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The last straw: ban takes eﬀect BUSINESSES CAN BE FINED $250 FOR HAVING PLASTIC STRAWS By Grethel Aguila Alligator Staff Writer

Most Gainesville residents won’t be ﬁnding single-use plastic straws at stores or restaurants any longer. A plastic straw ban ofﬁcially began to be enforceed in Gainesville on Jan. 2. In August, city commissioners voted to ban single-use plastic straws and stirrers from restaurants and stores. The ordinance doesn’t apply to hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities or people with disabilities. The ban is part of the city commission’s plan to make Gainesville waste-free by 2040. City Commissioner David Arreola, who voted in favor of the ban, said he hopes it raises awareness of the waste produced by our society and the impacts of everyday con-

sumerism. Businesses that don’t adhere to the ban will receive verbal and written warnings, and those with written warnings will receive citations until they comply, Arreola said. The Code of Ordinances lists the ﬁne amount at $250. “We’re talking about straws — just do the right thing,” Arreola said. Arreola said he doesn’t think Gainesville’s straw ban will suffer the same fate as the single-use plastics ban, which was repealed following The Florida Retail Federation’s lawsuit against the city of Coral Cables in 2016. In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill for a statewide prohibition of local straw bans. Satchel’s Pizza, located at 1800 NE 23rd Ave., received a warning about its straws back in October. As ﬁrst reported by WCJB TV20, the city issued a warning to the res-

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Doctoral student demands response to UF sexual assault cases on website RECORDS SHOW SOME CASES WEREN’T HANDLED CORRECTLY BY FACULTY By Hope Dean Alligator Staff Writer

Openlettertodeanperri.com is exactly what it appears to be: an open letter to Michael Perri, the dean of UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions. But 100 pages of two UF sexual assault cases within Perri’s college lie in another tab, and 31- year-old Andrew Cistola, a second-year UF masters and first-year doctoral student in public health, isn’t finished collecting records. UF’s Title IX office has investigated a cluster of sexual assault cases from the college within the past two years, and records show that some cases weren’t handled correctly by

faculty, Cistola said. This makes Cistola “extremely concerned” for the safety of students, he wrote in a letter on the site he created, which is why on Dec. 23 he requested that Perri release public documentation of the cases by Jan. 6. Cistola told The Alligator he made the website to dispel rumors about the cases spreading through the halls of the college. He also said he doesn’t want any sexual predators attached to the research projects he has to complete at UF because it could damage his career. “I wanted to make sure that students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members can have access to public information so they can make their own decisions about their safety – about who they want to work with,” Cistola told The Alligator in an interview. Perri did not follow through with the request. When The Alligator pressed him on why, he referred a reporter to UF spokesperson

What’s all the buzz about? ENTOMOLOGY AND NEMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT OFFERS NEW ONLINE BEEKEEPING II CLASS

By Marlowe Starling Alligator Contributing Writer

A new online beekeeping class being offered this Spring is the bee’s knees for students with a sweet spot for an unusual hobby.

Beekeeping II, under the course codes ENY4932 for undergraduates and ENY6934 for post-graduates, offers more foundational knowledge to beekeeping than its predecessors, Beekeeping I and Practical Beekeeping, said Cameron Jack, entomology and nematology lecturer. “Beekeeping brings people together from all different backgrounds and all walks of life,” Jack said. “It’s not really for people just

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Steve Orlando. “We are confident that the university’s Title IX office handled these cases properly,” Orlando wrote in a statement. When Cistola asked Perri for documentation of the cases and to publicly release these related documents, Perri instead responded by making a public records request for Cistola to find the information he was looking for. Cistola then published Perri’s response to the website Monday, in which Perri also forwarded Cistola to Russell Froman, UF’s Title IX director. Froman declined to comment. “I appreciate your concern for the welfare of the College and its students. I know that Dr. Froman will do his best to address your concerns while respecting the confidentiality required in these matters,” Perri wrote to Cistola in an email. The front page of openlettertodeanperri. com now shows Cistola’s pubic response to

interested in agriculture.” Students interested in agricultural ﬁelds at land grant universities like UF typically take classes, get internships and then enter the industry, Jack said. “Really, nothing exists like that for beekeeping anywhere in the United States, so we’re kind of trying something new,” he said. Other new classes are expected to give students more knowledge of beekeeping in hopes of eventually introducing a certiﬁcate students can earn, Jack said. A new study

Perri. Cistola wrote that Perri did not comply with his original demands and expects the reports to be sent in by Feb. 1. “Tell us a story. Tell us what’s going on. The reason why I felt it was so important is because we had no idea what was going on,” Cistola told The Alligator. “Release these documents, please”: what’s in the letter Cistola wrote about three cases in his intial letter posted on the website that sparked his concerns. The ﬁrst is the case of Andrew Lotto, a former professor in the college that Perri let resign after the university conducted an investigation that found multiple incidents of sexual harassment against female students and faculty dating back more than two years.

abroad program this Summer will focus on beekeeping in Thailand, and a honey bee biology class will be introduced in Fall. “We want students to walk away with a piece of paper that says they know how to keep bees and are proﬁcient at doing it,” Jack said. Carson Beattie, a 21-year-old UF geology senior, is registered in the new class this semester. Beattie also worked as a teaching assistant for the practical beekeeping class over the Summer. “When you really get to work

UF records ﬁrst tortoise allergy Nancy the tortoise is allergic to hay, pg. 5

SEE OPEN LETTER, PAGE 3 with them hands-on, most people are really afraid of them, but it’s actually the opposite,” Beattie said. “They’re really good animals to work with.” While Beattie said he is only interested in beekeeping as a hobby, he appreciates its environmental beneﬁts. “Agriculturally, some crops, like almonds in California, are 100 percent pollinated by bees,” he said. “Without commercial growers coming in to pollinate the almond crop,

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STRAW BAN, from pg. 1 taurant, saying it had until Jan. 2 to get rid of its plastic straws. Satchel Raye, the owner of the Gainesville pizza shop, declined to comment on the ban to The Alligator. While the ordinance states that it excludes those with disabilities, there is still a possibility that some businesses don’t have plastic straws readily available. Gerry Altamirano, the assistant dean and director of UF’s Disability Resource Center, said people must consider the intersection between

sustainability and accessibility. Altamirano said students with disabilities have shared concerns with the DRC about not having access to plastic straws. The DRC has advocated for straws at Broward Dining for students with disabilities, as some shared concerns about not having access to plastic straws, said Altamirano. “An issue with sustainability is that it causes people to forget individuals with disabilities,” Altamirano said. Altamirano said he believes innovation is key to bridging the gap between these two concepts. One

of his ideas, he said, is to redesign single-use cups with built-in straws to reduce plastic waste. Life Unplastic, a shop specializing in plastic-free, compostable and biodegradable items, is one of the local leaders of the sustainability movement. The store’s owner, Joy Hughes, wrote in an email to The Alligator that she hopes the ban shows people the value in changing from a culture of convenience to one that respects reusable ways. “Plastic is toxic and persistent, so while the ban might be spoken about negatively by some people, I think of

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When asked for comment, Prins and Blue forwarded a reporter to Orlando, who declined to comment on whether or not they were disciplined or if Pryce Fegumps and Ewing are still employed at UF. The Alligator also reached out to Pryce Fegumps and Ewing, but they did not respond before publication. However, the college’s website lists all four in their same positions. Its last update was on Jan. 8. Cistola alleges that a third case is still underway and involves workplace discrimination against females and verbal harassment by the same male professor over the last several years, Cistola wrote in his letter. The report is not on the website and The Alligator could not individually conﬁrm its existence. Cistola said he has worked with Emma Crowley, a 24-year-old UF master’s student in public health and sexual assault survivor, to make sure he treats the subject with care on his website. Crowley said her sexual assault case was ignored by the Title IX ofﬁce at her undergraduate institution, which she did not wish to name. This is why she’s passionate about making sure UF practices transparency in its cases. “We don’t want to seem aggressive,” Crowley said. “That’s not our intention. And that’s why Andrew wrote this letter almost as an invitation, saying, ‘Release these documents, please, so we can get a better understanding of what we’re dealing with.’” But Crowley and Cistola aren’t the only ones concerned with transparency in the department.

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“I don’t know who to trust,”: students react to the website In November, Alejandra Salemi, a 22-yearold second-year public health masters student, collected about 15 letters from students in support of Hart during his sexual harassment case. Hart was demoted from his former positions as the college’s director of online learning

OPEN LETTER, from pg. 1 The second case includes two related investigations from the same college concerning Sheena Pryce Fegumps and Christy Ewing, two professors who are accused of sexually harassing a male professor within the same college, Mark Hart. The 100 pages of records on Cistola’s website include multiple incidents from 2017 to 2019. Hart declined to comment for this article. Hart’s case files also state that Cindy Prins, the college’s assistant dean for educational affairs, and Amy Blue, the college’s associate dean for educational affairs, broke Title IX guidelines by not reporting Hart’s case immediately. “Any employee with supervisory responsibility, as well as faculty who have knowledge of sexual harassment, is required to promptly report the matter directly to the Title IX Coordinator and may be disciplined for failing to do so,” the UF employee handbook reads. UF Office of Victim Services Address: 1555 Museum Road Phone: 352-392-5648 Website: https://umatter.ufl.edu/office/ office-of-victim-services/

it as an ice breaker for communities,” Hughes wrote. Hughes also wrote that she believes plastic pollution should be curbed at the source — essentially before it even becomes a product. She compared changes at a consumer level to mopping up water from an overﬂowing tub. “The work must be done, but we won’t be able to see real change until we turn off the tap,” Hughes wrote.

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and the director of the college’s doctoral and masters programs in public health for the social behavioral sciences concentration after an argument with college officials related to his case, and his students were feeling the loss, Salemi said. He helped everyone find job and research opportunities and acted as a mentor to his students. She added that she lost all her respect for the college. “I don’t know who to trust,” she said. “I’m worried about graduating on time. I don’t know who to go to for my complaints and my concerns.” Salemi said she supports Cistola’s website because it calls the college administration out for letting Lotto resign instead of firing him and allowing two deans to not report Hart’s case for years. “We’re showing them that we are not going to put up with their bull****,” she said. “That website — and us students — who are vocal about it is just only reinforcing that we’re here to stay and fight.” And other students are willing to speak out as well. Everything was thrilling and new when Valentina Fandino, a 22-year-old first-year UF master’s student, started studying public health with a concentration in social and behavioral sciences. Professors had open -door policies, and you could talk to anyone, anytime. But the hallways are quiet now, with almost every door shut. “It feels like we’re being closed out. I definitely see the silence,” she said. Fandino also lost Hart as her adviser without warning when he was demoted, which she said has been interruptive to her research. The fact that Hart’s case wasn’t properly reported makes Fandino concerned for students. “How many students have walked through those doors, experienced sexual harassment, reported it and nothing was ever done?” she said. “It’s very important to have those people

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we wouldn’t have any almonds from California.” Beattie also helps at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, testing whether pesticides have an effect on bees drifting to other colonies. To do so, students painted the bees they were testing different colors — all by hand. In Florida, there are nearly 5,000 registered beekeepers. Of those, 10 percent are commercial beekeepers and the rest are hobbyists, Jack said. For students who may not have room in their schedules for beekeeping classes, a UF Honey Bee Club is open to all majors. “Bees are something for everybody,” Jack said.

who you can come and talk to when people will believe you and listen to you. And just the thought of our students and our staff to not be able to have that is terrifying.” Fandino hopes the college will publish all the cases to make sure students know about what’s going on and represent public health the way it should be. “No issue is black and white, but we really just need to be honest about where we stand and what we’re doing to improve things if we actually want to be a top-ﬁve public university,” she said.

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Dignity Village closing delayed through homeless transition ALACHUA COUNTY WILL FOCUS ON OTHER HOUSING INTERVENTIONS By Samantha Chery Alligator Staff Writer

Dignity Village may be shutting down, but the city of Gainesville has a new plan to keep hope alive for the homeless. For years, residents of the homeless encampment have used the services provided by GRACE Marketplace, a homeless shelter. But as the population rapidly grew, the promise of housing solutions dwindled, said Jon DeCarmine, the shelter’s executive director. “Dignity Village was an idea with a lot of potential, but there was never enough staffing or resources,” he said. DeCarmine said the city of Gainesville stopped accepting new residents in October as part of the longterm effort to close the campground. At the time, there were more than 200 people living in Dignity Village.

Shelby Taylor, the communications director for the city of Gainesville, said it “served no one’s best interest” for Gainesville’s homeless to live in a tent city outdoors. “We continued to witness, over the past few years, deteriorating living conditions around that area,” Taylor said. While Dignity Village was scheduled to close on Jan. 1, the city’s plan was delayed by the construction of the perimeter fence around Dignity Village. The fence is expected to be completed in the next 30 days, Taylor said. Following the completion of the fence, city officials hope to create a campground at the shelter for residents to get help in finding the necessary housing to fit their situation, she said. In October, Taylor said nearly 70 percent of Dignity Village’s homeless population said they had viable living alternatives when surveyed. “We’re trying to connect people with the resources that they need so that we can move these people in a more positive direction,” she said.

In recent months, Alachua County increased its contribution to housing efforts to $1.5 million, the Alachua County spokesperson Mark Sexton said. Sexton said that while the county commission has been very supportive of GRACE Marketplace and Dignity Village, they feel as though the time has come to focus on and prioritize housing solutions. He said the county’s plan is to gradually lower its contribution to GRACE Marketplace, leave the city of Gainesville in charge of its funding and focus their attention on other housing interventions — rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing. “There’s only one way, when you boil everything down, to end homelessness, and that’s to put people in homes,” Sexton said.

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Dignity Village stopped accepting new residents in October. The city expected to close the camp Jan. 1, but the plan is taking longer than expected.

Newberry billboard displays updated info on cold case THE REWARD WAS RECENTLY INCREASED FROM $8,000 TO $10,000 By Sarah Mandile Alligator Staff Writer

Nearly a decade after the unsolved murder of Lila Leach, a billboard has been unveiled in Newberry listing a new reward and updated information about the cold case. On Thursday, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and Leach’s family members unveiled the new billboard, located near the Park-and-Ride Lot on West Newberry

Road. In July 2010, 96-year-old Leach was attacked inside her Newberry home and died later as a result of the injuries she sustained. The large sign displays a photo of Leach wearing a floral blouse and reclining in a wooden chair. In bold, red lettering, the billboard reads: “Victim of Murder.” Sgt. Frank Kinsey, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said he hopes the billboard raises awareness about the case. The billboard lists the reward amount at $8,000, but Kinsey said it was recently increased to $10,000. He said the sign will be updated in a few days to reflect this. “The billboard has the power to gen-

erate conversation in Newberry,” Kinsey said. “We hope it will challenge someone to do the right thing.” During Thursday’s press conference, ACSO Sheriff Sadie Darnell revealed that advances in DNA technology have allowed the sheriff’s office to narrow their search. She said investigators now have enough information to eliminate 19 suspects. Leach’s daughter Elaine May was present at the conference and encouraged anyone with information about the case to come forward. She said this billboard is the third one they’ve put up for her mother. May said Leach was lively, feisty, funny and loved to watch travel programs. She was the “ringleader of the family,” she

said. May said she’d like a chance to talk to the perpetrator and let them know that they can come forward and share their side of the story. “If someone came forward, we could all begin to do some unburdening,” May said. “I know my mother has forgiven him. I know I have forgiven him.” Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Kevin Allen at 352-384-3323. @sarahmandile smandile@alligator.org

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UF documents first tortoise with allergies SHE IS ALLERGIC TO ORCHARDGRASS HAY By Anna Wilder Alligator Staff Writer

The UF Small Animal Hospital never encountered a tortoise with allergies — until Nancy was brought in. Nancy, a sulcata tortoise, was brought into the hospital by an anonymous Gainesville resident in October, said Amy Alexander, a clinical assistant professor of zoological medicine.

Alexander noticed that part of Nancy’s eyelids were swollen, which led the zoological medicine team to discover something that UF had never documented before: a tortoise with an allergy. Alexander said she recalled asking herself if Nancy could be allergic to hay after leaving the tortoise near an armadillo’s enclosure. To test this, she put Nancy in a separate room away from the hay, and within a day, Nancy’s eyes were back to normal. Veterinary dermatology services at the hospital performed an

allergy skin test on Nancy for the three most common types of hay in Florida: orchardgrass, timothy and alfalfa, Alexander said. They found the tortoise is allergic to orchardgrass hay. She said dermatology services conﬁrmed the allergy after they injected the orchardgrass hay and her eyelids swelled up. Alexander is planning to document Nancy’s orchardgrass allergy in a peer-reviewed journal publication. At the time, Nancy still didn’t have a home.

Alexander listed Nancy on Petﬁnder and contacted animal shelters but was unsuccessful. “These types of tortoises are native to Africa but common to the pet trade in the U.S., and the issue with them is that they are really great escape artists because of their strong legs,” Alexander said. “They burrow out of people’s yards, so it’s actually not uncommon to have stray sulcata

tortoises, but they are not meant to be here.” The zoological medicine service team searched for a home for Nancy for months until Marley Iredale, a veterinarian and anatomic pathology resident at UF Small Animal Hospital, decided to adopt Nancy. “She’s settled in really well,” Iredale said. “She seems to enjoy being outside instead of in the hospital.” @anna_wilder awilder@alligator.org

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Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a string of burglaries in the Longleaf subdivision in southwest Gainesville. Art Forgey, a sheriff’s office spokesperson, said the incidents took place overnight Friday, and Longleaf residents woke up Saturday morning to find their cars burglarized. He wrote in an email that 17 cars were broken into, and all but one were unlocked. On Monday, WCJB TV20 shared home surveillance video in the Longleaf subdivision. The footage revealed a group of suspects approaching several cars on the night of the burglaries. Forgey said pocket change, small electronics and personal items such

as a wallet and purse were taken during these burglaries. Two vehicles were stolen and have not yet been recovered, Forgey said. Both vehicles have been placed into a national database system used by law enforcement as the investigation continues, he wrote. Detectives are still working the cases and analyzing evidence forensically, Forgey said. “We are also trying to push information out reminding people to lock their cars, don’t leave valuables inside or keys,” Forgey wrote. Forgey said no arrests were made as of Thursday evening. Slagmis@alligator.org

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La Casita hosts class on Latinx studies – the first the institute has ever held

There are a limited number of seats left for the credited class By Kaelyn Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

More than 50 years ago, Mexican American high school students in the southwestern part of the U.S. walked out of schools to protest the removal of their culture from their schools’ curriculums. It was the start of Latinx studies, said Nicholas Vargas, a UF professor who’s teaching a class on the topic in the UF Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures’ new space since its reopen-

ing in November. This is the first class to ever be held in the space, as of Wednesday. “They walked out so we can walk in,” Vargas told students at the porch of the institute — better known as La Casita — after about 20 students made a symbolic trek from Little Hall to the institute Wednesday afternoon to honor the student leaders. Vargas, a professor at UF’s Center for Latin American Studies and the department of sociology, criminology and law, will teach the Introduction

UF Board of Trustees explained THE BOARD’S DECISIONS IMPACT STUDENTS EVERY DAY By Hannah Phillips Alligator Staff Writer

At the end of every semester, 13 men and women get together to decide how to impact the university community every day. Six are appointed by the governor of Florida, and five by the Florida Board of Governors. The Student Body president and the chairperson of the Faculty Senate also serve as representatives of UF students and staff, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando said. This is the Board of Trustees. Eleven men and two women make up the current board, many of whom are highly ranked within their professions. Take Morteza “Mori” Hosseini, for example, the board’s chairman: Hosseini is the creator of ICI Homes, one of Florida’s largest construction companies. Thomas Kuntz, the board’s vice chair, was a former chairman, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank, Florida. Professions in law, medicine and business make up some of the remaining board members’ credentials. Board members act as university ambassadors, said Jason Rosenberg, a trustee and reconstructive microsurgeon. They are well-connected individuals from all across the state, and they help to lobby the Florida legislature for its support of campus initiatives. These initiatives are decided upon by UF President Kent Fuchs and his team and are then approved by the Board of Trustees. Administrators and volunteers present these to the legislature and negotiate for the funds to carry them out, Rosenberg said. In addition to alumni donations and private fundraising, these state funds make up a large part of the university’s budget. Things like classroom renovations, faculty pay, research funds and tuition costs are all determined by how much money

the lobbiers bring in, Orlando said. It is the trustees’ job to approve the allocation of funds in a way that will best serve the students and the state of Florida, Orlando said. The board meets once a semester to discuss how best to do this. These meetings are normally held on campus and are always open to the public. Board members also make up seven smaller committees, each with its own focus. Examples of these include the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Facilities and Capital Investments Committee and the Advancement Committee. Public meetings for these also take place throughout the semester. “Everything that the board does directly or indirectly affects students one way or another,” Orlando said. “Even if they don’t realize it.” One metric the board uses is UF’s rank among the nation’s public research universities, Orlando said. UF was ranked No. 7 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of top public universities in 2019, and the board is determined to reach No. 5. The student to teacher ratio is one factor of a school’s rank, Orlando said. In 2017, the board approved the Faculty 500 initiative to hire an additional 500 faculty members for this reason. This lowered the student to teacher ratio from 21:1 in 2015 to 18:1 currently. The national ranking isn’t the board’s only consideration, Orlando said. Members also approved the creation of a new position to oversee the improvement of student life, a director of campus experience. “Being ranked highly is nice,” Orlando said. “But at the end of the day, it’s really about providing the best educational experience for our students.” @haphillips96 hphillips@alligator.org

to Latinx Studies class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 p.m. throughout the rest of the spring semester. The class, which students have to register for on ONE.UF, will focus on issues related to Latinx cultural identity and provide students with greater knowledge of how Latinx people have contributed to the foundation of the U.S., Vargas said. There are still a limited number of seats open for the class.

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Nicholas Vargas, an associate professor of sociology and Latin American studies, talks to students about the student leaders who SEE LA CASITA, PAGE 7 demonstrated to make his class at La Casita possible on Wednesday.

Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare By Lolita C. Baldor and Zeke Miller Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — It is “highly likely” that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials declared Thursday. They said the fiery missile strike could well have been a mistake amid rocket launches and high tension throughout the region. The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops in its violent confrontation with Washington over the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general. The airliner could have been mistaken for a threat, said four U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose country lost at least 63 citizens in the downing, said in Ottawa: “We have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-toair missile.” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison offered similar statements. Morrison also said it appeared to be a mistake. “All of the intelligence as presented to us today does not suggest an intentional act,” he said. The assessment that 176 people were killed as collateral damage in the Iranian-U.S. conflict cast a new pall over what had at first appeared to be relatively calm aftermath following the U.S. military operation that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. It was not immediately clear

how the U.S. and its allies would react. Despite efforts by Washington and Tehran to step back from the brink of possible war, the region remained on edge after the killing of the Iranian general and Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes. U.S. troops were on high-alert. At the White House, President Donald Trump suggested he believed Iran was responsible for the shootdown and dismissed Iran’s initial claim that it was a mechanical issue with the plane. Late Thursday, the U.S. House approved a measure that aims to bar any further military action against Iran without congressional approval. However, the resolution approved by the Democratic-majority House is nonbinding and no similar measure could pass the Republicancontrolled Senate. As for the airliner shootdown, U.S. officials wouldn’t say what intelligence they had that pointed to an Iranian missile, believed to be fired by Russian Tor system, known to NATO as the SA15. But they acknowledged the existence of satellites and other sensors in the region, as well as the likelihood of communication interceptions and other similar intelligence. The New York Times posted a video Thursday it said it had verified showing the moment the apparent missile struck the plane over Iran. The video shows a fast-moving object rising before a fiery explosion. An object, apparently on fire, then continues in a different direction. A preliminary Iranian investigative report released Thursday said that the airliner pilots never made a radio call for help and that the aircraft was trying to turn back for the airport when the burning plane went down. The Iranian report suggested a sudden emergency struck the Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines late Tuesday, when it crashed, just minutes after taking off from

Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. Investigators from Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization offered no immediate explanation for the disaster, however. Iranian officials initially blamed a technical malfunction for the crash, something backed by Ukrainian officials before they said they wouldn’t speculate amid an ongoing investigation. Before the U.S. assessment, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Hasan Rezaeifa, the head of the of civil aviation accident investigation commission, claiming that “the topics of rocket, missile or anti-aircraft system is ruled out.” The Ukrainian International Airlines took off at 6:12 a.m. Wednesday, Tehran time, after nearly an hour’s delay at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport, the main airport for travelers in Iran. It gained altitude heading west, reaching nearly 8,000 feet, according to both the report and flight-tracking data. Then something went wrong, “no radio messages were received from the pilot regarding unusual situations,” the report said. In emergencies, pilots reach out to air-traffic controllers to warn them and to clear the runway for their arrival, though their first priority is to keep the aircraft flying. Eyewitnesses, including the crew of another flight passing above, described seeing the plane engulfed in flames before crashing at 6:18 a.m., the report said. The crash caused a massive explosion when the plane hit the ground, likely because the aircraft had been fully loaded with fuel for the flight to Kyiv, Ukraine. The report also confirmed that both of the “black boxes” that contain data and cockpit communications from the plane had been recovered, though they sustained damage and some parts of their memory was lost.

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‘This is exactly what this space is for: to learn with others.’ LA CASITA, from pg. 6 “We walk in, not out of protest, but we walk in out of appreciation of those who came before us,” Vargas said. “We walk in to learn their stories, to recover their history and to value Latinx lives within the context of the U.S.”

After Vargas spoke, the class was led on a tour of La Casita by Hispanic-Latino Affairs ambassador Maria Dominguez, a 19-year-old UF linguistics sophomore, who is also in the class. La Casita’s original building opened in May 1994 after Hispanic and Latinx students petitioned for

a space they could call theirs, according to the Institute’s website. In 2017, the structure was torn down alongside the UF Institute of Black Culture, and the extensive construction of both buildings cost $9.9 million. In 2017, UF’s Multicultural and Diversity Affairs department an-

nounced plans to combine the two cultural institutes. Many students worried that by combining the houses the university would also be merging their cultures into one. This led students to protest and create a Facebook page called “#NoLaIBCita.” The protests delayed the opening of both buildings by about

two years. “We’re using this space to learn more about Latin America,” Dominguez said. “This is exactly what this space is for: to learn, to interact with others. It’s perfect.” @kaelyn_cassidy kcassidy@alligator.org

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Michael Schmitz, 21-year-old UF international studies junior, walks with Michelle Marino, a 20-year-old UF nutritional sciences junior, from Little Hall to the new La Casita building on Wednesday. Students made the symbolic trek to La Casita to honor student leaders who made their Latinx studies class possible.

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Abby Farah, 20-year-old UF international studies sophomore, tours the newly rebuilt La Casita space on Wednesday. “I think it Lily Strickland / Alligator Staff is fantastic that the La Casita space is open to us, especially for this Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, 21-year-old UF political science junior, and Karla Rivas, 21-year-old UF political class,” Farah said. “I think it’s going to be really important for us to science senior, smile as they tour the new La Casita on Wednesday. “I think it is really cool that we have appreciate the space that the university has provided and that so many students have worked so incredibly hard for.” a space where we can all gather and especially have class geared towards Latinx studies,” Rivas said.

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UF trounces AU for back-to-back wins By Bryan Matamoros Sports Writer

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Freshman guard Nina Rickards scored a season-high 13 points in Florida's road win over Auburn.

Freshman guard Nina Rickards has struggled to find the bottom of the net since coach Cam Newbauer inserted her into the starting lineup in mid-December. She managed just 12 points combined in her six starts on 5-of-29 shooting from the field heading into Thursday night’s game against Auburn. But Rickards nearly tripled her scoring average against the Tigers, as the freshman dropped 13 points to help the Gators come away with an 83-63 victory over Auburn in Alabama. After a scoreless performance from Rickards against Vanderbilt over the weekend, UF made it a priority to get her the ball early

and often. The Queens, New York, native was averaging just 4.4 points per game this season before Florida’s bout against AU, yet she surpassed that total in the opening minutes of the contest. Rickards scored the Gators’ first five points of the night and finished the first quarter with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor, including a 2-of-3 effort from downtown. Besides Rickards, UF (11-5, 2-1 SEC) had four other players score in double figures. Freshman guard Lavender Briggs paced the team with 19 points, extending her streak of double-digit games to 14, the most by any UF player since the 2001-02 season. Her backcourt partner, redshirt junior guard Kiara Smith, chipped

in with 15 points in 37 minutes of action. Both Briggs and Smith have made things difficult for opponents this year, which was evident in Thursday night’s conference showdown. The two shot a combined 13 of 20 from the field, including a 4-of-8 showing from behind the arc against Auburn. Sophomore guards Kristina Moore and Ariel Johnson sparked the offense as well with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The Tigers (6-8, 0-3 SEC) deployed a zone defense at the start of the game in an effort to fluster the Gators, but it backfired. Florida counteracted by pushing the tempo in transition,

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GYMNASTICS

Florida begins season against Arkansas at home By Noah Ram Sports Writer

The Gators gymnastics program has been among the best in NCAA history. Only seven teams have ever won a national championship, and Florida is one of them, winning three consecutively from 2013-15. Last season, though, it missed the NCAA Championships for only the second time in school history after falling to Denver and Oregon State in the regionals. Now, after months of waiting, UF will try to finally put last season behind it, and that quest begins tonight. The No. 3 Gators begin their 2020 season at 6:45 p.m. against No. 19 Arkansas at the O’Connell Center. The match will be televised on SEC Network+. Florida is returning most of the team that lost only two regular season matches last season and only one at home. That includes six All-Americans: sophomores Trinity Thomas and Savannah Schoenherr, junior Alyssa Baumann and Megan Skaggs and seniors Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley. Thomas and

