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UF builds fan bank for wind tunnel capable of simulating hurricane THE PROJECT WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

By Charlie Daffron Staff Writer

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The terraformer is made up of 1,100 rectangular blocks that can be individually manipulated to mimic trees and buildings during wind tunnel experiments.

UF is looking to bring itself to the forefront of wind hazard and hurricane research with a newly constructed fan bank.

The fan bank, located in the Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory, consists of 319 individually controlled fans that can simulate a variety of wind conditions, such as those occurring from severe storms and tornadoes, said Kurtis Gurley, associate director of UF’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment.

A majority of the funding for the project came from a Major Research Instrumenta-

tion Program grant just under $1 million. It was awarded to the university by the National Science Foundation, Gurley said.

Many of the parts used to construct the fans were produced at UF using the Powell Lab’s machine shop and 3D printers. Gurley said the project is the culmination of about four years worth of work.

The fans work in conjunction with another portion of the wind tunnel called the terraformer, which can be manipulated to mimic trees and structures like houses and buildings that wind would pass through in actual weather conditions, Gurley said.

“Wind hazard is an important aspect of community resilience in Florida and other coastal areas,” he said. “Having a laboratory where we’re able to study how the infrastructure of buildings feels the load is an

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Florida law allows paramedics to Alachua County honored for hurricane, disaster phone app carry guns during special operations THE COUNTY RECEIVED THE “COUNTY GOVERNMENT BEST PRACTICES AWARD”

By Tien Le Staff Writer

Florida is in the midst of hurricane season, but this app will leave Alachua County prepared for even the worst of storms.

Alachua County received the “County Government Best Practices Award” from the Florida Counties Foundation at the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Annual Conference celebration dinner on Thursday.

The county received the award for the Emergency Operations Center Shelter Communications App, created by the County’s Information & Telecom-

GATORS IN THE WORLD CUP

Four current/former Gators have seen action at the Women’s World Cup, pg 11

munications Services department. Alachua County was one of seven counties honored during the dinner.

Chris Nielsen, Alachua County web services supervisor, said he and his team have been working on the app since just after Hurricane Irma, which made landfall in Florida on Sept. 10, 2017.

The app they created can track a shelter’s population, including the number of pets, in real time even with weak or no internet and broadcast high-priority alerts from the Emergency Operations Center to all shelters. It also allows for text-based chatting between shelter managers and with the Emergency Operations Center.

Nielsen said it is an honor to have the hard work of his employees recog-

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GAINESVILLE FIRE RESCUE IS EVALUATING WHETHER IT WILL MAKE THE CHANGE

By Ashley Lazarski Staff Writer

Florida paramedics who are assigned to a special tactical team, such as a SWAT team, will be able to carry guns openly while they are in the field with these teams now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed House Bill 487. This law will go into effect July 1, but Gainesville has yet to decide if it will participate.

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Jorge Campos, Gainesville Police Department spokesperson, said this law will only apply to paramedics

Cannabis-themed restaurant coming to town

Cheba Hut, marijuana-themed sandwich shop, plans on opening two Gainesville locations in 2020, pg. 5

in tactical teams, not just any paramedics.

Before the law was in place, paramedics could not legally carry a gun and openly display it as part of their uniform, even if they had a concealed weapons permit, Campos said.

Campos notes a mission involving an active shooter might require paramedics to have access to guns. This could be especially important if the SWAT team needs to keep moving while the paramedics stop to help victims, Campos said.

“This way, paramedics can defend themselves and their victims as they treat them,” Campos said. “That’s why this law was passed.”

Both the Gainesville Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office have SWAT teams. Paramedics from the Gainesville Fire Rescue are assigned to those SWAT teams.

Jeff Lane, the fire chief of the GFR, said only a few of its over 90 paramedics work with SWAT teams, though they do not release the exact number for security purposes.

Since the paramedics began working with SWAT teams, GFR officials have discussed the possibility of arming them in addition to the plans already in place to safeguard them, Lane said.

“They have already had the

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Pianists perform in UF Health Shands Hospital THEY ARE PART OF UF’S INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL

By Meleah Lyden Staff Writer

Beethoven, Ravel and Schubert echoed through the UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital Monday as pianists honored the classics.

Surgeon Edward Staples was among those watching the artists play. He has attended the UF International Piano Festival for at least five years, going to different events at the weeklong festival.

His wife, son and father play piano, and, Staples, a guitar player, appreciates the music.

“The students are always enthusiastic, and they present such a variety

of music,” he said. “These are really, really good performers.”

Jasmin Arakawa, director of the festival, said it has been held annually since 2007.

The festival, which started Saturday, invites international pianists to attend master classes and compete, Arakawa said.

Participants have come from countries such as Russia, Peru, Vietnam and China.

“We gather here and immerse ourselves in the art and the craft of piano playing,” Arakawa said.

The festival will have two competitions: the artist division and the rising artist division, both occuring in UF’s Music Building room 101, she said.

The artist division is for more experienced piano players and will take place Friday at 7 p.m. The winner of this competition will receive $750.

