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After 50 years, African American Studies program to be department

By April Rubin Alligator Staff Writer

The streets of Gainesville looked like a warzone in the summer of 1968.

The City Commission enacted a nightly curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for all students and residents. Police arrested black power militants for inciting riots. National Guard troops patrolled downtown armed with rifles.

After Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, UF’s 87 black students began to confront white students and professors about improving race relations on campus.

The following year, the African American Studies program was founded. Now, the program is in its 50th year and beginning its transition into a department.

UF will become the first Florida public university with an African American stud-

ies department.

Mary Watt, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College associate dean, said though it is uncertain when the program will become a department, a director may be hired by August. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is interviewing candidates.

A program is a collection of courses that compose a major or minor while a department is a unit of faculty for a specific aca-

demic specialty.

“This is a happy coincidence that this is happening in time for the 50th anniversary,” Watt said. “What better way to mark an anniversary than with the creation of something new?”

Watt, who oversees the search for a department director, said the benefits of becoming a department include tenured faculty and mas-

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21 Savage performance rescheduled to April 15 CURRENT TICKETS WILL BE HONORED

By Kelly Hayes Alligator Staff Writer

21 Savage might receive his extra crispy hot wings after all.

Rapper 21 Savage, who requested 50 hot wings in his contract with UF, was previously scheduled to perform Wednesday but will now perform April 15, said Andrew Kelly, the Student Government Productions chairperson.

All tickets purchased for the original concert will be honored for the new date, Kelly said. Kelly will meet with the O’Connell Center box office Thursday afternoon to sort out details for people who have purchased tickets but cannot go to the rescheduled show.

“SGP is proud of 21 Savage for overcoming a tremendous amount of adversity and using his public persona and platform to bring awareness to others in similar circumstances,” Kelly said.

The rapper, whose legal name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph,

was detained

by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Feb. 3 over an expired visa. He was released 21 Savage on bond a little more than a week after being detained, but the status of his performance at UF was unknown until Wednesday afternoon.

LaRaven Temoney, a 22-yearold UF political science doctoral student, was upset about the delay in information on the status of his performance, and she will now have to rearrange her schedule in order to see him. Her friend will have to sell her ticket.

“A week before, you shouldn’t be announcing that you can no longer do the concert, especially if it’s something that you know about,” she said. “It’s a little unfair and unprofessional.” @kellyrhayes khayes@alligator.org

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Michael Murphy, the 21-year-old Impact Party presidential candidate, celebrates winning the Student Government executive election Wednesday in the Reitz Union. He defeated Zachariah Chou, the 21-year-old Inspire candidate, 6,331 votes to 4,196. “I just can’t wait to sit down for a little bit and just take it all in,” Murphy said.

Impact wins executive ticket, splits Senate seats with Inspire MORE THAN 10,000 STUDENTS VOTED Staff Report Amid a crowd of people, Michael Murphy stood away from the cheers and the congratulations.

All that mattered was his 12-yearold sister, Molly.

Not your average meet

Feet away from those who bore his name on their T-shirts, he stood holding his sister, her legs wrapped around his torso, as tears streamed down both of their reddened faces.

The monthlong fight between Impact and Inspire Party was over.

Murphy, Impact’s candidate, will be the next UF Student Body president.

Murphy had his moment before he and Impact’s vice presidential

UF gymnast Alyssa Baumann faces her sister and rival Georgia in the O’Dome, pg. 15

and treasurer candidates, Sarah Abraham and Santiago Gutierrez, were avalanched by a flurry of hugs and congratulations.

“The students ultimately showed that they, once again, trust the Impact Party to voice their concerns to the university,” Murphy said.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, 10,708 students voted for the Student Body president, vice president,

treasurer and 41 contested Senate seats in the Student Government elections.

Murphy and Abraham won 59.7 percent of the votes while Inspire Student Body presidential candidate Zachariah Chou and Inspire Student Body vice presidential candidate Gouthami “Gigi” Gadamsetty won 39.57 percent of the votes.

Impact won 29 Senate seats and

Coming to Gainesville: Pocket Parks The city opened its first of many this week, pg. 4

Inspire won 21 seats.

Last year, Impact also won the executive ticket and the majority of Senate seats.

Last Friday, The Alligator released an article in regards to finding homophobic and racially insensitive posts on Murphy’s Facebook from 2011 to 2016. Homophobic posts

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Brian crashes and burns with each guy he meets but does not understand why. Jim is not afraid to break hearts except when it comes to his older lover, a renowned sculptor. Drew is more focused on his latest masterpiece than Jim. Bob looks for hustlers in his white limo and searches for the thrill of lost love. They comb the streets of the City of Brotherly Love, looking for connections though often settling for the quick and dirty.

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Missing Pieces: “Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television and Song” When: 3-5 p.m. Sunday Where: The A. Quinn Jones School Auditorium What: The museum will hold a lecture with guest speaker and author Dr. Tara T. Green, who is also a professor of African American and African diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

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Phishing for opportunities: UF students still face scamming in 2019

By Lakshmi Gomez Alligator Staff Writer

Meleny Vega received an email to her UF account the summer before college offering her a job paying $30 an hour.

The 18-year-old UF applied physiology and kinesiology freshman grew suspicious of the office assistant job when she saw it asked for her Social Security number and that it came from a fake professor.

“If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is,” Vega said.

UF Information Technology is not sure how many students fall for these scams

or who the scammers are, but scammers often get lists of students’ emails from hacked websites, said Avi Baumstein, a UF senior information security analyst.

“Email lists stolen from hacked websites are wonderful for scammers because they often include names, emails and other personal details,” Baumstein said.

UFIT advises students not to go chasing after a job they didn’t apply for or request information about, Baumstein said.

Over the past five years there’s been an increase in ransomware, a software that takes users’ files and makes them

impossible to recover unless the attackers get paid large sums of money, said Kevin Butler, the associate director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research.

Butler suggests students use password-manager applications to create a variety of passwords rather than reusing the same one across multiple sites.

“Look closely at emails that are being sent,” Butler said. “If something seems off with the way it is written, such as the grammar, be suspicious.”

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Be cautious of employers who ask for money up front.

Examine links in emails to guarantee they are linking to a legitimate website.

Request more information from vague job postings.

Do not provide your Social Security number or bank account information.

Reject postings that guarantee you a job.

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City to reinstate RTS bus driver three years after she was fired

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Three years and two court decisions later, a local bus driver is getting her job back.

The city of Gainesville decided Wednesday to accept a judge’s ruling and rehire her as a Regional Transportation Systems bus driver and pay her for the three years worth of income she lost when she was fired, the amount of which is not yet determined.

The Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled last Friday to uphold a 2016 arbitrator’s decision, which is an outside party that officially settles disputes, to rehire

time of the termination, said she made the decision to reinstate Heyliger after hearing all the details of the case.

“For many of us, we weren’t here when this happened,” Bowie said. “We needed to go back and understand, how did we get to where we are?”

The validity of her termination was settled by an arbitrator based on the contract between the city and Amalgamated Transportation Union, a labor organization that represents employees in the public transit industry.

The arbitrator ruled the city unfairly fired Heyliger and should reinstate her with back pay.

Desiree Heyliger, 39, after she claimed she was unfairly fired in 2015.

Heyliger, a former driver of the 120 The Hub to Fraternity Heyliger Row bus route, was fired after slapping passengers’ hands on two different occasions, one when a woman allegedly waved her bus pass in her face and another when a man allegedly said a rude remark to her.

Gainesville interim city manager Deborah Bowie, who wasn’t working for the city during the

Instead of accepting the ruling, the city filed a lawsuit against the union.

Bowie said she thought the city originally rejected the arbitrator’s ruling because of the strongly worded nature of the arbitrator’s award.

