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First Gator Nation Day of Giving raises $12.6 million DONATIONS WILL HELP UF TOWARD GOAL OF TOP 5 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

By Kelly Hayes Alligator Staff Writer

Buildings on campus wore orange and blue striped ties in Mr. Two Bits fashion Tuesday

for the university’s first Day of Giving.

The 24-hour event called “Stand-Up and Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day” focused on raising money across the university, said Matthew Hodge, the UF Alumni Association’s executive director. By the end of the day, $12.6 million was raised by more than 11,000 contributors, which more than doubled UF’s goal of $5 million.

The College of Journalism and Communica-

tions had the most contributors of any college at more than 680 while the College of Medicine had the highest amount donated at more than $3.5 million.

Plans for the initiative started in August as part of UF’s push to be a top five public university because alumni donations are factored into the U.S. News and World Report ranking, Hodge said. UF is currently tied for No. 8 in the ranking.

“We’ve been blessed with individuals that want to step up and make stretch contributions,” Hodge said.

The day started with the goal of 5,000 donations, which was surpassed by 5 p.m., Hodge said.

The new goal of 8,500 contributions, which was exceeded by 8 p.m.

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20-year-old found dead in Micanopy IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMICIDE

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

Samuel Thomas / Alligator Staff

Sunset Strolling

Julian Wenger, 25, and Heather Hess, 24, walk Monday evening along a boardwalk overlooking Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park next to U.S. Highway 441. The couple had just recently returned to Gainesville after spending a year in Australia and had not seen Paynes Prairie since the flooding caused by Hurricane Irma closed the area down. Wenger said the two were happy to see things returning to normal in their favorite spot.

A missing 20-year-old man from Gilchrist County turned up dead in Micanopy on Monday. Deputies say he was killed.

The man, who has been identified as Daniel Schweitzer, had been reported missing since Feb. 3 and was thought to be headed toward Alachua County or Tampa.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office discovered his body when deputies received a call at 3:29 p.m. from a driver who was flagged down by a person who spotted the decomposed body while walking down Country Road 234, said Lt. Brett Rhodenizer, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. Deputies found the body underneath palm fronds in the area.

Gilchrist County is about an hour away from Micanopy.

The medical examiner’s office and sheriff’s office detectives confirmed Tuesday that he was killed, according to the sheriff’s office. It is unclear how or when he was killed.

The body had been under palm fronds on the side of the road for days or weeks, Rhodenizer said. The witness told detectives a blanket and bags were nearby.

“Whatever happened didn’t happen recently,” he said.

“There’s nothing on scene or that we’ve been made aware of that causes us any concern for the sake of the community.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 352-367-4170. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

Long-time Alachua firefighter becomes new fire chief Harold Theus has spent 25 years with ACFR

By Taylor Girtman Alligator Staff Writer

Theus

In 1994, Harold Theus began as an Alachua County firefighter with a simple philosophy: to help the community.

Twenty-five years later, he be-

Gators win in extra innings 5-4

Jud Fabian’s RBI-double in the 10th inning lifted the UF baseball team over Jacksonville, pg. 14

came the county’s new fire chief.

The Alachua County Commission unanimously confirmed Theus, 50, following a recommendation from the county manager. Since Nov. 30, Theus has served as interim fire chief after the former fire chief Bill North-

cutt’s retirement.

The county firefighters union, Fire Rescue Professionals of Alachua County, endorsed Theus and recommended him to the county manager. Robert Sullivan, the union president, said they selected Theus because he is well-

Another dog mauling in Alachua County

A 15-year-old Chihuahua was killed by two pit bulls Monday morning, pg. 4

Fishing for funds

UF students compete in “Shark Tank” inspired competition, pg. 5

educated and prepared for the position.

“He is the very first fire chief in Alachua County to come up through our own ranks, and that’s exciting,” Sullivan said.

Theus’ salary will be $129,395.55, a 10 percent in-

crease from Theus’ previous salary, said Heather Akpan, the county human resources director.

Former fire chief Bill Northcutt had a salary of $141,313.33 before his retirement.

Theus told the commission he was humbled and honored to receive the position, and he looks forward to the opportunity to

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Where: Plaza of the Americas What: UF Chispas, an organization advocating for the needs of immigrants, will host an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest starting on the Plaza of the Americas and ending at the Reitz Student Union Amphitheater with UF students to demand that ICE be abolished.

Food and Dine When: Noon-3 p.m.

Where: Reitz Union North Lawn What: Attendees can celebrate the flavors and experience the different cultures from around the world. The UF Cuban American Student Association, the Filipino Student Association, the French Club, the Venezuelan Student Association and the Vietnamese Student Organization will provide the dining experience. There will also be performances by The Belly Gators and the Ailigéadar Irish Dance Company. This event is free to all UF students with a Gator 1 Card.

BeYOUtiful Health and Wellness Fair When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Plaza of the Americas What: In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, GatorWell will host a fair with campus partners and student organizations to provide activities for students to learn about eating disorders and how to create a culture of body acceptance.

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SATURDAY 2019 Florida Lineman Competition When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: 4747 N. Main St. What: Utilities from around the state will compete in the lineman competition, which will showcase Gainesville Regional Utilities workers in action. The event is free and family friendly.

There will be face painting, a bounce house, a dress-up-likea-lineworker competition and a kids zone from O2B Kids. Food trucks include: Soup to Nuts, Two Cuban Guys, PawPaw’s Kitchen and Catering, Charlie’s Snow Shack and Strega Nona’s Oven Eddie Q Classic Southern BBQ.

MORE Life and Legacy of A. Quinn Jones When: From Feb. 1 to Feb. 28 Where: Cone Park Branch Library, at 2801 E. University Ave. What: A touring exhibit featuring artifacts and panels from the original exhibit on display at the A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center.

Carbon Fee, Dividend legislation to be discussed When: 6 p.m. on March 11 Where: Marion County Public Library, at 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd.

What: Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which motivates citizens to address climate change, will have representatives speak for free on the movement to halt and reverse climate change. The Grassroots Organization lobbies to pass the “Carbon Fee and Dividend” legislation and works closely with the House Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives, founded in 2016 by Florida representatives Ted Deutch (D) and Carlos Curbelo (R). The library has free parking and is wheelchair-

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Lessons on the Cost of War When: Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Matheson History Museum, at 513 E. University Ave. What: In this free event, attendees can understand the impact of political and military actions on Vietnam through panels on the My Lai Massacre and the Vietnam War. Paul Ortiz, the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, will moderate the panel on the massacre on Saturday.

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#AllForTheGators trended on Twitter GIVING DAY, from pg. 1 The university received several milliondollar donations, he said.

Social media was a big part of the campaign, Hodge said. The #AllForTheGators was trending nationally on Twitter.

“Only the Gator Nation would immediately recognize that tie, that yellow buttondown, and go ‘Oh my gosh, this is a University of Florida experience,’” he said.

Those participating held events across campus with tables set up to encourage people to donate, Hodge said. A Giving Day Celebration was held on the Plaza of the Americas from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There, booths were set up for passersby to make donations, and speakers, such as football

coach Dan Mullen and Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars, encouraged people to donate.

Diana Godoy and Alicia Alessio, UF communication sciences and disorders juniors, were walking to class early in the morning when they saw people setting up booths on the Plaza of the Americas.

So, as soon as they got out of class, the pair went back on the Plaza to find the celebration going on, and each ended up making a donation to the university.

