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GYMNASTICS

Despite missing NCAAs, Florida returns most of its talent in 2020

By River Wells Sports Writer

In the aftermath of a heartbreaker in Corvallis, Oregon, coach Jenny Rowland could only feel shock.

Florida, the No. 4 team in the nation and the regular season SEC Champions, found itself heading home far earlier than it expected to when it placed third in the

NCAA Corvallis Regional finals and failed to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The loss came in part due to back-to-back falls off the balance beam to start the meet.

“This was not a night that I foresaw coming whatsoever,” Rowland said in a release. “This team has been confident and consistent throughout the season.”

The last time the Gators missed the NCAA Championships was in 2000. They

placed third in the SEC Championships and missed out on NCAAs by five hundredths of a point. While it’s a surprise that a team like UF will miss out on the NCAA Championships — especially since it was No. 4 in the nation — the prophecy had built itself up all season.

It was a top three team in the nation in everything but the vault, finishing eighth in that category. The Gators made little

mistakes across their meets while slipping by lesser opponents, but those mistakes added up when they needed it most, such as the meet on Saturday and the SEC Championships last month.

The team will lose two seniors next year in Amanda Cheney and Alicia Boren.

Cheney was rarely in the lineup this year,

SEE GYMNASTICS, PAGE 14

Friends to honor 22-yearold UF student with vigil THEY STARTED A GOFUNDME FOR HER FAMILY

By Hannah Beatty Alligator Staff Writer

Visent

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Insane Instrument James Floyd, a guitar luthier from Pensacola, Florida, plays a guitar Sunday that he handcrafted from the jaw of a nine-foot shark. Floyd exhibited his collection of unique handmade guitars at the 50th Annual Spring Arts Festival put on by Santa Fe College. The two-day festival had live music, food, paintings, sculptures and many other forms of art.

Sophia Visent was the type of friend who showed up on your doorstep unannounced to make you a surprise breakfast after your bad

week.

Just ask Sarah Hoffen, Visent’s friend. Visent raided her fridge to make pancakes and croissants.

“I had that food for days,” said Hoffen, a 22-year-old UF international business master’s student.

Visent, an Uruguayan first-generation UF environmental manage-

ment senior, liked to tell people how she got her car, a gray 2012 Chevrolet Spark. She worked at a store that sold airplane parts to pay off her car completely.

“She was so proud of herself for being independent,” Hoffen said.

Visent’s friends remember her for her kindness, laughter and authenticity after she died by suicide on Wednesday in Miami at 22 years old, said Visent’s best friend, Aimee Wasserman, a UF philosophy senior.

Wasserman, 22, and several of Visent’s friends will hold a vigil for her at 9 p.m. Wednesday on Plaza of the Americas.

They will share stories about Visent and write notes to send to her family in Miami.

Wasserman met Visent through the UF Hispanic Student Association’s Member Leadership Pro-

SEE OBIT, PAGE 4

Man arrested after a man shot and killed at Waffle House HE WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

A Waffle House was open for business and serving families as usual Sunday morning despite a homicide several hours earlier.

There were no signs that a 41-year-old man was shot in the head and killed at the

Gators continue SEC struggles

Pitcher Tommy Mace slid to 1-3 in SEC play, and the UF baseball team is 4-8 after being swept at Ole Miss, pg. 14

Hicks

restaurant.

At about 3 a.m., Ezekiel Luke Hicks, 25, of Gainesville, began to argue with Craig Brewer inside the Waffle House, at 7611 W. Newberry Road, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office

press release.

Hicks left the restaurant and got a 9 mm handgun, deputies said. Despite a bystand-

er trying to stop him, Hicks went back into the restaurant and immediately went to Brewer. A fight started near the entrance.

During the fight, Hicks pulled the handgun out from his pants and shot Brewer in the head.

The incident was captured on surveillance video, the release said. The handgun was also found at the Waffle House.

Deputies arrested Hicks near the restaurant, the release said.

An employee at the restaurant declined

Banner vandalized

A conservative student group had a banner vanadalized for the second time this semester, pg. 4

Hang at Wauburg

Students relax and climb by Lake Wauburg, pg. 9

to answer questions and referred an Alligator reporter to corporate.

Employees working the morning shift were told not to speak about the incident or why the restaurant was open.

Hicks was charged with first-degree murder and concealing an unlicensed firearm. His bond will be set in court today. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

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Local Events / News in Brief TODAY Florida Museum launches ‘One Tree, One Planet’ app When: 6-8 p.m.

Where: Florida Museum of Natural History What: The Florida Museum of Natural History will introduce a new app as part of a multimedia experience celebrating life on Earth. The app will educate users on the relationships between humans, animals, plants, fungi and microbes, which all share the planet.

People can interact with an indoor projection by artist Naziha Mestaoui depicting the tree of life.

Saving Face When: 6:15-8:15 p.m.

Where: Ustler Hall What: People will discuss the intersectional identities an Asian woman holds. They will also explore what is known about sexual assault within the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American communities and touch on familial values, the model minority myth and how exoticism impacts it. This will deepen a discussion through a racial and gender power analysis, which analyzes how sexual assault affects and has been affected by systemic oppression.

The conversation will close with a group session that will address sexual assault within communities and on campus.

CASA: Cuban Heritage Week 2019 When: 10 a.m. Monday to 3 p.m. Friday Where: UF campus What: On the first day of Cuban Heritage Week, the Cuban American Student Association will sell croquetas and pastelitos and deliver them. People can sign up for orders through a Google link on the organization's Facebook event. On Tuesday, a 1995 comedy movie about the struggles in Cuba called “Guantanamera” will play in the Computer Science Engineering Room E221 at 7:30 p.m. There will be popcorn and water. On Wednesday, there will be a kickboxing class at the Southwest Recreation Center Activity Room 2. The class will begin at 8 p.m. On Thursday, there will be a trivia night with questions ranging

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THURSDAY ACCENT Speakers Bureau Presents: Hasan Minhaj When: 8-9 p.m.

Where: Phillips Center for the Performing Arts What: Hasan Minhaj, a comedian, host and creator of the weekly comedy show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” will speak in a moderated conversation. A 15-minute Q&A will follow. Minhaj also has a onehour Netflix comedy special “Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King” and earned a Peabody Award in 2018 for his performance at the 2017 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Students can pick up free tickets at the Student Government suite in the Reitz Union on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Remaining tickets will be distributed Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the same location.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) When: 6-7 p.m.

Where: Bob Graham Center for Public Service What: UF alumni Robert Barnes has been a Washington Post reporter and editor since 1987 and has covered the U.S. Supreme Court since November 2006. With a 5-4 conservative majority, Barnes will talk about what the court could likely face regarding immigration policies, LGBTQ+ rights, asylum and citizenship and possibly the Affordable Care Act. From the Brett Kavanaugh hearings to the health of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barnes will offer an

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Conservative banner promoting gun rights vandalized THE VANDAL IS UNKNOWN

By Mikayla Carroll Alligator Staff Writer

It only took 12 days for a UF conservative student organization’s banner reading “Come and take it” to be vandalized.

The banner was put up on the Plaza of Americas on March 25 by UF’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom.

Dylan Finucan, a member of the organization, found the banner vandalized with red spray paint. It had the words “Go away” and “Antifa” with the communist hammer and sickle symbol painted.

