No. 14 - UNF Spinnaker

Volume 30, Issue 15
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
November
29
2006
Wednesday
THIS WEEK
NEWS
Student bikes 250 miles
to vote for president
While some use their words,
senior Carlos Garzon will use
his muscles to express
disdain toward the current
Venezuelan president.
See PROTEST, page 6
EXPRESSIONS
Supersize my heart attack
Cookies and crackers may
taste like a good idea during
pre-exam cram sessions, but
the negative effects these
trans fats have on the body
are anything but appealing.
See TRANS FAT, page 11
SPORTS
Walk-ons run past
athletes on scholarships
It’s not always the paid athletes that sink the most
points. Read about how student walk-ons break underdog status to grab top spots
on Osprey teams.
See FALL, page 17
WEEKEND
WEATHER
Saturday
Dec. 2
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Proposals suggest series of changes
BY TAMI LIVINGSTON
NEWS EDITOR
Expect major changes to campus parking
next year as two parking proposals for the
2007-2008 school year are currently under
consideration by the University of North
Florida administration.
“These are probably the most drastic
changes that have ever occurred on our campus in relationship to parking,” said Council
Chair and Vice President for Student Affairs
Everett Malcolm.
The two proposals – one from Student
Government and the other from the faculty –
were voted upon to receive recommendation
from the Parking Council during its meeting
Nov. 17.
Both proposals received the same votes –
five in favor, four against, with one council
member abstaining from each proposal’s
vote. A third proposal, submitted by Housing
Operations received one vote but was not seconded, Malcolm said.
The proposals have been sent for review to
Shari Shuman, associate vice president of
administration and finance. Shuman will
make a recommendation to UNF President
John Delaney, Malcolm said.
Both proposals include major changes to
types of parking permits and where those
permits allow faculty, staff and students
to park.
“Basically, with all those proposals, I
think what people will find is that there will
be better pockets of locations to go to look for
a parking space as opposed to having to go
into on a little space here or a little space
there,” said council member Vincent Smyth,
director of auxiliary services.
Currently, there are six basic parking permits for individuals who park on campus on
a regular basis: reserved, designated, 1st
floor garage, 2nd and 3rd floor garage,
general and discount.
Right now, housing and general permits
are interchangeable, allowing parking in the
same areas. Currently, housing students are
also allowed to park in 33 spaces at the
University Center. A total of 1,750 housing
permits have been sold this year, Smyth said.
According to the Housing Operations office,
approximately 2,400 students live on campus.
Under the new proposals, general, 2nd and
3rd floor permits will fall under a new premium category, which is basically core parking,
said Smyth. Parking inside the loop road,
UNF Drive, and a few small specialty lots, are
considered core parking, he said.
Housing students will purchase residential permits and only be allowed to park in
residential areas, he said. Since the council
voted to have a 1:1 ratio for parking, only one
permit will be sold for each parking spot.
Some other types of parking permits have
higher ratios, which allow for more than one
permit to be sold for each spot. This is done
to allow more people to buy permits because
not everyone is on campus 24 hours a day or
all at the same time, Smyth said.
Once the residential permits are sold out,
the remainder of housing students will have
to purchase discount permits and park in lot
18, Smyth said.
The loss of 1,000 parking spaces in Lots 3
and 4 due to the construction of the Student
Union, the implementation of a shuttle system, and the addition of approximately 1,000
spaces to Lot 18 are all factors contributing to
the suggestions in the parking proposals,
Smyth said.
“Traditionally, nationwide, your buildings
are in a core cluster, which then allows for
See PARKING, page 4
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After anonymously handing out $1.3
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A University of North Florida student
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isn’t a vet or a pet owner.
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Spending shouldn’t signify holiday spirit
h, the holiday season. It
conjures images of candy
canes, snowmen, twinkling
lights and, of course,
mountains of presents wrapped in
brightly colored paper.
It’s the season of giving (and
receiving), which means one thing
in this consumer-driven society: conspicuous consumption. The National
Retail Federation and BIGresearch
reported that more than 140 million
people loaded stores on the infamous
day after Thanksgiving, lovingly
known as Black Friday.
An article in The Palm Beach Post
explained that this term was derived
from the rivers of black ink being
spewed onto credit card receipts.
But it seems more likely that the
term was coined by weary retail
employees who endure grueling
shifts under bright fluorescent
lights, trying to create some kind of
order in the mayhem.
Though many charitable organizations receive the bulk of their
yearly contributions during the holidays, the biggest benefactors of the
season are retailers. The aforemen-
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tioned report stated that shoppers
spent an average $360.15 on Nov. 24
and it projects that total holiday
sales will be somewhere around $457
billion. Imagine how many starving
children could be well nourished
with half a trillion dollars.
Santa Claus has become an
emblem of what happens when people get too much of a good thing. Mr.
Jelly Belly brings whatever little
children’s hearts desire because his
elves are apparently adept at building complex electronic game systems and talking Elmos. In the modern-day Christmas story, money
can’t be an object because goods are
bartered on a scale of good and bad
behavior.
Hanukkah can also become an
eight-day smorgasbord of gifting,
with each day’s presents topping the
ones from the night before.
Still, the messages spewing from
every media outlet available are
infallible. Peace, Love, Sharing,
Giving, these are some of the great
tenets of civilized society. These are
ideals that humans should strive for.
But during the months of November
and December, they are used as a
method of guilting people into parting with their hard-earned dollars,
because they can only show their
loved ones they care if they give an
expensive gift.
But, despite the obvious misdirection the season has taken in the
hands of retailers and marketers,
the basic ideals of the holidays are
still good. It’s important to reward
children for good behavior and the
stories of Christmas and Hanukkah
contain many positive lessons.
Peace, Love and Giving are values
everyone should hold in their
hearts.
So be good for goodness sake.
Embrace the spirit of the season
because, for whatever convoluted
reason, it has become a symbol of
solidarity and morality for most of
Western society. It’s not about how
much money is spent filling the
space beneath a decorated tree; it’s
about giving and receiving love and
affection.
Genuine happiness can be
achieved when humans endeavor to
improve the human experience.
Proposed parking ideas not improvement
rom the looks of the new
proposals suggested by the
Student Government
Association and the faculty,
the parking situation at the
University of North Florida may be
taking a turn for the worse next fall.
If the proposals are approved,
early birds will no longer be able to
purchase 2nd and 3rd floor garage
spaces to avoid chaos associated
with general parking. There will be
only one “core” parking pass for students to purchase, which will cover
the top three garage floors as well as
the rest of the campus surrounding
the central loop.
This means commuting students
who purchase decals in the fall will
get the same deal as students who
purchase them early over the
summer.
However, the 2,400 students who
live on campus will not get the same
opportunities. In the past, the residential students who could not find
a spot out of the 1,622 available in
housing areas found parking in
nearby areas, such as the 4th floor of
the garage by the Fine Arts Center.
But now, plans are suggesting that
several hundred students who are
not lucky enough to park near their
homes park in lot 18, behind the
tennis courts.
Let’s face it. Parking is an issue at
most other schools and businesses.
It’s unrealistic to expect to pull up to
a class and walk 25 feet to sit down.
There are parking issues at universities that are much larger than UNF
and students at those universities
have a much vaster surface area to
cross on the way to class.
The most common cry among students is to “just get” more parking.
But it’s easier said than done. The
fact that the campus sits on a nature
preserve is what separates its beauty from most other campuses in the
state. The natural thing for any
administration to work toward is
expansion. And if the university
obtains the AOL building and constructs additional buildings, will
help UNF become more widely
known for its beauty.
The best way to appease students
who are not satisfied with the parking situation is to enhance the situation so they feel they are getting
more out of what they are losing.
Instead of rising parking prices
again next fall, administration
should realize that it’s not fair to
expect students to pay higher prices
for lesser treatments.
If students are going to be spending more time fighting other students for parking spaces and walking across campus, administration
should make up the difference by
chopping prices.
Besides, there are violators seven
days a week and tickets are handed
out plentifully — it’s no mystery the
money will be made up in
ticket dues.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
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DISCOURSE
Greeks should band together, not shun
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s fraternity and sorority members we hold ourselves to high
standards of social responsibility. We recruit those that we
feel display characteristics of esteemed
ladies and honorable gentlemen. Yet in
the midst of a crisis that could damage
the image of the community’s leaders,
we have recently seen a different side of
ourselves; a judgmental one. Is this how
we are to treat members of our own
community?
As some are aware I am speaking of
the rumors and harsh jokes circulating
after the discovery of inappropriate
online acts by an un-named Greek
community leader.
It’s sad to think that we have come so
STUDENT
OPINION
Ted Feher, Senior, Public Relations
far and progressed so much, only to
digress back in the face of adversity.
There has been a lot of recent discussion
about leadership in terms of morality.
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Murder rate story somewhat
misleading
After reading the current edition of
the school paper, Spinnaker, I feel that I
must voice my dissent and displeasure
with the article “Jacksonville Under
Fire.” I find it extremely disturbing that
a periodical associated with an institute
of higher learning would make the mistake of disseminating information of a
dubious nature.
As a precursor to my argument, and to
validate my knowledge of the situation, I
must inform you that I live in one of the
low-income, high-crime areas of the city.
I was also in the military for eight years
and often was tasked with doing and
teaching risk assessment of individual
security. I also taught Special Forces
about improvised weapons and
Improvised Explosive Devices, which are
killing so many of our servicemen and
women in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The article was correct in reporting
that the majority of violent crimes occur
in low-income neighborhoods and that
the majority are drug related. I would go
as far as to state that the majority of
property crimes (theft, burglary, muggings) and prostitution are prompted by
the needs of drug abusers and addicts.
I have watched crack dealers encourage otherwise law-abiding women to
become prostitutes in order to feed
their addiction.
The parts of the article that I said are
misleading or erroneous are the prevention programs. While I agree that education is an important part of preventing
children from growing up to be criminals, we often ignore the need to teach
our children and peers how to keep from
becoming a victim.
For example, young people often walk
around listening to music on their MP3
players or talking on their cell phones.
While they are engaged in these activities, their attention is not on their surroundings and they become prime targets
for victimization. Also, it is a very rare
occurrence to hear someone greet a passing stranger with a “Good morning” or
some other salutation.
While this may seem counter-intuitive,
it lets a potential aggressor know that he
or she has been seen and therefore could
likely be picked out of a line-up.
Next on the list is police presence. In
the eight years that I have lived in my
neighborhood, I can count on my fingers
the number of times that I have seen
police patrolling the neighborhood. The
supposed increased presence has
occurred only on the high-traffic streets
of the area. In response to this, the criminals have moved their activities and operations into the more residential areas,
putting more innocent people at risk of
being shot or otherwise harmed. If the
police would actually patrol the neighborhoods instead of just cruising for traffic violators, then, yes, we would have a
drop in crime.
Last, but far from least, of programs
that were insufficiently researched in the
article, I must take the Gun Buy-Back
Program to task for being nothing more
than a political feel-good scheme.
Dr. John Lott, a professor at the
University of Chicago, stops short of
stating that gun buy-back programs
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We all wear different letters and are
members of competing organizations,
but despite our moral views we’re all
Greek together.
What most don’t realize is that the
people who step up for leadership positions are here to do work everyday and
make your college experience better.
These are people who don’t have to work
this hard but will, for you. These are people who ran for positions that you didn’t,
because of their dedication to leadership
and to our community.
Some people’s feelings have been seriously hurt by all of this, and if that’s
what it means to be a gentleman by your
organization’s standards, then I guess I
hold myself on a higher scale.
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actually increase the incidence of
firearms theft, but he does imply that
that is exactly what happens. I have informally confirmed this myself by talking
to numerous people on the streets, either
ex-cons or affirmed thieves, and all have
told me that during their criminal activities, if a gun buy-back was announced,
they would go and steal as many guns as
they could, knowing that there would be
no questions asked.
I would like to see the results of an
inquiry into police reports during the
time immediately preceding these buy
backs to see if reported firearm theft
actually increased.
As a final note, I have in my possession a State of Florida Concealed Weapon
Permit that I have had for a number of
years. Distinguished academic Dr. John
Lott, talk show host Larry Elder and the
Pacific Institute for Public Policy
Research all agree that in states that have
a shall-issue policy on concealed weapon
permits, the violent crime rate has
significantly decreased.