“It was really cool,” Godoy said. “I also found out some stuff that I didn’t know, like programs that help students that are the first in their families to go to college.” @kellyrhayes khayes@alligator.org

300 people are in the department CHIEF, from pg. 1 serve the county.

“I believe that we can provide the best service to our citizens and visitors by having a well-equipped, well-trained and well-compensated staff,” Theus said.

The county manager’s office interviewed six candidates from a pool of applications, said Carl Smart, an assistant county manager. The county manager, Michele Lieberman, chose Theus because of his community relationships, previous leadership and long ser-

vice to the county.

Theus began his service as a firefighter emergency medical technician in 1994, and most recently, he became deputy fire chief in 2015, Lieberman said.

At the meeting, Commissioner Ken Cornell said Theus has offered solutions and increased diversity in the department.

“Whenever I speak to you, I always hear an approach that obviously puts the public’s safety first, but more importantly uses the resources that we have,” Cornell said to Theus at the meeting.

Commissioner Charles

Chestnut said it was impressive for Theus to begin at the bottom and reach the top as fire chief.

As fire chief, Theus’ philosophy extends beyond just doing the bare minimum of his job.

“I am proud to be the person now that will be leading them,” he said. “The amazing things that they’re able to accomplish with the resources that we have is truly remarkable.” @taylorgirtman tgirtman@alligator.org

Woman, her dog mauled by pit bulls This was the third pit bull attack in six months

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

Tico was with Lorraine Marie Anderson when her mother died from cancer, when her long-time boyfriend left her and when she was evicted from her house.

Tico, her 15-year-old Chihuahua, was mauled to death by two pit bulls Monday morning.

Anderson, 59, and Tico met about 15 years ago when she was looking for a companion dog at a person’s home in Port St. Lucie.

“He came up to my foot, and he was untying my laces in my sneakers,” she said. “He just adopted me.”

This is the third pit bull attack in Alachua County that led to a dog being mauled to death in the last six months.

In December, Fred, a pug and beagle mix, was killed by Buster, a pit bull, while on a walk. In September, Bella was also killed by three pit bulls while on a walk.

On Monday morning, Anderson was walking her two Chihuahuas, Tico and 13-year-old Precious, on the 3400 block of Northwest 21st Drive when she heard two growling dogs behind her, said Gainsville Police Chief Inspector Jorge Campos.

When she turned around, she saw two pit bulls ready to attack, Anderson said. The pit bulls had escaped through a hole in a fence.

She picked up her dogs and started walking, but the pit bulls attacked and began biting her body and head, she said.

“They knocked me down from behind, and they started chewing me and mutilating me. I would not let go of my little dog,” she said. “It

was so bad I had to let them go.”

Tico was dragged back to the yard and mauled to death by one of the dogs, as the other continued to attack Anderson, she said. Precious ran away.

She had deep puncture wounds on her arms, a partially severed right ear and lacerations on her back and neck, according to a Gainesville Police incident report.

She was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital, Campos said.

The owner of the pit bulls, William Woodrow Hicks, 26, of Gainesville, told police the dogs have never been aggressive toward animals before, the report said.

The incident is being handled by the Alachua County Animal Services Department, Campos said.

Hicks surrendered the pit bulls to animal services, said Ed Williams, the animal services director.

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Two pit bulls attacked Lorraine Marie Anderson while she was walking her two Chihuahuas, Tico (left) and Precious (right) on the 3400 block of Northwest 21st Drive Monday morning. Tico was killed during the attack.

They will be euthanized after a 10day bite quarantine.

Hicks is not being charged because he surrendered the pit bulls and had no prior incidents involving the dogs, Williams said.

“He was pretty upset about it,”

Williams said. “He did the right thing.”

Hicks did not want to comment on the incident. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

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UF students ‘bite’ at opportunity to showcase original products THREE WINNERS WILL COMPETE IN APRIL

By Lina Ruiz Alligator Contributing Writer

A national television premise became a local reality for UF students hoping to pursue an entrepreneurial idea on Monday.

Student Government Agency Gator Innovators held its first ever “Gator Tank” competition, inspired by the TV show “Shark Tank,” in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.

Seventy students attended the event and 12 teams participated in the first round, where their business ideas were judged by three entrepreneurs.

The top three teams received $2,000, funded by donors such as UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, and mentorship from the judges, said Ali Gardezi, the agency head.

The prize winners will compete in the final round on April 12 for the grand prize, said Gardezi, a 22-year-old UF computer science senior.

One of the winning business ideas was a monthly subscription box supplied with college student necessities, called Unbox. ed, said Ana Primo, one of the inventors and a 20-year-old UF international studies and political science sophomore.

Some things that come in the box are cleaning supplies, office stationery and a sheet of general college tips, she said. The idea came from her and her partner’s experience of not knowing what things they needed for college.

Branden Pearson, the Gator Innovators chief of staff and a 20-year-old UF management sophomore, said he has high hopes for fostering student entrepreneurship.

“If the program continues to grow, it could be a place where students are developing the next Facebook or the next Snapchat,” Pearson said.

Libby Shaw sworn in as Senate President as Michael Murphy leaves NEWLY ELECTED SPRING SENATORS WERE SWORN IN TUESDAY NIGHT

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Senators had a mouthful to say Tuesday night as they voted for new Senate leadership.

Libby Shaw (College of Journalism and Communications) was sworn in as the Student Senate president along with Emily Dunson (District A) as the Student Senate Pro Tempore.

Senators Stephen Singleton (Agriculture and Life Sciences) and Tyler Kendrick (Beaty Towers) were elected as membersat-large and will serve on the Replacement and Agenda Committee. The newly elected Senate leadership is all from Impact Party.

Michael Murphy, the Student Body president-elect, is the fourth consecutive Student Body president to have served as the Senate president.

Impact and Inspire Party senators were also sworn in following last week’s Spring elections. Inspire now has one-third of the Senate.

“I think party politics is severely hurting us,” Shaw said. “We can move into a term where there’s peace, and we’re all friends.

Chou said that despite losing the presidency in the Senate and the Student Body, he will continue what he has been doing since freshman year.

“I help people with their projects, and I will continue on the different advocacy projects I’m involved with,” Chou said. “I’ll do that until I graduate.” @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org

Multi-million dollar donation kicks off brain tumor research at UF A neuromedicine clinic, neuro-oncology laboratories will be named in honor

By Christina Mouttet Alligator Contributing Writer

Harris Rosen donated $12 million to a UF-led initiative to advance brain tumor research after his 26-year-old son died from the disease last November.

On Friday, Rosen, the president and COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts, announced his donation to support ReMission Alliance Against Brain Tumors, an initiative to bring together physicians and scientists to advance research and clinical trials to cure brain tumors.

The donation will also result in

a neuromedicine clinic at the UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital in Gainesville and neuro-oncology laboratories within UF’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, which will all be named in honor of Rosen’s late son, Adam Michael Rosen.

The UF-organized ReMission Summit for Brain Tumors brought together more than 100 experts to form a research community focused on achieving better outcomes for patients with brain tumors.

Rosen’s son was diagnosed with the disease about two years ago. He hopes this collaborative effort will

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make headway in finding a cure for this disease, Rosen said.

“Collaboration is much more promising than individuals working quietly by themselves,” Rosen said.

“When it comes to healthcare, you need to put that competitive philosophy behind.”

