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Preparation met opportunity for Gators in Knoxville By Morgan McMullen Sports Writer

Florida tight end R.J. Raymond was a man deep in his thoughts. He strolled silently onto the ﬁeld at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, about half an hour before any other Gators — even the specialteamers — made their way out of the locker room to get some extra catches in before the game. It was a strange sight to behold. This is a

man who, despite having a couple of targets this season, had not recorded a catch in his ﬁve years at Florida. It was odd because this Gators offense does not look to its tight ends often. But there he was, a couple of hours before kickoff. Catch. Toss back. Catch. Toss back. Et cetera. “That’s just who he is as a person,” linebacker David Reese said. It was as if Raymond had it all planned out. You may remember seeing his diving

catch in the end zone, even if you can’t clearly see it in your memory bank among all the scoring in this game against Tennessee. The good fortune didn’t stop with Raymond. It all broke Florida’s way in its most lopsided victory over the Volunteers since 2007. Raymond’s preparation mirrored the steps the Gators took to ensure their most impressive win this season. Coach Dan Mullen, who blasted “Rocky Top” at his offense

all week leading up to the matchup, said he barely heard it all game. Unofﬁcial accounts stated “Rocky Top” played just about a dozen times on Saturday. “That was the goal,” Mullen said. “We played it enough, we played it a lot at practice this week.” Reese, one of the outspoken leaders on the Gators’ defense, made his debut after missing the team’s ﬁrst three games with an ankle injury. He said the time he spent

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Here’s why some students’ ﬁnancial aid disbursement is delayed THE OFFICE HAS OFFERED MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS INTERIM GRANTS. By McKenna Beery Alligator Staff Writer

Kailey Hart has had to be a little more frugal this semester. Although she works part-time at PetSmart and has some leftover funds from summer, without her Bright Futures scholarship, she doesn’t have enough to cover necessities like rent, food and gas. Hart, a 20-year-old UF zoology junior, hasn’t lost her scholarship, but she’s one of hundreds of students who have seen a de-

lay in their financial aid disbursement as UF works to switch over to a new system. “Basically, I’ve done everything right on my end and I still have to deal with complications, and that sucks,” she said. UF’s Office for Student Financial Affairs is converting hundreds of thousands of records and moving delivery of services into a new system called Compass, which stands for Campus-wide Modernization Program to Advance Student Services, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando wrote in an email. In the meantime, the office has provided about 370 students with interim grants, totaling more than $550,000 to help with their ex-

SEE FINANCIAL AID, PAGE 3

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Calie Michael, a 21-year-old UF marketing and telecommunication senior, plays games with 7-year-old Nevaea Saturday at the Downtown Latino Festival on Bo Diddley Community Plaza. “We just passed it on our way home and wanted to check it out,” Michael said. See the story on page 9.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS ARE THIS WEEK. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. Who are you voting for?

Where can you vote?

During Fall semesters, students will cast ballots to elect 50 of the

You have to cast your vote in person at any of the following loca-

100 Student Government senators. These seats are based on living

tions: Broward Recreation Room, Hough Hall Room 120, Health Science

areas including on-campus, oﬀ-campus and family housing. Those elected will serve a one-year term.

Commons, the computer lab on the second ﬂoor of the Marston Science Library, Murphree Conference Room, Norman Education Library, Reitz

When can you vote? The times to vote are between 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

Did Lauren Evans break the selﬁe record?

After UF soccer’s win, the cancer survivor attempted to take the most selﬁes in three minutes. Was she successful? Find out on pg. 15.

Center C2-41C, Jennings Hall Library, Levin College of Law BGH Student

How can you vote?

Students must have a photo ID to vote and know their UF ID number or have their Gator 1 Card when going to one of the above polling locations during the voting times.

Union SG Print Lab, Springs Area Oﬃce Room C202 and Southwest Recreation Social Lounge. (See map on page 3)

The Alligator endorsement goes to...

After meeting with Impact and Inspire Party, read who our editorial board chose to support this election, pg. 6

Not Dumbos

Need elephant photos for your Monday?, pg. 8

SEE SG, PAGE 3

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Local Events / News in Brief WHAT’S HAPPENING? Student Government Elections Vote for your Student Government senator from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Polling locations include Broward Recreation Room, Hough Hall Room 120, Health Science Center C2-41C, Jennings Hall Library, Levin College of Law BGH Student Commons, the computer labs on the second floor of the Marston Science Library, Murphree Conference Room, Norman Education Library, Reitz SG Print Lab, Springs Area Office Room C202 and Southwest Recreation Social Lounge. Questions? Visit sg.ufl.edu/elections, or email Supervisor of Elections, Henry Fair, at elections@sg.ufl.edu. Gay Movie Night September’s Gay Movie Night is being held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Pride Community Center at 3131 NW 13th Street. This month’s movie is “The Skinny,” which is a comedy about four young black gay men and their lesbian best friend. They arrange to meet up in New York City one year after their graduation from Brown University. Their plans for a weekend of fun start off

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Learn the parties’ histories SG, from pg. 1 On Tuesday, UF students can begin to vote for one of the two Student Government political parties running for 50 Senate seats. Impact Party and Inspire Party are the only two on the ticket — and it’s not the first time they’ve gone head-to-head. Read below for background on both of the parties inceptions and their history since they’ve been active. Impact Party August 2015 - Impact Party, which currently holds the executive office, was formed in August 2015 by former Access Sen. Chris Boyett, former Access Sen. Saneh Ste. Claire, former Swamp Party budget and appropriations chairwoman Susan Webster and former Swamp Party Director of External Affairs Blake Murphy. Boyett said the party was created to overcome Senate gridlock. At the time, Access Party held the executive ticket while Senate was divided between Access and Swamp Party senators. Conflicts led to six of 13 agency head positions being left vacant for 105 days. September 2015 - That Fall, Swamp Party didn’t slate. The Senate’s president pro tempore, who was a party member, said some of its members wanted to

afﬁliated with the party in Spring and ran with Inspire Party. He accused Impact of tokenizing minorities as well.

founded the group in Fall 2017 because he said he was unsatisﬁed with how the Student Body was being represented.

October 2015 - In the Fall elections, Impact, a then-new party, won 34 out of 50 seats. It was the most contentious election in a few cycles, with the previous elections having Swamp Party win nearly all seats unchallenged.

February 2018 - Despite the departure of some party members, Impact Party won the executive ticket and 36 of 50 senate seats. The elected executive ticket are the ofﬁcials currently in place.

The party was founded on the pillars of accountability, transparency and inclusivity, Lima said. The party had former members from both Access Party and Impact Party.

February 2016 - In the Spring, Impact Party won the executive ticket and 39 out of 50 senate seats.

Inspire Party

September 2017 - In that Fall’s elections, Inspire Party won 20 out of 50 senate seats.

move to Impact Party.

September 2016 - One year after a contentious election, in Fall 2016, Impact Party won 49 out of 50 seats and was unchallenged by another major party. The seat they lost went to an independent candidate. Similarly, in Spring 2017 Impact won the executive ticket and all but two Senate seats.

August 2017 - Compared to Impact Party, Inspire Party is a younger group. Benjamin Lima, who was the party president,

February 2018 - Come elections, Inspire Party lost the executive ticket but won 14 of the 50 seats up for election. At the time, Lima said it wasn’t possible to tell if Challenge Party, a party that had formed that Spring, split the vote.

September 2017 - After an unchallenged cycle, in Fall 2017 Impact Party faced up against Inspire Party and won 30 out of 50 Senate seats. January 2018 - The party lost some members of its leadership in the Spring, when Senate President Pro Tempore Janae Moodie accused the party of tokenizing minorities and left to run for president under her own party, Challenge Party. January 2018 - The elected treasurer, Revel Lubin, also dis-

Alligator Staff

Voting locations for the Fall SG elections, which are Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 pm.

