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The Two-Headed Tailgaters are just some of the hordes of people, including alumni, grad students and football fans who arrive early to the Swamp to tailgate. The tradition has passed on to their chil dren as well, who grew up tailgating together. Courtney Bristow, Lisa’s 29-year-old daugh ter, has been following the Gators since she was in diapers. “I haven’t missed a home game in 29 years,” Courtney said. “This is football fam ily.” On game days, campus flls with “tailga tors”: fans who camp out before football games, usually with barbecues and drinks.
REVELxp, formerly known as The Tailgate Guys, sets up tents, caters food and provides TVs for fans who buy their tailgate experience service.For Saturday’s game, REVELxp sold 48 tailgate packages at Gator Walk — where the football teams get off their buses before enter ing Ben Hill Griffn Stadium — and 32 on the lawn.Teddy Salb, sales manager, said it was one of the most popular games so far, second only to the Louisiana State game Oct. 16. Alternatively, many tailgaters set up their
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The Florida Gators (1-0) held off the No. 7 Utah Utes (0-1) 29-26 in the frst game of the season Saturday. The team was backed by 90,799 fans in Ben Hill Griffn Stadium — the most ever for a UF season opener, 10th most in program history and 2,251 more than the listed capacity. Sophomore quarterback Anthony Richardson, in his frst career home start, dazzled with 168 passing yards and another 106 on the ground and three touch downs.The Gators’ start was near perfect. UF moved the ball with precision down the feld before Louisiana transfer Montrell Johnson fumbled. The Utes returned the loose ball deep into Florida territory and capitalized on the mistake with an early touchdown. After both sides traded punts, Richardson impressed with his athletic ability. He avoided Utah defenders and evaded a pair of sacks throughout the drive. The Gators continued gaining ground on the Utes — including a perfect strike from Richardson to Arizona State transfer receiver Ricky Pearsall. But they faced a fourth-and-2 in the red zone. Napier showed off his ag gressive approach, keeping the offense on the return to the swampFlorida upsets No. 7 Utah in front of record crowd
By Topher Adams Sports Writer Utah quarterback Cameron Rising drove the ball 69 yards down the feld as the Utes sat six yards from the Florida end zone. With 17 seconds on the clock, Florida stared at an impossible stop to keep its upset dream alive. Its defense needed a massive play. Super senior linebacker Amari Burney de livered.AsRising scanned the end zone for a lane, he fred a pass over the middle, only for Bur ney to jump the route and intercept the pass. The St. Petersburg native sealed an enormous victory for the Gators and frst-year head coach Billy Napier. “We were yelling at each other saying ‘somebody has to make a play right now’,” Burney said. “I played receiver so it was very easy to catch the ball.”
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Dotted with white tents, the Reitz Union North Lawn was prepared for the beginning of another highly anticipated Gators football sea son. Most were empty shells of the tailgates that would fll them later. Except for one. On the corner of the lawn near McCarty Hall A, the smell of burgers on the grill com plemented the lively chatter of one particular Gator family gathering: They call themselves the Two-Headed Gator Tailgate, in honor of two friends who stuffed themselves into one Gator shirt during a 1980s game. “It’s great, to be, a two-head-ed ga-tor,” chanted Margie Nelson, 63, recalling the group’s conception. “We won,” she added. “Obviously.” Nelson and two friends, Cam Baker and Lisa Bristow, have tailgated at every UF home game since they were students from 1979 to 1981. Although their tailgate spot has changed over the years — once at Broward, once at Keys and once on the main Reitz Union lawn — the tailgate has settled in its corner of cam pus for 21 years.
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Steve Brosius, a 49-year-old Class of 1999 business UF alum, is a Gainesville native who began tail gating at 6 a.m. He has occupied his tailgate spot off Stadium Road since 2003. His family has also attended UF for generations, he said. Brosius’ tent was flled with friends he said he’s known for de cades, some having met 10 years ago and others 30. “It really is about getting back together with good friends,” Bro siusZacksaid.
