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LIVING IN GAINESVILLE: RESIDENT (PART 4 OF 4)

Homeowners face higher taxes, older homes ALACHUA COUNTY HAS SOME OF HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN STATE

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Pool parties used to roar across the street from Claire Lamar’s Gainesville home in the 1980s.

The students in the military fraternity would jump off the roof and into the pool.

“They move in, and they don’t realize that, maybe, around them are some families that have small children,” Lamar said.

She recalled one late night when the students were playing bongo drums. Her husband stormed out of the house in boxers and marched

over, yelling at them to stop.

Now, the fraternity is long gone. Lamar has watched a number of people move in and out of the Duckpond neighborhood, filled with historic homes in downtown Gainesville. But more and more young professionals and growing families are moving to the west side of town.

In 2018, 5,133 single-family

and attached units were sold in Gainesville, according to the Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors multiple listing services.

The median price of a singlefamily home in Gainesville as of the first half of 2018 was $169,900, which is lower than the county as a whole, said Anne Ray, a Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse man-

ager.

In Gainesville, buying a home means looking west for new development and expecting to pay high property tax rates.

Alachua County faces some of the highest property tax rates in the state, said Matt Geiger, executive director of tax operations at the

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Man dies after being attacked by large bird HE OWNED TWO CASSOWARIES

By Josephine Fuller Alligator Staff Writer

The world’s most dangerous bird attacked and killed a man in the backyard of his Alachua County home.

On Friday at about 10 a.m., paramedics responded to a 911 call and found Marvin Hajos, 75, of Alachua County, attacked by his cassowary, Jeff Taylor, the Alachua County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief, wrote in an email.

Paramedics brought Hajos to a hospital where he died from his injuries, Taylor said.

Cassowaries are large, flightless birds that can grow up to 6 feet tall and have a claw on each foot that can grow up to 4 inches long.

Hajos owned the property and the two birds, but it is not clear if both birds were in-

volved in the attack.

T a y l o r said it appeared Hajos was injured after falling in a path near the birds’ enCasuarius casuarius closure.

At least one of the birds attacked him.

The birds are secured on private property at this time, said Lt. Brett Rhodenizer, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. This is the first time an attack like this has happened since he has been with the sheriff’s office.

“The investigation is still on-going as we work to confirm that this was just an unfortunate accident,” Rhodenizer said. @JoFuller24 JFuller@alligator.org

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Florida wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland celebrates a touchdown with fans by jumping into the stands during the Orange and Blue game on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Orange team won 60-35.

Read the story on pg. 14.

Fewer minority students were admitted to UF this year There was a 4 percent decrease from 2018 to 2019

By Lakshmi Gomez Alligator Staff Writer

UF undergraduate applications reached a record high this year, but minority applicants saw a dip in admissions.

Minority admissions decreased by 4 percent this past year, according to a report from Charles Murphy, the UF director of freshman and international admissions.

This year, minority admissions dropped to 3,330 after increasing

Gators complete sweep of Texas A&M

The UF softball team defeated the Aggies 4-1 on Sunday behind Jordan Roberts’ two-run homer, pg. 14

in 2018 from 3,614 to 4,129.

The decrease in minority admissions can be attributed to fewer students being admitted into UF as a whole, Murphy said. UF admitted about 750 fewer students into the freshman class this year.

Who is Gainesville?

The Alligator is hosting a community forum today, pg. 4

However, other UF admission rates have stayed steady over the past three years, including firstgeneration students at 19 percent, legacy students at 20 percent and top 10 percent of graduating class at 70 percent.

“For any group, there will be less admitted students because the overall total of admitted students

was less,” Murphy said.

Despite the decrease in minority admissions, UF has seen an increase in minority applications in the past five years.

In a presentation to the Board of Trustees at the March 29 meeting, Zina Evans, the vice president for enrollment management, re-

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Festival of Nations When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Film shows impact of death sentences on jurors When: 7 p.m.

Where: Civic Media Center, at 433 S. Main St. What: Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will show the film “Lindy Lou Juror No. 2.” This film is a look at the criminal justice system from the perspective of a juror in a trial that sentenced a man to death, resulting in his execution.

The main character, Lindy, has feelings of guilt that inspire her to seek answers from her fellow jurors. The film follows her journey, examines how the verdict impacted the jurors who decided it and raises questions about America’s system of capital punishment. For more information, call 352-278-4342.

Girl Boss Workshop When: 3-5 p.m.

Where: Reitz Union, Room 6315 What: The #GirlBoss Workshop will host two speakers from the UF Career Connections Center to talk about being a Girl Boss and how to negotiate pay. Less than 40 percent of women negotiate their pay while being hired for a job, and women are more often denied pay raises than men in the workplace. Each discussion will last 30-45 minutes with a 10-minute Q&A session at the end. People can also decorate their own inspiration board.

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Science: Unsilenced When: 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Where: Bob Graham Center for Public Service What: This week-long series of events is devoted to free speech in science. These events will start campus conversations around free speech and censorship.

Speakers include: Christina Arena, the creator and executive producer of “Let Science Speak,” a documentary to help defend America’s environmental scientists; Connie Bersok, a former 30-year employee of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and alumnus of the UF Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands who was suspended for her memo against a wetlands permit; Joel Clement, an Arctic Initiative

International Student Internship Panel and Workshop When: 3-5 p.m.

Where: Career Connections Center: Connection Room on the ground floor of the Reitz Union What: The International Student Affairs Cabinet is collaborating with Volunteers for International Student Affairs and the Career and Connections Center to host a career and internship panel and workshop event to help with the application process for international students seeking job opportunities in the U.S. International students can learn how to grow their network and implement job search strategies.

Additionally, the workshop will include a panel of current international students who will share their job experiences and give advice on how to stand out

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THURSDAY UF Performing Arts to host National Geographic presentation on oceans When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Phillips Center for the Performing Arts What: The Florida Museum of Natural History and the UF Performing Arts present “National Geographic Live: Ocean Soul,” a night of exploration through film, photography and discussion with a National Geographic photographer. Brian Skerry, a National Geographic photographer, has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater telling stories from the ocean.

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Cookie decorating wine tasting When: 6:15-7:30 p.m.

Where: Downtown Wine and Cheese, at 113 N. Main St. What: Wines will be paired with sweets as people decorate sugar cookies. Cheese and light refreshments will also be served. There will also be happy hour specials with $5 glasses of wine and discounts on bottle purchases. Tickets are $15.

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Non-college residents try to move away from UF RESIDENT, from pg. 1 Alachua County Tax Collector’s Office.

The property tax rate in the county is high because about 50 percent of the land value is exempt from paying taxes, he said.

All government properties, such as schools and city hall, non-profit organizations, and some homeowners are exempt from certain taxes.

UF is a public institution that makes up a large part of those tax-exempt properties because it takes up about 2,000 acres of Gainesville, according to the UF website.

A large number of tax-exempt areas lead to people paying double in property taxes, he said.

Justin Froiseth, a 33-year-old homeowner, said he feels like he pays higher rates in Gainesville than if he lived somewhere else.

Froiseth is a student-turned-homeowner in Gainesville. When he lived in apartments around UF, he wasn’t worried about paying property taxes or driving 45 minutes into town for work.

He now lives in a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom house in South Pointe off of Newberry Road with his wife and 1-year-old daughter.

When purchasing their first house, they chose west Gainesville because they wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

“All of a sudden, once you’re out of college, it’s like you don’t want to necessarily be around all the college kids anymore,” Froiseth said.

Froiseth’s biggest complaint about his home in west Gainesville is the commute time. It usually takes him about 45 minutes to make the 8-mile drive from his house to his physical therapy job at UF Health Shands Hospital.

“It’s not the worst,” Froiseth said. “But for being such as small city, that’s probably our biggest complaint that the commute for going such a short distance can take so long.”

Despite the long drive, west Gainesville is seeing the newest housing developments.

Most of the new housing developments, which are usually higher priced, are push-

ing out of the city limits and into the county, Anne Ray said. This leaves the heart of Gainesville with older homes and west Gainesville with newer developments.

Mixed-use communities in west Gainesville, like Haile Plantation and Tioga, are popular places among people relocating to Gainesville. Even those who are new to the area are familiar with these communities due to their walkability to restaurants, shopping and school zones.

