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UF 2023 applicant pool breaks previous record ADMISSIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT FRIDAY

By Brittney Miller Alligator Contributing Writer

About 42,000 high school students applied to UF this year, breaking last year’s record of about 41,000 applicants.

Anthony Nasnas, a 17-yearold senior at Lake Brantley High School in central Florida, hopes his SAT score of 1410 and GPA of 4.5 will get him admitted.

“The school is now one of the top 10 public universities,” he said. “It will be at an even higher standard by the time I graduate.”

For those who will receive news of their acceptances on Feb. 8, academic profiles are similar to that of last year’s incoming class, which had an average GPA

of 4.4 and SAT scores of 1364, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando wrote in an email. About 14,800 students will be admitted, similar to last year.

The admissions office doesn’t look only at grades and test scores to determine entry but also whether students take difficult courses and demonstrate leadership qualities, Orlando said.

In Fall 2017, UF received more than 34,000 applications and admitted 13,214 applicants.

Last Fall, the university received 40,849 applications and admitted 14,866 applicants.

Every year the bar for admissions goes up, but it’s nice to see fresh faces on campus, UF President Kent Fuchs said.

“There’s a sense of renewal, and all of us that work here – faculty and staff – look forward to each time a new entering class arrives,” Fuchs said.

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‘The true natives of Fifth Avenue’: Preserving the culture of Pleasant Street Historic District A look at Gainesville’s oldest black residential area

Three things to know about 21 Savage’s performance contract HE IS COMING TO UF ON FEB. 27

By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

21 Savage wants 50 hot wings. They must be extra crispy.

A pack of condoms, flavored Backwoods and medium Hanes boxers were listed on his contract to perform at UF on Feb. 27, but all were crossed out in red ink, according to his contract with UF. The 26-year-old rapper is being paid $110,000 to perform an hour-long set at the O’Connell Center to celebrate Black History Month.

“His favorite shows are

university shows,” said Justin Williams, 21 Savage’s co-manager. “He can’t wait to see you guys.”

21 Savage What else is included in his contract? Here are three things to know about 21 Savage’s contract and upcoming performance: 1) There will be a meet and greet.

The invite-only meet and greet will only have time for groups of five or more people to take pictures with the artist, said Andrew Kelly, the chairman of Student Government

SEE 21 SAVAGE, PAGE 3

No. 2 Gators to clash with No. 1 Oklahoma Freshman gymnast Trinity Thomas and Florida will try to break the Sooners’ 30-meet home win streak, pg. 14

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Vincent Tate, 51, receives a haircut Tuesday from Edward Young, 64, at the Clean Cut Barber Shop on Northwest Fifth Avenue. Tate moved from Alabama to Gainesville for a fresh start. He has worked for the Alachua County School Board for 25 years.

By Josephine Fuller and Tien Le Alligator Staff Writers

Edward Young’s razor hummed as he shaved around a man’s ears and began to share stories about his 64 years on Fifth Avenue.

He recounted eating at his parents’ soul food restaurant called Mom’s Kitchen and shining shoes in the neighborhood all while his hand steadily transformed one of his regulars’ bushy beard into a wellgroomed mustache.

Posters with Bible verses that ask customers to be thankful hang on the walls. Out the windows, a fence divides an empty lot with bright green grass from the

What is ... UF for $500, Alex?

A UF student will be on “Jepodary!” next week , pg. 4

rest of Fifth Avenue and its pink, decades-old houses.

Pleasant Street Historic District was designated as a U.S. historic district by the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1989, and was the first African American neighborhood added to the national registry in Florida, said Kathleen Pagan, the senior planner and staff liaison at Alachua County Historical Commission.

Historic districts are neighborhoods that contain several buildings with a unique historic value. There are four other historic districts in Gainesville, including Northeast Residential, Southeast Residential, University Heights - North and University Heights -

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Local Events / News in Brief UPCOMING EVENTS SUNDAY Vietnamese Traditional and Cultural New Year Tu Vi�n A Nan Temple, at 2120 SE 15th St., will host the Vietnamese New Year festival from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Attendees can enjoy popular Vietnamese games and a vegetarian food sale through the duration of the festival. Funds from the vegetarian sale will go toward a 23-foot granite Birth of Buddha statue. At 1 p.m., a traditional rice cake wrapping contest will be held.

The first place winner will get $200, second place will get $100 and third place will get $50. At 3 p.m., there will be musical performances, a dragon dance and fireworks.

VSO Tet 2019: It’s a pretty PIG deal The Vietnamese Student Organization will host an annual lunar new year show to mark Vietnam’s most important national holiday. This year is the year of the pig, according to the Vietnamese zodiac.

Doors for the event open at 6 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. The show will feature several skits, singers, dancers performing traditional and modern dances and a modeling show. There will also be free food and raffle prizes.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH African American Read-In Attendees, including community leaders, will read passages, poems and stories by black authors.

When: 2-4 p.m. on Feb. 24 Where: Alachua Branch, located at 14913 NW 140 St. Black History Through the Arts Attendees can celebrate black history with musical and dance performances, poetry readings and lectures. The keynote speaker will be John Gay, the past president of the Orlando chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen.

When: 3-4 p.m. on Feb. 17 Where: Archer Branch, located at 13266 SW State Road 45 Tasty History Children ages 5-11 can celebrate Black History Month and the invention of the potato chip.

When: 3-4 p.m. on Feb. 19 Where: Cone Park Branch, located at 2801 E. University Ave.

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African American Read-In Attendees can discover books and stories by African Americans. Refreshments will be provided.

When: 2-3:15 p.m. on Feb. 16 Where: Hawthorne Branch, located at 6640 SE 221 St. Reclaiming Kin: Once Lost, Now Found Karen Kirman, the Haile Homestead president and church historian, and Tatanya Peterson will discuss their genealogy research on Peterson’s family, which dates back to a plantation in Alachua County.

When: 2-3 p.m. on Feb. 9 Where: Headquarters Branch located at 401 E. University Ave. Black Women of Distinction: Making History in Alachua County From 3-6 p.m. on Sunday at Actors’ Warehouse, Inc., located at 619 NE 1st St., black female leaders in Alachua County will be honored with a reception and awards presentation following the production of “The Colored Door at the Train Depot.” Kim Barton, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections, Gainesville City Commissioners Gail Johnson and Gigi Simmons and Evelyn Mickle, the first African American graduate from the UF College of Nursing will be honored. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.actorswarehouse.org.

Race, History and Political Participation in America UF professors Paul Ortiz and Sharon Austin will discuss their books on race, history and politics at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Pugh Hall Ocora. A book sale will follow the public talk.

Their recently released publications “The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America” and “An African American and Latinx History of the United States,” examine the impact, struggles and development of minority politics in America.

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Words on Canvas: the Harn Museum’s Spring 2019 writing competition The Words on Canvas annual writing competition is open to all UF and Santa Fe College students who find inspiration in art. Writers will choose one of 28 pieces of art and submit a poem or prose piece inspired by it. Winners will be featured in the Harn Museum’s Words on Canvas booklet and will get prizes from the Harn’s gift shop.

All works must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24.

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Cuban students collect items He requested Trojan condoms for those affected by tornado 21 SAVAGE, from pg. 1

THE STRONGEST TORNADO IN 80 YEARS INJURED ALMOST 200 PEOPLE

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Adriana Padron was scrolling through Facebook during her Monday morning bus commute when she saw something horrendous on her timeline.

