RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS

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Game Console Theft
Guard Your System On Campus
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Creative Circulatory Systems JAX Teams Dominate
Cycling
Cohorts
New
Pep
Band
Suns And
Axmen
in Playoffs
Students Help
Heal With Art
Bikers
Band for Advocacy
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Moon organizes new groupPage 22
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September 2, 2009
Officials Untangle
Parking Mysteries
volume 33, issue 5
Premium Spaces Overflow into Outer Lots
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RED JUMPSUIT
APPARATUS
Second Annual Tailgate Classic
Photo: Erik Tanner | Graphic: Peter Nguyen
hodgepodge
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Photo of the week
erik tanner | SPINNAKER
A rocky oasis in the middle of New Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, Sitting Bull Falls offers an escape for local wildlife and people from the abundance of wastelands and oil fields about.
Last week by the numbers
Q of the W:
Each week during the school year the Spinnaker staff reports
what’s going on around campus, the city, the state and the nation: the good, the bad and the ugly. In this little space, we want
to summarize the life of the Osprey during the past week.
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2,300
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“That would totally disrupt class. It would never work.”
- Ryan Lee, Senior, History
students enrolled in the
Fall 2009 semester.
parking spaces gained with
the additions to Lot 53, Lot
55, Lot 60 and Lot 18.
parking spaces lost with
the destruction of Lots 3
and 4.
screen-printing stations at the
Printmakers Guild.
free beers for students 21 and
up when you tour the AnhauserBusch factory on Busch Drive.
bike racks in the new Student
Union.
Index
What would you do if UNF quarantined you for H1N1?
Page 2, Hodgepodge
Page 3, Police Beat
Page 4-9, News
“I would try to break out or explore. I’d just snoop around
places I’m not supposed to be.”
- Arthur Cheng, Senior, Psychology
“I’d probably have a panic attack.”
- Terri Scott, Senior, Psychology
“It would be OK if my professors were willing to work
with me on it.”
- Aysha Miskin, Freshman, Education
“I would try to cough on as many people as possible.”
- Alanna Vanacore, Junior, Drawing and Painting
Page 10-12, Discourse
Page 13-18, Expressions
Page 19-23, Sports
police beat
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Aug. 27 – Burglary (Garage 44) UPD responded to
claims of there being a burglary in an automobile. The
victim told police that he parked his vehicle on the
second floor of Garage 44 at 10:30 a.m., and upon returning at 3 p.m., he discovered his parking decal was
stolen. He said that he had locked his vehicle but noticed that a small corner of the rubber at the bottom
of a window appeared to be loose. Despite the vehicle
being locked when he returned to it, the permit was
gone. When the victim was asked whether anything
else had been stolen, he responded no. Due to a lack
of suspect information, UPD recommended that patrol
efforts be suspended.
Aug. 27 - Sept. 6
6
Alcohol related
incident reports since
Aug. 21, 2009.
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4
3
Drug Possession
reports filed since
Aug. 21, 2009.
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Aug. 31 – Illness (Building 45) – A UNF Physical
Facilities employee became dizzy and passed out while
working. When UPD arrived, the complainant was
conscious but dizzy. The employee was evaluated by
Rescue 50 and then taken to the Mayo Clinic.
Sept. 1 – Damaged Property (Building 34) – Two
students were playing racquetball in the UNF Arena,
room 1014, when one of the students accidentally
fell backward into the plexiglass door, shattering it.
Physical Facilities swept up the glass, and the students
went to Student Health because of the cuts that were
caused by the falling glass.
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Sept. 2 – Injury (Building 55) – A woman, who was
visiting her nephew at Osprey Fountains, slipped and
fell upon entering the lobby. She was experiencing
minor pain in her right hip and thigh but declined to
have Fire and Rescue report to the scene, she said she
only wanted to have the incident documented.
In this badge, the Spinnaker is
keeping a running total of certain crimes around UNF during
the 2009-2010 school year.
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Sept. 5 – Drug Paraphernalia Possession (Building
Y) – UPD was called to Osprey Landing in response to
a drug complaint. When a student opened the door
to his dorm room, both officers could smell the odor
of marijuana, and then the student produced a glass
marijuana bong. He said it was his, and when the
room was searched, no marijuana was found. The
student was referred to Student Conduct.
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BEAT of the Week
Sept. 2 – Illness (Building U)
UPD was dispatched to Osprey Cove in reference
to a sick person. When officers arrived, a UNF basketball player was lying on the floor incapacitated and
suffering from a seizure. Matthew Driscoll, UNF head
basketball coach, was there and advised UPD that he
had taken the player to the Mayo Clinic Sept. 1 due
to seizures.
An officer attempted to communicate with the
basketball player, but he was unresponsive and
incoherent. Coach Driscoll also advised UPD that the
player was suffering from mononucleosis (mono) and
was highly contagious. Fire and Rescue stabilized the
player, and he was transported to the Mayo
Clinic.
Sept. 5 – Disagreement (Building A) UPD was called
in reference to a possible fight in the Osprey Village
dormitories. When police arrived at the building,
a man said that he and a woman were working on
some artwork, and she kept receiving text messages.
He said that he asked her who was texting her, and
she wouldn’t tell him. This led to an argument that
resulted in them throwing art supplies on the floor. He
said neither of them had touched each other. When
police talked to the woman, she said that she wanted
to make him jealous, hence the texting. Both subjects
live in the Village and have had arguments before.
UPD recommended that both of them go to Student
Conduct.
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Sept. 5 – Alcohol Investigation (Building U) Police
were dispatched to the Osprey Cove in order to
investigate claims of alcohol abuse. Upon the police’s
arrival, they observed a male student with two cans
of Budweiser. One was open, and one was not. The
subject also had two Republica De Peru identification cards with a discrepancy in his date of birth. He
advised he got both of them in Peru before coming
to UNF. One read a birth date of 1987; one had his
birth date as 1989. The two beers were poured out
and discarded in the trash. Due to the subject’s slurred
speech, he was transported to River Point Behavioral
Health Center.
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Sept. 6 – Alcohol Investigation (Lot 11) Police
stopped a subject in Lot 11 in front of Osprey Cove
after noticing the subject was driving a car while
blasting their music. Police then noticed a half-empty
bottle of Miller beer in the center console. When the
subject was given a breathalyzer test, he registered
a .135. There was a non-UNF student also in the car
who appeared to have been drinking. The subject was
then transported to the River Point Behavioral Health
Center and is being referred to Student Conduct.
Compiled by Angela Passafaro and Kim Nelson.
news
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Parking causes issues for students, faculty
erik tanner | SPINNAKER
The depth of the parking problem can best be seen from atop one’s car: a packed Lot 18 Sept. 8 at 2:00 p.m.
The loss of core campus spaces may be to blame for rude shuttle passengers, class tardiness
By Rebecca mckinnon
News Editor
During the first week of classes, Glenn Guzzo drove around the
garages for close to an hour trying
to find parking for his Wednesday
class at UNF.
This wouldn’t be out of the
ordinary if he was a student. But
Guzzo is a UNF adjunct communication professor.
“The parking is really intense
at certain times of day,” he said.
“I ended up not being able to show
up to class. I had to e-mail the assignment to students.”
Adjunct professors are not
guaranteed parking, Guzzo said,
and his less-than-optimal parking experience led him to give
the class to another instructor to
teach for the semester.
“[Parking] really hasn’t been
this bad before. It’s pretty awful.
There are 50 people fighting over
one space,” said premium parking pass holder and junior history
major Athur Bednar.
Parking by the numbers
Auxiliary Services Director
Vince Smyth said he attributes
the difficulty involved with premium parking to the loss of core
campus spaces.
Lot 3 and Lot 4, home to 1,000
spaces, were lost to the construction of the College of Education
and Human Services, the Student
Union and the Amphitheater,
Smyth said.
The 1,000 spaces lost were then
off-set by the 1,000-space addition
made to Lot 18. With the purchase
of UNF Hall, students gained 1,200
spaces in Lot 53. The purchase of
Alumni Hall, which doesn’t require a permit for parking, added
about 100 spaces. The construction of the newest residence hall,
Osprey Fountains, added another
1,000 spaces to housing, Smyth
said.
In total, that leaves an overage
of 1,300 spaces now accessible to
commuters, versus what was previously available.
“Four or five years ago there’d
be people parking all over the
grass, tearing up the landscaping.
Now the spaces are there; they’re
just not where people want to find
them [in premium],” Smyth said.
“We placed the [additional spaces] in the exterior of campus.”
With enrollment up this year
by 1,077 students (and 634 of those
being juniors and seniors), upperclassmen accustomed to parking next to their classes may have
to adjust, Deb Kaye, director of
Enrollment Services said.
UNF senior communication
major Loren Goldstone has accepted this fact, opting for the
cheaper Lot 14, Lot 18, Lot 53 discount parking pass.
“Parking has always been an
issue. [This year] there are definitely a lot more cars. We should
get another lot,” Goldstone said.
Smyth said that he doesn’t
think that sort of action will be
necessary, predicting similar
numbers to last year.
Last
year,
the
garages
certainly did fill up during
their
peak
hours
between
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays, Smyth said.
But this was not seen as a problem, as Lot 5 by the tennis courts
(which is also included in the premium counts) consistently had
open spaces.
In total, Lot 5 has 131 spaces.
Utilizing the shuttles
If there was any problem last
year, it might have been in Lot 18,
which only had about 20 spaces
available during some peak-hour
counts. But the other discount lot,
Lot 53, always had more than 600
spaces open, and students should
take advantage of these in the
event Lot 18 is full, Smyth said.
It seems students may have already gotten this message, Kaye
said.
“I see a lot more students
parking over here at UNF Hall
and filling up the shuttles. Some
of them are riding their bikes.
Some of them are walking over
from housing. Some of the kids
are living over in the Flats,” Kaye
said. “Students are starting to realize that it’s harder to get on core
campus parking. It’s a little more
convenient to park in one of these
outer lots and shuttle in.”
With more students shuttling
in, elbow room in the buses may
be getting a little tight, said UNF
freshman criminal justice major
Raymond Nuñez.
“It’s ridiculous [how] crowded
it is,” he said.
Though most buses are full between 2 and 3:30 p.m., said shuttle
bus driver Patti Cooper, there are
no plans to add another shuttle to
the routes anytime soon, having
already added a bus to the North
route in 2008 and a bus to the
South route this semester, Smyth
said.
Permits to car ratio
Most permits are sold at a ratio
higher than the number of spaces
available. The current ratios are
1:5 permits per designated space,
1:4 permits per first floor garage
space and 2:5 permits per premium space. All other ratios are 1:1.
“If that 2:5 [ratio for premium]
has caused a complete congestion, what we will do is go to the
[parking] council and say this is
happening. One potential [they
could decide to do] is to reduce the
ratio [for next year],” Smyth said.
“We’ve sold our permits already,
so it’s a little bit more difficult to
deal with during [this] year.”
If anyone concerned about
parking decides to point the finger at increased enrollment, Kaye
said enrollment simply isn’t the
case, as the increase this year
counteracted the decrease in enrollment last year. There are 61
less students on campus than
there were in Fall 2007, Kaye said.
“It seems like we’re a lot bigger [because] last year we were
smaller [in enrollment numbers],
but we’re really back to normal,”
Kaye said.
Parking Services will be conducting counts of the parking lots
and garages the week of Sept. 14
or Sept. 21 and will decide what
actions to take if they discover
any issues in those counts, Smyth
said.
“This year, we don’t know yet;
we’ll see what the patterns are,”
Smyth said. “The patterns may
change.”
The Spinnaker will continue
to follow on-going developments
with campus parking.
E-mail Rebecca McKinnon at
[email protected].
To view a complete listing of
campus parking spaces and parking permits sold, log on to
www.unfspinnaker.com/parkinginformation
news
UNF receives third nationwide award
Thirty-six Florida institutions, including
UNF, earned recognition for being
military-friendly
By angela passafaro
Staff writer
UNF has been recognized as one of the best in the
Southeast, one of the best in value and is now one of
the most military-friendly institutions in the country.
“We were just recognized on the Military
Friendly Schools list put out by G.I. Jobs magazine
[Aug. 17], but there is no real accreditation stating
what that means,” said Jim Owen, director of One
Stop Student Services.
UNF — along with 36 other Florida institutions
including, Jacksonville schools Jones College, JU
and Florida State College of jacksonville — were
four out of 1,000 schools in the nation inducted to
the list, but some are questioning what the criteria
really is for such an induction.
“There are other organizations, such as KMI
Media Group, that are more reputable,” Owen said.
“For example, KMI Media Group would be more like
journalism’s U.S. News and World Report of the military magazine business.”
Although the reputability of G.I. Jobs magazine is uncertain, there was a survey sent out that
Director of Admissions John Yancey and Owen answered, Owen said.
The questions on the survey sent out to universities examined all facets of military friendliness in
each institution.
There were questions regarding the tuition discounts for active duty military personnel and dependants, whether or not ACE credit is given for
military training, the schools ability to provide
counseling for veterans and the college’s ROTC program, and many more.