Haile Plantation is one of the largest planned units development in North Central Florida with 62 subdivisions consisting of 2,700 houses, townhomes and apartments, ranging from $150,000 to $1.5 million, said Sandra Lehrer, who has been a real estate agent for 25 years.

“This appeals to everybody,” Lehrer said. “We have a lot of retirement people who come in here, we have small homes for them. Empty nesters. And there’s excellent schools nearby so we have families, too.”

At the heart of Haile Plantation sits the town village Boutique shops, restaurants and

Admissions oice considering increasing outreach DIVERSITY, from pg. 1 ported a 27 percent increase in minority student applications in the past five years.

Evans could not be reached for comment.

The office of admissions is considering increasing outreach efforts for next year’s admission cycle in hopes of promoting diversity on campus, Murphy said.

These efforts include engaging with prospective students by attending more college fairs, application workshops and visiting high schools across the state and

country.

“We play a lead role, but it’s not just admissions’ job,” Murphy said. “It’s really the whole university’s job.”

The office of admissions has also been working with campus partners to increase minority application and admissions rates, including UF Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, the UF Alumni Association and the UF Association of Black Alumni, he said.

The Alligator reached out to UF Multicultural and Diversity Affairs and were redirected to UF spokesperson Steve Orlando, who could not comment.

Evans will present a more detailed admissions update to the Committee on Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs and Experience at the next Board of Trustees meeting June 6, Murphy said.

Alita Milian, a Hispanic 21-yearold UF biochemistry senior, said UF is not doing enough to promote diversity.

Milian thinks UF administrators should tailor their outreach efforts to people of color so these students don’t feel discouraged from applying, she said.

“Minorities tend to face a lot of challenges in order to get to college because the same opportunities

offices sit underneath apartment buildings with trees growing to canopy the street.

Driving further into the community, in the Oakmont subdivision, Jane Calabrese tied her hair back in a baseball cap as she swept fallen leaves from the street in front of her house.

She moved to Gainesville in 1990.

They decided to move into their almost 3,000-square-foot house in Haile Plantation mostly for the trail because she’s a runner.

She said they’ve lived in the neighborhood the longer than anyone else.

Back downtown, across the street from Claire Lamar’s House, where the military fraternity once lived, live Steven and Mary Reid.

Their historic mansion is filled with memories and stories.

They considered selling the house, which is now valued at $1.1 million but decided they weren’t ready to say goodbye.

They love owning their house right in the heart of downtown and being walking distance from everything they want to do. @Karina_Elwood kelwood@alligator.org

don’t present themselves,” Milian said. “Resumes and applications are lacking compared to counterparts that have more advantages.”

Milian struggled to find Hispanic associations on campus when she transferred to UF her junior year. She said organizations for students of specific backgrounds exist but are only promoted by students within the clubs instead of faculty, and they are difficult to find.

“If the university sees a decrease in these rates, they should take the effort and time to look into why there was a decrease,” Milian said, “not just let it ride.”

Demographics over the past three years

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Minorities 2017- 3,614 2018- 4,129 2019- 3,330 First Generation 2017- 2,550 2018- 2,799 2019- 2,685 Top 10% 2017- 9,674 2018- 10,483 2019- 10,050 Legacy 2017- 2,950 2018- 3,011 2019- 2,900

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Faculty Turnover: Why do UF faculty members leave?

Turnover rates are as high as 17%

By Kelly Hayes Alligator Staff Writer

UF is on par nationally when it comes to rates of faculty leaving, but it is still working to address why.

Faculty turnover rates are measured as the rate in which faculty leave, usually over the course of a year, said Jodi Gentry, the vice president of UF Human Resources. At UF, turnover rates are in line with the national average at about 10 percent for non-tenured faculty and about 5 percent for tenured.

Faculty have seen issues with

partners finding jobs or needing to relocate for family needs, which is a problem UF is attempting to fix in coming years by working with local partners and businesses.

According to the Faculty Hiring Report from the Board of Trustees meeting on March 29, the highest faculty turnover rates from Fall 2017 to February 2019 are at 17 percent in the College of Nursing and the Florida Museum of Natural History. The College of Medicine had the second highest turnover at 15 percent.

The College of Public Health and Health Professions had a rate of 29 percent, but the number reflected a

shift in departments, Gentry said.

A number of the faculty transferred to UF Health Shands.

The Center for Latin American Studies, the UF Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and the Florida Sea Grant all had rates at 0 percent, the report said.

UF Human Resources started an exit survey this year and found the most common reason for staff leaving was because of family needs, Gentry said.

Gentry said the office would often hear that partners of faculty members struggled to find jobs in Gainesville during exit interviews.

“Out of the gate, the number

one reason was related to location and family needs,” she said. “We know that that’s a communitywide challenge for us.”

The living situation can be difficult in households with only one member who is a professional academic, Gentry said.

“Gainesville can be challenging in terms of the kinds of occupations or opportunities for careers outside of UF,” she said.

However, UF is working with local businesses and partners to help change this, Gentry said.

In March, UF had its first dualcareer round table, which brought a large representation of local employers, including the City of Gainesville, and human resources administrators together, to discuss

the issue, said Melissa Curry, an assistant vice president at the Human Resources Office.

“Lots of times, the companies in Gainesville have the opposite problem of us,” she said. “They are having a hard time putting a primary person here.”

Curry said the team is hopeful there could be more opportunities for families to find jobs if it shares career partner information.

The team will meet quarterly and has created a Listserv email to start sharing resumes, Curry said.

The Alligator reached out to multiple faculty members who resigned. None were available to comment. @kellyrhayes khayes@alligator.org

Turnover rates by college/center According to board meeting record

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Busting Moves Dancers perform to “Burlesque” by Christina Aguilera Saturday during the “Floridance Presents: Floridance in Wonderland” performance at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. More than 100 people attended the performance.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Total Hires — 60; Total Departures — 54; Turnover — 9% College of Business Total Hires — 9; Total Departures — 13; Turnover — 13% College of Dentistry Total Hires — 13; Total Departures — 14; Turnover — 14% College of Design, Construction & Planning Total Hires — 14; Total Departures — 5; Turnover — 6% College of Education Total Hires — 26; Total Departures — 14; Turnover — 13% Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Total Hires — 55; Total Departures — 23; Turnover — 7% College of Health & Human Performance Total Hires — 11; Total Departures— 5; Turnover — 12% College of Journalism & Communications Total Hires — 16; Total Departures — 2; Turnover — 4% Levin College of Law Total Hires — 6; Total Departures — 8; Turnover — 13% College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Total Hires — 101; Total Departures — 52; Turnover — 8% College of Medicine Total Hires — 237; Total Departures — 190; Turnover — 15% College of Nursing Total Hires — 17; Total Departures — 7; Turnover — 17% College of Pharmacy Total Hires — 28; Total Departures — 12; Turnover — 11% College of Public Health and Health Professions Total Hires — 28; Total Departures — 31*; Turnover — 29% *shift in departments College of the Arts Total Hires — 19; Total Departures — 6; Turnover — 6% College of Veterinary Medicine Total Hires — 35 Total Departures — 13; Turnover — 8%

The Alligator to host ‘Who is Gainesville?’ public forum tonight THERE WILL BE AN HOURLONG DISCUSSION WITH SEVEN PANELISTS

By Mikayla Carroll Alligator Staff Writer

The past, present and future of the city of Gainesville will be discussed tonight in order to define “who” the city is.

From 7 to 8 p.m. today, The Independent Florida Alligator will host a forum discussing these topics and more for its project “Who is Gainesville?” at the Center for Innovation & Economic Development: Imagination Room, 530 W. University Ave. A panel discussion will be mod-

erated by Paige Fry, the editor-inchief of The Alligator.

Seven panelists will respond to Fry’s questions for an hour, with an audience Q&A session after.

The forum is part of The Alligator’s project that covers the past, present and future of Gainesville.

This is a year-long project that started in September 2018 and was funded by $3,000 from the Poynter Media Institute, an organization that supports local and student journalism.

“This is our effort to create more of a conversation rather than just telling stories,” said Gillian Sweeney, The Alligator’s audience engagement team member.

Panelists, like Gainesville Po-

lice Department Chief Tony Jones, were chosen based on their area of expertise relative to the greater Gainesville community, Sweeney said.