As I write this, I have within my reach
a 9mm handgun and two very large, very
aggressive dogs. I believe that my personal safety is my responsibility and if more
people would take that attitude, violent
crime would diminish as to become
insignificant.
James Moon
Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Rebuttal to ill-informed
conservative propaganda
By reading Raquel Manning’s article,
“Democrats’ Iraq plans could help enemy,”
I now have even less respect for conservatives in America. She is frightened to live
in a world where Democrats are in power,
because they will raise taxes and support
terrorism. But what’s scarier, paying higher taxes, or being an innocent Iraqi child
staring down the barrel of a tank?
Manning is correct in the fact that AlQaeda supported the removal of the
Republican Party in the past election. But
to imply that any idea held by Al-Qaeda is
“bad” and anyone who is supported by
them is a terrorist, is at best naïve. I’m
disgusted that a respectable publication,
such as The Spinnaker, would allow such
incompetence.
The Democrats don’t want to plan a
withdrawal date from Iraq because it’s
“too hard and has taken too long,” like
Manning suggests. The fact is that over
3,105 soldiers have been killed in Iraq.
What truly disturbs me is that we’re three
years into this war, and our government’s
administration has not had a strategy to
win or a plan to bring home our troops.
Furthermore, American lives are not
the only ones being sacrificed in this war
for oil. A study by the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
asserts that more than 600,000 Iraqi civilians have perished at the hands of U.S.
troops.
Planning a withdrawal date from Iraq
ascertains that America is still a country
of morals that values human life. What’s
most appalling about Manning’s article is
her butchery in interpreting President
Reagan’s quote. She implies that we must
fight the terrorists in Iraq to protect our
freedom. But what freedom are we
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fighting for? Certainly not our own.
Saddam Hussein has in no way infringed
upon the freedom of U.S. civilians. He was
not responsible for 9/11, and furthermore,
he was not housing weapons of mass
destruction. The only entity responsible
for infringing upon the freedoms of
Americans is America itself.
But if the United States did invade on
behalf of the Iraqi civilians, then why
couldn’t our forces have been used for a
country in more dire circumstances?
There is currently genocide unfolding in
Sudan where more than 400,000 have been
killed and 2.5 million have been displaced.
Women and children have been systematically raped, tortured and branded.
Perhaps the United States only intervenes
in a humanitarian crisis when, like in
Iraq, there is a greasy incentive.
So I ask Manning, if a country invades
another, pillages its land, and slaughters
more than 600,000 of their innocent civilians, who would she call a terrorist?
Shana Kalil
Sophomore, English
Student opinion lacks
historical credibility
I am very sorry to have been subjected
to Raquel Manning’s recent
article,”Democrats’ Iraq plans could help
enemy.” Once again, naïve and poorly
researched journalism has crept its way
into a respectable publication.
Manning is fearful of the Democrats
plan for troop withdrawal. Personally, I
would be fearful of an administration
that did not have a plan for winning the
war and bring our nation’s troops home.
She also states that Al-Qaeda leaders are
happy that Americans voted to kick out
many Republicans. Although Manning is
factually correct, her further reasoning
that anything Al-Qaeda says must be
wrong is quite laughable.
I would suggest she head back to elementary school where her simplistic reasoning would be appreciated.
What disturbs me the most is
Manning’s poor interpretation of
President Reagan’s quote. She implies
that Democrats are going to let the terrorists win and take away our freedom.
Like in many of her other columns, her
poor understanding of history makes me
wonder if she has been in a coma for the
last six years. Although there may be an
argument made for improving security,
there is no denying that many of our
basic freedoms have been stripped away.
The Spinnaker has always been a
place for intelligent journalism. I am
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Morality by definition is motivation
based on ideas of right and wrong. Let
this unfortunate circumstance serve as
motivation for you to be your best self.
This should not serve as an opportunity
to hurt someone because you now can.
Shame on anyone who is so insecure
to think they are better than someone
because of a person’s mistakes. Shame
on anyone who has judged without taking the time to look inside themselves
and see their own flaws. Such hypocrisy.
For being so morality obsessed you all
should know that it was Jesus who said,
“Let he who is without sin be the first to
cast a stone.”
shocked that the sophomoric and inept
“journalism” of Manning has slithered
its way onto the pages of such a great
publication.
Kunal Mirchandani
Senior, English
Democratic platforms not
convergent with terrorism
I have several issues with Raquel
Manning’s opinion that because of
Democrats taking control of Congress,
the Iraq war will be lost and America
will be in turmoil domestically. First of
all, sure taxes may go up with the
Democrats in power but all the spending
that the current administration has been
doing while giving tax breaks must be
covered somehow.
Secondly, socialized medicine isn’t
such a bad thing with as many
American’s who can’t afford healthcare
and many companies cutting back on
health benefits. Look to the examples of
Canada and Cuba who have some of the
best healthcare systems in the world.
Better healthcare means our country
would not be as susceptible to epidemics
as it is now because sick people can’t
afford to see a doctor or get medication.
As for Iraq, I’m not sure Manning
realizes how long U.S. troops would have
to be in Iraq to establish a stable democracy and end terrorism. We still have
troops in Germany and Japan, countries
we defeated in war a half-century ago. So
in conclusion, no I don’t think having a
Democrat-controlled Congress will ruin
this country’s foreign and domestic policy, since we still have a Republican in the
White House.
Maybe now our politicians will have
to actually think and work together
before passing legislation instead of toeing the party line.
Joshua Prouty
Senior, Biology
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
NEWS
Faithless grow among student atheist group
BY ACE STRYKER
MANAGING EDITOR
A group of University of North Florida
students is spreading the word: campus
crusades aren’t always run in the name
of God.
Sophomore mechanical engineering
major Alex Mabee is the president of a
group called Campus Crusade for Positive
Atheism, the goal of which, he said, is to
represent the voice of those students
whose beliefs aren’t represented by other
religious groups on campus. Mabee said
he hopes the group’s presence on campus
will spread awareness and stimulate discussion
between
adherents
of
different beliefs.
“I think there’s a lot of misunderstandings about atheism,” Mabee said. “I
spawned the idea of why don’t we get
together and start this?”
Group co-president Matt Gromen, a
sophomore criminal justice major, said
the main focus of the group is to help people who may be in the “middle ground” –
those who haven’t given much thought to
“Atheism shouldn’t
be frowned upon, and
whoever does should
think a little more
about what they
believe.”
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Alex Mabee,
President, Campus Crusade for
Positive Atheism
their personal religious convictions – to
consider atheism as a viable alternative to
the mainstream religious groups they’ve
probably had more exposure to.
“I think we could promote critical
thinking on campus,” Gromen said. He
said he hopes people will begin asking
themselves whether they have looked at
other religious options.
The group isn’t officially recognized as
a club at UNF, but Mabee said he hopes to
see that changed in the coming months.
Gromen said school regulations call for a
minimum of 10 committed people and a
faculty sponsor to qualify for club status.
In their current form, Mabee and company communicate through a Facebook
“group” that allows for some limited discussion, Gromen said. He said the group’s
immediate aspirations include moving to
a new Web site and attaining club status
at UNF.
Of the 57 listed group members on the
Facebook Web site, Mabee said some are
much more involved than others in discussions and group activities. Among the
core members of the group, though,
Mabee said one sentiment seems to be
shared among most members: If the idea
takes off and the group grows, it’s bound
to upset some faithful people on campus.
He said the group isn’t worried, though.
“Atheism shouldn’t be frowned upon,
and whoever does should think a little
more about what they believe,” Mabee
said. He said he hopes proponents of different beliefs find a way to interact
through civil debate.
“As long as you don’t come to preach,
convert or proselytize, you’re more than
welcome to attend,” he said.
Gromen said the qualifier “positive” in
the group’s title indicates that they promote a particular brand of atheism that
positively asserts the non-existence of
God, rather than adopting a weaker stance
on the issue – something more akin to
agnosticism – as some atheists prefer
to do.
The next item on Mabee and Gromen’s
agenda for receiving university recognition is to secure a faculty sponsor for his
idea. Mabee said he’s heard from three or
four faculty members who have expressed
interest in being associated with the club,
but nobody’s officially stepped forward to
take the post. He said he and Gromen are
in talks with potential sponsors to decide
the best way to continue.
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proposals could mean
drastic changes
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easy movement of pedestrian
traffic, therefore your parking is moved to the outer
perimeter
of
campus,”
Malcolm said. “That is the
direction our university is
moving towards.”
Student Government
Proposal
In its proposal, SG recommends increasing the number of designated spaces
from the current 120 spots to
170 spots. These permits
allow for parking in orangeoutlined
surface
spaces
throughout campus and have
traditionally been available
to full-time faculty and staff
members. Smyth said there
has been some discussion
within the council to allow
the spaces to be purchased by
part-time faculty and staff
members as well, next year.
The proposal also allocates a total of 2,063 parking
spots on the core of campus
to the premium category and
leaves the fourth floor of the
Fine Arts Center garage open
to residential permit holders.
Under the proposal, there
will be a total of 1,622 residential parking spots and a
total of 1,622 permits will be
sold for those spots, creating
a 1:1 ratio.
Residential permit holders will also be allowed to
park in 133 spaces in the
northwest portion of the
University Center parking
lot near the Crossings under
the recommendation.
“I think that our proposal
really does try to suit both
what housing needs and what
the faculty asked for without
compromising what’s best
for the student body at
large,” said council member
Nick Perez, senior finance
major and SG Deputy Chief
of Staff.
Faculty Proposal
The faculty proposal suggests an increase in the number of designated spaces to
260 and allots 2,250 premium
parking spaces on the core of
campus. In their proposal,
the fourth floor of the Fine
Arts Center garage will be
included in the premium permit category and therefore
not be open to residential
permit holders.
There will be a total of
1,245
residential
spaces
under the proposal, including 33 spaces allotted for residential students in the
northwest portion of the
University Center lot.
“The way we’ve been parking in the past is going to
have to change for faculty,
staff and students,” said
council
member
Chip
Klostermeyer,
Faculty
Association President and
professor
of
computer
science.
The faculty tried to develop a plan to be fair for
everyone, he said.
“There is certainly a middle ground between their
[SG’s] version and our version of it [the proposal],”
Klostermeyer said.
Malcolm said once the
proposals are reviewed by
the university administration, they may do one of
many things. They may
endorse either of the two
proposals, suggest a hybrid
of the two, make changes to
either, or ask for a new proposal altogether, he said.
Once
a
proposal
is
approved by the administration, the council will begin
accepting proposals for parking prices next year, Malcolm
said.
A recommendation for
pricing will be voted upon
and made at the next council
meeting Dec. 8, he said.
However, neither the parking nor pricing proposal will
be official until they are submitted to the Board of
Trustees Finance and Audit
Committee in December and
then approved by the Board
itself at its next meeting in
January, Shuman said.
E-mail Tami Livingston at
spinnakernews@yahoo.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Drug-related
deaths concern
students
BY SCOTT TRAVIS
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
Manuel Larenas wants his fellow students to stay away from
drugs.
So Larenas, a member of
Florida Atlantic University’s
“Peer Education Team,” was distraught when he learned one of
his classmates died of an
apparent overdose.
“We’ve been very active trying
to bring awareness, and when a
student dies, you feel like you’re
not doing that good of a job,”
he said.
The deaths Sunday of freshman Nicole Phillips, 18, and her
off-campus
friend,
Richard
Cardinale, 19, put a spotlight on
what statistics suggest is a stubborn
problem
on
college
campuses.
Figures show a decline in
overall drug use among college
students nationwide, but there
are some trouble spots. Cocaine
use is up, and in Florida, it’s a
problem in college towns such as
Gainesville with the University
of Florida, Tallahassee with
Florida State University, and
Boca Raton with FAU, said Dr.
Mark S. Gold, who conducts
addiction research for the
University of Florida.
Abuse of prescription drugs is
on the rise among college-aged
students, said Jim Hall, a
researcher at Nova Southeastern
University in Davie, Fla. He conducted a drug usage study for the
United
Way
of
Broward
County, Fla.
He said popular drugs include
tranquilizers such as Xanax,
painkillers such as Oxycontin
and Percocet and stimulants
such as Ritalin. Many of these
drugs are stolen from family
medicine cabinets or bought on
the street, he said.
Florida Atlantic University
handled 36 drug-related discipline cases in 2005, up from 33 in
2004 and 11 in 2003. Officials say
one reason for the rise is the campus is becoming younger, serving
more students right out of
high school.
