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Bruce Capin, longtime UF fencing coach, dies at 60
By Sophia Bailly | Jan. 17, 2023Bruce Capin, UF's fencing coach, died Nov. 28 at the age of 60.
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UF Honors Program forms committee to seek new director
By Halima Attah | Jan. 17, 2023The UF Honors Program has officially begun a search for the replacement of former director Mark Law, who Provost Joe Glover fired in August.
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Marston Science Library is back at 24/7 hours
By Amanda Friedman and Alissa Gary | Jan. 17, 2023While the library used to operate on a 24-hour schedule, the COVID-19 pandemic paused those hours indefinitely, leaving many students wondering whether they would return. Newell Hall has been the only 24-hour study space for students since Fall 2021.
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Student organizations’ leaders criticize funding model
By Amanda Friedman | Jan. 13, 2023The Ad Hoc Committee was formed to provide a platform for representatives of student organizations to express their concerns and ask committee members about the funding process.
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UF reinstates vehicle-restricted area on campus
By Claire Grunewald | Jan. 13, 2023The vehicle-restricted zones went into effect Monday. It will include parts of Stadium Road, Newell Drive, Union Road and Buckman Drive.
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Biden Administration proceeds with new student-debt repayment plan
By Naomi Volcy | Jan. 11, 2023Under the administration’s new plan, monthly payments on loans would cap at 5% of the borrower’s income for borrowers who earn more than $30,000 a year. Unpaid interest wouldn’t be added to the borrower’s remaining balance as long as they pay their monthly payments.
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Cabinet for non-traditional students recaps Fall initiatives at first Spring meeting
By Amanda Friedman | Jan. 11, 2023The meeting recapped the work of the Transition Cabinet, which aids non-traditional students in their transition to UF, and announced an upcoming forum of the Student Funding Ad Hoc Committee, which will address funding concerns.
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Change Caucus resubmits controversial online voting bill
By Amanda Friedman | Jan. 10, 2023The Online Voting Constitutional Amendment, authored by Sen. Oscar Santiago Perez (Change-District D) and Sen. Jonathan C. Stephens (Change-District D), would provide all UF students with a secure, online and remote voting option for SG elections. If passed in the Senate, the amendment would be on the Spring election ballot for students to vote on.
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Remembering John Wright — former UF journalism dean, professor
By Naomi Volcy | Jan. 9, 2023Wright, a former dean and professor, died Dec. 31 at 73. When his passing was announced by UF’s journalism school Jan. 2, the article circulated across the college’s social media accounts. UF faculty and alumni flooded the comments with their condolences, kind words and fond memories of Wright.
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Library West partially reopens after water damage
By Sophia Bailly | Jan. 9, 2023Library West closed Dec. 26 after 60,000 gallons of water leaked into the building. The library will partially open Monday, Jan. 9.
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Florida Museum of Natural History to rehouse nearly 200,000 jars of preserved animals
By Halima Attah | Jan. 9, 2023Located next to the museum’s exhibit hall, the new facility will serve as a hallmark of the Florida Museum’s departments of ichthyology (involving fish), herpetology (involving amphibians and reptiles) and invertebrate zoology. It will house the wet collections that have propelled student researchers’ work, with more than 23,000 square feet of laboratory spaces, concentrated shelving systems and offices.
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UF pursues new accreditor
By Alissa Gary | Jan. 9, 2023For the first time in its history, UF will be mandated to shop for accreditors between now and 2025. The changes to accreditation come in light of Senate Bill 7044, which requires Florida universities to seek new accreditors every five years. The Florida Board of Governors is tasked with finding potential accreditors for universities, a list from which universities can choose which accreditation to apply for, according to SB 7044.
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Library West temporarily closed due to water damage
By Sophia Bailly | Jan. 7, 2023Library West will remain closed into the beginning of the Spring semester after a break in the water line caused an estimated 60,000 gallons of water to flood the library’s first, second and third floors for several hours.
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ABC’s ‘Death in the dorms’ revisits the murder of a UF student
By Sophia Bailly | Jan. 6, 2023“Death in the Dorms” documents six killings across U.S. college campuses. Episode Two, titled “Christian Aguilar,” tells the story of how the romantic obsession of Aguilar’s friend Pedro Bravo mutated into a grisly murder.
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Remembering UF ‘French Fries’ sculptor John Raymond Henry
By Anushka Dakshit | Dec. 15, 2022John Henry, the creator of “Alachua,” the sculpture in front of Marston Science Library better known by UF students as “The French Fries,” died Nov. 1. He was 79 years old.
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UF Faculty Senate passes resolution to call for delay in state post-tenure regulation
By Christian Casale | Dec. 7, 2022The UF Faculty Senate voted Tuesday to approve a resolution that calls on the Florida Board of Governors to delay the implementation of a statewide post-tenure review reform — with only one dissenting vote visible.
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Student Government closes out Fall semester
By Alissa Gary | Dec. 5, 2022The Fall semester in Student Government — marked with budget controversies and calls for impeachment of the student body president — has set the stage for a contentious spring election for both Gator and Change parties.
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Battle looms for faculty tenure review across Florida
By Christian Casale | Dec. 5, 2022The United Faculty of Florida union, which represents 25,000 faculty members and 8,000 graduate students across the state’s 12 public institutions, has signaled the regulation — called 10.003 — in its current form would be a blow to academic freedom and faculty job security. The Board of Governors, on the other hand, say it’s a way to ensure the best educators are tenured and to reward faculty who deserve recognition.
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International students weigh in on US gun culture
By Christian Casale | Dec. 5, 2022School shootings have become increasingly common in the U.S. over the last two decades, leaving many students to adapt to stricter safety measures in the classroom. However, the cycle of violence isn’t something many international students relate to back home.
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Age no barrier to academic success for these Santa Fe College students
By Claire Grunewald | Dec. 5, 2022SFC welcomes students of all ages. Students older than 25 made up more than 20% of SFC’s Fall 2021 enrollment. This amount has remained consistent throughout the years at the college, according to the Santa Fe factbook. Nonetheless, older students have thrived in SFC’s diverse environment.
