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Taylore Fuller bats against Jacksonville during Florida’s 6-0 win on Feb. 19, 2014, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. Fuller helped lead the Gators to a 7-0 victory over Hofstra on Saturday.

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Florida defeats Jacksonville in delayed home opener

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Feb. 19, 2014

When Taylore Fuller hits the ball, it leaves the park.

Florida swimmers line up to begin the men’s open 400-meter individual medley during the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational on Sept. 28 in the O’Connell Center.

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Gators in second at SEC Championships

By Logan McGuire | Feb. 19, 2014

The No. 1 Gators men’s swimming and diving team is second on the leaderboard after picking up two gold medals, two school records and an SEC record performance for Florida’s relay squads on Day 1 of the Southeastern Conference Championships and three gold medals and another school record on Day 2.

Elliot Grasso, Vivan Nguyen and Cory Yeffet celebrate their executive ticket win as well as their party’s total sweep in Senate on Wednesday evening at the Reitz Union breezeway.

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Swamp sweeps Senate, executive ticket in Spring SG elections

By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Feb. 19, 2014

For the first time in UF Student Government history, all 50 Student Senate seats were awarded to one party. That party is Swamp.

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Campus Mugshots rolls out online ‘mugshot pageant’ poll

By Monique Hernandez | Feb. 19, 2014

Next time you get arrested, don’t forget to pose and smile. Your mugshot could end up in a new kind of beauty pageant.

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Lake Wauburg to host Gator Open Climb

By Annaleigh Bonds | Feb. 19, 2014

This weekend, more UF students will have the chance to say goodbye to their fears of heights and reach for the sky.

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UF Enactus uses grant to empower women in business roles

By Kelsey Martinez | Feb. 19, 2014

Through the help of a grant, a national business career and leadership program is suiting up its UF team to empower women.

Jon Anderson talks with representatives from UF's physical plant Wednesday. The representatives told Anderson the art installation needs to be removed by Monday.

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Bambooville creator, UF representatives discuss future

By Alex Harris | Feb. 19, 2014

Bambooville creator Jon Anderson met with representatives from UF’s physical plant Wednesday to discuss the future of the art installation, which is slated to be torn down.

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Harn Museum of Art announces competition to inspire creative writing

By Lourianne Apollon | Feb. 19, 2014

A campus museum’s first writing competition, “Words on Canvas,” invites UF’s wordsmiths to show off their art-influenced prose and poetry.

Taylor Gushue swings at a pitch during Florida’s 4-0 win against Maryland on Friday at McKethan Stadium.

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Transfer notches big hit in UF’s four-run seventh inning

By ADAM PINCUS< | Feb. 18, 2014

A chance encounter for Braden Mattson put the Texas-bred catcher on a one-way ticket to Gainesville. He played his freshman season at Texas Christian, where Chuck Jeroloman, the brother of former Gators catcher Brian Jeroloman, served as a volunteer assistant in 2011.

Warren Burgher, 19, a mechanical engineering junior, votes in the Reitz Union computer lab on Sept. 27 for the SG elections.

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Minor tech issues, low turnout in first SG elections day

By Hanna Marcus | Feb. 18, 2014

The first day of voting in Student Government elections saw a lower turnout than the Spring 2013 semester.

Pedro Bravo walks in for a case management hearing at the Alachua County Courthouse on Tuesday. Another case management hearing was scheduled for April 22.

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Pedro Bravo murder trial proceedings moving along

Feb. 18, 2014

At about 2 and a half minutes, Tuesday’s hearing in the Pedro Bravo case might have been its shortest yet.

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UF Veterans Entrepreneurship Program to help veterans launch, grow businesses

By Katelin Mariner | Feb. 18, 2014

To honor military veterans who made sacrifices for the U.S., UF is turning the tables and making a few sacrifices for them.

Jon Anderson, 67, poses in part of his interactive bamboo art exhibit, which is scheduled to be torn down in the next three days after UF ordered him to remove it.

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‘Bambooville’ art to be removed from UF campus

By Alex Harris | Feb. 17, 2014

Once again, UF is removing Jon Anderson’s bamboo guerilla art from campus.

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UF Student Government elections start today

By Hanna Marcus | Feb. 17, 2014

Today marks the first day of voting for Student Government elections.

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UF's Interfraternity Council launches new website

By Alissa Kostranza | Feb. 17, 2014

UF’s Interfraternity Council launched its new website last week with hope that its upgraded interface and new features will help strengthen UF’s Greek community.

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UF site to help families figure out mandatory health insurance

By Purvi Pandit | Feb. 17, 2014

A new health insurance website, launched through UF Health Shands Hospital, has been formed to help newly admitted students and their families purchase or prove their health insurance.

Kendra Vincent, chairwoman of the Gainesville chapter of National Women’s Liberation, advocates for women’s abortion rights. The event was held Monday afternoon on Plaza of the Americas.

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UF abortion advocates gather on UF's campus to speak out

By Jessica Hundley | Feb. 17, 2014

At an abortion awareness event held Monday on the Plaza of the Americas, speakers told Gators abortion is something college women and men both have a stake in.

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Gator football starters endorse Students Party in SG Spring 2014 elections

By Hanna Marcus | Feb. 17, 2014

Two UF football players have publicly endorsed the Students Party.

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Law event to focus on agriculture issues

By Jana Berkowitz | Feb. 17, 2014

The upcoming Public Interest Environmental Conference will give attendees a chance to learn about legal issues facing the environment and modern agriculture.

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Service sorority heading to Asheville

By Katherine Arellano | Feb. 17, 2014

Six members of UF’s Delta Nu Zeta service sorority chapter will be participate in Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge in Asheville, N.C., from March 3 to March 8.