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FLORIDA 37

VANDERBILT 27

Ground game, bold play calls keys to UF victory By Alanis Thames Sports Writer

Every part of Saturday’s game seemed to break the Vanderbilt Commodores’ way before No. 14 Florida rallied to edge out their conference rivals 37-27 in Nashville, Tennessee. Here are a couple takeaways from the Gators’ win:

Lamical Perine and Jordan Scarlett emerging as key offensive weapons Plenty of questions surrounded Florida’s offense heading into the season. But few of them were at the running back position. Lamical Perine and Jordan Scarlett showed why on Saturday. The duo combined for 234 of the Gators’ 292 yards on the ground and became the ﬁrst pair of Gators to amass 100 rushing

yards since their 2016 performance against Missouri. Perine had 23 carries on his way to a career-high 121-yard performance, and his 93 receiving yards led the team. His impact was apparent from the opening quarter despite a plethora of early mistakes made by Florida’s offense. The Gators found themselves down 7-0 in the ﬁrst after the Commodores capital-

ized off quarterback Feleipe Franks’ interception at the Vandy 2-yard line. Florida faced a fourth-and-one on its next drive, and coach Dan Mullen put his trust in his junior tailback. Perine took the direct snap and smashed through the pile just inches in front of him for a 2-yard pickup. One of his most impactful moments

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Operation Airdrop sends more than 50 planes with supplies to people affected by Hurricane Michael The group is still accepting supplies to donate. By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

It wasn’t Dylan Leoni’s first time flying supplies out to stranded residents because of a hurricane. Leoni was 19 years old when he first volunteered to fly into LaBelle, Florida, to bring supplies to those affected by Hurricane Irma with Operation Airdrop, a nonprofit aviation charity based out of Texas that aids with hurricane relief. On Saturday, he volunteered again. This time, he flew to help those affected by Hurricane Michael. It was rewarding for Leoni, a now 20-year-old Florida State University exercise physiology junior, to go into the stranded town of La-

Belle and hand out supplies to local residents. For this reason, Leoni felt the pull to help people in Apalachicola, Florida. “It was really rewarding to do that and see their reaction,” Leoni said. On Saturday and Sunday, Operation Airdrop delivered about 27,000 pounds of essential supplies such as nonperishable foods, water, batteries, bug sprays, diapers and toothpaste with more than 50 private planes from the University Air Center, at 4701 NE 40th Terrace, said Trey Thrifﬁley, a board member of Operation Airdrop. The nonproﬁt is still asking for many of those supplies to be do-

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Pilot Mark Creighton, of Port Aransas, Texas, loads nonperishable food onto a plane headed to Appalachia, Florida, for Operation Airdrop. His home ﬂooded during Hurricane Harvey, and he’s helped other victims of hurricanes through Operation Airdrop since.

UF graduate to face the Israeli Supreme Court for appeal By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

After two denied appeals and nearly two weeks living in Ben Gurion Airport’s detainment center, UF graduate Lara Alqasem will have her ﬁnal hearing. Alqasem appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court on Friday, said the

Consul General of Israel to Florida Lior Haiat. The court agreed Sunday to have a hearing within the next few days regarding whether or not Alqasem can enter Israel and study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It is rare for the Israeli Supreme Court to hear cases unless they are urgent or will result in an irrevocable decision, Haiat said.

Behind the Gators’ win over Vanderbilt

Sophomore Lamical Perine led the way for Florida on the road. Who else contributed to UF’s latest come-from-behind victory? pg. 14

Until the hearing, Alqasem will continue to reside in the airport detainment center, Haiat said. Alqasem’s second appeal to the Tel Aviv District Court was denied on Friday, Haiat said. Israelis are torn on Alqasem’s case, Haiat said. Like any political situation, there are people who agree and disagree with it.

“Israel is an active democracy,” he said. Tamir Sorek, Alqasem’s former professor and a UF professor of sociology and Jewish studies, was not surprised when Alqasem was denied for the second time. The Israeli government is trying to undermine any form of Palestinian activism and struggle for Palestinian rights, he

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said. “The fact that she is ready to continue and suffer there means that she believes she is doing it for a great cause,” Sorek said. “I really appreciate her courage.”

Drop it like it’s hot

The College Plant Initiative broke its record at Friday’s plant drop, giving away 1,000 plants in two-and-a-half minutes, pg. 9

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It’s bananas: Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary hosts sixth monkey day THE EVENT RAISED $3,613 IN NEW DONATIONS, WHICH WILL GO TOWARD 26 INCOMING SQUIRREL MONKEYS. By Gabrielle Seminara Alligator Contributing Writer

For 2-year-old Emmy Ehrlich, Saturday was the perfect day to go bananas. Emmy, with her monkey doll in hand, explored Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, at 13907 N State Road 121, during its sixth annual Monkey Day. Emmy, her family and more than 100 other people came out to peek at the primates. Scott Ehrlich said his daughter was excited for the event because she is in love with monkeys. “I think ‘monkey’ was the third word she said,” Ehrlich said. This was the only day of the year that guests could visit the sanctuary, said Brianna Fried, the event’s coordinator. Monkey Day is for donors to see how their money helps care for more than 300 monkeys and to raise awareness of the sanctuary in the community. “This is for people to see their impact on

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This was the ﬁrst time the event included activities like live music, monkey bingo, monkey trivia, a Cilantro Tacos food truck and snow cones. The money will go toward the care of 26 squirrel monkeys that arrive at the sanctuary Tuesday and toward rescuing more monkeys from lab research, Fried said. The incoming squirrel monkeys are the

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‘Natural teacher’: Former UF professor Joseph Glover dies at age 79 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR DIED OF COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LUNG CANCER. By Gillian Sweeney Alligator Staff Writer

Joseph Glover had a voice that captivated the room. The former UF professor, who died from lung cancer Oct. 5 in Mobile, Alabama, at 79, taught his students to develop their voices — strong with a neutral accent, said his daughter, Tracey Winter Glover. Glover taught broadcast journalism at UF from 1995 to 2005, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando said. Glover taught TV news to then secondyear student Harrison Hove. Today Hove, a multimedia news manager at the UF College of Journalism and Communications, teaches the same class Glover once did. In his first project about the Student Government election for Glover’s class, Hove said he made a jump cut — an abrupt film transition — and had to hear him critique it in front of the class. He learned to never make that mistake again. “So many other successful Gators can say the same exact thing, that he taught us things that we still use in life and in this business on a very fundamental level, and that is awesome to think about,” Hove said. Before coming to UF, Glover spent his over 30-year career as a newscaster at more than seven news stations from New York to San Francisco, Tracey Winter Glover said.

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Joseph Glover at the annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon while working in Detroit. Glover would host the annual 24-hour television while in the city. He spent over a decade as a newscaster solely in Detroit. “Doing news was just so engaging and exciting, and it just connected him to the world and so many people,” she said. When David Ostroff worked at Bowling Green State University in Ohio in the 1980s, he said he’d watch Glover on the 11 p.m.

