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University of north Florida
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Wednesday
Volume 32, Issue 19
Amphitheater
Funding
enables early
construction
By Josh Gore
Contributing writer
photo illustration: harris zeliff
UNF
began
construction
about two weeks ago on a $1.5
million amphitheater, which will
be completed earlier than projected due to increased funding,
UNF officials said.
The amphitheater, which is
scheduled to be completed by May
15, and will be located next to the
new student union, was funded
from many donors, but the primary source was JB Coxwell
Construction.
The company
recently
donated $450,000
in labor costs,
said
Shari
Shuman, vice
president
of
Administrative
Finance.
“The project
wasn’t
supShuman
posed to be
completed until much later, but
when we realized the funding
was available, we decided to move
forward with the construction,”
Shuman said.
HOMELESS
See AMPHITHEATER, page 4 �
Suspect wanted
for battery in
housing lounge
By Jonathan Morales
News Editor
No suspects have been identified
and no arrests have been made after a
UNF student said she was fondled
in the early-morning hours Feb. 1,
UNF officials said.
The victim said that at about 1:50
a.m., she was in the second floor
lounge of Osprey Landing talking
to her boyfriend on her cell phone.
The suspect pushed her against
the stove and proceeded to touch
her “all over.” She screamed out and
the assailant, who she described as
tall and wearing dark clothing, left
the area, according to the police
report.
A canvass of the area led to conflicting accounts from nearby, nonwitnessing persons, but detectives
will check possible camera recordings, UPD Chief John Dean said.
“I wouldn’t speculate on the
suspect yet because of the vague
description,” Dean said.
Plans called for 18 Greek houses to be finished
in 2008; to date construction has not started
By Andrea Farah
staff writer
The changing economy has impacted
the university’s ability to finance the construction of Greek housing, which has
been discussed at UNF since 2003, and
might be even further from its realization
now, UNF officials said.
Eighteen Greek houses were originally planned for 2008, said Tyler Young, assistant director of Greek housing.
Two months in to 2009, construction
has not begun.
UNF is still willing to fund the necessary $3 million for the infrastructure, but
a $25,000 security deposit from a minimum of five Greek chapters is required
before construction can start, Young
said.
In addition to the security deposit,
Greeks would be responsible for carrying all other expenses connected to the
construction of the houses other than the
infrastructure, which includes plumbing,
electrical network, roads, parking lots
and canalization.
“We are finalizing three major documents that we will release to all the chapters,” Young said.
These documents include a sublease
land agreement for 40-50 years, list of
guidelines and architectural review, all
of which must be signed by the chapters
that wish to have housing.
Student Government President John
Barnes said he expects sororities and fraternities to be ready to sign the leases in
near future.
“Hopefully [it will happen] within the
next few weeks,” he said. “It is disheartening [that the university doesn’t have
the money to finance the housing] but
still exciting.”
Construction itself would begin in
two phases and take no longer than 13-14
months. Nine houses are going to be built
within the first phase, while the second
phase will depend on the interest of the
remaining chapters, Student Government
Vice-President Mike Saathof said.
The housing price could also increase
by $1 million to $2 million per structure,
depending on capacity.
“We would like to see an average of
12 beds per house, but we have not set a
minimum yet,” Young said.
Another alternative being discussed is
reserving selected parts of the Crossings
for the Greeks. With the Fountains opening in fall 2009, UNF expects 1,000 beds being available tohat could serve as a Greek
housing substitute.
Barnes said it is important UNF
enables the Greeks to live together if they
wish.
E-mail Andrea Farah at
[email protected].
E-mail Jonathan Morales at
[email protected].
FCCJ to
become
4-year
college,
pg. 5
The story
of Art Fest,
page 11
UNF takes
to the ice,
page 19
News
Page 2
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Question of the week
What act would you bring to the new amphitheater? w
Stephanie
Similien
Whitnie
Scruggs
“I’d like to see Oliver
Twist or magic shows.”
“Lord of the Dance.”
Freshman,
English
Amber
Gaddis
Jerry
Taricska
Freshman,
Undecided
Senior,
Communication
Sergio
Kelser
Sophomore,
Electrical
Engineering
“The Blue Man
Group.”
“Shakespeare.”
Senior,
International
Studies
“Some kind of Chinese
cultural play like ‘The
Legend of Kung Fu.’”
Compiled by Rebecca McKinnon.
7-day
forecast
police beat
thursday feb. 5
Jan. 26 - Feb. 1
Sunny
1
friday feb. 6
Sunny
61/43
Rain: 10%
saturday feb. 7
Sunny
68/49
Rain: 10%
7
1
2
Sunday feb. 8
Sunny
70/52
Rain: 10%
10
5
9
4 Jan. 28 – Possession,
Jan. 26 – Drug Investigation (Building E) – UPD
was dispatched to Osprey
Village after resident 7
assistants were informed
of residents smoking
marijuana in their room.
UPD made contact with
the resident, who was
upstairs watching a movie
with two friends.
The friends were
later identified as FCCJ
students. A search of the
dorm revealed a bag with
marijuana residue. The
UNF student was referred
to student conduct. The
other two were issued 8
trespass warnings.
2 Jan. 27 – Burglary
(Lot 7) – A UNF
professor parked her car
in a handicap spot
Monday, and when
returning to work Tues9
day, she noticed her parking decal was missing.
She contacted UPD after
10
searching her vehicle,
office area and home.
There were no signs of
forced entry, and she believed she left the vehicle
unlocked.
51/35
Rain: 10%
paraphernalia (Building
X) – UPD was dispatched
to Osprey Landing after
a health and safety check
uncovered marijuana and
two glass bongs.
The suspect admitted
the marijuana was his and
shared the bongs with his
two roommates.
The suspect was arrested and all three students
were referred to Student
Conduct.
5 Jan. 29 – Petty Theft
(Building 15) – UPD was
dispatched to investigate
a stolen backpack and
belongings.
The victim said he left
his backpack and went
to get something to eat.
Upon returning, four text
books, a planner, calculator, umbrella and the
backpack were missing.
Nobody has tried to sell
back the books.
6 Jan. 29 – Alcohol
(Building F) – UPD was
dispatched to Osprey
Village after an RA
witnessed two females
holding bottles of Coors
Light on the third floor.
The two were identified and said they were
visiting a resident.
The three underage
students were referred to
Student Conduct.
3 Jan. 28 – Possession,
monday feb. 9
11
Partly
Cloudy
3
1
19
6
70/51
Rain: 10%
4
7
tuesday feb. 10
3
9
Mostly
Cloudy
6
8
12
5
70/54
Rain: 10%
wednesday feb. 11
Cloudy
71/55
Rain: 10%
For updated
weather, visit
UNFSpinnaker.com.
Source: NOAA
Last week by
the numbers
Each week the Spinnaker staff
reports what’s going on around
campus: the good and the bad.
In this little space, we want to
summarize the life of the Osprey
during the past week.
2
25
Million free Grand Slam
breakfasts given out
by Denny’s restaurants
nationwide Feb. 3.
Paraphernalia (Building
X) – UPD was dispatched
to Osprey Landing to in11
vestigate drugs in a dorm
room. The complainant said the suspect ran
12
downstairs to throw away
the herb.
Upon inspection,
broken glass was found
on the pavement and a
bag of marijuana was
recovered. Further search
of the suspect’s room
uncovered a hand-made
pipe, nine pills, two bags
of marijuana, a foot
locker, a glass pipe and a
marijuana crusher.
The suspect said all
the items belonged to
him and was arrested on
misdemeanor charges
of possession and paraphernalia.
7 Feb. 1 – Property
damage (Lot 12) – UPD
was dispatched in reference to a damaged
vehicle. The complainant said he arrived to his
vehicle Sunday afternoon
and found a large dent in
the roof of his car.
He had no idea how
the dent got there.
Compiled by
Jonathan Morales.
140
1
People, approximately,
attended the Black History
Month Proclamation Feb. 2 at
the University Gallery.
Thousand dollars
paid in back taxes
by Former Sen. Tom
Daschle.
Team, the Pittsburgh
Steelers, crowned new
Super Bowl champions
Feb. 1.
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
News
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Ceremony features UNF’s Black History Proclamation
“During Black History Month,
all Americans are encouraged
to reflect on past successes and
challenges of African Americans
and look to the future to
continue to improve society
so that we live
up to the ideals of
freedom, equality and
justice.”
jonathan morales | spinnaker
– UNF Proclamation
Left: Director of Intercultural Center for PEACE Oupa Seane reads UNF’s Black History Proclamation in the
University Gallery Feb. 2. Anthropology professor Dr. Melissa Hargrove also gave a presentation on the Gullah
culture of the South Carolina Sea Islands, African Diaspora and Racism and Social Inequality. Above: Guests enjoy
a reception after the ceremony.
News
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Wednesday, february 4, 2009
National TV production center tours at UNF
C
-SPAN’s national tour bus
rolled up beside the UNF
Arena Jan. 30 for two hours
of one-on-one time with students,
staff and faculty.
Whole classes, as well as individual on-lookers, were invited to
take tours of the fully-operational
mobile television and production vehicle, watch and listen to
a presentation on the differences
between news networks, and take
home C-SPAN memorabilia such as
pens, rulers, bags and mini-copies
of the constitution.