The Cuban native and a 19-year-old UF nutritional sciences sophomore saw the devastation of one the strongest tornadoes in her country’s history.

The photos of roads filled with debris and colonial homes torn to shreds inspired her to help the people of Havana, she said.

The Category F3 tornado struck the capital Sunday night and injured almost 200 people, according to The Associated Press.

On Thursday evening, the Cuban American Student Association collected

more than 35 boxes and bags of canned food, clothes, toiletries and medical supplies in the Marston Science Library for those affected by the tornado, said Daniella Roselló, the vice president of the Cuban American Student Association.

“Helping the people of Cuba is like helping my own family,” said Roselló, a 20-year-old UF political science and economics sophomore.

The organization is partnering with Montes de Oca Travel, a travel agency that charters flights to Cuba, to get the items to the people, Padron said. She said the organization has committed to filming the exchange of materials to make sure the people in need actually receive the donations.

“I always see it happening to other countries, but I never thought something so close could happen to me,” Padron said. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

Productions and a 21-year-old UF finance senior.

“The majority of invitations will go towards the SG Productions staff as a reward for all their hard work,” he said.

2) More than a page of the contract was dedicated toward 21 Savage’s rider, which is a list of items requested for his dressing room.

The list included, but was not limited to, about nine different types of entrees, including a shrimp cocktail platter and chicken tenders to feed 25, six types of snacks, nine types of drinks, 12 white hand towels, 12 white body towels (fresh, not laundered) and women’s powder/scented Secret deodorant, according to the contract.

Artists often request food and miscellaneous items, Kelly said. If these requirements are not met, SG Productions is in breach of contract and the show could be canceled. These items aren’t included in the $110,000.

Williams doesn’t directly handle the items ordered for the dressing room. He

said if a performer had the choice to feed himself with whatever he wanted to feel prepared, he should take it.

“It all comes in handy for being comfortable for a show,” Williams said.

Isabella Roman-Secor, an 18-year-old UF management freshman who is planning on buying tickets, said it seems like 21 Savage is taking advantage of the university.

“Do you really need that much stuff?”

Roman-Secor said.

3) Condoms, cigars, cigarillos, underwear and hibachi platters were crossed out.

The items crossed out included a 12pack of large Trojan Magnum condoms, six packs of Backwoods in varying flavors, six packs of Swisher Sweets in varying flavors, a pack of medium Hanes Boxers and six Benihana hibachi meals with shrimp, lobster tails and strawberry lemonade.

Per UF policy, alcohol and tobacco product requests are never filled, Kelly said. @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

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UF student to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’

The episode will air Tuesday

By Marlowe Starling Alligator Staff Writer

The lights come up. Six categories appear in a grid on the blue screen.

And, finally, the well-known jingle begins to play.

For Jade Ryan, this was not on a

television screen — this was a reality.

Ryan, a 25-year-old UF English senior, will appear on an episode of “Jeopardy!,” a trivia television show, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“I’ve been joking for years, like, all I want is to do is be on Jeopardy,” Ryan said. “I have to do something

with all this random knowledge.”

Ryan decided to apply to be on the game show because she’s watched it since she was a child. The first step in the application process was a 50-question online trivia test, where participants had 20 to 30 seconds to answer a question, Ryan said.

Months later, Ryan received a call from producers inviting her to the show for filming on Dec. 5, conveniently around the same time as UF finals week.

“I just told my professors, look, I have a really good reason for not being there the last week of class, and they were all really awesome about it,” Ryan said.

Ryan said she studied by watching previous episodes of the show and practicing old questions.

She flew to Los Angeles where “Jeopardy!” producers taped five shows, Ryan said.

“I was shaking,” Ryan said. “I was just trying to be calm because it’s my one shot to do this.”

Ryan was not allowed to disclose whether or not she won.

Dan Ryan, Jade Ryan’s dad, said watching his daughter on the taping of “Jeopardy!” was surreal. He said he is proud of Ryan’s accomplishments and looks forward to her to starting graduate school.

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Alex Trebek stands next to 25-year-old UF English senior Jade Ryan.

Ryan is on an episode of “Jeopardy!” that will air Tuesday.

First-generation students speak about their UF experience ATTENDEES WERE GIVEN ADVICE AND HELPFUL RESOURCES

By Alyssa Varas Alligator Contributing Writer

Lisa Tin feels people look down on her when she says she’s a first-generation student, so doesn’t tell anyone.

Tin, a 20-year-old UF Chinese American food science sophomore, was one of four panelists in a discussion on what it means to be a first-generation Asian American or Latinx college student during a discussion panel to an audience of 60 Thursday night. The event was hosted by the UF Hispanic Student Association and the Asian American Student Union.

Other panelists included Giancarlo Siu, an 18-year-old Nicaraguan accounting freshman; Kelly Nguyen, a Vietnamese health science freshman; Stefan Sanguyo, a 21-year-old Filipino criminology senior; and Adrian Cruz, a 21-year-old UF Cuban industrial and systems engineering junior.

Stephanie Beltran, the organizer of the event for Hispanic Student Association and moderator, said Asian Americans and Latinx students face similar challenges as first-generation students

and people of color. The goal of the panel was to give resources to these students, including a micro grant offered by the UF Office of Student Financial Affairs, which is about $2,500 for students struggling to pay their bills.

“I hope people can identify and learn from the panelists who share their same culture,” Beltran, an 18-year-old UF accounting sophomore, said.

The panelists answered questions about parents’ expectations, how they navigate through college and what resources they use at UF to feel more at home.

“Broward Tutoring Center was the first place I went to,” Cruz said. “I couldn’t afford Study Edge, and the one-on-one tutoring helped with my anxiety.”

Cruz said he felt culture shock when arriving to UF. He grew up in Hialeah, Florida, a Hispanic city in Miami-Dade County, and said he found himself speaking loudly and saying “dale” to students who didn’t understand his culture.

Cruz plans on creating a first-generation preview day, for students and parents to have an orientation guided by first-generation Cicerones.

“They can see how successful they can become,” Cruz said.

Circle K employee accused of stealing $1,300 from store THE MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM REFUNDS

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

Filinuk

Deputies arrested a Circle K employee Tuesday who was accused of stealing $1,385.17 in refunds throughout a threeweek period.

At 9:50 a.m., a manager at the store, at 9260 NW 39th Ave., told deputies she discovered Tracey Ann Filinuk, 49, of Gainesville was making fraudulent refunds, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrest

report.

The manager said Filinuk made the transactions when she had access to the cash register, the report said.

Deputies were shown video surveillance and several reports of the transactions, the report said. The refunds were made from Jan. 9 to Jan. 28.

Filinuk admitted to deputies she made the fraudulent returns and used the money for personal use, the report said. The money from the returns was loaded onto prepaid debit cards.

She was charged with fraudulently obtaining property under $20,000, the report said.

Filinuk could not be reached and the manager declined to comment on the employee’s actions.

She was released from the Alachua County Jail Wednesday on her own recognizance.

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City and county will update emergency radio system

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

The Gainesville and Alachua County commissions decided to update the public safety radio system Thursday night.

The commissions voted unanimously in a joint meeting to upgrade the Alachua County public safety radio system.

