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VOLUME 113 ISSUE 39
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018 Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida
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UF students drink for cancer treatment By Aaron Ritter Alligator Staff Writer
Austin Decker sat in The Swamp Restaurant’s bar Tuesday night surrounded by dozens of his friends. But he was thinking about the one friend who couldn’t make it. About a month ago, Decker laid awake when he heard strange noises coming from the other side of his bedroom at 2 a.m. He got out of bed and found his roommate, Wyatt Fulghum, convulsing in a nocturnal seizure. Decker drove him to UF Health Shands Hospital where doctors found a fist-sized tumor on the left side of Fulghum’s brain. Fulghum, a 23-year-old UF international relations masters student, was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma brain cancer. “One day we are fine and the next day this kid has a year to live,” Decker said. Decker, a 23-year-old UF international business and management masters student, hosted a bar crawl at Midtown to raise money for Fulghum’s medical expenses. Fulghum’s friends, fellow students and Gainesville
SEE CANCER, PAGE 3
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PUPPY LOVE Nathan Cereceda, a 19-year-old UF animal sciences sophomore, gets a kiss from Marty, a 4-year-old American bulldog and boxer mix, at the AMA Puppy Kissing Booth Fundraiser. The fundraiser was held Tuesday afternoon on Turlington Plaza to raise money for the American Marketing Association at UF and to give out some puppy love.
New UF diversity officer discusses lack of inclusion ABOUT 35 STUDENTS CAME TO HIS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING AT UF. By Taylor Roth Alligator Contributing Writer
Older generations often criticize college students for whining about diversity. UF Chief Diversity Officer Antonio Farias told about 35 students Tuesday night in Pugh Hall that despite the criticism, Generation Z and millennials are the most diverse generations ever. “We are absolutely terrified of you,” he said. “You have capacity that we’ve never had.” This was the first time Farias has publically met with students since he was hired four months ago to help the university become more inclusive for
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students from different races and income levels. Even in other top 10 public universities, institutions are struggling with creating a diverse environment of professors, faculty and students who are from different backgrounds, Farias said. Only 7 percent of UF’s faculty is African American. “When we don’t include people from all different races, we miss out on infinite potential,” he said. Diversity leads to new ideas and ways to create a more inclusive culture, Farias said. Through his new position, he said he hopes to create a network that will allow students, faculty and administration to work together to solve problems of mistreatment with race, gender and ethnicity. Diversity was not a concept Farias
The Florida men’s basketball team defeated UNF 98-66 on Tuesday in a game it was trailing in at one point. Find out who gave UF the spark it needed, pg. 14
SEE DIVERSITY, PAGE 3
Shelters open as temperatures drop in Gainesville ST. FRANCIS HOUSE AND GRACE MARKETPLACE OPEN THEIR DOORS. By Kyle Wood Alligator Staff Writer
Local shelters have opened to provide warmth for the homeless as temperatures approach freezing. Gainesville activated its Cold Night Shelter Program from Tuesday night to Thursday night because of the weather, according to a press release. Overnight temperatures in Gainesville are expected to dip as low as 32 degrees with
Pit bulls killed after mauling dog
The city put down three pit bulls after they were accused of mauling an emotional support dog to death, pg. 5
Lettuce not be scared
Florida-grown lettuce is safe to eat, pg. 4
a freeze warning in effect as near as Lake City, said Nate McGinnis, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jacksonville. There was a sharp decrease in temperature between Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures dropping from 41 to 32 degrees, McGinnis said. St. Francis House, at 413 S. Main St., and Grace Marketplace, at 3055 NE 28th Drive, are offering services during the Cold Night Program. Jon DeCarmine, the Grace director, said he expected more than 30 people to seek warmth at the shelter Tuesday night. Families, women and children can find shelter at St.
Francis House, while Grace Marketplace provides relief for individual adults, the release said. Both locations will provide food, showers, laundry services and a place to sleep. The temperature threshold for the Cold Night Shelter is 45 degrees, the release said. The program is typically available from early November through the end of March. The low tonight is 33 degrees and 43 for Thursday, McGinnis said. The temperature will be a high of 57 Friday.
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