No. 15 - UNF Spinnaker

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University of North Florida
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
“I’m
always
smiling,
even when
it’s cloudy
outside.”
Page 07
Index
11
news
04 // SG Senate elects new president, chair positions
The SG Senate elected a new Senate
President as well as a new B&A chair
and E&A chair.
04 // Fee increase proposed to
board of trustees
The Student Fee Assessment
Committee recommended how future
student fees should be divided.
10
13
Features
10 // Armed and ready
UNF Shooting Club quickly gains
success and popularity on campus and
on the field.
11 // See what you’re missing
Clear some room on you refrigerator
for a list to help you make the most
of the time you have left at UNF.
11 // Baby food for butter
Find out which UNF club is working
hard to get your butt into shape and
keep it that way. Plus, simple health
tips from the club president.
Sports
04
13 // Men's and women's basketball
opens with tough road games
The men's basketball team opens
its season with back-to-back games
against FSU and No. 4 Pitt, while the
women travel to No. 15 UNC.
04
13 // Men's soccer coach loses job
after 20 seasons
Lee Moon decides not to renew Ray
Bunch's contract for the 2011 season.
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Police
Beat
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Nov. 2 – Grand Theft (Bookstore)
An officer received a notice that a warrant had been issued for Grand Theft
between $300-$4,999 for suspect and student Shivam Shewa for a theft from the
Bookstore. The subject was located at his
residence, transported and booked into
the Duval County Detention Facility. The
bond was set at $2,503.
Nov. 4 – Illegal Drug Use (Fountains)
An officer was dispatched to the Osprey
Fountains residence halls in reference to
someone using marijuana. A resident assistant was conducting his rounds and checking the common area bathroom when he
noticed a student exiting the bathroom.
When he went inside, he smelled marijuana odor. The student admitted to smoking
marijuana in the bathroom. He said the
bowl he was using was in his room, where
he led the officer, brought out the pipe
and gave verbal consent to his room. He
told the officer he had marijuana in his
top left desk drawer. Two buds, weighing two grams, were found. There was
no other contraband in the room. The
student was issued a notice to appear and
referred to Student Conduct.
Admist the road flares, confetti and police barricades, a Chilean soccer fan intently watches
the match against Spain June 25 in Santiago, Chile. This is shot with a Kodak color negative
VC Portra film with a 50mm lens at f/1.8.
Photo by: Erik Tanner
Q of the W:
What food do you always want to go over
the serving size for?
Nov. 4 – Illness (Arena Parking Garage)
An officer was dispatched in reference to
a sick person. The complainant was observed lying on the ground next to his vehicle. His driver side door was open, and
he appeared to be having a seizure. The
officer asked the complainant if he was
on any medication, and he said yes, but he
had left it at home. He was coherent but
having trouble talking between gasps for
air. It was determined he needed further
Source: University Police Department “Pizza.”
evaluation, and he was transported to St.
Luke’s Hospital. The same student had
a seizure in the Student Union Oct. 26.
Rescue responded, but he refused to be
treated or transported.
Nov. 4 – Grand Theft (Osprey Cove, Bldg. T)
An officer was dispatched to the Osprey
Cove residence hall T building in reference to a theft report. Victim Allison
Cadenhead said she placed several articles
of clothing in a dryer at 5:15 p.m. and left
the area. She returned at approximately
6:10 p.m. to retrieve her clothing and discovered it was missing. She searched the
laundry room, left the room and returned
to search again with negative results.
Another student had seen the clothes in
the dryer before Cadenhead’s initial return but left the room and returned to
find the clothes missing. Cadenhead was
advised to contact UPD if she had any additional information regarding the case.
A canvas of the neighborhood was conducted with negative results. Patrol efforts have been suspended.
Nov. 4 – Lost Property (UNF Shuttle)
After a student rode the UNF shuttle bus,
he went to retrieve his wallet from his
pocket and realized it was missing. Later
he searched the shuttle bus and inquired
with UPD lost and found, but he could
not find it. The officer’s interview with
the student was conducted with the assistance of an interpreter. He attempted
to explain to the student the seriousness
of identity theft and asked the student
to contact the department if any transactions were made on his account.
Nov. 4 – Missing Person (Student Union East)
An officer received a message in regards
to a missing person that was near his location at Building 58/E. He met with a
subject that appeared to be in good physical condition but frustrated about some
issues at home. He had been kicked out
of his house in Orlando, which is why he
was on campus. The officer explained the
reason for his inquiry and escorted the
subject to the UNF Police Department. A
friend of the subject arrived at the station,
and they both left campus. The subject
was issued a trespass warning from UNF.
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News
Senate elections name new leaders Student fee money to
increase, split four ways
By Jordyn Waters
Staff Writer
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Carlo Fassi and Khiresto Salako wait for election results with
bated breath. Fassi won senate president and Salako was appointed to Budget & Allocations chair.