Levi Bradford, a 24-year-old first-year UF law student, plans to attend. He said the forum presents an opportunity for groups to discuss how they define Gainesville.

“There is so much more that goes on in town that needs to be looked at,” Bradford said. “Those ideas don’t come up in conversation unless someone has personally experienced them and has felt the division.” @mikaylacarro11 mcarroll@alligator.org

Forum Quick Facts Who: The Independent Florida Alligator What: A forum for the “Who is Gainesville?” project led by seven panelists from the community, including:

- City Commissioner David Arreola

- Gainesville Police Department Chief Tony Jones

- Pamela Davis, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority

- Susan Crowley, assistant vice president for community relations at UF

- Valerie Freeman, director of education equity and outreach for Alachua

County Public Schools

- Peggy Macdonald, the former director of the Matheson History Museum

- Rahkiah Brown, coordinator for the ReadingPals program.

Where: The Center for Innovation & Economic Development: Imagination Room, 530 W. University Ave. at Santa Fe College When: 7 to 8 p.m. today Why: To open a conversation between leaders and members of the community to discuss the past, present and future of Gainesville as well as the relationship between UF and the greater Gainesville area.

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Gainesville Grows: Where new businesses will call home GAINESVILLE TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN BIG CITY, SMALL TOWN

By Karina Elwood Alligator Staff Writer

Gainesville is growing and shows no signs of stopping.

The city is experiencing a construction boom with new businesses and housing popping up all over the city, said Andrew Persons, the interim director of the Department of Doing, which is the planning and building department of Gainesville.

“It’s not hard to step outside and walk down University Avenue or 13th Street and see all the cranes swinging and development activity occurring,” Persons said.

As UF’s home, the city has an opportunity for growth that surrounding areas don’t see.

Staci Bertrand, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce vice president of economic development, said UF is the main asset of the city’s economic growth because it’s the largest employer.

“At the rate the University of Florida is growing, we need to keep up with it,” Bertrand said.

Gainesville’s growth can be seen in three key areas: Archer Road, Downtown and Midtown.

Archer Road Britta Forsmark, 26, has lived in Gainesville her whole life. Since she was a child, she has seen development all over the city, especially on Archer Road.

“It’s gotten really big,” Forsmark said. “It was kind of more small and hipstery. Now it’s more like ‘Aye, let’s be Jacksonville.’”

Forsmark said Butler Plaza, a retail conglomerate, is a mainstay on Archer Road she has watched grow.

The plaza started in 1975 with the

opening of a Publix. In 2016, the Butler North expansion opened, which introduced a Walmart, Lowe’s, Sam’s Club, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Total Wine & More.

String lights decorate palm trees as they canopy over two of the entrances to the newest addition of the plaza, Butler Town Center.

When completed, it will be a 450,000-square-foot mixed-use center with restaurants, shopping and housing, Mary Reichardt, the Butler Enterprises corporate director of marketing, wrote in an email.

The center is in phase two of construction, which will include a retail building with about 50 residential apartments on top of it, she said.

The third and final phase will be completed in 2022 and will include a food hall, along with 150 more apartments and an open space for events.

Phase one was the construction of a Whole Foods Market, a Grub Burger Bar, a P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and other restaurants and businesses at the town center, she said.

The Cheesecake Factory, Irish 31 Pub & Eatery and a Chase Bank will open late this summer, Reichardt said.

Further down Archer Road, just on the other side of Interstate 75, Celebration Pointe has grown.

Celebration Pointe is a multi-faceted live, work and play community.

String lights swoop across the City Walk plaza where a modern courtyard with bench swings, fireplaces and a small stage sits in front of a turf lawn.

The shopping mall, which first opened in 2016, is home to the Regal Celebration Pointe 10 & RPX movie theatre, Nike Factory Outlet, Tommy Hilfiger, Bass Pro Shops, Kilwins, MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza and Miller’s Ale House.

Ralph Conti, managing principal with RaCo Real Estate and development partner with Celebration

Pointe, said the project is unique because it is developing on a large piece of land in a prime location.

He anticipates it will be complete in three to five years.

“It can’t be replicated,” Conti said. “There’s nothing like it for 300 or 400 miles.”

The newest additions to the center include plans for 86 townhouses and two apartment complexes that together will have 220 units. Construction will begin on a mid-sized Dave & Buster’s toward the end of the year.

“We’re literally building a city within a city,” Conti said.

Downtown When deciding on a new location to brew its signature coffee, Opus Coffee chose downtown, said Thomas Whitman, the coffee company logistics manager.

Downtown’s locality and traditional look are what called to the company owners, he said. Archer Road attracts big, trendy businesses with real estate that most mom-andpop businesses can’t afford.

“We love being in old-fart Gainesville,” Whitman said. “We come in and redevelop it, repurpose it, recycle it and turn it into something really cool.”

The coffee company has six other locations in Gainesville, five in UF Health Shands Hospital and one-off Newberry Road in the ITProTV office complex. The opening date of the new storefront is still being discussed.

Although downtown has many coffee shops, restaurants, bars and entertainment spots, it does not have many lodging places, at least for now.

Andrew Persons said he expects to see a rise in hotels coming to town to accommodate high-volume events such as Gator game days and graduation.

There are plans for a Hyatt Place Downtown hotel in the empty lot across the street from the Palomino Pool Hall, at 19 SE Second Place, according to city plans. The plans show the location will have 143 rooms with 18,000 square feet for retail space and another 24,000 square feet for office space.

“We’re seeing a lot of hotels,” Persons said. “Because of the success of the Hampton Inn downtown, there’s a lot of interest to bring additional hotel capacity in the downtown area.”

Keith Gerber, 26, said his favorite part of Gainesville is downtown.

He has lived in Gainesville for eight years and has seen it grow in his time here.

“I’ve seen it go from kind of a small town to now it has kind of a bigger town feel to it,” Gerber said.

“I’ve kind of enjoyed the expansion of Gainesville. There’s definitely more to do and everything looks nicer.”

Midtown Just across the street from UF sits a strip of restaurants and bars where generations of students have shared memories.

Although the area is filled with businesses, there have been rumors that new luxury apartments may be the end of Midtown.

Carly Meyers, 22, a host at The Swamp Restaurant, started hearing rumors that Midtown bars and restaurants were going to be sold and turned into apartments.

“I hear people saying, ‘We have to go to Mid before it closes,’” Meyers said. “People are buzzing.”

Andrew Persons has also heard the rumors but has seen nothing filed with the city involving selling Midtown or new construction on the lot.

He said he isn’t surprised rumors are floating because there is high-

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rise, luxury student housing coming to the Midtown area and around UF. Six new luxury apartment complexes are planned for 2020.

The rising construction beams in the lot next to the Publix, at 203 NW 13th St., will soon become a mixeduse building known as Hub 2, which will be constructed in a similar way to The Standard.

Hub 2 will be a seven-story building, with the first floor being retail space and the other six being apartments, according to city plans.

Dave Wilson, 77, has lived in his Gainesville home for 25 years and has watched apartment complexes and developments grow on the corner of University Avenue and 13th Street for years.

Wilson is concerned about protecting his neighborhood from big corporation development like The Standard.

“Three or four stories is OK on the main corridors. Ten stories is totally unwarranted,” Wilson said.

“It’s just a wall of student housing, and it’s coming toward me.” @Karina_Elwood kelwood@alligator.org

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Editorial

The editorial board’s tour at UF Health Shands

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few weeks ago, the editorial board was invited to take a tour of UF Health Shands Hospital, specifically the pediatric units after we wrote the editorial, “What does it mean to do it ‘For The Kids’?” In the editorial, we posed questions we felt were not readily available to the general public concerning Dance Marathon at UF, such as how exactly money raised by DM is utilized. As a result, Shands representatives reached out to give us these answers and provide more transparency on how the money is spent in the children’s hospital.

On Wednesday afternoon, two of the four members of the editorial board took a tour of Shands with several individuals: three DM at UF representatives, a hospital representative and Ed Jimenez, the chief executive officer of Shands, with his two interns.

Throughout the tour, doctors and nurses spoke about how money from DM at UF is used to buy and fund multiple parts of the pediatric units of the hospital. The Shands representatives stressed the importance of giving comfort to families and the health of the children at the hospital. We were shown renovated wings with private spaces for parents and newborns, newly bought incubators and other miscellaneous, but important, equipment for the health of premature babies and the children in the heart center. We were told that any balloon-shaped stickers on incubators or equipment meant DM at UF money helped pay for those items. However, we were not taken close enough to the hospital equipment to see the balloons, the babies or their names tags because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, which is a privacy law regarding medical information.