Forty-five percent of a school’s score was determined by attributes such as whether the school was
Veteran Affairs approved, whether they accepted
the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post-Sept. 11 GI Bill
and certain CLEP tests, said Mathew Travelek, senior editor of GI Jobs magazine.
Thirty-five percent of the final grade included
the different types of financial aid the institution
offers for service members and veterans, Travelek
said.
The other 20 percent was based on the college’s success in recruiting military students,
which was based on the number of military students the institution has enrolled, Travelek said.
These surveys were sent out to as many schools as
possible, around 7,000 schools nationwide, he said.
After an academic advisory committee, established by GI Jobs to assess the schools, reviewed the
submitted surveys, 1,000 schools were selected.
Benefits of a military environment
Even though UNF is not exactly the Naval
Academy, there are many areas where UNF excels.
Being a hub for military activity, the many military bases in the surrounding city of Jacksonville
benefited UNF.
“There are seven military bases in the
Jacksonville metro area that lead to a huge military
population,” Owen said. “We are immersed in the
military environment, and that could be a reason
why we were chosen.”
The generous financial breaks and credit hour
substitutes that the university presents to military
students could also be what marched UNF past the
competition.
“Any active duty military personnel can qualify
as Florida residents for tuition purposes as long as
they are within 50 miles of the university,” Owen
said. “We also accept military training as open elective transfer credit hours.”
In addition, the university is working on a program that will customize more services to accommodate military students.
“Student Affairs is implementing the Student
Affairs Ad Hoc Task Force on Veterans,” said
Mauricio Gonzalez, vice president of student affairs.
This program will improve special services for
military students and their dependants such as
counseling and grants, Owen said.
“We are anticipating a flood of veterans coming
back to school, and we want to have these services
developed when they get here,” Owen said. “The
task force program is working on services such as
special counseling for military students coming
back from Iraq and new grant proposals such as the
Florida Braive Fund.”
Ultimately, the task force is targeting veterans,
but the services will be available for all students,
Owen said.
This military-friendly distinction will greatly
benefit UNF in a city booming with military involvement.
“One in six people in the Jacksonville area are
somehow affiliated with the military, whether they
are active duty, service members, veterans or civilians working on a base,” Owen said. “This award
will give us a better reputation among veterans and
their dependants.”
Being named to the 2010 Military Friendly
Schools list will showcase UNF on a national level
as well.
“Being listed in the 2010 Guide to Military
Friendly Schools will bring greater visibility for
UNF among military personnel throughout the nation, in addition to the attention that we already
enjoy currently among active-duty personnel in the
Jacksonville area,” Gonzalez said.
E-mail Angela Passafaro at
[email protected].
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Around the State
Rough economy toughens competition in labor force
The labor market in the
Sunshine State shrunk significantly last year as worker wages
stagnated, and the cost of living
soared, according to a Florida
International University study.
“The State of Working Florida
2009” report, released by the
university’s center for labor
research, said that Florida’s
economy shed 255,000 jobs in
2008.
The current recession has hit
the construction industry hardest,
erasing all gains made since 2003.
The report showed disparities
in income based on race and gen-
der. It also said that minorities
are having a more difficult time
finding employment after being
laid off.The median income for
Florida workers is about 50 cents
lower than the national average.
But the report showed that for
the first time, blacks in the state
are earning higher median wages
than the average for blacks nationally.
These wage numbers are
worsened by increases in the
state’s cost of living, which has
shot up roughly 25 percent in the
past six years, according to the
report.
Around the Nation
‘Naked Cowboy’drops out of New York mayor race
The man they call “The Naked
Cowboy” will not be the next
Mayor of New York after all.
Robert Burck, who dons nothing more than boots, a cowboy
hat and underwear briefs as he
plays guitar in Times Square,
New York, N.Y., has decided to
end his long-shot bid to become
the next mayor of the Big Apple.
Burck, who has become a
fixture as a tourist attraction
in Times Square, announced
he would attempt to turn his
notoriety into a people-powered
campaign for mayor, challenging incumbent Mayor Michael
Bloomberg.
Burck claimed his run for
mayor was not about publicity
or naked ambition, but about
bringing transparency to politics.
His platform called for no-interest small business loans and the
construction of a Times Square
wedding chapel to rival those of
Las Vegas.
Burck dropped out of the
race due to what he considered
stifling campaign regulations. He
withdrew after being fined $250
for not filing a financial disclosure form.
Around the World
Democrats overcome Liberals in Japan’s election
For only the second time since
the end of World War II, Japan
has removed the Liberal Democratic Party from power.
Yukio Hatoyama, leader of
the Democratic Party of Japan, is
expected to be named the next
Prime Minister of Japan as his
party vanquished the long-ruling
Liberal Democrats in the Aug. 30
national election, capturing more
than 300 of the 480 seats in Japan’s lower house of Parliament.
The Liberal Democrats have
enjoyed more or less uninterrupted rule of the Land of the Rising
Sun for the past 54 years.
That dominance appears to
have come to an end with the
landslide election of Hatoyama’s
Democrats. The ruling party, despite its liberal nomenclature being philosophically conservative,
had been fading in popularity as
a result of scandals and gloomy
economic conditions.
Compiled by Josh Fredrickson.
News in Brief
Conference focuses on philosophical, political views
‘Fear of the Dark’ invites students’ frights, enjoyment in entertainment
UNF will host a Philosophy Conference titled “Health Care, Conscience, and
Property” Sept. 12. The school will host nine speakers, including professors
from Rice University and Florida State University, and UNF alumna Andrea
Pitts. The conference is to be held on the first floor of Building 39 from 9
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Movie on the House, a bi-monthly movie screening, will feature “Fear of the Dark,” a series
of animated shorts, Sept. 10. M.O.T.H is funded by Academic Affairs and is free for students, faculty, staff and guests. There will also be free popcorn and prizes.
Online literary journal of UNF searches for submissions
UNF’s online literary journal, Snap!, is accepting submissions for an addition
to be released Nov. 15. Snap! is accepting written and visual art that runs
the gamut from writings to ramblings and masterpieces to doodles, according to their news release. The deadline to submit is midnight Nov. 12. More
information is available at snaponlinejournal.com.
Professors discuss law, law enforcement and more
A panel discussion called “Knock, Knock--It’s the Police: The Constitution and Police Misconduct” will be held in the Recital Hall of Building 45 Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. The panel will
consist of two law professors and a professor of professional skills from the Florida Coastal
School of Law.
Compiled by Max Jaeger.
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SAT, ACT scores show little signs of improvement
Standardized test scores
stagnant in wake of
No Child Left Behind
BY Josh Fredrickson
Senior Staffer
Effects of No Child Left Behind
To the contrary, these stationary scores
are indicative of the flaws of using standardized tests to measure the college readiness of high school students and the inefficacy of government education policies that
focus on testing, such as the No Child Left
Behind Act, said Bob Schaeffer, spokesman
for the National Center for Fair and Open
Testing (FairTest), a group that advocates
making tests optional for college admissions.
“Schools improved faster before No
Child Left Behind than after [the program
began],” Schaeffer said.
“[No Child Left Behind] undermines educational quality and equity,” and is a “stupid mandate” that has failed to improve the
nation’s education system, he said.
Schaeffer said that the lack of marked
improvement on national test scores is
proof that standardized-test-centric programs like No Child Left Behind are unsuccessful when it comes to making schools
better.
“The problem is political. No Child Left
Behind is a top-down, one-size-fits-all, magic solution that doesn’t work,” Schaeffer
said.
Validity of standardized tests
Controversy over the predictive value
of standardized testing has also emerged.
Statistics in both the ACT and SAT reports
show that the higher the student’s family
income, the higher the student’s test score.
But wealth is not as strong an indicator as
other factors, according to test administrators.
“There is a correlation, a link, between
socioeconomic status and higher test
scores, but it’s not nearly as strong as the
link between SAT scores and [high school]
grades,” O’Reilly said.
College Board and selected universities
around the country, such as the University
of Minnesota, have conducted “validity
studies” that show the SAT being the best
predictor of freshmen college grades, another sign legitimating testing, O’Reilly
said.
The school a student attends is the most
important factor contributing to higher
scores on the ACT, Colby said.
But not everyone accepts these explanations.
“There is a straightforward correlation
between higher income and higher test
scores ... [kids from] well-to-do families in
well-to-do suburbs do well [on the ACT and
SAT],” Schaeffer said.
There are now 820 colleges and universities that have adopted a “test-optional” admissions approach that does not require an
ACT or SAT score for admittance, according to the FairTest Web site.
Despite
the
increase
in
the
“test-optional” rubric, UNF will not be
moving away from standardized testing as
an admissions requirement any time soon.
UNF is bound by Florida law to mandate
that prospective students take at least one
of the national tests, although the admissions criteria is based on a combination of
factors, said John Yancey, UNF’s director
of admissions.
“Truth is, it [the admissions process] is
very individualized” and UNF evaluates
prospective students on a “case-by-case basis,” Yancey said.
E-mail Josh Fredrickson at
[email protected].
graphic: Mcclatchy -Tribune wire service
The organizations that administer the
two most-utilized and influential — for the
purposes of college matriculation — national standardized tests, the ACT and the
SAT, recently released their report cards
for 2009. The results show scant improvement over previous years.
Only 23 percent of high school students
met “benchmark” requirements for college preparedness in all four categories
constituting the ACT, according to an ACT
news release. Florida’s scores underperformed the national figures, as just 15 percent of Florida high school students were
prepared to take college courses in reading,
writing, arithmetic and science based on
their ACT scores.
Meanwhile, SAT scores dropped for the
fourth time in five years, falling two points
nationally. Florida high school students
again lagged behind their peers, scoring 34
points below the average, according to an
SAT news release.
National composite scores on the ACT
have remained virtually unchanged for
the past five years. This pattern reflects a
longer trend that has shown scores remaining relatively static over the last decade, according to an ACT analysis.
While conceding that scores have been
stagnant, changing by mere decimal points
in most years, Ed Colby, ACT senior communications associate, said this stability is
a positive sign.
“The number of students taking the
ACT is up by 25 percent since 2005,” Colby
said.
Given this dramatic increase in the
number of students taking the test, the fact
that scores have not varied significantly is
encouraging because the test is now being
taken by a much broader pool of students
and broader range of academic preparation, Colby said.
Bryan O’Reilly, the executive director of
SAT program relations for College Board,
the nonprofit that owns the SAT, also said
that he attributed decreased scores to an
influx of new test takers.
The decline in SAT reading scores compared to 30 years ago is largely the result of
a sharp increase in the number of students
taking the test, an increase that began in
the 1970s. The current scores are the result
of a much more representative group of
students going on to college and taking the
SAT, O’Reilly said.
During the past decade, SAT scores have
changed very little overall, going up and
down marginally, mirroring the ACT.
This continuity of scores may be seen
as a positive to test administrators, given
the record numbers of students now taking the respective tests, but critics aren’t
convinced.
Alignment forms to help local waters, assess, rectify health
UNF partners with JU to
research river’s health
By Josh gore
staff writer
The second annual St. Johns
River Report was released Aug.
28 by researchers and faculty
from both UNF and Jacksonville
University.
The
report
was
funded
through the City of Jacksonville’s
Environmental Protection Board.
The research for it began in Nov.
2008 and was finished in July.
Unlike last year’s report,
which only included research
from the main channel, the 2009
report includes research from another 20 tributaries of the river.
“When you look at the report, you can turn it to your
specific part of the river,” said
Radha Pyati, director of the
UNF Environmental Center, and
co-lead principal investigator for
the project.
Research discoveries
Nutrient levels, including
nitrogen and phosphorous, are
unacceptably high and oxygen
levels are low in the tributaries’ shallow areas, Pyati said.
Metals like copper are also especially high. It is possible that
heavy rains could help flush them
out of the river, he said.
Copper is a naturally occurring trace element, but in
high amounts can be toxic.
Though the copper concentration is higher than normal,
it does not appear to be increasing, according to the report.
There port also revealed that
low oxygen levels can stress and
possibly kill aquatic animals.
These low oxygen areas
are in part caused by algal
blooms, a toxic algae harmful to people and animals.
Algal blooms form when in
the presence of unusually high
concentrations of nutrients, like
nitrogen and phosphorous that
come from fertilizers.
The report also advises limited
consumption of most fish taken
from the St. Johns River, about
one to eight meals a month, and
doesn’t recommend the consumption of shark or king mackerel.
Collegiate involvement
One of the best ways college
students can help the St. Johns
River’s health is to conserve water, Pyati said.
“[Students] should conserve
water because it is a limited resource,” said Teresa Monson,
spokeswoman for the St. Johns
River
Water
Management
District.
Monson said an alternative
water supply, like desalination,
is very expensive and difficult to
produce.
When college students become
homeowners, they might not be
able to afford their water bill, and
this could be a reason the young
professional chooses against
Jacksonville as their career city,
she said.