By Max Jaeger
Managing editor
The UNF Student Government
Senate elected a new Senate
president and two chair positions
Nov. 8.
Carlo Fassi will take Mack
Volk's place as Senate president. Khiresto Salako and Paige
Lehman were elected to Budget
and
Allocations
chair
and
Elections and Appointments chair,
respectively.
The Senate voted, and each
candidate had to receive a majority vote. There were 34 voting senators present including
newly elected senators who
were confirmed earlier in the
same meeting.
Fassi, Salako and Lehman won
by a significant margin. Fassi ran
against Senate Pro-Tempore John
Jordan IV; Salako against Sen.
Roderick Williams; and Lehman
against Sens. John Scorza and
Corey Meyers.
Elections occurred part-way
through the Senate meeting, and
after the candidates were sworn
in, they immediately took their
new positions.
"When the vote was over, it
was about us [Fassi and opponent
Jordan IV] working together,"
Fassi said.
Fassi said one of his major initiatives is rescheduling committee
meetings. The Senate's various
committees meet on Mondays, and
the meeting times often overlap,
which means senators and students can't be at every meeting.
Fassi would like to change that,
he said, so anyone interested can
be at every committee meeting
every week.
Fassi, who was B&A chair before being elected Senate president, said he met with Salako
extensively over the three weeks
leading up to the election and felt
Salako had the necessary drive to
excel as B&A chair.
During deliberations, Williams’
partisans lauded his service as the
UNF Economics Club's treasurer
me from them [Lehman and
Myers] is policies and procedures,” Scorza said. “I've been a
parliamentarian before; I know
parliamentary procedures. I can
apply them here and in my opinion I can apply them very easily.”
Lehman listed a variety of leadership experiences, including four
positions in Osprey Toastmasters
and two positions in the UNF
Business Society.
“There were alliances before [senators] even
walked in. I feel 100 percent that some people
violated Sunshine Law. I have nothing to prove it,
but I’ll say I think it definitely happened.”
— John Jordan IV
while Salako's supporters credited
him with having passion and consistent involvement in SG.
Though she voted for Scorza,
previous E&A Chair Courtney
Warner expressed faith in
Lehman. The two met once prior
to the Nov. 8 election, and Lehman
had a strong grasp of the job,
Warner said.
Deliberation focused on one
candidate: freshman Scorza and
his qualifications. Two camps
emerged, with one attacking
Scorza's lack of experience in SG
and the other defending him, citing his involvement in middle and
high school student governments
as general experience.
"The only thing that separates
Jordan IV believes senators
made up their minds about who
they would vote for long before deliberations. He also said that senators discussed their choices prior
to deliberation.
“There were alliances before
[senators] even walked in. I feel 100
percent that some people violated
Sunshine Law. I have nothing to
prove it, but I’ll say I think it definitely happened,” Jordan IV said.
According to Sunshine Law,
voting members cannot discuss
legislation with each other outside
of Senate.
E-mail Max Jaeger at
[email protected].
After weeks of listening to proposals and deliberating, the Student
Fee Assessment Committee submitted a fee increase proposal to
the UNF President John Delaney
Nov. 8.
The $1.75 fee increase, the maximum possible, will generate approximately $700,000, assuming students enroll in 403,000 credit hours.
This money will be spread among
different university organizations.
The proposed breakdown of the
fee increase is as follows: Student
Government will receive $1.00, the
counseling center will receive 18
cents, health promotions will receive 10 cents and athletics will receive 47 cents.
The recommendation passed
with a 4-3 vote. The student members of the committee were in favor of the recommendation while
faculty members were generally
in opposition.
SG had an initial request of $1.11,
which would fund jobs and equipment for the new wellness center.
The committee proposed cutting
11 cents out of the request, which
would still allow for the creation of
jobs at the wellness center. But the
reduction in the fee will not pay for
everything SG intended to fund in
the wellness center — namely workout equipment.
“In essence, this would just cut
out monies used for that equipment,” said Randall Robinson, SG
budget coordinator.
Money for equipment will have
to be secured from another source.
The committee recommended
health promotions be granted 10 of
the 13 cents requested for a Healthy
Osprey program. The three-cent
removal from the proposal cuts out
only operating costs of
the program.
Seeing as the Healthy Osprey program required a relatively small
portion of student fee monies, there
was debate among the members of
the committee as to the impact the
program may have.
Student Body President Sitou
Byll-Cataria reminded the board
student fees need to serve the entire
student body.
“What do we want UNF to be? Do
we want UNF to be a healthy campus? Is the answer yes? Then why
don’t we make this step forward?”
Byll-Cataria said. “When we give
one cent, we need to make sure we
share that one cent among all the
16,000 students. That’s the priority
to me.”
Another committee discussion
concerned the counseling center,
which did not make a formal request for money for the next academic year. It was, however, calculated another counselor would cost
students 18 cents per credit hour.
The addition of a counselor would
allow the counseling center to meet
accreditation standards.