The system is used for first responders to communicate, said Harold Theus, the Alachua County interim fire chief. Those responders are from the Gainesville Police Department, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, University Police Department, Gainesville Fire Rescue and Alachua County Fire Rescue.

Despite software updates last year, the current system still experiences coverage gaps in rural areas of the county and in large buildings, including all schools, Theus said. This makes it diffcult for first responders to communicate with each other in emergencies.

In August, Federal Engineering, a communications consulting company, concluded a study about the efficiency of the system, Theus said. It presented two options: update the current system run by Gainesville Regional Utilities or create a new standalone county system. The commissions decided to go with the first option. They explored funding options, such as a sales tax. A one-year 1-cent sales tax would raise about $44 million, said Gainesville Fire Chief Jeff Lane. The cost to upgrade the system, including periodic updates, is estimated at $32 million.

Later in the meeting, the commissions also discusssed the idea of building an 80,000 to

120,000 square foot event center in Gainesville for almost three hours before the city decided unanimously and the county voted 4-1, with Mike Byerly in dissent, to have staff look more into it.

“We have a long way to go in this process,” City Commissioner Harvey Ward said.

A 3,000-person multipurpose stadium, music venue, indoor track and 1,000-car parking lot were some of the amenities discussed for the proposed project.

The commissioners heard a presentation from Victus Advisors, a Utah-based consulting company, which evaluated three locations for the new center: the Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center, the Koppers site and the North Waldo site.

Lynne Palmer, a 12-year UF event planner, said with UF’s growth there is a lot of pressure to hold large events and there just isn’t enough space in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. However, she doesn’t believe the proposed locations are large enough.

“With the scope of the project, the locations presented can’t support that,” Palmer said.

Part of the city commission’s decision was to hold events to discuss the idea of having an event center further with residents.

“We’re a growing community. We’re not a sleepy college town anymore,” Ward said.

“We are trying to get a good place for the whole community.” @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

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Sante Fe College raises money for Venezuelan photographer’s visa

By Christina Moutter Alligator Contributing Writer

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Georgia Bianchi, 41, and her children Eva Bailey, 9, and Christopher Bailey, 4, look at photos Wednesday by Venezuelan photographer Andres Avellaneda on display in the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall.

The gallery was arranged by various Santa Fe clubs to raise funding for Avellaneda’s U.S. visa application fees.

Ninety-three photos of Venezuelans marching and crying covered the wall in the Santa Fe Fine Arts Hall Wednesday evening.

Gainesville’s Venezuelan community came together for three hours for “When the Media is Silent, Let the Street Speak,” an event featuring photography and a panel discussion focused on Venezuela.

“A lot of the student population isn’t aware of what’s going on, so I thought it was time to spread the knowledge,” said Chantel Hover, a 27-year-old Santa Fe College international relations sophomore and president of the Santa Fe College Global Society, a club for international issues and awareness that helped organize the event.

More than 60 people came to the free event, which held an hour-long panel discussion on the history of politics in Venezuela, the danger of the street protests in Caracas and nationwide food shortages.

Panelists included Brian Fincheltub, the secretary general for the municipality of Sucre for Primero Justicia, one of the primary political parties of Venezuela; Daniel Nuñez, the president of the Venezuelan Student Association at UF; and Vilma Fuentes, the assistant vice president for academic affairs at Santa Fe. The photos displayed at the event were by Andres Avellaneda, a 22-year-old Venezuelan photog-

rapher.

“It’s dangerous being out there in the protests, but he cares so much about his art and what he does,” Hover said.

Avellaneda hopes to come to the U.S. and is trying to raise money for an artist’s visa, said Melissa Manso, a 19-year-old Sante Fe political science sophomore who helped organize the event. The application for the visa costs $325, which doesn’t include other paperwork fees.

Attendees could have purchased his work for suggested donations such as $10 or $15, said Manso. Sixty percent of the donations will go toward funding Avellaneda’s visa, while the other 40 percent will go to the clubs that hosted the event, Manso said.

The event cost just under $1,000 and generated more than $350 in donations, Manso said. It was put on using Student Government funds.

“We did lose profit,” Manso said. “But it was the biggest event that we were planning for the semester, so it was worth it for us.”

Camila Castillo, a 17-year-old Santa Fe architecture freshman who came to the U.S. from Venezuela a month ago, said events like these allow for a deeper connection in Gainesville’s Venezuelan community.

“We’re running from our country and are looking for better opportunities,” Castillo said.

Being in a healthy weight range doesn’t prevent heart problems

By Abraham Hunt Alligator Contributing Writer

Having a healthy body weight is not enough to avoid cardiovascular disease, according to a new study conducted by UF researchers.

A study posted online in The American Journal of Cardiology in early January found that 30 percent of healthy, normalweight adults aged 40-79 with a body mass index of 18.5-29.9 kg per m2 in the U.S. who partake in less than 150 minutes of physical activity per week have the same

risk of heart attack or stroke as those who are overweight, said Arch Mainous III, the department chair of the UF College of Public Health & Health Professions and lead investigator of the study.

The full study is expected to be in print later this year, Mainous said.

Four other researchers and Mainous gathered data from a survey by the National Center for Health Statistics focusing on adults who did not have any previous diagnosis of coronary heart disease, stroke or heart attack, Mainous said.

The group of adults in the cat-

egory who exercise less than the recommended levels had higher levels of belly fat, shortness of breath upon exertion and unhealthy waist circumference in comparison to those who exercise at the recommended amount, Mainous said.

“You may be at risk,” Mainous said. “It is not inevitable. You can stop it.”

The research can be translated into risk scores as described by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, which is the calculated risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next decade,

Mainous said.

Age, sex, race, blood pressure, various types of cholesterol levels, a family history of diabetes, smoking history and types of medications or treatments a person is on are all components to calculate a risk score, Mainous said. Scores over 7.5 percent are considered high-risk.

Adding a mile to walk in the morning or taking the stairs are quick fixes a person can do to lead a more active lifestyle, said Lisa Merlo, UF College of Medicine’s director of wellness programs. UF students and faculty who have made simple changes

like these have felt better mentally and physically, Merlo said.

“Faculty and students at the university are at the same risk because of the workload upon them,” Merlo said.

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You wake up and immediately check the weather, suppressing a groan when you see it’s 38 degrees outside for the third day in a row. On the bright side, it gives you a reason to break out your Gator beanie that’s been collecting dust in the back of your closet.

So before braving the cold, you bundle up in your coat and boots, shoving your beanie as far down your head as you can without blinding yourself. You pull your jacket tighter against your body and make your trek through the frigid air toward Publix. You’ve been craving a bowl of steaming hot soup since the second you crawled out from underneath your pile of covers.

The relative warmth of Publix’s air hits your face and you breathe a sigh of relief. You’ve made it. You make your way through the aisles stopping at everything that catches your eye. You know you don’t need that extra box of Cheez-It crackers, but you can’t stop yourself from grabbing hold of the family-sized box.

Once you’ve finally made it through the snack aisle, you find your way over to the soup section. You marvel at your choices, taking a look at the deals of the day. You instantly grab one of the cans, unable to pass up the incredible deal: buy one can of soup and get a free can of…

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t’s the first week of the semester that we get to hand out a laurel to the U.S. government for ending the government shutdown. Well, temporarily, that is. President Donald Trump signed a deal last week that would reopen the government for three weeks. With the bill passed, a series of government agencies opened for the first time in the new year. Another government shutdown is possible depending on the events of Feb. 15, where Republicans and Democrats will have to come to a final agreement on Trump’s border security policy.

