VOLLEYBALL CLINCHES TOURNEY SPOT // P. 17

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University of North Florida
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Spiking their
way in
volleyball clinches
tourney spot // p. 17
Index
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news
05 // Three nighttime burglaries in
residence halls
UPD is investigating the recent breakins at Osprey Cove.
06 // New Biology building grants
new learning opportunities
The Science and Humanities building
will offer enhanced environment
for research.
14
Features
12 // Lace up your sneakers and hit
the pavement
Make running the 2011 Gate River Run
your New Year's resolution. We’ve
compiled all the how-to tips you’ll
need to run like a pro, the rest is up
to you.
13 // An African twist on a
Thanksgiving treat
Explore the season of giving thanks
in Ghana from your own kitchen. The
twist on pumpkin pie will leave you
hooting for more.
05
14 // He’s a pro at working
the corner
David Nguyen doesn’t just stand with
his Whiskey River sign and wave, he
swings it with sass while he shakes
his hips, all for a few honks and an
occasional flashing.
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Sports
17 // Women's volleyball downs JU
Ospreys clinch A-Sun Tournament berth
with sweep of the cross-town Dolphins.
18 // Men's basketball learns
from high-caliber losses
UNF uses back-to-back loses to top
programs as learning experience as it
prepares for conference play.
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Nov. 3 to 10 – Petty Theft (UNF Hall)
A vending machine at UNF Hall was broken into. Goods and change worth $300
were stolen. The supervisor for Canteen
Vending contacted UPD and said the machine no longer operated. The lock was
broken. UPD has no suspects.
Nov. 4 – Information (Student Union)
Three thousand and eight hundred copies of the Spinnaker went missing from
various racks around campus. Joe Pate,
responsible for distributing issues, confirmed he distributed the issues as usual.
UPD conducted a search around the campus Dumpsters and other dumpsites but
found nothing. Spinnaker Editor-in-Chief
Josh Gore, who contacted UPD,said he
doesn't think they have any leads or any
idea who stole the paper.
Nov. 9 – Burglary (Fine Arts Center Parking
Garage)
A student reported a parking permit missing from her car. UPD responded to the
complaint and noticed the student’s rear
window did not roll up all the way. The
student said she locked her car when she
left to study in the Library and found the
permit missing when she returned. No
suspects have been identified.
This is a linoleum block print titled “King Tut’s Honey Hut”. Ancient aliens inspired this
print. The three space ships hovering above King Tut’s death mask just finished refueling at
the the Great Pyramids funk-fuel facilities. They are now fully prepared to embark to their
secret destination located directly behind Saturn.
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Q of the W:
If you could make a dance move, what
would you name it?
Nov. 9 – Grand Theft (Osprey Villages)
UPD was dispatched in reference to a
missing bicycle. A student said he locked
his bicycle on the bike rack between
Buildings E and F at approximately 11
p.m. When he returned at approximately 9:30 a.m. the next day, the bike
was missing.
Nov. 9 – Grand Theft (Library)
Another student’s bicycle was reported
missing from the Library bicycle rack. The
student said she secured her bicycle on
the rack with a lock Nov. 8. When she returned to the rack around 2:15 p.m. Nov.
9, the bicycle was missing. Suspects have
not been identified.
Nov. 10 – Petty Theft (Fine Arts Center)
A visiting professor in the music department reported the lock used to secure a
baby grand piano missing. The professor
said he removed the lock from the baby
grand for a class rehearsal. He placed the
lock on top of the piano and hid it with a
cover for protection. He left the classroom
and returned to find the lock missing. The
case remains unsolved.
Nov. 11 – Criminal Mischief (Osprey Village
Parking Lot)
A student vehicle was reported vandalized in Lot 12. UPD found the front passenger window cracked with a small hole
in the middle. The window did not shatter, nor were there any items stolen. Less
than $200 worth of damage was done.
Nov. 11 – Possession (Osprey Cove)
Osprey Cove RAs found marijuana in a
student’s room after a Health and Safety
Inspection. UPD responded to the complaint and found marijuana mixed with
loose leaf tobacco on the corner of the
student’s desk top, as well as instruments
used to make marijuana blunts. The student was referred to Student Conduct.
Nov. 11 – Criminal Mischief (Osprey Village
Parking Lot)
A student reported her vehicle vandalized. After investigation, a shattered right
rear window and pieces of broken glass
in the rear and front passenger seat areas
were found. The student said she did not
know who would have done it. No items
were stolen from the car.
Nov. 12 – Possession (Osprey Fountains)
Resident assistants found marijuana on
a student while conducting rounds. RAs
at the Osprey Fountains contacted UPD
in reference to the smell of marijuana.
Upon investigation, one plastic bag with
marijuana and two small glass pipes with
residue were found. The student was referred to UNF Student Conduct.
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News
Popular alcoholic beverage
under local, national scrutiny
By Chance Ryan
Staff Writer
Four Loko, an alcoholic energy
drink, has been implicated in multiple hospitalizations across the
nation. It has been banned in four
states, and the FDA is expected to
reach a decision within the week regarding whether caffeinated energy
drinks will remain legal.
UNF health officials believe the
drink is unsafe and applies a dangerous allusion of being awake rather
than intoxicated.
“It really is a blackout in a can,”
said UNF Director of Student Health
Services Doreen Perez. “They are
cheap and discreet.”
The jumbo-sized, caffeineinfused, flavored malt beverage –
conceived by students from Ohio
State University – measures 23.5
ounces and contains 12 percent alcohol, 660 calories and the caffeine
equivalent of a 12-ounce cup of
coffee, all for $2.59.
Washington, Utah, Michigan and
Oklahoma banned the drink after
numerous reports of students experiencing alcohol poisoning. USA
Today reported 23 students from the
University of Washington were hospitalized after consuming the beverage.
Jacksonville University officials
are deciding whether or not to join
many colleges across the country
after some JU students became ill
after consing the drink.
“We believe a ban on any one
particular brand name of beverage, such as Four Loko, would be
very limited in effectiveness,” said
JU Dean of Students Bryan Coker.
“Other colleges and universities
across have, however, experienced
success with bans on general types
of alcoholic beverages, such as hard
liquor, for example.”
Phusion Projects, the company
that makes Four Loko, said the product is safe in moderation.
According to a statement released on the drink-maker’s website, phusionprojects.com, people
have safely
combined caffeine
In a can of
Four Loko
Alcohol content
12%
calories
660
Sugars (grams)
60
Caffeine (mg)
12
and alcohol for years: rum and colas, Red Bull and vodkas, and Irish
coffees. Furthermore, the company said it submitted a Generally
Regarded as Safe study, which affirmed the addition of caffeine to
alcohol is safe.
But a University of Florida study
in February showed those who
drink alcoholic energy drinks are
four times as likely to drive while
intoxicated as those who drink only
alcohol because the caffeine applies
a wide awake, alert feeling.
Students at UNF have mixed feelings concerning the drink.
Joe Basco, a UNF communication junior, said the whole situation is sensationalized. He said the
drink’s bad reputation comes from
its abuse.
UNF Assistant Director of
Student Health Promotions Mike
Kennedy also believes the drink has
been “over-hyped” and doesn’t find it
to be significantly different than any
other caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
Kennedy, before and after the
drink’s controversy, conducted his
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own survey of Four Loko’s availability and increased sales at stores after
the controversy had been recurrent
in the media, he said.
Kennedy, however, said any alcoholic beverages infused with caffeine can potentially be dangerous
because it speeds up the ingestion of
alcohol into the bloodstream.
Charmaine Martinez, a UNF
communication junior, said she
tried Four Loko on one occasion but
doesn’t care to drink it again.
“They taste like juice,” she said,
“so I drank four.”
