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Florida’s elimination from

the CWS likely marked the fi nal

game for 10 play-ers in a Gators

uniform. See story, 7.

Judge orders $1 million dinosaur fossil be returnedThe fossil is believed to have been illegally imported, pg 5. LifeSouth experiencing low blood supply, needs donationsThe center is at a two-year low, read the story at alligator.org.

Etsy:Gators are spreading their craft over the Web. Three ladies fi nd therapy in art, see the story on page 8.

MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSONAlligator Contributing Writer

A man who allegedly stole gold and cash and fl ed with a gun Wednesday is now in custody.

Kouvaris Lamar Roberts was ar-rested on felony charges of robbery with a weapon and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

Gainesville Police and the Uni-versity Police Department respond-ed to calls at 2:13 p.m. about a man carrying a handgun who was limp-ing westbound down an Archer Road sidewalk.

A UF Alert was sent out via text message and email at 2:29 p.m. A second message at 2:44 p.m. said police found the man and took him into custody.

Police believe the man robbed Gold Buyers of Gainesville at 2320

SW Archer Road, according to GPD offi cer Ben Tobias.

Police described the man as 5-foot-10, 160 pounds and in his 20s.

He fl ed the scene, struck by gun-fi re at least once.

An eyewitness employee at a neighboring Jiffy Lube said he only heard and saw one shot being fi red outside of the shop.

The employee, who asked to re-main anonymous, said he saw a man slip on a dark ski mask before he entered Gold Buyers of Gainesville around 2 p.m.

About fi ve minutes later, the al-leged robber and a man from the store came outside.

Then, the man fi red a round at the suspect.

“[The suspect] grabbed his ass,” said the Jiffy Lube employee. “Then he ran off.”

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Gainesville Police and the University Police Department respond to a call about a man carrying a hand-gun while limping down Southwest Archer Road Wednesday. Police believed the man robbed Gold Buy-ers of Gainesville located at 2320 SW Archer Road.

Man allegedly robs gold store, limps from sceneHe was arrested on felony robbery and weapons charges

� BUS SERVICE WILL BE REDUCED FROM JUNE 23 TO JULY 1 AND LATER GATOR ROUTES WILL RESUME JULY 5.

CHRIS ALCANTARAAlligator Writer

Bus service will be reduced during the weeklong break between Summer A and Summer B.

The Gainesville Regional Transit System announced Monday its plan to reduce service from June 23 to July 1.

According to a press release from RTS, service on routes 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 34, 35 and 43 will be re-duced.

RTS spokesman Chip Skinner said there will be fewer buses running on

those routes.“With students leaving town, we

noticed a reduced demand,” he said.The remaining city routes — 1, 2,

5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 24, 25, 36 and 75 — will follow the regular summer 2012 weekday schedule.

RTS will resume its normal sum-mer service on July 2.

Weekend routes will remain un-changed, with the exception of route 126, which will not be in service.

No buses will be running through the UF campus during the break.

The Later Gator nighttime routes will resume on July 5, according to the release.

Routes 22, 27, 28, 29, 46, 62 and 76 will not be in service until the begin-ning of the Fall semester on Aug. 19.

Contact Chris Alcantara at [email protected].

Bus routes to change for Summer B schedule

STUDENT LIFE

SAMANTHA SHAVELLAlligator Staff Writer

UF student Rob Wheeler Jr. starts a three-day, 150-mile trek from Gainesville to Talla-hassee Monday.

The 20-year-old political science and his-tory junior will walk from Gainesville to High Springs on Monday.

The next day, he will cycle from High Springs to Lamont, and Wednesday he will walk from Lamont to Tallahassee.

It adds up to about 150 miles.The trek is Wheeler’s way of giving back

to his church, St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, and raising money for the con-struction of its new building.

During high school, Wheeler was a devout Christian. But once he started college, things changed and he lost focus.

By spring 2012, Wheeler was regularly blacking out from drinking, yelling at his girl-friend and fi ghting with his family.

“I turned my back on everyone,” he said.His mom, Kim Wheeler, said she noticed

her son was not as kind and considerate as he had been.

He became a member of Theta Chi Fra-ternity, held leadership positions in Student Government and Gator Growl and joined Florida Blue Key. He is currently a District B senator.

“I was so caught up in myself,” he said.It was after a blacked-out night when he

argued with his girlfriend again that he real-ized he needed to change.

When he came home for Spring Break, he went back to church.

His mom said she saw him change back to the way had used to be.

“The biggest change in Rob is that he is much happier and seems to be less bur-dened,” she said.

But Rob Wheeler Jr. still felt like he owed

UF Senator to begin 150-mile trek to Tallahassee Monday

“The biggest change in Rob is that he is much happier and seems

to be less burdened.”

Kim WheelerMother

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WHAT’S HAPPENINGPotluck at Toastmasters

The potluck food table rolls in Tuesday at the Talking Gators Toastmasters meet-ing. Everyone is welcome. Bring food or just bring yourself. The meeting be-gins at 5:45 p.m. in the Entomology Bldg., Rm. 1031, 970 Natural Area Drive, east of the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a brief ceremony for the installation of our new offi-cers. Toastmasters provides a positive atmosphere to learn public speaking skills. For more information, visit http://talkinggators.toast-mastersclubs.org/. Talking Gators is also on Facebook.

Asthma StudyIf you are an African-American between the ages of 18 and 75 and have been diagnosed with asthma for more than a year, you may be eligible to be part of a research study at UF. Enrollment is taking place at Eastside Community Practice through December.If interested, please call Cheri Knecht at 352-219-7366.

Become a MUSE at UF’s Art MuseumMUSEs (Museum University Student Educators) are one-semester volunteers who create interactive and engag-ing experiences for museum visitors at Museum Nights. A group of 10 to 15 students from diverse academic back-grounds work together to create programs at the mu-seum. As a MUSE, you get to reinvent how we look at art and experience the museum. All majors welcome. Contact Eric Segal at 352-392-9826, ext. 2115 or [email protected] with questions.

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$10,000 bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday to charges includ-ing driving with a suspended li-cense and fourth offense drunken driving.

Authorities say the 47-year-old woman’s car got stuck at the Whitinsville Golf Club in North-bridge on Monday. She told po-lice her GPS told her to turn left, which she said led her through a cornfield and onto the golf course.

The Telegram & Gazette re-ports that police say they found a cup filled with alcohol in her car.

Golfers were on the course at the time, but no one was hurt.

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INTERNATIONALGelato for dogs as Italy heats up

ROME — Leave it to Italians to come up with just the thing to survive the dog days of summer: canine gelato.

This Italian ice cream for dogs contains no milk, eggs or sugar, which are harmful to canines. With temperatures in Rome topping 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, dogs are lapping up the icy treat at a pet supply store on the out-skirts of the capital.

Dog owner Anna Bordoni couldn’t resist a taste from her mutt Elsa’s cup and declared it “fantastic.”

Rome vetrinarian Marialivia Palmieri says water remains the best cool-down treat for dogs. But she said the special canine gelato does dogs no harm — and can be gratifying for pet and owner.

Flavors come in vanilla, rice and yogurt and a serving costs 2 euro ($2.50).


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NATIONALOhio candy thief targets mostly peanut butter cups

LORAIN, Ohio — Police in northern Ohio are trying to identify a candy thief who stole hundreds of dollars in peanut butter cups from a gas station store.

Employees reported that a young man usually comes in af-ter midnight, snatches Reese’s peanut butter cups and exits the store before they can call police. The workers say the candy sto-len over the past few months was worth $400 to $600.

The Morning Journal reports the latest theft happened early Tuesday morning. A police re-port indicates the man stole peanut butter cups and went for a saltier snack, grabbing a bag of chips. He was dressed in black clothing, with a hooded sweatshirt over his head.

A clerk says he tried to stop the thief, who spun him around and fled on foot.


Woman drives car onto golf course, into sand trap

UXBRIDGE, Mass. — A woman told police she drove her car into a sand trap on a Massachusetts golf course be-cause her GPS sent her the wrong way.

Police said she was drunk.Patricia Maione was held on

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The Grass Is Always GreenerSports Turf One removes the turf from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Wednesday. The new turf will be more disease- and drought-tolerant.

�THE STUDY SURVEYED 1,000 iPHONE USERS.

RACHEL STEPHENSAlligator Contributing Writer

Kelsey Stinnett would rather give up sex for a weekend than go without her smartphone.

Stinnett, a 21-year-old UF polit-ical science senior, isn’t alone. Ac-cording to a study released Mon-day, 15 percent of iPhone users would choose a sex-free weekend over giving up their phone for the same amount of time.

Gazelle.com surveyed 1,000 iP-hone users in honor of the iPhone’s fifth birthday, which is June 29.

Stinnett said one of the main reasons she’d choose a smartphone over sex is because she doesn’t feel safe without it.

She’d also be wary of giving up the phone’s convenience.

“Everything’s here — the phone calls, the texts and the Internet —

all in one spot,” she said.Sophia Acord, a professor in

UF’s department of sociology, criminology and law who has con-ducted research at Rutgers Uni-versity’s Center for Mobile Com-munication Studies, said there is evidence dating back to the 1990s showing mobile devices have caused a decrease in the quality of face-to-face interaction.

She said people can feel the need to connect with others who aren’t with them, even if they’re with a group of friends.

“You buy it for one thing, and it begins to nudge its way into every aspect of your life,” she said.

Daniel Siefman, a 21-year-old nuclear engineering senior, was surprised by the study’s results.

Although he once walked into a pole while staring at his iPhone, he said he can go without it.

“For some people it’s like their life anchor,” he said. “It keeps them connected to the world, and they can’t live without it.”

Some iPhone users choose phone over sex

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SAMANTHA SHAVELLAlligator Staff Writer

After extending the application period, the Student Senate approved a new Supervisor of Elections at Tuesday’s meeting.

Student Body President Tj Vil-lamil left this position open later than others, hoping that more peo-ple would apply. UF junior Stephen Davis was chosen.

