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Former UF football player arrested for wife’s murder HEYZEL OBANDO WAS FOUND DEAD ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2016

By Joseph Salvador Sports Writer

Former UF defensive back Earl Antonio Joiner, also known as Tony Joiner, was arrested and charged on Saturday with the second-degree murder of his wife, Heyzel Obando.

Joiner was arrested in Lake Wales, Florida, after an arrest warrant was issued on Friday in connection with the 2016 murder, according to Yahoo!

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Obando, 26 at the time, was found fatally shot in her Maple Crest Apartments home on Valentine’s Day 2016. Her death was ruled a murder two months later. Until Saturday, no arrests were made, according to Fort Myers News-Press.

Joiner, 33, was arrested twice before on the charge of domestic violence battery. The arrests took place in June and Dec. 2013, the latter included another charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Joiner was also arrested for a probation violation just a month after Obando’s death but was released on May 8, 2016, according to arrest records.

Obando and Joiner had two children, ages 3 and 6. Permanent guardianship was given to Obando’s mother, Isabel Martinez, in 2017.

“Now that he is arrested, I hope he feels the weight of the law,” Martinez said in the News-Press article.

It is unknown why it took police over three years to arrest Joiner.

Joiner played for the Gators football team from 2004-2007 under coach Ur-

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Taylor Croft, 23, pets her newly adopted dog, Sunday afternoon at PetSmart during the North Florida Pet Adoption Days event organized by the North Central Florida Humane Society. The dog, who was born with only three paws, was named Tripod by the Humane Society, but Croft says she plans to change the name because she says she finds it a little demeaning. All the adoptable animals brought in for adoption on Saturday and Sunday were available for free. Croft said adopting was not her initial plan. “We walked by and I said ‘oh she’s cute’,” Croft said when she first saw Tripod. “Then I saw the leg and thought ‘that’s gonna be my dog’.” have to clip when she’s trimming the dog’s nails.

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Grant Holloway became the first collegiate athlete in history to run the 110-meter hurdle in under 13 seconds, pg 10

ban Meyer and is the second player from the 2007 team to be arrested for murder.

Former tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested in 2013 for the murder of Odin Floyd and was convicted in 2015 of first-degree murder. Hernandez committed suicide in April 2017 while serving a life-sentence.

Joiner was also arrested in October of 2007 for burglary while he was a captain on the UF football team. Joiner lost his captain status after the charges were dropped.

Joiner is being held without bond in the Polk County Jail for seconddegree murder and will be transferred to the Lee County Jail following his first appearance, according to gatorsports.com. @JSalvador_14 jsalvador@alligator.org

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Earl Antonio Joiner was a defensive back for the Gators from 2004-2007. He is the second member of the 2007 team to be charged for murder.

Board of Trustees approves over $100

million in construction projects BUILDINGS FROM THE 1920S AND 1930S WILL BE REBUILT

By Tori Whidden Staff Writer

The Board of Trustees has approved four construction projects on the UF campus totaling over $100 million.

The board met on Thursday and Friday to discuss the current state of UF, as well as approve new projects and proposals. Trustees approved a new student healthcare center, a new university police department facility, a special collections facility at the Florida Museum of Natural History and a thermal infrastructure project.

The money for these projects is coming from UF’s main operating budget, which is primarily from the state, said UF spokesperson Steve Orlando. There is currently no time frame on these projects.

“I think it’s important that they approved these specific projects because three out of four of these cases are buildings and structures that are outdated and very much need

School of Theatre + Dance premieres musical

“Hills on Fire” explored drug addiction with recyclable set, pg 3

to be replaced,” Orlando said.

The current UF Student Health Care Center Infirmary Building was built in the 1930s when the university was much smaller. The board approved spending $26 million on a new one, Orlando said.

The University Police is in a building that was constructed in the late 1920s as a radio station, he said. The board approved $20 million on the construction of a new building.

“It’s very much outlived its usefulness,” Orlando said.

There is $8 million going into the Florida Museum’s Special Collections Facility where it will keep specimens requiring distinctive storage conditions. This is the only one of the four projects that isn’t calling for a whole new infrastructure, Orlando said.

Around $50 million, is going towards thermal infrastructure, which includes the large pipes underground that carry steam to heat buildings, Orlando said.

“That’s one of those things you don’t see and you don’t think about,” he said, “but it’s actually very important to the operation of

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School of Theatre + Dance puts on “fireocious” performance “HILLS ON FIRE” PRESENTS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON DRUG USE

By Lily Girton Avenue Staff Writer

Students of the UF School of Theatre + Dance brought the heat with their premiere of the musical “Hills on Fire” this past weekend. More than 40 students, faculty and family members were present for the cast’s final performance Sunday afternoon.

“Hills on Fire” is a ghost-story-musical about the opioid crisis in Appalachia. It was created by UF’s School of Theatre + Dance in collaboration with Tilted Windmills Theatricals. It ran June 6-9.

Assistant Director Katie Hauser said the School of Theatre + Dance does an artistic residency program throughout the summer where the school invites theater practitioners to help the students develop a script.