People that have lawns should
also use fertilizer responsibly and consider using a slow
release fertilizer, Pyati said.
Slow release fertilizers are
available at plant nurseries and
garden centers throughout the
city, and if lawn services began
using them, it would have a greater effect on the river, he said.
UNF President John Delaney
called the project “a great collaboration.”
From JU, Derek Hall, vice
president of University Relations,
said it was a good idea to bring in
experts from both universities.
Hall added that JU’s location
on the river, coupled with its marine science program, make it a
great place to conduct research.
“[We have researchers] always
out on the river,” he said.
JU researchers mainly focused
on aquatics, wetlands, fisheries and sediment contaminants,
Pyati said.
The full report can be viewed
online at sjrreport.com.
E-mail Josh Gore at
[email protected].
Problems facing
the St. Johns River
• Excessive Nutrients.
• Harmful algal blooms.
• Low diversity of small, .
• Fecal coliform bacteria in
tributaries.
• Introduces exotic species
increasing.
Source: St. Johns River
Report
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Wednesday, september 9, 2009
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Don’t get cheated by video game console
Photo illustration: erik tanner | SPINNAKER
Nate Mullen, freshman French studies, becomes another statistic and robbery victim while sleeping.
With some affordable hardware, a little common sense, you can safe-guard your game consoles
By Max Jaeger
Staff Writer
It’s no surprise college students love video games. One need
only peek into the UNF Game
Room — at just about any time —
to be reminded of this fact.
Combine students’ love of
gaming, their shoulder-to-shoulder living arrangements in the
dormitories and empty wallets;
anyone can see the potential for
problems. Electronics are among
the most frequently stolen items
on campuses, due to our generation’s lust for gadgets and the fact
that they are easily concealed and
non-descript.
Sony and Microsoft’s most recent consoles — the Playstation
3 and Xbox 360, respectively
— are some of the most expensive consoles to hit the market, with the Xbox 360 Elite
and the PS3 at $399. Though the price of both systems recently dropped to $299, losing a console to theft could be a
major hit to any student’s wallet.
The two systems also house
a limited amount of personal
information, which a persistent
and tech-savvy thief could benefit
from, said Jim Mays, owner of the
local game store Gameforce.
One could easily acquire a
person’s name and address from
Xbox LIVE, the system’s online
gaming program, but credit card
numbers would be a little harder,
he said.
“That would be a total hackjob,” Mays said. “It’s all blacked
out except for the last four digits
[of the credit card number.]”
Though a thief may not be able
to take your credit card on a shopping spree, he or she could use
information stored on the Xbox to
make purchases in the Xbox LIVE
Marketplace — an application
that lets users download games,
add-ons and other media, Mays
said.
“Honestly, if you put all that
[excessive personal information]
into your Xbox, you’re an idiot.
It’s like your mom sewing your
name on your underwear,” he
said.
There are a number of ways to
mitigate thievery. One example is
likened to an option students have
been taking advantage of for their
laptops — locking devices. Such
locks look like bike locks and can
attach to any laptop. Many people,
however, are not aware that with
a little searching, one can find the
same kind of hardware to protect
just about any gadget.
Web sites like newpcgadgets.
com and avanquest.co.uk are
among many retailers that offer
products which will anchor your
favorite console to anything too
heavy to carry away. For about
$30 — half the price of a new
game — students can buy a lock
that will secure their investment.
Not only will such a lock keep
potential thieves at bay, the mechanism attaches to the console in a
way that won’t void the warranty.
Any modification, performed by
an unlicensed individual, which
requires opening a console — or
just about any electronic device
— voids its warranty, but the
steel-cable locks available online
and at many electronics stores
are specifically designed to dissuade burglars while protecting
consumers’ rights by attaching
to the console in a manner that is
kosher with manufacturers.
While UPD cited only four
burglaries and zero robberies —
including attempts — in student
housing in 2008 (and 28 burglaries
and two robberies in the dorms
between 2006 and Dec. 31, 2008),
many are simply not reported. The statistics seem promising,
but optimism will only last until
one becomes a victim. Playing the
odds does not always work, and
it is ultimately up to the student
to be proactive, Chief John Dean
said.
“We need students to secure
[their] items and don’t be so trusting,” Dean said. “Thieves take advantage of those situations.”
It is important to know the
people you live around, though inviting everyone you meet to your
dorm may not be the wisest decision, freshman French studies
major Nate Mullen said.
“We lock up after we leave and
while we’re in here, so if anyone
wants to come in, it’s gonna be
tough to get in the door,” Mullen
said.
Mullen also owns a laptop lock,
which he locks while he’s away
from his room and while he’s using the laptop abroad, he said.
“When I take it out and do
some studying on the patio or
something, I just lock it up to
where I am,” Mullen said.
There are other methods
which may not prevent a theft but
can certainly aid in recovering
stolen electronics.
If a consumer keeps a copy of
the serial number found on his
or her personal electronics, they
stand a much greater chance of
recovering a stolen item. Most
people who steal these things are
going to try to sell them, Mays
said, and pawn shops and video
game retailers who deal in used
merchandise must hold used
goods for 15 days while they are
cleared with local law enforcement.
“Certain things that have monetary value, or even sentimental value, if they have a serial
number of some sort, whip up
an Excel spreadsheet. So many
people don’t even think about it,”
Mays said. E-mail Max Jaeger at
[email protected].
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Rude behavior in college classrooms is often a matter of course
by Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Lee Shumow doesn’t want
to text her students, or be their
friend on Facebook, but to their
chagrin prefers an old-fashioned
way to communicate: e-mail.
The educational psychology
professor at Northern Illinois
University appreciates when students take the time to reply. It’s an
extra treat when they don’t begin
their message with “Hey, Lee.”
She and many of her colleagues believe such informality
has seeped into the college classroom environment, citing student
behavior that’s best described as
rude or oblivious. As students began a new semester last month,
instructors bracing for yet another onslaught blame technology
for creating a disengaged generation whose attention is constantly
diverted by laptops, phones and
iPods.
Others point to the unruly
classroom as a reflection of an
increasingly ill-mannered society.
Nearly 70 percent of Americans
polled in 2005 said they believe
people are more rude than they
were 20 to 30 years ago.
“I literally cannot imagine
having addressed any teacher
I had in my career as ‘Hey’ and
then their first name,” said
Shumow, who has a doctoral degree and has taught 15 years at
NIU. “I love them. I won an award
for undergraduate teaching in
2005. But man, the world has really changed from when I was a
student.”
To their credit, most students
are respectful and more inquisitive than ever, faculty members
said.
Yet professors also find they
must devote space in the syllabus to ask students to refrain
from surfing the Web, texting or
answering cell phones during
a lecture. Some have to remind
students that, when making a
presentation, they should remove
the backward baseball cap and
save the bare midriff for a beach
party. Others complain that students randomly leave and enter
the classroom during class.
For their part, students are
irked by others who slurp and
chew food, doze off or dominate
discussion.
Some blame high schools for
lowering the bar on classroom
conduct, while others say the
problems begin at home, when
families fail to instill in children
basic skills such as how to say
“please” or “thank you.”
Yet experts believe there is
more to collegiate rudeness than
perhaps a feeling of entitlement.
The attitude often is: “I don’t need
you, I have the Net,” said P.M.
Forni, director of the Civility
Initiative at Johns Hopkins
University and a professor of
Italian literature.
“These are students for whom
the computers are the training
wheels of their knowledge since
early childhood. Many of them
will think nothing of starting to
text as you convey a commentary
on Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’
Although the decline in classroom manners has not been documented in evidence-backed research, Forni said, the “anecdotal
evidence is so massive it becomes
rather reliable.”
There is a sense, he said, that
the relationship between student
and teacher is now likened to one
between a client and service provider.
“The prestige of the teacher
and the professors as providers
of knowledge and wisdom has
decreased as the importance of
the information technology has
increased,” he said.
Professors should set a tone
of relaxed formality and define
boundaries from day one, Forni
said.
For instance, he begins his
classes by explaining that he grew
up in Italy during a different generation, where wearing caps in a
classroom was considered rude.
He considers it a distraction.
“I say, ‘Listen, I cannot enforce
this. I am just asking you as a favor not to wear a cap in class for
this reason,” Forni said. “Nobody
from that moment on wears his
cap in class.”
Students usually respond well,
teachers say, when they understand what is expected of them
and what they can expect from the
professor — including respect.
Rebecca Lessenberry, 19, of
Waukegan, Ill., and a classmate
would agree. They were stung
last spring by an instructor’s
reprimand when they arrived for
a speech class at the College of
Lake County in Grayslake.
“We smelled like cigarette
smoke, and our teacher decided
to humiliate us and say, ‘Do not
smoke before my class and sit
next to me,” Lessenberry said.
In response, “We would just
smoke even more before class,”
said Allyce Doorey, 21, of Lake
Villa, Ill. The two recalled how
they wet their hair before smoking, to be sure the odor stuck.
Students also have little patience for instructors who ramble
off topic, talk extensively about
their personal lives or espouse political views or religious doctrine.
The very nature of some class
subjects can provoke discussion
— or arguments that offend.
“I think it’s all in the way the
instructor approaches the particular situation and addresses students,” said Kerry Lane, assistant
English professor at Joliet Junior
College. She assigns readings on
topics such as race and faith that
can be delicate.
“When we are 18, we may not
be aware of how different our
views are from others,’” Lane
said. “I find it is interesting and
worthwhile territory for us to
cover, but at times it can be challenging.”
By Lisa Black | Chicago Tribune
(MCT)
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Infected swine flu students can quarantine themselves
UNF offers isolation rooms
as an option for students
with H1N1
by Kim Nelson
Assistant News Editor
If the rooms took effect
Intended for students who live
on campus who are either infected with H1N1 or have roommates
who are and would like to be isolated from them, these rooms are
completely voluntary to stay in,
and it’s up to the student how long
he or she would like to be isolated.
There would be a required release form that would need to be
signed in order for students to
stay in one of these rooms, according to the Office of Medical
Services.
“Although these rooms haven’t
been utilized yet, Health Services
knows about the spaces and will
refer students who live on campus
graphic: Mcclatchy -Tribune wire service
While UNF lays on its nature
preserve, students are bustling
around and the sun shines in
happy cycles, the campus is secretly being transformed into
Michael Creighton’s 1971 set
of “The Andromeda Strain.”
Perhaps not as intense as the
quarantine situation in the film,
UNF’s figurative adaption,“The
Andromeda Strain-Osprey Style”
in no way involves disseminated
intravascular coagulation, but in
its place resides the H1N1 virus.
The H1N1 influenza virus has
triggered UNF officials to advance their swine flu emergency
protocol to the point of dedicating two, four-person dorm rooms
in the Osprey Landing as swine
flu isolation rooms, said UNF
Housing Director Paul Reil.
to these rooms as an option for
those who are unable to go home
for some rest and relaxation,”
Reil said.
For those who are suffering
from the virus and decide to lay
low in one of the isolation rooms,
a nurse would hypothetically frequent the premises and check on
the students, and there would be
officials to deliver meals to the ill
and assist students in any other
way possible, Reil said.
“I hate to use the words ‘isolation rooms,’ and I highly doubt
these rooms will ever go into
effect; this is just a preventative measure really,” Director of
Health Administration Doreen
Perez said.
Preventing use of the
rooms
So far, the confirmed cases of
H1N1 on UNF soil have resulted
in relatively seamless recoveries,
according to the Office of Medical
Services.
“I’m very satisfied with how
on top of things our state-system
institution is [when] handling
things. We are extremely wellprepared as far as the information we’re getting out to students
as well as our tactics,” Perez said.
While UNF had a pre-existing
emergency plan for H1N1 threats,
officials have decided to modify
the plan with some re-fittings to
ensure the spreading of the virus
doesn’t get too out of hand on a
campus of more than 16,000.
UNF’s best bet is to use prevention tactics such as giving
lectures on cough etiquette and
mask-wearing, which the Office
of Medical Services has started
to do with sororities and those
in many other offices such as the
English language department.
Eventually officials would like to
target all students and faculty,
Perez said.
“Many other state universities
in Florida have implemented a series of rooms dedicated to victims
of swine flu and those seeking
to get away from their infected
roomies; Stetson University has
squared-off an entire group of
rooms for this purpose,” Perez
said.
Swine flu attendance
policy
Many students can probably
recall their professors in the first
week of classes mentioning the
new measures regarding absences to be taken in regards to the
students with swine flu.
The finessed swine flu action
International dinner
health officials to provide vaccination, to eligible students, Perez
said.
If students visit UNF’s website, http://www.unf.edu/studentaffairs/H1N1/index.html, it offers a wealth of information in
regards to H1N1, including what
measures students should take as
an ill or healthy student as well
as important information for parents of students.
The normal flu vaccine will be
available to students starting next
week, something Perez strongly
recommends students look into.
E-mail Kim Nelson at
[email protected].