Martinez said later, when she
was ready to sleep, she couldn’t because the heavy amount of caffeine
in the drink kept her awake.
Martinez said a ban would be superfluous because alternatives like
Jaeger Bombs are often just as bad.
Phusion Projects announced
Tuesday they would be dropping the
caffeine, taurine and gaurana after
the FDA made the announcement that
they would be investigating the drink.
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Three burglaries strike Cove in the middle of the night
UPD is currently investigating three simultaneous incidents
of burglaries at the Osprey Cove
residence halls executed while
students were asleep, sometime
between late Nov. 15 and early
Nov. 16.
UPD Lt. Tammy Oliver said
in each case students were
sleeping when an unknown person or persons snuck into the
rooms, stole items and made
away undetected.
There was no sign of forced
entry in any of the cases; the
burglars just walked right in,
Oliver said. UPD has been stepping up patrols and continuing
its investigation at the Cove.
“We’re doing canvasses, we’re
going door to door trying to talk
to all the folks that line in that
area,” Oliver said. In the meantime, UPD is reminding students
to lock their doors at all times.
Freshman and Cove Building
U resident Darian Azar said she
usually locks her door when she
leaves but isn’t overly concerned
about it.
“Nobody I know has been
burglarized,” she said. Some
students are more concerned
than others.
“This is ridiculous,” said
Mike Robinson, a sophomore
Cove resident. “Three rooms in
one night?” Around the Cove’s
residence halls, bright signs are
taped up that remind students to
lock their doors.
Oliver said students should
always lock their doors before
going to bed instead of trusting
people won’t steal from them,
even while they are in the room.
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Disability studies course promises community
involvement, new outlook on life
By Jordyn Waters
Staff Writer
“A disability is a form of human
diversity, same as a race, gender,
ethnicity or class,” said Dr. Chris
Gabbard, a UNF professor.
This is the message that
will be taught and explored in
the course Disability Studies,
a
Transformational
Learning
Opportunity Gabbard is scheduled
to teach in spring 2011.
Since 2005, UNF has offered
TLOs that take students around the
globe to broaden their outlook on
the world. Most of the time, TLOs
transport students to exotic and
romantic destinations in an effort
to transform the lives of UNF students. But next semester, a TLO can
be found in Jacksonville.
Martina Perry, coordinator of
academic support, oversees the
TLO program at UNF. She said participation in a TLO course can have
long-term benefits for a student.
“[Students] get to see things
from a different perspective,” Perry
said. “You get real-world experience.” Perry said as a result of participating in a TLO, some students
get published in peer-reviewed
journals along with a faculty member or even get job opportunities.
Gabbard’s course will challenge students not just to read
literature pertaining to the disabled but to get involved with the
disabled community.
The course, which he has taught
since 2009, is listed in the upperlevel English department, but is
actually designed for non-English
majors, Gabbard said. He encourages everyone to join the class.
Throughout the course, UNF
students will attend Tuesday and
Thursday morning class and volunteer at one of four sites two hours
a week for 10 weeks. Volunteer
sites include various schools or
learning centers that service
disabled students.
One available site for students
to volunteer at is Hope Haven. It is
a center that assists families with
children who have learning disabilities. Another location is Mt.
Herman, a Duval County public
school, which services students
with cognitive and physical impairments. The third site, Alden Road,
which is also a Duval County public
school, has a population composed
mainly of students with autism.
The final site is UNF’s own
On-Campus Transition Program,
which will primarily involve working with students who have Down
syndrome.
Gabbard said his motivation
for teaching the class was his son,
August, who attends Mt. Herman.
Terri Collier, the volunteer coordinator at Mt. Herman, said her students reap great benefits from UNF
student involvement.
“We are a very hands-on school,”
Collier said. “With a three-to-one
ratio [of faculty or volunteers to
students], it’s always a help to have
more people in the classroom.”
She said the benefits of the experience go both ways; UNF students
often gain practical knowledge or
personal satisfaction from the experience. Students can volunteer in
an area of interest, such as physical
therapy, to gain skills in their field,
Collier said. She also said many students leave the experience enlightened and more well-informed.
“We want people to know that
[disabled individuals] are students,
people, first,” Collier said. “Their
disability is secondary.” Gabbard
said a pleasurable part of teaching
the course is sharing with the community the many positive truths of
the lives of disabled individuals.
“A lot of people become weepy
about it, or sad, and you know, it’s
not really a case of being sad because a lot of these kids don’t even
know they’re disabled,” Gabbard
said. “We project our own feelings
onto their situation and we become
sad. But they’re not sad. They’re
just living their lives.”
E-mail Jordyn Waters at
[email protected].
To register for Gabbard’s
Disability Studies class, students
should add the class listed as LIT
4931. Then, after registering for
the course, Gabbard asks students
to send him an e-mail that says
they registered.
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News
Finding a parking spot is about to get easier
UNF students design parking lot counters that will show parking spot availability online
By Chance Ryan
Staff Writer
A class of UNF electrical engineering students has designed a parking monitoring system, which could potentially reshape the way
UNF understands parking and perhaps the
structure for scheduling classes altogether.
The parking garage monitor system, funded
by Parking Services and a Transformational
Learning Opportunity, would apply ultra sonic sensors in the UNF Arena Parking Garage
that monitor the flow of traffic and determine the number of vacant parking spaces
available in the garage.
Alan Harris, a UNF electrical engineering
assistant professor, is helping 12 students install the system by the end of the semesterlong, accredited class.
“The system will count cars coming and
leaving the ramp in the garage,” Harris said.
“And then they’re going to display the information on a website, so it can be viewed before [students] get to campus, so they can see
if the garage is full or not.”
At an estimated cost of $14,000, the project is designed to give the students an opportunity to build a real world product prior to
graduation, Harris said. The system is also
designed to be a pilot program the university
can build upon.
The class is split into two teams: hardware
and software. The hardware team has been
developing the sonar sensors, to detect incoming and outgoing vehicles in the garage.
The responsibilities for this team include
choosing the correct sensors, testing and
installing them.
The software team is responsible for taking
data from the sensors and analyzing whether it’s a car or not. It is also responsible for
creating a web page and smart phone application that would display parking vacancies
and the number of cars currently seeking a
spot, said Bill Carlson, a UNF electrical engineering senior.
Ten ceiling-attached sensors will recognize cars’ size and direction by tracking
their driving course, Carlson said. The sensors will then publish the data online immediately for students.
As an added benefit, the system can help
the school generate statistical analysis of
the garage, said Al Kadi, a UNF electrical
engineering senior and system software
designer. Robert Gray, a UNF electrical engineer senior, said analysis will help with
class scheduling.
The parking monitor system is not like the
one at the airport, which monitors every
available space, Gray said.
“This [system] is designed to tell us if somebody has gone up the ramp or if somebody
has gone down the ramp,” he said.
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Sensors will monitor the flow of traffic in the Arena garage and report open spots via the internet.
Carlson said the purpose of the project is
simple.
“This is for the students,” he said.
“We
understand
the
aggravation
of parking.”
The teams are in the testing phase and will
be taking the system to the garage later this
month. They said the plan is to go live over
Winter Break and to have it up and running
for students as early as spring. They will consider installing the system in the other parking garages if the one currently in development proves effective.
The students, however, said they are confident in their product.
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Former UNF students patent medical device
By Tia Woods
Staff Writer
Two UNF alumni recently patented a medical device they said will solve a reccurring medical condition that has cost patients, hospitals and insurance
companies billions of dollars each year.
Alan Smithgall and Kelvin Lebaux developed
the Patient Position Monitor one year prior to their
graduation in 2009. It was officially patented two
weeks ago. The device was developed to help prevent
bedsores in immobile patients — particularly older
patients — in hospitals. Typically in people over 70,
their skin will start to develop pressure holes.