Hauser also explained how the

musical highlights heart and humanity in the midst of a town’s crisis.

The musical takes place in Perdue, Pennsylvania. It starts off with the main protagonist, Kelsey Stray (MaRah Williams), almost losing her widower father, Edipus Stray (Bryan Ferriter), in a coal mining fire.

To cope with his pain from the fire, her father is given prescription medication, which Kelsey’s brother Mark Stray (Wildlin Pierrevil) sells to his drug dealer friend Jeremy (James Dennis) for $500 for the first bottle and even more for the subsequent bottles Later, Kelsey’s brother relapses into his former drug addiction and she is forced to assume the matriarch role and deal with the ups and downs in her family’s life.

The musical delivers a fresh perspective on the frequently discussed social issue of drug addiction while emphasizing the importance of family.

Wooden explained the cast discussed addiction together when writing the script and shared stories about family and friends struggling with

drug addiction.

After the performance, the cast held a discussion with the audience about drug use and how it affects them. One crowd member shared how the play really hit home for them because of their background as a medical practitioner who prescribes medication.

Also, rather than being excluded from the rest of the cast, Jeremy is portrayed as extroverted and normal, which is atypical for a drug dealer role.

Co-writer Keaton Wooden said when writing the script he did not intend to have villains, he wanted to make his characters have certain traits and let the audience decide whether they were good or bad.

“Everyone’s seen Breaking Bad,” said Wildlin Pierrevil, who played Mark. “We wanted to do something different.” @lilygirton lilygirton@ufl.edu

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Third-year MFA acting students Elaina Walton (Wilma “Grandma Ma” Stray) and MaRah Williams (Kelsey Stray) embrace during rehearsal for “Hills on Fire.”

UF scene design student makes “Hills on Fire” set recyclable THE SET COST THE COLLEGE LESS THAN $1,000

By Tori Whidden Staff Writer

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The set with lighting for “Hills on Fire” in the Black Box Theatre. The lighting design for the show is by Jordan Lindquist, a lighting design junior.

A UF student decided to save money by turning to something greener after seeing thousands of dollars spent on new theater set materials each year.

The UF School of Theatre + Dance used only recyclable materials on the set of “Hills on Fire” this past weekend. Samantha Lewis, a 24-year-old UF scene design master’s student led the initiative.

“I was definitely inspired by how I felt personally after the last show, and how wasteful we were, and how I could literally see all the ways that we could have been better about it,” Lewis said.

Lewis visited The Repurpose Project, a nonprofit resale store on 1920 NE 23rd Ave., where she retrieved many of the materials she needed to make this recycled set at a low cost, she said.

The school spent less than $1,000 on this set. Set budgets range typically from $750 to $4,000 depending on the show. Lewis said she is still calculating how much money her design saved the school.

She started her recycled set challenge after seeing the school’s “Rough Magic” production in April. Most of the materials used were disposed of after the show.

Lewis encouraged the “Hills on Fire” scenic design team to purchase windows from The Repurpose Project and to buy nicer two-by-six wood boards in hopes of recycling for the next show, she said.

“I think we only threw the screws

and staples away,” Lewis said.

Lewis worked closely with the guest director, Ryan Hope Travis, a filmmaker and School of Theatre + Dance alumnus. He quickly became a cheerleader for her work.

“It was great to have Sam be able to reach out to the community in such a sustainable way,” Travis said.

Travis said Lewis’ work was almost metaphorical for this play, which was about community relationships.

“This was a play about the community and how those communities and community relationships start building solutions to long term problems,” he said. “So, in a really tangible way, her work is doing what the play seeks to do in an artistic manner.” @tori_whidden twhidden@alligator.org

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Police say Gainesville man wielded machete HE TOLD POLICE HE “WOULD KILL HIS NEIGHBOR,” ACCORDING TO REPORT

By Rachael Schirmer Staff Writer

Gainesville Police responded to a 911 call from a Gainesville resident who told the dispatcher he “would kill his neighbor,” and “he was going to hit someone with his machete,” Saturday night.

Michael George, 51, was arrested Saturday near the 900 block of Southeast Seventh Avenue. He trespassed on his neighbor’s rental property on more than once, prompting the neighbor to install multiple “no trespassing” signs. George entered the property again Saturday, according to the police report.

A doorbell camera showed George en-

tering his neighbor’s property and using his neighbor’s lumber to prop up a fence.

When he saw the footage, the neighbor decided to confront George, according to the report.

The confrontation took a turn when George retrieved a 2-foot machete from his house and approached the neighbor in a threatening manner. The neighbor retreated to his vehicle and waited until law enforcement arrived.

George told police he grabbed the first thing he could get his hands on from his house. George was charged with aggravated assault, which is a third-degree felony.

He remains in jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond, according to the Alachua County Jail. @rschirmerr rschirmer@alligator.org

Alachua County Jail inmate charged after exposing himself to nurse HE WAS SERVING TIME FOR A FEBRUARY ARREST

By Rachael Schirmer Staff Writer

Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an incident at the county jail Saturday evening after a jail employee said an inmate exposed his genitals to her.

