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Volume 30, Issue 14
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
November
15
2006
Wednesday
THIS WEEK
NEWS
Good morning,
commissioner
Gov. Bush appointed former
University of North Florida
President Dr. Anne Hopkins
to the Florida Commission on
Human Relations.
See APPOINTMENT, page 4
EXPRESSIONS
Anything but gravy
Thanksgiving isn’t all about
turkey and gravy. Your preconceived notions may be
squashed when you read
how this holiday isn’t all
about giving thanks.
See FEAST, page 11
JACKSONVILLE
Leadership
discusses
Master Plan
UNDER FIRE
BY LAURA BRITTON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The number of homicides in
Jacksonville is on the rise in comparison to last year, and community
members, city officials and the
University of North Florida are
joining together to fight this
growing trend.
As of Nov. 7, there have been 125
homicides, 100 of which have been
murders. At this time last year, the
number of homicides was at 95 with
71 murders. There is not one clear
answer to why the numbers are so
high this year, according to Ken
Jefferson, Jacksonville Sheriff ’s
Office public information officer.
Most of the violent crimes are
taking place on the Northside of the
city where residents live in transitional housing and have lower
incomes, Jefferson said. Many arguments start as domestic disputes
and escalate to physical confrontations, which typically lead to a
shooting or stabbing, he said.
Overall, a large portion of the
violent crimes committed are drugrelated, and involve males ages 1630, according to Roy Fabila, a
Jacksonville
Sheriff ’s
Office
patrol officer.
The tipping point for the
Jacksonville community came on
July 26 of this year, when 8-year-old
DreShawna Davis was killed by a
stray bullet in her family’s home.
The shooting was intended as a
retaliatory act against her uncle,
according to chief of communica-
tions and special initiatives for the
mayor’s office, Susan Wiles.
Wiles said the Jacksonville community and city leaders found a
need to come together to put an end
to the violence. Numerous programs stemmed from Davis’ murder
in hopes of offsetting the violence
that had already been done.
The University of North Florida
also took part in making its own
contributions to the city’s growing
homicide issue. Jacksonville Mayor
John Peyton came to UNF’s campus
in October to discuss the importance of literacy education at a
young age to city officials, volunteers and the UNF Community
Outreach Council.
and individuals that delay reproduction tend to live a little bit
longer,” Hatle said. “So there’s a
clear link between reproduction
and aging.”
Hatle said that through precedent research, it is thought that
individuals who delay reproduction store the energy that would
have been committed to reproduction and use it to take care of themselves instead.
But what makes Hatle’s research
differ from those experiments that
rely on fat storage for energy is his
study of protein storage.
See AGING, page 9
See LEARNUNF, page 9
See MURDER, page 4
SPORTS
as of Nov. 7
See FALL, page 17
Friday
Nov. 17
67/42
M-Sunny
Saturday
Nov. 18
69/45
M-Sunny
Sunday
Nov. 19
68/45
M-Sunny
7-day forecast, page 5
SOURCE: NOAA
Discourse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Police Beat. . . . . . . . . . . .7
Squawk Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Expressions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Zan on the Street. . . . . . . . . 12
Comics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Horoscopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Grasshoppers growing up
John Hatle is examining
what these critters can
teach science about aging
BY SHEENA PEGARIDO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon was
said to be searching for the fabled
fountain of youth in St. Augustine.
Almost 500 years later, the key to
the mystery may be found hopping
in the University of North Florida
biology labs.
John Hatle, assistant professor
of biology at UNF, is conducting
experimental
research
on
grasshopper to understand how
aging is controlled.
“Almost all organisms age, and
the results of aging are well-known
in humans,” Hatle said. “We lose
elasticity, our skin gets crinkly, our
arteries don’t expand and recoil as
easily, our hair turns gray, and our
hormones get weaker. But how
that’s
controlled
is
not
understood.”
So he turned to grasshoppers –
insects that, unlike the more commonly studied fruit flies, are large
enough to follow and to collect
blood samples from one individual,
Hatle said. Aside from being less
expensive than mice, another common experimental model for aging,
grasshoppers also live shorter,
about three to six months, allowing
for an ample amount of time to
study its lifespan, he said.
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Farewell to fall sports
WEEKEND
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Dr. John Hatle of the University of North Florida is using grasshoppers to conduct
research about aging. Hatle said he hopes the results of his work will ultimately
benefit human health research.
“These grasshoppers are very
common around Jacksonville,”
Hatle said. “Those are the kinds
that are pests in people’s gardens,
so a lot of people around here are
familiar with them.”
Funded by the National Institute
on Aging, a branch of the National
Institute of Health, Hatle is studying how body storage affects
longevity.
According to Hatle,
going on in his fourth year at UNF,
the standard theory for animals is
that aging is a result of reproduction. He said this theory has been
proven in studied organisms such
as flies, worms and mice.
“Individuals that make a lot of
offspring in a young age die young,
MANAGING EDITOR
The
University
of
North Florida will undergo major changes in its
campus structure and layout over the next 10 years,
according to speakers at a
LEARNUNF presentation
Nov. 9.
Among the planned
developments are several
new buildings, expansions
to existing structures and
a new philosophy regarding how space on campus
will be used, said Richard
Crosby, associate vice
president for administration and finance. Crosby
said the UNF Master Plan
calls for a series of new
projects that will eventually phase out parking in
the core of campus, opening that space up for more
student and faculty working space.
Crosby addressed the
student union building,
which is due to break
ground in May 2007. He
said it will occupy the
space where Lot 4 currently sits, displacing 752
parking spaces. To counteract the loss of parking,
Crosby said the university
plans to expand Lot 18
from 1,000 to 1,800 spaces
by next fall.
The proposed “eastern
ridge” housing complex
and a possible sanctuary
on the south end of campus are among other ideas
attached to the Master
Plan, Crosby said, along
with the conversion of the
State Road 9A-Butler
Boulevard intersection to
an interchange.
“I think we’re probably
about another year or so
on
the
interchange,”
he said.
Director of Facilities
Planning Zak Ovadia also
gave a presentation outlining some of the newer
developments
of
the
Master Plan. He said a
new Parking Services
building
has
been
designed and should begin
construction in the next
few weeks.
Ovadia also said an
expansion to the Brooks
College of Health building
is in the works, and may
be the next big project to
receive attention because
of its need. The idea is to
construct a new four-story
wing that mirrors the
existing building, creating
a courtyard in between,
Ovadia said. He added
that classes will occupy
the first floor and Student
Health Services will move
from its current location
to the second floor.
“There is synergy
between that program
Number of murders:
All good things must come to
an end, and December
means some of the
University of North Florida
teams’ seasons are drawing
to a close. See how the
Ospreys fared.
BY ACE STRYKER
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QUOTE
WEEK
of
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006
“Pride is a powerful
narcotic, but it
doesn't do much for
the auto-immune
system. ”
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Nancy Pelosi, former senior minority
leader, became the first female Speaker
of the House of Representatives. A
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The Athletics Department couldn’t raise
the last $2,000 for a big screen to put
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LA Times’ editor firing important to all
n incident occurred in Los
Angeles last week that much
of this country’s population
probably doesn’t care too
much about: Los Angeles Times Editor
Dean Baquet stepped down from his
position. Many in the industry aren’t
surprised by the development. For
months Baquet had been publicly outspoken about his refusal to adhere to
editorial staff cuts proposed by the
Times’ parent company, Tribune Co.
So why should people around here
care really? A replacement is lined up.
The paper still comes out every day.
Most people in Northeast Florida don’t
read the LA Times anyway.
But in reality, Baquet’s removal is a
morsel of the ongoing struggle that has
been within the newspaper industry
for years. Newspapers are a business,
and they need to make money.
Money comes from ads, which are only
sold if advertisers believe people are
reading a publication. Newspaper circulation has been on steady decline for
decades. So as ad revenue decreases,
companies compensate by cutting writing staff.
Since Tribune took over The Times
in 2006, 2,500 staff members have been
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cut, and the paper has seen a 20 percent
increase in profit margins each year.
But once again, who cares? Since
people aren’t reading newspapers as
much, why should they need as big a
staff as they used to when they had
more readers?
People want to know the news,
because people are curious beings by
nature. And news never stops happening. When a major newspaper like the
LA Times is forced to cut down to the
bare bones, with only a few writers to
cover the same, if not more stories,
things get lost.
Only the “big” stories get covered,
the same ones being covered in every
other newspaper. Local or investigative
reporting, which takes more time and
resources to accomplish properly, gets
kicked to the curb.
What reporter has time to spend
months investigating a sleazy official’s
spending habits of government money,
when he or she is also in charge of covering the same government’s new public works program?
Getting the facts straight takes time,
especially when the facts are potentially damaging to a public official.
Woodward and Bernstein took
weeks to crack the Watergate story, but
they worked in a newsroom with a big
enough staff to give them the time they
needed to get to the bottom of it.
It’s true that many people catch up
on current events through television or
the Internet. But the 23-second sound
bite on the nightly news gives a brief
snippet of information, and much of
the good sources of Internet news
come from stories that were written
originally for a newspaper.
The point is that not everyone writes
and reports the news, but everyone
consumes the news in one form or
another. Newspapers should be the
place people go to find out more about
something, not some glorified ad
booklet.
News isn’t going anywhere. People
aren’t going to stop robbing banks or
shooting each other or getting married.
Movie stars aren’t going to stop getting
into trouble.
Politicians aren’t going to stop being
tempted by the potential fruits of their
position, whatever their fruit of choice
may be. But it will be hard to know
about it if the people who have been
entrusted to dig up the truth are all
sent packing.
Choose privacy over free lunch promises
argain hunters beware: it
turns out there is, in fact, no
such thing as a free lunch,
no matter how good it may
look on a coupon.
There’s a good chance that many
University of North Florida students
have encountered the offending literature before.
It comes in the form of small,
brightly colored squares of paper
happily handed out by other young
people on campus, innocuously inviting the recipient to this or that
restaurant for free pizza, free sub
sandwiches, free whatever else the
kids are eating these days.
In one case, it was a small flier for
Subway with a printed promise for a
free sub, chips and a drink just for
stopping by the restaurant. It
declared the offer was a limited
engagement of only-so-long-so-youbetter-hurry-up-and-get-it. Upon follow-up, though, the business running
the operation expected much more
than hungry college students showing up at the door; instead, they—in
this case, Discover Bank, progenitor
of the Discover credit card—were
looking for students with an appetite
for debt.
Before students can get anywhere
near the counter where mouth-watering slices of turkey and provolone
cheese await, they are subjected to an
extensive process wherein they must
supply all their personal information—social security number, employment information, bank account balance—to company representatives
before receiving the little blue
lunch ticket.
The question becomes one of priorities. To some, the answer is easy:
who cares? Maybe they’ll send a card,
maybe they won’t, but the sub ingredients beckoning from just a few feet
away are a guarantee. Yet another
group, and one would hope these peo-
ple are out there somewhere, may discover the rouse and decline to participate on sheer principle. Or perhaps
they opt to “stick it to the man,” falsifying their information and walking
out with a free sandwich with no
more than scantly-tarnished integrity
and their personal privacy intact.
Whatever personal feelings on the
matter may be, every UNF student
should be aware of what they’re getting into before they make the drive
out to these promise-making businesses. One would hope that these
businesses’ deceitful tactics would
only engender animosity toward
themselves as students realize the
ploy, but far too few that are aware of
it seem to be aware of it.