A dart goes to Apple for failing to quickly address an issue with its FaceTime function that allows a caller to eavesdrop on the recipient through audio and, in some cases, through video, before the recipient even picks up the phone. Grant Thompson, a 14-year-old boy from Arizona, discovered the glitch while playing Fortnite with a friend. Thompson’s mother saw the security threat and went through multiple outlets to tell Apple about the glitch. 9to5Mac reported on the glitch earlier this week, prompting Apple to finally address the glitch and temporarily suspend the group chat function, which was thought to be the cause of the blatant security breach.

In other, more positive, tech news, Twitter and Facebook are getting a laurel this week for deleting hundreds of tweets flagged as having malevolent intentions linked to Iranian and Russian accounts. The accounts were thought to be meddling in U.S. and U.K. politics. Both social media outlets have been criticized before for not taking down users for inappropriate content. Social media needs a better way of weeding out potentially harmful users, and this is a step in the right direction.

Closer to home, Cady Casellas gets a laurel for creating the first Spanish-only speaking radio show in Gainesville.

The radio show, “Chisme Con Cady,” which translates to “Gossip with Cady,” will appeal to Gainesville’s Hispanic and Latinx population. The show airs from 7-9 p.m. every Friday on the radio channel 95.3 FM, online and on the GHQ app.

The radio show is encouraging a more inclusive Gainesville that can celebrate multiple cultures.

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UF Student Body President Ian Green welcomes students back for Spring semester

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Be sure to mark your calendars next hat’s up, Gator Nation? month as SG Productions is bringing 21 SavI want to welcome everyone back age to Gainesville! SG Productions Chair Anto the new semester. I hope you all drew Kelly and his entire team are working had a safe and restful break. I am hard to put on an incredible concert on Feb. writing today to give you all an up27 in the O’Connell Center. This concert is date about what your Student Government has also a partnership with the Black Student been up to this month.

Union to celebrate Black History Month on Last week, the Accent Speakers Bureau Ian Green brought John Kasich, former Ohio governor opinions@alligator.org campus. It’s going to be an incredible performance, and I cannot wait to see you all and former Republican presidential candidate, there. to campus. Kasich spoke in the University AuAs I am sure many of you know, Career Showcase is ditorium on Jan. 23 to a sold-out crowd. Kasich talked about how we can each make a difference in our world. just around the corner on Feb. 5 and 6 in the O’Connell One line that spoke to me was, “If you can’t make a Center. The SG Copy and Graphics Center will be probig difference, make a small difference in a big way.” viding students with 25 free copies of their resumes for We should always strive to go greater, both on campus the big day. Students can also receive free resume critiques from the Career Connections Center, located on and outside of Gainesville.

Earlier that day, several members of my administra- the second floor of the Reitz Union, leading up to Career tion and the Student Senate traveled to Tallahassee to Showcase.

Don’t forget that the next election cycle for SG is lobby on behalf of UF for multiple higher education topics. In Tallahassee, we spoke with members of the Gator less than a month away! Be sure to follow the SG FaceCaucus on topics such as bonding Capital Improvement book page in the coming weeks for locations, times and Trust Fund money (think money for non-academic, stu- other information you will need to know when deciding dent life buildings), textbook affordability, state loan where to vote. I encourage all students to make their forgiveness, a fixed in-state tuition, more money for voices heard and vote in the upcoming elections.

I’m wishing you all a great rest of your semester. mental health resources and several other topics. We received a lot of positive feedback from our state leg- Until next time and as always… Go Gators! islators, and I am looking forward to seeing positive Ian Green is the UF Student Body president. His changes in the future. column appears monthly.

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Fake AirPods are just another example of a lack of authenticity today

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’ll out myself before anyone thinks they can discredit me: I have fake AirPods.

But I do have an issue with the way we treat the authenticity of copied products. There is a struggle to define what makes things genuine and what makes them a copy. As it gets easier for everyone to duplicate the general markers of what makes something genuine, it will become more difficult to determine the authenticity of things or products. In the case of products, it’s becoming more frequent to see frauds steal the most well-known and valued brands, like AirPods, for the sake of profit My family took a big trip to Spain several years back. In every plaza, there was a street vendor selling Gucci handbags, Burberry scarves and Yves Saint Laurent purses. To the casual eye the deals may

be replicated by anyone who has seem legitimate, but take it to some spare cash and access to any fashion fanatic. They’ll the internet and a printing cenlist off every missed stitch and ter? pattern discrepancy. My mom Stealing ideas creates innobought a handbag and continues vation sometimes. When Mark to sport, mostly for the novelty Zuckerberg wanted to figure out factor of it being a fake.

The idea of mimicry being the Daniel Gamboa a new way of communication, opinions@alligator.org he didn’t go about reinventsincerest form of flattery seems ing the entire internet, he used to take a complete turnaround what had been done before and when it comes to fashion. When someone steals a pattern or logo, they’re built on top of it. Apple took touch screen asking for lawyers to come knocking on technology from George Samuel Hurst, the their door. It most certainly is not a com- phone from Alexander Graham Bell and the massive connectivity of the internet pliment, it is a crime.

Patents in the US are meant to make to make the first iPhone. Now companies sure inventors are credited and paid for the like Samsung are trying to improve on the things they produced, but what happens iPhone through bendable screens, but they when you can 3D print the replacement may never have worked on this idea if the piece for a record player? Does the inven- iPhone hadn’t come first.

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Asking what position I play is wrong When you look at it in that f you had mistaken me for context, how could you be mad a college athlete when I at people for assuming you play was in high school, I would ball? Simply put, there isn’t a have been flattered. But proper representation of black when I started my freshman men and women on campus. year at UF in 2015, I quickly reWith nearly 17 percent of Floralized the hidden meaning beida’s population being African hind the question: “What posiElijah Rawls American, I don’t think it’s too tion do you play?” opinions@alligator.org much to ask for more than 2.2 It’s been almost 5 years since percent to be represented at its I’ve participated in any organized sports, none of which were football premier university. On the other hand, the or basketball. As a teenager, I swam com- state is about 77 percent white, and about petitively for my high school and travel 57 percent of enrolled students at UF are teams. As any swimmer can tell you, there white. That’s the type of representation I are some things you can never shed: the hope for black men and women here in broad shoulders and the big legs. Com- the future.

It’s not just the student body that lacks bined with a darker skin tone and 6-foot-2 height, and people around campus assume representation. In my four years here, you’re a bona fide running back or point I’ve only had two black professors, both of whom were recent hires with no prior guard.

Now, you might be thinking, “What’s relationship to the school. When most of the problem with that? It must be cool for your teachers don’t look like you, there’s a

“With nearly 17 percent of Florida’s population being African American, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for more than 2.2 percent to be represented at its premier university." people to think you’re a Division I athlete.” Let me be clear: It is not cool.