EMTs work with SWAT ARMED EMT, from pg. 1 weapons training and qualifications, they just could not by law carry a weapon,” Lane said.

Though it is legal for them to carry weapons now, Lane said this change will not apply to Gainesville

paramedics until GFR evaluates whether it would be appropriate and make the environment safer. It has not determined whether it will do so yet.

Lane said this law illustrates the increased number of events that are happening nationwide which require the deployment of these

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UF’s International Piano Festival participant Ahui plays classical music at UF Health Shands Monday.

The rising artist competition will take place Saturday at 10 a.m.

The festival has a rigorous application process, but Arakawa urges young musicians to apply.

“I really encourage all the young students who want to pursue music really consider coming here and really be in music,” Arakawa said. “Not

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The app was created after Irma APP AWARD, from pg. 1 nized.

Nishant Maurya, a systems analyst, and Lindsay Hall, a web designs specialist were also on his team.

“We love serving our community and our neighbors,” Nielsen said.

They created this app because Alachua County was required to

open more shelters during Hurricane Irma than any time in recent history, Nielsen said. This increase in shelters opening heightened the need for efficient communication between shelters and the Emergency Operations Center.

“The Alachua County Commission, in speaking for them, I can tell you that they were extremely proud of this award and they prioritize

making sure we do everything we can to be prepared and effective during emergency situations,” Alachua County Spokesperson Mark Sexton said. “They were very happy that the Florida Association of Counties chose to recognize them for this.” @tientle11 tle@alligator.org

just play or listen, but be in music.”

Twenty-six-year-old Ahui is competing in the artist division category.

Ahui said she has played piano for 16 years, including in her band Screwdriver. This is her first time attending Florida’s piano festival.

She said the festival is helpful in terms of learning teaching tips. She is

minoring in piano pedagogy (teaching piano) at the University of Georgia.

“You get to work with other pianists [at the festival],” she said. “We play duet, Franz pieces. And also you get to meet new people.” @MeleahLyden mlyden@alligator.org

319 fans in the tunnel WIND TUNNELS, from pg. 1 important first step in learning how to design systems to resist them.”

The terraformer is made up of 1,100 individually controlled blocks that can be raised and lowered from the floor of the tunnel, he said.

The wind tunnel is a shared-use facility due to the funding from the National Science Foundation, Gurley said.

This means researchers from all over the country can use the facility for their own experiments for free.

While the UF faculty doing wind research has “great” ideas, Gurley welcomes use by researchers outside of the university to further study the field.

“There are other people who have really good ideas, and they need a place to test them out,” he said. “That’s what our facility is.”

One of the unique features of the terraformer is that it can be reset in 90 seconds, while it can take other labs days to do the same thing, said Scott Powell, the lab manager at the lab.

Powell said the lab is continuing to develop exciting scenarios that have never been tested before.

“It’s major for the university to be able to study wind in this setting,” Powell said.

“With the scale of this model, we are able to test the equivalent of hurricane-force winds.” @charlie_daffron cdaffron@alligator.org

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· CRIME ROUNDUP · Alachua County woman charged Gainesville woman arrested for with child cruelty and neglect hitting someone with her car DEPUTIES SAY SHE STRUCK A CHILD IN THE FACE NUMEROUS TIMES

By Rachael Schirmer ,

Staff Writer

Mery Cruz-Martinez was arrested Sunday after hitting a 14-year-old girl in her care, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

Cruz-Martinez, 30, was highly intoxicated with her boyfriend when they began to argue and “act extremely aggressive” at a Hawthorne, Florida, home Sunday around 1 a.m. Cruz-Martinez told the girl in her care to run to Love’s Travel Stop and call 911 because of the fighting, according to the police report.

Cruz-Martinez picked up the girl from the gas station and drove to nearby Hitchcock’s supermarket, still highly intoxi-

cated. The child tried to get out of the car in the Hitchcock’s parking lot but was restrained

by Cruz-Martinez, who hit her in the face several times. The child’s clothes were torn in the process, but she esCruz-Martinez caped and return to the Love’s, according to the report.

Cruz-Martinez attempted to follow the girl but was greeted by law enforcement when she arrived at Love’s, according to the report.

Cruz-Martinez was charged with two third-degree felonies: cruelty toward a child and neglect of a child without great bodily harm. Cruz-Martinez was released on her own recognizance. @rschirmerr rschirmer@alligator.org

SHE PINNED ANOTHER WOMAN AGAINST A CAR WITH HER CAR

By Rachael Schirmer Staff Writer

Alicia McCord was arrested after she drove her vehicle into another woman Sunday evening, according to Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

The incident began when a Gainesville woman drove to her husband’s home, which is separate from her residence, to bring him a Father’s Day gift. When she arrived, she found a white Kia Soul parked in his driveway. The woman took pictures of the car. She suspected her husband may be having an affair with the driver, 38-year-old McCord. The woman left after her husband denied McCord was at his house, according to the report.

McCord drove to the woman’s home and reportedly demanded the woman delete the pho-

tos of her car or hand them over to her.

The woman declined and asked McCord to leave.