The Spinnaker sat down with
C-SPAN marketing representative Rodee Schneider between his
presentations to talk about the
history and aims of the bus tour.
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Congressman Ron Paul
discussing the current
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What’s the C-SPAN bus
schedule in a nutshell?
What’s the history of
the C-SPAN bus tours,
and when did the
current tour begin?
“We started [this tour] last
Wednesday, but the [first] tour
was actually launched 16 years
ago with the C-SPAN buses as a
way for us to interact with the
people who watch the network
and also to talk with those who
might not know about us but are
still interested in what’s going on
in the government.”
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“The bus really just keeps on
rolling. We travel for
11 months out of the
year, making stops at
colleges and schools,
libraries, bookstores,
book festivals and social
studies conferences.
During the course of
the last week, we’ve been
going to middle schools
and high schools as well as
a resort and the Zora Neale
Hurston festival.
We’re going to be visiting
100 schools in 100 days, talking to
students about C-SPAN and our
coverage of politics and the new
[Barack] Obama administration.
So, there’s a ton of stops we’ll
go to; anywhere there’s going to
be people interested in books
or politics, we really try to hit
that up.“
What is the bus offering
to students, staff and
whoever else happens to
step on?
“What we generally do on the
bus is offer a tour of our mobile
operations. The bus is a mobile
television and production vehicle.
We shoot live television from the
bus sometimes. This past week, we
shot some live interviews with students at a high school in Orlando
who attended the inauguration.
Today we’re shooting six
interviews with UNF professors
for BookTV, which is a program
on C-SPAN2 on the weekends. But
when they sit down, we’ll also
share with them some of our free
resources and some of the differences between our network
and some of the other television
networks, how we cover things
versus how other networks cover things.
Not to say one is better or
worse than the other one, just as
a basis of comparison.
We show events in their
entirety and really in their long
form and try to let viewers decide
what it is they’re seeing as opposed to having someone feed
them the news and tell them what
they should be viewing.“
What else is going on
while the C-SPAN bus is
parked at UNF?
“We’re talking with some
Communication classes, really any
students who might be popping
by who are interested. We’re
shooting interviews with plenty
of professors here, so we’re trying
to jam pack some education and
some production in two hours on
a non-warm day. We sometimes
will shoot YouTube questions
with our flip camera, asking
students what issues they want
the president to address in the
new administration.”
What does C-SPAN hope
to accomplish by doing
this tour?
“What we’re looking to accom-
plish is to inform viewers, educate
students and let them know about
some of our free resources [like
the C-SPAN Web site], also
getting some interviews and
production on the road. As a nonprofit, noncommercial network
– we’re funded through the cable
television industry – it’s one of the
few outlets that we have to communicate our mission to
the public.”
Compiled by Rebecca McKinnon.
News
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Page 5
Workman: FCCJ’s expansion creates course overlap
New Senate bill prompts
Fla. community college’s
move to four-year school
By James Cannon II
Assistant News Editor
Florida
Community
College
at
Jacksonville is undergoing a transition
to become a four-year college, causing a
possible overlap in educational instruction, UNF officials said.
FCCJ’s status will change this summer
from a community college to a state college. This change involves expansion of
the school’s four-year bachelor’s degree
programs and receipt of a new name and
mission statement.
The new state college designation resulted from recently ratified Senate Bill
1716, which passed last year, creating
another tier in public higher education
that will bridge the community college
system and university system. Five of the state’s 28 community
colleges have already begun work on the
transition.
FCCJ administrators are expecting an increase in enrollment due to an
overwhelming response to the three new
programs that were added in the summer
of 2008: childhood education, public safety management and information technology management.
“We were overwhelmed with the response,” FCCJ President Steven Wallace
said. “We filled [the programs] virtually
overnight.”
Aside from the newly created bachelor’s programs, FCCJ will also have a
non-degree technical college, a general
equivalence diploma academy and the
3-year-old Pathways charter school.
FCCJ administrators will continue to
consider how the new state college can
preserve essential mission and operational characteristics while developing
strategies for making the college stronger, more responsive and more relevant
in the future, FCCJ’s media relations coordinator Michal Corby said.
However, there is no consensus among
higher education officials in the state
concerning the possible benefits of the
change.
The state has limited resources, so
adding more four-year colleges simply
means the existing resources will be redistributed to more schools, yielding fewer resources for each individual campus,
said UNF Provost of Academic Affairs
Mark Workman.
“[It is] potentially beneficial to the
Around the State
UNF student helps poor children in the Philippines
A UNF electrical engineering
student, Noel San Antonio, started
a nonprofit foundation to support
the St. Anthony Development
and Learning Center, which was
designed to provide education for
rural students in the Philippines.
San Antonio funds the
organization through donations
from local churches and friends.
He plans on the school
eventually teaching up to the
12th grade.
Students are instructed in
science, reading and basic math
with a Catholic education.
Parents can even enroll in
classes that are designed to help
them find work.
San Antonio raises about $300
a month, which pays for both the
school’s teachers.
He said the students he’s met
are excited to be learning, and
those who were quiet and shy are
now outspoken and enthusiastic.
source: Florida Times-Union
Around the Nation
Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee for tax issues
Former Sen. Tom Daschle
withdrew his nomination to chair
the Department of Health and
Human Services, according to a
statement Feb 3. from the
White House.
Daschle has been battling a
losing fight to maintain his HHS
nomination amidst allegations of
his recent work as a lobbyist as
well his controversial tax record.
Daschle, the former Senate
majority leader, apologized Feb. 2
for failing to pay his taxes in full.
He said he was “deeply embarrassed” for a series of errors
which include a failure to report
$15,000 in charitable donations,
car service and more than $80,000
in income from consulting.
He recently filed amended
tax returns and paid more than
$140,000 in back taxes and
interest for 2005-2007.
“This [position] will require
a leader who can operate with
the full faith of Congress and the
American people, and without
distraction,” Daschle said. “Right
now, I am not that leader, and
will not be a distraction. The
focus of Congress should be on
the urgent business of moving
the president’s economic agenda
forward, including affordable
health care for every American.”
Around the World
2,100 civilians killed in Afghanistan in ‘08, more than ‘07
More than 2,100 civilians died
during 2008 in Afghanistan, a 40
percent increase over the previous
year, according to a statement released Feb. 3 by the United Nations.
The report also cited partial
figures stating the Taliban and other
insurgents were responsible for
1,000 out of 1,800 civilian deaths up
to the end of October, mainly due
to suicide bombings and improvised
explosive devices.
About 700 people were killed
by coalition and coalition-backed
Afghan forces in the same period –
including 455 who died in air strikes
– while the cause of the remaining
100 is yet to be determined,
according to the UN.
“According to U.N. figures, more
than 2,100 civilians were killed as
a result of armed conflict in 2008,
which represents an increase of
about 40 percent from 2007,” U.N.
Emergency Relief Coordinator John
Holmes said.
In the last year insurgents have
regrouped despite the presence of
nearly 70,000 coalition forces.
The terrorists have increased
both the scope and scale of their
attacks.
Violence in Afghanistan is at the
highest level since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban.
Compiled by James Cannon II.
new status, new name
Florida Community College at
Jacksonville is transitioning into a
four-year college, and during the
process, it is seeking to change its
name. There are three possible names
that resulted from a focus group.
• Florida Coast State College
• Northeast Florida State College
• Florida Northeastern State College
Source: Michael Corby
city at large, as long as there isn’t overlap
in programs,” Workman said. “The nursing program specifically creates overlap
because UNF already has sufficient
capacity.”
And capacity isn’t the only concern.
When the limited number of clinical
training sites is taken into account, it
might become a source of competition
rather than cooperation, Workman said.
“The potential for success lies between
the relationship of the state college system and the state university system,”
he said.
One area of great benefit is the addition of non-degree technical certificates,
Workman said.
The information technology program will be an area with less overlap
than nursing because it will provide a
service to train people that UNF’s curriculum doesn’t meet, he said.
Regardless, UNF does not anticipate a
drop in its enrollment.
Officials expect to admit the same number of students in the 2009-2010 year as
in the 2007-2008 year, said Deborah Kaye,
associate vice president of Enrollment
Services.
The number of accepted students was
reduced for the 2008-2009 year due to lack
of funding.
Under another recently ratified bill,
UNF will join the ranks of several other state institutions in the differential
tuition plan.
The plan will allow the school to
raise tuition up to 15 percent to keep the
budget in the black, which will allow
increased enrollment of new and transfer students.
But
Corby
said
any
possible
FCCJ tuition increase will be up to state
lawmakers.
E-mail James Cannon II at
[email protected].
News
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Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Students’ guide for surviving tax season
By Andrea Farah
Staff Writer
Moving out of your parents’ home, enrolling at a university and perhaps even
finding a new job have extensive legal and
societal implications, among which paying
taxes is one of the least popular.
Master Tax Adviser at H&R Block Kathy
Coleman said one of the most frequent issues with college students is a miscommunication between them and their parents.
“They used to be claimed on their
parents’ taxes, but once they are self
supporting, they need to file their own taxes,” Coleman said.
The best place to start learning about
how to take care of your own taxes is to
do some reading at the Internal Revenue
Service Web site, which includes a stepby-step procedure on how to fill out all the
forms you need, she said.
“It’s not that difficult,” Coleman said.