Essentially, that question implies that because you’re a large male with a darker skin tone the only contribution you can offer is your athletic talent. While that assumption is offensive, I don’t necessarily fault people for making it. I fault the university for admitting a slim number of black students who don’t play sports. In August, the Tampa Bay Times published a story about UF’s shortcomings in black representation on campus. Claire McNeill, the author of the story, spoke with a researcher from the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center. The researcher had found that, while black men make up just over 2.2 percent of UF undergraduates, they comprise 78 percent of football and basketball rosters.

sense that this place isn’t meant for you. I would even encourage black students who are considering coming to UF to keep in mind the demographics and what to expect.

People are going to look at you on campus like you don’t belong. They’re going to assume you’re a transfer student from Santa Fe. You might even go your entire time at UF having never had a teacher who looks like you. However, I think that should only motivate us to become an even louder voice on campus. We have realized UF has a problem with diversity and it's our responsibility to hold it accountable. The only way to change the status quo is to challenge it.

Elijah Rawls is a UF journalism senior.

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ance between morals and results is constantly in flux. Music has benefited from replication. Tape recorders once let home bands record and re-record their songs.

Soon, punk and rock scenes were filled with talent that started out with only a tape recorder. Musicians can get copies of audio recording software and post their own songs on the internet and become viral.

I challenge anyone who reads this to think of their favorite product. How would you take that same product or idea and make it better? What would you take from your daily life and copy, but with a twist?

Maybe it's Artificial Intelligence Radio Stations? Or AirPods with built-in tracking?

The world is yours to copy and rebuild.

Daniel Gamboa is a UF journalism sophomore. His column appears on Fridays.

Scholarships aren't as rare as you think own swamp. UF offers scholhe topic of scholararships based on need and ships is often tied to merit, so even if you don’t large-scale economic qualify for direct financial aid problems and all of you can still be considered to that complicated, serihave your education partially ous mess. But this discussion subsidized. These scholarof scholarships will not be attempting to slip Marx and En- Kyle Cunningham ships can be broad, with reopinions@alligator.org quirements that put almost no gels into your ideology like a limitations on the applicant sugar cube into a cup of tea.

I am studying abroad in Paris this sum- pool, or very narrow, focusing in on spemer, an expense that will run me about cific students within specific majors.

These opportunities can be very com$10,000 after all the nights at the Parisian equivalent of Midtown and the sub- petitive, so applying is not a guaranteed sequent mornings where baguettes will check. Many times the applicant pool is act as a hangover cure. That’s on top of not as large as one might believe it to be tuition and housing. I don’t want to just based on the generosity of the offer. It complain about money though. If I wasn’t helps to remember this: Our school wants comfortable falling into a bit of debt and us to succeed, so when it extends a helpworking to pay it off over the next year, ing hand, odds are reaching out for it I wouldn’t be going. No, I would simply won’t hurt.

The main takeaway from my pretty like to reap the benefits of the life-altering experience of study abroad without hav- exhaustive search for scholarships this ing to toil over steakburgers for a semes- semester is that the opportunities exter to finance it; not out of necessity, but ist in truly astonishing numbers. Be it at out of a very logical sense of “why would our own school, outside it or both, findI pay if there’s another way.” Luckily for ing money and scholarships is within the me, and for any of you in my position, grasp of anyone willing to look. While there is no guarantee of success with any there is another way: scholarships.

Scholarships are one of the few re- one of them or really any at all, it stands sources left on our planet, other than per- to reason that if one were to apply to haps solar and wind energy that seems enough with their full intellectual capato be renewable. Seriously, the mountain bility behind their submission, the stars of available scholarships is a staggering would align in at least a few instances.

Of course, it is entirely possible that sight. However, it has a unique property that renders it invisible among the chain none of the scholarships go your way. I of education-financing summits that sur- would rather try every option I have to round it unless you actively seek it out. generate some income before accepting Once you do, you realize there are schol- defeat by a costly study abroad program arships about New Year’s resolutions, and the manual labor that seems to be textbook websites, a plethora of safe driv- the last resort method of financing it. As er ones, a handful of major-specific ones a parting thought, I’ll leave you all with and probably one relating to that impossi- a quote from Tim Heidecker that I think bly edgy niche that you’re thinking about. really sums up the sentiment of this piece.

Yes, you. Look it up if you don’t believe When it comes to scholarships, “It’s free real estate." me.

This doesn’t even scratch the surface Kyle Cunningham is a UF English of the money you can rake in by searching for scholarships. A huge and often freshman. His column normally appears under-tapped well of financial assistance on Mondays. can be found right at home, in our very

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Forty historic buildings have been demolished in the area FEATURE, from pg. 1 South.

The neighborhood lies in the heart of Main Street, Northwest Eighth Avenue, Northwest Second Avenue and Northwest Sixth Street. Red-bricked churches and small wooden-framed houses more than 100 years old are some of the 271 buildings in the district, according to the National Park Service.

Two hundred fifty-nine of those buildings were marked historic on the National Register in 1989, but in the first 14 years, 40 of those buildings were demolished and several more have followed in that path since.

Suzanne Rumsey, 51, who moved to the neighborhood in 2013, said she is worried that soon less than 60 percent of the original buildings will be left standing, causing the neighborhood to lose its historical designation.

Historically protected buildings are being bought by private and out-of-state parties and are ignored until they’re deemed a safety hazard by the city and must be demolished, Rumsey said.

In December, Rumsey and nine other neighborhood residents appealed the city’s decision to approve a building development they felt did not meet the criteria to be approved.

Blackwater Investments, LLC, a development firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, submitted a plan for Pleasant Street Luxury Condos, which will be built at 422 NW Third Ave., which includes three buildings with two units in each.

Neighbors were concerned the plan would cause overcrowded parking because it does not have enough land for the project.

The city sided with Blackwater Investments, LLC. “Unfortunately, our city has no way to protect, even though it’s nationally registered, developers have ways of wiggling their ways in,” Rumsey said.

Young, the barber, has worked at Clean Cut Barber Shop, at 430 NW Fifth Ave., since

Jordan Bourne / Alligator Staff The Pleasant Street Historic District is the red area in the map, which lies between Main Street and Northwest Sixth Street. The blue area is University Heights - North; the green is Northeast Residential Historic District, the yellow is the Southeast Residential Historic District; and brown is University Heights - South.

1993. He has groomed UF football coaches, for the Santa Fe College Blount Center, at she hasn’t lived in the area for long, she governors and relatives. He feels like no one its downtown campus, and the museum was wants to see her community protected.

“I don’t think we have anyone watching put in the historical home of A. Quinn Jones. is interested in preserving the town.

“We’re proud of the students,” Young out for us from the city, and they should be “If this wasn’t historically protected, I wouldn’t be here today in this shop,” Young said. “But they’re depriving the black com- fighting tooth and nail to save this area,” Rumsey said. said. “Them houses wouldn’t be protected. munity out of entrepreneurship.”

Dotty Faibisy, chair of the Pleasant Street Young said the people who are supposed This community, the streets, the home, the businesses, which some are already de- to be representing the area, such as District Neighborhood Association and a 20-year 1 Commissioner Gigi Simmons, are afraid to Pleasant Street resident, thinks hiring a hisstroyed and gone.” toric preservationist, a city employee who Properties in the area meant to preserve speak out.

Simmons could not be reached for com- manages the preservation of historic landthe district’s history and culture have inmarks, could help ensure the neighborhood stead been used by Gainesville’s educational ment.

“Literally, they have stolen from this stays above the crucial 60 percent to maininstitutions and their students, Young said.

