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Ryan Feldbush, 19, a UF computer science sophomore, is seen playing ‘Magic: The Gathering’ at the Reitz Student Union on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Feldbush said he’s played the game for six years now.

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Magic persists across a six-foot distance

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 10, 2020

D&D and Magic the Gathering take a socially-distanced approach to fantasy games

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Virtual advising proves to be accessible, successful during pandemic

By Joseph Oprison | Oct. 10, 2020

Looking at the benefits and challenges and how students feel about it

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Hispano, Latino, Latinx: La lucha para nombrar una identidad común

By Alan Halaly and Kristine Villarroel | Oct. 9, 2020

This story was translated by Kristine Villarroe.

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UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to end use of prison labor after push from activists

By Kalia Richardson and Alan Halaly | Oct. 9, 2020

The Coalition to Abolish Prison Slavery announced Thursday that the UF IFAS will stop using prison labor as of Sept. 30

Prince Royce is scheduled speak at a virtual event hosted by UF Hispanic Heritage Month, Accent Speakers Bureau and Student Government Productions.

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Prince Royce to speak virtually at Hispanic Heritage Month event

By Kalia Richardson | Oct. 8, 2020

Accent Speakers Bureau, Student Government Productions and Hispanic Heritage Month are hosting the event.

Pia Nair, 19, a UF second-year psychology student, takes a quiz in the Reitz Student Union on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

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Students and professors weigh in on the virtual classroom experience at UF

By Rachel Slay | Oct. 8, 2020

Empathy and understanding: keywords for students and professors this semester

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Gator Party wins majority of Senate seats, student voter turnout decreases

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

About 6,000 students voted in Student Government elections – 3,000 less than Spring 2019

Protesters are seen walking from the Reitz Student Union towards Tigert Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

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Students, employees protest Reitz Union name

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

Protesters pointed to the segregationist history of the building’s namesake

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Meet the independent candidates running for Student Government

By Lianna Hubbard | Oct. 7, 2020

These Lakeside and Murphree residents chose not to run with any parties.

Photo of Newell Drive with Century Tower and Marston Science Library visible in the view

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UF plans to hold more in-person classes in Spring

By Corbin Bolies | Oct. 6, 2020

UF plans to hold the same amount of class sections as Spring 2020 next semester, Provost Joseph Glover said in a town hall Tuesday

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‘Uncharted territory’: Unmasked students, fans return to pre-pandemic partying habits on game day

By Lianna Hubbard , Asta Hemenway , Thomas Weber , Thomas Holton and Alan Halaly | Oct. 4, 2020

Following the Gators’ win against South Carolina Saturday, students and fans celebrated at bars and watch parties

Matthew Baldwin and Stephanie Rüegg at the Gator football game against University of Tennessee-Martin on Sept. 7, 2019. This was Rüegg’s first-ever American football game she attended.

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UF professor fights, sues to see his fiancée again

By Steven Walker | Oct. 4, 2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. State Department’s visa processing has come to a standstill

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UF exchange students navigate their temporary international homes amid COVID-19

By Kalia Richardson | Oct. 4, 2020

Despite increased restrictions in Scotland and South Korea, UF exchange students are happy to study abroad than be in the United States

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UF first-generation students navigate college in the midst of a new reality

By Aurora Martínez | Oct. 4, 2020

First-Generation students continue working to be an example in their families and at UF amid COVID-19

On Saturday, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium will house 2,000 students, among other fans, for the Gators' season opener. The UF chapter of Young Americans for Freedom plans to say the Gator Bait chant, despite the university's banning of the phrase at sporting events.

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Young Americans for Freedom plan on doing Gator Bait chant at football game Saturday

By Noah Ram | Oct. 2, 2020

Nearly four months after UF President Fuchs’ decision to eliminate the Gator Bait chant at football games, the Young Americans for Freedom are planning on bringing it back.

Donald Trump Jr. speaks to a crowd of more than 800 people on October 10, 2019. Trump’s speech was met with a mixture of cheers and boos.

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Donald Trump Jr. campaign event in Gainesville postponed indefinitely

By Steven Walker | Oct. 2, 2020

President Donald Trump and First-Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19

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Hispanic, Latino, Latinx: The struggle to name a common identity

By Alan Halaly | Oct. 2, 2020

The Hispanic/Latinx community weighs in how to label their identities

Graphic of Gainesville City Hall and the County Administration Building

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Solar farm may soon come to Archer

By Serra Sowers | Oct. 1, 2020

The project would be the fourth renewable energy source of its kind in Alachua County

UF first-year interdisciplinary ecology PH.D. student, Natalia Uribe, 29, boards RTS bus No. 34 on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Uribe said she thinks the buses are safe and that not many people are using them.

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RTS buses adapt to the demands of COVID-19

By Diane Hernandez | Oct. 1, 2020

Most bus routes remain the same, but requirements are strict

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DeSantis orders businesses reopened across Florida; reactions mixed

By Thomas Weber | Sep. 30, 2020

Gov. DeSantis’ Phase 3 order has some businesses eager to reopen — some with safety guidelines, and others without. City officials are less hopeful