“And they did a pretty good job with the
tutorials.”
According to the IRS site, every U.S.
citizen or resident must file a U.S. income
tax return if they reach a certain level of
income. Factors that influence your obligation to file a tax return are the amount
of your income, whether you are able to be
claimed as a dependent, your filing status
and your age.
The most challenging thing is to find the
time to keep up with the constantly changing laws and procedures. Once the students
learn about the process, they might actually save a significant amount of money
just by knowing what is out there for them,
Coleman said.
Based on the information from the IRS
site, students can offset the cost of higher
education by taking advantage of educational credits that can be subtracted from
their federal income tax.
The Hope Credit and the Lifetime
Learning Credit can go as high as $2,000
per tax return.
There are “quite a few [tax breaks for
students],” Coleman said.
What is important is that students keep
track of their expenses by keeping receipts
that prove they spent the money on educational purposes such as books, supplies,
equipment, tuition and fees. These will be
needed in case they get audited by the IRS,
AMPHITHEATER
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President of JB Coxwell
Construction, David Coxwell,
said he’s glad he was able to
help the university.
“When President Delaney
came and asked for our help, we
didn’t give it a second thought,”
Coxwell said. “It was a definite
yes.”
Coxwell currently has 15
employees working on the site
daily, and many are graduates
of UNF.
“Our ties to the university
are very strong,” he said.
After the completion of the
project, it is unclear whether
the university will rent the
amphitheater, which will seat
between 5,000 and 7,000 people,
to local drama teams or community organizations, said
Zak
Ovadia,
director
of
Facilities Planning.
The music department will
consider using the amphitheater for outdoor concerts
and ensembles as long as it is
cost-effective, said Lois Scott,
office manager of the music department.
“The music department is
limited on how much money it
can spend on venues for performances,” Scott said.
The amphitheater will enhance student life and offer
new opportunities to clubs and
university organizations, said
Lucy Croft, assistant vice president of Student Affairs.
“I was in favor of the amphitheater from the very beginning,” Croft said. “I’m really
excited about this project.”
In addition to new opportunities for the university, the amphitheater will provide a great
place for main-stage events,
said Alford Whitaker, a committee chairman for Osprey
Productions.
When the new Osprey
Productions leadership is elected this May, the budget will
be decided, and the calendar
of events will be set in place,
Whitaker said.
“We will also consider moving Battle of the Bands to the
amphitheater,” Whitaker said.
“This amphitheater will offer
an alternative to the Arena.”
E-mail Josh Gore at
[email protected].
News in Brief
Business College hosts
international conference
The UNF Coggin College
of Business and the Warsaw
University
School
of
Management are co-hosting
the ninth annual International
Business Research Conference
Feb. 13-14 at the University
Center.
Topics of discussion will
include: Understanding and
Integrating Chinese Culture
into Business and Enterprise
Research in China, Business
and Transportation, Exchange
Rates and Inflation, Issues
in International Trade and
Corporate Social Responsibility
and International Business.
The cost of the conference
is $200 for the public, which
includes a Friday night dinner
at the Selva Marina Country
Club, and $140 without the dinner. UNF students are welcome
to attend any lecture for free.
Business Week visits campus
The Coggin College of
Business and its International
Business Flagship Program
will sponsor International
Business Week Feb. 9 through
Feb. 12 at UNF.
Each night of the week, a
distinguished lecturer will
discuss an important field in
international business.
The free lecture series will
cover topics ranging from information about JaxPort to
study abroad to global finance
and marketing.
Jacksonville Green Expo
seeking volunteers
UNF Students in Free
Enterprise (SIFE) are seeking students to volunteer
April 25 for the Jacksonville
Green Expo.
The event is geared toward getting people involved
with green businesses in
Jacksonville and promoting
the trend.
For more information on
volunteering, e-mail Melanie
Edwards at m.edwards@unf.
edu or visit jacksonvillegreenexpo.com.
Compiled by Jonathan Morales.
upcoming event
WHAT:
“The 10 Most Missed Deductions,” a
seminar that will focus on
deductions and credits that might be
overlooked
WHO:
Sponsored by H&R Block
WHEN:
12-1 p.m., Feb. 26
Coleman said.
“It is crucial to file taxes on time in order to avoid additional penalties,” Coleman
said. “Interest on any unpaid tax is compounded daily until the date of payment.”
Senior Biology major Myle Dae is one
of the students who would be lost if she
needed to file her own tax returns.
“I would have to go to one of those places where they do it for you,” she said.
People who feel completely lost when
WHERE:
Building 51, room 3201
HOW MUCH:
Free for students who log on to unf.
edu/dept/cpdt and register
WHAT TO BRING:
A sack lunch and questions about
income tax forms
it comes to filling out tax forms can even
attend classes that are usually scheduled
once the tax season is finished.
They can either learn how to file all
necessary forms for personal purposes or
gather minimal knowledge required to find
a company with one of the tax preparation
services, Coleman said.
E-mail Andrea Farah at
[email protected].
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
News
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program follow-up
Sound test
UNF: Continuing
Education program
‘simply a success’
By Sarah Gojekian
Staff Writer
chad smith | spinnaker
Officials from BSA, an audio company, test decibel levels on the Green to prepare for a concert UNF is
hosting Feb. 27. The concert, sponsored by SG, will feature three Christian rock bands: Tenth Avenue North,
The Afters and Storyside B.
Simply Certified, a program started just last semester by the UNF Division of
Continuing Education, has
been a success, according to
program management.
The program allows students to pick from several
courses such as search engine
marketing, personal fitness
training or professional writing and receive a certificate
in that area in just one or
two months.
The cost for each is $599,
and registering can be completed online.
The program is designed
for anyone who is interested
in a career change, unemployed, or just looking to learn
additional skills, said Valerie
Murphy, program manager.
“It’s good for people who
want to subsidize their income
when they have free time over
the weekend,” Murphy said.
The success rate of the fall
2008 fitness certificate course
was 55 percent, with 51 students entering the program
and 28 earning the award.
The three courses being
offered in a classroom setting
are all personal-fitness training courses.
Program
Director
Tim
Johns said the course is so
popular they filled up one
class and had to add a second
last semester.
Grading is done by World
Instructor Training Schools,
and the program measures
the success of the course on
whether students pass the final exam, Johns said.
The average annual salary
for a fitness trainer is $26,000,
and the job outlook was expected to increase 27 percent
during the 2006-2016 decade,
according to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
The most recent bureau
statistics also state that
certification is critical to
find work, and employers
are currently looking for
trainers
who
also
have
a degree.
Gold’s Gym, where some
graduates of the program are
currently employed, provides
a lab for the students.
Vice
President
of
Administration and Finance
Shari Shuman said the program was not affected by the
recent budget cuts for UNF
because they’re an auxiliary,
under different operation and
not affiliated with the university’s budget.
The program essentially
operates off its own revenue,
which comes from registration fees, Johns said.
The money collected is
turned around to pay for instructors, materials and renting classrooms.
It was not altered in any
way from last semester because they’re not going to take
away something that’s working, Murphy said.
She also said they have no
plans to reduce the amount of
classes offered and the department is going to stick with it
in hopes it will continue to
move forward.
“The recession hasn’t affected us, knock on wood; it is
working, and it’s very successful,” Murphy said.
The Division of Continuing
Education, on the other hand,
has been affected.
Its budget has reduced
along with its personnel,
Shuman said.
But it makes money off of
the program, which goes directly into its overall operating revenue.
Although
the
personal
fitness training course is
taught in a classroom setting,
Johns said many courses such
as search engine marketing
and pay-per-click are offered
online.
E-mail Sarah Gojekian at
[email protected].
Toast to better speaking skills
By Matt Head
Contributing Writer
A new campus club, Osprey
Toastmasters, is providing students who are eager to become
better speakers and leaders a
chance to attend a forum to develop communication, leadership skills and introduction to
new career possibilities.
“Toastmasters is a public
speaking club that is devoted
to helping people becoming
more confident and more capable public speakers,” said
Kevin Balogh, president of
Osprey Toastmasters.
The club’s mission is to help
students overcome insecurities
and improve self-confidence,
he said.
“Learning to speak while
in college will give you the
confidence for when you get to
the professional world,” said
Adrianna Gonzalez, career
coordinator for the College of
Arts and Sciences.
The most important part of
speaking is the ability to articulate yourself, your strengths
and your relevant experience
in an interview, Gonzalez
said.
The bi-weekly Toastmaster
meetings include different
exercises, including the “icebreaker speech,” which is one
of the first speeches new members give to help people get to
know them. Other speeches include the impromptu speeches
known as Table Topics.
Toastmasters is also an international organization with
many corporate ties including
Pfizer, Inc., Wells Fargo and
Verizon.
“This is an excellent opportunity for people to practice in
an environment with very low
risk,” Balogh said. “And you
can have fun with this because
the crowd is easy, and they all
know why they are here: to improve their speaking.”
E-mail Matt Head at
[email protected].
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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Quote of the Week
“I have learned over
the years that when one’s
mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing
what must be done does
away with fear.”
- Rosa Parks
contributors wanted
The Spinnaker is looking for
zealous contributors who want
their voice heard. We’re looking
for strong writers who are familiar
with Associated Press style to
fill these positions. If you’re
interested, stop by Building 14,
room 2627, fill out an application
and come meet our staff.
