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FEATURE FRIDAY Back to school: At UF, a job can come with an education By David Hoffman is a second chance, she said. Alligator Staff Writer When she was last in school in 1985, Cimino was 21, married, For the fi rst time in more than pregnant and pursuing business ad- 30 years, Colette Cimino is a college ministration at Nassau Community student again. College in Long Island, New York. And the biggest change she sees Her plan was to deliver the baby is the technology. when it was due in June, fi nish her “I submitted a small essay this degree and start a career to support week online, and my professor her child. gave me feedback later that night,” But instead, her daughter, Kara, Cimino said. “They didn’t have that was born 2 ½ months premature. in 1985, let me tell you.” For the fi rst few weeks she tried As a full-time employee with UF, to balance it all. Cimino divided her Cimino, who works as an adminis- time between her part-time job at trative assistant in the UF Health a nearby dentist’s offi ce, college Cancer Center, can take up to six classes and the hospital wing where credit hours per semester tuition- nurses watched over Kara. free as part of UF’s Employee Edu- It quickly became impossible, cation Program. she said. Anywhere between 500 and “Life got in the way,” Cimino 800 full-time employees, who said. “And I cared way more about have worked for UF for at least six my baby girl than making every- months, use the program to study thing work at the time; she was my at either UF or Santa Fe College, priority.” said Kenya Williams, the program’s From there, she and her hus- director. band divorced; she moved in 1986 Most are working toward their with Kara to Gainesville, after Cimi- associates or bachelor’s degrees, no’s father took a job fl ying the UF but some — about 25 percent of last Health Shands Hospital helicopter. Fall’s participants — use the pro- “Try being a single parent, work- Alan Alvarez / Alligator Staff gram to get their master’s degrees, ing full time with high-stress jobs,” Omar Lopez, a lead scientifi c systems developer with the UF Center for Biotechnology Research, is en- Williams said. The program gets she said. “As much as I would have rolled in UF’s Employee Education Program, which allows full-time employees to take up to six credit about $305,831 each year, wrote liked fi nishing school, it was never hours tuition-free. Lopez, 25, hopes to get his associates degree by the end of the year. UF spokesperson John Hines in an really an option.” email. Cimino always had the idea of sudden,” she said. “I was thinking, I’m going to have to do algebra II, clined to the point where she could • • • returning to school in the back of ‘Well that would just be really stu- probably,” she said. “But it’ll be no longer walk on her own. The ar- Aside from working 40 hours her mind but didn’t think of it as pid if I didn’t do this.’” worth it.” thritis in the 45-year-old’s back and per week for their jobs, many of the a possibility until her co-worker at Now, fi ve days into her fi rst se- Omar Lopez is fi nishing what he her spinal stenosis, which causes students have families and children the Cancer Center told her about mester in more than three decades, started. strain on the spinal cord’s nerves, of their own to raise, Williams said. UF’s Employee Education Program. Cimino said she feels proud fulfi ll- In 2012, during Lopez’s sopho- were the worst they had been since “They’re juggling everything,” Cimino realized she could transfer ing her long-standing personal goal. more year at UF, he went from being diagnosed as a teenager. Williams said. “The whole balance her credits from Nassau Communi- She said her only fear is having to studying on campus to struggling to “The thing with parents is that of life — and then adding school on ty to Santa Fe and use the program take math again. hold his family together and man- they’ll never say to their child, ‘I top of it.” to help subsidize it. “Honestly, I don’t even remem- aging unexpected poverty. need help.’ That’s just not who His mother Omarya’s health de- But for Cimino, 53, the program “It was a big possibility all of a ber much algebra or calculus, and SEE EDUCATION, PAGE 5 County wants reimbursement for Richard Spencer event UF PRESIDENT FUCHS The county mailed UF a letter and invoice proached the county and asked for resources vices costs just under $20,000. RECEIVED AN INVOICE FOR for $302,184 Wednesday morning asking to to help and that there was an expectation of The invoice also lists $15,829 for the MORE THAN $300,000. be reimbursed for the cost of provided public reimbursement,” Sexton said. Alachua County Combined Communication safety resources, said Mark Sexton, the com- UF spokesperson Steve Orlando said the Center services, which includes overtime By Jessica Giles munications and legislative affairs director university had not received the letter but was pay for 911 and non-emergency operators Alligator Staff Writer for Alachua. Sexton said the reimbursement aware of it. He said the issue is under review. and radios that were rented for public safety has no due date. Security costs, split between UF and offi cers to use, Sexton said. Court security Alachua County is requesting more than The City of Gainesville will discuss charg- other agencies, were estimated to be about and jail services combined made up $6,343 $300,000 from UF to reimburse the cost of ing UF for security costs in a general body $600,000, according to Alligator archives. of the invoice. public safety resources provided for Richard meeting Jan. 25, said city spokesperson Chip Alachua’s law enforcement — total- Spencer’s event on campus in October. Skinner. ing $260,494 — accounts for most of the @jessica_giles_ “It’s my understanding that UF ap- Wednesday invoice, while fi re rescue ser- [email protected] March for MLK kicks off celebrations Gators lose fourth consecutive SEC See the photo story, pg. 8 FOLLOW US ONLINE FOR UPDATES game The Florida women’s basketball team fell to Ken- UF Senate rules, procedures, subject to review tucky 56-53 on Thursday night at the O’Connell The UF Supreme Court met to rule on the issue, pg. 10 @FloridaAlligator @TheAlligator_ @TheAlligator Center, pg. 14 2 ALLIGATOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018

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ALDI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 4 ALLIGATOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 Santa Fe College could see changes if Florida bill passes By Jessica Giles The bill would change the name growth of baccalaureate programs Alligator Staff Writer of the Florida College System back by placing a 20 percent cap on en- to the Florida Community College rollment. Currently, 4 percent of A Florida Senate bill could bring System. Sasser has no problem with Santa Fe students are enrolled in a some changes to the Florida College the name change, he said. baccalaureate program, Sasser said. System, including Santa Fe College. “As a matter of fact, if I could The restriction would be a non-is- Senate Bill 540, also known as have kept ‘Santa Fe Community sue for the college because of the the “Community College Competi- College’ as the name when we start- connections it has with universities tiveness Act of 2018,” would make ed off with baccalaureate degrees, throughout the state, particularly changes to performance metrics, I would’ve done that,” he said. UF, he said. limit bachelor’s degree program “That’s what we are.” The bill would also change per- enrollment, change the name of Jacobi Bedenfi eld, 21, a Santa Fe formance metrics to place greater the Florida College System and re- organizational management junior, emphasis on an on-time gradua- establish a government-appointed feels the term “community college” tion. Although this could be harm- board to oversee the system. If it fails to encompass everything state ful for other state colleges, it would passes, the bill would go into effect colleges have to offer. likely benefi t Santa Fe since they Oct. 1. Although the legislation may “It’s because we have