A new system is being used FINANCIAL AID, from pg. 1 penses while they wait for their full ﬁnancial aid to disburse. “The staff is working as fast as they can to get students their disbursements,” Orlando said. This time last year, only about 32 students were given interim grants, totaling $50,000,

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February 2018 - That Spring, Inspire Party also lost a party member when Sen. Branden Pear-

son disafﬁliated. Pearson said the party prioritized its brand before students and tokenized minorities. In a Letter to the Editor responding to the accusation, Inspire Party leadership denied the accusations and said the Pearson issue was about the individual.

he said. The grants act as an advance on a student’s ﬁnancial aid. When students receive their actual ﬁnancial aid disbursement, UF will subtract the interim grant from the total. Not all of the delays were caused by the switch to the new system. Some of them were the result of federal aid money arriving late, he said.

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The old system, ISIS, the Integrated Student Information System, dates back to the 1990s and ran on the UF Mainframe, which is more than 40 years old. UF Mainframe runs on old technology that limits UF’s ability to respond to innovative academic offerings and enhance the student experience, Orlando said. The new system costs $23 million. The ofﬁce is focused on responding to the needs of students and the campus community with emphasis on delivering aid to stu-

dents as quickly as possible, Orlando said. The staff has been challenged because it is taking time to get used to the new setup, Orlando said. In addition, the staff has to work in two systems at the same time until the implementation is completed, which will be in December. “We have worked hard to reduce the impact on students with the interim grants,” Orlando said. @mckennabeery mbeery@alligator.org

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Gainesville to celebrate National Voter Registration Day A CANDIDATE FORUM WILL BE HELD TUESDAY. By McKenna Beery Alligator Staff Writer

Students can earn free goodies for their civic activism Tuesday. In honor of National Voter Registration Day, several organizations are hosting events across town to encourage people to register to vote. Gators Vote Everywhere has partnered with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, Gators for Underrepresented Voters and the Alachua County Supervisor of

Elections to host a campus-wide effort to register students to vote, said Jenna Tingum, a UF statistics junior and team leader for Gators Vote Everywhere. From 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., organizations will table across campus in places including Pugh Hall, Marston Science Library and Lawrence W. Tyree Library at Santa Fe College. Students can register to vote, request absentee ballots and update registration forms, she said. There will be prizes to incentivize students to sign up for election reminders and pledge to vote. Prizes include an ENO hammock, tickets to the High Dive, tickets for two shows at the Hippodrome State Theatre, a Sweet Dreams gift certificate and

a Satchel’s Pizza gift card, Tingum said. “We want students to understand the importance of their vote and their voice in our democracy,” the 20-year-old said. Michelle Stein, a 22-year-old UF political science senior, is already registered to vote in Alachua County, but she plans to attend the on campus event to encourage her friends to register too. “I’m very passionate about voting and believe it’s the easiest way for people to participate in the political process without being elected members of government,” she said. Santa Fe College Student Government is also hosting a candidate forum in the Fine Arts Hall Lobby from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,

‘Someone complimented you!’ texts not linked to human trafficking THE TEXTS ARE FROM AN APP CALLED IRL. By Gabrielle Seminara Alligator Contributing Writer

Nicole Bender was wary when she got a text saying someone complimented her. Bender, a 19-year-old UF biology sophomore, had seen rumors on Facebook that the texts were linked to human trafficking. “Someone complimented you! See more on IRL,” the text read, followed by links for iPhone and Android apps. While the texts might be annoying, they aren’t a front for human trafficking rings. The texts are sent out by IRL, an app that stands for “in real life,” an IRL spokesperson wrote in an email. The company confirmed the human trafficking rumors are false. The only way to receive a text is if someone with a person’s contact information sends them a compliment, added them as a friend or sent them an invitation through the app. Users can request to reveal the name of their nominator if they download the app. “IRL is designed to allow communications only between people who know each other,” the spokesperson said.

The purpose of the app is to encourage people to get together in real life because the company believes people are spending more time with their screens than with their friends and family, the spokesperson said. “We designed the app so that it takes away the anxiety and social pressure of inviting acquaintances and friends to hang out, and it boosts our users’ selfconfidence,” the spokesperson said. Sergeant Tim Peck, of the University Police’s Community Services Division, said the department hasn’t received any reports about the “compliment” texts. Peck discourages students from opening links from unknown senders, as they’ve been linked to phishing scams, which are used to collect personal data, he said. “Never follow a link if you don’t know the sender,” he said. “Similar text messages have posed serious problems for students in the past.” IRL has not received any reports of sex traffickers on the app targeting its users. The company believes people are spreading the rumors for the purpose of gaining popularity, the spokesperson said. Bender isn’t sure how the company got her number, but she didn’t click on the link just to be safe, she said “I’m a little concerned, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” she said.

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Going back to their roots The Chinese Student Association’s Traditional Music Club plays traditional Chinese instruments during the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala on Friday night in the Reitz Union. The gala also featured singing, dancing and games.

said 20-year-old Santa Fe Student Body President, Alejandro Puga. Candidates running for Alachua County Commission District 2, Florida State House District 21 and Florida State Senate District 8 will answer questions from voters. There are two candidates from each district confirmed to come to the forum, Puga said. “This forum will give the chance for students to hopefully take elections seriously and realize that whoever is elected into office will vote and push for policies that will affect us all,” he said. @mckennabeery mbeery@alligator.org

TUESDAY’S NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY EVENTS

Midterm Election Candidate Forum When: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where: Fine Arts Hall Lobby at Santa Fe College

National Voter Registration Day at UF & Santa Fe College When: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Where: Around UF’s campus at Pugh Hall, Marston Science Library, Library West, Broward Hall, Graham Area Commons, Murphree Area Commons. At Santa Fe College in the S Building Breezeway and Lawrence W. Tyree Library. Santa Fe College Civics Fair When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: R-01 at Santa Fe College Northwest Campus

‘Cream of the Crop’: UF professor named woman of the year in agriculture IT’S THE AWARD’S 34TH YEAR. By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

Ann Blount runs a 350-acre farm with cows and goats, along with her 25-yearold daughter and 91-year-old mother. Beyond the Blount farm, Blount was also named the 2018 Woman of the Year in Agriculture. This is the 34th year of the the award, and it will be presented to her at the 2019 Florida State Fair in Tampa in February. Blount, a UF professor of agronomy and plant breeding, said she was shocked to hear she won the award. She said she’d always done her work because she’s passionate about it. “A lot of people don’t know what agronomy is,” Blount, 64, said. “But, it’s probably the backbone of agriculture in the United States.” She grew up on a farm in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. There, she said, she developed a love for genetic diversity in crops such as tomatoes and papayas. Spending the majority of her life in agriculture influenced Blount to pursue an education in the field, where she pursued a master’s and doctorate degree at UF and would eventually live on a farm of her own, she said. “The island needed an agrono-

mist, so they suggested that’s what I studied,” Blount said. Ken Quesenberry, Blount’s mentor and a UF agronomy professor, said he’s been impressed with Blount since he first met her 30 years ago when she was pursuing her master’s degree. After she graduated from UF, Quesenberry said she continued to work in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences with him on research programs and assignments for 20 years. When Quesenberry found out Blount was nominated for the program, he was delighted to see she was selected for the honor. “She’s always been a great mentor for the grad students she’s involved in her program,” Quesenberry said. Glen Aiken, the UF IFAS North Florida Research and Education center director and Blount’s supervisor, said it wasn’t hard to write the letter that formally nominated Blount for the award because he only had positive things to say about her. “She’s passionate about her job. Her friends really appreciate her. She’s got a really good heart,” Aiken said. Even though Blount is the sole winner of the award, she said it’s important to realize agriculture is a team effort. “The best part of this job is I’ve made lifelong friends with the producers,” Blount said. “It’s great, the agricultural community.” @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