Newspapers trump new wave of media
J
ournalism students
are reminded daily
how doomed they
and the printed
word are – it happens in
relative secrecy in small
computer labs in this very
institution.
Each morning, 20 to 25
students band together in an
anonymously under-funded
classroom to lament the sad
state of affairs of the print
media industry with salty
professors who know the
uphill battle graduates will
soon face.
Outdated materials are
utilized in a curriculum that
aspiring writers are told will
be obsolete in the coming
years (which likely won’t
matter since they’re told
there won’t be a job waiting
for them in the business
anyway).
Professors, scholars, financial experts and even the
media itself warn that due
to a decline in readership,
especially among the 18- to
35-year-old demographic, the
newspaper as we know it is
our
Two sense
flat-lining.
Combine this with a lack
of advertising revenue and
failed business models
by publishing conglomerates that, in their infinite
corporate wisdom, refused
to get on board with electronic versions of their
publications until it was too
late, and you have a recipe
for disaster.
But setting the business
angle aside, since nearly
every industry is feeling the
economic crunch in these
dark days, the heart of the
issue here is convenience for
readers. After all, isn’t that
why no one reads newspapers anymore? Why put two
quarters into a machine and
have to fumble around with
messy newsprint when it’s
easier to just pull out a laptop, make a few clicks and
drink up the information
overload?
The answer, as executive
editor of The New York
Times Bill Keller said,
is the quality of journalism.
“There is a diminishing
supply of quality journalism, and a growing demand,” he said. “By quality
journalism I mean the kind
that involves experienced
reporters going places, bearing witness, digging into
records, developing sources,
checking and double-checking, backed by editors
who try to enforce high
standards.”
Newspapers, and more recently their online versions
– not blogs, personal Web
sites, commentators, radio
personalities or pundits –
are basically the only source
of this unbiased, responsible, refined and structured
journalism. Greater online accessibility and more opportunities
for the common man to be
heard is a great thing, but
not as a substitute for real
reporting.
By reading blogs and
other non-journalistic
outlets for news, readers are
chewing on regurgitated
fat that is filtered through
the subjective lens of the
blogger after he or she has
pulled the information from
a legitimate news source.
As Keller put it: “The
wonderful fluorescence of
communication ignited
by the Internet contains
countless voices riffing on
the journalism of others but
not so many that do serious
reporting of their own.”
This is a shame for
those who got into journalism because it’s a noble
industry that bases itself on
objectivity, accuracy
and fairness.
But it’s even more of a
shame for the readers who
settle for inferior content
generated by a sweaty guy in
his mom’s basement rehashing news from the New York
Times.
Next time you decide to
ascend to the blogosphere,
think twice. Grab a couple
of quarters, put them in a
newspaper machine and
support real journalism
because if it dies, so too does
the most valuable watchdog
we have as a society.
A group of Spinnaker staff members give their views on key issues.
Mike
Tomassoni
Art director
Holli
Welch
Editor
in Chief
Klajdi
Stratoberdha
Business
Manager
Jonathan
Morales
News Editor
Santonio Holmes was the MVP of the Super Bowl, but who’s the MVP in your life?
If there was anyone close to
being my life’s MVP, it would
be a creature from the sea,
one who can cut down tree,
so who is thee? My friend, a
shrimp with a chainsaw.
“But because of his great
love for us, God, who is rich
in mercy, made us alive with
Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions – it is by
grace you have been saved.”
- Ephesians 2:4-5
The Most Valuable People
in my life would would my
parents since they’ve been
supporting me in difficult
times and getting me through
college.
My MVP would have to be
my younger brother, who has
excelled in music studies and
shown me the value of
perseverance and dedication.
Discourse
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
campus view
political view
Open-air preachers
missing big picture
R
eligious zealots are walking a
thin line.
“Turn or burn” is the first
thing you hear as you walk by the
Green on your way to class while
the open-air preachers attempt to
convince students they are going
to hell.
They scream, push and antagonize students to believe in a God
who is portrayed in the Bible as forgiving and loving. But their efforts
are contradictory.
If they want students to embrace
a loving God, then maybe they
should show some love themselves
by dropping the large signs and
intense language that turn people
away from God.
Right now all the open-air preachers are doing is giving God a bad
reputation at UNF.
“I don’t believe in what the openair preachers are doing because
they are bringing a bad name to
God,” said Jessica Lopez, a junior
sociology major who is actively
involved in on-campus ministries.
“If someone from out of town were
to visit UNF on a day they’re here,
they might see Jacksonville as very
extreme.”
Some Christians are too extreme.
It seems as if they have a checklist
of the number of people they have
to bring to God, and it’s a major
turn off.
I agree with what Casting Crowns
has to say in its song “What This
World Needs.” The lyrics read: “We
can be passionate about what we
believe. But we can’t strap ourselves
to the gospels, because we’re slowing it down. Jesus is going to save
the world, but maybe the best thing
we can do is just get out of the way.”
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More money won’t fix education failure
L
Staffer
opinion
Heather Furey
Assistant Sports Editor
The preachers on the Green are
missing the big picture.
Reading the Bible, praying and
going on mission trips are all worthwhile things to do if Christianity
is your religion. And it’s great if
you want to share your beliefs and
opinions with others. But don’t be so
pushy about it.
Not once have I see Buddhists
or Hindus aggressively pursuing
students on the Green saying you’ll
turn into a rock if you wear a short
skirt or don’t accept their religion
as your own belief.
But I have met some who are always willing to discuss their beliefs
in a relaxed manner.
Maybe we should learn something
from them.
One of the most important things
the Bible says in the New Testament
is that Jesus loves us so much that
he died for us.
Christians are supposed to follow
in his example, but some religious
zealots have lost sight of the core
value God possesses: love.
And they are putting an awful
taste in the students’ mouths.
E-mail Heather Furey at
[email protected].
ike with every other government agency, the more cash
thrown at the Department of
Education, the worse the results are.
As it stands now, the U.S. has
doubled its per-pupil contributions
during the last 30 years (inflation
adjusted) and ranks No. 1 for education-spending, considerably above
the average K-12 system, according
to the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development’s 2008
Education at a Glance.
Yet with the increase in funding, the
average math and reading scores for
17-year-old high school students have
remained static since 1971, according to
the National Assessment of Education
Progress, the nation’s benchmark for
student achievement.
And more, verbal SAT scores are
on a steady decline – from 530 in 1972
to 504 in 2008 – while math SAT scores
have remained essentially static – from
509 in 1972 to 515 in 2008.
American 15-year-olds continuously
score below the international average
on science, math and literacy when
compared with 30 OECD countries.
Even with this overwhelming
evidence that throwing money at the
Department of Education does nothing
to help America’s failing schools, the
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
– the bailout plan being debated by the
Congress and the Senate – is planning
an unprecedented infusion of federal
capital to local schools. Disregard the fact that spending
$120 billion on education will do exactly nothing to stimulate the economy;
other than the unprecedented amount,
how does this differ from every previous Republican or Democrat president
since John F. Kennedy?
The current stimulus bill proposes
$22 billion for higher education, $5 billion for early education, $79 billion in
block grants for states to help stabilize
education budgets, $26 billion in new
money for existing special education
programs, $20 billion in new school
Staffer
opinion
James Cannon II
Assistant News Editor
construction and more than $1 billion
for technology.
All of this is in addition to the
nearly $60 billion the federal government gives to local schools yearly.
If steadily increasing the budget ­–
while doing nothing to alter the fundamentals of government education – got
America here in the first place, what
exactly will tripling the budget under
the guise of economic recovery do?
There are several policy initiatives
that would increase the productivity of
the Department of Education without
increasing its budget.
The government could allow parents
access to the per-pupil funding so
they can decide what public or private
institution better meets their children’s needs.
Or it could mandate all school districts adopt universal budget transparency. Every dollar spent on teachers’
salaries, administration costs, construction and technology should be
publicly displayed.
Better yet, school districts should
be able to negotiate teacher salary cuts
with union officials, if budgets are cut
or when teachers do not meet acceptable standards. Also, unions should be
willing to suspend seniority and tenure
pay in exchange for merit based pay.
If the government is determined to
pay for education, it should restructure
it so that it actually produces decent
students, rather than the current crop
of national embarrassment.
E-mail James Cannon II at
[email protected].
Letter to the editor
Parking Services needs to change its system
Dear Editor,
It is no secret that the majority of UNF students
hate Parking Services.
Thousands of “undeserved” tickets are handed out
every year, and most students mumble a pretty fourletter word while they head to the Cashier’s Office to
pay the $30 fine.
While I understand the necessity to regulate
parking in order to produce revenue for the school, I
wonder if our administration thinks about the safety
factor while designing the parking regulations.
Because I live on campus, I am required to either
buy a housing permit for $205, which allows me to
park in Lot 18, 53, 10, 11 and 12, or I can buy a discounted permit for Lots 18 and 53.
Due to the economic crisis America is in, many students cannot afford to shell out $205 for an overcrowded parking lot and are forced to park in Lot 18 or
53 with the “promise” of the shuttle system.
But in reality, the shuttle system is very unreliable. There are many cases where the shuttles will see
students running for the opportunity to ride and the
driver will nonchalantly leave with the student panting and cursing as the shuttle drives off.