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swer is beer. You can quote that.” For Kara Eversole, a 29-year-old UF neuropsychology intern, and Amanda Wisinger, a 28-year-old UF doctorate student, Saturday’s sea son-opener was their frst tailgate at UF. Eversole, who’s from Chicago, and Wisinger, from Ohio, moved to Gainesville less than a month ago. They tailgated with members of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Plaza of the“IAmericas.feellike
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Lewis, a 39-year-old UF alum, tailgates every home game. His children, a 2-year-old and a 9-month-old, were born as Gators fans, he said. Lewis said former coach Steve Spurrier announced the gender of Lewis’ child through Cameo, a paid app where celebri ties send messages to fans. Lewis wears a 1996 national championship ring to every game, which he bought for $5 on Etsy, because he said it’s good luck. It also causes people to confuse him for a former Gators football player, he added.When asked why he continues to tailgate, he said: “The good an swer is tradition, but the honest an
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Zero-gravity chairs, a cryother apy chamber and a screen large enough for the football team to line up and strategize — all features of UF’s new high-tech football facil ity made exclusively for the Florida Gators.Many hope UF’s investment of $85 million into Gators football pays off, as the team hasn’t won a na tional or conference championship in 14Asyears.Florida comes off the high from Saturday’s win, players can use its new football complex to continue training between games. The new
I haven't met older people in our program in a casual setting,” Eversole said. “And show ing our Gator spirit!” Directly across from Eversole’s group in the Plaza of the Americas, a series of structured tents pushed together formed more of a canopy than a traditional “Tailgate-Palooza,”tailgate.as the group calls itself, has been tailgating in the Plaza since 2003. Dack Vaught, 50, said he doesn’t attend the football game after the tailgate; instead, he watches the game from the TV set up in the tailgate tent. “I love it,” Vaught said. “ I love the atmosphere. It’s fun.” On the Reitz North Lawn, Paul Johnson, 39, tailgated under a tent with a banner that read, “Super Gators 20 Year Reunion.” Johnson was a member of the Super Gators, a group of Florida football fans who dressed up for games between 2001 and 2007. For the frst time in 20 years, the Super Gators — a group of about 50 at their peak — reunited for the Utah game. They have kept in touch through a Facebook thread started in 2008.“Ihaven’t seen most of these people in a decade, and it’s cool,” said Brian Barnes, a 39-year-old former Super Gator. “It's weird making small chat with people that you, at one point, knew ex ceptionally well.” agary@alligator.org@AlissaGary1
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By Heather Bushman Alligator Staff Writer With voter fraud claims from top state offcials and the bottom of Facebook comment sections, postprimary questions linger in the after math of the Aug. 23 election despite the confrmation of all race results. Allegations of felon voter fraud, a lack of Republican ballots at select precincts and late-night result deliv eries have cast doubt over Alachua County’s primary election process for some residents. A portion of vot ers point to what they feel is incom petence, leading to demands that Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton take accountability. Others call the delay a conspiracy to silence con servative voters in a majority Demo craticAlachuacounty.County voting precincts four and 20 — the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center and the High Springs Civic Center — experienced a temporary shortage in Republican ballots around 6 p.m., U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Gaines ville, and Florida Sen. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, posted on Facebook. Some voting in Republican pri mary races had to wait around an hour at these precincts until more ballots arrived or abstain from vot ing in partisan races, voters alleged on social media. The county printed enough bal lots to accommodate 35% of regis tered voters, Supervisor of Elections Offce spokesperson Aaron Klein said, and the primary turnout was around 30%. But some residents think the county didn’t provide ad equate ballots for Alachua County’s Republican population. Klein attributed the shortage to a miscommunication between the Supervisor of Elections Offce and the precincts. Despite the fact that the Supervisor of Elections Offce printed enough ballots, the precincts that temporarily went without Re publican ballots didn’t request a re plenished supply in enough time to
Jim Copeland, a 68-year-old 1976 undergraduate UF alum, grilled his famous Gator Tail Sub Sandwich — a meat-and-cheese sub inspired by former local sand wich shop Joe’s Deli. He and his brother, John Cope land, were situated under a tent in front of Williamson Hall facing the stadium. They had been there since 6 a.m.“Sometimes it's the only time you get to see everyone during the years because we all have our own families and our own obligations,” Jim Copeland said.
