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The Black Experience Installation Unveiling

The University of Florida unveiled a new African-American storytelling wall, The Black Experience Installation, paying tribute to the contributions and experiences of the university’s Black community. The Black Experience Installation is a display of photographs and text that tells the stories of Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the University of Florida. The wall is divided into four attributes that relate to the Black experience at UF: determination, pride, strength, and community highlighting the challenges, triumphs, and contributions of UF’s black community and showcasing the importance of continuing the enduring legacy set by its leaders.

From getting paper cuts from the flyer that was shoved in your hand at the Colonnade to getting trampled over by a stampede of freshman during Gatornights, out of all of the places that you want to avoid at UF, the Reitz is definitely one of them.

Since the Reitz seems to have the biggest selection of fast-food places to choose from on campus, everyone wants to go there to get their greasy pizza, their “authentic” Mexican experience tropichop, or their hormone-induced burger. So, when you plan to meet up with your friend that you haven’t seen since last semester, I can assure you that finding an empty seat will be like finding a sober girl at a frat’s crush party. Chances are, you’ll just end up getting bumped into and accidentally drop your overpriced food all over the floor.

Then, there comes the Reitz Bookstore, the place that was created just to suck every cent you’ve ever earned in your entire life right out of your pockets. A few pens and notebooks from the Reitz Bookstore would probably set you back a whole week’s paycheck, and an access code would cost you your first born child, so don’t even think about trying to get your books there. That is, of course, unless your unlucky enough to have a jerk of a professor who requires you to get the UF edition of his precious book. That edition is—you guessed it—only available at the Reitz.

Over the course of a semester, you’ll probably have a few things to print, right? You want a copy of the syllabus for that 6,000 word Gordon rule class or you have a report due next week. Well, don’t try using the Reitz’s third floor computer lab. Again, all you will get is one of the Reitz’s infamously long lines. Once you do make it to a computer, all the printers will be in use by these people who seem to want to print everything that they have ever found on the Internet… ever. Just your luck, the only other printer that’s free is out of order, so again you must wait. Then of course… once you get your turn at a working printer… there is no ink.

Finally, after a long week, you’ll want to spend your Friday night out having fun. One thing that won’t help you accomplish that is Gatornights. The feature movie will be sold out, the line for the tie-dye shirts will stretch out all the way towards Marston Library, and they will run out of midnight breakfast the second before you get there.

All in all, make yourself a sandwich, order your books on Amazon, and if you want have fun, go to some house party. It is UF, there will be plenty!