We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org VOLUME 112 ISSUE 21 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017 Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida Fuchs urges students to ‘stay away’ from Richard Spencer LOCAL AND UNIVERSITY on-campus appearance, which is “By shunning him and his follow- $500,000 on security, according voice their discontent with Spen- POLICE ARE SPENDING next week. ers we will block his attempt for to Alligator archives. cer’s values and stand up for their $500,000 ON SECURITY Fuchs emphasized in the email further visibility.” Fuchs pointed to a campaign own in the email. that UF’s values do not align After months of back and forth called #TogetherUF aimed to “We will overcome this exter- FOR THE EVENT. Spencer’s. The speech is set for between UF and the National promote open dialogue in light nal threat to our university and 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the Phil- Policy Institute, which Spencer of Spencer’s appearance. The our values,” Fuchs wrote. “We By David Hoffman lips Center for Performing Arts. leads as president, the university fi rst event, “A Conversation on will become an even stronger Alligator Staff Writer “(Do) not provide Mr. Spencer announced the date of the event the First Amendment,” will be community and an even greater and his followers the spotlight last Thursday. Spencer will pay Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 university.” UF President Kent Fuchs they are seeking. They are intend- $10,564 to rent the space, while p.m. in the Rion Ballroom of the For the people that attend the emailed students and faculty ing to attract crowds and provoke UF and other agencies, including Reitz Union. Fuchs said he plans speech or protests, security will Tuesday afternoon and warned a reaction in order to draw the University Police and Gainesville to attend. be heightened on campus and in them to stay away from white media,” Fuchs wrote in the email. Police, will spend more than He encouraged students to nationalist Richard Spencer’s SEE SPENCER, PAGE 4 UF student hospitalized after scooter accident SHE IS IN STABLE CONDITION Rimbey was taken to UF Health AFTER STRIKING A Shands Hospital where she is being ROAD MEDIAN. monitored but is in stable condition. Police are continuing to investigate the By Catie Wegman crash, Tobias said. Alligator Staff Writer The cause of the crash is still un- known. A UF student was seriously injured Rimbey is a non-degree-seeking ex- after she lost control of her scooter early change student from Canada, UF spokes- Tuesday morning. person John Hines wrote in an email. Sarah Rimbey, 21, was traveling west She is studying economics, according on Northwest Eighth Avenue near Hog- to her LinkedIn profi le. town Creek shortly after 1 a.m. Rimbey In an effort to prevent injuries from struck the median causing her to lose driving scooters, New Scooters 4 Less control of her scooter and crash in the donated helmets to University Police in eastbound lane of Northwest Eighth Av- an unrelated event at their Southwest enue near the 3100 block, GPD spokes- 13th Street location hours after the ac- person Ben Tobias wrote in an email. cident. UF Public Safety tweeted about Police said it did not look like Rim- the donation and encouraged students Lawson Nuland / Alligator Staff bey was wearing a helmet during the to pick up free helmets from UPD head- HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH accident. She sustained serious facial quarters. Dania Alexandrino, left, moderates a conversation with Ana Navarro, a conservative injuries and several cuts to her head and journalist. Navarro spoke about her experiences as a Latina and as a Republican at the body, Tobias said. @catie_wegman [email protected] Hispanic Heritage Month Forum on Tuesday. Read the story on pg. 4. OPS workers not reimbursed for time missed due to Irma HR SAYS IT IS REQUIRED efi ts like other full-time employ- said. “It’s a condition of their em- tuition from the students.” this is the way we’ve always done BY THE STATE. ees, said Jason Fults, the co-chair ployment.” He said UF does not treat OPS things, then that’s not accept- of the Alachua County Labor Co- OPS workers approached Fults like valuable employees and able,” he said. By Romy Ellenbogen alition. about not receiving pay, and he sometimes keeps them as tempo- Gentry said it’s against the Alligator Staff Writer Jodi Gentry, the Vice President has been communicating with rary workers for years on end. state’s regulation to offer paid of Human Resources at UF, said Gentry since. Fults said he was Santa Fe College, where Fults leave. After UF canceled classes for OPS workers only get paid for confused as to why UF couldn’t works as an employee, paid Fults said many OPS workers four days due to Hurricane Irma, time worked and are not eligible pay the workers when they had workers for the week off during live paycheck to paycheck. hourly paid workers will not be for paid leave, as stated in their budgeted for that pay already. Hurricane Irma, he said. Though “So when you’re just barely repaid for time lost. work agreement. “UF is not a factory or a restau- Gentry said a state law mandates getting by and kind of paying These employees, referred to “It’s a long-standing practice, rant or something like that that hourly workers are only paid for your bills, and then you basically as OPS, or “Other Personnel Ser- not only at the University of Flor- had to close, like it didn’t have hours worked, Fults wants to are required to take off three- vices,” workers, are paid by the ida, but it’s consistent throughout any revenue during that time.” he know if more can be done. hour and are not guaranteed ben- the state university system,” she said. “They’ve already taken the “If that’s the only justifi cation, SEE OPS, PAGE 4 UF fi les lawsuit over engineering building Gators unveil alternate uniform The suit was over the Chemical Engineering building , pg. 5. 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