To qualify for Supervisor of Elec-tions, the candidate must have been an assistant to the Supervisor or on the election commission for at least one SG election.

Davis was an assistant to the Su-pervisor of Elections in Spring 2011.

Jordan Eddy and Damario Major also applied for the position. Eddy served as an assistant for the last three elections, and Major served as an assistant in the 2010-2011 school

year.However, Vil-

lamil said he went with Davis because he was a “fresh face.”

Villamil also said the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 elections were not run smoothly.

Major was not involved in the

last two elections, Villamil said, but during his interview for the Supervi-sor of Elections position, Major said he thought both were run well.

“That answer was not satisfac-tory,” Villamil said.

Sen. Max Stein said he was con-cerned that Davis has not been involved in the relatively recent electronic voting process for two se-mesters, and that Davis is a member of Villamil’s fraternity.

Davis was not available for ques-tioning at the meeting.

Stein said he would have liked to ask Davis questions about party af-filiation and experience directly.

“I have to assume the worst-case scenario,” he said.

The senators also approved the amended 2012-2013 Activity and Service Fee budget.

Contact Samantha Shavell at [email protected].

UF Senate approves new Supervisor of Elections after extension

Villamil

The trek, inspired by ‘Forrest Gump,’ gives Wheeler time to think something — to the church, friends and fam-ily.

“Just saying I changed wasn’t enough,” he said.

He started fundraising a month ago for the new church. Since then, he has raised more than $500.

The church hopes to open on Christmas

Eve 2013, Wheeler said.The Rev. Andrew Rowell, an associate

rector, said the church needed a total of $8 million to build the new space. He said they have wanted to build it for years and are in the final push with the last million dollars.

Wheeler got the idea for the trek from the movie “Forrest Gump.”

He thought walking would give him time to think, and other people could join him.

Rowell hopes to join Wheeler the second day.

Rowell has known Wheeler since he was a freshman in high school. He said he thinks Wheeler’s trek is ambitious.

“It’s a bold and noble thing to do,” he said.

Rowell used to be a distance cyclist and said that even for a cyclist, 97 miles is hard.

Wheeler is nervous for the cycling, but he

has been training every day for three weeks.He has been riding his bicycle for an hour

and walking 30 minutes every day.His family will also drive behind him for

moral support and whatever else he might need.

“I had been so bad to other people,” Wheeler said. “This was my own sacrifice.”

Contact Samantha Shavell at [email protected].

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An image from documents released from the U.S. Attorneys’ office Monday shows the fossil of a Tyrannosau-rus bataar dinosaur. A lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday that the fossil be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia.

� THE FOSSIL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY IMPORTED TO GAINESVILLE.

CHRIS ALCANTARAAlligator Writer

Wanted: an 8-foot-tall, 24-foot-long Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur fossil worth about $1 million.

On Tuesday, a New York federal judge requested the Department of Homeland Security to seize the remains of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur artifact in New York City believed to have been stolen from Mongolia.

The fossil was illegally imported from Great Britain to Gainesville in March 2010 by an unidentified buyer.

Beverly Sensbach, assistant direc-tor of the Florida Museum of Natu-ral History, said the museum didn’t promote the fossil while it was in the city.

“We have personally never seen it,” she said.

According to a civil complaint, documents given to officials con-tained false information about the artifact, which incorrectly said it was from Great Britain and was worth $15,000.

On May 20, the fossil was sold to an anonymous buyer for $1,052,500.

Heritage Auctions, the Dallas-based auction company overseeing the sale, halted the sale on May 21 pending an investigation into the fossil’s origins.

The artifact is currently located in an art storage facility in New York City.

“We have cooperated in the in-vestigation process for paleontolo-gists to expeditiously examine the skeleton, and we will continue to cooperate with authorities,” said Jeff Halperin, co-founder of Heritage Auctions, in a statement.

Contact Chris Alcantara at [email protected].

Judge orders $1 million dinosaur fossil be returned

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Today’s question: Have you donated blood at UF?

240 TOTAL VOTES

77% YES23% NO

Tuesday’s question: Would you use a bus that goes to Lake Wauburg?

Well, it’s the end of Summer A, which means the Alligator will be on break next week. However, we have a lot to cover this week, so sit tight, relax and prepare for our document-withholding-amnesty-granting-substance-banning-cancer-curing-animal-crashing-studio-bashing edition of...

Darts & LaurelsAfter a congressional oversight committee requested

documents from the Obama administration surrounding the failed gun enforcement operation known as “Fast and Furious,” the administration responded by using executive privilege to withhold these materials. For this, we throw an are-you-telling-me-that-politicians-are-hypocrites DART at President Barack Obama for not only invoking execu-tive privilege, but for doing so after arguing against its use by President George W. Bush in 2007.

However, we will be giving a fi nally-a-change-in-immi-gration-policy-that-makes-sense LAUREL to the Obama administration for giving undocumented students brought to the U.S. before the age of 16 the ability to obtain a work permit and protection from deportation for two years.

Regardless of your views on immigration policy, chil-dren should not be held responsible for the actions of their parents.

It has been argued, but not proven, that the brutal can-nibalistic attack that occurred in Miami in May was caused by so-called “bath salts,” a product used as a synthetic drug. This leads us to our expanding-the-black-market-and-giving-criminals-more-money DART at the Miami-Dade County Commission, which started the process to ban the product.

Good job. No one ever smokes marijuana anymore be-cause it’s illegal, right?

Next, we give an opening-the-door-to-new-discoveries LAUREL to UF researchers, who found that a genetically modifi ed version of the bacterium lactobacillus acidophi-lus, naturally produced in the human gut and found in cer-tain yogurts and cheese, reduces infl ammation or growths that can result in colon cancer in mice. That’s pretty cool, huh?

For causing mischief on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg, Fla., we throw an I’m-going-down-and-I’m-taking-every-one-else-with-me DART at an alligator that authorities are blaming for two car crashes on the highway. Although the gator survived the fi rst collision, it wasn’t so lucky the sec-ond time.

Fortunately, there were no human injuries.Finally, we throw a yes-there-were-only-two-laurels-

this-week-but-we-can’t-NOT-address-this DART at New Line Cinema and Warner Bros., whose lack of enthusiasm for the “Dumb and Dumber” sequel caused Jim Carrey to back out of the project.

This is ridiculous.Have a fun and safe break, and be sure to check back

Summer B.

President Obama displays incompetenceWell, I’m just going to come right out and say it.

President Obama is arguably the worst president in American history. Never have the American

people been sold such a bill of goods as they have with this man.

Yes, I consider myself to be politically conservative, and no, I did not vote for Obama. I’m sure this surprises no one.

Full disclosure is important. But if you think I’m harsh in my dislike of the man’s conduct in his duties as the com-mander in chief, you can’t imagine how much more upset I would be with him had I actually voted for him.

Maybe I can put that into better perspective.In 2004, fewer than 60 days after returning home from a

tough tour in Iraq, I was absolutely furious with the Bush administration. So this lifelong Republican marched down to the polling place and cast my vote for John Kerry.

I did not vote for him because I was suddenly a born-again Democrat, but rather because I believed then, as I do now, that when leadership failure occurs, it is the people’s obligation to hold elected offi cials to the highest standards. Sometimes the fi ring is far more important than the hir-ing.

If I was one who viewed Obama as an inspiring leader, a unifying force or even the man of destiny that the presi-dent obviously feels he is, I would still be extremely puz-zled about what’s going on in his mind.

Where are the successes?Right now, the prevailing narrative coming from White

House offi cials is essentially, “We just need more time. Ev-erything was worse than we thought.” During his latest speech in Cleveland, the president explained that reces-sions like the current one historically take more than a de-cade to sort out.

I’d like to know who put that on the teleprompter. Apparently the president has such a low opinion of the American public that his best argument, his most inspir-

ing pep talk to the voters, essen-tially amounts to, “Don’t expect much.”

I do not hate Obama. On the whole, he seems like a very charming and personable fellow. However, he is absolutely falling down on the job, and our coun-try is suffering for it. Therefore, I hold him responsible.

Conversely, I hold no great love for his opponent, Mitt Romney. In many ways, he seems very similar to Obama; only he does seem to know how to operate a calculator, balance a budget and manage something other than a ce-lebrity fundraiser.

Speaking of fundraisers, the president has done more than 140 of them; twice as many as the next most prolifi c presidential fundraiser, George W. Bush. If each gala runs at about two hours in length, that equals seven full work-weeks. This is disgraceful, even if you don’t consider the expense to the taxpayer for his travel and security details.

The only thing I would say to this very charming and personable fellow in the White House is that yes, President Obama, America is watching you.

Everything he does seems to be painted as “historic,” and for good reason. No president has ever proven to be this historically disengaged, so historically absent or so historically incompetent to meet the challenges of his of-fi ce.

I’m therefore predicting a historically bad night for him in November because Americans understand, this time now more than ever, that the fi ring is more important than the hiring.

I know I’m hoping for some real change.Joshua Fonzi is a microbiology and cell science and ento-

mology and nematology senior at UF. His column appears on Thursdays.

Joshua [email protected]

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What happened to free speech and common courtesy?

I’ve been a student senator since the last election in spring, and one thing has been made

abundantly clear in my short time in the Senate: The Unite Party doesn’t like being told that they’re wrong or that they’re corrupt and incompetent, or even that you want to amend one of their bills to be grammatically correct.

It’s partisanship on a level of its own.

And that’s fine. No one likes hearing bad things about them-selves. I’m just as likely to get up-set by an insult as the next guy. But while I disagree with what they might have to say, I don’t cut off their ability to say it.

Beyond being a First Amend-ment right granted by the Consti-tution, it’s common courtesy.

For those of you not familiar with the way Senate works, we run our meetings using Robert’s Rules of Order. When debating a bill, any side can make the motion to “call the previous question,” which essentially cuts off all de-bate and moves directly into vot-ing on a bill.