James W. “Bill” Heavener Football Training Center is part of an effort to match the dominance of Southeast ern Conference rivals Alabama and Georgia, both on the feld and, more importantly, on the recruiting trail. The center opened Aug. 14, but its construction started in June 2020. In the planning stages, UF repre sentatives visited athletic facilities around the country for inspiration, including Alabama and Louisiana State, said Florida Gators spokesper son Chip Howard. LSU built its stand-alone football facility in 2006 and underwent a $28 million renovation in 2019. Ala bama’s athletic facility and BryantDenny Stadium have both seen sig nifcant renovations and upgrades over the last decade as well, with a $16 million overhaul in 2020 as part of a 10-year, $600 million athletic renovation plan on campus. “I think what we set out to do was to identify what our needs were at the University of Florida and then traveled to other facilities to see what concepts they had that maybe we had not thought of, ideas that we would utilize,” Howard said. The Heavener Center is open only to student athletes. There are more than 500 UF student athletes as of Spring 2022, according to the UF Intercollegiate Athletics Commit tee.However, there were 61,112 stu dents enrolled in Fall 2021, accord ing to the UF Institutional Planning and Research offce. Some students have voiced their concerns about UF prioritizing a small margin of the student body with the opening of the training facility. The new football complex also features amenities such as a dining
“We do see an increase in tonnages during move-outs and move-in,” Klugh said. “But it’s really the volume increase that kind of messes with our operation.”
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Alachua County waste collection and alterna tives assistant manager. Although couches don’t weigh much, they take up a lot of space. When you’re trans porting around 900 tons of garbage out of the county per day, space matters, Klugh said. This can result in an increased number of trips waste management has to make to the landfll.
With four months to go, the fn ish line was in sight for Jasmine Ver Bust’s junior year at Gainesville High School. To her dismay, two of her teachers unexpectedly left. “I personally feel like my educa tion was sort of robbed for a few months,” Ver Bust said. Now a 17-year-old senior, Ver Bust said the loss of two core teach ers impacted student success in the Cambridge Program, a pre-universi ty curriculum designed for academ ic acceleration. Her math teacher transferred to Florida Virtual School for health reasons, and her English teacher moved to New York to work on documentaries, she said. Around 48 K-12 teacher open ings were listed on the Alachua County Public Schools website as of Sunday. As school administrations and state politicians look toward short-term solutions, those in the education system are left to grapple with low salaries among the longlasting effects of the COVID-19 pan demic.ACPS isn’t alone in its pursuit of hiring more staff — there were around 14,000 vacancies in school districts across Florida leading into the new school year, according to the Florida Education Association. Nationally, staff shortages aren’t limited to classroom teachers, ac cording to the Florida Education Association. Bus drivers, guidance counselors and other support staff are also affected. Jackie Johnson, the spokesperson for Alachua Coun ty Public School, said regardless of vacancies, the county has a strict guideline for classroom sizes. “Sometimes you have fewer stu dents in a particular school than you expected,” Johnson said. “Some times you have more students at a certain school than you expected, and you have to make adjustments accordingly.” Crystal Tessmann, Alachua County Education Association’s ser vice unit director, said one solution is hiring long-term substitutes step ping into teaching positions. However, she said the qualif cations to be hired as a substitute are different from those needed to be a teacher. In Florida, long-term substitute teachers require a high school diploma, or an equivalent level of education. The substitute teachers are given classroom and policy training, which the school district provides.
The absence of teachers has led schools to combine classrooms, which Tessmann said disrupts the learning of the children without the same level of one-on-one in struction. In a long-term situation the schools make modifcations to have enough desks for all students; however, Tessmann said short-term class combining may leave some students without a desk. Johnson said from the start of school until Labor Day is typically when most classrooms are adjusted based on staff numbers. “During the frst two weeks of school, our district staff are meeting every single day to go over the num bers in every single school [and] every classroom to see what kind of adjustments need to be made,” Johnson said. Staff shortage effects in pub lic schools may infuence overall school grade examinations. At the end of each academic year, public schools in the county are given a letter grade determined by factors including standardized assessment,
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The temporary teaching certif cate also requires at least 60 col lege credits, a 2.5 GPA, a passing score in a state exam and a back ground check. The bill went into effect July 1. The bill hasn’t been effective long enough to determine its im pact, Tessmann said. “Our position defnitely is that we infnitely appreciate veterans,” Tessmann said. “But that bill just further devalues the education that teachers have received. There is no overlap at all in being a mili tary veteran and qualifying to be an educator.” Michaela Allbritton, a UF special education and elementary educa tion graduate student, said staff vacancies in public schools was an impending issue even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Currently, there’s no citywide furniture re cycling program for old furniture, and none of the waste collected is allowed to be used for waste energy, he said.