The primary concern by several
committee members wishing to
secure student fee money for the
counseling center was the center
will likely have to implement a
waitlist in the near future for students wishing to see a counselor.
Several committee members
reasoned the addition of another counselor would benefit the
students’ health.
As chair of the committee and
vice president of administration
and finance, Shari Shuman does
not have a vote. However, she advised the committee to think carefully about giving money to an entity that did not request it.
The remaining 47 cents of the student fees is proposed to go to UNF
Athletics.
Forty-two cents per credit hour
can cover the women’s golf team,
leaving five cents per credit hour
for the second priority of the athletic program: scholarships.
Shuman said student fees do not
end here — the recommendation
will move up the chain of power
until the Board of Trustees makes
a final decision.
UNF President John Delaney has
the right to change the way the fee
is divided before he sends a proposal to the board.
The board will make a final decision in the spring.
E-mail Jordyn Waters at
[email protected].
News in Brief
SG fires African American Student Union director
Student Government vice president Giovannie Medina announced Tuesday the director of the African American Student Union, Jennifer
Dykes, has been relieved of her duties. Medina cited Dykes working
and management styles as reasons for the termination. “We had to
take immediate action,” Medina said. The assistant director, will serve
as interim director while SG searches for a director. “I feel like his basis for firing me wasn’t adequate," Dykes said. "I still don’t know why
I’m fired. I really don’t."
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New Senate president has his work cut out for him
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n the past, this space has been set
aside to malign the often-ludicrous
antics of the Spinnaker’s upstairs
neighbors: Student Government.
While that will always be this page’s
primary role, it is necessary to break
tradition and highlight one of an
increasing number of SG officials who
take their jobs as student advocates
seriously. As of Nov. 8, Mack Volk is no
longer Senate president.
He was and continues to be a example
of the kind of stewardship we should all
expect of our elected officials.
Volk was forward-looking during his
tenure, even at the end of his service. With about a month left, he sponsored
the controversial bill that would have
given Osprey TV funding to broadcast
on Comcast cable.
As Senate president, he could not
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vote on the bill, but during deliberation, he was one of the most outspoken
proponents. With so little time left in
Senate, Volk wasn’t obliged to do much
of anything other than ride out his
term. Instead of coasting, he pushed the
Senate to make a long-term investment
in UNF’s college media.
He also worked with Chief Justice
Matt Yost and the parking council in an
effort to increase the number of premium spots in the core of campus.
Though he is no longer part of
Senate, Volk will be continuing his efforts at the Nov. 19 Parking Advisory
council meeting.
It will be the last meeting before Volk
graduates, and the council will finalize
recommendations for parking categories, the number of spaces and the ratio
of spots to permits sold. Talk about
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sprinting through the finish line.
Former Student Body President John
Barnes appointed Volk to the Student
Fee Assessment Committee last year.
This year, Volk asked President Sitou
Byll-Cataria to appoint him to that same
committee because he had past experience the other students on the committee did not have.
He did his due diligence and more
by interrogating requests and asking
how each proposal would affect the most
students. Volk won’t even be enrolled at
UNF when the new fees take effect.
He is certainly not the only SG official who is doing his job — by and
large, the current SG puts past years to
shame. Simply put, if the legislature’s
new senators and officials are looking
for someone to emulate, Volk is a
strong candidate.
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Bunky puts the fun in funky with fresh jams
By Emily Hartford and tia woods
features editor and Staff Writer
What comes up when you Google your
name? It’s easy to tell how famous — or
not famous — a person is with a simple
Internet search.
When you Google the name “Bunky
Green,” you’ll see four songs from “iLike”
topping the list, followed by links to listen
to his music on Rhapsody and Pandora. A
Wikipedia link, two videos and numerous
photos fill the rest of the page. Scroll down,
and the list keeps going.
Haven’t heard of Green? That’s strange;
he’s been a UNF professor for 20 years.
But that’s not why he dominates the Google
search. Green is a celebrity in the jazz world.
And he’s been getting a lot of play lately due
to his 15th and most recent album, “Apex.”
The new set of songs, released Sept. 28, was
recorded in one day in Brooklyn, NY, with fellow alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa.
In 1992, while Mahanthappa was studying
jazz at Berklee School of Music in Boston,
someone gave him a Bunky Green record,
and it totally blew him away.
Mahanthappa felt Green was doing
something fresh, new and interesting, but
also grounded in jazz tradition. Because
Mahanthappa was striving for a similar
sound, he sent his music to Green.
“I think it was rather bold, looking back
on it,” Mahanthappa said. “But I was always
one of those students looking for some sort of
feedback from older, more experienced musicians. I just wanted to send them a tape of
what I’ve been doing and just get some input
from him.”
Green responded with encouragement to
Mahanthappa and liked the Indian, folk and jazz
influences that formed an unpredictable sound.
The duo shares a passion for creating its own musical personalities.