kind of consistently perform well, Sasser have a large impact on other state moved on from the traditional mis- said. The college received the 2015 colleges, Santa Fe President Jack- sion of community colleges,” he Aspen Prize for Community Col- son Sasser said its impact on Santa said. lege Excellence and was one of the Fe would be limited, given the col- Despite his disapproval of the few state colleges that received an lege’s partnership with UF and high name change, Bedenfi eld is in favor increase in funding based on their performance rates. of the Supporting Students for Aca- performance, he said. “All of it applies to us but with demic Success program that the bill “I think it’s a fair way to mea- less restriction than some of the would create. This program would sure Santa Fe but it’s not fair juxta- other (colleges),” Sasser said. assist students in an associate de- posed against the others,” he said. The bill, which is currently un- gree program with succeeding in If the bill passes, Sasser isn’t der review by the Appropriations college classes and transferring to a worried about the future of Santa Subcommittee on Higher Educa- baccalaureate program. Fe. tion, is a revised version of SB 374 “The program will be used to “I think it’ll be business as nor- Molly Vossler / Alligator that was vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott help all students, but especially mal,” he said. Pictured is the Santa Fe College clock tower. Santa Fe College could see last year, according to a WLRN ar- non-traditional students and under- @jessica_giles_ changes in performance metrics measurement and name if a bill passes. ticle. prepared students,” he said. [email protected] The bill proposes to restrict the FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 ALLIGATOR 5 Between 500 to 800 UF employees use the program each semester the house where they would have EDUCATION, from pg 1 spent the holidays together. As Lo- pez worked, his younger brother they are.” Lopez, 25, said. “But I Bryan lived in a friend’s home to knew she was getting sick, I knew finish out high school. she needed me there for her.” They had barely anything left, That’s when Lopez, then on a he said. four-year track to getting a bach- “Either you work more or you elor’s degree in political science, go hungry; you learn how to make made one of the hardest decisions hot-dog soup,” Lopez said of what he’s ever made: putting his educa- his meals would entail when he fell tion on hold. short on money. “I had a big tub Lopez had it in mind even then of oatmeal, and made anything you he’d eventually use the program could imagine on oatmeal.” to resume his classes, so it never Only when his mom returned felt like the end of his education. from Bayamon, healthy again at the Besides confiding in his closest end of 2012, did Lopez feel the bur- friends, Lopez never wanted to den lift and sought to return to his make his withdrawal public. studies. “I felt shameful leaving,” he Having never stopped working said. “My friends didn’t judge full-time with UF, now as a lead me, but I didn’t want it out there scientific systems developer with known.” the UF Center for Biotechnology He transferred from his part- Research, he started classes again time job at the UF Housing and in Summer 2015 using the program Residence Education help desk, and plans to get his associates de- where he was making only $8 to gree by the end of this year, he said. $9 hourly, to a full-time position “It felt like a second chance,” with benefits so he could cover his Lopez said. “I left in such an ugly mom’s expenses. way. I was always disappointed in Lopez had sent his mom to their myself, so being able to go back native hometown Bayamon, Puerto and start over, even if it was only Rico, to rest and recover with fam- Shelbie Eakins / Alligator Staff one class at a time, I feel like I am ily. Eventually, Lopez said he had Colette Cimino, an administrative assistant with UF Health’s Cancer Center, last attended college in moving along.” to give up their home in Orlando 1985 but left to raise her daughter, Kara. Now, with UF’s Employee Education Program, which allows @hoffdavid123 and everything in it. They had too [email protected] full-time employees to take up to six credit hours tuition-free, she’s back in school and taking three much of a financial strain to keep credit hours at Santa Fe College. Online programs at UF are top ranked in annual list By Robert Lewis U.S. News and World Report an even higher quality, of that of education programs of 292. counselors and superintendents and Amanda Rosa considers student engagement, our residential students,” Cum- UF and Florida State Univer- looking to improve their certifica- Alligator Staff Writers student services and technology, mings said. sity, which tied with Auburn at tion. faculty credentials and training Cummings said UF’s online No. 13, are the only two Florida Director of E-Learning Jason U.S. News and World Report and peer reputation when it cal- program is unique in the U.S. be- schools to make the list. Arnold said the college cares ranked UF College of Education’s culates its rankings, according to cause courses are taught by the Tom Dana, the UF College of more about the students’ experi- online program No. 2 and UF On- its website. same professors who teach on- Education senior associate dean, ences than rankings. line’s bachelors program No. 12 “We are thrilled with the campus, and every online student said quality interaction between “We’re very meticulous about on lists published Tuesday. rankings,” said Evangeline Cum- has their own academic adviser. students and faculty sets UF apart making sure that each experi- The ranking for the College of mings, the assistant provost and UF College of Education’s on- from other online programs. ence students have in the online Education was down from No. director of UF Online, which was line program carried its streak “We’re thrilled that for three course is positive,” Arnold said. 1 on last year’s list of America’s also ranked first in Florida. as best in the state on the list re- years in a row we’re considered Best Online Graduate Education Cummings said the program leased Tuesday but was replaced among the best in the nation, and @Lewis__Robert Programs while the UF Online’s will continue to improve year af- by Clemson University as No. 1, we’re good role models for other [email protected] @amandanicrosa bachelors program rose eight ter year until it’s No. 1 nationally. ending UF’s two-year streak as colleges of education,” Dana said. [email protected] places on a list of U.S.’s Best On- “I think (the ranking) reflects the best in the nation, accord- The online graduate program, line Bachelor’s Programs, accord- years of work and effort to pro- ing to Alligator archives. The list which offers nine web-based de- ing to two UF press releases. vide a program of the same, or of ranks the top 40 online graduate gree programs, caters to teachers,

Monkeys at Silver Springs State Park have virus, study says THERE ARE BELIEVED TO transmit it to humans, according to a study Transmission is most likely to occur “Given the current information avail- BE ABOUT 175 MONKEYS that will be published in February by the when humans come into contact with a able, we must consider the presence of the IN THE PARK. Centers for Disease Control and Preven- macaques’ bodily fluids, the report said. population of invasive rhesus macaques in tion. Although there have been no reports Florida to be a public health concern,” the By Jessica Giles The park, which has about 175 ma- of human infection from the macaques at report said. Alligator Staff Writer caques, is still considered safe for visitors, Catholic Gators Outdoors Ministry but park officials have urged visitors to “...we must consider the presence of might move its hiking trip from the park An invasive species of monkey in Silver avoid monkeys, wrote park manager Sally the population of invasive rhesus to avoid the macaques, said Nick Lomas, a Springs State Park isn’t just a nuisance. A Lieb in an email. macaques in Florida to be a public UF religion sophomore. study shows they also pose a public health The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserva- health concern.” “That, as a trip leader, would make risk. tion Commission released a statement say- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention me hesitate and probably go to another Many of the invasive rhesus macaques ing it supports the removal of the monkeys spring,” the 19-year-old said. monkeys in Silver Springs State Park, east in order to eliminate the threat they pose Silver Springs State Park, the CDC still con- of Ocala, carry the herpes B virus and can to humans. siders there to be a risk. @jessica_giles_ [email protected] FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 www.alligator.org/opinions