When she refused, a fight broke out between the two women. Witnesses broke up the fight, and McCord got back into her car, acMcCord cording to the report.

Before leaving, McCord put her car in drive and headed toward the woman. McCord pinned the woman’s right leg between her car and another vehicle parked in the driveway before reversing and leaving the area, according to the report.

McCord was charged with aggravated battery, a second-degree felony.

McCord was released Monday afternoon after posting a bail amount of $10,000.

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UF graduate selected as a recipient of national DM award SHE’S ONE OF 20 STUDENTS IN THE U.S. TO RECEIVE THE AWARD

By Kyndal Rock Contributing Writer

Madison Grasty was asleep in Prague when her phone lit up with notifications from family and friends. She woke up to exciting news.

Miracle Network Dance Marathon named Grasty a recipient of the national 2019 Miracle Network Dance Marathon Distinguished Leadership Award. The award was given in mid-May. Grasty, a 23-year-old UF information systems and operations management graduate, was one of 20 college student leaders selected from thousands of applications across the country.

Although Grasty raised $22,745 over the course of five years, she said she believes the winners were chosen based on overall involvement and passion for the cause instead of the money they raised.

“We are all passionate students who have worked hard giving back

to the cause we love most,” Grasty said. “If you’re doing something for Dance Marathon, you are making a tangible impact on kids at the hospital.”

Miracle Network Dance Marathon works with the nonprofit organization Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to raise funds and awareness for 170 pediatric hospitals across the country, according to a press release.

The leadership award’s recipients were recognized for their impact on the program, their individual college campus and their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

Lindsay Ritenbaugh, senior development associate for Children’s Miracle Network at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, works closely with Dance Marathon as its hospital adviser.

In 2019, UF had 6,020 students registered to participate on campus, along with hundreds of alumni, community partners, families and high schoolers supporting from around the state and country, Ritenbaugh said.

Ritenbaugh’s responsibilities include guiding and advising organization members like Grasty.

“(Miracle Network Dance Marathon is) looking for people who are leaders on paper but also leaders in their actions,” Ritenbaugh said.

The award is only given to graduating seniors, Ritenbaugh said.

The recipients were chosen after the majority of the participating schools were done with their marathons.

More than 300 independent Dance Marathons happen around the country, Ritenbaugh said.

Dance Marathon at UF is the second-highest fundraising Miracle Network Dance Marathon program in the nation, raising $3,230,025.23 in 2019 and more than $21.4 million since it started in 1995.

Grasty is the fourth UF recipient of the award in the three years it has been in existence. In 2018, Analiese Wagner received the award, and in 2017, both Drew Carlton and Kelsey Torgerson received it.

Grasty was a part of the Dance Marathon organization at UF for five years, holding numerous leadership and involvement positions.

“She really wanted to look at the whole picture,” Ritenbaugh said.

“Instead of just saying, ‘How can I make my Dance Marathon better?,’ she wanted to make it better for

every single person.”

Krystina Lopez, the mother of miracle child Izabella Neira, met Grasty when she first started her involvement in Dance Marathon and watched her grow into the leader she is today.

“She goes above and beyond for the kids, and the families absolutely appreciate it,” Lopez said. “I’ve seen her flourish into a strong, compassionate, dedicated young woman and am so blessed to now call her a friend.”

Lopez said Grasty has developed meaningful connections with all of her children.

“Even before the end of Dance Marathon 2019, my kids were crying about the fact that they would have to say goodbye to her this year,” Lopez said.

John Lauck, president and CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, described the award recipients as being the core of the Miracle Network Dance Marathon mission.

“Each student honored has led his or her Dance Marathon organization to success by serving as a role model for other students, while growing the Dance Marathon movement on their campus,” Lauck

said.

Grasty served as recruitment captain for Dance Marathon at UF in 2016, assistant director of campus relations in 2017, internal communications manager in 2018 and executive director in 2019, According to the network’s website.

Grasty said she has received various awards and recognitions throughout her life, but this award was the highlight of her college career.

“I feel like I have done more in five years of college than I’ll ever do for the rest of my life,” she said.

Grasty and the other award recipients will receive a plaque recognizing their leadership, as well as recognition on the Dance Marathon Facebook and Instagram channels and on the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ website, according to the press release.

Grasty plans to move to Philadelphia and has already registered to be a part of Dance Marathon Alumni. However, she wants to return to UF to support the big event next year.

“Dance Marathon at UF, just Shands in general and all our miracle families — it’s like you can’t really beat UF Health,” she said.

Cannabis-themed sandwich shop coming to Gainesville THE FRANCHISE PLANS TO OPEN TWO LOCATIONS IN GAINESVILLE IN 2020

By Rosmery Izaguirre Staff Writer

Gainesville will soon have another restaurant for residents to satisfy their cravings with a sandwich shop that takes munchies to a whole new level.

Cheba Hut, a cannabis-themed sandwich shop, features subs named after strains of marijuana, sides called “munchies,” and

drinks referred to as “cottonmouth cures,” a dry-mouth side effect of having a dry mouth from smoking marijuana.