Jimenez said when he speaks at the annual DM, he tells the audience they are welcome to take tours with him. We were told later in a phone call with Jimenez that our tour was similar to tours given to other participants of DM at UF. Jimenez also discussed how money raised by DM at UF is used to subsidize the building and items that were needed to improve the children’s hospital. He explained when the neonatal ICU was built, about $1 million raised by DM at UF last year was used in addition to about $20 million provided by the hospital.

On our tour, we also learned how DM files its 990 tax form. DM at UF is not a 501(c)(3), which means it has not been approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization. Instead, Shands pays to be a Children’s Miracle Network hospital, allowing it to be a separate entity and submit tax forms through this network. In 2017, Shands Hospital had a total revenue of more than $1.4 billion, according to its 990 tax forms. DM at UF donations are not used to pay for this membership. This is different from DM organizations at other universities which sometimes have to file their taxes separately because they’re smaller.

In the first editorial we wrote about DM at UF, we questioned the practice of using Venmo, a mobile payment service, to raise money, stating it is not a system that allows for complete accountability between the donator and the fundraiser. In the phone call, we asked for Jimenez’s thoughts on the practice, and he agreed the question should be addressed in the next DM cycle.

After we wrote our follow-up editorial on DM at UF, we received an email response from the executive director for DM, Madison Grasty, on questions we asked. We were told the total amount raised this year by DM at UF, $3.2 million, was the total after the deduction of costs for each DM event. DM national guidelines recommend events cost no more than 10 cents per every dollar raised. UF operates under that amount at a 6-centto-the-dollar ratio, Grasty said.

We spoke with doctors and nurses about how much DM money meant to them throughout the tour, and it was clear how passionate those who work at Shands are about their patients. In the end, we did get answers to our questions, like how DM at UF funds events and specific examples of how money is spent at the children’s hospital. We did receive the transparency we thought was important. However, it did take time and multiple requests. We included all of these facts to be able to relay to you the same level of transparency we have received within the past week.

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‘Shine Theory’ and what it means for women

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ince 2014, co-hosts Aminatou Sow success at the same level of their male and Ann Friedman have used their counterparts, it seems foolish to create podcast, “Call Your Girlfriend,” as more barriers and enemies. No one undera platform to discuss pressing sostands the challenges females face when cial, cultural and political issues. climbing the ladder of success more than In particular, Sow and Friedman highother women. In this sense, we should be light women who are agents, creators and thrilled when we see other women reachthose who initiate change. In doing so, Abigail Miller ing their goals and thriving even if these they ensure “Call Your Girlfriend” gives a opinions@alligator.org women are succeeding at the same things voice to women. we wanted to achieve.

“Shine Theory” is a practice of cultiPracticing Shine Theory is not easy. It vating genuine happiness and excitement when is an investment that takes place over a long period your friends are doing well and being there for them of time and is never practiced seamlessly. Even as a when they are not. The duo also coined the term big proponent of Shine Theory, I sometimes fail at Shine Theory, which they cite as the show’s back- my attempts to practice it. bone. The philosophy calls for an intentional apI still get jealous when I see other women sucproach to friendships and relationships that, in turn, ceed at something I have been trying to do. I am fosters a more confident community. never a big fan of women dating someone whom I While the theory can be applied to relationships dated or who used to date someone I am currently between people of any gender, I believe that Shine dating. I am not exactly disappointed when I hear Theory is uniquely important for women to under- that ex-best friends of mine aren’t doing great. Howstand and adopt. ever, I understand that altering the way I view my Women nowadays are too often pitted against relationships with other women is a process, and I one another. The idea of women as rivals is some- am only at the beginning of it. thing we have been fed our whole lives through the I strongly feel Shine Theory is a philosophy all books we read, the movies we watch and the advice women should try to live by. It will not be easy we receive. Shine Theory attempts to challenge this nor will it always make sense. However, if women norm of competition among women and instead en- are able to at least attempt to intentionally approach courage a reality in which women invest deeply in their relationships with other women, we will soon one another. see a more confident female population that is able One of the ways Shine Theory works is by com- to take on the world knowing they have an army of pelling people to ask the question: Would we be others helping them shine. better as collaborators rather than as competitors?

Sow and Friedman argue the answer is almost alAbigail Miller is a UF political science and jourways yes. nalism senior. Her column appears on Mondays.

In a world where women still struggle to achieve

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Return-free filing offers a solution to Tax Day woes, and this is what you need to know

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he dreaded day is upon us: April 15.

Tax Day. Whether you did your taxes early or waited until the last minute, and whether you did them yourself or had help, you’ve probably thought at some point, “There has to be an easier way to do this.” I’m pleased to say there is. If you weren’t aware there is an easier system, you can blame TurboTax and H&R Block.

What I’m talking about is called returnfree filing. Return-free filing is a tax system in which the government does its own accounting to determine how much you owe, according to the Tax Policy Center. You may be asking, “Don’t they need my information?

What about all those forms I need to send them?” However, most people only collect income through wages and interest from money in the bank, and employers and financial institutions already send that information to the government, as explained by the Brookings Institute.

So, under a hypothetical return-free filing system, the government would send you your tax bill when you’d normally be filing your own taxes. You would review it and

bying, specifically by tax prepaadd any corrections or additional ration companies like Intuit (the deductions, and then you would maker of TurboTax) and H&R send it back. However, people Block. In 2013, ProPublica concould opt-out of return-free filing ducted an investigation into Inif they wanted to. This system tuit’s lobbying of Congress. Acwouldn’t be useful to everyone. cording to ProPublica, “Intuit has Some people have more complex income sources and take more Jason Zappulla spent about $11.5 million on fedcomplex deductions. Most likely, opinions@alligator.org eral lobbying in the past five years — more than Apple or Amazon.” those people would still have to do their taxes the old-fashioned way. Still, the Likely because of this lobbying, multiple Brookings Institute estimates up to 40 per- bills to introduce return-free filing died in cent of taxpayers could benefit from return- Congress.

As I write this, it looks like tax preparafree filing.

This idea isn't new, so why hasn't it been tion companies are on the verge of another implemented? Former President Ronald Rea- big win. For years, there has been an agreegan proposed a version of return-free filing ment between Congress and industry groups in 1985, and former President Barack Obama that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) spoke approvingly of return-free filing while would not offer its own return-free electronic campaigning for president in 2007. Further- filing service, instead deferring to an indusmore, 36 countries already use some form try consortium called the Free File Alliance. of return-free filing, so this isn’t just some However, the Free File Alliance has been obscure proposal dreamed up by a think- criticized as an underpromoted and confustank policy maker. Why then, hasn’t anyone ing program that mainly seeks to upsell users on premium and value-added services made this change?

The short answer is “big money” and lob- provided by tax preparation companies. De-