Ah, syllabus week. For some, this fi ve-day period is used for organization and recalibration after a long month free of classes and responsibilities. For others, the infamous syllabus week is a nonstop bar crawl through Midtown and a chance to sow their wild oats before the stress and pressure of their 18-credit sched- ule crushes their very soul. This semester, you chose to fall somewhere in the middle. After attending all of your early morning classes and completing all of your monotonous syllabus quizzes, you decide to reward yourself with a night on the town. After what felt like nearly an hour of standing in line outside the Rowdy Reptile, you have fi nally reached the promised land: the front door. You fl ash the bouncer your ID, waltz in, grab a drink and head outside to your favorite spot on the picnic table. It’s been a while since you had the time to make it out to the bars, so you take a second to see what new phrases have been etched into the wooden table. You scan the surface and notice some writing you’ve never seen. You lean in closer so you can read it better. The words say… Darts & Laurels As usual, the fi rst dart of this week is dedicated to our one and only commander in chief, President Donald Trump. Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Se- curity announced the Trump administration plans to end protection for natives of El Salvador. Previously, those from El Salvador, as well as several other nations, have been able to live in the U.S. under Tem- porary Protected Status, or TPS, a program the U.S. started after their countries suffered humanitarian crises. The ter- mination of TPS will force nearly 250,000 Salvadorans to Column either fi nd another way to remain in the U.S. legally or fi nd a different country to move to within the next 18 months. This news comes after nearly 300,000 Central Americans Having high-speed rail in America would be a and Haitians living in the U.S. were told they no longer had protection from deportation in early November 2017. Luckily, however, according to the Associated Press, six dream, but right now it’s simply not practical senators say they’ve reached a bipartisan deal protecting nybody who’s ever traveled across Eu- turies or lackluster in its railway development. young immigrants and bolstering border security. If this rope has likely experienced the mar- The U.S. still operates more than 140,000 miles deal comes to fruition and is all it appears to be, it could vels of a well-connected high-speed of rail in the 21st century. Yet despite having be the laurel we have all been waiting for. Although we are rail network. Within a few hours, pas- the largest network of rails of any country on still waiting for this story to develop, we can only hope the sengers can traverse entire countries, Earth, the U.S. still has hundreds of millions results are positive. Aall while being able to relax along the way. less travelers via rail than the European Union. On a more local level, UF students this week were struck All major cities have proper and up-to-date in- The EU might have 300 million more citi- with a devastating reality when Student Senate Pro Tem- frastructure and stations, and the lines have zens than the U.S., but the data is quite con- pore Janae Moodie resigned, claiming her party — Impact been constructed in such a way that nearly any Andrew Hall vincing on the per capita level. A piece by the — and Student Government as a whole tokenize minority town or village either has its own stop or is a [email protected] Economist states “per capita, the Japanese, the students. This dart is awarded to organizations like SG relatively short drive away from one. Swiss, the French, the Danes, the Russians, and the people who make it hard for minority voices to be The problem isn’t that the U.S. lacks the funds to go the Austrians, the Ukrainians, the Belarusians, and the heard. Even in 2018, we are struggling to achieve inclusiv- through with such an audacious infrastructure plan; it’s Belgians all accounted for more than 1,000 passenger- ity and avoid bias based on race and gender. We can only instead a matter of serious practicality and feasibility. The kilometers by rail in 2011; Americans accounted for 80.” hope Moodie’s speech makes those few in power positions country of France is smaller than the state of Texas, and The Economist article does a great job briefl y explain- reconsider their tactics. the entire western portion of Europe could fi t comfortably ing all of the main reasons for this discrepancy; however, On a lighter note, an obvious laurel we may all be taking within the continental U.S. I think some factors might be more important than others. for granted right now is that we are back in the Swamp. Europe still has some of the same geographical bar- For one, the immense geographical size of the U.S. Sure, this might mean we’re back to stressful afternoons in riers as the U.S. (mountains, rivers, lakes) and has cer- makes travel by rail unreasonable in both the dimensions Marston Science Library and an infl ux of forgotten responsi- tainly overcome what they can, so I doubt the Rockies or of time and money. A three-hour train ride in Europe can bilities, but nonetheless, we are lucky to be here and lucky Mojave Desert would cause a system-halting obstruction take you across entire countries, while the same amount to have an opportunity to further our education at a top 10 over here. of time in America couldn’t get you out of Texas. A train public university. One could assume initially the discrepancies are a re- ride across the width of France (Brest to Strasbourg) takes At least for us, the past few weeks of vacation allowed sult of one resource Europe has in abundance over the less than seven hours, which is about the amount of time us to retreat into a coma of relaxation but also into a stupor U.S. — history. Despite Europe having been populated an Amtrak ride from Boston to Washington, D.C. would of seclusion. As we ease back into our social lives, we have and developed for far longer than the U.S., the locomotive be. Cross-country journeys take days, and unless you are once again been reminded of how great it is to live and was still invented at a time in history in which both loca- on vacation and have the time and interest to enjoy sev- learn with our best friends by our sides and to have so many tions could accommodate it, and both Europe and Amer- eral days on a train, they are simply not reasonable. wonderful opportunities at our disposal. ica’s fi rst rails were not incredibly far apart. The steam Because train travel covers so much distance and is locomotive ride in Europe occurred in 1804, while the so lengthy in the U.S., it is, as an expected result, quite fi rst in America was only 23 years later, in 1827. expensive. And when it may cost less time and money to Melissa Gomez Abby Miller Caitlin Ostroff Jimena Tavel I understand 23 years is a relatively long time in mod- fl y between cities, why would anyone opt for rail? EDITOR OPINIONS MANAGING MANAGING ern history, but I also know laying down rail lines was EDITOR EDITOR, EDITOR, PRINT not a very expedient process in the early 19th century, for Andrew Hall is a UF management senior. His column ONLINE either side of the Atlantic. appears on Fridays. It’s not like the U.S. was lazy in the 19th and 20th cen- The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the Alligator.

