We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida VOLUME 111 ISSUE 36 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 Chris Chiozza, UF to play road- heavy schedule But the Florida basketball team is embracing the challenge, pg. 13 State voter registration deadline extended Residents can register to vote until Wednesday, pg. 3 Tutoring service hiring UF students Students can set their own rates and schedules, pg. 5 Crowning the Homecoming court See the photo story, pg. 8-9 By Molly Donovan Alligator Staff Writer Aqueela Khuddus refused to say Donald Trump’s name Monday night, insisting she wanted to keep her mouth clean. The 63-year-old Indian immi- grant spoke to a crowd of students and residents during a rally held near Library West, protesting the rhetoric of the Republican presiden- tial candidate. Surrounded by antifascism and pro-refugee signs, Khuddus told the story of moving to America from India in 1969 — to a country that accepted and loved without ques- tioning. “That was the America I came to, and that is the America I want to give to my grandchildren,” said Khuddus, a Muslim-American. “This is the best country in the world. We cannot let the devil take over.” At the rally, organized by Gainesville Antifascists, about 30 protesters stood in a semi-circle passing out fliers, waving signs and chanting. “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” they yelled under the setting sun. At 6:30 p.m., five people took turns speaking to the group about white supremacy, fascism and why Trump should not be elected presi- dent. James Schmidt, a member of Gainesville Antifascists, said in election years, college students are notoriously apolitical, showing no interest in voting or in analyzing ei- ther party’s stances. “We wanted to agitate students out of that mindset since this is such an important election,” the 46-year- old said. “And not all students are like that, so we wanted the activists to come find us.” In organizing the rally, he said the group contacted local progres- sive, feminist and Muslim groups. He said they chose to meet on the Plaza of the Americas on UF’s campus because it was established as a free-speech zone. “We wanted to hold it in a free, open space where students could find us,” he said. As the group chanted and speak- ers took turns teaching people about the cause, students on their way to and from the library stopped to lis- ten, jeer and take photos. A UF Republican student, who wished to remain anonymous, stood in the breezeway as the group’s loud cheers echoed around him. “I saw the circus was in town, so I decided to stop,” the electrical engineering junior said. Originally from Finland, he said that in Europe, political activists commonly hold rallies and protest the government. Although the U.S. is usually more tame, Trump’s po- larizing presidential race against Democratic candidate Hillary Clin- ton has been both entertaining and scary, he said. “The scariest part is going into the job market under one of these two people,” he said. “The far left and the far right are a lot more simi- lar than they think.” @mollyidonovan [email protected] ‘We cannot let the devil take over’: Students, residents protest Trump THE SEC IS TRYING TO RESCHEDULE IT. By Ian Cohen Alligator Staff Writer A few seconds earlier, there was a roof. After crashing through a brick fence, a tree fell through the room where Tyler Jordan’s family was sit- ting during Hurricane Matthew. The UF offensive lineman was supposed to play a football game the next day. But after hearing how his family narrowly escaped disaster, he understood why there wouldn’t be one. “Nineteen people died; 2.5 million were affected,” Jordan said Monday. “Some of these people are saying that we dodged the game. That’s not true.” On Thursday, the Southeastern Conference post- poned UF’s annual game against Louisiana State Univer- sity because of Hurricane Matthew. No rescheduled date has been announced, and both teams have been working with the league to find a solution. And while UF football coach Jim McElwain said the school is doing everything it can to ensure the game will be played, UF saw no shortage of backlash over the weekend. National media members criticized the decision on Twitter, and UF football players vented their anger at Fox Sports writer Clay Travis, who said Friday that the 4-1 Gators were scared to play the 3-2 Tigers. “I thought it was extremely unprofessional, to be honest,” quarterback Luke Del Rio said. “That’s all I’m gonna say about that.” Coach Jim McElwain had stronger words. “Obviously, they don’t know me. They don’t know the Florida Gators. They don’t know our players,” McEl- wain said. “How anybody could even think that way is beyond me.” Fans of both UF and LSU questioned the decision on social media after hearing from LSU’s Athletic Director Joe Alleva. After the decision to postpone the game was made Thursday, Alleva said LSU was prepared to play under any scenario. “We were willing to go there,” Alleva said. “We had UF players, coaches face backlash after postponed football game Aaron Albright / Alligator Staff Coach Jim McElwain speaks during a press conference on Aug. 3. Emma Green / Alligator Staff Indian-American immigrant Aqueela Khuddus, 63, explains to a group of about 30 people how welcoming Americans were when she emigrated to the U.S. about 50 years ago. The director of a nonprofit organization, the Khadija Foundation, was one of five speakers at the Rally Against Fascism and Xenophobia held on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday night. SEE HURRICANE, PAGE 16
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We Inform. You Decide. www.alligator.org
Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida
VOLUME 111 ISSUE 36 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
Chris Chiozza, UF to play road-heavy scheduleBut the Florida basketball team is embracing the challenge, pg. 13
State voter registration deadline extendedResidents can register to vote until Wednesday, pg. 3
Tutoring service hiring UF studentsStudents can set their own rates and schedules, pg. 5
Crowning the Homecoming courtSee the photo story, pg. 8-9
By Molly DonovanAlligator Staff Writer
Aqueela Khuddus refused to say Donald Trump’s name Monday night, insisting she wanted to keep her mouth clean.