The jail nurse was passing out medications when the cellmate of 27-year-old inmate Damian Brown distracted her.

When the nurse turned around to continue passing out medications, Brown’s pants were around his ankles exposing himself.

He appeared to be masturbating, according to the police report.

When police questioned him, Brown said he had no recollection of the events.

Jail footage was provided to corroborate the incident.

Brown was serving time at the jail for a February arrest regarding a home invasion with a firearm.

He remains in jail with no opportunity for bond

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Board of Trustees meets UF BOARD, from pg. 1 the of the campus.”

In addition to approving these projects, the board also discussed improving campus safety, the status of current construction projects, academics and university protocols. Dean Michael Reid of the College of Health & Human Performance also presented on the status of his college.

There was time for public comment before the board came together for their official meeting to vote on proposals. Two speakers representing Divest UF, both of whom were not students, presented for three minutes each.

The speakers presented to pro-

test UF’s use of prison labor in agricultural studies. Each recounted personal accounts of the dangers and hardships inmates face as workers.

The second speaker was a formerly incarcerated person in the state of Florida, said Jojo Sacks, UF Divest organizer.

The board did not respond to the two public comments.

“I think they really need to look inward to their consciences because their decisions have such a huge impact on actual lives,” Sacks said. @tori_whidden twhidden@alligator.org

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Panagioti Tsolkas, 38, holds up a stack of flyers promoting Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) Thursday afternoon while speaking during UF Board of Trustees meeting. Tsolkas, a Gainesville resident and FTP organizer, was one of two speakers, both representing Divest UF, to address the quarterly board meeting during public comments. Tsolkas criticized the university’s labor contracts with entities that use unpaid workers.

Former UF Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin remembered TELLES-IRVIN HELPED CREATE THE MACHEN FLORIDA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

By Charlie Daffron Staff Writer

Patricia Telles-Irvin would remember small details that would seem inconsequential to others.

David Bowles, interim vice president and operating officer for UF Student Affairs, remembered going to a social Telles-Irvin and her husband were hosting. Bowles was one of the only people drinking beer while everyone else drank wine.

Every time Bowles attended an event she hosted after, Telles-Irvin always offered him a beer when he came in.

Telles-Irvin was known as a hardworking and dedicated leader who was active in the community. She

died at age 63 on June 3, after a battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Don Irvin, and son, Daniel Irvin.

Bowles started a new position in student affairs the same day as TellesIrvin, who worked as UF’s vice president for student affairs from 2004 to 2011.

He remembers the first time they met sitting in on her job interview.

New to student affairs, Bowles stayed silent while the other interviewers asked her questions. Telles-Irvin noticed his silence. She glanced at him and asked if there was anything he wanted to know.

“From day one, she wanted to be engaged with all of the directors,” Bowles said. “She regularly met with all of the directors of the larger departments, even though she had been advised not to because it would take too much time.”

During her time with the univer-

sity, Telles-Irvin was known for being the co-founder of Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars (MFOS), a scholarship program created in 2005 to support first-generation college students.

When she met with students, she never forgot about them. Even after the meeting was over, she always wanted to hear how they were doing, Bowles said.

“If she ever saw people she had met with previously, she would always check in and see how they were doing,” Bowles said. “And if she had any questions after the meeting she would send an email follow-up.”

Mary Kay Carodine, assistant vice president of UF student affairs, remembers the enthusiasm Telles-Irvin brought to work with her.

She recalls the dedication TellesIrvin had in eliminating financial boundaries that made it difficult for some students to go to UF. It was this passion that fueled Telles-Irvin to

help create the MFOS program.

“She always had a twinkle in her eye,” Carodine said.

“She believed in humanity and always helping people do the best they could.”

After leaving UF, Telles-Irvin accepted a position as vice president of student affairs at Northwestern University in Illinois.

Bethany Koch, a UF alumna who graduated in 2011, said she would not have been able to graduate without MFOS and the opportunities the program provided her.

“It’s such a powerful program,” Koch said. “I can’t say enough about it. It really shaped who I am. I don’t know where I would be without it.”

Daniel Irvin, Telles-Irvin’s 23-yearold son, remembers his mother as a beautiful woman and a beacon of light for those around her.

He said she was a loving wife and mother. She and her husband just celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary. She is remembered as a wonderful cook who enjoyed watching “Matlock,” a tradition she began with her father.

“The biggest lesson I learned from her was to always be honest with people,” Irvin said. “When you’re honest and forthcoming with people, the best will happen. Whether it’s immediate or not, it’s going to happen.”

A memorial for Telles-Irvin will be held Friday on Northwestern’s campus. Irvin said it is expected to be a large ceremony with about 800 attendees.

“It really shows how much she impacted the lives of so many people around her,” Irvin said. @charlie_daffron cdaffron@alligator.org

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Alachua County Animal Services, Humane Society of North Central Florida north and south campuses and PetSmart hosted the 5th Annual North Florida Pet Adoption Days Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of rescued dogs and cats were brought into these organizations with adoption fees waived. Margot DeConna, Humane Society of North Central Florida director of development, said the initial goal of the adoption event was to get 400 pets adopted. By the end of the weekend, a total of 344 pets were adopted. DeConna said the rain on Sunday may have been a factor that affected the original goal.