For the lawsuit, the trial court ruled in the city’s favor reversing the original decision. The union appealed that decision, and the case moved on to the Florida First District Court of Appeal, which decided the arbitrator’s original decision should be upheld.

Bowie said Heyliger’s start date has not yet been decided, but she will be coming back to work as

a bus driver for RTS and will go through all the latest training.

“Workplace violence, in general, is an evolving area of training in the American workplace,” Bowie said.

Heyliger declined to comment, but she referred to her lawyer, Eric Lindstrom.

He said there are still some technical things to work out before she can actually go back to work.

“We’re really happy that the city decided to put her back to work,” Lindstrom said. “But we’re not going to celebrate until she’s back on a bus.” @karina_elwood kelwood@alligator.org

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Gainesville opens first of 24 pocket parks ABOUT 70 PEOPLE ATTENDED RIBBON-CUTTING

By Abraham Hunt Alligator Contributing Writer

The children of the Sugarfoot community only had a balance beam and monkey bars at their local park for eight years.

On Wednesday, the renovated park opened with slides, a basketball court and climbing walls.

The city of Gainesville cut the ribbon on the first of 24 “pocket parks,” which are miniature parks that have most of the attractions a normal park has. The park, at 817 SW 64th Terrace, is on a donated quarter-acre lot, with the average size of parks in Gainesville being about 88 acres.

It has temporarily been called the Southwest Advocacy Group playground, also known as SWAG, until its official naming ceremony in March, said Dorothy Benson, a founding member of the group.

The park is set to be named after Mark Hopkins, the brother of the

property’s original owner who died from cancer.

“I didn’t think after donating this lot that this is what would be produced,” said Philip Hopkins, the original owner and donor of the park.

About 50 children and 20 residents joined County Commissioners Ken Cornell and Charles Chestnut; Major Latrell Simmons, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office department of operations director; and J.K. Irby, the Alachua clerk of the court, at the ribboncutting.

The updated park features picnic tables, a child-sized basketball court and a play structure, which includes multiple slides, monkey bars, climbers and more.

The original park was an add-on to the advocacy group building, Benson said.

The equipment only lasted eight years before the group had to ask the county for help getting it repaired.

Once Charlie Houder heard what the community needed, he got to work providing it, he said.

“The previous park was insufficient for the need,” said Houder, di-

rector of Alachua County Parks and Conservation Lands.

Construction began in May and was completed in early February, he said.

It cost about $175,000 and was funded by the Wild Spaces and Public Places voter-approved half-cent sales tax.

“You could tell the children were itching to start playing on the new equipment,” Houder said.

The other 23 parks will be evaluated by Alachua County Parks and Conservation Lands, and will be completed by 2020, Houder said. The parks will receive a face-lift because of the passing of the half-cent sales tax.

Regina Bollen, 21, has lived near SWAG park for about five years.

When she heard about it being updated, she was excited for her 4-year-old son Elijah to have a newer place to play, she said.

“This will help out this community,” Bollen said. “As my son has a safe environment to play, then this is worth it.”

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Children play and run around the newly renovated Southwest Advocacy Group park, which was opened Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Community tells city to address affordable housing stigma

By Taylor Girtman Alligator Staff Writer

Teaching residents how to do finances and renovating older homes were part of about 100 ideas on how to fix housing issues that Gainesville residents brainstormed Wednesday.

About 120 residents gathered in the Thelma A. Bolton Center to brainstorm housing solutions. This was the first workshop in a series intended to find a solution. When the gnvRISE proposal failed in November, which was the city’s proposal for affordable housing, the City Commission created the workshop series as a solution.

Attendees first created housing self-portraits to describe their living situations and to show the city who was in the room and

what their priorities are, said Anne Wolf, the workshop host and city’s citizen engagement program manager.

“We’re reaching out to folks who are maybe not at the table who people in the room might know about,” Wolf said.

Participants then split into eight groups and worked to offer housing solutions. Their ideas included building strong relationships between renters and landlords, offering steps to owning a home and addressing the negative stigma around affordable housing.

The ideas will be compiled together to identify patterns, Wolf said. The city will use them to develop a permanent solution.

One goal was to learn who did not attend because those were the people who needed to be heard the most, Wolf said.

“It’s who we reach. It’s what content

we’re talking about to collectively and collaboratively increase our knowledge about all these types of issues, and it’s how we reach out to them,” Wolf said.

While Commissioner David Arreola was pleased with the diversity of attending residents, he wants to hear from community leaders who know the stories of those who need affordable housing.

“There’s a lot of agreement that there needs to be a local solution,” Arreola said.

During the workshop, Anne Ray, the Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse manager at the UF Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, gave depth to the housing issue by presenting related data and clarifying the housing crisis.

She said the housing crisis stems from people not being able to afford housing.

“I think it’s important to realize that while job and economic development are important, they’re not sufficient to solve affordable housing problems,” Ray said during the meeting.

About 15,000 households in the city are cost-burdened, which means more than 30 percent of their income goes to housing, Ray said. The wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Alachua County is $17.19. The median wage is $15.95.

Former Gainesville Mayor Gary Gordon is hopeful for positive outcomes from the workshop.

“It’s only the beginning, but at least there were a lot of good ideas expressed tonight,” he said. @taylorgirtman tgirtman@alligator.org

Impact Party, Inspire Party found in violation of campaign rules

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Election season wasn’t over until six people made a decision.

On Thursday night, the Elections Commission heard seven complaints brought forth by Impact and Inspire Party. These complaints alleged violations of the Chapter 700 Student Government Election Codes, which govern how campaigns should be run.

The commission is comprised of six members: two nominated by the Student Body president, two nominated by the Student Senate president and two nominated by the Chief Justice of the UF Supreme Court. The violations were heard by John Reddin, Amanda

Matyk, Marty Ebenger, Alex Bottone, Kyle Soch and Alexis Castro.

Penalties for election violations range from a warning to candidate disqualification or political party suspension.

Inspire’s accused violations Impact Party gained 29 Senate seats and swept the executive ticket Wednesday.

Tiffany Batten was Impact Party’s legal representation. Batten won a seat representing Graduate and Family Housing in Fall 2018 with Impact.

Impact Party alleged three Inspire Party candidates, Kristen Jackson, Nik Bindi and Melissa Uriguen, posted a profile picture

announcing their candidacy on Facebook during a Feb. 12 Senate meeting.

The commission found all students were in violation of 763.2, which states candidates may not campaign during Senate meetings.

Inspire Party President Ashley Grabowski said Impact’s violation submissions were an attempt to prevent Inspire’s one-third Senate representation.

“That’s the reason we’re all in this room tonight because they don’t want us to have the power to actually oppose things,” Grabowski said.

The commission ruled that for the three violations, Inspire Party must issue a public apology on its Facebook page.

Impact’s accused violations Inspire Party gained 21 Senate seats in the Spring election.

Grabowski and Zachary Aaron Amrose, a newly elected senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had four complaints.

Two of the violations alleged Ian Green’s Letter to the Editor in The Alligator misrepresented facts, which is a violation of 762.11. The commission said it did not have the jurisdiction to hear the charges and dismissed them.

“The individuals are reading more into it than what Mr. Green stated, ” Batten said.

Tommy Townsend, the Impact Party treasurer, encouraged students in a GroupMe chat for a

writing fundamentals class to vote for Impact Party Wednesday afternoon. The message did not have a registered political advertisement tag but the following graphic of voting locations did.

The commission fined the party $5.

An unknown Impact-affiliated canvasser also violated 763.5 outside of the Marston Science Library, which states no campaigning can take place 50 feet away from a polling location.

The commission fined the party $5.

