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Mausam Trivedi, a 21-year-old UF hospitality junior and president of the Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, takes a swing at an FSU-colored car during the SOS Smash fundraiser.
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Mausam Trivedi, a 21-year-old UF hospitality junior and president of the Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, takes a swing at an FSU-colored car during the SOS Smash fundraiser.
The Fat Tuscan Cafe sauteé chef Josh Williams, 33, demonstrates how to prepare an eggplant caprese salad during a gluten-free and vegan cooking lesson on Nov. 17, 2015. “I believe in a high vegetable diet,” he said.
Mark Sexton, communications and legislative affairs director for Alachua County, digs into a dish prepared at a gluten-free and vegan cooking class at The Fat Tuscan Cafe on Nov. 17, 2015.
Timothee Deschamps, a UF political science exchange student from France, and UF business administration sophomore Heather Ryan, both 19, write notes of support on a solidarity banner during the vigil for Paris and Beirut on Turlington Plaza on Nov. 16, 2015. Deschamps ended his message with "Go liberty, go Paris, go life," in French.
To raise awareness of the 793 million undernourished people around the world, UF Children Beyond Our Borders members, from left, Madeline Bieda, Gabriela Garcia, Manuela Gutierrez and Alexa Moore challenge students Nov. 16, 2015, on Plaza of the Americas to go a day with only a cup of rice and water. “The power of education breaks the cycle of social injustice,” said Bieda, a 21-year-old psychology senior.
Peter Boyd, a 35-year-old farmer, fills a cow horn with cow manure to be used for fertilization during the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival. “The manure is perfect,” he said. “It is fertility for next year.”
Sofia Calama, 4, pets a cow at the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival after filling her bowl with hay.
From left: Summer Bolin, a 24-year-old UF Health Shands nurse, 18-year-old Olivia Roush and 20-year-old Briana Bolin wait for a hay ride. “It’s my first time visiting the farm,” said Briana, a police academy student in the Kenneth C. Thompson Institute of Public Safety at Polk State College.
Onna Meyer, a 37-year-old photographer, teaches a young girl to hula hoop at the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival. Meyer said she learned to hoop dance at a Bonnaroo music festival eight years ago and brought 30 hoops to the fall festival Saturday to share with adults and children.
Sofia Calama, 4, pets a cow at the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival after filling her bowl with hay.
Peter Boyd, a 35-year-old farmer, fills a cow horn with cow manure to be used for fertilization during the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival. “The manure is perfect,” he said. “It is fertility for next year.”
Karen DeConna, 56-year-old owner of Jersey’s Creamery, sells handmade frozen custard during the Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival on Nov. 14, 2015. The Micanopy ice cream shop is named for the mini jersey cows DeConna’s farm raises. “My cow technically started the creamery seven years ago,” she said.
Artist Jean Garibaldi paints a canvas at the annual Gainesville Downtown Festival & Art Show on Nov. 15, 2015. The $100,000 festival went covered downtown Gainesville from Friday through Sunday.
Claire Whaling, owner of Nowhere Bound, talks with 27-year-old Boca Fiesta server Amanda Gonzalez at The Wooly's craft and vintage fair on Nov. 15, 2015. The 26-year-old artist said her shop includes all things handmade, hand-sewn and hand-painted.
Tommy Stone, a musician, whistles as he cleans up the backyard at The Zen Center and Hostel. “This is my fifth or sixth time here,” he said. “It’s a great place to be creative.”
Manager of the Zen Center and Hostel Karrie Ford (left), 27, playfully rubs palm leaves on the head of Robin Wind, a 19-year-old musician and artist, who is playing a meowsic keyboard on Nov. 4, 2015. Wind said she has been at the Zen Center for about a month, but “It seems like longer.”
Tommy Stone, a musician, whistles as he cleans up the backyard at The Zen Center and Hostel. “This is my fifth or sixth time here,” he said. “It’s a great place to be creative.”
The Zen Center and Hostel maintenance manager Roger Snyder prepares to sand down floorboards a room in The Zen Center and Hostel. Snyder said he hopes with the renovations the room can be used as another meditation or relaxation room.
Artist in residence Oliver Norden paints in the courtyard of The Zen Center and Hostel. He said he has worked on the piece for about three weeks, inviting community members to add shapes and colors and rotating the canvas until a pattern emerges.
Frank Blankenship, the 63-year-old founder of MindFreedom Florida, protests for a $15 minimum wage at the corner of West University Avenue and 13th Street on Nov. 10, 2015. There were 60 people protesting, including local politicians, student group representatives, local faith leaders and Santa Fe College faculty.