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Student Government executive candidates for Feb. 22, 23 election
GATOR PARTY, CHANGE PARTY CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
By Maia Botek
Alligator Staff Writer
Students can vote for 50 Senators, the Student Body president, vice president and treasurer in eight polling locations across campus on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23. Here are the candidates representing the executive tickets for the Gator and Change Parties:
Gator Party Candidates
President: Lauren Lemasters
Lauren Lemasters went from being among 50 students in her graduating class to possibly overseeing a student body of 57,000.
The 21-year-old from Jacksonville is studying criminology, psychology and leadership in her fourth year at UF.
This year, Lemasters is Chief of Staff to Student Body President Cooper Brown. “In the Chief of Staff role this past year, I’ve gotten to see everything under the sun having to do with the Executive Branch,” she said.
While the Gator Party platform won’t be announced until Monday, Lemasters said she wants every student to have an enjoyable experience at UF..
While she has enjoyed her time at UF so far, she understands it’s not the same for every student.
Lemasters is also involved with Florida Blue Key, Young Leaders Conference and her sorority Alpha Delta Pi.
Lemasters’ mother, Dawn, described her daughter as a supportive leader who does not do things with the goal of being recognized. When she cares about someone or something, she said, Lauren doesn’t change her mind.
Lauren Lamasters said a mentor of hers often asks “what do you give a damn about?” Her answer: the University of Florida.
Vice President: Daniel Badell
As a first-generation student, Daniel Badell found his place at UF through leadership programs and involvement on campus with organizations like the Hispanic Student Association.
The 21-year-old political science, international studies and economics junior wants to use his role in SG to empower and further develop these opportunities for others.
In SG, Badell serves as Transition Division Chair. During his sophomore year, he was the First Generation Affairs Cabinet Director.
Badell enjoys the flexibility SG gives him to pursue his ideas, like establishing the First Generation Leadership Program and First Generation Student dorm, which opened in Fall 2021.
Fifteen years ago, Badell and his family fled his birthplace of Cuba to move to the United States. When he arrived at UF during Summer B, he took part in UF’s PROMISE program, which helps first-year students transition to college. There, he found a community.
He also joined HSA’s Mentor Leadership Program during his freshman year where he met Kevin Trejos, 22, a master’s of science in management student.
While Badell has focused many initiatives on first-generation and Hispanic students, his role as Transition Division Chair has given him a birds-eye view of issues on campus and expanded his involvement, he said.
He worked on creating a task force for the food justice initiative and advocates for administration to hire a director of advising, which affects students’ mental health, he said.
Badell also serves as the Vice President for Gators for Israel. In Fall 2021, he joined Florida Blue Key.
On Jan. 26, when Badell was announced as the Gator Party’s VP candidate, he reminded students “si se puede,” which translates in Spanish to “yes, it’s possible!”
Treasurer: Sierra Kantamneni
On-campus organizations made UF feel like home for Sierra Kantamneni. The 21-year-old information systems junior is running for treasurer to give a voice to the groups that gave her a sense of belonging.
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President: Gabrielle Adekunle
Gabrielle Adekunle wants to remove barriers to access for resources and prioritize safety and sustainability.
A 21-year-old junior studying political science and business administration, she’s also the Change Party’s Minority Leader in the Senate. She is a District D Senator and oversees the party’s eight Senators.
As a Black, queer and femme individual, she understands what other people have to go through to feel represented, she said.
Adekunle ran for a class Senate seat with the party in Spring 2021 but did not win. She served as a Summer Replacement Senator in Summer and won the District D Seat in Fall.
In Senate, Adekunle has authored legislation like SSB 2022-1002, a resolution that recognizes a Gainesville initiative for zero waste. Adekunle also authored SSB 20221003, a resolution commemorating Black History Month. She is working to create a Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Adekunle advocates for party platforms like increasing the Later Gator Bus Service and expanding SNAP services. UF and Gainesville’s Regional Transit System have been affected by pandemic-related shortages that have decreased these services.