The commission also certified Wednesday’s election results after the hearing. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

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· CRIME ROUNDUP · Stories by Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Alligator Staff Writer kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org | Twitter: @katwf98

Woman accused of stealing from elderly woman to pay for bills SHE HAS AN $82,600 BOND Deputies arrested a nursing assistant Tuesday who was accused of stealing more than $18,000 from an elderly disabled patient and using it to pay her mother’s bills.

Taylor Nicole Gober, 26, of Gainesville, worked at Comfort Keepers Home Care, at 1035 NW 57th St., taking care of a 71-yearold woman, according to an Alachua Coun-

ty Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

While Gober was caring for the woman, she stole her bank account information, the report said.

From December 2017 Gober to November 2018, Gober used the information to pay for her and her mother’s seven Gainesville Re-

Woman accused of stealing seven TVs from Walmart THEY WERE WORTH $1,476 After allegedly stealing three TVs from one Walmart, a woman went to another Walmart about eight miles away and tried to steal four more Wednesday.

At about 10:40 a.m., Amelia Lea Louise Close, 36, of Gainesville, stole three TVs from a Walmart, at 5700 NW 23rd St., according to a Gainesville Police arrest report. She was able to leave the Walmart without being stopped.

The total value of the TVs was $594.

About four hours later, Close went into another Walmart, at 2900 SW 42nd St., and stole four TVs, the report said. The total value was $882.

She was able to make it to the parking lot before Walmart loss prevention officers stopped her, the report said.

The employees told police they had Close on video surveillance leaving with the TVs. She told police she stole the TVs because her friend Sherry told Close her to, the report said.

Close was charged with two counts of grand theft of more than $300 and less than $4,999, the report said.

In June 2013, Close was accused of stealing 270 Xanax pills from her mom but was not found guilty, according to court records.

She couldn’t be reached for comment.

Close was released from the Alachua County Jail Thursday on her own recognizance.

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gional Utilities bills and her mother’s seven Cox Communications bills, the report said.

Gober also used the information to pay four of her Progressive Corporation bills. The payments totaled about $6,700.

She also stole three personal checks and forged them to make them out to herself, the report said. The forged checks totaled $11,500.

Gober has multiple charges, including grand theft of less than $20,000, petit theft,

fraud, possessing the ID of another person without consent and exploitation of the elderly of under $50,000, the report said.

In February 2018, she was charged for using the woman’s credit card to make payments to GRU and Papa John’s Pizza, according to court records. She admitted to using the card but prosecution was deferred for 18 months in October.

She remains in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of an $82,600 bond.

UPS worker accused of stealing laptop and iPad HE HAS A $35,000 BOND A UPS employee accused of stealing a laptop and an iPad while on the job was arrested Tuesday.

Randell Mourice Turner, 33, of Gainesville, sorted packages at a UPS customer center, at 1941 NW 67th Place, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.

On Christmas Eve, Turner stole a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop from the center, the report said. He later sold it at Best Jewelry & Loan Pawn Shop, at 523 NW Third Ave., Jan. 9.

He also stole an iPad and sold it on Jan. 23 at an ecoATM at a Walmart, at 1800 NE 12th Ave., the report said. A customer filed a claim that day that her iPad was never delivered.

On Feb. 13, a UPS investigator asked police to look into the Florida pawn database for the missing iPad, the report said. Police

found it and the ThinkPad under Turner’s pawn records.

The investigator reviewed surveillance footage around the time the items went missing and saw Turner wearing a Turner backpack and ducking behind the conveyer belt the items were on, the report said.

Turner admitted to police that he sold the Lenovo ThinkPad for $125 and the iPad for $155, the report said.

Turner was charged with two counts of grand theft, two counts of dealing in stolen property and two counts of giving false information on a pawn transaction form, the report said.

He remains in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $35,000 bond.

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Editorial You wake up on Tuesday having to mentally prepare yourself for the next two days. Walking through Turlington is already a hassle, but this week is unlike any other — it is Student Government election week, which means you have to perfect your “I’m definitely on the phone right now and not just pretending so you won’t talk to me” face. You’ve been planning to vote anyway, so being stopped in Turlington is not on the agenda for the day.

You make it to campus, pressing your phone up against your ear as you prepare to make your way through Turlington.

You have class in 10 minutes, and you can’t let yourself be stopped, no matter how convincing a person is. You’ve almost made it through before you make the fatal mistake of eye contact with someone holding a clipboard. And just like that, they’ve got you. You prepare yourself to have listen to a spiel on elections. You listen, all the while interjecting every few seconds about how you really have to go. Finally, the person pauses to hand you a flier. When you read it, you know it’s your ticket to freedom. It reads:

Darts & Laurels

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ur commentary on SG elections this semester is finally ending, with Impact Party taking the executive ticket and 29 Senate seats. Inspire Party won 21 Senate seats. We want to give a laurel out to everyone who voted in the election. This year, about an extra 200 voters turned out to the pollson Tuesday compared to last year’s election voter turnout. This election season was filled with controversy, so we’re interested to see how this new executive ticket handles the pressure of their new seats. After the mudslinging from both Impact and Inspire, the two parties are going to have to learn to get along with one another in SG. In other election news, North Carolina ordered a new election for the state’s 9th congressional district after evidence surfaced of campaign tampering by Republican candidate Mark Harris’ campaign, convincing him one was needed. A dart goes to Harris’ campaign for causing this major mishap and undermining people’s overall faith in election results. It’s a step in the right direction to call for a new election, but it doesn’t help a political climate that’s already distrusting of election results and the overall system of how elections are run.

Stepping away from politics, we’re giving a laurel to Reggie Fils-Aime after he announced his retirement as president of Nintendo of America. His replacement, Doug Bowser, will begin in April. That’s right, a man with the same last name as the biggest enemy of Nintendo’s Mario will be taking over the company’s American headquarters. The news seems a little too good to be true, but we can appreciate the poetry of it all. If Bowser’s name is any indication of how he’ll do in his new job, we’d say he’s the perfect fit.

In other good news, especially for those who already bought tickets, 21 Savage has been rescheduled to perform April 15. After the rapper’s detainment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his UF performance was up in the air for a few weeks. Many students wondered what would happen to the money they previously spent on tickets that were supposed to be for a February show. The tickets purchased will now be honored on the new date. We can hand out a laurel to Student Government Productions for organizing the new show. Hopefully this one sticks, and 21 Savage will get his crispy chicken wings.

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Column

Are apps like Venmo and Cash App putting a price tag on friendships?

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lubs and going out every weekend in class, what’s stopping them from asking for aren’t my thing. But I do love hanging a nickel? The convenience of these apps poses out with my friends or going house para question about our morals and how we value ties because they’re situations where I spending time with each other. can enjoy the company of the people This phenomenon is easy to spot on Twitter. If around me. Requesting music at a house party is a person’s tweet strikes a particular nerve for the also easier because you know who has the aux. general population, that person suddenly surges And as a plus, the music won’t blow out your Daniel Gamboa in attention and exposure. This is followed by the opinions@alligator.org eardrums like the huge stereos in a club will.