The local antifa group, Gainesville anti-fascists, said the graffiti on the banner was not organized by the group. The group declined to answer further questions.

“I think this was antifa just trying to start problems, but there are a lot more people in antifa than just a--hats with spray paint,” Finucan said.

YAF put up the banner to advocate for second amendment right, Finucan said. The banner also had an assault rifle painted on top of the phrase, “Come and take it.”

Several YAF members have filed a police report with University Police, Finucan said.

In February, a similar incident occurred involving a “Build the Wall” banner hung up by YAF on Plaza of the Americas. The banner was cut down three times in two days.

It is unknown whether cameras in the area caught the action, said UF spokesperson Steve Orlando. YAF held the proper permit from the UF Student Activities and Involvement Division of Student Affairs to hang their banner. @mikaylacarro11 mcarroll@alligator.org

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UF’s Young Americans for Freedom gun rights banner hangs on the Plaza of the Americas Saturday morning after being spray painted with the words “Go away” by an unknown vandalist.

Smathers Libraries hosts first social media meme contest The first place winner will receive a $25 gift card

By Ana Escalante Alligator Contributing Writer

National Library Week will be celebrated at UF in a new way this year: through “spicy,” “fresh” memes.

From Sunday to Saturday, George A. Smathers Libraries is holding the first annual meme contest in the Facebook group Swampy UF memes for top ten public teens for students to submit their best library-related content for a chance to win various prizes.

Lisa Campbell, the Smathers’ instruction and outreach librarian, came up with the idea for the contest after being a frequent member of the Swampy memes page.

After pitching the idea for the contest to the Library West creative team, Campbell said she knew it was a great way to showcase student creativity and humor while maintaining relevance.

“There are other librarians who are also on Swampy memes,” Campbell said. “We find it interesting to understand what our

students are sharing to better connect with them.”

Submissions will close Friday, and top entries will be featured on the Smathers Libraries’ social media pages. The first place winner, who will be announced on Saturday, will receive a $25 gift card, funded by library staff donations and “bragging rights,” Campbell said. Memes are judged by contest staff and are based on criteria like humor and freshness.

Caroline Bradley, an 18-year-old UF in-

She was to graduate in May 2020 OBIT, from pg. 1 gram.

Wasserman said Visent made a sweet first impression on her.

The two became close when they watched episodes of “Jane the Virgin” together in the Beaty Towers common room their sophomore year.

When they were together, they enjoyed going to Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar to sing along with “Vivir Mi Vida” by Marc Anthony or going to Latin Night at Felipe’s to dance cumbia.

When they weren’t together, Wasserman said Visent would tag her in memes on the Swampy UF memes for top ten public teens

Facebook group.

Stephanie Duno, a 21-year-old UF animal science senior, who met Visent through the Member Leadership Program, said Visent was the type of person who you would go out of your way to see if you spotted her across campus.

Duno said Visent was honest about her mental health with others, Duno said.

Duno, who also struggles with mental health, said they would discuss resources and getting help. She said their Hispanic backgrounds placed a stigma around mental illness.

“She was suffering,” Duno said.

“She really tried to look for the good in things.”

Duno said she thinks UF didn’t do enough to help Visent. Visent tried to go to the Counseling and Wellness Center but was stopped by issues with insurance or availability of counselors.

“Sophia’s dying has to be the reason that maybe UF contemplates actually looking at this,” Duno said.

The UF Dean of Students Heather White declined to comment for this story and directed The Alligator to UF spokesperson Steve Orlando.

“Students who may find they need help and support, especially as the end of the semester and finals are approaching, have a number of resources available through

ternational studies freshman, said she already submitted a meme to the contest at her friends’ suggestions.

“While a part of me kind of thinks of it as a grandfather trying to relate to his teenage grandkids, it’s important to acknowledge creativity on campus,” Bradley said, Christian Bedwell, a 21-year-old UF civil engineering junior, said that he plans to submit a meme inspired by the Duolingo owl meme format.

“Anytime someone can make me feel more like a member of The Gator Nation in a fun and unique way, that’s what makes a fresh meme,” he said.

Student Affairs, including U Matter, We Care, GatorWell and the Counseling and Wellness Center,” Orlando said.

A GoFundMe page was set up by Visent’s sister’s boyfriend, Chris Burgos. The page is asking for $15,000 to pay for her funeral expenses. As of Sunday night, the page raised more than $4,500.

No one from Visent’s family could immediately be reached comment.

Hoffen said she wants Visent’s legacy to be her hopes, dreams and

plans.

Visent wanted to graduate. She hoped to walk across the stage in May 2020.

Duno said she and Visent’s friends would like to get an honorary degree for Visent.

“I promise that I will live for both of us now,” Duno said. @hannahbeatty_ hbeatty@alligator.org Staff writer Lakshmi Gomez contributed to this report.

If you or someone you know is in distress, here are some 24/7 resources:

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.

A 24/7 chat with a counselor: suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ The UF Counseling and Wellness Center hotline: 352-392-1575 The Alachua County Crisis Center: 352-264-6789

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UF’ 19 to have new festivities and traditions for May graduation THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM

off and Tom Petty’s tunes on May 4.

Traditionally, UF graduation ceremonies are held by individual colleges in the O’Connell Center. This year, seniors are gathering in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to celebrate the end of their undergraduate careers with unique additions, said UF President Kent Fuchs.

After graduates sing the alma mater after commencement, Tom

By Ana Escalante Alligator Contributing Writer

The UF class of 2019 will be saying their goodbyes with a senior send

Petty’s “Won’t Back Down” will be played for graduates.

The song became a staple at UF football games after Petty died in October 2017.

“I hope it becomes a tradition for May graduations,” Fuchs said.

Kennedy Paredes, a 21-year-old UF education senior, said while history should be remembered, the university should evolve with students

over time.

“I think old traditions are important, but introducing new ones is also important,” Paredes said. “It creates memories for a new generation.”

Before the commencement ceremony, there will be a senior sendoff, dubbed “Forever Florida,” May 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Gator Walk Village at the Stadium, Trevor Pope,

the UF senior class president, who is helping organize the event, wrote in an email. There will be free music, food and carnival games.

The event has been in the works since October and is estimated cost is $45,000, Pope said.

“Commencement needed an event that was completely studentfocused and student-led,” Pope said.

Historian and author Douglas Brinkley to speak at UF HE IS BEING PAID $3,000

By Emma Davis Alligator Contributing Writer

UF will be looking back at America’s ventures to the cosmos 50 years after the first manned lunar landing.

Historian and author Douglas Brinkley, 58, will give a lecture on the history of the space program at 6 p.m. April 19 in the Buddy &

Anne MacKay Auditorium in Pugh Hall, said Cynthia Barnett, an Environmental Fellow in Residence with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.

Brinkley’s speech will focus on the history of the Brinkley first moon landing and Florida’s and the Kennedy Space Center’s influence on space travel, Barnett said. There

will be a book signing of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.”

The speech will cost the university about $3,000 and was funded in part by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, Barnett said.

Brinkley said most of his book research took place in Florida and that the space program “put the central Florida coast on the map.”

Stories of exploration always fascinated Brinkley. People spent years looking up at the moon and wondering what it was like, he said.