According to Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 8
to 40 percent of Intensive Care Unit patients develop
bedsores. Smithgall said bedsores are a huge problem
because people have died from them.
Smithgall, whose undergraduate major was construction management, came up with the idea for the
device from his wife, who was a nurse at numerous
Jacksonville-area hospitals over a 13 year period, including Memorial Hospital, Mayo Clinic and Shands.
She talked to him and realized there was no way to
know if a patient had been repositioned and treated
as he or she should be. Hospital personnel monitor
patients’ positioning by writing it down.
Smithgall said hospital personnel are often overworked, and they have shift changes and can forget to
reposition patients.
Nurses write it down and don’t know really being
done, he said.
“It can be solved so easily just by repositioning,”
Smithgall said. “That’s the major problem. It’s an
easily fixed problem, it’s just not being fixed because
they're not properly monitoring.”
The device is no bigger than a keyless remote that
is attached to the upper body of the patient, Smithgall
said. It uses the Wii remote technology through
Bluetooth and sends data through computer or
text message.
Hospital personnel can go to the nurse’s station
and check the status of patients’ repositioning and
what time it was done, the position in which they are
laying, such as on the right or left side, back, etc., and
the amount of time they have been in that position.
If a patient hasn’t been repositioned in two hours,
there will be a flash on the screen to let hospital personnel know this patient is beyond their allotted repositioning time.
As well, the device attached to the patient blinks
once it passes its predetermined time, so when hospital personnel walks into the room, they will see the
device flashing and know that it is time to reposition
the patient.
Smithgall needed an engineer and found Kevin
Lebeaux, who attended UNF until 2008, and contacted
him with the idea after seeing an article about his engineering projects in the Spinnaker in 2008.
Lebeaux, owner of Lebeaux Technologies LLC,
said Smithgall became frustrated his idea may have
already been done, Lebeaux assured him they could
develop a device that was easier to use and would provide more information than other devices.
“When we talked about it a little bit more, and we
can do a lot of stuff to make it easy and new, actually
something that people could use, he pretty much got
excited about it then,” Lebeaux said.
The device can also be tracked to family members
of patients’ cell phones to let them know when their
loved one has been repositioned.
Smithgall said they are looking at the device to be
around $200, but that price is subject to change. They
have not showed the device to any companies or nursing homes but plan to do so in the near future.
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News
New building offers expanded research opportunities for biology students, faculty
By Tyler White
assistant news editor
The busy building construction next
to the Social Sciences Building aims to
provide students with a better home for
the UNF Biology Department.
The Science and Humanities
Building, standing four stories tall and
spreading across 116,500 square-feet,
will offer faculty and staff new equipment and laboratories for teaching
and research.
UNF
Vice
President
of
Administration and Finance Shari
Shuman said the $40.5 million budgeted
for the building’s construction came
from PECO dollars, funding coming
from the state.
UNF Project Manager Richard
Elmore said the building should be
finished in January 2012. Elmore’s job
as project manager is to make sure the
building fits UNF design standards and
manages the total budget.
One of the major initiatives Elmore
is overseeing is the green project.
The new buildings are certified
through the U.S. Green Building
Council’s Leadership in Energy and
Environmental
Design
program.
Elmore said the school is trying to
achieve a silver ranking for this project.
Buildings achieve points based on specialized criteria to make schools more environmentally friendly.
The school has already received points
through water reduction: the installation of
waterless urinals has boosted the school’s
level of conservation.
The new portion of the building being
constructed will be primarily for the biology department, providing new rooms and
laboratories for students, faculty and staff.
Students will have labs for classes in
aquatics, virology, ecology, genetics, molecular biology and more.
Biology chair Courtney Hackney said this
building will help students expand in the biology field. Students are going to have access to
20 teaching labs — from the former six labs.
The labs will be much larger and will easily accommodate the 24 biology sections the
department oversees, Hackney said.
Three lecture halls are being built, which
will seat 200, 148 and 96 students per room,
Hackney said.
The lecture halls have equipment that will
allow instructors to demonstrate lessons to
to be a phenomenal upgrade compared
to what the students have now.”
The building will be one of the best
built buildings for teaching biology in
Florida, he said.
Due to the prominence of the marine biology courses, the new building
will accommodate this type of study
by housing aquatic labs and saltwater
tanks for aquatic work.
The necropsy lab will allow students to perform autopsies on stranded
marine mammals to learn the animal’s
cause of death.
Other features of the building will
include a greenhouse on the roof, providing plant material that was not previously available to the department.
The courtyard in the center of the
building will include plants and host a
“green” environment.
“This is a building really designed
around the student needs more than
the faculty needs, for sure,” Hackney
said.
A benefit the faculty members may
find is the new ability to expand their
own personal research.
Hackney said this opportunity will
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allow more professors to work toward
earning tenure at the university, since
research is required in order to earn
the students.
There will be about 38 offices with break tenure.
Hackney said he feels the department
rooms and a conference room on each floor.
Also, the building will have 27 research may open up more specialized degrees in the
labs for faculty and students to develop their biology field in the future. The department
recently hired a marine mammalogist, allowown work.
“Students who work with faculty will have ing students to work with marine animals
opportunities to work with the latest equip- more so than before.
ment in a modern laboratory,” Hackney said. “We simply can’t grow anymore until we
Hackney said the labs will be specialized get in that building because there’s no more
space,” Hackney said.
for different subjects.
“If you’re in an anatomy and physiology
[lab], you’re in a lab designed to teach anatoE-mail Tyler White at
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T
he national controversy surrounding the alcoholic energy drink,
Four Loko, isn’t going away anytime soon. Reports of hospitalizations
across the country have caused four
states to ban the product including several universities throughout the nation.
But banning a product like Four Loko
doesn’t stop the problem protesters keep
bringing up — alcohol abuse and underage drinking.
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has yet to say alcohol
mixed with caffeine is unsafe or dangerous to the body.
The makers of the popular under-$3
drink, Phusionproducts.com, say the
drink is safe in moderation and passes
the Generally Regarded As Safe standard. Most alcoholic beverages, though,
are safe in moderation.
College students and twenty-somethings are creative youth. They will
find a way to get the same effect with a
different product.
Drinking vodka-Red Bulls or Jager
Bombs produces the same effect, and I
don’t see the government trying to ban
Jagermeister and vodka.
More prominent labels on the cans
urging drinkers not just to drink responsibly, but to only drink one can
per sitting.
To fight the underage battle is not
going to end. Underage drinkers are
the least picky of all and will drink
anything they can get their hands on
especially a fruity drink that packs the
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Those who can’t learn this way will
find themselves in hospitals and obituaries. So take this warning seriously.
The Spinnaker is in no way advising
student drink Four Loko and any other
caffeinated alcoholic drinks but freedom
of choice is vital.
Don’t be so souled on hell
By max jaeger
Student Union, Bldg. 58 E, room 2209
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
same punch of a 6 pack and a coffee and
costs the same as a Starbucks coffee.
Like any other trend, the binge drinking of these drinks will stop as young
drinkers learn vicariously through
peers across the nation the dangers
vit brings.
Thanks to a bunch of word
nerds in the 4th century, we’ve
all been shitting ourselves
over nothing. Turns out,
there is no hell. At least not in
Christianity.
Scholars in the Middle
Ages incorrectly translated the Hebrew word Sheol
and Greek words Hades and
Gehenna as Hell. The Bible's
translation from Hebrew and
Aramaic to Greek, then Latin,
and finally English has added
elements of pagan mythology
to the afterlife — something
Jesus couldn’t have intended.
There is no basis for
Christians to believe in hell.
Jesus never taught about the
Christian Hell. In Jesus’ culture there was no eternal
damnation — the concept was
tacked on later.