The cannabis-themed franchise plans to open two locations in Gainesville in 2020. It is interested in the intersection of West University Avenue and Northwest 13th Street, said Seth Larsen, chief relationship officer.

“The demographics are good, the city is good,” Larsen said. “I feel like there’s room for a concept like ours. There’s no doubt about it that we love campus locations and great younger-ish cities that the university kind of creates.”

Cheba Hut is looking to expand and

has deals for locations in Orlando and St. Augustine. It will open five new shops across the country by the end of the year, Larsen said The sandwich shop is based out of Fort Collins, Colorado, and was founded by Scott Jennings in 1998. The franchise has 25 locations operating in seven states, primarily on the West Coast.

Despite its theme, Cheba Hut is inclusive and welcomes any kind of customer, Larsen said.

“There is an underlying theme to what we do, it’s not what defines us.” Larsen said.

“There’s plenty of people that probably come into a Cheba Hut and have no idea that that’s

the case. They just know that they come in and get really good food and solid service, and it’s not super expensive. And we’re cool with that.”

Sarwaan Ansari, a 20-year-old computer science senior at UF, said he would visit the sandwich shop if a location opened in Gainesville.

“The theme seems like a good idea since I don’t know any restaurant with that type of theme,” Ansari said. @rgizaguirre rizaguirre@alligator.org

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Organizers fight to bring dad home

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Danielle Chanzes, a 26-year-old organizer with the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub, reads aloud the name of every prisoner currently held within Alachua County Jail on Monday. Protesters yelled and played drums and other instruments after each name was called. Chanzes’ boyfriend was held in Alachua County Jail from October 2018 to May 2019. She said this motivated her to stand up against the injustice she saw in the prison system. “People are innocent until proven guilty and cash bail takes away that presumption of innocence, and so by posting bail for people today we are restoring that presumption of innocence. We are reuniting families.”

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

The 352 Father’s Day and Juneteenth Bailout and Rally was held outside the Alachua County Jail on Monday. The event was hosted by Fight Toxic Prisons, the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub, Gainesville Industrial Workers of the World and MAMA’s Club.

The event aimed to raise money through a crowdfunding effort so fathers could be released on bail to be with their families after Father’s Day. Over $7,000 was raised out of a $20,000 crowdfunding goal on DonorBox. The $7,000 bail for Gerald Bell, who is imprisoned for drug-related charges, is planned to be posted today. Protesters held signs containing messages like “Abolish Slavery” and “Prisons Equal Slavery.” The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office prevented protesters from moving close to the jail and four protesters were detained after either passing a line of cones or attempting to remove these cones.

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Panagioti Tsolkas, 38, cups his phone to the receiver of a megaphone Monday while Danielle Chanzes, 26, holds it up so prisoners inside the jail can hear. Tsolkas, an organizer for Fight Toxic Prisons had called the parents of Gerald Bell, who is in jail for drug-related charges, so they could announce his bail would be posted.

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Ellen Allen holds up a sign protesting the prison system Monday while taking part in the 352 Father’s Day and Juneteenth Bailout. Allen participated because she has worked for years in outreach and advocacy for people who are homeless and in social justice. “This is my life’s work,” she said.

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Protestors chant at Alachua County Sheriff’s Officer J. Lemmon Monday afternoon. Lemmon walks along a line of cones separating the protestors from the police.

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Organizers fight to bring dad home

Chris Day / Alligator Staff

Danielle Chanzes, a 26-year-old organizer with the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub, reads aloud the name of every prisoner currently held within Alachua County Jail on Monday. Protesters yelled and played drums and other instruments after each name was called. Chanzes’ boyfriend was held in Alachua County Jail from October 2018 to May 2019. She said this motivated her to stand up against the injustice she saw in the prison system. “People are innocent until proven guilty and cash bail takes away that presumption of innocence, and so by posting bail for people today we are restoring that presumption of innocence. We are reuniting families.”

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The 352 Father’s Day and Juneteenth Bailout and Rally was held outside the Alachua County Jail on Monday. The event was hosted by Fight Toxic Prisons, the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub, Gainesville Industrial Workers of the World and MAMA’s Club.

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Panagioti Tsolkas, 38, cups his phone to the receiver of a megaphone Monday while Danielle Chanzes, 26, holds it up so prisoners inside the jail can hear. Tsolkas, an organizer for Fight Toxic Prisons had called the parents of Gerald Bell, who is in jail for drug-related charges, so they could announce his bail would be posted.

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Ellen Allen holds up a sign protesting the prison system Monday while taking part in the 352 Father’s Day and Juneteenth Bailout. Allen participated because she has worked for years in outreach and advocacy for people who are homeless and in social justice. “This is my life’s work,” she said.

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Protestors chant at Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputy J. Lemmon Monday afternoon. Lemmon walks along a line of cones separating the protestors from the police.

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Forgiveness does not preclude reparations On Monday, Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor, said Harvard rescinded his admission after screenshots showed him using racial slurs in late 2017 and early 2018. Earlier this year, the 18-year old high school outreach director for Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit student organization, was admitted to the university class of 2023.