Yes, most of theses instances happen during the
day, so many times there will simply be another
shuttle in 5-10 minutes. But as the day turns into
night, many students are still being left to wait for another shuttle, and the wait time increases along with
the crime rate.
So what is the logical thing for students to do? Park
in Lot 53 and wait the 30 minutes in the cold for a
shuttle to arrive, hoping the driver will see them and
the suspicious person will stay away? Heaven forbid
they park in a housing parking lot. That would just
result in a $30 ticket, which they can’t afford.
Something must be done either about the price of
parking tickets and permits or the shuttle system. The
economy is getting worse, more students are reporting
crime alerts and unnecessary debt is slowly
accumulating.
Earlier in the year, part of the defense of the parking system was comparing our rates with that of
Florida State University, the University of Florida and
the University of Central Florida. But these comparisons are unrealistic because UNF does not have the
same number of students at any of those universities. According to the College Board, UCF has more than
40,000 students, FSU has 32,000, UF has 45,000 and UNF
has about 16,000.
Comparing UNF to the University of West Florida,
which has about 9,000 students, would be more sensible.
UWF parking permits are $30 for commuters/residents while violation tickets are $10.
Maybe UNF should take a realistic look at the way
it stacks up with universities and adjust its policy
before someone gets seriously hurt.
Chelsea Edwards,
Sophomore, Nursing Major
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Expressions
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Art Fest boosts morale;
raises money for art clubs
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“I’m very, very excited about
where we are right now. We
have good students and a
fired-up faculty.”
Paul Karabanis,
Associate photography professor
local band 3w was the
last of the three bands to
perform at art fest.
art patrons
stop to look
at students’
photographs.
By Sarah Gojekian
Staff Writer
asking art majors to volunteer their
time as workers at the fest.
Junior painting major Laura
Seeback was in charge of leading people around and explaining what her
program does at the event. There is no
official painting club yet, so the proceeds went to the department itself.
“It’s disappointing we don’t have
one, but this shows the need for one,”
Seeback said.
There were also $10 Art Department
T-shirts for sale and $2 raffle tickets for
gift certificates to local craft stores as
an added way to raise money.
Then there was the silent auction
of 65 pieces available for bidding until 9 p.m. The highest piece started at
$1,000, the lowest at $3. The auction
took place around 9:45 p.m. and raised
a total of about $1,325, with 18 pieces
being sold. Seventy percent of the bid
money went to the artist, with the other 30 percent going to the art club of
their choice.
But apart from raising money, one
of the main objectives of the event was
to get the outside community involved
and engaged, Martorelli said.
“What’s problematic is that we’re
kind of removed from Jacksonville,
where the university is located, [but]
there’s a lot of people here not germane
to the UNF community, and many of
the art pieces have been purchased by
them,” Martorelli said.
Both Martorelli and Paul Ladnier,
associate professor of painting and
drawing, agreed the event is also just
a great time, with free alcohol provided by Seven Bridges and food from
Mojo’s Kitchen.
Junior philosophy major and art
minor Sam Manderick, whose band
was one to perform at the fest, said he
would describe the night as very chill
and down-to-earth with a nice crowd
coming and going.
Martorelli and Ladnier said the university was 100 percent behind the students for the event and attributed and
praised many names in making it possible, such as Chair of Art and Design
Debra Murphy, instructor Jenny Hager,
associate photography professor Paul
Karabinis, Emily Arthur-Douglas, and
long time supporters Jim and Judith
Niss, who have contributed time and
donations.
Ladnier said it was a joint effort on
many faculty members’ parts.
“It’s just fantastic; it’s brought
students, faculty and the community out,” he said. “What I’ve seen
is that it’s grown from last year and
much more successful, and I see it being an annual thing that people look
forward to.”
An aura of calm appreciation was
present at the fest, vouched for by the
smile on every child, parent, friend
and teacher of students exhibiting
their art.
“I encouraged my students to come
out and put pieces in; the work is outstanding and of very high quality,”
Ladnier said. “There is better PR, networking and cooperation this year, and
the momentum has grown. There are
two or three times as many students
participating this year [from last].”
Associate math professor Leslie
Roberts said he was walking to his car
in the garage, heard what he swore
was live music, and decided to check
it out.
“This is great; I’m jealous of art
majors. Under the new federal administration, who knows, maybe the arts
will get funded again,” Roberts said.
Karabinis said the event is a festival, with the goal being to open studios, recruit and get work displayed
around town.
“I’m very, very excited about where
we are right now. We have good students and a fired-up faculty,” Karabinis
said.
E-mail Sarah Gojekian at
[email protected].
photo illustration: chad smith; photos: harris zeliff | spinnaker
Take a bunch of art-enthusiast
students, give them one night to show
you what they can do, then pray they
raised enough money to be able to do it
all over again next year.
Art Fest brought out nearly 150
people at any given time Jan. 20 from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in an attempt to benefit the various art clubs on campus.
Attendees endured the bitter bite of
the wind, shuffling from doorway to
doorway in the quad behind the Fine
Arts building and seeing displays and
demos of student and faculty artwork.
Icicle lights were strung in a circle,
faux wooden torches lined the walkways and three live bands made for a
relaxing, communal environment. It
was an opportunity for those not involved with the department to see the
facilities where students work and the
resources available to them.
“What a moral booster this is; it not
only engages students and faculty, but
we can become lackadaisical about
art, [and] this energizes us all,” said
Dominick Martorelli, associate photography professor.
A 25-30 member committee had
been plugging away for the past several months to make the event possible,
purveyors of the arts bid on student-generated
media during the silent auction, which raised
about $1,325 from the 18 pieces that were sold.
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youtube clip of the week
“BEST BIG BALL
KNOCKOUTS”
Though the title might sound
a bit risque (if you have a seventh grade sense of humor),
rest assured there is nothing
in this clip but kids getting
knocked down violently by
seemingly harmless, bouncing
rubber balls. If this doesn’t
make you want to shell out
the $5 for a large bouncy ball
to torment friends with, then
you’re just not a fan of cheap
slapstick humor, my friend.
See the video at unfspinnaker.com.
Compiled by Jason Yurgartis.
• Library Exhibit: Art of Medieval Manuscript
Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., UNF Library.
• Library Exhibit: Recognizing Black History,
UNF Library.
• International Dinner, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,
Building 15, room 1601.
• Library Exhibit: China and Chinese New Year,
UNF Library.
• LAN Party, Building 15, room 1604.
• Great American Jazz Series: Gary Burton,
percussion, 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.,
Robinson Theater.
• The Aquila Theatre Company presents:
Comedy of Errors, 7:30 p.m., UNF Fine Arts Center.
• Second Annual Swoop the Loop, 9 a.m.,
UNF Arena.
songs about cars
S
ince the dawning of rock n’ roll, our love affair with cars has played a major role as a topic in
songwriting. The hot rod culture of the ‘50s and ‘60s needed a soundtrack, and from there, the
rest was history. You don’t have to look far for singles about cars from The Beach Boys, Jan and
Dean and other one-hit wonders from the early days. Here are a few that might not immediately
come to mind in the pantheon of songs on wheels, but are nonetheless great.
“Jaguar” – The Who
This re-release bonus track from 1967’s “The
Who Sell Out,” a concept album full of pop jingles
and short, catchy, angst-filled rockers intertwined with
fake commercials, is stuffed with rolling drum fills. The
three-minute song is as simple as it is catchy as the band
professes their love for the British luxury classic and the
song ends with a faux jingle for an auto dealership.
Hearing lyrics like “Every lovely spot near or far,/You can
reach them too in your car,/Or you might be there now
if you own a Jag already./The radio blasting, the girls are
glancing,/The dash is dancing with gleaming dials./Grace
space race./Grace space race./Jaguar, Jaguar, Jaguar,
Jaguar,” make you wish you were driving an E-Type
Roadster with the top down through the rural English
countryside.
“Little Red Corvette” – Prince
Chock full of sexual innuendo (like any great
Prince song), this ‘80s classic that put Prince on the map
is not a song about the Minneapolis native’s love for
the Chevy classic. Instead, it metaphorically describes an
exotic woman who has been around the block a few
too many times. Rumor has it, Prince wrote the song
between cat naps in a back-up singers’ car after a late
night recording session. Regardless, lyrics like “I guess
I must be dumb/’cause you had a pocket full of horses/
Trojan and some of them used/But it was Saturday
night/I guess that makes it all right/And you say ‘what
have I got to lose?’/And honey I say/’Little red Corvette/
Baby you’re much too fast,’” are as sexy as the car itself.
Hopefully, for his sake, Prince made a trip to the free
clinic after being with the woman in the song.
“Bitchin’ Camaro” –
Dead Milkmen
It’s nearly impossible to try to describe this song
to anyone who hasn’t heard it, but music fans familiar
with Dead Milkmen from songs like “Punk Rock Girl”
know they have a really unique sense of humor backed
by some hastily thrown together thrash-pop. The song
starts with some humorous dialogue backed by what
sounds like a lounge track that, by itself, is worth the
price of admission. But when the song kicks in with it’s
teenage punk bombast, the mockery flies with lyrics
like “When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss,/
Because I’ve got a bitchin’ Camaro and they have to ride
the bus./So you’d better get out of my way, when I run
through your yard;/Because I’ve got a bitchin’ Camaro;/
And an Exxon credit card.”