It’s the Unite Party’s favorite motion and probably the only one most of their senators know (I’ve yet to hear most of them speak, so I can’t be sure).

Now, even within Robert’s Rules of Order, calling the pre-vious question is regarded as a highly disrespectful motion, espe-cially if someone else still wants to speak.

But Unite Party Sen. Andrew Schein takes disrespect to a com-pletely new level when he stands up (generally during debate time) and calls the previous question only to then vote in favor of the bill. It’s a disgusting maneuver and shows how little respect he has for the 49 percent of students who voted against his party in the last election.

To further demonstrate the point, after bill presentation, questions and three full rounds of pro-con debate (the maximum al-lowed without a motion to extend) you’ve exhausted a maximum of 28 minutes. If his party wants to vote in favor or against a bill, we can’t stop them, but I would hope that he would at least have the re-spect to allow the representatives of the Student Body to speak on behalf of their constituents.

The Unite Party’s actions thus far into the summer session have been the exact opposite of their promises to increase communica-tion and transparency.

I just wish they’d have the de-cency to stop being so intellectu-ally dishonest about their views and actually say they don’t care about what anyone has to say.

Max SteinStudents Party Senator

Letter to the Editor

Recent economic growth numbers are begging the question: are we getting out of the recession any time soon?

The daunting question looms like a dark cloud over the heads of lawmakers and business owners who don’t know what to expect from a lethargic economy.

This uncertainty is stifling action in the private sector. A disappointing May jobs report pushed the unemployment

rate back to 8.2 percent, and there is already extra doubt about the modest growth estimates for the second quarter.

Historically, economic growth has been fastest after a down-turn.

In 1934, following the Great Depression, the U.S. economy grew an unprecedented 10.9 percent.

However, since 2009, the average annual growth rate has been 2.4 percent, while the long-term trend in the U.S. has been 3.1 percent since 1948.

So why do we still see sluggish growth?Among the many factors that influence the health of the econ-

omy, one reality is that the economy reacts to perception. If you don’t believe you’ll have a job tomorrow, you’re un-

likely to buy a new house today. You will probably save your money instead.

Likewise, a business apprehensive about prospective income is unlikely to spend money on new hires.

Even with the Federal Reserve driving interest rates near zero, employers are reluctant to take risks with a lack of confidence in the recovery.

Over the last several years, a wave of new policies and politi-cal events has given rise to uncertainty in the political and eco-nomic climate.

The health care overhaul will implement sweeping changes for employers beginning in 2013.

Recently, I was able to attend a presentation by Gary Ellis, the chief financial officer of Medtronic.

He explained how the type of system adopted by the U.S. was less of a concern to them than figuring out the details of the bill.

“We operate in all health care systems of the world and turn a profit,” he said. “We’re more concerned about figuring out ex-actly what is in this bill.”

The effect this bill will have remains hazy even for those closely watching it.

Last year, the Bush-era tax cuts were extended, but only until Jan. 1, 2013. Without knowing whether the tax cut will be extended again, business owners are wary of commitments.

The effect of a tax cut to stimulate hiring in the economy is diminished by its short-term nature.

Last summer, Republicans and Democrats clashed over the debt ceiling until the 11th hour.

This event was toxic for the markets, amplified fear over the ability to contain public debt and led to a credit downgrade for the government.

Worst of all, a sequel may be right around the corner as the debt nears its ceiling again.

The press’ favorite two words in 2010 were “double dip,” which has not helped quell the uncertainty.

With incessant questioning of the U.S.’s potential to relapse into recession to the current debt debacle of Europe, the financial press has been filled with fear.

Lawmakers can help ameliorate this uncertainty. First, they must provide the business community with lasting solutions, not temporary fixes.

They need to be efficient in making decisions and avoid drawn-out political battles.

This is especially important for debate on the debt ceiling, as strong creditworthiness is crucial for the nation’s economy.

Second, President Barack Obama’s administration needs to work on the clarity of the health care overhaul and finish crafting the language of the recent reforms such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform bill.

Businesses need to know what they are up against. Lastly, lawmakers should remember that real solutions often

require politically tough decisions, and if the economy is doing well, the people will trust those tough decisions.

Derek Olson is a columnist for the Minnesota Daily at the Univer-sity of Minnesota.

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In lab, Anna Melnichuk is a 29-year-old graduate student working toward a master’s degree both in physical chem-istry and electrical engineering. On the social networking and shopping web-site, Etsy, she is Silvertree999, armed with handmade jewelry and nature photographs taken with her mother’s 35mm Minolta, a retro film camera.

These personas are seemingly unre-lated, but Melnichuk disagrees.

“Science and art really go hand in hand,” she said. “You have to be a cre-ative person to do well in science.”

Melnichuk, who spent her teen-age years in Brooklyn, N.Y., painted throughout high school. She was ac-cepted to the School of Visual Arts, Sa-vannah College of Art and Design and other well-known art schools, as well as waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon for phys-ics.

She kept her name on the waitlist thinking she wouldn’t get in.

“I wouldn’t have to make a decision, upset parents, et cetera,” she said, “and then I got in, and there was nothing I could say after that.”

Thus, her 11 years and counting of schooling began. Melnichuk attended the University of Hawaii after graduat-ing from Carnegie Mellon with a Bach-elor of Arts in chemistry. She received her master’s in chemistry at Hawaii and came to UF in 2006.

In Gainesville she’s developed a cre-ative outlet taking photographs of flow-ers and sunsets at Paynes Prairie. Jew-elry making started for Melnichuk as an accident after her bracelet broke.

At the bead store she had a thought; “Oh, there’s a lot of stuff here, this is kind of fun.” So, she started buying, making things and taking classes.

To Melnichuk, her art is a stress re-lief from her work with UF’s Quantum Theory Project. Because of this, jewelry making and photography indirectly supplement her work in the same way that a hot shower or a few hours at the gym seem to generate the best ideas.

“If you think of something else, if you read a book that’s not related to your work at all, at some point, just do-ing that clears your mind,” she said.

She put her work on Etsy in Febru-ary and has had one sale so far from a very supportive aunt.

“Someone ordered this pendant, this pricey piece, and I didn’t think it would be the first thing to sell,” she said, laugh-ing.

Melnichuk hopes to sell most of her

jewelry stock by the time she leaves Gainesville next year. Even with her stack of chemistry degrees, she ac-knowledges art as an important part of her life.

“I always tell my students not to think of science as this dry thing,” she said. “If you’re going to be good, you have to be creative. Otherwise, you re-ally are a drone.”

To Kathryn Wilson, The Gator Na-tion knows no bounds.

Wilson uses Etsy to display and sell her products online, her shop is called GatorMade.

Her creations embody a home foot-ball game — bags, flip-flops and jewel-ry all orange and blue — and also bring The Swamp spirit abroad in the form of pillows, scarves and signs.

“It’s amazing,” Wilson, a 1971 grad-uate of UF, said. “I didn’t even realize how global it could be until I put this stuff on Etsy.”

Wilson’s creativity and love for the Gators became intertwined when she came to UF on a fine arts scholarship. In her time, she attended countless home football and basketball games, she said, and eventually graduated with a degree in interior design.

After years of being an interior de-signer, and later a financial assistant, Wilson decided it was time to turn back to the things she loved most — crafting and UF.

“I love being creative, and I’m a life-long Gator,” she said. “It just kicked me right in the pants that I need to start do-ing stuff I enjoy.”

After making enough products to expand, Wilson asked her son to make a website. Instead, he introduced her to Etsy.

He told her it was easy to set up and use Wilson said.

He was right, and she has been us-ing it to spread orange and blue all over the world.

“I’ve sent things to Kentucky, to Cal-ifornia, to Japan,” Wilson said.

One of her products, a sign that says how many miles a particular place is

from The Swamp, made it more than 7,000 miles to Germany.

“Social media is a wonderful thing when you can just talk to someone in Germany, and it’s not going to cost you anything,” Wilson said.

If Mabelin Castellanos was to read her name on a page, certain letters would pop from the black and white of ink and paper. She would see the a’s in red, the e’s in green, the i’s in yellow and the o’s in white.

Castellanos has grapheme-color synesthesia. The part of her brain that processes words and numbers overlaps with the part of the brain that sees col-ors.

The condition is common among artists, Castellanos said, which would explain the large collection of mixed media art and household knickknacks in her Etsy collection, TelArtes.

“It’s a need I have,” she said. “It bal-ances my mind.”

Castellanos is a scientist. After emi-grating from Cuba in 1994, Castellanos came to work for UF’s department of physiological sciences at a time when the university was the only school in Florida with a medical college.

Castellanos believes art and science balance each other.

Much of her work is quilt art. She creates a graphic tablet on the computer to print onto fabric, then sews on top of it with different colors and patterns. The scenes are inspired by everyday life.

“That’s just what I love, people and ambiance,” she said.

For a while, Castellanos was part of the Artisans’ Guild Gallery, a co-op for Gainesville artists, she also put up tables and stands at art shows and farmers markets all around Florida. Those be-came too time-consuming, so she joined Etsy in February.

Since then, she’s sold two key chains and a quilt art piece.

“The money is not really an issue,” she said, “but you like to show what you do in a way.”

She also enjoys browsing.“Etsy’s great because you can see

what other artists are doing,” she said. “It’s even better as a buyer.”

With her synesthesia and science-heavy job, Castellanos doesn’t see art creation as a choice, but as a necessity. However, it is a welcome necessity.

“I have a need to see color and put it together,” she said. “I really enjoy do-ing it.”

Grads and students use Etsy to expand the Gator Nation

“I love being creative, and I’m a lifelong Gator, and it just kicked me right in the pants

that I need to start doing stuff I enjoy.”

Kathryn WilsonEtsy vendor

A free meditation group is held every Friday at Sanctuary Yoga at 8:45 a.m. Read the story on page 10


� THE STORE IS GETTING EN-ERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS.