A historic train station at 401 NW Sixth community. They need to give back what tain its designation.

The job position exists but is vacant.

St. was supposed to be a cultural museum they have taken,” Young said. “We gonna to display artifacts and historical photos of get real commissioners. So far, them folks Mayor Lauren Poe said the city planning board does have a person dedicated to fothe area. But it became one of the buildings up there have done a bum job.”

City Commissioner cusing on historic preservation in the meanDavid Arreola said the time.

While Faibisy said she doesn’t like to commission recently decided how to allocate think negatively, she is concerned about the efforts of Community how the city is taking care of the neighborRedevelopment Agency, hood.

“I’m one of the people who tend to the which helps underserved regions attract private in- neighborhood, and I do what I can to take vestment funds, to differ- care of it,” she said.

“The commission has been consistently ent areas of the city.

“We want to see CRA invested in the neighborhood, from building money go to Pleasant homes to revitalizing business,” Poe said.

Street for sure,” he said. “We are investing money in infrastructure “Most importantly, we to bring it into modern standards, and we want to make sure we are investing to ensure businesses continue are following the advice to grow there.”

Young put down his electric clippers and of our advisory board since they are made up of wiped sweet-smelling aftershave onto the face of his client. residents from the area.”

He greeted the next guest, and without The houses next door to Rumsey’s are owned skipping a beat, asked him what haircut by a private buyer who he’d like. With a sigh, Young gave his last lives in California. Rum- request for the future of Pleasant Street.

“Respect the community and people who sey said the owner predominantly rents the were born and raised here,” Young said. “The houses to students in natives; the true natives of Fifth Avenue.” the area. This cuts into the tight-knit relation@JoFuller24 ship neighbors have with jfuller@alligator.org each other as new people @tientle11 move in and out contle@alligator.org Chris King / Alligator Staff stantly, she said.

The historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot has become part of the Santa Fe College downtown campus.

Though Rumsey said

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City officials discuss affordable housing, renewable energy ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Gainesville city leaders are marking the city’s 150th anniversary with new goals for the coming year at the annual State of the City address on Wednesday afternoon.

About 100 people attended the address held at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, at 811 N. Main St. Mayor Lauren Poe, Interim City Manager Deborah Bowie and Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Ed Bielarski all spoke on how an increase in business licenses and progress toward 100 percent renewable energy were some targets for the city.

There were musical performances from Chuck Levy, Inslee and Brent Baldwin; husband and wife Jason and Sarah Hedges; and the Dragon Chorus from Expressions Learning Arts Academy, a public charter school in Gainesville, after each speech to celebrate the city’s anniversary.

Poe opened the address by welcoming city officials, employees and residents to the museum and introducing the first speaker, Deborah Bowie, the city’s interim city manager.

Bowie said the city invested more than $300,000 in the past fiscal year to support affordable housing, public services and community development initiatives.

“Gainesville is a unique and opportune place,

yet there are persistent boundaries to opportunity in certain areas of our community,” Bowie said.

She acknowledged the lack of affordable housing and said city officials will continue to work to find solutions.

She also talked about Gainesville’s growth in technology and business. Bowie said the city issued 423 business licenses in 2018, compared to 232 in 2013, which is a more than 80 percent increase.

Ed Bielarski from GRU said that 20 years ago, he utilities company had no renewable energy.

Today, he said, it averages at 30 percent in any given month, while the state falls behind at only at 4 percent. He said GRU the most advanced utility in Florida when it comes to reaching 100 percent renewable energy.

Bielarski said the city will reach that goal by 2045.

Poe discussed the city’s framework which he said consists of four main principles: fostering greater equity, supporting a strong economy, planning for a better future and becoming a community model.

He said city projects such as having a park within a 10-minute walk of every home, moving toward a living wage for all city employees and a community paramedic program to help reduce 911 calls demonstrate those principles.

“We know that by working together, the state of the city is strong, and with your help, it will only go stronger,” Poe said. @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

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Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe speaks to about 100 attendees Wednesday during the 2019 State of the City address at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in downtown Gainesville. “As we begin to celebrate our city’s 150th anniversary, we commit to learning from our past in order to foster a greater future for ourselves and our posterity,” Poe said. The event also included speeches from Deborah Bowie, the interim city manager and Ed Bielarski, the general manager of Gainesville Regional Utilities.

UF students give out hijabs, showcase cultural identity

By Mikayla Carroll Alligator Staff Writer

Four UF students stood on the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday to carefully wrap pink, blue and purple scarves around the heads of others.

They welcomed about 300 students to try on or take home one of 100 scarves and ask questions about hijabs, a head covering worn in public by some Muslim women, for Islam on Campus’ Hijab-A-Thon, said Wafaa Ateyah, a 21-year-old UF psychology and women’s studies senior and the director of Islam Appreciation Month.

The event was in honor of World Hijab Day and Islam Appreciation Month, which takes place in February.

Ateyah has worn the hijab for 10 years and said she considers it a part of her identity.

“The hijab encompasses more than just the physical,” Ateyah said. “The hijab is about the way I carry myself, my manners and the way I speak to people.”

The event is held annually, so most of the items carry over from year to year. Costs came out to about $1,500, Ateyah said. This is the second official “Hijab-AThon,” although variations of the event have been held before.

The two-part event this year featured a booth during the day and guest speaker Isra Chaker, a

Syrian American civil rights activist, at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom in the evening, Ateyah said.

This year’s theme was identity, with the slogan, “Who Am I? Reclaim, rediscover, refine.” About 75 scarves were kept during the hijab wrapping demonstration, and the rest were given out at the nighttime event, Ateyah said.

At the evening event, 10 people hung personal letters on a wall

TRIANGLE WRAP HIJAB: ◊◊ Using the fabric, fold the top right corner over to the bottom left corner, making a triangle shape. ◊◊ Place the scarf over your head with the widest part of the triangle falling at the top of your forehead and the two corners hanging over your shoulders. ◊◊ Pinch the edges of the scarf under your chin and pin together. ◊◊ Cross the left side to the right and the right side to the left while hanging the tails over your shoulders. ◊◊ Pin the scarf tails behind your head, then hang the corner of the scarf over the pinned part. ◊◊ Modify to proper fit.

discussing how the feel about the hijab.

Chaker spoke to about 50 people about what the hijab means to her and how today’s political and social climate has shaped her experiences with it, Ateyah said.

There’s a lot of misunderstanding about what the hijab truly is and what it means to those who wear it every day, Ateyah said.

“The hijab has given me courage and strength, and it has allowed me to represent my faith and values in everything I do,” Ateyah said.

For the rest of Islam Appreciation Month, Islam on Campus will host about 12 other events, Ateyah said. Next week on Plaza of the Americas, the group will host an “Islam Fair” to educate people on Islam by answering questions and by having Islamic trivia and other faith-focused games.

Catherine Migliore, a 20-yearold UF nursing sophomore, who is not Muslim, was able to take home a hijab. She said wearing the scarf was a brand new experience for her.

