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Culling through everything I’ve read about the new year, articles usually include two things: resolutions and motivational quotes meant to inspire readers to follow through with said resolutions for at least a month. These articles don’t exactly represent creative and original ways to look at the new year, but you know what they say. “You can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.”

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Safe Ride program returns for Summer B

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | July 1, 2015

After going through a test run in April, the UF Safe Ride program, a partnership between UF Student Government and Uber, has returned for Summer B.

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Student Senate approves 1st reading of ‘15-’16 budget

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | June 10, 2015

The UF Student Senate approved the first reading of the activity and service fee budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year on Tuesday.

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Southern Scholarship Foundation adds 20 more scholarships

By GRAHAM HALL | May 11, 2015

Teresa Turner said she remembers watching the donations arrive faster than she could count them.

In this long exposure photo, cars drive past the arch near Heavener Hall overlooking West University Avenue and Southwest 13th Street. Summer A classes began yesterday and will run through June 19.

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Gator Growl theme announced

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | May 11, 2015

Each generation of UF students sets its own traditions, and they will all come together during the 2015 homecoming celebration.

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In Memorial: Brélan Eytan Moritz

By Courtesy to The Alligator | Apr. 22, 2015

Brélan Eytan Moritz, age 29, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Panama City, Florida, in 1985 and attended Lynn Haven Elementary, Mowat Middle School, and Mosley High School where he graduated as the valedictorian and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida in 2008, his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA in 2009, and was a PhD candidate in Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida. The process for the award of a posthumous Doctor of Philosophy degree has been initiated.

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Recovery community to host events for Alcohol Awareness month

By Veronica Garcia | Apr. 5, 2015

The UF Collegiate Recovery Community is working to foster healthy relationships with alcohol this month.

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Police: UF student stabs man at party in local restaurant

By EMILY COCHRANE< | Mar. 29, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a UF student early Sunday after he reportedly stabbed a man in the leg with a knife.

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New fellows program to encourage STEM majors to stay put

By Alyssa Fisher | Mar. 23, 2015

About 60 percent of students entering college as STEM majors don’t follow through with it.

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UF AMSA to host interactive, celebratory PremedFest

By Samantha Pollack | Mar. 9, 2015

Deviating from the average conference, the UF American Medical Student Association will host a medical festival this spring.

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Happiness can be found through selfishness

Feb. 17, 2015

A survey conducted in the fall by the University of California, Los Angeles, revealed that first-year college students are more depressed than ever. It’s not just first-year students who are facing mental health issues, however.

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UF added to FindMyClass navigation app

By Chris Watkins | Feb. 1, 2015

Finding your way around campus just got easier thanks to a new app on campus.

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UF IFAS looking to attract more STEM students to agriculture

By Taylor Russell | Oct. 20, 2014

UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is working to recruit students to fill the shortage of young professionals in the agricultural industries.

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Have mid-semester blues? You can do it! Just remember we’re all in this together

Oct. 20, 2014

The middle of the Fall 2014 semester has arrived. The middle of the semester signals the beginning of some wonderful things, such as the ability to start tentatively unpacking your sweaters in preparation for cooler weather and the onslaught of the pumpkin spice flavor being marketed in every single food product imaginable. There’s a whisper in the air of the holiday season just around the corner, when we can go home and blissfully forget about project deadlines.