Outside of SG, Adekunle founded Take Action Florida, a social justice organization that recently organized a protest for more blue lights on campus. She formed the organization with her freshman year roommate, Catalina Loaiza, a 21-year-old criminology junior.
Vice President: Dayanna Peek
Dayanna Peek wants to focus on creating programs and resources for marginalized students.
Peek, a 20-year-old international studies and public relations sophomore who uses she/they pronouns, said they want to focus on direct representation and accessibility.
If elected, Peek would work to include more gender neutral restrooms on campus and improve accessibility for students with disabilities, they said.
In Fall 2020, Peek was selected as the director of social justice for UF’s InterResidence Hall Association. They helped found the Lavender Living Learning Community, UF’s first gender-neutral housing option, where they are now a Resident Assistant.
Peek also helped lead the Writing on the Wall project where students painted words that had been used to harm or marginalize them on bricks, followed by a ceremony and conversation about racism and discrimination.
Ryan Wilder, a 22-year-old UF graduate and Change Party founder, asked Peek to get involved with the party in 2020.
“The second you meet Day, you have a friend and someone that will fight for you,” Wilder wrote in an email.
Peek was selected as the Change Party’s candidate for the Beaty Tower Senate seat in Fall 2020 and ran for a sophomore Senate seat the following year. They did not win either position.
Despite the losses, Peek said the party noticed their campaign efforts and wanted them to hold a position on the executive board.
In Spring 2021, Peek served as the party’s deputy social media director alongside the party’s current president Cassidy Campbell.
Treasurer: Kenya Warner
Kenya Warner became involved with the Change Party during her second semester on campus. Her roommate was on its executive board and told Warner about the party’s platform.
One of the Change Party’s platform points has been increasing resources for UF’s Counseling and Wellness Center, something that inspired Warner to slate with the party for a Senate seat.
The 20-year-old computer science sophomore is originally from Parkland and attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. When Warner came to UF in 2020, she was frustrated with mental health resources on campus, like monthslong wait lists for an appointment with the CWC.
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Maura Schaeffer // Alligator Staff
Daniel Badell, Lauren Lemasters and Sierra Kantamneni (left to right) pose for a photo outside of Library West at the announcement of Gator Party’s executive ticket for Student Government on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Badell is running for vice president, Lemasters for president and Kantamneni for treasurer.
BLACK PAINTERS, POETS SHARED WORK IN VIRTUAL EVENT FRIDAY EVENING
By Allessandra Inzinna
Alligator Contributing Writer
Artists from poets to painters took to their screens to share work showcasing Black culture and relationships Friday evening.
“A Celebration of Black Love, Art and Poetry” gave Gainesville artists and poets an opportunity to display their work during a virtual celebration Feb. 11. The event, sponsored by the City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, was hosted by the Bailey Learning and Arts Collective, a Gainesville non-profit focused on art promotion and building a socially responsible community.
The Zoom event allowed poets, painters and singers to show off their work through performances. Each performer turned on their cameras and recited or displayed their work. Terri Bailey, the founder of the Bailey Learning and Arts Collective, shared her screen to present other local Black photographers and painters who could not make it to the event. The night also featured an open mic.
This is the event’s second year, said Bailey, 55. More than 50 people registered for the Zoom event.
“Rarely, in my opinion in Gainesville are Black artists and poets celebrated and showcased in a manner that befits them,” Bailey said.
The night featured about 12 poets and artists, including 2020 Alachua County poet Laureate E. Stanley Richardson and local muralist Turbado Marabou. Bailey declined to answer questions about how much the event cost.
A sponsorship from the city of Gainesville allowed them to pay artists for participating, Bailey said. Carol Velasques Richardson, member of the Alachua County Arts Council, didn’t respond for comment on how much the city of Gainesville paid in its sponsorship of the event.