Mahanthappa said they both look up to
music greats like Charlie Parker and
John Coltrane, making new and personal
music from those influences.
After playing together in Chicago, they decided to make an album.
“He’s young, fresh and creative,” Green
said. “People, after a while, tend to sound alike.
When him and I get together, it’s a different
kind of music. It has a different spin to it.”
The spin the two of them create together has gotten rave reviews from the New
York Times, Los Angeles Times and The
Guardian, whose writer described their
music as “a haunting exercise in atmospheric note-warping.”
Green prefers the excitement of performing over teaching but said watching
his student’s progression is worth finding
the balance.
He said the best part about teaching is the
opportunity to keep jazz alive by passing it on
to younger people.
“I bring back to them a world of experience because I not only teach, but I live it,”
Green said. “It’s part of what I do, and it’s
part of the thing that’s given me such a high
profile as a jazz musician.”
Green hopes to help students realize
their dreams.
“If I do that, I feel like I’ve fulfilled my role.”
Tony Mayato, a UNF music education senior, took private lessons with Green. Mayato
described Green as always happy, encouraging and excited to teach. He said Green cares
There are 10 songs on “Apex;” Green wrote
five and Mahanthappa wrote five. The two of
them got together in April and recorded the entire album in one day. Eight months later, their
music is receiving rave reviews. Find out what
three UNF jazz professors have to say:
“Welcome”
Danny Gottlieb, associate professor of jazz drumset
The first song on the album starts with a bass
intro and a haunting, free sax solo melody. The
sax sound is intense and beautiful, with tones that
sound very much like an Indian Classical instrument, a great example of how Indian music can
blend with Western jazz. Percussion colors add to
the mystique. The free playing eventually leads
into the melody, which consists of short rhythmic
phrases. Bunky plays a beautiful free solo and
eventually leads the group into the same, Indianbased rhythmic phrases, used as a bridge between solos sections. Rundresh plays the second
solo, again, a beautiful free haunting melodic improvisation. All in all, a great vehicle for both players and a terrific blend from the ensemble. This
music is perfect for meditation and introspection
and is just a magical performance.
“Summit”
Dennis Marks, associate professor of jazz bass
UNF Director of Jazz Studies, Bunky Green, at 75, still livens the jazz world.
about his students and supports them, both
musically and non-musically.
Mayato said the amount of energy and
passion Green has for music inspires him.
“He’s like 80 years old and still walks
around and acts like he’s 25,” Mayato said.
“He’s a humble and nice guy … and one of
the best saxophone players on the planet.”
During one of his lessons, Green constantly looked up from his piano, smiling and joking with his novice students as if they were
old friends. He laughed approvingly when the
tenor saxophonist hit a creative note.
Green credits his students for keeping
him young and said they are always fresh.
Jazz professor Dennis Marks has worked
with Green at UNF for six years. Marks said
despite Green’s age, he plays very futuristic,
modern and new-fashion jazz. He said Green is
not on the cusp of a jazz evolution because he is
more of an innovator of styles, not an imitator.
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“He’s definitely still at the top, and to have
him here as the head of our program is a real
honor for me, and I’m sure for everyone else
here, as well,” Marks said. “To have that kind
of greatness, spiritual greatness that we can
always learn from.”
Green wants to keep writing music, keep
recording and keep traveling. He said different
things he sees when he travels and things he
feels at a particular time inspire his music.
Green has a lot of traveling under his belt,
performing in places like Germany, Italy and
other European countries, and is contemplating accepting a gig in Paris, where he has performed 16 times.
His hands moved excitedly as he talked
about his travels, but when asked about family, Green stopped.
“It’s all about the music.”
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This is modern jazz at its best. The style can
best be described as post-bop burnout. The fast
tempo allows the tune to be the perfect vehicle
for these two incredible alto saxophonists to really go for it. It is a pleasure hearing two people
of like mind, in pursuit of the same goal. The absolute mastery of drummer Jack DeJohnette, a
veteran from the Miles Davis bands of the 1960s,
holds together the track. He provides intense propulsion and ample support for the soloists. It is
also quite nice how the ending section brings us
back to the first tune — an example of how this
entire recording is very cohesive.
"Eastern Echos”
Lynne Arriale, assistant professor of jazz piano
This song is a tour de force by Bunky and
Rudresh, each creating memorable, impassioned
solos tinged with Mideastern sounds. Both display improvisation at its highest level, as they interact skillfully with the rhythm section and take
us on a memorable journey through the tune.
The group dynamic is excellent; the arc of the solos are very compelling, and all members of the
group function cohesively with outstanding interplay. The ending is especially unexpected, with
the piano, bass and drums ending the tune.
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Shooting for awareness: Campus
club aims high to hit its target
By Ashley Gannon
Asst. Features Editor
Amidst the orange-checkered field of
cracked clay pigeons, melodic popping of
shotguns firing and scent of gun powder,
resides the UNF Skeet, Trap and Shooting
Clays Club.