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UF testing individual tree covers to combat citrus greening THE COVERS COST $8.50 EACH BUT WERE DONATED TO UF. By Danielle Ivanov Alligator Contributing Writer

Citrus trees at UF are getting new outﬁts in the hopes of combatting citrus greening disease, which has dealt a $4 billion blow to Florida’s economy. Scott Thompson and Tommy Thayer from the Tree Defender Company developed individual protective covers made of ﬁnely woven polyvinyl mesh to prevent trees from acquiring citrus greening disease, which kills them. The covers cost $8.50 each but were donated to UF for testing, said Brad Buck, an Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences spokesperson. More than 95 percent of Florida’s citrus acreage is infected, Fernando Alferez, a citrus horticulturist at UF’s Southwest Florida Research and Exten-

sion Center, wrote in an email. “Greening is something new, devastating, with no cure in the horizon,” Alferez said. The disease is spread by psyllids, which are small bugs that feast on citrus leaves and stems, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. The covers are placed over tree branches and secured around tree trunks, which prevents the pests from infecting young trees, Alferez said. The mesh also protects trees from deer, birds, frost and wind, said Erin Mencer, the director of sales and marketing for Southern Citrus Nurseries and Tree Defender. Alferez hopes the covers will become an integral part of the industry. “We are confident that as we move forward with our research, citrus growers will find this mechanism to be cost-effective and efficient in growing healthy citrus trees,” Alferez said.

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Individual protective covers shield citrus trees growing at UF from citrus greening disease. The disease has reduced Florida’s economy by $4.54 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

St. Augustine Church broken into, sacred oil spilled on ﬂoor THE SUSPECT CAUSED $1,500 IN DAMAGE. By Amanda Rosa Alligator Staff Writer

Gainesville Police are looking for a person who broke into St. Augustine Catholic Church and damaged several religious items either

late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Although nothing appeared to be stolen from the church on West University Avenue, the damages cost at least $1,500, said GPD Sgt. David Schramek. Someone used a brick to smash a window on the side door of the church to get inside, Schramek said.

A student came into the church to pray around 8 a.m. Friday and found the sanctuary in shambles, said Father Wilson Colmenares. The student told the church’s pastor, Father David Ruchinski, who called police. The damage included a dented tabernacle, which is a box that carries communion hosts, a broken

processional crucifix, which is an elongated crucifix carried in at the beginning of mass, and broken sacred oil containers, Colmenares said. The oil was spilled on the floor in the front of the sanctuary. The tabernacle, which is too heavy to pick up, was knocked over onto the ground and dented,

Colmenares said. The processional cruciﬁx looked like someone banged it against something, Colmenares said. The cross was so badly bent, the Christ ﬁgure broke off from it. Detectives are still investigating, Schramek said. @AmandaNicRosa arosa@alligator.org

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Editorial

Endorsement: Inspire Party

There are telltale signs of the upcoming Student Government elections. Political parties prowl Turlington Plaza for undecided voters. Fliers are distributed. You may have even read about a certain SG sugar daddy or an increase in toilet paper quality. As the election for 50 Senate seats is upon us, The Alligator’s editorial board sat down with the leaders of both Inspire and Impact parties to discuss and ask questions on the parties’ merits and plans for SG’s nearly $21 million budget. Before we continue, it’s important to note that the litany of UF’s SG scandals present itself as a wannabe “House of Cards,” excluding the predatory nature of its lead cast member. Since its inception, we’ve seen several parties come up and fizzle out when matched up against Impact Party. Say a prayer for the parties we’ve lost: Access, Progress and Challenge. Independent parties have tried their best to go against the majority party, but they were poorly organized in comparison to Impact’s hold on the legislative and executive branches. It’s impressive that the party has survived even after its former student body president was arrested for drunkenly knocking down motorcycles in Key West and after party leaders have said they supported online voting but refuse to implement it. This year, we talked over what each party hopes to accomplish. We came away with a good impression of both parties, but one presented fresher ideas and a more fervent commitment to transparency and accountability: Inspire Party. It was Inspire that called for the inclusion of a Multicultural & Diversity Affairs liaison into the SG Senate chambers, whereas Impact brushed the idea aside. Impact has pursued diversity via other avenues, such as reaching out to different multicultural organizations and starting the “Bridges” minority outreach program. Impact has also lobbied Congress for a clean Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. But Inspire has called for greater transparency to see what the student lobbyists are truly up to when they travel to Tallahassee or Washington, D.C. Impact provides plenty of platform tracker videos, but none regarding what it’s up to and the money it’s spending in the country’s and state’s capitals. Students are also left without a report on how successful those lobbying efforts were. Inspire strives to change those practices. Now, neither party was able to give us a clear plan about how they’d secure funding for some of their big-budget items. But, like they seem to be doing, we’ll hope for the best. On voting rights, Impact and Inspire both say they support online voting. An SG Supreme Court decision has prevented the implementation of online voting for students. Inspire would like to see the Supreme Court decision overturned, but its position as the minority party prevented it from passing a constitutional amendment to do so. Impact, on the other hand, has had control over the Senate but has failed to make online voting possible, despite it being common practice in many other universities. Further on the topic of voting, Impact, as the majority party, has failed to take a leadership role in actively promoting elections on social media, especially Facebook. The SG Facebook page is nearly devoid of any mention of the upcoming elections. When The Alligator asked the Impact Party leaders about this, they didn’t have a reason why, despite controlling a majority of SG. Some have criticized Inspire for being smaller with a seemingly more unstable voter base. We are cognizant of Inspire’s role as the underdog in the upcoming elections, but we have faith in its future. Inspire is building a voter base, canvassing efficiently and working hard to obtain a Senate majority. Many of the Senate’s problems stem from a lack of voter turnout, so we hope you, dear readers, head to the polls Tuesday and Wednesday and cast a ballot. It’s the only sure way you can make your voice count. Meryl Kornfield EDITOR

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P.O.D. prices resemble strong-arm robbery

At UF, grocery shopping is often done at one stomped by Walmart’s $1.98 for a box of eight. of the many P.O.D. Markets on campus. Many The P.O.D. Market employs advanced chicanery, students don’t spare a thought about the cost of wherein they charge you more for less. This could their shopping sprees, and those who do often be considered cruel, or just capitalism; either way, write off the obvious overcharging as an acceptour student is losing out on copious amounts of able price for convenience. I suspected, however, money and Pop-Tarts. that the difference could not be so miniscule, and To finish the analysis, let’s suppose our stuafter employing some expert espionage, infiltratdent gets thirsty (most college students do) and Kyle ing various P.O.D. Markets, I have uncovered the Cunningham wants to indulge in a delectable drink. Maybe our opinions@alligator.org shocking extent of this convenience store con. student is vegan, I wouldn’t judge them, and they Imagine a generic Gator, using his or her pardecided to go for a glass of almond milk. Lucky ents’ money to buy sustenance for the week. It is not the typ- for them, the P.O.D. Market carries almond milk by the halfical image of an extortion victim. However, the harsh reality gallon for the low price of $5.79! Too bad there isn’t a huge is that this unassuming college student is being swindled out corporate chain of supermarkets that sells the same half-galof vast amounts of his or her hereditary creditors’ cash. Say lon Silk almond milk for just $2.98. Except that there is. It’s our student wants to start the day off right with a morning called Walmart. Perhaps our student is no ordinary vegan, classic, Cap’n Crunch. How could they go wrong with such they are a proud vegan member of the great Gator Nation. a wholesome and nutritious breakfast? Well, they could start So, on their parade through the P.O.D. Market, it is not the by purchasing the cereal at a P.O.D. Market. There, our stu- almond milk but the Gatorade that catches their eye. The dent would be charged $6.19 for a measly 14 ounces of Cap’n 64-ounce bottle will run our student $3.99, but the universiCrunch, yet Walmart offers a 28-ounce box for $3.98. While ty-sanctioned P.O.D. Market could not possibly price-gouge Capt. Horatio Magellan Crunch’s cereal provides many nu- on our hallmark commodity, right? Absolutely, unquestiontrients, protein is needed in order to complete a balanced ably wrong. In the land of low prices, at the Butler Plaza breakfast. So, our student naively navigates to the bacon in Walmart, the same 64-ounce bottle costs only $2.19. the back of the P.O.D. Market. Another mistake. The pitiful I have outlined just a few egregious examples, yet by 5-ounce portion of bacon distributed at P.O.D. Markets will no means have I covered all of the corruption of the P.O.D. deal our student’s wallet a heavy blow of $5.79. However, in Markets that dot UF’s campus. Preying on students without the Elysian Fields of the local Walmart, a 16-ounce package the willpower or horsepower to go off campus for groceries, can be purchased for $4.89. A sizable amount of damage these little stores serve as a massive financial drain on UF’s has already been dealt to our student, and yet more still is student body. Students should never shop in the P.O.D. Marto come as he or she decides to stock up on a preeminent kets unless they are trying to throw away money, in which college snack: Pop-Tarts. As a Gator with taste, our student case you still shouldn’t because I will gladly take your mondisregards the brittle brown sugar cinnamon and the sicken- ey. Maybe then I’d finally be able to afford a box of Cap’n ing strawberry flavors, sifting through the dross to strike gold Crunch at the P.O.D. Market. with the hot fudge sundae flavor. Sadly, our student goes to the P.O.D. Market yet again and is charged a whopping $3.79 Kyle Cunningham is a UF English and history freshfor a total of two toasted pastries, a price which gets curb- man. His column appears on Mondays.