To kick off the night, Richardson read a poem titled “Brown South.” Riddled with vivid imagery relating to the color brown, the poem paid homage to his southern roots and family members.
“Deep flowing waters, brown eyes close thinking beautiful brown southern thoughts,” Richardson said, reciting his poem at the event.
Appreciation for Black mothers and women was a common theme throughout the night.
Kiara Laurent, a 23-year-old poet, read two pieces. In the first, she detailed the process of her mother braiding her hair.
“I found love through hair braiding,” Laurent recited. “Eight hours, three strands, two hands.”
Marabou’s artwork and poem displayed the same admiration. He showcased works from his “Goddess Series.” The canvases displayed watercolor and coloredpencil depictions of the divinity of Black women.
“We have seen in the last few years, the rise of women standing up — politically, socially, culturally — and taking a very firm stance in places normally would not expect to see the presence of woman,” Marabou said. “And especially a Black woman.”
His poem focused on one woman in particular: his wife, Bailey. The two were high school sweethearts before breaking up. When Marabou knocked on Bailey’s door about 15 to 20 years later, the pair reunited. For one of the last poems of the night, he read a tribute to her.
Wilermine Previlon, a 19-year-old linguistics sophomore, said the focus on Black love instead of trauma made the night special.
“There’s a lot of trauma that comes with being Black,” she said. “It was nice to just focus on the good aspects that people don’t really talk about.”
Previlon, an intern for the Bailey Learning and Arts Collective, monitored the Zoom chat and lined up poets for the open mic. She noted that there’s not many spaces available for small artists to get together and collaborate like they did Friday evening.
“There’s a lot of stories about people’s moms, love stories to people’s moms, love stories to their spouses, love stories to themselves,” Previlon said. “It was really cool to see everyone talking about Blackness in a positive light.”
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Turbado Marabou creates art that represents the divinity of Black women.
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Her graphic sermons, social media success drew more than 500 onlookers Monday, Wednesday
By Fernando Figueroa
Alligator Staff Writer
In a long skirt and a blue Tshirt with the slogan “Ho No Mo,” ‘Sister Cindy’ pranced inside a circle of more than 500 students, blocking the walkways of Plaza of Americas in the afternoon of Feb. 7.
“Welcome to the ho no mo’ revolution!” she shouted.
Cindy Smock, an evangelical street preacher with more than 360,000 TikTok followers, screamed and sobbed through a loudspeaker, while transgender, queer and Soviet Union flags waved in protest. Students cheered for the viral preacher’s graphic sermon criticizing people for teaching “WAP-ism” and urging students to not get a “master’s in oral sex.”
Smock has made a national college campus tour shaming students’ sexuality and sharing Jesus’ name. Her travels brought her back to UF, where she studied journalism until 1979 before dropping out. There she met her street preacher husband and even wrote for The Alligator.
Two years later, in 1981, she returned to Plaza of Americas, on a similar Fall semester Monday, bringing her same anti-sex rhetoric and crowd of jeering students.
This week, students stood on Plaza benches for at least two days to peer at Smock publicly break down while degrading female students.
Opinions about her time on campus differ. Some believe she is advancing bigotry while others say listening to rhetoric like hers strengthens their beliefs.
Students are not attending to listen to what Smock has to say, said Aron Ali-McClory, 19-yearold UF Communist Party president. They’re there for entertainment.
“I think the university is under pressure as both an institution and as an institution beholden to the republican state government to protect what they call freedom of speech,” McClory said. “Which includes and encompases preachers harassing people.”
Students fought fire with fire, or in this case, satire with satire. Throughout Smock’s sermons, students asked for Smock’s pronouns, whether she’s a “top or a bottom” and if she would peg them.
Loud-mouthed sermons are nothing new.
Religion professor David G. Hackett sees the connection between Smock’s profitable street preaching and Christianity’s changing landscape in the 1500s.