Thomas Coates, a UNF political science
and business management senior and assistant coach for the club, has been handling and shooting shotguns for over two
years. In fall 2009, he and fellow shooter
Joseph Lentz founded the shooting club.
Their goal is to let the community know
guns can be used in positive ways and to
dispel the negative connotation associated
with them by raising their weapons and
safely firing away.
“It’s great for team-building, personal
development and growth, confidence and
competition,” Coates said. “And they [the
community] like that we are using these
weapons in an organized way, rather than
getting into trouble with them.”
The club consists of about 10 members,
both male and female, who practice three
to four times a week at the Jacksonville
Gun Club alongside the Jacksonville
University team. JU actually offers a credited course called “Introduction to the
Theory of Wingshooting."
Coach David Dobson is head coach for
both the UNF and JU shooting teams. The
teams go head-to-head by competing against
each other once a year.
“We have competition aspirations for
this upcoming year,” Coates said. “We plan
on shooting against other schools, and
hopefully we will make it to nationals in
Texas next year.”
Lentz, a UNF transportation junior and
shooting club president, said the main goal
right now for the club is to get everyone registered with the National Skeet Shooting
Association so they can compete in more
tournaments on an individual level and as
a team.
All members of the club are personally
funded and must own their own shotgun to be
able to practice with the team. Aryn Mooney,
a UNF public relations senior, joined the club
at the beginning of this semester.
“My dad actually got me into shooting,”
Mooney said. “Then I started dating Joseph
[Lentz], and I thought it would be really fun,
so I joined the club. At first, I was using one of
my dad’s guns, but I just bought my own.”
The pre-owned shotgun she bought cost
her $1,000, which she said is on the low
end of the spectrum. Shotguns range from
$1,000 to $15,000.
“It is a semi-automatic, so it doesn’t
have much recoil, which is really nice,”
Mooney said.
The
National
Shooting
Sports
Foundation awarded the club a $5,000 grant
this year, which helps greatly when it
comes to purchasing practice supplies.
“We are poor college kids, so this grant is
huge for us,” Coates said. “The NSSF is the
end all be all when it comes to the promotion
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You can expect to hear gunshots firing off in the distance throughout the entirety of
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of youth and collegiate shooting programs.”
The club has come a long way in its short
history at UNF and hopes to gain more student interest as each year passes.
“We had our first club fest this year, and I
was shocked at how many people were interested in the club,” Coates said. “Most people
had no idea the shooting club even existed.”
All students are welcome to join and learn
more about gun safety and shooting techniques. Coates and Lentz are discussing the
idea of holding monthly meetings at the Gun
Club, so interested members can get a handson learning session from the shooting club
members and Dobson.
“We are open to everyone who is interested,” Lentz said. “But handling guns can
be dangerous, so we want to make sure people who practice with us know how to use
a gun, even if they don’t know much about
the sport itself.”
Coates said the club has a lot to look forward to this coming year, including T-shirts
featuring the club logo and adding more competitions to their agenda.
“Clay target sports are the fastest growing
collegiate sports right now,” Coates said. “If
other schools don’t have shooting teams now,
they probably will soon.”
Coates said when he started the club, he
never expected to have a full-time coach or
even funding. As for UNF having a credited
course in shooting, Coates said, “It may be a
while, but I would love to see it happen.”
E-mail Ashley Gannon at
[email protected].
For more information or get involved,
contact [email protected] or The
UNF Skeet, Trap and Shooting Clays
Club Facebook page.
Hopefully this song brings back as many hilarious adolescent memories for you as it
did for me. The gunshots in this song are some of my favorites on the list, as they coincide perfectly with the lyrics and tune. “It’s a robbery, robbery, robbery now/ Get on the
ground/ Gimmie that wallet and hush your mouth.” Warning: Singing the lyrics to this
song may trigger gangster-related tendencies like wearing your pants too low or adding a
gold chain to your ensemble.
“The Final Cut” by Pink Floyd
Now here is a song where the gunshot blast, about a minute into the song, may actually make your heart jump. This slow, sad-sounding ballad throws one into left field
by featuring an out-of-place BANG while you’re on the verge of tearing up. Listen,
Pink Floyd, if it isn’t imperative to include that bazooka blast, stick to loud drum
beats and cymbal chimes to pump up the drama instead.
“Natural Born Killaz” by Dr. Dre & Ice Cube
It’s safe to assume when the word ‘killaz’ is in the title, you should prepare your eardrums
for some bang-banging musical action. This twosome fires off shots throughout this rap
ballad, creating anxiety and instilling fear into its listeners. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are packing some serious heat and selling records with this natural hit.
“My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)” by
Regina Spektor
Ms. Spektor really knows how to be creative. This holiday-themed song features her
singing a gorgeous slow and harmonious ballad about the New Year over police sirens,
gun shots and cheering people. These chaotic sounds that are unfortunately related to
New Years Eve, add depth and if possible, more beauty to her music.