Students wanted for international study abroad
max jaeger | SPINNAKER
The International Dinner, an event put on monthly by the Interfaith Center, attracted international and
hometown students alike to meet at the Student Union Ballroom and mingle over dinner Sept. 3 from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Building 58W, room 3703.
plan involves not requiring students who think they have contracted H1N1 to cough up a
doctor’s note in the case of an
absence, allowing students to
make up any missed work, and
of course, discouraging students
from attending lecture when feeling under the weather.
“UNF has set up an H1N1 hot
line through the Student Health
Center at 877-352-3581 for students
on campus so that they can have
all their questions answered by
a nurse dedicated to the effort,”
Reil said.
An H1N1 vaccine is expected
to be available later this fall starting in mid to late October, and
UNF’s Student Health Center will
be working closely with public
Students can explore exotic destinations such as Australia, New
Zealand, Costa Rico, Ecuador, the
Dominican
Republic,
Thailand
or Eastern Europe by partaking
in a volunteer and adventure program with International Student
Volunteers.
International Student Volunteers,
a non-profit organization, is visiting
UNF Sept. 10 to recruit 50 students
for their summer overseas volunteer
and adventure program.
For the first two weeks on an ISV
volunteer and adventure trip, students will participate in volunteer
activities such as building homes
for orphans and struggling families,
saving and caring for sea turtles and
other marine life, and more, said
James Kempe-Mehl, American ISV
recruiting coordinator.
The next two weeks of the journey will be spent doing adventerous activites such as bungee jumping, white-water rafting, and more,
Kempe-Mehl said.
“We are looking for students
willing to learn and give back to the
community,” said Kat Kyte, an ISV
representative.
The ISV trip’s average length is
a month, but they also offer trips
ranging in time from two weeks up
to three months.
Students will explore the country
they choose with 20 to 50 other students from around the world, sometimes living with a host family, Kyte
said. The project leaders are locals
that will immerse students in the regional culture.
Because ISV is a non-profit organization, they don’t offer scholarships, but fundraising money they
help students raise is tax-deductible.
ISV will be holding information
meetings Sept. 10 at the top of every hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
University Center, room 1088, where
students will be able to fill out applications.
For more information, visit isvonline.org.
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Awkward shuttle situations shine daily
Mike Tomassoni | SPINNAKER
Shuttled students don’t have to act like flock of scared, sedated sheep when swooped up
H
ow about a little humanity
being introduced into the interiors of
UNF commuter buses?
Since when have college students
felt the need to silence themselves and
wear a non-confrontational stare as
they gaze forward? And start painfully dreading a brief, literal shoulder
rub from a fellow student? What about
when it was unanimously decided
that one person is totally capable of
occupying two entire seats?
Many of the commuter students
here are more than hip to the entirely
bizarre vortex entered once stepping
foot onto a UNF Swoop Shuttle. The
stone-cold behaviors freezing the
interior of the buses is somewhat
reminiscent of the kind of sterile
behaviors native to metropolitan area
subways.
It seems like students have taken a
hint from the impersonal Internet age
of hiding behind a screen, free from
the pressures of accurately reacting
to a quip from an acquaintance or
subtle sideways glance from an attractive stranger. No, the kids would
much rather flip off their peripheral
vision and take a deep dive into a
more shallow agenda within their
noggin.
Chivalry — or rather, courtesy
— has taken a backseat to frantic
Twitter updates (really, how many
of those followers will sleep better
tonight knowing exactly what your
burps tasted like on your shuttle ride
to class?) and deliberate oblivion.
Every day, older folks and petite kids
are forced to wrap their limbs around
a nearby pole or too-tall handrail in a
futile effort to refrain from toppling to
other passengers.
At the same time, however, those
other passengers are perversely
content occupying two seats for their
one being, keeping their eyes dead set
on some phantom space up ahead. It
couldn’t be too difficult to direct your
gaze at a fellow human being, identify a possibility to compromise and
scooch over one cheek to fully fill one,
single seat. You’re some 6 foot dude
carrying only a water bottle and pair
of Ray Bans? Take note of the spindly,
shrimpy girl positively crumbling
under the weight of her portfolio and
offer her your seat. Not only would it
be the right thing to do, but with the
barren climate of UNF’s manners
plain, you might even look heroic.
Something could be said about
the thick silence ubiquitous in the
shuttles — except it isn’t, which is the
point exactly. If one student is on the
phone upon entering the shuttle, conversation typically halts immediately.
Sometimes you’ll catch a bold one
who will continue, loudly detailing
a weekend rage session in the otherwise muted space.
Most people seem to prefer switching gears into the texting circuit — or
just reviewing call histories, whichever is more convenient, as long as
it assists in avoiding conversation
with other commuters. There is no
reason there can’t be a happy medium
of — what did those teachers call it?
“Inside voices?” Yeah, those — when
it comes to cell phone conversations
squished between another student
and a carpeted wall.
Inter-passenger communication is
a rarity, for sure. It’s nearly guaranteed that you usually won’t run into
an old buddy from your high school
chemistry class or even that nice cashier from the bookstore, but instead,
it’s always a bitter ex-roommate or
drunken mistake hovering the plush
seats. And instead of being a cordial,
mature adult, most opt to minimize
breathing and suddenly become very
interested in hang nails.
Remember when commuter life
was good and golden back on the
big, yellow school bus? All of your
friends were there, apple and knapsack in hand, ready for a jolly ride to
elementary school. Conversation was
fluttering and personal space was
null. The Chills pose the question to
be answered best in their 1987 song
“Brave Words”: “Does apathy come
with age?”
With each passing year, people
grow more comfortable in just not
dealing with minor, momentary
discomfort —especially if it’s not
their own. They ignore the extremely
pregnant woman dying for a seat
and offensively cringe at momentary
physical contact with strangers when
the doors open in front of the library,
and there’s a mad rush to exit ASAP. Maybe the real question is, does
apathy become unavoidable with age?
The answer is probably not.
Shuttle courtesy doesn’t have to
be considered a pleasant, occasional
luxury. There’s no reason it can’t just
be the norm. In the meantime, the
sidewalks leading from lot to campus
are looking pretty friendly.
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US should rethink Afghanistan troop escalation
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ast week, conservative columnist George Will caused quite a stir
within the ranks of the Washington
punditocracy with his surprising
call to withdraw U.S. forces from
Afghanistan. Fellow conservatives
were quick to perish the thought of
what they consider retreat in the face
of the enemy. Even former Vermont
Gov. Howard Dean, liberal icon and
vehement critic of the Iraq war, has
said he supports sending more troops
and resources to Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama seems
resolved to escalate, rather than wind
down, America’s military operations
in the mountainous powder keg, announcing last spring his intentions to
increase troop levels significantly by
the end of the year in hopes of stabilizing the war-torn country. Further
troop requests are expected within
the next few weeks on the heels of the
two deadliest months for U.S. forces
of the eight-year campaign to root out
al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Yet, as we mark the somber anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, perhaps we should take some
time to weigh the merits of continuing to commit troops and tax dollars
to what is starting to look more and
more like an interminable quagmire.
The conventional wisdom for increasing troop levels centers around
the belief that Afghanistan’s nascent
democratic government could not
stand on its own to face the menacing
threat of a resurgent Taliban. But for
what kind of government are we asking our valiant soldiers to sacrifice?
President Hamid Karzai, derisively
dubbed the “Mayor of Kabul” due to
his government’s inability to control the tribal territories outside of
Josh Fredrickson
Senior Staffer
Afghanistan’s capital city, has not exactly shown himself to be a shinning
exemplar of democratic principals or
human rights.
Karzai’s government recently
passed a law that essentially legalizes
rape. The statute sanctions Afghan
men to deny their wives food if they
refuse to copulate at least once every
four days. Women are also barred
from leaving the house unless they
receive permission from their husbands.
There is also a provision that
grants immunity from criminal prosecution to rapists, so long as they pay
a fine to the injured party.
The legislation prompted protest
from the international community
and was initially halted as Karzai
promised to review and amend the
draconian and woefully loathsome
law.
In the weeks before Afghanistan’s
national election, however, the bill
was surreptitiously enacted without
the approval of parliament, as Karzai
sought to shore up support from hardline religious fundamentalists.
Waning in popularity, with polls
showing his chances of winning
re-election ranging from dubious to
a snowball’s chance in Afghanistan,
a desperate Karzai appears to have
taken a page from Iran’s Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
“[This] is state-engineered fraud,”
said Karzai’s main opponent, former
Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
It certainly looks that way.
Karzai has taken 100 percent of the
vote in many polling locations, some
of which were thought to be opposition strongholds. In Karzai’s hometown, he received over 350,000 votes
even though there is only 25,000 voters. Even more galling is the revelation that some 800 “fictitious polling
sites,” that existed only in the minds
of those rigging the election, scored
big gains for Karzai.
Western elections observers estimate that as much as 15 percent of
the polling locations across the country weren’t opened on election day,
yet mysteriously these sites tallied
thousands of votes for Karzai.
As of this writing, we have lost 820
heroes to the effort in Afghanistan.
Nearly 10 percent of those casualties
have come in the last two months.
How many more lives are we willing to sacrifice in Afghanistan to prop
up a corrupt, incompetent, impotent
and anachronistic government?
Especially when the crooks in Kabul
have thus far shown little interest in
cultivating democratic behavior or
championing equality and human
rights.
Will we ever learn from the mistakes of the past? The Soviet Union
was not broken and communism
did not fall at the hands of Ronald
Reagan’s “Star Wars,” it succumbed
to the wounds it received fighting
a protracted guerrilla war in the
treacherous Afghan mountains.
The same grievous injuries could
befall the U.S. if we do not reevaluate
our misbegotten plans for escalation.
E-mail Josh Fredrickson at
[email protected].
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be teleported.”
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The Editor in Chief and Senior
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TJ’s Irish Pub’s location in the
Sept. 2 issue. It is located two
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Libertarian way to be a global humanist
Person-to-person micro-lending will lead to upward mobility
I
have recently been convinced that neither
Liberals nor Conservatives are global humanitarians anymore.
Caring for your fellow man is a prime
tenant of every major religion and is at the
heart of most philosophies. But in the current
American political landscape, aid has been coopted by the government and is being obfuscated so the real meaning of global humanitarianism is lost. It should be people helping
people.
Liberals see the path to humanism through
government-led foreign aid. No matter how
noble and well-intentioned it may be, in reality all it does is support the status quo. Look
no further than the billions of dollars that
have been sunk into Africa and the lack of results – there is violence, poverty and warfare
on the same levels as there were 20 years ago.
The money is siphoned through corrupt governments and warlords, and the people who
actually need the resources receive pennies
on the dollar.
Even Conservatives think of themselves as
humanists as they gallop across the world to
militarily intervene in any conflict to help the
supposed little guy defeat oppression. Again:
No matter how well-meaning, Conservatives
must separate themselves from theoretical
gains and live in the real world. Throughout
American history, foreign intervention has
created enemies, killed civilians and destroyed economic progress.
The real path to peace, prosperity and an
upward economic mobility is through trade
and commerce.
Since the development of modern economics, technological and societal advances have
been on a scale never before seen in human
history. We are able to create medicines that
save lives, which mere years ago would have
surely been terminal; we are able to travel the
cosmos, which is something man has dreamed
of since we started assigning supernatural
powers to the stars; and we are able to communicate instantly throughout the world and
beyond, which is something that was unheard
of even 50 years ago.
But more importantly, we have lifted more
than a billion humans from abject poverty
over the last century due to economic freedom
and the advances that spring forthwith.
If people are serious about helping others
they should look into programs such as
Kiva, a micro-lending system which allows
people to lend to others in Third World nations.
I choose how much I wish to lend, I choose
the reason for offering the loan and I choose
when I am able to afford the loan. And, to be
extremely clear, it is a loan – not a gift.
Rather than national governments extorting taxes from its citizens to give to other governments so they can decide which politically
connected class or segment of society receives
the donations, Kiva is a person-to-person lending system.
Borrowers must submit a prospectus so
lenders can decide where their capital is best
James Cannon
Editor in Chief
used. But it isn’t as callous or impersonal as
critics claim international bankers or the
International Monetary Fund are. There is no
return on investments to worry about. The
interest from the loan is used to pay for the
system, and the principle can either be withdrawn from the system upon repayment or
can be used to help some other entrepreneur.
Almost all of the participants seeking
loans are existing successful businessmen
and businesswomen in their respective communities who are seeking to expand their
operation to increase their upward mobility.
This spirit is what has made America
great, and now through economics and compassion, we are are able to export this basic
tenant the world over without governmental
extortion or military conquest.
Imagine what a few hundred dollars can do
for a rural village businessperson in Darfur
or Somalia.
I have been a member of Kiva and a lender
for more than two years now, and have helped
people from India to Lebanon to Peru. But
more importantly, my fellow Kiva lenders
have contributed more than $90 million since
2005, of which more than 80 percent is awarded to women entrepreneurs in 181 countries.
