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21 Savage detained by ICE, status of UF performance unclear

By Kelly Hayes and Josephine Fuller Alligator Staff Writers

He was to receive hot wings. Now, the future of his chicken feast at UF is in limbo.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained rapper 21 Savage detained on Sunday morning in Atlanta, according to The Associated Press.

The Grammy-nominated rapper, whose full name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph,

was scheduled to perform at the O’Connell Center on Feb. 27 in celebration of Black History Month, but it is now unclear if that will take place.

21 Savage was arrested as part of a targeted 21 Savage operation involving local and federal authorities, according to AP. The university planned to pay $110,000 for the performance due by Feb. 27 by check, ac-

cording to his contract with UF. 21 Savage is scheduled to give an hour-long performance hosted by Student Government Productions and the Black Student Union.

Tickets for the Feb. 27 concert went on sale last Wednesday for students in a presale for $10 each, and then became available to the public the next day for $20 each. More than 6,000 tickets were available and were all sold, according to an SGP statement.

Andrew Kelly, the chairman of SGP, wrote in an email that the organizations that

planned the event were surprised to hear the news of the rapper’s arrest.

“We are working with our agents and will post an update once we have more information,” he said.

Kelly declined to answer further questions on how 21 Savage’s detention will affect the concert and ticket sales and said to follow SGP social media for updated information.

The staff working with 21 Savage in his

SEE 21 SAVAGE, PAGE 4

Federal investigation of January I-75 crash begins INVESTIGATION STARTS A MONTH AFTER CRASH

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Florida guard KeVaughn Allen’s 11 points against the Kentucky Wildcats wasn’t enough for the Gators men’s basketball team to secure the win. Get a full analysis of what went wrong on page 14.

The National Transportation Safety Board sent a team to Gainesville Thursday to investigate the January Interstate 75 crash that killed seven.

The eight-member team is investigating the cause of the crash and issuing safety recommendations, said Keith Holloway, a board spokesperson.

The investigation was delayed because of a month-long government shutdown, Holloway said. During the shutdown, 21 crashes were not investigated and 367 employees were furloughed, only 26 were deemed essential personnel.

On Jan. 3, an I-75 crash killed five children — Jeremiah Warren, 14; Joel Cloud, 14; Cierra “Cece” Bordelan, 9; Cara Descant, 13; and Brieana Descant,

10 — and two semi truck drivers, Steve Holland, 59, and Douglas Bolkema, 49.

Eight people were injured.

Holland was driving northbound on I-75 near Gainesville and hit Robyn Rattray, who was among the injured. Both vehicles went through the guardrail, into the southbound lane and hit the passenger van the children were in and Bolkema’s semi truck. The van overturned, ejecting some passengers.

Both semi trucks caught fire after fifty gallons of diesel fuel spilled onto the highway.

The passengers in the van were on their way to Walt Disney World in Orlando from Louisiana.

Investigators will look at the vehicles, photographs and documentation taken when the board wasn’t on the scene, Holloway said.

“We weren’t able to arrive on scene when the accident occurred. So in our investigations, we try to gather as much perishable type of information and data

SEE CRASH, PAGE 4

March For Our Lives Gainesville honors year since Parkland shooting THE 17-DAY-CELEBRATION TRIBUTES THE 17 VICTIMS

By Mikayla Carroll Alligator Staff Writer

It’s been nearly a year since the Valentine’s Day Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. UF students who are alumni

of the Parkland school plan to honor those who were killed.

Elizabeth Stout, an MSD alumna who was in the shooting and the president of March For Our Lives Gainesville, wanted to find a way to honor the 17 lives lost without fixating on the negativity of the anniversary by hosting a 17Day Celebration.

“I started to get really anxious

Gymnastics put forth high-caliber performance despite loss Even though they lost to Oklahoma, the Gators unleashed a season-best showing, pg. 14

and upset again and everything started coming back,” the 18-yearold UF political science freshman said. “I was just trying to find a way to not be upset this year, so I decided to make this.”

The 17-Day Celebration started Jan. 28 and ends on the anniversary, Stout said. Each day honors one of the Parkland victims through a trait that defined them.

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Examples include “Wear Orange For Jaime Guttenberg,” in honor of the 14-year old who was killed or “Wave and Smile to Your Loved Ones for Aaron Feis,” in honor of a friendly security guard who lost his life, Stout said.

Julia Tiplea, a 20-year-old UF marine sciences junior, 2016 MSD alumna and a founder of UF Stands With MSD, believes this

An opponent finally joined a commissioner race on the last day to file to run, pg. 3

Don’t worry, the waters are safe

UF study finds decrease in shark bites, pg. 10

event will help memorialize the victims positively, she said.

“The important thing is to not dwell on the anxiety and grief that we’ve been through,” Tiplea, said.

“Instead, we celebrate the lives of those that are no longer with us, as I’m sure that is what they’d want.” @mikaylacarro11 mcarroll@alligator.org

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THURSDAY Countering Corruption and Asset Recovery Camelia Bogdan will present “Fostering Efficacy In Asset Recovery in Transnational Cases of Grand Corruption” for free at noon in Holland Hall 360 in the UF Levin College of Law. Bogdan will share her experience as a Bucharest Court of Appeals judge and a distinguished international expert in countering economic crime.

Refreshments will be served.

SATURDAY An Epoch Night at the Museum From 7:30-11 p.m. attendees can sample crickets and other insects at a tasting station while dancing to music by DJ Elio. Proceeds from the gala support museum educational initiatives that emphasize outreach to underserved communities. Tickets start at $100. For more information, to purchase tickets or make a donation, visit floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ event/epochparty or call 352273-2047.

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

When: Feb. 24 from 2-4 p.m.

Where: Alachua Branch, located at 14913 NW 140 St.

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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: Feb. 17 from 3-4 p.m.

Where: Archer Branch, located at 13266 SW State Road 45 African American Read-In Attendees can discover books and stories by African Americans. Refreshments will be provided.

When: Feb. 16 from 2-3:15 p.m.

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: Feb. 9 from 2-3 p.m.

Where: Headquarters Branch located at 401 E. University Ave. Tasty History Children ages 5-11 can celebrate Black History Month and the invention of the potato chip.

When: Feb. 19 from 3-4 p.m.

Where: Cone Park Branch, located at 2801 E. University Ave. 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.

Lecture: The Relevance of Baldwin Mark Reid, a UF English professor and affiliate in the African American Studies Program and the UF Center for African Studies will host a lecture from

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MORE Santa Fe Adjunct Professors Will Speak About Their Union Campaign Santa Fe adjunct professors will speak about their unionization campaign at Santa Fe College at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, 1236 NW 18th Ave. Professors will talk about their nearly 2-year push for living wages, better working conditions and a union.

Refreshments will be provided at 6 p.m.

Student Government Elections Requests for absentee ballots are due at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6. The form can be found at sg.ufl. edu/elections. An SG debate will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Reitz Rion Ballroom. From 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, UF students can vote in the SG election.

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Last-minute candidate joins District 4 race UF professor diagnosed with breast cancer again COMMISSIONER ADRIAN HAYES-SANTOS WAS RUNNING UNOPPOSED UNTIL NOW

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Robert Mounts almost didn’t make it on the ballot.

Mounts, 77, of Gainesville, filed to run for the District 4 Gainesville City Commission seat Friday morning, the last day to qualify for the race.

City Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos, 34, will no longer run unopposed in the city’s regular election for the District 4 commission seat on March 19. The election also includes the mayoral race. Voter registration closes Feb. 19.

“I didn’t expect to run,” Mounts said. “I felt that we needed to have this healthy debate as a community about our future.”