“In my own life, I don’t personally know any girls who wear hijabs on a daily basis,” Migliore said. “This day opened my eyes to a culture I didn’t know much about before.” @mikaylacarro11 mcarroll@alligator.org

Caroline Keefe / Alligator Staff

Isra Chaker, an Islamic activist and advisor for the refugee awareness campaign at Oxfam America, addresses the crowd in the Reitz Grand Ballroom Wednesday night at the “Hijab-A-Thon After Hours” event hosted by UF’s Islam on Campus. The event was founded to promote the meaning of the hijab and what it means to those who wear it everyday. When she explained why she chose to wear her hijab after the events of Sept. 11, Chaker said, “I believed in the hijab. I saw the beauty in it.”

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Clash of the Titans: No. 2 Gators face off with No. 1 Oklahoma

By River Wells Sports Writer

It’s a paradox as old as time: What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object? For the centuries the phrase has existed, it has never had an answer.

Not until tonight.

The No. 2 Gators gymnastics squad will take on the No. 1 team in the nation, the Oklahoma Sooners, tonight at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. UF defeated Oklahoma when it came to the O’Connell Center last year, and the Sooners will look for revenge as they host Florida on their home mat.

Here’s what to watch out for in the two teams’ fourth meeting in 371 days.

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

UF gymnast Trinity Thomas earned SEC Gymnast of the Week for her performance against Kentucky. She scored a 9.975 on the bars against the Wildcats.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida feeling negative effects of Stone's injury

By Jake Dreilinger Sports Writer

There was a moment where it was up to redshirt freshman forward Isaiah Stokes to guard the paint.

Center Kevarrius Hayes had to be pulled due to foul trouble and forward Dontay Bassett was being checked on by a trainer. It was just Stokes, at that moment, trying to keep Ole Miss from finishing at the rim.

The same Stokes who coach Mike White said had a hard time doing line drills at practice just a couple weeks ago at a media opportunity.

Stokes played well, despite some early slipups like a turnover on his first possession. He provided five solid minutes in the second half that the Florida men’s basketball team desperately needed.

“He’s shown more of an effort, more urgency in practice,” White said. “You guys can feel it, you guys can tell.”

Stokes was there to bail the Gators out this

time, but his presence showed a major problem in their defensive scheme.

Florida is suffering from a lack of size on defense since forward Keith Stone’s seasonending injury against Georgia on Jan. 19.

It only has five players on its roster listed at 6-foot-8 or taller: center Gorjok Gak, Stone, Bassett, Hayes and Stokes.

The Gators announced that Gak was redshirting this season, and Stone has officially been ruled out the rest of the year. That leaves Hayes, Bassett and Stokes as the only players left with the size needed to guard the paint.

Bassett is a sophomore who received a little bit of playing time last season, while Stokes didn’t see the court at all last year while rehabbing from a torn ACL. Take those two away and that leaves Hayes, a forward-turned-center, left to play the five.

Stone wasn’t having a good season offensively — 6.1 points per game, 0.6 assists per game and 19.2 minutes per game — but he was

Florida sprinter and jumper Grant Holloway was named SEC Men's Co-Runner of the Week on Tuesday following his performance at the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas.

SEE HOOPS, PAGE 16

Sooner or Later The last time the Sooners hosted UF in 2015, they put on a clinic.

They ended the meet with an overall score of 198.500. They placed higher than a 49.500 in every event, and two of their gymnasts scored perfect 10s.

It’s that success that Oklahoma will try to replicate as it defends its 30meet win streak at home, a streak that started in 2014.

To paraphrase wrestling legend Ric

Flair, you have to beat the best to be the best, and Oklahoma has proved unequivocally this season that it’s well deserving of the title.

So far, it’s the only team this season to eclipse the 198 mark, scoring a 198.050 against Arkansas. On top of that, Oklahoma also holds the other two scores that round out 2019’s top three.

Gymnasts to watch out for include the Sooners’ not-so-secret weapon on bars, senior Nicole Lehrmann. She has scored a 9.9 or higher on 39 of her 50 career bar routines, including a run last year where she achieved the feat in 14 consecutive meets. Others to watch in the red and cream include Maggie Nichols, who scored a perfect 10 on the vault in Oklahoma’s first meet of the season, and freshman Olivia Trautman, who hasn’t dipped below 9.925 on any of her floor routines this season.

Stormin’ Norman Earlier this season, the Gators shattered LSU’s 35-meet home winning streak in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tonight, they’ll try and end Oklahoma’s 30-meet home winning streak, and though the team had the upper hand in last year’s meet, coach Jenny Rowland hasn’t been reminiscing.

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The Lost City of Alanis / Opinion

Goodell, stop painting the NFL as one, big, happy family

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tioned was the controversial aybe Roger Goodell missed pass interference call is delusional. during the Saints-Rams NFC Maybe he’s a Championship game and the liar. Maybe he’s just Colin Kaepernick collusion unaware. case.

Or, maybe, the NFL ComThen he added a statement missioner simply doesn’t care that was, to say the least, utabout how displeased the playAlanis Thames terly perplexing. ers, fans, media and everyone Twitter: @alanisthames “I think this season has else is with how he runs his demonstrated that there’s never league.

The latter seems the most befitting an- been a better time to be a part of the NFL,” swer. And why should he care? He’s paid Goodell said. “As a fan, as a player, as a more than $30 million a year to do what team and as a partner.”

There is absolutely no way this season league owners say, not to keep the public could have demonstrated that. “happy.”

Let’s think about it.

But there’s a difference between being “As a fan.” apathetic toward public perception and fabThe fans who can expect to pay anyricating some rosy image of the NFL. Goodell made his annual State of the where from $4,600 to $16,000 for a ticket to League Address on Wednesday and dis- this year’s Super Bowl? That’s compared to cussed some of the NFL’s prominent issues an average of $1,800 ten years ago and $530 of the 2018-19 season. Among those men-

Three Gators tabbed to Player of the Year Watch List Outfielder Amanda Lorenz, pitcher Kelly Barnhill and catcher Kendyl Lindaman were added to the 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List on Wednesday.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Florida drops to Tennessee in Riffice leads Gators Knoxville for fourth straight loss in rout of Knights

By Dylan Rudolph

But the UF offense did not take advantage of the UT drought, failing to outdo Tennessee’s 13-point third The Gators walked into quarter with just nine of its the Thompson-Boling Arena own. in Knoxville, Tennessee, Guards Danielle Rainey without one of the most and Delicia Washington important elements in the found no rhythm all game, game of basketball: height. combining for a dreadThe team was down its startful 0 for 15 from the field. ing 6-foot-1 forward, Kristina Washington, who returned Moore, after she injured her to the lineup after missing arm Sunday against ArkanSunday’s game with a consas, and her absence was cussion, looked rusty and evident from the first whistle could not handle the conto the last. stant defensive pressure set Towering Tennessee by the Volunteers. Coach players glided with ease to Cam Newbauer noted afthe rim as the undersized ter the game that he had to Florida team hopelessly tried have more out of those two to stop them. guards if they were going to The Volunteers led the compete in games moving whole way in Thursday’s forward. matchup to hand the Gators “Shots just didn’t go women’s basketball team its down. We had some really fourth-straight loss, 67-50. good looks, but nothing was Tennessee (14-7, 3-5 SEC) falling,” he said. “We got the used its size to bully UF in looks, but (Tennessee) hit the paint early, and it resulttheir shots.” ed in run after run with easy Guard Funda Nakkasoglu shots close to the basket. was one of the few positives UT jumped on the Gators’ for Florida. The redshirt seweak interior defense in the Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff nior scored a team-high 18 first quarter with aggresFlorida guard Funda Nakkasoglu dropped a team- points, most of them comsiveness and pressure in the paint to go on a 19-4 run with high 18 points in UF’s 67-50 loss to Tennessee on ing from strong drives to the paint with lots of contact.