“We always have had very low
statistics, but the reality is when
you have a more mature population, it really helps you,” said
Rosemary Dunbar, who directs
wellness programs for the university. “Now we’re reaching out
and recruiting more 18-year-olds,
and they are more at risk.”
Charles Brown, vice president
for student affairs, said he
believes the university has good
drug prevention programs. But
he said the campus deaths will
prompt officials to review their
efforts to see what can be
strengthened.
Larenas believes such a
review is necessary.
“Whether it’s more funding or
resources for groups like ours, I
think there definitely needs to be
a push for what could be done to
improve things,” he said.
FAU police have not said what
drug
killed
Phillips
and
Cardinale. They are awaiting the
results of a toxicology report.
But Amanda Perez, 19, who
lived with Cardinale and another
roommate in a Boca Raton apartment for about two months, said
Phillips was a regular Xanax
user and bought the prescription
drug from a dealer on campus.
She said Cardinale told students in Phillips’ dormitory the
night before they were found
dead that he and Phillips were
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using a combination of Xanax,
powdered morphine and alcohol.
She said they were dating and
weren’t heavy drug users.
“They were good kids. They’re
just experimenting,” Perez said.
“This was a fluke.”
Hall said more young people
are also reporting mixing two or
more drugs, which dramatically
increases toxicity and can
increase the chance of death.
The reasons for drug abuse
vary, he said. Some take Ritalin
because they view it as a “smart
drug” that can help them concentrate on their studies.
“Others deal with the stress of
a heavy college load or exams or
to escape from pressure,” he said.
Drug overdose deaths are rare
on college campuses. These were
the first at FAU in four years. But
drug and alcohol abuse create
many other problems that educators warn students about, including flunking out of school, losing
a scholarship, having unwanted
sex or getting arrested.
Students receive drug education during their freshman orientation and during a college skills
class that most freshmen take.
But Dunbar said it’s a constant battle to reach students.
“As soon as you think you’re
getting the message across,
another drug seems to be looming or there’s another way of
misusing drugs that pops up,”
she said. “Young people are
always way ahead of the game.”
Leon Fooksman contributed to this report.
(c) 2006 South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
School of Nursing
adopts entrance exam
Test will supplement GPA and
interview in acceptance decisions
BY SARAH DIENER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University of North Florida’s School of
Nursing, a division of the Brooks College of Health,
will be implementing a new entrance exam for students wishing to apply to the program.
The Test of Essential Academic Skills or TEAS
approved in August, will now be required by
all applicants, as part of the regular admissions
process.
After discussion of several options, the decision
to implement the test was made by a committee consisting of faculty and staff who were looking to add
another element to the selection process, said Beth
Dibble, admissions director in the School
of Nursing.
Dibble said the test is designed to give the faculty evaluating a potential student extra information,
besides GPA and a face-to-face interview on which
to base their decision.
“This really is an objective measure,” said Lillia
Loriz, associate professor and director of the
School of Nursing. Loriz said the test results will be
used as 50 percent of the consideration whereas
other factors such as prerequisite GPA and interviews will make up the other half.
Entrance exams have recently been added as
admission requirements by other nursing schools
such as Florida State University and Florida
Community College at Jacksonville, Dibble said.
Before making a final decision on the exam, faculty members took portions of the test to see if it
was appropriate for the curriculum within the
School of Nursing, Dibble said. The instructors felt
that the material more than covered what they were
looking for and strongly recommended the test to
the committee, she said.
The test was also chosen because of a longstanding relationship between UNF and the company producing the exam. The Assessment Technologies
Institute provides the software and learning materials used within the classes in the School of Nursing,
Dibble said.
According to the ATI Web site, the TEAS was
developed to measure basic essential skills in the
academic regions of reading, mathematics, science,
English and language usage. The exam is a 170-item,
four-option, multiple-choice assessment.
“It levels the playing field for students of different backgrounds,” Dibble said.
There will be three different options for students
to complete the exam, Dibble said.
The first option is to take the exam at UNF on
four different testing dates after registering on the
School of Nursing Web site. Students may take the
exam for admission to the summer semester by testing on Dec. 2, 9, or 16 and again on Jan. 13, she said.
The test will be held in the Office of Academic
Testing on campus for a fee of $45.
The second option for students who may not be
able to make it campus is to log on to
LaserGrade.com, an affiliate of ATI, type in the zip
code of where you want to take
the test and for a flat fee of $75
pick a testing center most convenient to them, Dibble said.
The last option is for students
in South Florida to take the test at
Florida Atlantic University in
Boca Raton for a fee of $25. No
matter what option is chosen,
Dibble said the test must be completed by January 15 for considerLoriz
ation for the summer semester.
Loriz said by using this test,
UNF will be selecting the top applicants for the program which will make it stronger in the long run by
having students who are capable of comprehending
advanced curriculum and bringing the focus back
to
nursing
rather
than
reviewing
basic knowledge.
Student reaction has been mixed. Both Loriz and
Dibble said that students already in the program are
relieved and those applying are anxious to get the
test over with.
Dibble recommends that students check the
School of Nursing web site at www.unf.edu/brooks,
for updates and announcements about the test, to
register for the test, and to find out more information about testing dates. Assessment Technologies
Institute offers TEAS online practice tests and
study manuals at www.atitesting.com.
E-mail Sarah Diener at uspinnak@unf.edu.
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NEWS
Alumnus founds writer
networking Web site
Osprey protests on wheels
BY MATT COLEMAN
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
BY AMANDA TEW
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
E-mail Amanda Tew at uspinnak@unf.edu.
When it comes to voicing discontent with a country’s leadership, concerned citizens often
write letters to representatives or
protest on street corners.
Carlos Garzon, an international student at the University of
North Florida, will make a different statement by taking a threeday, 250-mile bike trip to Miami to
vote in the 2006 Venezuelan presidential election and express his
disdain for current president,
Hugo Chavez.
Garzon, a senior transportation logistics major, will travel to
the Orange Bowl Dec. 3 with fellow Venezuelan, Jose Unamuno.
The pair will depart from Lake
Eola Park in Orlando the morning
of Dec. 1 after a short ceremony in
front of the bust of former
Venezuelan
president,
Simon Bolivar.
“I am doing this for two reasons – to encourage Venezuelans
to vote and to raise awareness
about our country and what
Chavez
is
doing
to
it,”
Garzon said.
A five-year resident of the
United States, Garzon said that he
hopes to return to a country that
is not ruled by Chavez.
“Our trip is our sacrifice,”
Garzon said. “We want to express
that even though we are here, we
want to return and help rebuild
our country.”
The first leg of the voyage will
span 100 miles and the pair will
stop in Okeechobee for the night.
The next morning, they will
depart for another 100-mile ride to
Weston, where they will stay with
a Venezuelan native who supports
their cause. The last 50 miles of
the journey will lead them to the
Orange Bowl in Miami, the site of
the election for residents of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.
Any Venezuelan citizens living
in the United States that are registered in their regional consulates
are allowed to vote in the
Venezuelan elections. Along the
way, Garzon and Unamuno will be
followed by a support crew with
coolers and first aid supplies.
Chavez has received much criticism from within the United
States for his ardent anti-Bush
stance and his denouncement of
the war in Iraq. In 2005, televangelist Pat Robertson called for the
assassination of Chavez on the
Christian Broadcasting Network’s
talk show, “The 700 Club.”
Although he was democratically
REBECCA DALY
In August 2006, Nick Veneris,
a University of North Florida
graduate, launched a Web site
for
writers
from
around
the world.
Xomba.com was created to
provide an outlet for writers to
share and review different
works by authors on a variety of
subjects, Veneris said.
After Veneris earned his
bachelor’s in communications,
he began a full-time job while
freelance writing on the side.
When trying to publish “fictional worlds locked away in his
head,” Veneris said he pursued
various publishing companies,
only to be turned down. This
lead Veneris to the creation of
Xomba.com.
“[If] I could just somehow provide these aspiring writers with
a community, then that would be
self
satisfying
as
well,”
Veneris said.
Xomba.com allows anyone 13
years and older to sign up and
participate, while also providing
a place for writers to share their
talents and make money doing
it. As the slogan cites, “Show
and tell has never been
so rewarding.”
At first glance, Xomba.com
appears to just be a new social
networking system specifically
geared towards writers, but
unlike Myspace and Facebook,
Veneris has worked out a way in
which the members can acquire
money for the writings they
post, also know as xombytes.
The designers of Xomba.com
along with Veneris have worked
it so that users can also choose
to sign up for Google adsense
accounts.
Google’s adsense accounts
simply allow the users to make
money by determining the
amount of clicks each Google
search gets, Veneris said.
Signing up for these Google
adsense accounts enables the
users to post xombytes and make
money, splitting the profits in
half with Xomba.com, he said.
Since Xomba’s launch in
August, Veneris reports that
2,700 new members have signed
up and some writers have
received up to 10,000 hits in
one night.
Xomba.com provides 45 different categories for any given
xombyte. The Web site features
an instant messaging service, an
e-mail service, user profiles, and
even a place to view which users
are currently online. Each user
can post as much writing as he
or she would like, with the
option to add a Google
adsense account.
Senior transportation logistics major Carlos Garzon and a friend are riding their
bikes to Miami to protest Hugo Chavez’s presidency in Venezuela.
elected, Garzon feels that his
administration has not lived up its
campaign promises.
“Some democratic freedoms
have been taken away by Chavez,”
Garzon said. “He has made our
country so bad that no one wants
to stay. There is no future in
Venezuela.”
Chavez’s presidency has had a
personal effect on Garzon’s life.
His father was removed from his
job for voicing his disapproval of
the president’s policies. Since his
firing, Garzon’s father has been
blacklisted by Venezuelan companies and is incapable of working
in his own country, Garzon said.
To provide for his family, Garzon’s
father left for Canada to secure
a job.
The main opposition to
Chavez, Manuel Rosales, is the
current
governor
of
the
Venezuelan state of Zulia. Garzon
said he supports Rosales and he
feels that his policies will be better
suited for his country.
“Rosales has more of an
emphasis on education and longterm goals,” Garzon said.
Garzon met his travel companion after he heard Unamuno on a
radio station speaking about his
impending trip.
“I got in contact with him and
he seemed like he had a really positive energy around him,”
Garzon said.
Unamuno originally planned
on walking the distance, but
changed his mind after he bought
a bike, Garzon said.
“After he found a bike at a
garage sale, Unamuno decided it
would be a better idea to ride to
Miami,” Garzon said.
No stranger to physical activity, Garzon is the president and
founder of the Adventure and
Triathlon club on campus. He has
competed in 12-hour races that
consisted of mountain biking,
kayaking and hiking.
Garzon said that everyone is
encouraged to ride or drive along
with them.
“You can come for a few hours
and drive back or you can drive
around and encourage us,”
Garzon said. “This is all being
done to inform people about the
situation in Venezuela, so anyone
is welcome to join us. Getting
informed about this issue will definitely have a positive impact on
the community.”
E-mail Matt Coleman at
spinnakernews@yahoo.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
New councils to explore
international studies
focus on through the new councils, China is the one that already
has stronger academic bonds with
UNF, Robinson said. There have
In an effort to expand current
been academic agreements with
study abroad options and schoolChinese universities for the last
sponsored cultural events, the
six years, he said.
University of North Florida’s
“The university in the last
International Center has institutnumber of years has had a growed two new councils aimed at
ing number of connections in
exploring how it can strengthen
China,” Robinson said.
academic relations with India and
He said some of the major
China.
study agreements UNF has in
The two countries represent
China are with business schools
big opportunities both for UNF
in Beijing, an engineering prostudents wanting to study abroad
gram in Quingdao and language
and international students comDr. Tim Robinson,
and history studies in Xian.
ing to campus from overseas,
Director, International Center
Robinson said he hopes to someaccording to Dr. Tim Robinson,
day see recruiting trips like the
director of the International
one planned to India organized to
Center. He said he hopes the counvisit China, too.
cils will assist different groups on
“We’ve been to China for acacampus with similar interests to
meet, plan and share resources to help realize their demic purposes, not recruiting, per se,” he said. “A
lot of what we’re doing is new.”
wishes to increase international activity at UNF.