“There’s a lot of bulky items such as fur niture that are currently discarded,” he said. “And if there was a way to reuse those and offset the purchase of new furniture and the making of new furniture, that is a signifcant savings and beneft to the environment.” The report makes several recommenda tions to reduce waste’s greenhouse gas emis sions and energy use footprints. It suggests banning junk-mail, mandating food dona tions, mandating corrugated paper take-backs and instituting a building deconstruction mandate to recycle 70% of deconstructed buildings. In the late summer months, the city of Gainesville sees about a 10% to 15% increase in thrown-out couches, said Jeffery Klugh,
This June, however, the City Commission passed a new solid-waste ordinance requiring multi-family residential properties to submit a “Reuse Plan,” notifying residents of donation collection sites one month ahead of the moveout date. The plan aims to divert household goods, furniture and cardboard electronics from landflls.
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for lowest-paying teaching salaries, according to the Florida Education Association. A long-term lack of support and fexibility in what can be taught, as well as overcrowded classrooms have contributed to staffng shortages, Allbritton said. “Especially with infation hap pening, it’s defnitely harder for teachers to have a liveable income,” Allbritton said. “A lot is expected on their plate with test scores. It’s un derstaffed and underpaid, so more teachers are leaving.” Allbritton added the job has got ten harder since the impact of CO VID-19, as students get accustomed to being in-person again. As a member of UF’s fve-year ProTeach program, which is dedi cated to preparing students to be come teachers, Allbritton is working alongside frst grade teacher Jalea Turner at the K-12 developmental research school, P.K. Yonge. Despite the drawbacks, Allbrit ton said she’s willing to go into the teaching profession and make posi tive change. “I do love teaching, and I do love kids,” Allbritton said. “I think it’s one of the frst jobs I’ve had that doesn’t necessarily feel like a job. My motivation is loving kids and wanting to make an infuence in their lives. I can’t see myself neces sarily doing anything else.”
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Ver Bust experienced this frst hand as her school struggled to fll vacancies.“MyEnglish teacher was a long-term sub, and she was there for about four months and never learned our names,” Ver Bust said. “We were pretty much teaching ourselves in both classes while they were trying to fnd replacements.”
The ordinance will become effective in 2023 for residential buildings with more than 200 units and 2025 for properties with more than 50 units. This is exactly the kind of service Daryn Pearlstein, 23-year-old UF psychology gradu ate, wants from the city. The lack of an orga nized bulk pickup service during the summer months worries Pearlstein for the sake of stu dents and maintenance people who have to deal with it all.
A 24-year-old college graduate replaced Ver Bust’s math teacher leading up to Cambridge exams. Having recent college graduates ful fll teaching positions is a new pat tern, Ver Bust said. “It’s not looking too good,” Ver Bust said. “There are so many people who have built it from the ground up and know how these tests work.”
Every summer, students moving out cram their cars with valuables, forcing them to play Tetris with their desks, chairs and mattresses. Whatever doesn’t ft has to stay. Sometimes, the furniture stands patiently by a dumpster, waiting to be picked up and transported to a landfll. Other times, the fur niture sits comfortably in an air-conditioned thrift store, safe from wood-rot and curious critters.Many movers aren’t aware of the environ mental impact their choice to throw out furni ture has, with bulk items packing landflls. In a city with a frequent base of students mov ing in and out of furnished and unfurnished apartments, strategies like furniture recycling and thrifting have become popular Gainesville options.Alyssa Soejima, a 21-year-old UF educa tion sciences senior, was in Gainesville during quarantine when she passed by a turquoise glass cabinet by the Beaty Towers dumpster. It was just one of the hundreds of pieces of furniture thrown out by students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Oh my god, that’s so cute,” she said to her roommate. “Let’s steal it.” This wasn’t the frst or the last time the dumpsters overfowed with discarded furni ture. In 2019, furniture made up an estimated 2% of waste, by weight, sent to the landfll, according to a projection by a 2020-2021 Ala chua County Waste Composition Study. The study also estimates that for every ton of new furniture purchased that year, Alachua land flled one-third of the weight in old discarded furniture, said Dr. Timothy G. Townsend, the study’s principal investigator.