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Want your voice to make a difference close to home? Vote in local elections Picture this: The date is Nov. 6, 2028. You step into a voting booth in the Reitz Union or some other polling place and look at the long ballot of names in front of you. You may recognize some names at the top, like for your senator or U.S. representative, but the rest of positions like county judge and sheriff are completely new to you. You already know who you’ll vote for at the top of the ballot. For the lower positions you fill in based on surface-level factors like name or political party affiliation and assume they’re not important. However, I’m here to tell you that voting for state- and local-level positions is as important, if not more important, as voting for federal position. First, a quick run-down of the various levels. For the purposes of this column, there are three levels of position: federal, state and local. Federal officials are elected to serve in Washington, D.C., such as your senator, your representative, and the president. State officials, including the governor and state legislators, are elected to serve in the state capital (for Florida, that’s Tallahassee). Finally, local officials are people like sheriffs, mayors, city commissioners and judges who serve in your county, city or other local district. At first, you may think federal positions are

off-year (non-presidential) elections, most important, because their deciso your individual vote for governor sions impact the most people. Howor school board member (especially ever, different areas have different specific issues; red tide may be an in 2018 where the president isn’t on the ballot) makes a bigger difissue here in Florida, but a person in ference. This means that when you Nebraska may not even know what vote in local and state elections, you red tide is. This is where state and have more power to hold your local local officials come in. As a 2016 arJason Zappulla ticle from The Hill explained, “Our opinions@alligator.org and state representatives accountable and to get them to listen to you, local elected officials are the ones or to vote them out if they fail to do who dictate the local laws, policies and budgets that affect us the most…” The so. Contrary to popular belief, your vote does Hill went on to explain that local governments matter, and it matters even more at the state have more of an impact on our everyday lives, and local level. I’ve showed you how important local and such as maintaining the roads we drive on and collecting property taxes to fund education. state elections are. But what is up for elecIn addition, according to a 2017 Medium post tion at the local and state level this year? And from RockTheVote, many policies enacted at who are your local representatives? In the the federal level start out as local or state poli- Florida House of Representatives, the city of cies, so supporting certain policies and politi- Gainesville is split between District 20 (reprecians at the local and state level now can get sented by Democrat Clovis Watson, Jr.) and District 21 (represented by Republican Charles the ball rolling on nationwide change. If these arguments don’t convince you, con- “Chuck” Clemons, Sr.); UF is in District 20. sider the practical reality: Your vote has more In the State Senate, Gainesville, UF and the power at the local and state level than at the rest of Alachua County are part of District 8, federal level. According to RockTheVote, only represented by Republican Keith Perry. In one in five voters participate in midterm and Gainesville, the Mayor is Lauren Poe and the

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The welcome end of self-help

There’s a moment in each of our There are two problems with childhoods when we become clearly this logic. The first is this: The self aware, if only briefly, of what we cannot help itself because it is the lack in life and what we want most. problem. Laziness, depression and I, for example, knew from an early anger are, in my view, not like the age that I was insecure; but I also weather, which happens to us withknew that if other people liked me out our say so. Rather, they are the Scott Stinson fruits of the self, which is to say that and said I was cool, it would be like Roundup to my insecurities. The opinions@alligator.org they are the clearest indicators of our good opinions of others would cause inherently imperfect natures. my low self-esteem to whither. If this is truly the case, then selfThese are the two truths I have lived most help is doomed from the start. Though we, as of my life with, and they reached a fever pitch people, can overcome many problems by our in high school. I was a new student in a small own volition, we cannot overcome ourselves, private school my freshman year. It was a fresh and thus our self-improvement is an eternal chance at becoming popular. I did somehow game of Whack-A-Mole. You have to pull the manage to befriend most of my class and make roots out of the soil if you want to kill a weed. a favorable name for myself. But two years into Self-help, however, only trims, it does not upthis private project, awareness of my insecuri- root. ties deepened. I still didn’t like myself. The second problem with the self-help logic A friend of mine at the time, upon me con- is that it assumes it knows what the self is and fessing all of this to her, told me her secret rem- how to fix it. A couple years ago, I read a specedy: Look yourself in the mirror every day and tacular book entitled “Lost in the Cosmos: The say whatever it is you wish you were. Say “I Last Self-Help Book” by Walker Percy, which am smart,” or “I am good-looking,” until you highlights this problem. Percy’s main premise believe it. is this: Though we know plenty of the world we She was being a good friend, trying to pull live in, we know nothing about ourselves. Why me out of myself. Even still, her advice didn’t is it, he asks, that we can look up into the night help. Rather, I felt worse, for the reflection I sky with our telescopes, find the planet Jupiter, saw in the mirror, after I had told it how popu- skim through our encyclopedia to the letter J lar and good-looking it was, seemed even more and, in a matter of minutes, learn all there is pitiful for not believing what it heard. to know about Jupiter and its 79 moons, but I think our culture would applaud my cannot mimic this process with ourselves? Why friend’s advice. Indeed, we seem to treat all can we not be known in the same way? personal problems as things we can speak or The fact is that we are the most mysterious think out of existence. We live in the age of self- beings in the cosmos. Think of how many selfhelp, after all, where the industry is worth bil- help books there are, how many gurus, each of lions and its most cherished denizens — Tony which constructs a different ladder out of your Robbins, Deepak Chopra and the like — are problems. Nobody really understands what the legitimate celebrities. self is. How then can we say what it needs? Looking back, I see that my friend made an To Percy, this is the saving realization. I fully assumption about my low self-esteem, which is agree with him. St. Paul once said that if anyto say she made an assumption about the na- one should become wise, he must first become ture of the self as well. She thought my self- a fool. If we, then, are to truly help ourselves, esteem was separate from me, and thus could I think we must first concede that we cannot be overcome by me through willpower. This is be helped. the main assumption of all forms of self-help or self-improvement. Our problems are like zits Scott Stinson is a UF English senior. His we can pop. column appears on Mondays.