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Al- by the fi rst day. “Conducting risk analysis appy New Year, dear they will be unable to keep it. though each of our predictions may on product performance” translated to call- reader! Welcome back They had never been successful have changed over time, we will ing customers about their satisfaction with to Gainesville, to school with one before; why would this Ssoon have that answer. the company’s equipment. The fi rst person and to your unbridled year be any different? Well, that Let’s be clear: As alluring as the life of I called was dead. I was expected to get independence. Did you is the whole point of resolutions: a college student may be, the entire point references from past customers, but most Hmiss it? Judging by my extensive to be different, to make changes, of attending college is to get a job. We of- customers hadn’t been contacted since the Twitter research, it would ap- to improve, and to become even ten become consumed by classes and clubs, 1970s. After a month had passed and I fi n- pear that a lot of you did. While Taylor just a little bit closer to the per- only to soon forget those classes and clubs ished calling everyone on my list, my posi- I was conducting my all-impor- Cavaliere son we want to be. In order for are what prepare us for the jobs we aim tion was eliminated. No one at the company tant social media research, I also [email protected] this to happen, we have to be dif- to get after graduation. According to the had any investment in teaching me; I was came across another common ferent. We have to be motivated Chronicle of Higher Education, recruiters temporary labor to complete a task no one thread. Many people seem to have already and convinced that this is truly what we ranked internships as the most important really wanted to do. crashed and burned in the pursuit of their want. If you decide along the way that you factor when hiring recent graduates. Intern- Blinded by the opportunity to have a job New Year’s resolutions. This trend is not have done enough or that you really don’t ships provide a temporary window to the in my career fi eld, I chose an internship be- unique to 2018 — nearly every year I have want to keep up with your resolution, that real world, but the importance of searching fore appropriately weighing my options. I been a user of social media I have noticed is fi ne. It’s your choice; it’s your life. How- for a quality internship is sometimes over- hoped to fi nally establish a bridge between this. People exit the year with big plans ever, you should not avoid making a reso- looked. college courses and practical application. In- and lofty goals for self-improvement. We lution simply because you are afraid to fail. Preparation for summer internships be- stead, I only have advice on how to avoid a set goals to accomplish everything from If we didn’t do things simply because we comes a problem when people like to reside bad experience this summer. Search online going to the gym to eating healthy, from were afraid to fail, we would never accom- on extreme ends of the spectrum. One poor for employee reviews on the company. Ask stopping bad habits to being more positive. plish anything at all. choice is to wait until the very end of this if the company has an established intern- And each year, we get upset when we are We cannot forget that Jan. 1, while sig- semester to begin to look for an internship. ship program or if this is the fi rst time it’s unable to meet these goals. naling the start of a new year and a new By that time, all the good internships will be offered. Most importantly, apply to multiple New Year’s resolutions are unavoidable. calendar, is truthfully just another day. It taken, and the late arrivers will be forced to positions, but only ones that actually seem Not everyone makes them, but enough is a great day to start living your life the settle for leftovers. On the other end of the interesting. Although it may seem any op- people do that it is nearly impossible to way you want, but, then again, so is any spectrum, some choose to fi nd an internship tion is a good option, especially when seek- make it through the transition between day. Any day is a great day to pick a new by the middle of Fall semester, so they no ing the fi rst internship, avoid internships years without someone bringing them up. goal, start a new hobby, stop a bad habit or longer have to worry about summer plans. that perfect scanning skills and implement We ask each other if we have made any, generally start being who you want to be. The weight is lifted off their shoulders, but the optimization of coffee preparation. and even if no one asked us, we can often However, don’t let this knowledge or any they may miss out on a better opportunity No one can predict the future. One can fi nd ourselves bringing them up as conver- fear or apprehension diminish your desire available later in the academic year. Wheth- prepare with full effort to fi nd the ideal in- sation or simply to make them more real. If to improve yourself and your life. Make and er from premature decisions or lack thereof, ternship and still have a bad experience, everyone you know knows you resolve to chase a New Year’s resolution, or make a months of limitless possibilities can trans- but the chances of a bad experience only go to the gym three times each week, you resolution any day. Get that gym member- form to a wasted summer. According to increase with a lack of effort and dedicated feel a lot worse if you stop going. Not only ship or go to that group fi tness class. Make LinkedIn data, the fi rst three months of the time. The knowledge from 14 years of edu- are you letting yourself down, but every- something healthy to eat. Call your mom year have the highest activity for the hiring cation can be applied to pursue a passion one else knows you are failing. I hate that more. Study more. Be nicer. Just as any of summer interns. Now is the perfect time that could have been approved by one’s this is true — that we habitually care more day is a great day for this, so is Jan. 1. So is to begin searching. kindergarten self. Preparation for the real about other people’s images of us than we Jan. 12. Here’s to 2018, Gators. Let’s get it. I wanted to share this column because of world has been a lifelong pursuit up until do about our own — but we cannot deny my internship experience this past summer. now; don’t allow a three-month experience I am an engineering student who took one to dictate the future. that often it is the truth. Taylor Cavaliere is a UF journalism and of the fi rst job offers received. From fi nger I have seen many people saying they are psychology junior. Her column usually ap- painting to mechanics of materials, it was The writer of this column would like to choosing not to make a resolution. When pears on Mondays. asked why, they say it is because they know time for years of schooling to contribute to remain anonymous. 8 ALLIGATOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 Students unite to start Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations By Josephine Fuller Alligator Contributing Writer

With rain drizzling down and colorful handmade signs in tow, students marched across campus, singing, “This Little Light of Mine.” About 90 students gathered at the Reitz Union amphitheater Thursday evening for the Multicultural and Diversity Affairs’ annual Martin Lu- ther King Jr. March. Diana Moreno, an assistant director of MCDA, said the group hopes to revive the cel- ebration of King’s legacy. The Black Student Union, Hispanic Student Association and the Black Graduate Student Association also contribut- ed to the planning of the event. Prior to the march, students made their signs, writing out some of King’s famous quotes or writing about social issues that pertained to them. Maite Torres, a first-year College of Education graduate student who Lindsey Crown / Alligator Staff helps oversee high school classes, People march at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration March and Kickoff outside Reitz Union on Thursday evening. carried a sign that read, “If you don’t fight for all womxn, you fight for no womxn.” “I’m out here because a lot of my MLK EVENTS students talk to me about this, and I • Jan. 19 - Moment to Movement think it’s important to support those students in the role that I’m in,” she Workshop at 6 p.m. at Pugh Hall said. As the march began, participants • Jan. 20 - MLK Day of Service passed by students reenacting civil at 8 a.m. at the Reitz Union rights movements, including Colin Grand Ballroom Kaepernick kneeling and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals pro- tests. • Jan. 23 - MLK Keynote — Dwayne Fletcher, the president Quinta Brunson at 7 p.m. at of BSU, spoke at a gathering after Reitz Union Rion Ballroom the march about being active in times of discrimination and offered to help students get involved in ac- • Jan. 25 - Advocacy in Action tivism. Panel at 4:30 p.m. at Ustler Hall “It’s not just about marching — make sure you do your part,” he • Jan. 27 - Campus Multi-Faith said. “What are you going to be do- Progressive Dinner at 6 p.m. at Lindsey Crown / Alligator Staff ing on Monday?” UF Hillel Diana Moreno, the assistant director of UF Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, rallies peaceful protesters to march at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration March and Kickoff.