“Dang, this tweet blew up” response, then further Overall, the conversations are genuinely interestfollowed by the “Follow my Soundcloud/buy my ing, too. But when the night is over, all of the drinks have art/donate to me just because I was funny enough.” And been drunk and the conversations have been had, it’s time maybe it is worth sending them a dollar or two for making for the college ritual: Everyone takes out their phone and a joke that otherwise would’ve possibly never been shared. suddenly a flurry of notifications light up the host’s phone. However, the precedent of making all our time and attention This is the tamest and probably the most appropriate way to worth something monetarily is disheartening. make the night easy for everyone. The host gets reimbursed Using social media becomes less about connectivity and and everyone enjoys their time at the party. more about hoping for enough exposure to maybe bring Venmo and Cash App along with similar apps are a small, something profitable your way. Our interactions with others but incredible, alteration to how we interact with each other become mere transactions of giving what someone wants for socially. Before Venmo was popular, going out with friends what you desire. Friendships are just mutual interactions of involved everyone taking care of their own bill at a restau- validation until you no longer care for someone’s attention rant or one friend covering for the other if they forgot their and just stop talking. You begin to value people not based on wallet. But now everything that could cost someone money an intrinsic level of care but on some extrinsic form of ego can be covered, like shared snacks from a corner store or a boosting. quick couple bucks for gas when a friend drives you someIt’s possible we have put too much value on what we get where. The opportunities to help each other out are as ex- out of our daily connections and maybe we forget not everypansive as there are things to pay for. thing in life is about earning or exchanging money. Really, The questions then begin: How much is too much when what life is about is living well and with the people you care paying others back? How far can this exchange go between about. So remember to care for one another, and appreciate friends and others around you? Could a friend ask you for your interactions with others. a couple of cents for the sticks of gum you always ask for, or maybe charge you for a whole pack if you’re constantly Daniel Gamboa is a UF journalism sophomore. His colasking? If you keep asking your classmate for pens to use umn appears on Fridays.

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Letter to the Editor

Sexual assault is a problem at UF and it needs to be addressed.

UF can do better when it comes to preventing sexual assault on campus.

There have been reports of sexual assault, and even rape, occurring on our campus this month alone. So when I read an article about how Washington state lawmakers proposed a bill to create a sexual assault task force on college campuses, I wondered why UF doesn’t have such a thing. After all, aren’t we a top eight public university?

In 2015, the Association of American Universities released a campus climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct. UF published an article after the survey results were released, which stated, “One in five UF female undergraduate students indicated they have experienced some type of sexual assault - ranging from sexual touching such as groping to unwanted penetration - since entering UF.” The American Association of Universities announced in January it will conduct another campus climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

Based on an email I received recently from UF Public Safety, however, I have a prediction for how this report will look.

As all UF students know far too well, UF Public Safety sends a “Timely Warning” via email or text when emergencies happen on or near campus. These emergencies range from armed robbery to fires to sexual assault. On Feb. 11, I noticed the typical “Timely Warning” email in my inbox.

For some reason, I decided to read this one, and what I read was truly upsetting. The email documented a sexual assault occurring on campus sometime between 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 9. According to the report, the victim was between the Florida Gym and Student Recreation & Fitness Center when an unknown individual sexually battered the victim.

The report continued to say: “The delayed reporting of this incident was provided to the UFPD by a

food services employee supervisor to whom the victim confided. The victim currently does not want to report the matter to law enforcement.”

This points to so many underlying issues regarding sexual violence at UF that it’s almost impossible to find a place to start. Most glaringly, it is concerning the victim did not want to come forward with this report. This is an unfortunate situation I’ve noticed time and time again throughout my three years at UF. Many victims just don’t feel comfortable coming forward to authorities with their sexual assault. Instead, people would rather find comfort in their friends. How can you blame them? UF tries to encourage victims to speak out, but there are always going to be feelings of discomfort and embarrassment surrounding the topic.

It is also concerning our only information regarding these assaults comes in the form of emails, which college students sometimes don’t even check, or in short, nondescript text messages.

Additionally, the fact that these reports of sexual assault are labeled as “warnings” is concerning. In my experience, a warning is received before an incident occurs. Either way, why would I need a warning when I have been told the campus is safe? Aren’t those blue light posts on a few corners supposed to protect me?

Ultimately, with the next survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct being conducted this year, the university should do something to address this issue before it affects the lives of any more students. Don’t get me wrong, I am proud to be a Gator. However, do I feel safe walking around campus? Not always. Providing resources in a clinical sense is necessary, but offering preventative solutions on a grassroots level is critical concerning forward process.

Katherine Ryan is a UF advertising junior.

Letter to the Editor

LGBTQ+ members of Inspire react to homophobic social media posts

In the past week, organizations, parties and ers, these three have enormous power on our groups have released statements in response campus. As student leaders, they should be exto homophobic comments made in the past by pected of more.

Identifying as LGBTQ+ should provide a the newly elected executive ticket. This letter to the editor comes from the LGBTQ+ members sense of community and solidarity in a world of Inspire Party who came together to form a where actions like these social media posts and response that somehow expresses the pain, fear worse happen every day. Instead of finding this and disappointment we and many others have solidarity, we were instead confronted with a reminder of how far UF has to go. The LGBTQ+ experienced.

When the news was released Feb. 15 by The community at UF has been thrust into the spotAlligator, there was a great deal of shock across light and been used as a tool by Impact, the mecampus. For us, not so much. The comments dia sources and essentially everyone to further made by the candidates were simply an affirma- their political and personal goals. Even when tion of the prejudice and discrimination that are looking at the article, it’s a reminder this inforingrained into UF’s history and structure, but mation didn’t come to light to advocate for any minority community, but that doesn’t mean there was “Instead of reacting to the latest instead to simply shift a lack of hurt stemming from the balance in the game the news. There has been no scandal to hit our student leaders, of SG politics. Instead shortage of bitter disappointwe all need to look around and of reacting to the latest ment felt by us and other center those voices that experience scandal to hit our student members of the LGBTQ+ homophobia everyday.” leaders, we all need to community. It is disappointlook around and center ment because many of us have this sickening feeling and knowledge that those voices that experience this homophobia every day. this is the norm in which we live.

In the end, the issue isn’t what the candiIt cannot be ignored that the newly elected Student Body president, Student Body vice dates said. It was the reaction to their words, president and Student Body treasurer are guilty the acceptance of them as normal and the perof having homophobic material in their social petuation of complacency toward homophobia media history. These three people are student that has haunted us in recent days. As the selfleaders on our campus, and as the executive identified LGBTQ+ members of Inspire, we slate, they are responsible for setting the tone of came together to support each other but also to a party. To see these candidates express so little hold our student leaders accountable for their thoughtful regret over their actions speaks more lack of inclusion. Our Student Body president, vice president, treasurer and all our senators set volumes than their comments ever could.

The next logical step in this situation would an example for who we are and what we stand be to apologize and show true remorse over for. To remain silent after this would feel like one’s actions and seek to make amends. Collec- an injustice to us and should feel the same for tively we read the apologies of the new execu- every student out there.

Together we can work toward a better camtive slate, none of which were anywhere near adequate for the pain inflicted. The actions of pus. Together we can beat pervasive homophothe three following the article did not show gen- bia. Together we can be so much better than uine remorse either. There was no post made in this. This indifference, complacency and hosupport of people with different identities, only mophobia can only be challenged when people one offer to meet with the affected communi- stand up. Simply being “not homophobic” is ties. Instead of acknowledging the severity of not enough. All students, especially these three, need to recognize the power of their actions and what happened, excuses were given.

There was blame placed on outside factors, more importantly, the power of their inactions. claims that a “different time” could excuse their Joey McGinn is an Inspire Party member. behavior, and everything short of taking full responsibility for their mistakes. As student lead-

Column

Just because I'm an emotional person doesn't mean I'm any less reliable

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m an emotional woman. I’ll answer the question now: No, I’m not PMSing or hormonal. My emotions usually stem from my experiences, my normal and healthily shifting moods and my daily life. Not all women are as emotional as I am, and I think it would be fair to say I am more emotional than most of my female friends. Even so, every woman and every person on this planet has feelings. My slight surplus of feelings doesn’t influence or negate my potential, my intelligence, my professionalism or any aspect of my worth.

I experience this pressure to hide or minimize my emotions, even from those closest to me. I’m perpetually afraid that in revealing my “weaknesses” my reputation will be tarnished. I fear my ideas won’t receive the consideration they deserve, my feelings will be taken less seriously and chalked up to a “dramatic nature,” or I’ll be treated as less capable of large responsibilities.

