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Smith Meyers’ 6 vetoes upheld, Impact Senator leaves party
By Gillian Sweeney | May 16, 2018Smith Meyers no longer holds the title of Student Body President, but his vetoes live on.
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Ribbon cutting at JAX-ASCENT
By Madison Rubert | May 16, 2018Jacksonville — UF cut the ribbon on the Jacksonville Aging Studies Center, known as JAX-ASCENT, at the UF Health Jacksonville campus on Monday.
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UF scientists unveil new sunscreen made with algae
By Dana Cassidy | May 16, 2018Scientists at UF have recently developed a chemical for a new sunscreen that’s safer for humans and the environment.
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Forget the labels and numbers
By Sophie Feinberg | May 14, 2018When you come to college, it’s easy to be defined by everything but what you actually are.
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A letter from the student body president
By Ian Green | May 14, 2018Dear Gator Nation,
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How to spend your summer semester at UF
By Kent Fuchs | May 14, 2018With the start of Summer A and C, I’m reminded that summer is my favorite time of year at UF.
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UF graduation incident prompts commencement reform
By Angela DiMichele | May 14, 2018In the aftermath of the graduation ceremony that became national news, UF President Kent Fuchs is seeking help from students on how to rethink future commencements.
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The Food for Fines program is a farce
By Stephan Chamberlin | May 14, 2018Transportation and Parking Services suffers from an image crisis. With the Food for Fines program, Transportation and Parking Services chipped away at its reputation as a ticket writer to reveal a seemingly more compassionate side — one that is willing to trade donations to Field and Fork Pantry for overdue citations.
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New Santa Fe center to promote startup companies
By Angela DiMichele | May 14, 2018The Innovative Product Development Center at Santa Fe College is aiming to help entrepreneurs and innovators in Alachua and surrounding counties develop their discoveries into commercial products. Its main focus is mentoring start-up companies.
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First African American women earn PhD from CISE department
By Dana Cassidy | May 14, 2018France Jackson, 29, and Jessica Jones, 28, made history on May 4 by becoming the first African American women to receive PhDs from the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at UF.
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President Fuchs to propose changes to future commencement ceremonies
By Morgan McMullen | May 10, 2018UF President Kent Fuchs spoke at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday afternoon. During the conference, Fuchs outlined his initial plans to create a task force aimed at reforming future commencement ceremonies.
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UF places commencement marshal on paid administrative leave
By Morgan McMullen | May 8, 2018The marshal who was caught on video pushing students during a graduation ceremony has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to UF spokesperson Margot Winick.
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Graduates pushed by 'inappropriately aggressive' UF employee during ceremony
By Angela DiMichele | May 7, 2018Nafeesah Attah planned to do a traditional dance move called a duck walk – by waving her arms up and squatting while stomping her feet – as she walked across the graduation stage Saturday afternoon. That is, until an administrator grabbed her and forced her to stop.
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FEATURES
Gainesville residents raise money to bring deported father, husband back home
By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 27, 2018Every night for the past six years, Lina Colondres and her husband Ruben Flores Garcia have stayed up thinking of each other — 1,681 miles apart.
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New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor talks Weinstein, journalism
By David Hoffman | Apr. 26, 2018Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter for The New York Times and one of the two reporters who broke the story that Harvey Weinstein was paying off sexual harassment accusers, was kicked off her college newspaper in the late ‘90s, she candidly told her student audience at UF.
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Students struggle to keep memory of IBC, La Casita alive
By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 24, 2018A noose in Weimer Hall. Slurs on a whiteboard. Richard Spencer.
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UF senior to sell Gator Tandem featured in ‘Tandem Two Bits’
By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 24, 2018When Michael Cizek graduates in May, he’s saying goodbye to more than just the UF campus. He’s parting ways with an icon: an orange and blue 1968 Schwinn Twinn dubbed the Gator Tandem.
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First 10 students to graduate from PaCE program this Spring
By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 24, 2018Alexa Tirse was devastated three years ago when she thought she was denied admission to her dream school, UF.
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One year later, Impact executive ticket keeps promises
By Christina Morales | Apr. 24, 2018Former Student Body President Smith Meyers completed his term Tuesday, and President-elect Ian Green will take over today. Here’s a review of what suggestions the Impact Party made during Meyers’ campaigning that were accomplished or are in progress:
