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Former gubernatorial candidate endorses Gainesville mayor BOTH ARE GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Andrew Gillum endorsed incumbent Mayor Lauren Poe’s campaign for re-election Tuesday.

Poe said he asked Gillum to endorse him. Florida Department of State Division of Elections records show Poe contributed $1,000 be-

tween two donations, one being in April 2017 and one in September, for Gillum’s campaign for governor.

Poe’s opponents in the mayoral race so far include Marlon Bruce, a Santa Fe College student; Jennifer Reid, a mother and legal assistant; and Jenn Powell, a mother and parttime legal assistant.

Gillum — former mayor of Tallahassee, democratic candidate in the 2018 Florida governor election and Gainesville native — wrote in

a statement that he endorsed Poe because of his values and leadership. Gillum lost the governor race to Republican Ron DeSantis in November.

“He has the vision and experience to address local challenges head-on and lead my hometown into the future,” Gillum said.

Poe supported Gillum as governor because of his efforts to reform the education system and for progressive healthcare, he said.

“Both are things that have been neglected for the past 16 years,” Poe said. “He gave a lot of people hope.”

Poe and Gillum served as mayors at the same time in cities that shared similar issues, he said. They also both graduated from Gainesville High School at different times.

Poe said his campaign is based on equity. He wants to impose policies that will help close the gap of disparity among jobs, housing, healthcare and education.

City Commissioner Helen Warren, who donated $100 to Poe’s campaign, said she is endorsing him because of his experience working with the commission and Gainesville Regional Utilities.

“I agree with his vision for a better city,” Warren said. “I don’t know anyone who knows the city better than him.” @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

Student Senators look to rename student union SOME SENATORS WANT TO CHANGE NAME TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Samuel Thomas / Alligator Staff

Sunset Sisters Kayla Broadhead, 4, and Cabrini Broadhead, 3, chase each other Monday at Depot Park. The two sisters love ending the day with their father, Joshua Broadhead, at the park. “We come here at least once a week,” Broadhead said.

UF researchers feel effect of Airbnb sanction STATE EMPLOYEES CAN NO LONGER USE AIRBNB FOR WORK TRAVEL

By Danielle Ivanov Alligator Contributing Writer

Sarah Carey’s stomach dropped when she received an email from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 23.

It read that effective immediately, state government workers are not allowed to be reimbursed for purchases through Airbnb, Inc., a company that allows hosts to rent out spare rooms to other users, while on official state business, according to the

email.

The email meant the 30-year-old would lose her $1,726 Airbnb payment for her 28day research trip, which starts Feb. 7, she said.

“I very nearly started crying,” the UF researcher and botany doctoral student said.

DeSantis warned the company on Jan. 15 of the coming sanctions, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The company delisted about 200 homes in the West Bank due to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The company is now under review by the State Board of Administration of Florida after DeSantis deemed the business policy antiSemitic.

The board will determine at the end of

Gators face off with high-scoring Ole Miss tonight UF coach Mike White said the Rebels have some of the SEC’s most talented guards, pg. 14

January if Airbnb should be added to the state’s “hit list” of anti-Israeli companies, the Times reported.

There are more than 100 Airbnb listings in Gainesville for work travel that can no longer be used by state government employees coming to work with UF or any other state agency at the moment.

Carey said she believes the sanction could limit future research by preventing work with labs and future conference attendance because of the increased cost in housing through hotels or rental websites that are not Airbnb.

“If they are not as affordable, then we lose valuable research money or have to

SEE AIRBNB, PAGE 4

Can you buy tobacco?

UF, Santa Fe College students react to the county rising the legal age to buy tobacco, pg. 4

Saving natural lands

The county spent more than $800,000 to buy land, pg. 5

The cancellation of a UF Student Senate meeting left the Reitz Union’s name unchanged — for now.

Senate was canceled last week due to a room reservation error, which prevented at least six referendums and a constitutional amendment to be considered for the Spring ballot, said Majority Party Leader Cooper Brown.

The constitutional amendment, which was up for consideration last Tuesday, was to rename the Reitz Union after Virgil D. Hawkins, a black man who helped desegregate UF, said Michael Dormeus (Inspire, District D).

Brown said he will send a request to the UF Supreme Court to clarify if deadlines can be extended for amendments and referendums if Senate is canceled unexpectedly in the future.

“I hope the Supreme Court provides a clear answer to the question we petitioned them for,” Brown said.

UF denied law school admission to Hawkins because of his skin color, Dormeus said. The name change would bring greater awareness to Hawkins’ legacy.

“By renaming the Reitz we will honor the people who fought to get us where we are today,” Dormeus said.

Minority Party Leader Felipe Gatos said the Inspire caucus will try to add the constitutional amendment question on the ballot this Fall, and, if not, next Spring.

Dormeus said Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, which was celebrated the day before last week’s cancellation, should not be confined to one day of social media posts.

“Words are whispers, actions are screams,” Dormeus said. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

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Hijab-A-Thon After Hours Starting at 7 p.m., UF Islam on Campus will host a talk in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom to debunk the myths of the hijab and to discuss the experiences of others. Isra Chaker, a Syrian American civil rights activist, will be the guest speaker.

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Student Government concludes interviews and qualifying process ELEVEN FEWER STUDENTS INTERVIEWED THIS SEMESTER COMPARED TO LAST SPRING

By Kelly Hayes Alligator Staff Writer

Steven Orban was dressed in a suit and tie waiting for his first Student Government interview Tuesday afternoon.

“I want to have an impact on the school around me,” the 22-year-old UF economics graduate student said.

Orban, who hopes to run with the Inspire Party for the graduate senator seat, is one of 291 students who registered to run in the Spring 2019 UF SG elections, Henry Fair, the supervisor of elections and 21-year-old UF political science junior, wrote in an email.

After three days, 86 students interviewed with Inspire Party, 204 with Impact and one student will run as an independent, Fair said.

Impact and Inspire have concluded interviews for students who want to run with the parties during the Spring elec-

tions. The parties held the interviews from Sunday to Tuesday. Seven parties registered to run candidates but only two interviewed, Fair said.

This semester’s SG elections will be held on Feb. 19 and 20 to fill 50 Student Senate seats by college and year and the executive ticket, which is made up of the Student Body president, vice president and treasurer.

Last semester, 239 students interviewed: 72 with Inspire and 167 with Impact. In Spring 2018, a total of 302 students interviewed: 136 with Inspire, 129 with Impact, 27 with the Challenge Party, eight as undecided and two as Independent. Challenge Party, which was formed and only ran for one semester, did not interview for Senate candidates this year.

Candidates should campaign fairly and refer to election codes if they question something, Fair said.

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Three scholarships to be awarded across Florida Deadline to apply is March 29

By Wadney Julien Alligator Contributing Writer

A $1,200 scholarship will make its way to three students later this Spring.

The Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections will award three scholarships to eligible Florida college and university students, said TJ Pyche, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office spokesperson.

In order to be considered for the scholarship, students must be enrolled as a

full-time junior or senior with a major in political science, public or business administration, journalism or mass communications.

Students must also be registered to vote in Florida, Pyche said.

Deadlines for scholarships is March 29 and winners are usually announced in early May, Pyche said.

The scholarships are given to help students further pursue degrees in higher education, he said.

“Every time we have the opportunity to

help students ... that’s a really good position,” Pyche said.

Other requirements include two letters of recommendation, a financial statement and maintenance of a C average or above the previous year, Pyche said.

The scholarship is state-wide with each county reviewing applications submitted by students and conducting in-person interviews, Pyche said.

The county will then choose one student from all of the applicants to be considered by the association’s scholarship committee.

Stella Kim, a 21-year-old UF public relations senior, was one of last year’s scholarship recipients.

Kim said she first heard about the scholarship through the UF College of Journalism and Communications Knight Division Digest’s newsletter, a weekly newsletter that informs students about scholarships, jobs and internship opportunities.

Kim first applied two years prior but was denied. She tried again and won.

“I was shocked but extremely grateful and humble that I had gotten the scholarship, especially since it is state-wide and is very competitive,” Kim said.

Rejection always leads to redirection even if it takes time, Kim said.

“Go for it,” Kim said. “You are never losing or risking anything by applying.”

Charged bicycle bandit accused of stealing more HIS BOND IS $20,000

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

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Discussing Science

Jamie Foster, an associate professor at the UF Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, speaks to a group Tuesday during the TEDxUFSalon: The Modern Explorer event at the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. Attendees were shown videos on various topics in science and then were invited to engage in a discussion about those videos. The UF Chemistry Club added to the experience by setting up various hands-on experiments for the crowd to further explore the wonders of science.

A four-time bicycle thief was accused of stealing two more Sunday.

Chadrick Rodell Smith, 47, of Gainesville, was seen pushing two bicycles across the street near 200 NW Eighth Ave. at about 8 a.m., according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.

An officer went up to Smith and asked what he was doing with the bikes, the report said.

Smith told him he had owned the bicycles for three years.

The officer saw a University Police decal on one of the bicycles and contacted who it was registered to, the report said. The owner of the bicycle said his and his roommate’s bicycles were stolen.

The owner went to the scene and said the bicycles belonged to them, the report said.

Smith continued to say Smith that the bicycles were his but did not say how he got them, the report said. The officer searched Smith and found a hammer wrapped in fabric he believed Smith used to break the bicycle locks.

Smith was charged with petit theft, the report said.

He has been found guilty of four theft charges since 2014 and each one was for stealing bicycles, according to court records.

His last bicycle theft was in 2016.

He remained in the Alachua County Jail on Monday in lieu of a $20,000 bond. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

Students express feelings on tobacco law change Policy may hurt lab budgets COUNTY CHANGED PURCHASING AGE FROM 18 TO 21

AIRBNB, from pg. 1 pay out of pocket,” Carey said.

UF sent faculty another email on Thursday announcing that Airbnb reservations made before the sanction was passed would be allowed. Carey’s money is safe for now. However, any future reservations are still illegal.

DeSantis and Airbnb did not immediately respond to The Alligator’s calls or email requests to comment.

The policy will cause his lab to pay more for housing in the future, Stuart McDaniel, a UF associate biology professor, said.

Airbnb rentals often have kitchens which make it possible for researchers to save time and money on food, McDaniel said. UF allows $36 per day for food during work trips. With a strict allowance, any extra meal fees have to be paid out-of-pocket by employees.

“As far as my lab budget is concerned, there are no benefits to this policy,” he said.

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Alachua County raised the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 last week.

But students like Ale Nossa, a 21-year-old UF nutritional sciences junior, said changing the age doesn’t change the problem.

“It’s the same thing as alcohol,” Nossa said. “By raising the age, it’s literally going to do nothing. It’s just going to create more of a black market.”

The county became the first in Florida to pass an ordinance of this kind.

The county commission unanimously passed it, joining hundreds of other cities that have already taken part in Tobacco 21, the national movement to increase the minimum purchase age.

Alachua County has seen about a 60 percent increase in electronic vape use among teenagers in the past two years, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The 2018 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey showed that 15.1 percent of youth, from ages 11 to 17, use an electronic vape. In 2016, it was 9.5 percent.

Dion Campbell, a 32-year-old UF sociology doctoral student, expressed a similar concern.

“Twenty-one is such an arbitrary age for people to do anything,” Campbell said. “If you can serve in the military and die, then it doesn’t make sense that you can’t smoke or drink at the age of 18. I just find it kind of weird.”

Businesses will need to get a new annual license from the county to sell tobacco. Violations of the new ordinance will result in license suspensions.

On the first violation, the license will be suspended for seven days. The second offense within two years will result in a 30-day suspension. The third offense within two years will be a 90-day suspension, and a fourth offense in two years will revoke the license with no option to re-apply.

Dennis Pfeiffer, a 20-year-old Santa Fe College business sophomore, said the new ordinance is a move in the right direction.

“It opens a lot of people’s eyes in a way that it’s kind of like, ‘Let’s take notice now and do something about it before it’s too late,’” he said.

City Commissioner David Arreola said the commission hasn’t discussed the new ordinance much or whether the city would optout of the law, but it will soon be a conversation.

“The health benefits are obvious,” Arreola said. “But, if I was under 21, I would oppose it.”

Abby Bayacal, a 19-year-old University of Central Florida biomedical sciences freshman, drove about two hours from Orlando to attend the Jan. 22 meeting as a student advocate for Tobacco 21.

“They listen more when it’s someone who’s younger,” Bayacal said. “I wanted to use that to my advantage and to make it worth something and for something that I believed in, that I thought would better my community.” @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

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City, US tennis association begin improvement project IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY’S PARKS TO COME

By Ana Escalante Alligator Contributing Writer

Gainesville residents can take part in tennis workshops Saturday in celebration of the re-opening of a local tennis center’s pro shop.

The Joyce Oransky Tennis Center shop at the Albert Ray Massey Park, at 1001 NW 34th St., received a new coat of paint and will also receive a new set of furniture in the coming weeks, said Billy Marcantel, the athletics supervisor for the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department. The shop’s re-opening is the start of changes that may come within park tennis pro-

grams across the city.

Along with the renovations, an updated online system was implemented on its new website, playtennisgainesville.com, that reserves tennis courts at the center, Marcantel said.

The pro shop renovations, which started on Jan. 7, were part of a contract that was signed in November between the United States Tennis Association Florida and the city, said Frank Swope, the director of tennis management for the association.

The renovations are projected to cost between $15,000 to $20,000 once everything is done.

“We view this project as an initial investment to give back to the community,” Swope said.

The contract allowed the city to estab-

lish a new tennis program service provider after Mike Oransky, the former provider, retired after 37 years last year, Marcantel said.

A potential updated contract between the tennis association and the city that will include tennis court renovations is expected to be signed in the coming weeks, Swope said.

The renovations in this new contract are expected to include repaving courts and rebuilding fences at Tom Petty Park, Northside Park and TB McPherson Park, he said.

The parks have also implemented the new online reservation system.

This project is expected to cost about $1 million and will be partially funded by the city and association, Swope said.

The city began a bidding process to find

a new provider and the tennis association was decided on.

The parks construction start date hasn’t been decided yet, Marcantel said.

Gabriel Gutiérrez, a 21-year-old UF mechanical engineering junior, said he is looking forward to these new improvements at tennis courts across the city, especially the new reservation system.

After playing on the UF tennis club team for two years, he lost his motivation to continue because his life as a student got busier, he said. However, he thinks the new reservation system will give him the kickstart he needs to pick up his racquet again.

“It’ll make my life much easier,” Gutiérrez said. “I’m excited for the new changes.”

County, conservation trust buys 578 acres of forest Deal cost $1.3 million

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

Alachua County purchased 578 acres of forest for $1.3 million to conserve a large population of native Florida plants.

The acres are collectively known as Fox Pen tract in the Lochloosa Forest Project Area. The county and the Alachua Conservation Trust purchased it after a year-long negotiation with a Weyerhaeuser NR Company, a timber company, closed on Jan. 15, said Tom Kay, the trust executive director.

“Getting this acquisition was a huge success. It’s been on our radar for a while,” Kay said.

Fox Pen is located on the southeastern border of Alachua and Putnam County, said Charlie Houder, county parks and conservation lands director.

The county purchased 383.5 acres for $876,492 through the Alachua County Forever program with funding from the Wild Spaces and Public Places half-cent sales tax, Houder said. The trust purchased 194.5 acres for $444,685 through private funds.

The property will potentially be a part of an ecological corridor that links Fox Pen with the Ocala National Forest and Osceola National Forest, he said. This would establish a collection of large ecosystems on the east side of the county.

One of the reasons for saving the property was because of its native Florida vegetation such as blueberries and deerberries, Kay said.

“Being able to conserve this place ended up a real victory,” Kay said.

The trust will manage the property, and in the next months, assessments will be made to plan for restorations and find what species need to be treated, Kay said. The trust will also be putting in hiking and biking trails, kiosks, bike racks and picnic benches in the area.

Houder said conserving the area will include prescribed burning, replacing sand pine trees with longleaf pine trees and managing the water quality, Houder said.

“It’s just a matter of keeping things in their good state,” he said.

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Career Showcase isn’t your only ticket to success

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ime to break out the blazers because Career Showcase is approaching. Next Tuesday students will be running back and forth between classes and the O’Connell Center, hoping to make that one life-changing connection. It’s the perfect opportunity to talk to your dream company, and it can feel like your one chance at a big break. But then the nerves start to set in and the doubts in the back of your mind creep in.

Career Showcase is not the end-all-be-all to a lifetime of success. It’s a stepping stone, and honestly, a small one. At worst, the showcase is practice for interviewing and networking, and at best you can get a leg-up in your career. But it’s only one day.

The pressure to perform can be overwhelming, especially when surrounded by business majors who learned how to interview before they could walk. It’s easy to compare yourself to every qualified student who walks through the door.

We feel it, too, the need to make a good impression. It’s natural to want to seem perfect, to say the right things and to impress employers. However, a small slip-up in conversation or bad hair day can feel like one of the worst mistakes of your life. First impressions are everything, or so we’ve been told. Every employer in that showcase knows exactly how you feel; they were all 20 years old and inexperienced at one point. Employers are there to talk to and get to know you, not ridicule you.

This isn’t to say you should show up with a crumpled resume and untucked shirt. Be as prepared as you can be, but don’t add extra pressure to yourself and your experience at the showcase.

Opportunities pop up every day. They’re sitting next to you in lecture, where you just met your next study buddy or on a flier in Turlington about open auditions for sketch comedy.

Every action you take and every experience you come across isn’t going to happen while you have your elevator pitch rehearsed and perfected in the back of your mind. Some will be organic and lead you to opportunities you never even knew you wanted. Your lab partner could be working on your dream research in 20 years, so keep their number saved.

Having the perfect outfit and cover letter isn’t necessarily your ticket to success. It’s the connections you make in your day-today life that can lead to the best career opportunities. A couple of days out of a semester dedicated to networking isn’t going to cut it. It’s a great opportunity, but to believe it’s your one chance at making it big is a mistake.

We tend to put an insurmountable amount of pressure on our shoulders to be the best version of ourselves, especially during Career Showcase, and that’s understandable. The pressure means you care about your end goals. However, it’s a good idea to remember that a mistake isn’t going to mean the end of a career you haven’t even started. When we put this pressure on ourselves we start to lose what makes us uniquely us. Nerves and jitters are sometimes unavoidable, but in case you make a less than stellar impression, there’s always the possibility you’ll find something better tomorrow.

Work on making connections with your classmates, professors and counselors. We make mistakes; that’s not news. But in the grand scheme of your college years or even your life, they’re just stories. You may have employers falling to your feet at Career Day or maybe you make a less than stellar impression. Either way, it’s one day out of the semester. Your goals don’t expire after one semester, they take time to learn, and however long that takes is up to you. Seize every opportunity you can find, wherever you find it.

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Women in the music industry deserve recognition

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pressive vocals of any singer to come from espite the fact that pop has been our generation, period. She should be able to around for a long time, it never walk into a recording studio with the knowlseems to be taken as seriously as edge that she’s already proven herself countother music genres. Maybe it’s that less times and shouldn’t have to worry about the genre uses mostly synthesized someone questioning that. tracks instead of live bands. It could also be The same goes for all women in all genres that the choruses of these songs can be repetof music because — I’ll let you in on a seitive (we’ve all seen the meme juxtaposing Katherine cret — if a man entered the industry with Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” to Beyoncé’s Campione even half of those qualifications, he would “Who Run the World,” as if music today isn’t opinions@alligator.org be more highly regarded than most or all of written with as much merit). Or, it could those women who’ have fought to make their have something to do with the fact that pop way to the top. The music industry, as well as many is undoubtedly dominated by women.

There’s no shortage of female mega-popstars, many other industries, are still boys’ clubs. Any woman tryof whom should get way more recognition for their ca- ing to get in is eyed skeptically and has to “prove” that reers than they do. In recent history, we’ve had artists she can hang.

I’m not saying no male in music deserves their fame. like Mariah Carey, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus… the list goes on. I’m Many do. I only argue that they don’t necessarily have not here to argue that Beyoncé isn’t recognized for her to fight as hard to get there. Merely their gender does contributions to the industry, but I am here to make not make it more difficult for them to prove themselves the point that the other ladies on this list (and more) as a serious artist. Pop is already less respected than other genres. The moment a woman enters into the deserve to be taken just as seriously.

Recently, Billboard named Ariana Grande its 2018 pop genre, she has all of the odds stacked against her, Woman of the Year. Her interview focuses a lot on how regardless of the fact that pop is a female-dominated she has survived the industry as a woman, and how she genre of music. She has to be able to do it all, or she’s still isn’t taken as seriously as she should be, especially viewed as unable to do anything. It’s time that we all by men. She made it clear she’s not afraid to walk out check our biases when it comes to women in music, of sessions where her talent and capability is called into evaluate their talent objectively and appreciate them for question, and she’s willing to burn bridges to demand their hard work. I have a strong suspicion we would respect for herself. I love to hear that she’s demand- see more women climbing their way to the top across ing the level of respect she deserves, but, at this point, all genres. should she really have to?

Katherine Campione is a UF journalism senior. Her Ariana Grande can produce her own sessions. She writes her own music. She has some of the most im- column appears on Wednesdays.

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The best years of your life are yet to come, and they may not be in college

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t was the summer of 2017. I had just arrived in Gainesville for the first time as a student two weeks earlier. As I laid in the twin bed in my dorm room, I struggled to fall asleep. There was a throbbing pain in my jaw, and I could feel it spreading. I tossed and turned. I rubbed my temples hard, and when I turned to look at the clock, it was 3 a.m.

The next morning, I frantically googled dentists nearby, and as soon as I could, I trekked over to UF Health Shands Dental Clinic. The dentist told me that my wisdom tooth was infected, and it would need to be removed immediately. I was still shaking in the large plush chair when the dentist closed in on my mouth with a long needle filled with anaesthesia. My parents were miles away, and I felt scared and alone.

This rough day was the first time I had realized that the reality of college was not the same as most high school seniors envi-

sion it to be. There is freedom to lix for the first time, the employee behind the counter made fun of do what you want to some extent. Nobody will tell you to come me for not realizing that I had to pick from 12 different kinds home at a certain time or to wake of turkey. I walked a mile in the you up for class in the morning. If you want your room to be sweltering heat to cash a check at the closest working ATM. messy, that’s your choice. You can forgo a night at the library Those things get easier with Molly time and are all parts of living for a night on the town at your Chepenik independently, but other bigger own risk. This self-determination opinions@alligator.org is what leads many to believe in problems need to be navigated in the phrase “college is the best four years of college as well. When we leave home, we your life.” But, you quickly learn that choic- are stripped of a comfortable support system es have consequences, and responsibility is made up of our families, familiar hometowns and childhood friends. Making new friends key in college.

It’s the little things in life that are more takes time and energy, especially when difficult in college than they were at home. you’re out of practice. Finding the right Errands feel more complicated and tedious. I friends to support you and to have fun with once spent an entire day figuring out how to can be a lengthy trial-and-error process. mail a letter. I didn’t know where to buy enThere is so much pressure to have the velopes or stamps or even where to send the best time during your college experience, but letter from. When I bought deli meat at Pub- by glorifying the partying, the good times

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Art and STEM can go together, despite what stereotypes say

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Next Fall will be her fourth and few weeks ago, I introfinal year marching for UF. duced my roommate to She encourages STEM mathe Swampy UF memes jors, who are unsure if they for top ten public teens should pursue arts in college to Facebook group. The push themselves past the initial stereotypes of different kinds of fear of balancing creativity and students, particularly STEM maclasses. Even if you decide jugjors, cracked us up.

Pursuing STEM doesn’t mean Chasity Maynard gling both commitments is too opinions@alligator.org overwhelming, you’ll be proud you have to fit into those stereoyou participated in an artistic types, however. STEM majors need creativity and fun in their lives, too. group and challenged yourself to step out of With all their energy spent on logic-based your comfort zone.

“Try it for one year. See if you like it. See classes, the left side of their brain is the equivalent to Captain America, leaving the if you can take the heat. ... If you don’t like poor right side of their brain to be a scrawny it, you could always just stop,” Josafat said.

Balancing science and band isn’t too much Steve Rogers in comparison.

A lot of people consider studying STEM for Josafat, and she has learned from the exas abandoning all hobbies and social life. I perience. Pursuing your creative outlet while can’t speak from personal experience, but I tackling a STEM major teaches valuable life have a lot of social and artistic friends who skills. Josafat said it requires adept planning prove that theory wrong. If you are studying and time management, but keeping up with science or math, make some time for creativ- classes and the band is totally doable.

“Get a buddy, a study buddy, it makes ity and art, too. Don’t give in to the pressures [the workload] more bearable. Just plan of those brutal STEM workloads.

I knew the trolls would rightly deem me things out, just be disciplined, don’t be lazy,” a hypocrite if I didn’t get an experienced Josafat said.

Beyond the life skills and memories, Josaperspective for this column, so I recruited a friend of mine to legitimize my argument. My fat emphasized her appreciation for the kind pal Janna Josafat is a junior studying ento- of culture and family she’s found in the band. mology and nematology with an emphasis Josafat and her bandmates can bond over on biosecurity in the College of Agricultural their love for music. Shared suffering during and Life Sciences. She is also a member of hot rehearsals also forms unique friendships the cymbal line in The Pride of the Sunshine’s that classes and most other organizations drumline. Josafat is soft-spoken and quirky. can’t create.

“It’s just nice to be able to be part of a She’s the kind of person who makes you smile when she walks into the room. Her op- group and do what you like to do for fun. timistic demeanor spreads a genuine feeling STEM stuff isn’t always fun…You need something else to be a part of,” Josafat said. of hope.

So, math and science people of UF, I urge This relentless optimism bubbled through when we sat down to discuss how she man- you to challenge the stereotypes Swampy ages to balance her time-consuming major memes comically perpetuates. Don’t be inwith such a demanding artistic outlet. She timidated by your class schedule this semesoffered some simple but valuable advice to ter. Join an art club or dance group. Exploring STEM students worried about balancing cre- your creative side creates memories, reveals growth opportunities and cultivates relationative hobbies with classes.

When Josafat entered UF her freshman ships you didn’t even realize are missing year, she was hesitant to join the band. She from your life. was overwhelmed by the time commitment Chasity Maynard is a UF journalism and felt unsure if she wanted to continue with the marching band. She decided to test freshman. Her column normally appears out the band for her first year and loved it. on Fridays.

and the freedom, we forget the obstacles we are bound to experience throughout life.

College is a transition period. It’s a time to grow and to change for the better. We learn so much in college and think so much about the future. We get to discover our passions and to decide what track we will continue on in our lives. School is hard, but I know it’s going to help me in the future.

Going to college won’t solve all of your problems. Every day isn’t always fun, but every day isn’t always boring either. The college experience is holistic, and there is no need to single out this part of your life as the greatest it will ever be. It can be great without comparison to the others experiences the rest of your life will bring. For some people, college is the best time of their lives, but for many, the best is yet to come.

Molly Chepenik is a UF journalism sophomore. Her column appears on Wednesdays.

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This is not our parents’ movie industry

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to understand why there are so or some time now, I have many sequels and remakes. Movie been intrigued and disgrunproducers must be responding to tled by the state of American a consumer demand or else they cinema — specifically, by would not invest so much capital. the movie industry’s obsesWhy, then, do we demand to see sion with sequels and remakes.

“Harry Potter” prequels, or “Toy Perhaps obsession is a dramatic Story 4,” or new “Star Wars” movword; after all, a fraction of the Scott Stinson ies? Why do we demand to see old movies available in theaters today are sequels or remakes. Let’s sub- opinions@alligator.org movies like “Overboard” and “A Star is Born” redone? stitute obsession, then, with fixaThe simple answer is nostalgia, but nostion.

Regardless, I’ve noticed that the value of talgia for what, exactly? Perhaps our love of the movie theater has shifted from a place to sequels and remakes is a nostalgic longing view all films to primarily a space for large for a time when film was supreme, when we franchise films, like Marvel movies or “Star were in the golden age of movies. If film was Wars.” In my four years at UF, nearly all of the dominant cultural media in the 20th cenmy trips to the theater have been for these tury, it certainly is not in the 21st. Two mafranchises, and the theater is well-suited jor competitors come to mind: the internet for them. There is cosmic action and excite- and the smartphone. Any generation youngment. You can’t have the same experience er than the baby boomers is fluent with and watching “Infinity Wars” on your couch as loves both.

Our culture’s most important conversayou can in a sold-out theater.

Things used to be different, though. The tions don’t happen on the film screen but novelist Walker Percy published his debut on Reddit afterward. Our generation won’t novel, “The Moviegoer,” in 1961 about a be nostalgic primarily for movies but for old man who, unsurprisingly, frequents the the- YouTube videos, GIFs and tweets. The interater. Notice that this was nearly 60 years net is where our culture today is mirrored ago, when film was arguably the most im- and sculpted. It is the medium by which we portant, or at least the most popular, cultural acquire and deepen our self-understanding.

My view is a bleak one; it seems as if cinemedium. The movie theater was the primary place for cinema in that time period. People ma, having been dethroned by other cultural had no other options for moviegoing but the media, is lost. And in its confusion, cinema has tried returning to its golden age when theater.

Because of this, the movie theater be- new movies and popular demand buzzed. came a cultural foundation. It represented so The movie industry as our parents knew it much of the culture’s beliefs, longings, fears has passed, but the industry today still does and hopes. This is what Percy tapped into in not understand this. Or perhaps it does, but his novel, that moviegoing was more than it simply doesn't what to do about it.

Of course, film is still beloved today, but America’s favorite hobby. Rather, film was the medium by which Americans communi- it is one source of entertainment among a cated with each other, the space in which grocery store of other sources. How can the public discourse took place. The movies both movie theater compete with Netflix, Twitter or YouTube? Certainly not by remaking old mirrored and sculpted American culture.

Media is necessary for any culture. Me- movies or expanding old universes. We aldia, broadly defined, is a tool that facilitates ways reminisce and reflect when something communication, like books or newspapers or is almost over: college, a summer camp, a movies. Within and through media, impor- sports season or even a movie. Endings and tant ideas and beliefs are transmitted, spe- goodbyes somehow evoke nostalgia from us. cifically ideas and beliefs about those who Sadly, if we apply this to cinema, we see an are using that media. In this sense, media industry near the end looking fondly back at is integral to a culture’s self-understanding. its better days. What’s even sadder, the theFor example, a culture that reads thinks of it- ater still thinks it can have those days back self in radically different ways than a culture again. that watches movies.

Scott Stinson is a UF English senior. His As I said in the beginning, I’ve struggled column appears on Wednesdays.

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Hippodrome State Theatre announces departure of Artistic Director Lauren Warhol Caldwell

AFTER 28 YEARS CALDWELL LEAVES THE HIPPODROME

By Emma McAvoy Avenue Staff Writer

On Jan. 21, the Hippodrome State Theatre announced the departure of its artistic director, Lauren Warhol Caldwell, a director, performer and educator at the regional theater for 28 years.

Caldwell was appointed artistic director in 1996 and made many artistic contributions that shaped the theater over time. She wanted to expose Gainesville audiences to different structures of theater through projects that featured classical and contemporary elements, as well as elements of devised theater. Some of her proudest pieces included “The Glass Menagerie,” “Eurydice” and a revised version of “Alice in Wonderland.”

“I know I made an impact in this city as artistic director of that theater,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell started as an actress at the Hippodrome in 1988 when she first came to Gainesville with a friend and pursued her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting at UF. Upon graduation, Caldwell worked at UF in an adjunct position and at the Hippodrome in the education department. As the

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Caldwell has called the Hippodrome home since 1988.

Caldwell gazes into a mirror in the Hippodrome State Theatre dressing room.

Hippodrome education department grew, Caldwell committed to the theater full-time. She worked in the education department and volunteered in the box office, the cinema and the Theatre for Young Audiences touring program.

Caldwell invested time in educating kids in theater training and expanding the education to the projects, halfway houses and prisons.

She claimed there was a need to fill kids’ pockets with better, more diverse choices in life and hoped that she impacted their lives in some way.

Caldwell herself was a con-

stant student while an actor and director at the Hippodrome. As a director, she learned how to communicate with both performers and technicians to achieve the ultimate artistic vision of the show.

The Hippodrome impacted her theater education extensively because she learned how to work with the Actors’ Equity Association and diverse groups of actors and playwrights.

“I spent time learning the theater as a whole, which eventually led to the artistic director position,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell’s time at the Hippodrome helped her grow artistically and personally. She stated that working in the same regional theater for almost 30 years allowed her to create rather than compete. The Hippodrome was her artistic home. She wondered if she made the right decision staying in the same place for so long because she claimed she put the theater’s growth before her own potential career growth.

“It was my life,” Caldwell said.

“The regional theater allowed me to think, ‘How can I produce this show with more imagination?’ I flexed my

muscles at creativity.”

Caldwell’s time as a director allowed her to create so many families out of shows and do something collectively with actors who were just as hungry as she was. One of her favorite developments from the Hippodrome is the co-production between the theater and UF. She claimed the relationship between a university acting program and a regional theater was “invaluable.”

“I loved walking into a room with young acting students who had a thirst for improvement and veteran actors who had years of experience,” Caldwell said. “The co-production is the one show I look forward to more than any other show.”

As artistic director, Caldwell envisioned the Hippodrome to be a leader in storytelling, not a follower, and tell a story that impacted someone to change the way they thought about something. More than anything, she wanted to honor the playwright.

Caldwell stated that she would like to continue working in other theaters as a director while writing plays and having her freedom to concentrate on the art. She said she couldn’t see herself sitting in that director’s chair any longer; it was time to switch gears and spread her wings. @emmamcavoy1 emcavoy@alligator.org

MUSIC

Mike Llerena & The Nerve prepares for tour of Southeast GAINESVILLE ROCK BAND PREPARES FOR TOUR

By Vanessa Blankenship Avenue Staff Writer

Warm up your fingers, practice scale exercises and stay hydrated.

For songwriter and guitarist Mike Llerena, it’s the little things that help him get ready before a big show.

Mike Llerena & The Nerve, Articles and Dial Drive will perform at 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 at The Atlantic, located at 15 N. Main St. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Mike Llerena & The Nerve is a rock ’n’ roll band headlining at The Atlantic on Jan. 31 to kick off their upcoming tour that will feature weekend performances across the state of Florida and Georgia.

Llerena describes going on tour as a great adventure in more ways than one.

“In a way, going out on tour and playing these shows is a great excuse to see friends that we don’t get to see very often throughout the year,” Llerena said. “It’s a chance to visit places that we have fond memories of. It’s the chance to have a little weekend adventure for us working the normal 9-to-5 during the Keep up with the Avenue on Twitter.

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week.”

Heavily influenced by punk and folk music, the band got together in June 2017 while Llerena was in the process of making his fourth solo album. With Brian Jones, 43, on base, Scott Marshall, 37, on drums and Llerena, 27, writing the songs – the band immediately had amazing chemistry.

Taylor Harmon, 26, joined the band as the new drummer in the summer of 2018 when Marshall had to step down due to family matters. Together, the three-member band released their album “Old Haunts & New Horizons” in June 2018.

The subject matter from their 10-song album ranges from topics including romance, friendships and current events. Llerena said he tries to keep an element of honesty in all his songs.

This week, the band will be debuting a three-minute music video for “Crossfire,” the first single that was released off their album last year.

“The song speaks to feeling caught in the middle of two opposing sides in an argument really at its core,” Llerena said. @vanessablankie Vblankenship@alligator.org

Courtesy to The Alligator

From left, Mike Llerena plays guitar and sings, Brian Jones plays bass and Taylor Harmon plays drums for the Gainesville rock band preparing for tour.

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Artist Spotlight: Lady K

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Q&A with UF spoken word poet

By Sara Han

look out for others too.

The Avenue: What are your influences for your writing?

When you’re on the mic, KU: My family and any you become dope. You beexternal events that happen come bold and wonderful and to my community. A lot [foproud, and someone to recuses] on my identities being spect and admire, Lady K said. a woman, Muslim and black Wearing a tan hijab and an and what affects these comorange-and-blue gator-themed munities. Some of these influscarf knitted by her father, ences include police brutality, Kalimah Ujaama, a 22-yearmass incarceration and indigold UF political science senior, enous rights. also known as “Lady K,” comThe Avenue: Tell me fortably sat at her hotel desk about the book that you are after giving speeches all day working on. at a debate conference in VirKU: I wanted to create a ginia. book that spoke to the AfriSince her freshman year, can and indigenous diaspora, Ujaama has helped manage but created in a young adult and host DOPEnMIC, Gainesfantasy kind of way. I started ville’s hottest open mic venue. this project in January 2017.

DOPEnMIC occurs every last Hopefully I will finish the Wednesday of the month at a book soon so that it will come venue free of charge and with out later in 2019. no cover.

The Avenue: What is DOPEnMIC will take place your favorite line of your own tonight at 9 p.m. at The BackCourtesy to The Alligator poem? yard at Boca Fiesta & PalomiKalimah Ujaama, 22, performs spoken KU: My favorite line is “I no. Bring a blanket and some word as Lady K, the host of DopenMic. am a dragoness spitting acid change because they are funin the form of fire,” because it draising for Porters Quarters, reminds me how strong I am one of Gainesville’s oldest and and how strong I will still conmost historic African American neighborhoods to children who are in desperate need tinue to be. It comes from my poem, “Preface.” The reason the poem is called “Preface” is because it is an introduction for clothes, shoes and food.

In this interview, Ujaama talks about DOPEnMIC, her up- to who I am.

The Avenue: What is the story behind how DOPEnMIC coming book, inspirations and poetry.

The Avenue: Describe for someone who has never heard came about?

KU: During the second half of my freshman year, I had of it what spoken word poetry is.

Kalimah Ujaama: Spoken word poetry is performance met a wonderful poet, Desirae Lee. She founded DOPEnMIC poetry. When you’re up on stage, you’re dedicating your in 2016 and then graduated from UF in 2018. She asked me words to the crowd, so it’s not technical. The words are more if I wanted to join the DOPEnMIC team and I said, “Yes!” comprehensive for people to understand and acted out in a From there, Desirae and I had grown DOPEnMIC to be what performance way, like how actors would act. Spoken word it is now. Besides it being an open mic with a feature, in the past we have given out two scholarships and even held is dedicated for the people. This is poetry for the masses. a scholarship poetry contest. We’ve done charity work and The Avenue: Who is “Lady K?” KU: Lady K takes names. She is the ultimate warrior. She fundraising, supporting causes like ending domestic violence spits fire. Lady K is someone who is bold and proud to be and breast cancer as well as local community organizations loud. She doesn’t care what anyone says. At the end, she like the Civic Media Center.

The Avenue: Are there certain literary figures that you fights for what she believes in. She’s the same as Kalimah. admire? Who inspires you?

For me, Lady K is there for others.

KU: Shonda Rhimes inspires me to dig deeper of what I The Avenue: How did you come up with choosing your want in a story. Also, Toni Morrison. I have a quote of her on stage name?

KU: I came up with the name Lady K in high school my wall. It says, “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit when I was choosing a name for myself doing spoken word. that weighs you down.” Sarah J. Maas is my literary go-to.

It kind of reminded me of Beyoncé and how she also had the “Throne of Glass” is such a good series. name Sasha Fierce. “Lady” comes from this fantasy of want@sarahan921 ing to be royalty. The “K” is for Kalimah. The name reminds shan@alligator.org me that no matter where I am, I am to be respected and to Avenue Staff Writer

Krishna changes Wednesday menu ICONIC SPAGHETTI LUNCHES ON PLAZA OF THE AMERICAS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE

By Vanessa Blankenship Avenue Staff Writer

Serving around 900 students on the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesdays, Krishna Lunch recently removed spaghetti day from their weekly lunch menu.

Nancy “Nanda” Coffin, 47-year-old service manager of the Krishna House, said the menu changed based on feedback from students who complained the spaghetti was difficult to eat.

“Spaghetti day we’ve been doing for many years and we noticed people weren’t coming around as much as they usually do for spaghetti day, so we thought we needed a change,” Coffin said.

The Wednesday menu will now consist of penne pasta

and a chunkier, more savory sauce.

Coffin said switching from spaghetti to penne has been well-received by guests because it tastes better and is easily accessible for students on the go.

“We had more people this past Wednesday and the lines were shorter because it was served so quickly, so I think in all respects it’s more convenient for everybody,” Coffin said.

Anika Huda, a 21-year-old UF visual art studies senior, comes every week to enjoy Krishna Lunch but she was never a fan of spaghetti day.

“To be honest, I think spaghetti days are the most boring day,” Huda said. “I just like the other days more and I think the food is better and flavorful.”

Huda prefers Tuesday’s menu, which features Kofta balls with rice and vegetables. @vanessablankie Vblankenship@alligator.org

PROTECTION MALE CONDOMS ARE NOT YOUR ONLY OPTION FOR SAFE SEX

By Jackie DeFreitas Avenue Staff Writer

With a pair of scissors, a condom and ninja-like precision, a dental dam may just be at your fingertips.

Most people know about roll-on condoms (also known as male condoms), but there are other forms of protection that leave people wondering, “I put THAT where?” Dental dams, insertable condoms and anti-HIV medication give sexually active individuals the means to say safe in whatever situation they find themselves.

One of the more obscure forms of protection from sexually transmitted infections, dental dams, provides a physical barrier during oral sex.

“A lot of people do not really associate oral sex and the need for protection” Samantha Evans, GatorWell sexual health educator, said.

The main threat the thin piece of latex protects against is STIs that could affect the mouth, throat, anus or genitalia.

STIs, like syphilis and herpes, can be contracted by performing or by receiving oral sex with someone with these infections, according to the Center of Disease and Control.

Dental dams can be hard to find, but Evans, 38, shared an innovative suggestion to create one using a more commonly found form of protection. Take a roll-on condom, cut along the side of the ridge, make an incision on the tip of the condom and unroll it. Even though it is not as big as a prepackaged dental dam, it does provide a flat latex material that can be placed over the vaginal or anal opening.

Because someone must hold it in place, the dental dam can be cumbersome. The solution calls for a specialty piece.

“People can actually buy harnesses that will allow you to pull the dental dam tight and put it on,” Evans said. “Neither partner has to worry about using their hands to hold the dental dam.”

Another hands-free option is the insertable condom (as known as the female condom), which, in Evans’ experience, has left her audiences with a bewildered look.

“It’s kind of big, and people look at it and are like, ‘What is that thing’?’” Evans said.

She explains that the idea of roll-on condoms have been around since the Egyptian period, making it a tool used for centuries. But the insertable condom has only been around for a few decades, making it an unlikely contender for the choice protection device.

Not only that, but photos of the insertable device are shiver-worthy. Many women feel uncomfortable with the insertable condom.

“Appearance-wise it can be kind of a turn off for some girls, and some girls may not be comfortable inserting the female condom into the vaginal canal,” said Nerissa Patel, 28, a health educator for the Alachua County Department of Health.

Although not a form of barrier protection, PrEP, PreExposure Prophylaxis, prevents users from contracting HIV. When taken every day once a day, the medication protects HIV-negative individuals from contracting the STI even if they have sex without a condom, but it does not protect against other STIs. “I liken it to hormonal birth control but for HIV,” said Patel.

The medication can be taken by both men and women and protects the cells that would be attached if someone was exposed to the virus.

When taken daily, the medication is up to 99% effective at preventing HIV, according to the iPrEx study. But even with PrEP’s high effectiveness, barrier protection should still be used to prevent STIs. With options like dental dams and insertable condoms, there’s something for everyone. @jackiedef7 jdefritas@alligator.org Graphic Design by Ferna Simbulan

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Best Indie Games of 2018 One month into the new year, we praise the best inventions of 2018

By Alex Camargo Avenue Staff Writer Indie games have always been an outlet for upcoming developers. Each year a variety of indie games are released, and in 2018, some had an incredible story and a beautiful design, while others were simple and silly. With so many games to come, let’s look back and recognize the top five indie games of 2018.

‘Celeste’ “Celeste” was created as a prototype in just four days for the Pico-8 fantasy console during the annual hackathon Game Jam in 2015. Canadian developers Matt Thorson and Noel Berry later finished their game, which is now considered one of 2018’s top indie games.

Players play as a young woman named Madeline who begins to climb Celeste Mountain while avoiding various deadly obstacles. Besides jumping and climbing walls, she also has the ability to perform a mid-air dash in whatever direction she’s facing.

During the 2018 The Game Awards, “Celeste” was the winner for Games for Impact and Best Independent Game.

Available on: PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

‘The Gardens Between’ “The Gardens Between” is a beautiful puzzle game that is centered around one simple idea: time manipulation.

Developed by Australian studio, The Voxel Agents, the game is set on a series of small themed islands that tests a player’s logic and observation.

Players will play as Arina and Frendt, two teenagers who are next-door neighbors. One stormy night, the two teens sneak out and hide in their tree house, which was built on a garden between their homes.

Arina and Frendt notice a light sphere form in front of them. The sphere causes the treehouse to fall into a vast ocean with small islands made up of their shared experiences. As they sail between each island, their goal is to light every portal on top of that island.

Players can influence each character’s action, but not their individual movements. They must move the characters as a unit forward or backward in time.

“The Gardens Between” integrates childhood objects to create incredible puzzles.

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

‘Gris’ “Gris” is a platform-adventure game developed by Spanish developer Nomada Studios. Players have the opportunity to explore a world that is like a watercolor painting come to life.

Players play as Gris, a girl who found herself in the palm of a crumbling statue of a woman. Attempting to sing her way out, Gris chokes up and causes the statue to break, dropping her to a colorless world below. After she lands, she notices a number of odd structures that seem to be powered by mysterious points of light, which resemble stars. By collecting each light, she gains a variety of abilities and creates a path of constellations.

“Gris” is a beautiful game with a variety of pastel colors. Her character design alone is breathtaking — her hair is the color of the sky and is covered in stars.

Available on: PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch.

“Dead Cells” “Dead Cells” is an action platformer that was developed and published by Motion Twin.

Described as a “roguevania,” a combination of procedurally generated roguelike games and actionexploration-based metroidvania games.

At the start of each game, players control a mass of cells that control the body of a deceased prisoner.

Exploring a series of dungeons, players fight a variety of creatures and collect weapons, armor, abilities, power-ups and money.

Like most roguelike games, players will always start at the first level after every death, losing any amount of progress and “cells” collected within the dungeon, unless they reach a vendor between each level.

Unfortunately, this game is not like Hollow Knight where you have the opportunity to return to the scene of your death and collect your cells again. This may frustrate players, but the game allows players to find runes that unlock special abilities that make every playthrough much easier.

“Dead Cells” is the kind of game that determines if you like to play it safe or risk it all.

Available on: PC, Mac, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

“Donut County” Developed by American indie designer Ben Esposito, “Donut County” has a simple concept where players must swallow objects, which makes the hole larger.

“Donut County” is about a girl named Mira who works for her friend BK, a racoon who owns a local donut shop called Donut County. She notices BK playing with a mobile app that causes holes to appear in the area consuming homes and residents. Mira then uses the app to order a hole to swallow the donut shop. The two friends are then trapped underground with the other consumed residents. They all learn that this was part of the Racoon King’s plan to collect more trash. Using the app to wreak havoc within the king’s home, Mira and BK start their mission to stop the Racoon King.

Donut County may be short, but with its quirky characters, incredible soundtrack and its pleasing aesthetic, it sure is a great game to pass the time.

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Gators hope to balance seesaw before Ole Miss Russell

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The Florida men’s basketball team can best be compared to a seesaw this season, with its offense on one side and its defense on the other.

The Gators are shooting well when the offensive side is highest, like when guards KeVaughn Allen and Noah Locke combined for 15 three-pointers against Texas A&M on Jan. 22, but that usually comes at the price of its defense. The Aggies dropped 71 points in that game, well above UF’s average of 61.5 points allowed.

The same goes for when the seesaw is the other way around.

UF tends to forget how to shoot when it puts an added emphasis on its defense. Just look at the TCU game from Saturday, where the Gators scored 50 points but held the Horned Frogs to 55. That’s the sixth-lowest amount scored by an opponent this season.

Florida hasn’t found that middle ground, that perfect balance where Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff it can play strong defense and still shoot the ball well. It will need to Florida guard KeVaughn Allen leads the Gators in scoring this season with 12.7 points per if it wants to escape its upcoming game. He is averaging 17.8 points per game in conference play. stretch of tough SEC games, startand, as a result, are second in made three fensively and defensively. On average, they ing with 14-5 Ole Miss tonight. pointers. When they make their shots from out-rebound and out-assist their opponents, “Sometimes we really execute. Some- deep, where most of their offense runs from, and they have a higher three-point shooting times our execution fails us a little bit,” UF they win their games without having to rely (.365) and field goal (.480) percentage than coach Mike White said. “That’s where our on defense. the Gators do. focus is right now in terms of ourselves in That won’t be the case against Ole Miss.

A lot of the credit for Ole Miss’ shooting addition, obviously, to the Ole Miss Rebels.”

The Rebels average 77.7 points per game goes to guards Breein Tyree (17.3 points per That seesaw favors the offensive side and hold opponents to 69.4 points per game. game), Terence Davis (15.8) and Devontae when the team executes. The Gators are sec- They are a threat all over the court both ofSEE HOOPS, PAGE 15 ond in the SEC in three-point attempts (503)

The Gators tried to get one last shot off before the buzzer sounded. They had an excellent opening quarter on Sunday against Arkansas and were up by 12.

Guard Kiara Smith mishandled the ball, and it went careening toward the scorer’s table. Forward Kristina Moore, in her attempt to save the play, dived landed awkwardly on her left arm and stayed grounded

well after the buzzer sounded.

After a few minutes, she was gingerly led off the court and into the locker room while coach Cam Newbauer looked at his bench trying to find someone to fill her role.

The Florida women’s basketball team will look to end a three-game skid on Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee, when it faces the Lady Volunteers. But it will do so without its 6-foot-1 forward in the lineup.

Moore, who is currently the only player to start all 20 games

Freshman gymnast Trinty Thomas earned SEC Gymnast of the Week, while sophomore Megan Skaggs won SEC Specialist Gymnast of the Week.

this season, is expected to miss up to six weeks while she recovers from a left arm injury.

She'll leave a big hole in a lineup that already lacks the size to compete with other teams in the paint.

The Gators rank dead last in the SEC in total blocks this season with 17 and are the only team in the conference to average less than a block per game.

Moore leads the team in blocks with five on the year, and her absence will worsen an already weak interior defense.

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“The team really needed to overcome some adversity with Kristina (Moore) going down like that,” Newbauer said after the game on Sunday. “They played well, adjusted well.

Hopefully, we can continue to do that.”

Tennessee will try to take advantage of that hole in the middle on Thursday by using the size and aggressiveness of forward Rennia Davis. The sophomore’s 6-foot-2 frame will create mismatches against Flor-

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Undersized UF hindered by Moore's injury Sports Writer

Kyle Wood Twitter: @Kkylewood

ussell Westbrook plays basketball like he’s mad at the world. In return, the world is mad at him.

His abrasive style of play and demeanor make him an easy target for fans and opponents. NBA fans call him “Westbrick” for his apparent shooting struggles, and his opponents, like Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, say he’s constantly “in his feelings” when they go toe-to-toe on the court.

I’m not going to correct either one of those knocks, because they're both at least partially true. But I will defend Westbrook’s honor, who’s on his way to averaging a triple-double for the third-straight season, in case you didn’t know.

If his current stats hold (21.6 points per game, 10.8 rebounds, 10.7 assists), Westbrook will have recorded three of the four seasons in which a player has averaged a triple-double in the NBA’s 72 year history.

Oscar Robertson also accomplished this feat in the 1961-62 season.

Despite missing eight games this season, Westbrook is tied for second in the NBA in double-doubles with 32, trailing only Rudy Gobert (41), and stands alone atop the league with 16 triple-doubles.

Nikola Jokic is the next closest with seven.

Westbrook leads the NBA in steals per game (2.3) and assists per game (10.7), both of which are career-highs.

So now to address the shortcomings of his play this season: shooting. Westbrook shoots 41.4 percent from the field and a career-low, league-worst 24.7 percent from three. There’s no ‘but’ here. It’s atrocious.

His performance at the free-throw line has also dipped, where he shoots a careerlow 64.9 percent. There is sort of a ‘but’ here, because the league recently altered its rules for players at the free-throw line in an effort to speed up the game. West-

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Westbrook: normalizing the abnormal

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Washington expected to return to starting lineup

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Florida guard Delicia Washington is expected to return for Thursday's game against Tennessee. She took a hit to the head against Mississippi State on Jan. 24 that forced her to sit out a game as she went through concussion protocol.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, from pg. 14 ida’s undersized interior defense.

Davis averages 13.6 points per game and pulls down a team-leading 7.7 rebounds.

Florida will rely on forward Zada Williams to anchor the middle of the defense.

The redshirt junior is second on the team in total blocks (4) and rebounds per game (5).

She will need to play at another level entirely while her frontcourt partner is out.

There is some reason for optimism heading into the game on Thursday, though. Junior guard Delicia Washington is expected to return from a one-game absence after suffering a blow to the head against Mississippi State on Jan. 24. She leads the team in rebounds per game (7.9) and is second in scoring (11 points per game).

Her return will add much needed speed and athleticism to a roster without Moore’s presence in the post. UF will depend on her agility and quickness at the perimeter to help defend against a Tennessee offense which

ranks second in the SEC in scoring (77.4 points per game). Washington will need to contain UT’s high-powered offense headed

by Evina Westbrook, who leads the Lady Volunteers with 16.3 points per game.

“We have confidence in every player in our locker room and their abilities,” guard Funda Nakkasoglu said. “I think that’s what makes us such a good group of girls.” @dyrudolph drudolph@alligator.org

Ole Miss shoots 48 percent from the field HOOPS, from pg. 14

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Ole Miss is led in scoring by guards Breein Tyree, Terence Davis and Devontae Shuler. "They've got one of the best backcourts in the country," UF coach Mike White said.

Shuler (9.5).

“They’ve got one of the best backcourts in the country,” White said. “Shuler is much improved and the other two are potential all-league guys, both of them, potential pros.”

If Florida wants to beat Ole Miss, it’ll need to balance the seesaw, where the offense and defense are playing at nearly the same efficiency. It'll need players like Kevarrius Hayes, Keyontae Johnson and Dontay Bassett to step up defensively under the basket, while Locke and Allen continue to score at a high level.

“I said, ‘Guys, if you want to play postseason, if we want to have a winning record ... if you want to have a chance to play in the NIT, play in the NCAA Tournament, we’ve got to win some of these games, guys,’” White said. “It’s not just going to happen if we don’t take it, if we don’t capitalize, if we don’t execute offensively and defensively.” @DreilingerJake jdreilinger@alligator.org

COLUMN, from pg. 15 brook used to walk behind the threepoint line between his free throw attempts. He can no longer continue his routine, which he says he has done since high school.

The NBA is a shooting league. It’s never been more clear. Ever since Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors began living by the three — and they have yet to die by it — the rest of the league followed suit. Three-point records are set every year only to be broken the following one. Even centers such as Karl Anthony Towns, Marc Gasol and Embiid added the outside shot to their repertoire.

It makes sense that Westbrook is the butt of the joke. But the beauty of Westbrook’s play is that he can, and does, impact the game in other ways.

And for the first time since Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City, he has learned how to take a step back for someone else. That someone else is Paul George, who’s having an MVPcaliber season.

Westbrook is just two years removed from setting an NBA-record 41.7 usage percentage (which estimates the percentage of team plays used by a player while they are on the floor). For reference, James Harden, king of the iso, is just behind 2016-17 Westbrook at a 40.6 percent clip this season. Naturally, giving up the rock hasn’t been the easiest task for the ball-dominant point guard.

That being said, his usage percentage has dropped more than 10 percentage points since that season as he adjusts to playing with George, a more offensive-minded Steven Adams and a capable backup point guard in Dennis Schroeder.

Tracy McGrady recently said on ESPN’s “The Jump” Westbrook needs to shoot better, not less. As simple as this advice is, he’s right.

Twice in the past five seasons, Westbrook has won the scoring title despite never shooting better than 35 percent from the three-point line.

He’ll eventually shoot his way out of his slump. And in the event he doesn’t, I’m sure Billy Donovan is just fine with his point guard grabbing double-digit rebounds and dishing out double-digit assists on a nightly basis, even if his shooting suffers.

Westbrook is being punished for normalizing greatness. A Westbrook triple-double just doesn’t have the same ring to it anymore. It’s almost expected. The fact that we have come to expect at the very least 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists from him every night is more of an endorsement of his skill than an indictment of the feat itself.

He may not be Daryl Morey’s desired analytical specimen. He may tell your team’s best player that he can mess them up (in a much more explicit manner) or that he’s been busting their behind for years. But he’s doing something no player has done before, and the Thunder are better off because of it.

Kyle Wood is a sports writer. Follow him on Twitter @Kkylewood and contact him at kwood@alligator.org.

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TENNIS

Same goal, different start for Gators men’s and women’s teams

By Victor Prieto Sports Writer

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UF men’s tennis sophomore Oliver Crawford is the No. 9-ranked collegiate player. He is one of three Gators ranked in the top 50.

Florida’s women’s tennis team hasn’t had an ideal start to the season.

With a 1-2 record, the Gators tied their worst start since 1986 and failed to reach the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships for just the fourth time in program history.

Coach Roland Thornqvist expected a slow start for Florida due to the inexperience of its starting lineup — three freshmen and two sophomores — but he insists these matches will be building blocks to learn from.

“This is an environment that none of our new players have experienced,” Thornqvist said after Monday’s loss. “We are going to have to have more of these situations where we compete, and we need to become comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

With a strong core in No. 9 ranked Ida Jarlskog, per the ITA, and No. 29 McCartney Kessler, Florida has two leaders in singles play who it must continue to rely on moving forward.

Kessler and Jarlskog both stand at 2-1 in singles. They can lead by example during the large three-week gap before UF returns home to play Florida State on Feb. 19.

The Gators have also been without sophomore Victoria Emma, who has been sidelined with a wrist injury. Though there is no timetable for her return, Emma could provide some big-game experience which Thornqvist mentioned his young team has continually lacked.

The UF men’s team, on the other hand, started exactly the way it

wanted.

After defeating Florida Atlantic and clinching a trip to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the eighth time in the tournament’s 11year span, the No. 4 ranked Gators sit at 2-0 and have yet to lose a singles match.

Their skills will be tested with a difficult upcoming slate, though.

Led by three players ranked in the ITA top 50 in singles play — No. 9 Oliver Crawford, No. 37 Andy Andrade and No. 46 Johannes Ingildsen — Florida will face UCF on Jan. 31, No. 19 Florida State on Feb. 2 and No. 22 TCU on Feb. 10.

The Gators enter the match against UCF with a head-to-head record of 18-0. Though it appears Florida will dominate on paper, it hasn’t opened its matches particularly strong.

Florida lost the doubles point to FAU before cruising to four straight singles victories and the match win.

Coach Bryan Shelton was proud of how his team responded despite the unexpected loss and will look for his team to continue playing with this level of energy moving forward.

“Overall, I thought that was one of the best parts of the match with how we responded so quickly and to put our one, two and three singles out there and for them to be so dominant,” Shelton said in a release after Sunday’s victory. “When you get popped in the mouth, you jump right back up on your feet, and you start throwing punches. I was really pleased with that.” @victorprieto_11 vprieto@alligator.org

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