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Police used Kodak Black’s hair to identify a suspect. By Jessica Curbelo

Pit bulls in animal services’ custody following attack THE PIT BULLS’ OWNER WAS ARRESTED OCT. 4. By Gillian Sweeney

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Two 18-year-olds were arrested Thursday afternoon for holding a college student hostage and robbing him at gunpoint last week, police said. Jesse Dalton Fleming, of Morriston, Florida, and Derion’te Tre-Sean Robinson, of Gainesville, were accused of forcing the student to take out money from ATMs and stealing his phone and debit cards on Oct. 8, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report. The student was not listed in the UF directory. Fleming was caught on camera, but Robinson was caught because of his hair. The student told officers one of the teenagers looked like rapper Kodak Black, the report said. The student was in his car at his apartment on Southwest 62nd Boulevard when the teenagers walked up and pointed their guns at him about 2 a.m., police said. Robinson drove the student’s car to several ATMs while Fleming sat next to the student to keep him from escaping, police said. They forced the student to withdraw cash and hand it over to them. Fleming threatened to shoot him if he said anything to people nearby, the report said. Robinson and Fleming took turns hitting the student with their guns and tied him up while holding him captive for a few

news routinely. He never thought he would work with Glover at UF. “It was unusual because he had been an anchor for so long,” Ostroff said. “But, he just got interested in becoming an academic.” Glover hosted the station’s annual 24-

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hours, police said. The student told police Robinson’s hair reminded him of Kodak Black. An officer who met Robinson during another case placed him in a lineup, and the student immediately recognized him, police said. Police arrested the pair Thursday afternoon, the report said. Robinson ran away when an officer tried to take him to jail, but police caught up to him, police said. Fleming and Robinson were charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. Robinson was also charged for trying to escape and for an unrelated home invasion, according to court records. Fleming and Robinson are being held in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $75,000 and an over $1.5 million bond, respectively. @jesscurbelo jcurbelo@alligator.org

hour telethon fundraising for research in muscular dystrophy, his daughter said. She remembers playing and growing up alongside the children affected by the disease when her dad would host annual pool parties for them after the telethon. “It was so beyond work,” she said. “He put his whole heart into it and really loved all the kids so much.” In the early 1990s, Glover decided to retire from the TV business in Detroit but grew bored of retirement after just two years, she said. “Though he knew how to live and have fun, he never really knew how to relax,” she said. This is when Glover enrolled in UF to pursue a doctorate degree in broadcast journalism and began to teach aspiring broadcast students, she said. He went on to teach at University of South Alabama after he left UF in 2005 until he got sick in late 2017. Besides his passion for storytelling, Glover also had a love for animals, which inspired him to become vegan, she said. After his death, he left behind 11 cats and two dogs. When he was well, he would spend his weekends driving across state lines to take animals from shelters to no-kill facilities. In his classes, she said he would use clips from animal rights documentaries to teach his students about investigations in film. “He just had the most compassionate, sensitive heart,” she said. “He instilled that in me so much.” @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

Three pit bulls were taken to an Alachua County Animal Services kennel after they killed a dog three weeks ago. Linda Swinburn, 50, was walking her emotional support dog, Bella, when the pit bulls attacked Sept. 22 at the 5800 block of Northwest 29th Terrace. Swinburn tried to pry the dogs away from Bella, but they snapped the dog’s neck. Nathaniel Pettiford, 42, the pit bulls’ owner, was ordered Tuesday to give the dogs to Alachua County Animal Services, according to court records. Pettiford brought in the dogs Thursday afternoon, Assistant County Manager Gina Peebles said. The dogs will remain in a kennel until a hearing is held to decide if they are considered dangerous, Peebles said. Pettiford will be charged $10 per dog for each day they stay in the kennel. Colleen Regan, 36, left unscathed when Pettiford’s dogs chased her in June. She said she was horrified as she watched the same dogs pull Bella apart. “I have been fearful of these dogs for the past two years, and animal control

has done nothing,” Regan said. Pettiford was arrested on a warrant Oct. 4, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report. He was charged with inflicting injury and animal cruelty and was released on a $55,000 bond. Bella’s death was the fourth time in 14 months Pettiford’s dogs escaped his house to attack a person or dog, the report said. “Alachua County feels there is enough evidence that the dogs should be deemed dangerous,” Peebles said. Pettiford is seeking to challenge the county at the hearing, Peebles said. A date for the hearing has not been set yet but will be scheduled within the next three weeks. Pettiford must have $500,000 worth of insurance for the dogs, post warning signs on his property and sterilize the dogs if they are deemed dangerous, Peebles said. Pettiford could not immediately be reached for comment. Swinburn said she was traumatized by the attack on her dog and is angry the pit bulls may return to Pettiford. “Bella will never have a chance because she was killed in my own arms,” Swinburn said. “She was my child.” @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

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· CRIME ROUNDUP · All Stories By Jessica Curbelo |

GPD: Man helped brother run from April murder Reginald Eugene Symonette, Jr.

Katwan Symonette

Gainesville Police arrested a man Friday afternoon for helping his brother hide after committing murder in April, police said. Reginald Eugene Symonette Jr., 41, of Brooker, Florida, was accused of not helping police during the murder investigation, and police believe he picked up his brother, Katwan Devonte Symonette, after he ran from a murder scene, police said. On April 22, Katwan Symonette, 20, was accused of shooting and killing Michael Tryemaine Mosely after an argument on the 2800 block of Northeast 12th Street. He and another man drove away, according to an arrest report. Katwan Symonette abandoned the car outside of Gainesville where police found it wiped down and cleaned

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GPD: Woman steals from Walmart using baby carrier

of evidence, the report said. He hid from police for three days. Police began investigating Reginald Symonette Jr. after finding out he was in contact with his brother, the report said. Officers reviewed GPS tracking data from a car Reginald Symonette Jr. rented and found that he drove to the same spot where his brother abandoned his car at the same time it was abandoned, the report said. More than five months after the murder, police arrested Reginald Symonette Jr. near the Alachua County Fairgrounds, on Northeast 39th Avenue on a charge of being an accessory to murder. Both brothers are in the Alachua County Jail. Reginald Eugene Symonette’s bond is $512,000.

A woman’s 3-month-old baby was tucked into its carrier with stolen items from Walmart Friday afternoon, Gainesville Police said. Amanda Rae Paschen, 28, of Ocala, was accused of stashing merchandise in the carrier with the baby inside at Walmart, at 2900 SW 42nd St., according to an arrest report. Paschen A security ofﬁcer noticed Paschen stealing in the cosmetics area of the store, the report said. Paschen hid small products in the two large baby bags she was carrying, police said. She continued to walk around Walmart while hiding products in her

baby’s carrier and under the baby blanket. The items she stole were valued at $515.25, police said. She was caught on Walmart’s surveillance footage, the report said. The security officer and police stopped Paschen outside of Walmart at about 11:20 a.m., the report said. She told officers that she stole the items for herself and her youngest child because she didn’t have a job. When officers asked about items that didn’t appear to be for her or the baby, Paschen told police she planned to sell them to a friend in Ocala, the report said. Paschen was released from the Alachua County Jail Saturday afternoon without bond. She could not immediately be reached for comment.