Felicity Jacobs looks at several kittens in cages up for adoption on her 4th birthday Sunday afternoon.

Her father said the family had adopted a dog a few months ago, but now his daughters were trying to convince him to get another because “every dog needs a friend.”

Greyson Dye, 3, stares at a gerbil drinking water Sunday afternoon. Greyson, along with his 7-year-old brother, were riding around in a shopping cart pushed by their grandmother, who would stop in front of the different animal cages and let the boys look. Greyson’s grandmother said they were originally going to search for a dog, but after browsing around, the brothers decided they wanted a hamster instead.

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UF starts in-person lab for online chemistry class NEW HYBRID CLASS PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY AND ON-CAMPUS INTERACTION

By Lily Huerkamp Contributing Writer

UF’s new hybrid chemistry lab now allows students to have the flexibility to complete assignments online and still meet with their instructors face-to-face for labs.

Alexys Dew, a 19-yearold UF microbiology and cell science sophomore, is one of nine students in the new lab.

“I think it’s very cool that it gives you the ability to be able to learn in a UF class instead of just doing it online,” Dew said. “It’s really neat to physically be here and have

people you can actually ask questions to, aside from GroupMe,” Dew said.

Melanie Veige, UF director of general chemistry, said the lab teaches the same topics normally covered in General Chemistry 1 laboratory, such as measurements and how to use tools like Bunsen burners and balances. The traditional lab and new one are also similar covering topics such as dilution and electrolytes.

The chemistry department is very excited about this different way to approach the lab and to provide it in a different format, Veige said.

Evangeline Cummings, assistant provost and director of UF Online, said the

chemistry lab is taken over the Summer A term for six weeks. The first three weeks are 100 percent online, where students complete exercises and watch lessons.

During the next two weeks, the students come to campus to conduct their chemistry labs. In the last week, the students finish up any outstanding assignments online.

“It really provides great flexibility for students that want the same rigor and the same learning outcomes, but they want a more flexible format,” she said.

Cummings said UF has been working with a statewide task force for a couple of years to figure out how the State University System

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Students conducting their chemistry lab in-person for two weeks with Candace Biggerstaff (far left), the teaching specialist for Chemistry I. of Florida can provide online students with good labs.

This new chemistry lab allows UF to provide courses in different formats and to enhance access for students.

“The really cool thing

about this lab is that it is UF faculty that made it happen, but it’s also completely connected to this conversation statewide about how to do online labs really well,” Cummings said. “It’s a great

example of the University of Florida innovating but also collaborating and working as a state to share ideas and to provide these really neat options for online students.”

Celebration Pointe allows open containers of alcohol VISITORS CAN CARRY CLEAR PLASTIC CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL BOUGHT WITHIN THE AREA

By Ashley Lazarski Staff Writer

Starting this summer, celebrations can continue long after Gainesville residents leave the bar.

Celebration Pointe has instituted new open container rules, which allow visitors to carry alcoholic beverages with them as they shop and wander the growing area, said Sean McIntosh, senior vice president of asset management at Celebration Pointe.

Discussions about this regulation began a

little under a year ago, McIntosh said. It was approved by both Alachua County and Florida state officials in May 2019.

Within Celebration Pointe, a “natural entertainment environment” composed of shops, restaurants and a theater, patrons will be able to carry drinks out of restaurants and bars as long as the drinks are in a clear plastic container provided by the restaurant, McIntosh said.

This rule will only apply to alcohol purchases made within the area, including any new restaurants such as The Keys, a piano bar and seafood restaurant opening in August under a former owner of Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar. Other restaurants and bars include the Regal Cinemas theater, MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company, Decadent Dessert Bar and the bar at Hotel Indigo, McIntosh said.

“Our goal is to make this a place where people of Gainesville come to celebrate life’s occasions, and this is just one more thing that allows people to enjoy this environment and enjoy these adult beverages in a responsible way,” McIntosh said.

It will be up to each establishment how it handles the new rules, McIntosh said.

Renzo Mori, a server at MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company, said MidiCi and Decadent Dessert Bar have allowed open containers for the past two weeks. However, he notes an additional rule is also in place.

Since the Regal theater has a bar of its own and is across the street from both MidiCi and Decadent, patrons are not allowed to bring drinks from the restaurants to the theater and vice versa, Mori said.

Drinks must be served by bartenders and staff members in their own restaurants to prevent people from bringing in old cups with outside beverages, due to safety concerns. Any outside liquors may be taken by security guards who work in the area, which is also how Celebration Pointe handles unauthorized drinking during their outdoor concerts, Mori said.

“We want to encourage to-go drinks because it’s just fun to have a nice wine out while you’re sitting at the patio and watching your kids play,” Mori said. @AshleyLazarski Alazarski@alligator.org

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e get it, you drink. Maybe it’s because it’s summer and there’s nothing better to do.