In the Greek Bible, Hades
served as a poor translation
for Sheol: the Hebrew word
for death, which also means
“pit” or “abyss.” Hades is the
Greek underworld and all
dead generally go there permanently. There was also a
punitive wing of Hades called
Tartarus.
Hades eventually became
hell in the English translation.
It has figured into Christian
damnation’s permanence and
the notion of a subterranean
hell. Tartarus specifically
influenced Hell as a place
of punishment.
Gehenna
also
appears
in the Greek Bible; it is the
Greek name for the valley
in the Old Testament where
heretical Jews burned their
children in sacrifice to pagan
gods. Old Testament Prophets
said God will burn his ever-straying chosen people
in Gehenna.
Throughout
the
Bible,
Gehenna is figured as a place
where souls burn in tribulation for, at most, 12 months
before going to God. When
Jesus refers to hell, he is often referring to Gehenna,
not anything permanent or
physically disciplinary like
Tartarus. Jewish custom and
culture inspired Christian
conceptions of hellfire and
brimstone. Hades was actually a cold place.
Judaism's fiery, purgatorial Gehenna and the eternal
punishment of Tartarus influenced a picture of the permanent, punitive Christian
hell in biblical translations
up to and including the Latin
Vulgate — the Catholic Canon
which dominated Christianity
for a millennium.
The Vulgate translates
death and the afterlife as
Infurnus and later English
versions call it hell. Both
words have roots in ProtoGermanic, a 2.5 thousand year
old precursor to English and
12 other European languages.
They had pagan associations
when the church began using
employing them in translation.
By mentioning hell, Jesus
characterizes the afterlife
using a word that didn't exist at the time he supposedly
spoke it — its roots were just
beginning to form in distant
Northern Europe.
The Holy Roman Empire
had an easier time converting
barbarous Germanic tribes
because hell was familiar to
the tribes' associations with
the Nordic goddess of death,
Hel, and the afterlife: The
House of Hel.
Even the devil’s supposed
residence in hell echoes
Hades’ and Hel’s.
After inventing hell, the
Church integrated the concept
into its dogma, and it became
a means with which to gain
power. Hell was a metaphysical boogeyman used to scare
believers into submission to
the Church. Be baptized —
and thus initiated — or be
damned.
By the 14th and 15th centuries, the pious were paying
the Church to stay out of hell
by way of indulgences. The
Church used the money for
infrastructure, education and
benevolent (read: missionary)
acts — all these institutions
allowed the Church to continually reassert and reinforce
itself. Oh yeah, and a few clerics were skimming off the top,
too.
If hell doesn't really exist for Christians, as argued
for
above,
contemporary
Christianity needn't be indicted. Hell was institutionalized and taken for granted
long ago, but at this point,
it is equally outmoded and
unstable. Throw some gas
on it. I’m sure Christians
will find something to do
with the ashes once hell’s all
burned up.
E-mail Max Jaeger at
[email protected]
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Fed chairman visits Jacksonville, fields questions from UNF students
opposed argue the Fed has attempted
economic news agencies were on hand
enough government-induced stimulus,
to monitor and analyze every word of
Bernanke. Writers from Bloomberg, Dow and it is best to allow the economy come
FIS President
back on its own.
Jones and Reuters critiqued the chair A major concern of the $600 billion
man’s answers.
of stimulus is the potential for damagAmong the topics discussed were, of
ing inflation in medium to long-term.
course, the hotly disputed QE 2, the risCritics contend increasing government
ing U.S. debt, the troubled U.S. housing
stimulus, the Fed is essentially monetizmarket, growth in emerging markets
was broadcast on television on C-SPAN
ing the debt, meaning it is simply printand controversy regarding the financial
and online by Bloomberg.
ing money to finance other projects.
bailout of 2008, among other areas. A
Of the 35 students sitting in on the
The Fed counters with data and prolight moment came when UNF MBA
event, only about 10 questions were
jections showing very low levels of inflafinance student and Osprey Financial
asked due to the chairman’s tight schedtion for several years and significant
Group Chief Economist Ross Loehr refule. Though only four UNF students
slack in the current economy. The Fed
erenced a 2002 speech given by the chairwere invited, three had the rare honor to man in a question comparing the United
sees potentially dangerously low levels
ask the chairman a question.
of inflation along with slow job growth.
States to Japan. Bernanke responded,
This event was the first in which
The Fed’s mandate issued by Congress is
“I’m glad you read my speeches, I’m reBernanke was questioned following the
two-fold: maintain low and stable inflaally impressed.”
release of the Fed’s new Quantitative
tion and to promote maximum growth
The Federal Reserve, namely the
Easing Part Two (QE 2) released only
of employment. With an unemployment
chairman himself, has been criticized
two days prior. The major financial and
rate near ten percent and the GDP deflain recent months for declaring a second
tor (and Consumer Price Index) reading
round of quantitative
near multi-decade lows, the Fed sees the
easing or the large scale
warrant to add further stimulus to a
purchase of treasury debt
very sluggish economy.
and mortgage backed
The chairman closed the event by
securities.
commending the students for making
The goal of the Fed’s
I never cared for all of that on this campus
Dear Editor in Chief,
the wise decision of pursuing a
recent policy action is to
or in SG. I worked hard and fought hard for
college degree.
increase liquidity in the
what the students of this agency wanted. I
Thank you for printing the brief about my
economy, which will theowas a diplomat in a world of grimy politirecent firing from Student Government. I am
retically increase lending
cians and, until now, I was always able to stay
still shocked and saddened by it. More than
activity and economic
out of it by just doing my job. Well, the dirty
anything, I want the UNF Student Body to
growth by maintaining
game got played on me. I don't know who
know the truth in the situation.
low interest rates. Those
in SG is gaining from this, but the reasons
I still don't have a clear answer, and I feel
that "communication issues" is an inadequate aren't adding up to me.
If I am guilty of anything, it is of being
reason to fire me, especially given my level of
too nice — unwilling to throw people under
performance and the success of AASU.
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the bus, even when they do it to me. I just
Of course I've heard several rumors
want everyone to know that I did my job.
behind it, including that SG plans to make
AASU has seen one of the best years since
AASU a multicultural agency. This whole
I’ve been at UNF. Ironically, I didn't know my
situation is definitely a big step in that direcimpact on students until I was fired. Several
tion.
students have expressed their support for me.
There were communication issues brought
It really has helped me through this.
to my attention earlier this semester, but
AASU was my heart. I love UNF, and I've
since then, I had been made to believe
always been one of SG's biggest cheerleaders.
that they had gotten better, if not, solved.
I've dedicated a lot of my time and energy
Apparently, those involved were lying to
in service of the Student Body, and I do not
my face. I went to Student Body Vice
intend to let this unjust firing stop me. It is
President Giovannie Medina's office Nov. 8
heartbreaking I will not be able to complete
for a meeting that lasted no more than
this great year as the agency’s director or see
two minutes.
all the great plans for programming through
He told me he spoke with AASU’s committo fruition.
tee chairs and assistant director and because
Although I have always been a turn-theof communication issues, he felt I am the
other-cheek type of person, I am a martyr
common denominator, and it was in their
and a servant-leader, and I will always fight
best interest to relieve me of my duties.
for what the students want.
I've found reason to believe there is something wrong and unjust behind this situation.
Sincerely,
I didn't get to being the director of an agency
Jennifer Dykes
by lying to people and practicing bad politics.
On a rare visit to Jacksonville,
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke took time out to discuss current economic events and the role of
“The Fed” with 35 economics students
from around Florida.
Four UNF students attended the
event held Nov. 5 at Jacksonville
University. Economics students Joe
Whitman and Holly Francis and finance
student Ross Loehr were among the
chosen few.
