstrual products coming to two UF libraries Friday

Heather Halak dreaded having to run to the bathroom down the street when she was a UF student.

UF athletes compete for all of us, turn out to watch them

For those of you hiding under a rock (or in a library), UF is a sports school. Well, in the minds of many, a football school at least. And basketball too. The running joke is whenever the football team lost last year, we could remind our opponents that “at least we’re a top 10 public university!” We could begin reminding ourselves that we don’t have to be just a football school, though. Maybe we’re a baseball school or a gymnastics school. A lot of sports go unnoticed, unappreciated — sports that have been top-notch for a long time. These sports deserve attention too.

Week in review: SG screw up roundup

On Tuesday, much of the legislature and executive branch came together in the University Auditorium for the State of the Campus. Essentially, the address is an annual disappointment where we all come together and scratch our heads at how little we’ve been able to accomplish in the past six months and then console ourselves with the “free” T-shirts and food used to bribe attendees to come.

Trick-or-treating at Library West

Teresa Sellos, a 23-year-old computer science senior, and Stephanie Birch, the African American Studies Librarian, direct students before they begin the Trick or Treat event at Library West on Wednesday afternoon. Students were met at the entrance of the library and given a flier giving locations on where trick of treat stations were located and bags to collect candy. After all stations were complete, students were able to return their flier to the circulation desk to be entered for a prize.

Trick-or-treating in Library West

Melissa Defond, a 26-year-old library intern, hands out candy to students during Trick or Treat at Library West on Wednesday afternoon. Candy and bags were purchased in preparation for 300 students to participate in the event. Students stopped at five locations to get the locations on their fliers checked off, receive candy and learn about student resources offered by the libraries on campus.

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Melissa Defond, a 26-year-old library intern, hands out candy to students during Trick or Treat at Library West on Wednesday afternoon. Candy and bags were purchased in preparation for 300 students to participate in the event. Students stopped at five locations to get the locations on their fliers checked off, receive candy and learn about student resources offered by the libraries on campus.

Library West has double the attendance in second trick-or-treating event

UF librarians dressed as witches and warlocks gave out 1,500 pieces of candy — and some knowledge — in two hours.

UF celebrates 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein” with spooky live reading

Katherine Jovanovic, a 19-year-old English sophomore, reads from Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" during the Frankenread event hosted by the George A. Smathers libraries in the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesday morning. The novel was read by several readers in 20 minute shifts from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. This event was one of multiple events happening during the Library Halloween Spooktacular happening at Library West, Smathers Library and Plaza of the Americas.

UF celebrates 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein” with spooky live reading

An 8-foot creature peered into a family’s home in the woods. Then the sprinklers went off.

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Puerto Rican flags planted on the Plaza of the Americas in the shape of “PR” honored the victims of Hurricane Maria who died on the island on the anniversary of the hurricane. Unión de Estudiantes Puertorriqueños Activos, the Puerto Rican UF student group under the umbrella of Hispanic Student Association, collected books to send to a library and signed a poster offering words of hope to those still affected.