About 54 percent of UNF students have pass“The idea is to bring together people from across
campus,” he said. “People working together can do ports, but only about 3.5 percent elect to study
abroad, Robinson said. He said he thinks it’s a
better than people working alone.”
Robinson said he hopes to “cross-fertilize” UNF shame because the experience has been shown to be
international studies by applying the ideas from dif- a good one to those who have taken advantage of the
ferent interested faculty and campus organizations opportunity, and he believes it’s something that
to produce better results than could be achieved if could benefit students.
“Our students need to learn about the world to be
everyone were working independently.
Robinson said India is important because it’s one good citizens when they graduate,” Robinson said.
Robinson said there are many reasons why stuof the most substantial countries in the world in
terms of emerging business and population. As part dents don’t participate in the study abroad proof its road map to academic correspondence, the grams offered on college campuses. First among
International Center is planning its first recruiting them was the cost, which he said many students
find to be prohibitive.
trip to India in January, he said.
Robinson also cited other time-consuming interIndia is one of the top countries to send international students to UNF to study, second only to ests, friend and group dynamics and a general lack
Belize, Robinson said. He said the national trend in of awareness as possible roadblocks to pursuing a
recent years is for most students coming from over- study abroad opportunity.
The Indian Council will meet again in midseas to originate from China, India and Korea.
Robinson also said the first meeting of the India January, Robinson said. He said he hopes both counCouncil Nov. 17 yielded several new ideas about how cils will meet about once a month next semester to
brainstorm new ideas and help accelerate internato strengthen the Indian connection with campus.
An Indian film festival and the nomination of a tional progress at UNF.
For more information, contact the International
“Gandhi scholar,” who exemplifies the principles
taught by the Indian leader, were among the sugges- Center at 620-2657.
tions presented that Robinson said may be pursued.
E-mail Ace Stryker at spinnakermanaging@yahoo.com.
Of the two countries the university intends to
BY ACE STRYKER
MANAGING EDITOR
“Our students
need to learn
about the
world to be
good citizens
when they
graduate.”
“
In Brief
NEWS
Book drive to
benefit local
school children
The Golden Key International
Honour Society of the University
of North Florida is organizing a
book drive for students at Lone
Grove Elementary School. The
drive will run until Dec. 8, and
books can be taken to Building 14,
room 2640 or Building 2, room
2091. Students, faculty and staff
are all encouraged to donate new
or like-new non-religious books.
More information is available
by contacting Kyla Savick goldkey@unf.edu.
Event organized to
raise HIV and
AIDS awareness
F.A.B.R.I.C. (Facing AIDS by
Representing I Care), a two-day
event to increase awareness about
HIV and AIDS is being sponsored
by the Department of Health
Promotions, the Brooks College of
Health and the Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgender office in
conjunction with the Florida
Department of Health. Starting
Nov. 30, a variety of educational
activities will be offered on the
Green. The festivities will run
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until Dec. 1 with the lighting of
the World Aids Day tree.
The event is free and open to
the public and there will be food
and prizes.
cert. Anyone who donates a gift to
the drive is eligible of being chosen to win. More information is
available by contacting Dani
Deyton at 620-1921.
Student Medical Services is
sponsoring Project FITNESS, a
research program for students
ages 18-21. The program consists
of fitness and health screenings,
fitness consultations and recommendations to improve health
and wellness habits. Participants
receive $40 for completing the
study and a program to help
improve their fitness.
To sign up for Project FITNESS, contact Heather Boggess at
620-2252 or visit Student Medical
Services in Building 14, Room
1501.
The UNF Feast of Carols is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in
the Lazzara Performance Hall.
Performers include the UNF
Chorale, the UNF Chamber
Singers, the UNF Brass Quintet,
the
Jacksonville
Children’s
Chorus, the Douglas Anderson
School of the Art’s Chorale, the
First Coast High School men’s
Chorale, the Fletcher High School
Concert Choir and the Shiloh
Metropolitan Baptist Choirs.
The concert is free and open to
the public. There will be caroling
and sing-alongs for the audience.
The Fine Arts Center is cohosting an “Adopt a Family for
Christmas” drive with local charity organization, the Bridge of
Northeast Florida before the
Crystal Gayle concert Dec. 7.
Concert ticket holders will be able
to donate gifts to an underprivileged Northeast Florida families.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will
provide autographed items that
will be given away during the con-
The
Disability
Resource
Center and the ADA Compliance
Office are conducting a survey to
assess possible safety hazards in
different locations across campus. If a hazard is encountered, email
Rocelia
Gonzalez
at
rgonz@unf.edu or Robert E. Lee
at rlee@unf.edu with the location
and a description of the hazard.
Project FITNESS
seeks participants
for study
Charity concert to
help less privileged
families
School hosts free
concert for
holiday season
ADA/DRC
conducts safety
survey
Compiled by Matt Coleman.
Ex-boyfriend’s anger
turns to violent threats
Nov. 9 – Harassment – After
receiving a number of threatening telephone calls, an Osprey
Village resident contacted the
University Police Department. A
UPD officer met with the victim,
who said that the calls were coming from her ex-boyfriend and he
had been bothering her constantly
since she broke up with him. She
said that her ex-boyfriend was
calling her in reference to retrieving some of his belongings that
were still in her room. When the
victim asked the suspect to meet
her at the Regency Square Mall to
deliver his belongings, the suspect
became belligerent and asked her
to “bring him his shit.” The victim
said that during the subsequent
phone calls, the suspect began
yelling at her and threatened to
“fuck her up” if he saw her on the
street. During an interview, the
victim revealed to the UPD officer
that her ex-boyfriend had been
previously arrested for domestic
violence. The officer suggested the
victim use the resources of the
University of North Florida
Women’s Center. She was also
issued a State Attorney’s Card for
her case.
Nov. 14 – Resisting officer without
violence/Possession of marijuana
– A UPD officer made a routine
traffic stop on a vehicle. During
the stop, the officer noticed a
strong scent of marijuana ema-
nating from the vehicle. After
looking over the suspect’s driver’s
license and insurance information, the officer located a bud of
marijuana on the vehicle’s center
console. The officer asked the suspect to exit the vehicle when he
grabbed the bud of marijuana and
attempted to throw it out the passenger side window. The officer
grabbed the suspect’s left hand to
force him to drop the bud. The officer placed the suspect in handcuffs while he searched the vehicle. Two other buds of marijuana
were located on the back seat
floorboard behind the driver seat.
The buds tested positive using a
NIK KIT. The suspect was issued
two citations and placed under
arrest for possession of marijuana under 20 grams and resisting
an officer without violence. The
defendant was transported to the
Jacksonville Pre-Trial Detention
Facility and booked.
Compiled by Matt Coleman.
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NEWS
Students’ holiday art
lands them free classes
BY TAMI LIVINGSTON
NEWS EDITOR
Delaney taps former
sheriff to encourage
youth to pursue college
BY CHELSEY WACHA
DISCOURSE EDITOR
COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS
Two University of North
Florida students’ art skills are
paying off – literally – by allowing them to each take a class in
the spring for no charge.
Keri Barnhardt, a senior
English major and Susan
Morrison Sims, a senior painting
and drawing major, will both
receive a free class in the spring
because of their submissions to
an inaugural holiday card design
contest held by the university.
Barnhardt’s entry featuring a
UNF Osprey with a stack of gifts,
was selected as the winning
design and will be featured on
the holiday cards that University
of North Florida President John
Delaney will send out to friends
of the university in early
December, said Sharon Ashton,
assistant vice president for marketing and publications.
Making her own stationery
inspired Barnhardt to create the
winning card design using scrapbooking paper, she said.
Barnhardt said she was aiming to create a design that was
classy and holiday themed but
without it looking too much like
a specific holiday.
“I had a lot of fun making it,”
she said.
Dr. Debra Murphy, associate
professor and chair of the
Department of Art and Design,
said that is why Barnhardt’s
design works so well. The presents featured on the card can be
related to any variety of holidays,
including
Kwanzaa,
Nat Glover assumes
‘ambassador’ post
The winning design in the first University of North Florida holiday card contest
was designed by Keri Barnhardt, a senior English major.
Christmas or Hanukkah, she
said.
Sims submitted a landscape
painting of the bridge over
Candy Cane Lake, near the residence halls, as her design.
“I love nature and landscape
and that’s probably why I felt the
connection,” Sims said.
While her design did not win,
Delaney was so taken with the
painting that he asked Sims if it
could hang in his office, Ashton
said.
Sims will receive two classes
tuition-free in exchange for her
painting, Ashton said. Her painting will also be transferred to
blank cards that Delaney can use
for correspondence, she said.
Working from digital photographs of the bridge, Sims said
she completed her painting in
about two hours.
“It doesn’t always happen that
quickly,” Sims said. “Sometimes
it does and sometimes the best
way to do the image is quickly.”
Approximately 50 students
from the art and design department participated in the contest,
Murphy said.
“We are thrilled by the [student] response,” Murphy said.
“It was a little challenging
because a it’s a holiday card with
a diverse population and there’s
a sensitivity to different religions that I think the students
were very aware of,” she said.
Students submitted designs
created by using a variety of
methods including photography,
print making, painting, collage
and graphic design, Murphy
said.
E-mail Tami Livingston at
spinnakermanaging@yahoo.com.
In an effort to cultivate college aspirations in local secondary school students, the presidents of three Jacksonville universities jointly announced former Sheriff Nat Glover as their
ambassador to the community
Nov. 28.
University of North Florida
President John Delaney, Edward
Waters College President Oswald
Bronson Sr., Florida Community
College at Jacksonville President
Steven Wallace, and Glover
spoke about the correlation
between education and improved
community.
Delaney noted that kids who
commit crimes are often out of
school and have no concept that
college is a viable option.
“A lot of kids don’t even think
college is possible, and it is possible,” Delaney said. “[We want to]
encourage them to get their education and stay out of trouble.”
Glover, who is an alumnus of
UNF and EWC, puts a human
face and voice on the abstract
concept of “college.” As sheriff,
he had first-hand experience
with dropouts who got caught up
in criminal activity. He said that
believed many of the young people he arrested had potential for
bigger things, if they had a
better education.
He has already begun his
ambassador work, going out to
schools and churches and discussing the value of education.
“If a person has the ability,
the desire and the will to go to
school and pursue a post-high
school education, we should be
able
to
provide
for
it,”
Glover said.
Though the university presidents acknowledged that there
are no easy answers to keeping
youth in school and off the
streets, they are confident that
appointing Glover as a community ambassador is a step in the
right direction.
“The man we are putting into
this position believes in excellence and ethics,” Bronson said.
“He’s one of our graduates who
made a difference.”
Glover’s interest in promoting
higher education stems from
using college as a way to overcome
his
own
humble
beginnings.
“If I didn’t have the opportunity to go to school, I would be
dead or in jail.”
As Sheriff of Jacksonville in
1995, he made a requirement that
every officer needs a bachelor’s
degree. He also donated his
$250,000 pension to scholarships
for low-income children.
Though Glover’s services are
promoted by FCCJ and EWC, he
is based and salaried at UNF.
Besides working with the community, he will also serve part
time as a special advisor to
Delaney and assist with such
internal matters as management
and donor relations.
E-mail Chelsey Wacha at
spinnakerdiscourse@yahoo.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
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NEWS
SQUAWK BOX
COURTESY OF SXC.HU
Gatorland, a small alligator-themed attraction in Orlando, lost its entrance, gift
shop and several buildings in a Nov. 6 fire, but will continue to operate.
Gatorland attraction
survives fire
BY SCOTT POWERS
THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
Gatorland’s owners figure it
won’t be long before this month’s
devastating fire at the roadside
attraction slips into lore – proving about as harmless to business as a 1975 fire, the advent of
freeways, the rise of giant theme
parks and changing public tastes.
But the outpouring of community support, national concern,
best wishes and cheer that
Orange County’s 57-year-old
tourist attraction has received
since the Nov. 6 fire – those will
stay with Gatorland a long time,
President Mark McHugh said last
week as the park reopened
for business.
“We never realized, for a
small, family-owned attraction,
how many people around the
world have been touched by this
small business,” he said. “Over
the last two weeks, the world has
touched us back.”
Gatorland – shut down by a
spectacular early-morning blaze
that destroyed its entrance, gift
shop and other buildings – welcomed visitors back with music,
dance, gator wrestling and hugs.