“The thought that, in my lifetime, we left the shackles of Earth and explored something completely unknown,” he said. “To me, it’s unbelievable.”

Salvador Robles Luciano, a 22-year-old UF statistics senior, said it’s important to remember the moon landing as part of American history.

“It gives the public access to a topic Floridians will be interested in because the space program is in our backyard,” Luciano said.

Man accused of stealing car, running away from deputies HE HAS A $150,000 BOND

By Katherine WallaceFernandez Alligator Staff Writer

A man allegedly threatened to rape a woman after running from police and forcing his way into her apartment Friday.

At about midnight, deputies saw Tyree Cortez Oliver, 20, of Gainesville, at The Crossing at Santa Fe Apartments, at 3205 NW 83rd St., Oliver trying to open a car, according to an Alachua County

Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Oliver saw them and ran.

At about 6 p.m., a deputy was patrolling at Santa Fe Oaks Apartments, at 8203 NW 31st Ave., when a woman said Oliver threatened her, the report said.

She told deputies she was outside her apartment when Oliver offered her $100 to hide him. When she de-

clined, Oliver went in the apartment, the report said.

Oliver told her to bandage his wounds and threatend to rape her if she didn’t hide him, the report said. When someone knocked on the door, he ran out and went inside someone’s storage room where deputies found him.

He admitted he stole a car the

night before at a Circle K, at 9303 NW 39th Ave., the report said.

Oliver was charged with unarmed burglary of a dwelling, grand theft of a motor vehicle and burglary with assault, the report said.

Oliver remained in the Alachua County Jail Sunday in lieu of a $150,000 bond. kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

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Editorial

World Health Day and what it promotes

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ince 1948, April 7 has been celebrated as National World Health Day. This day is a celebration of the implementation of the constitution of the World Health Organization.

It was adopted during an International Health Conference in New York, held on June 1946 and later signed by 61 States on July 22, 1946. The constitution, which can be read on the organization’s website, was implemented on April 7, 1948.

The day becomes more expansive each year, highlighting different issues from women’s health to mental health. However, it has always been a day to raise awareness about the organization’s mission. Health, which is defined by the organization as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” is an enormous undertaking. Health is a right, but it has not always been treated as such. In the organization’s preamble of its constitution, it says governments have a responsibility to their people to promote health and well-being. If this idea was universally adopted, our world would look very different than it does today.

In a statement from the organization’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who holds a doctorate in Community Health from the University of Nottingham and a Master’s of Science in Immunology of Infectious Diseases from the University of London, said half of the world’s population cannot access basic health care. Children die from diseases due to a lack of access to vaccinations and mothers die in childbirth because of a lack of access to trained medical officials. In his statement, Ghebreyesus focused on the idea of universal health care and how even an imperfect universal health care system is better than nothing.

It begs the question, if the U.S., one of the most developed countries in the world, has yet to implement universal health care, how can we expect smaller, less developed countries to do so? It’s a question we don’t have an answer to. However, it is rooted in the fundamental idea that health is a right that cannot be taken away based on wealth, race or ethnicity. The U.S. health care system has been debated for years and continues to be debated. We don’t have an answer to the “perfect” system, and in reality, there will probably never be a system that everyone agrees on. What we do have is the ability to argue our heath care system and choose our health care system. We have a democracy that gives us a choice in how we access health care, but that isn’t the case for many impoverished nations, where there is no basic health care and there is no choice.

National World Health Day does raises awareness about health across the world. In 2019, health is an extensive issue that relates to malnutrition, diseases, disasters and so much more. As Ghebreyesus said, the fact that there are millions of people across the globe who don’t have access to basic health care is unacceptable. We can’t tell countries what to do, but we can do our best to promote health across the board and appreciate health care professionals for the work they do all over the world.

There is no one solution to global health. It’s a nuanced problem with a thousand different facets that need to be addressed.

Even here in the U.S., we still struggle with mental health and clean water, among other issues. No country is perfect, but it matters that there are people working to remedy these issues.

National World Health Day is a reminder that there are people who are still struggling with basic health necessities and that there are thousands of others who are advocating for the health of millions of people.

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My painted nails shouldn’t be up for discussion

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he fickle thing I’ve learned about nail at least share what I’ve learned and hopefully polish is that its drip is incredibly difficlarify some issues about this expression. cult to account for. No matter the layer, The ways in which men express their manI can always expect the slightest spillhood and how they live with masculinity can over onto my cuticles or fingertips. It be filled with confusion and fear of social exdoesn’t bother me, but instead it encourages clusion. In society, anything that does not imme to keep a steadier hand. Luckily, there’s mediately qualify as “manly” is thought of as no second glances or mention of my nail col- Daniel Gamboa a symbol of a man’s possible queerness, espeopinions@alligator.org or as more people are accepting of different cially if that man aligns himself with his asmethods of expression. I’ve run into other signed gender at birth. This can apply to more masculine-presenting people who wear nail nuanced issues of self-hygiene and how a perpolish, earrings and makeup with eyeshadow and eye- son presents themselves, like laser hair removal, which is liner. I would dare to say this is not a new trend among marketed toward women. Does that make it too feminine LGBTQ+ circles. However, the broadening of gender ex- for men to take part in it? Is the practice of getting manipression through small things, like nail polish, can still cures and pedicures too feminine? In relation to that, if it be a big change for others. isn’t considered feminine, what is the reason for men to I was confronted by my family about how I dress and hesitate with colored nail polish? my choice of accessories, especially in relation to my sexuMy father recently learned I paint my nails and was ality. At times, there are dynamics that still don’t make astonished by my choice in deliberately painting them. sense to me. For example, my mother would hesitate with “What made you think of that?” he asked, to which my pastels and bright neon colors for my clothes and still only response was because I wanted to do something with questions my decision to wear a bright pink T-shirt or a my nails. I don’t wish to make any statement with my floral backpack. There would often be times while shop- presentation of a generally considered feminine practice, ping with my mother where she would make me rework and no one should be held accountable for how they wish my outfit to how she preferred I represent myself in con- to express themselves. There is a lot more to this convertradiction to my own choices. sation of masculinity and femininity that deals with transThe outward expression of our genders and sexualities gender people, and there is an overlap when it comes to are still tightly defined in today’s understanding of what transitioning genders and their relationships with sexualiit is to be masculine and feminine. While people from all ties. I don’t wish to speak for them or their experiences, philosophical, critical and political views talk about the only my own. No one should comment on how other peooverall subjects of sex and gender, there has been a pileup ple choose to express themselves unless someone chooses of confusion over the different ways in which people of dif- to speak about or spread awareness of their expression, ferent sexualities and genders present themselves. I speak and even then, remember to be respectful. coming from a privileged position as a white-passing male Latinx. I would prefer not to define my sexuality, as that Daniel Gamboa is a UF journalism sophomore. His is still something I grapple with. However, I do wish to column normally appears on Fridays.

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Body positivity is about loving your body and promoting healthy habits

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ore ideas of the body positivity movement date back to the late 1800s when the Victorian dress reform movement emerged. This movement aimed to put an end to the fad of corsets and tightlacing, to which women succumbed, conforming to the societal standard of a tiny waistline.

The movement emphasized acceptance of all body types, regardless of waist measurements.