Then the idea that the afterlife is set in stone gave the faithful anxiety. As part of the dawn of capitalism, economic success and salvation went hand and hand, Hackett said.
Hackett said that economic success meant a higher likelihood of getting into heaven. Smock’s preaching has also brought her profit, through her online notoriety and merch sales.
“They’re willing to shape their message to the media to an alarming extent to gain greater market share … and there’s something corrupt about that,” Hackett said, referencing the Smocks.
Hackett recognizes the importance of engaging with people who challenge his worldview. Talking to people with different ideologies is difficult, he said. In fact, he avoids them.
“That would take a lot of listening and a lot of willing to tolerate points of view different from your own,” Hackett said. “I think we need to do that.”
At one point, Smock talked about what she pegged as a college student’s typical date.
“Don’t you dare take that girl to a Mexican restaurant,” she cautioned the crowd. “If you buy her one margarita, she will spread her legs.”
University Police Department officers were not present during Monday’s 4-hour-long demonstration.
Demonstrators who are not affiliated with UF and are disrupting campus activity by obstructing traffic or using unpermitted loudspeakers will be asked to leave, according to campus policy. In some cases, they may be arrested.
UPD did not receive any calls about disturbances, so there was no reason for police to act, Sergeant Chad Holway wrote in an email.
“The entire campus is considered a free speech area protected under the First Amendment,” wrote Holway. “So people are free to stand on whatever sidewalk or outdoor area they want and speak to whomever they want.”
Other students like Brianna Kessler, a 20-year-old UF horticultural science major, believe Smock and George Edward “Brother Jed” Smock, her husband, are rightfully exercising their freedom of speech and encouraging students to question their beliefs.
Smock’s crowd dwindled slightly by Wednesday, but the cheers continued.
“Just because people are cheering doesn’t mean you have to cheer too,” said Layla Slate, a women’s studies junior.
Slate called out “Brother Jed” for mentioning students’ breast size in a discussion about what he believes men typically look for in a relationship. The day before, Cindy Smock called Slate a “blood drinking sl** vampire.”
“Obviously what they’re saying is a misinterpretation of a lot of stuff,” she said. “It’s very bio essentialist. And it’s insulting.”
Because everything on the internet is based on likes and interactions, shocking rhetoric like Smock’s is easy to engage with as lighthearted, Slate said.
To Slate, it’s important to tell campus preachers that their actions are not as helpful as they believe.
Throughout the demonstrations, the Smocks took turns. While “Brother Jed” was resting on one of the nearby benches during his break, Slate approached him and told him that their rhetoric is harmful.
He downplayed Slate’s criticism and accepted some students’ request to take a selfie.
‘Brother Jed’ said he and Smock realize the crowd of students are making fun of them — they don’t care.
“Do you realize a lot of her speaking is satirical?” he said.
The pair doesn’t mind the hecklers. It gets people listening, liking their posts and buying their merch.
Alan Halaly // Alligator Staff
UF students await the arrival of Cindy Lasseter Smock, a UF alumna and an evangelist who is famous on TikTok, at Plaza of the Americas on Monday, Feb. 7.
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The Sabor Latino Dance Team strikes a final pose after performing at the UF Caribbean Students Association’s annual fashion and talent show at the Reitz Union on Sunday, Jan. 30.
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Drag performer Aysha Dupree dances at #4playnight at University Club on Friday, Feb. 4. The LGBTQ+ bar hosts drag shows most nights of the week.
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Lion dancers perform at the UF Vietnamese Student Organization’s Lunar New Year show at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 12. The performers are members of JiaTing, Surge and Pi Delta Psi.