The music and dance were
provided by a student band and
the Whirlwind Dancers from the
Osceola County School for the
Arts. The hugs came pretty much
from anyone connected with
the park.
“I’ve had a lot of hugs today –
we all have,” gator-wrestling
dean Tim Williams said. “I told
everybody we’re just like a bunch
of old alligators. Gators fight.
They get scarred up. They get
beat up. They come back. They’re
one of the most resilient animals
around. They’ve survived for 20
million years, and I’d like to
think Gatorland will do the
same thing.”
The blackened wooden frames
of burned buildings, alongside
the park’s signature concrete
gator-jaws entrance, remain for
all visitors to see. Behind them a
temporary entrance and a quick
sprucing had cleared the way for
a fresh flow of customers.
Among them were Pamela and
Dean Messinger of Palmerton,
Pa., who had purchased advance
tickets before the fire and were
thrilled that Gatorland reopened
before their vacation was over.
They said they had spent several
harried days in extra-thick
theme-park crowds and needed
the change of pace.
The Messingers lazily strolled
Gatorland’s breeding marsh
Friday, tossing hot dogs to the
alligators. For a while it was just
them, with the swamp’s 130 alligators, numerous egrets, cranes
and storks, and enough songbirds
to drown out the traffic noise
from Orange Blossom Trail and
the music from the front of
the park.
“It’s a relaxing half-day. You
don’t have the hustle and bustle
of the parks,” said Dean
Messinger. “And I hear it’s for a
good cause today.”
Grateful that firefighters from
Orange and Osceola counties
were able to stop the fire before it
spread throughout the wooden
compound, Gatorland dedicated
Friday’s proceeds to a favorite
firefighters’
charity,
the
Children’s Burn Foundation
of Florida.
Gatorland employees and contractors had to rush the rehab to
open as scheduled. That, in part,
helped keep everyone busy.
Everyone worked. Everyone got
full paychecks, officials said.
The owners took advantage of
the shutdown to repaint and
relandscape much of the park. A
temporary entrance was built at
the south end, next to the exit,
and equipped with new registers,
credit-card readers and computers because all of the old equipment was destroyed, Gatorland
spokeswoman Michelle Harris
said.
The gift shop was relocated to
the old “Croc Stop” visitors’
lounge. As with the park
entrance, the shop had to be reoutfitted. Merchandise was limited to the small amount of stock
that wasn’t destroyed or damaged, plus a few things that suppliers could rush ship, Harris
said. Hides had to be removed
from display until Gatorland
could figure out if they are
salvageable.
A couple of vendors were relocated. So was Mighty O, the
dwarf crocodile that somehow
survived the fire that destroyed
his habitat (and killed his mate
and some snakes.) Because the
fire was blamed on a snake display’s heating pad that apparently shorted, heating equipment
has been replaced.
Gatorland expects to have
everything completely rebuilt by
December 2007.
Co-owner Owen Godwin Jr., a
son of the founder, predicted the
fire would lead to improvements,
just as the 1975 blaze did. The
park’s history is full of adaptation without changing its mission, he said.
He and his brother Frank had
helped clear the land in the 1940s
after Owen Godwin Sr., a restaurateur who made extra money
hunting and skinning alligators,
got the idea for a tourist attraction along the highway, showing
off alligators. People told Owen
Godwin Sr. he was crazy, his son
said, but the place thrived.
Since then, the area’s tourism
industry, public attitudes and
even the highway have changed.
So has the park, Godwin said,
and it continues to grow. When
Owen Godwin Sr. died in 1975 and
Frank Godwin took over, the park
had 16 acres. Today, it has
101 acres.
“We have a niche – old
Florida, natural Florida, alligators. But still people always want
new,” Godwin said. “Tastes
change. Sometimes they’re more
interested in ecology. Sometimes
in the shows. Tastes change, and
we have to change with them.
“The ones who want artificial
fun, there are plenty of places to
get it around here,” he added.
“We appeal to the people who
want natural, and we intend to
stay that way.”
(c) 2006, The Orlando Sentine.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
“I’d like to go to
Australia, but it’s just
another city.”
— Bill Mallon, senior broadcasting major at
the University of North Florida
Squawk Box Quotes of the Week in no way reflect the
opinions of the Spinnaker editors or staff.
Submit your Photo of the Week to the Spinnaker
Squawk Box by e-mailing it to uspinnak@unf.edu or
dropping it by the Spinnaker office in the Robinson
Student Center, room 2627.
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SPINNAKER
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
BY ROSS BROOKS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Trans fats have been a part of the American diet for
nearly 100 years. They appear in many of the products we
consume everyday.
Snack cookies, crackers, shelved baked goods and nearly
all fast food items provide a huge source of trans fats. Once
thought to be healthier than the saturated fat found in other
products, mainly butter, within the last two decades, trans
fats have come under tremendous scrutiny, with many calling for their banishment.
To understand why trans fats have made such a commotion in recent years, it is important to know their history,
health risks associated with eating trans fats, and the new
legislation posed against them.
Trans fats occur in trace amounts in the meat and milk
of animals like cows, sheep and goats. Little concern is
given to these sources of trans fats, as they contribute a
very small amount of trans fat to the diet.
However, at the turn of the 20th century, chemists began
playing with the idea of hydrogenated oils as a possibility
for extending the shelf life of goods and reducing their
need to be refrigerated. In 1911, Crisco shortening was
born, forged mainly out of hydrogenated cotton seed oil.
Later on in the 20th century, margarine would be created,
on the basis that its trans fats were far healthier than the
saturated fats found in butter.
In the late 1980s, scientists began to publish studies suggesting a link between increase in coronary heart disease
and trans fats. By the mid ‘90s, many claimed trans fats
caused more than 30,000 deaths a year.
For a while it was believed that the trans fats found in
hydrogenated oils served as a healthy alternative to the saturated fats found in butter. However, nutritionists now
believe that this is anything but true.
According to Catherine Christie, assistant professor and
nutrition program director at the University of North
Florida, “Trans fats act like saturated fats in the body. They
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increase LDL cholesterol which is the primary risk factor
for heart disease.” Aside from increasing LDL cholesterol,
denoted as “bad” cholesterol for its tendency to build up
and create blockages in the arteries, trans fats also decrease
the bodies overall HDL or “good” cholesterol.
In an article published last summer by Jane E. Brody of
The New York Times, a higher level of HDL cholesterol was
found to be more important than lower levels of LDL
because “For every one-milligram rise in ‘good cholesterol,’
the risk for developing cardiovascular disease falls by 2 percent to 3 percent.” However, even with this one redeeming
quality of trans fats, Christie stresses to “eat as little trans
fat as possible, and if you can, eliminate it.”
With the discoveries into how bad trans fats really are, it
is no wonder the FDA and many of the nation’s major food
production corporations have begun to feel the heat from
the trans fat fallout.
In 2003, the Kraft foods company was sued by an organization named Ban Trans Fats. Kraft had to remove all trans
fats from its Oreo cookie line, and had to remove or reduce
the trans fats in more than 650 other products. The same
organization sued McDonalds over its false claims of reducing trans fats in its products, winning $7 million, all of
which was awarded to the American Heart Association.
Because of these successful lawsuits, Taco Bell, KFC, and
Wendy’s have all removed or began to remove trans fats
from their food. As recently as last year, the FDA
announced that all nutrition labels must display the
amount of trans fat in their food.
In a drastic step forward, New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg announced plans to phase
out most trans fats from his city’s
restaurants. His plan calls for
trans fat usage to be cut
to one half gram per
serving in all 24,000
restaurants in
New York City.
But in a
country
where the
No. 1 killer remains cigarettes, is this really fair? Cigarette
cartons have surgeon general warnings posted on them,
and commercials frequently air the dangers involved in
smoking. Yet, no one has proposed that tobacco companies
reduce the number of cigarettes in a given pack. As
Americans, we hold pride that we are allowed to choose
what we want in, on, and outside of our body.
It is the American people’s choice to eat trans fats if
they wish, just as it is their responsibility to educate themselves on the dangers associated with eating them. If someone enjoys eating a double cheeseburger soaked in trans
fat, isn’t it their right to do so? Smokers have never had
their cigarettes snatched out of their hands or their pack
sizes drastically cut down. In this instance, trans fats have
become the scapegoat for a radically burgeoning health
problem affecting the United States from coast to coast.
E-mail Ross Brooks at uspinnak@unf.edu.
ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT K. PIETRZYK
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
EXPRESSIONS
Editors muse on fresh CD releases
‘Mercy’
Indie: B+
BY MATT COLEMAN
‘Doctor’s
Advocate’
Hip-hop: A
BY ZAN GONANO
FEATURES EDITOR
Welcome back, readers. I
hope your Thanksgiving was
food-filled and a nice escape
from school. Only a few more
weeks left here until the end of
the semester, and only one
more Spinnaker to go.
Thursday night at Freebird
Live, Los Lobos play and
tickets are $25.
Saturday a heap of bands
invade Freebird including
Shadow
Agency
and
Whaleface. Tickets for the
event are $8 before show and
$10 the day of the show. Doors
for both shows open at 8 p.m.
Monday
at
Freebird,
Powerman 5000 plays at
Freebird. Doors open at 7 p.m.
and tickets are $15 before the
show and $20 the day of
the show.
Elsewhere
around
the
beach, local reggae act
Scholars Word has a CD
release party at the Sea Walk
Motel on Friday at 10 p.m. Still
Green will also perform at the
release
party
and
Pandemonium, a local surf
video, will premiere.
Inland, country artist Alan
Jackson performs at Veterans
Memorial Arena on Thursday.
Tickets
range
from
$51.50 – $61.50 and the show
starts at 7:30 p.m. Also on
Thursday night, ska band The
Toasters perform at Jack
Rabbits. Tickets for the show
are $12.
Plush is loaded with shows
for the week. Thursday night
Miami-area rapper Rick Ross
performs singles such as
“Hustlin.” Tickets for the
show are $25 and the show
starts at 10 p.m.
Saturday night, Angels and
Airwaves performs with former blink-182 artist Tom
DeLonge. Tickets for the show
are also $25 and the show is at
6 p.m.
Sunday night, Reel Big Fish
plays with a host of other
bands including Westbound
Train and tickets cost $15 with
the show starting at 6 p.m.
That’s the weekly roundup.
I don’t know how you guys
fared, but somehow I got
slammed with two exams on
Wednesday. That is just inappropriate, but I guess it’s the
joys of business school.
I wake up every day thankful that I am one day closer to
never having to take another
business class in my life.
OK, I vented, have fun this
weekend.
E-mail Zan Gonano at
spinnakerfeatures@yahoo.com.
What your
drink says
about you
BY KATHY FLANIGAN
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
Nov. 29 – Guest artist recital, John Metzger – FAC/1200– 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 29– Magnificent Bach Concert – FAC/1200 – 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 – Poetry reading, Van K. Brock – U. Center – 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 – World AIDS day – Green – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Dec. 1 – Photography Club photo expo – 45D – 6 p.m.
Dec. 1 – Alumni Association holiday party – U. Center – 6 p.m.
Dec. 4 – Faculty recital, Gary Yuhuda – FAC/1200– 8 p.m.
Dec. 5 – Music department holiday recital – Lazzara Hall – 7:30 p.m.
You’re used to getting advice
from all sorts of places, but the
Aluminum Can Council might be
the most unlikely. A recent survey the council funded reveals
what your favorite beverage says
about you.
Canned beer drinker and
those who opt for a mix of alcohol
and canned energy drinks
describe
their
romantic
demeanor as “friendly and open.”
Men and women who prefer energy drinks also define themselves
as “super sexy” and “smooth as
silk”.
If you can’t spot the drink in
hand, observe how your potential
date is acting. The canned beer
drinker, the energy drink drinker
and the wine drinker describe
themselves as the life of the party.
Here’s what the council found
might happen should romance
occur:
– Bottled beer drinkers tend to
be more open to the idea of committed relationships and have the
personality of a bartender. They
talk to everyone.
– The average canned beer
drinker is single, friendly and
open and is most often a hardworking, younger professional.
– Those who prefer canned
energy drinks consider themselves the sexy Casanovas of the
21st century.
– Wine drinkers most often are
white-collar women who are considered
the
“ultimate
hostess.”
– Suave and sophisticated
folks who like drinking alcohols
such as scotch are typically
white-collar divorcees.