The donation will go toward improving the research and clinical infrastructure at UF and the collaborative research through the ReMission Alliance.

The program is co-directed by Dr. Duane Mitchell, co-director of UF’s Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, who was also the

head of a team of doctors that treated Adam Rosen.

“No one center has all of the ideas to combat such an aggressive disease,” Mitchell said. “By pooling our resources and working together, we can accelerate the pace of advancement to improve these patients’ quality of life.”

Rosen, an Orlando hotel tycoon, established The Harris Rosen Foundation and will donate $3 million this year, followed by an additional $1 million annually over the next nine years.

The Rosens’ donation is a seed gift to kick-start the rest of the cam-

paign, Mitchell said. The overall fundraising goal of the ReMission Alliance is $100 million.

A benchmark goal of the ReMission Alliance is to see the long-term survival rate for patients with the most aggressive brain tumors, which hovers at 10 percent currently, move to greater than 50 percent within the next decade, Mitchell said.

“If we are able to accomplish this, then that changes the conversation we have with brain tumor patients,” Mitchell said. “We will be able to tell them that they are more likely to survive this disease than succumb to it.”

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Our voting system is archaic and in need of change

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he entire system of how Americans vote could be changing soon if Colorado is any indication. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has stipulated that he is going to sign a bill that will sidestep the Electoral College in favor of a system that will allow the candidate with the most popular votes to win.

The U.S. uses the Electoral College system, which has 538 electors. Basically, when you go to the polls to vote, you are casting your vote for an elector. The presidential candidate’s names are just stand-ins for your elector.

In the coming 2020 election, electors are divided up based on the previous 2016 election. There will be 306 Republican electors based off of the number of votes Donald Trump received in 2016, while the remaining 232 electors will be Democrats based off of how many votes Hillary Clinton received. A presidential candidate needs to win the majority of Electoral College votes, 270, to become president. Electors are elected based off of different and often random processes from each state. In the U.S. presidential election, a candidate can win the popular vote, but they may not win the Electoral College.

In 2016, Clinton won the popular vote by about 3 million more votes than Donald Trump – the biggest difference in a candidate who has won the popular vote and not the Electoral College. Even here in Florida, we are no stranger to the popular vote.

Those of us who are in college now could barely talk in 2000, but it was that same year Florida was riddled in election controversy.

The election between Al Gore and George W. Bush was so close in Florida that a clear winner couldn’t be named in the state and, therefore, in the entire country for weeks. In the end, it was a controversial Supreme Court decision that named Bush as the nation’s president. However, Gore technically still won the popular vote by thousands.

It begs the question of why a country that has always fought for the right to vote would have a system that essentially makes some people’s votes void. The Electoral College is as old as our country, and it was created to ensure the person chosen for president was picked by people who were capable of understanding American politics. However, the idea is archaic. It was created by our founders in a time when only wealthy white men could vote, and even then, they were worried the popular vote wouldn’t align with their views. So, they created a safeguard to ensure that the “best” person was chosen.

Now, the Electoral College is basically a formality. Generally, electors will only vote how their districts voted. Each time there is a coming election, questions of the necessity of the Electoral College bubble up, like why it is still needed? It’s not. Not really, anyway. Its main purpose was to possibly change how voters cast their votes, but now that doesn’t fly. The Electoral College is a confusing process that doesn’t make sense in modern day U.S. politics, where everyone’s vote is supposed to count. However, without getting too deep into voter suppression, we know that isn’t always the case.

When it comes to the Electoral College, the only group of people it has benefited in the past 20 years is Republicans; for a president to win the Electoral College but not the popular vote is relatively rare, having only happened a total of five times. However, it has happened twice in the past 20 years. It speaks to a country that continues to grow more partisan. The Electoral College is just another step in an overly complicated electoral process. Although it has only caused a problem in five elections, it’s five too many.

The U.S. is a country where a person’s vote is supposed to count, and the Electoral College has inhibited that. It’s time we took a better look at our voting system and make some serious changes.

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Is it possible to separate art from the artist?

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selves could be seen in their art. However, I disately, I have been thinking about whether agree with this proposal. Creating art, to me, is or not it is possible to separate the art like breaking off a piece of your soul and showfrom the artist. Of course, this has been ing it to the world. Art is the embodiment of on my mind due to the recent arrest of the the artist. Art is about baring your soul for the R&B singer R. Kelly, but I have wondered world to see. about this for years now. The obsession over Roland Barthes argued in 1967 that it doesn’t Kodak Black within the Gainesville community matter what the creator of the art does because is disturbing to me. Sure, he’s a Gator fan, but Hannah the reader (or listener or watcher) holds all of he also went to prison for sexual assault.

Whitaker R. Kelly has been accused of sexual assault opinions@alligator.org the power in interpretation. Barthes believes that there was no universal or singular truth to for as long as I have known of him, meaning I heard him once in middle school, learned he was a sexual art and that the reader and artist are co-creators. While predator and immediately stopped listening to him. I try to the fact that the consumer of the art holds power in interavoid listening to or watching artists with abusive pasts. pretation stands true, I disagree in that I still believe that I am proud to say I could not name one Chris Brown or the artist’s original intention matters and can taint his or XXXtentacion song, and I don’t plan on ever listening to her art.

A more modern theory admits it is impossible to dione. I don’t watch movies or shows with Kevin Spacey because he’s gross, and I have never even seen “House vorce the art from the artist. This is the camp that I fall of Cards.” I don’t watch anything Woody Allen has di- into, as I think it is important to understand who the artist rected. I stay away from Louis C.K.’s comedy. Albeit, I is. By listening to their music, watching their movies or will say it’s difficult to avoid his few scenes in “Parks and reading their books, we are promoting their art, allowing Recreation.” Speaking of “Parks and Recreation,” the big- them to capitalize on something they do not deserve. R. gest issue I have come across with separating the art from Kelly, Chris Brown and Woody Allen, just to name a few, the artist has come from this show. When allegations re- do not deserve the platforms they have achieved. R. Kelly garding Aziz Ansari broke headlines in early 2018, I did deserves to be in prison, and I have no problem with munot know how to feel. “Parks and Rec” has been one of sic apps removing his songs. I also wish these apps would my favorite shows for a couple of years now, long before act similarly with other artists, regardless of whether or news of Ansari’s sexual misconduct. Since then, I have not they went to prison.

Let’s hold artists accountable and demand they treat been conflicted on how to respond. If you have answers, people with common decency. Art is supposed to make let me know.

Literary critics have multiple theories regarding wheth- life worthwhile. Think of how much better art could be if er or not it is possible to separate the art from the art- the people who created it actually cared about humanity. ist. One theory, known as the New Criticism movement, Hannah Whitaker is a UF English sophomore. Her stems from T.S. Eliot’s claim that true art is autonomous: If the artist was truly successful, then no traces of them- column normally appears on Mondays.

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Feel the Bern? Try lightly toasted

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ike every other young — bordent Donald Trump. derline socialist — liberal Sanders, on the other hand, is college student in the United an extremist on all accounts. And States, I was thrilled when I this is likely why he lost the Demosaw that Bernie Sanders had cratic primary to Hillary Clinton in entered the 2020 presidential race.

2016. Although Sanders was the The optimist in me is rooting for more likable candidate, Clinton Sanders to take control of the Oval Abigail Miller was more moderate on the issues, Office. Unfortunately, the political opinions@alligator.org so she garnered the necessary supscience student in me understands port to receive the nomination. that this probably won’t happen.