So next time the call for “free
lunch” comes around, be aware that
what’s a paltry meal to a student may
really be an information smorgasbord
to some money-hungry corporation
out there.
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DISCOURSE
Democrats’ Iraq plans could help enemy
I
STUDENT
’m scared to live in a world where
Democrats are in power. After all,
higher taxes, socialized medicine
and redeployment plans are
enough to make any conservative a
bit uneasy.
But as much as I disagree with the liberal philosophy of government, I can
accept paying a few extra dollars from
my paycheck. I can learn to deal with
illegal immigration.
What’s frightening, however, is that
the Democrats in this country have the
same war mindset as the enemies we
are fighting.
Although they are not even in power
yet, the liberals are already making
plans for a withdrawal date in Iraq. They
say the war is too hard and has taken too
long. They say the troops are fighting a
pointless battle devised by the simpleminded, uneducated President Bush, and
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OPINION
Raquel Manning, Senior, Journalism
that the recent elections only proved that
the majority of Americans agree.
Unfortunately for them, though, the
leader of Al-Qaeda also shares the postelection joy.
Abu Ayyub al-Masri allegedly praised
the American people for taking “a step in
the correct way” by eliminating the
power of the Republicans. And in the
same speech, he threatened and vowed to
blow up the White House.
So let me get this straight. The group
that wants nothing more than to see
Americans dead is the same group that
supports a Democratic leadership
in America.
I am not implying that liberals are terrorists. It’s apparent, however, that our
enemies know that their perverted plans
will be much easier to accomplish with
Democrats in power.
Pulling out of Iraq will only prove
that America is weaker than it was
immediately after Sept. 11 when the
nation rallied behind the president to
defeat those who came against us.
But now, politics have replaced protection and the hatred for the president has
overshadowed the hunger to
defeat terrorism.
I can only hope Congresswoman
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Harry
Reid (D-NV) can see the dangers America
would face if the military was forced to
leave Iraq before the job is done.
The terrorists would claim victory,
but the war would not be over. The only
difference would be the location.
President Ronald Reagan once said:
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass
it to our children in the bloodstream. It
must be fought for, protected, and handed
on for them to do the same, or one day we
will spend our sunset years telling our
children and our children’s children
what it was once like in the United States
where men were free.”
And I’m terrified that generation will
come quicker than we ever imagined.
E-mail Raquel Manning at uspinnak@unf.edu.
Students: Don’t ignore Student Gov. spending
lmost $3 million of student
money is controlled by your
classmates, and in theory, the
entire student body.
Approximately $2.8 million of student
tuition is controlled by the University of
North Florida Student Government each
year. Student Government is responsible
for the allocation of the activity and service budget that comes out of the fees that
students pay per credit hour.
The officials in SG control this money
because we elect them to do so. We are the
ones responsible for voting these individuals into office and entrusting them to
serve our interests. We are part of
the process.
Considering that the record voterturnout in the recent fall SG elections
involved less than one-seventh of the student body – we’re not a big part of the
process are we? Only 2,148 students out of
16,084 students voted. Basically, 13,936 students decided not to have any say in how
their A and S fee money is being spent.
The SG members serve as the students’
voice on numerous university committees
that make decisions that directly affect us.
The Board of Trustees, the Parking
Council, the University Technology
Committee, the Faculty Association, the
Student Conduct Board: these are just a
few university policy-making boards that
have at least one member of SG serving
on them. Student Government represents
the interests of the student body not only
on campus, but on a local, state and
national level as well. But are they really
representing the interests and concerns of
the student body?
By not participating in the SG process
or following what SG is doing, the student
body is shirking its responsibility and
thereby not only failing ourselves but
those who represent us, and all those who
follow after us.
Fee-paying students at the university
not only have a responsibility to educate
and inform ourselves about SG and the
decisions our elected leaders make, but to
also hold them accountable for those that
they do. You cannot complain about something that you have in no way tried to
influence, just as you can’t take credit for
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Tami Livingston, News Editor
something that you had nothing to
do with.
If you don’t vote in the SG elections,
then you have no basis for complaint. If
you don’t attend any of the Senate meetings or talk to the SG Senators, you have
no basis for complaint. If you don’t read
the SG newsletter or visit the SG Web site,
then you have no basis for complaint.
You’ve just allowed other people to make
decisions for you.
And if you disagree with an SG policy
or recent vote, how can you fault them if
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they’ve heard neither support nor opposition of a policy, bill or action, from the
student body?
As students, we are paying the university thousands of dollars in fees and not
even asking who is spending it, why they
are spending it and what they are spending it on. That’s like throwing
money away.
Student Government members take
part in discussion about student fees,
parking permit rates, parking appeals,
tuition increases and more. But how can
they be expected to serve the needs of the
student body well if the student body
refuses to take part?
Student government not only serves as
the liason between students and university, they also strive to address student concerns and satisfy student wants and
interests.
But how can the governing body of our
students be expected to do a good job
when we as students don’t participate in
the process?
E-mail Tami Livingston at spinnakernews@yahoo.com.
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he big winner Election Day wasn't
even on the ballot. As screwy as it
might seem, the Democratic
takeover makes it much more likely Republican John McCain will
be the next president of the United States.
That popping noise you might have
heard early Wednesday morning wasn't just
Democratic champagne corks; it was the
starter's pistol kicking off the 2008 White
House campaign.
For McCain, the perfect political storm
Iraq, corruption and the Foley scandal that
handed Congress to the Democrats was far
from an ill wind.
The results mean the Arizona senator's
maverick ways that irk some of his own
party's most conservative members will
become a political asset if he wins the
Republican presidential nomination. It is
his past ability to appeal across party lines
that makes him the candidate whom
Democrats fear, and have not so privately
hoped would be unable to win the
GOP nomination.
They acknowledge that as the
Republican presidential nominee McCain
would be competitive in many states –
Michigan, New Jersey, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Washington, Oregon and perhaps even California, Pennsylvania and
Illinois that Democrats count as their base.
And that's not to mention the ultimate battlegrounds, Ohio and Florida.
The election returns provide incentive
for Republicans to quickly put aside their
intramural differences and unite for 2008,
and seem to help McCain's standing as the
front-runner for the GOP nomination. It
likely will mean money and endorsements
will begin to move more quickly to him
than would be the case had the 2006 election
continued the status quo.
The election has removed George Allen
as McCain's rival for the 2008 nomination.
When the year began, Allen was the one
around whom party conservatives were
expected to rally.
Mitt Romney is likely to inherit that
mantle, but the former governor of
Massachusetts, a Mormon, has a formidable task winning the nomination of a
Republican Party firmly anchored in the
evangelical Sun Belt.
Of course there is former New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who runs as well as
McCain in trial heats against Democrats.
But the smart money says that when GOP
primary voters focus on his support for
abortion rights, gay rights, gun control and
a messy personal life, his stock will
fall sharply.
There is nothing like defeat to make
political partisans put aside their differences and focus on what they have in common. GOP conservatives who had the luxury of trying to make sure their nominee
was pure enough may be much less
picky now.
Simply put, the prospect of Hillary
Clinton, John Kerry or Barack Obama in
the White House come 2008, with the
Congress already in Democratic hands, is
likely to be a motivating factor
for Republicans.
The Republicans are a hierarchical
party. For the last half century, their nominee has been the pre-primary front-runner,
usually the vice president or a big
state governor.
But Vice President Dick Cheney isn't
running; neither is the president's brother
Jeb, the governor of Florida. California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is ineligible
because he is not a native-born citizen. All
this left the party without a clear
2008 front-runner.
But the congressional and gubernatorial
losses will force the party to focus immediately on 2008, and electability will become a
much more immediate concern. That will
push McCain to the fore.
He has a strong network around the
country, and despite the residual bad feelings from the 2000 GOP primary fight
between McCain and George W. Bush,
many of the president's men have been signaling their support for the Arizonan
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in 2008.
During the past congressional campaign
McCain was the politician most in demand
by GOP candidates. It was no accident that
on the day before the election, Charlie
Crist, the new governor of Florida, passed
up the opportunity to campaign with the
president in order to appear with McCain.
Of course, nothing is certain, and
McCain's age and health he would be 72
when inaugurated will remain unknown
factors. Yet, for at least one Republican,
2006 was a very good year.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Anne Hopkins, professor of
Political Science and former
University of North Florida president, was recently appointed to the
Florida Commission on Human
Relations.
Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida
appointed Hopkins to serve on the
commission Oct. 11.
“I hope it will be fun,” Hopkins
said.
The commission meets four
times a year to review complaints
about civil rights violations,
according to Hopkins. Each case
may address discrimination of
any sort—sex, age, race, religion
or a number of other issues—in
specific instances ranging from
employment practices to housing,
she said.
Hopkins said she will primarily
focus on making sure state civil
rights
laws are adhered to across the
state.
“I have strong and passionate
feelings about this [mission of the
FCHR],” she said.
“I absolutely believe that Dr.
Hopkins is the right person for the
job,” said Dr. Mark Workman,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, who worked closely
with Hopkins during her tenure as
president of the university.
“She is passionate about justice
and equity and civility and utterly
fair in her judgment,” he said.
Hopkins received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral
degrees in political science from
Syracuse University in New York.
She served as the president of
UNF from 1998 to 2002, when she
resigned and became a political
science professor.
While Hopkins has been officially appointed to the position by
Bush, the Senate still must
approve her appointment. Until
that time, she cannot review cases,
she said. If the Florida Senate
approves
the
appointment,
Hopkins will serve as a commissioner for a four-year term to end
in 2010.
Hopkins said she plans to travel
to Tallahassee after Thanksgiving,
where she’ll be officially oriented
in the tasks her job entails. From
there, she says she’ll begin
reviewing cases.
E-mail Ace Stryker at
spinnakermanaging@yahoo.com.
MURDER: City
responds with faith,
gun-control programs
from page 1
“UNF’s
Community
Outreach Council is spearheading several projects in
conjunction with the Mayor’s
Office and City Council,” said
Michael Hallett, chair of the
Department of Criminology
and Criminal Justice at UNF.
The main project of the
Outreach
Council is
H O M E W O R K
Z O N E ,
which promotes literacy within
elementary
and middle
school stuHallett
d e n t s .
Volunteers
and
UNF
Student
Presidential
Community
Ambassadors are able to
work
one-on-one
with
the students.
Peyton held an immediate
meeting in response to the
murder of Davis with city
council members, Sheriff
John Rutherford and local
pastors to plan “A Day of
Faith,” for all those who lost
their lives to homicide or
murder, said Wiles.
More
than
8,000
Jacksonville residents came
to show their support, Wiles
said. “This city has reached
its boiling point-it will no
longer tolerate violence.”
Another program in the
Jacksonville community is
“Walking
Wednesdays,”
which started this fall. The
purpose of the program is to
increase the communication
between residents and law
enforcement. Getting residents of high-crime areas
involved could be a strong
deterrent, Wiles said.
“The program grew out of
desperation to involve concerned and law-abiding citizens where murder and
crime were unacceptably
high,” Wiles said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff ’s
Office and the Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce have
partnered in another new
program, “Operation Safe
Streets.” This program puts
roughly 72 extra police officers in high crime areas 24
hours a day, seven days a
week, according to Jefferson.
The program is meant to
make contacts with residents, discuss any issues they
may have, and build communication within the city.
“The goal of the program
is to convey to people to not
be afraid to report a crime,”
Fabila said.
The
“Gun
Bounty
Program” is an opportunity
for citizens to report people
who own guns and intend to
use them for illegal activity.