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Must-dos around campus and the surrounding area
before you toss the tassel and high-tail it out of here
Nutrition club aims to nuke poor
eating habits in time for holidays
By Rachel Tannenbaum
Contributing Writer
By Chance Ryan
Staff Writer
Graduating seniors, you may think you’re ready to get out of Jax. To move on, rid your
hands of this place and find a new city to explore. You may be right; maybe you really
have outgrown the biggest city in the U.S. But the Spinnaker is willing to bet there’s still
a handful of places worth visiting that you have yet to discover.
Not a senior? Even better. The list is long and the days are getting shorter, so keep this
list around and maybe you can get everything done before you walk out those Arena doors
for the last time.
Hiring a nutritionist to take along on
a grocery shopping trip can cost up to $75
dollars and an online counselor can cost
around $50.
But a $30 annual membership fee gains
students membership to the UNF Student
Nutrition Club and access to much of the
same information professional nutritionists offer.
And their help comes at just the right time.
With the holiday season rapidly approaching,
you may find yourself fretting about how giant holiday dinners followed by a buffet of
desserts will affect your waist line.
Jackie Shank, a UNF nutrition instructor
and club adviser, believes it is important for
students to be aware of nutrition because it
affects the way they look and feel.
The club is working hard to help both
students look and feel great by feeding them
health-related knowledge, like simple nutrition tips, which students can easily incorporate into their lifestyles.
“We are hoping to provide information
relevant to college students such as healthy
and fast meals,” said Esther Finner, club president and UNF nutrition and dietetics senior.
“We want to give awareness to the items typically consumed by students that they don’t
realize are so unhealthy.”
Finney believes taking small steps is the
best way to encourage people to change their
eating habits.
“Usually we try to focus on one simple
message, like try a new vegetable or stay
away from trans fat,” Finney said.
Holly Gettemy, a UNF nutrition senior
and club member, said meetings provide
a healthy selection of foods like fruit, veggies, hummus, low fat sandwiches and
modified baked recipes like whole wheat
breads and muffins.
Finney said she wants to spread this kind
of healthy eating to the entire campus and
is in the process of working with Student
Government to help improve the food choices
offered in other club and faculty meetings.
“We are trying to point out the healthy
options for them, so they won’t have to hunt
them out,” Finney said.
She is still in the early stages of discussion, but she hopes to see her plan go into
effect while she is in office, which will be a
challenge, considering Finney graduates in
the spring.
E-mail Rachel Tennenbaum at
[email protected].
Since its start in 2003, the club has expanded to include 50 members from all
different majors. Students interested in
nutrition are welcome to join. For more
information, contact president Esther
Finney at [email protected].
Seafood joint melds comfortable atmosphere
with succulent fish dishes, snappy service
By Henna Bakshi
Staff Writer
Illustration by Danni Rosemund
Christopher's Seafood opened about a
year ago at the Atlantic and Kernan intersection. This ocean bay-themed restaurant
greets all hunger with magnificent food.
The restaurant welcomes customers
with a cheerful staff and a relaxing atmosphere. During the day, dim lights and tropical music set a soothing mood. The place
smells of butter sauce and fresh lemons.
The array of choices on the lunch menu
seemed overwhelming, so I accepted the
waiter’s recommendation of the ahi tuna.
The waiter brought a small loaf of
bread with honey butter. The first bite tasted of silky honey, garlic and a hint of something entirely unidentifiable, yet so good.
Executive chef Kahn Vongdara revealed
the special ingredients of sun-dried tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Steaming ahi tuna arrived shortly after
— medium rare, rosy pink on the inside
and covered with a layer of sesame seeds.
An arrangement of two hot scoops of garlic mashed potatoes, fresh salad and a lemon wedge accompanied the fish.
Vongdara, eager to talk about his emerging restaurant, joined me at the table and
insisted on me trying his best-selling dish
— Pan-Seared Chilean Sea Bass.
At age 18, Vongdara began dreaming of
owning a restaurant. By 21, he owned his
first one in Baltimore, where he practiced
his passion for cooking seafood. He now
owns several seafood restaurants in the
U.S., including his latest — Christopher's
Seafood — named after his son.
The bass came dripping in tomato garlic butter sauce, layered with juicy scallops
and served with two, hot scoops of mashed
potatoes, asparagus and a cloth-wrapped
lemon. The arrangement was brought to
life with a purple flower, perched delicately
on top.
The butter made the bass melt in the
mouth, and the garlic added a lasting
“oomph” factor.
E-mail Henna Bakshi at
[email protected].
Illustration by mike tomassoni
Entrées at Christopher's Seafood range
from $10 to $30. In addition to seafood,
the restaurant also specializes in poultry, pork, steak and desserts. If you are
looking for fine dining, generous portions and moderate prices, give this
place a try; say Henna sent you.