Maybe everyone just so happened to turn 21 all around the same time in an uncanny way that makes you wonder if everyone in this town is a Gemini. Regardless, the influx of flaunting binge drinking is all the same, and people joking about being “suuuuch alcoholics” is lame. Whether the statement is hyperbolic or not, people who’ve dealt with alcoholism likely find these claims eyes-rolling-into-theback-of-the-head worthy.

With Summer B fast approaching and football season not so far behind, we expect more sloppy Snapchat stories to cloud our feed. But now may be the time to check on drinking tendencies before the mayhem starts all over again. This sounds like a broken record for those deep into their college experience, but binge drinking is considered consuming multiple drinks in a two-hour time period resulting in a blood alcohol level to 0.08 or higher, which usually means four or more drinks for women and five or more for men.

College culture often lets binge drinking slide in a bid of “these are the best years of our lives - let’s drink to it while we’re young.” When framed this way, blacking out, throwing up and passing out all seem like part of the fun surrounding college life. Yes, drinking is fun.

Putting your body and brain through a rollercoaster of damage every single weekend, Wednesdays included?

Not so fun.

There’s no need to shake a finger at our fellow students for drinking excessively. Shaming never gets a point across. The “college experience” excuse allows for mild alcoholism to not only pass but be borderline praised. With talks of “being able to hold your liquor” and unspoken social cues, drinking is sometimes treated like social currency.

We should also practice smart drinking practices now while we’re young, so we don’t regret otherwise when we’re old. Thinking about drinking tendencies using the CAGE method (Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feeling and Eye-openers) may be helpful in doing some introspection. The questions go as followed: Have you ever felt you need to cut down your drinking? Have people criticized your drinking? Have you ever felt guilty about drinking? Have you ever felt you need a drink first thing in the morning as an eye-opener to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover?

If you answered yes to more than two of these questions, it may be time to talk to someone or re-evaluate one’s drinking habits. There’s nothing wrong with holding back the reins on drinking. Everyone’s liver deserves a break.

Cutting back is hard if friends push you to keep up and be on the same level of drunkenness. They may not even say anything. Humans love to fit in. And most of us have pushed our friends in a bid to have a great night.

So yeah, we get it, you drink. So does everyone else.

No need to make a competition out of it; there’s no winners if someone’s puking all over the place, only losers who’ve had too much to drink.

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Jackie De Freitas OPINIONS EDITOR

Homophobic attacks show why we need Pride

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une is Pride Month, and during this time tity or orientation, this ‘Straight Pride’ event and of celebration and unity, many would be the sentiments behind it seek to minimize the quick to remind us that the LGBTQ+ comstruggles of LGBTQ+ people while redirecting munity made great strides in the past dethe attention to straight people. cade with growing public acceptance and What, then, is the purpose of ‘Straight Pride’ legal victories. But gay people still face threats parades? Are there any places where straight peofrom discrimination, and yes, even physical atple fear for their lives because heterosexuality is tacks.

Jason Zappulla against the law? No. Do straight people need to opinions@alligator.org Last week made this abundantly clear when stand up against homosexual-dominated governLondoner Melania Geymonat posted on Facements to defend their inalienable rights? No. The book about her and her same-sex partner being beaten on a fact of the matter is heterosexuality isn’t under attack in any bus. A group of men began harassing the couple, demand- part of the world, so ‘Straight Pride’ parades serve no valid ing the couple kiss, according to Geymonat’s account which purpose other than to distract from LGBTQ+ people and was also reported on. Geymonat’s partner tried to defuse the their ongoing struggles. situation, but both were beaten. This attack reveals not just So this Pride Month, let’s not give into hate or distraction. homophobia, but a perception of LGBTQ+ people (lesbians Don’t bother going to ‘Straight Pride’ parades, not even to in particular) as sexual objects. protest. Starve them of the media attention the organizers While this incident alone would make for an eventful desperately crave. Instead, focus on LGBTQ+ people and acstart to Pride Month, another less-violent but still offensive tual Pride. Focus on addressing injustices that gay and transincident came up earlier this week: Boston’s ‘Straight Pride’ gender people still face. Focus on advocacy on behalf of the parade. According to the parade’s organizers, the event is a LGBTQ+ community. And above all, be kind to everyone, response to the “identity politics” of the American left, and regardless of their sexuality or gender identity. that the group is “committed to creating spaces for people of all identities to embrace the vibrancy of the straight comJason Zappulla is a UF history senior. His column munity.” appears on Tuesdays. Read the rest of his column online Putting aside the fact that regular Pride events are already at alligator.org/opinion inclusive and accepting of everyone regardless of their iden-

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The problem with patriotism in the GOP

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GOP. President Ronald Reagan sold weapons mericans are some of the most pato Iran despite a U.S. arms embargo. The triotic people in the world. Look at Reagan administration then used the American conservatives especially, proceeds to funnel weapons to Nicaraguan and you’ll see patriotism on full disinsurgents – despite the congressional ban on play. While this patriotism can be such action. Yet, the GOP worships Ronald genuine, Republican politicians often take Reagan, so much so it dubbed itself as “the advantage of the patriotic immunity granted to them.