The Fed Chairman was in the area
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first unofficial meeting of
the Federal Reserve in Jekyll Island,
Ga. He stopped briefly at Jacksonville
University on Friday afternoon.The discussion consisted of roughly 15 minutes
of lecture by Dr. Bernanke, a former
Princeton professor, followed by 35 minutes of question and answer. The event
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor in Chief,
I have put off writing this e-mail long enough,
and I know I would regret not sending it. I understand what Jordyn Waters was trying to say
in her article: not all stereotypes are true.
However, the way the article was written and
the fact that it was even published was offensive
to me.
Why single out "Jews”? Would you publish
an article about falling in love with a Christian?
Another thing, it is polite to say Jewish, not Jew.
Jordyn said people question her and say "You're
dating a Jew? How's that going for you?"
She said she just laughs in response to this.
Hey, Jordyn, instead of just laughing, maybe you
should ask those people what the hell a comment like that is supposed to mean, or perhaps
you could stick up for your boyfriend.
But wait, you are friends with the ignorant
people who make comments like that. I understand that stereotypes don't just appear, but the
basis of your article is only on your boyfriend.
Next time, try talking to more people if you
want to promote diversity.
She said, "You also have to ignore the quips
that stem from ill-founded stereotypes.” Don't
ignore the quips, address that they are ignorant.
Jordyn just talked about her relationship in
this article. She didn't talk about stereotypes in
general or how to eradicate them; she just calls
it a day and says "Shalom y'all."
Way to be proactive, Jordyn. I hope her boyfriend broke up with her after reading
that article.
Rachel Newman
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Take it to the next level: Training schedule to gait the River Run
By Ashley Gannon
Assistant Features Editor
In the next two months you will probably scarf down those holiday meals until
your stomach nearly bursts and drink from
dawn to dusk cheering in the new year;
then comes the regret. Why not start the
new year off with a little something that’s
good for you?
Jacksonville will host the biggest 15k in
the U.S., the Gate River Run, March 12. This
will be the 34th race, which attracts thousands of runners from around the country.
They come to challenge themselves mentally and physically by running 9.3 miles
up and over two bridges and past lines of
screaming fans.
Whether you’re already an avid runner,
or you’re winded after rushing to class,
there is plenty of time to get in tiptop shape
for the race.
Megan Savage, a UNF early childhood
education senior, never ran more than two
miles in her life when she decided to step
up her game and train for the 2010 race.
“My friend Jessie convinced me that it
was going to be easy,” Savage said. “It was
definitely not easy.”
Although running nine miles isn’t an
easy feat for many, Savage and her friend
finished the race in one hour and 42 minutes, just under their hour and 45 minute
goal and did not stop to walk once.
“It was so hard,” Savage said, “but we
did it.”
In the beginning she ran three miles a
few times a week and would increase her
mileage until she could run seven miles
without stopping. She stayed motivated
by training for, and then running, the race
with a friend.
Running with a partner or a group of
people is a great way to get and stay motivated. Gregory Spelios, president of the UNF
Endurance Club and civil engineering junior, started the club to do just that: motivate.
“The club is used to help people work
toward their running goal,” Spelios said.
“We push each other and help each other
increase endurance.”
Spelios said while the club is still new
and has only had a few meetings, it is trying to expand. Usually about four students
come out to run together Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 8 a.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
They run an average of four to five miles
on and around campus.
Where to start
Training should start 8 to 10 weeks prior
to the race and should gradually increase
in mileage as time passes.
“If you have not run before don’t focus
on your speed right away,” Spelios said.
“Start running at a pace where you can talk
to the person next to you and still maintain
a steady breath.”
Running on pavement can take a toll on
muscles, joints and even bones, so if you
find yourself too sore after a run one day,
be sure to rest the following day and allow
your muscles to rebuild themselves.
“A great way to avoid next-day soreness
is to stretch before and after your runs,”
Spelios said. “And if you’re like me, you
may want to run every day, but if you don’t
let your body rest, you could actually lose
muscle mass.”
What to eat
Vamping up your exercise routine calls
for a change in diet. Helen Sollee, a UNF
nutrition graduate, suggests incorporating
good fats, carbohydrates and protein and
hydrating your body well for more successful runs.
“After your runs, make sure you replenish your body in the hour time frame
so you can restore your body,” Sollee said.
“Exercise is a good stress on the body, but
it is a stress on the body that needs to be
restored with good fuel.”
She said it is important to remember to
always eat breakfast in the morning before
a run.
“[When you wake up], your body has
been in a fasting state for quite some time
so you need to fuel the body,” Sollee said.
“Especially since the muscles will be working, and they need energy for that run.”
Sollee said for breakfast, you will want
to stick with options like fruit, a bagel with
peanut butter, oatmeal or eggs.
For lunch, she suggests a turkey sandwich, rice, tuna fish or small salads filled
with fresh veggies.
When it comes to dinner, Sollee said
always include carbohydrates, which give
you energy, and proteins, which help restore your muscles. Eating foods such as
skinless chicken, rice, potatoes, pasta and
milk are sure to give you energy and fuel
while running.
She also suggests snacking between
meals on things such as mixed nuts, raisins, pretzels, yogurt or goldfish to replenish the body for optimum performances.
Maybe you’re not quite ready to make
the commitment, or maybe your eager to
hit the road running. Either way, you’ve got
one month to psyche yourself up for this
beast, training starts Jan. 4. On your mark,
get set, go!
E-mail Ashley Gannon at
[email protected].
The upcoming Gate River Run costs $30
to register before Jan. 1 and $45 the
day of the race.
Follow this schedule, provided by the Gate River Run website, to stay on track while training. The most
you should run prior to the race is six miles; your body isn't ready to handle two nine mile races yet.
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Lace up in style
The most important piece of running equipment is a good pair of shoes. Some companies,
like 1st Place Sports, custom-fit pairs perfect for your speed, foot width and comfort level.
But only if you are willing to shell out some serious dough. While all feet are different,
[Asics - 2150]
$94.50
This shoe has a silicon gel sole that runs from the heel
to the forefoot, which offers stability and firm cushion
support. Colors: pink, blue, purple, red and black.
there are sneakers on the market that will suit most needs at an affordable price. Dick’s
Sporting Goods shoe sales associate Brandon Smith recommends three pairs of kicks for
around $100. If you aren’t too naughty, maybe Santa will drop a pair in your stocking.
[Brooks - Adrenaline ] [Mizuno - Wave Rider]
$99.99
This is the No. 1 choice running shoe, according to
Spelios. It offers the best stability, support and cushion,
allowing for optimum performance. Colors: pink, blue,
purple, green and black.
Pictured above are men's shoes, though the female equivalents are also available
$99.99
The appeal of this shoe is that it is lightweight, so your
speed can increase. They are also made with Air Mesh
fabric, so if they were to get wet, they will dry quickly.
They offer good stability and support. Colors: red, blue
and black.
Graphics by Danni Rosemund
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Homowo: Celebrating Thanksgiving Ghana Style
By Henna Bakshi
Staff Writer
Fall arrives in auburn colors. It grazes
our tongues in the form of candy corn during Halloween, then decorates our plates with
more shades of brown and orange as we slip
into November.
Thanksgiving, Turkey-Doom Day or HavingTo-Dine-With-Your-Awkward-Aunt-From-Ohio
Day, is a celebration of fresh harvest.
Since the 1790s, America has marked
this event with stuffed turkey, sides of
buttered corn, mashed potatoes and gravy, bread and steamed vegetables, among
other delectable dishes.
Ghana celebrates a similar festival,
called the Yam Festival or Homowo, which
translates into “to hoot for hunger.” Every
year, people rejoice when the crops are ripened and ready for harvest by cooking them
in many ways: roasted, boiled, added to
soups and stews, fried, mashed or dried and
pounded into flour.
