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To spend 24 hours in Library West, I had to bring along some supplies.

NEWS | CAMPUS

The Alligator sent a reporter into Library West for a whole 24 hours to ask: 'Why are you here?' Here’s what 24 people had to say.

By Gillian Sweeney | Nov. 8, 2018

Andrew Gillum attended Gainesville High School from 1994 to 1998. Some of his roles included sophomore class president, senior class president and student body vice president.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Before he was a candidate for governor, Andrew Gillum cut his teeth in Gainesville

By Angela DiMichele | Nov. 8, 2018

He dove into government during his four years at Gainesville High School.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Early voting on campus: heroes and wannabes

Nov. 8, 2018

The Reitz was an early voting location. Who is really to thank?

NEWS | CAMPUS

Conservative author speaks at UF

By Gillian Sweeney | Nov. 7, 2018

Allie Beth Stuckeyaddressed a crowd of about 50 people

Jonathan Friedman, a 31-year-old activist, chants “I want my foreskin back” Monday morning at the intersection of 13th Street and University Avenue. Friedman is a member of the Bloodstained Men, an activist group that has been traveling across the United States to protest the circumcision of boys at birth.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Anti-circumcision rally sweeps through Turlington Plaza

By Dana Cassidy | Nov. 7, 2018

The group said it wasn't targeting any group

NEWS | CAMPUS

Are you a perfectionist? It turns out it could harm you.

By Fotini Sisois | Nov. 7, 2018

Researchers in the UF Warrington College of Business found perfectionism in the workplace is detrimental to a person’s well-being.

Aly Raisman, team captain of the gold medal-winning USA gymnastics team in 2012 and 2016, speaks Tuesday night at the University Auditorium. Raisman talked about her dream of becoming an Olympian and her training as well as the letter she wrote and read to her abuser Larry Nassar.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Aly Raisman talks sexual assault, Olympic career

By Emma Witmer | Nov. 6, 2018

Raisman was paid $56,000 to talk.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Don’t let them make you afraid of fine arts

Nov. 6, 2018

Major in what you want, whether it's fine arts or not

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF’s Vice President and CIO named to higher education board

By McKenna Beery | Nov. 5, 2018

This is the first time anyone at UF has been appointed to the position.

Emma Gonzalez, a 18-year-old Stoneman Douglas Graduate, throws shirts to UF students Monday night at Turlington Plaza. Gonzalez is a member of the National March For Our Lives team who coordinated the event with March For Our Lives Gainesville to get students to vote in the upcoming election.

NEWS | CAMPUS

March for Our Lives team encourages UF students to vote

By Hannah Beatty | Nov. 5, 2018

Emma González and David Hogg were in attendance

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Study Abroad Office sells bamboo straws

By Kaylin Purvis | Nov. 5, 2018

The straws cost $1.

Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighters come out of the Biomedical Sciences Building in bunker gear after assessing the chemical spill on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. The spill was contained within the fume hood and the hazmat team determined that the room was safe.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF student injured with minor chemical burns after spill in science building

By Chris Day | Nov. 5, 2018

The hazmat team determined it was an acid

Los Angeles-based rapper Ty Dolla $ign, an artist in Wiz Khalifa's label Taylor Gang Entertainment, puts on a show for students at Gator Growl 2018. The concert, which was held on Flavet Field, capped off Friday's Homecoming celebrations and also featured alternative rock band Walk The Moon.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gator Growl hosts performances by Walk the Moon and Ty Dolla $ign

By Tranelle Maner | Nov. 4, 2018

The weather delayed the annual homecoming event by almost three hours.

Nestor Garcia, a 21-year-old industrial engineer major, attends the early voting session on Oct. 22, 2018, at the J. Wayne Reitz Union to vote for the first time.

NEWS | CAMPUS

About 8,000 people vote early at Reitz Union

By Hannah Beatty | Nov. 4, 2018

The early voting location was the third most popular in Alachua County.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Free menstrual products coming to two UF libraries Friday

By Angela DiMichele | Nov. 4, 2018

UF Panhellenic and George A. Smathers Libraries are funding dispensers and products.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Pakistani Students’ Association feeds Gainesville residents in need

By Taylor Roth | Nov. 4, 2018

About 30 people attended

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students work to feed farmers abroad

By Annelise O’Donnell | Nov. 4, 2018

Ten UF students were sent to Africa.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF athletes compete for all of us, turn out to watch them

Nov. 4, 2018

Don't let some of the sports go unnoticed

Zakaria Bennouna, a 19-year-old UF mechanical engineering sophomore, holds the lyrics to his viral song “When a Gator Loves his President.” Lyrics include: “Kent Kent Fuchs, you’re the one, daddy Fuchs.”

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Behind the Meme: Creators discuss their Swampiest Memes

By Hannah Beatty | Nov. 1, 2018

The Facebook page has more than 38,000 members.

Eryka and Jacques LaFrance held their wedding ceremony in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Sept. 2, 2017. Eryka LaFrance grew up in Gainesville and wanted to get married in a place close to her heart and childhood.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Touchdowns and wedding bells: Football games aren’t the only thing happening in the stadium

By McKenna Beery | Nov. 1, 2018

About 13 weddings have been hosted in The Swamp.

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