For Pearlstein and her boyfriend, a 23-yearold UF history student Alessandro Cepero, the rising popularity of second-hand furniture can be attributed to its unique aesthetics, fnances and its environmental impact. Although furniture from big retail stores like IKEA might be appealing to Cepero, midcentury pieces have brought scratches, stories and scuffs from a different time into his home. “You also don’t get the quality,” Cepero said. “When you’re talking about mid-centu ry, a lot of things are handcrafted. A lot of things are made with these expensive, heavier materials.”Onanindividual level, reusing furniture is a popular option to reduce negative environ mental impact. Second-hand stores like Reuse Planet and the Habitat for Humanity ReStore thrive around the city. These stores divert hundreds of thousands of pounds of waste from landflls and nature corridors and pro vide cheaper alternatives to students, as well as low-income families. Read the rest online at alligator.org. ffgueroa@alligator.org@fernfgue
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“I’m a law-abiding citizen, did everything I’m supposed to do; I show up to vote, and I can’t because they don’t have a ballot for me?” Bickmeyer said. “I’d be pretty ticked off.” Claims of wrongdoing toward the Supervi sor of Elections Offce also reached the state level. In an Aug. 30 press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis alleged convicted felons at the Alachua County Jail voted illegally after the Supervisor of Elections Offce registered them to do so.
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prevent a brief shortage. Though polls closed at 7 p.m., Klein said voters who were in line before closing were still able to vote and were not turned away. David McBrady, a 51-year-old delivery worker and Gainesville resident, said the shortage refects a broader bias against local Republican voters. Of the almost 180,000 registered voters in Alachua County, more than 85,000 are Demo crats, while only around 48,000 are Republi cans, according to data from the Florida Di vision of Elections. He believes the county’s Democratic majority printed fewer ballots than they should have in an attempt to stife the Republican vote, McBrady said. “I think it’s super shady how they acciden tally ran out of ballots,” he said. “If you re ally want to disenfranchise or suppress voters, that’s the way to do it.” McBrady said the ballot shortage refects a voting process fraught with fraud and uncer tainty — a sentiment amplifed amid national skepticism toward the validity of elections. “Right now it’s just bastardized,” McBrady said. “You just keep waiting to collect ballots that come in from forever.” McBrady voted without issue, he said. Kristy Bickmeyer, a 44-year-old Gainesville resident, said she heard reports of voters wait ing past 8 p.m. to vote at the precincts that temporarily went without ballots. The inci dent demonstrated a lack of preparedness, sheWithsaid. voter registration information read ily available, Bickmeyer said the Supervisor of Elections Offce should have adequately planned for the expected number of voters. “It just seemed like a gross oversight,” she said.Bickmeyer voted without issue, but she said it was unfair to make others who fol lowed procedure correctly wait to vote.
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The facility is still a football-centric proj ect and is expected to be an asset to the pro gram. The building is directly connected to the Gators’ indoor practice facility, creating one connected building between the practice space and the other areas. The convenience will be a “game changer” for football student athletes, Howard said. Among the football-specifc amenities is a brand new locker room. Each of the 135 lock ers cost $15,000, Howard said. There are also multiple recovery pools, a room equipped for athletic trainers to work with players and a cryotherapy chamber.
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The UAA also received signifcant contri butions from mega donors including James Heavener, for whom the facility is named, and Conlan Company CEO Gary Condron, alongside seven other individual contributions ranging between $1 million and $5 million from other Heavenerboosters.isan acting member on UF’s Board of Trustees. He is a member of the War rington Business Advisory Council, the UF Foundation Board of Directors, the UF Alumni Association and is a past-president and Legacy Director of the Gators Boosters Inc. He is the namesake for the Heavener College of Busi ness, the Heavener Football Complex at Ben Hill Griffn Stadium and now the new football training facility.
The development was primarily funded through booster contributions and revenue generated by the University Athletic Associa tion. Those UAA revenues are used to fund UAA projects like the Heavener Center. Gator Boosters Inc. — the booster orga nization that raises a majority of the contri butions to the UAA — averaged around $39 million in football and facility upgrades con tributions between 2016 and 2019 for projects such as the new center.
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Novelist Ray Bradbury’s words will ring throughout the Hippodrome over the next two weeks as the play house puts on the frst co-production of its 50th season: “Fahrenheit 451.” Featuring a nine-person cast, the show opened Sept. 2 and will run until Sept. 18. A book club, panel discussion and afterparty will ac company the play, alongside an art exhibit located inside the theater. Set in a future dystopia, “Fahren heit 451” takes place in a world so strict and technologically advanced, fremen are ordered to burn book collections. Since its publication in 1953, the novel has faced numer ous attempts at redaction and ban ning due to its alleged vulgarity and themes of state-sponsored censor ship.Thirteen pieces created by local artist and arts supply store owner Celino Dimitroff, 63, line the inside of the Hippodrome’s art gallery. A mix of sculptures and paintings, Dimitroff’s crafts were the product of three weeks of work. Five of the sculptures in the art exhibit contain an element from the book, including its front and back cover and inside pages. Each one of the pieces sets the tone for the play, which director Ralf Remshardt said couldn’t come at a better time. “Both in Florida and this country, there are a number of parent organi zations and school boards that have banned anything from Toni Morri son to ‘Fahrenheit 451’ itself,” Rem shardt said.