“Yams represent people coming together,”
said Paul Kofi Asare, owner of the Africa Unite
booth, which regularly sells African goods
at the Student Union. “In Ghana, we prepare
yams and take them to the chief. He blesses the
food and then the townspeople can eat it.”
Asare has spent 25 years in Ghana, he
came to the U.S. once in the 1980s and again
in 2004. Asare said he still prepares dishes
with yams in the U.S. and invites family to
sit together and eat.
How about this Thanksgiving we invite a
bit of Ghana flavor onto our plates? This recipe for yam pie puts a fun, easy and healthy
twist on the traditional pumpkin pie. I assure
you, after the first whiff of yams from the
oven, you will Homowo for seconds.
Ways to Keep Your
Energy Bill Low
Yams are the same thing as sweet potatoes.
Living in North Florida means higher
costs than the rest of the state during winter months. Here are some energy-saving
tips that can help you lower your monthly
bill, be more environmentally conscious
and stay warm during winter.
Although in the U.S. the terms are interchangeable, the two are actually from different plant families and look, feel and taste
different. Sweet potatoes are smooth with
thin skin and are short and blocky with tapered ends whereas yams are rough with
scaly skin and are long and cylindrical. Sweet
potatoes are more moist and sweet while
yams are more dry and starchy.
1. Shut it down when you’re not around
As tempting as it may be to leave your computer on so it starts up quickly, that small
convenience will cost you extra cents.
Putting it in sleep mode or turning it off
will help you save — screen savers won’t.
Better yet, try plugging an AC adapter into
a power strip that can be turned off when
you’re not using it.
Source: aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/
parsons/vegetables/sweetpotato.html
2. Use your heater wisely
Check your filter every month. Change
it if it looks dirty — at least every three
months. Dirty filters prevent proper airflow and make the system work harder
to keep you warm. Keep your thermostat
low, the recommended setting for winter is
68 degrees. If you’ll be gone four or more
hours, lower it to 65 degrees. To use even
less energy, wear an extra layer of clothes
or have a hot drink when you get cold,
rather than cranking up the heat.
Erik Tanner | Spinnaker
The Spinnaker went through the trouble of taste-testing this treat. We think it's delicious, but
don't take our word for it.
Recipe for Yam Pie
Ingredients:
⅔ cup milk or almond milk
½ cup pure maple syrup
1 cup cashews
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon sea salt
2 eggs or ½ cup applesauce
1 29-ounce can cooked yams or sweet potatoes
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350, and set out pie shell
to thaw.
2. In a blender, mix milk, syrup and cashews
until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients
and blend.
3. Pour into pie shell and bake for about
40 minutes. Refrigerate for a couple hours
or overnight to thicken. Top with whipped
cream or soy whipped topping.
Yam Myth:
E-mail Henna Bakshi at
[email protected].
Free your conscious, unchain your melody in good company
by Lindsay Montgomery
Staff Writer
This weekend is the last before
Thanksgiving Break. Before students
rush home to stuff themselves with turkey and pumpkin pie, UNF’s Conscious
Organization is giving everyone a chance
for some togetherness on campus.
Kyle Reeder, a UNF civil engineering senior and the club’s president, is looking forward to the club’s first Conscious Celebration.
“It’s a humanitarian, environmental
and philosophical gathering — to create a
cross-cultural, multidimensional common
ground for humans sharing time together,”
Reeder said.
The event will include discussion
groups, similar to those held at the club’s
meetings, with topics such as Defining
Unity, The Consensus on Smiling and
Radiating Happiness.
Mark McCombs, a UNF mechanical engineering senior and Conscious Club member, said he is excited about the musical
possibilities a larger group of people could
present. There will be a drum circle and
jam sessions. People attending are encouraged to bring instruments.
“Anything they can bring to add to the
aural vibe,” McCombs said, in between serenading students in the Library Starbucks
with a colorfully painted guitar. “We want
this to be a giant amorphous wad of acoustic energy.”
If possible, attendees should bring
Illustration by Mike Tomassoni
clothing or nonperishable food items to be
donated to local charities. The club plans to
provide hot drinks at the event, such as coffee, hot chocolate and cider.
The overall vibe of the day will be laidback and all-inclusive; it’s free and open to
the community, Reeder said. He appreciates any way students can positively contribute to the celebration.
He said the club hopes to reach more students with this event than it can at weekly
meetings, and member Alee Heaston, a music-loving English freshman with distinctive blue dreads, agrees.
“This weekend, we’d love to see a lot of
people, a lot of new faces that haven’t been
involved before.”
The club, based on good energy, has
been a wonderful way for her to meet new
people, she said.
“It’s a really cool club; it’s a lot of likeminded people with similar, good things
to talk about,” Heaston said. “It’s all about
making a positive difference and impact on
our planet and the people in it.”
McCombs said he is thankful for the
club’s positive outlook because it helped
him through tough times.
“I’ve been experiencing new things at
an exponential rate,” he said. “I’ve met people who have wonderful ideas of their own
about life.”
The Conscious Celebration should allow
people to experience those positive effects
of the club and hopefully encourage them
to be a member, Reeder said.
E-mail Lindsay Montgomery at
[email protected].
The Conscious Celebration will take
place on the Green Saturday, Nov. 20
from 12-7 p.m.
The organization meets Wednesdays
on the Green or in Bldg. 2, room
2222, around 6 or 7 p.m. E-mail [email protected] to be added
to the group’s mailing list and receive
updates about the meetings.
3. Limit your liquid flow
Start by setting your water heater thermostat to 120 degrees or lower. Take short
showers rather than baths, and turn the
water off while you shave or shampoo and
condition your hair. You can also invest in
a low-flow shower head, which can significantly reduce water use. When washing
clothes, use cold water.
4. Turn the light bulb in your head on and
the one in your bedroom off.
Use daylight as much as possible and
turn off lights as soon as you’re done
using them. Sometimes lights are used
out of habit rather than necessity — try
turning them off when showering or using the computer. The next time you buy
light bulbs, look for compact fluorescent
light bulbs. Even though they cost more,
they use less energy and last up to 10
times longer.
5. Pay attention to the little things
Seal drafty windows and doors with weather stripping, cover windows with clear
plastic or black sheets for better insulation and sun absorption, and turn your fan
on low. Hot air rises, remember? Raise the
temperature of your refrigerator, make
your own ice, hang-dry your clothes and
leave the oven open after you use it to
make that yam pie on the top of the page.
Compiled by Lindsay Montgomery
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He WORKS THE CORNER
Whiskey River sign-holder thrusts his way into the Jacksonville spotlight
Wheeler, a UNF communication senior and
Whiskey River hostess. “I think he helps [Whiskey
River] a lot. He makes people happy.”
Dancing for a living wasn’t what Nguyen fore
If you’ve driven the length of Town Center
saw when he left Texas for the Florida coast. In
Parkway during a weekday, you’ve probably
fact, he didn’t even know he could dance until
seen David Nguyen, the 5-foot-2-inch Vietnamese
he became a sign holder. Mimicking ridiculous
dude having a dance-off with himself, sporting
dances he found on YouTube was his only muse.
a permanent smile as wide as the business sign
Now he takes requests.
swinging from his shoulders.
“Anything that people know, I will do,” he said. “I
Nguyen has become something of a
will do footloose, the cabbage patch, the sprinkler, the
Jacksonville celebrity in the 15 months he’s been
lawnmower. I’ve got like 77 dance moves that I do.”
slinging smiles and signs. Fame and fortune
Dancing the way he does is tiresome and a great
fell into this 20-year-old FSCJ digital media arts
workout, Nguyen said. So he enjoys his down time
freshman’s lap.
and hanging out with friends.
He was close to being canned from his part
But when he does go out for a night on the
time, minimum-wage job at Quizno’s, formally
town, Jacksonville dudes beware; his new found
located next to Publix on Town Center Parkway.
celebrity status has the ladies swooning.