Hayes-Santos, the incumbent, announced his bid for re-election in December. He said he’s excited to have some competition in the race.

“I’m excited to go knock on doors and have great front door conversations,” Hayes-Santos said.

If elected, Mounts said he wants to see a balance in redevelopment decisions that preserve the history of Gainesville and provide opportunity for

urban areas. He supports the idea of developing community land trusts to address the lack of affordable housing, while still preserving the charm of the neighborhoods.

“We’re all for some way to address the housing crisis Mounts but not at the expense of traditional and historic neighborhoods,” Mounts said.

Mounts, who was born and raised in Gainesville, spent 18 years in South Korea as a special assistant to the deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea for international relations. Before that, he spent 25 years as a judge advocate for the U.S. Air Force.

After returning to his hometown five years ago, he said his decision to run for commission comes from giving the neighborhood a voice in search for balance between preservation and redevelopment.

“We need to consider the concerns and issues raised by the surrounding neighbors and do what we can to preserve the best of Gainesville while we move it further into the 21st century,” Mounts said. @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

By Ke’on Christian Alligator Contributing Writer

Allison Peters had just lost her mother to breast cancer when she walked into a routine exam room in October.

The UF nursing clinical assistant professor had felt a lump and began to worry. After 16 years of being in remission, she learned her breast cancer returned. After months of waiting, she decided to tell her students Tuesday morning.

Two days later, her students wanted to surprise her.

“After enduring chemotherapy, mastectomy and reconstructive surgeries, I was stronger and wouldn’t allow cancer back into my life,” Peters wrote in an email.

Thursday morning, 120 of Peters’ students wore pink and presented her with gifts and cards to show their support for her when she walked into class, Shari Huffman, a clinical lecturer at UF’s College of Nursing, wrote in

an email.

“Peters was very surprised and overwhelmed by the students and was practically speechless,” Huffman said.

The last thing Peters wanted was to make a big deal and have everyone worry, but she made sure the students knew what she was going to be facing when it came to her upcoming chemotherapy, Huffman said.

“She told the students that she will be so happy and relieved when she sees them as a patient in the infusion area, knowing that they will take excellent care of her,” Huffman said.

Peters’ cancer is aggressive and in her lymph nodes, which means she’ll need chemotherapy and possible surgeries, Peters said.

Although she has a long journey ahead of her, Peters knows the technology and treatments are better than they were 16 years ago and is relying on the support of her friends and family to get her through, she said.

“I know this is a marathon, not a sprint,“ Peters said.

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Gainesville ranks as severely unaffordable, survey says IT RANKS HIGHER THAN THE STATE’S LIVING AFFORDABILITY Lauren Johnson Alligator Contributing Writer

Low income and unaffordable house prices have caused Gainesville to become one of the least affordable cities in Florida.

On Jan. 17, homearea.com, a website that uses Census data to create housing statistics for cities, updated its “Cities in Florida with the Most Affordable Homes” list, which showed Gainesville ranking 35 out of 53 surveyed cities with

a population of more than 60,000.

The list used 2017 Census Bureau data to compare local incomes with local home prices to determine the housing affordability in the area, the website said.

Gainesville received a rating of 4.6, which is higher than the Florida average of 4.1. According to HomeArea, anything under 3 is affordable.

This is considered to be severely unaffordable, according to the housing affordability rating categories outlined by Demographia’s International Housing Affordability survey, which also uses the same rating scale.

Jessica Cowart, a 40-year-old

real estate agent at Keller Williams Realty, said the average price of a home in Gainesville is significantly lower than the average for the entire state.

“If you compare Gainesville to its nearest neighbors, those areas tend to be slightly less expensive, but in an overall comparison to the state, we are one of the better places to purchase,” Cowart said.

The median price for a home in Florida is about $178,700 and in Gainesville is about $147,500, according to the Census Bureau American Community survey fiveyear estimates. The median income in the city is about $34,004.

Cowart said there’s been a

sharp spike in buyers moving to the city from South Florida where homes are more expensive.

This influx of wealthy residents to the city could be preventing the local market from readjusting to match the low income of its native residents, which is making it increasingly unaffordable for locals, said Hector Sandoval, a UF assistant economics professor.

Mona Gil de Gibaja, president of United Way of North Central Florida, said that there are many residents living below the poverty line that can’t afford current mortgage rates and rental prices.

About 57 percent of residents are living below the poverty line,

according to a United Way annual Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed report, which outlines challenges faced by the working population.

She said that with the current rates of housing students may be able to survive with financial assistance from parents, but for residents it is almost impossible.

“You might be making a relatively decent salary, but it can be difficult to have a balanced budget if the price of housing is too much,” she said. “You’re always going to be in debt or need other assistance like a food bank.”

FSU dismisses quarterback after abuse allegations The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University’s head football coach announced Sunday that quarterback Deondre Francois had been dismissed from the team after allegations of domestic abuse surfaced.

FSU head coach Willie Taggart said in a statement Sunday that he had notified Francois of his decision the night before. Taggart’s decision to drop Francois came the same day the quarterback’s girlfriend posted a video to Instagram alleging abuse by Francois.

“As we build a new culture and foundation for FSU football, we have high expectations for all of our student-athletes and we will not shy away from those high standards of conduct,” Taggart said. “We are moving forward as a program.”

The Tallahassee Democrat reports that the video shows neither Francois nor the girlfriend, but a woman can be heard begging a man to stop hitting her.

Francois hasn’t been charged with a crime.

He couldn’t be reached and Francois’ uncle, Pat Julmiste, didn’t respond to a phone call seeking comment.

Only last month, Francois announced he would return to FSU for his senior season in 2019.

The redshirt junior started 11 games for the FSU Seminoles, who went 5-7 in 2018 but did not make a bowl game for the first time since 1982.

Francois completed 57 percent of his passes for 2,731 yards, 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. But in each of his last four starts, he completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes and had just two touchdowns along with six interceptions.

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Local Heroes Steven Butler (middle), the executive and artistic director of the Actors’ Warehouse, accepts recognition Sunday on behalf of Gail Johnson, a Gainesville city commissioner, during the Black Women of Distinction: Making History in Alachua County event at the Actors’ Warehouse, 619 NE First St. Kim Barton (left), the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections; Evelyn Mickle (center left), a retired nurse; and Gigi Simmons (right), a Gainesville city commissioner also received awards highlighting their achievements in Alachua County. Anne Kinnebrew (center right), a consulting scholar, participated in the award ceremony but did not receive an award.

Cancellation clause in his UF contract was crossed out 21 SAVAGE, from pg. 1 UF contract could not be reached for comment.

The contract included had included a clause, which was crossed out, that stated if the performance was rendered impossible by “any act or regulation of any public authority or bureau,” neither party can claim damages, and any deposit already made to the artist may be retained.

Bryan Cox, an ICE spokesperson, said in a statement to AP that 21 Savage is a British citizen, and he had overstayed his visa, which expired in July 2006.

In 2014, 21 Savage was convicted of felony drug charges in Georgia, Cox told AP. His lawyer, Dina LaPolt, is currently working on getting 21 Savage out of federal immigration detention, according to AP. He is undergoing deportation proceedings in federal immigration court.

FHP will work with the board CRASH, from pg. 1

and evidence that we can,” Holloway said.

The board is working with Florida Highway Patrol, who started

the investigation, and the Florida Department of Transportation, Holloway said.

“We’re going to share as much info that we have at this point and that we know factually so that they have the best idea of what trans-

pired,” said Lt. Patrick Riordan, FHP spokesperson.

FHP is looking into vehicle equipment, weather factors and the drivers involved, he said. Troopers are also using witness statements, interviews with those involved and

LaPolt told AP he is a role model to several people in the U.S., especially children in the Atlanta area.