Red-tinted bulbs illuminate The Hippodrome Theatre, igniting a buzz of excitement on preview night. An open-book sculpture sits atop a white podium in the building’s art “Oh, the words were there, all right, but they ran over my eyes like hot oil, signifying nothing,” a burnt, yellowing page reads. “Offering no help, no solace, no peace, no harbor, no true love, no bed, no light.”
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In April, the American Library Association reported 729 challenges to library, school and university materials nationwide in 2021 — the highest number in at least 20 years. “We’re graced by living in Ameri ca — you know we have freedoms,” Dimitroff said. “But do we really?” Hippodrome artistic director Stephanie Lynge said she chose “Fahrenheit 451” as one of the the atre’s productions around a year ago. She said Ray Bradbury wrote the book during the second Red Scare when a fear of communism returned to the U.S. after World War II. Lynge believes the book’s mean ing was just as important back then as it is today; it represents everything about the Hippodrome’s 50th season theme: “Beyond Limits.” “The point of theater is to tell sto ries,” Lynge said. “It is how we con nect as a community, as a culture...” Read the rest online at lbrensel@alligator.org@LaurenBrenselalligator.org.
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By Isabella Marzban Alligator Staff Writer In Acrosstown Repertory The atre’s fnal performance of “Ham let,” the titular character asks a dire question: “To be or not to be?” As the company is priced out of their current building, the ART’s staff and actors face the same question.Located at 619 S. Main St., the ART began holding performances at the Baird Center — an enclave tucked in the space behind Heart wood Soundstage — in 1985, which is where it has remained for decades. After 37 years in its current location, the theater is temporarily shutting down and leaving behind a legacy of talentedAccordingperformances.totheir website, the ART was committed to producing “theatre that transforms.” Rang ing from Shakespeare renditions to off-kilter comedies, shows were de signed to refect the theater’s smaller space — creating a closer connection between audience members and per formers.ForNicholas de Mojana di Colo gna, the ART was “a place where magic happened.” De Mojana di Cologna, 29, was a frequent patron of the theater for three years — and he valued the his toric role it played in the Gainesville community.“Theactors were passionate, and it always seemed like the stories and their message were respected and at the center of the stage,” de Mojana di Cologna said. This isn’t the frst time the the ater, which was founded in 1980, has faced relocation. Prior to the Baird Center, the ART hosted community theater shows at the Star Garage in downtown Gainesville until the city sold the building in 1985, bringing the theater to its most recent loca tion. Now, the theater is once again in need of a new home. For more than four decades, the ART has provided members of the Gainesville community with the opportunity to partake in theater, whether they’re beginners or veteran actors.Ted Lewis, 64, is one of these longtime volunteers. Lewis, the the ater arts teacher at Buchholz High School for 22 years, has directed shows with the ART on and off for 25 years.Histheater journey began when he was 12 years old after his mother volunteered him as an actor for her friend, who worked at the Daytona Beach Community Playhouse. Lewis then became an active member of his school’s theater program and started the frst drama club at Main land High School in Daytona. After stepping away from theater for a few years in college, Lewis re turned to Gainesville, where he’s been an active member of the city’s theater community since his early 30s. Alongside directing shows, Lewis occasionally invited some of his the ater students from Buchholz High School to perform in shows at the ART, including “Forbidden Broad way” and “The Who’s Tommy.” For “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” one of Lewis’ favorite per formances, the set was designed and built by his technical theater students.“That was a lot of fun,” he said. “It gave the kids a chance to work in a different environment with a differ ent type of stage than what we had normally.”Afterdecades of memorable per formances, Lewis said, the ART is unable to afford their current loca tion, which has led to the temporary closure. Finding a space for the the ater to relocate to for a reasonable price is near impossible, he said. Despite these challenges, Lewis said, he has seen frst-hand the im pact the theater has had on the com munity.“Ithink it has been very much a part of the growing history of theater here in Gainesville,” he said. “I’ve always felt that it was a really impor tant theater — it really has made me sad to fgure out that they were go ing to have to fnally close.” Still, many people are interested in efforts to keep the theater alive, Lewis said. The board will host a fnal public meeting at the Acrosstown Reper tory Theatre at 7 p.m. Sept. 8. Com munity members are encouraged to attend and join the discussion about saving the theater, with conversa tions of relocation and new leader ship at the forefront. In a message posted to the the ater’s website Sept. 2, Carolyne Salt, the ART president since 2015, urged patrons to attend and lend a helping hand. “We have always provided the atre for the community by the com munity,” Salt, 54, wrote. “And it’s time now for that community to rise up. It’s time to give the ART a new home, new leadership, a more cohe sive family and a future.”