SAMANTHA SOLUMAvenue Writer

What began as a passion for Native American customs expanded into a boutique in 2008, and now the expan-sion continues in order to serve the community of Gainesville.

Otter and Trout Trading Co., locat-ed at 625 W University Ave., recently added another room to its store to make space for the growing collection of herbs, books, gems and unusual gifts, but the renovations aren’t over.

Eric Dreaming Trout and Kimberli White Otter have teamed up with Trimark Properties to add energy ef-ficient windows and paneling as well as an entire new look for the store, all while keeping its doors open.

Otter said their main concern is networking with the community to create wellness on a global scale, but closing during construction would hinder these efforts.

“We want whatever the Gainesville people want,” Trout said.

Every Monday through Saturday, customers eagerly wait outside the door until it opens at 11 a.m. and con-tinue to come and browse or seek ho-listic advice until the store closes at 7 p.m.

Although the store is on University Avenue, its main customer base isn’t necessarily UF students.

Otter said they get all different walks of life visiting the store and most of them discover it through word-of-mouth or from curiosity of the trinkets they spot through the window.

“I think we stay busy because people are realizing the importance of getting in touch with their ancient roots,” Otter said. “More people are interested in trying herbal remedies, opposed to chemical and pharmaceu-tical treatments.”

Otter gained her knowledge of herbs through a near-death experi-ence from a car accident in 1996.

“I came back with some gifts I couldn’t really explain,” she said. “I didn’t know how I knew what I knew but it just became intuitive to me.”

She met Trout in 1997, and they combined interests to create a busi-ness selling their herbal concoctions out of a tent at Native American pow-wows.

Trout noticed how many people turned to Otter with their ailments, and he encouraged her to open their own store.

Otter was already working as a certified masseuse in Gainesville and when the space became available, they decided it was where they were going to stay.

Now in the store’s fifth year of be-ing open, the pair plan on continuing to grow, improve and contribute a portion of all profits to the vision of global healing.

Their goals for the future are to provide a self-sustaining, multicultur-al, interspiritual center for alternative healing situated on ample property with lush foliage, live oaks and run-ning water, medicinal and meditation gardens, healing, drum circles, work-shops and nature walks.

The pair believe if they continue to serve the Gainesville community, then the customer support will help make this vision a reality.

Otter and Trout Trading Co. offers holistic practices to Gainesville

Brett Le Blanc / Alligator Staff

Otter and Trout Trading Co. has been open since 2008. Since opening the store it has expand-ed into a room next door and is now undergoing an eco friendly facelift.

10, ALLIGATOR THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012

NATALIE TEERAvenue Writer

In a room with only the noise of a buzz-ing tattoo gun, conversations formulate out of thin air.

For Keri Johnson, a 27-year-old UF stu-dent studying religion and nature, and 36-year-old tattoo artist “Sleepy Dave” Kotinsley, a discussion that started about a thesis paper grew into a community medi-tation group.

Kotinsley, who has been regularly med-itating for a year and a half, mentioned that he had an instructor, but he lived out of town. Johnson has been teaching yoga and meditating on her own for about eight years. The two discussed the importance of a community coming together for these types of practices.

Through this need grew their Free Community Meditation Group. The fi rst session was June 1, and there are sessions every Friday. The group is led by either Kotinsley or Johnson at 8:45 a.m. at Sanc-tuary Yoga, located in the Seigle building, 408 W University Ave., No. 112.

“The sessions last an hour, but it isn’t an hour of seated meditation,” Johnson said. “It starts with 15 minutes of breath-ing work and stretching, a half hour of seated practice and then we take a couple

minutes at the end to check in, talk about the experience and see what worked and what didn’t.“

Johnson and Kotinsley want to focus on and make it known that this is a non-denominational meditation group.

“So it’s all religious affi liations and no religious affi liations,” Johnson said. “We welcome anyone of all levels of medita-tion. It’s really a community-oriented class, where we are learning from each other.”

The fi rst session the duo hosted had 15 people — a number that they deem a very positive response. The studio can fi t about 40 people. Johnson and Kotinsley switch off hosting the group, but the schedule isn’t set in stone.

Hosting the meditation provides them with an outlet to share experiences.

“It’s easy to meditate on your own at home,” Kotinsley said. “It’s the human and community aspect that is very impor-tant, and it’s been great for me personally as well.”

Kotinsley said there is no end date planned for the future.

“We want to build something, hopeful-ly something that the community wants to support for years to come,” he said.

Two Gainesville residents host Free Community Meditation Groupfi tness


Keri Johnson, 27, has been practicing yoga and meditation since 2004. She and Dave Kotinsley, 36, work together to provide Gainesville with free meditation sessions.

“The sessions last an hour, but it isn’t an hour of seated meditation. It starts with 15 minutes of breath-ing work and stretching, a half hour

of seated practice and then we take a couple minutes at the end to check in, talk about the experience

and see what worked and what didn’t.”

Keri JohnsonUF student

Yoga and Meditation schedule

Jivamukti YogaMonday-9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Casa Ma Studios607 E University Ave

Jivamukti YogaWednesday- 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.Sanctuary Yoga and Meditation

408 W University Ave #112

Free Community Meditation GroupFriday-8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Sanctuary Yoga and Meditation408 W University Ave #112


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4BR/2BA 3962 W. University Ave. Close to campus. Living, dining, & family rm, hottub. All appliances incld. W/D, DW, Cent H/AC. Inside pest cntrl & lawn svc. incl. $1350. Avail Aug 1st. 333-9874, 352-317-7346 7-17-12-10-2

1BR/1.5BA LOFT APTFully remodeled. Sparrow condo. Minimum 1 year lease. Adult or grad student. No pets. $600/mo + 2 mos sec dep in advance. Available immediately 352-339-4600 7-31-12-13-2


TOWNHOUSE - 2BR/1.5BA, W/D hook-up, pvt backyard, carpet, tiles, just painted. Extra clean. $625/mo + $625 sec. 2627 SW 38th Place. Available now. 941-204-1304 or 352-215-3160 6-21-12-4-2

3BR/1.5BA in Pleasant St, historic district, downtown. Ceiling fans, wood floors. Porch, newly painted. No dogs. 1st, last, sec. $1100/mo call April. 538-1550 [email protected] 8-9-11-16-2

PET’S PARADISE$390 - $650. No app or pet fee.1 & 2BR, privacy fenced. SW. 352-331-2099 7-3-11-5-2

Nicks Place Apt 2BED/2BATH$1000 entire apartment,

Washer/dryer, dishwasher, high ceilings,Sleep late only 5 blocks to Campus,Great Parking, 1st or 2nd Floor units

Call Mitchell Realty 352-374-85798-9-11-16-2

3 BR/2ba HOME for $1250/mo. Quiet. Close to UF. On bus route. Tile, wood throughout. All appliances incl. Fenced yard. Gazebo & wood deck. Porch. Avail for Aug. 772-224-9196 6-21-12-3-2

WALK-INS WELCOME!Regency Oaks Apartments

1, 2 & 3 BRs. Full basketballcourt, renovated gym, pool

& clubhouse. Garbage & sewerincluded in rent. Extra Clean Apts.

Furnished Corporate UnitsAvailable. Pets Welcome $570 & up.

3230 SW Archer Rd. 378-5766.7-5-12-5-2

1 Month Free ● Southwest Villas100 1, 2, & 3 BRs, Extra clean!

Step out your door and catch the bus!Walk to shopping or bike to UF

3643 SW 20th Ave (1 block behind Sweetbay)$550 & up. 352-336-9000

7-5-12-5-2

WALK-INS WELCOMEROCKY POINT

140 Luxury 1,2 & 3BRs,Clubhouse,private/fenced

Award winning Landscaping, fishing pondpets ok 3100 SW 35th Pl (1 blk behind

Kangaroo Station) $599 & up 352-376-16197-10-12-5-2

2BR/2BA Townhome, 4700 SW Archer Rd., end unit w/attached garage, gated, w/d, screened patio, full amenities. Cable w/HBO/Showtime included. 12 month lease, some furniture available, $1075. 321-698-7579 7-26-12-10-2

Brighton Park Townhome.2BR/2.5BA. $775/mo, W/D, pool, close to UF, I-75, shopping and bus stop. Move in now! 954-868-5857 7-10-12-5-2

Avail. Aug, 1. 4BR/3BA House 1 mile to UF, bus to Santa Fe. $1600/mo, pool avail: requires x-tra services. 2816 W. Univ. Also Avail NOW, furnished 3/3 Bivens Forest condo $900/mo. 352-327-2931 or 376-6183. 8-9-12-14-2

1 bdrm/1 bath, 2nd fl w/Balcony. Quiet park like setting. 2.5 miles from UF. Kitchen w/ Island and breakfast bar. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Gym, Pool, Clubhouse , Tennis Courts, Pets OK, $725/Mo (727) 937-5740 7-12-12-5-2

BIKE/BUS TO CLASS,WALK TO SHANDS.Campus Edge Condominium is ON CAMPUS!It fronts Archer Road & backs up to Hull Road!Beautiful newer laminate floor-ing.Enjoy convenient living with a pool & fit-ness center right next to UF.This top story, end unit is quiet, comfortable, has its own private washer/dryer,walk-in closet.NON SMOKERS.Owner agent 352-262-2871.Lease $725/m. 7-12-12-5-2

Walk to UF! Historic Sugar Shack! Two-story 2/1 house, enormous liv rm, eat-in kit, hard-wood + ceramic tile, lots of closet space, washer/dryer, dishwasher. Off-street parking, pets OK w/ no extra fees! Campus Realty 692-3800 rentals.campusrealtygroup.com7-26-12-9-2

Walk to UF! 2/2 + studio in midtown, 1/1 @ Destiny on SW 1st Campus Realty 692-3800 rentals.campusrealtygroup.com 7-26-12-9-2

Large houses in great locations, bike to UF! 1339 NW 25th Terr, 414 NW 36th Terr, 2911 W Univ Ave, call Campus Realty 692-3800 rentals.campusrealtygroup.com 7-26-12-9-2

One & Two bedroom units currently available $425-$600 Call today to see Campus Realty 692-3800 rentals.campusrealtygroup.com 7-26-12-9-2

Don’t get stuck with an extra rent payment. Advertise your subleases in the Alligator Classifieds and save yourself some cash. Call 373-FIND.