The Atlanta Police Department and ICE could not be reached for comment.

results from the office of the medical examiners.

“We got months in front of us,” he said. “There’s a lot of moving parts to our investigation and they take time.”

It’s unclear when the board’s investigation will end or how long the investigators will be in Gainesville, Holloway said. Investigations are

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about 12 to 18 months and, in normal circumstances, investigators can be on scene for a week.

“They don’t have a physical scene,” Holloway said. “Things are a little different.” @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

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Gainesville baby dies in crash

GPD: Man arrested after calling police to report his missing gun

A 6-week-old baby from Gainesville was killed and five others were critically injured Friday in a multi-vehicle crash near Silver Springs.

Just after 4 p.m., a semi-truck was driving west on East State Road 40 at Northeast 125th Terrace Road when the driver drove straight instead of following the road’s curve, said Lt. Patrick Riordan, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson.

Troopers are treating the crash as a traffic homicide, he said.

The trailer drove across the east lane, hitting a van and then a pickup truck driving behind it, he said. Debris from the crash then hit a motorcycle driver.

Zoe Robles Vallespi, the baby from Gainesville, died on the scene, Rior-

A man is accused of pointing a gun at another man and then reporting it missing to police was arrested Saturday.

At about 2 a.m., Freddy Lee J. Holmes, 25, of Gainesville, was argued with the victim in the parking lot of a Mobil gas station, at 4234 SW 20th Ave., when he pulled out a Glock, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.

Holmes placed the barrel of the handgun to the victim’s head, the report said. The victim grabbed Holmes’ wrist and knocked the gun out of his hand.

An unidentified man picked up the gun and left the parking lot, the report said. The victim also left and an employee at the gas station overheard Holmes repeatedly ask where his gun was.

Holmes called the police to report that his gun was missing, the report said.

FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED

dan said. She was in the van with other passengers who were critically injured including, Ashley K. Borja, 28, of Ocala; Juan G. Robles Vallespi, 31, of Gainesville; Juan Robles Vallespi, 5, of Gainesville; Kley Borja, 4, of Ocala; and Mia Figueroa, 8, of Gainesville.

Juan G. Robles Vallespi was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center, Riordan said. The driver of the van and three children were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital.

The 36-year-old trailer driver, Lacosta Romone Clyde of Daytona Beach, wasn’t injured, Riordan said.

The motorcycle driver — William Weakland Jr, 36, of Ocala — and pickup driver — Phillip Morris, 42, of Ocklawaha, Florida — had minor injuries and were not taken to a hospital, he said.

“Life is precious,” Riordan said.

“Defensive driving is everything.”

When police arrived, they reviewed surveillance video and saw the incident, the report said.

Holmes did not have a concealed carry permit and did not talk to police after he was arrested, the report Holmes said.

Holmes was charged with concealing an unlicensed firearm and improperly exhibiting a firearm, the report said.

He also had a warrant accusing him of repeatedly punching a man, who he was caring for, after arguing with him while playing basketball in April, according to court records.

Holmes remains in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.

Man accused of stabbing after downtown bar fight HIS BOND IS $250,000 Police arrested a Gainesville man Saturday who is accused of stabbing a man who said something about his hat.

A warrant for Dominic Rocco LaPastina’s, 34, arrest was issued Friday, according to court records.

At about 12:45 a.m. Friday, the victim and a witness were having drinks at Lillian’s Music Store, 112 SE First St., when

the victim commented on LaPastina’s hat, according to a Gainesville Police sworn complaint report.

The victim and LaPastina started arguLaPastina ing, the report said. The witness saw LaPastina repeatedly punch the victim in the back.

The bar’s video footage showed LaPas-

tina take something out of his coat pocket and striking the victim in the back, the report said.

The witness broke up the fight, the report said. A bartender told police that the man didn’t hit LaPastina back.

The man was unaware he was stabbed until he was put inside a car, the report said. There was a large amount of blood on the car seat, floor and door.

He was taken to the trauma intensive

care unit at UF Health Shands Hospital because of the blood loss, the report said.

He had a puncture wound in his lower back and scratches on his face and back.

LaPastina was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the report said.

He remained in the Alachua County Jail on Sunday in lieu of a $250,000 bond.

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Groundhog Day is the only non-problematic holiday of the year

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ne of the weirdest days of the year passed Saturday when America stopped and waited upon the actions of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil to play the role of meteorologist. And somehow nobody has questioned this tradition in the nearly 150 years that Groundhog Day has existed. In fact, in Pennsylvania, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club celebrated Groundhog Day from Sunday, Jan. 27 to yesterday, nearly the same number of nights dedicated to Hanukkah — an entire religious holiday.

Groundhog Day has been around since the late 1800s, becoming the most wholesome holiday in America. It’s a prime example for appreciating the smaller things in life, like a groundhog and his shadow. It’s a day in which thousands of people gather to see what Punxsutawney Phil is going to do. Will he see his shadow? Will he not? Do we actually care?

If you do, Phil didn’t see his shadow, which means spring is on its way, supposedly. However, with a lot of the country suffering from a polar vortex, any form of a warm weather promise is a good one. It should be said, however, there is no scientific evidence to support Phil’s prediction, with an estimated 40 percent accuracy rate. With no proof, is there a point to spending 150 years watching the groundhog, large type of squirrel, pop out from a tree every February? The short answer, of course.

Groundhog Day is the purest holiday celebrated in the U.S. each year. The historical significance of the day is minor. There are no presents that appear underneath a tree and not even a feast to go along with the celebration. Yet, somehow Groundhog Day has an entire movie dedicated to it.

Phil and his wife, Phyllis, are presented each year by a group of men dressed in their best attire, top hats and all, to a crowd of thousands all waiting to see if winter will continue or if spring will arrive early. And the best part is no one really cares how the day goes. It’s one of the only events of the year in which no one can get upset about the outcome of the day. It’s the perfect holiday: no one can be let down and consumerism isn’t rampant.

Groundhog Day, in the grand scheme of things, is insignificant. But, it serves as an example of how a day can be simple, but also celebrated for that exact reason. It’s about a groundhog, who is well taken care of throughout the year, and pops out of a fake tree to be presented to thousands of chanting fans each year. How can that not make you smile?

There’s something to be said about celebrating the smaller things in life, like Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, does each year.

They’ve taken a seemingly unimportant event and turned it into a day for celebrating. If America can appreciate the actions of a groundhog, can’t it learn to appreciate the smaller things in life, like someone holding the door open, a nice sunset or simply a smile from a stranger on the street?

We’re not saying that there needs to be a parade for getting an A on an exam, but maybe take the time to celebrate the things in life that you normally don’t think twice about. There are things to be learned from a skittish groundhog. Allowing yourself to enjoy something that has no real significance is how we get to be more understanding and appreciative of others. Let yourself appreciate silly things. It’s how we can hold onto the more innocent parts of life.

