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Gator Party wins majority of Senate seats, student voter turnout decreases

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

About 6,000 students voted in Student Government elections – 3,000 less than Spring 2019

Protesters are seen walking from the Reitz Student Union towards Tigert Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

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Students, employees protest Reitz Union name

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

Protesters pointed to the segregationist history of the building’s namesake

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Meet the independent candidates running for Student Government

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

These Lakeside and Murphree residents chose not to run with any parties.

Photo of Newell Drive with Century Tower and Marston Science Library visible in the view

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UF plans to hold more in-person classes in Spring

By Corbin Bolies | Oct. 6, 2020

UF plans to hold the same amount of class sections as Spring 2020 next semester, Provost Joseph Glover said in a town hall Tuesday

A S.A.F.E. staff member instructs fans in the student section to put on their masks at Saturday’s home opener in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

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Obedience of UF’s COVID-19 protocols varied in home opener

By Zachary Huber | Oct. 4, 2020

For many UF freshmen, their experience on Saturday felt similar to many of those who passed through the gates of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for the first time.

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‘Uncharted territory’: Unmasked students, fans return to pre-pandemic partying habits on game day

By Alan Halaly , Asta Hemenway , Thomas Holton , Lianna Hubbard and Thomas Weber | Oct. 4, 2020

Following the Gators’ win against South Carolina Saturday, students and fans celebrated at bars and watch parties

Matthew Baldwin and Stephanie Rüegg at the Gator football game against University of Tennessee-Martin on Sept. 7, 2019. This was Rüegg’s first-ever American football game she attended.

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UF professor fights, sues to see his fiancée again

By Steven Walker | Oct. 4, 2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. State Department’s visa processing has come to a standstill

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UF exchange students navigate their temporary international homes amid COVID-19

By Kalia Richardson | Oct. 4, 2020

Despite increased restrictions in Scotland and South Korea, UF exchange students are happy to study abroad than be in the United States

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UF first-generation students navigate college in the midst of a new reality

By Aurora Martínez | Oct. 4, 2020

First-Generation students continue working to be an example in their families and at UF amid COVID-19

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Checking in with students who chose to remain at home this Fall

By Abigail Hasebroock | Oct. 3, 2020

Why some students decided not to return to UF and how they are coping with being away from campus

On Saturday, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium will house 2,000 students, among other fans, for the Gators' season opener. The UF chapter of Young Americans for Freedom plans to say the Gator Bait chant, despite the university's banning of the phrase at sporting events.

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Young Americans for Freedom plan on doing Gator Bait chant at football game Saturday

By Noah Ram | Oct. 2, 2020

Nearly four months after UF President Fuchs’ decision to eliminate the Gator Bait chant at football games, the Young Americans for Freedom are planning on bringing it back.