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JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS NEWSPAPER
THE
COMEDIAN
RUNS FOR
PRESIDENT
VOLUME 64 • ISSUE 9 • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
NAVIGATOR
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GINNIE
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PICASSO
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EINSTEIN
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Dolphins fight for win
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EDITORIAL
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
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A
lcoholism is all
too prevalent in
today’s colleges.
It has been proven
that almost everyone has tried a drink
or two in their
lives, but there is a serious difference between having a few drinks and binge drinking. Binge drinking is the over excessive
consumption of alcohol, or four drinks in
an hour for a female and five drinks in an
hour for a male. College seems to be a catalyst for this behavior. Something should be
done about this problem.
A recent study of the Harvard School
of Public Health of 119 college campuses
shows that two out of five college students
drink five drinks in a row at least once
every two weeks—specifically, 44 percent
of collegians binge-drink. College is supposed to be a place for self -discovery and
learning. Not an enabler of partying. In
fact, young adults ages 18 to 22 that don’t
go to college drink less than those who do.
Alcohol can affect a person mentally and physically and can cause detrimental effects, both short-term and long-term.
Staff Writers
*joey juanico
*kristen costello
*sarah beggs
*eric sheperd
*shannon proctor
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RENAE INGRAM
sarah sankovich
Sarah Beggs
Cover photograph
Renae Ingram
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Studies show that more than 35 percent
of adults with an alcohol problem developed symptoms such as binge drinking by
age 19. Long-term use of alcohol can cause
liver damage, pancreatitis, certain cancers,
and literal shrinkage of the brain. Shortterm affects are things such as blackouts
(or short-term memory loss), embarrassing behavior, violent behavior, coma, and
being basically out of control. Alcohol use
is also the second-leading cause of dementia; one simply ages quicker on alcohol. Not
only that, the abuse of alcohol can result in
death
The dangers of alcoholism are not
limited to the affects of the brain and
body. Alcohol can also affect other people. In 1998, there were 15,935 alcohol related deaths in vehicular crashes. Though
most college drinkers would deny it,
young people do die solely from drinking.
In 1995, 318 people ages 15 to 24 died from
alcohol poisoning alone, many of them
after a night binge at college. Young college girls have a better risk of getting drugged and raped at a party when they are
intoxicated. After binge drinking, college students have a great risk of committing homicide or suicide as well. Therefore,
drinking alcohol has no positive outcome.
There are certain signs and symptoms
that can allow people to determine if they
or someone they know has a drinking
problem. If a person suspects that they
have a drinking problem, they most likely
do. Having a drinking problem can cause
problems in school, family, relationships,
social activities, or even how you think and
feel. If a person is noticeably isolating or
distancing themselves, feeling guilty for
drinking, needing a drink in the morning to
steady nerves or cure a hangover. If someone close to you or yourself is experiencing
these or other symptoms then you or they
could quite possibly have a serious drinking problem. A health professional should
be immediately contacted if someone is
experiencing these problems.
Coming to college is supposed to
be a time where people make the most
important decisions of their lives, career and life. With alcohol in the picture,
the impairments made to a person’s judgment can affect these hard decisions and
potentially ruin their lives. While students may think that they are having a good
time at a party, they are actually poisoning themselves. If something is not done
about this problem then more and more
lives will be lost to this crippling disease.
Food options not healthy enough for student
Alexandra Villella
STAFF
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Alcohol picture ruining lives
offers a wide selection of vegetarian and
vegan foods. They claim there is always
This letter is meant to bring campus- a cheese pizza offered at the pizza stawide attention to the severe lack of health tion. The truth is the serving plates, tongs,
food options that JU offers its students. and cooking materials are used jointly for
The website dedicated to the food JU offers cheese and meat pizza. This, to some veg(www.dining.ju.edu) boasts in its home etarians, would be considered contaminapage that “It is [their] pleasure to meet all tion and thus the “vegetarian” pizza is disof your dining needs.” This just simply qualified. isn’t the case. Even McDonald’s and other
Similarly with the grill, the grilled
fast food chains are offering somewhat cheese is made on the same stove that
healthier alternatives to soda and French the burgers are grilled on. When it comes
fries, with options like milk and juice for down to it, all that is available is the cerea beverage and fruit cups and veggies for al and salad bars. If Sodexho offered meat
sides. College is a crucial time to sear into substitutes it would not only be a healththe minds of 18-22 year olds the impor- ier alternative, but would open the doors
tance of a nutritious diet. A college cafe- for more students to eat their food. We
teria is the Mecca and hub of student din- are no longer in the time of veggie burgers
ing; and what better place to practice eat- that taste like cardboard. Meat substitutes
ing healthily than there? With the cooper- have become much more advanced and as a
ation of Sodexho and food service employ- meat-eater myself, I cannot decipher a difees, the cafeteria could offer so many more ference in taste.
