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Marie McGrath, a STRIVE lead peer educator, tells students about the fair’s T-shirts. “We had this idea for the cactus shirt, because a) succulents are so hot right now,” McGrath said. “Also, you can have prickly feelings, but that doesn’t mean you have to hurt your partner.”

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How to love better: UF SG hosts sexual assault awareness week

By Adrianna Santiago | Nov. 27, 2018

Three other events throughout the week will be held.

Grant Howard, a 21-year-old UF statistics junior, and Thomas DePaola, a 21-year-old UF applied physiology and kinesiology junior, drink at Fat Daddy’s Tuesday night during the pub crawl for Wyatt Fulghum. Although neither student knows Fulghum personally, they were happy that they could contribute to the treatment for Fulghum’s stage four brain cancer. “It’s a great reason to go out,” Howard said.

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UF graduate students host bar crawl to raise money for student’s cancer treatment

By Aaron Ritter | Nov. 27, 2018

More than $1,750 was raised.

UF Chief Diversity Officer Antonio Farias met with about 35 students in Pugh Hall Tuesday night to talk about the importance of promoting inclusion on campus.

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New UF diversity officer discusses lack of inclusion

By Taylor Roth | Nov. 27, 2018

About 35 students attended his first meeting with students.

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A projector and lifts and more construction, oh my!

By Gillian Sweeney | Nov. 27, 2018

Student Government to allocate $405,023.20 for Reitz Union projects

Lev Ettinger, 18, computer science freshman, looks at his phone for reference as he draws popular online meme Pepe the Frog on the “I Am More” wall.

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Students embrace personality and passion at ‘I Am More’ event

By Valerie Lyons | Nov. 27, 2018

Dozens of students lined up for personalized T-shirts and photo-ops.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

An SG update from your Student Body President

Nov. 27, 2018

I hope you Gators all had a great Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family! I am writing to you today with some updates on what your Student Government has been up to lately. I’ll touch on some new initiatives we’ve been working on as well as a summary of what else SG has accomplished so far this year.

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Weimer bandit steals faculty laptop, University Police said

By Alyssa Ramos | Nov. 27, 2018

The laptop cost $3,300.

Hailey Remigio, a 19-year-old UF neuroscience sophomore, attempts to get down a set of stairs outside Rawlings Hall. “No one actually stopped and gave me a second look,” she said. “It wasn’t the slightest bit of a challenge for every passerby, but to me and other persons with disabilities, it was nearly impossible. And until you look through our eyes, you just won’t see it, not because you’re ignorant but because no one had shed light on it before.”

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UF hosts lecture on disability activist Ed Roberts

By Jeana Fraser | Nov. 27, 2018

About 60 people came out.

Students in their homeroom class at Palm Springs Community Middle School in West Palm Beach smile after receiving a box full of Gator shirts. UF was the only school of 20 to respond to the students request for shirts to celebrate College Friday.

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Middle school students celebrate college in true Gator fashion

By Gillian Sweeney | Nov. 26, 2018

UF the only school of 20 to respond to a class letter for free shirts

(From left to right) Matthew Musial, Sierra Simpson, Mark Lawrence, Andrea Wright, Justin Lawrence, Kaylyn Ling, Michael Breen and Kristofer Robinson hold their first place overall trophy at the Ryerson Invitational Thrill Design Competition at Universal Studios Florida.

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Engineering club wins first place in theme park design contest

By Alyssa Ramos | Nov. 25, 2018

It’s the first U.S. public school ever to win.

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UF must do the most to fix Alachua County’s student achievement gap

Nov. 25, 2018

To be an exemplary public institution, UF has to help the county's schools

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‘Everybody will be affected by his absence’: UF telecommunications professor William Renkus dies

By Dana Cassidy | Nov. 25, 2018

The 62-year-old died in his sleep last Sunday.

Reagan Hollan's Thanksgiving plate

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#Gatorplate: President Kent Fuchs to donate $1k to food pantry

By McKenna Beery | Nov. 25, 2018

People used #Gatorplate to raise money for donation

Students practiced stuffing fake bullet hole wounds with gauze Saturday morning. The two-hour-long educational training taught attendees what to do when someone has life-threatening bleeding in an emergency.

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About 50 emergency bleed kits available on campus

By Aynsley Fanizzi | Nov. 25, 2018

The program costs about $1,200.

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A new student organization wants to hold UF and SG accountable. Here’s how.

By Alexandria Ng | Nov. 25, 2018

The organization will provide independent data.

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Nov. 21, 2018

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Garth Brooks performs "Stronger Than Me" at the 52nd annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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Garth Brooks to sing at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: A break in 25-year concert hiatus

By Tranelle Maner | Nov. 20, 2018

Tickets will cost $82.35.

UF art professor Nan Smith’s favorite creation is ‘Mercury’, which symbolizes how toxic chemicals can impact people’s food sources by traveling up the food chain within seafood.

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‘The end of a chapter:’ UF art professor of 40 years to retire in December

By Dana Cassidy | Nov. 18, 2018

She’ll be taking a full focus on her studio art career.

UF celebrates 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein” with spooky live reading

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What makes a monster? New UF class opening exhibit in January

By Adrianna Santiago | Nov. 18, 2018

The class is taught by UF honors students.

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UF students and Florida Influencers yearn for solutions to the gun debate

By Christina Morales | Nov. 18, 2018

Influencers discussed solutions to the gun problem to submit to future lawmakers.

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