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From left: 4-year-old Lilla Hall, dressed like a fairy, and 4-year-old Omar Saab, who wore a dinosaur costume, walked while they trick-or-treated at Flying Biscuit Cafe on 2441 NW 43rd St. on Thursday evening.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gainesville rated top 10 most dangerous trick-or-treating city

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 28, 2018

Six of the 10 areas are in Florida.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Student Judiciary Committee fails two resolutions

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 28, 2018

Of the four resolutions presented, only one made it through

NEWS | CAMPUS

What should I take in the spring? Upcoming new courses

By Hannah Beatty | Oct. 28, 2018

Advance registration for spring classes begins Oct. 29

An actor from the play "All Girl Frankenstein", which was shown at the Hippodrome Theatre in 2015, reaches out a hand.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein by reading it out loud

By McKenna Beery | Oct. 28, 2018

The event is 10 hours long

NEWS | CAMPUS

Strike a pose. UF Office of Admissions looking for student models

By Sabrina Conza | Oct. 28, 2018

UF Office of Admissions is looking for students to model for brochures

Mayor of Tallahassee and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum laughs while speaking at a rally on UF's campus Friday afternoon. During the event, hosted by the Andrew Gillum campaign, Gillum walked with students to the polls.

NEWS | CAMPUS

More than 200 people attended march at UF for Andrew Gillum on Friday

By Hannah Beatty | Oct. 26, 2018

Holding two Andrew Gillum posters and a portable fan amid rain and humidity on Friday afternoon, Rachel Godskind came out to rally even though she already voted.

Andrew Gillum, a Florida governmental candidate, stopped in his hometown of Gainesville Monday at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church to meet and talk with supporters.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum leading march at UF to Reitz

By McKenna Beery | Oct. 25, 2018

Students are encouraged to wear red.

Pilot Mark Creighton, of Port Aransas, Texas, loads nonperishable food onto a plane headed to Appalachia, Florida, for Operation Airdrop. His home flooded during Hurricane Harvey, and he’s helped other victims of hurricanes through Operation Airdrop since.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF program provides financial relief to UF students post-Hurricane Michael

By Alyssa Ramos | Oct. 25, 2018

Six students have been awarded a total of $6,000.

A child runs through the crowd of dancers during Dance Marathon at the O'Connell Center on Sunday. Dance Marathon is an event where volunteers must stay awake and on their feet for 26.2 hours.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Dance Marathon at UF surpassed $600,000 goal in 26 hours

By Fotini Sisois | Oct. 25, 2018

Tears welled in Lauren Connell’s eyes while she sent fundraising emails in the Sigma Kappa sorority house Tuesday afternoon.

Alissa Adam, a 21-year-old UF women's studies and African-American studies senior, reads off some of the myths and facts of domestic violence during the My Costume is Not Consent tabling event at the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday afternoon. This event was hosted by the UFPD Office of Victim Services. Volunteers like Adam represented 11 other organizations that deal with domestic violence and its effects in the Gainesville area.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UPD, support groups talked to students about consent and Halloween costumes

By Jordyn Kalman | Oct. 25, 2018

About 100 students participated.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF announces campaign for donors to name bats

By Jeana Fraser | Oct. 25, 2018

About 150 bats were named.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF College of the Arts opens 19 new faculty positions

By Dana Cassidy | Oct. 25, 2018

Positions include teaching areas such as music business and performance somatics.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Finally: fee increases went to the right programs

Oct. 25, 2018

At the local fee committee, SG made the right choices

Grace Banahan, an 18-year-old political science and journalism major, listens to Florida Governor candidates Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum debate on corruption and racism Wednesday night at the Governor's Debate Watch Party in Pugh Hall. Banahan is voting for her first time this year.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Governor’s debate watch party draws in over 50 people

By Aaron Ritter | Oct. 25, 2018

This was the last gubernatorial debate between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum.

In the 2012-13 school year, the Disability Resource Center center served 1,214 students. This academic year, that rose to 3,055.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Student fees may increase after local fee committee vote

By Alyssa Ramos | Oct. 24, 2018

This is the first time the committee has approved fees since 2014

NEWS | CAMPUS

Petition urges permanent funding of Counseling and Wellness Center

By Alyssa Ramos | Oct. 24, 2018

More than 1,200 have signed the petition

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe College annual United Way fundraiser is underway

By Angela DiMichele | Oct. 24, 2018

The loser will get a pie in his face

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students flown to Los Angeles by FOX Sports after winning competition

By Chris Day | Oct. 24, 2018

The students helped film a PSA

Diana Moreno, the assistant director of the UF Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, discusses the fine line between cultural appropriation and appreciation with students at a discussion held as part of Anti-Racism week.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Cute or Offensive? Students talk cultural appropriation

By Gabrielle Seminara | Oct. 24, 2018

About 40 students attended.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman to speak at UF

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 24, 2018

She’ll be speaking at the University Auditorium Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

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