healthy alternatives to pizza and burgThe salad itself, wilted and discolored,
ers. The “Freshman 15” could potential- sits in a giant cesspool, or “cessbowl,” if
ly refer to the 15 pounds you lost thanks to you will, for sometimes hours at a time. “the caf.”
And when the bowl is recycled and refilled,
Most students are familiar with the it’s more old lettuce from a giant bag. The
Crossroads Cafeteria. It provides a perma- risks of E. coli and other bacterial diseasnent pizza station, a sandwich station only es loom over all who dare to sample the
open for lunch, a grill, and a “salad bar” salad. As someone who has been personwhich resembles more of a table than an ally affected by the E. coli virus (my litactual bar. Sodexho employees and din- tle sister contracted it in October last year
ing staff alike also claim that the cafeteria and was hospitalized for a month and near-
ly lost her life), I’d rather play it safe than
sorry. Freshly chopped greens (and I mean
greens – not just the white part of iceberg
lettuce) would improve the taste and perhaps more students will be inclined to eat
salad. Also, rather than over-processed
white bread, a selection of whole grain
bread would be better.
Of course, not every student at JU is displeased with the way the cafeteria operates,
as shown by the satisfied faces and heaping
plates that clutter the tables of Crossroads. The reason Sodexho offers pizza and burgers is because there is a demand for pizza
and burgers. But perhaps, those students
who over-indulge in greasy pizza and cakes
and cookies haven’t taken an educated look
at what they eat. Offering both options--the
currently served foods and newer improved
options would please everyone. If anything, it would bring in more consumers.
By shedding light on this subject, I hope
to bring attention to the health-food overhaul the cafeteria desperately needs. I truly
believe that JU wants what’s best for its students, and offering these more health conscious alternatives would perhaps make
those students who avoid the cafeteria like
the plague warm up to the idea of eating its
food. It would also be a huge step in the
right direction for a healthier, happier student body. EDITORIAL
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Parents assigned too much homework
Krissy Toth
Students and parents have enough on
their plates, but now, thanks to a high
school English teacher, even parents are
getting a piece of the homework pie.
If this sort of teaching tactic is tolerated,
what will become of our public education
system? Last week in the New York Times,
Tina Kelley published an article about a
New Jersey high school English teacher
that requires parents to do homework.
Mr. Frye, a ninth-grade teacher at
Montclair High School, requires the parents of his students in his English class to
do reading comprehensive assignments and
submit their responses to him. If they do
not turn in their assignment, their child’s
grade can suffer.
Although Mr. Frye is trying to get parents engaged in their children’s education,
he is creating a stressful situation for students and parents alike. Students must
worry about making sure their parents
receive and understand the assignment, and
parents must make sure they remember and
make time for the homework so they do not
hurt their child’s grade.
The stressful situation caused by the parent’s homework could very likely strain the
parent-child relationship instead of helping it. With the typical student’s long list of
extracurricular activities, and the parent’s
occupation, household duties, and leisure
activities, there is little time left for tedious
homework assignments.
While Mr. Frye may have had good
intentions, giving parents daily homework
assignments in today’s demanding world is
just not practical.
It is hard enough for students to find
time to have their parents sign permission
slips, let alone have them read and complete
daily assignments. Parents are trapped in a
stressful situation; they want to appear to
care about their child’s education, but they
do not have the time to take on the role of
being a student again.
Also, did Mr. Frye consider the consequences if other teachers follow in his
path?
The poor parents could end up having multiple subjects to tackle every night!
Another situation Mr. Frye neglected to
consider is those households with broken
and troubled families.
The last thing these students need is to
worry about their alcoholic parent forgetting
or embarrassing them, or their single mother staying up after her double shift to complete homework assignments for their sake.
I believe that if Mr. Frye wants to keep his
idea, it must be changed so that it is not
penalizing. We need to realize the importance of a fair education, and consider
those students not fortunate enough to benefit from Mr. Frye’s teaching tactics.
Public education should be fair for all
students, not just those who have stay-athome mothers or fathers that are fortunate enough to have an abundance of down
time. Student’s grades should be in complete control of them as individuals; it
should not depend on the work of others,
especially their parents.