Alachua County Sheriff is Sadie Darnell. As for who is up for election this year, there is of course the governor’s race between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum. But there are other races as well, including Keith Perry running for re-election against Democrat Kayser Enneking and independent Charles Goston, Republican Ashley Moody and Democrat Sean Shaw running to be Florida Attorney General, and Alachua County Commission Seats 2 and 4 are both up for election. For a complete list of elections on the ballot, see the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections’ website at votealachua.com/ Elections/Upcoming-Elections/2018-GeneralElection. You can also enter your address at vote411.org/ballot to ﬁnd out information about each race and candidate, so you can be informed about the issues. Organizations like the League of Women Voters will also release full nonpartisan voter guides as the November election draws closer. No matter how you vote, remember to maximize your impact: Vote locally! Jason Zappulla is a UF history junior. His column appears on Mondays.

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Alternatives to West and Marston you didn’t know you needed

It’s refreshing to see Student been conjured up in that little Body President Ian Green movroom. Like Smathers, you’re ing forward with making one of infinitely smarter just by walkthe two major libraries – either ing in. While the actual librarMarston Science Library or Liies are wonderful, some of the brary West – 24/7. Ask anyone best places to get work done on campus and they’ll agree around campus are not even that keeping one of those two Hannah Whitaker libraries at all. libraries, ones that, you know, There are also plenty of litopinions@alligator.org actually have books and plentitle nooks and crannies around ful seating, open at all hours is campus, albeit, like Newell, the logical thing to do. there aren’t any books at those locations. I mean, whose idea was it to make New- People who enjoy utter chaos and deafenell Hall the primary 24/7 library, anyway? ing loudness tend to study at the Reitz. The Newell is… cute. I can’t discredit Newell. It Hub is a popular spot to do work, as it has was the building my great grandfather took a Chick-Fil-A and a Starbucks. The Hub is classes in when he studied here in the ‘20s. great if you want to eat comfort food and Of course, it’s not like he had much of an op- cry into your macroeconomics homework, tion. There were what, three buildings here? which I have definitely never done. The While Marston and Library West are fan- benches around campus, surrounded by tastic libraries — I spent hours upon hours Florida’s natural beauty, are a nice spot for in Marston last semester, checking out ento- a study date, where you probably won’t be mology books or getting distracted and not productive. Plaza of the Americas, the lawn doing homework — there are many smaller, in front of Library West, is an ideal place for more secretive libraries around campus that eating Krishna Lunch and reading, weather don’t get the love and appreciation that they permitting. Lake Alice is also a lovely outdeserve. Take the Fine Arts library as an ex- door niche to set up a hammock and read ample: double. decker. desks. Are you KID- — just don’t get eaten by our mascot. And I DING me? It’s like studying in my childhood don’t mean Albert. fantasy. Mom, if you’re reading this, I still I digress. My point here, ultimately, want a bunk bed. Then there’s Smathers is that we only have four years — unless Library, Library West’s sophisticated, pre- you’re a nerd and are planning on graduattentious older brother. The Great Reading ing early, or if you’re like me and switched Room, I’m convinced, was inspired by Hog- your major seven million times and won’t warts. Or maybe Hogwarts was inspired by graduate until about 2040 — so take adthe Great Reading Room? All I know is that vantage of all of these unique study spaces. your IQ rises by at least ten points just by Someday you’ll want to come back to sit on walking into Smathers. Had I written this the upper level of the bunk-desks in Fine in Smathers, it probably would have been Arts, but you’ll be escorted off the premises much more eloquent, potentially even Pulit- because you’re a grown adult who isn’t supzer Prize-worthy. My personal favorite, and posed to like bunk beds anymore. So while maybe the smallest, most secluded library to you can, go find your niche! ever exist, would be the philosophy library. The irony of this all? I'm currently sitting You’re probably thinking, what do you do in Library West. in the world’s smallest library, sit around and philosophize? Yes. Yes, I do. Plenty of Hannah Whitaker is a UF English sophoabstract, esoteric philosophical ideas have more. Her column appears on Mondays.

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Elephants show off with tricks at Seventh Annual Appreciation Day THOUSANDS VISITED THE RANCH THIS WEEKEND. By Kat Antunes Alligator Contributing Writer

Six Asian elephants waved their trunks at an audience of hundreds for the Seventh Annual Elephant Appreciation Day. The event, which was hosted Saturday and Sunday at Two Tails Ranch in Williston, is a fundraiser for the care of the facility’s animals. More than 2,700 people came out from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, said Patricia Zerbini, the owner of the ranch. It cost $10 per person to get into the event. Growing up in the circus business, Zerbini, 54, said her passion for elephants began when she was 14 years old, when her dad purchased several animals, including elephants. “My family’s been working with exotics for nine generations,” she said. “My dad specialized in big cats, my grandfather in primates, and I picked elephants.” For additional costs, visitors rode and fed elephants, which eat between 250 and 400 pounds of food per day. There were also other animal enclosures for zebras and tigers. More than a dozen vendors sold items ranging from food, such as fried Oreos and tacos, to elephant-themed art to products featuring President Donald Trump. Two Tails Ranch is an educational elephant care facility. It was founded in 1984 but has provided up-close elephant encounters by appointment since 2009, according to its website. For the first time in the event’s history, Zerbini said she had to hire security from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office because animal rights activists threatened her via email, phone and Facebook. The ranch has cared for more than 300 elephants since opening in 1984, but she said it is not a sanctuary or rescue. There’s a difference between animal

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Patricia Zerbini, 54, the owner of Two Tails Ranch, guides several of her elephants to a paddock where she then answered questions about the animals. Elephant Appreciation Day was held at the ranch Saturday and Sunday in order to raise awareness of elephant welfare efforts, as well as fundraising for their care. welfare and animal rights, and Zerbini places herself in the welfare camp, she said. Her belief is that the goal of animal rights groups is to end all human-animal interaction. She doesn’t force the animals to do things they don’t want to do, she said. “Not every elephant is going to do rides,

not every elephant is going to be good with people,” she said. “Each one is going to have certain characteristics that you’re going to pull from and have them do and perform.” Gemma DeKeyser, 4, won a plush pony, despite missing several shots in a balloonpopping carnival game. Her father, Paul DeKeyser, 39, brought

her and her grandparents from Orlando for the opportunity to interact with elephants. “Her favorite part was riding the elephant,” DeKeyser said. “We go to the Animal Kingdom in Orlando, but you just can’t interact with the animals like you do at this place.”

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Ashton Biodiversity Research and Preservation Institute had a skink, tortoise and snake for guests to touch and learn about at Two Tails Ranch’s Seventh Annual Elephant Appreciation Day Sunday.

Biker and cancer survivor Tim Dyson, 43, performs a freestyle motocross exhibition at Two Tails Ranch Saturday in Williston. An 18-year veteran of motocross, Dyson has performed his aerial stunts for audiences in 32 countries.

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Over 4,000 people come out to 16th-annual downtown Latino festival IT COST $15,000 TO PUT THE EVENT TOGETHER. By Alex Camargo Alligator Contributing Writer

The sound of salsa music, the smell of carne asada and the sights of Hispanic culture flooded Bo Diddley Community Plaza Saturday afternoon. More than 4,000 attendees participated in the 16th-annual Downtown Latino Festival, with 15 vendors serving food from Hispanic countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico. The event is Gainesville’s only annual Latin festival, said Fausto Pazmin, the president of the Chamber of Hispanic Affairs. “We organized Downtown Latino for 16 years,” Pazmin said. “The main goal is to preserve the Hispanic culture, all Hispanic cultures.” Guests listened to music from Hispanic artists, including José Novoa and Winston Paulino. The festival cost about $15,000 and was sponsored by Mi Apá Latin Café and the city of Gainesville, Pazmin said. Local performer Henry Just, 33, sang gospel music at the event for the first time. This is his first Latin festival since moving from Puerto

Rico after Hurricane Maria tore across the island. “I feel very comfortable with everybody,” Just said. “We are having a great time in Gainesville and so grateful to be here.” Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe greeted the crowd and shared his appreciation of the Hispanic community by giving a speech in Spanish for the ﬁrst time. “Our community is our strength,” Poe said in Spanish during his speech. The UF Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers presented children with an opportunity to learn about circuits with building kits, said Valentina Martinez, the vice president of marketing for the student group of engineers. Martinez said her family is all over the world after they left political oppression in Venezuela. “It’s really sad because it’s nearly impossible to get together for Christmas,” Martinez said. “Being surrounded by these people, the music, the food, it just brings you back.” Although Adrian Garcia has lived in Gainesville for 11 years, as a former West Palm Beach, Florida native, the 26-year-old Dominican and Cuban attendee said his favorite part of the festival is the good music and the good vibes. “It’s like I never left West Palm,” Garcia said.

