Registration is already closed for the UF Career Resource Center’s inaugural Gator Shadow Day on Feb. 20.
January at UF means gyms packed full of students carrying out New Year’s resolutions meant to start the semester off on a healthy note.
Advocates for immigration reform have one more thing to be thankful for this year. After many political ups and downs, President Barack Obama made an executive order on immigration reform. And just in time for the holidays.
Schools have been desegregated and women have the right to vote; yet discrimination still exists. Even though the First Amendment give us the freedom to speak and practice beliefs freely, many of us have still faced some sort of discrimination in school growing up, whether based on gender, race, appearance or religion.
Two weeks ago, GatorWell and Gator Dining hosted Food Day, a national event concerning health and food justice. Student organizations, such as Student Animal Alliance and Catalysts for Change also showed support.
Child abuse and neglect is a serious issue in our society, and it's sometimes overlooked. From bullying at school to maltreatment at home, children face emotional and physical battles everywhere they go. Not all children are subject to child abuse, but there are some.
Alone. Scared. Confused. Nowhere to run. This is what Giselle Meza felt when she was tricked into going to London and trapped in room full of men. This was a secret she carried for many years after she escaped.
Imagine being given an ultimatum: convert or “die by the sword,” as ISIS, a terrorist organization in Syria and Iraq, would like to call it. Families have been torn apart -- women raped, homes burned and children beheaded as fathers were forced to watch.
To hear the desperation and sorrow in her voice broke my heart. Sofía, a Salvadorian mother recounted the events that led her to make a decision to send her two sons away. Many may ask, how can a mother send her sons on such a treacherous journey? Sofía was threatened by the transnational gang Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, that it would kidnap and kill her sons if she did not comply with its demands. Unfortunately, she is not the only one.
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