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UF defensive back Deiondre Porter misses a tackle on Tennessee quarterback Josh Dobbs during Florida's 28-27 win on Sept. 26, 2015, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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UF defensive back Deiondre Porter misses a tackle on Tennessee quarterback Josh Dobbs during Florida's 28-27 win on Sept. 26, 2015, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
UF president Kent Fuchs celebrates during Florida's 28-27 win against Tennessee on Sept. 26, 2015, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Alana Jackson, a 24-year-old community health worker at UF HealthStreet, performs a monologue about the addictive mentality behind marijuana use at the Our Community, Our Health event Sept. 24, 2015. The event video streamed drug-related research and speeches across the country.
Mickaela Bailey, a 20-year-old UF family youth and community sciences junior, holds her 10-week-old lab and shepherd mix, Kobe, at the Gator Madness table at Turlington Plaza Sept. 24, 2015. Students could win a Gator headband like the one around Kobe’s neck by shooting a basketball into a basketball hoop.
Mirsada Serdarevic (left), 24, and Shivani R. Khan, 28, both UF epidemiology PhD students, peruse an information table at UF HealthStreet during the Our Community, Our Health event Sept. 24, 2015. Khan picked up a flier for a 6-week dance program held by the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, which both girls said they will attend.
Andree George (left), a 25-year-old UF solar and water sciences graduate, and Sundeep Singh, a 22-year-old finance senior, sit among a group of friends talking and whistling with blades of grass in front of McCarty Hall Thursday at an impromptu picnic. The lunchtime spread included watermelon, grapes, golden Oreos, Nutella, cookie brownies and raspberries. They picnicked together because the weather was nice, George said.
Hope Gold, a 20-year-old UF theater junior, eats Krishna lunch on the lawn outside McCarty Hall. She chose to eat on the lawn because the Plaza of the Americas was too crowded. “Not many people look up,” Gold said. “I wanted to be away from technology and take everything in.”
Manuel Estopinan (right), a 21-year-old UF political science senior, writes why he thinks hazing is wrong inside a tracing of his hand outside the Reitz Student Union Sept. 23, 2015. Adilene Hernandez (left) said Lambda Theta Alpha hosted a Hands Don’t Haze table for National Hazing Prevention week. “You don’t need to haze in order to bring good people into your organizations,” the 22-year-old family youth and community sciences senior said.
Hope Gold, a 20-year-old UF theater junior, eats Krishna lunch on the lawn outside McCarty Hall. She chose to eat on the lawn because the Plaza of the Americas was too crowded. “Not many people look up,” Gold said. “I wanted to be away from technology and take everything in.”
Jonathan Beaubrun (left), a 20-year-old UF chemical engineering junior, flicks a frisbee to his friend Steven Fox, a 20-year-old UF mechanical engineering junior, outside McCarty Hall. Beaubrun is on the UF Ultimate Frisbee team. The frisbee he tossed was “not very good” but said his best ones were at home.
Rohan Pansare (right), a 24-year-old UF computer science masters student, walks into a LinkedIn workshop at the University of Florida Career Resource Center Sept. 21, 2015. The workshop was held for students in preparation for the Career Showcase. Students will be able to receive free headshots for their profile at the CRC’s LinkedIn booth during the Career Showcase next week.
While the Gators failed to qualify as a team for the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championship, fifth-year seniors ended their decorated careers on a high note and are now ready to pass the leadership torch to their younger teammates. Here's Alejandro Lopez's feature on the two seniors (http://www.alligator.org/sports/cross_country/article_9a4f3732-9d73-11e5-8449-b3ef7f7806df.html)
UF's Eddie Garcia (157) leads the pack during the Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 19, 2015, at the Mark Bostick Golf Course.
UF's Eddie Garcia races during the Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 19, 2015, at the Mark Bostick Golf Course.
Smoke rises from UF Keys Residential Complex after a fire started in the laundry room Sept. 19, 2015. According to UPD spokesman Maj. Brad Barber, a residential assistant called GFR around 4:30 p.m.
Smoke rises from UF Keys Residential Complex after a fire started in the laundry room Sept. 19, 2015. According to UPD spokesman Maj. Brad Barber, a residential assistant called GFR around 4:30 p.m.
FUN IN THE SUN -- Siddhesh Nagvekar (left), a 23-year-old UF computer engineering masters student, kicks away a beach ball from Ashwin Neelakantan, a 22-year-old computer science master student, outside the University Auditorium Thursday. The students, along with two of their other friends, picked up the beach ball at the Peace Corp table after their lunch, and they decided to play a quick soccer game between classes.
Nicole Reed (left) and Kimberly Kelley, both 24-year-old law students, watch the movie Selma at UF Levin College of Law on Sept. 17, 2015, as a part of Constitution Day activities. Reed and Kelley had never seen the movie before. “It’s really important to take time out and remember what people went through before us,” Reed said.
In the Faculty Dining Room at UF Levin College of Law, the Florida Association for Female Lawyers finish out Constitution Day with a free screening of Selma, a movie about Martin Luther King Jr’s campaign for equal voting rights. Danni Sanchez (bottom right), president of the association, said Selma was an important movie to show because the content is a product of the constitution.
Arianne Lazaro, an 18-year-old materials engineering freshman, peels off a yellow foam whale with her name on it during the Freshman Leadership Program’s mentor reveal Sept. 15, 2015. The program pairs incoming freshmen and sophomores with student mentors that will guide them through college life. “I think it’s beneficial,” Larazo said. “Especially when you’re transitioning to college. I’ve met the mentors and I think they are all really nice.”