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Donde, cuando y como votar en el campus

By Rachel Slay and Sofia Echeverry | Oct. 30, 2020

El donde, cuando, y como para la votación estudiantil en esta elección.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks about education budgets at an early voting rally hosted by AFT on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at the First United Methodist Church.

METRO | POLITICS

National teacher’s association partners with local and state teachers to advocate for the importance of voting to public education

By Sophie Feinberg | Oct. 30, 2020

The American Federation of Teachers joined the Florida Education Association, UF Graduate Assistants United and United Faculty of Florida for an event urging Gainesville to vote

OPINION | COLUMNS

Dr. Ron Berry: Get your flu shot today

By Ron Berry | Oct. 30, 2020

Minimizing the number of people who have the flu so it is not spread to those who have weakened immune systems will decrease the need for hospitalization and makes for a healthier community.

Groups of fans social distance and wear masks at Florida's first home game of the season. Friday is their final game in Donald R. Dizney Stadium this season, and the Gators look to recover their conference record with a win over the Volunteers.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Florida looks to break three-game slump in Tennessee game

By Declan Walsh | Oct. 30, 2020

On the heels of a 4-2 drubbing at the hands of South Carolina, Florida will play at Donald R. Dizney stadium for the final time this season Friday against a Tennessee program in similarly dire straits.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Transform Today event raises more than $500,000 for pediatric patients and their families, less than last year

By Kalia Richardson | Oct. 29, 2020

Transform Today is an annual 26.2 hour student-run event where each dollar raised goes toward pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, Gainesville’s local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

Now-junior Marlie Monserez sets for the Gators at last year's home match versus Kentucky. The setter and her teammates will be back in the O'Connell Center Friday for the first home match of the 2020 season.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators finally return to Gainesville for doubleheader against Alabama

By Noah Ram | Oct. 29, 2020

There were multiple instances in the past few months that Florida coach Mary Wise didn’t think Florida’s home opener on Friday against Alabama would happen.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Florida’s swimming and diving teams open up against Georgia

By Sara Kate Dyson | Oct. 29, 2020

The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will both hit the pool deck for the first time this season on Friday at Georgia’s Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens.

METRO | POLITICS

Historian Glenn Atlschuler projects possible outcomes for 2020 Presidential Election

By Rachel Slay | Oct. 29, 2020

Why Florida will be a deciding factor for everyone’s bedtime on Election Day.

The Artisans' Guild Guide is holding its first outdoor art market at its new gallery location at 224 NW Second Ave. in downtown Gainesville.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

Artisans’ Guild Gallery outdoor market debuts Oct. 31

By Michelle Holder | Oct. 29, 2020

Emerging and established Gainesville artists will showcase and sell work

METRO | POLITICS

How the popular vote movement could affect Floridian politics

By Declan Walsh | Oct. 29, 2020

Popular Vote initiative within 76 votes of electoral college control

METRO

Among the stars: NASA awards contract to East Gainesville engineering firm

By Edysmar Diaz-Cruz | Oct. 28, 2020

The five-year civil engineering contract will support Americans’ return to moon

Starting next month, East Hall residents will be relocated to free up more quarantine space for the Spring semester.

NEWS | CAMPUS

East Hall to close to make room for more quarantine space

By Thomas Weber | Oct. 28, 2020

To increase Spring on-campus quarantine capacity, UF is closing East Hall at the end of the Fall semester, forcing residents to move elsewhere

Freshman Maisie Filler adjusts a flag at Mark Bostick Golf Course. She won her final match of the fall season Wednesday.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Gators win third-place match against Longhorns

By Michael Hull | Oct. 28, 2020

The Gators women’s golf team wrapped up its fall schedule with a third-place finish at the East Lake Cup.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

Florida looks to end season on high note at SEC Championships

By Myles Herbert | Oct. 28, 2020

The Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to compete in the SEC Championships at the LSU Cross Country Course Friday morning. This is the fourth time that LSU will host the championship meet.

Linda Sarsour, a political activist known for her role as co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March, speaks to UF students Tuesday night, Oct. 27, 2020, about the intersection between resistance and Islam at the Touchdown Terrace.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘Find a place for yourself’: Activist Linda Sarsour discusses resistance and Islam

Oct. 28, 2020

Islam on Campus and Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Linda Sarsour to talk about the intersection between resistance and Islam for the final event of Islam Appreciation month