Lindsey Crown / Alligator Staff Lindsey Crown / Alligator Staff UF students gather to create signs for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration March Edward Zambrano, a 22-year-old UF political science senior, and Grace Burmester, a and Kickoff at Reitz Union on Thursday evening. 30-year-old faculty member from the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, create signs for the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration March and Kickoff. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 ALLIGATOR 9 ACPS announces school days will be extended next week STUDENTS LOST 600 MINUTES canceled school for six days and the state re- IN INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WHEN quired it make up four. ACPS scheduled school on three days that are built into the academic THE DISTRICT CLOSED FOR calendar in case school needs to be canceled COLD WEATHER. — Dec. 18, Dec. 19 and April 2 — and Jan. 2, according to the press release. By Meryl Kornfi eld Parents had mixed reactions to the daily Alligator Staff Writer extensions. After the district posted the exten- sion to social media, Facebook commenters The school day just got longer for Alachua thought the extra time was insignifi cant in the County Public School students — but only by school day, while others praised school district seven minutes. offi cials for not adding on days to the end of On Tuesday, the district announced the the year, June 4 and 5, which was considered. school-day extension will last from Jan. 17 to Lisa Worthy said her daughter, a Gainesville June 1, a day before school lets out, to make High School tenth grader, Rachel, watched up for the 600 minutes missed last week. movies during the days added in December The added time will make up for the two and would likely do the same during the add- days of classes lost due to cold weather and ed days in June. While Worthy said the one possible black ice, according to a press re- minute added to each class period won’t have lease. The National Weather Service and lo- a large impact on Rachel’s education, it is a cal emergency management informed ACPS better option than sending students to school driving school buses in the conditions would after fi nals. be hazardous, said ACPS spokesperson Jackie “I think this was a good decision on the part Johnson. of the district as a solution to making up the “For safety’s sake, the decision was made missed instructional time,” Worthy said. to close schools,” Johnson wrote in an email. Steph Strickland / Alligator Staff The state mandates the time is made up, Staff writer Robert Lewis contributed to this Kevin Masaro (left), 23, co-founder of Always True Co., speaks with attendees of but the schools decide how to distribute the report. The #Unlitter Project. This event was hosted to repurpose Always True’s inventory extra minutes, the release said. @merylkornfi eld and to bring the community together. During Hurricane Irma, the school system mkornfi [email protected] County plans to boost economy with new park, bike trails By Jessica Giles ticipated 200 new jobs, while the the middle of this year. The park ward establishing a Trail Town Gainesville just for (the Gaines- Alligator Staff Writer implementation of the Trail Towns is planned for North Waldo Road, Program — an extensive network ville-Hawthorne) trail,” she said. Program is intended to grow eco- about two miles from Gainesville of bike trails that will connect cy- “And continuing to expand upon Alachua County is moving for- tourism in the county. Regional Airport, and will be par- clists with businesses in the area. that and connecting more of the ward on constructing two projects The county is seeking a $1.5 ticularly helpful for east Gaines- “What we’re trying to do with city through bike trails — that’s intended to promote economic de- million grant from the Florida Job ville’s economy, Campa-Palafox the program is really capitalize on huge for the economy.” velopment: a park to recycle gar- Growth Grant Fund to help with said. that growing tourism industry,” Brown said she believes in- bage into resources and a county- the construction of a 37-acre Re- The eco-industrial park will in- Campa-Palafox said. vesting in more bike trails is wide bike trail system. source Recovery Park, which will clude sewers, roads, utilities and Although the county hasn’t ap- worthwhile for the city not only Although the projects are di- be adjacent to the Alachua County stormwater facilities necessary to plied for any grants regarding the economically, but also for its envi- verse in nature, both are meant to Transfer Facility. The grant would attract manufacturing businesses Trail Town Program, they have ronmental benefi ts. stimulate economic growth, said cover 33 percent of the project’s that specialize in processing recy- begun looking into various funding “Cars aren’t sustainable,” she Edgar Campa-Palafox, the county’s costs, and the county would sup- clable materials, he said. options, Campa-Palafox said. said. “The way in which we’re go- economic development coordina- ply the remainder of the funding, “That way it’s going to help us Amanda Brown, a 27-year-old ing we’ve got to look to alternative tor. The Alachua County Resource Campa-Palafox said. not only train jobs in our commu- UF alumna, fell in love with cycling transportation methods.” Recovery Park will serve as a Regardless of whether grant nity but also increase our recycling during her time at UF because of breeding ground for manufactur- money is secured, the county plans rate in Alachua County,” he said. the trails Gainesville has to offer. @jessica_giles_ ing companies and provide an an- to break ground on the park by The county is also working to- “I know that a lot of people visit [email protected]

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Alligator Staff Writer to interpret the Senate’s rules for it, just couldn’t interpret Senate’s rules and pro- “We are not saying the Senate can’t make like the Senate can’t interpret the Supreme cedures unless they found something to be its own rules and procedures, but we’re At a Student Government Supreme Court’s internal rules,” Hoffman said. unconstitutional. saying that in the case there is something Court hearing Wednesday night, the court In his speech, Hoffman said the Court “I’m optimistic that the opinion will unconstitutional or in the case that a stu- reaffirmed their ability to oversee unconsti- would be violating the separation of pow- balance the need for the Supreme Court to dent wants to bring a petition, that the Su- tutional Student Senate rules. ers doctrine if it had the power to interpret prevent unconstitutional actions while al- preme Court has the jurisdiction to hear Senator Michael Hoffman (Inspire, rules that affect the internal operations of lowing the legislature to operate indepen- that.” Hume) petitioned the UF Supreme Court the Senate. dently,” Hoffman said. on Oct. 30, arguing that Senate rules and But the Court disagreed and unani- Chief Justice Meagan McCarthy said @Christina_M18 procedures are not considered Student mously ruled 5-0 that they can interpret Hoffman was asking the court to explain if [email protected] the Senate rules and procedures if it found they had the power to rule on the Senate UF researchers toward new weight-loss By Katherine Jones notan II, which caused the animals to Alligator Contributing Writer suppress their appetite, and compared it to a control group, Scarpace said. UF researchers are making strides Throughout the study, as the treated toward reducing obesity by stimulating rats’ appetite grew, they managed to the brain. maintain lesser weight than the untreat- The College of Medicine conducted ed rats. research on the role of the central ner- “The goal would be to develop a vous system