We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org VOLUME 113 ISSUE 94 TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019 Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida Former UF football player arrested for wife’s murder HEYZEL OBANDO Joiner, 33, was arrested ban Meyer and is the sec- WAS FOUND DEAD twice before on the charge ond player from the 2007 ON VALENTINE’S of domestic violence bat- team to be arrested for tery. The arrests took place murder. DAY 2016 in June and Dec. 2013, the Former tight end Aaron latter included another Hernandez was arrested in By Joseph Salvador charge of aggravated bat- 2013 for the murder of Odin Sports Writer tery with a deadly weapon. Floyd and was convicted in Joiner was also arrested 2015 of fi rst-degree mur- Former UF defensive for a probation violation der. Hernandez committed back Earl Antonio Joiner, just a month after Oban- suicide in April 2017 while also known as Tony Joiner, do’s death but was released serving a life-sentence. was arrested and charged on May 8, 2016, according Joiner was also arrest- on Saturday with the sec- to arrest records. ed in October of 2007 for ond-degree murder of his Obando and Joiner had burglary while he was a wife, Heyzel Obando. two children, ages 3 and captain on the UF football Joiner was arrested in 6. Permanent guardianship team. Joiner lost his cap- Lake Wales, Florida, after was given to Obando’s tain status after the charges an arrest warrant was is- mother, Isabel Martinez, in were dropped. sued on Friday in connec- 2017. Joiner is being held tion with the 2016 mur- “Now that he is ar- without bond in the Polk der, according to Yahoo! rested, I hope he feels the County Jail for second- Sports. weight of the law,” Marti- degree murder and will Obando, 26 at the time, nez said in the News-Press be transferred to the Lee was found fatally shot in article. County Jail following his her Maple Crest Apart- It is unknown why it fi rst appearance, according ments home on Valentine’s took police over three to gatorsports.com. Day 2016. Her death was years to arrest Joiner. ruled a murder two months Joiner played for the Alex Kolyer / Alligator File Photo 2007 later. Until Saturday, no ar- @JSalvador_14 Gators football team from Earl Antonio Joiner was a defensive back for the Gators from 2004-2007. He is the rests were made, according [email protected] 2004-2007 under coach Ur- second member of the 2007 team to be charged for murder. to Fort Myers News-Press. Sam Thomas / Alligator Staff Taylor Croft, 23, pets her newly adopted Board of Trustees approves over $100 dog, Sunday afternoon at PetSmart during the North Florida Pet Adoption Days event organized by the North Central Florida million in construction projects Humane Society. The dog, who was born BUILDINGS FROM THE 1920S to be replaced,” Orlando said. with only three paws, was named Tripod by The current UF Student Health Care Cen- the Humane Society, but Croft says she plans AND 1930S WILL BE REBUILT ter Infi rmary Building was built in the 1930s to change the name because she says she By Tori Whidden when the university was much smaller. The fi nds it a little demeaning. All the adoptable board approved spending $26 million on a Staff Writer animals brought in for adoption on Saturday new one, Orlando said. and Sunday were available for free. Croft said The Board of Trustees has approved four The University Police is in a building that adopting was not her initial plan. “We walked construction projects on the UF campus total- was constructed in the late 1920s as a radio by and I said ‘oh she’s cute’,” Croft said when ing over $100 million. station, he said. The board approved $20 mil- she fi rst saw Tripod. “Then I saw the leg and The board met on Thursday and Friday to lion on the construction of a new building. thought ‘that’s gonna be my dog’.” have to clip discuss the current state of UF, as well as ap- “It’s very much outlived its usefulness,” when she’s trimming the dog’s nails. prove new projects and proposals. Trustees Orlando said. There is $8 million going into the Florida SEE PETS, PAGE 6 approved a new student healthcare center, a new university police department facility, a Museum’s Special Collections Facility where special collections facility at the Florida Mu- it will keep specimens requiring distinctive seum of Natural History and a thermal infra- storage conditions. This is the only one of the structure project. four projects that isn’t calling for a whole new The money for these projects is coming infrastructure, Orlando said. from UF’s main operating budget, which is Around $50 million, is going towards ther- primarily from the state, said UF spokesper- mal infrastructure, which includes the large son Steve Orlando. There is currently no time pipes underground that carry steam to heat frame on these projects. buildings, Orlando said. “I think it’s important that they approved “That’s one of those things you don’t see these specifi c projects because three out of and you don’t think about,” he said, “but it’s four of these cases are buildings and struc- actually very important to the operation of tures that are outdated and very much need SEE UF BOARD, PAGE 5 School of Theatre + Dance premieres musical UF track and fi eld fi nishes strong “Hills on Fire” explored drug addiction with recyclable set, pg 3 FOLLOW US ONLINE FOR UPDATES Grant Holloway became the fi rst collegiate athlete in history to run the 110-meter hurdle in under 13 seconds, pg 10 Former UF VP of Student Aff airs remembered Patricia Telles-Irvin co-founded the Machen Florida Opportu- @FloridaAlligator @TheAlligator_ @TheAlligator nity Scholars, pg 5 2 ALLIGATOR TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019 Today’s Weather VOLUME 113 ISSUE 94 ISSN 0889-2423 Not offi cially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications Inc., of Gainesville, Florida NEWSROOM 352-376-4458 • Fax: 352-376-4467 Editor Mark Stine, [email protected] Engagement Managing Editor Lindsey Breneman, AM PM [email protected] NOON Digital Managing Editor Hannah Beatty, [email protected] Have an event planned? 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