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Rawlings Hall: Mold-Related Sickness and Viral “Horror Bathroom”
By Max Taylor | Sep. 27, 2021Multiple students in Rawlings Hall have complained about cold-like symptoms over the past month.
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Meet SG Senate’s independent Fall candidates
By Allessandra Inzinna | Sep. 22, 2021Without a party to back them up, independent candidates are responsible for building their own platforms and campaigns.
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UF error leaves international student without graduate degree
By Christian Casale | Sep. 22, 2021Ball, who lives in Canada, was accepted to UF Summer 2019 to pursue a graduate certificate in pharmaceutical chemistry but switched over to medical pharmacology and therapeutics last Spring. He planned on using the credits he earned during those programs to apply for a master’s in pharmacology.
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Santa Fe College COVID-19 Update: 34 positive cases reported in the last week
By Eve Thompson | Sep. 22, 2021Since March 2020, the total number of positive cases from students is now 935, and the total number of positive cases from employees is 93.
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UF’s 11 construction projects bring changes — and frustration — to campus
By Camila Pereira | Sep. 20, 2021Twenty-six bus routes are detoured due to the construction happening across campus. These changes have not yet been updated on the Transloc app, which still shows pre-construction routes, a UF’s Transportation and Parking Division email reads.
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UF Bookstore deferment program causes confusion among students
By Elena Barrera | Sep. 20, 2021A $600 educational expense allowance from the UF Bookstore acts as a deferment option for students to use as a loan to be paid back once financial aid has been disbursed. Many students mistook it for the $600 received from Bright Futures.
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UF actors return to the spotlight after a year and a half out of the theatre
By Elena Barrera | Sep. 20, 2021After 578 days, roughly a year and a half, in darkness, the McGuire Pavilion Black Box Theatre was illuminated by spotlights once again. On Sept. 16, The School of Theatre and Dance at UF presented “Dog Act”, the school’s first live in-person performance since February 2020.
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What to know about UF’s health insurance option
By Max Taylor | Sep. 20, 2021If a UF student is not already enrolled in a health care plan, the university automatically charges upward of $1,000 for its own health insurance option.
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Seven parties registered for SG elections, only three remain
By Allessandra Inzinna | Sep. 17, 2021Despite several parties registering to run for the Fall Student Government elections, only a few have taken steps to campaign.
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Santa Fe College reopening Wednesday after receiving two bomb threats
By Eve Thompson | Sep. 15, 2021After receiving two non-specific bomb threat phone calls Santa Fe College officials closed the campus and cancelled all classes for the evening. Santa Fe Police investigated the threats and found no device on college property.
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Santa Fe College COVID-19 update: 29 positive cases reported in the last week
By Eve Thompson | Sep. 15, 2021There are 13 fewer positive total cases since last week, a decrease of about 31%. There were thirteen less student cases and three less positive employee cases, a decrease of 60%.
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UF ranked top five public university
By Maya Erwin | Sep. 13, 2021The newest ranking makes UF the first university in the state to ever be in the top five ranking of colleges. Now, UF is tied for fifth with University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and UC Santa Barbara.
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First responders, UF community remember 9/11 through stair climb
By Elena Barrera | Sep. 13, 2021With flags raised high and heads bowed low, demonstrators arrived at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday in remembrance of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Egyptian Fulbright Scholar to teach classes at Santa Fe until May
By Eve Thompson | Sep. 13, 2021Dr. Mona Ashour is a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Santa Fe College, teaching Santa Feu2019s African humanities class as well as its world religions class. And she will stay in Gainesville for the academic year.
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UF, Santa Fe reject county’s mask request
By Eve Thompson , Camila Pereira and Omar Ateyah | Sep. 13, 2021Both Fuchs and Broadie wrote they will continue to strongly encourage faculty, staff and students to wear masks indoors on campus.
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Former FCC Commissioner speaks to UF students about eliminating the digital divide
By Max Taylor | Sep. 10, 2021Former Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spoke to a crowd of 51 UF students and staff Thursday to spread awareness about the commission's role in addressing the digital divide.
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Student Government Supreme Court rules to change future ballots, clarify the consequence of a non-vote
By Elena Barrera | Sep. 10, 2021In a case brought to the Supreme Court Sept. 9, Communist Party president Alfredo Ortiz brought his concern to the judges that the current design of the ballot is misleading and should be altered.
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Pandemic freshmen and sophomores detail their on-campus journeys
Sep. 7, 2021The pandemic gap left students keen to explore, connect and find their place in Gainesville whether through social media, crowded buses or places of worship.
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Bringing Gators football to life
By Elena Barrera | Sep. 7, 2021In the week leading up to a game, the field maintenance staff works about 80 hours to set the stage, Jason Smith, UF’s director of sports turf, said.
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UF cuts designated Park and Ride lots for Fall, frustrating students
By Camila Pereira | Sep. 7, 2021The two Park and Ride lots that changed this Fall include the Flavet Field parking lot, which was restored to student green decal parking, and the commuter parking lot next to Garage 14, which is permanently closed because it is currently a construction site and will later be the site for the new Central Energy Plant Project, according to UF’s Campus Master Plan.