Cassidy Hopson party of Reagan.” opinions@alligator.org Furthermore, Richard Nixon committed Conditioned to believe patriotism equals countless offenses during his political career. decency, we consider patriotism as a virtue on par with truth and honesty. Not only is this wrong, At one point, he undermined peace talks between thenbut many political elites aren’t sincere in their patriotism president Lyndon B. Johnson and Vietnam in order to in the first place. They simply use it as a tactic to gain use the war as a campaign talking point. Nixon didn’t votes and seem more likable. This façade of patriotism, care that thousands more young American men would in turn, leads to conservative politicians receiving laxed be killed as long as it could help him get elected.

And then there’s Donald Trump. The theme of his judgment from Americans.

Democrats and Republicans get treated differently inauguration ceremony was “America first” and yet he for committing the same offense, as evidenced by the has never practiced this philosophy. Well before his Hillary Clinton email scandal. As Secretary of State, career in politics, he dodged the draft multiple times.

Clinton used a private email server to discuss official Meanwhile, he has consistently belittled John McCain, White House matters and secret information. The a man who served his country when called upon and scandal likely cost her the presidency and defined endured years of torture as a result.

Ultimately, Democratic politicians must always be her political career despite her years of service to the on their best behavior while Republican colleagues can country.

Compare her tarnished legacy to Republicans who commit impeachable offenses and get away with it. This have done the same. Jared Kushner used private disparity in treatment is caused by the public holding the messaging applications and a personal email to parties to different standards, a result of the Republican communicate about government business. George W. party’s guise of patriotism, despite the fact history has Bush and Mitt Romney have had their own email-gates. shown us repeatedly conservative politicians simply But these Republicans’ legacies are not defined by care about furthering their own agenda. scandal. The Democrat makes one mistake, and their Cassidy Hopson is a UF journalism junior. Her political career is over. The Republican makes the same column usually appears on Thursdays. Read the rest of mistake, and no one bats an eye.

Other notable Republicans have also carried out less her column online at alligator.org/opinion than favorable acts but continue to be praised by the

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TRACK

Holloway’s dominance highlights track and field season

By Graham Marsh Sports Writer

Grant Holloway raised his arms in celebration as he crossed the line to win his sixth high-hurdle championship. The junior from Chesapeake, Virginia, never left a national championship hurdle race without a gold medal. Now he will turn professional, according to coach Mike Holloway, leaving UF as one of the most decorated track athletes in the history of the NCAA and one of the best athletes to ever come through Gainesville.

The hurdler is not the only athlete saying goodbye to the Gators — this year’s roster featured 12 seniors, many of whom were major contributors to this season’s success for Florida. The men’s side won the indoor team national championship and was runner-up for the outdoor championship.

The women finished in sixth place for both seasons. Here are the athletes UF will miss the most next season: Grant Holloway At 21 years old, Holloway has the 18th-fastest 110-me-

ter hurdle time in history at 12.98 seconds. He is the only junior leaving the team, and for obvious reasons — he could compete in the 2020 Olympics and has potential to move even higher on that list.

Yanis David The horizontal jumper from Lamentin, Guadeloupe, came into 2019 with no national championships to her name. She leaves the Gators with two, one in each of her jumps. She captured the tri-

SEE TRACK, PAGE 12

THE EXTRA POINT

Is the young coach the future?

By River Wells Sports Writer

The Associated Press

Grant Holloway became the first collegiate athlete to break the 13-second mark in the 110-meter hurdle with his time of 12.98 seconds over the weekend.

BASEBALL

Florida baseball loses three to NCAA transfer portal

By Evan Lepak Sports Writer

Florida’s baseball roster has lost three players to the NCAA transfer portal over the past few weeks.

Junior Santino Miozzi, sophomore Justin Alintoff and freshman Roberto Peña have all chosen to explore their options outside of the baseball program at UF. Miozzi and Alintoff are familiar with the transfer process, as both came from community colleges before enrolling at Florida.

Miozzi, a 6-foot-2,

215-pound catcher from Orlando transferred to UF from Florida Southwestern Community College in 2017. He played sparingly for the Gators this season, appearing in 18 games and batting .152 with one home run and four RBIs. Alintoff committed to the Gators in March 2018 after spending a season at Indian River State College, where he appeared in 13 games, compiling 77 strikeouts and a 4.11 ERA in 57 innings.

The Jupiter, Florida, native appeared in 16 games from the bullpen for Flori-

Florida men's golf coach J.C. Deacon failed to make the cut over the weekend at the Canadian Open, his first PGA Tour event.

da in 2019, striking out 24 and going 1-0 with a 4.30 ERA. His best outing came on March 5 against Florida Gulf Coast where he pitched three innings, giving up no earned runs and just one hit.

Peña was the only one who came to Florida as a freshman right out of high school.

The Venezuela native, who attended Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, committed to the Gators back in July 2016. He posted on Twitter his plans

SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 12

I flew into Los Angeles on Wednesday and I’ve been here for around six days now. It’s my first time here and I’ve hit all the typical tourist stops, but one of the coolest things I’ve seen on my trip came when I hadn’t even stepped off the plane: While descending to land at LAX, I got a perfect

overhead view of the currently-under-construction Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the future home of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers.