I’VE HAD IT WITH YOUR LOUD MUSIC!Is your roommate driving you crazy? Find a replacement in the Alligator Classifieds!

COLLEGE ROOMS STARTING AT$400.00 MONTH, UTILITIES INCLUDEDNO MOVE IN COST.WE DO SEMISTER LEASINGFrances 352-375-8787 Rent Florida Realty 9-28-12-85-4

Female roommate needed in furnished condo, 1.5 miles from UF $359/MO cable, internet, utilities, pool+ more-beautifully renovated, on bus route, Call 352 262-2871, Available 6/1/12 7-31-11-28-4

OWN BR & BA IN 3BR/3BA CONDO$300/mo + 1/3 utils. Prefer female profes-sional or grad student to share w/ 2 female vet students. Call 812-240-1939 7-12-12-8-4

Sell your house, condo, acreage, mobile home and much more in the ALLIGATOR CLASSIFIEDS! Reach thousands of possible buyers! Mastercard and Visa accepted over the phone, by fax, email or CHECK OUT PLACING YOUR AD THRU OUR ONLINE AT www.alligator.org. or please call 373-Find (373-3463)

NEW CONDOS-WALK TO UFFor Info on ALL Condos for Sale,Visit www.UFCONDOS.COM orMatt Price, University Realty, 352-281-35518-15-25-5

20 Acres-Live On Land NOW!! Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Mountain Views! Free Color Brochure. (800)755-8953 www.sunsetranches.com 6-21-1-5

Got a new couch?. Sell your old one in the Alligator Classifieds. Call 373-FIND (3463) to place your ad today.

BED - QUEEN - $120 ORTHOPEDICPillow-top, mattress & box. Name brand, new, still in plastic. Call 352-372-7490 will deliver. 8-15-12-25-6

BED - FULL SIZE - $100 ORTHOPEDICPillow-top mattress & box. New, unused, still in plastic w/warranty. Can deliver. Call 352-377-9846 8-15-12-25-6

MICROFIBER SOFA & LOVESEAT - $400Brand new still packaged w/warranty. Must sell. Can deliver. Retail $1600. 352-372-7490 8-15-12-25-6

BED - KING - $200 PILLOWTOPmattress & box springs. Orthopedic rated. Name brand, new, never been used, in plas-tic with warranty. Call 352-372-8588. Can deliver. 8-15-25-6

BEDROOM SET. 7pc Cherry, Queen/ king bed, dresser w/mirror, 2 nightstands, chests avail. Dovetail const. New, in boxes. Can de-liver. Retail $4500, must sell, sacrifice $850 (352) 372-7490 8-15-25-6


SOFA & LOVESEAT 100% Italian leather. Brand new in plastic w/warranty. Retail $1800. Sacrifice $700. Call 352-377-9846 8-15-25-6

FUTON Solid oak mission-style frame w/mattress. New, in box. $160 332-9899___________________________________.DINETTE SET 5pc $120 Brand new in box. Never used. 352-377-9846 8-15-25-6

**BEDS - ALL BRAND NEW****Full $100 Queen $125 King $200**Orthopedic pillow-top sets. Brand name matching sets not used or refurbished. Still in plastic, direct from factory! 352-333-7516. 8-15-25-6

BED- QUEEN New orthopedic pillowtop mat-tress and boxspring set. Brand name, brand new, still in plastic with warranty. Can deliver. $130 352-377-9846. 8-15-25-6

BEDROOM SET- $300 BRAND NEWStill in boxes! 5 pieces include: Headboard, Nightstand, Dresser, Mirror, Chest. Must sell, can deliver. 352-377-9846. 8-15-12-25-6

Furniture Pick-UpHelp local abused and neglected children by donating your furniture to the Family Treasures Thrift Shop. All proceeds benefit Children’s Home Society of Florida.Call 352-334-0955 and arrange a pick-up or drop-off today! CHSTreasureHunt.com 7-31-9-6

Selling computers, parts, or repair services or just looking for that new rig? Look in the Alligator Classifieds. Call 373-FIND for more information.

COMPUTER & LAPTOP REPAIRSNetwork specialists

We buy computers and laptopsWorking and Non-working

378-4009, 607 NW 13th Street 8-15-11-23-7

Sell your old stereo, cell phone, and more in the Electronics Section of the Alligator Classifieds. 373-FIND

In the market for a new set of wheels or just looking to add a second to that collection? Want personalized handlebars or a fitted seat? Check in the Alligator Classifieds

●●●PARKING●●●Private, Secure, Guaranteed. 60 sec to UF. Reserve now! Reasonable rates. 352-538-2181. Can leave mssg. 8-15-12-25-10

●UF Surplus Equipment Auctions●are underway...bikes, computers, printers, vehicles & more. All individuals interested in bidding go to: surplus.ufl.edu 392-03708-15-12-25-10

GOATS FOR SALECharlie - 352-278-1925 8-15-25-10

Guitars and Musical InstrumentsNew, Used and Factory RefurbishedCheck Us Out Before You Buy!!Leonardo's Music, Micanopy, FL352-450-0928 Leonardos302.com8-15-12-25-10

● Nice Whirlpool Refrigerator $500/OBO● Excalliber Dehydrator $100/OBO● Dehumidifier, 2 gallon $75/OBO352-226-3639 7-3-12-4-10

Alligator Classifieds is the way to get your 2 wheels on the road. Show off your bikes, scooters, and repair services. Call 373-FIND to get your classified in.

★★★WWW.RPMMOTORCYCLES.COM★★

FULL SERVICE MOTORCYCLE - SCOOTER REPAIR. 12TH YEAR IN GVILLE. OEM & AFTERMARKET PARTS. BEST TIRE PRICES IN TOWN. 352-377-6974 8-15-25-11

8-15-12-25-11

★★★★NEW SCOOTERS 4 LESS★★★★

Now carrying Vespa Scooters!Great Scooters, Service & Prices!

118 NW 14th Ave, Ste D, 336-1271www.NS4L.com

8-15-12-25-11

★★SCOOTER REPAIR★★New Scooters 4 Less has LOW repair rates!

Will repair any make/model. Close to UF!Pick-ups avail. Cheap oil changes!! 336-12718-15-12-25-11

★★★Road Rat Motors★★★

Largest Scooter Store in Town! Run by Gator Grads! New scooters starting at $899. 1yr Parts AND labor warranties included. 376-6275 RoadRatMotors.com 8-15-12-25-11

Road Rat Motors is Gville’s #1 service facil-ity. We repair ALL brands of scooters. Pickups available. Lowest labor rates around. Quickest turnaround time. Run by Gator Grads so we know how to treat our customers! 376-6275 8-15-12-25-11

★★SCOOTER RENTALS★★Rent for a day, week, month or semester.Students can rent to own! 352-336-1271

www.gainesvillescooterrentals.com8-15-12-25-11

Campus Scooters Mobile Sales andScooter Service. We offer free estimates on all repairs and we come to you.We also have new scooters starting at$799.00 Call us today at 352-263-0425 8-15-58-11

Unload your lot. Sell your cars through Alligator Advertising for cheap. 373-FIND or place your ad online at www.alligator.org/classifieds

CARS - CARS Buy●Sell●TradeClean BMW, Volvo, MercedesToyota, Honda, Nissan cars

3432 N Main St. www.carrsmith.comCARRSMITH AUTO SALES 373-1150

8-15-25-12

WE BUY JUNK CARSTitles Only. Call KT352-281-9980 or 352-215-3191 8-15-25-12

I BUY CARS - TRUCKS★★★★★ Call Anytime - Licensed ★★★★★

352-339-5158 7-31-12-20-12

SUN CITY AUTO SALESALL VEHICLES $0 DOWN!NO CREDIT CHECK!!!!VEHICLES $500 AND UP!352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

SUN CITY AUTO SALESBRING W2 AND DRIVE HOME TODAY!OVER 150 VEHICLES IN STOCK!CARS, TRUCKS, SUVS, & VANS!352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

BUY FOR BLOWOUTPRICES & SAVE BIG!!!!VEHICLES STARTING $500!!PRICES NEGOTIABLE!!!352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

95 F350 $99997 FORD EXPLORER $170098 GRAND AM $199998 CHEVY VENTURE $2999352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

98 CADILLAC CATERA $399900 BUICK CENTURY $390098 CHRYSLER SBRING $390001 MITS MIRAGE $3900352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

02 SATURN $390098 TOYOTA COROLLA $390098 TOYOTA 4RUNNER $490002 TOYOTA COROLLA $5900352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

99 ACURA INTEGRA $299995 CHEVY CAMERO $250098 HONDA ACCORD $390098 DODGE DURANGO $4999352-338-1999 8-15-25-12

SUN RISE AUTO SALESNO CREDIT CHECK!CARS, TRUCKS, SUVs, & VANS30 DAY WARRANTY352-375-9090 8-15-25-12

SUN RISE AUTO SALESBRING W2 AND DRIVE HOME!30 DAY WARRANTY!NO CREDIT CHECK!352-375-9090 8-15-25-12

02 CHEVY CAMERO $699904 CHEVY ASTRO $699905 CHEVY IMPALA $799907 CHEVY COBALT $8999352-375-9090 8-15-25-12

06 PT CRUISER $799902 DODGE RAM $899905 DODGE DURANGO $999904 KIA SORENTO $9999352-375-9090 8-15-25-12

06 SATURN ION $799903 HONDA CRV $899905 GMC SIERRA $999905 FORD F150 $10,999352-375-9090 8-15-25-12

Classic Rare Subaru SVX sports coupe 6-Cyl 230HP auto w/ performance chip and carbon fiber dash. 226k mi needs tune-up. Gville Ph. (352)-338-1113 or [email protected] 6-21-4-12

This newspaper assumes no responsibility for injury or loss arising from contacts made through advertising. We suggest that any reader who responds to advertising use cau-tion and investigate the sincerity of the adver-tiser before giving out personal information or arranging meetings or investing money.

