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Tyler Welz (left), a 22-year-old Santa Fe nursing senior, and Caroline Lewis, a 21-year-old Santa Fe nursing senior, sell earrings on Nov. 30, 2015, outside Santa Fe’s food court to fund a trip to the Nursing Student Association's annual convention in Orlando. The earring sale ends today at 2 p.m.

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Santa Fe professor sells earrings for nursing association

By Paisley Papineau | Nov. 30, 2015

Rita Revak-Lutz spends her free time making earrings.

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Student Government debating New York Times online renewal

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 30, 2015

Students could potentially lose their online subscriptions to The New York Times.

Gator fans tailgate just east of Turlington Plaza before the football game Sept. 5, 2015.

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UF traditions hold strong for decades

By Katelyn Newberg | Nov. 30, 2015

As graduation looms, UF seniors are finding that the best ways to connect to the university are through the oldest traditions.

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UF Smathers Libraries hosts talks with curators

By Courtney Grisby | Nov. 30, 2015

UF students and members of the community smiled when they saw the original Superman comic book Monday.

Daniela Gonzalez, an 18-year-old UF accounting freshman, shakes hands with President Fuchs during the Inauguration Week student event on the Reitz North Lawn on Nov. 30, 2015. Gonzalez, an assistant student government treasurer, said she has met Fuchs before but was happy to see him again.

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'Hi, I'm Kent': Students meet President Fuchs at first inauguration event

By Alexandra Fernandez | Nov. 30, 2015

When UF President Kent Fuchs introduced himself to students on Monday, he said, "Hi, I’m Kent."

From left to right, UF president’s wife Linda Moskeland Fuchs and 31-year-old UF agriculture and life sciences major Allison Bechtloff talk about the Environmental Horticulture Club while 22-year-old UF plant sciences junior Carly Anderson and UF President Kent Fuchs discuss the variety of poinsettias available at the greenhouse.

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UF CALS displays locally renowned poinsettias at inauguration event

By Van Miller | Nov. 30, 2015

In one of the last greenhouses behind Fifield Hall on Hull Road there are 6,000 poinsettias.

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UF Student Government hosts first mental Health Awareness Week to break stigma

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 30, 2015

UF Student Government wants to show students that not all mental health struggles can be seen.

UF quarterback Treon Harris scrambles in the pocket during Florida's 27-2 loss to Florida State on Nov. 28, 2015, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

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Column: UF’s deficiencies finally caught up with it against FSU

By Luis Torres | Nov. 29, 2015

It was only a matter of time before the Gators’ weaknesses caught up to them.

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Research Roundup 11/30/2015

Nov. 29, 2015

UF research team finds way to help those with chronic back pain

UF President Kent Fuchs leads a crowd of more than 90,000 people in a cheer as honorary Mr. Two Bits before the Florida State University game on Nov. 28, 2015, in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. “It was incredible,” he said afterwards, about leading the cheer.

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When UF President Kent Fuchs stepped onto the field Saturday night, Gator fans roared. As the honorary Mr. Two Bits, he chanted, "Two Bits! Four Bits! Six bits! A dollar! All for the Gators, stand up and holler!"

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UF adds gender-neutral restrooms

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 29, 2015

UF will add 30 more gender-neutral restrooms in December.

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Science for all: UF grad makes marine biology videos

By August Plamann | Nov. 29, 2015

Mike Gil hated science as a kid.

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UF professor writes ‘Snow Queen’

By Katelyn Newberg | Nov. 29, 2015

On opening night Friday, Charlie Mitchell said he was pleased.

Calvin, a 7-month-old Great Dane-Labrador mix and an unofficial mascot for the UF women’s soccer team, was hit by a car on Nov. 22, 2015. Brooke Smith set up a GoFundMe to help pay for his medical bills, which doctors estimate will cost $10,000.

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#BringCalHome: GoFundMe for students’ injured dog

By Martin Vassolo | Nov. 29, 2015

It was halftime of the Florida soccer team’s NCAA Tournament loss to Duke University when Calvin was hit by a car.

UF President Kent Fuchs delivers his State of the University address in the Reitz Union Auditorium on Sept. 24, 2015. He plans to increase diversity and research opportunities at UF.

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UF President Kent Fuchs to serve as honorary Mr. Two Bits at FSU game

By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 28, 2015

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, UF President Kent Fuchs stood in the Swamp and practiced.

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UF student to go to Nobel Prize conference

By Krystalle Pinilla | Nov. 23, 2015

Carly Crump is packing a blue ball gown for her trip to the Nobel Prize award ceremonies in Sweden.

Landon Rogers, 19, poses for a photo after his graduation from Eastside High School last spring. Rodgers was a UF exploratory freshman in the college of liberal arts and sciences and collapsed during UF’s Air Force ROTC training on Nov. 19, 2015.

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Hundreds mourn friend, son

By Giuseppe Sabella | Nov. 23, 2015

Landon Rogers kept a journal.

Clarinda Choice (left), a 29-year-old Santa Fe student leadership and activity specialist, and Jacobi Bedenfield, a 19-year-old Santa Fe agriculture freshman, chat under Santa Fe's "Oak Grove" late Nov. 23, 2015. Choice and Bedenfield were two of the five participants raising awareness for homelessness by camping overnight at the college.

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Santa Fe students experience homelessness

By Hunter Williamson | Nov. 23, 2015

In the cold weather early Monday night, three Santa Fe College students and one adviser pitched tents on the Oak Grove to experience, for one night, what it’s like to be homeless.

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UF responds to ‘White Students Union’ Facebook

By Alexandra Fernandez | Nov. 23, 2015

A Facebook page claiming to be the University of Florida White Students Union was created Sunday.

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UF international students create untraditional Thanksgiving traditions

By Martin Vassolo | Nov. 23, 2015

For most UF students, Thanksgiving Break means turkeys and pumpkin pies at home. But for international students, it is nothing more than a week off from school.