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UF’s racial equality problem should be acknowledged and fixed

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ball for UF. At that time, I was startled by her s humans, we make mistakes. We comment. I couldn’t believe she assumed that have all said and done things we rethe only way for a large black man to attend gret. We shouldn’t hide our mistakes this university was through athletics. Movand pretend they never happened. ing forward to Fall of 2017, Richard Spencer We should embrace them and show came to campus, and I witnessed how much the world that we have learned and are ready hate people have toward people of color. The to grow. graduation ceremony of 2018 is just another Similarly, UF should not hide the fact that Mackintosh example of the university’s failings. It felt like it has made many appalling mistakes in the Joachim past. Half a century ago, the university denied opinions@alligator.org every part of my identity, as a black Haitian American man, was under attack, to the point Virgil Hawkins admission to its law school where I no longer felt welcome at UF. based solely on his skin color. Hawkins We, as a community, must acknowledge that this fought legal battles for nearly nine years to desegregate the law school at UF. Though he was never allowed to great university has made mistakes in the past. Howevattend law school at UF, per his settlement agreement, er, it is impossible to fix any problem without acknowlthe university agreed to desegregate its graduate and edgment. I believe we should honor and display Virgil professional schools. As a result of his sacrifice, UF’s Hawkins’ name on UF’s main campus, where everyone students of color enjoy being able to attend the univer- who steps foot onto it can know who he was and what sity. Hawkins’ struggle is the prime reason many stu- he has done for students of color and students in gendents can attend UF. Hawkins forged a path for aspiring eral.As students of this institution, we should not hide this piece of our history. minority students in Florida.

We should embody it and show the world that we As a result of Hawkins’ sacrifice, UF admits students of all races. However, UF has a racial equity problem. have passed that rudimentary level and we are working Ever since I moved to the U.S. and Florida, I have al- toward a future where everyone at UF can feel at home ways wanted to attend UF. I fell in love with the idea of and proud to be a Gator. I believe together we can make being a Gator. But once I started attending UF, my love this university shine brighter. started to fade away. My experience at UF has not been Mackintosh Joachim is a psychology and women’s what I imagined it to be.

During my first semester at UF in the Summer of 2017, studies sophomore. a female barista at Starbucks assumed that I played foot-

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Coffee with Kent: A delivery to the UF president Talking trash about t was 3:45 p.m. on a Tuesday. The air was I ran with a unique form of adrenaline. It cold, rushing against my cheeks, warning was derived from the fear of being late to meet of the imminent downpour. For January Fuchs and of letting his iced coffee melt in to a in Gainesville, this was the best weather sad form of the drink. I arrived at 3:50 p.m. He I could hope for. As I began the journey was out of the office when I got there, schedfrom Library West to Tigert Hall gripping two uled to return promptly at 4 p.m. As expected, iced coffees, I contemplated the whirlwind Fuchs strode in at that time. that my life had become in just a couple of Kyle Cunningham “You must be Kyle,” he said with a grin. I opinions@alligator.org hours. nodded, speechless as I went to shake his strong The day before, I returned to my dorm afhand. I was face to face with a man revered ter class filled with the traditional anxiety of as a god and it seemed almost like a dream. I a Monday night, stressing about the busy week ahead. My regained my composure as our hands parted and offered a roommate, Will Hasell, greeted me with a tone of great light joke. “The only downside of an iced coffee is a cold excitement, prompting me to check Twitter. I discovered handshake!” President Fuchs laughed and directed me into President Kent Fuchs had tweeted about my previous col- his office. umn on iced coffee.

Seated, he started off the conversation by saying, “Tell Oftentimes in life, a small victory can cause a massive me about yourself!” shift in someone’s mood. This was one of those times. I What followed was an incredible discussion about my checked the state of my direct messages and found them experiences on campus, his involvement with The Alligaoverflowing. The clout of a Fuchs retweet gave me a small tor, my aspirations as a writer both at UF and beyond and taste of Gator glory. It was the first time in my life I felt like of course our tastes in caffeinated drinks. After a wonderan actual writer. ful conversation, we recorded a short video for his Twitter The next morning, I rode the emotional high with a bold follow-up, where he put my knowledge of coffee to the test. follow-up. I sent President Fuchs an email at 10:26 a.m., the We then clinked our plastic mugs and took photos around subject being: “Thank you and an important offer.” the office. President Fuchs bid me farewell by stating, “I President Fuchs revealed in his tweet that he had never like that you write, Kyle.” mixed ice and coffee together to form the golden elixir of While this experience is something I will remember forour generation that I had fawned over in my article, and I ever, I think it says more about Kent Fuchs and his willproposed that I should deliver him his first iced coffee. I ingness to engage with students, than it does about me. expected no reply, or possibly a kind declination of my pro- Fuchs is not just the leader who is guiding UF up the public posal. Instead, at 10:33 a.m. (less than 10 minutes later), university rankings, he is a compassionate and earnest man President Fuchs replied saying, “Your article was great! I who cares about everyone on campus. When we spoke, accept your offer!” He asked if I could meet him that day he told me that he’d never met a student who said they at 4 p.m. I accepted without a second thought, as I stared regretted coming to UF. It’s much more likely they all saw in shock at the screen of my laptop. He signed off with, in Fuchs a genuine passion for the school and its students.

“Warm regards, Kent.”

Warm, just like his preference in coffee. However, I was Kyle Cunningham is a UF English freshman. His determined to convince him of the superiority of the iced column appears on Mondays. form of the beverage.

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City plastic ban is a good start to a greener Gainesville

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an. 17, the Gainesville City Council unaniproject. Chicago instituted a 7-cent tax, and it’s almously voted to ban single-use plastic bags ready seen plastic bag usage decline by 42 percent. and foam containers. The ban goes into efStores can also do their part in this. fect Aug. 1, and covers things like to-go boxes Research into plastic cleanup and alternatives and plastic grocery bags with handles. While would also be a good use of our time and resources. the Gainesville City Council can be praised for its As I mentioned before, plastics offer more convecommitment to reducing plastic usage, a complete nience than the current alternatives like paper and ban isn’t the only option. There are several other Jason Zappulla cloth bags, and while those who bring their own ways to reduce plastic usage. cloth bags when shopping are praiseworthy, getopinions@alligator.org Gainesville isn’t the first place to consider or enting everyone in the world to do that is unlikely. act a plastic ban. San Francisco banned plastic shopping bags So rather than spending money on enforcing a potentiallyin 2007, following this up with a ban on bottled water in 2017. unpopular plastic bag ban, we could instead put that money Boston banned single-use plastic bags in 2018, with a 5-cent into research grants for developing better plastic alternatives, fee for compostable and paper bags. Internationally, in South such as biodegradable plastics, compostable plastics or plasKorea large supermarkets are banned from providing shoppers tics that don’t leave behind tiny microplastics that poison sea with plastic bags except under limited circumstances (like car- life. More money toward cleaning up our oceans and waterrying fish and meat). And last year the European Parliament ways would also help, as it’s a massive project that always voted to ban a variety of single-use plastics by 2021. requires more investment. Cleaning up our current waste may These examples of efforts made by governments are admi- make future waste more manageable. We could also combine rable, and the problem they’re seeking to address is real. One these efforts with a tax. The money from a plastic bag tax can estimate says that between 5.3 and 14 million tons of plastic go toward either environmentally-friendly plastics research or makes it into coastal regions each year, polluting waterways ocean cleanup. and choking marine animals. But plastic products aren’t all I know it’s tempting to call for the complete banning of bad. Plastic bags with handles are easier to use than handle- things, but bans aren’t the only tool cities, states and counless paper bags, and they can be adapted for other purposes tries have at their disposal. Economics teaches us that people like making doggy bags (as I can personally attest to). As the are usually discouraged from doing something when you tax EU discovered, some single-use plastics like sandwich boxes or add extra charges, and plastic bags and other single-use don’t yet have a practical alternative (hence why the proposed plastics are no exception. With a little creativity, we can craft European law would aim to reduce their usage rather than a plastic proposals that are not only more accommodating of complete ban). people who genuinely need plastic, but would also generate So, what can we do instead of completely banning plastics? revenue that we can use to rid ourselves of polluting plastic We can craft policies that would reduce plastic usage, while once and for all. still saving them for those who need it. An example would be taxing plastic bags. In D.C., shoppers are charged 5 cents Jason Zappulla is a UF history junior. His column per plastic bag, with the money going toward a river clean-up appears on Mondays.

