After meeting with Alligator representatives last week, UF has decided to continue removing Alligator racks from campus.
The Alligator must remove 19 of its orange racks by Wednesday, which makes up 80 percent of the newspaper’s circulation. Several more racks must be consolidated. Alligator newspapers will be moved into university-owned black modular units.
During the meeting last week, Alligator attorney Tom Julin proposed postponing the rack removal until retired economics professor David Denslow could complete an impact study analysis. Julin also proposed moving current racks and adding new ones.
In an email addressed to Julin, UF general counsel Amy Hass wrote that decisions about distribution locations are based on safety, security, sustainability and aesthetics.
She also wrote that the university will not censor the paper, a concern Julin voiced at the meeting.
The removal is the second phase of a project to remove all independently owned racks from campus. The is scheduled to be completed in January 2013.
In response to the decision, the Alligator has filed for a preliminary injunction to postpone removal of the racks. It had not been reviewed as of Wednesday evening.
Contact Samantha Shavell at sshavell@alligator.org.