And that got me thinking.

Recently there has been a trend of hiring young coaches. It all started with Rams head coach Sean McVay. Formerly a position

coach and coordinator for the Redskins, McVay took over for a struggling Rams team off the heels of the Jeff Fisher era and found immediate success. He went 11-5 with the team in 2017 and 13-3 last season, and when the Rams hit the playoffs last year, they looked unstoppable.

Teams certainly noticed

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Justin Alintoff is perhaps the most notable player transferring from Florida. The sophomore had a 4.30 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 29.1 innings this year.

Deanne Rose makes World Cup debut UF forward Deanne Rose made her World Cup debut for Canada on Monday against Cameroon. The 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and helped her team maintain to a 1-0 lead.

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SOCCER

USWNT set to open World Cup, several Gators competing

By Jack Braverman Sports Writer

With 24 teams representing six continents, women’s soccer’s premier tournament returns this week in France with the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Four years ago in Vancouver, Canada, the United States Women’s National Team closed its championship run with a punishing 5-2 victory over Japan, securing a record third World Cup title.

This year, the United States again enters as the No. 1 team in the world, with a balanced roster of veteran leadership and youth setting it up as the preeminent favorites to capture its fourth World Cup. A dozen players from that 2015 run remain on the United States’ current roster, including star forwards Carli Lloyd (now the oldest player on the team, making her fourth World Cup appearance), Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe.

The USWNT also has a solid contingent of young players making their World Cup debuts, including midfielders Rose Lavelle and Samantha Mewis and forward Mallory Pugh. All three have developed and further enhance the efficiency and production of the U.S. team.

This updated team, headed by coach Jill Ellis, also carries with it recent momentum.

Following a January defeat to hostcountry France, the U.S. has rattled off six-straight victories entering the tournament. It hosted the CONCACAF Women’s Championship (North America’s FIFA qualifying route) last October and outscored its opponents 26-0 on its way to the championship and a World Cup berth.

The United States is placed in Group

F alongside Chile, Sweden and Thailand.

The Americans should face minimal adversity in advancing to the knockout stage — Sweden is the No. 9 team in the world according to the FIFA rankings, while Thailand is No. 34 and Chile is No. 39.

The USWNT takes the pitch for the first time today at 3 p.m. to open up World Cup group play against Thailand, followed by meetings against Chile and Sweden.

Though former Gator and USWNT alltime leading scorer Abby Wambach is not on the U.S. World Cup roster for the first time since 1999, there are four current and past Florida soccer players representing their countries in this year’s World Cup. Deanne Rose, a rising junior on the Gators soccer team, is making her first World Cup appearance for Canada. The forward and 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year is competing alongside Canada teammate and Florida alum Adriana Leon, who scored four game-winning goals as a forward for Florida’s 2012 SEC champion team and is making her second World Cup appearance.

Also representing UF are Lauren Silver and Havana Solaun, both playing for Jamaica, the first Caribbean team in history to advance to the Women’s World Cup. Silver donned orange and blue from 2011-14 and appeared in 82 matches as a midfielder for the Gators before transitioning into a professional. Solaun, a midfielder for Jamaica, served as co-captain for Florida while earning back-to-back AllSEC First Team honors in 2013-14. @jack_braverman jbraverman@alligator.org

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Empty seats have been a common sight at Tropicana Field and Marlins Park (pictured). The Rays and Marlins combined to draw just 22,676 fans last night.

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Canada’s Deanne Rose battles Cameroon’s Estelle Johnson in a FIFA Women’s World Cup match on Monday. Rose, the 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year, is a rising junior at UF.

Sam’s Strike Zone

Is there a future for Major League Baseball in Florida? than 14,000 people, and the On May 28, the Tampa Marlins under 10,000.

Bay Rays hosted the divisionWinning usually cures rival Toronto Blue Jays at attendance woes. The Rays, Tropicana Field. however, have done plenty It was a fairly unremarkable of that. They’ve had seven game on the field. The Rays, seasons above .500 since 2008 owners of the American and have been pioneers on League’s fourth-best record Sam Campisano winning games with a small at 32-19, handled a hapless @samcampisano Toronto squad in a 3-1 victory. scampisano@alligator.org budget. Despite that, they’ve never been better than 22nd in That wasn’t what made the attendance over that stretch. headlines, however.

It’s the same story with the The announced attendance for the game was 5,786. It was the smallest Marlins – in their last playoff season crowd in the 21-year history of Tropicana (2003), they were 28th in attendance.

If winning can’t solve attendance Field.

The Rays, as well as the Miami Marlins, problems, the other tried-and-true method have struggled with attendance since is to build a new stadium. That approach their inception. Baseball fans in Florida has failed for the Marlins, however, who have stayed away regardless of stadiums, moved from an outdoor suburban football players and success on the field. We’re stadium to a retractable roof ballpark in the about to enter our fourth decade of Major heart of Miami in 2012. Their attendance League Baseball in the Sunshine State – if last year was the worst in franchise history.

Attendance for Tampa Bay would things haven’t improved by now, I don’t undoubtedly go up in a new ballpark at a think they ever will.

