Wiz(ard) Kid
Alex Garner, 22, a local magician and physics senior, demonstrates his magic tricks to passers-by Wednesday on Turlington Plaza.
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Alex Garner, 22, a local magician and physics senior, demonstrates his magic tricks to passers-by Wednesday on Turlington Plaza.
Korey Force, a 23-year-old, second-year graduate student in Latin American studies, dances Casino-style Cuban salsa with Andrew Cartas, a 24-year-old, second-year nuclear engineering Ph.D. candidate, on the Reitz Union Colonnade Tuesday evening.
Brendan Barraclough, a 23-year-old first-year medical physics graduate student, sits on the Plaza of the Americas and reads Stephen King’s “Dreamcatcher” Wednesday.
A group of four students takes turns in The Human Slingshot on Tuesday afternoon on the Plaza of Americas. The students ran back and forth, quickly slinging each other as the the human-sized stretchable band expanded and contracted. The round lasted until someone was flung out.
UF criminology junior Nikolas Wong, 21, sits in Starbucks on 3443 SW Archer Road, where he wrote some of his book containing 10 short satire stories. “The Coffee House” can be purchased on Amazon.com for $10. A portion of the profits from the book will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
Kerry Oliver-Smith, the curator at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, browses through the DVD rentals at Video Rodeo on Thursday evening. The bookshelves of Video Rodeo’s new bookstore, left, are currently occupied by VHS rentals but will soon feature novels.
Orlando Perez, 21, throws blue “powder” cornstarch at Mercedes Castro, 21, Tuesday on the North Lawn before encouraging students to join The Gator Run, a 5K to show orange and blue pride on Jan. 26.
Students dance next to the “Whispering Close” statue on Plaza of the Americas as part of the Queer Sadie Hawkins Dance on Wednesday afternoon. The dance was meant to spur discussion about heteronormativity.
Garit twins Luis, left, and Jorge, right, sit on a bench south of Marston Science Library. The brothers, originally from Cuba, together lost 200 pounds in a little less than a year.
A group of Hare Krishnas chant and dance at the 12-hour Kirtan of the Musical Meditation Festival on Saturday at the Krishna House, 214 NW 14th St.
Sara Bareilles speaks to students about voting for President Barack Obama on Saturday evening in Room 361 of the Reitz Union. After her speech, Bareilles rode around Gainesville in a van, encouraging people to vote early.
Courtney Ligon, 20, a biochemistry sophomore, paints a Pokemon-inspired pokeball flask Tuesday for a fundraiser for the UF Chemistry Club on Turlington Plaza.
Early voting started Saturday in Alachua County. Registered voters can vote at three locations, including the Supervisor of Elections Office, Alachua County Administration Building Location, 12 SE 1st St.
Tatyana Mann, 18, an art technology freshman, sits on the floor of the exhibit at The Gallery in the Reitz Union on Thursday evening getting a perspective of artist David Tonnelier’s sculpture.
Lady Rider from the Blue Ridge Rollergirls and LeBrawn Maimes from the Gainesville Roller Rebels, both jammers, race across the rink. Identified by stars on their helmets, jammers are the only players who can score points for the team.
Ari Osteen, a 22-year-old political science senior, holds his three-legged dog, Kona, after she ran around on Plaza of the Americas on Thursday.
Anna Ellis, an 18-year-old nursing freshman, and Caroline Hament, a 19-year-old exploratory freshman, lounge in a hammock on the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday.
Jeremy Melendez, 20, Roman Quintana, 20, and Marcy Khan, 20, cast their votes Tuesday at the Reitz Union computer lab. They said they want a say in what happens at UF.
Of Montreal performs Tuesday night in the Rion Ballroom at the Reitz Union.
The Late B.P. Helium of Of Montreal performs Tuesday night in the Rion Ballroom at the Reitz Union.