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Letter to the Editor: A respectful request

Aug. 14, 2017

Dear UF President Kent Fuchs,

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Letter to the Editor: Do no harm, but take no s---

Aug. 13, 2017

Tiki torches? On my campus?

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White nationalist activist Richard Spencer plans to speak at UF

By Jimena Tavel | Aug. 12, 2017

A leader of a white nationalist organization, who participated in the violent Charlottesville, Virginia rallies Saturday, is arranging to speak at UF next month.

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John Reaves, former UF quarterback, is dead at 67.

By Adam Turner | Aug. 2, 2017

UF football great John Reaves passed away in his Tampa home Tuesday at 67 years old.

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Fuchs and pro wrestler to face off in Convocation video

By David Hoffman | Aug. 2, 2017

In a Twitter video released Wednesday afternoon, UF President Kent Fuchs — decked out in Gator-themed gym clothes and a protective head piece — stood next to professional wrestler and UF alumnus Thaddeus Michael Bullard, better known to wrestling fans as Titus O’Neil.

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UF refused to send representatives to MCDA ‘Intervention’

By David Hoffman | Aug. 2, 2017

Hours before a meeting at the Gainesville City Hall on upcoming renovations to the Institute of Black Culture and the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, UF sent a letter.

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‘Swampy’ UF memes attract more than 16,000 students, alumni

By Morgan McMullen | Aug. 2, 2017

UF students can find themselves falling into several different niches once they arrive in Gainesville. Intramural sports teams, Greek life and different clubs on campus can divert students’ attention from school or other social and professional obligations.

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UF to get new housing community in 2018

By David Street | July 31, 2017

A new UF housing community meant to give students a unique housing experience is set to be finished in Summer 2018.

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Two UF students interned in the U.S. Department of Agriculture through

By Taylor Norberg | July 31, 2017

Two UF students were among 29 others nationwide to be offered the Wallace-Carver Fellowship this Summer.

Despite the rain, fans walk down the closed-off University Avenue to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the UF Homecoming football game.

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Gainesville reached a record high for rainfall in June and July

By Sara Marino | July 31, 2017

Daniel Steigleman looks forward to the day he can get to class without getting soaked first.

The brothers of the Theta Sigma chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity attended the international conference in Baltimore on July 16. They won chapter of the year for the second time, with the first time being in 2010.

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UF fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha wins chapter of the year award

By Adam Turner | July 31, 2017

The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Theta Sigma chapter don’t do their work with the intention of winning awards.

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Town Hall meeting created to “Intervene” on MCDA’s renovation plans

By Sara Marino | July 31, 2017

UF administrators, concerned students and Gainesville city commissioners will come together today to stage an “intervention.”

While her robot, Botsy, continues to outline the remaining pieces of a new mural on a once blank hallway in UF’s New Engineering Building, UF alumna Liza Kholodkova begins to paint.

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UF alumna puts Botsy, a mural-making robot, to work

By Adam Turner | July 26, 2017

Sketching a mural on a wall is a long and difficult process, but UF alumna Liza Kholodkova found a way to save both the effort and time: get a robot to do it.

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UF’s World Class Wireless initiative to bring Wi-Fi to every dorm room

By Tabitha Basuseto | July 26, 2017

On-campus students will soon have access to wireless internet in every dorm room.

The Solar Gators’ car got onto the competition track just three minutes before the cutoff for the final race. Solar Gators president Ananda Sundararaman said when they were able to scale the first hill on the track, all the universities that helped the team burst into cheers.

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UF students travel to Texas to race solar-powered car

By Adam Turner | July 24, 2017

Last Summer, four UF students logged onto Google Hangouts to discuss a seemingly ambitious, even far fetched goal: to create a solar-powered car and race it in Austin, Texas.

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UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine associate professor recognized for synthetic canine cadavers

By Catie Wegman | July 24, 2017

When Stanley Kim came to UF in 2006 to complete his small animal surgery residency, he did not realize he would become one of the most influential professors in the college.

The Standard at Gainesville apartments is set to open on Aug. 18 for move-ins. With many UF students moving back to Gainesville on Aug. 7 for sorority recruitment, some will have to find temporary housing options elsewhere.

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Students make arrangements for move-in at The Standard

By David Hoffman | July 19, 2017

When Allison Bauer moves back to Gainesville on Aug. 7 for sorority recruitment, she won't have access to her future apartment.

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Bright Futures to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees for Florida Academic Scholars

By Sara Marino | July 19, 2017

Ned Comm was thrilled when he found out his son Nolan wouldn’t have to pay for tuition or fees at UF because of the newest update to the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

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The IBC and ‘La Casita’ will remain two separate buildings, MCDA announces

By David Hoffman | July 18, 2017

After weeks of tense back and forth between students and faculty, UF’s Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures will remain two separate buildings.

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SG funds $2 million Reitz Union railings project

By David Hoffman | July 17, 2017

Citing student safety concerns, Student Government will pay $2 million out of its reserves to fund a railing repairs project on the Reitz Union’s exterior.