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Sep. 15, 2015

RAGING REPTILES

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Florida Museum of Natural History celebrates butterflies

By John Avery Guyton | Sep. 15, 2015

Butterflies will flutter and perch on Florida Museum of Natural History visitors during it’s annual Butterfly Fest.

Sean Carey (left), chairman of information and communications committee, and Jason Richards, chairman of the judiciary committee, speak to Student Government about a new senator for Infinity Hall Sept. 16, 2015, at UF Levin College of Law. The debate centered around whether Infinity Hall should have its own senator or be a part of District A.

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Senator or District A: SG debates Infinity representation

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 15, 2015

The decision to either give students living in Infinity Hall a UF student senator or group them in District A was a heated topic at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting.

Gabriela Garcia Medina, an international artist and spoken word poet, performs her poem “Self-Empowered Love Poem” during the Hispanic Heritage Month opening ceremony at Emerson Alumni Hall Sept. 14, 2015. Her poem challenged the idea of unhealthy dependent relationships that are promoted in popular music. “I wanted to write a poem of love songs and turn it into something empowering,” Medina said during her speech.

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LET’S DANCE: Hispanic Heritage Month to bring Latino artists

By Alexandra Fernandez | Sep. 14, 2015

Latino artists will fill the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with diverse beats and rhythms this October.

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Fewer Pell Grants create challenges for UF students

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 14, 2015

Kenneth Fernandez had to ask his parents for help.

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UF dorm rates rise, some students move off campus

By Briana Erickson | Sep. 14, 2015

When UF honors student Silvio Martinez arrived at school this Fall, he knew Hume Hall would be his home for freshman year.

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Fall elections bring SG platform campaigns to campus

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 14, 2015

Brace yourselves: Fall 2015 UF Student Government elections are here.

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UF Health’s Wilmot Gardens help stroke patients by gardening

By Esther Khoudari | Sep. 14, 2015

Stroke patients will be able to socialize and improve motor skills in a handicapped-accessible greenhouse.

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Library’s Panama Canal grant ends

By Deshlee Ford | Sep. 14, 2015

A woman stares into a camera lens as her white turtleneck blouse and long, dark skirt pop out from the neighboring construction site.

A bloodmobile is parked on the North Lawn behind the Hub on Sept. 14, 2015.

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UF donors hope to beat Tennessee

By McKenzie Kuhn | Sep. 14, 2015

The competitive spirit that comes with a new football season isn’t just limited to the boundaries of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

George Hecht, coordinator of museum operations at the Florida Museum of Natural History, speaks to an audience about Sue, the largest and most well-preserved T-rex skeleton ever found, in the museum Jan. 24.

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Sue the dinosaur leaves UF, new exhibit takes her place

By Meryl Kornfield | Sep. 13, 2015

The Gator family just lost a prehistoric friend.

Brian David Schwartz, a UF telecommunications sophomore, chows down on Krishna lunch on the steps of Griffin-Floyd Hall on Sept. 3. Students are banned from eating on the stairs to prepare for extra seating renovations. “Having Krishna lunch is a very communal experience,” Schwartz said, “us all eating the same food to the beat of a drum.”

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Plaza of the Americas renovation makes room for Krishna

By Alexandra Fernandez | Sep. 13, 2015

Near the steps of Griffin-Floyd Hall, there’s a sign.

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Hispanic Heritage Month starts today

By Beatriz Martinez | Sep. 13, 2015

UF’s Hispanic Heritage Month will kick off its celebrations today.

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New curator, exhibit at Matheson

By Martin Vassolo | Sep. 13, 2015

In 2011, Rebecca Fitzsimmons was a University of South Florida graduate student scanning early pictures of Florida for the Matheson History Museum.

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Reitz Union expansion continues

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 13, 2015

Students will finally have access to the newly renovated areas of the Reitz Union next semester.

Jamie Harshman, a 21-year-old UF business and mechanical engineering senior, walks his bicycle to the bike rack located at the entrance of Yon Hall September 8, 2015.

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Yon Hall celebrates grand opening after renovations

By Caitlin Ostroff | Sep. 13, 2015

The newly renovated Yon Hall held its grand opening Friday morning.

Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student Center and the Lubavitch-Chabad Student Group setup a memorial board and replica twin towers for the Sept. 11 victims in Turlington Plaza Friday. Representatives of the Center and club urged students to write down good deeds on slips of paper and attach them to the display.

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Students celebrate life and remember lives lost on 9/11

By Lexie Bajalia | Sep. 13, 2015

Friday afternoon, UF senior Sierra McVeigh saw a replica of the twin towers on Turlington Plaza.

Led by first-year head coach JC Deacon, the Florida men's golf team returned to the NCAA Championship last season. Here's Ryan Summer's story on the occasion (http://www.alligator.org/sports/golf/article_982fe4ae-fdf2-11e4-833b-83c78d3e0d3f.html)

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Florida men’s golf team finishes in seventh place in first Fall tournament

By Matt Brannon | Sep. 13, 2015

The Florida men’s golf team wrapped up the final round of the Carpet Capital Collegiate on Sunday, finishing seventh out of 15 teams. Freshman Sam Horsfield led the way for the Gators at The Farm Golf Club in Dalton, Georgia, ending the tournament tied for fourth place at 1-under par.

The American flag flies at half mast after Santa Fe College's remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2015.

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Santa Fe Collegiate Veterans Society holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony

By Hunter Williamson | Sep. 11, 2015

The people stood around Patriot’s Circle at Santa Fe College. All was silent except for a cough or a young child’s murmur.

Michael Cizek, a 19-year-old UF finance sophomore, Gator Chomps while bicycling down Stadium Road. He was chosen by the University Athletic Association as the winner of this year’s Mr. Two Bits competition Monday.

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New Mr. Two Bits to carry on game tradition

By Briana Erickson | Sep. 10, 2015

No stranger to Florida Field, Michael Cizek played the sousaphone last Fall with The Pride of Sunshine, one of many marching in the cluster of orange-and-blue uniforms.