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Take a minute and breathe before you #BernieOrBust

I am an avid Bernie Sanders supporter. This is a fact you could deduce from simply spending five minutes on any social media platform of mine. When the Vermont senator came to UF in March, my friend and I were in line to see him speak before his motorcade was even in town. With the Democratic nomination getting closer and closer each day, we’ve seen a rise in niche-voter movements like the #BernieOrBust ideology. My response to this movement is simple: If you’re feeling the Bern, it’s probably not in your best interest to bust.


From left to right, Art Wade, Elaine Spencer, Valerie Rivers and Keith Honeycutt cut the ribbon to usher in the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings rose. It was dedicated to the author on Sunday afternoon at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm.
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Professors name rose after author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize before her death in 1953, and now, 63 years later, a rose is registered under her name. Two professors at Florida Southern College – literature professor Keith Huneycutt and rose expert Malcolm Manners – collaborated to make Rawlings’ dream a reality.


NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF Health Shands named one of nation’s best hospitals

Amber Peelz was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2012. She spent a week in the Cancer Center at UF Health Shands Hospital and received three surgeries. Peelz said caring staff helped her through the process, holding her hand as she was put under anesthesia before a surgery that would give her another chance at life.



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