To many voters, the idea of Sanders in ofSanders is on the extreme left side of the fice would mean sudden and drastic changes Democratic Party. Research has shown time to the way the country works. This fear of poand time again that in American politics, tential loss and change makes voters hesitant the more moderate candidate almost always to support Sanders. This is largely due to the comes out victorious. This is especially true idea of “loss aversion,” which basically just when looking at national races where candi- means people are terrified of loss. dates need to appeal to an entire country of Psychologically, people consider the fear people and ideologies. of loss to be twice as You’re probably won- “To many voters, the idea of Sanders powerful as the opportudering something along nity for gain. So, even if in oice would mean sudden and the lines of: “OK, but people want what Bernie drastic changes in the way the Trump definitely wasn’t is offering, the idea that country works." moderate, so how the it might not work or that heck did he win?” Well, it could result in any sort actually, many people believe that Trump is of loss — financial or otherwise — turns votactually one of the most moderate Republican ers away. In other words, voters choose the presidents the U.S. has seen since the 1970s safest option.

— even if his reputation doesn’t exactly align All this being said and considered, a Sandwith that. ers presidency isn’t out of the question. But The Washington Post actually published maybe instead of “feeling the Bern,” he should an article in 2015 explaining that Donald encourage voters to feel lightly toasted.

Trump meets the “textbook definition of an I do believe that if Bernie is able to tone ideological moderate.” And Vox published down some of his more extreme policies and one in 2017, stating that Trump won the elec- consider compromising on less important tion by running as a moderate Republican. issues, he can appeal to a broader range of Don’t get me wrong, Trump was definitely voters during his campaign. Should he win extreme during his campaign, but he was not the Democratic nomination, Bernie has the a conservative extremist when it came to his character necessary to take on Trump in depolicy proposals. It is true that Trump made bates and the likability to win favor across racist, sexist and generally offensive remarks party lines — especially if he is able to presthat most levelheaded people would consid- ent himself as a more moderate candidate in er severely outrageous. But for most of his the months to come. more extreme promises, like building a wall So, will Bernie soon be the newest resior eradicating Obamacare, he also loosely dent of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? Right now, promised the public he would avoid cuts to the odds are against him, but anything is posthe three largest welfare state programs and sible. vaguely said he would work for some type of universal health care system. When you look Abigail Miller is a UF political science and solely at where Trump stood on the issues, he journalism senior. Her column normally apactually ran as a more moderate Republican pears on Mondays.

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Naps are necessary for productivity

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a triumph of the modern work ast week, I did someethic. He works, according thing rare. I took a nap to the New York Times, 120on a weekday. It was a hour weeks while sometimes spontaneous choice: unnot leaving the office for a few planned, but needed. A days. half-hour or so opened itself Busyness is prized for its up in my schedule that day, Scott Stinson own sake today. It is assumed and I was tired. Naturally, I leaped on the opportunity. I opinions@alligator.org that the person who hardly has time to cook is living a better don’t nap often for various realife than the one who takes sons — either I have no time for it or I get too excited about being able frequent long walks, daily naps or reads to rest and, thus, restlessly lie awake for thick novels. Something seems off about the latter person, and that is because the an hour.

I also find naps to be strange. They meaningful life to us is an exhausting seem to belong solely to the weekend and stressful one. Being tired is oftenwhen they should have a larger place in times a badge of honor, and complaining our daily lives. But who can afford an to our friends about our impossibly franhour of sleep during the daytime? There tic lives is a way of flexing our muscles, are deadlines to meet. Work is for the of putting ourselves on display. It is no day, and sleep is for the night. When in surprise that our conception of work has those rarest of circumstances that we de- thousands of casualties: doctors, lawyers cide to put all of our daily demands aside and young professionals who simply and sleep for a bit, is it not simply to cannot do it anymore and feel burnt out.

The solution to this is not laziness recharge so we can be more productive or disconnect, as I mentioned earlier, in the long run?

I suppose what’s strange about naps, but a reorientation that begins with this then, is how they are viewed. They are question: How much is work worth? Is a a chance to rest so we can throw our- 60-hour work week, a robust resume or selves more vigorously back into things. an involved student what makes a life We tend to view ourselves as machines meaningful? If I work less, am I worthwhose energy is like oil in a car; there less?

Work today is both what we consider is only so much energy we can expend before we need to be replenished. And to be the most important thing about us; the replenishment, when it comes, is however, it's one of most taxing parts of nothing but a means to an end: higher our life. Our sense of self is bound up productivity. Rest is supposed to fuel our with what we do and it can be hard to untangle ourselves from that notion. work.

To me, napping is the first step in a What if the relationship was inverted? What if work was for the sake of our much larger journey toward becoming rest, and rest was not for the sake of bet- mindful of rest. Will I start napping every ter, more vigorous work? What if nap- day now? No. I will, though, try to stop equating my work ethic to my worth. We ping was a way of life?

I am not advocating for laziness, or want our work to be what defines us as even to disconnect from the quick and people, the foundation of our very being, busy world. Even to me, it is strange to but that isn’t what defines us as people. imagine a world where everyone shame- Our lives are what we make it. lessly naps. Such a world would cerScott Stinson is a UF English senior. tainly not value efficiency or activity as much as we do. Such a world would not His column appears on Wednesdays. see Elon Musk in the same way we do, as

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We know plastic is bad for the environment, so why are you still using it?

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f you live in Florida, and you are not constantly acting in the best interest of the environment: Wake up. We are the first ones going under when it all goes bad. The least we can do is be semi-conscious of the small things we can change to better the environment.

Before I leave the house, I always make sure to turn off all the lights. In my dorm at UF, there was a sticker around the light switch that said “Gators Save Energy.” Itwas a reminder to flip off the light switch every time I left the room.

Now I can’t step foot outside of a lit-up room. You should always turn the lights off and remind your friends to do it, too. Go out of your way to turn them off, because the environmental benefits are greater

than the small inconvenience.

A big pet peeve of mine is when people say that drinks taste better through plastic straws. In my experience, they simply do not. Water tastes like water, and it always will. I admit that paper straws are kind of the worst, but their rising popularity has led paper straw vendors to try to make them more durable. Some people reason the effect of singularly using plastic straws is minute compared to all of the plastic waste in the world, but reducing plastic waste has to start somewhere. According to The Last Plastic Straw, a website whose mission is to educate people on the dangers of single use plastic, 500 million straws are used in the U.S. every day. This is enough straws to wrap around the earth 2.5 times.

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Cutting straws out of your life is easy and a good first step toward sustainable living.

Another really easy way to stop wasting plastic is to get a reusable water bottle. UF makes filling up your bottle fun with fountains that count how many plastic bottles have been saved by that fountain. I used to hope I would be the 100,000th bottle filled in the fountain I used every day before class.

Some of the most popular bottles out right now are Hydro Flasks and Nalgenes. In addition to damaging the environment, single-use water bottles are an unnecessary expense.

It’s underrated how cool UF is for being a very sustainable school.

There are recycling bins all over the place, and many of UF’s paper products are compostable. Environment Florida is currently petitioning UF to pledge to be a 100 percent green campus by 2050. The Office of Sustainability at UF is active and keeps students and faculty updated with progress made on green initiatives.