If police locate a person with
a gun and make an arrest, the
individual who called in and
gave the information will
receive $1,000, Jefferson said.
The
“Gun
Buy-Back
Program” sponsored by the
AME Ministerial Alliance
and supported by the JSO,
allows people to sell their
guns to the JSO and receive
$50. Law-abiding citizens can
worry less about their homes
being broken into for their
guns if they no longer have
any
in
their
homes,
Jefferson said.
Mayor Peyton’s Review
Committee approved spending $2 million for police officer overtime and programs
on crime prevention from the
last budget year, which ended
Sept. 30.
Another $3 million was
allocated for the current
budget year to pay police officers overtime for patrolling
high-crime areas, according
to Wiles.
“Homicide affects everybody when one person takes
the life of another, Jefferson
said, “so we all must do our
part in helping to prevent
those sorts of acts.”
Jefferson advised residents on ways to improve
communication among themselves and police.
“Always report suspicious
activity, follow your instincts
and never be afraid to report
a crime.”
E-mail Laura Britton at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
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Poppy talk: Students
calling home more often
Locals address water usage
BY MATT COLEMAN
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
BY NORMAN DRAPER
STAR TRIBUNE
(c) 2006, Star Tribune.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
The use and consumption of
water was discussed Nov. 10 during a Regional Water Conference
co-sponsored by the University of
North Florida’s Environmental
Center.
Entitled “Water Matters???,”
the conference featured lectures
about the sustainability of water
and the current problems plaguing North Florida and the St.
Johns River Basin.
Representatives
from
the
Florida Wildlife Federation, the
Duval Audubon Society, Florida
Sea Grant, the St. Johns River
Management District and others
provided pamphlets detailing
ways to effectively use and conserve water.
The event was also sponsored
by the District IV Branch of the
Florida Federation of Garden
Clubs Inc. Mary Miller, the director of the District IV branch,
helped organize the conference
with
Event
Chairman
Sarah Bailey.
“She [Sarah] decided on the
location for the event because she
has worked closely with the university in the past,” Miller said.
“They
[UNF
and
the
Environmental Center] worked
with us to help organize the conference and they were instrumental to the event.”
Dr. Joseph Delfino, a professor
of Environmental Engineering
Services at the University of
Florida, lectured about the challenges to the sustainability of
water resources in Florida.
During his speech, he advised
the audience to get into the practice of conserving, reclaiming,
reusing and educating children
about the conservation of water.
He also highlighted a number of
unsettling trends in water
consumption.
“The UN has predicted that the
ILLUSTRATION: SPINNAKER
Today’s college kids can’t
seem to cut the cord with mom
and dad. Great score on a test?
Flip open the cell phone and
give mom the good news.
Roommate bugging you? Zip an
e-mail to dad to get some solace.
Going home next weekend?
Alert the folks to stock up on
laundry soap.
Recent studies nationwide
show that the so-called “millennial generation” is calling home
at a rate that would boggle the
mind of past generations.
Strolling through a busy college campus, one might assume
all those students busily
yakking on their cell phones are
talking to boyfriends, girlfriends, buddies. Not so.
Marjorie Savage was walking
across
the
University
of
Minnesota campus recently
when she overheard a brief cell
phone conversation. It could
serve
as
a
model
for
modern times:
“I heard a student say, ‘OK,
mom, test was fine, talk to you
later.’ That was the entire conversation,” Savage said.
Savage, who heads up the U’s
parent program, practiced the
ancient arts of letter writing
and calling collect as a college
student in the ‘60s.
At the University of St.
Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., the
orientation skit for incoming
freshmen includes a plea that
parents get text messaging.
In Fond du Lac, Wis., insurance agent Beth Ciriacks had
two cell phone conversations
with her daughter Amanda
Berg, a University of Minnesota
senior, by the time she got a midday
call
via
the
oldfashioned land line from a
newspaper reporter.
Aided by the instant communications revolution, college
students contact home for any
reason these days. This is a twoway street that involves full participation of the parents.
A parent survey conducted
by Savage earlier this year,
found that one-fifth are in touch
with their kids at college one or
more times a day.
More than two-thirds said
they’re in touch with their kids
at
least
twice
a week.
A members survey by the
College Parents of America
found that three-quarters of
those who responded contacted
their college children at least
two-to-three times a week.
“I probably call my mom two
to four times a week,” said
University of St. Thomas junior
Carl Mickman from Otsego,
Minn. “I just talked to her about
a half-hour ago. ... I might have
insignificant reasons for calling, I might need some money
for groceries, and that might
evolve into a conversation
where we discuss what’s going
on in our lives.”
Meanwhile, the conventional
telephone and hand-written letter appear to be going the way of
carrier pigeons. Savage’s survey
found that only 9 percent of
respondents used a land line frequently. Eight percent take pen
in hand with any frequency.
“I’ve had one letter from my
[University of St. Thomas senior] son since he left for college
and none from my [University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh sophomore]
daughter,” said Faye Rasmussen
of Stoughton, Wis. And regular
long-distance
conversations
simply don’t happen.
“We’re talking about cell
phones, so these are free calls,”
Rasmussen said. They converse
by e-mail, too.
Rasmussen said her son,
Ricky, calls if he’s having problems, while daughter, Clarlie
“will talk to me about the dorm,
what kids are doing, when she’s
coming
home
and
what
she needs.”
For Rasmussen, the frequent
contact is an extension of her
heavy involvement in activities
in the K-12 years. It’s not easy to
give that up.
“I truly went through withdrawal when they went to college,” she said. “I had to consciously not contact my son
every day when he went
to college.”
Not everyone’s on the same
wavelength.
“We have students here
whose folks call them every day,
or who call their folks every day,
or they call them a couple of
times a day,” said Geraldine
Rockett, director of personal
counseling at the University of
St. Thomas. “Then, we have people who call their folks every
Sunday afternoon from the
phone booths in the halls.”
Ciriacks figured her daughter, Amanda, “might still get on
the computer and say, ‘hi’ to me
again,” before the day ended. “I
don’t know; maybe we’re excessive. She needs that though;
she’s very lonely.”
But not everyone wants to be
instantly
reachable
via
parent phone.
“I dated a guy who was from
St. Paul,” Amanda said. “I
noticed every time his dad
would call, he would press the
‘ignore’ button. His dad called
a lot.”
The Regional Water Conference at the University of North Florida Nov. 10
brought local authorities together to discuss water usage and conservation.
water supply will be a third smaller per person worldwide in the
year 2020,” Delfino said during his
presentation. “Water usage is tied
directly to the population growth
rate and the more people there
are, the less water we will have.”
A Gainesville resident, Delfino
related his findings to Florida
in particular.
“The sustainability of water is
a global problem,” Delfino said.
“Even in Florida, where we have
50 to 70 inches of rain every year,
there are still regional water
supply challenges.”
Delfino mentioned a number of
ways UNF students can become
educated in their use of water.
“It needs to be understood that
water is a limited resource,”
Delfino said. “Take advantage of a
few
classes
at
UNF’s
Environmental Center when you
have free electives. Develop a conservation ethic when it comes to
water, as well as energy.”
Felicia Boyd, a representative
from the St Johns River
Management District, effectively
summed up the goal of the conference and the organizations
in attendance.
“We are here to protect water
quality and to preserve water
resources,” Boyd said. “We are
trying to encourage individual
responsibility when it comes to
using water.”
E-mail Matt Coleman at uspinnak@unf.edu.
WATER-SAVING TIPS
l Wash hands efficiently – turn
off water while you soap.
l Brush teeth wisely – likewise,
turn off water when you brush.
l Flush only when necessary.
l Don’t waste drinking water –
keep a pitcher in the fridge.
l Use less water for dishes.
l Take half-full baths.
l Shorten your showers.
l Stop leaks.
l Wash clothes wisely – only
wash dirty clothes.
l Don’t overwater – three to five
days in the summer is fine.
l Sweep to save – use a
broom, rather than a hose, to
clean.
l Wash cars wisely – turn the
hose nozzle off when soaping.
Source: JEA
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In Brief
NEWS
Workshop helps
students chose
majors
An Explore-a-Major workshop will be presented Nov. 16 at
1 p.m. in Building 2, Room 2140.
The Academic Center for
Excellence and Career Services
is sponsoring the event, which
will allow students to become
familiar with the process of
choosing a major and a career.
The workshop is open to all students, but reservations must be
made by Nov. 15.
Students may register for the
class
by
going
to
www.unf.edu/es/ace and clicking on Tutor Trac.
Survey to ask
campus about
shuttle needs
The Office of Auxiliary
Services will conduct a web-survey to determine what students,
faculty and staff think of the
shuttle system, scheduled to be
available by Fall of 2007.
More information about the
web-survey will be available in
the student update on Nov. 17.
Broadway parody
coming to campus
“Forbidden Broadway,” a par-
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NEWS
ody of Broadway theater, is coming to the University of North
Florida’s Fine Arts Center
Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
The longest running comedy
revue in New York, “Forbidden
Broadway” is a satirical take on
musical theater and movie
stars.
Student tickets are $10. This
presentation is a part of the
2006-2007 Fine Arts Center
Performance Series.
Thanksgiving food
drive taking
donations
The “I Care, Therefore I
Give” Thanksgiving food drive
is
being
sponsored
by
the
Vietnamese
Student
Association. The food will be
donated to families at the First
Coast Family Center throughout
the holiday season. Drop-off
boxes are available around campus until Nov 17. More information
is
available
by
contacting Tra Nguyen at
vsa_unf@yahoo.com.
Flu shots available
again
Seat-loser attacks stranger
Nov. 4 – Possession – Two UPD
officers were conducting covert
surveillance in a university parking lot when they witnessed a
male student go to his car and
remove an item he then put in
his pocket.
The officers moved to intercept the student as he walked
away and got into the truck of
another male student.
The officers motioned the
truck to pull over. It didn’t
respond at first, but then complied and contact was made with
both students. One student was
determined to be 18 years old.
After observing a nearly-full open
bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey
on the floor of the driver’s seat,
the officers asked the driver if he
had any other illegal substances
in the vehicle.
The student replied that the
center console of his vehicle contained three pipes in it. Upon
inspection, the officers found
three marijuana pipes that tested
positive for marijuana residue.
Another bottle of whiskey,
Jim Beam, was found in a golf
bag in the rear cargo area of
the vehicle.
The 18-year-old student was
issued a notice to appear on
charges of possession of marijuana and possession of an alcoholic
beverage by persons under 21
years of age. Both students were
referred to Student Conduct.
Nov. 6 – Simple Battery – A UPD
officer
was
dispatched
to
Building 14 in response to a battery. On arrival the officer was
met by the victim, who stated that
he was seated and talking to some
friends
when
the
suspect
approached him and stated that
he was in his seat.
The victim stated that no
words were exchanged before the
suspect struck him in the face
with his fist. The victim and suspect were separated by a
bystander, and the suspect fled.
The victim wasn’t injured and
stated that he did not wish to
press charges against the suspect, which he was able to identify to UPD.
The
victim
signed
a
Prosecution Declaration and
requested that the incident be
referred to Student Conduct.
Compiled by Tami Livingston.
SQUAWK BOX
Student Medical Services is
now offering flu shots again,
after receiving a new shipment.
The shots are available during
clinic hours by appointment and
on a first-come, first-come basis
to faculty, staff and students.
The cost for employees is $25
and $20 for students.