There are more than 500,000 lenders, but
what is most encouraging is that lenders
are not removing their money upon repayment – which has a 98 percent rate, which is
better than most corporate banking institutions – lenders on average have reinvested five
additional times since their initial loan.
Not only does this system work, it helps
businesswomen in a way no other institution
has ever – which is important because historically speaking they are the most oppressed
and subjugated segment in society.
But more importantly, through practice
it teaches people who are less fortunate and
can’t afford higher education or formal business training real life lessons about finance
and business which will continue to be taught
long after the loan is repaid.
There are countless principles about basic
economic freedom and liberty being taught
throughout the world because of compassionate liberty-oriented lenders, rather than by
governmental compulsion that usually runs
counter to its stated goal.
To quote one Kiva proponent, “In a
Libertarian world, all foreign aid would be
Kiva-style.”
E-mail James Cannon at
[email protected].
For more information about Kiva log on to
www.Kiva.org.
Miracles really do fly
Invention of wingsuit flying could find us airborne
W
e’ve all had
the human flying
dream, you know,
a species favorite
involving the surreal
sensation of taking
flight, soaring over
our towns and surrendering
to the wind as it whips the
fibers of your facial hair.
Waking up is always unwelcome, and the act seems
so chimerical…until now.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we’re coming closer than ever
to capturing that dream.
Although a sort of “clothing device” is required to
survive this extreme sport,
it is surprisingly sleek and
the feeling incredibly close to
being natural, let me introduce to you, the “wingsuit,”
or more popularly known as
a “birdman suit” or “squirrel
suit.”
The art of the contraption has to do with how the
fabric is sewn between the
legs and arms creating an
airfoil shape. But back to
how I found out about this
craziness. TED.com is a Web
site developed by those in the
academic organization TED,
an acronym for Technology,
Entertainment, Design,
and is owned by the Sapling
Foundation.
TED hosts lectures at
their annual invitation-only
conferences that were held in
Monterey, Calif. but moved
to Long Beach, Calif. for 2009
due to their increased success and popularity. Upwards
of 400 videos are free to
view online at TED.com. I
heard about it through the
grapevine and have been
frequenting it ever since.
TED’s catch phrase is “ideas
worth spreading,” and boy, I
couldn’t agree more.
The specific lecture that
introduces this base-jumping
technology features Ueli
Gegenschatz, a 30-something-year-old Switzerland
native from a city called
Apenzellerland, so of course
he was bound to be charismatic.
The TEDTalks opens with
Gegenschatz giving the audience a briefing on his personal history as an aerialist.
Having first taken a plunge
from the sky in 1989, he has
since taken home many
Kim Nelson
Asst. News Editor
awards, performed ridiculous
base-jumping stunts and most
importantly, mastered the
potential of the wingsuit.
The idea of a wingsuit
has been in the works since
the 1930s, although it wasn’t
until 1998 that Jari Kuosma
and Robert Pecnik joined
forces to build a wingsuit that
was both safe and attainable,
according to Birdman Inc.’s
Web site.
There, it explicates the
non-technical mechanics of
the contraption. Basically,
a wingsuit flier jumps off
of something, whether it
be a hot air balloon, the
Matterhorn, the Petronis
Twin Towers or an airplane.
The fliers wear a wingsuit as well as parachute
equipment for landing alive.
Developers are attempting
to be able to land a wingsuit
parachute-free, but at this
point, it is simply too risky
and still in the research
stages.
The aerialist then experiences an intense vertical
drop, and the wingsuit uses
the forces of gravity in order
to generate the airspeed that
the suit then converts into
an incredible amount of lift.
From there comes the phenomenal part, the wingsuit
flier can then manipulate the
form of his or her body to create the due amount of lift and
drag – resulting in an epic
spectacle of balls-to-the-wall
horizontal bird action. Literal
flying! To get technical, the
lift-to-drag ration is typically
2.5:1.
On an entirely higher level
than commonplace parachuting, this extreme sport seeks
to defy the laws of nature. I
urge each and every one of
you to take a look at the
TEDTalks session on TED.
com, type in wingsuit in the
search bar and click on the
first video that pops up. The
music the video director
paired the jump to couldn’t be
more perfect.
Goosebumps are guaranteed to follow.E-mail Kim Nelson at
[email protected].
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Children use imagination to open hospital doors
The volunteers
Creative
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curriculum
Brown has served as the bridge between
by April
Schulhauser
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UNF’s
Department of Art and Design
white-walled classrooms and tiny
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editor
and Art With a Heart since 2002. A threedorm rooms may seem, they don’t even
assistant features editor
credit
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or life,
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through
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screening
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emotionally
mature
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Brown said.
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art training
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for these
children.
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hold
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Coordinator/Art
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intern brings
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periodically teach the
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extremely
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kids and families,” Toohey
dustry — providing more job opportuprecautions.
said. “That’s one of the nities
for serious
artists,
Toohey
said.a
However,
once the
patients
have
great strengths of
paintbrush or a digital camera in
the program.”
their hands,
they
have conE-mail
Aprilcan
Schulhauser
at
trol of their life again, even
[email protected].
if just for that moment.
One
can
only
imagine the
endless
Photo — Sandy Spradling, UNF
Alumni, working with an Art
With A Heart participant.
Illustration — Mike Tomassoni
Art exceprts courtesy of:
Emily, 11, Art Cafe
Justin, 7, Crab
Alishy, 8, Heart
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Thursday, Sept. 10
Eco Adventure Hours, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Nature Trails, Lot 100
Exhibit: Darwin Year, the Library
Open Forum, 9 to 9:30 a.m., Bldg. 58, room 3601
Movies on the House: Fears of the Dark, 7 p.m.,
Regal Cinema, Beach Boulevard
Friday, Sept. 11
Deadline for Reinstatement, 5 p.m.
Deadline to Appy for Graduation, 5 p.m.
Last Day to Petition to Add a Course, 5 p.m.
Domestic Travel Training, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Building 53, room 1400
The Friday Lounge, 2 to 4 p.m., Women’s Center
September Peace Concert, 7:30 p.m., St. John’s Cathedral
Saturday, Sept. 12
Riverside Arts Market, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Under Fuller Warren Bridge
Philosophy and Religious Studies: “Health Care, Conscience, and Property,”
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Building 39, room 1009
Sunday, Sept. 13
Access Church Service, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.,
Fine Arts Center, Lazzara Hall
Sound Effects with UNF Music Faculty, 2 p.m., MOCA
Monday, Sept. 14
UNF Financing Corporation Meeting, 3 to 4 p.m., President’s Conference RoomMindfulness Meditation, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Bldg. 58W
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Film: “Freedom to Dream: Rights of Immigrants,”
6 p.m., Building 58W, room 2704
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Panel Discussion: Constitution and Police Misconduct,
6 p.m., Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall
Horoscopes by The Spinnaker Sisterhood of the Celestial Skylines
Black and white is the
way to go this week, young
Aries. The stars know you
relate this color scheme to
high school theme parties,
but these colors will help to
discover contrasts between
multiple aspects of your
March 21 - April 19 life. Take note of those
black moments, most likely
illuminating that sketchy
party you went to Sunday night. Balance it
out with one of those new all-white shirts
you bought to impress your love interest.
Time to get scary, Leo!
Although the heavens
don’t fully understand
why adults make plans
for Halloween right when
September rolls around,
they do know that this is a
big trend amongst you and
July 23 - Aug. 22 your buddies. In this year’s
early planning stage, stay
away from the zombies
theme. It’s been so over-played, but at least
it will separate you and your friends from
that annoying kid who sits in the front
row of your math class and his lot.
Bossa nova is your buddy,
Sag, try and listen to it
lots this week. The music
genre, which originated in
Brazil in the late ‘50s, will
truly punch up your strut.
Let the samba rhythms
of artists like Stan Getz
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 and Sergio Mendes groove
through your veins, accompanying you through the
next seven days’ trials.
Did you catch the screening
of “My Neighbor Totoro”
last week, Taurus? The
stars are calling this week
the week of T for you April
and May babies. Try out
different teas from local tea
stores, make sure you get a
April 20 - May 20 tee time for 10 a.m., 2 p.m.,
3 p.m. or anything with :30
and dress to the tens this
week. You had that extra day off, so why not
take a bath in your tub?
The stars are mixing
and a-fixing themselves
all crazy right now. And
you know why, handsome
Virgo, it’s your birthday
month! Upon consulting
Ouija, you should celebrate
with cupcakes frosted with
Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 brown moustaches, but the
tarot cards show sprinklecovered sugar cookies and a bottle of
Mike’s Hard Cranberry Lemonade is the
way to go for your 21-year-old self. Unfortunately, the crystal ball and the tea leaves
kept reading “Devil’s Food.”
Capricorn, oh, Capricorn.
This week isn’t looking
so hot. As temperatures
fall, so will your patience
level. The irksome hygiene
habits of your questionable
roommate that used to not
bug you so much will seem
Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 like a catastrophic annoyance. It’s really no big thing
worthy of any sort of rage.
Instead of unleashing a towel-swindling
duel, let it roll off your back.
The heavens know you love
being like other people,
Gemini, but why not try
being yourself for once?
This week, you should try
to be genuine in everything
you do. Sorry, but wearing
that DC Shoes hat while
May 21 - June 21 sporting your hip green
Ray Bans does not qualify
as being your own person.
Do you have to? Yes. But one dinner alone
should fill this requirement. Looks like you
lucked out once more.
Go ahead and indulge in
the trek to your favorite
Mediterranean joint, Libra.
What most people don’t realize about three-day weekends
is how easy it is to immediately stress yourself out after
such limited luxury. Bring
Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 along a couple of workbook
pages to kind of work on as
you munch on your falafel
and attempt to maintain some balance between leisure and learning. After all, isn’t
defining equilibria sort of your forte?
Don’t forget to load up on
your veggies this week,
Quari. What with that
darned swine flu running
rampant through our quaint
campus, it can’t be a bad
idea. Think of Popeye —
that guy knew what was up.
Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Besides, you never know,
you might find that asparagus has potential to be far
more savory than any Girl Scout cookie
could ever prove to be.
Time to watch corny TV
shows, Cancer. Since the
stars know of your many
homework
assignments
and tests this week, they
want you relax for at least
30 minutes to enjoy good
old-fashioned
programJune 22 - July 22 ming. Hide somewhere
and catch the Suite Life
on Deck. They play Disney
Channel at the Boathouse for a reason,
dude! Just make sure to go before Saturday
– College Game Day is this big thing that the
stars over UNF know nothing of.
Advert
your
attentions
away from your sneaking
suspicions concerning an
ex-flame this week. Scorpio,
you’ve got some jealous tendencies, but this isn’t the
best time to let yourself
morph green with envy.
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Holding grudges has got
to be one of these attractive qualities, after all. The
person isn’t in your life anymore for a reason, so instead, try focusing your attention
on mastering some hieroglyphic symbols,
memorizing the Depeche Mode discography
or something else worthwhile.
Apparently you’re quite the
imaginative catch, Pisces.
Allow your vivid mind to
work the electric details
buzzing in your brain into
your everyday routine. Take
a different route to work,
and see what fantastic difFeb. 19 - March 20 ferences lay along the path
that you never noticed.
Absorb the simplicity and
quiet beauty of the vandalized stop sign
down your block. Now, ain’t that something?
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Come clean with some
psychedelic shoegaze dreams
Songs to Jam to Whilst
Searching for a Parking Spot
Huffing, puffing, grunting, straining your neck to see further across the morbidly stuffed
plain of UNF’s parking lots. We’ve all been there 10 to 30 minutes — sometimes longer — tirelessly visually groping for somewhere to keep our cars while inside the institution learning.
In a semester when parking seems to be the sickest joke around, I’ve rounded up a prescription of tunes to spur, comfort and cajole you during this painful morning, afternoon and
evening process. In somewhat chronological (cynical, angered, disappointed, defeated and
eventually — hopefully — relieved) order, there is:
“Convenient Parking” by Modest Mouse
An obviously mocking choice considering the crop of asphalt slots and their typically filled
nature, however, Isaac Brock warps the irony into head-bobbin’ egging on. Cymbal-heavy
smashing and Brock’s trademark banshee-hollering swell into an explosion of drive to locate
any empty space in any of the legal parking areas on campus.
“People C’mon” by Delta Spirit
Yanked from their only release, “Ode to Sunshine,” the Spirit’s “I’m a wandering soul/ I’ve
got no place of my own,” could be taken many ways. However, I’m assuming lead singersongwriter Matt Vasquez’s whining to be parking-centric in this case. The quad-struck rumbling tom drums nicely emboss the theme plea of just searching, scouring. “And I got something to say, my friends/ I will never lay down without a fight,” would echo nicely throughout
the parking garage during one of those stand-off parking scrimmages. Careful kids, it’s not
worth anyone getting hurt to ensure that you don’t miss a pop current events quiz (that your
professor won’t let you make up). Take it easy.