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THE RISING STAR SHINED SATURDAY AGAINST UTAH, BUT LONG TERM QUESTION MARKS REMAIN FOR UF It was always Anthony Rich ardson.Maybe you knew from the start.You watched him play at Eastside High School and vowed he’d be special the mo ment he penned his signature on his letter of intent. Maybe it was af ter his dazzling performance against South Florida last season. The promise he showed with both his arms and legs was enough to convince you, regardless of competition level or his experience. However they got there, every Florida Gators fan in the record crowd of 90,799 Saturday had high expectations for Rich ardson in UF’s season opener against the No. 7 Utah Utes. To just say he delivered would al most be Richardsondisrespectful.had a career
Richardson found Pearsall once again for 16 yards to close out the third quarter. As the Gators entered a make-or-break fourth quarter, a choir of fans echoed Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” through the bowl of Ben Hill Grif fn TheStadium.game entered its fnal stanza with Flor ida on the move. On a short third down at the Utah 40-yard line, Johnson broke through traf fc and rumbled ahead for a 17-yard gain. Two plays later, he found a lane and cut the heart of Utah’s defense for a 14-yard score, his frst as aRichardsonGator. made magic on the ensu ing two-point conversion. He faked a jump pass, spun past an unblocked Utes defender, sprinted past another and lofted a perfect ball to Ja’Quavion Fraziars, who was wide open in the corner of the end zone. Down by three, Utah took over possession and attacked the Gators’ defense. A balanced attack and clutch plays from Rising culminated in an 11-play, 73-yard touchdown drive to re take the lead with 6:26 left in the game. “I remember telling the defensive players coming off the feld, ‘we’re gonna go score,’” NapierFloridasaid.faced a game-altering third down on its next drive. With the visiting Utes’ faithful raising their voices, Richardson found sopho more Xzavier Henderson on a quick swing, be fore the Miami native made a man miss to pick up the frst down. Etienne broke loose for a 15-yard rush up the gut, but nearly made an enormous fresh man mistake: He fumbled the ball in front of him. Etienne fortunately pounced on the foot ball, keeping the drive alive for another play. With 1:53 left in the game, Florida faced fourth-and-2. After battling all night against Utah, this was the play of the game. The of fense broke the huddle out of the time out and took the feld.
Richardson stood behind the center. The Gainesville native took the snap and looked for an open receiver. Utes defenders swarmed the pocket and Richardson was forced to make a play.He rolled to his right and found a lane of space, sprinting into the open feld and keep ing the Gators hopes of an upset alive and well.