in relationship to metabo- similar type of drug that does the same lism that can trigger fat loss, said UF things, but which can be given orally professor Philip Scarpace, who headed and does not have any side effects,” the research lab. Scientists at the UF De- Scarpace said. partment of Pharmacology and Thera- Isabelle Côté, a postdoctoral associ- peutics published a study Monday with ate in the lab, said the research is lim- information on potential methods to ited because the translation between the combat obesity in the future. administration of the drug to rats and “This (study) is demonstrating that that to humans isn’t comparable, which you can maintain body weight that has is still under review. Taylour Marks / Alligator Staff first been lost with a diet by just in- “(We) found it interesting that the “Somewhere Along the Way” is downtown Gainesville’s newest coffee shop and art creasing metabolism,” Scarpace said. food intake was back to normal for the gallery. The art collection features glassware, paintings, wood sculptures and handmade In the study, researchers treated one animals as they were before but they pottery. group of rats with a drug called Mela- maintained their weight loss,” she said. Free tuition for children of fallen servicemen, group says By Paige Fry measures to be put on the 2018 bal- lost a loved one who was working ida military members in Florida’s ment officers are covered by Florida Alligator Staff Writer lot, is considering a proposal that to protect our communities,” Scott constitution, which is more difficult statutes, statutes are malleable by would provide free tuition to fami- said. to change. legislators. Adding the proposal to If Spencer Baker died on duty lies, like the Bakers, of fallen military The proposal was filed in Octo- The child of a fallen officer will the state’s constitution would be as an active commander in the U.S. members, law enforcement officers, ber by Commissioner Emery Gainey, be able to receive the benefits until more concrete. Navy, with five children and as the firefighters, paramedics and emer- who is director of the Law Enforce- his or her 25th birthday, Gainey said. “It’s just got to be a blessing in sole-income earner, his family would gency-medical technicians. ment Relations, Victim Services and “If their father or mother was disguise to have that taken care of,” suffer deep emotional and financial “I was a little bit taken back that Criminal Justice Programs for the Of- killed in the line of duty, the chances he said. hardships. it wasn’t something already cov- fice of the Attorney General, accord- of them going to college has been re- The department’s most recent So when his eldest son, UF stu- ered,” Baker said. “I guess I already ing to the commission’s website. He duced substantially,” he said. loss of an officer while on duty was dent Reilly Baker, realized his tu- assumed that college being paid for also is a 25-year veteran of the Ala- UF doesn’t track students who Lt. Corey Dahlem, who died April ition wouldn’t be compensated by was under (the GI Bill) umbrella.” chua County Sheriff’s Office. come from military or first-respond- 4, 2007 in the hospital 19 hours af- the state if something happened Gov. Rick Scott supported the Gainey said law enforcement, er families, UF spokesperson Margot ter a drunk driver hit him while on to his father while serving, he was measure during his State of the State correctional and correctional pro- Winick wrote in an email. foot patrol, according to Alligator ar- shocked. Address on Tuesday. bation officers’ families tuition are Gainesville Police spokesperson chives. He was survived by his wife But now, Florida’s Constitution “These brave men and women already covered by Florida statutes Officer Ben Tobias said parents put and two young-adult children. Revision Commission, a group that died as heroes and it is important in case of death while on duty. The on the uniform for work every day, “Thankfully, these truly tragic meets every 20 years to examine the that the state does everything pos- goal of his proposal is to cover them knowing they might not come home. instances don’t happen as much as Florida Constitution and propose sible to take care of the families who and add EMTs, paramedics and Flor- He said even though law enforce- they possibly could,” Tobias said. GPD: Two Gainesville teens robbed, pawned cell phones ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND have been identified by police. report said. In addition to taking phones, they $95, and Larry sold an iPhone 7 128GB at a FACES 16 CHARGES. Police arrested 19-year-old Brian Keith caused more than $3,000 worth of damage. kiosk for $205, according to the police report. Johnson Jr. on Tuesday on 16 charges includ- Later that day, Johnson sold an iPhone 6 Johnson then sold three additional phones ing grand theft, dealing in organized stolen 16GB to Re-Tech Repair Experts on Southwest to Re-Tech for $400, police said. The next day, By Paige Fry property and fraud, according to a Gainesville Archer Road for $50, the report said. He gave he sold one last phone to Re-Tech for $90. Alligator Staff Writer Police arrest report. a photo ID and thumbprint to sell the phone. Johnson was taken to the Alachua County A sworn complaint has been issued for the The following day, Johnson and Larry Jail and remains in lieu of a $141,000 bond. 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UK 56, UF 53 Florida’s shooting woes continue in fourth consecutive SEC loss By Justin Ahlum Sports Writer

Trailing by two with less than seven seconds re- maining in the fourth quarter, the Gators inbound- ed the ball in front of their bench. After a cross- court pass from forward Haley Lorenzen found guard Funda Nakkasoglu open on the right side of the court, Nakkasoglu attempted an off-balance three-pointer. Her shot bounced off the left side of the back- board and ended Florida’s hopes of picking up its first SEC win of the season as UF came up short against Kentucky, 56-53, at the O’Connell Center on Thursday night. When asked about the decision on the final play, coach Cameron Newbauer reaffirmed his support in Nakkasoglu, who’s leading the team in scoring this season with 15.2 points per game. “She makes tough shots. It’s what she can do,” Newbauer said. “So that’s why we went to her.” The loss moves Florida to 0-4 in SEC play, de- spite the team holding a lead in the fourth quarter or overtime in three of the four contests. “Obviously, it’s frustrating,” Newbauer said. “You don’t wanna focus on the results, but tonight we felt like we had a chance. We’ve just got to keep getting better, keep fighting.” The Gators have failed to shoot over 40 percent from the field in every SEC matchup this season and continued their struggles against Kentucky on Thursday. In the first quarter alone, UF made only 4-of-17 shots, scoring 10 points in the process. At half- time, Florida was shooting 23.3 percent on 30 at- tempts from the floor. Alan Alvarez / Alligator Staff “It’s coming out ready to play from the start,” Florida guard Funda Nakkasoglu missed a potential game-winning shot in UF's three-point loss to Kentucky on Thursday. senior Haley Lorenzen said. “We’ve gotta fight "She makes tough shots. It's what she can do," coach Cameron Newbauer said. "So that's why we went to her." SEE WOMEN'S BBALL, PAGE 16