Since then, body positivity has transcended generations. Recently, the movement found a home on social media platforms, such as Instagram, where its modern agents challenge unrealistic beauty standards and unattainable body type expectations. As a result of the social media boom, the message of body positivity now thrives on a global scale. Unfortunately, as the movement grows, it has lost some of its substance: the overall promotion of physical health along with body acceptance.

Social media influencers often create a personal brand that makes their unwavering confidence about their bodies seem glamorous and fun. Body positivity should be celebrated in

perspective, a female who is 5 feet all shapes and forms. However, we 4 inches tall, the average height for have to remember how important a women in the U.S., would be conperson's physical health is, as well. sidered obese if she weighed 174 Many people have battled with their pounds or more. A man who stands bodies. At least 30 million people at the average U.S. male height, 5 of all ages and genders suffer from feet 9 inches tall, would need to some sort of eating disorder, accordweigh 200 pounds or more to be ing to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Abigail Miller classified as obese.

Obesity refers not to a body type, Disorders. Loving your body is im- opinions@alligator.org but to the serious, chronic disease portant, but that also means taking that often results in dangerous effects on the care of it.

That being said, the body positivity move- systems in someone’s body. Among other comment in its modern form is not bad. Further- plications, people who are obese are at serious more, this article is not meant to attack anyone. risk of developing heart disease, Type 2 diabeIf a person is extremely thin, I understand that tes, bone and joint diseases and other health there are major health risks involved, and obe- complications. Most important to note, though, sity should be thought of the same way. When is many people die due to complications related a person is extremely overweight, it can be dan- to obesity. On the other hand, if we look at other eating disorders related to being thin, like angerous to his or her health.

Defining obesity is also important for this orexia, health complications are serious and can discussion. The Centers for Disease Control and be deadly.

It is also important to understand there are Prevention considers anyone with a body mass index greater than 30 to be obese. To put this in a number of factors contributing to obesity and

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'Cancel culture' can be a positive thing

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show they have changed, that person ately, there’s been some shouldn’t be “canceled.” Instead, we discussion of something should save our “canceling” for the called “cancel culture.” truly remorseless, like Fox News host Figures from John Oliver Tucker Carlson. to Tucker Carlson have In March, coincidentally less than a addressed the topic, with someweek before Gunn was rehired, the ortimes wildly differing perspecMedia Matters for America tives. Now, I’m diving into the Jason Zappulla ganization released recordings from interviews fray. opinions@alligator.org between Tampa-based radio host First off, we should probBubba the Love Sponge and Carlson. ably establish what exactly cancel culture is. Macmillan Dictionary defines In those recordings, Carlson can be heard excancel culture as “the practice of no longer pressing a series of offensive views and comsupporting people, especially celebrities, or ments. Some highlights include defending a products that are regarded as unacceptable or cult leader named Warren Jeffs who facilitated problematic.” A person or thing that is no lon- child marriages, describing women in general ger supported is thus said to be “canceled.” as “extremely primitive,” questioning whether In this respect, cancel culture is nothing new, sex workers can be raped and using a c-word even if the name is. People have always debat- to describe the daughter of Martha Stewart.

So how did Tucker Carlson respond to this? ed whether they should stop their support of something or someone due to what may have Not well. In his official statement after the rebeen said or done, but the internet has made cordings surfaced, Carlson said, “Media Matthis process easier, as people’s past actions ters caught me saying something naughty on and words can be easily found and dissemi- a radio show more than a decade ago. Rather nated across the world. However, some have than express the usual ritual contrition, how about this: I’m on television every weeknight argued the culture can go too far.

For an example of cancel culture gone live for an hour. If you want to know what I wrong, we can look at James Gunn. Gunn is think, you can watch.” If someone could tell a director who has achieved success and fame me in what universe defending a cult leader’s from helming Marvel’s “Guardians of the Gal- child marriages is considered merely “naughaxy” series. However, in July, Disney fired ty” rather than absolutely horrific, I’d love to Gunn as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy hear it. And in case you couldn’t tell, there Vol. 3” over tweets where Gunn joked about was no apology, just an invitation for people molestation and pedophilia. In response to this to watch Carlson’s show. Carlson has not decision, the cast of “Guardians of the Galaxy” apologized. He has also parlayed his refusal to issued a statement supporting Gunn, and a pe- apologize to critique people who do apologize, tition on Change.org to reinstate Gunn as the attacking Democratic presidential candidates director has accumulated more than 400,000 Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg over past comments they made and then apologized for. signatures.

To sum up, is cancel culture always bad?

I was also inclined to support James Gunn.

While I thought many of Gunn’s tweets were No. There are some cases where people should in poor taste at the very least, some of them be called out for their bad actions, and people were nearly a decade old, and more important- should boycott them, as well as the ones who ly, Gunn acknowledged these old tweets and support them financially, like advertisers and apologized for him. He explained the tweets sponsors. However, I think it’s reasonable to don’t reflect who he is now. Eventually, Dis- ask that people pull back their outrage if the ney realized they had made a mistake. With person in question has apologized and genupopular sentiment seeming to favor Gunn, inely changed their ways. If we don’t do that, Disney rehired Gunn and restored him as the what incentive will people have to apologize director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and change? And if they don’t apologize, then we’ll be stuck in an endless loop of outrage in March.

So, what can we draw from the Gunn ex- and “canceling” every celebrity who doesn’t ample? While offensive comments should not have a squeaky-clean past. be passively accepted, a person’s subsequent Jason Zappulla is a UF history junior. His words and actions matter. If someone owns up to their past comments, apologizes, and can column appears on Mondays.

other weight-related issues. Genetic factors can often contribute to obesity. You have a 25 percent increased chance of being obese if one or more of your parents are obese, according to Stanford Health Care.

The body positivity movement does a beautiful job of encouraging people to love their bodies. However, it should also promote a healthy lifestyle. The idea of body positivity is to celebrate the body you are in and to treat your body in a respectful way. As a society, we have been quick to judge those deemed “too thin,” and we educate people on the dangers of eating disorders and the life-threatening results they can garner. We should encourage people to educate themselves on healthy eating habits and exercise. We need to promote a culture of loving for our bodies in addition to encouraging people to nourish and nurture the bodies they were given to the best of their abilities.

Abigail Miller is a UF political science and journalism senior. Her column appears on Mondays.

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The environment is a universal effort

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impact they can have to better lastic is bad for the envilives in the community. In this ronment. This has been case, maybe we could encourage common knowledge for change by investing in companies years. What is controverthat have environmentally friendsial, however, is demanding ly policies. In doing so, corporathat everyone turn vegan and ditch tions will feel compelled to besingle-use plastic. People fail to have similarly in order to acquire recognize that most of the earth’s Hannah more investors. pollution stems from major corWhitaker By looking up to major corpoporations rather than individuals.

Also, expecting everyone to stop opinions@alligator.org rations that hold the most influence over economic policies and using straws fails to acknowledge the unintended consequences, which could climate change, we can take the burden off be catastrophic for certain groups. Certainly, of individuals to solve the problem of climate if you’re able to, do what you can to help the change. Of course, we should do what we can environment. Ditch the straws or get reusable to reduce, reuse and recycle, but it is unrealones, ask for paper bags the next time you go istic to expect our small contributions alone grocery shopping and reduce the amount of to solve the environmental problems we face meat you consume, but don’t expect every- today. These contributions matter, which is one to do the same. We first must hold corpo- why most of my trips are by bike, but let’s be rations accountable for their actions, which real. My bike trips are overwhelmed by the primary polluters. affect the environment differently.