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alligatorSports has a podcast! The alligatorSports Podcast releases episodes every Wednesday and can be streamed on Spotfy, Apple Podcasts or your other preferred streaming platorm. feld.Richardson received the snap and rolled to his right, fnding Johnson all alone in space. The Louisiana transfer made up for his earlier turnover, racing down the sideline before step ping out of bounds at the 2-yard line. Richard son capped off the 14-play, 63-yard drive him self with a short rushing touchdown to level the game at seven. Utah’s offense started moving the ball on the Gators’ defense, marching further into Florida territory on consecutive drives. First year defensive coordinator Patrick Toney’s de fense held frm in the red zone, though, hold ing the visitors to a pair of feld goals. Florida opened the following drive with back-to-back frst down passes from Richard son, quickly moving the offense down the feld. Two plays later, the Eastside High School alumnus looked for a man downfeld before taking matters into his own hands. He rolled left and saw a sea of green ahead of him, taking off for 45 yards and his second rushing score of the game. Florida clung to a 14-13 advantage with under two minutes left in the second quarter. “My wife can call plays with that guy at quarterback,” Napier said. “His legs are a dif ference maker and you saw it tonight.” Despite a few unsuccessful drives, Florida’s offense moved the ball to the tune of 248 yards in the frst half with Richardson accounting for 175 of them. The defense largely held Utah’s offense at bay, except for a few short feld situations, limiting the Utes to 134 yards of of fense.The visitors opened the second half on offense and they immediately asserted them selves on the ground. The Utes’ star halfback Tavion Thomas ripped off a 22-yard chunk, and Utah eventually progressed inside the Florida 30-yard line. On a crucial third down, Rising fnally let the ball fy, fnding a wide-open receiver for a 16-yard gain. Thomas got the Utes to the 1-yard line, but the Florida line dug its heels in. The Gators pushed Thomas back for a 2-yard loss before stonewalling Rising at the 1-yard line. Facing a massive fourth-and-goal within breathing distance of the Gators’ endzone, Florida’s front seven blew up the play, stop ping the Utes short once more and sending the Swamp into a frenzy. Florida began in the ensuing possession in the shadow of the south endzone. A 15-yard completion from Richardson to redshirt junior receiver Justin Shorter gave the Gators neces sary breathing room. Freshman running back Trevor Etienne found a hole in the defense two plays later, racing for 17 more yards. Florida crossed into Utah territory, but a costly false start penalty set up a third-and-10 at midfeld. Former Gators linebacker Moham oud Diabate forced Richardson to his right before the sophomore signal caller launched a pass into heavy traffc. Fortunately for the home side, the ball fell harmlessly to the turf and UF punted the ball away.Rising and the Utes struck quickly on their drive, hitting Brant Kuithe in stride down the seam for a 37-yard gain. Rising found space on the ground and cut through the defense for a 26-yard gain before running back Micah Bernard found pay dirt. Utah attempted a twopoint conversion to push the lead to seven, but the ball hit the ground on an attempted reverse, keeping the lead at fve.
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The redshirt sophomore totaled 274 yards through the air and ground and recorded a career high of three rushing touchdowns. Every play was a highlight waiting to happen, which is quickly becoming Richardson’s M.O. For his performance, he was named Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Even when the young signal caller made mistakes, he produced positive results for the Gators. Saturday's game featured a prime example: On Florida’s two-point conversion attempt with 12:48
After a 10-yard burst from Johnson, Florida set up three yards away from pay dirt and po tentialTheglory.Gators lined up with an extra offensive lineman and a tight end. They were going to will their way into the endzone on the ground.
The Gators open SEC play in Ben Hill Grif fn Stadium at 7 p.m. Saturday against the Ken tucky Wildcats.
Richardson pulled the ball from the gut of Johnson and sprinted past the edge for the score, his third career high of the night and arguably the most signifcant of his collegiate career.Florida’s defense took the feld trying to se cure an early signature win for Napier’s pro gram. The Utes marched down the feld, set ting up just yards from Florida’s end zone and a lateTheescape.Utestried to undermine Richardson’s brilliance, but Burney made a play on the ball in the endzone and sealed the victory for the Gators.“He’s played like 1,600 snaps here, I call him old man,” Napier said. “We’re thankful for Amari … that’s a special moment for that locker room because they love Amari Burney.”
“I just told him to play,” Napier said. “Noth ing more complicated than that.”
Rae Riiska // Alligator Staf Florida sophomore quarterback Anthony Richardson during the Gators game against Utah Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. He led UF with 274 total yards and three rushing touchdowns.
Richardson doesn’t pretend he’s per fect and admits he has areas where he can improve.
“In past years, I always thought I had to be the superhero and make the big play all the time,” Richardson said. “I see that’s not really how the game works. I had a lot of mental errors today, so I know coach Napier will grill me about loafng half the time.”Itisn’t just Richardson’s responsibility to chase improvement. It’ll take total team effort to prepare for high-level SEC compe tition in the Gators’ very near future.
Florida’s offensive line held strong enough, but was bailed out many times Saturday thanks to Richardson’s ability to avoid pressure. UF’s front seven and sec ondary took turns carrying the load and making plays, but never looked like a co hesive unit. Had it not been for super se nior linebacker Amari Burney’s game-win ning interception, Utah could have easily left the Swamp victorious. The Gators got away with many mis takes, due to the fact they simply out classed Utah physically. UF may not have such good fortune against uber-athletic SECThispowerhouses.teamisfar from its peak, and the Utes are even further from the toughest challenge it will face. Regardless, it’ll be tough to make Gators fans finch if Rich ardson is taking the snaps.
Florida is back at home against the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats Saturday at 7 p.m.