Would this be tolerated if Mr. Frye were
asking parents to send in a daily sum of
cash for their child’s grade?
Considering the parent’s time has an
extremely high opportunity cost, this is
precisely what he is doing. As a democracy we need to stand up for what is
right, and let people know we will not
tolerate inequality in public education.
Dean White gets busy building JU sciences facilities
Momoyo Harris
JU’s science labs are falling apart in
many ways, even though the science major
students and the professors are doing their
best to do with the limited equipment.
This is due to the expense it takes to
fix things, said Dean of Arts and Sciences
Quinton White, who has developed a major
plan for restoring facilities for the science
majors.
Hoping to see a bright future for science major students in the near future,
White has set priorities of first getting a
new marine science center, second renovating the science labs, and third getting new
equipment for the science labs.
As a marine biologist, the dean understands how important it is to have the right
kind of equipment in order to do research.
For example, in order to do projects like
researching the health of the St. Johns
River and studying the impact of a proposal
to divert millions of gallons out of its banks
for development upstream, he said the science department needs a new facility and
good lab equipment.
At the University of Colorado-Boulder
recently, a science professor by the name
of Marvin Caruther presented a $20 million donation to the science department
to help give the Biotech Building a boost.
This is not nearly how much he needs donation-wise to get busy building sciences.
However, White would definitely use a $20
million gift to accomplish his wish list.
White is working to the best of his ability to make his plan a reality. He has started
a campaign to raise $10 million to construct
a new marine science center. So far, the
university has gotten about 40 percent of
the total dollar amount needed to do com-
plete this proposed landmark project.
White is hoping to get the rest soon.
JU receives donations daily with the help
of the phonathon. Contributions come in
slowly and the total amount is often minimal. However, not only alumni are asked to
give donations to the school, but also faculty members are invited to participate in the
fund-raising process.
The new marine sciences center will
be located on the west side of the campus
directly overlooking the St. Johns River
and will be operated in cooperation with
other agencies.
Quickies
Halloween Event
Open Mic
Sea and Sky Spectacular
The International Fraternity Council and
Panhellenic Council Halloween event will
be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m.
Dolphin Productions presents Open Mic
on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at Nellie’s.
The Sea and Sky Spectacular will be held
Nov. 2–4 at Jacksonville’s beaches. The
event features the U.S. Navy Blue Angels
along with other military and civilian
flight teams.
Holy Ghost Party
The Holy Ghost Party will be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. in the Davis
Student Commons in Room A.
Yearbook Gifts
The theme this year for The Riparian, the
JU yearbook is Facebook. Come purchase
a gift for one of your friends for $1. Sales
start at 11 a.m. in the Kinne Lobby on
Thursday, Nov. 1
Family Weekend
Family weekend begins Friday, Nov. 2 at
3:30 p.m. Event registration is required.
There will be a dinner, fine arts showcase,
pre-game tailgate and cookout, football
game, sea and sky spectacular, and other
events.
Watkins
Pianist Scott Watkins presents music by
Shostakovich and Schubert at 7:30 p.m. in
the Terry Concert Hall on Sat, Nov. 3.
Blues Cruise
St. Augustine blues historian and folklorist Marty Scott will present remarks and
musical selections in Gooding Auditorium
Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
Entrepreneur Club
There will be a guest speaker Nov. 6 at
5 p.m. at the Davis College of Business
hosted by the Entrepreneur Club.
Correction
“New fiscal policy
to erase debt” from
Issue 8
As per the university’s new fiscal policy students will incur an 18%
accrued interest penalty on outstanding
debts over the entirety of the term the
debt is carried. The example of a $2,000
debt would incur a penalty of $360 over
the entire semester and not by month.
The navigator apologizes for any inconvenience.
NEWS
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Town Center boasts new expansion
KIM ZAVON
ARTS EDITOR
Looking for a way to spend your paycheck or run up your parents’ credit card
bills? The St. John’s Town Center is about
to open its much anticipated second phase.
“A staple item of
Hollywood A-listers, it is
a store that will have you
spending all your money.”
KIM ZAVON - on juicy couture
ARTS EDITOR
The second phase will feature 40 highend retailers and four restaurants.
Many of the stores will cater to young
adults offering clothes for a day at work or
for a night out on the town.
The hip store Urban Outfitters is one
that appeals to college students. Offering
men and women’s apparel, ladies accessories, and shoes that will make one feel like
they have the latest trend.