In that vein, banning things such as straws It would be more productive to start by changing the ways major corporations treat and plastic bags will help, but we should prothe environment. In an article from 2017, The ceed with caution. Many people with physiGuardian reported that 71 percent of global cal disabilities use straws as tools to help emissions were caused by only 100 major with drinking, and they would be harmed by corporations. In essence, a majority of the a straw ban. Rather than banning straws in global emissions that damage the ozone, the cities, restaurants should ask if people would air we breathe, the water we drink and the like a straw, instead of handing them their produce we grow is caused by a small group drinks with straws already unwrapped. Local of businesses that remain unchecked by eco- burger restaurant Loosey’s has enacted this nomic policies. By rewarding companies that policy, asking if people would like a straw enact environmentally friendly practices, we instead of assuming that they would. Each could begin to reverse climate change on a saved straw benefits both the restaurant’s bottom line as well as the environment. Furmacro level.

The process of enacting change at the ther, straws made from cornstarch could also macro level is known as looking up, rather be a good place to begin, as these plasticthan looking down. Instead of looking down, looking straws are actually biodegradable. blaming individuals and insisting we single- Regardless of what the straws are made of, handedly reverse climate change by using pa- banning them fails to acknowledge they are per bags or skipping straws, we can look up important to some people. Straw bans proto the major corporations and demand they mote the ableist ideal that straws are futile, adopt healthier policies through economic without considering the fact that some people incentives. Giving tax breaks to eco-friendly rely on straws to aid their everyday lives.

Reducing the amount of plastic in your businesses would promote longer-lasting policies and encourage others to follow suit. life is noble, and we should all do what we Investing in socially conscious companies can. However, don’t get discouraged if you also results in lasting change and can en- feel as though your contributions have no efcourage business to enact similar methods fect. Reversing climate change is a group effort. We are not in this alone. While we chip and practices.

Socially responsible investing is the act away ourselves, we must demand that big of investing in companies that uphold ethi- businesses do better. cal standards in regard to different social Hannah Whitaker is a UF English sophospheres. For example, people may choose to invest in businesses that are mindful of the more. Her column appears on Mondays.

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UF humanities center celebrates 10-year anniversary 150 UF students and faculty members attended

By Mikayla Carroll Alligator Staff Writer

UF President Kent Fuchs welcomed a crowd of more than 150 people, including Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, to Smathers Library on Friday.

The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at UF held a celebration in honor of the 10-year anniversary of its 2009 launch. The two-hour event hosted speakers to discuss the importance of humanities and their work in the field.

The center funds grants, fellowships and sponsorships to promote humanities programs, said Sophia Acord, the center’s associate director.

Fuchs welcomed Jon Parrish Peede, the National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman, who is the first sitting chairman to visit UF in more than 20 years, said Barbara Mennel, the center’s director. The last sitting chairman to visited in 1997.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is a federal grant-making agency that awards $155 million each year, Peede said.

The endowment funds the Florida Humanities Council, which seeks to support and preserve the humanities.

Fuchs expressed the importance of humanities in tackling the challenges society currently faces.

“As a public university, our fundamental mission is to make a serious and sustained difference in the world,” Fuchs said. “The humanities, I believe, provide the very best mechanism we have, nurturing a spirit of openness and a spirit of learning.”

A showcase of public humanities projects from UF faculty was presented during the second half of the event, including an oral history project from Jeffrey Pufahl, a UF lecturer in the Center for Arts and Medicine.

The project, called “Telling Gainesville,” was supported by the council and the National Endowment for the Humanities with a $97,000 grant, Peede said in his speech. It told the stories of nine veterans and a military wife from Gainesville through a theater performance.

The council’s executive director, Steve Seibert, welcomed Peede to the stage.

“If the humanities are the stories of our human experiences, then Jon Parrish Peede is the nation’s storyteller-in-chief,” Seibert said.

Peede addressed everything from the importance of civic education to the need for humanities to produce better citizens in his speech.

“I want to live in a community where people are welcome,” Peede said. “I want to live in a society where knowledge is valued.

I can’t think of how you can have either one

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National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Jon Parrish Peede delivers his keynote speech in Smathers Library. Peede is the first sitting chairman to visit UF in more than 20 years. of those if you don’t have the humanities in your community and in your personal life.”

Victoria Machado, a 29-year-old UF religion doctoral student, said she walked out of Smathers Library feeling reassured of her chosen path in the humanities.

“It’s helpful for me, as a graduate stu-

dent, to know that there are multiple paths to take when you’re studying for a higher degree,” Machado said. “This kind of work is inspiring.” @mikaylacarro11 mcarroll@alligator.org

TEDxUF 10th annual conference focuses on idea of legacy TEN SPEAKERS GAVE PRESENTATIONS

By Taylor Girtman Alligator Staff Writer

Queerbaiting, orgasm equality and moth poop brought more than 850 people to the 10th annual TEDxUF conference Saturday.

For its anniversary, TEDxUF, an independent TED conference dedicated to ideas worth spreading, brought 10 speakers to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts to discuss plants on Mars, peace in the

classroom, moths’ role in fruit and modern equality. This year’s theme was “Legacy” in honor of TEDxUF for a decade.

The budget for the event was about $48,750.

One of the speakers, Laurie Mintz, a UF psychology professor, believes the legacy of orgasm equality needs to be changed, she said. She wants to make sex a comfortable topic with science-based facts.

“Despite sexual images all around us, talking about sex makes most people a bit uneasy,” she said.

“Let’s place the clitoris in the public eye.”

Joey McGinn, a 22-year-old UF political science senior, spoke about a different equality: queer equality.

Only 8.8 percent of television shows have LGBTQ+ characters, McGinn said. Queerbaiting is often used to bring in queer characters, which hints at a character’s sexuality without a clear statement.

McGinn doesn’t believe this is enough to label a character as queer, he said. He wants the heterosexual character default to change, especially for younger audiences.

“Queer characters, while starting to be more pertinently seen and heard, still comprise a small fraction of some of our greatest heroes,” he said. “It’s up to us to stand up and take them off the shelf.”

Lisa Merlo graduated as a triplemajor student with a 4.0 GPA and set out to finish her doctorate degree two year earlier than expected.

One day, she found herself in the emergency room diagnosed with exhaustion.

Merlo, now a UF psychiatry professor, encouraged the audience to stop chasing success and to invest in personal relationships and find what is meaningful to you.

“Each of us has the option to choose a life of meaning for ourselves,” she said. “Let’s redefine success by what matters.”

Akil Reynolds, a 22-year-old UF public health senior and TEDxUF speaker, said the happiest day of his life was when he was accepted to UF.

Now, he questions if he is only at UF for diversity’s sake.

However, UF says its not allowed to consider race or ethnicity in admissions.

“For me, a college degree was sold as a means of liberation,” Reynolds said. “If higher education was actually liberatory, we would all contribute ethnically.”

Justin Calloway, a 20-year-old UF computer science sophomore, said Reynolds sparked anger with some people.

“He shook the table,” he said.