Police say man arrested for DUI after ﬂipping car in a crash A Gainesville man accused of drunk driving was arrested after his car ﬂipped over several times early Saturday morning, police said. Jeffrey Todd Jones, 47, remembered people Jones pulling him out of his upside-down car but didn’t remember the crash, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.

A woman told police Jones hit the back of her car when the streetlight turned green at the 3500 block of Northwest 39th Avenue, the report said. She saw his car flip over several times before it landed upside down. Police found a broken beer bottle and a beer Koozie, the report said. Paramedics told police that Jones didn’t want medical treatment. Jones told officers he drank about five beers at Munegin’s On 13th, at 4005 NW

13th St., the report said. While speaking with police, Jones grabbed the left side of his ribs and said he felt sore. When an ofﬁcer asked Jones for his driver’s license, he forgot what the ofﬁcer asked for while pulling out his wallet, police said. Police noticed Jones reaching into his front pocket and throwing something behind his back. A green pipe containing marijuana landed next to a patrol car, police said.

Jones was charged with driving under the inﬂuence and tampering with evidence. He was taken to North Florida Regional Medical Center before police took him to the Alachua County Jail. His bond is set at $5,000, according to jail records. @jesscurbelo jcurbelo@alligator.org

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Florida can have a black governor. Don’t bother asking.

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an Andrew Gillum Convince Florida Voters to Elect a Black Governor?” was spotted in Rolling Stone. “‘The Obama excitement’: Can Andrew Gillum capture it in Florida?” ran in the Washington Post. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s headline simply read: “Andrew Gillum: Can he win?” Yes. He can. And if you’re excited about a Gillum victory, you should vote and act without regard for the question. If you dive beneath the speculative headlines, you’ll see lots of polling analyses, forecasts and data on voter turnout in Florida over the last few years. Here is the popular breakdown of a Democratic victory in the 2018 Florida governor’s race: Gillum is banking on driving up minority turnout. He is working to get black and Latino voters to turn out in far greater numbers than they have in previous midterm elections. Just 41.5 percent of black registered voters turned out in the last governor’s race in 2014, according to Daniel A. Smith, the chair of the UF political science department. Compare that to 73 percent of registered white voters who participated in the last presidential election, bearing in mind that white voters went overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump. Those numbers favor Republicans, not Democrats. Turnout for Latinos wasn’t any better — 64 percent of those registered voted in the 2012 presidential race, while just 31 percent voted in the midterm elections when the governor’s seat was up for grabs. Gillum needs these demographics to show up to the polls in droves for a win in November. In light of the seemingly uphill battle, you can see why newspapers around the country are asking whether Gillum can do it. When we typically think of rock-solid voting blocs, images of college-aged Bernie Sanders supporters (another one of Gillum’s key demographics) do not spring to mind. But the turnout numbers for past elections don’t take today’s issues into account. They largely ignore the racial and ethnic tensions stoked over the last two years by Trump — a public and bitter feud with Colin Kaepernick and NFL players, detentions of illegal immigrant children, the proposed immigration ban from majority-Muslim countries and calling white supremacists at the Charlottesville rally some “very ﬁne people.” Those headlines didn’t go down easy with the voting public and are not easily forgotten. Gillum’s opponent, Ron DeSantis, is chained at the ankle to those scandals by party association. Still other issues are expected to drive minority turnout. When Gillum won the primary, activists said Florida’s black community was more energized than in any other midterm election. Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, since being adopted in 2005, has been a persistent thorn in the sides of black voters, who see the law as a loophole for racially-motivated killings. Amendment 4 will be on the ballot in November. The amendment seeks to reenfranchise some felons and has been aggressively campaigned for since January by activists, according to the Washington Post. Democrats also hope the ongoing environmental crisis of red tide along Florida’s west coast will break a Republican hold on white voter turnout. Feel free to ignore the speculation. If you wish to see Gillum win the governor’s race, you need to act without the mental safety blanket that favorable statistics provide. Ignore the polls that show Gillum ahead of DeSantis by an average of 3.7 points. Ignore the good chance that Gillum will win because Gillum is doing the same — he is not playing the middle ground or relying on moderate, undecided voters to propel him to victory. So can he win? The immediate answer for his base must be ‘yes.’ He can. Meryl Kornfield EDITOR

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The case for bringing ‘Hamilton’ to Gainesville

there is no shortage of young people in this colike many people, I want to be in the room lege town. According to a UF Common Data Set where it happens. Or, to be more accurate, from 2012, 5.2 percent of UF undergraduates are the theater where it happens. 25 or older, meaning 94.8 percent of the student “Hamilton,” for those who are not yet body are in the musical’s prime demographic. Of acquainted with it, is a Broadway musicourse, those 5.2 percent may also want to see cal written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, which has “Hamilton,” meaning even more people will come become extremely popular since its premiere in show. 2015. The play, featuring a vibrant and multiculJason Zappulla to the However, if you’re Lin-Manuel Miranda and tural cast, chronicles the life of Founding Father opinions@alligator.org you’re reading this, first off, thank you for reading Alexander Hamilton, from his humble origins on “a forgotten spot in the Caribbean,” to his tenure as the first this column, Mr. Miranda. But second, you may want more U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to his famous duel with Aaron incentive to bring your show to Gainesville. After all, you can Burr. The play has achieved acclaim for its hip-hop-based find young people and large venues in any city. But what you soundtrack and strong narrative, and “Hamilton” is currently can’t find in every city is a large and supportive university that is eager to build goodwill with students. You could reach showcasing these features during its first U.S. tour. This tour will be heading to a lot of places. According to out to UF for support, but if you’re going to be using the Philthe tour’s website, the tour will include eight cities in Florida: lips Center, you’ll likely come into contact with university ofFort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, ficials anyway since it’s on UF property. Who knows? Given Miami, Naples and West Palm Beach. However, there’s also the historical and educational content of “Hamilton,” pera notice at the bottom that states “Additional cities to be an- haps UF administration would be willing to support this play, nounced soon.” Today, I’d like to make a suggestion for one subsidizing free or reduced-price tickets for its students and partnering with local elementary, middle and high schools to of those additional cities: Gainesville. There are several upsides to Gainesville. The first thing provide field trips to see “Hamilton.” Such a venture might any play needs is a venue. Right on the UF campus is the be pricey for UF, but it would generate good optics among Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. In terms of space, the both students and the Gainesville community, and the posmainstage’s capacity of 1,750 may be smaller than that of the sibility of university support might entice even more major “Hamilton” tour’s other venues (the Broward Center for the Broadway plays to the Phillips Center in the future. Despite my advocacy, I know the odds of “Hamilton” Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale has a capacity of 2,658 in its main theater, while the largest theater in Tampa’s Straz coming to Gainesville are slim: Gainesville is a smaller city, Center has a capacity of 2,610), but it is also larger than the and with “Hamilton” having eight other shows in Florida, musical’s Broadway home at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the tour has likely already covered Florida in the most ef(capacity 1,319), so I’m sure the company can make do. And ficient manner possible. And while this column was somewhile other venues in Gainesville like the Hippodrome State what tongue-in-cheek, my desire for “Hamilton” to come to Theatre and University Auditorium have capacities of less Gainesville is real, and I imagine many others would like the than a thousand each, they can still be used for private or same. It’s always nice to dream about your favorite events coming to where you live, but sometimes those are just exclusive performances to give a more intimate feel. After the venue comes the audience. While “Hamilton” dreams. Personally, I’m just going to see the show in Tampa. has been a hit among all groups young and old, theatre conJason Zappulla is a UF history junior. His column apnoisseur and casual viewer, it is the young who have particularly taken to this Founding Father-centered musical. And pears on Mondays.