The 63-year-old Indian immi-grant spoke to a crowd of students and residents during a rally held near Library West, protesting the rhetoric of the Republican presiden-tial candidate.
Surrounded by antifascism and pro-refugee signs, Khuddus told the story of moving to America from India in 1969 — to a country that accepted and loved without ques-tioning.
“That was the America I came to, and that is the America I want to give to my grandchildren,” said Khuddus, a Muslim-American. “This is the best country in the world. We cannot let the devil take over.”
At the rally, organized by Gainesville Antifascists, about 30 protesters stood in a semi-circle passing out fl iers, waving signs and chanting.
“No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” they yelled under the setting sun.
At 6:30 p.m., fi ve people took turns speaking to the group about white supremacy, fascism and why
Trump should not be elected presi-dent.
James Schmidt, a member of Gainesville Antifascists, said in election years, college students are
notoriously apolitical, showing no interest in voting or in analyzing ei-ther party’s stances.
“We wanted to agitate students out of that mindset since this is such
an important election,” the 46-year-old said. “And not all students are like that, so we wanted the activists to come fi nd us.”
In organizing the rally, he said
the group contacted local progres-sive, feminist and Muslim groups.
He said they chose to meet on the Plaza of the Americas on UF’s campus because it was established as a free-speech zone.
“We wanted to hold it in a free, open space where students could fi nd us,” he said.
As the group chanted and speak-ers took turns teaching people about the cause, students on their way to and from the library stopped to lis-ten, jeer and take photos.
A UF Republican student, who wished to remain anonymous, stood in the breezeway as the group’s loud cheers echoed around him.
“I saw the circus was in town, so I decided to stop,” the electrical engineering junior said.
Originally from Finland, he said that in Europe, political activists commonly hold rallies and protest the government. Although the U.S. is usually more tame, Trump’s po-larizing presidential race against Democratic candidate Hillary Clin-ton has been both entertaining and scary, he said.
“The scariest part is going into the job market under one of these two people,” he said. “The far left and the far right are a lot more simi-lar than they think.”
@mollyidonovan
‘We cannot let the devil take over’: Students, residents protest Trump
THE SEC IS TRYING TO RESCHEDULE IT.
By Ian CohenAlligator Staff Writer
A few seconds earlier, there was a roof.After crashing through a brick fence, a tree fell
through the room where Tyler Jordan’s family was sit-ting during Hurricane Matthew.
The UF offensive lineman was supposed to play a football game the next day. But after hearing how his family narrowly escaped disaster, he understood why there wouldn’t be one.
“Nineteen people died; 2.5 million were affected,” Jordan said Monday. “Some of these people are saying that we dodged the game. That’s not true.”
On Thursday, the Southeastern Conference post-poned UF’s annual game against Louisiana State Univer-sity because of Hurricane Matthew. No rescheduled date has been announced, and both teams have been working with the league to fi nd a solution.
And while UF football coach Jim McElwain said the
school is doing everything it can to ensure the game will be played, UF saw no shortage of backlash over the weekend.
National media members criticized the decision on Twitter, and UF football players vented their anger at Fox Sports writer Clay Travis, who said Friday that the 4-1 Gators were scared to play the 3-2 Tigers.
“I thought it was extremely unprofessional, to be honest,” quarterback Luke Del Rio said. “That’s all I’m gonna say about that.”
Coach Jim McElwain had stronger words.“Obviously, they don’t know me. They don’t know
the Florida Gators. They don’t know our players,” McEl-wain said. “How anybody could even think that way is beyond me.”
Fans of both UF and LSU questioned the decision on social media after hearing from LSU’s Athletic Director Joe Alleva. After the decision to postpone the game was made Thursday, Alleva said LSU was prepared to play under any scenario.
“We were willing to go there,” Alleva said. “We had
UF players, coaches face backlash after postponed football game
Aaron Albright / Alligator Staff
Coach Jim McElwain speaks during a press conference on Aug. 3.
Emma Green / Alligator Staff
Indian-American immigrant Aqueela Khuddus, 63, explains to a group of about 30 people how
welcoming Americans were when she emigrated to the U.S. about 50 years ago. The director of a
nonprofi t organization, the Khadija Foundation, was one of fi ve speakers at the Rally Against Fascism and Xenophobia held on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday night.
SEE HURRICANE, PAGE 16
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