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LOCAL ARTIST NEEDS:★ Gold ★ Diamonds ★ Gems ★ Class Rings ★ ETC ★ Top Cash $$$ or Trade ★OZZIE’S FINE JEWELRY 352-318-4009. 8-15-25-13

UF GRAD PAYS MOREfor gold jewelry, scrap gold, Rolex, diamonds, guitars, etc. Top $$$. Get my offer before you sell! Call Jim 376-8090 or 222-80908-25-25-13

The American Cancer SocietyRoad to Recovery Volunteers Needed!

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDEDto transport cancer patients to treatment.

Flexible schedule.Training and liability insurance provided.

Please call352-240-5062 if interested.




This newspaper assumes no responsibil-ity for injury or loss arising from contacts made through advertising. We suggest that any reader who responds to advertising use caution and investigate the sincerity of the advertiser before giving out personal infor-mation or arranging meetings or investing money.

BARTENDING

$300 A DAY POTENTIALNo experience necessary, training provided.800-965-6520 ext 138 8-15-12-25-14

Students in Accounting, Aviation, Business/Sales and computer science needed for various positions. Flexible schedules and competitive pay. Join our team! Learn more at www.gleim.com/employment 8-15-12-25-14

$STUDENTS GET CASH ON THE SPOT$For gently used clothing/accessories & fur-niture. No appt.necessary! - Sandy’s Savvy Chic Resale Boutique 2906 NW 13th St. 372-1226 sandysresale.com 8-15-12-25-14

PHONE REPS NEEDED ASAPFlexible Shifts, Must be Articulate and Reliable. 371-5888 x 111 or 6020 NW 4th Pl, Ste G 6-21-28-14

Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida is conducting a research study for women 20-40 yo on birth control pills. Compensation given. For details call Bonnie Coats at 273-9014 8-15-40-14

Student Positions AvailableEvening Newspaper Production

The Independent Florida Alligator EditorialProduction department is now accepting

student applications.

Applicants must be enrolled inSummer C or A/B classes tomeet eligibility requirements.

Applicants should be available eveningsbetween the hours of 6:00 pm and 1:00 am. Production duties include page layout anddesign. Experience with Adobe InDesign is

preferred, but not required.

A one-year commitment is expected.

Fill out an application at the front desk ofThe Alligator, 1105 W University Ave,

M-F 9 am - 5 pm. Include available workschedule and references. No phone calls or e-mails. Previous applicants are welcome to

reapply with current schedule. EOE

What's black and white and read all over??The Independent Florida AlligatorBe part of the sales team of the

largest college newspaper in the countryby applying to be a

PAID SALES REPIf you are enrolled as a UF or SFC student

available to work 15-20 hours a weekthis summer, and are eager to gain

valuable sales experience,stop by the Alligator,

1105 W. University Avenue,to fill out an application and

class schedule or email resume [email protected].

We will contact you for an interviewopportunity to get your career jump started!

EEO/AA

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES!Full and part time.

Software DeveloperLinux AdministratorTech Support RepAdmin AsstVideo TechSAT/ACT CoordinatorWord ProcessorProofreader

Please apply online atwww.gleim.com/employment. 6-21-12-6-14

Opus CoffeeWe are searching for fun and active stu-

dents to work 12 to 30 hours per week at a fast paced coffee bar near campus.

Starting pay is $7.75/hour + tips.Applications downloaded at www.opus-cafe.

com. Click the employment tab.7-3-6-14

SUMMER WORK GREAT PAY$14.50 base/appt -FT/PT openingsCustomer sales/service all ages 17+ CALL NOW 352-505-9105 8-15-12-25-14

Summer childcare needed for 2 boys, ages 9 & 11. Approx 10 hours per week. Possibility to continue through school year. Experience with special needs preferred (autism). 352-514-4764 6-21-12-7-14

What's black and white and read all over??The Independent Florida AlligatorBe part of the sales team of the

largest college newspaper in the countryby applying to be an

INTERNIf you are enrolled as a UF or SFC student

available to work 10-12 hours a weekthis summer, and are eager to gain

valuable sales experience,stop by The Alligator,

1105 W. University Avenue,to fill out an application and

class schedule or email resume [email protected].

We will contact you for an interviewopportunity to get your career jump started!

EEO/AA.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDI AM BLIND & WOULD LIKE HELP WITH:●Rides to church: Mass at Queen of Peace.●Learning to rake knit hats to send to Haiti & other places. Call 352-219-6948 7-3-12-25-13




St. Francis House is a homeless shelter and soup kitchen

located in downtown Gainesvilleand we are looking for help

from volunteers like you. St. Francis House is in need of donations

such as personal hygiene itemsand household cleaners such as

bleach and liquid Lysol. If you are interested in helping,

please contactStephanie Breval at (352) 378-9079

or by e-mail at [email protected]


Receptionist needed for busy dermatology office. Job duties include: answering multi-phone line system, scheduling, faxing, filing, checking ins., etc. Must be computer literate and have a warm, pleasant personality to greet patients. Experience preferred but will train energetic, organized person. Full time, M- F, 8-5 with great benefits. Please email your resume to [email protected]. 6-21-11-4-14

FEMALE SMOKERS!Do you want to quit smoking? Femalesmokers needed to participate in a smokingcessation study. You may be compensated.Call UF Smoking Lab & Clinic (352) 870- 6509 or email: [email protected] 7-12-7-14

Lifeguard - $12.00/hr, Requires certification as Life Guard. 20 hrs/wknd. Additional hours may be available. Adult-Male patients in a Max-Security Mental Health Facility during pool rec therapy. Call Grady at 352-375-8484 ext. 248. 9-11-30-14

Fast, accurate typists needed for audiotranscription. Create your own schedule

M-F, 7am to midnight. Pay based on speedand accuracy, $7.67 to over $12. Walking

distance to campus. Ideal for PT andStudents! Need 70+ wpm typing speed,

committ to minimum of 16 hours per week,and English as a first language.

Email: [email protected]

WAITPERSON NEEDEDSawamura Japanese Steakhouse.Apply from 2:30 to 4pm at 1624 SW 13th St.No calls please. 6-21-3-14

SMOKIN'NOTES is hiring experienced no-tetakers and editors for the summer and fall semesters. Apply online at SmokinNotes.com. 7-5-12-3-14

NEEDED:PEOPLE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY!

●TB skin test positive●Healthy adults, 18-60 years old●Short study duration; little time commitment●Involves TB skin testing only●UF/Shands Health Center (free parking)●Physical exam provided●Compensation provided

Contact Linda: 352-273-9376 or 352-273-76827-19-12-7-14

ATTN: DRIVERS: Apply Now, 12 Drivers Needed Top 5% Pay, 58 Yrs Stability New KW Conventionals 2 Mos CDL Class A Driving Exp (877)258-8782 6-21-1-14

NEW TO TRUCKING? Your new career starts now! * $0 Tuition Cost * No Credit Check * Great Pay & Benefits Short employ-ment commitment required Call: (866)297-8916 www.joinCRST.com 6-21-1-14

Drivers - Earn $45-$60k annually. Daily or weekly pay. Van and Refrigerated freight. Single source dispatch. Flexible hometime. CDL-A, 3 months current OTR experience. (800)414-9569 www.driveknight.com 6-21-1-14

Transfer Drivers--Need 20 CDL A or B contract drivers to transfer straight trucks, tractors, etc. to and from various locations throughout U.S. www.mamotransportation.com (800)501-3783 6-21-1-14

DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED NOW! Learn to drive for Schneider National! Earn $700 per week! No experience needed! Local CDL Training. Job Ready in just 15 days! (888)368-1964 6-21-1-14

Owner Operators Wanted. Flatbed/Step Deck, 2 yrs recent Flatbed. Our Business is Booming!! Call Immediately (800)367-2249 Apply www.drive4bme.com Bennett Motor Express LLC 6-21-1-14

EXPERIENCED OTR FLATBED DRIVERS earn 50 up to 55 cpm loaded. $1000 sign on to qualified drivers. Home most weekends. Call: (843)266-3731 / bulldoghiway.com EOE 6-21-1-14

Drivers- Class A Flatbed -$- Home Weekends, Run Southeast US, Requires 1 Yr OTR Flatbed experience, & Pay UP TO .39¢/ mile Call (800)572-5489 x 227, SunBelt Transport, LLC 6-21-1-14

Do you have a business that provides a ser-vice? Place your ad in the Services Section of the Alligator Classifieds. 373-FIND

IMPORT AUTO REPAIR. BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo, VW, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda. Quality craftsmanship, reasonable prices, near UF, AAA approved 378-7830 www.carrsmith.com 8-15-25-15

Want to be a CNA, phlebotomist or pharm tech? Express Training offers courses, days, eve, weekend. All classes live, no videos. Call 352-338-1193 orexpresstrainingservices.com 8-15-12-25-15

PERSONAL TRAINING 300 Personal and Group Training

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Horse boarding, $375/mo. From GV/UF 10 minutes. Dressage, stadium, x-country, day-time stall, nighttime turnout. Rider housing available. Barn Family Program to mitigate board and rent. Lessons, schooling op-portunities. For further information, contact Dibbie at Gator Slide Farm, 352-466-3538 or [email protected]. Visitors always welcome. 6-21-11-98-15

English editing, revisions, and re-writing for the academic community. We also do grant writing, resumes, proposals, and school ap-plications. www.customessay.com for more details. 8-15-12-25-15

●★●★● PRISTINE CLEAN ●★●★●

Residential and commercial cleaning. Owned by a UF grad. Schedule your move out clean today to ensure you get your security deposit back! 352-278-3437. PristineCleanGainesville.com 8-15-12-13-15

MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED! Train online to become a Medical Office Assistant! No Experience needed! Training & Local Job placement assistance thru SC Training. HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet needed! (888)374-7294 6-21-1-15

AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Train for hands on Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (866)314-3769 6-21-1-15

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ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home. *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice, *Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if quali-fied. SCHEV certified. Call (877)206-5165 www.CenturaOnline.com 6-21-1-15

HIV ANTIBODY TESTINGAlachua County Health Dept. Call

334-7960 for app’t (optional $20 fee)

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Only $119!Gain muscle while you lose fatGroups forming now. 339-2199

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Are you pregnant? A young married couple seeks to adopt. Financial security. Let's help each other. Expenses paid. Holly & Max. Ask for Adam (800)790-5260. Fl Bar No. 0150789 6-21-1-16

HIV ANTIBODY TESTINGAlachua County Health Dept. Call

334-7960 for app’t (optional $20 fee)

★Family Chiropractic★Since 1977. Two blocks from U.F.