Urban Outfitters also has a special home
accessories section that will help give your
apartment a modern feel.
If you have an unlimited credit card
limit you should check out Juicy Couture.
A staple item of Hollywood A-listers, it is
a store that will have you spending all your
money.
Other specialty stores such as Lactose,
Betsy Johnson, Guess, and Abercrombie
will also be a part of phase two of the St.
John’s Town Center.
Many of the new stores will be the only
one of their kind in Jacksonville. Phase two
will also offer 500 condominiums and an
additional hotel.
It is speculated that this new addition
will bring visitors to Jacksonville flocking
to the Town Center, which will increase the
Jacksonville economic revenue.
Stores will begin to open on October
26. More stores will come after the original opening.
For more information please visit http://
www.stjohnsphase2.com.
RENAE INGRAM
The Teddy Washington Jazz Band soothed the ears of hundreds of shoppers at
the grand opening of Phase II of the St. John’s Town Center. Keyboardist and
JU alumnus Stevie “Fingers” Saracson was proud to play in the same band as
Jazz Festival Hall of Famer and trumpeter Teddy Washington.
NEWS
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Comedian Colbert runs for president
Millions Rally on
Facebook for Stephen
Colbert’s Presidential
candidacy
CHRIS HUDON
NEWS EDITOR
In the nine days since his announcement, more than one million Facebook
users have joined an online support group
endorsing comedian Stephen Colbert’s
alleged presidential candidacy; making it
both the fastest growing and most widely supported group to ever be published on
Facebook’s site.
Tens of thousands of others have joined
the ranks in blogs, online forums, and other
social networks, declaring allegiance to the
man whose new book, “I am America and
so can YOU” is poised to top the New York
Times best sellers list.
Colbert says he will run for president in
his home state - South Carolina - as both a
Democrat and a Republican.
After Colbert announced on Oct. 16
that he would run, high-school student
Raj Vachhani set up a group on Facebook
called “1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T.
Colbert”. The group was inspired by a sim-
“I promise if elected, I will crush the
state of Georgia.”
STEPHEN COLBERT
ilar movement in support of Democratic
nomination hopeful Barack Obama, called
“One Million Strong for Barack”.
While the group supporting Mr. Obama
took more than eight months to gain 380,000
members, Mr. Vachhani’s group backing a
candidate running in just one state has
become one of the largest political groups
on Facebook in less than two weeks.
The group grew so quickly it caused
technical problems for the Website, which
has nearly 50 million users around the
world and is said to account for one percent
of all Internet traffic.
“The group was growing very quickly
and began overloading one of our servers,
but we have since resolved that problem,” a
Facebook spokeswoman told the New York
Times.
Colbert has already started his “campaign,” appearing before several hundred
fans at the University of South Carolina on
Sunday.
Playing to interstate rivalry, Colbert
vowed: “I promise if elected, I will crush
the state of Georgia.”
He has said he will run for both the
Democrats and the Republicans because he
would “like to lose twice.”
The larger question surrounding
Colbert’s announcement is certainly not
one of support but rather one of sincerity.
If the candidate is serious, Colbert faces
a myriad of obstacles in his already controversial candidacy by entering into the running so late.
Despite the uncertainty surrounding
Stephen Colbert’s decision, it might be
worth mentioning that this same strategy
worked quite effectively for former president Ronald Reagan, who was also an
entertainer by trade before acquiring the
presidency.
However, his timing and criticism for
lack of sincerity could seriously stunt any
attempt to make a legitimate attempt at
Commander-in-Chief.
Some analyst feel this question needn’t
even be raised, Joe Saltzman, a former
senior producer for Entertainment Tonight
said, “It’s a funny gag and [it] hikes up his
comedy to the next level,” Saltzman said.
“Politics is already comedic, with carefully scripted answers. And with Colbert
on the inside, he can expose how his opponents are contradicting themselves with
clips of what they said then and what
they’re saying now.”
Despite varying personal opinions
throughout the campaign trail there’s no
denying that Stephen Colbert is attracting
a lot of watchful eyes one way or the other
and may be one of the most intriguing candidates, (or fake candidates) to study in the
upcoming election.
FEATURES
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Inklings prepare
Spring floats college
Ancient Greek Festival
STEPHEN MCCLURE HOOD
GUEST WRITER
Inklings will be holding its annual festival as a club fund raiser On Tuesday,
Nov. 6, and its fund raiser for a local public school library.