Column

How helping our own community can create a better Gainesville in the future

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F’s Black Student Union current members and future high has taken it upon itself to school graduates, through the finanensure local high school cial support from their scholarship. students have the funds Gainesville, despite being a pronecessary to pursue a colgressive college town, is geographilege degree. UF’s Leadership Develcally segregated. Schools on the east opment Institute, a program within side of Gainesville are predominantly BSU, recently created a scholarship black, in contrast with schools on the Hannah called the Rich in Color Scholarship west side, which are predominantly Whitaker to promote higher education for local opinions@alligator.org white. In 2018, Alachua County was high school students who otherwise noted as having the widest achievemay be unable to afford it. ment gap between black and white students in Last semester, I wrote about the importance Florida in math, science and language arts. The of helping local communities. I suggested it lack of funding and support for east Gainesville is imperative to focus on the people in close schools shows a stark racial divide in our comproximity to us — the people who we see every munity, and we must bridge this divide. day, and go to school and work. A local group Gainesville is fortunate to have groups like has embodied the spirit of helping our com- the BSU and its Leadership Development Instimunity and has founded a scholarship for lo- tute that aim to eradicate antiquated racial dical students, particularly those at Eastside High vides and promote diversity on college campusSchool, an Alachua County high school. es. Education is the truest form of liberation. By The Leadership Development Institute, a helping high school graduates afford and attend cabinet within the BSU, recently founded the college, we will see a more diverse, inclusive scholarship, which is geared toward helping future with leaders who understand the imporhigh school seniors in east Gainesville afford tance of helping others. America’s future will education beyond their high school graduation. be led by students from our communities who Keirten Nivol, a member of the Leadership De- appreciate the need for promoting diversity, imvelopment Institute stated, “A big part of our proving education and bridging racial divides mission is making sure that our members have in our counties, as well as across the U.S. The all of the tools that they need in order to suc- country's future is brighter than ever, thanks ceed and providing them with a space to grow to scholarships promoting education within our into pillars in their community. We want to communities. give this opportunity to the community that we Graduates who benefit from the Rich in Collive in.” Members of the Leadership Develop- or Scholarship provided by BSU will be likely ment Institute have noticed a stark inequality to understand the importance of giving back in the number of high school seniors from the to the community from which they come from east side of Gainesville who attend college, and helped them to achieve their goals. By procompared to those from the west, and are striv- moting this understanding of the importance ing to eliminate this gap. of giving back, the Leadership Development The focus of the Leadership Development Institute is truly building pillars of the commuInstitute is to “build community while staying nity. This newfound scholarship will enrich our true to the values and ideals of the black student community for generations to come. union with the goal of empowering the leaders of tomorrow,” according to the program’s webHannah Whitaker is a UF English sophosite. This group aims to empower leaders, both more. Her column appears on Mondays.

spite these concerns, it looks like the status quo is going to be codified into law. A bill before Congress would formally prohibit the IRS from introducing its own electronic or return-free filing program, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. This bill, ironically called the Taxpayer First Act, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives, and it now goes to the Senate.

In the face of industry lobbying and bipartisan opposition to electronic and return-free filing, now is the time for us to speak up.

Write to your congressman and senator to tell them you support electronic and returnfree filing and you oppose the Taxpayer First Act as long as it bans the IRS from creating its own electronic filing system. It may be a long shot with the forces of the tax preparation industry against us, but that’s what democracy is all about. We all need to speak up and support an idea that would end the dreaded feeling of Tax Day and make our lives so much easier.

Jason Zappulla is a UF history junior. His column appears on Mondays.

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A question: To meme or not to meme

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t is time we talk about fore or, of course, when you memes and meme culshould be studying for fiture. I love a good meme, nals. As Shakespeare argues and I assume you do as through his emo leading well, or else you wouldn’t man, Hamlet, life is suffering be wasting your time reading and the only tether we have a column about memes. Into it is the fear that death ternet memes have become Kyle Cunningham may be worse. In the 16th a prevalent part of a Millencentury, though, they didn’t opinions@alligator.org nial and Generation Z’s daily have memes. Memes are calife. You could even say they thartic – sucked out of the have become a sort of coping mecha- infinitely deep hole of pop culture and nism. Memes represent the pent-up changing each week. Life is static, but frustrations and passions of this time in memes aren’t. Whenever life gets you history. Millennials are generally known down a meme is the perfect pick-me-up. to be in a worse off economic situation Not To Meme: Unfortunately, a certhan the generation before, having been tain jovial nature attached to memes handed the failures of our ancestors renders them, inert at best and in some without sufficient education to craft a cases egregiously offensive if issued in solution. Those of us pursuing a college the wrong situations. And to the naysaydegree have to deal with incredibly high ers who insist such circumstances are tuition costs and possibly immense stu- delusions propagated by the mainstream, dent loans. Millennials are characterized I will display a couple of these poor situas the “anxious generation,” and Gen- ations. Exhibit A: a breakup. Why would eration Z has been reported as naming you show your devastated ex-boyfriend a depression and anxiety as the biggest meme after taking a bite out of his heart? problems facing their peers, according to It sounds wrong because it is. Exhibit B: The Economist. The only way out of the a funeral. I’m not providing a zany exunearned strife that has defined the short ample for this one. Just don’t do this. In run-time of the third millennia is a good Hamlet’s famous dialogue on how life meme. But when should we create or doesn’t always seem worth living, he share a meme? When should we not? It captures this struggle with indecision. must be noted one cannot always meme, Exercise restraint. but then again there are times when a Most know Hamlet’s famous delibmeme is the most essential service one eration on suicide referred to throughout can provide. For guidance, we look to this article. “To be or not to be, that is Shakespeare’s most famed work, “The the question.” Many don’t know, howTragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” ever, that it is answered. In Act 5, Scene or Hamlet, for short.

2, before Hamlet and Laertes sword fight, To meme: Get your Reddit fingers Hamlet solves the question by saying ready because this section is all about “Let be.” That is the answer I believe we when it’s appropriate to share a meme. should apply to meme timing. When it There are numerous times when creating feels right, go for it, but don’t be rude a meme is appropriate, necessary even, about it. To meme or not to meme, that to alleviate stress or just to prompt a nice, is the question. The answer: Let meme. hearty chuckle. These times include, but are not limited to, a silent Uber ride, a Kyle Cunningham is a UF English freshparty with people you’ve never met be- man. His column appears on Mondays.

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Great Gainesville Car Show

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Frank Smith, a 61-year-old retired Gainesville resident, applies detailer to his 1950 Ford Sedan Saturday during the Third Annual Great Gainesville Car Show at Bo Diddley Community Plaza, at 111 E. University Ave. Smith has owned the car for 17 years and said it took him 11 years to restore it. He came to the event to show off the car and said he often goes to car shows with it. He started to restore a 1970 Ford Falcon for his wife when she passed away from cancer. “I’m still doing it,” he said. “I’m going to finish it for her.”

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youKaro Sinawski, an 81-year-old Gainesville resident, looks through a 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Saturday during Third Annual Great Gainesville Car Show at Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Sinawski went to the car show last year, and he said he appreciates the amount of work the show’s car owners put into their respective cars.

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Motorcyclists pass through the Third Annual Great Gainesville Car Show at Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Hundreds of people attended the annual event.

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Local, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ drag queens perform at Phillips Center ABOUT 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED

By Ana Escalante Alligator Contributing Writer

Gia Gunn strutted off the stage at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Saturday night. Her goldbeaded outfit sashayed from sideto-side as she danced up the aisle.

Gunn, known for being one of the first openly transgender queens to compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” gathered her heavy ponytail and whipped it around like a helicopter. About 300 UF students and Gainesville residents cheered her on

and tipped her dollar bills.

The hour-and-45-minute long performance, “Resilience: A Drag Performance,” showcased both local and internationally known drag queens. UF Pride Awareness Month, a subgroup under UF’s Pride Student Union, hosted the event.

Gia Gunn and Ariel Versace, queens from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” both flew in for the performance.

The event, funded by UF Student Government, cost $22,000.

Queens lip-synced songs like “Money” by Cardi B and “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande.

They showed off their beauty while mentioning the pain it takes to look

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Faith Taylor, a Gainesville drag queen, performs “Shut Up and Drive”

by Rihanna at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, at 3201 Hull Road, Saturday night. She was one of several drag queens who performed at “Resilience: A Drag Performance,” hosted by UF Pride Awareness Month. “We’re here to show you we don’t have to be a RuPaul girl to be fierce,” she told the audience.

“fishy,” a term used to describe very feminine looking drag queens.

“The tip of my d--- is stapled to my spinal cord,” said Faith Taylor, a Gainesville drag queen.

Samuel Stall, the show’s stage manager and a UF computer science senior, said the attendance was lower than last year’s, which was about 400 people.

“Things like weather and popularity of the queens affected us,” the 22-year-old said. “Everything ran smoothly, but we’re going to try even better next year.”

Soju, who competed on season 11 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” was not able to perform due to flight de-

lays from bad weather in San Francisco, Stall said.

Gunn was also delayed due to weather in Dallas but was able to arrive on time.

“It was a bit chaotic,” Stall said.

“Everything ended up perfect, though.”

Lauren Pozdol and her mother wore matching “Make America Gay Again” shirts for the show. They drove from Ocala to see Versace.

“Everyone is all together tonight.

Gay, straight, whatever you are.

Come and have a good time,” Pozdol said.

Rav, a 23-year-old UF theatre senior, and Eve Harrison, a 21-year-

old UF plant science junior, are drag kings, who came to watch the performance.