“I only wish Bob
Woodward was as hot
as the person who plays
him in the movie.”
Compiled by Matt Coleman and
Tami Livingston.
— Chelsey Wacha, senior majoring in communications
JENNA STROM
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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LEARNUNF: New buildings
on campus will be ‘green’
from page 1
[Student Health Services] and the nursing program,” Ovadia said.
Every new building will be built according to the
same “green” environmental-friendly standards
that the new Social Sciences building was,
Ovadia said.
University of North Florida President John
Delaney said the new designs will focus on energy
efficiency, adding that he hopes they will represent
a stylistic departure from the older buildings.
“We’ve got a lot of ugly buildings here,” Delaney
said.
This opinion seemed to represent consensus
among administration involved with carrying out
the Master Plan, as Ovadia gave a potential solution
to the same problem in his presentation.
“We’re trying to improve the environment by
introducing a lot of glass [in the new designs],”
he said.
Delaney gave the final address as the keynote
speaker, offering his view of the most grievous
problems facing UNF and their potential solutions.
No. 1 on the list, he said, was the lack of a
student union.
Understaffing and low employee salaries are also
focuses of the administration, Delaney said. He
added that since his term began he’s fought for
changes and has seen some results, but he plans to
continue until the issues are resolved.
Delaney also said overcrowding has become a
problem, citing the “trailers” that some classes or
offices currently reside in. He said the purchase of
the AOL building south of campus could help, but
may not completely resolve the situation.
“We could fill up that building tomorrow [if
offices were moved in],” he said.
Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Tom Serwatka also
spoke at the LEARNUNF presentation, giving a
brief overview of how the university makes decisions and where its money comes from.
LEARNUNF is a product of the university’s 2006
LeadershipUNF class, said Pam Niemczyk, administrative assistant for the Brooks College of Health.
LeadershipUNF is a program instituted by Delaney
with the aim to further educate UNF faculty and
bring together ideas about how to connect to the
community, she said. There are a total of four such
presentations planned for the academic year,
she said.
E-mail Ace Stryker at spinnakermanaging@yahoo.com.
Schools cash in on
students’ urge to buy
BY NOAH BIERMAN
THE MIAMI HERALD
Students bunking in the
newest residence halls at the
University of Central Florida
will soon be tripping over Maggie
Moo’s ice cream, Subway sandwiches, Starbucks, Red Brick
Oven Pizza, Barnes & Noble and
other chain stores on the way out
of their dorms.
At UCF and elsewhere, it’s getting harder to tell the difference
between the university and
the mall.
Once content to sell sweatshirts from a generic campus
store and meals from a mess hall,
universities are entering into
increasingly
sophisticated
arrangements with national
retailers, allowing more franchises directly on campus. At UCF,
many of the stores set to open in
the coming weeks are attached
directly to the dorms, across
from a basketball arena under
construction with its own set of
chain stores.
“This much impulse buying
on the way to class could be hurtful,” said Boston Russell, a 20year-old
sophomore
from
Longwood, who is among the
first living in the new dorms on
the edge of a pine forest in
suburban Orlando.
The design, he said, is “letting
these companies have a free shot
at us when we walk by three
times a day for class.”
But Cheryl Adams, a senior
from Daytona Beach, said most
students are less skeptical: “Who
doesn’t like to shop?”
The University of Central
Florida isn’t alone. Though nearby college towns with quirky
health food and rare book stores
have long been a staple at traditional universities, many schools
are placing retail on campus and
collecting rents to subsidize operations and attract students. At
UCF, money from the dorms,
shops and a pair of parking
garages is subsidizing the 10,000seat basketball arena.
“We’re a public university, but
we want to adopt some of the best
practices of the private sector,”
said Bill Merck, vice president
for administration and finance
at UCF.
Florida Atlantic University’s
board of trustees began moving
in the same direction this month.
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Trustees discussed “Innovation
Village,” a proposed complex of
dorms and retail stores designed
around a proposed football stadium at the Boca Raton campus.
Urban schools have a longer
tradition of integrating their
campuses into downtown retail
environments. But even that
model
has
changed.
The
University of
Pennsylvania
began aggressively developing
the depressed West Philadelphia
neighborhood around its campus
a decade ago, starting with a $100
million project opened in 1998
that converted a parking lot into
a hotel, sporting goods store,
Barnes & Noble, Cosi coffee bar
and Urban Outfitters, among
other stores.
“At the time there was probably not a lot of enthusiasm
among developers for the site,”
said Paul Sehnert, Penn’s director of real estate development.
“We needed to prime the pump.”
Penn added another project
four blocks away – including a
grocery and multiplex movie theater. Outside developers have
since started their own projects,
leaving a mix of retail and academic buildings on almost
every block.
“I think they’ve done remarkable things,” said Jeff Speck,
director of design for the
National Endowment for the
Arts. Speck is a former planner
with the Miami firm Duany
Plater-Zyberk, one of the pioneers for the so-called New
Urbanist movement that advocates building traditional communities
by
intermingling
homes, offices and apartments so
people can walk everywhere.
With a combination of 2,000
more student beds, local residents and customers at the arena,
Merck figured he could add
retail. A pair of 700-car garages –
with $450-a-year reserved spaces
– weren’t far behind.
Now, UCF can afford the basketball arena.
Asked if he would consider
building chain stores in classrooms, Merck paused.
“Well that’s an interesting
thought,” he said sarcastically.
“Maybe I ought to think about
that.”
(c) 2006, The Miami Herald.
AGING: Research
may help humans
from page 1
“Humans and vertebrates
can’t store protein, but
insects can,” Hatle said.
“Protein is what insects need
to make eggs. Grasshoppers
are vegetarians, of course.
They’re protein-limited just
like any human vegetarian.
So, we examine how much
protein the grasshopper
stores and how that affects
their longevity. And to our
surprise, we found that protein storage was not related
to how long an individual
grasshopper lives.”
The research, however,
does not end there.
“We use grasshoppers for
our research, but it’s just an
experimental system,” Hatle
said. “In any research like
that, you’re trying to deter-
mine general principles that
apply to as many different
organisms as possible.”
The ultimate goal is to
have those principles applied
to human health.
“We hope to find some general principles and then let
other labs that do more
directly medically related
research take it up and go
from there,” Hatle said. “Labs
at medical schools often use
mice and organisms that are
more closely related to
humans. At a school like
this, we can find some general principles of simple animals like grasshoppers and
the next step up would be live
mice and then the next step
up would be live humans.”
E-mail Sheena Pegarido at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
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Thanksgiving: Feast of harvest, famine of humanity
BY ROSS BROOKS
AND JENNA
STROM
CONTRIBUTING WRITER AND EDITOR IN CHIEF
Thanksgiving isn’t about being
thankful. It’s not about spending
time with loved ones, and it’s not
about eating turkey and watching
football. Children are given the traditional Thanksgiving story in
grade school — that the Indians
taught the starving Puritans how to
grow and harvest crops, that they
grew them together, ate plentifully
and lived happily ever after.
It’s a nice story. But it’s just that
— a story. Many Americans eat
turkey and corn on Thanksgiving
Day because they are honoring what
they believe was the peaceful feast
between the Pilgrims and Native
Americans. However, the union
between the two groups was nothing
more than civil, as the meeting did
not foster friendship. The Pilgrims
relied solely on the Native
Americans to provide the food for
the meal, and did not lift fingers to
return the favor. In fact, as more
Englishmen came to the states, they
gave the Native Americans anything
but thanks.
“Today Native Americans do not
celebrate Thanksgiving Day because
it’s not part of their culture,” said
Dr. Brad Biglow, visiting assistant
professor of anthropology at the
University of North Florida.
Instead, Native Americans choose to
celebrate fall harvests and various
inductions for men and women into
the society.
Here’s the scoop on the lack of
enthusiasm Native Americans feel
for the popular holiday. The
Puritans left England to escape religious intolerance, but many among
them were as bigoted as the very
people they abhorred. They left
England in the early 1600s to set up
a new world based on their own
religious laws.
The Puritans not only viewed the
Indians as savages, but went as far
as to call them heathens — beings of
the devil, according to an account
published by a Sioux Indian in the
Independent Media Institute. The
Puritans viewed Squanto, a Native
American Englishman John
Weymouth brought to England, as
an instrument sent by God to help
his chosen people, the Puritans.
The Puritans’ general hate and
distrust of the Indians is best illustrated by a sermon delivered by
Mather the Elder in 162, published
on www.etribe.com. In this Sermon,
Mather praised God for a wave of
Small Pox that effectively killed the
majority of Indians surrounding
Plymouth, “chiefly young men and
children, the very seeds of increase,
thus clearing the forests to make
way for a better growth.”
While the Puritans continued to
show disdain for the Indians, they
also realized they needed their help
to survive in their new homes. A
harsh winter killed half of the original European settlers, and it was
only through the teaching of
Squanto, who showed the Puritans
how to plant corn, dig for clams, use
fish as fertilizer, and dozens of
other essential skills, that the
Puritans were able to keep
themselves fed.
It wasn’t until after the Indians
educated the Puritans on proper
survival techniques that a steady
number of English settlers began to
pour into the country. Within a generation, the children of the original
Pilgrims and Indians who sat
together at the first Thanksgiving
broke into strife, which would later
become King Philip’s War.
The traditional Thanksgiving
story, when compared with more
historical accounts, is arguably the
more cheerful and guilt-free version. This is probably why
Americans prefer to remember and
pass on this version to children. But
in a world where children inevitably
discover the truth, should
Americans continue to tell inaccurate renditions? To most, the idea of
eating turkey and pie and falling
asleep on the couch may sound
much more appealing than mulling
over the unhappy truth of the birth
of one of America’s oldest holidays.
E-mail Ross Brooks and Jenna Strom
at uspinnak@unf.edu.
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Sugarcult brings the spice
MATT COLEMAN
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
ZAN GONANO
Here we go again with
another week of happenings
and goings-on around
Jacksonville. Things are looking up a bit this week with a
variety of events and shows,
and particularly some worthwhile shows around
Thanksgiving.
This week at Freebird, the
North Mississippi Allstars rock
out Thursday night. The show
is $20 and doors open at 8 p.m.
Friday night, Ralph Stanley
plays with tickets costing $20
before the day of the show and
$25 the day of the show and
again, doors open at 8 p.m.
Friday night at Plush, Folio
Weekly throws the annual
Martinifest featuring 40 different martinis and live music.
The event begins at 7 p.m. Also
on Friday night, Surgarcult
and Cartel play here at
University of North Florida in
the Arena. The show begins at
8 p.m. and tickets are only $10
for students with a school ID.
Saturday, Planetfest 7 goes
down in Metropolitan Park.
The festival is an annual gathering of rock musicians for a
day of music in the sun.
Tickets for the event start at
$20 and the festival begins at
11 a.m.
On Sunday, the Blue Man
Group performs at Veterans
Memorial Arena. This is quite
a spectacle as I saw these guys
perform over the summer. It is
an interestingly funny performance and something that I certainly enjoyed. The show starts
at 7:30 p.m., and tickets range
from $39.50 - $85.
At the Florida Theatre on
Sunday, Comedy Central funnyman Carlos Mencia performs
his offensively humorous act.
The show starts at 6 p.m. and
tickets are $40.50.
Are you ready for some football? The Jaguars host a
Monday night party at Alltel
Stadium against Eli Manning
and the New York Giants. The
game starts at 8:30 p.m. For
tickets, check with the box
office or Jaguars.com.