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UF funds Blockchain Lab
LAB EDUCATES STUDENTS, COMMUNITY ON BLOCKCHAIN BENEFITS, SAFETY
By Fernando Figueroa
Alligator Staff Writer
UF received $270,000 to provide resources to students who want to learn and develop blockchain technology including cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
The grant, received on Jan. 25, will fund the development of two undergraduate courses and four free professional courses on Canvas that will be available to the public, said Marko Suvajdzic, associate director and professor at the Digital Worlds Institute. The Blockchain Lab will be housed within UF’s Digital World Institute at the College of Arts and Sciences.
Blockchain is a complex technology, and its applications have not yet been fully defined. Some popular applications of the blockchain include cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, which are typically digital artworks, like Bored Ape.
Suvajdzic applied for the grant through the Algorand Foundation Grant Program.
“The blockchain lab by its very mission exists to support blockchain related activities both on campus and in Gainesville in general,” Suvajdzic said.
Fifty students are already enrolled in Blockchain Innovations in Digital Arts and Sciences. The class has been steadily increasing in size since its inception three years ago and will also be funded with the grant, Suvajdzic said
The Blockchain Innovations course was Ramessa Khan’s favorite class this semester. The 21-year-old UF data science senior from Bangladesh said the lab increased the amount of resources at her disposal and allowed her to expand her network.
Khan is developing a virtual reality NFT video game that will be accessible to as many people as possible.
In her home country, children cannot engage with these new technologies due to lack of resources and an oppressive government, she said.
“I want to give a chance for communities — like the one I’m from — to have access to things like this,” she wrote in a text message.
Maurice Hendrix, a 21-year-old UF digital arts and sciences senior, said the course teaches students the history and development of blockchain technology without getting too technical.
He took the class in Spring 2020 and has been interested in the blockchain since.
“This moment right now that’s happening with NFTs is something we definitely talked about two years ago,” he said. “So it’s kind of crazy because it’s like, dang, I really wish I would have spent a little bit more time learning the … programmatic side of how to actually develop the stuff for the blockchain.”
As a musician, Hendrix is disheartened by the money streaming platforms, like Spotify or Apple Music, take from creators. NFTs act as a more direct link between artists and consumers.
“It’s just a way to connect the fans and the artist better.” Hendrix said. “It’s just more trustworthy than the current standards of the music industry.”
However, Tao Li, an assistant professor of finance, said because blockchain is a new technology there is a general lack of regulation in comparison to traditional markets.
Power consumption is another concern with current technologies that use the blockchain. Bitcoin mining is one of the top consumers of energy annually worldwide, Suvajdzic said.
To create Bitcoin, it takes 91 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, which is more than what is used in Finland — the nation of about 5.5 million — according to a New York Times article.
Older cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, require an immense amount of processing power to add data into the database because all computers must verify the transaction is legitimate.
Algorand, however, uses a newer consensus mechanism known as proof of stake, which requires a smaller number of validators making it more efficient, Li said.
The company is the “most efficient and greenest blockchain available,” according to a press release by Algorand.
Algorand is a green crypto and has committed itself to be carbon negative, Suvajdzic said.
He compared Blockchain’s emergence to the birth of the internet; people need to be educated on the new technology.
Hendrix also sees the necessity for education in not only blockchain development, but also in its ethical concerns.
“The best thing I could suggest is just educate yourself first on what you’re actually getting into,” Hendrix said.
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Santa Fe College crea nueva escuela autónoma
Santa Fe College lanzará una nueva escuela autónoma centrada en STEM en el campus noroeste de la universidad en el otoño del 2023
Por Lily Kino
Escritora del Caimán
Traducido por Marian Hernandez
Escritora del Caimán
Con una subvención de dos millones de dólares del estado de Florida, la escuela ofrecerá a los estudiantes de secundaria capacitación en tecnología informática y ciencias de salud, según un comunicado de prensa. La universidad recibió la subvención el dos de febrero como parte del plan de ochenta y nueve millones de dólares del gobernador Ron DeSantis para mejorar las iniciativas de la fuerza laboral en todo el estado.