MEN'S BASKETBALL GYMNASTICS Koulechov finding his rhythm UF faces LSU tonight at home By Alana Gomez kansas, with a 197.150-195.350 win. Florida at start of conference play Sports Writer faced the Tigers twice last year, falling to its conference rival by 1.55 points in the regular By Jake Dreilinger Gonzaga on Nov. 24, Koulechov shot a It’s been seven years since the Florida season and by 0.15 points in the SEC Cham- Sports Writer seasonlow 11.1 percent from the field. His next six games were full of inconsistency, gymnastics team overcame No. 1 LSU in a pionships. Florida guard Egor Koulechov received scoring eight points or less in three of the regular-season meet. But after opening the For the Gators’ four freshmen, tonight’s a pass at the top of the arc five minutes contests while also recording a 21-point 2018 season with a win over West Virgin- meet will be their first time competing at the into the game and drained a three-point performance against Cincinnati. ia on Jan. 5, a night that saw junior Alicia O’Connell Center. Ranked as the No. 1 re- shot to tie the score at seven apiece. In the White told reporters on Dec. 31 that Boren register the highest all-around score cruiting class in the country, the group start- early stages of UF’s 71-54 win against Mis- Koulechov was dealing with plantar fasci- ever to open a season in program history, ed off strong against West Virginia, with at sissippi State on Wednesday, Koulechov tis, providing a possible explanation for his No. 7 UF is hoping to end that streak. least one freshman posting a top-five score scored the Gators’ first 13 points of the struggles. The Gators will open SEC play against the in each of the four events. contest. But in Florida’s last four games, the na- Tigers tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the O’Connell “I’m excited for the team as well as the He finished with a game-high 23 points, tive of Volgograd, Russia, has reemerged Center. freshmen,” Boren said. “It’s such a big com- as a scoring threat. He’s leading the Gators 17 of which came in the first half. LSU enters Gainesville with six All-Amer- petition being that its against LSU.” in points per game (19.8) during SEC play “It’s nice to see him playing with con- icans and the No. 5 ranked freshman class Florida’s first-year gymnasts are led by fidence,” Florida coach Mike White said. and is shooting 65 percent from the three- in the nation. It began regular-season action Jazmyn Foberg, who earned third place in At times this season, confidence seemed point line. on Jan. 5 at home against then-No.19 Ar- to elude the graduate transfer. Against SEE MEN'S BBALL, PAGE 16 SEE GYMNASTICS, PAGE 16

Josie Kuhlman and the Florida Mullen finalizes coaching staff Follow us for updates For updates on UF athletics, women's tennis team begin Florida football coach Dan Mullen completed his coaching staff on Thursday af- follow us on Twitter at their spring season today at the ter hiring Ron English as his safeties coach. Mullen also announced the position assignments for his 10 assistants. Billy Gonzales and John Hevesy will serve as @alligatorSports or online at UNLV Invite, pg. 15 co-offensive coordinators, while Todd Grantham will be defensive coordinator. www.alligator.org/sports FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 ALLIGATOR 15

MEN’S TENNIS UF opens season today at City of Sunrise Pro Tennis Classic By Benjamin Brandt in the opening round. went 2-2. At the same tournament, Sports Writer Florida held off-campus practices teammate and All-American Perez this week to prepare for the clay went 3-1. The two played together Eight members of the Florida courts at the Sunrise Tennis Club, as a doubles pair and won the ITA men’s tennis team will compete in where the tournament is being held. All-American Championship, earn- the qualifying rounds of the City Dual-match play will begin for ing themselves the No. 1 doubles of Sunrise Pro Tennis Classic this the Gators on Jan. 22 when they ranking in the nation. weekend in Sunrise, Florida. The host unranked UCF at the Ring Ten- In his first tournament as a Gator, tournament marks the start of UF’s nis Complex. The Knights are one Vale won the singles and doubles ti- spring season after earning a pre- of six non-conference opponents tle at the Gator Ranked +1 Tourna- season ranking of No. 9 in the na- UF will face before SEC play opens ment. Vale is currently ranked No. tion. in March. Of those six teams, three 39 in singles. Of those competing, sophomore hold top-25 rankings: No. 2 Ohio Freshman Andy Andrade also Johannes Ingildsen and freshman State, No. 17 Michigan and No. 21 won his first collegiate tournament Duarte Vale both hold national sin- Florida State. with his undefeated performance at gles rankings in the ITA preseason UF finished 19-10 in dual match- the Ivy-Plus Invitational in Septem- poll at No. 7 and No. 39, respective- es last season and advanced to the ber. ly. Junior Alfredo Perez holds the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tourna- In the coming months, coach Bry- No. 8 ranking but will not partici- ment, where eventual national an Shelton’s roster of young stars pate this weekend. champion Virginia swept Florida and experienced leaders will fight for One hundred twenty-one play- 4-0. the program’s first national champi- ers from around the world will join When they returned to action in onship. Last fall, Shelton outlined the Gators and fight for 14 remain- the fall, the Gators had an encour- the Gators’ competitive perspective. ing spots in the tournament’s main aging two months of play. Ingildsen “We have to continue to approach draw, which is set to begin on Tues- won his draw at the Gator Ranked every single day the same way as if day. Last season, the team played in Alligator File Photo +1 Tournament and competed in there is no tomorrow,” he said. a similar event in Plantation, Flori- Gators men’s tennis coach Bryan Shelton and eight of his the Oracle ITA National Fall Cham- da, where both Ingildsen and Perez pionship in November, where he @bhb1227 players kick off the spring season today in Sunrise, Florida. advanced to the main draw but lost [email protected]

WOMEN’S TENNIS Gators moving on from NCAA title, begin 2018 at UNLV Invite By River Wells players — all of whom are seniors — are Sports Writer aiming to bring the Gators back to the NCAA title match for the second year in a row. Josie The Florida women’s tennis team end- Kuhlman, an All-American in 2015, is look- ed 2017 as NCAA champions and the No. ing to improve on last year’s performance af- 1 ranked team in the country. But in 2018, ter earning a nod to the All-SEC First Team. nothing is guaranteed. Brooke Austin returns to the fold after a UF lost several of its top players this off- 2017 campaign that didn’t live up to expecta- season, including seniors Belinda Woolcock tions. Austin earned SEC Player of the Year and Kourtney Keegan, as well as freshman and was the NCAA doubles national champi- Ingrid Neel. Neel, who won the clinching on with Keegan as a sophomore, but ended singles match in Florida’s 4-1 national cham- last spring excluded from the ITA top 125 pionship victory over Stanford on May 23, singles rankings. decided to forgo the rest of her collegiate ca- The No. 3 Gators will kick off the spring reer and turn pro. season at the Freeman Memorial Women’s Despite the departures of key contribu- Tennis Championships beginning today at tors, the team has high hopes for freshmen the Fertitta Tennis Complex on UNLV’s cam- Victoria Emma and Katie Kubicz. Emma’s pus. resume includes competing in the U.S. Open The three-day event will feature three Junior Championships in 2015 and 2016 and other top-10 teams in No. 1 Stanford, No. 5 winning the Florida Player of the Year award North Carolina and No. 6 Pepperdine. The in 2015, while Kubicz was ranked seventh tournament is set to begin this morning at in the 18-and-under division in Poland and 10. placed second in the doubles portion of the Alligator File Photo Polish Winter Championships in 2016. @riverhwells Florida women’s tennis player Josie Kuhlman earned All-SEC First Team honors last Meanwhile, Florida’s returning cast of [email protected] season on the way to UF winning its seventh national championship in program history.