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Don’t live for your resume: Life is not a race to collect professional awards

e all remember what we were told in high school: Try to build up your resume. We played sports, joined clubs, earned a great GPA and dedicated our Saturday mornings to community service in obedience of this principle. That’s how we all were accepted into this university. Of course, what we heard in high school is also one of the ﬁrst things we heard in college: Try to build up your resume. Get involved, lead something, get those internships, do that research — it’s what graduate schools and prestigious employers want from their prodigies. It’s how we make the most of college. At this point, you may have presumed this column to be a rebuke of resumes. You may have anticipated that I would claim resumes to be imperfect, incomplete depictions of identity and personality and thus useless. But if I did, I’d be a ﬂagrant hypocrite — I’ve been working on my resume for the past couple days, actually. No, the existence of the resume is not the problem I wish to discuss; seeing life as one big resume workshop is. A friend of mine was at a mixer for local start-ups and entrepreneurs recently, and in the course of mixing, he stumbled upon some-

one he hadn’t seen in a while. My When we do things — join a friend described this person as beclub, say, or volunteer — with our ing rather ambitious, a true entreresumes in mind, our relationship preneur, and as he was beginning to those activities is parasitic. No to ask this person how his company matter how noble the thing is on the had been performing, the entrepresurface, doing things for the sake of neur stopped him. He said he needresume-building is doing things for ed to go get another beer, and he did Scott Stinson the sake of ourselves. We only care so. A few minutes later, my friend opinions@alligator.org about those things insofar as they saw him in the throes of another make us look better. It is a way of conversation. making the world into an awards ceremony, My friend surprisingly was not hurt by this, into a space where our personal happiness is as I would have been. He attributed the man’s paramount. This changes our activities from abruptness to the fact that they were in radi- ways to do genuine good in the world to mere cally different lines of work. It thus would be glamor products. a waste of the entrepreneur’s time to talk to We know what this looks like. We all someone who could not prove to be of imme- logged our volunteer hours in order to get diate, tangible value to his career or goals. He Bright Futures; we all have applied to interncould be making better connections elsewhere. ships because they would make our resumes Why waste time? He has dreams to fulfill, suc- sing. I was rejected from one of those types of cess to be achieved. jobs last semester. My chief anguish was never I think that the entrepreneur’s attitude is being able to type that position at the top of my consistent with the underlying attitude of “try resume. This is a difficult problem to escape to build up your resume.” This phrase is in- from. tended to motivate us to live active, engaged The entrepreneur would not talk to my lives and not squander good opportunities. friend because he offered nothing of value, But this is not a fully ethical motivation — it is nothing that the entrepreneur wanted. This is mostly a selfish one. the side effect of living one’s life in order to

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Like movies? Try the theaters

t seems like every time theater with no distractions, I go to the movies, surrounded by people who the prices go up. I am are just as invested in the spending $10-15 on a story as you are, makes any ticket, $7 on popcorn film so much more compel(because what is a movieling. going experience without In April, I saw “Avengpopcorn?) and maybe $4 on ers: Infinity War” the week Katherine a soda. As a college student, of its release. The theater Campione opinions@alligator.org it is rough to justify spendwas packed for a weekend ing more than $20 to see a matinee, and the crowd two-hour film that I could just stream in buzzed with excitement before the film a couple months. The rise of streaming began. Once the lights went down and platforms has definitely made the pros- the opening shot of space illuminated pect of paying that much for just one the screen, the entire audience was film seem outrageous, and the emer- captivated. In the course of two hours, gence of MoviePass did not help either. we laughed, cried, cheered and booed Ah, MoviePass. It was both a bless- together. I am not sure I have ever been ing and a curse. Of course, everyone so in sync with a film or an audience, loved paying $9.99 a month to see an and it made me realize how awesome it unlimited amount of movies. As much is that we have the opportunity to have as I already loved seeing films in the- this experience over and over again, as aters, MoviePass allowed me to go at new movies are released nearly every least twice a week. There was one point week. in May when I had seen nearly every Filmmaking is not easy. Directors, film showing in theaters — something writers, actors, crew, etc. can spend that I had never accomplished in the years creating these masterpieces. They past, mainly due to finances. So, when fight for theatrical releases and the sucthe company went under in July and cess of the film is primarily pegged on began rapidly changing its business its box office numbers. Yet, we would model to find a solution, it was hard to rather experience them on a small cancel my membership. At first, revert- screen from the comfort of our couch. ing back to spending $20 every time I Not only is that a disservice to the crewanted to see a film made waiting for ators, but it is a disservice to ourselves. its streaming release that much more I know that moviegoing is not cheap, appealing. and we could probably think of a few However, since I have canceled my more dire ways to spend that money membership, I noticed something. My sometimes. Try finding an independent moviegoing habits have not changed all theater to support instead of a chain. that much. Sure, I may not consistently Save some money each week to enjoy find myself seeing a theatrical release one theatrical experience a month. Get twice a week, but I still continue to go yourself in front of that big screen as to the theaters quite frequently. The often as possible. I promise you will not truth is, seeing a movie in theaters is a regret it. special experience that we have come to take for granted. It is not just about Katherine Campione is a UF being one of the first to see a film or journalism senior. Her column appears avoiding spoilers. Sitting in that dark on Fridays.

better oneself. If you encounter something that cannot further your quest for self-fulfillment, you move on. If you spot a better, more glamorous job than the one you have now, you go for it. But not everything in life is meant to make us happy. Some things require the sacrifice of our happiness, like family or relationships, or being a good student. If we only deem opportunities, or even people, valuable because they move us closer to our dreams and goals, we do not actually see them as valuable, only useful. They are a means to a selfish end. What do I propose as an alternative, then? We should rethink, or at least try to, the limits of a resume. It is a piece of paper intended to succinctly communicate you to an employer. It is not meant to be a way of life or a mode of being in the world. So go after those good opportunities, but not just because you can type it on your resume afterward. Understand that some things have value, whether they help us achieve our dreams or not. Scott Stinson is a UF English senior. His column appears on Mondays.