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n the wake of the statistics exam came a slew of angry messages. It was another test that hundreds of students spent hours studying for, starting early in the day and ending late in the night. The material wasn’t meant to be easy, but many felt that it wasn’t meant to be so hard.

Putting in a lot of work to get a good grade and not getting that grade can be frustrating. Students study hard in school and are sometimes still met with unsatisfactory grades, leaving them to feel like they deserved a better grade. But too frequently, students blame their professor for their bad grades.

“The questions were worded unfairly.”

“How do they expect us to do well on these tests when they barely teach us half of it?”

“She just wants to see us fail.”

All of these remarks, in addition to more comments too inappropriate to publish, are common lines I’ve heard after each midterm and final season. Students will do anything to avoid admitting that an exam was difficult because they were unprepared, so they hold their professors accountable.

Airing woes through enraged texts and heated conversations seems to be the best way to forget about difficult assessments.

This phenomenon may be explained through the social psychology idea of the self-serving bias. People have a tendency to attribute their successes to internal factors, like their abilities and efforts, and attribute their failures to external factors, like the situation. By using the self-serving bias, people preserve their high self-esteems in order to maintain favorable perceptions of themselves. The self-serving bias is used very frequently in school when it comes to exams.

When students ace their tests, they will give themselves a pat on the back and reward themselves for their dedication and good study habits. But when they fail, it is someone or something else’s fault. Tricky questions, limited time and spiteful teachers are the suspected causes of the failure.

Students describe the instructors of their harder classes as cunning and devilish. In their eyes, these teachers hate students and will do anything to prevent success in their courses. Students think that receiving a bad grade is the fault of the professor, and fail to recognize that the material is tough and more could have been done to receive a good grade. People often are willing to blame anyone but themselves for not taking the time to be able to succeed.

Psychological explanations aside, putting professors down without sufficient reason is a bad practice. It might get the intended result of letting out frustration in the moment, but it won’t change your grade. If anything, it could cause you more problems than when you started. Succeeding and getting your desired grade can only be done through more effort and studying for the next exam.

Beyond school, everyone will have to deal with circumstances one might find unfair. Burdensome situations will have to be dealt with in any job, bosses might be too strict or specific. Some people in life will deserve a snide comment or a warning to others to not take the class. However, most college professors are in their occupation because they are experts and want to spread their knowledge to future generations. They are less vindictive than some struggling college students would lead you to believe.

Next time you’re less than thrilled with your grade, take a step back and a deep breath. Think about why you received the grade you did and what you can learn from the whole ordeal. It might help you save face for the next assignment.

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

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A Helpful Home Photos by Chris Day Alligator Staff

UF Student Government addresses climate change, global politics

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Stephanie Judd, a 22-year-old UF sociology alumna, sands a railing Saturday while volunteering at an event to refurbish the Gainesville Peer Respite Serenoa House, at 728 E. University Ave. A peer respite is a place where individuals suffering from psychological distress can stay to recover. Peer respites are staffed by individuals who have suffered mental or emotional distress and guests of the respite can spend up to eight nights a month free of charge.

UF Student Government makes decisions for a student population of over 50,000, but it is turning its attention to the world.

Three resolutions, non-binding statements of agreement, were heard before the UF Senate Judiciary Sunday, that address the global issues of divestment from fossil fuels, support of victims of a tornado in Havana, Cuba, and recognition of Juan Guaidó as the Venezuelan interim president. Student Senators will vote on some of the resolutions Tuesday night.

The judiciary committee first spoke about how it would address Cuba after the strongest tornado since 1940 hit the country in the city of Havana on Jan. 27.

Sunday’s resolution recognized the efforts of the Cuban American Student Association to provide aid to those affected and voiced support for Cuban Gators and their families.

On Thursday, the Cuban American Student Associated collected more than 35 bags and boxes of donations to deliver to Havana via a US-based travel company called Montes de Oca Travel.

The committee then discussed a resolution that called for the divestment of fossil fuels. Sam Jenkins (Inspire, District D) and three students from Divest UF, an organization that wants UF to remove its money from fossil fuel industries authored the resolution, said Marcela Mulholland, a member of Divest UF and a 21-year-old UF political science and sustainability studies senior.

“As young people, we have a unique moral position in this argu-

ment,” Mulholland said.

The resolution on Sunday asked for the creation of a divestment task force on the UF Board of Trustees and for money to be directed to sustainable companies.

During the hearing, Jenkins said the University of California, Berkeley, which is a top five public university, had divested from fossil fuels.

“Why can’t we be a leader, too?”

Jenkins said.

The resolution was postponed over concerns on how the endowment process works.

Aggie Argeros, a co-author of the resolution, said Divest UF would speak at the Senate meeting to show that students care about these issues.

“To not see it pass is very disappointing,” said the 22-year-old UF sustainability and botany senior.

The committee then spoke about how more than 1,200 miles away, Venezuela has experienced mass panic and riots due to claims that last year’s presidential election was corrupt, according to The Associated Press.

The other globally reaching resolution, showed SG’s support of Juan Guaidó, the leader of National Assembly, as leader over Nicolas Maduro, the acting president.

UF has a Hispanic/Latinx population of 15 percent, according to UF Institutional Planning and Research.

Stephanie Beltran, a co-author of the Cuban and Venezuelan resolutions, (Impact, Freshman) said the resolutions don’t just affect Hispanic and Latinx students but said they can bring awareness to campus.

“This does affect the whole world,” Beltran said. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

Emmarose Stokes, a 23-year-old Santa Fe College psychology junior, helps repair the Gainesville Peer Respite Serenoa House, 728 E. University Ave. The event was hosted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “Of all the tools in our community to help folks with mental health, this is one of our crown jewels,” said Arthur Stockwell, president of NAMI. “We want to do all we can to keep it in tip-top shape.”

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A New Year

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Cindy Jie performs a traditional Chinese water sleeve dance Sunday for the Year of the Pig: Spring Festival Gala 2019 event in celebration of the Chinese New Year at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The event featured performances of modern and traditional dances, comedy and a Chinese orchestra.

Sweet Victory

Samuel Thomas / Alligator Staff

Jake Canepari, 22, cheers Sunday in The Swamp Restaurant as the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LIII with a final score of 13 to 3 points. Canepari, who comes from a family of New England Patriots fans, wears his father’s hat during the game for good luck.

Samuel Thomas / Alligator Staff

Jason Bonvie, 24, watches as the New England Patriots score against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII Sunday in The Swamp Restaurant. “I am not trying to see no Pats win,” Bonvie said.

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UF researchers find decrease in shark bites worldwide

By Jordyn Kalman Alligator Contributing Writer

Sharks shouldn’t be a worry for springbreakers this year.

In a study released Jan. 28, UF researchers found unprovoked shark attacks worldwide dropped to 66 incidents last year, which is 26 percent less than the 88 recorded incidents in 2017. The most recent five-year average reported about 84 incidents annually, said Gavin Naylor, the lead researcher of the study, UF biologist and Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s shark research program.

Blacktip sharks, a species of shark named after the black tips on their fins, are responsible for most bites in southeastern United States, where researchers have seen the largest decline, Naylor said. The reason Blacktips have not been biting as frequently this year might be related to the rising water temperatures from global warming, causing a decline in the population.

An incident is defined as an unprovoked attack from a shark, Naylor said. Only four incidents this year were fatal compared to six fatal attacks recorded last year.

Most shark bites are accidental, Naylor said. Sharks could mistake people flailing their arms and kicking their legs for fish.

“Because these sharks act on instinct and have to be fast, they turn around and bite people immediately,” Naylor said.