Being environmentally conscious isn’t hard when we realize the positive effects of our smallest actions. If everyone starts thinking about the environment in their

daily lives, doing these small things will become second nature. Our generation will be alive to see the first obvious signs of global damage. Climate change is already very real, and it will only continue to worsen. We don’t have anywhere else to live.

You don’t need to dive in and do anything drastic. You don’t need to commit to a waste-free life or go vegan tomorrow. Showing love to the Earth can come in many different forms. Turn off your lights, use paper straws, buy a water bottle, take short showers and think about your carbon footprint. All the cool kids are doing it.

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

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Apex Legends: The best new battle royale game

By Alex Camargo Avenue Staff Writer

Fortnite has been the go-to battle royale game for months now, but there is a new game ready to take on the role: Apex Legends.

Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale developed by Respawn Entertainment that takes place in the same universe as Titanfall, another game developed by the same company.

The Frontier’s overall design is beautiful, and the game’s futuristic sound complements the world’s design.

There are about 17 loot zones players can explore. Each zone is categorized by tiers.

There are high-, mid- and low-tier loot zones with a variety of weapons and equipment.

Players must quickly search for what they need before their enemy beats them to the punch. This can be frustrating when you land in a location with other squads. If players aren’t quick enough, then they are doomed as soon as their enemy is equipped to kill.

Unlike Fortnite, Apex Legends has eight legends players can choose from with special abilities to enhance gameplay and successfully execute enemies.

The game also allows players to revive teammates, but only if their banner is retrieved within 90 seconds. Otherwise, the team will be short a man for the match.

These are the eight legends, according to the Apex Legends website: Bangalore: Bangalore was born to be a soldier. Her parents and four older brothers all served in the IMC Armed Forces, and she followed in their footsteps. At the top of her

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Apex Legends is a new free-to-play battle royale game. class, Bangalore proved herself worthy of being a part of the IMC Military Academy when she was the only cadet who could take apart a Peacekeeper, equip it with a Precision Choke hop-up and put it back together in just under 20 seconds while blindfolded.

Bloodhound: Meet the best hunter in all the Frontier. Their identity is unknown, but that doesn’t stop the people of the Frontier from spreading rumors. Some say they’re wealthy with a thirst for blood. Others think they were a former slave who is also half bat. No one knows much about Bloodhound, except that they have a talent to kill.

This is my favorite legend to use. It allows you to be sneaky and catch your enemies by surprise. Always remember to watch your six.

You never know who could be trailing behind.

Gibraltar: This monster has a wild side. He is the son of two Search and Rescue Association of Solace volunteers and has always been skilled in getting people out of trouble. He quickly learned the importance of protecting others after he and his boyfriend stole his father’s motorcycle for a joyride and got trapped by a mudslide. His parents were able to rescue them, but his father lost his arm. Gibraltar

never forgot his father’s sacrifice.

Gibraltar is a great legend for players who wish to protect their squad. He can be the perfect defensive member for your squad.

Lifeline: Ajay Che, aka Lifeline, is the child of parents who profit from war. She left home after discovering the damage her family had caused and enlisted in the Frontier Corps, a humanitarian organization that aids Frontier communities. Every team needs a healer, and she provides it.

Pathfinder: Pathfinder is an optimistic Mobile Robotic Versatile eNtity who specializes in location scouting and surveying. Long ago, Pathfinder booted up in an abandoned laboratory; no one knows who created him or why.

Pathfinder’s goal is to find his creator.

Wraith: Wraith awoke in an IMC Detention Center for the Mentally Ill with no memory, too. After waking up, Wraith discovers that she has the power to manipulate time and space by opening rifts in the fabric of reality.

She also began to hear a whispered voice that would keep her awake for days. Although the voice nearly drove her to insanity, she began to trust the voice, which helped her harness

her newfound powers.

Wraith is another favorite of mine. She can be quite useful for players who just want to defeat enemies quickly and escape out of sight.

Caustic: Alexander Nox, aka Caustic, was one of Humbert Labs’ most brilliant scientists.

Humbert Labs is the Frontier’s leading manufacturer of pesticide gases and is needed to protect the growing Frontier colonies’ crops.

Nox worked day and night developing new gases, fascinated by the amount of damage they can cause — but he needed to make sure they worked. Using live test subjects, Humbert Labs learned about Nox’s experiments, which resulted in the lab in flames and its chief dead.

People believe Nox is missing and is presumed dead. So, as Caustic, Nox uses the Apex games to test his new gases on enemies.

Caustic isn’t a legend that is automatically unlocked. He is one you must purchase by earning Legend Tokens or purchasing Apex Coins. But other than that, this legend has a mad scientist kind of vibe and can catch players off guard, if used right.

Mirage: Mirage is Apex Legends’ class clown.

But, if there is one thing he does take seriously, it is the art of deception. Using Holo-Pilot technology, Mirage can create the illusion of being in one place when he really is in another.

Mirage is perfect for players who love to troll their enemies. His holographic decoy can result in enemies wasting their precious ammo on it without causing any damage. He is also another legend that needs to be unlocked by Legend Tokens or Apex Coins.

Inspirational Woman of Gainesville: Tiza Garland Associate acting professor Tiza Garland shares her journey through performing, stage combat and fight choreography in theater and how her experience has impacted students in the UF community.

By Emma McAvoy Avenue Staff Writer

It is 8:30 a.m. Monday in studio G15. Young actors yawn and stretch to wake themselves up. Tiza Garland walks through the door with a bright smile and a wake of palpable energy.

She tells them to start running. She sprints about the room alongside her students and class begins.

Tiza Garland’s infectious energy and passion shine through her teaching and her students’ work in fight choreography and movement.

Garland is an associate professor of acting and movement for the UF School of Theatre and Dance, teach-

ing Movement 1 and 2 for the undergraduate and master’s acting students. She also acts as the resident fight director for all productions at the School of Theatre and Dance.

Garland is recognized for her notable work in movement and stage combat. She has had an extensive career in theater, including acting in more than 17 Shakespeare plays, working with the Dah Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia on devised movement pieces, working with the Society of American Fight Directors and teaching actors all over the country how to properly fight in theater.

“I always want actors to know that stage combat is acting, the idea of objective physicalized,” Garland said. “One of the things acting allows us to do is physically listen to one another.”

Garland began acting in the third grade in a production of “The Mother Goose Olympics” in which she portrayed the role of water. She continued theater in middle and high

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school and went on to study theater at Western Michigan University.

There, she discovered her passion for movement and fight choreography while taking an upper-level stage combat class.

Garland earned a scholarship to the National Stage Combat Workshop and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy and Stage Combat in the first recruiting class at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Garland gives her students the tools to communicate ideas from a script through movement. She said movement is how characters are revealed onstage, and it provides a unique medium for actors to communicate ideas without text.

“The movement choices influence thought patterns in a character and how the actor delivers the text,” Garland said.

Garland also helped cultivate a community of artists that are determined to make positive change through art. She said art is a career

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Tiza Garland is a UF associate acting professor. people can do, and that artists provide meaning.

“What I want actors and non-actors to know is that acting is a viable and respectable profession. Actors don’t need a backup plan,” she said.

As a woman, Garland said her gender has never affected the way people treat her in her profession.

She refers to herself as an “artist” rather than a “female artist” because she feels women do not need that

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description; they have earned the title. “Being a woman has been an asset in my life in everything that I’ve done,” Garland said.

There have been times when physically big men Garland teaches have made a snide comment. She reminds them that at the end of the day, they are there to create a fight ing piece that will serve as art, and tells them not to be tough.