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The Panhandle mourns, but will rebuild

he house shudders as the pressgerine sun set over the Panhandle on ing weight of Hurricane MiOct. 9. We would not see it again for chael’s eyewall heaves against two days. No one was ready for the unthe northwest corner of the precedented strength of this strike on house. Rain does not fall, it our home. flies in clouds of pellet drops that whip In the aftermath we mourn. Small around the obstacles in their path. coastal communities like Mexico Beach Their intermittent pounding sounds Kacey Aukema were leveled, the famous Spring Break opinions@alligator.org like buckets of pebbles thrown against destination of Panama City experienced the windows. This Category 4 storm great losses and everywhere in the reravages my home community, the Florgion through Georgia and beyond lie ida Panhandle. destitute in the wake of Michael’s wrath. Many of Every long-term Floridian has experienced a the structures on my family’s farm are in ruins and hurricane in some way. It is a part of life, a rite this year’s crop of peanuts, soybeans and cotton of passage in becoming a true Floridian. I remem- may be a total loss for the family that currently ber the powerful 2003-2005 hurricane seasons that farms on our property. brought devastation in the form of Ivan, Charley, In this mostly rural portion of the state, towns Katrina and others. Experiencing those at a young are small, hearts are big and everyone knows each age, I tend to remember less negative details and other. Friends and neighbors worked together to more juvenile elation on account of the days out clear backroads with our own heavy machinery of school. Huddled in the closet of my sister’s to allow access to main roads; we offered passage house with her family under Michael’s onslaught, through our property to shortcut flooded bridges; the stressful memories of the night Ivan struck the local churches cooked for those without and many Panhandle and sprouted tornadoes across the re- individuals reached out to their neighbors. Social gion come raging in. All the while, outside, the media networks were flooded with news and restorm screams with the collective whistling of the sources for those in need as friends across the wind and rain against everything. nation offered solidarity and material or financial I came home to help with last-minute prepara- support. Among the dreadful loss of life, property tions for securing the homes and property of my and livelihoods, the fabric of this tight-knit comfamily’s farm. Local farmers worked around the munity collectively holds together to brace against clock in the days preceding the landfall to secure this new challenge. We will rebuild, we will band what they could of this year’s crop, the coastal together and we will do it without Trump’s paper communities boarded up their homes and evacu- towels. ated inland and everyone stewed over what lay ahead in the impending storm. A beautiful tanKacey Aukema is a UF plant science senior.

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27,000 pounds of supplies were donated. PLANE, from pg. 1 nated. Supplies can be taken to the General Aviation Entrance of the Gainesville Regional Airport on Waldo Road. Operation Airdrop will be operating out of the former Silver Airways Hangar, located at 4505 NE 40th Terrace. The goal of the operation was to help those who couldn’t receive supplies because of blocked roads from the effects of Michael, Thriffiley said. Operation Airdrop started in 2017 when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, said Ethan Garrity, a board member and vice president of government relations for Operation Airdrop. Since then, the charity has helped with three other hurricanes, including Irma, Maria and Florence. In more than five days, the aviation charity sent out 286,000 pounds of supplies in more than 500 trips during Hurricane Florence. There’s no financial incentive for pilots, Garrity said. “It helps to justify and validate aviation and why it’s so important,” Garrity said. Pilots delivered supplies to devastated Florida cities, Thriffiley said. Some of these cities included Apalachicola, Port St. Joe, Blountstown, Bristol, Tallahassee and Panama City, Thriffiley said. The operation will continue until Tuesday night.

In these cities, two out of every three trees are knocked over or snapped in half, and buildings are in ruins, he said. “There’s people who haven’t seen a FEMA truck,” Thriffiley said. “They’re out in the woods in North Florida and people are realizing, still today, that they need everything.” One of the larger donations on Saturday was delivered by John Vogelsang, a retired air traffic controller, who brought around $1,500 worth of supplies on behalf of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. As someone who used to live in Pensacola, Florida, Vogelsang thought it was necessary to give back to the community. “I’ve been through my share of hurricanes, and I know how terrible it can be,” Vogelsang said. Instead of feeling helpless, Marcia Hodik, an employee in the UF department of neurosurgery and a volunteer at Operation Airdrop, said she enjoyed knowing she could assist in the cause. “These people are only 200 miles away from us,” Hodik said. “They’re our neighbors, it could have been us. That storm could have easily taken a turn.” Operation Airdrop needs more monetary donations and supplies, Hodik said. “We need the Gator Nation to step up because we were spared,”

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Volunteers load a private plane from West Palm Beach with supplies for people in the Florida Panhandle. One organizer of the relief effort, Debbie Frederick, who is the chief operating ofﬁcer of University Air Center, said the planes are the ﬁrst to get to areas cut off when roads become impassable. “They’re the boots in the air,” she said. Hodik said. “We know what it’s like to be stuck in the middle of a hurricane.” She said she hopes UF and Alachua County will rise to the occation to assist nearby Florida cities in any way they can. “We’re Gainesville,” she said. “We’re strong; we’re not affected, so let’s help.” @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

Highly needed supplies: Wet wipes Hand sanitizer Children’s diapers Roof nails Tarps Roof felting Plastic liners Tyvek

Some supplies received but can still be donated: Ramen noodles Peanut butter Potato chips Coffee Dog food Jelly Water Batteries Toothpaste Bandages

Bee experts swarm UF campus for Bee College Conference

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After explaining to Bee College 2018 attendees how to split beehives, Rob Horsburgh, 43, demonstrates the steps Friday morning. The event was hosted by the UF IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab and offered a variety of classes on beekeeping.

Rob Horsburgh, 43, points out the queen bee during a breakout session he taught on splitting beehives at the 2018 UF Bee College Friday morning. Classes began at 8:30 a.m., and the event ended at 4:30 p.m. Attendees had hands-on time to apply what they learned in sessions and could ask questions about different facets of beekeeping.

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UF horticultural group breaks record time for free plant drop THE PLANTS RETAIL FOR ABOUT $4 EACH.

FOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT COLEUS PLANTS David Clark, a UF environmental horticulture professor, grew the plants used in Friday’s plant drop and answered questions about them.

By Peyton Whittington Alligator Contributing Writer

In a record two and a half minutes, the College Plant Initiative gave away 1,000 free plants to students Friday morning. This is the second year the UF student organization gave away plants on Turlington Plaza, said Samantha Nuzzi, a 23-year-old senior volunteer and horticulturist. The group broke its previous record of four minutes when it hosted a plant drop at Texas A&M University. “We just want to help people explore their passion for plants,” Nuzzi said. Coleus plants were chosen because they are cheap to raise, sturdy and have bright-colored leaves, making them good plants for beginners and Florida’s climate, Nuzzi said. The plants retail for about $4 each, but the group gave them out for free with sponsorships from Altman Plants, American Floral Endowment, Proven Winners and Scott’s Miracle-Gro Company. Robyn Louis, an 18-year-old UF psychology freshman, got a text from a friend during class asking if someone could grab her a plant at the drop because she was home sick. Louis said she rushed over after class to get plants. “Plants are underrated,” she said. “Most people don’t want to take care of them, but it gives me a sense of responsibility.” Kaitlin Salley has named all her plants but she hadn’t thought of one for her coleus plant yet. “It’s something to take care of, kind of like having a pet,” Salley, a 22-year-old UF classical studies senior said. “They make me happy.”