A former and current student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shared the racist messages with the HuffPost. A related article was then published on May 23. The screenshots showed Kashuv using the N-word in text conversations and a shared Google Doc. When responding to the ordeal on Twitter, Kashuv said this is not about him.

“It’s about whether we live in a society in which forgiveness is possible or mistakes brand you as irredeemable as Harvard has decided for me,” he said.

Kashuv brings about a valid question. One that is difficult to answer because as a society we are currently going through the woods on these issues. But forgiveness and reprimanding are not mutually exclusive. Part of asking for forgiveness is dealing with the aftermath and accepting the consequences of the actions.

Everyone does stupid things in high school. But the things Kashuv said were horrible not just stupid. In the screenshot of his Google Doc comment, he said he was so good at typing the Nword because “practice uhhhhhh makes perfect.” This cannot be ignored as just another teenage mishap. If Harvard still admitted Kashuv, it would have been glazing over a serious lack of moral character and maturity, which the university emphasized as one of its main concerns in its response letter to Kashuv’s apology.

At least one other student on the Google Doc appeared to be making racist comments as well. It doesn’t matter if the comments were made “in private among equally immature high school students” as Kashuv said. Although Kashuv now understands his group of friends was a poor choice, we imagine Harvard would want a student who would stand up to this group “trying to use the worst words and say the most insane things imaginable.”

In the text messages, Kashuv said “[She] goes for n*****jocks,” talking about a female student. Even if he didn’t use this appalling slur, the overall conversation is revealing enough to show his character was not great. Rating a girl on a number scale, commenting on who she might prefer to be intimate with, saying she “over plucks her eyebrows”? Seriously, dude? At the age of 16, some truths have yet to be learned, but the ones seemingly unknown to Kushav are ones most high school students have a grasp on.

Sixteen is old enough to understand the history behind the racial slur. Kashuv used the N-word eleven times in a row on a shared Google Doc for an Advanced Placement U.S. History study guide, an almost ironic place to use such a slur because you’d expect someone in said class would have enough history knowledge to not even think of using the word.

It makes sense for Harvard to rescind his admission. It would be disrespectful to black Harvard students and applicants who were rejected or waitlisted if Kashuv was admitted after his choice in words were brought to admission’s attention.

Saying racist slurs continously cannot be domoted as a simple mistake. Kashuv will have to do more to show he has changed.

He is on the right path by realizing his horrendous actions and apologizing. But reparations are in order.

Forgiving is not forgetting. Kashuv’s comments are disgusting.

Harvard rescinding his admission does not make him irredeemable, just not Harvard material.

The Alligator Editorial Board includes the Opinions Editor Jackie De Frietas, Editor-in-Chief Mark Stine and managing editors Hannah Beatty and Lindsey Breneman.

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Florida needs to keep the smoking age at 18

to limit the tax burden for the middle class The Florida Senate voted 33-6 in favor of without compromising the civil liberties of all a bill that would raise the minimum age to citizens (e.g. raising taxes on the wealthy). purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The Not only is the bill an infringement on bill received support as a means to stop the personal liberties, but it assigns fault to adincreasing number of teenagers using e-cigadicts. The bill penalizes the youth suffering rettes and tobacco products. While almost evfrom addiction, instead of the real culprit: Big eryone agrees that smoking is unhealthy, this Tobacco. bill isn’t the right way to curb tobacco use.

Cassidy This bill has an unfair exemption for acPlacing this extra restriction on purchasing Hopson tobacco products is an infringement on per- opinions@alligator.org tive military members. Active members of the military would be able to purchase tobacco at sonal freedom, something you think Florida the age of 18 and up (rather than 21). There Republicans wouldn’t support. However, like many things, Republicans support liberty until there is no logical reason to make this exemption other than is any financial burden on them. Randy Fine from the as a means of giving active service members some sort Florida House of Representatives, whose district covers of “benefit.” While giving benefits to military members southern Brevard County, cites one of the main reasons is great, it shouldn’t be done in a way that makes them for supporting the bill is that it would lower taxpayer above the law. Giving military members discounts on movie and airplane tickets? Great. Giving them a get out costs for Medicare.

“The debate is not just about freedom,” Fine said. of jail free card? Not so much. Service members are sim“What crosses the line for me is when I’m asked to pay ply no different than every other citizen and therefore should not be above any law. for other people’s liberty.”

Should this bill become law, it likely won’t even But we don’t get to directly pick and choose what we want our tax dollars supporting. People have to pay have the intended effect. There is no systematic retaxes toward public schools even if they don’t have a search showing that increasing the smoking age prechild. People have to pay taxes funding local libraries vents young adults from using tobacco products. Florida even if they don’t use them. It doesn’t matter if you like lawmakers would be better off investing in programs to teach youth about the harmful effects of tobacco prodwhat your taxes go toward, you still have to pay them.

While Fine may not want to pay the Medicare costs ucts rather than passing a restrictive and unreasonable for people who smoke, he has to. It’s not fair to restrict ban. the usage of tobacco on the basis of it being a financial Cassidy Hopson is a UF journalism junior. Her colburden for the taxpayer. If Florida politicians are worried about high taxes, there are plenty of other means umn usually appears on Thursdays.

