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The gallery on the second fl oor of the Reitz Union is showcasing “Just Cats.” Read the story on Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. page 8. VOLUME 107 ISSUE 89 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 UFmobile developer shuts down popular iPhone app “It’s just getting to the point However, UF spokesman Steve Orlando Its user base was about 34,000 where I can’t really afford to keep said the university had nothing to do with the app. supporting it — especially since the LAUREN RICHARDSON The app featured a campus map students gust 2009. Since then, it has garnered a user app is free.” Alligator Contributing Writer base of about 34,000 people. could sync with their schedules, a UF direc- Bryan Dubno Following its release, UFmobile was used tory, RTS information, an event calendar, a creator of UFmobile The next time students try to use the UF- about two million times, said the 23-year-old UF news feed, a live camera feed from the mobile application, it will no longer be avail- fi fth-year computer science and engineering since the app is free.” Southwest Recreation Center and a chat able. student. With so many people using the app, UFmobile was never offi cially sponsored, function that allowed students to interact After about 3 1/2 years of operation, shutting it down may come as a surprise. endorsed or promoted by UF. Dubno said he with the UF community. the free UFmobile iPhone app shut down “Costs are piling up,” Dubno said. “It’s had some trouble with the trademark, be- “Keep an eye out,” Dubno said. “I’m Wednesday. just getting to the point where I can’t really cause the app’s title includes the university still trying to fi gure out some way that I can Bryan Dubno, the creator of UFmobile, afford to keep supporting it — especially name. keep it alive. Hopefully, it’ll return in some released the fi rst version of the app in Au- form.” Campus construction would cut down trees ALEXA VOLLAND Alligator Writer Construction is underway on Heavener Hall, the new addition to the Warrington College of Business Administration. The addition will be north of Bryan Hall, near the corner of Southwest 13th Street and University Avenue, and the college expects to break ground in April for undergraduate classrooms. The construction and furniture move-in should be completed in Summer 2014, Howie Ferguson, the project manager, wrote in an email. But 21-year-old Elise Van Wie isn’t thrilled with the new Adam Harrington / Alligator addition. Van Wie, a UF forest resources and I See Your Lightsaber and Raise You a Wand conservation junior, is concerned about UF Speech and Debate Society’s intramural team had a Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker debate for charity. the number of trees that will have to be cut The debate was about who would win in a duel. To fi nd out who won, read the story at alligator.org. down for the new building. After she looked at an online map of the area, she said, she thinks about 100 trees Sikes will have to be cut down. GPD headquarters to be demolished “Having two large buildings in that visible corner of campus will change the character of that � CONSTRUCTING A NEW “You want to talk about Gainesville Police originally area,” she said. “I don’t know for better or for worse, but I BUILDING WILL COST LESS people being excited about planned to renovate the former would like to see the trees stay.” THAN A RENOVATION WOULD. headquarters, he said. However, Van Wie said she plans to write a letter to UF President a building being knocked due to structural issues, planners down.” Bernie Machen to ask him to consider the environmental decided to demolish the building costs and impacts. KATHRYN VARN Ben Tobias and construct a new one because it Van Wie said she is alone in trying to gain awareness Alligator Writer GPD spokesman would save money. about the trees for now. GPD spokesman Offi cer Ben Tobi- “You want to talk about people The abandoned Gainesville Po- “This is the fi rst time that I’ve taken the initiative in as said. It will be built in the park- being excited about a building be- lice Department headquarters was something like this,” she said. “Learning through my classes ing lot of the old headquarters, 721 ing knocked down,” he said. “It’s demolished this morning as the and what my professors are talking about, seeing something NW Sixth St. real progress that we can see.” fi rst step of the building’s recon- like this makes me want to apply what I’m learning.” Since 2010, Gainesville Police The current campus, at the in- struction process. Ferguson said the exact quantity of trees that will have to has worked out of satellite offi ces tersection of Northwest Sixth Street The new facility will combine be cut down is still being determined. scattered throughout the city after and Northwest Eighth Avenue, all of the department’s offi ces on the department left the old build- consists of Gainesville Police’s ad- SEE TREE, PAGE 4 one campus and provide more ing because of spacing and age is- space for day-to-day operations, SEE GPD, PAGE 4 sues, Tobias said. Today 62/35 Police issue citations to drivers, pedestrians Florida crushes South Carolina FORECAST 2 CLASSIFIEDS 11 More than 120 traffi c citations have been distributed, pg 3. Kenny Boynton scored 15 points as the OPINIONS 6 CROSSWORD 13 Gainesville’s new custard shop holds grand opening Gators dominated the Gamecocks 75-36 on the AVENUE 7 SPORTS 15 The shop is located at 505 NW 13th St., pg 5. 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