“That was really necessary.”

Merlo’s talk about chasing success altered Calloway’s perspective on his future.

“You’re very focused on graduating and getting a degree and all these involvements,” he said. “We don’t really talk about what we want our lives to mean.” @taylorgirtman tgirtman@alligator.org

TEDxUF Speakers

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Anna-Lisa Paul, a UF horticultural sciences research professor, discussed how to be a better martian gardener with plants on Mars at TEDxUF. “Plants truly enable us to colonize places we’ve never been before,” she said.

Maria Eugenia Zelaya: How we can build peace in everyday life Joey McGinn: Breaking down barriers: LGBTQ+ in science fiction more than just “the other” Akito Kawahara: Why you should thank a moth Laurie Mintz: A new sexual revolution for orgasm equality Lisa Merlo: To find fulfillment, stop chasing success Akil Reynolds: Why we should redefine prestige in higher education Anna-Lisa Paul: Humans are explorers — go boldly Natalya Bannister: The power of leading with love Daniela Seabra-Oliveira: Did evolution hardwire us to be phished?

Oliver Telusma: You know you’ve made it when they can pronounce your foreign last name correctly

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Wauburg Weekend

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

ABOVE LEFT: Angel Gatev, a 21-year-old UF mechanical engineering junior, belays Hope Miller, a 20-year-old UF forest resources and conservation sophomore, Sunday at the rock wall at Lake Wauburg South Shore, at 312 Whitehurst Road, Micanopy, Florida. This was the first time that Miller had been climbing.

ABOVE RIGHT: Krina Amin, a 27-year-old resident doctor at UF Health Shands Hospital, assists Tyler Detsouvanh, a 21-year-old UF mechanical engineering junior and Lake Wauburg employee, in belaying someone on the Lake Wauburg climbing wall Sunday.

“The fact that they have water activities and this rock wall is pretty cool,” Amin said.

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

BOTTOM LEFT: Jessie Lebrecht, a 22-year-old UF marine sciences senior, finishes hole 18 of disc golf Sunday at Lake Wauburg South Shore. Lebrecht usually comes to the South Shore to rock climb, but he decided to change things up. “It’s free entertainment,” Lebrecht said.

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Man accused of fleeing from police in garage HE HAS A $28,000 BOND

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

An Ocala man allegedly took Gainesville Police on a chase inside a downtown parking garage Friday.

At about 2:30 a.m., an officer saw Kajuan Lamonte Brewton, 18, driving the wrong way on Southwest Second Street, according to a Gainesville Police arrest re-

port. The officer repeatedly told Brewton to stop, but he continued driving.

He then drove into a parking garage at 105 SW Third St., the report said.

Police found Brewton in the car on the third floor.

Brewton He reversed the truck and began making circles around the third floor, eventually going to the fifth floor, the report said.

There, Brewton and passengers got out of the truck, the report said. The passengers complied with an officer telling them to stop, and then Brewton ran down a stairwell.

He tried to give a person in the stairwell his truck keys, but police confronted him, the report said. He threw the keys at the person and then ran to the fourth floor.

An officer went to the fifth floor and saw Brewton running up the ramp in his direction, the report said. When Brewton

saw the officer, he turned around and ran away from him, but another officer caught him.

Brewton was charged with resisting an officer without violence, fleeing an officer and driving with knowledge of a suspended or revoked license, the report said.

He remained in the Alachua County Jail Sunday in lieu of a $28,000 bond. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

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BASEBALL

Gators succumb to consecutive SEC road-series sweeps

By Evan Lepak Sports Writer

Florida’s baseball team had momentum heading into this weekend’s series with Ole Miss.

The team held a five-game winning streak, seemingly playing its best baseball of the season.

No. 21 UF instead took a step back, dropping all three games to the No. 18 Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi.

The Gators (21-13, 4-8 SEC) were outscored 40-18 over the weekend, getting blasted in the first two contests before blowing a commanding 8-0 lead in Game 3 to lose to Ole Miss (23-10, 8-4 SEC) 12-10.

Shaky starting pitching, an abysmal performance from the bullpen and costly mistakes all played a part in UF falling victim to a second-straight SEC road series sweep.

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Florida pitcher Tommy Mace has given up 13 runs on 22 hits in conference losses this season.

Trinity Thomas was an AllAmerican in four events GYMNASTICS, from pg 1 but Boren was an integral piece at every meet she competed in. Boren, along with three other UF gymnasts, will still head to Fort Worth, Texas, as individual competitors at the NCAA Championships.

Boren’s departure may leave a ripple, but Florida has plenty to be excited about in regard to its returning gymnasts.

Freshman Trinity Thomas was the team’s most dominant gymnast. She was awarded the SEC Freshman of the Year award and was honored with four AllAmerican nods on the all-around, beam, bars and floor, the nation’s leading freshman total.

This season also saw the rise of freshman Savannah Schoenherr, who started the year with poor vault scores but later became an anchor on the vault and bars.

UF has also had either the No. 1 or No. 2 recruiting class in the nation nine of the last 10 years, and its recruiting power is likely to bring in more superstars in 2020.

Aside from returning freshmen, the Gators also expect to return a few gymnasts who have already served in leadership roles, such as sophomore Alyssa Baumann and juniors Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley. Any of them could fill the void left by Boren and guide the incoming recruiting class to the success this year’s freshman class displayed.

While there will be new additions to UF’s roster that didn’t experience the heartbreak in Corvallis, Oregon, there will be many on the roster who did. Rowland plans to use the missed opportunity to Florida’s advantage as it readies for a title run next year.

“We will learn from this experience, as it will sting for quite a while,” Rowland said. “This is a team with a lot of heart and pride. I know they will use this to get better.”

In his Class A Advanced debut on Saturday, former Gators pitcher Brady Singer threw 5.1 innings and allowed just three hits and two earned runs in a losing effort.

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Florida’s weekend rotation continues to struggle in SEC play UF’s trio of starters — Tommy Mace, Jack Leftwich and Tyler Dyson — were dominant in non-con-

ference play.

All three starters were undefeated, but in SEC play, they’ve gone 2-7 with a 6.18 ERA. Mace has shown the most consistency despite the 1-3 record in conference play. The right-hander picked up a critical win against Alabama but dropped three decisions to Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss.

The sophomore gave up 13 runs off 22 hits in those three losses.

Leftwich’s situation has been a bit more complicated.

UF’s usual Saturday starter has dealt with a nagging blister on his throwing hand for over a month, which has hampered his performance. His conference record (02) and ERA (9.90) are only from a 10-inning sample size, but the right-hander’s numbers may continue to suffer until his hand heals.

For that reason, coach Kevin O’Sullivan chose to start freshman Christian Scott in place of Leftwich against Ole Miss on Saturday.

Dyson has been up and down all season with his control, and 11 walks through four SEC games

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SOFTBALL

Florida wins all three over error-ridden Arkansas

By Mark Stine Sports Writer

Jade Caraway jogged to second base.

Florida’s center fielder didn’t have to worry about a possible play with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. The ball was in the Arkansas dugout.

An errant throw by Razorbacks pitcher Autumn Storms put Caraway on base.

She touched home on Amanda Lorenz’s double off the left-field fence in the next at-bat.