SF utilizará la subvención para renovar una instalación existente en su campus para que los estudiantes tengan un espacio de aprendizaje mejorado con tecnología actualizada, dijo el presidente de SF, Paul Broadie II. La universidad aún no ha publicado detalles sobre dónde estará la instalación o cómo se admitirá a los estudiantes.
La escuela abrirá sus puertas en el otoño de 2023 para estudiantes de noveno a duodécimo grado. Al graduarse, los estudiantes se irán con un diploma de escuela secundaria, un título de asociado y al menos dos credenciales industriales sin costo para ellos ni para sus familias. Luego, los estudiantes pueden optar por ingresar a la fuerza laboral o continuar su educación, dijo el portavoz de SF, Jay Anderson.
La pandemia de COVID-19 aumentó la necesidad de trabajadores calificados, especialmente en el campo de las ciencias de la salud, dijo Henry Mack, Canciller Principal de Educación Profesional y para Adultos del Departamento de Educación de Florida.
“Queremos una economía que prepare a los ciudadanos para trabajos que puedan soportar esta disrupción”, dijo.
Él espera que la creación de esta escuela chárter especializada combata las necesidades creadas por la pandemia y mucho más.
Una escuela autónoma de educación técnica profesional está dedicada a satisfacer una necesidad económica específica mientras que una escuela pública tradicional sigue un horario de cursos más rígido, dijo Mack.
Broadie ha recibido repetidas solicitudes por parte de la comunidad para infundir más CTE en el nivel de la escuela secundaria, según el sitio web de la universidad.
Los programas adicionales en la nueva escuela autónoma de SF parecen injustificados para algunos porque SF ya tiene programas CTE que permiten que los estudiantes de secundaria del condado de Alachua tomen cursos de nivel universitario, dijo Jackie Johnson, portavoz de las Escuelas Públicas del condado de Alachua.
“A menos que los programas sean radicalmente diferentes de lo que ya ofrecemos en la escuela secundaria en colaboración con Santa Fe, quizás haya una duplicación innecesaria de programas y servicios”, dijo Johnson. “No lo sabremos hasta que obtengamos más detalles sobre cómo se llevarán a cabo estos programas”.
A Johnson le preocupa que los nuevos programas puedan quitarle mérito a los ya existentes o dañarlos, y estos programas ya son exitosos.
Si bien los estudiantes pueden tomar cursos de inscripción doble además de su diploma de escuela secundaria, dijo Broadie, no está garantizado que los estudiantes se gradúen con un título de asociado.
La nueva escuela chárter se basará en un nuevo modelo de educación pública llamado el modelo P-TECH, que brinda a los estudiantes un título de asociado, experiencia laboral relevante y orientación de sus mentores, según el sitio web de P-TECH.
“Este modelo podrá ampliar en gran medida la cantidad de estudiantes interesados en Ciencias de la Salud y Tecnología Informática que, de otro modo, no podrían calificar dentro del formato de inscripción doble existente en la escuela secundaria”, escribió Broadie en un correo electrónico.
Solo ocho estudiantes participan actualmente en el programa de doble inscripción CTE de SF, escribió.
Pero para fines del otoño del 2023, Broadie anticipa que habrá muchos estudiantes con un pie en el pasillo de la escuela autónoma y el otro en la fuerza laboral.