“Joining in the feast
of the Gods is $2, but
if you wear a toga
with pride you get
half off and a free
laurel wreath.”
STEPHEN MCCLURE
This year’s theme is completely new
and exciting: Ancient Greece. In order
to celebrate the culture and literature
of Ancient Greece the club is preparing
food, games and prizes.
To take everyone back to the times
of ancient Greece, all members of the
Inklings (and even some professors) will
be wearing togas and dawning laurel
wreaths.
Games like Pin the Eye on the Cyclops,
Strong Man Olympic Competition, and
Archery will be available for all to play
with the hopes of winning prizes along
the way.
Joining in the feast of the God’s is $2,
but if you wear a toga with pride you get
half off and a free laurel wreath. The food
served will be “man” burgers, pomegranate juice (grape juice), grape leaves, baklava, pita and hummus and other ambrosial treats.
Join the fun and help the cause on
Tuesday by supporting your local Ancient
Greek festival. Bring friends and have an
Odyssey, but don’t hurt your Achilles tendon on the way. Hope to see everyone out
there.
JU Philosophy Club Presents a
students to euphoria
JOEY JUANICO
Mike Wagner, sophomore aviation major, lies on his tube as the relaxing speed
of Ginnie Spring quietly meanders him down the waters way. Ginnie Spring is
known for its water front campsites, underwater caves, year-round 73 degree
spring water, and stellar service.
BRENDAN LAUBNER
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JOEY JUANICO
STAFF WRITER
PHILOSOPHY SLAM
At Nellie’s Cafe
Davis Student Commons
Thursday November 1, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Michael Ruse
of FSU will discuss
“Evolution and War”
For Further information contact: efreibe@ju.edu
One foot in front of the other. At the end
of this hike through the pines and palmettos, I begin to submerge my toes into the
comfortable 73-degree water.
The hike has been long, the tubes are
inflated to full capacity and the cooler is
full of beverages yearning to be emptied.
As a slight sweat begins to bleed down my
forehead, the dock extending into the clear
blue water comes into view.
With much anticipation, the moment for
me has finally arrived and the float is on.
Ginnie Springs, which is tucked away
an hour west of Jacksonville, is the relaxing
adventure any college student can appreciate after a long work week at JU. The
springs can satisfy nearly any college student’s taste, and satisfy any adventure seeker’s yearning for a good while.
Equipped with tubes, canoe rentals,
campsites and fire pits, the Ginnie Springs
facility has it all. However, tubing is the
activity of choice for some weekend fun.
The ride down the river lasts around
two hours. Relaxing is the word. With picture-perfect rope swings, impressive wildlife displays, and a couple of your closest friends to hang out with, the float trip
seems to fly by.
After a long country mile, the meandering river soaks me with water as clear
as vodka. At certain moments the spring
becomes so clear that I can see the bottom,
revealing underwater creatures and sparkling mica rock.
“This place has some serious summertime potential,” says Mike Wagner, a fellow
satisfied tuber.
Although pricey for the typical college
student, this “real Florida” experience is
priceless. Miranda Iglesias says, “Yeah,
it’s expensive, but it’s definitely worth it.”
Twenty dollars is a small price to pay for a
trip full of entertainment.
If just floating down the river isn’t
enough excitement for you, Ginnie Spring
offers an impressive and unique underwater experience.
Certified cave divers are welcome to
explore over 30,000 square feet of passageways in the cavernous Devil Eye/Ear
System. Dive training is offered for novice
individuals, and the full service scuba store
can equip anyone who can afford it.
The realm of activities at Ginnie Springs
does not mean only the adventurous types
can enjoy the river. The park is privately
owned and stocked with beach style volleyball nets and picnic tables that seemed to be
placed perfectly along the river bank.
Ideal views of the best environment
Florida has to offer surround each pavilion making it possible to enjoy the comfortable mood.
Problems are hard to find while floating
the river. One note of caution is in order,
though. JU students beware: High Spring,
Florida does not sell beer on Sundays. FEATURES
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
“Guitar Hero II” tournament takes center stage
KEITH GLEN
FEATURES EDITOR
The lights were turned down and the
projectors were shining brightly Wednesday
night at Nellie’s as the Dance Dance
Revolution Club hosted its first ever Guitar
Hero II tournament.
A $2 entrance fee was all players had
to pay to get a shot at winning cash
prizes of various amounts depending on
the difficulty setting on which they were
competing in.
