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Swamp Party Student Body president candidate addresses students

Feb. 23, 2015

After a long season of campaigning, it’s finally time for you, the distinguished students of UF, to decide who you want to represent your university in Student Government. This semester has demonstrated how important it is for our party to continue to follow through on its promises and show how qualified we are to represent every student on this campus.

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Access Party President addresses students

Feb. 23, 2015

UF students,

Fan Zhang (left), 24, and Xuesong Ding, 21, both UF urban and regional planning students, and Darren Lane, 44, fill plates from a buffet including buffalo, python and elk meat Saturday during the Beast Feast, a fundraising dinner held by the UF Wildlife society at Whitehurst Lodge in Archer. For video coverage of the event, visit www.alligator.org.

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Beast Feast patrons enjoy exotic offerings to fund UF Wildlife Society

By Nicole Gomez | Feb. 22, 2015

On Saturday, about 250 people gathered at the Whitehurst Lodge in Archer to feast on deer, elk, crickets and a variety of other wild beasts. The dinner is an annual fundraiser for the UF Wildlife Society.

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UF not hesitant to host Cuba study abroad program

By Ariella Phillips | Feb. 22, 2015

This summer, the UF International Center is hosting its first university-sponsored study-abroad program to Cuba.

Dr. Heather Gardner, a 29-year-old oncology intern at the University of Florida Small Animal Hospital, performs an exam on Anora, a greyhound with cancer.

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UF Small Animal Hospital receives top certification after 6 months

By Kristina Manus | Feb. 22, 2015

The UF Small Animal Hospital is the first facility in Florida to receive a top certification for its emergency and critical care facility from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

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Liti-Gators pushing for nationals

By Savana Morie | Feb. 22, 2015

UF’s mock trial team, the Liti-Gators, once again landed at the top of a regional competition.

A rendering depicts the driveway area of the Solar Living House, a house a group of about 70 UF students will create as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The house will be completely powered by solar energy and presented from Oct. 8-18 in Irvine, California, for the competition.

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UF students build livable solar-powered house for competition

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 22, 2015

Gabrielle Heffernan didn’t always plan to pursue a career in architecture.

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UF Signing Gators rally to contribute to Deaf school-building

By Chelsey Freeman | Feb. 22, 2015

Various individuals, organizations and companies around Gainesville are fundraising to build a school for Deaf children in Qalqilya, Palestine.

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UF celebrates notable Gators

By Alligator Contributing Writers | Feb. 22, 2015

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Brandon Peebles, 21, an art coordinator for Project Makeover, paints an alligator on the sidewalk at W.A. Metcalfe Elementary School. Members and volunteers painted murals all around the school, including musical instruments in the music room, a Dr. Seuss themed kindergarten area and an ocean scene in the cafeteria.

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Project Makeover comes to W.A. Metcalfe Elementary, brings UF alumni

By Michelle McNally | Feb. 22, 2015

UF alumni returned to Gainesville over the weekend to give local children a better place to play.

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Student conference focuses on Florida online voter registration bill

By Olivia Vega | Feb. 22, 2015

Students from all over the state gathered in Pugh Hall this past weekend for the Future of Florida Summit.

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Alligator endorsement: Access Party

Feb. 22, 2015

At the risk of exaggeration, this Spring’s Student Government campaign has been one of the saltiest and most dramatic in the history of this campus. Now that it’s all going down, it’s high time we go public with our party endorsement.

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Response to the Innovation Academy Town Hall

Feb. 22, 2015

On Saturday evening, the Innovation Academy (IA) Ambassadors held a UF Student Government Town Hall in preparation for the upcoming elections. IA students have been underrepresented and largely voiceless in SG since the program began, and this event was an attempt to change that. The expectation was to have Access and Swamp Party executive candidates address concerns pertaining to Innovation Academy as a panel.

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Service in the Name of Science

By Hannah Morse | Feb. 22, 2015

When you’re not working on research or schoolwork, why not spend your free time volunteering?

A women’s restroom in Norman Hall is marked off with caution tape on Sept 10, 2013. The building had no running water, and students were being directed to Norman Hall’s new addition, the Digital Worlds Institute next door.

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$8 million added for Norman Hall restoration project

By Cyanne Dunn | Feb. 19, 2015

Norman Hall was completed six years before World War II began.

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UF introduces PaCE, hybrid enrollment program for freshmen

By Kiara Beard | Feb. 19, 2015

About 22 percent of the freshmen admitted into UF’s Class of 2019 won’t have the average start.

Jiz Lee, a 34-year-old gender queer adult film star, speaks to a small crowd on Wednesday as a part of Pride Student Union's Sexxx Week. Lee discussed their experience in porn, expressing gender and having sexual agency.

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Q & A with Jiz Lee, genderqueer porn star, on queer porn, safe sex and social media

By Alex Harris | Feb. 19, 2015

Before the 30-person orgy, before the Feminist Porn Awards nomination for “boundary breaker,” before the men who wrote emails asking “I watched your porn, and it was hot. Am I gay?” Jiz Lee was an executive director of a dance nonprofit. Lee met a cute, female photographer who asked “the world’s best pickup line.”

Joseph Michaels is running to be UF's student body president as a member of the Swamp Party.

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Meet the candidates: Joseph Michaels for Swamp President

By Ariana Figueroa | Feb. 19, 2015

Joseph Michaels dove into Student Government as a freshman looking to make an impact.

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Meet the candidates: Joselin Padron-Rasines for Access President

By Ariana Figueroa | Feb. 19, 2015

Joselin Padron-Rasines loves to dance, a passion that has followed her from her birthplace in Venezuela to UF.

Tia Smart is running to be UF's student body vice president as a member of Swamp Party.

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Meet the Candidates: Tia Smart for Swamp VP

By Ariana Figueroa | Feb. 19, 2015

Tia Smart’s first experience in Student Government was through the UF Freshman Leadership Council during her first year at UF.