“Hot Rod Lincoln” –
Commander Cody
If you believe what you hear from the late ‘50s
and early ‘60s rock bands, everyone was busy surfing,
checking out girls, going to hamburger stands and
having fun, fun, fun ‘til their daddy takes the T-Bird
away. But in this song you get the greaser point of view
via a raunchy rockabilly rumble from the point of view
of a few troublemakers out to raise hell in a supped
up Model A hot rod. With a low-pitched snarl singer
George Frayne belts out lyrics like: “Now the boys all
thought I’d lost my sense/And telephone poles looked
like a picket fence./They said, ‘Slow down! I see spots!/
The lines on the road just look like dots,’” on this Charlie
Ryan penned classic.
“Cadillac” – T. Rex
This song is a bonus track on a re-release
of the 1972 album “The Slider,” but it fits right in
with the albums grimy glam and ‘50s rock inspired
grooves. The song doesn’t give any insight into
whether writer/guitarist/vocalist Marc Bolan actually
has any affinity for Cadillacs, rather he presents the
luxury car as a gift to a lover. Always the womanizer,
Bolan croons “baby I wanna walk you home/There’s
a shadow in the basement/And I’m scared to sleep
alone/Baby doesn’t everybody weep/I’d slide up there
beside you/But my nightmare’s oh too steep/Yeah/
Baby I wanna buy you a Cadillac/I bought it with my
song.” So smooth, Mr. Bolan; rest in peace...
Compiled by Jason Yurgartis.
• NestFest Comedy Show: Stephen Lynch & Christian
Finnegan, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., UNF Arena.
• Homecoming Powder Puff Football Game, 11 a.m.,
UNF Intramural Fields.
• University Travel Training, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Building 53, room 115.
• Coggin College International Business Week
Lecture Series, 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.,
7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., Lazzara Performance Hall.
• Mr. and Ms. UNF Pageant, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.,
Robinson Theater.
• National Donor Day, 8 .am. to 5 p.m., the Green.
• Communication Path: Conflict Resolution, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.,
Building 42, room 2004.
• Homecoming Lip Sync Competition, 8 p.m., UNF Arena.
• Homecoming Day of Fun, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Green.
• TLS HR Panel on How to Get Hired, 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.,
Building 42, room 1020.
Expressions
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Page 13
Gypsies perform magic with music, in the classroom
by Major Stephenson
Contributing Writer
photos courtesy of jukebox gypsies
There is a lot going on only four weeks into school:
Papers are due, quizzes are taken on Blackboard, tests
are around the corner, and you maybe playing catchup on readings because the bookstore didn’t have
your books.
To top things off, you’re balancing work schedules
around your school schedule. As the young professional adults UNF promotes us to be, the task of falling back into the habit of finding equilibrium can
be challenging.
Like being in a circus, we’re caught in the middle of
the ring, juggling our social life with our educational
world, doing the best we can. It’s never easy for anyone,
especially for those who play in bands like junior political science major Shawn Fisher and his group, The
Jukebox Gypsies.
“It’s tough actually, practicing until 2 a.m. or writing a paper until 2 a.m.,” Fisher said. “I mean it’s really
hard because I want my all into the music, but at the
same time school is very important, and I try to stress
that for most musicians who are in school.”
The Jukebox Gypsies, formed in February 2008.,
consists of Shawn Fisher (vocals/guitar), Robbie
Vanasdol (lead guitar/vocals), Casey King (rhythm
guitar/vocals), Alex McDonald (bass/vocals) and Dan
Wagler (drums).
Fisher played solo since he was fifteen and hired a
manager afterwards. The two of them found the rest of
the guys later from other local bands that were breaking up at the time.
“It’s funny really, we got together in February and
recorded the CD in March,” Fisher said. “That’s how
quick of a turn around we had to do it.”
Fisher gives his best when dealing with school and
in his band, he said.
“When school is in full-swing, we practice at least
two nights a week,” he said. “Right now we are doing
three nights a week just because we are having a lot
of opportunities come our way. We want to make sure
we’re on our A-game.”
And he tries to keep up that A-game in his classes,
too.
“I’m getting into the really in-depth classes so its
getting even harder now, but I love it,” Fisher said. “I
love learning about how the system works instead of
looking at it from a distance and being like ‘I wonder
how that works?’”
As if being in a band and school full-time wasn’t
time consuming enough, he also works at a gas station
in Ponte Vedra.
“That job is very interesting with the
Above: Shawn Fisher belts out a song at a live show.
Above Left: The Jukebox Gypsies perform on stage.
amount of people we get in there,” he said.
The Jukebox Gypsies released their first album
back in April 2008. Since then they have opened up for
Bryan Adams and Foreigner at the Veterans Memorial
Arena and have played at Planetfest 8 at Metro
Park. Recently the guys finished opening a show for
Gavin Degraw.
From being in a band that’s sound is said to range
from Tom Petty to Aerosmith and learning the political
system thoroughly in the process, to working at a place
where everyone is happy to see gas prices go down
can tire a person quickly. If the focus he has for school
is half as good as the focus he has for his band, then
Fisher is in excellent shape.
Shawn Fisher and The Jukebox Gypsies have a couple of shows coming up in the next two months. They
are doing a Valentine’s show Feb. 13 at Jack Rabbit’s.
Everyone who attends gets a free Valentine.
They are opening up for country singer Josh Gracin
at Freebird Live in March. The band will soon have
some big announcements and video blogs that can be
found on their Myspace page at www.myspace.com/
shawnfisher.
E-mail Major Stephenson at [email protected].
On-campus Coffee Series secures warm reaction
By Sarah Gojekian
Staff Writer
photo courtesy of Jeanne Ciasullo
Elisabeth Cramer has vibrant,
glossy red hair, complemented by
her sea of black clothing. She is
sitting on a stool that peaks her
head slightly above the other 20 or
so who are watching her.
As she strums her acoustic
guitar, she croons a series of indie
lullabies to the crowd Jan. 27 at the
on-campus Starbucks.
The event was part of the
Coffee Series begun by Osprey
Productions a few years ago as
a chance for students to share
their talents and bring light
entertainment to campus, said OP
Committee Chair Alford Whitaker.
The series is open for any student, and OP is aiming to make the
Coffee Series a monthly event.
“The series hasn’t been regular
until the past year, [but] I’m trying
to keep it going,” Whitaker said.
“It helps out the arts in a smaller,
comfortable setting.”
Cramer, a sophomore photography major, gave the second
performance of the academic year,
playing from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. free of
charge to a small, tuned-in crowd
of friends and interested customers. The crowd picked up as she
continued to play, showcasing her
different melodies and gift of vocal
range in each of the distinct songs.
For the rest of the coffee shop’s
occupants, her voice was merely
relaxing background music, as
those students studying were not
affected by the noise in the slightest, and no one seemed bothered.
Cramer played three songs,
took a short break to mingle with
attendees and then played four
more to round out her set. All were
original except a cover of “Boats
and Birds” by Gregory and
the Hawk.
Elisabeth Cramer performed Jan. 27 at the UNF Starbucks as part of the
Coffee Series, which Osprey Productions hopes to make a monthly event.
Cramer seemed nervous at first,
but her internal glee quickly became obvious. She looked content
and at peace while playing, lost in
her own song and voice.
She was interactive with the
audience before the start of
the next.
Cramer contacted OP about a
month ago after hearing about the
opportunity through a professor,
she said.
"I am very passionate about
making music and performing,”
Cramer said. “I love playing coffee
houses because people see the music when they come in, and they're
drawn to it."
Cramer has been performing
for the last two years at local venues such as Jack Rabbits and the
former Uncommon Grounds coffee
shop.
Her experience involves vocal lessons and experimenting
with several instruments before
honing in on guitar, she said. She
describes her sound as mellow,
acoustic and soft.
At the conclusion of her set, she
thought the reaction was awesome
and would definitely play in the
series again in the near future, she
said.
Although she isn't sure if she
will make a career out of her music, she plans to record an album
soon as a memory of what she
used to do. Her songs can be heard
on her Web site at www.myspace.
com/elisabethcramer.
E-mail Sarah Gojekian at
[email protected].
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Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Campus yoga classes condition your body, mind
By April Schulhauser
Assistant Features Editor
april schulhauser | spinnaker
Breathe in deeply. Exhale slowly.
Feel your body begin to relax, starting with your
toes; now, your shins, thighs and hips. Feel your back
muscles release the tension. Drop your shoulders lower,
and with your hands pointed to the floor, imagine your
stress being pushed out through your fingertips, into
the earth.
Now you are ready to be taught, step-by-step, how to
stretch your body into a series of poses, bringing relaxation and physical exertion together to naturally work
against gravity with your movements, benefiting your
physical and psychological well-being.
Typically, athletes will increase their physical activity to warm-up before exercising, but yoga incorporates
counter-logic by relaxing and opening up your body for
more self-awareness during a workout.
UNF yoga instructor Ashley Greene said the complex positions yoga incorporates are proven to increase
a person’s health, flexibility, isometric strength and
reduce tension.
Other poses concentrate on balance, such as standing on one foot or balancing your weight on both hands,
centering yourself with the universe.
UNF history graduate student Carmen Derrick frequently attends UNF’s free yoga classes offered Monday
through Friday in the Arena.