What were the breeds? Twenty-seven breeds of coleus plants were given away, Clark said. Here are some of their names: Redhead (named after Clark’s wife), Wasabi, Campfire, Pinkplosion, Salsa Verde and Salsa Roja, Alligator Tears, Gator Glory, Alligator Alley, Electric Lime, Ruby Slipper and Abbey Road. What colors were they? The plants came in six different colors and combinations. Clark said the main colors were like fruit Life Savers, including red, chartreuse green, golden yellow and orange. Where were the plants grown? The plants were grown in greenhouses off of Museum Road. Coleus plants grown at UF are shipped worldwide, including to the European Union, South Africa, Japan and China. The plants can be found in Lowe’s, Home Depot and Walmart stores, Clark said.

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Mia Sewall, an 18-year-old UF communication sciences and disorders freshman, helps unload plants from two delivery trucks for the UF College Plant Initiative’s Plant Drop Friday morning. One thousand plants were given out.

Why were coleus plants given away? Coleus plants are intentionally put under harsh conditions, like in full sun on silver reﬂective paper and in poor quality soil in the shade, so that only the strongest plants survive. After withstanding these trials, UF’s coleus plants can grow anywhere. UF has a serious coleus breeding program, Clark said.

Alternative magazine, newsletter seek answers after papers disappear ABOUT 500 COPIES OF THE MAGAZINE WENT MISSING. By Martha Paz-Soldan Alligator Contributing Writer

Molly Minta, the editor-in-chief of The Fine Print, was distributing the magazine’s latest issue on Plaza of the Americas Oct. 1. But when she walked to a newsstand at Library West to get more copies, the box was

empty, along with nine other boxes on campus. For two weeks in a row, editors of The Fine Print, a Gainesville nonprofit alternative magazine, have found their on-campus newsstands emptied, Minta said. Copies of the Gainesville Iguana were also missing from five of the boxes, said Joe Courter, the newsletter publisher. “It was as if no one had ever put papers in there in the first place,” Minta said.

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Students create, distribute art for national art month THE EVENT COST ABOUT $5,000 TO PUT TOGETHER. By Gillian Sweeney Alligator Staff Writer

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Daniela Ordonez, an 18-year-old UF political science freshman, paints on the “Diversity” mural started by the UF Center for Arts in Medicine. The mural was created to showcase the diversity at UF by allowing any student to add to it and put their own spin on the painting.

Art is both a means of expression and a business for Seyi Oluwaleimu. “I’ve been drawing for my whole life, but I never really took it seriously,” the 19-year-old UF computer science sophomore said. On Friday, Oluwaleimu worked to cut and pass out about 700 free UFthemed laptop stickers from his table at the UF Pop-Up Culture event, held Friday on the Plaza of the Americas. He made the stickers to promote his business that he launched from his dorm room in January. About 50 vendors gathered for the event, which brought in about 1,000 students throughout the day, said Holly Franklin, the marketing manager for UF College of the Arts. The event was organized to celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month, Franklin said. The monthlong celebration started nationally in 1993, but the UF event was moved to Plaza of the Americas five years ago.

About $5,000 in funding for the event came from the UF Office of the Provost, Franklin said. Various partners provided their own supplies. “The arts and humanities are how you’re human,” Franklin said. “It connects to science, it connects to health, and it connects to your wellbeing.” Other acts such as a bagpipe player and hip-hop dancers performed, Franklin said. Vendors were doing more than just passing out freebies. They hoped students would come up to them and engage with their art. “It’s about using your brain and going further into thinking about how arts and humanities is connected to everything,” Franklin said. Khairun Akther, an 18-year-old UF biology freshman, said she attended the Pop-Up Culture event to engage with different types of expression that art can provide. “I think with art it just expresses more emotions than speaking,” Akther said. “I feel like art just helps people tell their story.” @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

UF Student Health Care Center offering free Meningitis B vaccines By Fotini Sisois Alligator Contributing Writer

Dr. Amit Rawal’s nearly 6-month-old daughter Avnee seemed normal when she woke up from a fever in October 2013. A few hours later, he noticed a rash on her neck. It wasn’t until she died 15 hours later that he learned Avnee contracted Meningitis B. Rawal is collaborating with the UF Student Health Care Center to

prevent UF students from experiencing what Avnee went through, he said. The center will offer flu and Meningitis B vaccinations during this year’s second Chomp the Flu event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Wednesday on the Reitz Union North Lawn, said Cecilia Luna, the center’s spokesperson. This is the first time the center has planned two Chomp the Flu events in one Fall semester and partnered with the Avnee Foun-

dation, the nonprofit organization Rawal co-founded with his wife Melissa Rawal, Luna said. Rawal reached out to the center to collaborate on educating students about Meningitis B and providing vaccinations, Luna said. “More than 97 percent of the UF population is walking around only 50 percent protected by this deadly disease,” Rawal said. During the first Chomp the Flu last month, about 430 students

were vaccinated for Meningitis, Luna said. There are two vaccines for Meningitis B, but 2 percent of UF students have gotten both, she said. The events were planned 30 days apart for those who were vaccinated in September to complete vaccinations Wednesday. Students must bring their Gator 1 Card and proof of insurance to be vaccinated for free, Luna said. UF requires students to be vac-

cinated for four types of meningitis, not including type B. The goal is for UF to require the type B vaccine within the next year or two, Luna said. Meningitis B is a disease caused by bacteria that inflames the brain and spinal cord, Rawal said. Infants, adolescents and college-aged students are most at risk. “This disease is in our backyard, it’s deadly and it is now vaccine-preventable,” he said.

Women’s rights group fundrasied for Democratic canadidates THE EVENT RAISED $4,765 IN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. By Kelly Hayes Alligator Contributing Writer

Yoga classes, boat rides and paintings from local artists were up for auction at Cypress and Grove Brewing Company on Sunday. A Democratic campaign fundraising event called “Women’s March Blue Wave Fun Raiser,” raised $4,765 in donations, said Pam Smith, the leader of the local Women’s March chapter. The event, which more than 150 people attended, was hosted by the Women’s March Gainesville and Ocala chapter. The money raised will be given to the campaigns of Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson, Yvonne Hayes

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Art Crummer, a local folk band, plays “You Are My Sunshine,” while a crowd relaxes on wooden benches Sunday at Cypress and Grove Brewing Company. Hinson and Jason Haeseler, Smith said. “I’m hoping that our money

can contribute to the democratic message of unity and care for the 99 percent,” she said.

Although the event itself was free, it had a “flea market” and silent auction. Local musical acts,

such as Art Crummer and Kelli McGill, also performed. Cilantro Tacos and Humble Wood Fire sold food at the event. The only expense for the event was sound equipment, Smith said. Organizations and individuals donated the items sold at the flea market and silent auction. McGill, a 24-year-old singer, said she’d cast a vote for Gillum in the election on Nov. 6. “To see someone that looks like me that’s running is inspiring,” McGill said. Pat Slattery, a 69-year-old occupational therapist, said, aside from voting, she had not been involved in politics before the 2016 election. But after that she became an engaged activist. “After the current president was elected, I signed up for the bus to go to D.C.,” Slattery said. “That was the first step I took.”