Rav, who is gender-fluid and uses the singular they pronoun, is known as “MX Bubbles,” and Harrison is known as “Lezberace” while in drag.

Rav said while the art of drag is fun to let their personality shine, it also allows them to express themselves after years of being silenced.

“I grew up as the weird fat kid who felt like I couldn’t do anything.

Drag has allowed me to find my voice.” Rav said. “It’s really validating to do these things to make other people happy as well as myself.”

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Doggo Day Stephanye Hunter (left), 33, and Adam DeVoria, 33, turn in eggs Saturday while their dog Cora steals some treats from a table during the Pups in the Park 2019 event at Must Love Dogs of Gainesville, at 5505 SW Archer Road. Cora collected four eggs, but Hunter said she was more interested in having fun at the park. The annual event was hosted by the Humane Society of North Central Florida. Hundreds of eggs were scattered around the park and the top three winners received trophies.

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ACSO: Man threatens ex-wife with pistol, take child HE WANTED TO PICK UP HIS DAUGHTER

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Alligator Staff Writer

A Georgia man pointed a pistol at his exwife when she didn’t let him pick up their daughter, deputies said.

Moses Johnson, 35, of Valdosta, Georgia, drove to Gainesville to pick up their daughter,

according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Johnson called his ex-wife multiple times, but she did not answer.

When he arrived at her house, he told her he wanted to take their daughter, Johnson the report said. She refused.

He then told his ex-wife he was going to check the mail, and she went

Disease-carrying mosquitos may spread

By April Rubin Alligator Staff Writer

A UF professor’s research shows that climate change will expose areas to diseasecarrying mosquitoes in the future.

On March 28, a study titled “Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change” was published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal. It projected future distribution of mosquitoborne disease transmission with climate change models, said Sadie Ryan, the lead author of the study and a UF medical geography associate professor.

Projections show that mosquitoes will start moving to Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by 2050, she said. Europe doesn’t currently face as many mosquito-borne diseases because of its less temperate climate.

“When you start to see new people and novel emergence of diseases is when you start to see more explosive outbreaks,” Ryan said.

“That’s where we start to have real worries in terms of global public health.”

The research and a portion of her salary are funded by a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant and a $10 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center

of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases at UF, she said.

The two-year long research looked at how temperature changes could affect transmission of diseases such as dengue and yellow fever, Ryan said.

Cat Lippi, a 34-year-old UF medical geography doctoral student who researches at the lab Ryan directs, said the study alerts people to medical issues that change with the climate.

“If we can identify what those patterns are, then we can start to work with policy makers to come up with strategies to break those disease transmission cycles,” Lippi said. @AprilMRubin arubin@alligator.org

with him, the report said. While driving to the mailbox, Johnson stopped the car and went to the trunk.

Johnson returned to the car and his ex-wife thought he had a pistol, the report said. She said he pointed the pistol at her and told her that he was going to take their child.

When they got to the mailbox, she got out of the car and ran for help, the report said.

Johnson and his girlfriend told deputies, who arrived soon after, that the pistol was a

BB gun, and he did not point it at his ex-wife.

The ex-wife told deputies she thought Johnson was going to kill her, the report said.

He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, the report said.

Johnson was released from the Alachua County Jail Saturday on his own recognizance.

He could not be reached for comment. @katwf98 kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org

UF students win $20,000 for pitch

By Naomi Cruz Alligator Contributing Writer

Thousands of dollars will go toward the full launch of an environmental app developed by UF students on Earth Day later this month.

Pablo Garces, a 21-year-old UF computer science junior, was part of a team who won a $20,000 prize this past weekend at E-Fest, a national undergraduate business pitch competition, at the University of St.Thomas in Minneapolis. The group pitched a meal service that packs healthy school lunches.

However, Garces will use his cut funds to fully launch his app LiveGreen, which tracks carbon emissions and offsets it by planting trees in other countries.

LiveGreen was released as a private test version in June and had 200 testers, Garces said. In January, there was a soft launch that wasn’t heavily marketed on

the Apple App Store.

The money will go toward a simplified design for tracking and new pricing for the subscription plans and marketing.

“We want to use a mix of environmental micro-influencers and social media ads along with some money being allocated to attend environmental conferences,” Garces said.

Brian De Souza, one of the creators of the app and a 21-year-old UF computer science junior, said most people want to be environmentally conscious but don’t understand how a carbon footprint works.

Garces and De Souza said they hope to see their app grow and eventually partner with environmentally conscious organizations within the U.S. “It’s hard to understand what truly makes a difference in your environmental impact,” De Souza said. “Our app changes that.”

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1. Name the last World Series before 2017 featuring two teams that each won 100 or more games during the regular season.

2. Which Yankees player hit the most home runs in his first three full years (at least 100 games per year) in the majors: Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig or Mickey Mantle?

3. In 2017, South Florida’s Quinton Flowers became the sixth player in Football Bowl Subdivision history to record 60-plus passing touchdowns and 40-plus rushing TDs during his career. Name two of the other five.

4. Name the top three coaches in terms of wins in Miami Heat history.

5. In 2019, Nikita Kucherov became the fastest Tampa Bay Lightning player to reach 100 points in a season (62 games). Who had been the fastest?

6. Who was the only Olympian to win five medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics?

7. Sergio Garcia set a Ryder Cup record in 2018 for most career points (25.5). Who had held the mark?

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3. Dan LeFevour, Tim Tebow, Colin Kaepernick, Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott.

4. Erik Spoelstra, Pat Riley and Kevin Loughery.

5. Vinny Lecavalier, in 78 games in 2006-07.

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FOOTBALL

Nothing but Nettuno

Offense, defensive line look strong as spring closes Spring game showed us too little

By Jake Dreilinger Sports Writer

It was kind of hard to analyze the Orange and Blue game on Saturday.

You have teammates going against each other, a defense that didn’t seem to try at times and an absolute bomb to a former Gator who ran onto the field during the play. You also had an uncontested two point conversion — the defense wasn’t on the field for extra points.

There were still some defining moments from Orange’s 60-35 win over the Blue team, despite just how different this game is from normal ones.

Here are three things we learned on Saturday:

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Florida’s offense will be better than last season’s If you watched the spring game, you would think the Gators had the best offense in the country.

Both teams combined for 920 yards and 11 touchdowns. Granted, one touchdown was to former UF receiver Chris Doering, but collecting that many yards is still impressive.

Chris King / Alligator Staff Florida will never look that Tight end Kyle Pitts recorded four catches for 56 yards for the Blue team in UF's Orange and Blue good in a game, obviously. But it game. Blue was defeated by Orange 60-35 in the highest-scoring spring game of all time. does show that UF’s offense could be one of the best in the NCAA Mullen said. “When you’re playing quarterback Expect great things from the offense this seanext season. at Florida, you’re under a lot of critique.” son.

Quarterback Feleipe Franks was hitting his Franks also still has most of his weapons on receivers in stride. His past mistakes of over- offense. Every main receiver is returning this The defensive line will be just as strong and under-throwing receivers were virtually year, and the only running back that left was It seemed like Florida’s defensive line would nonexistent on Saturday.

Jordan Scarlett. Lamical Perine, Dameon Pierce take a hit once Jachai Polite announced he was “There’s definitely more pressure on him to- and Malik Davis figure to take the bulk of the day than there is a regular practice,” coach Dan carries.

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SOFTBALL

Gators sweep Texas A&M to win seventh-straight

By Mark Stine Sports Writer

The wind blew in Jordan Roberts’ face as she stepped into the batter’s box during the top of the third inning.

The UF catcher watched the two hitters before her, left fielder Amanda Lorenz and designated player Kendyl Lindaman, knock back-toback RBIs off Texas A&M pitcher Kendall Potts.

Roberts worked Potts to a 2-2

count then powered a belly-button high offering to left field. The ball travelled against the wind but soared over the wall at Davis Diamond, and the two-run home run gave Florida a 4-0 advantage.

The No. 6 Gators defeated SEC foe Texas A&M 4-1 in College Station, Texas, on Sunday behind a four-run third inning punctuated by Roberts’ homer. UF (36-9, 9-6 SEC) swept the Aggies (25-18, 3-12 SEC) to win its seventh-straight game, six of which have come against confer-

Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament for the fifth time Sunday. It was his first major win in 11 years.

ence opponents.