“Useless” by Depeche Mode
This is the perfect track for when you are “vulturing” the lot. Don’t pretend you don’t know
“vulturing” and that you don’t practice at least twice a week on campus. For those of you still
sitting wide-eyed, “vulturing” is when you follow people roller-blading out to their cars (or so
you suspect) and you wait for them to load up and leave their spot for none other than your
stalking self. The opening verse, accurately accented by Alan Wilder’s nearly-painful synth,
“Well, it’s about time/ It’s beginning to hurt/ Time you made up your mind/ Just what is it
all worth,” proves a perfect anthem for the vacillating stalkee — I mean, how long does it take
to determine if it’s just a sandwich or home delivery that you need?
“Drive On” by Johnny Cash
OK, yes, this is an ode to Vietnam vets. OK, yes, the only relevant line in this tune is “Drive
on/ It don’t mean nothing,” but since it’s in the chorus, and therefore reiterated thrice, I’ll
overlook the rest. Cash’s boot-thumping guitar strokes your ego just so you won’t get too
offended when some mammoth pick-up swoops into the spot you also raced toward but just
missed. Drive on, young osprey. As Cash says, it don’t mean nothing. There will be another
parking space for you. Fingers crossed.
“Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” by Alison Krauss
This is the track to pump when you’ve finally descended The Holy Grail: An Empty Parking
Space. It’s crucial to swing in quickly (yet carefully, trust me, hitting parked cars is an expensive whoops-a-daisy) and valiantly. Krauss’ bluegrass, honey-drenched voice croons those
captivating lines, “Baby, now that I’ve found you/ I won’t let you go,” as if you’d sacrifice this
gem of parking area marked off by such beautifully slopped white paint lines to much of
anyone, except the Pope. Her vocals capture that sweet, sweet moment of justifying all the
“vulturing” and frustration of ferociously scanning Lot 18. If you’re particularly lucky, you
might even make it to class on time.
Compiled by Beca Grimm.
New Zealand’s classic pop group comes out of
hiding with the release of “Mister Pop”
By beca grimm
features editor
Strawberries might seem like
the ultimate complement to kiwis,
that is, until you hear New Zealand
band The Clean. Then you might
fully fathom that it’s not berries at all
that play the perfect foil to the kiwi —
why, it’s got to instead be pop music.
The big-gun, lo-fi group, which
formed in 1978 in Dunedin, is credited for the formation of the seminal
Flying Nun Records in Christchurch,
New Zealand in 1981 by wild fan and
music store owner Roger Sheperd.
The Clean arguably defined the
sound of New Zealand pop (bassist
Bob Scott even went on to found fellow influential band The Bats) and an
entirely different breed of shoegaze,
hand-tipped with brothers Hamish
and David Kilgour’s punk-inspired
chord progressions and melodic percussion.
Seven releases and several label
changes later, The Clean dropped
their latest, “Mister Pop” on Merge
Records Sept. 8, pulling themselves
back above the radar. Psychedelic
and garage guitar saturates the sedated freak-out disc, drenching your
stereo in a Technicolor stew of pleasantly distracted mashed potatoes.
Just like a 1987 prom’s pivotal
slow dance number tripping on
some LSD borrowed from Anton
Newcombe, “Loog,” the first track
melts the edges of your being with
fog-machine organ and ethereal female whisper-singing.
“In the Dreamlife You Need a
Rubber Soul” oozes astral, layered
vocals reminiscent of My Bloody
Valentine’s album “Loveless.” Lowmixed surf guitars conversely correspond with soaring twangs and explore the monotony of sporting the
same outfit daily to a lackluster desk
job, only to come home to a sterile,
suburban home. “Factory Man” has
a similar theme of accepting a seemingly mundane existence.
There are tinges of golden nostalgia-cloaked accounts with “Back
in the Day” (“I’m not here for a long
time/ I’m just here for a good time” is
a good couplet to keep in mind in certain situations, you gotta admit). Yo
La Tengo-ish organ-, violin-, snarepopping vrooming introduces the
following frenzy of an instrumental track, “Moonjumper,” in a most
seamless fashion.
The album’s second ditty, however, “Are You Really On Drugs?” is
the only one that could be considered
nearly a flop. It just rings too familiar to the ultra-awkward “We Are
All on Drugs” from Weezer’s equally
strange “Make Believe.” There are
cute instances with the instrumental
aspect — as there always seems to be
in The Clean’s creative products —
but the repetitive, “Are you really on
drugs?/ Everyone wants to know-ohoh-oh-oh,” doesn’t do much along the
lines of terrible fun. Also, the synthdoused vocals in “Tensile” is a little
weird, but forgivable.
All in all, the album plays out
with the completeness of a slightly
spiked fruit punch afternoon of rollicking in lush New Zealand foothills
— if that makes any sense at all.
Feel free to fill your ear canals
with The Clean’s latest effort on
Merge Records’ Web site with a free
streaming of the entire record for
a limited time and experience the
Kiwi-tinged spectacle for yourself.
E-mail Beca Grimm
[email protected].
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Students squeegee ink into art at MOCA
Expand mind, art collection Sept. 17 at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville with live exhibit from UNF printmakers
by Beth Coulter
Contributing Writer
erik tanner|spinnaker
The UNF Printmaker’s Guild
— a collection of graphic design
majors, studio art majors and at
least one photography major —
will be exhibiting their printing
prowess and giving away customized artwork at the prestigious
museum.
“It’s going to be a production,” said Amber Richards, senior graphic design major and
Guild secretary.
The live printmaking demonstration, running from 7 to 9
p.m., complements the opening
of MOCA’s Robert Motherwell
exhibit. A renowned printmaker
and abstract artist, Motherwell’s
work is carried on in the Guild
members’ creations.
Kingsley
Spencer,
senior
graphic design major and Guild
treasurer, expects to have about
15 screen-printing stations.
“We’re going to have stacks of
paper lying around. People can
pick up paper, and the artists will
print their image onto the paper
in any way you want. It’s basically free personalized art,” Spencer
said.
Rotating between 20 to 30
screens, Guild members will be
using mesh screens, prepared
before the demonstration. MOCA
attendees will see the final steps
in screen-printing where the
printmaker pulls a print — taking the design from the meshcovered frame onto a sheet of paper by squeegeeing ink over the
burned designs.
These skills that students
learned in the classroom are
now being applied to their lives
in the Jacksonville community through the channel of the
Guild, said Emily Douglass, the
Guild’s faculty advisor and assistant professor in the department of art and design.
UNF students, faculty and
MOCA staffers are thrilled about
the MOCA-student collaboration.
“We are so pleased that the
Printmaker’s Guild is going to
be here,” said Cathy Fitzpatrick,
associate director of education
at MOCA, and added that student participation helps to make
MOCA more vibrant.
MOCA extended the invitation
to the Guild following the Guild’s
recent, well-attended, outdoor
printmaking event, complete
with free prints on paper and
shirts, in Atlantic Beach.
If screen-printing demonstrations and the work of a famous abstract artist-screen-printer combo isn’t enough to get you out of
your jammies and out to MOCA,
there will also be snacks and alcohol. Refreshments will be served,
and a cash bar will be operating,
Fitzpatrick said. Entrance to the
museum is $10.
Printmaking is not only
blossoming in the artistic community, it is breaking onto the
academic scene at UNF in major
form. Shelly Boyd, a senior photography major, kids about having a printmaking minor. For
beginning students, this will be
no joke.
“The BFA, BA and minor
Attendees get the chance to have personalized art created by students.
in painting and drawing have
been recreated to include
Printmaking,” Douglass said.
Douglass thanks student enthusiasm for the improvement.
Events, such as Sept. 17’s, help
expand student knowledge and
awaken new passions for printmaking, she said.
“[The events are] basically just
a fun way to show what printmaking really is,” Boyd said.
Printmaking is going strong at
UNF, and Douglass is optimistic
that this will continue.
“This year is an exciting
and wonderful time for our department as we grow with new
curriculum, grow with new art
and design majors of painting,
drawing and printmaking, and
grow into the MOCA downtown
community,” Douglass said.
“All of these important and
carefully cultivated aspects of
teaching as a department continue to distinguish UNF in the
city of Jacksonville and within
the larger educational community,” she said.
For more information, look
for the “UNF Printer’s Guild”
on Facebook and send a message to a Guild officer. If you’re
looking for some face-to-face interaction, stop by the print lab,
in Building 45, room 1604.
E-mail Beth Coulter at
[email protected].
Proximal Pilgrimages: Anheuser-Busch Brewery hops into style
Free factory tour in north Jacksonville leaves thirsty folks drenched in beer production knowledge
by Beth Coulter
Contributing Writer
A winding sidewalk through
hedges and annuals leads the
visitor of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewery to a double door, under a glimmering green awning,
adorned with their logo. Upon
entering the lobby, the visitor
is greeted by a display case containing almost 50 different beer
bottles – all produced by various
Anheuser-Busch breweries. This
is the starting point of the brewery tour for visitors of all ages;
even those under 21 are welcome.
Moving from the lobby to the
“hot side” via elevator, the tour
guide explained the first hightemperature steps for making
this amber alcohol. Stepping from
the cool lobby into the “hot side”
is an experience. Heat rushes
to greet you, bringing with it a
warm smell: an unusual combination of bread and popcorn scents. North Jacksonville Containers
sit beyond a railing and informative signs about the brewing hang
every few feet, reiterating the
guide’s words. The sound of the
guide’s lecture swirls around the
spacious room. The leader of the
group explained how the containers are put to work. Barley and
rice are separately added to water and crushed, combined and
raked, strained and then boiled.
The result is a liquid called wort.
Hops are then mixed with the
wort to give the beer its flavor and
aroma.
Moments before the heat becomes too much to bear, cold air
rushes from behind an automatic
door, leading to a hallway and a
small movie theater. The carpeted hallways, holding information
about Anheuser-Busch’s history
and its beer-making techniques,
are reminiscent of a wide, wellair-conditioned theme park line.
Along the walk are gold-framed
signs depicting how the wort is
cooled before the yeast is added
and the mix is left to rest for six
days. The hallway opens up to six
padded benches, decorated in alternating red and blue fabric, positioned in front of a flat screen.
Movie time!
“Barley malt, barley malt, barley malt!” Budweiser employees
said on the screen as they animatedly and repetitively explained
the five ingredients used to create
their beverage: barley malt, rice,
water, hops and yeast.
Following the video, the tour
guide escorts tourists through
a brief lesson on the company’s
history, how Anheuser-Busch
dealt with prohibition and it’s
time-honored, successful marketing campaign. Along the way,
windows into the yeasted beer’s
six-day resting place occasionally
appear in the wall. Once the beer has a week of
solitude, our guide informed us, it
is transferred to a lager tank for a
second fermentation process. The
grain juice sits on top of a handspread cushion of beechwood
chips inside a massive silver cylinder. Here, the beer develops its
carbonation and final flavor.
The real thrill was at the end
of the walkway, past the tanks
and holders and past the production line where beer bottles
are filled, capped, labeled and
boxed. From a dark mahogany
hallway, the tourists are invited
into the Anheuser-Busch hospitality room.
Gold chandeliers hang suspended above 30 tables. The highlight of the room is the roomy bar,
paneled with a light wood and encircled by a gold hand railing. The
Anheuser-Busch logo, an eagle intertwined with a vibrant red “A,”
rests on an off-white wall behind
the bar. During my visit, one bartender worked the eight beers on
tap, providing glasses designed
specifically for the beer they held.
But this is all you really need
to know: two free beers (for
those 21 and older, of course)
and free pretzels! Coke products
are also on tap.
Before you leave, be sure to
do the touristy thing and snap
a photo with Larry, the plastic
clydesdale.
Most importantly – remember
not to drink and drive. If you are
a lightweight, and those two sample beers have made the sidewalk
a little wobbly, meet up with your
soda-drinking, under 21-year-old
friends and make them drive you
home.
Sound like it might quench
your adventurous thirst? Visit
www.budweisertours.com for further information on hopping on
an upcoming tour.
E-mail Beth Coulter
[email protected].
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Escape anime-centric Japanese culture with free film festival
UNF professors offer semester-long peek inside Japan with culturally influential films
Emily Hartford
Contributing Writer
Campus-wide support
To achieve this goal, de Villiers
partnered with many campus organizations to help promote the series.
Sponsorship came from a variety
of organizations including the UNF
President’s Fund, the International
Center, the Asia Council, the
Women’s Center, the Anime Club,
the Japanese Conversation Corner
and the English Department.
In coordination with the
Women’s Center Film Festival,
which is during the last week of
September, de Villiers chose the
film “Seagull Diner.”
Diversity in the film selection is
a priority for de Villiers.
“What I wanted to do was show
a pretty wide range of genres, because I think most people encounter Japanese film either in the form
of anime or Japanese horror,” de
Villiers said. “There aren’t many
other Japanese films shown on U.S.
screens, so I wanted to show a wide
range.”
To assist him in selecting the
films, de Villiers sought the help
of UNF education Professor Meiko
Negishi, who grew up in Tokyo.
With de Villiers’s educational background in film and Negishi’s love
for comedies, their collaboration
resulted in a well-balanced range
of genres.