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Arepas were served at a food stand Saturday during the Downtown Latino Festival on Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Foods from most Latin American countries were represented.

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‘We are not afraid of the truth’:

Newberry heals from history of lynchings The community held a special meeting about “The Newberry Six” By Hannah Beatty Alligator Contributing Writer

At ﬁrst the only sound in the room came from the seven fans above the crowd working overtime in the evening summer heat. Then one voice broke the silence. “Horror.” Then another. “Sadness.” From there, community members let emotions spill into the air as they stared at photos of various lynchings from around the country and heard detailed testimonies from historians and descendants of the victims. “Guilt.” “Disappointment.”

“Shame.” “Ungodly.” “Responsible.” For the ﬁrst time, residents of Newberry came face-to-face with the ugly past of the city, a reckoning that has been 102 years in the making. About 60 people gathered at the Newberry Municipal Building Thursday to discuss “The Newberry Six,” a group of AfricanAmericans who were lynched in Newberry in 1916. The discussion, which was the brainchild of Newberry Mayor Jordan Marlowe, challenged community members to acknowledge their past and work together to build a better future for the city. Zach Jones, a Newberry resi-

dent, eased tensions in the room by encouraging humility, grace, and most importantly, questions. “We’re not here to make anyone pay for the sins of their ancestors,” Jones said. Cathy Atria, a UF professor of educational practice, spoke about the truth and reconciliation model created by Nelson Mandela for apartheid South Africa and how it could be used as a template of healing for the Newberry community. The model works to reveal past wrongdoings in the community. “If you look at these emotions you’ve all shared,” Atria said, “That’s heartwork.” Janis Owens, a novelist, gave

a brief history of the lynchings of Jim Dennis, Stella Young, Mary Dennis, Bert Dennis, Rev. J.J. Baskins and Andrew McHenry. She described how the bodies were strung up on an oak tree before a crowd of 3,000 people. Children passed the bodies swaying back and forth like swings on a playground, Owens said. Following Owens’ presentation, nine people made comments. They expressed amazement at the number of people gathered for the event, and others apologized for the sins of their forefathers. Marlowe said this event was only the ﬁrst in a series meant

to promote healing. The community will meet again on Nov. 18 at Lois Forte Park to break bread together following Sunday church services. Angel Hunt, the student body vice president at Newberry High School, said though the lynchings occurred only a quarter mile from her home, the topic has felt taboo. “It is almost treated like a forbidden story we cannot tell,” she said. Hunt believes that with knowledge, Newberry can work to ensure a better future. “We are not afraid of the truth,” she said.

· CRIME ROUNDUP · All Stories By Amanda Rosa | Alligator Staff Writer

Police arrest felon accused of attempted murder A man wearing a bloody shirt told police he didn’t shoot a man found bleeding outside his home, Gainesville Police said. Steven Christopher James, 51, of Gainesville, is accused of shooting a man for lurking around his home and kicking him as he bled, according to an arrest report. He was charged with attempted ﬁrst-degree mur-

der and possession of a gun as a felon. After coming home from work early Friday morning, James’ stepson noticed two men hiding behind the tractor in his driveway and called police. He also called his mother, who was inside the house with James. The stepson saw James chase and ﬁght one of the two men,

the report said. Once the stepson got out of his car, he heard a loud pop, the report said. The man shot was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital, police said. Hospital staff told police he had gunshot wounds in the head, cheek and shoulder. James denied leaving the house, the report said.

ACSO: Woman tries to smuggle drugs in vagina SHE WAS FOUND WITH 5.2 GRAMS OF COCAINE AND 1.2 GRAMS OF SUSPECTED ECSTASY. A woman brought into jail on a warrant is accused of trying to smuggle drugs in her vagina into the facility Friday morning, deputies said. Kimwana Jernell Brown, 26, of Newberry, was pulled over for speeding on Fort Clarke Boulevard by an Alachua County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce deputy, according to an arrest report. The deputy realized Brown didn’t have a valid license and then found a warrant for her arrest. After the deputy arrested Brown, he searched her with the back of his hands because no female deputies were present, the report said. The deputy didn’t ﬁnd anything illegal but told Brown she would go through a body scanner in jail.

Brown told him she didn’t have anything on her, the report said. But when Brown passed through the body scanner, jail staff found dark objects inside her body and noticed she clenched her butt, deputies said. Deputies conducted a strip search and saw 5.2 grams of cocaine and 1.2 grams of pills, which deputies suspect is ecstasy, wrapped in plastic inside her vagina, deputies said. Brown is charged with one count of possessing cocaine, one count of tampering with evidence, one count of smuggling contraband into a jail, two counts of driving with an invalid license and one count of failure to appear in court. She is held in Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $65,276 bond. @AmandaNicRosa arosa@alligator.org

Police found a bullet near the front door, a blood-stained pair of pants, a blood-stained pair of jean shorts, a bloody tissue and several boxes of ammunition, the report said. A bloody gun was hidden in a child’s pink Timberland boot, police said. The man shot told police he was on James’ property with a

friend, but denied doing anything wrong. He said James shot, beat and kicked him, the report said. James is held in Alachua County Jail without bond. @AmandaNicRosa arosa@alligator.org

GPD: Two men arrested after one aims gun at ﬁve A man pointed a gun at ﬁve people while another punched two of the men early Saturday morning, Gainesville Police said. Tybyis Montravius Scott, 20, of Ocala, is accused of cocking a gun with a laser and aiming it at a group on Northwest 16th Street, near Pascal’s Coffeehouse. Bryan Shane Combs, 21, of Citra, is accused of punching two people in the face, according to arrest reports. Combs punched the men during an argument, causing one man to get a cut under his eye that required stitches, the report said. Scott pulled a gun with a laser from a car and pointed it at the group, the report said. Scott and Combs got into a car and drove away, the report said. Roughly two hours later, police stopped the car

on Southwest 13th Street and saw the gun inside. Combs told police he punched the two people, the report said. He said Scott pointed his gun at the group. Scott initially denied having a gun during the ﬁght but later said he pointed it away from the group, the report said. Scott was charged with ﬁve counts of aggravated assault and is held in jail in lieu of $100,000. Combs was charged with two counts of battery, according to the report. He was released from Alachua County Jail Sunday morning on a $5,000 bond. Combs could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Linebacker David Reese made his first start of the 2018 season FOOTBALL, from pg 1 recovering from the injury put the game into a new perspective for him. “I was sad,” Reese said. “But then I really got to reflect on the position I was in and the leadership opportunity that I had to reach out to the other guys like James Houston, Ventrell Miller, guys that we’re gonna depend on later on.” Reese didn’t have to wait long to factor into the defensive playmaking. He made the opening tackle on UF’s first defensive series. A few plays later, he came away with a fumble recovery off a strip-sack of UT quarterback Jarrett Guarantano to set up Raymond’s score. “When Jachai Polite makes hustle plays like that, and you’re just hustling to the quarterback also, some things just kind of pop into your hands,” Reese said. However, the play that Mullen said changed the game the most in Florida’s favor was C.J. Henderson’s forced fumble

into the endzone on Tennessee tight end Austin Pope in the second quarter. Henderson jarred the ball loose just as Pope was about to score UT’s opening touchdown after running nearly the width of the field to catch up to the streaking Volunteer. “We had done that on a couple of scrimmages, running down to make a play,” Henderson said. “I think I did it a couple of times, and it just translated to the game.” Simply put, the Gators prepared for the success they achieved. Whether that success was warranted is another debate, but the result is what matters to Florida. “I thought we had a good week of practice, thought they had good preparation, but never been around them to see how they’re gonna handle the environment,” Mullen said. “They rose to the occasion.” @MorganMcMuffin mmcullen@alligator.org

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Redshirt senior R.J. Raymond (45) scored the first touchdown of his career on his first ever catch as a Gator on Saturday during Florida’s 47-21 win over Tennessee in Neyland Stadium.

