Tree Campus USA
Taylor Cremo, 22, left, Shekinah Ellis, 21, center, and Monique Harris, 22, right, volunteer to plant trees near the President’s House as part of Tree Campus USA efforts.
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Taylor Cremo, 22, left, Shekinah Ellis, 21, center, and Monique Harris, 22, right, volunteer to plant trees near the President’s House as part of Tree Campus USA efforts.
Team Koach prepares hamantaschen in a bake-off at UF Hillel on Wednesday. The cookies are filled with fruit, chocolate or other ingredients.
Gainesville City Commissioners discuss the current neighborhood parking decal system Thursday. They unanimously passed a resolution to explore options of raising parking permit prices.
According to city development plans, a new fire station will sit on the parking lot shared by a downtown business complex on the 400 block of South Main Street.
Jessica Forbes, 19, a UF applied physiology and kinesiology freshman, writes on a board at a demonstration fighting against human trafficking during Justice Week on Monday on Plaza of the Americas.
Gavin O’Leary, a 20-year-old UF nuclear engineering student, writes, “Campus needs more buses,” on a Swamp Party board.
Alachua County high school students compete in Sante Fe College’s annual Brain Bowl competition. The Precious Pearls beat out two other teams to win the two-hour tournament, which focused on black heritage. The competition is held every year.
Walmart Super Center, 5700 NW 23rd St., will open today. The old Walmart, located off Northwest 13th Street, closed Thursday.
Trees north of Bryan Hall will be cut down to make room for Heavener Hall, a new building that will expand the Warrington College of Business Administration.
UF Speech and Debate society’s intramural team conducted a Harry Potter versus Luke Skywalker debate to raise money for the Food for Kids Backpack Program. The two sides debated for 90 minutes about who would win in a fantasy duel between Skywalker and Potter. Harry Potter, Harris Kraus, won the debate, garnering all but seven votes.
Gainesville Police Department Headquarters, 721 NW Sixth St., is scheduled to be demolished at 8:30 a.m. The demolition is the first step in the reconstruction process, which will take about one year to complete, said GPD spokesman Officer Ben Tobias.
Volunteers examine air potatoes after the 14th Annual Great Air Potato Round-Up on Saturday at Morningside Nature Center. More than 6.6 tons of air potatoes and 1,990 pounds of other invasive species were collected during the event.