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Florida running back Lamical Perine (22) rushed for career-high 121 yards in Saturday’s 37-27 win over Vanderbilt.

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The last time the Gators swept a conference rival was about two weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It’s been more difficult to walk out after a match with the same results since the team’s first win over the Crimson Tide. The last three matches against other conference rivals have all gone to five sets, playing those first two matches at home. The streak ended for the No. 11 Gators (17-3, 8-0 SEC) as they defeated the Crimson Tide once again Sunday afternoon with another sweep, this time with a home court advantage at the O’Connell Center. The team’s win streak extended to 13 matches with the win. Here are three things Florida did well with to take down the Crimson Tide (15-6, 2-5 SEC): Use of Holly Carlton Having a left-handed attacker on the right-side is another benefit for the young

Gators squad since most teams are not used to defending that kind of attack. Last season, then-freshman setter Holly Carlton played in all six rotations at North Carolina. Now, the sophomore transfer plays in four rotations for the Gators, but her role on her team has significantly changed in terms of reliability. The Gators have used Carlton in more of an “offensive role” since the season started. Her 6-foot-7 frame is a huge asset for the team, putting up a huge wall of arms with 6-foot-8 middle blocker Rachael Kramer on the right-side block when it comes to defending attacks. In Sunday’s matchup against Alabama, Carlton racked up a team-high nine kills on 17 attacks and logged a careern high of four service aces. She helped her team start its first breakaway from the Crimson Tide early in the first set, setting in four consecutive rallies before Alabama took back the serve.

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came on the Gators’ second-quarter touchdown drive. Perine followed up a 19-yard catch-and-run with a firstand-goal reach over the goal line for the score while being pulled to the ground by two Vanderbilt defenders. He was back on the field before the end of half to catch a swing pass from Franks, and he turned it into a 63-yard run to set up another Florida field goal. Perine showed his ability to be the power runner the Gators needed on Saturday, and he made the plays others couldn’t early on. Scarlett wouldn’t be outdone by Perine’s success against the Commodores. He had a slow start to the season before putting together 77-yard, 66-yard and 113-yard performances in the three of Florida’s last four weeks. His most recent outing included a score that gave his team its first lead of the game. At the beginning of the fourth, Franks hit tight end Moral Stephens for a 26-yard gain just before Scarlett burst through a wide hole with no one able to get a finger on him until he had already run across the goal line for the go-ahead score. Scarlett told reporters after the game that Perine’s and his recent success is a product of them feeding off each other. “It works hand-in-hand, you know, because we always compete,” he said. “We compete in practice. We compete in the meeting room, weight room. So it just correlates. We come out here and do the same thing. He busts a run. I

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Morgan Meets the Eye / Column

What if the Gators run the table? state of Florida. The 2018 Gators — despite All those cherry-picked what you saw on the field in the circumstances aside, it’s still first half of their 37-27 win over out of the question, right? I’m Vanderbilt — are a good footintentionally leaving out the ball team. Good football teams Georgia matchup to enhance respond after an opponent with my shenanigans, right? inferior talent goes up 18. Good Nah, fam. Georgia showed it football teams win consecutive Morgan McMullen twitter: @MorganMcMuffin has its own flaws against LSU. ball games against ranked SEC The Bulldogs defense isn’t what opponents. I can hear the hedging now. “It was just it once was. The running game didn’t pan Vandy,” “Franks still makes mistakes,” out with its multiple talented backs. Jake Fromm looked shaky in his attempts “Dan Mullen gets too conservative in his to be both game-manager and gunslinger. He play-calling.” Salient arguments, imaginary straw man. posted a career-high in passing attempts (34) But here’s a narrative to wrap your noggin while completing a season-low 47.1 percent around: What if Florida goes undefeated un- of them. Florida defensive coordinator Todd til the SEC Championship game? You can picture it, right? Heck, you can Grantham should be salivating at Fromm’s stat line. LSU sacked Fromm just twice and practically feel it in your bones. The argument for it isn’t absurd. It isn’t couldn’t apply consistent pressure. That should make the Gators’ secondary feel even unreasonable. Four out of the next five teams on UF’s more at ease since Grantham is unapologetischedule (Missouri, South Carolina, Idaho cally trigger-happy in calling different blitzand FSU) have a combined record of 11-13. es. The Georgia game is winnable. It’s far None of them have a winning record, and from a sure thing, but it’s basically a toss-up. the Gators will play all of those games in the

Gators rise in latest AP poll Florida was the benefitiary of four losses among top-10 teams Sunday as it jumped to No. 11 in the newly released AP Top-25 poll. LSU, responsible for Georgia’s upset defeat, topped out at No. 5.

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Gators escape Nashville despite undisciplined play By Mark Stine Sports Writer

The word “targeting” was uttered by the head referee and blasted over the loudspeakers at Vanderbilt Stadium. Then, chaos ensued. The score was 21-10, the home side leading, with 1:47 remaining in the first half, and the man with the striped jersey, white hat and mic stood over an injured Vanderbilt player just in front of the Florida bench and was suddenly surrounded on all sides. Both benches cleared. Flags flew. UF defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and Commodores’ head coach Derek Mason got into a shouting match. Each team incurred a squadwide unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. UF linebackers James Houston IV and Vosean Joseph were ejected for targeting and a second unsportsmanlike call, respectively. Everyone momentarily lost their cool, but luckily, no physical altercations occured. The Gators were trailing 21-3 in the first half, and Joseph got fired up on the sideline, but they ultimately regained their cool. They instead stormed back to complete the program’s largest away comeback since Kentucky in 2003, winning by a final tally of 37-27. “We didn’t have the best week of practice cause we had three really emotional games in a row,” UF head coach Dan Mullen said. “A good team can beat anybody every once in a while, but great teams find a way, you know, to do it every sin-

gle week. You’ve got to find a way, you can’t slow down.” UF overcame a lot of sloppy play to pull out the victory. It had three turnovers and allowed 17 points off of them. It compiled seven penalties for 63 yards and had two players ejected. It came away with three points on four red zone trips in the first half. Somehow, some way, UF overcame all of those mistakes. Quarterback Feleipe Franks threw an interception on secondand-one from the Vandy five-yard line on Florida’s opening offensive drive. He also had a dreadful fumble in the second quarter that miraculously rolled 36 yards before a black jersey pounced on it. The Commodores turned both mistakes into touchdowns. He finished the day, though, with a career-high 284 yards and two touchdowns despite the turnovers. The Gators’ offensive line was inconsistent and gave up eight tackles for loss, two sacks and two quarterback hurries. But it pushed running backs Jordan Scarlett and Lamical Perine each to 100-yard rushing performances. “Sometimes (the offensive linemen) have bad plays, and sometimes they have good plays, you know, but it’s just all about the next play,” Scarlett said. “And they always do a good job of making it right on the next play and doing their job.” Star safety Chauncey GardnerJohnson and Joseph, two of Florida’s most important defensive players, both made critical penalties.