373-70708-15-25-18

Flashbacks buys, trades, and consigns clothing, jewelry, shoes and purses. We pay $. We buy name brands, mall brands, indie, punk, goth, urban, prep, hippie, retro, and costume. 509 NW 10th Ave. 352-375-3752 8-15-25-18

Want to make a connection?Place your ad here to look for someone to share a common interest with or for your true love

IS YOUR BUSINESS, CLUB OR ORGANIZATION HAVING AN EVENT?DO YOU HAVE A SPECIALANNOUNCEMENT? PLACE YOUR AD HERE AND GET IT NOTICED!

Advertise in Over 100 Papers through-out Florida. Call Advertising Networks of Florida for statewide & regional advertising (866)742-1373 www.florida-classifieds.com. 6-21-1-20

Get the party started! Place your Entertainment classified today to get people up and about. Call 373-FIND.

Rocky Creek PaintballIn Gainesville ● Better Prices

Better Fields ● Better Call 371-20928-15-12-25-21

Trying to get to and from somewhere? Want to cut back on that gas bill? Place an ad in the classifieds to find trip arrangements or show off your bus and shuttle service. 373-FIND

Furry, feathery, scaly...no, not your room-mate...pets. Find or advertise your pets or pet products here in the Pets section of the Alligator.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012WWW.ALLIGATORSPORTS.ORG

Playoffs?! We’re talkin’ about the playoffs!The BCS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick agreed on a seeded, four-team college football playoff Wednesday. The new model, which would go into effect in 2014, will be reviewed June 26.

This [expletive] will not end nowDespite former Gator Percy Harvin’s trade request, Minnesota GM Rick Spielman has refused to part ways with the All-Pro wide receiver.

� UF FINISHED 0-2 IN OMAHA.

JOE MORGAN Alligator Staff Writer

Last week, Brian Johnson was not

thinking about life after Omaha. “You avoid it by you want to

win a national championship,” he said last Tuesday. “The whole team has worked so hard, and you’ve got goals to accomplish before you have the next one.”

Now, Johnson and eight of his teammates will likely move on to professional baseball. They leave Florida with three straight College World Series appearances, but no national championship.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Preston Tucker said.

Six days ago, the top-ranked Gators had just arrived in Omaha with the ultimate prize in sight. As the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Florida had won fi ve straight games to sweep both the NCAA Regional and the Super Re-gional.

However, the Gators’ demise in Omaha was surprisingly quick.

Florida opened the College World Series against two-time de-fending national champion South Carolina on Saturday with Johnson on the mound. Johnson had a 2.40 ERA in two of the Gators’ three wins in four tries against the Gamecocks this season.

But shutting down South Caroli-

na for a third time proved too tall of an order for Johnson, who lasted just four-plus innings and surrendered fi ve earned runs in a 7-3 defeat.

The Gamecocks’ offensive out-burst occurred right after a mound visit from O’Sullivan. South Caro-lina had loaded the bases with no outs, but O’Sullivan decided to leave Johnson in the game.

“We had a two-run lead,” O’Sullivan said. “Once again, you’ve just got to tip your cap. I thought they had some really good at-bats that inning, obviously.”

Facing elimination against Kent State, Florida sent ace Hudson Ran-dall to the mound Monday. Howev-er, weather fi nally got the best of the Gators after a rain-plagued Super Regional victory against N.C. State.

On-fi eld temperatures rose to 104 degrees according to ESPN and forced UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan to pull an overheated Randall, and errors took care of the rest. Ran-dall and Jonathon Crawford, who pitched three innings of relief, gave up four combined unearned runs due to fi elding miscues.

“We made a couple errors in the fi rst and second, and they capital-ized,” O’Sullivan said. “That was the difference in the ball game.”

Errors, heat and a historic post-season winning streak aside, the common thread in both Florida loss-es came down to untimely hitting. The Gators stranded 21 runners on

Florida coping with abrupt end to College World Series run

Quotable“That’s a clown question, bro.”

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) quoting Nationals outfi elder Bryce Harper

in response to a reporter Wednesday

AP Photo

Kent State closer Josh Pierce reacts after Justin Shafer fl ied out to right fi eld for the fi nal out in Florida’s 5-4 loss Monday. The game marked the Golden Flashes’ fi rst-ever College World Series victory. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 20

THE RALLY

Joe: Rewind to January 1, 2012. The ball has dropped in New York City, and I’m drinking champagne out of a plastic wine

glass. A fortune teller — decked out in purple robes with a crystal ball — saunters over and tells me the Gators will win three national championships in the fi rst six months of the year and that John Carter would be the box-offi ce bust of 2012. First, as the world’s big-gest Andrew Stanton fanboy, I would weep bitterly. Right after that, I would have trav-eled to Las Vegas and bet every dime in my pocket that Kevin O’Sullivan’s squad would

win the 2012 Col-lege World Series. Fast-forward six months, and I’m glad my little anecdote is just a hypothetical. In easily the most d isappoint ing development in UF sports this season, the top-ranked Gators baseball team was two-and-out in Omaha. Florida was the second team eliminated from

the CWS this year despite losing just two starters and boasting an over-achieving freshman class. After three straight fruitless trips to Omaha, the biggest cham-pionship window

in UF baseball history slammed shut with a resounding thud Monday.

Corey: Alright, the baseball team fl at out

sucked in the CWS this year, but to say it was the most disappointing result this season — queue Chris Carter — “C’mon, man!” I know it’s hard to remember that one weekend back in May, but it took four games for the fi fth-seeded Gators softball team to be eliminated from the postseason. Not only did they fail to advance to the Women’s College World Se-ries for the fi rst time in fi ve years, but they couldn’t even win their NCAA Regional, a feat not seen in Gainesville since Chris Leak

Bigger disappointment: Baseball, softball or ‘John Carter?’ Bigger disappointment: Baseball, softball or ‘John Carter?’

Corey McCalltwitter: @mccall_corey

Joe Morgantwitter: @joe_morgan

KATIE AGOSTIN Alligator Staff Writer

When junior Dwight Barbi-

asz fi rst started competing in the high jump in 2008, he had to spend that summer watching the

Olympics from home. This year Barbiasz wants in.

“I saw all the commercials leading up to the 2008 Olympics, but I was a senior in high school then,” Barbiasz said. “I would say, ‘I’m going to make it to the

next one,’ and that’s what I’ve been trying to do since then.”

Over the next 11 days,

Barbiasz and 14 current and for-mer Gators will be competing at

the Olympic Trials for a spot on Team USA for the 2012 Olympic Games. This is the largest cham-pionship track meet in the world, with more than 1,000 athletes competing for 102 spots.

Despite the large number of

competitors, Barbiasz, who is coming off a win at the Southeast-ern Conference in triple jump and a record breaking performance at the NCAA Outdoor Champion-ships, is staying relaxed.

Barbiasz one of several Gators competing in U.S. Olympic trials

SEE TRACK, PAGE 19

SEE RALLY, PAGE 19

UF Track

“I don’t really get too nervous, but that defi nitely helps boost my confi dence going into the trials,” Bar-biasz said. “I defi nitely feel like I can jump even higher, so I’m hoping to get that Olympic ‘A’ Standard this weekend so hopefully I can make the team with that.”

Over the last two months, Barbiasz has improved his mark from 2.05m/6-8.75 at Drake Relays to 2.28m/7-5.75 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. After his performance in Des Moines, Iowa, his jump ranks him fourth in the country, and about two inches short of having the top mark.

“I think I’ll surprise some people because I’m kind of an underdog going into it from being injured a lot all year. But I had some good at-tempts at nationals this year, so I think I can get that mark and maybe even higher than

that. If I do that, then I think I’ll have a good chance at making the team.”

Out of the group of cur-rent and former Gators com-peting, there are six athletes whose marks rank in the top-fi ve in their event — Will Claye (triple jump and long jump), Marquis Dendy (long jump), Tony McQuay (400

m e t e r s ) , C h r i s t i a n Taylor (tri-ple jump), Omar Crad-dock (tri-ple jump) and Barbi-asz (high

jump). “I’m just excited to go

out there, compete and po-tentially have the chance to make the team and represent the United States,” Barbi-asz said. “That’s been my ultimate goal since I started track. I’m just trying to make that dream come true.”

Contact Katie Agostin at [email protected].


TRACK, from page 17

Barbiaasz ranks fourth in the United States in high jump

Barbiasz

was walking around campus. In the regional, consisting entirely of Sunshine State foes — teams Flor-ida has dominated over the past decade — Tim Walton’s squad be-came the fi rst Top-10 national seed eliminated from the tournament. To say the baseball team was the biggest disappointment this sea-son, we would have to overlook the softball team. And even Disney has to recognize John Carter bombed.