I’m aware most people grapple with vulnerability, and I’m certainly not implying fearing vulnerability is exclusively feminine.

It’s OK to have a lot of feelings.

Quite the contrary, I know vulI look at all the famous women I nerability is one of the most universal fears. It’s primal. admire and think of them as these stone warriors, fighting away any I can’t speak for other genemotional responses to difficult ders, but I struggle as a woman circumstances. That’s not real with this pressure to create a relife, though, and most celebrilentlessly thick-skinned and resilient facade to gain the respect Chasity Maynard ties don’t pretend it is. I put these opinions@alligator.org people on an impractical pedestal of others. If I’m “too emotional,” to create a model for myself. It’s people will not only invalidate my emotions, but they’ll also doubt my capacity an excuse to imitate them and hide my own to handle real-world issues and responsibili- feelings, but I need to be more realistic about ties. My emotions are constantly shifting day my heroes’ hardships. It would help me be to day, but I usually choose to keep them to more honest about my own, too. Although myself. In the moments when I do reveal my I’m a survivor, I still feel the impacts of my emotions, however, my intellect and work own adversities. It’s time to accept my past ethic remain constant or improve because and start working past those feelings, instead I’m relieved from the stress of masking my of living in denial about the tribulations that moods. Just because someone expresses their still sting.

I’m really hard on myself. I feel like everyfrustration or sadness doesn’t mean they’re suddenly fragile or incapable of a normal one can see when I’m depressed or angry or workload. It simply means they’re entrust- upset, but I need to give myself more credit. ing you with their emotions or, more likely, I’m good at keeping my life together when I they’re human and can’t always disguise or feel like I’m falling apart. I need to stop worrycontain their thoughts. ing my reputation’s in peril when I’m feeling

down because I control who knows about my emotions.

Revealing your feelings to another person, especially sensitive ones like sadness or anger, shouldn’t damage your reputation. Rather, it should bolster it. It takes serious maturity, self-reflection and honesty to understand your feelings and own them. It’s not easy to admit to yourself when something is wrong, especially in a society that preys upon vulnerability and exploits it as entertainment. It’s even more daunting to reveal these emotions to another person.

I’m slowly starting to embrace my feelings and let go of my fears. My emotions don’t make me less of a woman or a person. People who criticize me for my emotions likely fear my vulnerability too much to comprehend it.

I’m strong for knowing how I feel, and I’m brave for leaning on my loved ones when I need help feeling better.

Chasity Maynard is a UF journalism freshman. Her column appears on Fridays.

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Graduate degree programs could be added were with the things going on,” Walker said.

Walker planned to join a fraternity his freshfrom pg. 1 man year during Spring 2014 but decided not ter’s and Ph.D. programs. Funding cannot be to when two fraternity brothers posted photos determined until the faculty and director are of themselves wearing blackface in 2012. Austin said this incident sparked anger and motihired and their salaries are determined.

UF’s program originated in 1969 partially vated administration to support the major in a as a response to the assassinations of Martin way it may not have before.

“People just get sick and tired of the foolishLuther King Jr., Robert Kennedy and Malcolm ness that continues to happen over and over X, African American Studies Director Sharon again,” Austin said.

Austin said.

The program expanded from offering only a Prejudiced incidents on campus have occertificate from the 1970s curred over the past halfthrough the 1990s to cre“How you treat the most disenfranchised century and continue to ating a minor in 2006 among you is a reflection of who you happen, Austin said. and major in 2012. are at the core.”

Black students in Vincent Adejumo, 1968 told The Alligator Sharon Burney a UF African American that the discrimination Program Assistant studies lecturer, said UF they faced was “very has the most students subtle and difficult to prove.”

In 2017, racially charged incidents on cam- majoring in African American studies in the pus still surfaced. UF President Kent Fuchs re- country. According to the university, other sponded to a noose found on campus in Janu- programs and departments have an average of ary that year and acknowledged that the object 20 students in the major. Adejumo said UF’s is a painful symbol for the black community program has 81 students.

“That tells you that there is a thirst for this despite the intent of its appearance being unknowledge, and the faculty and staff at the known.

In February, someone uprooted the Walker ground level have been doing the work necesHall sign, which marks the home of the African sary. The only way we’re going to take it to American Studies program. Some interpreted the next level is department status,” Adejumo this as an act of hate speech, but others saw it said.

Sharon Burney, the African American Studas a “drunken joke.”

In October of the same year, white suprem- ies program assistant, said since 2003, she has acist Richard Spencer spoke on campus. About worked under at least five directors. Many of the program’s professors belong to other de2,500 people protested his presence.

One minority student was turned away from partments, which limits the time they can allot the event for having emergency contact num- to African American Studies. The program’s bers written on her arm. One student who at- only full-time employees are three professors, tended the speech as a Spencer supporter said one director and one staff member — herself.

“How you treat the most disenfranchised he believes in segregation. One man showed among you is a reflection of who you are at the up wearing a T-shirt decorated with swastikas. core,” Burney said. “This is a program that has William Walker, a 24-year-old UF African shown it’s been worthy through what we’ve American studies 2017 alumnus, said some been able to do with minimal staff and faculty. of these incidents being close to Black History It should be celebrated, but it should also be Month made him feel like black students were invested in.” targeted on campus decades after the racial In comparison, the University of Michigan’s turmoil in the ‘60s.

Department of Afroamerican and African Stud“It was a really difficult month to get ies has 57 full-time employees, program manthrough. We were just talking among one anager Elizabeth James wrote in an email. other, pretty much giving ourselves an outlet “Every university needs that type of crossto relieve our stress and express how upset we cultural work because every place of the world

Increase in Spring enrollment in the UF African American Studies major

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2014: 16 2015: 43 2016: 66 2017: 70 2018: 77 2019: 81 This count does not include double majors

Top 10 public colleges with African American Studies departments University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan University of California, Santa Barbara University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Florida public universities with African American Studies programs Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Florida State University University of Central Florida Florida Atlantic University Florida International University Florida Gulf Coast University University of South Florida University of North Florida

is important,” James said.

UF’s program offers a black-oriented curriculum in a predominantly white institution.

Jireh Davis realized people treated her differently when she started elementary school.

The one place she has not felt this is the African American Studies program.

Davis grew up in a predominantly white area of Arlington, Texas. Her friends growing up told her that their parents liked her because she was different from the stereotype of black people they believed to be true.

The 22-year-old UF political science and African American studies senior is now at UF, where 57 percent of the Student Body is white while about 7 percent is black. She said she is often the only black woman in her political

Inspire Party won a third of Senate SG, from pg. 1 were also found on the Facebook pages of Gutierrez and Abraham.

Each candidate apologized, and the posts have since been deleted.

The controversy of the past week did not dull the spirits of Impact Wednesday night.

As the lights brightened Turlington Plaza, a roar could be heard from the horde gathered in the middle.

“I-M-P! A-C-T! Impact is for you and me!”

This refrain continued over and over until the crowd of more than 70 people in light blue and white shirts reached the Reitz Union to learn their fate after a month of campaigning.

“Regardless of tonight, win or lose, you guys are always going to have a place within the Impact Party, and we are always going to love you,” said Emily Dempsey, Impact Party campaign manager.

When the crowd reached the Reitz Union, Murphy’s grandparents distributed mini cupcakes with a green icing gator and Impact flag planted by a toothpick.

Murphy said the snowstorm on

the east coast made his family drive 11 hours instead of fly from Fairfax, Virginia. The family helped campaign on the last day of elections in addition to observing the results.

Murphy’s neck, which was as red as a tomato, stood out from the collar of his “I Like Mike” shirt. He said he walked over 14 miles on Wednesday alone.

It was worth it. Murphy said he was confident going into the night’s final results.

Sarah Abraham became the first Indian American elected to be Student Body vice president in UF’s history.