Before Derrick started doing yoga, she thought it
would be too difficult for her, even though being a lifeguard in Hawaii kept her in shape,” she said.
“The positions you contort in, I didn’t think I would
have the ability to do,” she said. “But once I got past
that, certainly I realized how ridiculous it was I ever
had those reservations.”
Eleven years after her initial encounter with yoga,
Derrick still reaps the benefits and is dedicated to practicing yoga.
“Another thing that really surprised me was the
change I felt in myself after just a very short amount of
time,” Derrick said. “My body felt better, [and the newfound] flexibility was amazing.”
Certified through the Yoga Alliance, Greene, a senior nutrition major, remembers when there were little
more than 20 participants. After coming back to teach
during the fall last year, the number of participants had
doubled.
“I think most of [the participants] come without yoga
Students stretch while taking part in one of the free yoga classes offered at UNF Monday through Friday in the Arena.
experience but have quickly picked it up,” Greene said.
“I have seen drastic improvements with students who
come regularly.”
Derrick attends Greene’s hatha yoga classes and
considers the instructor to have a calming demeanor,
which helps Derrick relax and feel comfortable during
the meditation and exercises, she said.
“[Meditation paired with yoga] has really been a tool
to come to a place of stillness and to improve my health
and wellness,” Derrick said. “We have to discipline ourselves to be still because it’s so counterculture; We’ve
always been taught to go-go-go.”
Yoga was first introduced to the UNF campus in 1999,
and in the past it was available as a one-credit academic course. Theresa Kistel was a certified group fitness
instructor for the course offered last fall. She said some
benefits of practicing yoga are more body awareness,
better breathing and focus, reduction in pain and increased strength and muscular endurance.
“I think a lot of [students] were surprised at how
much of a work-out it is,” Kistel said.
She got the chance to watch her students become
more flexible, strong and calm during the subsequent
months.
“As with any form of exercise, it can be kind of disheartening at first because you’re not seeing any results, or it feels uncomfortable or strange,” Derrick said.
“[But] I absolutely would recommend it to anybody.”
E-mail April Schulhauser at [email protected].
Horoscopes by Lasha Seniuk
Family discussions will
this week reveal the underlying motives of loved
ones. Private social fears, a
compelling need for group
approval or lagging confidence may be a key concern.
Observe
and remain silent:
March 21 - April 20
over the next 2 days your
respect for the emotional
boundaries of others will be acknowledged
and appreciated. After Wednesday business
communications may be delayed or strained.
Key officials will avoid new projects, paperwork and added instructions: stay balanced.
Early this week a friend or
close work companion may
issue an unexpected group
proposal or family invitation. Although energy may
be low, accept all social attention as a compliment
April 21 - May 20 and watch for others to be
highly sensitive to feelings
of isolation or loneliness.
Stay optimistic: attitudes will improve by late
Thursday. Friday through Sunday financial
discussions with family members will work
to your advantage. Express yourself with
confidence: your needs are valid.
For many Geminis love affairs and minor social attractions will now intensify.
Over the next 4 days watch
for sudden proposals, increased intimacy or serious discussions. Trust your
instincts: at present others
May 21 - June 21
may be highly expressive
but privately withdrawn.
Stay calm. After Thursday a close relative
may attempt to monopolize your time and
attention. Remain balanced and plan new
family events in the coming weeks. Social
timing is important this week: find reliable
solutions.
Business methods, team
goals and revised work requirements will this week
demand careful planning.
New employees may complicate progress or stall
key negotiations. Refuse to
be
derailed by minor misJune 22 - July 22
takes. Suggested solutions
and expect an active approach to miscommunications to soon clarify complex relationships. After mid-week
romantic promises will either be realized or
quickly abandoned: closely study the actions,
hints and comments of others.
Home renovations and last
minute invitations are accented over the next few
days. Loved ones may now
wish to expand their daily
activities or adopt a more
outgoing social attitude.
July 23 - Aug. 22 Expect meaningful change
to take longer than anticipated: at present friends and
lovers may require extra time for private reflection. Later this week study financial documents and governmental paperwork for valuable opportunities. Property improvements,
leases or delayed payments may be accented.
Close relatives, friends and
lovers will this week provide subtle indications of
their long-term expectations. Areas affected are
family participation, group
acceptance and active home
Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 expansion. Underlying concerns may involve feelings
of isolation or past disappointments. Provide encouragement: your
words will bring comfort. Thursday through
Sunday highlights business negotiations and
financial discussions. Friends and relatives
will ask bold questions: stay alert.
Job stability will soon increase. Over the next few
days expect minor discussions to quickly evolve into
revised
workplace
procedures or new policies.
Creative solutions and team
involvement will be easSept. 23 - Oct. 23
ily accepted. Advocate joint
projects and watch for previously silent colleagues to voice strong opinions. After Wednesday someone close may
press for bold emotional promises or new
public commitments. Romantic and social
ideals now need to expand: follow your first
instincts.
Several months of low financial confidence or lagging resources will soon
fade. Business permissions
and negotiations with large
agencies will this week
work to your advantage.
Present clear, concise ideas
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22
and respond promptly to
all questions. Attention to
detail is now vital to the advancement and
success of key projects: stay focused. After
Friday many Scorpios will experience a sudden wave of passionate invitations and rare
social comments: wait for clarity.
Minor social jealousies
will now require sensitivity and dedication. New
friends may this week demand reliable promises
and solid commitments.
Offer neither: over the next
few days both friends and
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21
relatives will compete for
your loyalty. This is not the
right time, however, to encourage exclusion.
Opt for quiet or private activities, if possible.
After Thursday pay special attention to workplace requests. Official paperwork will soon
trigger complex group debate: remain diplomatic.
New friends may this week
challenge trusted ideals or
long-term commitments. If
so, remain quietly detached
but take extra time to fully
explain your goals: before
next week established relationships will require
Dec. 22 - Jan. 20
diplomacy, insight and
patience. Loved ones will
eventually accept changing schedules and
loyalties: stay open to delicate discussions.
Thursday through Saturday business relationships may be briefly strained: pace yourself and watch for subtle breakthroughs.
Gossip, social speculation
and giddy excitement may
this week be a compelling
influence in key relationships. Close friends and
co-workers will opt for animated discussion over serious work. Enjoy minor moJan. 21 - Feb. 19
ments of humor but avoid
neglecting written assignments or legal requirements. Accuracy in the
workplace is now important. Later this week
someone close may reveal an unexpected
business plan, invention or career change.
Ask questions: there’s much to learn.
Serious romantic discussions are best avoided
over the next few days. For
many Pisceans private
emotions and deeply felt
social doubts will soon be
revealed. Remain attentive but allow loved ones
Feb. 19 - March 20
to proceed at a slow pace.
Trust, a healthy respect for
family traditions and empathy are now vital
to the success of long-term relationships.
After Thursday workplace documents and
legal paperwork will be easily misplaced. If
so, expect key officials to openly avoid public
responsibility.
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Inside the Huddle
Jason Yurgartis
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Features Editor
John Weidner
Sports Editor
Rachel Elsea
Copy Editor
Herbert
Oldie, but Goodie
Question 1: Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was seen inhaling from a marijuana pipe after
completing his races in Beijing. Does this hurt Phelps’ image as one of the world’s best athletes?
It’s just a little weed – not exactly
a performance-enhancing drug.
Give the guy a break; he’s 23, has
14 gold medals, and it’s not like he
doesn’t have three-plus years to
train for the next Olympics.
Although his actions are not that
of a role model, they have nothing
to do with his athletic
achievements.
Inevitably, some people will be
judgmental and say his image is
ruined. But he is obviously able to
accomplish a lot, whether he does
or doesn’t actually smoke
marijuana.
With the lungs on that boy, he
should be able to smoke anything
he wants.
Question 2: Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum injured his right knee in a game against Memphis and will
miss a majority of the season for the second straight year. Should the Lakers keep the injury-prone Bynum?
Probably. He’s certainly a key
player when he’s healthy, but I’m
sure Kobe will ball-hog the Lakers
into the playoffs anyway.
They should get rid of Bynum. It
would fit with the Lakers trend of
pulling in star centers and shipping
them out after they’re no longer
of use.
If he’s a good player, keep him.
Just because someone might be
a little clumsy or accident-prone
doesn’t mean they’re a failure.
I’ve had two hip replacements
and can still run laps around
these youngsters. Just get a knee
replacement, Bynum.
Question 3: After slow starts to their seasons, the UNF men’s and women’s basketball teams seem to be finding
success. Where did the change in results come from?
If you have a
question for the
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Huddle or want to give
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Spinnaker at sports@
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I don’t know, but I’m guessing it
wasn’t from the Michael “Maui
Wowee” Phelps method. Can you
imagine how high that guy got
with his lung capacity? He can hold
his breath for like five minutes.
When you have young teams it is
only a matter of time before your
players will catch on.
They probably took some of those
yoga group fitness classes
combined with meditation and
found their inner calm and purpose.
I lit a firecracker under their rears,
and now they run twice as fast.
Question 4: The Tampa Bay Lightning are rumored to be trading their star player, Vincent Lecavalier, to another NHL
team. Is this a death sentence for the Lightning?
The Lightning should be given the
chair just for hiring Barry Melrose.
LeCavalier deserves to play in a
bigger market where his skills will
be more appreciated.