Since we don’t print an
issue right before
Thanksgiving, I’ll give you
guys a heads up for a few
shows that week.
November 22, Ziggy Marley
comes to town on his Love is
My Religion Tour. The son of
reggae legend Bob Marley,
Ziggy stops at Freebird Live.
Tickets are $27 before or $30 the
day of the show.
Friday November 24, the
Jagermeister tour comes to
Plush with Slightly Stoopid and
Pepper. This is always a good
show when these two bands
tour together, so if you are in
town this is definitely worth
checking out. Tickets for the
show are $20 and the doors
open at 8 p.m.
That will do it for the next
few weeks. Go out and enjoy a
show or two. Have a Happy
Thanksgiving, and we will be
back with an issue on the 29th.
E-mail Zan Gonano at
spinnakerfeatures@yahoo.com.
COURTESY OF SUGARCULT
FEATURES EDITOR
Sugarcult, a pop-punk band
from California, will be coming
to the University of North
Florida arena with Cartel and
the Summer Obsession Nov. 17
thanks to Osprey Productions.
The Spinnaker got the chance
to speak with lead guitarist
Marco DeSantis about the progression of his band throughout
the years.
Growing up in Santa Barbara,
Cali., a small town 100 miles
north of Los Angeles, DeSantis
said his hometown was isolated
from the capriciousness of the
Los Angeles music scene.
“It [Santa Barbara] was a little off the radar and it had kind
of an innocence to it,” DeSantis
said. “People in LA are always
trying to find the new hot topic
of the moment, and things
weren’t as contrived in Santa
Barbara.”
DeSantis met his future band
mates through their mutual
involvement in the local music
scene.
“Tim [vocals] and Airin [bass]
were in a three-piece that used to
play locally,” DeSantis said. “At
the time, I was trying to do stuff
in the scene like working at a
record store and writing for a
music magazine. I saw their first
show and we gradually became
friends. When they told me they
were looking to add another guitarist, I was there.”
After joining up, DeSantis
found himself compatible with
his new band members and their
strong work ethic.
“It was awesome to find other
guys that had this same kind of
militaristic devotion to the
music that I did,” DeSantis said.
“I’d been in bands before and I
would get criticized for being too
into it. With these guys, everybody put in everything they had.
We would practice ‘til four in the
morning if we had to.”
After filling out its lineup
with another guitarist, Sugarcult
toured relentlessly to get their
So-Cal pop-punk band Sugarcult will stop by the University of North Florida
Arena Nov. 17 to perform with Cartel and the Summer Obsession.
name out to the public.
“We created this band gradually, brick by brick,” DeSantis
said. “It started out in a small
room in Santa Barbara and now
we’ve had the opportunity to
become established and tour
around the world.”
Before getting the chance to
travel around the globe,
Sugarcult started out like many
young up-and-coming bands,
driving themselves to shows that
few people would attend.
DeSantis said that even
though they played shows where
the only audience members
would be the people that work at
the venue, they still tried to put
their all into their performance.
“It never mattered if there wasn’t a crowd, we took every opportunity we could to play.”
On their latest release, Lights
Out, DeSantis said that
Sugarcult tried to move beyond
their comfort zone. Instead of
traversing the same musical and
lyrical landscapes, they tried to
break new ground and provide
listeners with a new perspective.
“With the lyrics, we didn’t
want to write songs just about
being broken-hearted and relationships,” DeSantis said. “There
is too much shit going on in the
world right now to write about
relationships. Plenty of bands
out there can write those songs.
Right now, everything we grew
up feeling secure about is gone,
and we were either going to
write about a revolution or write
about some form of fucking
escapism.”
Sugarcult also tried to expand
on their patented pop-punk
sound and move into different
and varied directions.
“Sonically, this record takes
you to places we haven’t been
before,” DeSantis said. “It has a
diverse range of sounds that
really surprised me. We kind of
let ourselves drift out into the
deep end. It’s such a waste to
play it safe. Sometimes you have
to throw yourself into the
unknown, take off the fucking
safety net and let your instincts
guide you.”
During the recording of the
album, DeSantis said that even
he couldn’t pinpoint the direction of their latest release.
“On Palm Trees and Power
Lines [Sugarcult’s last release], I
knew how it would turn out
when we were making it,”
DeSantis said. “With Lights Out,
I had no idea what we were creating. I couldn’t get a good picture of how it turned out until it
was mastered and I listened to
the final product. It blew me
away.”
E-mail Matt Coleman at
spinnakernews@yahoo.com.
‘Cocaine’ newest energy drink entry
BY LAURA BAUER AND JOYCE SMITH
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Nov. 15 – OP presents “21Grams” – 14/1700 – 8 p.m.
Nov. 15 – Night Hike – Nature Trails lot 100 – 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Nov. 16 – Great American Smokeout – the Green – 11 a.m.
Nov. 17 – Sugarcult and Cartel – Arena– 8 p.m.
Nov. 21 – “Union Made” – Bldg. 14, room 1700 – 12:00 p.m.
Nov. 21 – Percussion Ensemble – Robinson Theatre – 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 – Free Movie: “Click” – 14/1700 – 8 p.m.
Up all night studying? Throw
back an energy drink and get
through
that
early-morning
statistics class.
Need a little pick-me-up in the
middle of boring work or at the
end of a long day? Drink one and
you’ll instantly have more fun.
Throw back a couple, and it’s fun
times two.
This is how some companies
are selling energy drinks, those
cans of sugary-sweet, high-caffeine drinks with names like Red
Bull, Rockstar and even Whoop
Ass. Costing more than $2 a pop,
energy drinks are raking in $3.4
billion a year for an industry that
grew by 80 percent last year.
Lured by promises of high
energy, possible weight loss and
greater sports endurance, young
people are consuming these
drinks at a growing rate.
According to an Associated Press
report, 31 percent of U.S.
teenagers say they drink them,
and some say they down several in
a row to get a buzz.
While many say they’re a
harmless jolt of energy, doctors
and nutritionist fear the medical
side effects of these drinks, which
aren’t regulated by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.
Others worry that drink makers will resort to anything includ-
ing pumping up caffeine levels to
lure the young.
Take one of the newest brands.
It caused quite a shakeup recently,
and not for its level of caffeine,
believed to be among the highest.
The drink: Cocaine.
Because of the name alone,
convenience-store operator 7Eleven Inc. is asking a handful of
San Jose, Calif., franchise stores to
stop carrying the high-caffeine
drink. And the company is considering making it a nationwide
request.
“Our merchandising team
believes the product’s name promotes an image which we didn’t
want to be associated with,” said
Margaret Chabris, a spokeswoman
for 7-Eleven. “What is it, a legal
alternative
to
an
illegal
substance?”
Cocaine the drink is not sold in
all areas but could be everywhere
by the end of the year. It comes in
bright red and white cans, similar
to Coca-Cola.
But the Cocaine name is spelled
out in a powdery white font
intended to resemble lines of
white cocaine powder.
“(The name) is a slap in the face
to the prevention we try to do,”
said Janine Gracy of the Regional
Prevention Center. “Yeah, it’s not
the drug itself, but what about
those who say, I drink this, what’s
the difference, maybe I’ll try that.”
It’s marketed as the “legal
alternative” and described by creators as tasting like a carbonated
atomic fireball. Each can has 280
milligrams of caffeine, twice the
amount in a regular cup of coffee.
Most health-care professionals
recommend a daily dose of no
more than 250 to 300 milligrams of
caffeine. Beyond that, the side
effects can set in: the jitteriness,
possible dehydration, the jump in
heart rate, increased blood
pressure.
Energy drinks, with caffeine
levels from 75 milligrams and up,
likely aren’t harmful if used sparingly. But it’s the repeated use, the
two or three cans at a time, that
can wear on a body.
After the initial jolt, people
crash.
“And once they fall, they fall
pretty hard,” said pediatrician
Sarah Hampl, who works at
Children’s Mercy Hospital in the
department of general pediatrics.
“Their blood sugar drops, the caffeine wears off and they feel really
bad.”
Cardiologist Brian Weiford,
from the University of Kansas
Hospital, said people react to high
levels of caffeine differently. And
without knowing what’s in each of
the drinks, there’s a risk in consuming any.
(c) 2006, The Kansas City Star.
PAGE 13
EXPRESSIONS
Gamers rejoice over new consoles
BY JOE KIRBY AND BENJAMIN LESSER
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
PLAYSTATION 3
To imagine the PS3, think a
gaming console designed by the
Wachowski brothers, the makers
of “The Matrix.” The PS3 is supersleek and sexy. It cuts a fine figure
with luminescent black skin and a
skinny, angular shape that will
look right at home next to flatscreen TVs and stylish home theaters. The premium model will
even feature chrome trim, like a
tricked-out Cadillac Escalade.
The PS3 is one part gaming
console, one part home entertainment system, a cutting-edge gadget designed to infiltrate a consumer’s home and prove indispensable on numerous fronts.
Sony is unapologetic about its
hefty $499 price tag ($599 for the
premium silver edition with a 60gigabyte hard drive), which happens to be right in line with the aspricey Xbox 360.
The name of the game for Sony
BY MIKE PINGREE
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
I DIDN’T USE ENOUGH EYE
OF NEWT
A woman in Munich, distraught that her boyfriend left
her, went to a “love witch,” who
said she would cast a spell over
the man to make him return to
her. She performed a ritual under
the full moon, but it didn’t work.
When the boyfriend did not
take her back, the woman sued
the witch to return the $1,300 fee.
The court ordered the witch to
pay.
DIDN’T THINK I’D MAKE IT,
DID, YOU? ... CRAAASH!
After completing the test to
get her driver’s license, a woman
in Portage, Ind., started to park
her car but hit the gas instead of
the brake and crashed into the
license examiner’s office.
UH,
THIS?
OH,
IT’S
NOTHING, WHY? I HAVE TO
GO NOW
As a man was about to enter
City Hall in Wichita, Kan., officers at the security checkpoint
asked him what was in the small
black pouch he was carrying.
He became nervous, said there
was no need for them to check it,
claimed it was just his medication, and then decided he had an
urgent need to leave.
Turns out, it contained three
bags of cocaine. One officer said
that people “don’t think we’re
going to check them.”
OH HI, BOB, WE’VE BEEN
WAITING FOR YOU
A man who was out on parole
robbed a bank in Clearwater,
Fla., and police immediately
identified him from the videotape, and knew he was due to
visit his probation officer. Two
days later, he reported as scheduled, still wearing the clothes he
wore to the bank robbery. He
was arrested.
SIR, PLEASE PIROUTTE OUT
OF YOUR VEHICLE
A heavily intoxicated man
smashed his car into a home in
DeKalb, Ga. He was dressed as a
ballerina at the time.
ONLY KIDDING, OFFICER
A 15-year-old boy in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, who later said he
was “just playing around” and
trying to scare people, stood on
the sidewalk and pointed his BB
pistol at passing cars.
Unfortunately for them, one
vehicle contained two undercover police officers armed with .40caliber Glock handguns, which
they immediately drew from
their holsters as they arrested
According to Sony, more than
20 first- and third-party PS3 titles
will be available, with most
retailing for less than $60. Among
the games being offered are
industry standards: Call of Duty
3, Madden NFL 07, Unreal
Tournament 2007, Tom Clancy’s
Rainbow Six Vegas and NBA 07.