Schoenherr also earned All-American honors at the 2019 NCAA Individual Championships. One of the toughest tasks for the squad this season will be replacing Alicia Boren, who graduated after last season. Her senior campaign was one of the best in school history, capped off by winning a share of the floor title at the Individual Championships last season. Despite losing Boren, UF only brought in one freshman in the offseason. It’s just the third time in program history the program brought in only one recruit. However, that freshman-- Payton Richards-- has already earned the praise of coach Jenny Rowland, who is entering her fifth season coaching the team. “She is an old soul and a very happy soul and has already fit in well with this team,” Rowland said. “You will probably see Payton in multiple events in this first meet and throughout the season.” Two things working in Florida’s favor this season are experience and, most importantly, depth. “At our intersquads, we had

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Junior outfielder Danielle Romanello has entered her name into the NCAA Transfer Portal, per Softball America. She played in 45 games last season and hit .186.

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Sophomore Trinity Thomas was named 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year and is a five-time All-American.

Turner named Defensive Line Coach of the Year FootballScoop named David Turner the nation's top defensive line coach on Wednesday. The Gators' 49 sacks this season were the fourth-most in the FBS.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Florida aims to continue perfect start to SEC play By Tyler Nettuno Sports Writer

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Florida can start 3-0 in SEC play for the first time since the 2017-18 season with a win at Missouri on Saturday.

Last season, Florida’s men’s basketball team sleepwalked through the beginning of SEC play, starting 1-3. But this time around, the Gators are 2-0 in the league and playing their best basketball of the season. UF is on a threegame winning streak, averaging 95.7 points over that stretch (though one of those games went to double overtime). After winning the first leg of a two-game road stretch 81-68 against South Carolina on Tuesday night, the Gators travel to another Columbia, this time west of the Mississippi, to take on the Missouri Tigers at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Florida (10-4, 2-0 SEC) is finally finding its footing on the offensive side of the ball. The defense has been stout all year, allowing 65.5 points per game. Now,

it’s paired with a more effective scoring attack. Point guard Andrew Nembhard is coming off back-to-back 20-point games, and he’s beginning to demonstrate the offensive improvement coach Mike White hoped to see when Nembhard decided to return to Florida for his sophomore year. He’s averaging more points (11.4) and assists (6.1) than he did last year. Freshman guard Scottie Lewis has also increased his production, scoring 15 in his last two games since returning from a concussion. He notched a doubledouble against Alabama with 10 rebounds and nearly did it again in the South Carolina game, totaling nine. But the Gators now run into a Missouri team that plays strong defense, allowing just 57.7 points per game. The Tigers (8-6, 0-2 SEC) have had a disappointing start to SEC play, losing by 12

on the road to Kentucky and by 10 on their home floor to Tennessee. Missouri’s resume also features a bad nonconference loss against Charleston Southern. Still, Mizzou has the personnel to give the Gators trouble, mainly in guards Dru Smith and Mark Smith (no relation). Dru leads the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game, and Mark is just behind, averaging 11.1. Both are shooting above 40 percent from the field, but Mark is more dangerous on the outside having made 34 three-pointers this season. Mark is also Missouri’s rebounding leader with 4.7 per game, and Drew averages 4.4. Florida will have its hands full on the interior, as the Tigers have two 6-foot-10 players — Mitchell Smith and Reed Nikko — in their projected starting lineup. However, neither average more than four

rebounds. UF center Kerry Blackshear Jr., on the other hand, has been a dominating force under the basket for Florida this season. He’s averaging 14.6 points and 8.7 rebounds and has seven doubledoubles through 14 games. Containing him will be paramount for a Tigers team that generally wins the rebounding margin (they’re plus-4.1 this year). As SEC play progresses, Florida will try to show the NCAA Tournament Committee that its four non-conference losses were the result of a brutal schedule. Road wins against teams like Missouri — which White has never lost to as Florida’s coach — would go a long way to bolster that argument.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

21st-ranked Gators open up season in the Bahamas By Dylan O’Shea Sports Writer

Florida’s women’s tennis team will take to the Caribbean to open its 2020 season. UF is competing in the three-day Pink Flamingo Cup tournament in Nassau, Bahamas, from Friday through Sunday. The Gators’ weekend competition consists of No. 4 UCLA, No. 7 Texas and No. 23 Miami. Because all participating teams are ranked, the tournament will stand as a good test for Florida to start the spring. The Cup will pit all four teams against each other in

both singles and doubles events. On Friday, Florida will begin the tournament against Texas in doubles and UCLA in singles. Saturday will bring a new challenge, as Florida will take on Miami in doubles and flip to singles against Texas. Finally, on Sunday, the Gators will face UCLA in doubles and Miami in singles. Of the Gators’ eight spots on its roster, six players are returning from last season’s successful campaign. Florida earned a 32nd-straight NCAA Championship appearance last season and settled into the No. 24 slot in the final 2019 rankings. Two athletes that will provide Florida with a big push this season are juniors McCartney Kessler and Ida Jarl-

skog. Kessler led UF in victories last year, accumulating 15 match wins for the Gators on her way to a 2019 All-SEC Second Team selection, while 2019 All-American Jarlskog finished No. 17 in 2019 singles play. Jarlskog also earned All-SEC First Team honors. After UF wraps up its weekend overseas, it will return home until it has to hit the road to compete in the ITA Kick-off Weekend at NC State from Jan. 25-26.

