We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org VOLUME 112 ISSUE 27 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida ‘Goosebumps’ author humors audience at Accent event CARLY FIORINA WILL of people.” BE ACCENT’S NEXT Shelby Buchanan, the chair- SPEAKER ON NOV. 1. woman of the Accent Speakers Bureau, wrote in an email that By Christina Morales students requested a children’s Alligator Staff Writer author and a horror author in a student survey. She said Stein The laughs of about 750 people was a choice that fulfi lled both echoed inside the University Au- requests. ditorium on Tuesday when R.L. “Additionally, many stu- Stine, the author of the popu- dents have grown up reading the lar children’s horror book series ‘Goosebumps’ book series,” Bu- “Goosebumps,” took the stage. chanan said. “Several students Stein, who was paid $27,500 by have expressed excitement over Accent Speakers Bureau, read fan the nostalgia aspect of this show mail, spoke about his family, his especially.” career and his creative process. At the meeting, Buchanan an- One of Stein’s favorite letters, nounced the next Accent Speakers which he saved, said “you’re my event, which will be Carly Fiorina, second favorite author.” former Republican presidential He said most of the letters he candidate, on Nov. 1. gets ask where his ideas come Andy Lia, a UF food science se- from, but he’s not sure. nior, found out about the speech “I have something in my brain two weeks ago. He said he was that I don’t get scared by a book excited to see the author after he or a movie,” Stine said. “Horror saw the Goosebumps series on always makes me laugh.” Netfl ix. Stein shared the time he met “I didn’t expect a comedy show his inspiration, writer Ray Brad- kind of thing,” the 22-year-old bury, at a book festival, a run-in said. “I thought of him more as that made him cry. a serious person, but I loved his Lawson Nuland / Alligator Staff He told Bradbury he was jokes. I loved what he was talking R.L. Stine speaks at the University Auditorium on Tuesday. More than 700 people came to hear Stine Stein’s hero, and Bradbury re- about.” share his stories and answer audience questions. plied, “Well, you’re a hero to a lot SEE ACCENT, PAGE 4 UF student dies falling off Day of Service launched for late apartment balcony UF student Abigail Dougherty By Meryl Kornfi eld tion.” By Jimena Tavel would have turned 22. Alligator Staff Writer Detective Matthew Goeckel, a GPD Alligator Staff Writer Dougherty was involved with the pantry spokesperson, said no foul play was sus- and Campus Diplomats, and she was a yoga A UF student died Saturday after falling pected in the fall. Alvaro Chaux knows Saturday will be a instructor with UF RecSports. from the third fl oor of 13th Street Apart- It is unknown if Burns lived at Univer- hard day. The Field and Fork Pantry launched the ments, Gainesville Police said. sity House. The 21-year-old will observe the one-year food drive in Dougherty’s name from Oct. 9 to Oct. 23, which they hope will become an Ian Burns, 20, was taken to UF Health His family, who lives in West Palm anniversary of the death of his friend Abi- annual tradition. Shands Hospital after falling from the Beach, was notifi ed of his passing later gail Dougherty, a UF student who was killed while riding her bike on W. University Av- “That girl literally breathed the Field and building, formerly known as University Saturday night, Mazzuca said. The family enue on Oct. 28, 2016. Fork Pantry,” Chaux said. “All she thought House apartments, Lt. Audrey Mazzuca had not made a formal statement to me- “I hope that day is full of happiness,” the about was that pantry — how can we ex- said. GPD responded to the apartment, lo- dia, as of press time. UF accounting senior said. “The best way to pand it, how can we help more students, cated at 725 NW 13th St., after multiple Burns was a mechanical engineering cope with it is to not try to hide it was abso- how can we get more products?” witnesses and friends who saw him fall senior, said John Hines, a UF spokesper- lutely horrible, but at the same time remem- About 20 students participated in the Day called 911 at about 6:07 p.m. son. ber how dear she was.” of Service, which was held from 2 p.m. to 4 Burns fell from the third fl oor balcony The College of Engineering hasn’t yet Chaux won’t go through it alone. The p.m. Tuesday at the Field and Fork Pantry, and several witnesses saw him fall, Lt. Da- made plans for Burns’ memorial, Hines Field and Fork Pantry and Campus Dip- said Ambre Hobson, the assistant director vid Rowe said. Rowe said it is still unclear said. He said Burns’ death is a tragedy. lomats organized three events to honor of student success at the Dean of Students how Burns fell, and the fall is still under Dougherty’s memory — a food drive, which Offi ce. Volunteers were divided into two investigation. took place over the past few weeks, a day of groups — some labeled, weighed and coded @merylkornfi eld service on Tuesday and a yoga class sched- the goods collected during the food drive and “Our detectives are still following up mkornfi [email protected] on that,” he said. “It’s an open investiga- uled on Dougherty’s birthday, Nov. 3. She SEE ABBY, PAGE 4 SG announces mental health task force Is McElwain’s claim of death Its specifi c duties are still to be decided, pg. 3 FOLLOW US ONLINE FOR UPDATES threats legitimate? Our columnist argues there are inconsistencies Solidarity through art with his story, pg. 14. 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