– Those who like non-alcoholic
beverages are often widows or
widowers with teenage children.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
BY ACE STRYKER
MANAGING EDITOR
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Planes Mistake for Stars
latest release, Mercy,
eschews their contemplative
indie roots for a visceral
rock assault.
From the opening bombardment of “One Fucked
Pony” to the angular guitar
intro of “Widow: A Love
Song,” PMFS steadily builds
into an epic release.
Vocalist Gared
O’Donnell’s gruff voice
seems as though he warms
it up by downing a bottle of
Jagermeister and chasing it
with a pack of cigarettes.
Traversing the path
between the brutal approach
of Motorhead and the more
recent releases of Tom
Waits, the production on
Mercy rightfully allows the
striking vocals top billing.
The bottom end may have
been toned down in production to push the vocals to the
forefront, a decision which
is hard to criticize.
Gritty and forceful,
PMFS’ latest release treads
new ground for the band
into the territory of dark
and dirty rock-and-roll.
‘9’
Folk: C-
BY ZAN GONANO
FEATURES EDITOR
The Game is back and
“the Aftermath chain is
gone.”
His second album,
Doctor’s Advocate, released
on Geffen records after his
beef with G-Unit led to his
dismissal from Dr. Dre’s
Aftermath label, is classic
west coast gangsta-style
riding music.
The Game is absolutely
one of the best MC’s in the
business, as he further
shows on Doctor’s
Advocate.
The music feels like
classic Dr. Dre, even
though Dre didn’t make
any of the beats on the
album.
With guest appearances
from Snoop Dogg, Xibit,
Busta Rhymes, Nas and
Junior Reid, and tracks
from producers such as
Scott Storch, this is the
best rap album of the year.
Standout tracks include
“California Vacation,”
“One Blood,” “Lookin at
You,” and perhaps the next
single “Let’s Ride.”
Damien Rice is the antiartist: moved by failure,
embracing the absence of
good things and inspired by
the presence of nothing.
He’s built his career on
songs that connect with
some quiet, utterly private
part of the human psyche
that rarely surfaces in
music - the place where
regret and hopelessness
hold sway.
Rice’s new album, 9, is a
disappointment. The man
put out 10 tracks of moribund melodies that, rather
than presenting uninspiring stories in freshly
inspiring ways, feel just
plain uninspired. It’s the
same droning, hushed
vocals he’s known and
loved for, but what’s missing is any kind of real message other than that life
may be miserable.
I hope this sprawling
sulk-fest gave Rice the mental vacation he needed to
start writing songs people
care about in a way he’s
proven he’s capable of in
previous recordings.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Into the Blogosphere
BY JESSICA MEDINA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
BY MIKE PINGREE
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
OH YEAH! WELL, TRY AND
STOP ME ... WHAM!
A man smashed the front window of a beauty salon in
Saskatoon in Saskatchewan,
Canada, in the dead of night,
intending to burglarize the
place. But the business, he was
soon to find out, is right next
door to the Champion Fight Club
in the same building. To make
matters worse, the owner, a
world kickboxing champion,
was on the premises, preparing
for a big match. It wasn’t pretty.
HELL HATH NO FURY ...
After two couples returned
home from a night on the town
in Cardiff, Wales, one woman
stripped off her clothes and suggested to the other woman’s
boyfriend that they switch partners for some wild sex. When he
rejected her, she hit him on the
head with a steam iron, knocking him out cold.
THE STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT OF ACADEMIA
College students seem to have
reserved their best writing for a
Web site on which they rate
their professors. Some examples: Not only is the book a better teacher, it also has a better
personality; BORING! But I
learned there are 137 tiles on the
ceiling; I would have been better
off using the tuition money to
heat my apartment last winter.
those they would have never
had the chance to speak with.
Technology is becoming familiar and it is being used.
PEW reported more than
half of bloggers are age 30 and
under. Blogging is also racially
diverse and is evenly split
between sexes. Mostly bloggers
are those who are looking for a
way to express themselves creatively.
About 13 percent of bloggers
post everyday and the same percentage of bloggers say that
blogging is a big part of their
life. According to Technorati,
about 55 percent of bloggers are
still posting after three months
and 11 percent of bloggers are
updating their blogs weekly.
Those that do blog are more
likely to get news and other
information from the Internet.
About 72 percent of bloggers
get their news from the Internet
while only 58 percent of
Internet users do, PEW reported.
More and more people are
becoming comfortable with
using technology. The more
technology is used, the less old
methods
will
be
used.
Technology has led us into a
world
where
everything
is instant.
Soon the idea of hiding a
journal under a bed or reading
a printed newspaper may be
something of the past.
E-mail Jessica Medina at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
I’M OVER HERE, JUST ...
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU
CAN SEE ME?!?!
A man in Tehran tried to rob
a bank after a “sorcerer”
assured him that he had made
him invisible. Alas, the man discovered that he was all-too-visible when police took him away.
PLEASE WAIT TO BE SEAT ...
OH MY GOD!
A nude man and his nude girlfriend got into a fight in their
motel room in Nashville, Tenn.,
when he snorted some cocaine
and started to attack her. She
fled, still naked, to the adjacent
Waffle House restaurant, and he,
also still naked, chased after her.
When she locked herself in the
bathroom, he ran outside, got
into a car and drove off. Police
involvement resulted.
HERE, MONKEY, MONKEY,
MONKEY
A wild monkey snuck onto an
enormous Australian cargo ship
while it was docked in China,
and has been evading capture
for several weeks since being
spotted sitting atop a large container. Officials in Sydney have
informed the captain that the
vessel will not be allowed into
port until the animal has been
caught or “appropriately disposed of.” At last report, the
crew had not seen the animal for
several days.
Online course prepares fearful fliers’
for their holiday travels
BY KATHLEEN PARRISH
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
For some people, going home
for the holidays is about as pleasant as getting January’s credit
card bill. There’s obnoxious relatives, lumpy foldout couches and
fanny-expanding fare.
But for those afraid to fly, the
worst part of the holiday comes
before the gifts are exchanged.
“I was a mess, I was hysterically crying,” Helen Moyer of
Allentown, Pa., said of the times
she had to fly before getting help
from a hypnotherapist. “I was convinced I was destined to die in a
plane crash. I’d write letters to my
family saying, `I love you.’”
Moyer isn’t alone. Roughly one
out of six people is afraid to fly,
said Stacey Chance, an American
Airlines pilot who offers an online
course
at
www.fearofflyinghelp.com to help
ease the jitters of anxious fliers.
“I see people getting on the airplane who are pretty nervous,”
said Chance, who’s been a pilot for
22 years. “Some are so scared they
won’t make eye contact or they
might have some ritual where they
tap the door before they board. It’s
overwhelming for them. Since I do
this for a living, I wanted to be able
to share how safe and routine it is
to fly.”
Chance estimates between 400
and 500 people a day visit his Web
site and of that number between
30 and 50 will complete the free
online course.
WE DIDN’T LEAVE ANY EVIDENCE ... WRAPPERS? WHAT
WRAPPERS?
Two men wearing ghost masks
robbed a convenience store in
Marysville, Calif., then fled the
scene in a sports car. Police later
recovered the vehicle in which
the robbers had left the wrappers
from the masks. The cops used
the bar code on the wrappers to
determine that the masks had
been purchased at a local WalMart. The officers examined WalMart’s surveillance tape, which
showed the two suspects buying
the masks. Case closed.
YOU SURE YOU WON’T BUY
ANYTHING? OK, BYE ...
ZOOM!
A door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman did not take it well
when a housewife in Freeport,
N.Y., refused to purchase any of
his wares. He snatched the keys
from just inside her front door
and stole the family car.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE A WINWIN SITUATION
An Ontario man tried to hire a
hitman to kill his wife so he
would not have to continue paying child support. The hitman
turned out to be a cop, and the
man was sent to jail. He is now
arguing that, since he is incarcerated, he is unable to pay the child
support he was trying to get out
of in the first place.
(c) 2006, McClatchy-Tribune
News Service
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
COURTESY OF SXC.HU
The blogosphere is the social
association between a blogger
and the entire blogging community. It is a community that doubles about every six months
according to Technorati, a blog
tracking organization.
Blogging is a world of online
diaries where writers can talk
about anything like daily life,
religion and politics. It can be
used to stay in touch with
friends and family or as a way
to meet people who are in similar situations or have similar
beliefs.
According to Technorati, a
new blog is made every second
and they are currently tracking
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According to the PEW
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Project, most bloggers write
about personal experiences or
are keeping in touch with
friends and family. Many organizations have also begun to use
blogs as a way to quickly get
information out on upcoming
projects or situations.
Blogs can be used as a way to
define what is fact and what is
opinion. It is a way for those
thoughts and ideas to be published and then later commented on. Forty-four percent of
Internet users have used the
Internet to share their thoughts
and respond to others.
People are able to talk to and
share life experiences with
PAGE 13
EXPRESSIONS
Approximately one out of six people is afraid to fly. Pilot Stacey Chance, who
flies for American Airlines, offers an online course at www.fearofflyinghelp.com.
For Moyer, it was a sudden drop
in altitude during a flight to
Cancun that triggered her aversion to the friendly skies.
“Everyone on the plane started
screaming,” she said. “That started it all and then little by little the
thought of having to go on a plane
was overwhelming.”
Glen Arnold, an aviation psychologist in Bakersfield, Calif.,
said a lot of people are spooked by
turbulence, but swirling air currents have never caused a plane
to crash.
“People don’t understand how
flight works, so that can cause anxiety,” he said. “If there’s an engine
problem, they conclude an airplane is losing its ability to fly.”
But that doesn’t happen. If a
plane did lose use of its engines, it
would maintain flight and
descend, said Arnold, who operates Thairapy, a program that
uses
relaxation
techniques
coupled with basic aeronautic
education.
White-knuckle fliers can suffer
from claustrophobia or a fear of
heights. Others are afraid of
losing control.
“They ask me if it’s possible to
open a door while flying,” he said.
“They’re afraid they might
freak out and open a door
uncontrollably.”
Al Forgione, director of the
Institute for Psychology of Air
Travel in Boston, said fearful
flyers
are
usually
highly
intelligent people who have vivid
imaginations.
“It’s imaginations gone wild,”
he said. “They’re falling through
the floor, the wings are burning
off. Fear has no regard or
sympathy. It doesn’t save you from
anything. The first thing we drill
into people is it’s only a feeling.
Just because you feel anxiety doesn’t mean something bad is going
to happen.”
Diane Donaher, whose husband, Dean, is principal of Liberty
High School in Bethlehem, Pa.,
wasn’t afraid to fly until after 9/11.
“It’s really anxiety,” she said.
“It was more of a security issue.”
Faced with having to board a
plane earlier this week for a trip to
Hawaii with her family and the
Liberty High School band,
Donaher signed up for a Fear of
Flying seminar at Lehigh Valley
International Airport.
There, she met hypnotherapist
Beverly Bley and United Airlines
pilot Fran McBride, who eased her
fears, she said, by explaining the
mechanics of flight, what the
different noises mean and the
security measures in place.
On a recent Saturday, the day
before she was supposed to leave,
Donaher had a panic attack.
“I was really desperate,” she
said. “My anxiety was getting on
everyone’s nerves.”
So she e-mailed McBride. “He
was very calm and reassuring,”
she said. “He told me the bumps in
the air had nothing to do with safety, and I should read or listen to
a tape.”
On Sunday, clutching a printout
of his e-mail, Donaher flew to
Hawaii.
(c) 2006, McClatchy-Tribune
News Service
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
information Services.
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EXPRESSIONS
Home cooking on campus
BY CHRISTAL BOLDEN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Fried Rice
Shrimp
Soy sauce
Onions
Egg
A little oil
“Its hard to give directions
because I don’t measure. I
just cook until I feel it’s
right. Cook the rice. Sautee
onions and cook shrimp.
Then heat oil in a pan on
medium low and put the rice
in the pan. Add soy sauce
until rice is brown. Fry the
egg quickly and then add the
shrimp and onions and egg
to the rice. Salt and pepper
to taste,” Carter said.
and wait until I have time to
cook,” she said.
Carter said that she doesn’t
mind cooking for her friends
because she gets most, if not all of
her food from the military base’s
commissary.
“Sometimes we would all pitch
in and pay for the food and I
would cook it and some of the others would help out,” said Carter.
“That’s why we ate good meals. It
was always better when we
worked together when cooking.”