Two errors by No. 14 Arkansas led to opportunities for the UF softball team on Sunday afternoon, as it scored three unearned runs in the 3-1 victory. No. 8 Florida swept the three-game series and improved to .500 in the SEC. “I feel like we took it for granted the first three years,” Lorenz said about sweeping SEC teams. “It was kind of just what we did. So, I think it was nice to get

Two Gators participate in international play Florida forward Deanne Rose and defender Georgia Eaton-Collins represented their respective countries this weekend. Rose made a substitute appearance for Canada in its 1-0 win over England on Friday. Eaton-Collins played for England’s U-19 European Championship team in a 4-0 win over Sweden.

this feeling again.”

Storms has given up 64 runs this season, 31 of which were unearned. The Razorbacks (26-14, 6-8 SEC) have committed 61 errors this season, the most in the SEC. That total includes four from this weekend. UF didn’t commit a single error in the series.

“When you have a drop-ball pitcher like that, you’ve got to take care of the ball,” UF coach Tim Walton said. “(Storms) is really good, feeds the defense a lot… We hardly hit any balls out of the infield against her.”

Florida (32-9, 6-6 SEC) provided enough run support for pitcher Kelly Barnhill, who turned in a solid performance on Sunday. The two-time All-American pitched her second complete game of the weekend after a shutout outing on Friday.

She allowed only two hits and one earned run to go along with eight strikeouts on

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UF emphasizes fast start to open conference play

By Bryan Matamoros Sports Writer

The Florida women’s lacrosse team has heard the same phrase all season long from coach Amanda O’Leary.

“Come out of the blocks fast.”

It’s an expression commonly used in track and field where sprinters put their feet against starting blocks to begin a race quickly.

O’Leary used the saying to emphasize the importance of starting a game fast-paced.

The No. 19 Gators did that on Saturday, scoring five unanswered goals at the beginning of their 18-9 victory over Vanderbilt at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

“It’s something that we’ve asked them to do,” O’Leary said, “and I thought (on Saturday) they executed the game plan perfectly.”

After gaining possession on the game’s initial draw, UF (7-6, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) ran an isolation play for senior midfielder Sydney Pirreca.

Pirreca escaped her defender and fired a shot into the top corner, giving Florida a 1-0 lead 32 seconds into the contest.

Less than a minute later, the Gators struck again.

Junior midfielder Brianna Harris converted

on a free-position attempt to double the lead.

Pirreca scored the next three goals, with two in the run of play and one from the free position.

By the 22:24 mark of the first half, UF had a five-goal advantage over the Commodores (9-3, 1-1 AAC).

“Contributing in the best way I can, early and often, was kind of what we were going for,” Pirreca said.

The AAC Preseason Midfielder of the Year led Florida with four goals, while Harris, senior attacker Lindsey Ronbeck, sophomore midfielder Shannon Kavanagh and sophomore attacker Grace Haus all recorded hat tricks.

Ronbeck has recorded three goals or more in 10 out of 13 games this year, including a season-high eight in a 17-12 loss against Maryland on Feb. 14.

With her last goal against Vandy, Ronbeck became the second-leading goalscorer in program history (204).

Senior goalkeeper Haley Hicklen had eight saves and a .500 save percentage against Vanderbilt.

UF has won its last four games, and Hicklen has conceded no more than 10 goals in each of those victories.

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Florida midfielder Sydney Pirreca scored four goals in UF’s 18-9 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

Pirreca noted that Hicklen’s presence in net makes the team feel comfortable regardless of the opponent.

“I never feel worried or anything like that when I know she’s behind me in the cage,”

Pirreca said. “We can always rely on her when the going gets tough.” @bmatamoros bmatamoros@alligator.org

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Florida earns pivotal victory over Auburn at home

By Victor Prieto Sports Writer

The Florida women’s tennis team entered the Ring Tennis Complex on Sunday in a mustwin situation.

The Gators would be ineligible for an atlarge selection in the NCAA Tournament if they finished the season below .500 — they entered Sunday’s contest in seventh place in the SEC with a 9-9 record.

UF’s match against Auburn — who entered Gainesville on a 10-match losing streak — was tight from the start, but late breakthroughs from freshman Sydney Berlin and sophomore Ida Jarlskog clinched a crucial 4-2 victory for the Gators.

“I was really happy to see that we were able to withstand (Auburn’s) best punch and pull

out the win,” coach Roland Thornqvist said.

“We have a short season in which we really need to excel in order to make the NCAAs… and it’s really going to be a mini playoff-type scenario going down the stretch.”

Sophomore McCartney Kessler returned for Florida (10-9, 7-5 SEC) in doubles play after missing Friday’s 4-1 loss against Alabama due to a hip injury. She guided the Gators to a swift Kessler victory in the opening point for the second time in their last five matches.

Freshman duo Marlee Zein and Berlin dominated Auburn’s Alannah Griffin and Caroline Turner in a 6-2 win, while Florida’s lone ranked pair in No. 65 Victoria Emma and Kessler reunited and handled Madeline Meredith

and Taylor Russo (6-4) to clinch the point.

“I thought doubles was much better with McCartney (Kessler) in there,” Thornqvist said. “Everyone was locked in at a different level because of that.”

Though Kessler returned for doubles, Thornqvist wasn’t confident she was healthy enough to start in the singles lineup and instead gave Katie Kubicz the nod for her fourth start this season.

It wasn’t the sophomore’s day on Court 6, with Kubicz winning just one game the entire match in a 6-1, 6-0 drubbing to Turner for the Tigers’ first point.

Auburn’s Russo made quick work of Zein on Court 3 in a straight-set win (6-4, 6-1), resulting in the freshman’s second-consecutive loss and a 2-1 Auburn lead. No. 78 Emma answered back in her three-set match against Meredith with a commanding 6-0 frame for her

second straight-win (6-3, 4-6, 6-0), evening the match at two.

Momentum shifted in Florida’s favor as Berlin grinded out a gritty 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) win over Yu Chen to put the Gators just one point away from victory.

Attention turned to the main court, where No. 8 Jarlskog fought back to force a decisive third set over No. 103 Jaeda Daniel after dropping her first set. The final frame was all Jarlskog, clinching the Gators’ 10th victory of the season 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and her team-best 12th dual match win of the season.

“I thought Auburn had fantastic heart and fought so hard,” Thornqvist said. “Hopefully we get McCartney back in the singles lineup before long because that makes us a completely different team.” @victorprieto_11 vprieto@alligator.org

MEN’S TENNIS

Gators clinch share of SEC title with win over Auburn

By Noah Ram Sports writer

The Gators men’s tennis team is ready to party like it’s 2005.

Florida is now SEC regular-season champion for the first time in fourteen years. It clinched at least a share of the title after beating Auburn 6-1 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Alabama, on Sunday.

The No. 2 Gators will be the sole SEC regular season champions for the first time since 2005 if they can defeat South Carolina on Sunday. A loss to the Gamecocks would create a tie at the top of the standings with Texas A&M, who the Gators beat on

March 31 at home, 5-2.

Florida’s 11-0 start in SEC play is its best in 14 years, when it started with the same record. The Gators have won 13 in a row and are 19-2 overall. The last time they finished the season with two-or even threelosses was 1977.

“Everyone came out today ready to go and played very well,” sophomore Oliver Crawford said in a release.

