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Black UF students share worries, plan response to racism
By Jimena Tavel | Aug. 21, 2017It was a rougher time at UF.
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UF raises record $449 million in one year
By Camille Respess | Aug. 21, 2017UF and the Levin College of Law both received record donations this past year.
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Why Richard Spencer should not speak on campus
Aug. 20, 2017UF President Kent Fuchs’s Aug. 16 statement cancelling the visit by white supremacist Richard Spencer was on the mark. Events in Charlottesville, Virginia, together with warnings of a “battlefield” in Gainesville provide ample reason to halt the event. Fuchs was also right to emphasize that personally, he finds Spencer’s rhetoric “repugnant and counter to everything this nation stands for.” But though safety issues and not Spencer’s ideas comprised the reason for the cancellation, Spencer is considering a lawsuit, arguing that UF is using safety as a pretext to limit free speech. In a similar case this year, Auburn University allowed Spencer to speak rather than face a court battle.
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UF libraries receive additional $310,000 to digitize newspapers
By Christina Morales | Aug. 20, 2017A new $310,000 grant will allow UF to digitize thousands of pages of old newspapers from Florida and Puerto Rico.
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Commercial aims to show UF, Florida’s contributions
By Romy Ellenbogen | Aug. 20, 2017To the rest of the nation, Florida can seem like a state filled with crazy crimes and the ubiquitous “Florida Man.” One commercial aims to change that.
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Orientation for black students forms bonds
By Romy Ellenbogen | Aug. 20, 2017On Friday night, Ashley Marceus felt visible.
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The IBC and La Casita demolished for reconstruction
By Romy Ellenbogen | Aug. 20, 2017Amid controversy over reconstruction, the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures and the Institute of Black Culture were demolished Saturday.
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Snoop Dogg and Daya to perform at Gator Growl
By Jimena Tavel | Aug. 18, 2017Rapper Snoop Dogg and pop singer Daya will stop by UF this fall.
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A few goals for new, returning Gators this semester
Aug. 14, 2017Welcome to UF! Whether you just graduated from high school and have moved to Gainesville to start your bachelor's degree or you attended college in another country and have come to Florida to pursue a graduate or professional degree, I am so pleased you chose UF as your university. I have three goals for you this academic year.
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Letter to the Editor: A respectful request
Aug. 14, 2017Dear UF President Kent Fuchs,
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Letter to the Editor: Do no harm, but take no s---
Aug. 13, 2017Tiki torches? On my campus?
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White nationalist activist Richard Spencer plans to speak at UF
By Jimena Tavel | Aug. 12, 2017A 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, 2017UF 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, 2017In 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, 2017Hours 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, 2017UF 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, 2017A 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, 2017Two UF students were among 29 others nationwide to be offered the Wallace-Carver Fellowship this Summer.
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Gainesville reached a record high for rainfall in June and July
By Sara Marino | July 31, 2017Daniel Steigleman looks forward to the day he can get to class without getting soaked first.
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UF fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha wins chapter of the year award
By Adam Turner | July 31, 2017The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Theta Sigma chapter don’t do their work with the intention of winning awards.