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The bench-clearing scuffle during Florida’s 37-27 win over Vanderbilt was one example of UF’s undisciplined play. The Gators left Nashville with seven penalties for 63 yards and had two players ejected. Gardner-Johnson drew a defensive holding call in the second quarter on third down of what would’ve been a three-and-out and field-flipping opportunity. Joseph drew his first unsportsmanlike foul when he suplexed running back Khari Blasingame after whistles blew on a oneyard loss, setting up a first-and-goal for Vandy. However, Gardner-Johnson had the game-ending interception, while linebackers Kylan Johnson and Rayshad Jackson stepped up in Jo-

seph’s place. “It’s not what you plan on, but the next guy’s gotta go step up and play,” Mullen said. “We’ve dealt with some significant injuries during the course of the season, and guys have stepped up and made plays.” Nearly flawless special teams play kept UF alive. Kicker Evan McPherson nailed three field goals, including a 43-yarder with 37 seconds remaining to give his team a two-score

lead. Punter Tommy Townsend dashed for 18 yards on a fourthand-1 to keep a third-quarter touchdown drive going. “That was actually the first time. I never ran a fake in high school,” Townsend said. “I can’t wait to go back and look at film and just watch the play.” Follow Mark Stine on Twitter @mstinejr or contact him at mstine@alligator.org.

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Florida scoreless for fourth consecutive game in tie with Bama By River Wells Sports Writer

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Florida goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese saved three shots in the first half of UF’s 0-0 tie against Abalama on Sunday.

It appears the demise of UF’s scoreless streak has been greatly exaggerated. The Gators’ (4-8-3, 2-3-2 SEC) may have thought their nightmare was over coming off their six-game scoreless streak with strong performances against Kentucky and LSU. Alabama had other plans. Florida is in another scoreless streak of four games and counting as the clock ticks hastily towards the end of the season, after a 0-0 tie Sunday against the Crimson Tide (7-7-2, 1-5-1 SEC) at the Alabama Soccer Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The first half was largely controlled by Alabama, a team that took eight shots to Florida’s three in the first 45 minutes. None of UF’s shots were on goal—midfielder Lais Araujo’s shot went high, and both Melanie Monteagudo and Brittney Bennett’s were blocked by defenders—and UF goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese was forced to save three balls that came her way. The momentum shifted in the Gators’ favor during the second period. Florida took seven shots to Alabama’s two, three of

which were on goal, but UF was still unable to finish its chances. The best chance of the night for either team came in the 78th minute when Bennett had an open-look in front of her in the six-yard box. Her shot sailed harmlessly over the crossbar, however, and the Gators would only take one more shot before regulation ended, and went to overtime for the fourth time this season. Florida continued taking chances in both overtime periods, outshooting Alabama five shots to three, but both teams were left goalless once the clock hit zero in the second overtime. With three games left in the season, the Gators are in grave danger of missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002 and the third time since the team’s inception in 1995. Florida will attempt to make the most of what it has left as it returns to Gainesville to face off against the Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The team will also be left without Monteagudo on Thursday as she received a red card in the second overtime and will be forced to sit out. @riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

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Gators win with first sweep in last four matches VOLLEYBALL, from pg14

Carlton’s play has been pivotal all season and will remain so as the team gets deeper into conference play. Lack of errors The team that makes the least amount of errors normally wins the match or game in the world of sports. That theory is correct more times than not across the board, and it held true in Florida’s matchup against Alabama. On Sunday, the Gators racked up 84 attacks as a team making 38 kills and only losing 10 points off of attack errors. The Crimson Tide, however, took 95 swings and only made 33 points off of kills and lost 18 points off of attack errors, practically giving Florida enough points to take an entire set. Despite both teams logging the same amount of service errors (11), the Gators came out on top with six service aces compared to just one ace for the Crimson Tide. Alabama stat-lined at zero at the net, logging one block and one block error. Florida held tight at the

net with nine blocks compared to one block error. Errors can make the difference in a match, and it was apparent that they affected Alabama in Sunday’s contest.

Third-set momentum In the last three matches, Florida has dropped the third and fourth sets in two of those matches, forcing the game to go to a fifth after holding a 2-0 set lead. Since entering conference play, the Gators hold a meager 5-3 record in third set wins while dropping to 1-2 in fourth set wins. Florida remains undefeated with a 3-0 record for fifth set wins. Sunday’s matchup against the Crimson Tide was a huge momentum booster heading into the team’s next matchup Friday in Oxford, Mississippi, where the Gators will take on Ole Miss. Having their last three matches go to five sets has to be exhausting for a young team heading deeper into conference play. @faiello_mari mfaiello@alligator.org

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Sophomore setter Holly Carlton recorded a team-high nine kills on 17 attacks in Sunday afternoon’s win against Alabama. The 6-foot-7 Carlton also set a career-high with four service aces.

Townsend: “(Mullen’s) not scared to call big-time plays.” FOOTBALL, from pg 14 want to come back and bust a run.” Gators’ offensive efficiency a product of Mullen’s play calling and trust in players Florida has found a way to get production from its offense when it has needed it this season, and that’s what made the difference against the Commodores.

Feleipe Franks managed a career-high 284 passing yards, going 19-for-29 with two touchdowns after turning the ball over twice in the first half. Florida’s offensive front showed spurts of good run blocking, especially on Scarlett’s touchdown run, despite remaining inconsistent with their protection. And Dan Mullen has shown that he needs just one call at the most critical moments of a game to change the momentum.

The double throw from receiver Kadarius Toney to Stephens against Mississippi State indicates Mullen has a nose for crucial situations. It was the Lucas Krull throwback to Franks against then-No. 5 LSU that set up an immediate response to the Tigers’ previous touchdown drive. Punter Tommy Townsend rushed forward 18 yards on a fake punt Saturday to spark an eventual touchdown pass from Franks to wideout Van Jefferson.

And it’s Mullen’s faith that his players will properly execute each play that’s kept the Gators undefeated since Week 2. “(Mullen’s) not scared to call bigtime plays....Coach Mullen’s awesome,” Townsend said. “He has a lot of confidence in me, and I can’t thank him enough for that, for giving me the opportunity to run the call.” @alanisthames athames@alligator.org

LSU, Florida and Georgia vying for final playoff spot COLUMN, from pg 14 So what happens after all five games break UF’s way? There’s no analysis needed to tell you Alabama is going to steamroll anything short of an NFL team, but as we learned last season, a conference championship isn’t necessary to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. What happens is a combination of panic and drafting of public statements by the playoff committee. What happens is Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State claiming the top three spots with a fourth going to either Notre Dame or… LSU. The Tigers can claim the same resume as Florida, minus the head-to-head loss. But by benefit of an earlier loss to the Crimson Tide as opposed to later, they’ll be able to put distance between that and the selection. They’ll cap off the season with a solid road win against Texas A&M. And Florida will be robbed of a rightfully earned playoff berth. Morgan McMullen is the sports editor at The Alligator. Follow him on Twitter @MorganMcMuffin or contact him at mmcmullen@alligator.org.

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Receiver Kadarius Toney celebrates with teammates and fans after Florida’s win over Vanderbilt. Toney recorded nine yards on four catches and added a 27-yard run from the wildcat position.