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UF President Kent Fuchs addresses a group of students at the Martin King with Malcolm X: Exploring Social Justice through Multiple Lenses opening ceremony on Thursday. The group marched from the Institute of Black Culture to the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom as a part of a candlelight vigil before the ceremony.

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UF officials, Fuchs condemn noose left in Weimer Hall

By Paige Fry | Jan. 12, 2017

Victoria Camargo walked into class Thursday morning to find a 6-foot-long rope tied into a noose. It was about 9 a.m., and the noose lay on her professor’s lectern inside the Gannett Auditorium at Weimer Hall. The UF advertising sophomore thought it may have been a prop to be used in class. But her professor never acknowledged it. After the two-hour class, police were called and hauled the rope away.

Paige Arnold, a 24-year-old UF public relations senior, holds up a quilt with UF professor Deanna Pelfrey at a Collegiate Veterans Society meeting on Thursday. Each patch on the quilt has a note from a UF undergraduate student to a veteran.

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UF veterans honored with quilted messages

By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 12, 2017

The messages were written by hand. Some were short, others long.

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Construction on schedule at UF’s Innovation Hub

By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 12, 2017

Gainesville start-up companies will soon have more space to call home.

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Two UF students visit Israel on trip for campus leaders

By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 12, 2017

After hearing about her Jewish friends’ experiences at Birthright, Heather Ryan became curious about visiting Israel herself.

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Update: UF officials, Theater Strike Force condemn noose left in Weimer Hall

By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 12, 2017

UPDATED 10:15 p.m.

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Beaty West pipe leak leaves students without water

By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 11, 2017

Students living in Beaty West didn’t have water Wednesday after a hot water pipe leaked.

Tyrone, a foul-mouthed puppet controlled by Hippodrome State Theatre actor Jon Kovach, hugs Sammy Dahan, a 21-year-old UF biology senior, on Turlington Plaza on Wednesday.

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Satanic puppet cusses at students to promote play

By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 11, 2017

Students were heckled and cursed at Wednesday afternoon, egged on by a Satanic felt pupped named Tyrone.

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UF students to honor Malcolm X during MLK celebration

By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 11, 2017

During UF’s nine events centered around Martin Luther King Jr. Day this month, students will honor Malcolm X for the first time.

Jasmine Adudu, a 20-year-old African-American studies sophomore, looks for a blazer in the Gator Career Closet in Peabody Hall for an upcoming job interview. Adudu said she heard about the free service that lends professional clothing and accessories from a friend. “There’s actually a big selection,” she said. “More than I expected.”

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Gator Career Closet to open online database for wardrobe

By Paige Fry | Jan. 11, 2017

By the end of Spring, UF students will be able to search for clothes from the Gator Career Closet using an online database.

Tracy Fanara, a 32-year-old UF alumna, sits on top of her team’s car in the first episode of the Science Channel’s new show “MythBusters: The Search.” She is one of 10 contestants on the show.

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Gator hopes to host ‘MythBusters’ show

By Paige Fry | Jan. 10, 2017

A fan of ripped jeans and baseball caps, Tracy Fanara admits most don’t peg her for a scientist.

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Gov. Scott proposes new college tuition plans

By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 10, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced his goals to reduce college tuition and fees Tuesday.

Students are blocked from the main walkway in the Hub after a pipe burst in between the entrance to the Hub and Chick-fil-A on Tuesday morning.

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Pipe bursts inside Hub, complicates morning routines

By Katelyn Newberg | Jan. 10, 2017

Workers at the restaurants in the Hub arrived to work Tuesday morning to find water where it shouldn’t have been.

Originally built as P. K. Yonge K-12 Laboratory School in 1932, Norman Hall currently houses the UF College of Education.

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College of Education’s online program ranked best in US

By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 10, 2017

The UF College of Education’s online graduate program trumped 262 other U.S. universities to claim the top spot two years in a row.

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Limited courses available frustrates UF English students

By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 10, 2017

Hanna Clayton plans to graduate in three years, but after having trouble registering for upper-level English classes, she’s starting to stress about whether that will happen.

Students warm up for kickboxing in the Rion Ballroom. Thirty-three students attended the event held by Reitz Union Board Entertainment.

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Students participate in UF-led New Year’s exercise class

By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 10, 2017

For extra motivation on Tuesday, students wore New Year’s hats and exercised in front of a giant “2017” sign, which may have served as an incentive to keep up with pesky resolutions.

A view of the general chemistry lab from the stairs located perpendicular to them. The new general chemistry lab located on the first floor has 16 stations with the intent of accommodating 16 students per station for an estimated occupancy of 250.

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After 2 years, 2 delays, chemistry building to open in April

By Romy Ellenbogen | Jan. 9, 2017

Aside from the dust on the stairs and boxes piled high in the first-floor lab, the new chemistry building on Buckman Drive is nearly complete.

UF quarterback Feleipe Franks warms up prior to Florida's 30-3 win against Iowa in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2, 2017, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

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Gators sports teams: Here are your New Year’s resolutions for 2017

By IAN COHEN | Jan. 9, 2017

You know the drill.

Sexual Trauma Interpersonal Violence Education, a UF sex-education program run through GatorWell, is advertising its sexual consent campaign on the sides of a Green Operated Transit Carrying Humanity Around (GOTCHA) Ride. GOTCHA Ride is a free transportation service for students who travel to campus, Midtown and downtown Thursday through Saturday from 9:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.

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Free rides to downtown, Midtown to promote consent

By Paige Fry | Jan. 9, 2017

UF students headed to Gainesville’s bars and clubs will soon be able to hitch a free ride while learning about sexual consent.

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UF website to teach residents about water conservation

By Madison Hamilton | Jan. 9, 2017

The UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences launched a new website to teach Florida residents how to preserve, and possibly protect, the state’s quality of water.

Cristian Laureano, a 20-year-old UF criminology senior, pastes cut-out magazine headlines onto a collage representing his New Year’s resolution to improve all aspects of his life. Laureano was participating in Multicultural and Diversity Affairs “Decolonizing New Year’s Resolutions” event on Monday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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UF students strive for realistic New Year’s resolutions

By Katelyn Newberg | Jan. 9, 2017

UF’s Multicultural and Diversity Affairs kicked off its new, themed monthly events by teaching students about healthy New Year’s resolutions.