We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org VOLUME 113 ISSUE 76 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida Comedian Jaboukie Young- Comedian Hasan Minhaj to White performs at Reitz speak at Phillips Center ABOUT 450 PEOPLE speculating each one’s sexuality. ATTENDED “Wasps are straight,” Young-White Accent will pay Minhaj $78,000 said. “‘Zaddy’ long legs — gay.” By Kelly Hayes The crowd of about 450 students By Kelly Hayes Minhaj, an Indian American comedian, Alligator Staff Writer cackled in agreement. Alligator Staff Writer is known as the host and creator of the Young-White, a 24-year-old come- Netfl ix comedy show “Patriot Act with Comedian Jaboukie Young-White dian who has appeared on “The Daily In 2017, Hasan Minhaj Hasan Minhaj,” as well as a correspondent fl ipped through a slideshow of bugs, Show with Trevor Noah,” performed hosted the White House for “The Daily Show.” Minhaj will be paid in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom correspondents’ dinner $78,000, according to his contract with UF. Monday night. in which President Don- The event is free to students, who can He was paid $10,500 by the Reitz ald Trump was absent. pick up tickets with a Gator 1 Card from Programming Board. Young-White’s Minhaj said it wasn’t an the Student Government suite in the Reitz hour-long set was fi lled with stories honor. Union on April 9 and 10 between 10 a.m. of his life growing up gay, living in Minhaj “No one wanted to and 5 p.m., Wolf said. Students can pick Los Angeles and Chicago and his ex- do this. So, of course, it up leftover tickets at the same place be- periences in college. lands in the hands of an immigrant,” Min- tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. April 11. “All these rich parents are, like, haj said. The event will be presented as a mod- paying for their kids to get into Now, he’ll speak at UF. erated conversation, which is a sit-down school,” he said. “It’s like OK, just, The Accent Speakers Bureau will host interview where a moderator will ask Min- you know, give your kids just a lit- Minhaj at the Phillips Center for the Per- haj questions, Wolf said. The conversation tle bit of trauma so they could write forming Arts on April 11 for a moderated will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A ses- something in their college essay.” conversation, Accent Chairman Gregory sion. He went on to describe the differ- Wolf wrote in an email. SEE HASAN, PAGE 3 ences between his younger brothers and himself, who he says are much taller than him. “Me and my brothers are really dif- ferent from each other,” he said. “I carry myself like an inbred European UF Pride Awareness Month prince.” Young-White interacted with the audience, asking individuals their holds fourth annual drag show majors and joking about the num- ber of liberal arts students. The fl oor wasn’t opened up for questions. Many of Young-White’s jokes dealt The event cost $22,000 to produce with his sexuality, and he followed many of his lines with a giggle. By Ana Escalante people will be selected from competitions “My dad was like, ‘Oh my God, I Alligator Contributing Writer held on the group’s social media pages and can’t believe my son is gay,’” Young- from meeting with students throughout White said about his coming out expe- Sequins, stand-up comedy and Nicki next week to participate in a meet-and- rience. “He had a bit of a stroke and Minaj songs will grace the presence of UF greet with the drag queens an hour before a heart attack, and I was like, ‘You’re students on April 13. the show starts. being such a queen right now.’” At 8 p.m., Pride Awareness Month, a The event cost approximately $22,000, Young-White’s routine was not subgroup under UF Pride Student Union, primarily through student government al- complete without a “Florida man” will host its fourth annual drag show at the located funding, McAuley said. About joke. Surprised by the gloomy weath- Phillips Center for Performing Arts, said $15,000 of that went toward booking “Ru er he experienced during his stay in Andrew McAuley, the Pride Awareness Paul’s Drag Race” queens. Florida, he said it resembles a “Twi- Month executive director. Audrey Long, a 20-year-old UF psychol- light” movie, and that he expected to Performers will include contestants ogy and women’s studies sophomore, said see a “Florida man vampire.” from VH1’s reality show, “RuPaul’s Drag she is ready to see local Gainesville drag Race,” like Gia Gunn and Ariel Versace, as queens perform on such a large stage. She SEE JABOUKIE, PAGE 3 well as local drag queens like Kelly Kelly frequently sees their performances at an and Faith Taylor, McAuley said. LGBTQ+ bar, University Club, at 18 E. “Drag is such an important part of Pride University Ave. Samuel Thomas / Alligator Staff ABOVE: Jaboukie Young-White, a stand-up comedian and correspondent for Awareness Month because it brings so “I like how bold the queens are to go “The Daily Show,” performs in front of an audience of about 450 people Monday much visibility,” McAuley said. “We are against what society projects the conven- night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. Young-White joked about topics like able to show other people outside the com- tional gender norms to be,” Long said. college, Twitter and coming out to his parents. The event was presented by the munity what we do on campus.” “They have a sense of self and rebellion I Reitz Programming Board and was free for UF students. The event is free to the public. Sixty wish I had.” A plastic ban for the county Gators defeat FAMU, win 5 straight The county commission decided to follow Gainesville’s steps in FOLLOW US ONLINE FOR UPDATES The UF baseball team beat Florida Atlantic eliminating plastic use, pg. 4 12-1 on Tuesday, and pitcher Nolan Crisp got his second win, pg. 14 All jokes aside @FloridaAlligator @TheAlligator_ @TheAlligator The UF president continued his April Fools’ tradition, pg. 5 2 ALLIGATOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 Today’s Weather VOLUME 113 ISSUE 76 ISSN 0889-2423 Not offi cially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications Inc., of Gainesville, Florida NEWSROOM AM PM 352-376-4458 • Fax: 352-376-4467 NOON Editor Paige Fry, [email protected] Engagement Managing Editor Christina Morales, Have an event planned? 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