Garland has broken gender barriers in her career by choreographing and staging fights. She has even portrayed the title role of Othello at Unrehearsed Shakespeare in Chicago. She said it was challenging, but it was the opportunity of a lifetime to play an iconic role. Of all the leading characters in that show, she was the only one cast against gender.

Garland said she has made her mark through her teaching. She primarily wants to see her students change perspective in what it means to simply be a theater artist. @emmamcavoy1 emcavoy@alligator.org

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Bringing people together through books

We’re listening to Ariana Grande, and you should too, pg. 10

One of our inspirational woman helped open a store where people can de-stress, pg. 9

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Inspirational woman of Gainesville: Heather Halak CO-OWNER OF THIRD HOUSE BOOKS & COFFEE SHARES ITS STORY

By Sara Han Avenue Staff Writer

Heather Halak and Kiren Valjee met at a book signing in Gainesville for Marty Jourard’s “Music Everywhere: The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town.” A few months later, Valjee gave Halak the key to Third House Books & Coffee.

Valjee founded Third House Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore located in downtown Gainesville, at 113 N. Main St., in October 2016, just days before the presidential election.

Before working together, both Halak and Valjee experienced personal struggles but were able to make each other’s situations easier as co-owners of Third House. “[Third House] became this place of political resistance, where people can

grab a coffee and talk about how distraught they were about the [election] and the hate coming out of the woodwork,” Halak said.

She said the name, Third House, is inspired by the book “The Great Good Place” by Ray Oldenburg.

“We all have a first house where we live and a second house where we work, but there’s also a necessity for a third house where we can recover and destress,” she said.

Valjee and Halak said Third House is a welcoming space for all community members, especially marginalized groups.

The books in the store reflect the diversity of the community. The colorful book spines and zines that fill the walls and pop-up shelves are mostly written by women, people of color and local writers.

While there are some classics and popular books on display, Halak tries to curate Third House’s selection so those who are not as recognized yet get shelf space.

“I’ve always thought of books as ther-

apeutic and something really important for a person’s inner life,” said Halak.

Besides managing the bookstore between 30 to 40 hours a week, Halak also works around 20 hours a week at Hear Again Records, an independent record store a few blocks down the street.

“It’s not feasible right now to run a bookstore on its own financially,” she said.

In her free time, she reads book reviews, checks out which books are upand-coming and communicates with local authors and others who want to collaborate for readings and events. When you own a business, there’s no time off, she said Halak said it’s rewarding when people say the bookstore is a “cool space”, find a book they loved based on their recommendations or say they had a good experience in the store.

“It makes it all worth it,” Halak said. @sarahan921 shan@alligator.org

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Heather Halak is a co-owner of downtown Gainesville’s Third House Books & Coffee.

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Tina & Her Pony: Indie folk group coming to Gainesville

By Tranelle Maner Avenue Staff Writer

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Tina & Her Pony will be at the Civic Media Center March 8.

Sounds influenced by the beauty of nature will ring through Gainesville next week when Tina & Her Pony perform.

At 8 p.m. March 8 in the Civic Media Center, Gainesville residents will get to experience the ambient sounds of indie Appalachian folk as music duo Tina & Her Pony make a stop in Gainesville on their current tour.

Tickets are not yet on sale according to Bandsintown, but will range from $5 to $15.

In 2010, Tina Collins and Quetzal Jordan started creating music together after separating from the five-piece band Over Under Yonder to celebrate their shared love of nature.

While their current harmony and balance seem seamless, the duo worked to

bring together their different influences and musical backgrounds.

Despite her classical music training, Jordan enjoys a lot of popular music like Smashing Pumpkins and Johnny Cash, while Collins loves indie and folk music like Joni Mitchell, Kate Walsh and, of course, the Appalachian Trail.

“I picked up some influences along the way of bluegrass and traditional Appalachian music,” Collins said. “I hiked the Appalachian Trail and fell in love with the culture.”

Now, the duo has created what they describe as a smoother and more ambient sound.

In March, Collins and Jordan will begin touring a combination of music from both albums, “Tina & Her Pony” and “Champions,” as well as new music they have workshopped for the past few months.

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“I’ve been feeling really awesome lately, getting out of a funk,” Jordan said.

She added that the new feelings have manifested into more music about love, which is a departure from their typical heartbreak ballads.

Although the Gainesville community may not be attuned to the Indie Appalachian Folk genre, the group is excited to play in the city and give listeners an easy listening experience with poetic songwriting.

“Tina & Her Pony are trying to educate people about folk music and the culture,” Jordan said. “The culture is different than most genres which are about entertaining; folk is about bringing something more sacred: remembering who you are and your life.” @manertt tmaner@alligator.org

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Ariana Grande proves to be queen of pop GRANDE STARTS THE YEAR BY BREAKING RECORDS

By Tranelle Maner Avenue Staff Writer

It looks like Nicki Minaj was right in 2016 about who was taking over pop because Ariana Grande is all over the charts.

In her 2016 song “Side to Side,” Ariana Grande featured Minaj, who added the famous line “I’m the queen of rap, young Ariana run pop.” Grande is doing just that.

In just the last few months, Grande has broken countless long-standing records and edged her name into pop music history.

As of Feb. 17, Grande holds the No. 1 No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which makes her the only female and second artist to do this since The Beatles.

It was announced on Friday that the singer is the only artist in Spotify history to have singles at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 on the “fastest song to reach 100 million

streams” chart.

Those songs include “7 rings,” which reached 100 million streams in nine days, break up anthem “thank u, next,” which achieved the feat in 11 days and her newest single “break up with your girlfriend, I’m bored,” which accumulated its streams in two weeks.

All these singles come off of Grande’s newest album “thank u, next,” which she released on Feb. 8, only a few months after the release of her previous album “Sweetener,” which debuted in August.

The accolades for her new album only seem to increase. A Headline Planet article projects “thank u, next,” which beat out Ed Sheeran’s “Divide” for single-week U.S. audio streams by a pop album, will likely top that record in its second week since its release.

In the past, Grande expressed immense gratitude to her fans for her many awards and recognitions in the sum of multiple heart, cloud and kiss emojis via Twitter.

However, her recent historic accomplishments have rendered a new, albeit odd, response from the singer.

During her surprise appearance on

the “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” when he listed her recent successes, Grande had a simple response: “I’m sorry.” She added that she will “go away soon” so people don’t have to listen to her anymore.

Although Grande may be downplaying her power in the pop industry, Billboard staffers took time to answer questions about why they feel the songstress has become the most relevant and talked-about artist in the past year.

In the piece, the staff writers discussed their favorite singles on the album and how it compares to her past discography, but the last question was the most poignant. When asked, “Where do you think Ariana Grande currently ranks among the greatest pop stars of the ‘10s?” Lyndsey Havens had this to say about Grande: “Without a doubt, Ariana ranks at the top of her class of ‘10s pop stars, not only because she’s resuscitating the genre (cue “breathin”), but also because she’s igniting its revival,” she said. @manertt tmaner@alligator.org

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Freshmen shine in extra Gators look to earn first win innings UF's road victory in Nashville under White

By Jake Dreilinger Sports Writer

Mike White has never beaten Vanderbilt in Nashville.

He didn’t do it as a player at Ole Miss.

He hasn’t done it yet as the coach of the Gators men’s basketball team. His teams just always come up short.