WII
The company that introduced
the world to Mario and ushered
in new eras of arcade and home
gaming wants to take gamers in a
new direction with the Wii (pronounced “we,” or “oui” for you
Francophiles). Nintendo is resting its hopes for gaming domination on a console that stands in
stark contrast to the PS3 and
Xbox 360 and will challenge
gamers to think and play
differently.
Even the machine’s name has
furrowed some brows. Gamers
thought well of the project’s original code name: Revolution.
Then, Nintendo executives
decided to attach a unique
moniker to the console, the two i’s
in Wii implying two players standing side by side and mirroring the
machine’s innovative controllers.
Nintendo heard crickets, then
criticism from game makers,
reviewers and the online gaming
community: Confusing. Childish.
Silly. Or inspired?
If nothing else, Nintendo
seems to have again succeeded in
making its gaming machine look
like nothing else on the market.
Whether you stand it vertically or
horizontally, the Wii is the smallest home gaming machine you’ll
soon see, about the size of a thin,
hardcover book. It’s as if someone
the lad.
HEH, HEH, THEY’LL NEVER
CATC ... UH OH
A man, resentful of cameras
set up to catch speeders in
Sarpsborg, Norway, removed the
license plates from his car and
sped down the E6 Highway and
gave the camera the finger. He
did it three times. Then police
realized he always did it Sunday
nights.
When he did it a fourth time,
they were waiting for him.
YOU ARE ONE SMOOTH
DUDE
A man came to court in
Jedburgh, Scotland, to answer
theft charges wearing a T-shirt
that featured the message, “Read
this while I check out your tits.”
The judge was not amused. He
charged the man with contempt
of court.
YES, A CARTON OF SMOKES
AND ... OF COURSE IT’S
REAL MONEY
A man in Batesville, Ark.,
tried to pass an obviously fake
$100 bill to buy a carton of cigarettes. The ink was not dry, and
there was no president’s face
on it.
(c) 2006, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
COURTESY OF NINTENDO
Call it Gaming High Noon.
Within weeks, Sony and
Nintendo will unveil the latest
versions of their next-generation
video game consoles. Just in time
for the holiday shopping season,
the new machines will do battle
with the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s earlier entry in the gaming race,
which now offers a high-definition DVD drive.
The fight for the hearts, fingers
and dollars of gamers everywhere
begins in earnest later this
month. Sony’s PlayStation 3 will
be released Nov. 17. Nintendo’s
Wii will be out Nov. 19.
Here’s what to expect.
seems to be flexibility. Not only
will you be able to play your nextgen games on the PS3, but you’ll
also be able to surf the Net and be
one of the first to experience Bluray DVD technology, one of the
two standards duking it out for
next-generation DVD bragging
rights.
To nudge you in the direction
of using the console to watch
movies, the PlayStation 3 is being
packaged with comic Will
Ferrell’s “Talladega Nights: The
Ballad of Ricky Bobby.”
All PS3 games also will be published on Blu-ray discs. A remote
will run you $30. Like the Xbox
360, the PS3 features a wireless
controller that allows you to play
up to 65 feet from the machine.
There has been concern among
some gamers that the new SIXAXIS controller’s non-removable batteries (like an iPod’s) will prove
problematic. But Sony executives
say their controllers (which,
unlike previous versions, no
longer vibrate) will enjoy a long
battery life.
A replacement or extra PS3
controller will run you $50. Up to
seven PS3 controllers will be able
to access the console simultaneously via Bluetooth.
To help smooth the transition
for users of other Sony products,
the company designed the PS3
console to be backward compatible, capable of playing titles from
the entire PlayStation catalog (PS
and PS2 games). Moreover, you
also will be able to transfer gamesave
information
for
old
PlayStation games via a $15
adapter.
Even
PlayStation
Portable owners will be able to
access the new gaming console
through
a
feature
dubbed
“Remote Play.”
Nintendo’s new game console Wii features controls unlike any other consoles on the market. The Wii is available Nov. 19 and costs $250.
took a rolling pin to the
GameCube.
But what has everyone in the
industry atwitter are the Wii’s
remote controllers, which are thin
and long and have been lauded
endlessly
by
the
gaming
community.
The wireless controllers detect
motion, work as pointing devices,
vibrate and connect with up to
three other controllers, all of
which may bring new twists to the
gaming experience. Plus, each
controller has a speaker.
Shaking things up even further, Nintendo eventually will
offer the Wii and its remote in a
variety of colors, including red,
silver and lime green, besides the
standard white.
The Wii also will be lighter on
the wallet than its competitors,
clocking in at $249 about half of
what an Xbox 360 or basic PS3
(without the bells and whistles)
will run you. Also, at least for
now, online Wii play will
be free.
The Wii will be bundled with a
sports game (Wii Sports), apparently to take advantage of the
controller’s unique capabilities.
The company also promises
between 20 and 30 game titles
available upon the Wii’s release.
Expect many of the gaming
world staples (the PS3 and Wii
share some titles, as game makers are hedging their bets), as
well as a Legend of Zelda game
and eventually Metroid and
Mario titles.
The Wii, like the PS3, also will
be backward compatible, capable
of playing current Nintendo
titles. Some news reports indicate
that company executives are discussing remaking some of the
Nintendo Gamecube titles for the
Wii. And fans of the Nintendo DS
will not be left out in the cold –
they’ll be able to connect wirelessly with the Wii.
XBOX 360
HD-DVD DRIVE
The long-awaited high-definition DVD drive for the Xbox 360
also is forthcoming. Xbox manufacturer Microsoft announced the
drive in January in order to compete with Sony’s inclusion of a
Blu-ray
DVD
player
with
the PS3.
So the two heavyweights of the
gaming console world have chosen up sides in the coming Beta
vs. VHS type battle for supremacy
in the next-generation DVD market - Blu-ray or HD.
If you decide to place an early
bet on the eventual winner, the
HD-DVD drive will set you back
$199, significantly cheaper then
other standalone HD-DVD drives
now on the market. The drive connects to the Xbox 360 console with
a USB 2.0 cable and will play current generation DVDs in addition
to HD-DVDs. A universal remote
also is included.
(c) 2006, North Jersey Media Group Inc.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information
Services.
PAGE 14
EXPRESSIONS
Blue Man Group brings wild show Nov. 19
BY WALTER TUNIS
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
ments are very tribal sounding,”
Buell said. “It’s like hollow bamboo hit on the edge to create
these percussive tones. But at
the same time, Blue Man utilizes
this PVC material to link this
ancient percussive element to
modern technology.”
Of course, having a full electric rock band on hand to support such mayhem onstage doesn’t hurt. When Blue Man Group
reprised the “rock manual” idea
with a tour of its own in 2003, it
brought along a bona fide pop
star, Tracy Bonham (of “Mother,
Mother” fame).
“One thing we try to bring to
the show is this sense of connection and coming together one
experiences at a rock concert,”
Buell said. “Hopefully by the end
of the night, the character, the
audience, the singer, the drummers – everyone, really – are
brought into a sort of unified
moment.”
In terms of pure pop idealism, that’s a grand notion. But
isn’t it odd or at least a little
ironic, that the character who
initiates the music, the celebrity
status and the American Idolgone-alien crowd involvement
doesn’t speak, much less sing?
“That, I think, is an amazing
limitation,” Buell said. “It actually allows for a greater sense of
communication. That fact that
Roller derby rolls in Jax
JENNY CLOCK (C BMP)
You half expect to be greeted
by silence.
After all, there’s a Blue Man
on the phone. And if you’ve seen
him in action on TV or in commercials, you know this childlike creature with a fondness for
percussive devices doesn’t speak
– at least not with conventional
language.
You’re left imagining that on
the other end of the line is a
speechless, bright-eyed blue visage fascinated but stymied by
the questions you pose.
Luckily, Zack Buell is on the
phone. He is one of about 50
actor-drummers who, with the
help of some cobalt grease paint
and a wardrobe that would make
Johnny Cash beam with pride,
bring Blue Man to life in a halfdozen cities around the world.
A veteran of Blue Man
Group’s Chicago residency, Buell
also is one of the touring performers in How to Be a Megastar
2.0, an acted-out “how to” manual on the participatory rites for
audiences and artists at rock
concerts.
You’re saying, “But we know
how to act at a rock show. We
cheer, scream, drink beer and
lose our inhibitions.”
Ah, yes. But does Blue Man
realize that?
“The Blue Man is insatiably
curious,” Buell said. “He is willing to try almost anything. As
such, there is this egolessness to
the character. He doesn’t know
what is wrong or inappropriate.
Basically, he doesn’t know what
the hell is going on. He certainly
doesn’t understand these rockshow rituals.”
Although Blue Man Group
has been a creative entity for
nearly 20 years, the Megastar
program had its beginnings in
the summer of 2002, when a touring version of the ensemble
joined Moby and David Bowie on
the Area2 Tour.
In front of sold-out amphitheaters, Blue Man unveiled its performance manual of requisites
of audience movements, such as
the proper ways to bob your head
or pump your fist.
Though intrigued and slightly bewildered by the audience
response, Blue Man added to the
rock concert vibe by drumming
on a series of hollow, cylindrical
instruments made out of industrial PVC tubing. And in one of
its wilder attempts at musicmaking, Blue Man slammed
open-faced pianos with large
hammer-shaped mallets - hence
the group’s term for such a
deployment: piano-smashing.
“On one hand, these instru-
The Blue Man Group stands in front of one of the percussionary
instruments they created. The instrument glows under blacklight.
Blue Man doesn’t speak allows
for people to make their own
connection with what’s happening onstage.”
“We poke fun at some of the
iconic stars of the day as Blue
Man tries to figure out exactly
what a rock star is. The character is so innocent that he doesn’t
know how to be one. But by the
end of the show, he realizes the
audience is the true star of the
show. That’s because everybody
arrives at that same ecstatic
place, the wonderful feeling that
only comes when everybody is
on their feet together, participating in the show and in the vibe.”
Blue Man Group will be performing in Jacksonville at
Veterans Memorial Stadium Nov
19. Tickets can be purchased at
ticketmaster.com.
Will Ferrell sinks in
‘Stranger than Fiction’
BY JORDAN NEWMAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
BY ROSS BROOKS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After seven months of work, the all-female roller derby team, the First Coast
Fatales, played in its first game Sept. 17.
boost attendance. The following
night, Derby returned to the
track, ready to rumble.
In the 1950s, television assisted roller derby into a national
phenomenon, drawing thousands
of fans and making legends out
of women challengers like Midge
“Toughie” Brasuhn and Gerry
Murray, two of women’s roller
derby legends. During roller
derby’s elevation to the spotlight,
both men’s and women’s teams
punched
it
out
on
the
skating rinks.
Unfortunately, in 1973, high
overhead costs and the gas shortage lead to the demise of roller
derby because roller derby was
mostly a traveling act, it was difficult for teams to travel and still
be able to make a profit, leading
to its downfall.
With the demise of roller
derby in the 1970s, it took a new
era of vicious vixens and
women’s interest to revive the old
sport to what it once was so many
years ago.
“The First Coast Fatales is a
diverse group of women: single
moms, feminists, college-educated women and even high-school
educated women,” said Rachel
“Raemero” Phillips, a senior
English major at UNF. “We
respect each others’ views and
differences, while still respecting
each other. We have grown
together as a sisterhood.”
“Roller derby is amazing,”
Vaesa said. “Everyone is so great.
It’s like all roller girls are a part
of a national sisterhood with all
of these amazing women. It’s
an honor.”
The simplicity of the sport
attracts the spectators who can
understand the strategy and skill
after one game. There are two
teams, each have 10 players, with
five on the track for each jam or
play period. There are three positions: the jammer, or sprint
skater, the pivot, and the blocker.