His managers told him he couldn’t make the
“I get very happy when I get a lot of approachsandwiches fast enough – but only because, he
es from girls at the clubs,” he said. “I’m single
said, he was taking his time on them.
now, and I’m just having fun.”
Lucky for Nguyen, the managers liked him
Nguyen said it’s hard to explain the experience
and gave him an opportunity to make up some
of suddenly becoming a local celebrity.
slack by filling in for the sign holder, who wasn’t
“People keep telling me I’m really famous and
at work one day.
in my mind I say, ‘I know,’ but I don’t let it go to
At first Nguyen thought the job was “just hormy head,” he said. “But everywhere I go, people
rible” and “embarrassing.” So to make the time
notice me.”
go faster, he started dancing.
By Chance Ryan
Staff Writer
"I will do footloose, the cabbage patch, the sprinkler,
the lawnmower. I've got like 77 dance moves that I do."
Some “haters” occasionally drive by and heckle
“This old lady started honking,” he said.
him, but he doesn’t let it slow his roll.
“She was one of the first ones to honk at me,
“There are some people that drive by that are
and I just got the groove to start dancing and
very rude. They don’t like what I do. I don’t know
make people smile.”
why. I just ignore them.”
He never imagined it would escalate to the levIt’s the people that honk, smile and wave that
el that it has. He maintains a Facebook fan page
make him happy, he said.
with thousands of fans and said he often gets
Regardless what Nguyen does in the future, he has
commercial gigs and job offers.
certainly left his mark here Jacksonville.
But Nguyen said he can’t do it alone. He credits
“At the corner where I dance there is a patch of dirt
the appreciation and interaction from passers-by
you can see on the ground where I dance a lot.”
for keeping him motivated to move.
Some people stop and take pictures of
Nguyen. Some get out of the car and dance with
[email protected].
him. And, every now and again, some very nice
girls will flash him, he said.
By the time Quizno’s closed in August,
Nguyen had already become a local celebrity
with dozens of other establishments pining over
his spunky moves.
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Women’s volleyball defeats JU, clinches Atlantic Sun berth
The Women's volleyball team strategizes as head coach Kevin Campbell draws out the game plan during a time out, before they
go on to defeat cross-town rival Jacksonville University.
By Joe Hellriegel
AsSistant Sports Editor
criticism we got from everybody,”
Catelano said.
The team rivalry with JU and getting to the tournament motivated the
Ospreys to pick up their game, head
coach Kevin Campbell said.
“This team is really like a team in
every
definition.
They play for each
other, they play
together, there is
great mutual respect on this team,
and I want more
matches with this
team,”
Campbell
said.
Campbell
said the Ospreys
“I think coming in as an underdog, people will underestimate us,
and I think that’s the most exciting part because we have nothing to
lose,” Pridgeon said. “I feel like it’s
a new season, but it’s motivation to
The UNF women’s volleyball team
worked all season for one goal — to
make the postseason.
It
accomplished
that
goal
Nov.
12
when
it
defeated
Jacksonville
University
3-0
(25-11, 25-19, 25-23) inside the
UNF Arena.
The win will take it, for the first
time, to the Atlantic Sun Conference
Tournament.
In the previous match up between the Ospreys (7-21, 4-6 A-Sun)
and the Dolphins (14-16, 4-6 A-Sun),
Jacksonville took the match, 3-2,
in a nonconference game at JU.
Conference rules were changed this
year, counting only one
game against conference
opponents toward conference standings.
The second match between the rivals however, turned out differently.
The win against JU
came on senior night,
where three seniors
— Jessica Catelano
—
Jessica
Catelano,
Marshay Greenlee and
Chelsea Rabe — were
honored before the game.
watched about eight
Sophomore Paige Pridgeon led the hours of game tape
Ospreys with 18 kills, while Catelano to prepare for this
and Greenlee added 11 and seven match, and formed
kills, respectively.
a specific game plan
“I’m really excited because [the to compete against
win] helps us get to where we need the Dolphins. The
to go and accomplish our goals,” Ospreys planned to
Greenlee said. “It feels good to get to serve hard, hit hard
The women's volleyball team celebrates as they shut out
the tournament, finally.”
and stay deep on the
Jacksonville University 3-0, to clinch a spot in the Atlantic
This marks the first time the court.
Sun Conference Tournament.
Ospreys have a spot in the conference “I think everytournament since making the transi- one played to their
tion into Division I play.
best ability, and we played together as work harder next week in practice.”
During the season, the volleyball a team, so I think that was the key,” The Ospreys’ will take on East
team was under some criticism due Pridgeon said.
Tennessee State University at 7:30 p.m.
to a losing record, but the team made In the A-Sun tournament, the Nov. 18 at Alico Arena in Fort Myers.
sure to overcome those, athletes said. Ospreys intend to have the same
“Now it’s showing -- all the game plan but will tailor it according
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[email protected].
“Now it’s showing — all
the hard work we put into
it and the criticism we
got from everybody.”
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Ospreys learn from two tough losses
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Joe Hellriegel
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Chicago
at Miami
Thur. at 8:20 p.m.
Buffalo at
Cincinnati
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Detroit
at Dallas
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Washington
at Tennessee
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Arizona at
Kansas City
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay
at Minnesota
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Houston
at NY Jets
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Oakland
at Pittsburgh
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Baltimore
at Carolina
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland
at Jacksonville
Sun. at 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at
San Francisco
Sun. at 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at
New Orleans
Sun. at 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta
at St. Louis
Sun. at 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis
at New England
Sun. at 4:15 p.m.
NY Giants at
Philadelphia
Sun. at 8:20 p.m.
Denver
at San Diego
Mon. at 8:30 p.m.
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UNF lost a pair of
back-to-back road games
over the weekend. The
Ospreys first dropped a
75-55 decision against
Florida State University,
before running into the
No. 4 team in the nation, the University of
Pittsburgh, who they lost
to 95-49.
The two games were the
Ospreys’ first two regular
season games, bringing
their record to 0-2. While
head
coach
Matthew
Driscoll said it’s always
tough to lose, but overall the team performed
very well.
“You know obviously
I’m a glass-is-half-full
kind of guy,” Driscoll
said. “I’m disappointed
that we didn’t come away
with at least a split. There
were some times that we
did some really
good things.”
Senior forward Kyle Groothuis takes the ball to the hoop, as
Sophomore
guard the men's basketball team loses two straight games.
Parker Smith said it was
different playing against
He said they did everything they needthe Pitt's strong team.
It was an awakening, he said, and ed to do. The only thing they missed
would help them prepare for Atlantic was a walk-through before the game
that morning.
Sun Conference play.
“Obviously it’s tough, but you know
“I hate to say that we learned from
losing, but we learned a lot about how you just got to get through it,” said
senior guard Brad Haugabrook. “You
we are as a team,” Smith said.
Smith led the Ospreys against FSU can’t give up. You know you just got
with 16 points on three of eight shoot- to play your hardest. You know you’re
ing. He was the main spark for UNF playing the No. 4 team in the country,
and you just got to give it your all. We
during a 16-2 run in the second half
that cut the FSU lead down to five with don’t make excuses.
The easiest way to see if a team is
10:46 left in the game. Smith scored
getting physically beat in a basketball
10 straight for the Ospreys.
“We needed to make a run, and game is looking at who is getting the
we needed to push,” Smith said. “I rebounds. Pitt had more offensive rewas looking for opportunities to get bounds (32) than UNF’s total rebounds
back in the game. I was just being (28), which led to 31 second-chance
points for the Panthers. Pitt finished
real aggressive.”
The second half run wasn’t enough, the game with 59 total rebounds.