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Gators sweep Mississippi State Any takeaways from this game? By Mari Faiello Sports Writer

Middle blocker Taelor Kellum panicked after a bad set of plays Sunday afternoon during the Gators’ matchup against Mississippi State. She ran over to the bench searching for defensive specialist Macy Phillips when it was time for Kellum to come off the court. “Macy, we need to do our handshake,” Kellum told her. A secret handshake, in addition to a personal prayer before every match, is one of the superstitions the senior attacker has on game days. It wouldn’t seem so crazy if it wasn’t for the fact that Kellum’s play did pick up as the match progressed. She walked out of the O’Connell Center after contributing eight kills and a block assist in the Gators’ matchup against the Bulldogs. No. 11 Florida defeated Mississippi State in its second consecutive SEC sweep Sunday afternoon with scores of 25-12, 25-21 and 25-14. The Gators (11-3, 2-0 SEC) have swept backto-back matches for the first time all season, which is even more impressive as the team gets deeper into SEC play. Tiger Woods (-11) won his first tournament in five years Sunday afternoon. He shot 1-over on the final day of the 2018 Tour Championship.

“Young teams are still trying to find their way,” coach Mary Wise said after the match. “There’s always a learning curve when you’re playing players for the first time.” Florida got off to a strong start in the first set, racking up 12 kills on 21 swings and only one error in. The tides changed, however, in the second set after Mississippi State started off on an 8-5 run, keeping Florida on the ropes the entire set. It wasn’t until Florida played its first challenge card of the match, reversing a touch call on a Mississippi State attack, that the team started gaining some momentum. UF channeled its energy into the rest of the match, making fewer errors on serve receive and attacking. It battled through to take the second set by four points. Florida finished off the third, and final, set in quick fashion, much like it did in the first. A series of attack errors, in addition to sloppy play overall, sent the Bulldogs in a downward spiral. Sophomore outside hitter Paige Hammons stole the match, tallying 11 kills on 20 swings and zero errors. “She’s making such good hitting decisions,”

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Gators needed heading into a The crowd of 100,027 fans that had packed into tough stretch. Neyland Stadium on SaturIt didn’t do anything to day night dwindled down to show us that Florida can compete with a good SEC a sparse few. team. Once eager Tennessee hopefuls hastened toward The game did show us that the stadium exits as it beAlanis Thames the Tennessee Volunteers are @alanisthames came painfully clear that a trainwreck of a football program. They basically Florida was not going to handed Florida its first surrender its comfortable conference win on a silver platter with lead over their Volunteers. Six takeaways, 87 tackles, 24 points all those turnovers (four fumbles, two off turnovers. They all appeared on interceptions). Perhaps the most baffling play came the stat sheet on Saturday night as the Gators marched to a 47-21 victory over in the second quarter. Vols quarterback Jarrett Guarantano the Vols. And yet, I can’t quite bring myself found tight end Austin Pope on a deep to view Florida’s beating of a paltry route. Pope couldn’t have possibly been Tennessee team as a formidable victory. more open as he turned and dashed The Gators needed to leave Knoxville toward the Vols’ checkered endzone. with a check mark in the SEC win From there, it seemed easy enough. column with their laborious upcoming Just hold onto the ball, and sprint into schedule. We all knew that going into the endzone. Saturday’s game. Nope. But after watching how the Vols Florida cornerback C.J. Henderson unraveled at seemingly every turn of had covered about 50 yards hustling to the contest, this wasn’t the test that the

UF men’s golf team finishes Day 1 of tourney Headline Sophomore John Axelsen (-7) led the Gators during the first day of the Trinity Forest Story description Invitational. Pg# Florida currently sits in eighth place heading into today’s round.

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Scoring drought a distant memory as Florida soccer wins again By Sam Campisano Sports Writer

Florida’s offense is making up for lost time. The Gators unloaded against another SEC opponent on Sunday, defeating LSU 4-1 at Dizney Stadium in Gainesville. This came a week after the team ended its program-record six game scoreless streak. Florida (4-6-1, 2-1 SEC) was by far the better side on the afternoon, easily handling LSU with goals from Alyssa Howell, Lais Araujo, Madison Alexander and Courtney Douglas. Following a 6-0 thrashing of Kentucky, the Gators have now scored ten goals in their last two games. “I really think a big part of it is our continued persistence at practice,” coach Becky Burleigh said. “The schedule that we played in the non-conference season was really really difficult, and I think that really has helped prepare us for SEC play.” The Gators’ attack was stunted for

most of the first half, struggling to break through an LSU defense that dropped back. There was a lack of chances for the first 20 minutes on both sides. That all changed in the 23rd minute, when LSU‘s Lindsey Eaton scored the opening goal after jostling for possession with UF defender Georgia Eaton-Collins in the box. The goal went against the run of the play, with Florida leading the shot count 5-1 up to that point. It took until the 43rd minute for UF to finally break through despite practically living in LSU’s half for most of the first half of the match. The equalizing goal came from Howell, who scored in her second-straight game for her second-career goal. Howell was assisted by Cassidy Lindley and Carina BaltripReyes, getting behind the defense and putting it past the LSU keeper from 6 yards out. The flood gates opened in the second half after LSU (6-4-1, 0-2-1 SEC) began to struggle with Florida’s constant pressure. Araujo, fresh off a hat trick against Kentucky, found the back of the

net again to put the Gators ahead in the 50th minute. The goal came off a low cross from Briana Solis, with Araujo tapping it in from six yards out. It was her third-straight match with a goal. “I’ve been working a lot,” Araujo said. “I had a 1-2 with Bri, and then we just did something fun.” Araujo’s class showed again in the 61st minute. After receiving a pass from Solis, she placed a perfect through-ball to Alexander, who beat the keeper to the ball and scored her fourth goal of the season. Araujo played a critical role in Florida’s fourth goal as well. She took a corner kick that Douglas headed in at the 84th minute, capping off a one goal and three assist performance for Araujo. It also gave Douglas a moment she’ll never forget: her first career goal. “Lais played a really good ball,” Douglas said. “And I got it. I was so excited.” @samcampisano scampisano@alligator.org

Lauren Evans brings extra meaning to LSU match with selfie record attempt By River Wells Sports Writer

What do the four goals Florida midfielder Lais Araujo scored in the Gators’ past two games have in common? Lauren Evans knows. “Before the season started, I told (Evans) that every goal I scored would be for her,” Araujo said after UF’s match against LSU, in which Araujo found the back of the net in the 50th minute. Araujo held up an “L” for Evans as she ran across the field in celebration, but it wasn’t the only honor given to the sophomore midfielder who beat leukemia a few months prior. The starting lineup trotted out onto the field to have its names called out to the crowd, mere hours before she was to attempt the world record for most selfies taken in three minutes. While LSU came out to the middle of the pitch with its starting 11 players, the Florida Gators trotted out with 12, bringing Evans out with them to the center of the pitch. After the announcer called the names of the Gators who’d kick the game off, he called out Evans’ name to the eruption of the crowd. “I’d kinda been waiting for that moment for people to realize what I went through,” Evans said after the game. “It means a lot to me that people were here not only to watch my team play, but be there for me.” Evans was there to break the selfie record and to raise awareness for pediatric cancer. After all was said and done at Donald R. Dizney Stadium in Gainesville, the Gators had accomplished far more than victory. The Preparation It was the team’s marketing director, Steven Donlan, that first pitched the idea to Evans. “When we were doing photoshoot pictures, I took selfie,” Evans said. “He was like, ‘Oh, there’s a world record out there for 168 selfies in three minutes.’” Donlan reasoned that after the match against the Tigers, where the team would be raising awareness for pediatric cancer, the attempt would greatly help the cause.