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Florida needs to raise the smoking age to 21

Most people are familiar with the drinking shouldn’t take up drinking in order to gain age, especially for college students. You’re health benefits, there has been evidence of acutely aware it’s illegal to drink an alcoholic potential health benefits of ‘moderate drinkbeverage if you’re under the age of 21. But ing,’ which is defined as one drink a day Florida also has a smoking age, and it’s curfor women and men older than 65 and two rently 18. It’s time to change that and raise drinks a day for men younger than 65, such the smoking age to 21 as well. as reduced risk of dying from heart disease, First is the issue of consistency. It makes Jason Zappulla reduced risk of diabetes and reduced risk of opinions@alligator.org sense to have the same age for drinking ischemic stroke. and smoking. While many would argue we Tobacco should be regulated as the health should lower the drinking age to 18, that is unlikely to risks they are and setting the smoking age at 21 would happen in the near future, so for the time being, we’re be part of that. While this would not help smokers over stuck with a drinking age of 21. Thus, our laws should the age of 21, it could stop people from taking up the reflect it and be consistent. Comparable substances like habit in the first place. The Center of Disease Control tobacco should also have a minimum age of 21. estimates 9 out of 10 cigarette smokers start by age 18.

There is even more of a reason for a higher smoking Setting a higher smoking age would set up additional age from a medical view, especially when you compare obstacles for younger people trying to get their hands smoking’s negative health benefits to those of drinking. on tobacco, making it more likely they won’t even While both alcohol and cigarettes are addictive sub- bother the hassle of buying it. If a higher smoking age stances, cigarettes are harder to use in moderation, as will make it less likely that people will ever start such even ‘moderate’ amounts can be highly damaging to a toxic and unhealthy habit, I’m all for it. your body.

As long as the U.S. drinking age is 21, it’s fair to A 2010 review found that ‘light smokers,’ which the treat alcohol and smoking as legally equivalent. Not authors defined as “smoking less than 1 pack per day, only would this consistency help consumers and busiless than 15 cigerattes per day and smoking 1 to 39 cig- ness, but it would reflect the evidence that cigarettes arettes per week” had the same risk for cardiovascular are at least as risky and harmful as alcohol, if not more. disease as daily smoking. It said low-levels of tobacco exposure, which includes light smoking) had 70 perJason Zappulla is a UF history senior. His column cent of the overall effects of heavy smoking. appears on Tuesdays.

In contrast, the Mayo Clinic explains that while one

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AWARDS

Alligator Awards: UF Sports Team of the Year It’s that time of the year again.

Track and field ended their season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Baseball was struck down

by Dallas Baptist at the Lubbock Regional, and Alabama silenced the Gators softball team at the Women’s College World Series.

The UF sports season is over, and as is tradition, it’s time for the alligatorSports Awards. Every summer, our writers hand out awards to the teams, players and coaches on Florida’s athletic staff based on the Gators’ performances during the year.

Today, four of our writers are making the case for Florida’s best team over the 2018-2019 school year from a pool of four UF teams: football, softball, men’s track and field and men’s tennis.

Evan: UF football fans had little to be excited about entering the 2018 season.

The year prior, the program was a total dumpster fire, complete with an array of heart-breaking losses, lackluster performances and death threat accusations from the head coach, Jim McElwain.

First-year coach Dan Mullen changed the culture of the program far quicker than many believed capable.

The Gators went 10-3 in 2018, winning their first New Year’s Six Bowl since Urban Meyer led UF to a Sugar Bowl victory in 2009.

Despite an early-season home loss to Kentucky that snapped a 31-game winning streak against UK, the Gators quickly turned the season around, manhandling Tennessee in Neyland Stadium, upsetting Mullen’s former school in Mississippi State and upending a fifth-ranked LSU team in the Swamp to open the eyes of the college football world.

The most impressive part of the season to me, though,

was the home game against South Carolina.

Down 31-14 in the second half, UF rattled off 21 unanswered points to defeat the Gamecocks 35-31.

The win was the first of four straight for Florida, including a 41-14 drubbing of in-state rival Florida State, the first win over FSU since 2012.

Florida football is a top10 program once again, and for that, the 2018 squad deserves to be this year’s alligatorSports Team of the Year. @evanmplepak elepak@alligator.org Dylan: It wouldn’t be racing to conclusions to say men’s track and field is the team of the year.

In fact, I believe the race isn’t even close.

Men’s track and field was the only team to take a national championship

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Coach Dan Mullen has garnered two top-15 recruiting classes since coming to UF. Former UF goalkeeper Haley Hicklen joined the Women's Professional Lacrosse League's Brave last week after being called up from the WPLL Player Pool.

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Florida punter Tommy Townsend celebrates after his team knocked off Michigan in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. It was UF's first New Year's Six bowl victory since 2009.