This research was conducted as part of a 20-year study dedicated to recording every unprovoked shark attack worldwide, Naylor said.

The shark research program collected data through the collaboration of teams in other areas such as Australia, South Africa, Hawaii and Brazil that all report international shark attacks into one database, UF’s

International Shark Attack File, Naylor said.

There’s been a steady pattern of a decline in shark incidents over the past 20 years, but it’s important to look into why it has declined so suddenly, Naylor said.

“As biologists, we like to understand why animals do what they do,” he said.

Naylor said he hopes this research will help erase people’s phobia of sharks and help increase understanding of them.

“The best thing to alleviate fear is knowledge,” Naylor said. “People need to understand that we share the world with these animals and try to integrate our behavior so we can live alongside them.”

Samson Eagen, a 19-year-old UF nursing freshman and UF Surf Club member, said he thinks about sharks every time he gets in the water after he was bumped off his

surfboard by a 4-foot bull shark last year.

Eagen said it’s important to stay cautious in the water but not fear sharks themselves.

“The odds are that you’re as big, if not bigger, than any shark you’re in the water with,” he said. “They probably aren’t going to bother you unless you somehow pique their interest.”

Jenna Knobbe, a 19-year-old UF environmental management in agriculture and natural resources freshman, aspires to pursue a career in shark conservation. The study is great news to her because it solidifies what she has always known: Sharks don’t want to eat people, and only bite people because they are just curious.

Without sharks eating other fish, the prey species would overpopulate and mess up the oceanic food chain, Knobbe said.

“You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks,” she said. “People don’t realize how vital sharks are to our marine ecosystems, and without sharks it would all collapse.”

Parking, dockless Wrapped and Rolled: UF students scooters top of learn to cook, eat Arabic dish Impact’s platform IMPACT RELEASED THREE PLATFORM POINTS SATURDAY

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Impact Party’s first campaign points prioritize transportation and academics.

The new platform points advocate for dockless scooter sharing, an online request form for minor applications and affordable decal and parking spaces, said Danielle Grosse, an Impact Party campaign manager and 21-year-old UF industrial and systems engineering senior.

“Over 200 students slated with the Impact Party this semester,” she said. “These students told us their ideas of projects they would like to see implemented on campus.”

The platform points were released on the party’s Facebook page on Saturday. These points came out before Impact Party representatives will talk with students in Turlington and on the Reitz Union North Lawn this week to generate the rest of its platform.

“As we have done in past semesters, we like to roll out our platform over the course of the campaign,” Grosse said.

UF Spring elections will be held Feb. 19 and 20.

Dockless scooters are electric scooters that do not have a predetermined parking station.

While the scooters represent a cost-effective way to travel short distances, some cities, like Milwaukee and St. Paul, have issued sanctions on dockless scooter sharing programs after riders have abandoned the scooters around town or caused concern for pedestrian safety, according to The Associated Press.

Grosse said Student Government will work with campus and city partners to make this program successful.

Inspire Party presidential candidate Zachariah Chou said it was weird to see the campaign points come out so early because Impact Party hadn’t started talking with students yet.

Chou said that Inspire Party’s platform will be released later this week after last week’s conversations with students.

“I think it’s important to be able to talk to anyone because sometimes people don’t feel like they have a direct connection to their representatives,” Chou said. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

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Ibrahim Ragab, the UF Arabic Student Association president, shows a student how to properly roll Mahshi, a stuffed grape leaves dish, Thursday night.

By Kasamba Kokayi Alligator Contributing Writer

A taste of Arabic culture was found in grape leaves, rice, onions, olive oil and tomatoes last Thursday.

About 20 people came to the UF Arabic Student Association’ first Mahshi Night. For more than three hours, students made and ate mahshi, a dish made of vegetables such as grape leaves stuffed with rice, at a member’s apartment.

The event celebrated mahshi because it reminded those of Arab culture of their roots and educated those who have never tasted the dish, said Ibrahim Ragab, a 21-year-old UF biology senior and president of the association.

“We wanted to bring a little bit of the Arab world home,” Ragab said.

The recipe differs across the spectrum of Arab countries, Ragab said.

At the event, the group used the

leaves of the grapevine plant, onions and tomatoes as their vegetables of choice.

Participants at the event started off by soaking the grape leaves for about two to three hours, then cooking the rice and adding seasoning.

Once the grape leaves finish, they’re rinsed, drained, removed of stems and added with stuffing. They are then rolled tightly, much like a burrito. Once rolled, they are placed into a pan with added lime juice, tomatoes and olive oil. Lastly, they are baked in a oven at 325 degrees and left for about an hour.

The club spent about $160 buying supplies from Amazon and Publix, Ragab said. The Mahshi Night allowed association members to bond with students who have never made mahshi before.

“I loved that we got to show them our culture,” Ibrahim said. “With how Arab people are seen today it’s

good for them to see us as normal people.”

Hassan Moussa, a 19-year-old UF chemistry sophomore who has been in the association for two years, led everyone in making the mahshi.

The dish is hard to make correctly, Moussa said. The cooking process is time consuming and meticulous.

“Many Arabs have had it before, seen their mothers make it but never learned themselves,” Moussa said.

Jasmine Iturres, a 18-year old UF chemistry freshman is Colombian but her roomate, who is Lebanese and Syrian, took her to the event.

It was her first time having mahshi, and said she enjoyed experiencing a different culture while being able to devour a new food.

“It makes you more open minded as a person,” Iturres said. “I’ve learned about a food I’ve never heard before and made it by exposing myself to Arab culture.”

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1. Since 1969, how many times have the Boston Red Sox won the A.L. East title?

2. Two Minnesota Twins were 20-game winners during the 1990s.

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3. Four head coaches for the University of Oklahoma football team have recorded at least 100 career wins.

Name three of them.

4. In the 1973-74 season, Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers established a record for blocked shots in a season (393). How many players have surpassed that number since?

5. Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon set an Avalanche record when he started the 2018-19 NHL season with goals in his first six games. Who had held the mark?

6. Which Asian men’s soccer team has appeared the most times in the World Cup? 7. In what year did Roger Bannister record the first sub-four-minute mile?

Answers 1. Ten times.

2. Scott Erickson (20 wins in 1991) and Brad Radke (20 wins in 1997).

3. Bob Stoops (190 wins), Barry Switzer (157), Bud Wilkinson (145) and Bennie Owen (122).

4. Two — Mark Eaton (456 in 198485) and Manute Bol (397 in 1985-86).

5. Mats Sundin did it in the first five games of the 1992-93 season when the franchise was located in Quebec.

6. South Korea, with 10 appearances.

7. It was 1954. © 2019 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Florida shows it’s a top team despite loss UF softball

By River Wells Sports Writer

It counts as a loss in the books. The Gators walked into the Lloyd Noble Center and walked out with their first defeat.

UF has a lot to look forward to despite that loss. In the first meet of the season where both competing teams scored over a 198, Florida’s performance showed the poise that comes with being a top team in the nation through its errors and its successes.

Here’s what it did right, along with an update on the team’s biggest weakness.

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Florida gymnast Alyssa Baumann equaled two collegiate-best scores on Friday against Oklahoma. Her 9.975 on the beam and her 9.950 on floor were tied for the best scores of her career.

High Powered It was mostly a night of highs for Florida.

Along with the team’s season-best total score of 198.025, both the bars and beam scores were good for the Gators’ third highest in each category with a 49.675 and a 49.600, respectively.

Florida holds the nation’s highest beam total, and its bars total against Kentucky is still tied for the best in the nation.