“[The Panthers] were just pushing
as FSU used a Luke Loucks three-pointer and a Chris Singleton dunk to stop and shoving, which you got to do,”
the bleeding and build its lead back Driscoll said. “In those kinds of games,
to double figures. FSU would not look it’s a dog fight in the Big East. It’s a
back, eventually pulling away for a strongest-man-wins type of stuff in the
Big East.”
20-point win.
Despite the two loses, Driscoll said he
Driscoll said he was proud of his
team. He said it was a compliment to saw good things in both games and just
have FSU still playing their top players wants to see everything come together.
“We know we have a bigger plan in
in the late stages of the game, which
showed the Seminoles thought the store, and we understand the purpose
behind doing all these different things,”
Ospreys had the ability to get back in
he said. “So that makes it good.”
the game.
The Ospreys got back to practice Nov.
The Panthers out-played the Ospreys
physically. The Ospreys played in their 15 and take the court next when they
first back-to-back of the season, but did travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take on the
not use that as an excuse for why they University of Wyoming Nov. 18.
lost. Driscoll said it was just a different
caliber team.
UNF handled its first back-to-back situation of the season well, Driscoll said.
He said everything went smoothly, and
he didn’t think the long trip affected
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Question 1: How much did Miami Heat’s 6-4 start surprise you? Should LeBron James and company push the panic
button, yet?
I have to say I’m surprised. I didn’t think
they would be breaking any win records,
but they should be embarrassed. No need
to hit the panic button, yet, though. They
still have 72 more games.
I am not surprised about the start the
Heat had, but they shouldn’t panic. Again,
LeBron James is a joke, but there are so
many games, they have plenty of time.
They should have during the preseason.
You have Bomber’s Row of basketball as
your starting five and they cant produce?
Lebron is just shaming Miami now.
Wait, what? I don’t understand the question, they have a winning record, right?
Mediocre is good enough in my book.
Question 2: That’s right, it’s a NASCAR question. Denny Hamlin only holds a 15-point lead with one race to go in
the chase for the Sprint Cup. Who will win the championship after this weekend’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami?
Jimmie Johnson will find a way to make up
those 15 points and make it five championships in a row. He’s too good.
Hamlin has a great chance to win, obviously, but with Jimmie Johnson right behind
him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he took it
from Hamlin at the last moment.
I didn’t know NASCAR was still on. Either
way, my money is on the most exciting
man to ever turn left, Mr. Jimmie Johnson,
to finish out strong on top of the leaderboards to take the championship.
I’d like to ask the ladies of UNF how they
feel about NASCAR - turn-off or turn-on?
I can’t decide. On the one hand, speed
and power is sexy, but I just can’t seem
to shake the image of a toothless, beerbellied redneck out of my head.
Question 3: Where does Mike Thomas’ 50-yard, hailmary, game-winning touchdown catch rank for you as far as
greatest plays you’ve ever seen?
That play happened right in front of me
and it was the greatest play I’ve ever seen
in person. Unbelievable. Sometimes it’s
better to be lucky than good.
Top 25 on the list. It was awesome, but I
have seen it before. As for top five, put
the series of plays by Boise State with their
come-back win against Oklahoma in the
Fiesta Bowl in 2007.
In my top 10. It’s a great way to end a
game, but my overall favorite play would
have to be during the 2001 ALCS between
the Yanks and A’s with Derek Jeter’s flip
play down the first base line to Posada to
tag out ridin’ Giambi. Eat your heart
out, Thomas.
That was ridiculous. Seriously, cracked me
up. How many hits does it take to get to
the center of the end zone? A buncha
blundering idiots. Have you felt the
gloves they wear? They are insanely sticky,
might as well be magnetic. How they ever
fumble a catch, I will never know.
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It’s getting harder and harder to play defense in the NFL
I
magine trying to do a job but your
boss is making everything about it
impossible. That has got to be how
NFL defenders are feeling. Over the
year, the league has made it more and
more difficult to play defense by making
rule changes that favor the offense in almost every facet of the game. I struggle
to find a rule in the NFL that favors a
defensive player.
Sure, fans love high scoring games.
It’s what sells, and I get that. I know everyone loves a good, old-fashioned shootout, but I miss the defense. One of my
favorite games I have ever been to was
the Jaguars’ 9-0 win over the Steelers. In
that game, the Jaguars kicked three field
goals, but their defense was tenacious.
Oh, how things have changed. Let’s look
at some of the aspects of the game that
have changed to favor the offense.
Start with pass rushing and hitting the
quarterback. Quarterbacks are the franchise players. They are players that these
teams have invested the most money in,
so I understand, to a certain extent, why
the NFL is trying to protect them. But
it has gotten to the point to where they
might as well be wearing flags around
their waist because defensive players are
getting fined more and more for hits on
the quarterbacks.
You can’t hit them too low. Tom Brady
has changed the game so much. Pretty
Tim Bee
Sports Editor
Boy Brady got hurt two seasons ago on
the first week of the season when a defensive player rolled underneath him,
tackled him and tore his ACL. He was out
for the season. God forbid. It is a physical game. Injuries happen. But when the
Golden Child gets hurt, the league has to
figure a way to make sure that never happens again.
So now a defensive player will get
flagged if they try to tackle to quarterback while still being on the ground.
They are pretty much saying "give up on
the play because in the NFL plays happen
so fast that a player would not have time
to get up and make a play." Advantage offense.
You can’t hit them too high. Stay away
from the helmet, defenders. Not only
could you be flagged, but you could be
facing a fine, as well. I agree to a certain
extent with this rule. You can’t have guys
punching players in the back of the head
or ripping facemasks around and breaking necks.
But sometimes accidents happen. You
have to look at the situation and see if
it warrants a penalty. In the this year’s
Colts vs. Eagles game in Week Nine, a
sack and fumble of Colts’ quarterback
Peyton Manning on fourth down that
would have essentially ended the game,
was called back because an Eagles defensive end Trent Cole grazed the back of
Manning’s helmet. I’m talking four fingers swept it while he was trying to make
a play on the ball.
One unnecessary roughness penalty
and 15 yards later, the Colts kept possession and drove and scored a touchdown
to come within two points of the Eagles.
The Eagles still won the game, but the
Colts should have never gotten that
chance to make it a closer game. Grazing
of Manning’s helmet did not deserve a
penalty. It was inadvertent and caused no
damage to Manning. But you can’t touch
the quarterback in the NFL.
This brings up the whole helmet-tohelmet and defenseless receiver issue
that has dominated the NFL this season. I
understand again that the player’s safety
does come first and if you catch a headhunting safety trying to end guys' careers as they go across the middle, then
I say don’t stop and suspend them, but
kick them out of the league.
With these two rules, it needs to come
down to intent. But it doesn’t. The NFL is
a very fast game. Things happen in a split
second. If a defender lowers his pads to
make a tackle, and the offensive player bends down to brace for the hit and
cover the ball, that will often result in
helmets clashing.
That results in unnecessary roughness penalties, even if it was inadvertent. In that same Colts vs. Eagles game,
Eagles safety Kurt Coleman was flagged
for a hit on Colts’ receiver Austin Collie
that happened exactly like that. It was
clear there was no intent on Coleman’s
side to injure the receiver. He went low
first. However, he got flagged for 15 yards.
It should be a case-by-case basis. Don’t
just say, “Oh, I saw two helmets touch
each other, so I have to throw a flag.”
Guys are getting punished for bad reasons, and the NFL needs to look at that
rule and change it. Again, if a guy torpedoes himself upward, leading with his
helmet, with no intent but to knock an offensive player out, then lay the disciplinary hammer down on him.
I would argue fans love hard-hitting more the high-scoring offenses.
Otherwise the Arena Football League
would dominate the ratings because their
scores remind me of basketball games.
The NFL was built of tough, hard-nosed
defenses, and they can’t lose that. Wake
up, NFL. Let them play.
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