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=== Admissions Oath === | === Admissions Oath === | ||
Every new undergraduate student at UNF is required to say a pledge in latin.<blockquote>''Omnibus iuro, in hoc loco me mansurum, et heredibus meis, oppressores meos superaturum et locum hunc quem amo usque ad finem mundi defensurum.'' (Latin) | Every new undergraduate student at UNF is required to say a pledge in latin.<blockquote>''Omnibus iuro, in hoc loco me mansurum, et heredibus meis, oppressores meos superaturum et locum hunc quem amo usque ad finem mundi defensurum.'' (Latin)</blockquote> | ||
I swear to everyone that I will remain in this place, and to my heirs, that I will overcome my oppressors and defend this place that I love until the end of the world.</blockquote>The oath was put into place by Alexander Dickson in 1828, when conflicts within the country and British influences flared up again. | <blockquote>I swear to everyone that I will remain in this place, and to my heirs, that I will overcome my oppressors and defend this place that I love until the end of the world.</blockquote>The oath was put into place by Alexander Dickson in 1828, when conflicts within the country and British influences flared up again. | ||
=== Honor Code === | === Honor Code === | ||