Laidback Luke promotes Speak Up Tour. Read more on page 8. Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. VOLUME 106 ISSUE 117 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 ST. PATRICK'S DAY Irish pubs prepare for St. Patrick’s Day crowds BENJAMIN S. BRASCH St. Patrick’s Day since it opened. Alligator Writer “This is one of our hallmarks,” Norbut said. On Saturday, the green beer He said customers will hear will fl ow, the Celtic music will Flogging Molly, Dropkick Mur- blare and whiskey will fi ll the phys and live bagpipes while at mouths of the Irish-for-a-day. the restaurant. Bars, clubs and restaurants in Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub has Gainesville will celebrate St. Pat- been preparing since Jan. 1 for rick’s Day in full with food and St. Patrick’s Day, mostly because drink specials and an all-around it will be hosting two live music party mentality. acts, said Adam Wood, manager “We are going to torture our of Durty Nelly’s. employees and open up at 7 Fear Buile, a Gainesville-based o’clock in the morning,” said Irish band, will perform starting Ron Norbut, general manager at at 9 p.m. on Friday at the restau- Mother’s Pub & Grill. rant, he said. Mother’s will serve shepherd’s Bobby Murray, a Scottish-Irish pie and corned beef and cabbage, accordion player and singer, will two traditional Irish dishes. perform Saturday from 4 p.m. He said the limited menu will to 8 p.m., Wood said. DJ Leroy make decisions easier for his staff from 100.5 The Buzz will be play- and the customers. ing Dropkick Murphys, Flogging It will take 80 pounds of lamb Molly and other bands. to make the 200 portions of shep- Durty Nelly’s will serve Guin- herd’s pie, he said, and Mother’s ness for $4.50, Irish car bombs has enough raw brisket meat to for $7 and pints of domestic beer Haley Stracher / Alligator Staff make 200 portions of corned beef for $3, but it will not have green Nick Brigandi, a 28-year-old employee at Mother’s Pub & Grill, pours a beer Wednesday afternoon. Brig- and cabbage. beer. andi and other employees are preparing for St. Patrick’s Day by wearing shirts from last year’s festivities. Mother’s has been celebrating SEE IRISH, PAGE 4 Students must complete FAFSA Police catch escaped today to receive aid next year � THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE MADE money before accommodating all the eligible minimum-security inmate THE FORM A REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE applicants who turned in their applications TYLER JETT BRIGHT FUTURES LAST YEAR. close to the deadline. on Dec. 20 for fraud and cocaine “If all the money’s gone when we get to that Alligator Staff Writer possession, was scheduled for re- group of students, it’s gone,” she said. “It’s al- lease July 17. Now, he faces up to SHELBY WEBB ways better to apply as soon as possible.” Jason S. Hoover only had 160 15 years in prison for escape — a Alligator Contributing Writer days left on his sentence when he second-degree felony. “If all the money’s gone when we ran. get to that group of students, it’s gone. Hoover was caught on March The UF deadline for completing a Free Ap- Hoover, 31, was part of the 5 when Tampa plication for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is It’s always better to apply as soon as Alachua County Work Release Police found today. Students must complete the application possible.” Program, which allows mini- him on the street by the university’s deadline to be considered Rodlee Ritter mum-security inmates to remain and picked him for need-based university aid for the 2012-2013 assistant director with employed while serving time. He up on a war- academic year. UF’s Offi ce for Student Financial Affairs checked out of the work release rant. He was Last year, the Florida Legislature made fi l- The deadline for federal aid is June 30, center at 9:07 p.m. on Feb. 8. booked at the ing a FAFSA a requirement for Bright Futures 2013. He was supposed to work the Hoover H i l l s b o ro u g h scholarships, which will not be able to disperse Although Blake Spruill, 20, said he doesn’t night shift at the Burger King on County Jail and, a student’s award to UF until the state has re- think he’ll receive any federal or UF aid, he Southwest Archer Road, but he on Tuesday, driven back to Ala- ceived the student’s FAFSA. said he plans to complete a FAFSA so he can didn’t show up. He was supposed chua County, where he was held Rodlee Ritter, an assistant director with renew his Bright Futures scholarship. to check in again at the work re- Wednesday in lieu of a $100,000 UF’s Offi ce for Student Financial Affairs, said He said he won’t enjoy the process, though. lease center at 9 a.m. the next day, bond. the university distributes its limited funds for “I’ve never really liked fi lling out forms,” but he didn’t return. Contact Tyler Jett at tjett@alliga- student need-based aid on a fi rst-come, fi rst- the architecture junior said. “The length of it is Hoover, who was sentenced tor.org. served basis. She also said UF could run out of pretty bad and there’s a lot of fi ne print.” Today 84/58 Encyclopaedia Britannica to move online NCAA Tournament Starts Today FORECAST 2 CLASSIFIEDS 13 The 2010 edition will be the last one published in print, pg 4. With March Madness underway, the staff OPINIONS 6 CROSSWORD 15 UF graduate programs make list of top schools of alligatorSports is giving you advice on the AVENUE 8 SPORTS 17 The colleges of education, business and law were ranked, pg 5. who to pick in your bracket, pg. 19. 2, ALLIGATOR . THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 News Today VOLUME 106 ISSUE 117 ISSN 0889-2423 WHAT’S HAPPENING? Not offi cially associated with the University of Florida FORECAST Published by Campus Communications Inc., of Gainesville, Florida Women Empowered? Reflections TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY NEWSROOM on Women’s Conception of 352-376-4458 (Voice), 352-376-4467 (Fax) Autonomy in Communist Editor Joey Flechas, jfl [email protected] Romania PARTLY THUNDER PARTLY PARTLY PARTLY Managing Editor / Print Emily Morrow, [email protected] Today, 10:40 a.m. CLOUDY STORMS CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY Managing Editor / Online Marissa Prieto, [email protected] Turlington, Room 3312 84/58 84/56 84/56 84/57 82/57 University Editor Clare Lennon, [email protected] This is a graduate seminar with Maria Bucur-Deckard, of Metro Editor Meredith Rutland, hamentashen. as worthy of study and exhibi- Indiana University. Students [email protected] tion. For more information go from any discipline are wel- Breaking News Editor Jon Silman, [email protected] to theartofgooglebooks.tum- come. UF Shakespeare in the Park Opinions Editor Justin Hayes, [email protected] blr.com/exhibit. presents “A Midsummer Freelance Editor Erin Jester, [email protected] Night’s Dream” Turban Day TSF performs 12 Hours of Improv Sports Editor Matt Watts, [email protected] Today, noon to 4 p.m. Today to Saturday, 6:30 p.m. and GatorNights Assistant Sports Editor John Boothe, [email protected] Turlington Plaza Sunday, 2 p.m. Friday, noon to midnight alligatorSports.org Editor Joe Morgan, [email protected] The Sikh Students Association Plaza of the Americas Orange & Brew Editorial Board Joey Flechas, Emily Morrow, is hosting this religious aware- With an under-the-sea twist, Help yourself to some laughs Justin Hayes, Marissa Prieto ness event to educate students young lovers, human and while helping fund cancer re- Photo Editors Dana Burke, [email protected], and Gainesville community fairy royalty and an amateur search. 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