The jammer scores points by lapping the other team’s players.
The blockers open and close gaps
within the pack of girls, which is
where all the body contact comes
in. There is one pivot on each
team that coordinates the traffic.
No competitor will let the jammer pass without a fight.
Even though roller derby is
seen as a rough and tumble sport,
the women involved with the
First Coast Fatales hope the
sport is well received in
Jacksonville. The sport relies
heavily on volunteers for many
jobs such as refereeing, coaches
and sponsors.
For people interested in volunteering, sponsoring, refereeing
and playing in the league, come
out
or
log
on
to
www.myspace.com/firstcoastfatales for more information.
E-mail Jordan Newman at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
If one were to sit down to
“Stranger than Fiction” expecting the usual, and often outlandish, improvised comic
shtick for which Will Ferrell has
become so famous, that person
would be greatly disappointed.
Instead, the film leans much
more towards a tragic comedy
wherein Ferrell’s role as the
funny man is greatly diminished, limiting him to more of a
dead-pan style of comedy, resulting in only a few of the hilarious and unscripted outbursts for
which Ferrell is so well known.
The film centers around
Harold Crick, an IRS auditor
played by Ferrell, who lives a
life run by routine and his wrist
watch. Crick brushes each one
of his teeth 78 times every
morning, goes to work at 7:15
a.m., and retires to sleep alone
every night by 11:13 p.m. Crick
remains unflinching in his daily
schedule, until he is surprised
by a woman’s narrating voice
describing his mundane actions
to him in a voice that only he
can hear.
After Crick discovers the
voice’s intention to kill him, the
film’s pacing begins to slow
down. The beginning was quickpaced, with multiple elements of
Crick’s life presented to the
audience in quick succession,
but the middle of the film is
comparatively slow.
A love interest named Ana
Pascal, played by Maggie
Gyllenhaal, gets introduced
when Crick comes to audit her
taxes. Pascal owns a bakery
that caters to a very progressive,
granola, anti-government clientele, and the unlikely couple
soon falls in love. It is at this
point that Crick also meets
Professor Jules Hilbert, an
English literature theorist who
tries to help him uncover who
the narrator is and why she
would want
COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES
SAM GREENWOOD
As she rolled up to her teammates drenched in sweat,
exhausted and utterly exuberated, Angie “Sweet Revenge”
Vaesa, a former reservationist
for Student Life at University of
North Florida, reminisced upon
a time when she sat upon a
friend’s crooked stoop discussing
how she wanted to start an allgirl
roller
derby
league
in Jacksonville.
A couple months down the
road, she met with Katie “Auntie
Venom” Penna, the local president of the First Coast Fatales,
on Craig’s List, an online network of free classified advertisements. After numerous meetings,
loads of research and countless
hours of effort, roller derby in
Jacksonville was finally on
the map.
Most roller derby leagues
aspire to accomplish their first
game within the first year.
However, the First Coast Fatales
accomplished this in only seven
months; their first game was
Sept. 17.
“I was so nervous that day,
that I barely ate anything,” Vaesa
said. “But the moment I saw my
friend from the stoop in the
crowd, I thought to myself, I cannot believe this is really happening. This is really happening.”
The First Coast Fatales is the
latest rendition of a sport with
more than seven decades of history and that, during the height
of its popularity, had scores of
teams across the nation.
During the worst of the Great
Depression, a Chicago promoter
named Leo Seltzer came up with
the idea of a skating spectacle to
compete
with
the
dance
marathon craze that was sweeping the country. Legend has it,
however, that the “true” Roller
Derby surfaced in Miami in 1938,
when famed New York sportswriter Damon Runyan saw a few
of the skating contestants tangled up during the race. Runyan
suggested to Seltzer that body
contact and keeping score might
Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick in
Paramount Pictures’ new comedy.
him dead.
The film keeps on its meandering pace, slowly building up
to Crick finally tracking down
the elusive and recluse novelist
and narrator, Kay Eiffel, played
by Emma Thompson. In the
scene where the two finally
meet, Eiffel explains to Crick
that she has already written out
his death scene, and hands over
the text to Crick. A very powerful and moving performance follows wherein Crick has to grapple with the very real portents
of his future.
The film slows down yet
again after this point, to help
build both suspense and
remorse over Crick’s seemingly
sealed fate. Unfortunately, the
suspense and expectations that
the film builds up only end up
getting subverted and substituted for an ending all too often
seen in modern tragic comedies.
The concept for the film is
both unique and ambitious.
However, its often dawdling
pace, along with its disappointing ending, make “Stranger
than Fiction” a movie to be seen
on video, if at all.
E-mail Ross Brooks at uspinnak@unf.edu.
Unexpected
social advice
may
this
week strain family
relations.
Loved ones
are
now
March 21 - April 20 h i g h l y
m o t ivat e d
to offer their wisdom concerning complex emotional
triangles. Remain patient and
accept all comments as constructive: genuine affection is
the underlying motive. After
Wednesday, business relations may be briefly complicated with faulty financial
information.
Yesterday's
documents and unreliable
records are accented: carefully
resolve all outstanding disputes.
Authority figures
will respond to
creative
suggestion. Openly discuss controversial
ideas or recent
policy changes
and watch for
April 21 - May 20
steady progress:
key officials will ask for greater
input, reverse unpopular decisions
or
reassign
team
leadership. Someone close may
wish to explore a new level of
emotional intimacy. Be receptive,
long-term romantic relationships
will need to deepen or include
plans of relocation.
Business routines
will this week
demand careful planning. New assignments and revised
instructions will
soon take precedence. Job opporMay 21 - June 21
tunities will dramatically expand in the coming
weeks. Listen closely to the needs
or opinions of authority figures:
minor errors or vague requests
may cause unnecessary tensions
between colleagues. Social and
romantic passions intensify.
Serious commitments or renewed
promises may be expected: don't
hesitate.
Financial promises
or
rare
money proposals
may trigger key
decisions.
Areas affected
are
private
June 22 - July 22
business ventures, ownership, legal records or
property agreements. Stay balanced and probe for detailed
answers: all will work in your
favor. Highlight fast social
changes and new obligations. A
friend or relative may require
advice concerning strained home
relationships. Offer fresh ideas:
patience will prove invaluable.
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remain quietly diplomatic.
Lasha Seniuk’s
Workplace gossip
and
romantic
speculation
are
best avoided. At
present, misinformation may lead
to strained relations. Close colJuly 23 - Aug. 22
leagues
will
expect loyalty
and continuing support. Rely on
past promises and emotional
agreements for guidance. After
mid-week, loved ones may
express a desire for social excitement or new home routines.
Several weeks of isolation and
low self-esteem need to end. Offer
creativity and wisdom: your
advice
will
be
appreciated.
Long-term relationships will now
experience a brief
but intense phase
of questioning and
social
discussion. Loved ones Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
ask may for more
time, consideration or patience.
Set firm boundaries and expect
honest reactions: your emotional
cues will be respected. A complex
business problem may be quickly
resolved. Study past documents
for controversial dates, deadlines
and legal obligations. Remain
focused: vital mistakes may soon
be uncovered.
Physical
intimacy
will help move
relationships forward. Passionate
encounters
and
seduction
are
Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 now a key theme.
Some Libras will
soon redefine key friendships and
greatly expand long-term romantic obligations. Expect fast proposals and renewed vitality:
friends and lovers are now dedicated to a rekindled faith in love
and reliable social promises. A
roommate or close relative may
discuss potential career changes:
Romantic
attraction is
now unavoidable. Expect
new
colleagues
or
friends to
offer coy flirtations and Oct. 24 - Nov. 22
s e d u c t iv e
invitations. Stay calm.
Social complications will
increase: ask for added
time and closely examine
all consequences. Minor
workplace disputes may
quickly escalate. Key officials or trusted clients may
soon demand a written account of
past decisions or recent events.
Younger relatives
may this week
ask for continued
financial or emotional support.
Educational
planning, job
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21
creation
or
lifestyle choices may all be
accented. Offer concrete suggestions: practical duties, regulations and official requirements
will soon help clarify difficult
decisions. Love relationships
may experience a brief but
intense phase of public discussion. Family obligations, social
triangles and complex home
plans are accented: stay open to
fast proposals.
Social or family decisions will now be
proven accurate.
Watch for loved
ones to offer
unique insights
into their private activities,
hopes or longDec. 22 - Jan. 20
term
goals.
Discuss all complex issues and
allow extra time for emotional
expression. Passions may be
high. Business obligations and
daily routines will require pub-
lic debate. Colleagues and officials may demand unusual policy
changes: don't hesitate to challenge unrealistic proposals.
Family gatherings
will this week provide new opportunities for inclusion. Isolated or
distrustful relatives may now
opt for emotionJan. 21 - Feb. 19
al bonding, family progress or social acceptance.
Respond with gentle acknowledgement: new habits and
improved attitudes are best slowly explored. A long-term friend
may reveal a new job offer or
announce unexpected plans for
relocation.
Managers and
colleagues
may
this week quickly
criticize
small
mistakes.
Take
none of it personally. Minor business
disputes Feb. 20 - March 20
may be unavoidable. Remain quietly determined:
ongoing workplace tensions or
power struggles will soon be
resolved. Loved ones may propose
unique travel ventures, extended
leisure activities or rare social
events. Go slow: a thorough discussion of short-term plans will
soon reveal deeper issues.
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PAGE 17
BY HOLLI WELCH
SPORTS EDITOR
The University of North Florida’s fall sports season, according to the coaching
staff, conference standings, and over all records, came together in one
word: success.
The men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women's cross country and volleyball
teams completed their 2006 seasons, all finishing in the top eight of the Atlantic Sun
Conference. The women’s cross country team ran to second place of the A-Sun
Conference, and the men’s team finished fifth. The women’s soccer and volleyball
squads finished third in the conference.
“This season has been very successful,” said Carmen Watley, women’s soccer
assistant coach. “The team played really well and showed that they can play with any
team in the conference.”
Volleyball head coach Bryan Bunn agreed.
“I was very proud of the team’s performance and the resulting record,” he said.
The team recorded its 16th winning record for the Ospreys, finishing the season 18-15.
The season was also the best year with fans, according to the men’s soccer head
coach Ray Bunch.
“We were very fortunate to have lots of students come out to our games. The team
really appreciated it.”
Closing victories
Each Osprey team recorded wins as the season came to a close,
many finishing with back-to-back wins. The men’s soccer team
defeated Palm Beach Atlantic University 5-0, followed by a final
victory over Flagler College 3-1.
“We came back from playing Duke and won every
game,” Bunch said. “It was rewarding to see how they
learned and improved. I’ve seen tremendous improvement from beginning to end.”
The cross country team ended on a high note at the ASun Conference Championships, with the women finishing second, after taking first at the Furman Invitational.
The men’s team recorded its second highest finish of the
season, grabbing fifth at the race.
Soaring through the rumble
With the close of the fall seasons, UNF sits well
ahead of cross town rival Jacksonville University in
the River City Rumble, 5-1. For the volleyball team, this
victory was at the top of its season goals.
“We met many of our goals,” Bunn said.“The
team played really well against JU and we beat
them twice.”
For the women’s soccer team, the game was a
highlight of the season.
“The match against JU was one of the proudest
moments all season,” Watley said. “They wanted it so bad
and played hard till the end.”