Some students who live on
campus and don’t know the popular cooks have meal plans.
“The meal plans do benefit the
students,” said David Jordan, resident
district
manager
of
Chartwells. He said not only are
students’ discounted meals guaranteed, but also the Osprey Café
is all-you-can-eat for about a quarter of the price of meals anywhere else.
Students realize that most food
on campus is not healthy and
Jordan said that a few of them
have asked for healthier options.
He said that Chartwells tried
offering vegetarian meals and
sandwiches in the café and
Outtakes, but they didn’t sell well.
Places like Wackadoo’s have
come a long way according to
Jordan. They now have Sub
Generation.
“So if you want to eat healthy
with your friend who’s eating a
sandwich and fries, you can,”
he said.
Leandra Weekes, UNF public
relations major said that she
enjoys the fruit smoothies from
Freshens, the Alumni Café,
because they’re fast and healthy.
She said that between work and
school, she doesn’t have time to
eat a big lunch.
“Wackadoo’s food is gross,”
Weekes said. “It’s too greasy and
most of it isn’t good for you.”
“I actually live in the Osprey
Hall and I have a meal plan,” said
Weekes. “But I have a friend who
lives in the Village and we buy
groceries and cook together all
the time. Not only is it cheaper,
it’s
healthier
and
it’s
a
bonding experience.”
Many students who live in the
Osprey Village cook their food
and others have meal plans. This
may be why more of them eat
healthier. Each room in the
Village has its own kitchen,
where they can store groceries for
later use.
It may not be easy to eat
healthy in the dorms, but there
are always options.
E-mail Christal Bolden at uspinnak@unf.edu.
Sugarcult rocks out
REBECCA DALY
Kami Carter and her friends
sat at a table in the dorm lounge
at the University of North Florida
peeling shrimp to prepare for dinner. They worked together to create a feast fit for the third floor of
Building S of the Crossings.
After it is complete, they sat
down, everyone’s quiet appreciation understood as they wolfed
down their shrimp fried rice and
lumpia, a dish Carter bought
from an Asian market. They were
living the good dorm life.
Although most UNF students
don’t cook meals as exotic as
Carter’s, they still try to eat
healthier foods.
“I consider eating three meals
a day and not a lot of junk food
pretty healthy,” said Amanda
Rushing, a psychology major who
lives in the Osprey Village. “I
don’t always eat healthy, but I try
and I go to the gym, too.”
When asked who the best
cooks in the dorms were, one
name came up the most. Kami
Carter, a UNF chemistry major
loves to cook. She moved out of
the dorms in the spring semester
of 2006, but her name is still on
the lips of many dorm residents.
She laughed when she heard that
students are still talking about
her cooking.
“I think they like my cooking
because I cook a lot of different
dishes,” said Carter. “I’ve lived in
Japan since I was 16 and I know a
lot of Japanese and American
dishes.”
Carter said she’s been cooking
since she could remember and
she thinks it’s funny that everyone likes her cooking so much.
“Sometimes, students would
come in my room, sit on my bed
KAMI’S RECIPE FOR
SHRIMP FRIED RICE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Sugarcult performed with Cartel at the University of North Florida Arena Nov.
17. The band is touring fresh from the release of its new album Lights Out.
The band rocked the Jacksonville crowd for more than an hour.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
Older friends or
relatives may
this
week
boldly
discuss
revised
career
ambitions or
rare busiMarch 21 - April 20 ness proposals. An
intense wave of workplace
disappointment now needs to
be resolved. Complex social or
family relationships will soon
require detailed practical decisions. Offer heartfelt advice
and watch for steady
progress: your ongoing
approval and emotional
support is needed. Romantic
flirtation will intensify: stay
calm and respond only to serious
overtures.
Love relationships will this
week
require
diplomacy and special
sensitivity.
Romantic partners
or
potential
lovers may feel
emotionally
April 21 - May 20
drained
by
recent family events or unexpected home disputes. Offer creative
social distractions or unique
leisure activities: optimism and a
steady dedication to group planning will prove helpful. A postponed work project or forgotten
job proposal may reappear.
Respond promptly: new opportunities will quickly evaporate.
A minor disagreement with a coworker will now
escalate. Early this
week, unexpected
jealousies, small
disputes or a rare
competition for
May 21 - June 21
job promotions
may strain workplace relations. Avoid public discussions and expect others to
offer misinformation: business
relationships will improve only
after authority figures announce
revised work roles. Accents
unique travel plans and complex
social gatherings.
First
impressions will now set
the tone of new
friendships. The
emotional influence of bold discussions, minor
June 22 - July 22
jealousies and
complicated workplace triangles
may linger. Avoid a strong public
reaction to inappropriate comments: someone close may need
extra time to develop confidence
or establish social trust. Stay
quiet. A friend or younger relative may reveal a complex romantic attraction. Ask probing questions: serious advice is needed.
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Lasha Seniuk’s
Long-term relationships will now
begin a phase of
serious communications,
group
planning
and
social expansion.
Loved ones are
highly motivatJuly 23 - Aug. 22
ed to bring
added commitments or security into their lives.
Single Leos may encounter the
return of past lovers or distant
friends. If so, remain cautious:
passions and renewed expectations will be high. Study financial
documents for misinformation:
new debts and forgotten payments will soon prove costly.
Housing decisions,
loan applications
and legal documents will now
require your full
attention. A series
of family disputes
or money restrictions need to be Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
permanently
resolved. Respond quickly to all
requests or critical observations.
Loved ones will follow your example. Opt for honest group discussions and all will be well.
Someone close may demand a
public display of affection,
renewed loyalty or a bold romantic promise. Go slow: your social
needs are just as valid.
Workplace strategies
and
leadership
style may need
improvement. Coworkers will not
respond
to
Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 instructions or
controversial
ideas without first checking with
authority figures. Find creative
ways to increase group participation. Patient determination and
gentle diplomacy will help clarify
difficult business relationships.
Many Librans begin a brief phase
of social confrontation. Stay
focused.
Business
skills, training or daily
instructions
are now a
source
of
workplace
concern.
Close col- Oct. 24 - Nov. 22
leagues
will demand equal treatment, new opportunities or
quick advancement. Allow
authority figures to negotiate all disputes: this is not
the right time to challenge
the needs of the bold or
impatient types. Many
Scorpios will experience a
powerful wave of romantic passion. Remain attentive: new relationships are now highly
favored.
Home
expenses
and minor financial setbacks may
prove
bothersome.
Some
Sagittarians
will soon feel
to
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 pressured
revise family
budgets, begin new investments
or finalize property documents.
All are positive but also legally
complicated: study written documents for unrealistic deadlines
or restrictions. Accuracy is vital.
An older relative or trusted
friend may require delicate family advice. Relocation may be a
strong concern: stay alert.
Social celebrations or
group plans may be
briefly postponed.
At present, close
friends and colleagues are easily
distracted
with
family
events
or
Dec. 22 - Jan. 20
romantic invitations. Take none of it personally: intriguing friendships, proposals and planned activities
will soon prove entertaining.
Remain
quietly
optimistic.
Accent power struggles with relatives or roommates.
New
friendships
may this week be
complicated with
subtle romantic
triangles or private attractions.
Ensure
your
long-term intenJan. 21 - Feb. 19
tions are clearly
understood by the group. Over
the next few days, minor emotional signals are easily misinterpreted. Avoid familiar or inappropriate behavior and wait for social
jealousies to fade. An established
financial partnership may need
to end. Loans, applications and
shared expenses are accented:
remain flexible.
Romantic decisions
are
now
best
delayed. Complex
relationships and
quickly
revised
goals may challenge the traditional
expecta- Feb. 20 - March 20
tions of family
members. Wait for close friends
and relatives to ask probing questions. Loved ones may need to vent
their feelings or express strong
opinions. Remain diplomatic. Also
highlight compelling dreams and
sudden glimpses of the future.
Career aspirations may be a central theme: stay alert.
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PAGE 17
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
BY HOLLI WELCH
SPORTS EDITOR
In any sport there are winners
and there are losers.
For the University of North
Florida, four years of patience
and dedication has produced a
winning swimmer for the Osprey
team. A swimmer who is not
financially supported, yet continually performs with the team.
Why the dedication? Senior
Lindsey McKelvey is simply in
love with the sport.
“Some swim for the money, to
get their school paid for,”
McKelvey said. “For me, as a
walk-on, I had to be motivated
from the beginning and enjoy the
challenge and competition.”
Walk-on athletes are players
that join a university sports team
on their own. They are not
recruited from high school.
Instead, many of these athletes
audition during student work-out
tryouts held by the coaching staff
prior to the season.
Walk-on athletes can be found
all over campus and recently,
many are leading their teams.
McKelvey is one such leader.
“I was intimidated as a freshman coming in, and I didn’t know
what to expect,” she said. “I think
that I am someone the freshmen
can look up to now because I
know where they’ve been.”
Head coach Beth Harrell
agrees.
“Lindsey has been an excellent swimmer and role model
because she was not one of our
fastest swimmers when she came
in,” Harrell said. “She had a lot
of work ahead of her if she was
going to be able to gain the
rewards the fastest swimmers
receive. Now she has attained
positions on our most important relays.”
The senior swimmer is a
leader in the water, working her
way to her goal - the A relay
team. She is also breaking personal records in her individual
races.
“I love the challenge that I can
always go faster,” McKelvey said.
“I always try to keep or beat my
best time. As a walk-on you come
in knowing you’re at the bottom
so I’ve had to work my way up
over the past four years.”
Four weeks into her senior
year, McKelvey has dropped
three seconds off her in-season
best in the 100 freestyle.
She led the Ospreys at the first
home meet with a time of 0:54:93
seconds. This was slightly
behind her personal best of
0:54.60 seconds record in 2005.
“Lindsey has improved substantially over her four years at
UNF,” Harrell said. “Her work
ethic and dedication has been
key to her success.”
For head basketball coach
Matt Kilcullen, McKelvey is
exactly what he looks for in a
walk-on for his team.
“We want a player who loves
the game and wants to play in a
college program,” he said. “With
hard work and perseverance,
they find opportunities to play.
Walk-ons always find a way to
get ahead.”
For Kilcullen, one former
player did get ahead and now
supports him as the team’s
assistant coach.
Coach Josh Bowen, a former
Osprey, began his career as a
walk-on for the team.
“In the beginning I just wanted to play and contribute to the
team,” he said. “Walk-ons have
good grades and are problem-free
both off and on the court. That’s
what I brought to the table.”
Bowen fought his way up and
eventually received financial aid
his fourth year as an Osprey. He
is now working toward his master’s degree in business administration with the help of the
basketball program.
“It is hard to get noticed in the
beginning because there is no
money invested in you,” Bowen
said. “You have to do well in practice and go above and beyond.”
For Bowen, McKelvey and others, their dedication is taking
them higher and higher in the
games they love.
E-mail Holli Welch at
spinnakersports@yahoo.com.
ILLUSTRATION: REBECCA DALY
PAGE 18
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
SPORTS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Thanksgiving tournament brings
back-to-back falls for Ospreys
BY JEREMIE CANTON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Women’s basketball 52, New
Jersey Tech University 46
Nov. 18
Women’s basketball 45,
Longwood University 52
Nov. 19
Men’s basketball 77,
Concordia College NY 72
Women’s swimming 4th at
Davidson Invitational
Nov. 22
Men’s basketball 44, Florida
Atlantic University 59
Nov. 24
Women’s basketball 46,
Florida International
University 86
Nov. 25
Men’s basketball 39,
Northwestern University 40
Women’s basketball 47,
Villanova University 66
COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS
The University of North
Florida women’s basketball
team took back-to-back losses in
the FIU Thanksgiving Classic
tournament in Miami, FL.
The Villanova University
Wildcats handed the Ospreys
their second loss of the two-day
tournament Saturday Nov. 25,
after the team fell 86-46 against
the
Florida
International
University Panthers Nov. 24.
The Panthers outplayed the
Ospreys on the glass, collecting
18 offensive rebounds and finished the game with 19 secondchance points.
Florida
International
grabbed a total of 50 rebounds to
North Florida’s 33.
Sophomore forward Jennifer
Guldager and senior forward
Cecilia Woolfolk led UNF in
rebounds with five boards each.
FIU forward Liene Bernsone
obtained the game high with 10.
FIU forward Monika Boslij
led both teams in scoring with
23 points.