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MEN’S TENNIS

UF starts the season ranked No. 1 By Dylan O’Shea Sports Writer

The UF men’s tennis team comes into the 2020 season ranked No. 1 in the Oracle/ITA Rankings. Florida’s top position was announced on Wednesday as it approaches its first match against Furman and FAU on Saturday. This is the first time Florida has been slotted this high since it opened the 2006 season at No. 2. Florida’s 2018-19 season was a bookmark year in terms of success and improvement. The squad finished 25-4 and won the SEC regular season title. It claimed the No. 4 spot in the final

2019 rankings. This year’s No. 1 ranking is in large part to its dominant young athletes returning to the court in 2020. Sophomore and team captain Sam Riffice will play a key role in Florida’s success this season. The 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year, ITA All-American (singles) and ITA Freshman of the Year provides UF with experience and leadership. Senior Johannes Ingildsen and junior Duarte Vale will also provide leadership for the Gators this season. That guidance will be needed in order to groom two budding blue-chip freshmen for Florida. Freshmen Blaise Bicknell (the No.

13 recruit in the country) and Will Grant (the No. 16 recruit in the country) add to Florida’s roster and both will get the chance to make an impact right away. Florida opens its spring competition at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex against Furman on Saturday at 10 a.m., followed by FAU at 3 p.m.

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Junior Duarte Vale went 22-8 in singles last season.

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Gators baseball ranked No. 13 by Perfect Game in Preseason Top 25 The Perfect Game preseason rankings were released Wednesday. A season ago, UF came in at No. 9.

Ranked opponents: • at No. 7 Miami (Feb. 21-23) • No. 10 Georgia (March 13-15) • No. 14 Florida State (March 10, March 24, April 14) • No. 22 Texas A&M (March 27-29) • at No. 4 Arkansas (April 2-4) • No. 18 Ole Miss (April 24-26) • at No. 6 Auburn (May 1-3) • No. 2 Vanderbilt (May 7-9)

Meet is at 6:45 GYMNASTICS, from pg. 10 everyone doing pretty much every event,” Gowey said. “That’s a huge benefit to have so many people and so much depth at each event.” The Gators’ opponent, the Razorbacks, are coming off a disappointing year. Last season, they finished eighth in the SEC with a 1-7 dual record. Mark Cook, who had been the coach of the program since its founding in 2003, retired and was replaced by Jordyn Wieber. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning 2012 U.S. Olympic team and is the first Olympic Champion to coach a collegiate program. This is the first of nine straight meets for the Gators against teams ranked in the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA)’s top 25. “There is no down time in gymnastics,”

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Junior pitcher and ﬁrst baseman Jordan Butler hit .358 last season and made 22 appearances on the mound.

Rowland said. “You hit the ground running, and you are prepared, and you do what you can and it’s go time.” Given the returning talent and the preseason rankings, expectations are sky high for the team this season. “Everybody is super ﬁred up for the season, and we have been looking great in the gym,” Thomas said. “When we get out, you’ll see what we’ve been doing in the gym.” The gymnasts expect the O’Connell Center to be rocking again 2020. Last season, the O’Connell Center averaged 8,333 fans per meet last season, about 90 percent of the arena’s capacity for gymnastics. “The O’Dome is really indescribable,” Gowey said. “I was trying to explain it to Payton (Richards) but you really just have to experience it yourself.”

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Briggs' 19 points led the team WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, from pg. 10 which prevented Auburn from settling into its halfcourt defense. This led to 11 fastbreak points for UF by the end of the first half compared to AU’s zero. “We did a good job of being aggressive in the first half and shot it really really well,” Newbauer said in a release. “It was crazy, too, because we had five offensive rebounds on only seven missed shots.” Auburn wasn’t much better offensively. It made just 24 of its 61 field goal attempts and went

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7 of 29 from the three-point line against a suffocating Florida defense that has now held 11 of their 16 opponents below their scoring average. Auburn averaged 70.6 points per game before Thursday night but was held to just 63 by UF. Guard Brooke Moore and forward Unique Thompson led the Tigers with 14 and 10 points, respectively, in the loss. With this victory, the Gators are now 2-1 in conference play for the

ﬁrst time since the 2015-16 campaign. “We are just playing one possession at a time and not really thinking about anything other than trying to be the best version of ourselves,” Newbauer said. “We are just trying to compete and be the best team we can, day in and day out.”

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