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Ospreys set for early test to start regular season
By Tim Bee
Sports Editor
The UNF men’s basketball team
opens the 2010-11 regular season Nov.
12, when it travels to Tallahassee to
take on the Florida State Seminoles.
After UNF’s blowout 98-54 win in
their exhibition game against Edward
Waters Nov. 4, the Ospreys are looking to show they can play with bigger
schools like FSU.
“I was just really happy to get out
on the court,” said senior guard Brad
Haugabrook after the Ospreys win over
Edward Waters. “We’ve been practicing
a lot against each other, but it’s always
good to play someone new.”
UNF is starting the season with an
early test. Not only do the Ospreys
take on FSU, they follow that up
the very next day with a trip to the
University of Pittsburgh to take on the
No. 4 Panthers.
“People always say, ‘Well, Florida
State coach, come on, ACC, picked second in the league yada, yada, yada.’ We
don’t ever look at things that way,” said
head coach Matt Driscoll. “We always
look at things as opportunities. If we
do what we’re supposed to do, and we
play the way we’re capable of playing,
then any night, anything can happen.”
The Ospreys put a scoring clinic on
against Edward Waters using 65 points
to pull away from the Tigers in the second half. They are going to need to do
more of the same if they plan to compete with teams like FSU and Pitt.
Sophomore guard Parker Smith led
the Ospreys with 23 points Nov. 4. He
caught fire in the second half, making
all eight of his shots, seven of which
were from three-point land.
“In the second half, I just felt a lot
more comfortable,” Smith said after
his big performance against Edward
Waters. “I felt more prepared because
I’ve been practicing for a year and a
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Sophomore forward Andres Diaz takes off for a dunk during the first half of the Osprey's 98-54 exhibition win over Edward Waters College.
half now just like repetition and the
motion and routine of how I get my
shots in our offense.”
Another thing the Ospreys look to
take from the Edward Waters game is
their defense. UNF played aggressive
and active defense the entire game.
They forced 20 turnovers and held
the Tigers to just 36.2 percent shooting. Defense was something Driscoll
stressed during the offseason, pointing
out that most of the top teams in the
nation are at the top of their conferences in defensive statistics, especially
in defensive field goal percentage.
“In order to win championships,
you’ve got to be the best defensive team
in the league,” Driscoll said.
Driscoll said the athletes will have
to efficiently pass the ball so as to not
turn it over against a long defense like
the Seminoles.
“They’re really long, something you
can’t simulate,” Driscoll said. “You can
put broomsticks on guys. You can do
all that kind of stuff you want, but you
can’t simulate it.”
Pittsburgh has a regular season
game under their belt after their Nov.
8 win over Rhode Island. Ranked in the
top five in most of the national polls,
the Panthers are a more physical team
than FSU that plays tough defense.
“It will be a different game in the
sense that they play more half court,
really physical, where Florida State is
going to try to be long and wide and athletic and try to get that thing going,”
Women’s basketball team takes on Tar Heels at Chapel Hill
By Joe Hellriegel
AsSistant Sports Editor
The UNF women’s basketball season is up and running, coming off a
win against Valdosta State Nov. 6.
The Ospreys defeated the Blazers
60-35 in the exhibition game inside
the UNF Arena. With the first game
jitters out of the way, the Ospreys are
focused on their next opponent, one
of the toughest games this season.
The Ospreys take on the University
of North Carolina Nov. 12 at Chapel
Hill. Besides facing teams within the
Atlantic Sun Conference, this game
against UNC is one to prepare for,
said head coach Mary Tappmeyer. “I
think we got a lot of work to do,” she
said. “I thought we saw a lot of improvement from the UCF scrimmage
to the Valdosta game.”
Defensive intensity improved
the second half during the Valdosta
game, she said. The team has a strategy for improvement, and to work on
defense. This starts with turnovers.
“We need to force turnovers or quick
shots, and then hope to use our
depth to be able to run on people,”
Tappmeyer said.
The Tar Heels are ranked No. 15
in the preseason AP poll in Division I
and have played one exhibition game
against Division II Carson-Newman,
winning by a score of 116-27. Playing
a top 25-ranked team in the nation is
no easy feat, but it is more than just
putting points on the board to secure
the win.
“We obviously know that they’re
a really good team but we’re not really going to change any of our game
plans as the way we play,” sophomore
guard Jadhken Kerr said. “We are
going to stay aggressive and play the
way we know how to play.”
Senior point guard Julie Syquio
said it will be exciting to play a team
of high caliber to test the Ospreys,
but they will still be focused on their
own game plan.
“Overall they are a lot bigger than
us, but I know what will help us is
our hard work and positioning,” she
said.
If the Ospreys stay physical with
the Tar Heels for the entire 40 minutes, they will stay competitive,
Syquio said. UNF has also been working on fitness and plans to use that
against the game in Chapel Hill, in
an attempt to create more turnovers.