Center Lasma Jekobsone also
contributed 17 points to the
Panthers’ victory.
Though
Florida
International held the scoring
advantage throughout the game,
North Florida’s freshman guard
Shandrea Moore still managed
to lead the Ospreys in scoring
with 14 points.
Along with UNF’s scoring
troubles, sophomore forward
Antoinette Reames and senior
guard Tamara Hubbard each got
into foul trouble early in the
first half.
Hubbard picked up two fouls
and left the game with 16:29
minutes to go in the first half
while Reames also collected
her second foul within a
minute later.
Freshmen center Willonda
Windham came off the bench to
replace Reames and ended the
game as the Ospreys’ second
leading scorer with eight points.
Osprey
forward
Sabrina
Schmidt also provided four
points
in
a
losing effort.
The team managed to show
improvement against Villanova.
Reames led the team with 11
points and completed the
tournament with a total of
six blocked shots. The sophomore center also grabbed
six rebounds.
Guldager finished the game
with a season high of 10 points
and shared the team high in
rebounding Moore. Both players retained seven rebounds.
The Ospreys competed in the
opening minutes of the game
with high energy against the
Wildcats and both teams were
tied at six points with 17:17 to go
in the first half.
In the second half, the
Wildcats controlled the scoreboard, ending the game with a
66-47 victory.
Wildcat
players
Jackie
Adamshick and Lisa Karic each
ended the night with a doubledouble.
Adamshick led all players in
both points, with 20, and
rebounding, with 11, while
Karic finished with 15 points
and 10 rebounds.
The Ospreys improved in
rebounding in game two of
the tournament.
Against Villanova, the UNF
allowed 10 points compared
Nov. 17
Senior Cecilia Woolfolk led the Ospreys at the FIU Thanksgiving Classic with
five rebounds each. UNF lost in both games against Florida International
University and Villanova University.
to the 19 points in the
previous game.
North Florida also improved
their ball control, turning the
ball over 17 times against FIU
and 10 times against Villanova.
The Ospreys’ next game is
Nov. 30 against the Belmont
Bruins at 6:15 p.m.
Nov. 30
Women’s basketball at
Belmont University,
6:15 p.m.
Men’s basketball at
Belmont University,
8:30 p.m.
Dec. 2
E-mail Jeremie Canton at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
Women’s basketball at
Lipscomb University,
3 p.m.
Men’s basketball at
Lipscomb University,
5:15 p.m.
BY, JACEY NORRIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
WILLIAMS AT A
GLANCE:
On the court:
– Ranked fifth in the Atlantic
Sun Conference during the
2005 season for average
points scored per game
– Finished seventh in the
conference for total blocks
Played competitively for the
past five years
In the classroom:
– Political Science major
Willonda Windham,
Women’s basketball
“When we outscored
Villanova the second half
29-27, that was good.”
Nancy Miller,
Women’s basketball
assistant coach
“The second half of the
Villanova game. It was a
tough loss against FIU and
we fought hard against
Villanova.
S
ON
TI
LA
RE
E-mail Jacey Norris at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
“Germaine [Sparks] did a
great job picking the game
back up.”
IA
ED
M
OF
the Osprey team and because
University of North Florida is
close to home.
Williams started in 23 of
UNF’s 28 games last season
despite being a transfer to
the team.
He has had to adjust to
Division I level ball.
“The game is more controlled, instead of a fast-paced
up and down the court game,”
Williams said.
The senior’s favorite memory is the Osprey fans swarming
the basketball court after the
Matt Kilcullen,
Men’s basketball head
coach
SY
TE
UR
CO
Just last year, senior basketball player Rashad Williams,
nicknamed “Shad,” became a
dominant player in the
Atlantic Sun Conference.
Williams ranked fifth in the
conference for average points
scored per game. He also finished seventh for blocks, both
of which were team highs.
His ranked statistics are
not, however, due to playing
competitively from a young age
or having played with the same
team for a long period of time.
Instead, Williams recorded
his statistics after discovering
his love and talent for the
game, competitively.
“I’ve played basketball all
my life, but I only started playing school ball about five years
ago,” Williams said.
His dad and his brother
used to play too, but now he is
the only member of his family
who plays competitive basketball.
Williams transferred to the
University of North Florida
from Middle Georgia College, a
two-year college.
For him, the move was for
“the positive atmosphere” of
game against Jacksonville
University during the 2005 season. He said he hopes this year
will be no different.
“I think the team will do
really well this year, especially
once conference play starts,”
he said. “That’s when the
team will really start
clicking.”
Williams speaks
from experience,
scoring an average
of 19.4 points, 6.1
rebounds, and
1.5 blocks
during his
final 13
games last
season.
Williams
is majoring in
political
science, but
his main focus is
basketball for the
moment. He
wants to continue to
play in a professional setting
after he finishes
school, he said.
COACH AND
ATHLETE
HIGHLIGHT OF
THE WEEK
Cecilia Woolfolk,
Women’s basketball
“The second game [against
Villanova] knowing that for
20 minutes we competed
against a Big East school.”
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SPORTS
FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Team finishes close
behind top ranked foe
What to learn from
the quest out west
BY NATALIE NGUYEN
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS
The University of North
Florida men’s basketball team
lost
twice
during
the
Thanksgiving week, after facing
off against Florida Atlantic
University and Northwestern
University.
North Florida lost to Florida
Atlantic Wednesday night, 59-44.
The game was followed by a
closely held 40-39 loss to Big Ten
opponent Northwestern.
Senior
forward
Rashad
Williams led the Ospreys with 12
points and four rebounds
against the FAU Owls. The
Ospreys low scores were attributed to just 35 percent shooting
for the game.
“It was our decision making
that hurt us tonight,” head
coach Matt Kilcullen said. “We
had opportunities early in the
game, and we missed lay-ups
and shot air-balls. We have to
play the game with passion
and energy.”
The Ospreys shot 28 percent
in the first half and committed
20 turnovers for the game.
Although the Ospreys battled
back with a 10-1 run, the Owls
answered with a 9-0 run of
their own.
Freshman guard Germaine
Sparks contributed to the
Osprey game during the second
half.
Sparks
finished
the
game with nine points and
eight rebounds.
The Ospreys then traveled to
Evanston, Ill., Saturday, where a
basket with 3.2 seconds left in
the game dropped the Ospreys’
record to 1-5.
The UNF defense forced
Northwestern to depend on outside shooting, causing the
Wildcats to shoot four from 25
from 3-point range.
“I couldn’t be more proud of
the team,” Kilcullen said. “For
us to have a tough home loss
Wednesday night like we did an
then come out and battle 40 minutes and have it come down to an
offensive rebound. I couldn’t ask
for anything else out of
the team.”
North Florida built a 38-31
lead against Northwestern with
6:16 remaining in the game.
However, the next 13 missed
shots for the Ospreys, with the
Wildcats’ 9-1 run, brought an
end to the battle.
Junior Chris Timberlake led UNF with 10 points against Northwestern
University. It was the first time the Ospreys played a Big Ten team.
The game was the first time
any North Florida athletic team
has faced a Big Ten foe.
Sophomore guard Aaron
Caruthers and junior point
guard Chris Timberlake led
the team with 10 points each.
The Ospreys shot 31 percent
for
the
game
and
outrebounded the Wildcats 40-34.
Northwestern was led by
junior forward Gallo Cham
who
led
the
team
with
10 rebounds.
The Wildcats shot 34 percent
for the game led by redshirt senior Tim Doyle.
North Florida will travel to
Nashville,
Tenn.
to
play
against defending Atlantic Sun
Conference
co-champions
Belmont
and
Lipscomb
Universities Nov. 30 and Dec. 2.
E-mail Natalie Nguyen at
spinnakersports@yahoo.com.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 Games played over
Thanksgiving week
59-44 Final score against
Florida Atlantic
University (loss)
40-39 Final score against
Big Ten Foe:
Northwestern
University (loss)
3.2 Seconds remaining as
winning shot made for
Northwestern
It’s been a long time coming
for Ohio State’s quarterback
Troy Smith.
For years, all we could talk
about was how he couldn’t
throw, couldn’t make reads,
couldn’t lead a comeback couldn’t manage a game.
Turns out, we were all wrong.
In hindsight, we should’ve
seen it coming. The start of the
2004 season yielded a season of
change and unrest in Columbus.
Gone was former Buckeye
hero Craig Krenzel, who led the
Scarlet and Grey back to the
Promised Land with an upset
win over Miami and a national
championship.
The year after, Ohio State lost
only two games, including one
against archrival Michigan, en
route to another BCS win.
With the Krenzel road off
into the sunset in 2003, his
Scarlet and Grey cape was left in
the locker room, waiting for the
next bearer.
Entering the 2004 campaign,
Coach Jim Tressel pegged
sophomore Justin Zwick as
his starter.
Only three games into the
season, Zwick was looking quite
the field general, leading some
to believe the cape was his.
But then, the season spun out
of control.
Back-to-back losses left Ohio
State winless in the Big 10, and
the Bucks found themselves
down 17-0 with 12:20 to go in the
3rd quarter at Iowa.
And then the legend began.
On a rain soaked field, Troy
Smith, a one-time special teams
player, trotted into the Buckeye
huddle.The rest is, as they say, is
history.
Smith did not lead a comeback win that day, but the sophomore had begun his quest to resurrect Ohio State.
Smith rattled off three consecutive wins and pulled off an
upset over seventh ranked
Michigan.
He led Ohio State University
to an 11-2 finish, capped by a
12 Leading score for the
Ospreys by senior
Rashad Wiliams
Ryan Clarke
Freshman, Journalism
“The
sophomore
[Troy Smith]
had begun his
quest to
resurrect
Ohio State.”
“
smothering offensive display
against Notre Dame in the
Fiesta Bowl. The win springboarded Ohio State’s 2006
national championship run.
For the first time in his
career, Smith has had control of
the offense from day one.
With no quarterback controversy, the focus and concentration he had paid monstrous
dividends.
The undefeated season is
nice, but his third strait win
over the Wolverines is what
everyone will remember.
Guess we know who wears
the cape now.
He wears No. 10, his name’s
Troy Smith, and he’s the best
quarterback I’ve ever seen.
Not bad at all.
E-mail Ryan Clarke at spinnak@unf.edu.
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40 Rebounds for Ospreys
against Northwestern
ILLUSTRATION: JEN QUINN
Cheerleaders look to community and fans to support teams
BY JACEY NORRIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Two, four, six, eight, who
don’t we appreciate?
The University of North
Florida cheerleaders all agree
that Osprey spirit is lacking
this year.
With Erica Prescott taking
over the squad only weeks before
basketball season began, the
cheerleaders spent three weeks
working
out
on
their own after their former
coach resigned.
“No one tried to do anything
with us; We had to work out on
our own,” freshman Christina
Breza said. “Now we only have
one week to get things together
for basketball season. We’re just
starting to be able to do all the
things we should have been practicing before, like stunting.”
The UNF cheerleaders are not
an official sports team. They are
classified as a spirit group.
To the team, this is unfair.
“Cheerleading is a real
sport,” Breza said. “We work just
as hard as any of the other
teams. We have to obey all the
rules as the other athletes,
we’re controlled by school
regulations,
but
we
don’t receive the same
amount of recognition as
other sports.”
Their biggest concern, however, is not only the lack of
recognition for themselves, but
for all the athletes at North
Florida.
North Florida is a Division I
school, and it is important to
have both “real cheerleaders”
and a greater number of fans at
games, according to the squad.
“People just don’t come to the
“Cheerleading
is a real sport.
We work just
as hard as any
of the other
teams.”
games,” said freshman
education
major
Jenna
Polemeni. “When I tell people
I’m a UNF cheerleader, they are
always really surprised. No one
knows UNF has a cheerleading squad.”
Despite the lack of spirit, the
team is still staying with it,
learning new stunts and cheers
ILLU
STR
ATIO
N: J
EN
UIN
N
before the
season begins.
“Last year was a really good
year for us,” freshman businessmanagement
major
Ashley
Hermit said. “We had a lot of
potential, but it’s been thrown
away.”
Nov. 19 marked the first
appearance for the cheerleading
Q
“
Christina Breza,
Freshman, undeclared major
team this year, when the men’s
basketball team took on Florida
Atlantic University.
E-mail Jacey Norris at uspinnak@unf.edu.
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