“We know we Crawford still have to beat South Carolina to win the SEC

outright and that’s what we are focused on doing.”

For the most part, UF stuck with the same lineup that had success in the 7-0 win over Alabama on Friday.

The only change was freshman Lukas Greif and sophomore Andy Andrade paired on Court 3.

The doubles point came easily against the Tigers (12-17, 0-11 SEC).

Senior McClain Kessler and junior Johannes Ingildsen won on Court 1, 6-1.

The point was clinched on Court 2 with a 6-1 win by Crawford and senior Alfredo Perez. Greif and Andrade led 5-1 when their match was stopped after the point was cliched.

Singles play came easily again for the Gators. UF took the first set on five of six courts including 6-0 firstset wins by Kessler and Crawford.

Kessler and Perez cruised to wins on Courts 5 and 6, with Kessler winning 6-0, 6-1 and Perez winning 6-1, 6-0.

No. 14 Crawford clinched the win 6-0, 6-1 over Matteo DeVincentis. He improved to 9-2 in SEC play and clinched for the second time this season. He has also won six straight matches.

Auburn picked up its only point in the match when No. 89 Ingildsen fell to Tad Maclean 6-4, 6-0. That was the only point the Tigers got as Andrade clinched a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Sophomore Duarte Vale completed the match with a 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 victory in a 10-point tiebreaker. No. 109 Vale improved to 9-0 in SEC play and extended his winning streak to 10 in singles.

This season has been a great improvement for Vale, as he is 12-1 this season after finishing 5-6 in singles in 2018.

“We don’t want to share the title.

South Carolina is a very good team and it will be very tough,” Crawford said. “We are looking forward to the challenge.” @noah_ram1 nram@alligator.org

16 ALLIGATOR MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019

Lorenz went 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs on Sunday SOFTBALL, from pg 14 Sunday.

Barnhill conceded a home run in the top of the second inning to give the Razorbacks the game’s first lead.

Right fielder Katie Warrick grooved an 0-2 pitch off the top of the scoreboard in leftcenter field for a solo shot.

Barnhill allowed a walk and hit a batter later in the second, but she struck out three to retire the side and get out of the jam.

The Gators turned the deficit into a lead in the bottom of the third.

Designated player Jordan Roberts reached first courtesy of an errant throw by Arkansas shortstop Keely Edwards.

Pinch runner Amanda Beane took second on a single by first base-

man Jordan Matthews and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hannah Sipos.

Then, a ground out by Caraway allowed her to score.

Lorenz plated Matthews with a bloop single to center field on the next at-bat. The senior left fielder went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Lorenz’s RBI double in the fifth added an insurance run, and Barnhill didn’t allow another base runner after UF took the 3-1 lead.

“I think just the offense, we’re trying to take it personally and have our pitchers’ backs,” Lorenz said.

“This weekend was just nice for us to give them a little something, give them a little breathing room.” @mstinejr mstine@alligator.org

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UF pitcher Kelly Barnhill allowed just two hits and one earned run in Florida’s 3-1 win over Arkansas on Sunday.

Florida led 8-0 before letting up 10 straight runs BASEBALL, from pg 14 showcases that.

The junior salvaged a victory against Mississippi State last month, but his other outings have been shortened by inconsistency.

He only went 3.1 innings against Alabama, and this weekend’s start was just 3.2 innings, as he allowed four walks against the Rebels.

His strikeout-to-walk ratio is just 14 to 11 against SEC competition, and if those results

continue, O’Sullivan will be relying on his bullpen more and more on the days Dyson takes the mound.

Bullpen issues continue to hurt Gators UF fell to 0-6 in SEC road games after this weekend’s series, and the bullpen is partially to blame.

The pen has given up 37 runs in the two SEC series away from Gainesville, and six relievers have ERAs at or above nine in conference play.

Redshirt freshman Hunter Ruth has had some great moments at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, but his appearances away from home have not been ideal.

This weekend’s outing was by far his worst as he gave up 10 runs (eight earned) off 12 hits after 2.1 innings.

Freshman Nolan Crisp also had a tough weekend in Mississippi.

Crisp earned his first loss of the season after surrendering UF’s lead late in Game 3, giving up six runs off six hits.

Not everything was the the bullpen’s fault against Ole Miss, though.

Florida’s defense let it down early and often during Games 2 and 3 of the series on Saturday.

Four errors during the contests allowed the Rebels to score eight unearned runs.

Shortstop Brady McConnell (5), second baseman/outfielder Jacob Young (2) and first baseman Kendrick Calilao (2) lead the team in errors during conference play. @evanmplepak elepak@alligator.org

WOMEN’S GOLF

Brooks, Perez compete at historic Augusta National

By Jack Braverman Sports Writer

Two Florida women’s golfers, juniors Sierra Brooks and Marta Perez, partook in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week with success.

Brooks, the No. 22-ranked amateur in the world, and Perez, No. 60, according to the Women’s Ametuer Golf Rankings, were invited to compete based on their respectable places and influence in the women’s amateur game.

Brooks and Perez finished T10 (+1) and T21 (+4), respectively. Both Gator standouts were in contention all week but struggled during the final round at Augusta, the only round on the celebrated course. The first two rounds were held at the local Champions Retreat Golf Club, with the top-30 advancing to the final day.

Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts founded the Augusta National Golf Club in 1933 with the idea of creating the most prestigious, ex-

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Florida golfer Sierra Brooks tied for 10th at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with a score of 1 over. clusive and elite club in the South.

Jones, indisputably the greatest golfer of his time, and Roberts, a close friend and Wall Street broker, hired legendary golf course architect Alister MacKenzie to put their dream to reality.

The first Masters Tournament was held soon after in 1934, and since then, the tournament has been a spectacle of spring, and a staple in the sporting world’s calendar.

Yet, despite all the glory that Au-

gusta National basks in annually — its flowers in full bloom, not a single blade of grass or grain of sand out of place, a seemingly always top-caliber tournament — the club has always been undermined by a failure to adapt to modern times.

Florida alum and current club chairman Fred Ridley presented the Augusta National Women’s Amateur prior to last year’s Masters Tournament, an unprecedented opportunity to spotlight the game’s best female amateurs on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National for the first time, the weekend before the men compete.

The 54-hole event was met with widespread praise, and this week’s inaugural competition proved that the women’s competition can also bring crowds to Augusta each April.

In the highest-rated women’s golf telecast in three years, Wake Forest senior Jennifer Kupcho outlasted Arkansas senior Maria Fassi to become the event’s inaugural champion.

It was a two-person duel for

most of Saturday’s final round at Augusta, but ultimately it was Kupcho who pulled away victorious at 10 under, four shots clear of Fassi, a native of Mexico.

The women who competed understood the size of the moment, the historic nature of what it meant, and they took it with stride.

It was the opportunity of a lifetime.

“It’s huge. It’s everything women’s golf needs,’’ Brooks said in a release. “I’m just so honored that I get to be a part of this historic event and be a part of history, and I just really hope that this tournament will inspire the next generations.”

For Brooks, who also had her father, Brent, caddying for her this week, this event was extra special.

“Having him on the bag, last round at Augusta National, there’s nothing that beats that,” she said.

“One of the best memories ever.” @jack_braverman jbraverman@alligator.org