The Ospreys take on UNC in
one of the four big games against
competitors including Cincinnati,
the University of Florida and the
University of South Florida.
“Every game in college, you
have to be focused and ready to
go,” Tappmeyer said. “I think that
learning process will be huge for
us, how quickly they adapt to the
amount of work and the intensity
of work that has to happen when
you’re in college.” She also said
skill-set and basketball knowledgewise, they are capable of competing.
E-mail Joe Hellriegel at
[email protected].
Driscoll said.
For some of the Ospreys, the game
against FSU is especially meaningful because of the in-state rivalry.
However, Driscoll said they are excited
to show what they can do against both
big time schools.
“Florida State, really, because it’s an
in-state school that did or did not recruit [UNF athletes], that they want an
opportunity to play against,” Driscoll
said. “They know a lot of guys on the
team. And then Pitt, I mean, they’re
fourth in the country. National TV. So
getting an opportunity to do those kind
of things — I think — is an easy excitable, too, for the guys.”
E-mail Tim Bee at
[email protected].
Sports in Brief
BREAKING: Head men's soccer coach
fired; search underway for new coach
UNF Athletic Director Lee Moon announced Nov. 9 UNF
men’s soccer head coach Ray Bunch will not have his contract renewed for the 2011 season.
Bunch has been the head coach of the Ospreys for 20
seasons and has a record of 156-164-22. After joining the
Atlantic Sun Conference and becoming a Division I program,
Bunch coached the Ospreys to a 19-30-2 conference record.
The Ospreys recently finished the season with a 3-12, record with a 2-7 A-Sun record.
Bunch started the men’s soccer program in 1991. He was
named the 1999 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year
when he led the Ospreys to a second-place PBC finish with
an 11-3-3 record.
Bunch could not be reached for comment. UNF Director
of Athletic Media Relations Brian Morgan said Moon declined to comment.
UNF will start a national search for a new head coach,
beginning immediately.
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New York Jets fell behind 20-10 to the Detroit Lions. The Jets needed 10 points in the last three
minutes to comeback and tie the game before winning on a 30-yard Nick Folk field goal in overtime. The Minnesota Vikings might have bought coach Brad Childress a few more weeks with
their win over the Arizona Cardinals. It took 14 points in the last four minutes by the “Old Gun
Slinger,” Brett Favre, and a career high 446 yards passing, to beat the lowly Cardinals.
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Question 1: What do you think about the NFL getting stricter about helmet-to-helmet tackles and unnecessary
roughness penalties?
I understand what they are trying to do,
but they are making it impossible to play
defense. They need to look at each hit
then decide because a lot of them are by
accident. Consider intent, and then decide
the punishment.
I agree with the policies and cracking
down on the helmet-to-helmet contact. It
is unnecessary for a player to get seriously
injured from cheap shots.
I am going to fall in line with what
Steeler’s linebacker Troy Polamalu said.
Roger Goodell has too much power in the
NFL to hand out punishments to the players. I do believe it’s a serious problem in
the league though.
By stricter, do they mean those things
are required to happen in every game? I
don’t much care for the helmet-to-helmet
action, but I’ve always been a big fan of
unnecessary roughness.
Question 2: Wade Phillips was fired from his head coaching position with the Dallas Cowboys Nov. 8. Which NFL
coach is next to lose his job?
I don’t care that the Vikings were able
to come back and win on Sunday. They
shouldn’t have been losing to the Cardinals,
anyway. Brad Childress has lost the trust and
respect from his players. He’s next to go.
Jack Del Rio needs to watch his back
because the Jags need to have a strong
second half of the season for him to stay in
Jacksonville.
Honest to god truth, I think it’s Del Rio. He
is on the tipping point of losing control
of his team, and I think it would only take
two major losses for the Jags to look for
that magical pixie dust to help them start
fresh next year.
I bet Phillips did a bad job because he was
too distracted by the cheerleaders. My bet
is the same thing will happen to whichever lucky stud takes his place. The solution:
Get a female coach.
Question 3: What are your thoughts about LeBron James’ new Nike commercial?
He is looking for people to feel sorry for
him. He needs to just shut up and play
basketball. He dug himself this grave. He
knew people would not like if he teamed
up with Wade and Bosh. Live with it.
LeBron James is a good basketball player,
but I have to say he is full of himself. If he
really didn’t care about what people said
or thought about him, he wouldn’t appear
in commercials like that one.
What should James do? Continue making
the best damn commercials in a DVR-filled
world. The commercial actually humanizes
him, so we see he isn’t the bad guy after
all. James, if anything, proves he has balls
for leaving Cleveland high and dry.
Hmm, let me YouTube it. ... 1:33 confused
seconds later: OK, so first I laughed out of
relief that the lameness was over. Then,
I thought, “Wow, if you need a Nike
sneaker commercial to inspire you to be
yourself, this world is worse off than I ever
could have imagined.”
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