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(10/08/15 12:04am)
Brandon Nguyen, a 20-year-old economics junior, pets Kevin, a 1-year-old yellow lab and guide dog in training, at the Southeastern Guide Dog table during the Accessibility Fair. The goal of Kevin’s training is to one day help a blind owner. “It’s different than having a pet,” Nguyen said. “They have more purpose outside of companionship.”
(10/08/15 12:04am)
Lindsey Gowens, an 18-year-old UF marketing freshman, picks up a button reading, “Not all disabilities are visible,” from the Disability Resource Center’s table at the Accessibility Fair. Gowens said she has a friend with severe depression and the button’s message resonated with her. “Mental disabilities are just as serious as physical disabilities,” she said.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Showing off an Instagram frame at the Accessibility Fair, Laura Jaramillo, a 19-year-old community sciences and disorders sophomore, volunteered to talk with students about disabilities. The frame and the hashtag #UFAccessibility were made to spread the word about the fair and “to get more people out here,” Jaramillo said.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Kelly Mahoney, a 20-year-old UF religion junior, cuts and pastes photos into a collage on Oct. 7, 2015. “I figure it will all come together,” said Mahoney, who described herself as an “art fiend.” Her collage’s concept was based on ideas that “pop out at you.”
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Lindsey Gowens, an 18-year-old UF marketing freshman, picks up a button reading, “Not all disabilities are visible,” from the Disability Resource Center’s table at the Accessibility Fair. Gowens said she has a friend with severe depression and the button’s message resonated with her. “Mental disabilities are just as serious as physical disabilities,” she said.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Caroline Nickerson, a 21-year-old UF history and Chinese junior, writes on her homemade button at the Accessibility Fair on Oct. 7, 2015, at the Plaza of the Americas. The fair promoted awareness about disabilities and provided information about UF’s disability resources. On the button, Nickerson wrote, “A flower does not think of the flower next to it - it just blooms.”She said she made the button for a friend who had been comparing himself to others at work.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Naomi Steel, president of C.R.E.A.T.E., blows on puddled watercolors to create a splatter effect on her artwork in McCarty Hall on Oct. 7, 2015 during C.R.E.A.T.E’s collage madness event. After a stressful week, Steel said she was ready to paint and cut stuff up. “I’m just watercoloring my feelings,” said Steel, a 21-year-old UF health science pre-occupational therapy senior.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Natalie McGee (left), a marketing student, and Naomi Barb, a health science occupational therapy student, both 19-year-old UF sophomores, keep smiles on their faces while talking about disability accessibility on campus at the Dean of Student Office’s table. Students wrote on balloons to express what accessibility means to them. “More accessibility is what we need,” said Barb, who one day wants to work people with disabilities.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Taylor Ratcliff, a 23-year-old who will return to UF as a history senior in the spring, blows out Gator Mist flavored smoke at Sheesha on Oct. 7, 2015. Ratcliff said he used smoke at Sheesha twice a week with friends, but hadn’t been back in a while because he purchased his own hookah.
(10/07/15 11:22pm)
Brandon Nguyen, a 20-year-old economics junior, pets Kevin, a 1-year-old yellow lab and guide dog in training, at the Southeastern Guide Dog table during the Accessibility Fair. The goal of Kevin’s training is to one day help a blind owner. “It’s different than having a pet,” Nguyen said. “They have more purpose outside of companionship.”
(10/07/15 12:56am)
Classic Indian food, Halal, was served during UF Islam on Campus’s 13th annual Fast-A-Thon on Oct. 6, 2015. The halal meat is purified, prepared and prayed over before consumption.
(10/07/15 12:56am)
Mickey Vellukunnel, a 26-year-old UF computer science graduate student, breaks his fast with pita bread and hummus. He said the space was a good way for people of different religions to come together and “get a taste of the practice,” an Islamic tradition to cleanse one’s body and spirit.
(10/07/15 12:56am)
Mohammad Arif, a 21-year-old UF biology senior, calls a crowd of about 500 to pray and break their fast at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center as the sun sets at 7:10 p.m. Oct. 6, 2015. Afir said people’s emotions had been tested during the fast and his call signaled the moment they could “let it all loose.”
(10/05/15 10:50pm)
An alligator visits Burt Silverstein, a 70-year-old cardiologist, interrupting his reading time at Lake Alice on Oct. 5, 2015. He said that the alligators are usually benign, but he “keeps an eye on them.” Silverstein chooses the lake to escape into casual reading because it’s beautiful and quiet.
(10/05/15 10:50pm)
Patrick Hunt, a 21-year-old organic crop production senior, measures out a plot of land at the Student Agricultural Gardens on Oct. 5, 2015, for a cover crop of fava beans. The garden intern said cover crops help keep the soil from eroding while they are not using the land. The cool October afternoon set the scene for Hunt to plant the fava bean seeds with The Gator Gardening Club.
(10/05/15 10:50pm)
Kyle Stoughton (from left), a marketing student, jokes with Lydia Hensel, a health sciences pre-occupation therapy student, and Cassie Hicks, a family youth and community sciences student, by Lake Alice on Oct. 5, 2015. The three 19-year-old UF sophomores hung around the lake to take a break from studying. Hensel said that there are a lot of opportunities around campus to use her hammock especially “when the weather gets nice.”
(10/04/15 11:22pm)
Thaddeus Bullard, former UF defensive end and current World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, wrestler known as Titus O’Neil, kisses 5-month-old Maelynn Kensey at St. Francis House on Oct. 2, 2015. Bullard spent time with homeless men, women and children as part of the Gator Good, a UF campaign to give back to the local community.
(10/04/15 11:22pm)
Rex Smart, a 60-year-old veteran, pours 4 Rivers Smokehouse BBQ sauce on smoked chicken during lunchtime at St. Francis House on Oct. 2, 2015. The meal of coleslaw, baked beans, rolls and pulled pork or smoked chicken was donated by 4 Rivers Smokehouse as a part of the Gator Good campaign to give back to the community. He said he volunteers every weekend to serve food to the homeless and understands how important it is to show the homeless he cares since he was once on the receiving end of the food line.
(10/04/15 11:22pm)
Sharmaine Chester, 51, chooses the smoked chicken for her meal at St. Francis House. The donated food, supplied by 4 Rivers Smokehouse, was accompanied with an appearance by Thaddeus Bullard, who volunteered time at the House in hand with the Gator Good campaign. “If I eat, I can smile,” Chester said.
(10/04/15 11:22pm)
Clint Griffin, 60-year-old homeless man, enjoys a lunch of smoked chicken, baked beans and a dessert pastry on Friday. He comes to St. Francis at least once a week for food. “It’s a good place when you’re down and out,” he said.