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‘I want our students’ cultural experience to be top 7 as well’: Students discuss culture over coffee
By Tien Le | Oct. 24, 2019Students of all cultures are united by one thing: coffee.
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Dance Marathon’s Transform Today 2019 breaks record goal
By Ana Escalante | Oct. 24, 2019After a fashion show, a dance party and many happy tears, the Moralloween party hosted by Florida Dance Marathon comes to an end in front of the sunset over Flavet Field.
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Florida considers allowing college athletes to earn money
By Caina Calvan | Oct. 24, 2019TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Following California's lead, Florida lawmakers are tackling NCAA rules that prohibit college athletes from reaping financial benefits from their prowess in the arena of big-money sports.
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Hernandez Hall evacuated, reopened after reports of odor and dizziness
By Alyssa Feliciano | Oct. 23, 2019UF’s Hernandez Hall was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a student reported feeling light-headed and smelled an odor in the building. Students were back in classrooms about an hour later.
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UN Day 2019 aims to bring awareness to climate change
By Emma Barsky | Oct. 23, 2019The Gainesville chapter of the United Nations Association is celebrating the UN’s 74th anniversary on Tuesday with an event focusing on climate change.
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Gift Certificates and More Food Festival returns to Celebration Pointe on Thursday
By Trey Ecker | Oct. 23, 201976 vendors will be in attendance
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The rainbow after the storm: Where to celebrate Gainesville Pride this weekend
By Morgan Goldwich | Oct. 23, 2019Put on your rainbow apparel and get ready for a weekend filled with Pride events as Gainesville offers an array of activities geared toward the LGBTQ+ community.
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Black C Art marries tragedy with music in ‘Oedipus Redux’
By Marlena Carrillo | Oct. 23, 2019The Black C Art Gallery’s reinvention of the classic “Oedipus Rex,” combines electric guitar and written text to tell the story from a new perspective: Jocasta, Oedipus’ mother who unknowingly becomes his wife.
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Pop-up beauty show celebrates self-expression and inclusivity
Oct. 23, 2019Beauty Marks aimed to make cosmetics accessible and affordable for all
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SGP announces fall concert featuring Quinn XCII, Hippie Sabotage
By Marlena Carrillo | Oct. 22, 2019Quinn XCII and Hippie Sabotage will perform at UF for Student Government Productions’ first concert of the semester.
Sports
Gators 2nd-round woes result in 7th-place finish
By Jack Braverman | Oct. 22, 2019This week’s performance from the Gators men’s golf team presented both positives and negatives.
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Florida travels to Knoxville with 6-1 SEC record in tow
By Graham Marsh | Oct. 22, 2019In the past 10 matches, Florida’s soccer team is 8-2. That success followed a 2-3 start to the season. The Gators — ranked No. 20 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches poll — head into the final three contests of the regular season in the upper echelon of the conference.
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Florida is better with Kyle Trask under center
By Sam Campisano | Oct. 22, 2019I’m sorry, Feleipe Franks.
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Gators in the NFL: Week 7 update
By Payton Titus | Oct. 22, 2019Despite two losing seasons in the last 10 years (2013 and 2017), Florida’s football program has consistently turned out NFL-caliber athletes, establishing it as the FBS team with the third-most active players on a 53-man roster in 2019 with 35 — including five rookies (Vosean Joseph, Jordan Scarlett, Jawaan Taylor, C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Fred Johnson).
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TEDxUF holds its first salon-style event of the year
By Samantha Scribano | Oct. 22, 2019Strings of white lights illuminated the Hippodrome Theatre Tuesday evening, guiding people to their seats for the first TEDxUF Salon event of the semester.
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Rain doesn’t hinder Dance Marathon’s Transform Today
By Ana Escalante | Oct. 22, 2019Dance Marathon members only have 26.2 hours to reach their goal of raising $650,000.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to teach UF law class
By April Rubin | Oct. 22, 2019Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has had a three decade long stay in the court, will teach a short course at UF for law students this Spring.
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UF Chispas recognizes immigrants on ‘I Stand With Immigrants Day’ of Action
By Meghan McGlone | Oct. 22, 2019UF students hung butterflies on trees in Turlington Plaza. Some were painted with random designs, while others were painted with flags.
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Gainesville Lebanese community gathers to support overseas protests
By Lina Ruiz | Oct. 22, 2019The Lebanese Gainesville community shared solidarity with oversea protesters Tuesday night.
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New road meant to ease traffic on I-75 and Archer Road opens
By Jordyn Kalman | Oct. 22, 2019A new road meant to ease traffic on the city’s busiest routes opened in southwest Gainesville Tuesday morning.
