Inspire Party Leader Steps Down a Month Before Election EMERGENCY PARTY Leader Until the Election
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We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org VOLUME 114 ISSUE 48 FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida ANTI-WAR PROTESTS Male professor harassed TWO DEANS DIDN’T neither responded before publica- REPORT MARK HART’S tion after a reporter sent an email, visited their offi ce and called their SITUATION FOR YEARS work phone numbers. When Hart asked the college’s By Hope Dean administration to move his offi ce Alligator Staff Writer location in November 2018, he said it didn’t happen. But he didn’t Assistant professor Mark Hart want anyone to get in trouble, so wanted a new offi ce. he said he held his tongue. He shared a wall in with Sheena But in July 2019, he decided to Pryce Fegumps, a co-worker in the speak up. UF College of Public Health and Hart then opened two Title IX Health Professions who is accused investigations for sexual harass- of touching Hart and making sexu- ment against Pryce Fegumps and ally explicit comments at him for Ewing. Both investigations from more than a year. UF’s Offi ce of Title IX Compliance, But it wasn’t just Pryce which ran from July 8 to Dec. 11, Fegumps, the college’s commu- contain 100 pages worth of allega- nity outreach coordinator for the tions, including those above. public health masters program. The investigations state that Christy Ewing, the college’s for- Pryce Fegumps and Ewing’s ac- mer academic programs specialist tions rose to the level of sexual for the social and behavioral sci- harassment. It also said that two ences doctoral program, is also ac- deans within the college, Amy cused of sexually harassing him — Blue and Cindy Prins, didn’t report Nushrat Nur // Alligator Staff sometimes partnering with Pryce Hart’s case for at least a year when Fegumps to do it, Hart said. they were required to report it to Jamie Douglas, an 18-year-old UF telecommunication sophomore, chants in solidarity with Iranian The Alligator reached out to and Iraqi people at an anti-war demonstration on Turlington Plaza Wednesday afternoon. Ewing and Pryce Fegumps but SEE HART, PAGE 4 Inspire Party leader steps down a month before election EMERGENCY PARTY Leader until the election. school and is in the process of Fall 2017 to Spring 2018, a cam- the Summer after he was deemed ELECTION TO BE HELD Senators must be nominated preparing to take the LSAT, the paign manager in Fall 2018 and “constructively absent” by then- MONDAY at the meeting to run for offi ce, law school aptitude test, in Feb- 2019 and minority leader from Senate President Libby Shaw, and senators can nominate them- ruary. Fall 2019 until his resignation. putting him over the absence lim- By Chasity Maynard selves, Clavijo-Gomez said. “This is a position that re- Lima formally announced In- it. He appealed his resignation, Alligator Staff Writer He said he expects to be nomi- quires 100 percent commitment spire’s creation and founding but it failed. nated and plans to run for minor- and attention,” he said. “I’ve pillars as the party’s inaugural Inspire won the majority of The Inspire Party Leader an- ity party leader and that Legisla- been in this for two-plus years, president during the Fall 2017 votes in Fall for the fi rst time. nounced his resignation after tive Director Claudia Paola Tio and I really just need to focus on election. He has been a consistent Lima was a campaign manager Tuesday night’s Senate meeting. messaged him and other senators academics right now.” party leader and member since its during the election, and he was An election to replace Ben Lima announcing that she is planning He is a member of Inspire and inception. elected a District D senator. will be held at the weekly caucus to run. will fi nish his term as a senator Lima announced the resolu- meeting Monday night, Assistant Lima said he is stepping down for District D. tion to impeach Student Body Minority Leader Santiago Clavijo- to focus on his grades and exams. In addition to serving as a President Michael Murphy in Fall. The 21-year-old UF political sci- District D senator, Lima said he Lima was one of two senators @chasitymaynard0 Gomez said. Clavijo-Gomez said [email protected] he is serving as Acting Minority ence senior plans to attend law served as Inspire president from forced to resign their seat over Thinking about speeding? 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