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NEWS | CAMPUS

On-Campus voting is a privilege: Use it

Oct. 23, 2018

Students who normally don't vote can access the Reitz Union

Nicholas Moore-Lefauve, a 20-year-old information systems and operations management major, puts on his "I Voted" sticker during the first day of early voting at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Monday morning. This is the third time Moore-Lefauve has voted in his life.

NEWS | CAMPUS

More than 40 people compete in first day of ‘Battle of the Ballots’

By Jeana Fraser | Oct. 22, 2018

Event organizers aim to dictate which college had the highest voter turnout.

Students practiced stuffing fake bullet hole wounds with gauze Saturday morning. The two-hour-long educational training taught attendees what to do when someone has life-threatening bleeding in an emergency.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘Stop the Bleed’ emergency first-responder training comes to UF

By Angela DiMichele | Oct. 21, 2018

Danielle Gaeta packed gauze into an orange foam swimming pool noodle wrapped in duct tape Saturday morning.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Reitz Union opens for early voting

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 21, 2018

The union opened after students filed a lawsuit

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker joins Senator Bill Nelson at a UF College Democrats meeting on Oct. 19 at Weil Hall. Students asked them questions about policies and their thoughts on current issues in the Senate.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Senators Bill Nelson, Cory Booker visit UF

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 21, 2018

They met with over 60 students from the UF College Democrats

NEWS | CAMPUS

Come for the bagels. Stay for the politics.

By Gabrielle Seminara | Oct. 20, 2018

About 150 people attended the event

Richard Spencer protesters march toward the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts holding a “Gators not Haters” sign.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

‘I don’t feel like a Gator:’ A year after Spencer, students still wrestle with university actions.

By Jessica Curbelo | Oct. 18, 2018

The university spent about $600,000 on security

Lara Alqasem, a member of the Radical Students Alliance and then-UF political science sophomore, speaks during a candlelight vigil in support of refugees in 2015. “You only leave home when home is the mouth of a shark,” she said. “No one puts their children on boats unless the boat is safer than the land.”

NEWS | CAMPUS

Lara Alqasem will not be deported from Israel after Supreme Court ruling

By Angela DiMichele | Oct. 18, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court said her education was more important.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Three facts about the orange and blue car across the street from the Reitz Union

By Jeana Fraser | Oct. 18, 2018

A Zipcar has been Gator-themed

NEWS | CAMPUS

Islam on Campus hosts 15th annual Fast-A-Thon

By Samia Lagmis | Oct. 18, 2018

The group raised more than $4,000

Ryan Krammes, a 28-year-old UF forest resources and conservation junior, used a chainsaw to separate a trunk in three parts, helping remove fallen trees in Tallahassee, Florida.

NEWS | CAMPUS

About 160 UF Online students might have been in Michael’s path

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 18, 2018

So far, around 132 affected students have been contacted.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

The future of race and diversity at UF is bright

Oct. 18, 2018

UF President Kent Fuchs writes about diversity on campus

Rachel Brown, 30, answers questions from students after concluding her talk on how to combat hate speech in the Pugh Hall Ocora at the University of Florida Tuesday night.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Activist holds on-campus talk about curbing hate speech

By Chris Day | Oct. 17, 2018

About 100 students and residents attended

NEWS | CAMPUS

LGBTQ+ community members and students hold panel on inclusion, activism

By Adrianna Santiago | Oct. 17, 2018

About 20 students participated

Garrick Sewsankar, an 18-year-old computer science freshman, plays Noche de Lotería on Monday, October 15, during a fundraiser held by the Mexican-American Student Association. Similar to Bingo, Sewsankar was one space away from winning the round. Donations from the fundraiser are going to help immigrants receive free legal services.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Mexican-American Student Association raises money for immigrant legal services

By Aaron Ritter | Oct. 16, 2018

The group raised more than $300.

NEWS | CAMPUS

If you think you got the flu, it might actually be your allergies.

By Chloe Silverstein | Oct. 15, 2018

Ragweed, a type of allergen, reaches peak season in August, September and October.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF graduate to face the Israeli Supreme Court

By Dana Cassidy | Oct. 14, 2018

This will be the final time she can appeal to stay in the country.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Student Health Care Center offering vaccines to prevent Meningitis B outbreak

By Fotini Sisois | Oct. 14, 2018

Shots will be offered at Chomp the Flu on Wednesday

Daniela Ordonez, an 18-year-old freshman UF political science major, paints on the “Diversity” mural started by the UF Center for Arts and Medicine. The mural was created to showcase the diversity at UF by allowing any student to add to it and put their own spin on the painting.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students, vendors celebrate art on campus

By Gillian Sweeney | Oct. 14, 2018

The event cost about $5,000 to put together.

Mia Sewall, an 18-year-old UF communication sciences and disorders freshman, helps unload plants from two delivery trucks for the UF College Plant Initiative's Plant Drop Friday morning. One thousand plants were given away to students in Turlington Plaza.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF horticultural group breaks record time for free plant drop.

By Peyton Whittington | Oct. 12, 2018

The group gave away 1,000 plants in two-and-a-half minutes.

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