The team finished 3-1 to gain the second point of the
rumble. The volleyball team took a 3-0 victory over
Jacksonville University, followed by a 3-1 win to finish
the season.
Farewell seniors
The end of the season brings the end of collegiate
careers for many UNF athletes, a fact that the coaches are
not looking forward to.
“It will be tough to replace our seniors,” Bunn said.
“Many of them were four-year or three-year starters.
That’s experience that is hard to lose. We are going to
miss them.”
Watley agreed.“We had 10 seniors at the end of the season, It is a huge graduating class and a big loss; they provided a lot of leadership on and off the field.”
Welcome spring training
Though the season is over, the training continues. The
athletes will hit the weights as soon as Winter break is
over, if not earlier. For the teams, this will provide a great
foundation for the future.
The teams cannot participate in much weight training
during the season, for fear of injury. The training season,
however, allows time to build up stamina and endurance
that will help on the field, according to Bunch.
E-mail Holli Welch at spinnakersports@yahoo.com.
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SPORTS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Ospreys open new rivalry against
Gators, fall in first attempt
Nov. 9
Volleyball 3, Jacksonville
University 0
Nov. 10
Women’s basketball 37,
University of Florida 78
BY JEREMIE CANTON
Men’s basketball 53, St.
Johns University 74
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nov. 11
Swimming and diving 91,
College of Charleston 151;
Swimming and diving 203,
Florida A&M University 11
Volleyball 3, Stetson 1
Men’s basketball 50, Loyola
College of Maryland 65
Nov. 14
COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS
Offensive
struggles
hindered
the
University of North Florida women’s basketball team in its season-opener against the
Florida Gators.
The Ospreys dropped to 0-1 by a final score
of 78-37 before a crowd of 1,107 Nov. 10 at the
Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville.
“We turned the ball over 30 times, shot 25
percent from the field and 46.2 percent from
the foul line,” said Head Coach Mary
Tappmeyer. “You’re not going to win many
games playing like that.”
The Gators allowed 14 turnovers, shot 45.2
percent from the field and nearly 70 percent
from the foul line.
North Florida, however, shot a better threepoint percentage than their opponents,
recording 31.3 over Florida’s 27.3.
Senior guard Tamara Hubbard hit the first
three-pointer within the first minute of the
game to give UNF a 3-0 lead. Hubbard finished
the game 2-4 for three-pointers.
Gators forward Marshae Dotson and guard
Kim Dye, scored the next nine points for
Florida to take an 11-3 lead over the Ospreys.
Sophomore
guard
Jennifer
Bowen
answered back with another three-point shot
with over 16 minutes remaining in the first
half, closing the lead to 11-6.
But they never fully recovered.
The Gators took advantage of the Ospreys’
scoring struggles, and ended the first half
with a 37-17 lead. The second half brought the
same results and resulted in a 41-point lead
for Florida.
The team learned about the level of intensity that is needed to play on the Division 1
level, according to Tappmeyer.
“We started out good for the first five minutes and played well for the last five minutes,
but we have to maintain that same intensity
for 40 minutes,” she said.
Hubbard led the Ospreys in scoring with
Head coach Mary Tappmeyer looks on as the women’s basketball team falls behind the University of
Florida, 78-37. The Ospreys led the game with three point shots and rebounds.
eight points, while Bowen and freshman
guard Tiffany Williams followed with five
points each.
The Gators had four players with double
figures in points, including Dye, who led all
players with 13.
North
Florida
sophomore
center,
Antoinette Reames, led the game in rebounds,
with 11. Jennifer Guldager and freshman
Shandrea Moore followed with four
rebounds each.
North Florida will suit up again Nov. 17 to
compete in the Lancer Tournament against
first-round opponent New Jersey Tech
at 1 p.m.
Men’s basketball 40,
University of Florida 86
Nov. 17
Women’s basketball vs.
New Jersey Tech at Lancer
Invitational, 8 p.m.
THE NUMBERS
76-37: Final score of Ospreys first
match-up against Gators
Swimming and diving at
Davidson College
31.3%: Osprey’s Leading threepoint percentage for game
Nov. 18
Women’s basketball vs.
Longwood University /
Norfolk State University at
Lancer Invitational
8: Leading score for Ospreys by
senior Tamara Hubbard
11: Leading rebounds by sophomore Antoinette Reames
Davidson College
E-mail Jeremie Canton at uspinnak@unf.edu.
Nov. 19
Men’s basketball vs.
Concordia College – New
York, 1 p.m.
SWIMMING & DIVING
Freshman sets university record to lead home meet
BY NATALIE NGUYEN
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
E-mail Natalie Nguyen at spinnakersports@yahoo.com.
In Brief
SPORTS
Tennis completes fall
schedule with wins at
UNF Invitational
COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS
The University of North
Florida women’s swimming and
diving team recorded split
results in its first home meet of
the season.
The team took a win over
Florida A&M University, 203-11,
but
fell
to
the
College
of Charleston, 151-91.
The University of New
Orleans was also scheduled
to compete at the UNF meet,
but
canceled
due
to
travel difficulties.
For Head Coach Beth Harrell,
the meet showcased the change
and progress of the Osprey
team.
“The freshmen really stepped
up,” Harrell said. “They did a
better job here at home compared to the first meet because
they were really nervous then.”
Freshman
Justine
Kane
swam into the UNF record books
during the meet for the 200-yard
butterfly. Kane placed eighth on
the record standings with a time
of 2:12.90.
Freshman Maria Bianchi
captured the win for the 200yard individual medley at
2:14.17, a finish she was very
happy with.
“I was really surprised with
my time,” Bianchi said. “I
dropped three seconds from
last week.”
Bianchi hopes to break 2:10
by the end of the season.
She was followed in the event
by freshman Krissy Harms in
third with a time of 2:16.72.
Junior Krysten Nemecek also
finished in first, recording a
time of 2:27.82 in the 200-yard
breaststroke.
Senior swimmer Lindsey
McKelvey turned in a third
place finish for the Ospreys in
the 100-yard freestyle with a
time of 54.93, a close finish to
her personal best time of 54.60
during
the
Pacific
Coast
Swimming Championship.
“I knew I had to work on fast
turns and breathing for this
meet,” McKelvey said. “I’m really happy with my times and how
close it came to breaking my
personal best.”
Senior Chelsea Lewis finished
hundredths
behind
McKelvey, with a 54.96 in the
event.
As a team, UNF finished second
in
both
relay
races, following close behind
Charleston in the 400-yard
medley relay as well as the 400yard freestyle relay. UNF finished three seconds behind
Charleston in both events.
Although Coach Harrell was
satisfied with the results,
Harrell knew that the season is
still early and that the team is
still developing.
“We spent the first month getting the kids in shape,” Harrell
said. “We needed to create more
front end speed for this meet
and we had five swimmers who
didn’t compete for various
injuries and regulations. Next
semester we should get those
five swimmers back.”
Davidson College
Sophomore Katrina Johnson assisted the University of North Florida in the
500-yard freestyle. The team defeated Florida A&M University but was
defeated by the College of Charleston.
The University of North
Florida finished its fall season with the UNF
Invitational Nov. 10-12.
Andres Monje defeated
Colin van der Hil of Troy
University to win the B
consolation match, 6-1, 6-2.
Matias Sigal fell to
Irving Morales from Troy
University in the final A
match, 6-1, 6-2.
Natalia Sanchez lost in
the semifinals of the singles A match against
Alison Adamski from St.
John’s College, 7-5, 6-4.
The women’s doubles
teams fell in both the final
A and B matches.
There were over 10 universities competing in the
Invitational.
The women head back to
the court Jan. 26, opening
their spring season against
Georgia Southern.
Feb. 3 marks the beginning for the men, who will
take on the College
of Charleston.
PAGE 19
SPORTS
FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
Drama of college football
The “Bitter Cry of (No. 3
school) Scandal” has reared its
ugly head again in
college football.
The annual soap opera
drama of who deserves to play
for the national championship,
and who got hosed is about
as predictable as professional
wrestling.
The obvious solution is to
convert to a playoff format, but
the stakeholders that make
profits from the current system
are hanging on for all
they're worth.
What's ironic is that if a
playoff system were to occur,
there would be more combined
revenue than ever dreamed of.
I'm inclined to think that an
NCAA football tournament
would eventually exceed the
popularity of the current
NCAA basketball tournament,
which is simply outstanding.
I love the fact that we have
four undefeated teams this late
in the season, for it emphasizes
the need for a change.
You can't convince me that
Rutgers or even Boise State
don't deserve a chance to compete with the big boys.
George Mason proved last
year that everyone deserves a
shot. The "bigger and better"
conferences have just as many
"automatic" wins in the lower
tiers as everyone else.
Where was the outcry when
Ohio State struggled against
Illinois? What about Michigan
being tested by Ball State, a
team that's not even at the top
of the MAC?
The ACC has their Dukes,
the SEC has their Mississippi
schools; the Big 10, the Big
12 and the PAC 10 all have
their warts.
It's gotten to the point where
a good program is better off
being idle in a week rather than
playing a lesser game.
While the computer formulas
used to rank teams are logical,
they are flawed when comparing
the intangibles and human
element.
“
Elliot Darkatsh
Director, Marketing and Promotions
There are simply some
things in sports that cannot
be quantified.
Everyone disagrees, the BCS
did not live up to expectations,
and so we need a new system; a
playoff format doesn't even
have to be 64 teams, it could be
simply 16.
Take the six conference winners and 10 at-large bids, and
everybody should be happy.
Yes, some schools would still
be left out, but it's better than
what we have now.
The current bowl sites would
still be used as regional sites,
very similar to basketball.
The championship location
can still rotate, as it does now.
The computers and polls
would still determine rankings
through criteria such as record,
strength of schedule, etc., and
from the rankings seeding
would be determined.
Does this sound ridiculously
easy to anyone else?
Not only would this create
more post-season excitement, it
would also decrease the ever
growing number of insignificant bowls.
Most bowl opponents are not
even picked based on the success of their season, but by
which school's fans travel better
(ensuring a full stadium).
That just makes cents, but
not sense.
There is simply no valid
rationale as to why there is not
a playoff in Division I-A
college football.
All the arguments against it
are contradicted by the fact that
a successful playoff system
works for Division II.
For the good of the game,
just “Git-R-Done!”
Disclaimer: The opinions offered
here do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the university or its
Athletics Dept.
E-mail Elliot Darkatsh at
uspinnak@unf.edu.
ROBERT K. PIETRZYK
“They are
flawed when
comparing
the intangibles
and human
element.”
Fans cheer blue and gray
The University of North Florida played in a game of firsts Nov. 14 against the University of Florida. This
was the first top-ranked team the Ospreys faced in Division I and their first Southeastern Conference
opponent. The game was televised on channel 51 and fans gathered at local watch parties to show their
spirit. The Ospreys went into the second half 20-38 and finished the game falling 86-40 to the Gators.
COACH AND ATHLETE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Lindsey
McKelvey,
Swimming
"The 100
freestyle and
400 freestyle
relay."
Coach Beth
Harrell,
Swimming
"Seeing the
gain of confidence in our
freshmen."
Jen Bowen,
Women’s
Basketball
“It [Florida
game] was really
cool because
they have a big
crowd and it was
great playing an
SEC team."
Jaclyn
Taricska,
Women’s
Basketball
“The opportunity to play an
SEC school and
experience that
competition
level.”
Maria
Bianchi,
Swimming
"The 200 IM
[individual
medley], I've
been really
looking forward to it."
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