Florida lost in the final two minutes last season. White’s team lost to the Commodores twice in Nashville in 2017, once in the regular season and again in the SEC Tournament. The year before that, UF fell to Vandy by one point.

“Not many fond memories playing at Memorial,” White said. “A lot of good teams though, it’s always a great environment. Life on the road in the SEC, take off here in a little bit. Excited for the opportunity.”

All of that can change this year. The Gators will put their four-game winning streak, their longest of the season, on the line when they face off against the Commodores on the road Wednesday at 9 p.m. The streak includes wins against Vanderbilt and Missouri at home and Alabama and LSU on the road.

The Commodores are winless in the

SEC so far. They have struggled to find a consistent scoring option since guard Darius Garland went down with an injury and left the team to focus on the NBA draft.

Guard Saben Lee, Vandy’s secondleading scorer, managed just four points in 37 minutes of play against Florida on Feb. 13. Meanwhile, freshman forward Aaron Nesmith scored a season-high 26 points against UF and 24 against Auburn but has faltered in the Commodores’ last two contests, dropping 13 and 14 against Tennessee and Alabama, respectively.

“It’s the scouting report on the Commodores,” White said. “Finding Nesmith early and not losing Matt Ryan in transition. That’s all it is.”

Ryan, a redshirt junior forward, was not a problem for Florida last time it played Vanderbilt. He scored nine points on 3-of-11 shooting and grabbed five rebounds. He didn’t play well in transition against UF, but was doing well in the role earlier in the season.

Another player the Gators will want to look out for is freshman forward/center Simisola Shittu, the Commodores’ leader

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UF outfielder Jud Fabian went 1 for 5 during Florida's 5-4 win over Jacksonville in extra innings. His only hit of the game came in the top of the 10th inning when he hit a double to right-center field.

By Kyle Wood Sports Writer

Jud Fabian was 0 for 4 when he walked to the plate in the top of the 10th inning with fellow freshman Cory Acton standing on first base.

Fabian improved to 1 for 5 on the biggest hit of the night. He launched a ball to right-center field, and Acton came around to score. Fabian tried to turn a double into a triple but was tagged out at third. It didn’t matter.

The Gators broke the 4-4 stalemate and had another freshman difference maker ready to close out the game.

Nolan Crisp earned his fifth save of the season, and the Gators followed up their

midweek struggles last week with a 5-4 extra-inning victory on the road. No. 7 Florida (6-3) won its third-straight game after a three-game losing streak last week while Jacksonville (3-4) fell below .500.

Wil Dalton and coach Kevin O’Sullivan were both ejected in the third inning after Dalton argued balls and strikes with the home plate umpire. As a result, the Gators played seven innings without their coach and one of the most experienced players on the team.

Brady McConnell led off the game with a walk and Austin Langworthy followed with a single. McConnell advanced to third on the hit, setting up runners on the corners for Kendrick Calilao, who has been

Grant Holloway earned his second USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week award this season following his performance at the SEC Indoor Championships.

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Florida's women’s sports deserve more student support

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But other women’s prot’s no secret that the Unigrams, like softball, lacrosse versity of Florida has a topand even basketball, deserve notch athletics department, more attention, especially from and the Gator Nation is one the UF student body. of collegiate sports’ most The new and improved Kaextensive fan bases. tie Seashole Pressly Stadium Yes, UF is best known for its is quite a spectacle. The No. 3 football program. It’s basketball Gators have played eight home Mark Stine team and 2017 National Chamgames (if you include the homeTwitter: @mstinejr pion baseball club also draw a opening exhibition against Jalot of attention, and for good pan), and the biggest crowd they’ve drawn reason.

But the women’s programs don’t get as was 2,175 from Saturday.

That’s not a bad showing, but the attendmuch attention as they deserve. Florida has ees mostly weren't students (don’t worry, I some of the top women’s teams in the country, and they draw a small fraction of the saw you, Kyle Trask).

The softball team has a consistent followcrowds that the men’s teams draw.

The Gators gymnastics team routinely at- ing of season-ticket holders, and it benefitted tracts thousands of fans. No. 3 Florida aver- on Saturday and Sunday from a high school ages 8,715 attendees at its home meets in softball tournament hosted in Gainesville.

This team is exciting to watch. It cracks 2019, and this is nothing new. It’s a fixture in the NCAA finals every spring, including more than one home run a game, and there its three-peat as national champions from arguably isn’t a better pitcher in the country 2013-15.

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Gators lacrosse nabs weekly award Florida goalkeeper Haley Hicklen and attacker Lindsey Ronbeck were named to the AAC Honor Roll for their performances against Loyola on Saturday. Hicklen recorded 10 saves, while Ronbeck scored three goals.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Washington’s absence felt on floundering Florida team

By Dylan Rudolph Sports Writer

It was over early.

Florida was down 12 points against Texas A&M before fans could settle into their seats, and it only got worse from there. Where the team usually looks for a spark from one of its veteran leaders, only an empty seat on the end of the bench occupied the space.

The Gators were without junior guard Delicia Washington against the No. 19-ranked Aggies on Monday for an undisclosed, non-injury reason.

This was the third game this season that Florida did not have her in the lineup. Washington was sidelined on Jan. 27 with a concussion and missed a game on Dec. 21, when she was held out due to a “coach’s decision” that was never explained further.

But Monday seemed different. Washington wasn’t even on the bench motivating her teammates. She didn’t attend the game at all.

Coach Cam Newbauer declined to comment on the reasoning for her absence or whether she will return for UF’s final home game on Thursday against Georgia.

Washington’s disappearance left a big hole in the Gators’ lineup.

With her out, — along with 6-foot-1 forward Kristina Moore, who broke her arm Jan. 27 — Florida had few remaining players with the ability to get close to the basket for highpercentage scoring chances.

Washington is second on the team in scoring with 10.2 points per game, most of that

coming in the paint using her speed and athleticism to blow by defenders.

With her out, Florida instead opted to shoot even more from beyond the arc. The Gators, who lead the SEC with 26 three-point attempts per game, threw up 31 against Texas A&M. They did well, tying a season-high 13 threes made, but the one-dimensional game plan was not enough in what resulted in UF’s 14th double-digit loss of the season.

Washington’s scoring comes second to her rebounding ability. The 5-foot-10 guard leads the team in rebounds per game (7.7). Without her physicality and high vertical, UF was outrebounded 44-24 by the Aggies.

Even the Texas A&M coach, Gary Blair, chimed in on how UF looked out of sorts without one of its leaders on the court.

“I think it really hurt (Florida) not having Washington,” he said after the game. “Washington’s a very good player. Florida was short (without) her tonight, and I think it showed.”

Washington made both game-winning shots in the Gators’ two conference wins and provided a spark for her team late in other games. Her absence on Monday left a noticeable gap in the team’s morale and style of play.

Washington’s vanishing act adds to a list of problems during a season that has had more than its fair share. Newbauer has tested 10 different starting lineups trying to find the right combination to compete at a high level.

It is still unclear whether Washington will return to the lineup on Thursday. With or without her, Florida will have no easy task.

Georgia dominated the Gators earlier in the

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UF guard Delicia Washington scored seven points in Florida’s 90-42 loss to Mississippi State on Jan. 24. season, routing them 93-59 on Feb. 10. Washington played 20 minutes and had 12 points, but the Bulldogs still tyrannized on the glass, outrebounding UF 42-25 with 6-foot-3 forward Caliya Robinson hauling in a team-high 12 and

scoring 17 points.

