OPERATION CATNIP
Volunteers help prepare cats for surgery during the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Operation Catnip on Sunday. The team of volunteers is expected to have spayed and neutered a total of 50,000 strays by November.
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Volunteers help prepare cats for surgery during the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Operation Catnip on Sunday. The team of volunteers is expected to have spayed and neutered a total of 50,000 strays by November.
Kayla Lawlor, a 24-year-old UF veterinary medicine student, checks the sex of a cat during the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Operation Catnip on Sunday. Lawlor has been volunteering since August of last year.
Nicole Sieling, a 19-year-old UF biomedical engineering sophomore, comforts a cat coming out of surgery during the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Operation Catnip on Sunday. Every month, an average of 100 volunteers help spay, neuter and vaccinate an average of 200 cats per event.
Vocalist Bryce Creighton performs with his band Scholars Word during Spirit Fest at The Jam on Sunday.
Mike Purcell, 38, looks through custom paintings from Zipporah Sky Art during Spirit Fest at The Jam on Sunday.
Emily Faulconer, 33, holds Dorri Collins as she looks through custom paintings from Zipporah Sky Art during Spirit Fest at The Jam on Sunday.
Sean Duncan, a 28-year-old Gypsy Paradise & Friends artist, practices a fist bump with Ileana Rodriguez, 4, during Spirit Fest at The Jam on Sunday. The three-day festival featured more than 30 live music acts, as well as food, hand-made clothing and art to celebrate the venue's closing.
Gainesville Mayor Ed Braddy, left, presents the holiday tree at the Historic Thomas Center as it is lit up for the season on Dec. 5, 2015.
Karen Caraway carols with the Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony at the Historic Thomas Center on Dec. 5, 2015. She has sung with the choir for 23 years.
Joyce Lillquist plays the chorded zither while her husband, Jim, plays the hammer dulcimer during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony at the Historic Thomas Center on Dec. 5, 2015. The Gypsy Guerrilla Band, composed of the couple, performed a variety of holiday tunes.
General contractor Lenny Spraque holds his 4-year-old daughter Madison while waiting in line to talk to Santa at the Historic Thomas Center on Saturday.
Four-year-old Olivia Wood, left, and 6-year-old Isabel Wood tell Santa about their Christmas wishes during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony on Saturday. “They’re always super excited for Christmas,” said Ligia Wood, a web designer and the girls’ mother.
A student paints a mug during a do-it-yourself holiday workshop in the Arts and Crafts Center in the Reitz Union on Dec. 3, 2015. A total of 104 people attended.
Students paint ceramic holiday decorations during a DIY holiday workshop in the Arts and Crafts Center on Dec. 3, 2015. Fifty-nine mugs and 83 ornaments were decorated.
Joshua Chen, an 18-year-old UF biology freshman, designs a mug during Rub Entertainment’s Merry Mug Making event in the Arts and Crafts Center on Dec. 3, 2015. “I’m making it for someone for Christmas,” he said.
A student paints a mug during a do-it-yourself holiday workshop in the Arts and Crafts Center in the Reitz Union on Dec. 3, 2015. A total of 104 people attended.
Palak Patel, an 18-year-old UF biology freshman, paints an ornament during Reitz Union Board Entertainment’s Merry Mug Making event in the Arts and Crafts Center in the Reitz Union on Dec. 3, 2015. “I’m painting an ornament for my older sister for her birthday,” she said. “It says ‘live for yourself.’”
Sisters Katrina Sales, a 20-year-old UF microbiology and cell science junior, left, and Victoria Sales, a 19-year-old UF biomedical engineering freshman, wait in line for RUB Entertainment’s Merry Mug Making event at the Arts and Crafts Center on Dec. 3, 2015. “I want to decorate a penguin (ornament),” Katrina said.
Rob Cuskley, a 28-year-old biological scientist, introduces a baby american alligator to Albert during the campus showcase for Inauguration Week on Dec. 2, 2015. The Florida Museum of Natural History encouraged Cuskley to bring the alligator to educate students.