TRACK & FIELD Florida hoping to build off early-season success in Nashville By Andrew Huang women’s team, ranked No. 6, combined for the top student-athlete in collegiate track record of 33.07 seconds run by Nick Eke- Sports Writer five first-place finishes Saturday at the Or- and field. lund-Alexander in 2013. ange and Purple Classic in Clemson, South Freshman Benjamin Lobo Vedel, com- The women’s team features senior Lloy- The Florida men’s and women’s track Carolina. ing off a first-place finish in the 300-meter dricia Cameron, an SEC champion in the and field teams will compete at the Com- The men’s team is led by senior KeAn- in his Gators debut Saturday, was named shot put, who took first place in the event modore Invitational in Nashville, Tennes- dre Bates and sophomore Grant Holloway, the USTFCCCA Division I Men’s National in the Orange and Purple Classic. see, today and Saturday for UF’s second both of whom were named to the Bower- Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. meet of the 2018 indoor season. man Preseason Watch List on Tuesday. The Denmark native’s 300-meter time @AndrewJHuang The men’s team, ranked No. 1, and the Both were semifinalists for the Bower- of 32.80 seconds tied the fourth-best mark [email protected] man award last season, which is given to in collegiate history and broke the Danish 16 ALLIGATOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018 Gators face Rebels on Saturday

The Rebels are a middle-of-the- MEN'S BBALL, from pg. 14 pack team in almost every statistical category, but have a higher average in His play is one of the main reasons rebounds per game (37.9), blocks per UF (12-4, 4-0 SEC) is on a six-game game (5.4) and assists per game (15.8) winning streak and is undefeated so far than Florida thanks to guard Terence in conference play. Davis and forward Marcanvis Hymon. Koulechov’s 65-percent shooting Both Davis and Hymon lead the from beyond the arc during SEC action team with 5.9 and 5.8 rebounds per is a vast improvement from the 19-per- game, respectively. Hymon also leads cent mark he averaged in eight games Ole Miss with 20 blocks, while Davis between Nov. 24 and Dec. 22. and forward Justas Furmanavicius have Although Koulechov is providing the 16 each. spark Florida’s offense has been look- On offense, the Rebels are led by ing for, he’s still prioritizing the team guard Deandre Burnett, who’s averag- over himself. ing 14.4 points and 4.7 assists per game. Following Wednesday’s win, he Like Florida, Ole Miss relies heav- drew attention away from his perfor- ily on its backcourt, with fi ve guards mance and instead focused on UF’s averaging at least 8.8 points per game, shooting as a whole. something White knows the Gators will “We’re really confi dent right now, need to look out for on Saturday. but we don’t let it get to our heads,” “We’ve got to be very aware of who he said. does what from what spot on the fl oor,” The grad transfer’s confi dence in White said. “I think they’re a lot more himself and his teammates will be dangerous than their record indicates.” Alan Alvarez / Alligator Staff needed when UF faces Ole Miss (9-7, Florida guard Egor Koulechov has bounced back from his early-season shooting struggles, 2-2 SEC) in Oxford on Saturday at 1 p.m. @DreilingerJake connecting on 65 percent of his three-point attempts over UF's previous four games. [email protected] Boren, McMurtry leading team Hersler tied career high with 19 points senior Alex McMurtry, who placed fi rst points and 10 rebounds, nearly grabbing her GYMNASTICS, from pg. 14 in bars and vault. McMurtry shined in WOMEN'S BBALL, from pg 14 ninth double-double of the season, and gradu- the Gators’ fi rst matchup against LSU ate transfer Paulina Hersler tied a career high how we fi ght in the second half. And not just the fl oor routine against West Virginia in 2017, posting a perfect 10.0 on vault. with 19 points while also grabbing eight re- when we’re down, but when we’re up, when with a score of 9.825. Foberg was named The team will look to Boren and McMur- bounds. we’re even, we’ve gotta fi ght all the time.” SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week try to continue to shine when Florida Over the next two days, Florida will be A 15-6 run to start the second half — led on Tuesday following the solid perfor- makes its home debut tonight. back on the practice court in preparation for a by the Gators knocking down 5-of-6 shots mance. “I’m so excited defi nitely to get back visit from LSU on Sunday. from beyond the arc in a four-minute span — “I think my favorite part is just the in front of our home crowd,” Boren said. “Going into practice (Friday), it has to be helped Florida jump out to a seven-point lead. team altogether,” Foberg said in a re- “They bring a lot of energy.” a positive mindset of 'we are getting better,'” But two three-pointers from Kentucky’s lease after the WVU meet. “Having fun, Lorenzen said. “Even though we keep losing, Amanda Paschal in the fourth quarter helped dancing, singing (and) just cheering we’re just that much closer.” each other on.” A video posted to WCJB.com contrib- mount a Wildcats comeback, and another pe- uted to this report. rimeter jumper from Taylor Murray with 54 In addition to standout showings from @justinn_case1 seconds left in the game helped UK increase the team’s freshmen, the meet against [email protected] West Virginia was also led by Boren, @alanaa_gomez its lead to fi ve. who placed fi rst in fl oor and beam, and [email protected] For Florida, Lorenzen fi nished with nine