If Washington is indeed out for Thursday, UF’s issues will only magnify. @dyrudolph drudolph@alligator.org.

SOFTBALL

UCLA presents Gators’ toughest test of 2019 season

By Brendan Farrell Sports Writer

The No. 3 Gators have been waiting nearly nine months for this.

Wednesday’s midweek showdown with No. 2 UCLA (14-0) in Fullerton, California, is not only the UF softball team’s biggest test of the season, but it’s also an opportunity for redemption.

The Bruins defeated Florida in last year’s Women’s College World Series 6-5.

Florida led 4-0 after three innings in that game, but a collapse in the top of the fourth inning gave the Bruins a 5-4 lead, and UCLA held on to win.

“I’m extremely excited,” outfielder Jaimie Hoover said. “Words don’t even explain how I feel, it’s going to be a good one.”

This battle of unbeatens is a prime opportunity for the Gators (18-0) to obtain a statement win far from home early in the season.

They haven’t faced a team currently in the top 10 and have played only one team ranked in the latest USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll (No. 12 Arizona).

UCLA, on the other hand, beat No. 4 Oklahoma 7-1 and run-ruled No. 17 Kentucky 12-4.

The Bruins are led by dual-threat redshirt junior Rachel Garcia, the

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Florida pitcher Kelly Barnhill is fourth in the SEC in ERA at 0.59 with the second-highest innings pitched (47.2). She has earned SEC Pitcher of the Week three weeks in a row. reigning Honda Award winner.

Garcia has a 0.71 ERA in the circle this season with 68 strikeouts, the seventh-most in the country. She’s batting just .297 this season but has crushed two home runs.

Garcia, along with freshman Megan Faraimo and sophomore Holly Azevedo, have combined for the country’s eighth-lowest ERA (1.11), six spots behind Florida’s 0.97.

UCLA’s offense boasts a .370 batting average that is tied for seventh in the country and the 10thbest slugging percentage. Redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan and junior Bubba Nickles have combined

for nine of UCLA’s 15 home runs.

Florida, comparatively, has a lower team batting average and slugging percentage, but it has a higher on-base percentage thanks to its 82 walks and 31 hit by pitches. The Gators are going to need to continue that level of bat control against a UCLA pitching staff that is stingy with walks. Its strikeoutto-walk ratio (8.56) ranks third in the country.

Florida has to rely on their power in the lineup, which has belted 21 home runs and scored just over seven runs per game this season.

UF will also counter whoever UCLA starts in the circle with either senior ace Kelly Barnhill, who won SEC Pitcher of the Week for the third week in a row, or sophomore Natalie Lugo, who has had a solid start to the season.

If the Gators do not win Wednesday’s bout with the Bruins, they’ll get another shot at it on Friday in the third game of the Judi Garman Classic, also being held in Fullerton.

“We’re gonna have to take it to another level now,” said coach Tim Walton. “That’s why our players play the game, they wanna play against the best.” @Bfarrell727 bfarrell@alligator.org

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Shittu shot 2 of 5 for ive points against UF on Feb. 13 MEN'S BASKETBALL, from pg 14 in rebounds (186). He didn’t do well offensively last time — five points on 2-of-5 shooting — but his 6-foot-10 frame is enough to be a threat on the defensive boards.

White said it doesn’t matter if Vanderbilt is winless in the SEC. He just wants his team to go to Nashville and collect a win on the road. If the Gators were to play for anyone, they should play for their seniors, KeVaughn Allen, Kevarrius Hayes and Jalen Hudson, who have yet to win at Memorial Gym. “These guys — including myself — have not won there,” he said. “That’s where our focus is. Giving ourselves a chance by playing well to maybe go steal one on the road.

That’s it.” @DreilingerJake jdreilinger@alligator.org

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Florida coach Mike White has never defeated Vanderbilt in Nashville in his career.

Gators struck out 12 times, collected nine hits BASEBALL, from pg 14 the Gators’ best hitter through nine games.

Calilao hit his team-leading seventh RBI of the season on a sacrifice fly to right field that allowed McConnell to score. Jordan Butler, in his first plate appearance of the season, doubled to right field to bring home Langworthy and put the Gators ahead 2-0 in the first inning.

Florida built on its lead in the second inning. Blake Reese was hit by a pitch, stole second and came around to score on a McConnell single to put UF ahead 3-0.

Justin Alintoff made his first start of the season for the Gators on Tuesday. After a scoreless first, Alintoff allowed back-toback two-run innings by the Dolphins to

relinquish the lead.

Jacob Southern began the two-out rally for Jacksonville in the second with an infield single and Alintoff walked Duncan Hunter in the next at-bat. They both scored on a Cory Heffron double down the rightfield line to make it a one-run game, 3-2.

Jacksonville took the lead in the fourth inning. With Scott Dubrule on second and Dakota Julylia on third after a single and an error, respectively, Cory Garrastazu tripled to right field, scoring them both and putting the Dolphins ahead 4-3.

Only one run was scored over the next five innings. It came in the seventh when Langworthy scored from second on a Nelson Maldonado double to tie the game at 4 apiece.

The Florida bullpen was stellar. The freshman trio of David Luethje, Christian Scott and Crisp combined to throw seven scoreless innings in relief.

Jacksonville called on five pitchers out of the bullpen after starting pitcher Austin Temple allowed three runs on five hits in 4.1 innings and struck out three batters.

Strikeouts were once again an issue for the Gators. They struck out 12 times, but nine hits and five runs overshadowed that mark.

Florida returns to Gainesville on Wednesday to host the UCF Knights (5-2). @Kkylewood kwood@alligator.org

COLUMN, from pg 14 than Kelly Barnhill. The senior has won SEC Pitcher of the Week three times since the season started on Feb. 8.

The No. 13 lacrosse team isn’t far behind in terms of star power.

Goalkeeper Haley Hicklen and attacker Lindsey Ronbeck have twice earned American Athletic Conference weekly honors.

The Gators have a loaded non-conference schedule. Their home opener was a date with No. 2 Maryland on Valentine’s Day, a matchup that deserved a little more than 574 fans. And that was a top-10 matchup at the time.

UF has four more matchups against top20 opponents, three of which are at home (No. 4 Syracuse on March 13, No. 3 North Carolina on March 16 and No. 15 Princeton on March 19). It needs a more significant home-field advantage in those matchups.

The women’s basketball team (6-21) isn’t riddled with top players like the softball and lacrosse squads. Yes, it’s difficult for fans, especially students, to get behind a losing club. But this is a developing team that plays decent basketball at home.

It drew its second-largest home crowd (2,218) in its upset win over Missouri, and it holds a 6-8 record in the O’Connell Center.

The Gators host Georgia, a mid-tier conference opponent, in their last home contest on Thursday. With its final game against last-place Vanderbilt to conclude the season, a win against the Bulldogs can give UF some momentum heading into the SEC Tournament. A crowd rivaling the showing against Missouri can help fuel that momentum.

So, next time you’re planning on going to a baseball game over the weekend, maybe catch the softball game beforehand.

The next time you’re not doing anything on a Saturday afternoon, hit up the lacrosse game.

You’ll never know how much you’ll enjoy it, and these teams will probably have you coming back for more.

Mark Stine is assistant sports editor of the Alligator. Follow him on Twitter @mstinejr or contact him at mstine@alligator.org.

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