Some individuals set season bests as well. Although her all-around total dropped a bit from last week’s meet, freshman Trinity Thomas tied her season record for the bars and hit a seasonhigh mark on the floor and the beam with a 9.950 and 9.925, respectively. Five other gymnasts, including sophomore Alyssa Baumann and freshmen Savannah Schoenherr and Nya Reed, hit or equaled season-best totals during the meet.

“Honestly, I’m so proud of this team,” junior Amelia Hundley said in a release. “There were definitely some things we could work on, but I think there are a lot of highs.”

Through their individual improvements and season-high score, the Gators have proven they deserve the No. 2 spot, and they’ll certainly find themselves deep in the postseason if their

Florida guard Jalen Hudson drove to the basket and watched the ball fall through.

He was too quick for Kentucky guard Tyler Herro, too aggressive for forward Travis Reid.

UK coach John Calipari shook his head before calling for a timeout. The Gators just took a 42-31 lead over his No. 7 Wildcats.

It looked like the Gators had full control of the game up to that point. They were the tougher team and had the momentum.

But Florida’s 11-point lead flipped to an

11-point deficit in the six minutes following Hudson’s layup, and the Gators left the O’Connell Center with a 65-54 loss to Kentucky.

Here are three reasons why: Gators’ offense evaporated at the worst time It’s hard for a team to win with its two leading scorers combining for just 17 points. And that makes it even harder for Florida (12-9, 4-4 SEC), a team which has been plagued with dry shooting spells all season.

Senior KeVaughn Allen is averaging a

Khader Baqlah and the swimming team defeated Tennessee on Saturday during senior day. He finished first in the 200 free event.

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team-high 13 points per game, and freshman Noah Locke is behind him with 11.4.

The two guards have failed to combine for 20 points seven times this season. Florida has lost all but two of those games, including Saturday’s defeat against the Wildcats.

Kentucky’s length on the perimeter and in the paint was a clear disruption, and both Allen and Locke struggled to be much a factor on the offensive end.

Seven of Locke’s 12 shot attempts were from beyond the arc, and two three-pointers were all he managed.

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our seniors left the Florida softball program at the end of last season, each one of them critical to a Women’s College World Series appearance.

The departure of the lineup’s second and third batters, third baseman Nicole DeWitt and first baseman Kayli Kvistad, left a hole in the team’s offense. The exit of catcher Janell Wheaton and do-it-all pitcher/outfielder Aleshia Ocasio hurt UF defensively. And the loss of tenured pitching coach Jennifer Rocha to Oklahoma left questions in the circle.

However, the aid of two transfers, a deep lineup and a new pitching coach makes 2019’s ball club stronger and more venomous than last season’s.

The addition of transfers Jade Caraway from North Carolina State and Kendyl Lindaman from Minnesota solved many of the Gators’ problems.

Both factor in as significant assets to the top of the lineup, and they’ll contribute heavily on defense.

Caraway is a speedy center fielder, and she’ll likely bat leadoff. The Winter Garden, Florida, native led NC State in hits the past two seasons. She also made only five errors in 110 career games at center field and gunned down eight runners in the process.

Second baseman Hannah Adams and All-American left fielder Amanda Lorenz did a tremendous job leading off a year ago, but too many leadoff options is not a problem for UF coach Tim Walton. Lorenz is a fantastic option batting second, and Adams can bat ninth and effectively flip the lineup back to Caraway, a combi-

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New England Patriots win Super Bowl 53 The Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 on Sunday in Atlanta. New England wide receiver Julian Edelman earned Super Bowl MVP honors after putting up 141 yards on 10 catches.

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UF embraces conference change heading into 2019 season

By Bryan Matamoros Sports Writer

Players leaving, coaching changes and evolving tactics all affect the preparation of a team and how it performs from season to season.

The most notable change for the Gators’ lacrosse team this year, however, is its transition from the Big East to the American Athletic Conference.

The Big East consisted of 10 teams, but the AAC’s inaugural season of women’s lacrosse is made up of only six teams: Florida, Cincinnati, UConn, Temple, Vanderbilt and East Carolina.

UF holds a 25-3 all-time record against these teams, and its dominance was evident in the AAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

The Gators were selected to win the conference, receiving five of the six first-place votes. Additionally, seven members of the team earned Preseason All-Conference honors. If that wasn’t enough, Florida also swept the AAC Preseason Player of the Year awards.

Senior Haley Hicklen was named Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year after a record-

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Senior Lindsey Ronbeck was named the American Athletic Conference’s Preseason Attacker of the Year. She’s fourth on UF’s career goals list with 159. breaking season in 2018. She set the Florida single-season record with 178 saves, and she finds herself 25 saves away from the school’s career record.

Junior Cara Trombetta was awarded with Preseason Defender of the Year. She started all 21 games as a sophomore, averaging 2.05

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caused turnovers per game. Her 43 caused turnovers in 2018 set the program’s singleseason record.

Senior Sydney Pirreca earned Preseason Midfielder of the Year honors. In her junior year, she finished with 53 goals, 15 assists, 26 ground balls and 49 draw controls after

starting in every game of the season.

Senior Lindsey Ronbeck enters 2019 as Preseason Attacker of the Year after leading the team in scoring last season. She scored 65 goals as a junior, averaging 3.61 goals per game, which ranked 12th in the nation.

Switching to the American means less traveling for the Gators, who played Denver and Marquette on the road throughout their four-year stint in the Big East.

It also provides them with the flexibility to organize games against stiffer competition outside of the conference.

No. 6 Florida’s non-conference slate includes eight ranked opponents: Maryland (T-No. 2), North Carolina (T-No. 2), Stony Brook (No. 5), Princeton (No. 8), Loyola (No. 9), Navy (No. 13), Syracuse (No. 15) and Colorado (No. 17).

“It’s critical for us to have a really strong out-of-conference schedule,” coach Amanda O’Leary said. “I think it sets the bar for us.”

For the second consecutive year, the Gators will start their 2019 campaign against No. 17 Colorado on Saturday in a non-conference matchup. @bmatamoros_ bmatamoros@alligator.org

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Gators overcome Florida comes up short in Kentucky upset bid rain delay, defeat Florida State

By Sam Campisano Sports Writer

By Noah Ram Sports Writer

Not even the weather could prevent the Florida Gators from beating their in-state rivals.

The Fresh from Florida Sunshine Showdown had a lengthy rain delay of over one hour, but that didn’t stop UF from taking down No. 19 Florida State 4-1 when the match resumed indoors at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Florida.

The Gators’ ended the Seminoles’ streak of two consecutive wins at the venue.

No. 4 UF began the match with a crushing 6-0 doubles win from senior Alfredo Perez and junior Johannes Ingildsen over Lucas Poullain and Sebastian Arcila. Freshman Sam Riffice and sophomore Oliver Crawford continued their dominance with a 6-3 doubles win over Richard Thongoana and Chase Wood.

Riffice won his first set outdoors in singles play 6-4 despite initially trailing 0-3. The delay didn’t stop Riffice’s momentum. He cruised to a 6-3 victory in the final set to put the Gators up 2-0. Ingildsen handily beat Thongoana 6-2, 6-1 to set up match point.

But the clinching win didn’t come easy for the Gators.

Sophomore Andy Andrade fell behind in the second set of his singles match 3-5, but he fought back and forced a tiebreaker. Ultimately, Andrade won the set 7-6 over Alex Knaff to clinch the match.

This was Florida’s second-consecutive victory in Lake Nona. It beat UCF on Thursday 6-1.

Coach Bryan Shelton was proud of the way the team fought through adversity.

“Give (Florida State) a lot of credit,” Shelton said in a release. “That team just plays us tough every single time we play them. They are a gritty group that competes really well. They gave us all that we wanted tonight and more. I’m really proud of our guys for how they hung in there.”

Fans of the Florida women’s basketball team could dream for the first three quarters on Sunday.