But she was nervous going into the results.

Before the announcement was made, Abraham said she was praying Jeremiah 29:11, which is: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

“Everyone put extreme amounts of work, and they all deserve to be here,” Abraham said.

When Gutierrez won, he was immediately swarmed by fellow Impact members.

Although his family wasn’t present, they texted him: “We’re so proud of you, mijo.”

He said he comes from a lowincome family, so he will most likely keep his salary. Abraham and Murphy said they had not decided what they would do with their salaries.

The president’s salary is about $10,000, and the vice president’s and treasurer’s salaries are about $8,000.

As Supervisor of Elections Henry Fair walked in to give the results, Inspire executive candidates Chou and Gadamsetty and Inspire President Ashley Grabowski huddled together.

Minutes later, they learned they lost the election.

Grabowski was elated to learn Inspire won a third of the Senate, breaking the party’s record for Senate seats, she said.

“There’s this assumption that independent parties die over time, and we’ve proved that’s not true,” Grabowski said.

Before the announcement of the winning candidates, Chou sat quietly and performed his ritual at Senate meetings of setting up livestream equipment.

Joachim sat in a chair away from

science classes.

Davis did not have the confidence to talk about her race when she was a kid. She did not know how to respond when kids at her school thought the words “black” and “ghetto” were synonymous.

The program has provided a space where she feels included and has learned to use her voice to combat intolerance she faces while learning about the students who fought to be represented.

“It brings comfort, it brings a sense of home, a sense of relief, a sense of safety,” she said.

the crowds, listening to music on his headphones.

He said he struggles with anxiety, which is why he chose to separate himself and calm down before the results were announced.

“Sleeping and eating is something I haven’t done in two weeks straight,” Joachim said.

While Joachim and Chou quietly reflected in preparation of the results being announced, Gadamsetty spent the moment chatting with Inspire Party friends.

Gadamsetty said this year’s campaigning connected the party with students more than ever before.

The Alligator’s Editorial Board referred to Chou as a “human meme” in its endorsement of Inspire because he is known for his use of “Swampy UF memes for top ten public teens” to connect with students.

“We took the human meme and made it our own. We used costumes, we got the attention of students,” Gadamsetty said.

As the team listened to Fair announce the new executive ticket, it stood in a moment of silence together.

After they digested the news, Chou remained stoic and Joachim reflected alone on the concrete steps where the party gathered outside before. Gadamsetty remained ener-

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getic, chatting with members of the crowd, full of hope and pride.

R. Matthew Barocas of Inspire ran for a seat in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this election, after losing the Hume seat last semester.

As Fair announced the college’s newly elected senators, Barocas’ eyes quickly reddened, and he called his parents and sister almost immediately to share the good news.

“I really care about the humanities here at UF,” Barocas said. “Especially because I know we’re a STEMheavy school, I ran so I could be an advocate for students who aren’t.”

He said he planned on celebrating the win by going to Steak ‘n Shake with other Inspire members, as per tradition.

Despite Inspire’s executive ticket loss, Chou said he has hope. He will remain a senator for Murphree Area.

But after the election, he will munch on a garlic steakburger from Steak ‘n Shake with his team.

“I’ll just keep on doing what I’ve been doing,” Chou said. “Advocacy is my life. Public service is my life.

And it doesn’t end here tonight.”

Alligator staff writers Hannah Beatty, Lakshmi Gomez, Mikayla Carroll and Kelly Hayes contributed to this report.

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Spring 2019 Student Government Election Results

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Zachariah Chou, the 21-year-old Inspire Party Student Body presidential candidate, waits on the results Wednesday for the UF Student Government elections in the Reitz Union. Chou lost the presidential race to Michael Murphy, the Impact Party Student Body presidential candidate, 4,196 votes to 6,331 votes. “I’m already on my fifth stage of grief,” Chou said.

Marcelo Rondon / Alligator Contributor

Michael Murphy, the 21-year-old Impact Party presidential candidate, embraces his younger sister Molly Murphy, 12, Wednesday night at the Reitz Union after winning UF Student Body president.

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Aeja Pinto (left), an 18-year-old UF mechanical and aerospace engineering freshman, and Sofia Gangotena (right), a 21-year-old UF political science junior, wait for the results of the Student Government elections Wednesday in the Reitz Union.

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Executive Ticket - Impact President Michael Murphy Vice president Sarah Abraham Treasurer Santiago Gutierrez

Graduate Split - 9 Inspire, 1 Impact Ashley Grabowski, Shirly Rodriguez, Charlyne Smith, Max David Stein, Raphael Iyamu, Olin Calvin, Steven Orban, Jake Stevens, Macey Wilson, Yichen Li

Senate Seats Accounting Senator - Impact Jessica Jesurajan

Health and Human Performance Impact Wynton White

Agriculture and Life Sciences Senator Impact Emily Blomeley, Stephen Singleton, Austin Freedman

Journalism - Impact Grace Pepple, Libby Shaw

Architecture - Impact Patric Prieto Arts - Inspire Rebecca Ragan Building Construction Impact Chad Brittain

Law Senator - Impact Laura Kanouse Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator Split - 7 Inspire, 1 Impact Maria Espinoza, Jessica Martinez, Zachary Aaron Amrose, Bailey Lovesky, Nikolas Bindi, R. Matthew Barocas, Jonathan Gant, Gabriela Hernandez

Business Administration - Impact Michelle Fernandez-Valle, Abby Morris, Will Sandifer

Medicine - Inspire Nik Kaufman

Dentistry - Impact Kevin Shan

Nursing - Impact Ashlyn Weninger

Education - Impact Emma Weiskopf

Pharmacy Senator - Inspire Solmaz Karimi

Engineering Split - 2 Inspire, 1 Impact Zhonglin “Savannah” Lai, Kristen Jackson, Jackson Glover

Public Health and Health Professions Impact Seth Longland

Freshman - Impact Julia Cordover, Faith Maniti

Sophomore - Impact Brady Alexander, Cooper Brown, Audrey Wikan, Nandini Goel, Timothy Miller, Anthony Portugues

10 ALLIGATOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019

‘Build the Wall’ banner torn down three times in two days

By Mikayla Carroll

the incident as an educational opportunity, Orlando said. It’s rare Alligator Staff Writer that students remove other stuA $30 banner resembling a brick dents’ banners.

“Those involved were able to wall reading “BUILD THE WALL!” learn about the First Amendment was hung above Plaza of the Amerand what people’s rights are in icas on Monday night. these circumstances,” Orlando said.

The next morning, it was gone.

Organization members filmed UF’s chapter of Young Ameritwo incidents of the cans for Freedom, banner being taken the conservative down. Finucan said How YAF got the permit: student organizahe believes at least tion that put up eight students were Through the UF Student the sign, contacted University Police Activities and Involvement involved.

Finucan recordand replaced the Division of Student Affairs, sign for $40, said YAF members applied ed a video of the walking Dylan Finucan, a online at the GatorConnect students group member and website. From there, it away with the ban19-year-old UF po- selected the organization, ner on Tuesday. In litical science soph- clicked “Events,” clicked the video, Finucan says, “So you guys omore.

“Create Event” and followed are gonna steal our But the second the prompts to submit their property?” An unsign was taken known student redown at noon. The permit request. plies, “I don’t care organization put it about your sign.” back up, only for it Finucan said he is disappointed to be cut up in the evening, Finucan said. As of Thursday night, no by UF students’ reactions to the charges have been filed but some banner.

“It’s just unfortunate, especially are pending, said UF spokesperson on a campus where there should be Steve Orlando.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators’ upset of LSU showed fight White wanted earlier in season

By Alanis Thames Sports Writer

LSU guard Daryl Edwards lowered his head at the sound of the final buzzer.