Joe: Everybody knew John Cart-er would be a bust just like they knew that even at full strength, this season’s Gators softball squad was not competing for a national cham-pionship. Granted, Florida fell to Arizona State in the WCWS fi nals in 2011, but that was a different team. Only fi ve players from the Gators’ starting lineup against the Sun Devils last June returned this year. And in the NCAA Regional, the fi ve returners were hampered. Cheyenne Coyle had already left the team, and Brittany Schutte had just returned to the lineup after re-covering from a broken jaw. The baseball team was deep and rea-sonably healthy after fi ve months of play. Sloppiness in the fi eld and untimely hitting sunk the baseball team. Inexperience and a lack of depth hurt the softball team. Each squad’s demise was disappointing, but the men got their butts kicked in embarrassing fashion.

Corey: So losing in an NCAA Re-gional that you hosted isn’t embar-rasing? And oh yeah, they were the No. 5 national seed — that number is less than the amount of UF Alerts I got yesterday, but I digress. The

rosters between this year’s and last year’s softball teams may be differ-ent, but the numbers aren’t. Both owned 21-7 SEC records, with last year’s squad putting up a slightly higher overall winning percent-age heading into the postseason, 84 percent compared to 81 percent. Hitting was down this season, but defense improved, offering the same fi elding percentage as last year (.974) and showing signifi cant improvement in opponent’s bat-ting average (.208 to .196) and team ERA (2.16 to 1.44). Now let’s look at the baseball team. Sure they were the top-ranked team in the NCAA Tournament, and should still be competing, but who did they lose to? Kent State would be a fl uke if you consider a team that knocked out three Top-15 squads on its way to the CWS a joke. Either way, it happens in baseball, especially in a one-game situation. South Carolina was the eighth national seed, work-ing off of a 21-game win streak in the tournament and two straight national championships. At least O’Sullivan took his team to the CWS to lose to quality opponents. The softball team, however, lost their fi rst game of the postseason to Florida Gulf Coast, found a way to make it to the regional fi nal and then put up a goose egg against USF. Great things weren’t expected of John Carter, but neither was los-ing $200 million.

Joe: I think this debate boils down to the big picture. Softball returns the majority of its roster next season, and each player will have gained valuable experience and learned from this season’s early playoff exit. Baseball will contend for a fourth straight trip to

Omaha next season, but the road will be much tougher. The Gators had nine players drafted, including All-Americans Mike Zunino, Pres-ton Tucker and Brian Johnson. The national championship window for Florida baseball has closed for the time being barring an Oh-Fours-type run. The softball team has a deep pitching staff with Hannah Rogers, Lauren Haeger and Alyssa Bache. They will be just fi ne mov-ing forward. In fact, coach Tim Wal-ton’s squad should generate quite a bit of preseason buzz next season. Also, John Carter wasn’t that bad — a quality Redbox rental.

Corey: Softball’s lone senior departure this season is Michelle Moultrie, who led the team in a modest eight categories — batting average (.386), total bases (116) and on-base percentage (.489) to name a few. That in itself is a big hit for the team. But just before the NCAA Regional, three players were sus-pended because of an alleged alter-cation and ultimately “they won’t play there anymore.” Kasey Fagan and Cheyenne Coyle, both two-year starters, brought a lot of expe-rience to the team. And 2011 Gato-rade Florida Softball Player of the Year, Sami Fagan, will not have the chance to follow up a solid season, in which she was second on the team with a .378 hitting clip. That’s four bats gone from next year’s lineup. Pitching might be alright in the future, but a lot of talent will be missed regardless. In other words, the sequel gives us nothing to look forward to, much to the dismay of John Carter fans.

Contact Joe Morgan at [email protected] and Corey McCall at [email protected].

RALLY, from page 17


Thompson receives medical redshirt, will return in 2013base in Omaha, and they tallied just two runs in four bases-loaded opportunities.

“We’ve had plenty of opportunities and the other team has played better, it’s as simple as that,” O’Sullivan said. “I’m not going to point fingers at one thing or the other as why we lost.”

Moving on to next season, a depleted Florida roster will look to some of this season’s key underclassmen for leader-ship and production.

Rising sophomores Casey Turgeon, Justin Shafer and Josh Tobias were all key cogs in the Gators’ lineup down the stretch this season. Taylor Gushue will attempt to fill the spikes of catcher Mike Zunino behind the plate.

Upcoming juniors Jonathon Crawford and Karsten Whitson will top a formida-ble starting rotation assuming Crawford builds on his late-season progress and Whitson pitches like he did during his freshman campaign in 2011.

UF also anticipates the return of se-nior center fielder Tyler Thompson to the

lineup in 2013. Thompson, who was bat-ting .319 through 16 games this season, received a medical redshirt after suffering an ACL tear in his right knee against Van-derbilt on March 16.

Regardless of what Florida accom-plishes moving forward, the Gators’ crop of upperclassmen notched three consecu-tive College World Series appearances in arguably the most successful run in UF baseball history. Their feat will be in-scribed on the right-field wall next season

at McKethan Sta-dium.

“They’ve set a standard that fol-lowing teams will

have to live up to,” O’Sullivan said.The last three years mark the best re-

sults achieved by any Florida baseball team. Despite their recent run, the Gators have yet to win a national title.

“It’s going to take a while to hit me,” Zunino said. “I’m sure it hit the other people. But it’s disappointing at the time. I’m sure it will hit harder later.”

Contact Joe Morgan at [email protected].

BASEBALL, from page 17

AP Photo

Preston Tucker runs into the wall as he chases a fly ball hit by Kent State’s David Lyon in the sixth inning of Florida’s 5-4 loss Monday. The play resulted in a triple for Lyons. The Gators’ loss to the Golden Flashes eliminated UF from the College World Series after just two games.

Maegan Dennis and Aubrey Stolzenberg / Alligator Staff

Gators Football Recruiting: 2013 Verbal CommitsOFFENSE

• Max Staver QB (three stars) (6-5/235), Brentwood, Tenn., Brenwood Academy- Staver, a pro-style signal caller, he tossed 18 touchdowns for Brenwood (Tenn.) Academy last season.

• Adam Lane RB (three stars) (5-8/216), Winter Haven, Fla., Winter Haven- Lane missed his entire junior season with an ankle injury, but became the first Florida verbal of the 2013 class by committing on Jan. 21.• Kelvin Taylor RB (four stars) (5-11/215), Belle Glade, Fla., Glades Day- Taylor, the son of former Gator Fred Taylor, passed Emmitt Smith for first on the all-time Florida high school rushing list.

• Ahmad Fulwood WR (four stars) (6-4, 189), Jacksonville, Fla., Bishop Kenny- Fulwood averaged a touchdown every 2.1 receptions as a junior. He chose Florida over Alabama, Clemson and Georgia.• Rodney Adams WR (four stars) (6-1, 166), St. Petersburg, Fla., Lakewood- Adams, teammates at Lakewood High School with incoming UF freshman Dante Fowler Jr., committed to Florida on Feb. 18.• Marqui Hawkins WR (three stars) (6-2, 190), Columbus, Ga., Carver- Hawkins, No. 16 in the class, can play wide receiver or defensive back. He is the 25th-ranked wideout in Georgia.

• Roderick Johnson OT (three stars) (6-6, 300), Delray Beach, Fla., American Heritage School- John-son became the first offensive line commit for the 2013 class with his verbal in late March.• Joshua Outlaw OG (three stars) (6-4, 290), Lithonia, Ga., Martin Luther King High School- Outlaw picked Florida over Clemson in April and became one of the first out-of- state commiments of 2013.• Cameron Dillard OG (three stars) (6-3, 285), Canton, Mich., Canton High School- Dillard visited Florida during the Orange and Blue Debut spring game weekend and became that Monday the 15th member of a growing recruiting class. He earned Michigan All-State first team honors last season.

DEFENSE

• Joey Ivie DE (four stars) (6-4, 270), Dade City, Fla., Pasco- Ivies gives the Gators versatility on the defensive side and has room to grow in his 270-pound frame.• Caleb Brantley DT (four stars) (6-3, 302) Crescent City, Fla., Crescent City- Brantley followed Lane’s lead becoming the second commitment in late January.

• James Hearns LB (four stars) (6-3, 230) Tallahassee, Fla., Lincoln High School- Hearns grabbed national headlines after he was ejected from a 7-on-7 camp last weekend for taunting an opposing quarterback with a Gator chomp.• Dillan Lawson LB (three stars) (6-4, 215) Crestview, Fla., Crestview- Lawson lived much of his life in Alabama and has the Alabama scripted “A” tattooed on his chest.• Daniel McMillian LB (four stars) (6-3, 220) Jacksonville, Fla., First Coast- McMillian recorded 12 sacks for a loaded First Coast team, which reached the FHSAA Class 7A state championship team.• Quinton Powell LB (four stars) (6-0, 190) Daytona, Beach, Fla., Mainland- Powell was one of the junior day commitment for the Gators. He registered 104 tackles and 13 sacks as a junior.• Dillan Lawson LB (three stars) (6-4, 215) Crestview, Fla., Crestview- Lawson lived much of his life in Alabama and has the Alabama scripted “A” tattooed on his chest. He ironically committed to Florida in February.• James Hearns LB (four stars) (6-3, 230) Tallahassee, Fla., Lincoln High School- Hearns grabbed national headlines after he was ejected from a 7-on-7 camp last weekend for taunting an opposing quarterback with a Gator chomp.

• Tre Bell DB (three stars) (5-11, 170) Jersey City, NJ, St. Peter’s Prep- Bell committed to Florida during the Florida spring game weekend, which yielded three players for the Gators. Bell had offers from Michigan, Vanderbilt and South Carolina.• Nick Washington S (four stars) (6-0, 180) Jacksonville, Fla., Trinity Christian- Washington, a top-ten safety nationally, chose Florida over schools such as Alabama, Auburn and Florida State. Washington also plans on playing baseball for UF.• Keanu Neal S (four stars) (6-1, 201) Bushnell, Fla., South Sumter- Neal was one of the junior day commitment for Florida and will participate in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game.

Compiled by Adam Pincus, Alligator Writer

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