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Release Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 Release Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Erykah Badu hairdo 5 In pieces 10 The Beatles’
Pepper, e.g.:
Abbr. 13 Attired 14 Pennsylvania in
Washington, for example 15 Couple’s pronoun 16 Alliterative union litigator 18 State sch. with ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: campuses in
Providence 19 DoorDash rival 20 It follows dawn 22 Ancestry.com concern 23 Wicked one 25 Alliterative craftsperson 30 Lawyers: Abbr. 33 To no avail 34 On a cruise, say 36 __ Tin Tin 37 Discover 38 Word that fittingly fills the blanks in
“_ _ propria _ e” 39 About to explode 41 Rapper __ Kim 02/14/22 42 “__, Brute?” 44 Nativity display 45 Quite often 47 Alliterative marriage specialist 49 Malodorous 51 One-named
“Cheap Thrills” singer 52 ’90s trade acronym 54 Rain in light drops 59 NFL’s Cardinals 60 Alliterative accompanist 63 Anatomical pouch 64 Being 65 Act the blowhard 66 Civil War nickname 67 Indoor parking lot features 68 Nordstrom rival
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1 Censorshipfighting org. By Paul Coulter ©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/14/22
2 Love handles, essentially 3 Broccoli __ 4 Aroma 5 Personal user pic 6 Seats with kneelers 7 “__ questions?” 8 Regret 9 Brusque 10 Music for a movie 11 Trusted adviser 12 Excursion 14 Group co-founded by
Bill W.’s wife 17 Merlot or Syrah 21 Acapulco article 23 Big celebration 24 Anger 25 Novelist Cather 26 Negro Leagues legend Buck __ 27 Presidential workplace 28 Patriotic org. since 1890 29 Dead, as an engine 31 Church donation 32 Contemptuous look 35 “Par avion” letters 38 Just slightly 40 “The Crying
Game” actor
Stephen 43 “Enough!” in a text 44 Happy as a lark? 46 Hanoi holiday 48 $100 bills, in slang 50 Narrow to a point
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 52 Astronaut’s 1 Salon tool insignia 5 Bay of Naples 53 Speedy steed isle 54 Barbershop 10 Underworld boss sound 15 Actor Sharif 55 Apprehends 16 Setting for some 56 Actress Sedgwickvan Gogh works 57 Plumbing problem17 Salad fruit 18 Stringed instrument played 58 Units of work 61 “Be there __ sec!” by Jerry Garcia 62 Bank in the intro to convenience, for
CSNY’s “Teach short Your Children” 21 Says, “We’re ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: through!” 22 Aspire laptop maker 23 Jar top 24 Silky to the touch 26 Flip chart holders 29 Have high aspirations, despite being warned not to 33 Environmental prefix 34 __ kwon do 35 Say over and over 38 Model Campbell 41 Stumble 43 Protection 44 Home of the 02/08/22
NBA’s Magic 46 Nintendo’s
Super __ 48 CPR specialist 49 “Based on what they tell me ... ” 53 Water depth unit 55 Newspaper space measurement 56 Laudatory verse 57 Cries of discovery 59 Regal domains 63 Land movement spanning millennia ... or what each set of circles suggests 67 Like a loud crowd 68 In unison 69 Hebrides hillside 70 Author Carroll 71 Warning opening 72 Rural agreement
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1 Deal with it 2 Gathering clouds, maybe By Jeff Stillman ©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 02/08/22
3 Anti-DUI acronym 4 Like trumpet music 5 Remove, as a demon 6 Class with easels 7 Synthetic sofa portmanteau 8 Bounce back again 9 Archipelago part 10 Trifling amount 11 Boxing legend 12 Book names are on them 13 Benefit 14 Comic-Con attendees 19 Fancy airport ride 20 Say hi to 25 Soapbox speaker 27 Between ports 28 “You bet!” 29 UConn women’s basketball coach __ Auriemma 30 Plug-in vehicle, briefly 31 “You missed your chance” 32 Supply, as
Muzak 36 It’s up at the end of the test 37 Sunrise dirección 39 Sitcom set in
Korea 40 Scoop 42 Be emphatic about 45 Private Ryan portrayer Matt 47 Hester Prynne’s letter color 50 “The Tempest” king 51 Like much brandy 52 Close at hand 53 Kind of point 54 Be gaga over 58 Noggin 60 Old Pisa dough 61 Advanced lit. degrees 62 Academic acronym 64 __ chi 65 E-file agcy. 66 2022, por ejemplo
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