His teammate, forward Naz Reid, flung the ball toward the basket for one last shot before he ambled off the court.

Florida guard Andrew Nembhard bounced up and down as forward Keyontae Johnson galloped toward him in triumph.

UF celebrated a win over Alabama as its most important victory of the season just four days prior.

But the statement win it desperately needed came Wednesday in an 82-77 overtime upset of No. 13 LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Gators played with more fight than LSU despite the Tigers’ ability to keep the game close with timely runs. One was an 11-2 run at the start of the second half to take the lead.

Florida controlled the pace of the game and was active on defense. It scored 21 points off 14

turnovers, and it held a Tigers team that averages 82.7 points per game to 64 points in regulation.

The Gators got 21 points from their bench and showed just how desperate they were to get another “Quadrant 1” win on their resume with the NCAA Tournament’s “Selection Sunday” coming up on March 17.

That culminated in just two plays on Wednesday.

The first came midway through the second half after the Tigers had taken a 44-42 lead.

Nembhard and forward Dontay Bassett double-teamed LSU guard Tremont Waters as he tried to force a pass to forward Kavell Bigby-Williams under the basket.

Bassett intercepted the pass and dished the ball to Nembhard, who took it the other way. He found guard Deaundrae Ballard for a wide -open, pull-up jumper that stopped the LSU momentum swing and tied the game.

The second came in overtime.

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Florida guard Andrew Nembhard recorded 11 assists in Florida's 81-72 win over Texas A&M on Jan. 22.

SOFTBALL

UF’s offense is much more powerful than last season’s

By Mark Stine Sports Writer

There’s no better way for a softball player to vault her team toward victory than hitting a home run in the first at-bat of the game.

Amanda Lorenz accomplished this twice in the past week: against No. 13 Arizona State on Friday and against Jacksonville on Wednesday.

The three-time All-American is having an impressive start to her season. She holds the team high in both batting average (.459) and slugging percentage (.757), improving on a .401/.675 career split entering 2019.

The senior outfielder/first baseman also leads the Gators with 17 hits and three home runs.

Lorenz’ tremendous play is indicative of a bustling UF offense which is showing significant differences from a year ago. Not only are its numbers better, the way in which it’s playing has completely changed.

The Gators (12-0) are hitting much more, and they’re doing so with greater power. They have 107 hits compared to 85 from this time last year and twice as many home runs (14).

UF somehow scored less through 12 games this season than it did in 2018, but the margin is almost negligible. It had 86 RBIs to this point last season. The RBI-count currently sits at 78 heading into this weekend’s Bubly Invitational at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

The Florida of 2018 got on base at all cost, especially via the walk.

This was a team that set the NCAA record for walks in a season (360) and through 12 contests, averaged almost six walks per game. It also struck out only 2.9 times per game during that stretch.

UF is now striking out a higher rate (3.75 times per game) and is drawing just over four walks per game.

These disparities are because the

Swimmer Vanessa Pearl placed second in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia on Thursday. She took first and set a UF record in the 200 IM Wednesday.

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BASEBALL

Florida limps into home series with undefeated Hurricanes

By Evan Lepak Sports Writer

A promising beginning to the season for No. 5 Florida baseball has quickly evaporated as the Gators (3-2) dropped both of their mid-week games to inferior in-state programs.

South Florida and North Florida shut down the Gators’ hitters and gave its young pitching staff fits, as USF stifled them 6-1 on Tuesday, and UNF followed with a 7-1 victory in Gainesville on Wednesday.

UF will need to regroup rapidly before it welcomes another in-state opponent, the Miami Hurricanes (4-0), to McKethan Stadium for a three-game series this weekend. It starts tonight at 6:30.

Under first-year head coach Gino DiMare, Miami has breezed through the first four games of its season, outscoring opponents 46-11 and winning each game by an average of almost nine runs per contest.

Florida’s veteran bats failing early on

The Gators’ lineup features a good nucleus of returning starters from a season ago.

Gators fall to LSU on the road

Guard Funda Nakkasoglu led UF with 11 points as the Florida women's basketball team lost to the Tigers 69-51 on Thursday. The Gators shot 22 of 55 from the field, including a 5-of-18 clip from the three-point arc.

Unfortunately, the production has been nonexistent through the first five games of the year.

Florida’s core of vets — senior designated hitter Nelson Maldonado, junior right fielder Wil Dalton, junior left fielder Austin Langworthy and senior second baseman Blake Reese — has combined to go just 12 for 62 at the plate.

Langworthy in particular hasn’t lived up to expectations so far, sitting at 2 for 20 with seven strikeouts heading into tonight’s game.

“We just have to continue seeing pitches, and try to get our timing right,” Maldonado said after Wednesday night’s game. “We just gotta stay patient and relaxed and continue to work.”

The team’s minimal production extends further than just experienced players as Florida’s overall batting average is just a measly .203.

Miami’s bats have been scorching.

The Hurricanes have scored 46 runs compared to Florida’s 18 through four games and have six players with at least 11 at-bats averaging better than .300.

Sophomore infielder Alex Toral already has four home runs on the year. UF, as a team,

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Sister vs. Sister: Baumanns make UF-UGA rivalry personal

By River Wells Sports Writer

“Have a great day!”

It was an ordinary text that Georgia gymnast Rachel Baumann sends her sister every other day. The response she received was anything but ordinary.

“Sorry, can’t talk to you,” her sister, Florida gymnast Alyssa Baumann, wrote. “It’s rivalry week.”

The two engaged in playful banter from there, with Rachel sending her memes, such as one of Kevin Hart saying, “It’s about to go down,” and advising her to be ready for the upcoming matchup.

Alyssa and Rachel have been competing in gymnastics since they were toddlers, but they’ve never competed against each other... until tonight.

The two may be three years apart, but their shared love of gymnastics will pit them against each other when the Gators and Bulldogs face off in the O’Connell Center at 6:45.

“I think they’re nervous,” their mother, Jarol Baumann, said.

“They want to do their best with their sister there watching, with their sister’s team there watching.”

• • • Alyssa tossed her racket across the tennis court in anger.

On this particular day, she wasn’t applying herself like she typically did.

Alyssa appeared to make zero effort to hit the ball during drills.

Her instructor attempted to give her some words of encouragement, but they were in vain.

After tossing her racket, she loudly declared that she hated tennis. Jarol was horrified at the sudden outburst, and when she asked her daughter why she had done it, Alyssa explained that she didn’t want to tire herself out for gymnastics practice.

“I was like, ‘we’re done,’” Jarol said. “‘We’re quitting everything, and we’re just gonna do gymnastics.’”

Alyssa and her sister trained at the World Olympics Gymnastics Academy, or WOGA, in their hometown of Plano, Texas. The two were involved in other sports as well, and Alyssa played tennis like her mother, who played in high school.

Jarol enrolled Baumann in private tennis lessons because she believed that, unlike gymnastics, Alyssa could play tennis her whole life.

Rachel got involved in sports by the time she was 18 months old. The WOGA created a “Mom-

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Sophomore gymnast Alyssa Baumann will go toe-to-toe with her sister, UGA freshman Rachel Baumann, tonight when the Gators host the Bulldogs in the O’Connell Center at 6:45. my & Me” class specifically so Rachel could participate in gymnastics like her sister.

She was a gifted soccer player and played on a male team. She typically scored multiple goals per game.

It wasn’t her future, though.

She wanted to be like her sister, and when Alyssa committed to gymnastics full time, Rachel followed suit.

“I don’t think our parents knew what they were getting into at all when both of us went into gymnastics,” Alyssa said. “I don’t think they knew how far we would make it.”

• • • The Baumann sisters quickly realized gymnastics was their future.

Alyssa served on the US Junior National Team in 2013 and on the Senior National Team from 2014-16. In 2014, she took home a gold medal in Nanning, China, at the World Championships for her performance on the balance beam.

