Florida quarterback John Brantley returned to practice Monday and is probable for Saturday’s game against Georgia. Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. See story, Page 14. VOLUME 106 ISSUE 46 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011 Accent brings Shaq to speak at O’Connell Center tonight CLAIRE MILLER Alligator Contributing Writer Spencer Pylant remembers watching the NBA championship game in 2006. The Miami Heat had won four out of six games against the Dallas Mavericks. He remembers Shaquille O’Neal’s drive and push. “It’s amazing the way he smashes and drives toward the basket,” said Pylant, 23, a second-year management graduate student. “He does whatever it takes to get the ball in the hoop.” O’Neal is an actor, media personality Haley Stracher / Alligator and rapper. He is pursuing his Ph.D. at Barry Uni- Finishing the Race versity and has served as a reserve officer Janna Gilstrap, 18, a telecommunication freshman, and Kadeem Robinson, 18, a computer engineering freshman, stay in in Los Angeles and Miami Beach. the running for the Black Student Union Homecoming court Wednesday by raising money for BSU on Turlington Plaza. He’s also a famous basketball player. Tonight at 8, O’Neal STUDENT LIFE will speak to students and the public in a mod- erated conversation at UF makes top 10 list for sexual health the O’Connell Center. Admission is free. CLARE LENNON Sperling, owner of Sperling’s BestPlaces, a questionnaire to fi ll out as part of the Shaq Alligator Writer Accent Speakers Bu- which conducted the research. project. reau is paying him $70,000 to speak. Schools were graded on services in GatorWell Health Promotion Special- The Gator Nation has proved, once “We’re bringing him because he is not 13 categories including convenience and ist Samantha Evans said she is aware of again, that it likes to be on top. only a sports icon but a [NBA] legend,” availability of health centers, condom the rankings but has never been contact- In the 2011 Trojan Sexual Health Re- and contraceptive availabilities, HIV or ed. said Corey Portnoy, Accent chairman and port Card, UF ranked No. 8 in sexual STI testing, outreach programs, website Evans said GatorWell offers a wide a political science senior. health resources out of 141 surveyed U.S. usability and sexual assault resources. variety of sexual-health education. O’Neal will talk about his sports ca- schools. Last year, UF came in at No. 17. Sperling, who has done the research Student organizations and classes can reer, what it’s like to be Shaq, his enter- The ranking methods are close to for all six of the annual report cards, request presentations as part of Gator- tainment career and life after 19 years in students’ actual perceptions, said Bert said student health centers also receive SEE TROJAN, PAGE 4 the NBA. He was a member of four NBA cham- pionship teams, and he was voted NBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and NBA Graduate courses now count for honors credit Rookie of the Year in 1993. In July, he signed a contract to be an � HONORS UNDERGRADUATES CAN TAKE COURSES has not enrolled in honors classes since. NBA analyst on TNT. THAT AREN’T ON THE PRE-APPROVED LIST. For Petry and other honors undergraduates, fulfi lling the Hon- ors Program requirements just got a bit easier. Honors undergrad- “A lot of students are fans of his,” Port- uate students who enroll in graduate courses can now use these noy said. “So many students from UF are NATALIE ASOREY upper-level courses to fulfi ll the program’s completion require- from the Miami area, and he played for Alligator Contributing Writer ments. the Heat.” Prior to this change, students could only select from a list of Portnoy expects about 3,000 people to With two classes left to complete, Tori Petry, 19, worries about specifi c honors courses, which varied by semester, to complete the attend. receiving her UF Honors Program certifi cate. four-class requirement needed to receive the program’s certifi cate The telecommunication sophomore completed two of four re- of completion. quired courses during the fi rst semester of her freshman year and SEE HONORS, PAGE 4 Today 82/57 Alachua County Fair returns this year after hiatus Follow @TheAlligator on Twitter FORECAST 2 CROSSWORD 11 Organizers said turnout was good for fi rst weekend, pg 3. 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