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Supreme Court nominations pass unanimously

During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Senate voted on Student Body President Susan Webster’s Supreme Court nominees, which included Christopher Tribbey as Supreme Court chief justice and John Angstadt-Shearer, Ashlyn Robinson, Meagan McCarthy and Travis Allen for Supreme Court associate justices.


Brooke Eliazar-Macke (left), 32, and Regan Garner (right), 41, both members of the National Women's Liberation, hold signs at the Rally and Speak Out against Rick Scott's Policies event in downtown Gainesville on Friday on the corner of University Avenue and Main Street. The Speak Out event organized by the National Women's Liberation gives women a political opportunity to share their personal experiences.
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Protesters rally in downtown Gainesville

On the corner of University Avenue and Main Street, protesters gathered Friday to bring attention to Florida House Bill 1411, which they said restricts women’s access to reproductive services by redirecting funding meant for Planned Parenthood to other clinics.


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Two UF professors receive Darwin-Wallace Medal

Two distinguished professors from the Florida Museum of Natural History and UF received the 2016 Darwin-Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society of London last Tuesday for outstanding advances in the fields of evolutionary biology, according to a press release from the Florida Museum.


Wilcley Lima, the IT director at UF’s Business Services Division, poses with “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek in March. Lima said he binge-watched “Jeopardy” for about six months before going on the show.
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UF faculty member takes on ‘Jeopardy’

When people think of “Jeopardy,” some think of encyclopedia-like knowledge and books of trivia. For Wilcley Lima, he saw numbers and patterns. In March, the IT director at UF’s Business Services Division played as a contestant on the show. He’s been sworn to secrecy for two months, but the episode will air May 30.


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