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Mullen doesn’t have to be an elite recruiter for UF to win a championship

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Florida’s second-year head ecruiting is important, coach has been questioned for don’t get me wrong. most of his coaching career when You have to have talit comes to his ability to effectiveent in order to compete ly recruit. He isn’t a Nick Saban, with the best college footKirby Smart or Jimbo Fisher on the ball programs in the country. trail, but in my opinion, he’s one But do Dan Mullen and the of the more underrated recruiters Florida Gators have to consistently Evan Lepak in college football. bring in top-5 classes to compete twitter: @evanmplepak Perhaps his bad reputation for national championships? elepak@alligator.org stems from nine years as head I personally don’t think so. coach at Mississippi State.

Look at the Clemson Tigers, for His recruiting classes there usually ranked in example.

Dabo Swinney has led his team to two na- the top 30, with one class breaking into the top tional championship victories since 2016, and 20 back in 2009, his first year as head coach of the Tigers have been right in the middle of the the Bulldogs.

Yes, those numbers aren’t going to wow College Football Playoff conversation every seaanybody, but you have to understand the cirson since 2015.

To me, Swinney is similar to Mullen in a cumstances. Not a lot of recruits envision themselves playing collegiately in Starkville, Missiscouple of ways.

One, Swinney knows how to get the most sippi. A sold-out crowd full of rattling cowbells out of the talent he has. And two, Clemson’s at Davis Wade Stadium is one of the more iconclasses haven’t exactly dropped jaws in the ic sights in college football, but outside of that, the town doesn’t have much else to offer. rankings.

Despite all of this, Mullen took Mississippi The Tigers’ highest class ranking in the last decade was seventh in 2018. The average rank- State somewhere it had never been with mediocre talent. ing over that span? Sixteenth.

Why? Sixteenth is good, but it’s not elite.

Because he’s an elite football coach who And yet, Swinney and the Tigers have climbed to the top of the college football land- knows how to get the most out of his players.

In 2014, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 scape twice.

Why can’t Mullen and the Gators do the in the nation after victories over three top-10 teams. same?

Two UF track athletes honored Gators horizontial jumper Yanis David and all-around athlete Grant Holloway were named semfinalists for the Bowerman, collegiate track and field's top honor. David also won a Honda Sport Award, which is awarded to the top female collegiate athlete in a particular sport.

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MLB: Stop juicing the baseballs

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in the same way that records set during the steroid era are. The f you’ve paid any attenonly difference is that the balls are tion to Major League juiced now instead of the players.

Baseball this season, you Commissioner Rob Manfred probably know what I’m says he’s not sure why the balls talking about. have changed, but I don’t buy it.

Routine pop ups carrying Attendance is down. He wants out of the ballpark. Players Sam Campisano to drum up interest. People like who were never considered twitter: scampisano home runs, and they like seeing power hitters are now hitting scampisano@alligator.org people chase records. home runs with regularity.

He’s not fooling anyone, Final scores often resemble however. Baseball fans are a football game more than a smart. They know that off-balance, onebaseball game. handed swings shouldn’t result in 400-foot MLB is juicing its balls.

The purpose of this column isn’t to home runs. They know that a light-hitting convince you that it’s happening. Research veteran second baseman like Derek Dietrich has proven that it is. My problem is what shouldn’t have a career-high 17 home runs the juiced balls are doing to the game – by mid-June.

They see what Manfred is doing, and his they’re turning it into a farce.

The league, as a whole, is on pace to plan isn’t working. Attendance is down once shatter the previous record for long balls in again this year. People aren’t interested in a season. Entering Monday, 18 players were inflated stats.

The most insulting thing about this on pace to hit 40 or more home runs. In 2014, just one did it. Pitchers don’t stand whole saga is the commissioner’s office’s refusal to do anything about it. Manfred can a chance.

A moment of silence, then, for the say that he doesn’t know why the ball has pitcher’s duel. What was formerly an changed. Major League Baseball, however, instrumental part of the game, and one of is a multi-billion-dollar organization that the most intense, is largely a thing of the has the resources to identify and fix an past. If you like good pitching, turn off the issue with the manufacturing process.

TV. We’ve reached the point where each Instead, it has done nothing but watch as at-bat has two outcomes: a home run and baseballs continue to fly out of parks at an a strikeout. All or nothing. It’s not fun to alarming rate.

Rob Manfred: Do something. watch.

It’s bad for baseball and it disgraces the legacy of the game. Any records set this season should be considered illegitimate

The Associated Press

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has denied altering the league’s baseballs on purpose, but admitted at the Associated Press Sports Editors commissioners meeting last month that the ball does have less drag.

SOCCER

Gators see little World Cup action as Jamaica struggles and Canada dominates

By Joseph Salvador Sports Writer

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UF forward Deanne Rose has only played 15 minutes combined in the Canadian National Team’s two games thus far at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is underway, and UF is represented by a current player and three former Gators. Forward and rising junior Deanne Rose, along with UF alum Adriana Leon, are representing the Canadian national team in Group E. Meanwhile in Group C, former Gators Lauren Silver and Havana Solaun are representing Jamaica.

The Jamaican National Team, nicknamed the ‘Reggae Girlz,’ was celebrated when they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s history. Unfortunately, the honeymoon has ended for the underdog squad.

