TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 m ALLIGATOR, 3


Kanye West to


perform at UF
 Kanye West may be coming to an O'Dome near you.
 The controversial rapper, fresh from a notorious inci-
dent during which he insulted President Bush on national
television, is slated to perform at the Stephen C. O'Connell
 Center on or about Oct. 13.
 O'Dome employees would not con-
 firm or deny information relating to
 West's appearance but said to expect an
 announcement today.
 ..West made headlines Friday when he
 deviated from the script of "A Concert
 for Hurricane Relief," a charity telethon
west airing on NBC. The "Jesus Walks" per-
 former stumbled through an emotional
rant that culminated with "George Bush does not care
about black people."
 UF student Ron Blackwood, a West fan and a member of
Gators for Bush, said emotional situations can make people
say things they don't mean.
 "I would like to give [West] the benefit of the doubt, but
if he were to duplicate his comments, I would have to step
back and reexamine how I feel about him," he said.
 BRETT KELMAN


HURRICANE KATRINA

Relief collectors sent off campus


* TOTAL EFFORTS STILL RAISED
MORE THAN $16,000 SO FAR.

 By TIM HUSSIN
 Alligator Contributing Writer

 One group's efforts to raise money
for victims of Hurricane Katrina were
cut short when it was asked to move
off campus Saturday.
 UP Naval ROTC students, who
raised $4,049 collecting for the
American Red Cross, said they were
approached by a police officer claim-
ing that student groups could not ask
for donations on campus and had to
leave immediately.
 ROTC member Carolyn Work,
who organized this weekend's fund-
raiser, said the UPD officer named
UF President Bernie Machen among
those asking for the students to move
off campus.
 Machen wrote in an e-mail Monday
that he wasn't aware of the situation.
 "I don't know anything about
this," he wrote. "It doesn't sound very
consistent with our approach."


 Anna Sansiveri, a student collect-
ing for the American Red Cross, said
the group was only there 15 minutes
before being asked to leave.
 "Our commander came up to us
and told us that there were complaints
from the Alumni Association that they
didn't want to be bombarded with do-
nations," she said.
 UPD did not return e-mails.
 Work said "she didn't know if the
UP ROTC had a permit to collect
donations.
 UP spokesman Steve Orlando said
both parties acted with good inten-
tions in an unfortunate situation.
 "We absolutely applaud the efforts
of those students doing such a won-
derful job," he said. "We hope this
won't discourage them from doing all
that great work."
 Athletics Director Jeremy Foley
wrote in an e-mail that there is a no-
solicitation policy around Ben Hill
Griffin Stadium.
 "The logistics of collecting and
monitoring such solicitations are very
difficult," he wrote.
 Many of the collectors were dis-


heartened at being prevented from
requesting donations for something
they considered so important.
 "I don't understand," said Adam
Cohee, a student collecting donations
for the American Red Cross. "There
are people out there drinking and par-
tying, and we're just students trying
to do a good deed."
 Will Cannon, a ROTC student col-
lecting for the American Red Cross, said
they were getting just as much help off
campus as they were on campus.
 "There were a lot of generous
people dropping twenties both
from the Gator and Wyoming fans,"
Cannon said.
 The Center for Leadership and
Service, which is part of the Dean of
Students Office, also collected dona-
tions on campus Saturday but was not
asked to leave.,
 Alana Rush, the center's student
manager, wrote in an e-mail that stu-
dent groups needed permits, which
the center had, to collect donations.
 The Center is now focusing on the
need for nonperishable food and other
material necessities, Rush wrote.


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