Initially, her practice was limited to taking selfies with UF forward Deanne Rose in her room, but as the big day got closer she made sure to change up her routine. Evans practiced her selfie skills four days during the week of the game, but she didn’t do it alone. “I practiced with gymnastics, swimming, with my team, some people in the Hawkins Center like baseball and football,” she said. “So I think people knew what to do.” Members from those teams came out to aid in Evans’ record attempt, but she was also helped out by some unexpected participants. The Attempt When the fans who had watched the game, and the many UF athletes who’d come to support Evans, lined up to be a part of the record, they were joined by the LSU Tigers soccer team and staff, who the Gators had just defeated in a 4-1 win. “That meant a lot to me, knowing that it’s way more than competition,” Evans said. “People are willing to help out when it comes to pediatric cancer, and I think that game raised a lot of awareness.” Once the horn sounded off for Evans to begin her challenge, the scene quickly became frantic. Fans and players alike quickly stood to Evans’ side as she snapped photo after photo. Injured defender Rachelle Smith made sure to guide people in the right direction after they’d taken the photo to achieve maximum efficiency with her shots. Once the time had come and gone and the results had been counted, however, the announcer had to deliver the bad news. Evans had been 22 shots short. She ended her run with 147 selfies. She needed 169 to break the world record. The crowd was somber, but Evans was undeterred, as she’d accomplished the most important mission of the day. After the SEC competition in Gainesville, Evans showed that there’s so much more than sports, and the impact she had on the fans and her team on Sunday was unmistakable. “I’m so proud of her,” defender Courtney Douglas said after the game. “Her progress was amazing.” @riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

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Defender Courtney Douglas (88) scored the first goal of her career Sunday afternoon in Florida’s 4-1 win over LSU.

MEN’S TENNIS

Newcomers shine as Gators claim four titles By Kyle Wood Sports Writer

Multiple players on Florida’s men’s tennis team made it clear that they believe this team has the makings of a national title contender. An opening weekend that saw the Gators take four titles certainly backed up those assertions. UF claimed three doubles titles and a singles title over the course of the weekend with players competing in multiple tournaments. Florida claimed championships in all three doubles draws at the UVA Masters in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Oliver Crawford won the singles title over teammate Johannes Ingildsen. Freshmen twins Greysen and Harrison Cacciatore also represented the Gators in South Carolina at the Gamecock Invitational. All three doubles championship matches featured Gators duos, and they swept the field. In the blue doubles draw, freshman Sam Riffice and sophomore Andy Andrade defeated Jackie Tang and Adam Ambrozy of Columbia 6-4. Freshman Lukas Greif and sophomore Brian Berdusco narrowly came out on top against Ivan Saveljic and Igor Saveljic of N.C. State 7-6 in the orange draw. The white draw saw All-Americans sophomore Duarte Vale and senior McClain Kessler defeat Florian Broska and Strahinja Rakic from Mississippi State 6-4. Success in doubles carried over to singles play for Florida. All eight players advanced to the round of 16, and Greif picked up an upset win over

Giovanni Oradini, the top overall seed from Mississippi State. Andrade, Ingildsen and Crawford all advanced to the quarterfinals. Crawford defeated Andrade with a trip to the semifinals on the line alongside Ingildsen. Their wins in the semifinals set up a Gator vs. Gator championship match, which Crawford won in two sets, 6-4 and 6-1, to claim his first individual championship at UF. “Our guys had a lot of success throughout the weekend, and it was great to win all four titles,” head coach Bryan Shelton said in a release. “Having Joe (Johannes Ingildsen) and Oliver (Crawford) face off in the finals of the singles draw was incredible. Oliver was just a little bit better in the bigger moments today in both the semis and the finals.” The Cacciatore twins were victorious in their first two doubles matches for the Gators in South Carolina. They fell in the semifinals of the Gamecock Invitational to Connor Williamson and Lluis Miralles from Winthrop but finished their first tournament with two doubles wins together. “The goal in these fall tournaments is to improve and get better,” assistant coach Scott Perelman said of the Cacciatores. “They both accomplished that this weekend. Time to go home and get back to work.” There will not be much time to rest for the Gators before their next tournament. They will travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the 2018 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships. @Kkylewood kwood@alligator.org

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Freshman Thayer Hall led the team in digs (11) VOLLEYBALL, from pg 14 Wise said of Hammons. Throughout the match, Hammons switched up her shots from the leftside hits on all attacks – from hitting a deep line shot to sending a light tip over Mississippi State’s block. On the defensive spectrum, Allie Gregory made some incredible plays on the back line. The junior libero tallied the most service aces (3) on both rosters and tied freshman outside hitter Thayer Hall for the most digs (11). Gregory said she has been working with associate coach Dave Boos on a different serving technique this season, a style that seems to be working for her. “I started behind the Florida letters at the beginning of the year,” she said, “and I’m just moving further and further back trying to ﬁnd the most violent hand contact I can.” @faiello_mari mfaiello@alligator.org

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Middle blocker Taelor Kellum (10) recorded eight kills with four errors in Sunday’s sweep.

COLUMN, from pg 14 where Pope was swiftly approaching the goal line. Henderson dove at the feet of Pope, who tumbled forward with the ball sailing ahead of him out of the endzone. No touchdown. No points. No nothing for the Vols. You can’t make this stuff up. But that seems to be the story of the Gators’ 2018 season. The Gators’ blowout victories over Charleston Southern, Colorado State — and now Tennessee — have not been because UF played well. They were because their opponents were just that bad. Perhaps much of what went right in this game was a product of the increased focus on physicality and toughness in Florida practices. The preparation sure showed on Saturday night. But when you face a team that can’t get out of its own way, what else do you expect to happen? Alanis Thames is a sports writer for The Alligator. Follow her on Twitter @alanisthames and contact her at athames@alligator.org

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Kessler wins share of singles title to wrap up Miami Fall Invite By Brendan Farrell Sports Writer

McCartney Kessler had a lot riding on her shoulders. She was the only Florida player left in the Miami Fall Invite out of six singles players and three doubles teams for the Gators. A win against Miami’s Ulyana Shirokova, though, gave her a share of the Singles A Main Draw title at

the tournament and UF a signature win at the tournament. Kessler defeated Shirokova in straight sets 6-2, 6-3, never giving her opponent much of an edge throughout the match. The sophomore had dropped just one set in three matches during her run through the singles bracket, and that came in her ﬁrst match. The Calhoun, Georgia, native split the Singles A Main Draw title

with Michigan’s Brienne Minor, who had defeated Kessler’s teammate Ida Jarlskog earlier in the tournament. Jarlskog and Kessler also teamed up on the doubles court on Sunday and won 6-2 to take third place in the Flight A doubles play. Sophomore Katie Kubicz and freshman Marlee Zein also won their doubles match to claim another third place ﬁnish with a 6-4 win. Kessler’s win gave the team

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something to build from as they prepare for the Hilton Head 10K from Sept. 24-30 and the ITA AllAmerican Championships, for which the pre-qualifying rounds begin on Sept. 29. This all came after a strong first day of competition with five of the six UF singles players winning their first-round matches and two of the three doubles teams doing the same thing.

Day 2, however, was a completely different story as both remaining doubles teams lost, and everyone but Kessler was defeated in the second round of singles competition. Still, Kessler’s run at the Miami Fall Invite should give the Gators some conﬁdence heading into their heavy upcoming tournament slate.

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