Buoyed by the three ball, the Gators trailed No. 19 Kentucky by just five entering the final ten minutes despite not having two of its tallest players for most of the game.

It was all downhill from there.

Kentucky (18-5, 5-4) outscored Florida 17-11 in the final quarter to pull away and earn a 62-51 victory at Rupp Arena, handing the Gators their fifth-straight loss.

Florida stunned the Wildcats by jumping out to a 9-0 lead in the first three minutes. The Wildcats bounced-back to tie the score by the end of the quarter after using an early timeout, but the early run was enough to help establish that the Gators (5-17, 1-8) would not be a pushover.

Florida, as it has all season, started to struggle as the Kentucky full-court press began to take its toll. UF was sloppy trying to counter it, committing 16 turnovers in the first half alone.

It was a game in which turnovers told the entire story. Despite shooting 45 percent from the field, opposed to Kentucky’s 31.7 percent, Florida’s fate was sealed with the 24-9 turnover margin in favor of UK. It was always going to be an uphill battle with Florida missing freshman forward Kristina Moore. The 6-foot-1 Australian started every game this season before injuring her arm a week ago. To make matters worse for the undersized Gators, forward Paige Robinson committed three fouls in the first quarter alone and played just five minutes before fouling out. That forced Florida to play four guards for most of the afternoon.

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Guard Danielle Rainey paced the Gators offensively against the Wildcats. She had 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the Gators’ 62-51 loss at Rupp Arena.

Fouls were a problem all day for the Gators, and Kentucky took full advantage by going 17 of 22 from the line. Florida went just 8 of 16. Wildcat guard Taylor Murray was the main beneficiary, going 11 of 13 on free throws en route to a 13-point performance.

Fellow guard Rhyne Howard was the only UK player who scored more, with 16.

As Florida’s leading scorer Funda Nakkasoglu struggled to just eight points,

guard Danielle Rainey kept UF in the game with a season-high 20, including a 3 of 5 mark from beyond the arc. Guard Delicia Washington was the only other Gator in double-digits, with 10.

Florida lived and died with the three on Sunday, going 7-16 in the first three quarters before going 0-4 in the fourth as Kentucky pulled away. @samcampisano scampisano@alligator.org

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COLUMN, from pg. 14 nation which should prove lethal.

Lindaman comes to Gainesville as the new starting catcher, but she’s also one of the NCAA’s best hitters. She averaged .393 batting for her career at Minnesota, hit 40 home runs and is a two-time AllAmerican.

Lindaman will likely bat third after Lorenz, and having two multi-season All-Americans hit back-toback spells trouble for opposing pitchers. But the scary part is that there’s plenty of power to come after Lorenz and Lindaman.

Sophomore Jordan Matthews and junior Jaimie Hoover provide strength in the middle of the order.

They’re both viable options at designated player and can play on the infield, but Hoover and Matthews are mainstays in the outfield.

As a freshman, Matthews gave Florida fans only a glimpse of what she’s capable of. She tore her ACL in her last game as a senior in high school and came into 2018 healthy but still not at peak fitness.

This year, she’ll be stronger and more poised for big at-bats. She sent the Gators to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her walk-off homer against Texas A&M last year, so we know she has it in her.

Hoover came along strong in NCAA play, and she’ll be an important piece to the 2019 team’s success. Not only can she provide power from the plate, she’s also one of UF’s fastest and most athletic players. This speed translates on the base paths and on defense.

Hoover can hunt down balls in the outfield, but she also plays third base, giving her the opportunity to replace DeWitt.

Finally, Mike Bosch comes in as Florida’s new pitching coach after Rocha’s move to Oklahoma.

Bosch comes from Syracuse, where he spent the last three seasons at head coach and served as an assistant during 2011, 2012 and 2015.

The Orange produced two All-American pitchers, Jenna Caira (2012) and Sydney O’Hara (2017), under his tutelage. Last year, Bosch coached Alexa Romero to an NCAA-leading 10.9 strikeouts per seven innings.

Now, Bosch has senior Kelly Barnhill, a two-time All-American, and sophomore Natalie Lugo, who pitched in two combined no-hitters and a combined perfect game last season.

With an experienced coach and two talented hurlers in the circle, the Gators are primed to improve on last season’s World Series team.

Washington had double-double vs. Florida HOOPS, from pg. 14 Freshman Andrew Nembhard, who hasn’t led the team in scoring for a single game, scored a team-high 12 points.

Ten of those came during a first half in which he was the primary source of offense.

Nembhard got to the basket, drained two three-pointers in the first period and used his vision to get the ball to his teammates on the perimeter to knock down open shots.

And when he couldn’t sustain that play and create late in the second half, no one else did.

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UK’s PJ Washington and Tyler Herro dominated They might have been able to beat the Gators all by themselves in those last six minutes.

Washington and Herro helped the Wildcats (18-3, 7-1 SEC) bully UF down low during that span, sparking an 11-0 run after Hudson’s layup with 13:59 left.

Even at the beginning of the matchup when Florida’s defense forced the Wildcats into outside shots -- they shot 3-for-14 during the period -- Herro still found a variety of ways to score.

He started 4 of 4, hitting twice from beyond the arc, and finished with a game-high 19 points.

Washington’s 15-point, 12-rebound double-double probably wasn’t as important as his ability to stimulate the Wildcats’ late-game intensity.

With his team facing an 11-point deficit, the sophomore forward passionately expressed his discontent to the group of Kentucky players that surrounded him. The Wildcats outscored the Gators 34-12 after that.

Even the Florida players noticed Washington’s impact.

“You can hear him talking on the court to his teammates and keeping them going,” center Kevarrius Hayes said. “Even though he wasn’t scoring offensively, he was still active and

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UF coach Mike White (pictured) and the Gators men's basketball team fell to Kentucky 65-54 on Saturday. keeping the guys in check.”

Aggression, lack of depth exhausted Florida down the stretch Tired is an understatement.

Florida knew it would have to play a stellar 40 minutes of defense against a team with Kentucky’s size that averages almost 80 points per game.

And that depleted every bit of Florida’s energy by the second half, during which Kentucky knocked down 50 percent of its shots.

The Gators didn’t have 6-foot-8 forward Keith Stone to help Hayes box out

Kentucky’s big men, so the Wildcats dominated the glass as Hayes ran out of energy.

With few options on the bench to relieve its starters, Florida was eventually too fatigued to get out in transition, stay physical and play to win. It was simply trying not to lose.

“This one hurts because we had the game in our hand,” forward Keyontae Johnson said. “For it to end like this, it’s a hard loss.” @alanisthames athames@alligator.org

Florida moves to 3-1 GYMASTICS, from pg. 14 stretch improvement continues.

The Vault Problem The Gators’ problems on vault are still very apparent.

Many gymnasts, like Reed and senior Alicia Boren, have trouble sticking their landings on the vaults, often striding forward when they hit the mat due to their inability to stop in place. Florida only had a single gymnast hit the 9.9 mark on Friday, with half of the rotation scoring below 9.8.

One of the team’s biggest improvements in its meet against OU came in that one 9.900 score. It was Schoenherr’s, who had been plagued with lackluster routines in the 9.4 and below range in the past few weeks.

Despite Schoenherr’s big improvement, Florida’s vault was still .450 less than its second lowest score, and it will certainly need to shape up its vault routines if it wants to defeat Oklahoma again in the NCAA postseason.

“I think we’re lacking landings on vault,” Thomas said in a release. “Once we get those down, watch out.”

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Florida freshman Savannah Schoenherr posted a collegiate-best in two events against Oklahoma on Friday. She posted a 9.925 on bars and a 9.90 on vault.