6-foot-3 Cheridene Green Thursday in Knoxville.

Her teammates will need and 6-foot-2 Rennia Davis but only scored four second-chance to shoot much better and fight for leading the way. The duo combined points. for 12 points in the opening quarter Tennessee went into the break more rebounds if they want to end the and 34 points as well as 20 rebounds with a 12-point lead by shooting 52 losing streak on Sunday against No. (10 each) by the end of the game. percent from the field and out-re- 19 Kentucky in Lexington.

“We knew (rebounding) was goUT players passed fluidly around bounding Florida 23-12. the press to get open shots.

Florida’s defense tightened up in ing to be a problem,” Newbauer said.

The Volunteers also used the the second half, though, and began to “We wanted everyone to get in there height advantage to haul in endless contest more shots. Tennessee scored and scrap, but it just didn’t work out. rebounds over the undersized Gators. just 13 points in the third quarter, one But we need to keep scrapping and Green grabbed six of Tennessee’s 11 of the lowest of the season for the keep fighting because we got another offensive boards, and UT converted high-powered offense that came into game on Sunday.” those to 13 second-chance points. UF the contest averaging 77.4 points per @dyrudolph grabbed 10 offensive rebounds itself game. drudolph@alligator.org.

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Alligator Sports Meme of the Week

By River Wells

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UF men’s tennis player Johannes Ingildsen won his match against UCF’s Trey Hilderbrand 6-4, 7-5 on Friday night.

By Brendan Farrell Sports Writer

The doubles tandem of freshman Sam Riffice and sophomore Oliver Crawford walked into the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Florida, fresh off a couple of wins at the ITA Kickoff event where it dropped just one point.

It carried that momentum into its 6-1 drubbing of UCF’s Mikhail Sokolovskiy and Alan Rubio on Thursday. Senior McClain Kessler and sophomore Duarte Vale won by the same margin, setting the tone against the Knights as UF won 6-1.

The Gators swept the doubles point and dominated singles play with wins from Riffice, sophomores Andy Andrade and Johannes Ingildsen to clinch the overall victory.

Riffice and Crawford did not quite replicate their dominance from last weekend, but they still quickly dispatched of Sokolovskiy and Rubio, allowing only eight of the match’s 34 points. A similar story played out on Court 3 as Kessler and Vale ran away with a 6-1 victory to secure the doubles point for the Gators.

Riffice ended his day with an exclamation point after a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory against Rubio in singles play. The freshman limited his opponent to just 19 points across the two sets.

The Gators got their second win of the day on Court 2 when Andrade emerged victorious against UCF freshman Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi to the tune of a 6-1, 6-2 win.

Ingildsen had to fight more than his other teammates, but he received a well-earned, 6-4, 7-5 win against Trey Hilderbrand.

Vale and freshman Lukas Greif also won their singles matches, but sophomore Oliver Crawford’s loss prevented the Gators from sweeping the Knights. This was the Gators’ 19thstraight win against UCF, who has never defeated UF in men’s tennis.

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an important asset on defense. His size prevented mismatches and eased the pressure for Hayes on the inside.

Florida’s answer to Stone’s injury has been to start freshman forward Keyontae Johnson at the four, who has the height of a guard at 6-foot-5.

The Gators can get away with the lack of size when they play Kentucky on Saturday. The Wildcats don’t boast a big starting lineup, but they do have two players at least 6-foot-10 in forwards Nick Richards and EJ Montgomery. The majority of their scoring will most likely come from outside the paint.

Against other teams, however, the Gators will need Hayes, Johnson and the rest of their “bigs” to be a big presence under the basket. “(Kentucky is) very difficult to defend,” White said. “They run good stuff, they can beat you a lot of different ways offensively.”

“Dwelling on the past is something I’d like to say I’m not a big fan of,” Rowland said. “Last year, that was a different team."

Rowland has preached about “being normal” and treating every meet and routine just like any other. Despite the pressure that comes with a heavyweight bout like this one, Rowland’s gymnasts appear to be following her advice.

“We’re just gonna go in and treat it like a normal meet,” senior Amanda Cheney said. “Not paying attention to No. 1 vs. No 2.”

It’ll likely take all the firepower the team has to best the Sooners, something Florida isn’t lacking in.

Freshman Trinity Thomas improved her score each week as the team’s all-arounder and notched an impressive 9.975 on the bars against Kentucky. The team also has its senior leader in Alicia Boren, who had a 9.950 on bars and 9.925 on the floor last week.

Though UF fielded some impressive scores in its first three weeks of competition, sophomore Megan Skaggs explained that to beat the Sooners, it isn’t about being flashy or spectacular on the mat.

“We know that we have to hit and we have to do well,” Skaggs said. “But we don’t have to do anything special.

I think it’s great we’ve really come to understanding that this year.”

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COLUMN, from pg. 14 15 years ago.

These are the same fans who are now begging the league to reconsider the way it handles instant replay after far too many “refs are only human” excuse-laced missed calls this season.

New Orleans Saints diehards and players may still want a word with you, Mr. Goodell.

“As a player.”

Surely he can’t be referring to the players who still don’t have guaranteed contracts. Or the ones who have filed thousands of concussion-

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@riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

UF forward Keith Stone tore the ACL in his left knee against Georgia on Jan. 19.

related lawsuits against the league because they’ve either sustained long-term injuries or they’re tired of watching their peers and former teammates die.

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid might be a player who would disagree, after he read a note posted to his locker on Dec. 17 requesting that he proceed to the facility drug testing area. Reid took what he said was his seventh “random” test since signing with the team on Sept. 27.

I would mention Kaepernick’s opinion about being a part of the NFL this past season, but he doesn’t have one. Because he didn’t get a chance to play. And he probably won’t ever again get a chance to play.

“As a team.”

This can’t be right. It was just two weeks ago that referees ROBBED the Saints of a trip to the Super Bowl with that egregious no call.

Seven head coaches were fired by the end of the season, and five of them were African-American.

The Kansas City Chiefs released running back Kareem Hunt within days of a video surfacing of him kicking and shoving a woman at a Cleveland hotel, an incident that occurred 10 months before the team and the league took “noble” action.

Then there’s the Pittsburgh Steelers versus Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown.

And who knows what happened

to teams like the Packers, the Jaguars and the Falcons, none of whom ended the regular season with an above-.500 record.

“As a partner. “ Like the broadcasters who get paid regardless of what NFL controversies arise? The owners who make billions off the backs of players who risk their health every Sunday to keep more money in their pockets than they’d ever spend in a lifetime?

Oh wait, never mind, that part sounds right.

The NFL is more profitable than ever and will make upward of tens of millions of tax-free dollars from this year’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles

Rams.

One thing about Goodell’s address was true, though. The league isn’t the same dumpster fire it was during the 2017 season, with the anthem-kneeling backlash, the Trump versus NFL players debacle and the decreased ratings.

But this is nowhere near a great time for the National Football League, at least not image-wise.

Perhaps Goodell should’ve gone with “at least it ain’t last year” in his address.

That statement would have been much more accurate. @alanisthames athames@alligator.org

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