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NEWS | CAMPUS

Gator Growl hints at talent

By Ansley Pentz | Aug. 25, 2015

She’s a world-renowned American actress and country singer.

Comprehensive Statute Reform Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Ty Robare (left) answers a question during the UF Student Senate meeting on Aug. 25, 2015, regarding the reforms to the 500 codes in the Student Body Statutes.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Student Body President vetoes two sets of code revisions

By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 25, 2015

All was calm in the senate chambers until UF Student Body President Joselin Padron-Rasines decided to use her executive power to veto two sets of code revisions.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Freshmen complete F Book traditions during first week

By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 25, 2015

Four UF freshmen smiled as they Gator chomped in front of Bull Gator — their first UF tradition.

NEWS | CAMPUS

GatorNights brings comedian to Reitz

By Alexandra Fernandez | Aug. 25, 2015

The first GatorNights of the semester kicks off Friday with a performance by one of television’s up-and-coming comedians.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF services partner for new bike-rental program for students

By Paola Asencio | Aug. 25, 2015

Ashish Aggarwal didn’t like waiting for the bus, and now he won’t have to.

Sussette Rodriguez, a 20-year-old UF journalism junior, leaves the UF bookstore on Aug. 25, 2015.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Bookstore offers price match and tax break to students

By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 25, 2015

Students can expect to save some money on textbooks this Fall.

A sign in the window shows the hours of the Field and Fork Food Pantry on Sunday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Field and Fork Pantry opens, fights food insecurity

By Gabriella Nunez | Aug. 24, 2015

McCarty Hall has a friendly neighbor: UF’s new Field and Fork Campus Food Program.

From left, UF nutritional sciences freshman Stephie Cyril, 17, requests a walking escort from student volunteers, UF political science junior Ryan Wolis, 20, and UF finance sophomore Nathaniel Reiff, 19, outside Library West on Tuesday night.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Walk Safe program discontinued for Fall semester

By Ariella Phillips | Aug. 24, 2015

This semester, students have one fewer option for getting home safely.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gainesville Crime Roundup 8/25/15

By Giuseppe Sabella | Aug. 24, 2015

Local man recovered after being hit with a car in O’Connell Center parking lot

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF business student and professor debunk research study

By Alexandra Fernandez | Aug. 24, 2015

Samantha Miller’s curiosity led her to debunk more than 40 years of respected research.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Guest Column: Letter of recommendation for Dr. Louis Guillette

Aug. 24, 2015

The academic community, the scientific establishment, UF and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has recently suffered a great and premature loss of a remarkable man — Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr.

A worker with Gaston's Tree Services uses a chainsaw to remove a limb from Bert, a large bluff oak tree behind UF's Nuclear Sciences Building, on Aug 15. Construction plans called for trees, including Bert, a student favorite estimated to be at least 150 years old, to be cut down.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Bert the bluff oak falls, Nexus to be built in place

By Hunter Williamson | Aug. 23, 2015

He stood tall for months, surrounded with love and support from many.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

President Fuchs welcomes freshmen at convocation

By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2015

The students of UF’s class of 2019 weren’t the only freshmen attending New Student Convocation.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Police: Gainesville man defecates on church

By Giuseppe Sabella | Aug. 23, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a local man Saturday morning after he reportedly caused $70 in damages to St. Augustine church by defecating on the front door and steps of the church.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Editorial: UF can be tough but rewarding

Aug. 23, 2015

If you’re reading this: Welcome to the first edition of The Independent Florida Alligator for the Fall 2015 semester. Whether you’re a freshman leaving home for the first time or a world-weary senior who has already hit every Midtown bar and is well versed in the culture of Club West, you ought to be excited; UF is one of the most exciting places for a young person to pursue a higher education.

Aaron Rampersad, a 21-year-old UF microbiology and nutritional sciences senior, shouts “Go Gators!” at the Rally in the Swamp event at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Sunday. Rally goers were led through a series of chants and songs that will be used during UF sporting events.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Rally in the Swamp trumps rain, Fuchs visits students

By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2015

A little rain couldn’t keep UF students and President Kent Fuchs away from The Swamp on Sunday as the university got ready for the Fall football season.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe celebrates 50 years and looks to the future

By Hunter Williamson | Aug. 23, 2015

It was 1966 when Joan Golliday walked through the doors of what was then Santa Fe Junior College.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe Senate builds leadership team during summer

By Hunter Williamson | Aug. 23, 2015

After two contentious semesters, Santa Fe College Student Senate enjoyed an uneventful summer.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Graduate Assistants United negotiates contracts

By Ansley Pentz | Aug. 23, 2015

Ioannis Ziogas challenged UF administrators to imagine taking care of a child on a graduate assistant’s salary — a salary he says is below the poverty level.

NEWS | SFC

Legislation concerning guns on campus back in Senate

By Hunter Williamson | Aug. 23, 2015

Legislation aiming to allow guns on campus is back in the Florida Senate chamber.