Florida pitcher Kelly Barnhill was key to the victory as well. She took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and struck out seven. Barnhill allowed a walk in the first and second innings but then kept the bases clear until the final frame.

TAMU center fielder Kelbi Fortenberry launched a double over the head of Alex Voss in center field to lead off the seventh and break up the no-hitter. Fortenberry scored two batters later on a field-

er’s choice where shortstop Sophia Reynoso turned a double play.

UF out-hit TAMU 8-3 and got half of those hits in the third.

Third baseman Hannah Sipos went 2 for 3 on Sunday and started the rally with one out. She chipped an 0-2 pitch over the head of first baseman Payton McBride and scampered to second for a bloop double.

Sipos touched home two batters later when Lorenz lasered a double

Gators clinch SEC regular season title The Florida men's tennis team defeated South Carolina on Sunday 6-1 to win sole possession of the regular-season conference title for the first time since 2003. Johannes Ingildsen sealed it for the Gators with a 6-3, 7-5 win. Read the story on pg. 16.

f you looked away from your TV screen for more than five seconds during Florida’s annual Orange and Blue game on Saturday, then guess what?

You probably missed a deep touchdown pass.

It was a big day for the Florida quarterbacks. Both teams combined for 762 passing yards in the highest-scoring UF spring game of all time.

And it all went according to plan for head coach Dan Mullen.

“We let today be more of a celebration, where (the players) can have fun in front of their friends and family and all of our fans,” he said after the game.

The spring game matters. An exciting exhibition can energize the fan base and surround the program with momentum heading into the long summer break.

But it’s important that fans take the spring game for what it is: a show.

And Mullen put on quite the show.

The Gators opened the game with a trick play — a doublereverse pass from receiver Kadarius Toney to quarterback Feleipe Franks for a 40-yard gain.

Franks looked like the quarterback we saw in the final four games of the season. He appeared confident and competent, going 13 of 18 for 327 yards and four touchdowns.

His only “mistake” came on a scripted pick-six play for former Florida defensive back Lito Sheppard.

And that’s just it. Most of the game was scripted.

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BASEBALL

Butler’s walk-off home run keeps Gators competitive in SEC

By Kyle Wood Sports Writer

Coach Kevin O’Sullivan wouldn’t go as far as to say Saturday’s game against South Carolina was a must-win. But for all intents and purposes, it was.

The Florida baseball team dropped a Friday night game to the Gamecocks 6-3 to even up the series at one apiece. With the loss, the Gators fell four games below .500 in the SEC. UF only came out victorious once in its first four conference series and was swept twice.

Pitcher Jordan Butler may have single handedly kept the Gators afloat in the SEC with his late-game heroics. He hit his first two career home runs on Sunday, the second of which was a walk-off three-run homer with two outs to secure a 6-4 win to take the series.

Florida’s pitching has been lackluster so far this season. It was down a weekend starter for the second series in a row as sophomore Jack Leftwich continues to recover from a blister on his throwing hand. The fact the Gators survived a weekend series in the SEC not only without Leftwich, but without a dominant pitching performance from any of its starters was encouraging for O’Sullivan’s staff. Up to this point, UF was buoyed in its only conference-series win by a complete game from sophomore Tommy Mace.

Mace rebounded against South Carolina after getting shelled a week prior at Ole Miss, earning his sixth win of the season. He went

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Pitcher Jordan Butler hit a walk-off homer to earn a series win over South Carolina. six innings on Thursday, which gave his predominantly freshman bullpen some wiggle room.

The offense took advantage of the strong start and had its third-highest scoring outing

in SEC play against the Gamecocks in a 9-5 win.

The rest of the pitching staff was not as sharp, namely freshman Christian Scott. He allowed four home runs and six earned runs

on Friday, but it was enough for the Gators to take the series.

UF’s offense looked good against South Carolina, as it has most of the year. The Gators had 31 hits this weekend, drew 13 walks and struck out only 16 times.

What changed against the Gamecocks was Florida’s lineup. O’Sullivan experimented with Brady McConnell, who leads the team with a .374 batting average and a .426 onbase percentage, hitting first. He responded well to the change. The sophomore went 3 for 12 with four RBIs on the weekend. McConnell replaced freshman Jacob Young in the leadoff spot, who is slumping. He is hitting 2 for 16 in the past two weeks.

Junior Austin Langworthy, who has been hitting better recently after a massive slump to start the season, hit second all weekend long, replacing McConnell in that role.

Designated hitter and team captain Nelson Maldonado was noticeably absent from the lineup on Saturday, as he has the third-highest batting average on the team (.328). Butler took his spot at DH while Maldonado deals with a sore shoulder.

The series win should be more of a relief than a celebration for Florida (24-14, 6-9 SEC), which still has ground to make up in the conference standings and has road series at No. 9 LSU and No. 2 Georgia in the next two weeks. @Kkylewood kwood@alligator.org

LACROSSE

UF plays complete game to take down East Carolina

By Bryan Matamoros Sports Writer

The Florida women’s lacrosse team went into halftime with a 15-3 lead against Jacksonville on Thursday.

But the second half was a different story.

UF was held scoreless for more than 23 minutes and limited to only four goals, while the Dolphins scored 10.

Coach Amanda O’Leary challenged her team to “put two halves together” in its next game despite beating Jacksonville 19-13.

The No. 18 Gators responded by

defeating East Carolina 20-10 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Saturday.

Florida outscored the Pirates 13-8 in the first half and held them to only two goals in the second.

UF (9-6, 3-0 American Athletic Conference) remained undefeated in conference play by: Converting from the free position The Gators were fouled 28 times, with 18 of those resulting in free-position attempts.

They found the back of the net eight times from the free position.

Attackers Lindsey Ronbeck and Grace Haus took advantage of those opportunities by scoring four and

two goals, respectively.

The other two free-position goals came from midfielder Shannon Kavanagh and attacker Madisyn Kittell.

Kittell had not scored from the free position this season until Saturday’s contest.

Although Florida committed 19 fouls, only eight of those turned into free-position chances for the Pirates, who scored on four of them.

Forcing turnovers ECU turned the ball over 12 times, and UF forced 11 of them.

Defender Cara Trombetta, the program’s all-time leader in caused turnovers (97), led Florida with six

against the Pirates.

Five other Gators chipped in with one apiece, including midfielder Maddie McMaster, who recorded her first career caused turnover on Saturday.

UF also took care of the ball on offense, giving away possession only six times — its lowest mark of the year.

East Carolina forced three of those turnovers, which ties Maryland for the fewest caused turnovers by a Florida opponent this season.

outcome of Saturday’s game.

UF won 20 draw controls to ECU’s 12, which led to more possessions and more opportunities to score.

On top of causing the most turnovers on Saturday, Trombetta also led the team with five draw controls.

“Every day she steps out on that field she’s going to compete to the best of her ability,” O’Leary said.

“Today was a good day for Cara (Trombetta) and one that we expect on a regular basis.”

Controlling the draw The Gators’ performance in the draw circle helped determine the

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Historically bad campaign trends upward for Florida

By Victor Prieto Sports Writer

The Florida women’s tennis team’s season hasn’t been stellar.

The Gators tallied their fewest wins this season since 1979 with 11. Florida has just two seasons in its 46-year history with double-digit losses. This year was one of them.

UF has been historically bad in Gainesville, holding a program-worst 6-7 home record.

Despite all these numbers implying that the Gators’ season has been an absolute bust, coach Roland Thornqvist believes it’s far from it.

“We just look like a completely different team than we did a few months ago,” Thorn-

qvist said following Saturday’s 4-2 loss to South Carolina. “We look like a prototypical Florida team now where we compete and are emotionally engaged.”

He’s not wrong.

The Gators (11-10, 7-6 SEC) have impressed in the past few weeks, taking down two then-top-15 opponents in Texas A&M and Michigan and playing in three tightly contested 4-3 finishes against No. 7 Vanderbilt, No. 24 Kentucky and then-No. 23 LSU. One reason Florida struggled so much out of the gate was health. Sophomore Victoria Emma started the season on the bench due to injury, while McCartney Kessler is nursing a lingering hip injury that has forced her out of a few matches. Though difficult to manage,

Thornqvist attributes this as a main reason the Gators have found their stride as of late.