“I love comedies in general,”
Negishi said. “And human drama is also involved in Japanese
comedies.”
Negishi spoke highly of Sept. 8’s
film, “Shall We Dance.”
“The romantic comedy captures
the Japanese family lifestyle and
what life is like for a family living
in the suburbs,” Negishi said.
Cultural benefits
Both de Villers and Negishi
believe that the Japanese film
series is a good introduction to
the culture and learning about
cultural differences.
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You can now break away from
your limited and anime-based
education on Japanese culture
as UNF is holding a Japanese
film series. The films will have
English subtitles and will be
free of charge Tuesday, Sept.
15 at 7 p.m. through Dec. 1 in
Building 45.
The film series features a
variety of films ranging from
horror to comedy, drama and,
of course, anime. In addition
to a free flick, Japanese juices,
crackers and candies will be
provided from Circle Japan
Grocery and Café.
The success of last year’s
Chinese language film series
and his recent visit to Tokyo
for a film conference influenced
UNF film Professor Nicholas de
Villiers to organize a second international film series, he said.
“[In Japan,] the food is amazing, the pop culture is amazing,
the people-watching is amazing,” de Villiers said. “My hope
is that the series will generate
interest in foreign films.”
The first film, an anime called
“My Neighbor Totoro,” attracted
a crowd of about 40 or 50 people,
which was a great turnout and very
exciting, Negishi said.
“It’s cool that there’s a crowd
that size interested in attending,”
said UNF sophomore anthropology
major David Richter.
Richter is the president of the
Asian Film Research Society. He is
looking forward to seeing the rest
of the movies in the series.
“I think they have different
filming techniques than western
films do. I just want to watch them
because I think I’ll enjoy them and
maybe learn a few things,” he said.
The tagline for a future movie
reads, “Could you kill your best
friend?” The film “Battle Royale,” an
action-packed, violence-splattered
epic that tells the tale of a group of
middle-school kids dumped on an
island with a deadly task ahead of
them inspired American director
Quentin Tarantino’s artistic use of
gore in the Kill Bill films.
More information about the
Tokyo film scene can be found
online at www.themidnighteye.
com and eastern Asian movie
reviews can be found at www.giantrobot.com.
E-mail Emily Hartford
[email protected].
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UNF changes plans to fill seats
UNF Athletics makes changes to Osprey Club, creates new student section in the Arena
By Heather Furey
Assistant Sports Editor
The puzzle pieces to how UNF
Athletics plans to fill their seats
during the 2009-2010 seasons continue to fall into place.
UNF is continuing the restructuring of the Osprey Club, the
fundraising and fan relations wing
of the athletics department, and
finding new ways to make attending UNF athletic events attractive:
including the addition of a new
student section in UNF Arena, for
which the athletics department is
considering names such as The
Birdcage, said Athletic Director
Lee Moon.
One of the key players heading
up the reorganization efforts is Matt
Kilcullen, assistant athletic director for development of the Osprey
Club. Kilcullen, former head coach
for UNF men’s basketball team,
was appointed as the Osprey Club
president in July. UNF is trying
to do a number of things to align
the Osprey Club with UNF’s new
Division I status including expanded memberships, reserved seating
and support for student-athlete
scholarships, Kilcullen said.
“We have gotten off to a good
start,” Kilcullen said. “This falls
in line as a great support arm for
the athletic department, and we are
well on our way to more memberships.”
This is something that needs to
be done and improved upon, Moon
said. As a fundraising organization, the Osprey Club needs to raise
money for scholarships and facility
enhancements. In addition, these
improvements could draw in more
people to UNF athletic events.
“If you promote your program
and make it a fun event, people will
want to come and be a part of it,”
Moon said. “We are doing what all
major Division I programs are doing and what we have never done
before.”
One of the top things the Osprey
Club had to do was broaden their
support base. In the past they were
very narrow in their outreach,
Moon said, so now they are going
from student-athletes to parents
and then alumni.
To gain even more support, the
Osprey Club is selling reserved
seating. They are reorganizing the
Arena into special sections and
dedicating them to club members,
season ticket holders, families and
general admission.
There will also be a few particular student sections including a
section behind one of the baskets,
said Kilcullen. Moon has hopes of
calling these seats The Birdcage.
If students feel like the name fits
their section, Moon said he would
make it happen.
“I really want to dedicate these
seats to the students,” Moon said.
“But it’s not going to be like it has
been in the past, where you can just
walk into a game. You have to have
a ticket or a student I.D.”
Students will continue to be
allowed into games for free, with
an I.D. As for everyone else, the
athletic department has released
new ticket prices for the 2009-2010
season. For single tickets, it costs
$10 per game, except for matches
against our rival Jacksonville
University that will cost $15. The
base season ticket price is $120.
“It’s great that Lee Moon has big
plans for the Osprey Club. He has
done big things at other places, and
I am excited to see what he can do
here at UNF,” women’s basketball
Head Coach Mary Tappmeyer said.
All of the enhancements are 100
percent necessary, men’s basketball Head Coach Matthew Driscoll
said. It’s important to have funding
for facilities, equipment and scholarships, but these new improvements are not the key components
to bringing in fans, both basketball
coaches said. It’s winning.
“I think the Osprey Club will get
more people excited about what we
are doing,” Driscoll said. “However,
here’s the bottom line: What’s going to bring in fans is the way our
players finish and win.”
E-mail Heather Furey at
[email protected].
Let your voice be heard
UNF Athletics is looking to hear what students think
the new student section should be called. If you
have a creative idea contact the Spinnaker Sports Desk.
-John Weidner
[email protected]
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Heather Furey
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Ryan Thompson
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Copy Editor
Staff Writer
Max Jaeger
Staff Writer
Question 1: What do you think the new student-only sections in the UNF Arena should be called?
I don’t know, but it sucks that we have
to sit with the pep band. The only
thing people are going to be saying all
game is “what did you say?”
“The Nest,” obviously. It’s not terribly
original, but I think it’s just right!
Definitely “The Twisted Talons’ Treasure
Trove.”
An attempt at forced bonding.
Question 2: Boston Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon was fined $5,000 by Major League Baseball for taking too long to deliver his
first pitch. Do you think rules in professional sports take away from the game?
Sometimes the rules get carried away in
sports. Next thing you know, baseball
players will be fined for their pants being
too tight.
I think Americans butcher sports by adding
rules and regulations to try and make it
more exciting for the viewer. Let the man
pitch in his own time and play his game.
I suppose those professional athletes
wouldn’t be fined my college tuition
and a half if they didn’t make millions of
dollars per year. “Sorry Susan, daddy has
to sell the Lamborghini… you need a bus
pass.”
As an avidly apathetic sports non-fan, I
really feel like less rules would increase
my interest. I say do away with them
all. I want late hits, pitchers winging
balls at people’s heads and uni-cylces in
NASCAR.
Question 3: Stillman College in Alabama canceled its football home opener because of the swine flu, when 37 of the players became
sick. How should UNF handle athletes with flu symptoms?
Peace them out until they’re better.
Athletes do everything together, and if
one is sick, they all will be sick.
They should lock them in the equipment
closet and throw away the key! I don’t
want swine flu running rampant through
our campus.
UNF Athletics should encourage the
athletes to drink lots of orange juice
before morning practice and to stay
away from that community water jug!
Vaccinate all the players and hope that
the dangerous heavy metals in vaccines
will make them unstoppable killing
machines.
Question 4: Golf wasn’t the only thing to watch at the Deutsche Bank Championship as Tiger Woods made a scene and threw his club
on the fifth hole. Even though he is the No. 1 ranked golfer, does his character demean his title?
I can’t believe he would show his true
colors that early in the round. He
shouldn’t be a respected player if he is
going to act like a little girl every time
he doesn’t hit the perfect shot.
Golf needs all the extra action it can get.
I wouldn’t hold his Happy Gilmore moment against him.
The Tiger has to be released from its
cage once in a while, don’t you find?
He’s still a role model.
They aren’t ranking him on his attitude or composure. If he can play
golf as well as he supposedly does, he
deserves the title.
Compiled by Heather Furey.
Sports Column
Wins key to filling seats, securing funding
Last year, arriving five minutes
before game time still got you a
good spot on the first or second row
for most UNF men’s and women’s
basketball games.
However, UNF’s revised Osprey
Club plans to delegate certain sections of UNF Arena for students
with the most notable section being
behind one of the nets and possibly
being called ‘the Birdcage.’
But do the students really want
their section named after an iconic
1996 gay comedy, starring Robin
Williams?
For it to be called The Birdcage,
though, it needs birds, and students
have a history of being in short supply.
Women’s basketball Head Coach
Mary Tappmeyer has recently expressed difficulty in raising student
attendance, even at one point offering free pizza to students.
Josh Gore
Staff Writer
Tappmeyer said she likes the
men’s and women’s games scheduled back-to-back because it promotes attendance to both games.
This is a lot better than having
games spread out across the week,
and it should be easier for the
athletics department to market two
games in one.
In the busy college life filled
with extensive projects and quick
deadlines, students don’t have the
time to support two teams. Putting
the games right next to each other
makes it a lot easier.
Tappmeyer and men’s basketball
Head Coach Matthew Driscoll are
both in agreement that the best
thing UNF can do to raise attendance is win: something the team
has not been doing a lot of lately.
Driscoll has a history of turning
programs around.
At Baylor, as an assistant coach,
he helped lead the team to its
fourth ever 20 win season and a
berth in the NCAA tourney.
Having an Osprey Club, though,
is a good idea. A great idea if it succeeds. Right now, it is in the hands
of Matt Kilcullen, who Lee Moon
calls “well-connected.”
Kilcullen will be in charge of
doing something no one ever did
for him while he was UNF’s coach.
And during his coaching reign, he
expressed how tough it was winning
on such a low budget.
The Osprey Club is still in its beginning stage, and it will take years
upon decades for it to experience
the type of the impact that Gator
boosters have.
A good year out of our basketball programs could really increase
funding through the club. Now it
looks as if the Osprey Club has
given the athletics program a fundamental process of how to raise
money.
If the men’s or women’s basketball teams can make it to the
Atlantic Sun Conference tournament in Macon, Ga., then anything
can happen; they could find themselves in the NCAA tournament
with national attention.
While losing may diminish
potential donations, winning could
change everything.
E-mail Josh Gore at
[email protected].
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Game of The Week
Golf opens season at Wolf Run
By Heather Furey
The UNF golf team will try
to improve upon their previous
ranking of 11th place from last
year’s Wolf Run Intercollegiate
as they return to Indiana Sept.
12 through Sept. 13.
“We have only been practicing since the last week in
August, but everyone will be
coming back in great shape
for the Intercollegiate,” Head
Coach Scott Schroeder said.
Some of the incoming freshmen will be good assets to the
team, such as Kevin Phelan
and transfer from Mississippi
State sophomore Sean Dale,
Schroeder said.
The Ospreys that soared on
the front nine were senior J.C.
Horne, junior Chris Kennedy
and UNF graduate Jeff Dennis.
Horne opened the day with
a 4-over-par 75 but ended his
second round of golf on a sour
note, and was 6-over-par at one
point before getting it back
to 3-over-par and shooting 74
overall.
The back nine rounds of golf
were lead by Dennis and Horne
with scores of 73, joining the
Ospreys in the third best round
of the day.
UNF finished 11th with a
score of 911, as Horne had his
first top-10 finish of the 20082009 season.
“We are excited to play in the
Wolf Run this year. It will be
played at one of the nicer golf
courses, and the temperature
will be a lot cooler,” Schroeder
said. “Keeping our golf simple
and focused will give us the
edge we need to do well.”
Dennis’ score of 73 led him to
a tie for 37th in the individual
standings, two strokes ahead
of Joe Byun, who shot 74 on
Sunday. Chris Kennedy finished
with a 77 for the Ospreys.
Michigan captured the 2008
team title with a score of 880,
while one of Indiana’s players,
Jorge Campillo won the individual title with a 1-under-par 212.
Men’s Golf
Wolf Run Intercollegiate
Game Day Information
• Zionsville, Ind.
Hosted by Indiana
University
Sep. 12 through 13
Why To Watch?
• Any chance to beat the Hoosiers is like
being in a movie.
• It’s the Ospreys first match of the season.
Last season they finished second in the
Atlantic Sun Conference, and in 2008 they
won UNF’s first ever Division I conference title.
Intramural sports growing at UNF
By John Weidner
Sports Editor
Not everyone who loves competitive
sports can be a UNF Division I athlete,
but there are still several other opportunities available.
UNF has provided its students with
several different intramural sports program options for almost 30 years. Along
with several fall and spring leagues for
various sports, UNF also offers several
special events including a racquetball
tournament, 40 yard dash and homerun
derby.
“We are expecting at least equal participation if not more from last year,”
said senior sports management major
Chris Hitt, the program assistant for intramural sports said.
Last year was the largest turnout for
intramural sports since Justin Cato took
over as the Intramural Coordinator three
years ago, Hitt said.