Jamaica has yet to score a goal in its first two games, losing its first match to Brazil 3-0 and being routed by Italy 5-0.

Solaun, who played at UF from 2011 to 2014, has played 162 minutes and made three attempts in her first two games. Silver played during the same time period at UF as Solaun and has only seen 14 minutes of action for Jamaica.

UF soccer coach Becky Burleigh has coached all four players competing and anticipated that her former players would face adversity in their first World Cup appearance.

“I think for both of them they both had to deal with a lot of adversity in different ways while they were a part of our team,”

Burleigh said in an interview with WRUF. “I think both of them showed a lot of resilience and perseverance throughout their careers, and I think they had to have that to get to the World Cup because it was not an easy path for Jamaica either and for either of them to get on the team as well.”

The two former Gators and their team have struggled in their first two outings and they’ll need to show some resilience when they face Australia today at 3 p.m.

The Canadian National Team could not have had a more different start. Canada has won its first two games and has yet to allow a single goal.

Canada defeated Cameroon 1-0 in its first game of the World Cup, then followed it up with a 2-0 win against New Zealand.

Rose has only played 15 minutes throughout the first two matches, while Leon has played a meager six minutes.

Leon played one season at UF in 2012 and also played for Canada’s 2015 FIFA World Cup team.

The Canadian National Team will face off against the Netherlands on Thursday at noon. @JSalvador_14 jsalvador@alligator.org

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Softball won an SEC title AWARDS, from pg. 10 home this year, winning the NCAA Indoor Championships back in March. The star-studded squad also secured second place in the NCAA Outdoor Championships this month.

The team was led by junior sprinter Grant Holloway, one of the greatest athletes to ever represent the Gators. Holloway, who is expected to leave the team en route to the 2020 Olympics in Japan, won eight individual national championships in his career, a UF record.

Holloway also broke records in the indoor 60 meter hurdles at 7.35 seconds and the outdoor 110 meter

hurdles in 12.98 seconds.

In the outdoor championships, Holloway, Raymond Ekevwo, Hakim Sani Brown and Ryan Clark were a part of the national title team in the 4x100 meter relay.

Senior AJ McFarland also set a record, finishing with the highest weight throw in school history.

Florida’s success on the track, along with the finish to Grant Holloway’s UF career, make the Florida’s men’s track and field squad the Florida team of the year. @dylanoshea24 doshea@alligator.org Joseph: The UF softball team was by far the best team to repre-

nal Four season.

This is a program that has never won a championship. The 2019 squad is arguably the best in school history.

For that, they deserve to be recognized. Coach Bryan Shelton did a brilliant job getting the most out of his young players. Sam Riffice, one of the top recruits in the country, had a fantastic freshman season for Florida and finished as the No. 23 player in the country.

Oliver Crawford, in his sophomore season, was the No. 7 player in the country at season’s end. Expect men’s tennis to be a regular on this list in the future if those two continue to improve.

UF would go on to lose the game 15-3.

Nonetheless, the softball team gave Gainesville something to cheer for and be proud of.

sent the Gators this year.

It compiled a strong 49-18 record and won an SEC Tournament championship. It went undefeated in the NCAA Regional and capped off its run with a walk-off win against the No. 12 Tennessee Volunteers from junior Jaimie Hoover to advance to the Women’s College World Series.

It was also Amanda Lorenz and Kelly Barnhill’s last season with the Gators. It’s not like the team needed any more attention, but college softball and UF were saying goodbye to two of the most dominant players to ever play the sport. Unfortunately, both players’ careers ended in heartbreak.

It’s difficult to forget Barnhill walking off the mound with her team down 11-0 to Alabama during the final game of her storied career.

@JSalvador_14 jsalvador@alligator.org Sam: Despite falling short of its national championship goal, the Florida men’s tennis team is my pick for alligatorSports Team of the Year.

Florida’s season was historic.

After an Elite Eight appearance in 2018, the Gators went a step further with their first SEC regular season title and Final Four appearance since 2005. They also went undefeated in the conference for the first time in 16 years and had their best record since that last Fi-

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Jaimie Hoover's walk-off single to send the Florida softball team to the Women's College World Series was a highlight of the 2018-2019 athletic season for UF.

Led by a team assembled by classes ranked 41st, 22nd, 24th and 36th and a three-star quarterback in Dak Prescott, Mullen guided his team to a 10-2 regular season record and a major bowl game (Orange Bowl) for the first time since 1941.

At Florida, there’s no doubt Mullen’s classes will consistently be in the top 15, similar to Swinney’s numbers.

But most Gator fans, especially the ones on Twitter, will tell you that’s simply not good enough.

But why can’t it be?

Mullen completely ripped up the last regime’s mistakes and laid new groundwork from the

minute he stepped on campus.

He turned an undisciplined team that went 4-7 the year prior into a 10-win squad that blew out Michigan in a New Year’s Six Bowl.

His first two classes at UF have both ranked in the top 15, and even with the decommitments and transfers that have gripped the program recently, the 2020 class currently ranks eighth.

I believe that’s more than enough to put Florida in prime position to make the College Football Playoff and possibly win a championship very soon under Mullen.

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