“I think we had some growing pains early in the year because we were playing a man down for the stretches,” he said. “When somebody goes down, that gives someone else an opportunity to step up.”

Those who stepped up were freshmen Sydney Berlin and Marlee Zein, who have been some of Florida’s brightest spots this season.

Berlin has won four matches in conference play on Courts 5 and 6, giving the Gators much-needed depth required to compete in a fierce SEC. Zein has been one of Florida’s stars this season as well, tying a team-best seven sin-

gles wins in conference play. The freshman from Sugar Land, Texas, collected SEC Freshman of the Week earlier this season and held down Court 4 in Emma’s return with a teamleading seven wins.

The Gators will enter the SEC Tournament ranked in the latter half of the standings as the No. 7-seed. But Thornqvist believes his team is prepared for what’s to come.

“I think the trend is our friend,” Thornqvist said. “I think we are getting better and getting tougher. Our freshmen aren’t freshmen anymore, we are going to be ready for whatever comes our way.” @victorprieto_11 vprieto@alligator.org

16 ALLIGATOR MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019

UF scored Florida out-hit Texas A&M 8-3 on Sunday SOFTBALL, 11 times from pg. 14

FOOTBALL, from pg. 14 declaring for the NFL draft. He anchored a unit that sacked the quarterback 24 times (Polite had 11 himself).

Senior CeCe Jefferson and Polite’s departures left a lot of questions about the future of the defensive line.

After the spring game, we know the answers. It will be just fine.

On a day where Florida’s offense ran rampant, the line provided enough pressure that would make almost any other quarterback in the SEC panic. It collected 5.5 sacks and forced the quarterback out of the pocket at other times.

A player that could make an impact at the line is graduate transfer Jonathan Greenard. Listed as a linebacker, Greenard started the Orange and Blue game on the line and recorded a sack and two solo tackles.

“He’s had a great spring and understands the system, but different player than Polite was,” Mullen said of Greenard.

Florida will need to rely on Franks Franks entered the Orange and Blue game as the clear favorite to start, and he left in the same position. If there were any doubts he would earn the starting job again, they were all gone after Saturday.

He completed 13 of his 18 passes, good for 327 yards, four touchdowns and an “interception” to former Gators defensive back Lito Sheppard. All of those stats were the most of any quarterback.

Franks played great, but his play also showed a slight problem.

If Franks gets hurt or doesn’t play well, the Gators don’t really have a good option at backup right now. They will need him to be at his best or they don’t stand a chance.

Let’s start with backup Kyle Trask. He performed well, going 11 for 16 for 209 yards and two touchdowns. But he also threw a pick-six.

While his numbers were good, they weren’t great, especially in a game where the offense was a never-ending highlight reel. If Trask plays, it wouldn’t be the worst thing, but it would be a challenge for him to live up to the hype the 2019 season brings.

Then we have Emory Jones, who went 6 for 13 with 117 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He still has a long way to go before he’s ready to take over the offense.

Franks is definitely the guy, but if the Gators have to rely on their backup quarterbacks, it could spell trouble. @DreilingerJake jdreilinger@alligator.org

off the right-center wall.

Designated player Kendyl Lindaman pulled a pitch down the left-field line to bring Lorenz home on the next at-bat to make it 2-0. It was her 49th RBI of the season, a team high.

Then, Roberts doubled the lead with her home run, her seventh of the season.

Florida threatened offensively in the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t add to its lead.

Back-to-back one-out singles by center fielder Jade Caraway and Lorenz gave the Gators runners on first and second. Roberts drew a two-out walk to load the bases, but first baseman Jordan Matthews popped out to end the frame.

Reynoso led off the sixth with a walk. She stood on first until Sipos dropped a 3-2 pitch into shallow left-center field with two outs. Reynoso made it to third, and Sipos advanced to second on the throw from Fortenberry in center.

Outfielder Danielle Romanello pinch-hit for Caraway on the next at-bat but grounded out to third base to extinguish the threat.

Florida passed the bat well in its weekend against the Aggies and scored more runs (20) than any of its previous SEC series. The team hit 8 for 23 with runners in scoring position, accumulated at least eight hits in each contest and hammered four home runs altogether.

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Catcher Jordan Roberts went 1 of 3 and hit her seventh home run of the season in Florida's 4-1 victory over Texas A&M on Sunday.

MEN'S TENNIS

Gators clinch sole SEC regular-season championship

By Noah Ram Sports Writer

The celebration of Florida’s win over South Carolina was expected.

It was one worthy of a team that became the sole SEC regular-season champions for the first time since 2003.

The players all huddled and cheered together with one even throwing his hat over the fence. And it was finished by a water shower of coach Bryan Shelton.

The No. 3 Gators (20-2, 12-0 SEC) defeated the Gamecocks 6-1 on Sunday at the Ring Tennis Complex to win the SEC regular season championship. UF finished conference play undefeated for the first time since 2003 as well. The Gators also finished the regular season with their best overall record since 1977.

Florida jumped out to a quick lead in dou-

COLUMN, from pg. 14 Yeah, Florida’s secondary got torched. But that’s what Mullen wanted.

Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, in all likelihood, allowed the offense to have the success it did.

Sure, he could have brought the heat. But neither team’s offensive line was fully comprised of first-team guys. Offensive line depth is a legitimate concern right now, but there’s no reason the fans needed to see that in the spring game.

Mullen’s predecessors didn’t exactly get it. Under Will Muschamp and Jim McElwain, the spring game was a dry affair. It

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bles. The first win came on Court 2 with junior Johannes Ingildsen and senior McClain Kessler winning 6-1.

The point was clinched on Court 3 when sophomores Duarte Vale and Andy Andrade won 6-1, giving the Gators the doubles point for the third-consecutive

match.

Singles started out closer than expected, with No. 18 South Carolina winning the first set on three of six courts.

The Gators soon re-discovered their dominance. No. 47 freshman Sam Riffice put the Gators ahead 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 win on Court 2. Kessler then made it 3-0 on Court 6 with a 6-4, 6-3 win.

He explained post-match what the moment meant to him, winning on senior day.

“This is what I’ve been wanting my whole

was basically a glorified practice.

Mullen, on the other hand, seems to see the value of fan service.

So, what can fans take away from the game?

Franks is the starter. That much is clear.

There’s an entire slate of fall practices between now and the season opener against Miami on Aug. 24. So in theory, that could change.

It’s highly unlikely, though.

Franks got the most reps of any quarterback. Redshirt junior Kyle Trask and redshirt freshman Emory Jones looked solid, but neither of them were as poised as Franks.

Receiver Trevon Grimes looked much improved. Franks’ favorite

life,” Kessler said. “My granddad played football for Florida, and when I first got here, he passed away, so in that moment I thought of him.”

Attention turned to Courts 4 and 5. Both Ingildsen and Perez were close to sealing their matches. It was Ingildsen who pulled it off with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Beau Pelletier on 4.

Perez won 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 on Court 5.

The one blemish on UF’s day came on Court 1 where No. 9 Paul Jubb defeated No. 11 sophomore Oliver Crawford 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).

Florida bounced back on Court 3, when No. 38 Andrade came back and won in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

“Really proud of the start and then to finish the way we did,” coach Bryan Shelton said.

“I’m just really excited for the team, our staff, just everyone behind the scenes.”

target on Saturday had a springgame record 195 yards on only four catches. Two of those were touchdowns.

Fans should be cautiously optimistic. Florida returns a ton of offensive talent, especially at skill positions. The running back and receiver rooms are absolutely loaded, and the offense looked comfortable in the system.

But fans shouldn’t live and die by what they saw in a scrimmage.

That goes for other teams, as well.

Redshirt junior Tate Martell, the favorite to win the quarterback job at UM, reportedly struggled in his spring game. His performance likely dropped him behind redshirt freshman Jarren Williams and redshirt sophomore

@noah_ram1 nram@alligator.org N’Kosi Perry.

But there’s a lot of time to improve between now and August.

Martell could be a completely different player when he suits up against UF this fall.

If you’re reading this and think I’m being negative, I’m not. An exciting spring game is certainly better than the alternative.

It’s just important to temper expectations and realize that what we saw during a heavily curated spring game might not be indicative of how good the team actually is.

Tyler Nettuno is a sports writer for the Alligator. Follow him on Twitter @TylerNettuno or contact him at tnettuno@alligator.org.