“When the US team wins by a wide margin at China, and that’s where you are, it’s an incredible feeling,” their father Greg said.

“It’s so rewarding for them, and for us.”

Rachel, meanwhile, qualified for the Elite Program in 2014 and 2015. Despite being in different years, Alyssa enjoyed competing with Rachel at the elite level.

“Being able to compete as such

a high level with your sister, not many people can say that,” Alyssa said. “That was a really special moment.”

Those special moments were fleeting, however.

Injuries have plagued both Baumann sisters during their careers.

Alyssa was invited to the Olympic trials for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but after tearing multiple ligaments in her elbow while training, she was forced to withdraw.

Rachel qualified for elite in 2014, but an elbow fracture prevented her from competing in championships that year. She qualified for elite once again in 2015, but a serious back injury cut her career at that level short.

Watching her sister become a world champion at the elite level after her injury wasn’t easy for Rachel.

“It was really tough on me because I had big dreams,” she said. “It was hard to hear, but with the help of my coaches and, of course, my sister and family, I was able to look at it as a positive.”

Rachel eventually moved down to Level 10 gymnastics, which includes less training and emphasis on domestic competition, and began to focus on an NCAA career.

She just recently added another element to her floor routine that the injury restricted her from doing.

“My sister really inspires me.

She’s been through more injuries

than people know, and she comes back from it stronger than ever,” Alyssa said. “She’s one of the strongest people I know.”

• • • Alyssa was a freshman in high school when the recruiting process began. She wanted to stay in the south due to the weather, and she wanted to be a part of the SEC. She took a visit to Florida first, and when UF gave her an offer while she was in Gainesville, she almost immediately took it.

“I loved it,” Alyssa said. “I actually wanted to commit right there.”

Her mother told her to wait.

She wanted her to visit at least one more school to compare, so they went to Athens, Georgia, to visit what ended up being the school that Rachel chose.

Alyssa liked Georgia as well, but she knew in her heart where she wanted to go.

“I loved the campus. I loved the people. I really looked up to that team,” she said of Florida. “It was something I really wanted to be a part of.”

Rachel, meanwhile, graduated high school a year early due to concerns related to her back injury. She started her own recruiting process.

Coach Jenny Rowland recruited her to come to UF, a school that boasts a top-two recruiting class in nine of the last 10 seasons and three consecutive na-

tional championships from 201315. There were plenty of reasons for Rachel to become a Gator, and Alyssa insisted she join her.

She didn’t.

Georgia heavily recruited Rachel, and she also had friends from WOGA who were a part of the Bulldogs’ program when she visited. There was another reason, however, that Rachel decided to commit to Florida’s rival.

“I feel like I’ve been in her shadow a lot, and so I wanted to make a name for myself at Georgia,” Rachel said. “Kinda, I don’t know, show that I could do it on my own.”

“At Georgia, she could be Rachel,” Alyssa said. “Not just Alyssa’s sister. She was trying to create her own path, and she felt like Georgia could do that for her.”

A year after Alyssa earned two All-American commendations and a place on both the All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman teams, her sister joined her at the collegiate level.

They were on two different teams, though, and for the first time in their lives, they were set to collide.

• • • They two sisters have kept tabs on each other — they congratulated each other over text when they won an SEC honor in the same week — but tonight is the first time in a while they’ve been on the same mat.

“I’m excited,” Alyssa said. “All my family is going to be in one place, so that’s very fun.”

Traditionally, Greg attends every UF meet and Jarol goes to every Georgia meet, but they, along with grandparents, uncles and other relatives of the Baumann family, will be together to watch their daughters compete.

The family will wear split sweaters with both UF and UGA colors for the SEC Tournament, but Alyssa isn’t having any of that for tonight’s meet.

“I told them they all had to sit in the Florida section because we’re at home,” Alyssa said.

Their family will wear all Georgia gear and sit in the Georgia section when the team travels to Athens next year.

Rachel and Alyssa have been excited to face off all week, but the meeting has led to some nerves in the days leading up to tonight.

“You never want your sister to outdo you or anything,” Alyssa said. “She always wanted to be as good as I was, so it just really kind of pushed us both.” @riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

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Lorenz leads Gators with a .459 batting average this season SOFTBALL, from pg 14 team is swinging a lot more freely this season.

The presence of Minnesota transfer catcher Kendyl Lindaman, the emerging consistency of juniors Jaimie Hoover and Jordan Roberts and the power of sophomores Danielle Romanello, Jordan Matthews and Hannah Adams all give UF one of the nation’s deepest and intimidating lineups. Each of these players are batting over .320 and has at least one home run and 10 hits.

Last season, Hoover and Romanello didn’t play much, while Roberts and Matthews split time as the designated player.

Coach Tim Walton can now fit all of those players into what he calls his “offensive line-

up.” Lorenz, Hoover and Romanello, who played catcher as a freshman, all play the outfield. Matthews plays first while Adams plays second. And Lindaman and Roberts rotate at catcher and designated player.

These batters account for 13 of the 14 home runs hit during this campaign.

Florida already has two three-home run games with this influx of power. It had zero this time last season.

The impressive part is that the 2019 team has played 11 of their 12 games on the road.

And it won’t be shocking if the Gators’ numbers get even better with six games to settle into their newly renovated ballpark this weekend. @mstinejr mstine@alligator.org

Allen scored 12 points in OT vs LSU MEN'S BASKETBALL, from pg 14 Senior guard KeVaughn Allen had emerged as the Gators’ key offensive weapon after being held scoreless through the first 20 minutes of play.

He scored nine in the second half, and with a little over two minutes left in the extra period, he buried a three-pointer over guard Skylar Mays from the top of the key.

Allen followed that up by swiping the ball from Reid on the defensive end. He drained another three on the following UF possession to give Florida a six-point lead.

His intensity late in the matchup powered him to a game-high 21 points, including 12 in overtime.

But that fervor hasn’t been consistently present from Allen and his teammates this season.

It was that same fight that coach Mike White

said the team was lacking after it blew its lead and lost to South Carolina on Jan. 5, after it nearly lost to Arkansas the same way on Jan. 9, and again on Jan. 12 in its late collapse against Tennessee.

Florida’s last two wins have come from its ability to simply outplay its opponents and maintain its aggression, especially on defense.

That’s something the Gators needed as a part of their identity all year. It’s something they’ll need when they face Missouri on Saturday at 4 p.m.

“We’ve got some deficiencies, of course,” White said on Tuesday, “especially on the (offensive) side of the basketball. But this team … we’re physical. This team will fight you a little bit.” @alanisthames athames@alligator.org

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Florida outfielder/first baseman Amanda Lorenz leads the team with 17 hits.

Dyson gets the start on Friday BASEBALL, from pg 14 has one.

UF’s three-day rotation looks to stop the bleeding

A bright spot UF hopes to lean on against the Hurricanes is the weekend rotation that helped it sweep Long Beach State last weekend.

Junior right hander Tyler Dyson will get his second start tonight, looking to improve his control that left him at times his first time out.

Dyson allowed only one earned run, but his four walks caused UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan to pull him after just 3.1 innings of work.

Dyson’s fortunes with control will need to improve on the mound in his

second outing, otherwise a young bullpen may be thrown into the teeth of a UM batting lineup full of confidence.

UF’s other members of the rotation, sophomore right-handers Tommy Mace and Jack Leftwich, both had stellar first starts. They combined to allow just three runs in 13 innings of play.

Both of them will face a stiffer challenge when they take the mound this weekend.

Miami will throw out Friday starter, junior RHP pitcher Evan McKendry, tonight to build off of his first appearance of 2019.

McKendry struck out eight batters in six innings of work in UM’s season opener against Rutgers. @evanmplepak elepak@alligator.org

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