There have been 57 combined seasons new location. But if a team in first place between the Rays and Marlins. They’ve is second-to-last in attendance right now, eclipsed 2,000,000 overall fans in just four how many people will show up for a losing of them. Both teams did it in their inaugural team once the novelty of a new stadium seasons, and the Marlins did it again in a wears off?

Last year, MLB attendance was the world championship year (1997) and the lowest it has been since 2003. Miami drew first year of a new ballpark (2012).

I’m not trying to knock the fans of the fewest fans of any team and was the first either team. Both have some very loyal, team since 2004 to draw below 1,000,000 passionate supporters who spend their in a season. Tampa Bay was second-to-last hard-earned money to watch teams that despite winning 90 games.

League attendance is down again this often (especially in Miami) aren’t very good. The problem is that, in relation to year. I don’t think either the Rays or the other teams, there aren’t enough of these Marlins are teams that will buck that trend.

The window is closing. Maybe MLB would fans.

The league average is about 27,000 be better off if the only games it hosted in people per game. The Rays average less Florida were during spring training.

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David won the long jump national title Peña hit .227 in 2019 TRACK, from pg. 10 ple jump crown during the indoor season and collected an outdoor title for the long jump in Austin, Texas, this past weekend to finish her career.

Sharrika Barnett Barnett was by far the women’s best non-distance runner.

She came away with bronze in the 400-meter dash in the national championship race and earned the only significant short-distance points for the UF women.

AJ McFarland In 2014, throwers’ coach Steve Lemke received a phone call from a 386 number. It was a senior

from Father Lopez High School wanting to try out for the team.

Five years later, Lemke says goodbye to one of the team’s main leaders, AJ McFarland, who holds the school record in the weight throw. The throwers will still enter 2020 with reason for optimism, as sophomore Thomas Mardal was one spot away from bronze in Texas in the hammer throw and had a top-10 finish in the weight throw during the indoor season at No. 7.

Ryan Clark Clark anchored the national championship-winning 4x100meter men's relay team. With the exit of Holloway and Clark, half of Florida’s best relay will need to be replaced in 2020. Clark was

Rams went 13 -3 in '18 NFL, from pg. 10 the success of the 33-year-old. During a season of head coach carousels, it seemed as if anyone who’d shaken hands with McVay would be offered a job. Two of McVay’s former assistants in Matt LeFleur and Zac Taylor were hired as the head coach of the Packers and Bengals, respectively.

Teams in the AFC East also went for youth. The Jets hired 41-year-old Adam Gase and the Dolphins brought in 38-year-old Brian Flores.

For a bit, it seemed like the trend would pay off. McVay’s Rams readily handled their first playoff game against the Cowboys and staved off a powerful New Orleans Saints team that defeated them in the regular season (though not without

controversy). With that victory, McVay had taken Los Angeles to a Super Bowl in just his second season as its head coach.

You know the rest.

Quarterback Jared Goff wore a lost, empty gaze from the moment he made his first read. The vaunted Rams running game was stifled to just 62 total rushing yards. The New England Patriots were favored by 2.5 points, but they won the game by 10. Plain and simple, McVay got outcoached.

It begs a question. Should all those teams that hired the "next McVay" be worried? Will a young coach crumble under the pressure of the bright lights on Super Bowl Sunday? Did they make a mistake?

I don’t think so.

As with anything, the game of football has evolved. Coaches like Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick have

the finisher for the first collegiate team to ever complete the lap in less than 38 seconds.

These departures leave the Gators with multiple holes that need filling heading into next season. However, the history of Mike Holloway’s teams (eight national titles and 14 SEC titles) prove he and his staff have the ability to deal with roster turnover. Holloway has seen plenty of it in his 17-year career as the Florida men’s coach and eight-year career as the women’s coach.

BASEBALL, from pg. 10 to transfer last week.

“First of all, I want to thank all my teammates and fans for making my freshman year an unforgettable one,” Peña said.

“But I will not be returning to Gainesville and will open my recruitment process.”

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound infielder played in just 13 games and started four. He hit .227 with

one home run and two RBIs. Florida’s 2019 roster has experienced a lot of turnover recently with the addition of these transfer announcements on top of last week’s MLB Draft.

UF’s third-ranked 2019 recruiting class, however, should help revamp the 2020 roster and replace some of what the team has lost. @evanmplepak elepak@alligator.org

@GrahamMarshUF gmarsh@alligator.org

done well to keep up with its many twists and turns, but other aging coaches — like Marvin Lewis , for example — found themselves swept away by the changing scene.

People may have criticized McVay for his coaching performance in the Super Bowl, but keep in mind that it’s just his second year.

Perhaps guys like LeFleur and Taylor won’t see success as fast as McVay did, but I don’t think his tenure with the Rams is an anomaly. We’ve hit an era in the NFL where young minds will lead the charge, and while teams like the Buccaneers (Bruce Arians) and Broncos (Vic Fangio) may try to fight the trend, they’ll find themselves swallowed in it once those young minds start to find success, just as McVay did. @riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

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Rams coach Sean McVay led his team to a Super Bowl appearance in just his second season.

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