They should trade him because
they have no chance of winning
the Cup. Since the Steelers won
the Super Bowl, I am predicting a
Pittsburgh championship trifecta:
Steelers, Penguins, Panthers!
There’s more than one star in
the sky.
The only death sentence I see is
me having to go home to my wife
every night. Geez!
Compiled by Heather Furey.
Wednesday, february 4, 2009
Women’s basketball
Sports
Page 17
Syquio makes A-Sun honor, UNF history
Men’s Basketball
By Amanda Somich
Contribuiting Writer
Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.
at Kennesaw State
Feb. 9, 7 p.m.
at Mercer
Women’s Tennis
Feb. 5, 2 p.m.
vs. Missouri - Kansas City
harris zeliff | Spinnaker
The UNF women’s basketball team avenged an earlier loss
against Atlantic Sun Conference
leader East Tennessee State
University in an 80-73 win Jan. 31.
The triumph marks the first
ever win against ETSU after six
total series losses. It also signifies the second winning streak
of the season for UNF as well as
sophomore point-guard JulieMay
Syquio’s first career double-double. Syquio scored 17 points and
10 assists, along with 6 steals in
26 minutes.
Syquio’s play was also enough
to earn her the first Atlantic
Sun Conference Player of the
Week honor in Osprey women’s
basketball history.
“I believe she is a big part of
why we have won three of our last
four,” head coach Mary Tappmeyer
said in a press release. “She is focused on making her teammates
better around her, and it is spreading through our whole squad.”
UNF started the game by scoring the first six points, and ETSU
caught up and took the lead 1614 with 12 minutes, 7 seconds
remaining.
The Bucs continued to stay on
top for the majority of the first
half, but the Ospreys caught up
with five minutes to go.
Freshman
guard
Brittany
Kirkland hit a 3-pointer at 1:08
that put the Ospreys ahead, and
they did not allow the Bucs to
score again in the first half.
UNF entered the second half
with a 39-35 lead.
ETSU claimed the lead again
at the top of the second half, but
with 10:10 on the clock, an assist
by Syquio allowed senior forward
Jennifer Guldager to shoot a layup
that tied the game 54-54.
Flight Schedule
Sophomore point-guard JulieMay Syquio (4) shoots against East
Tennessee State Jan. 31. She scored 17 points, and her performance
earned her the title of Atlantic-Sun Conference Player of the Week.
Senior guard Jennifer Bowen
broke the tie with the first of two
key 3-point shots.
Bowen scored her total 11 points
in the 17 minutes she played in
the second half. Her second longrange jump brought the Ospreys
ahead by 12 points with four and
a half minutes left, and the team
kept its lead for the remainder of
the game.
ETSU junior guard Siarre
Evans broke UNF’s double-digit
lead to three points with 1:48
left. However, Syquio hit two
free throws and a layup, followed
by another two free throws that
Kirkland made to secure the win.
“[Evans] got 27-10, but we got
the win, so I don’t really care,”
Tappmeyer said about Evans’
above average points and rebounds in game.
UNF plays its next game against
Mercer University at 7 p.m. Feb. 5.
E-mail Amanda Somich at
[email protected].
Feb. 7, 11 a.m.
vs. Florida A&M
Women’s
Basketball
Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
at Mercer
Feb. 7, 4:30 p.m.
at Kennesaw State
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Men’s Basketball
Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
W, 51-50
vs. South Carolina Upstate
Feb. 1, 2 p.m.
L, 67-64
vs. East Tennessee State
Women’s Tennis
Jan. 31, 1 p.m.
W, 5-2
at Georgia Southern
men’s Tennis
Jan. 31, 9 a.m.
L, 5-2
at Central Florida
Women’s
Basketball
Jan. 29, 7 p.m.
W, 74-64
vs. South Carolina Upstate
Ospreys fall in final minute
By Matt Head
Contributing Writer
The UNF men’s basketball
team lost 67-64 to Atlantic Sun
Conference frontrunner East
Tennessee State University Feb.
1 after keeping the lead for most
of the game.
After having a 14-point lead
entering the second half of play
and a 10-point lead at the half,
the Ospreys (5-17, 3-9 A-Sun)
could not hold on to preserve the
victory. The ETSU Buccaneers
(16-6, 10-2 A-Sun) outscored the
Ospreys 44-31 in the second half
of play.
The Buccaneers’ offense was
kept to less than 40 percent
shooting in the first half by the
Osprey defense, but recovered
to shoot 63 percent from the
field in the second half. ETSU
scored 36 of the 67 points in the
paint, with 26 in the second half.
UNF did hold ESTU’s Courtney
Pigram, the 2007 A-Sun Player
of the Year, to eight points.
Junior guard Eni Cuka led
the Ospreys with a game-high
24 points, including four shouts
from beyond the 3-point mark
and was matched by ETSU’s Mike
Smith for most points. Smith
shot 9-11 from the field and had
a game-high 14 rebounds.
UNF
jumped off to an
early 8-2 lead with 3-pointers
from Cuka and junior guard
Germaine Sparkes. The Ospreys
ran the score up to 29-15 before
an 8-4 run by ETSU cut the lead
to 33-23 before the break.
In the second half UNF lost
the ball early – and often – turning it over five times in the first
five minutes. The Buccaneers
took the lead when Kevin Tiggs
had an offensive rebound, which
he scored to take a 50-49 lead.
UNF tried to rally with
3-point attempts from Cuka and
junior guard Stan Januska but
fell short in the final minute of
play.
UNF
head
coach
Matt
Kilcullen said the game came
down
to
their
experience
of
ETSU’s
upperclassmen
versus the UNF’s experience of
freshman and sophomores.
UNF returns to the court at
Kennesaw State University Feb.
7 at 7:30 p.m.
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Feb. 1, 10 a.m.
L, 2-5
at Florida Atlantic
men’s basketball
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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[email protected].
Junior guard Eni Cuka (23) scores two of his 24 points in a loss against
East Tennesse State Feb. 1.
Jan. 31, 2 p.m.
W, 80-73
vs. East Tennessee State
Ozzie shines during River City Rumble and on YouTube
Osprey Simulcast
Osprey TV will broadcast the
following men’s basketball
games live:
Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. at KSU
Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at Mercer
From the
mascot’s
mouth
OK, I haven’t written anything in a while, so let’s recap a
bit. The River City Rumble on the
hardwood didn’t go as planned on
many accounts. There were a few bright spots
in the doubleheader though: The
Velocity and the greatest mascot
in Jacksonville were on hand to
entertain the largest basketball
crowd of the season.
The lovely ladies of The Velocity show that they prepare a lot
more for games than I do. I wake
up and go to the game. That’s
about it. I find that the more I
prepare, the more goes wrong.
At basketball games, I usually
decide what I’m going to do just
before the PA guy announces my
name. As for The Velocity, they
train early; I mean the-sun-isbarely-up early. I practiced with
them for an hour before I actually
woke up. I’m glad they made my
part easy, but I’m sure they knew
I’d make it up on the fly anyways.
Be sure to check me out on
YouTube. Just use the keywords:
OZZIE OSPREY.
There should be six or seven
videos on there, and I encourage
you to shoot and upload your
own videos of me. It would be a
big help.
Sports
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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Hockey club ready for first season
By Heather Furey
Assistant Sports Editor
The Ospreys are leaving the air and
hitting the ice, as the UNF hockey club
prepares for its first season as a club
team in fall 2009.
After trying to get the program
started for a couple of years, hockey
club President Jordan McKee and
Vice President Joe Burke have finally
made it a reality. They are looking at
a solid team of about 15 players and
hope of playing 15 games with the
possibility of playoffs to start the year
off.
It started a couple of years ago when
a few guys in the dorms, McKee, Burke and a
few others, attempted to build a hockey
team on campus. But their efforts never
showed any results.
After the 2009 spring club-bash, the
team got the support and interest it
needed to start planning practice times,
jerseys and traveling schedule.
And now, the team is just looking for
sponsors, said Mckee, a sophomore biology major.
“We need some sponsors because we
need about $10,000 for Division III,” he
said. “When we play at home, we have
to pay for the ice time and the referees.
When we play away, we have to pay our
way to get there.”
To do this, the team is planning to
work on selling ad space and having
possible sponsors come out to watch
its games and practices. The goal is
to raise $1,000 from a few companies,
McKee said.
This will be needed since the team
will start playing Division III hockey
through the American College Hockey
Association, joining nearly every
other college and university in the
Southeast region, including Clemson
University, Florida State University,
University of Florida and Louisiana
State University.
The team plans to practice with UF’s
hockey club team at the Jacksonville
rink Monday and Wednesday mornings. But UF is on its way to building
its own rink soon and plans to stay out
of UNF’s way.
“We practice at the Jacksonville Ice
Rink, but are in the process of having
our own rink in Gainesville,” UF hockey club President Ricky Bouchard said.
“We are hoping to play UNF in a few
exhibition games, but in the mean time
we do our own thing.”
The Ospreys are expecting a quick
start to their season in fall due to
the fact that most of their players
already know the game fairly well,
McKee said.
“We are expecting to see around
30 players coming out to play for us,”
Burke said. “With so many people
interested, we might even have to
have tryouts.”
To find out more information about
the UNF Ice Hockey Club Team, visit
unfhockey.com.
E-mail Heather Furey at
[email protected].
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