Fine arts grad student pampers clients with project called Porn Nails. Read the story on page 8. Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. VOLUME 107 ISSUE 56 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Construction begins for Growl stage �THIS IS THE SECOND stadium except the west side.” YEAR USING THE STAGE. He said the stage’s new position allowed last year’s MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSON audience to have a clearer Alligator Writer view of the Gator Growl performances, which is often A steel skeleton towered touted as the largest student- about 50 feet over the fi eld of run pep rally in the nation. Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium on This year’s show is sched- Wednesday. uled for 7 p.m. Friday. Composed of about 4,000 Boxes of speakers and parts, the infrastructure of rows of spotlights and gas the Gator Growl stage spans generators fi lled the corri- 60 feet wide by 52 feet deep dors behind the student sec- on the east side of the stadi- tion, waiting to be placed at um near the student section. strategic points around the “This is the second year stadium. It will take an elec- we’ve used this stage,” said trical current of about 2,000 Jeff Chenery, director of pro- amperes to power the three- duction for the Stephen C. hour show, according to an Jordan Albright / Alligator O’Connell Center. “We’ve email from associate produc- done it on every side of the SEE STAGE, PAGE 4 Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk A woman talks on her cellphone outside of the Alachua County Annex building on Wednesday morning. On-campus polling location saw fewer voters than in 2008 cantly more. In 2008, 86.9 percent “Students are becoming Heather Dean, UF student rep- 3,432 ballots were cast of registered voters cast ballots more and more engaged resentative for Power Vote, said compared to Tuesday’s 59.6 per- each election season, and despite the county’s numbers cent. dropping, student voting is on the DRAKE CASTANEDA out of 5,757 registered voters in it’s really showing.” Alligator Contributing Writer Voting participation dropped rise nationwide. Tuesday’s election, according to Heather Dean in Alachua County as well. This “There is defi nitely increasing data from the county Supervisor of election, 120,006 county residents political science senior student and youth infl uence as time Despite months of intense on- Elections Offi ce. voted. In 2008, 126,321 voters cast goes on,” said Dean, a 21-year-old campus attention from voting or- In 2008, 3,923 votes were cast for Civic Engagement, said stu- ballots. political science senior. “Students ganizations, fewer students voted out of 4,512 registered voters. dent voting on campus may have Kelly MacLellan, a 21-year-old are becoming more and more en- on campus this election cycle. Although there were about 500 dropped due to the increased push jounalism senior and internal vice gaged each election season, and There were 3,432 ballots cast fewer voters in Tuesday’s election, for students to vote by absentee president of the Gator Coalition it’s really showing.” at the Reitz Union voting precinct the voter turnout dropped signifi - ballots at their home counties. CAMPUS Packaging-engineering team takes fi rst at Pack Expo International AYANA STEWART the Pack Expo International 2012 confer- Gaby Cruz, a 23-year-old senior, said gram is technical as opposed to other Alligator Contributing Writer ence last week, where they won $4,000 in the project allowed students to gain real- schools’ science-based curricula. scholarship funds to be split among them. world experience. “I think that contributed to the level of Speechless. “Winning defi nitely made it worth- “When they fi rst arrived, it was clear success we’re now seeing,” he said. That’s how Alex Tipton said he felt while,” the 22-year-old senior said. they were better pre- Colleen Delaney was another student when he found out UF’s packaging-en- Bruce Welt, coordinator of UF’s pack- pared than others,” Welt on UF’s team. The 22-year-old senior said gineering team placed fi rst in a national aging-engineering program, said packag- said. “It looked like some she thought UF proved itself at the com- competition. ing engineers plan the physical packaging other teams were kind of petition. He said he spent two months helping for products, and the conference is one of scrambling after they saw “Once we got there and started to see his peers prepare a hypothetical packag- the industry’s biggest events. what our students had other proposals, our confi dence grew,” ing proposal for a fi ctional company. Five “It’s kind of like the Super Bowl of the put up.” she said. “We knew we pored over every other students competed on UF’s team at packaging industry,” he said. Welt Welt said UF’s pro- last detail of this project.” Today 69/40 UF ranks No. 122 in top 400 universities Gators looking for better rebounding: FORECAST 2 CROSSWORD 13 The universities were ranked globally, pg. 3. Patric Young and Florida are trying to improve OPINIONS 6 SPORTS 14 College of Denistry earns grant to update teaching methods their rebounding after struggling in an exhibition CLASSIFIEDS 11 The grant was for $2.5 million, pg. 5. against Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 1, pg. 16. 2, ALLIGATOR § THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012 News Today VOLUME 107 ISSUE 56 ISSN 0889-2423 WHAT’S HAPPENING? Not officially associated with the University of Florida FORECAST Published by Campus Communications Inc., of Gainesville, Florida How to Survive Your Freshman TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY NEWSROOM Year event 352-376-4458 (Voice), 352-376-4467 (Fax) The transition into a college Editor Erin Jester, [email protected] lifestyle can be difficult. 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