Over the last few years, UNF has also
begun to offer various new kinds of intramural programs to its students. In
the Spring 2009 semester, UNF offered its
first intramural ultimate Frisbee league,
which has spurned on the formation of
an ultimate Frisbee club at UNF, which
hopes to compete in interstate play this
year. Cornhole and whiffleball will be
added to the list of tournament events
that are provided this year.
The intramural programs draw in several teams each year who are interested
in playing for fun or competition, Hitt
said.
“It can get very competitive during the
seasons and playoffs,” Hitt said. “Last
year over 400 people came out to watch
the 7-7 football Greek championship
game. And UNF has had three teams win
national championships in 7-7.”
UNF’s 7-7 team, “UNF Swoop,” won
the national men’s rec championship last
year and was a Final Four team the previous year. UNF has had three national
champion teams in the last ten years
with the other two teams coming from
the co-rec league.
7-7 football was the most popular
league sport last year at UNF, fielding 83
teams. Volleyball had the second most
teams with 76.
To balance out the leagues, the bigger sports are split into two groups come
playoff time. Teams from sports such
as 7-7 football are split into two groups;
teams with above and teams with below
.500 records. This system allows everyone to have more fun and compete at a
level fit for them, Hitt said.
All of the intramural programs are
open to UNF students and full-time faculty members. Those who are interested
in joining one of the fall leagues should
attend the captain’s meeting for their
league on the date listed.
For students who are looking for job
opportunities, UNF’s intramural programs provide a unique employment opportunity. Students can apply to become
an official for several of the leagues that
UNF provides.
To find out more information about
intramural sports, visit the Recreation
Office on the first floor of the Arena or
contact them at 620-2998.
E-mail John Weidner at
[email protected].
Fall 2009 Intramural
Schedule
Team Event
• Volleyball
- Aug. 31
• 7 on 7 Flag FB - Sept. 14
• Osprey Bowl - Sept. 18
• 3 on 3 Basketball - Sept. 28
• Sand Volleyball - Oct. 5
• Indoor Soccer - Oct. 12
• Softball - Oct. 19
Tournament Events
• Cornhole
- Sept. 3
• Racquetball - Week of Sept. 7
• 40 yd Dash - Week of Sept. 28
• Football Toss - Week of Oct. 5
• Table Tennis - Nov. 13
• Homreun Derby - Nov. 23, 24
Volleyball
Tribe too much
for Ospreys
By Heather Furey
As The UNF volleyball team left the
Appalachian State Invitational Sept. 5 after
winning two matches and falling to William
and Mary University in their final match.
“We had a great tournament and will continue to work hard and grow as a team,” UNF
Head Coach Kevin Campbell said.
Taking the first set wasn’t enough for
UNF as William and Mary took the next three
sets for a 3-1 win. Leading in the opening set
with a score of 25-20, junior middle blocker
Kaley Reed and senior outside hitter Agata
Dawidowicz added kills to the set. But William
and Mary controlled the rest of the game with
seven- to 10-point leads on the next three sets.
Win over host Appalachian State
UNF came out of their match against
tournament host Appalachian State with a
3-1 win. UNF improved their record against
Appalachian State to 2-0 adding on to a 3-0 win
during the 2006 season.
The match started off to UNF’s advantage
as they closed the first set with a 25-20 lead,
despite Appalachian State’s early lead at the
beginning of the set. The Mountaineers came
back to win the second set, but they couldn’t
hold the Ospreys for long.
Appalachian State made a run for the lead
during the third set, but UNF held them off
and took the set 25-21, which secured them a
2-1 lead in the match.
During the fourth set, UNF held a match
point off of a kill from Lerch, but Appalachian
State responded with a point to tie the set and
force the extra point. The team battled back
and forth with numerous rallies and for nine
ties throughout the match. Finally an error by
Appalachian State gave the Ospreys a match
point, and they secured the match.
“This win was a team effort, and we were
able to play a lot of our players, which made
the difference,” Campbell said.
Close call between Tennessee Tech
UNF came out with a close score against
Tennessee Tech winning the match 3-2. UNF
and Tennessee Tech exchanged points in the
opening set and were tied at 13 before UNF
pulled away with a 3-0 run capped by an ace
from Read. Tennessee Tech won the next two
sets by 27-25 and 25-23, respectively.
Historically, Tennessee Tech is a good,
strong team, said Campbell. Once they have
an advantage they hold on to it, she said. But
the Ospreys persisted through the next two
sets.
Individual notoriety
UNF took their largest lead in the fourth
set, going up early off a kill by senior outside hitter Naellis Sanfeliz. Then the Ospreys
controlled the fifth set with three kills from
Dawidowicz and won the set 15-7.
Two UNF players earned awards for their
play in the tournament. Reed and junior outside hitter Danielle Lerch were awarded AllTournament team honors, as they put up big
numbers in their matches, said Campbell.
UNF will now travel to Nashville to compete in a pair of Atlantic Sun Conference
games Sept. 11 and Sept. 12 against Lipscomb
and Belmont University.
[email protected].
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sports
Jacksonville pros in playoffs
FLIGHT
SCHEDULE
Jacksonville Axemen and Jacksonville Suns advance in postseason
By Heather Furey
The
Jacksonville
Jaguars
might
have to claw their way to success, as the
Jacksonville Axemen professional rugby
team and the Jacksonville Suns minor
league baseball team are on their heels for
the city’s spot-light in sports.
Numerous teams at UNF have had successful matches at Hodges Stadium, but
not many have accomplished what the
Jacksonville Axemen have over the past
few years. The only nick in the Axemen’s
2009 season was their loss to the New York
Knights Aug. 29 in the 2009 Championship
Final XII 32-12, in New York, N.Y.
The Axemen rarely found themselves
behind their opponent this year as they
fought their way to the finals and accomplished an undefeated regular season, but
going head to head with the Knights was a
challenge in itself.
Despite pounding Boston 46-16 in the
first week of the season, Axemen player
Daryl “Spinner” Howland said his team
didn’t take anything for granted during the
season.
The Axemen were one victory away
from their first national title in the three
years they have played in the American
National Rugby league since the team’s formation in 2006.
Howland told the Florida Times-Union
last week that the team’s success has generated immense excitement from the Axemen
fan base.
The Axemen also became a part of history as they played in the Play it Again
Sports “Half and Half ” Challenge at UNF
Aug. 1 as an American football team played
a rugby league team for the first time in the
history of both sports.
The Axemen have multiple players from
UNF on their roster including Apple-Joe
Pope in his fourth season with the team,
John Turlington and Nicolas Shea in their
second seasons.
Another Jacksonville team that has
found recent success is the Suns, who will
now make their first appearance in the 2009
playoffs as a Florida Marlins affiliate Sept.
10 through Sept. 12 on the road against the
Birmingham Barons in game one of their
best of five series.
Right hand pitcher Cristhian Martinez,
who has developed into one of the leagues
leaders in strikeouts, topped at 62 as Mike
Stanton leads in homeruns, with 14. The
Suns clinched their first-half season title in three years after a 7-1 win over the
Huntsville Stars Sept. 6.
“It feels great. I’m really proud of the
way the guys have played in this series,”
Suns manager Brandon Hyde told the
Times-Union this week by phone amid the
celebration in the Suns’ locker room in
Huntsville, Ala.
To add to the Sun’s accomplishments,
closer Matt Peterson was recently named
to the Southern League Postseason All-Star
Team, according to the Southern league.
With 49 strikeouts in 53 innings, this second round draft pick has proven himself
on the field.
[email protected].
WoMen’s Soccer
Sept. 11
vs. Florida Atlantic
Boca Raton
Sept. 13
vs. Florida International
Miami
UNF women is soccer players putting
up big numbers and earning recognition for it are seniors Kady Dearing and
Lauren Maze, and freshman Michele
Larrinaga, being named at the Jacksonville University Invitational All-Tournament Team for their performances this
past weekend.
Volleyball
Sept. 11
vs. Lipscomb
Nashville
Sept. 12
vs. Belmont
Nashville
Sept. 16
vs. Jacksonville
Jacksonville
The Ospreys came out of the Appalachian State Invitational with two wins
and a loss. They will now compete in
the Atlantic Sun Conference Sept. 11
against Lipscomb.
“We came together as a team and
learned a lot about each other. We are
ready to move forward and ready to
get started with conference play next
weekend,” UNF Head Coach Kevin
Campbell said.
Men’s Soccer
erik Tanner | Spinnaker
A Jacksonville Axemen player fights off two defenders during a 64-8 victory over the Bucks County Sharks July 18.
Sept. 11-13
vs. Charleston, Furman
Furman Diadora Tournament
Greenville, S.C.
“We know where this team stands,
and if we are able to clean up some of
the mistakes we have been making we
should be alright the rest of the season,” UNF Head Coach Ray Bunch said.
Wednesday, Septermber 9, 2009
sports
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Women’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer
Ospreys soar over
Eagles 4-1
UCF Classic gives UNF
first losses of season
By Justin Sacharoff
By Vincent Pesce
Contributing Writer
Contributing Writer
The UNF women’s soccer team came away
from the Sept. 4 through Sept. 6 Jacksonville
University Tournament with mixed results
after splitting their games 1-1.
The Furman Paladins were successful in
containing the Osprey attack in a 3-1 loss for
UNF in their second game of the tournament.
Furman’s Martha Hall scored all three goals
for the Paladins in the second half.
The Osprey offense was held scoreless until the 77th minute when sophomore midfielder Vladana Petricevic scored her first goal as
an Osprey on a free kick from 25 yards away
from the Furman goal.
“I wanted to test the keeper. I was lofting
up the ball trying to set up my other players,
and it dropped in for the goal,” Petricevic said
in a news release.
UNF senior midfielder Lauren Maze displayed her level of commitment just before
the second half in a head-on collision with a
Furman player. Maze returned in the second
half after being attended to by trainers.
“Furman played well,” UNF Head Coach
Linda Hamilton said in a news release. “They
played tough and put us under some pressure
and caused us to come out of our game.”
UNF fared better in their 4-1 victory over
Georgia Southern Sept. 4. Georgia Southern
only managed five shots the entire game compared to UNF’s 15 shots.
Senior midfielder Elena Luzins scored the
first goal for the Ospreys with a corner kick in
the 22nd minute.
Freshman midfielder and forward
Michelle Larrinaga scored two goals in the
game; the second came off a corner kick by
sophomore forward Sadie McLean which
Larrinaga stole from a defender and booted
into the net. Senior forward Katelin Swift
added UNF’s third goal in the 60th minute.
The Osprey defense was able to keep the
Eagles from scoring until the 62nd minute
when Eagles forward Jenny Anderson scored
Georgia Southern’s first and only goal.
The UNF men’s soccer team opened their
season Sept. 4 through Sept. 6 with two losses
at the 2009 University of Central Florida Fall
Classic.
The Ospreys lost 3-2 to the Iona Gaels Sept.
6 in the final match of the UCF Fall Classic.
The Ospreys were the first to strike less
than three minutes into the match. Senior
midfielder Frank Dinzey passed the ball to
sophomore midfielder Calvin Lowe who shot
the ball past the Iona keeper into the net. The
Gaels scored the equalizer in the 33rd minute
when Iona’s Mario Di Miceli received a pass
off of a rebound and put it in the net. Four
minutes later, the Gaels scored the go-ahead
goal when Mario Aceto crossed the ball to
Shane Jeffery who headed it in. The half ended with the Ospreys trailing 2-1.
The Ospreys tied the game in the 84th minute when an Iona player scored an own goal
off of a UNF cross in the box. Iona would
regain the lead shortly after when Fernando
Liserra connected with Giovanni Destasio’s
head on an Iona free kick, resulting in the
third goal of the game. The Ospreys had one
more chance at goal, but the Iona goalkeeper
blocked the shot.
The Ospreys lost their first match of the
tournament 3-1 to UCF. The Ospreys went
down 1-0 early when UCF’s Nik Robson netted
a free kick in the 11th minute. The Ospreys
tied the game in the 28th minute when Lowe
crossed the ball to Dinzey who headed the ball
in the back of the net.
The majority of the second half would
not see a goal after the first half ended in a
tie. Then in the 80th and 81st minutes of the
game, UCF’s Chris Feigenbaum and Jeff
Simmons both scored, putting the Ospreys
away.
The Ospreys continue their campaign
when they take on Charleston in the Furman
Diadora Tournament Sept. 11 at 4:30 p.m.
Then they will play tournament-hosts
Furman Sept. 13 at 2:30 p.m.
E-mail Justin Sacharoff at
[email protected].
E-mail Vincent Pesce at
[email protected].
By the numbers
5
1
points scored by UNF
women’s soccer during
the Jacksonville University
tournament.
3
career-first goal scored
as an Osprey by Vladana
Petricevic.
2
points scored by
UNF men’s soccer
duing the UCF Fall
Classic.
back-to-back
goals made by
UCF in the 80th
and 81st minutes
to put away the
Ospreys.
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