The tournament featured a doubleelimination style bracket for every
difficulty setting featured in the game with
the exception of the easy setting.
The competition was held in “pro-face
off” mode, a multiplayer option that has
both players play the same notes on the
same difficulty setting. Which ever player
had a higher overall score at the end of the
song was the proclaimed the victor.
The medium setting was the first to face
off and the first to have a champion. Jenika
Lee took the $10 prize that was handed out
to the medium bracket winner. Stephanie
Greenberg came in second in the bracket,
and received a $5 consolation prize.
The hard bracket was the smallest
bracket of the evening. Ian Chaille took
the $15 prize for this competition after
defeating Nick Wisner in the final song.
Wisner came in a close second and received
a $10 second place prize.
The expert bracket had the most players
competing in it. The cream of the crop
went head to head to earn eternal Guitar
Hero glory by being the champion of the
most difficult setting the game has to offer.
After several songs and heartbreaking
losses, Yonaton Levin came out on top.
Only paying $2 to compete, Levin received
the whopping $25 prize for his exploits.
Jack Solak came in second place in the
expert bracket and received a $10 prize.
The event was a success and all the
students who competed seemed to have an
enjoyable time. We can only look forward
to more exciting events from the Dance
Dance Revolution Club in the future.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
Medium bracket: Jenika Lee
Hard bracket: Ian Chaille
Expert bracket: Yonaton Levin
SARAH SANKOVICH
Navigator reporter Keith Glen keeps his eyes on each note at the Guitar Hero II
tournament at Nellie’s last Wednesday. Glen competed with the best of the best
in the expert bracket, but was eventually eliminated.
SARAH SANKOVICH
JU sophomore Jack Solack looks relaxed as he tackles the hardest difficulty of
the game, expert mode. Solack had a great performance in the expert bracket,
but was eventually beaten by first place winner for that bracket, Yonaton Levin.
ARTS
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Picasso and Einstein meet at JU
Relationship
between thoughtful Einstein and
over-sexed Picasso
was performed with
great chemistry
Julienne Pearson
guest writer
Funny-man Steve Martin expresses the
romantic relationships between physics and
art in “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” Costarring Albert Einstein, this head on performance delivered a first-person interpretation of what true beauty is.
Students and arts-enthusiasts alike overflowed the horseshoe-shaped theatre. The
audience filled the seats, stairs, and doorways of the theatre. Girls seated next to
me managed to squeeze three bodies on
two chairs.
Comprising of only a few music stands
and a Matisse backdrop, the stage did
appear plain and empty. The barely-there
scenery pressured the actors to deliver the
entirety of the play, from scenery to props.
Through the brilliant facial expressions,
the actors fully succeeded in delivering the
scene’s bar atmosphere.
The audience had the pleasure of observing the brilliance of Picasso and Einstein in
the very relaxed bar environment. As a
result, the theories of Picasso and Einstein
were delivered in an easy to understand
manner.
The play was perfectly cast. Christopher
Hudon played Albert Einstein, a near perfect replica including Einstein’s signature
crazy hair and German accent. Samuel
Smid took on the role of Pablo Picasso, and
played the pompous painter perfectly.
The relationship between the thoughtful Einstein and over-sexed Picasso were
performed with great chemistry, in last
Wednesday’s performance in the Phillips
Building of Fine Arts.
In the spirit of Steve Martin, the script
included blunt sexual innuendoes and vulgarity. The mature dialogue captured
the attention of the younger audience and
stunned the greater generation. As a result,
the play was directed a sophisticated audience for reasons of language, symbolism,
and the overall understanding of the performance.
Science and art tend to hold a serious
stigma, but Martin couldn’t have made the
two subjects any sillier.
Sarah Beggs
Albert Einstein, played by sophomore
Chris Hudon, and Pablo Picasso ,
played by Samuel Smid, entertained
an enthusiastic crowd with a mix of
philosophy and satire last Wednesday
night at Steve Martin’s Picasso at the
Lapin Agile play.
“One Citizen’s Words” hard to forget
HEIDI HOWELL
ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR
“One Citizen’s Words” by Christine
Whitmarsh is a rather short non-fiction
that took me about 45 minutes to read, an
hour to think about, and assumingly a lifetime to forget.
Every page of this “wordfest” contains
some very rich content. If I were to write a
book, this is what mine would be – a bunch
of thoughts all explored with detail. I can
only hope that my book would be half as
entertaining and intriguing.
Whitmarsh explores almost every topic
you can think of: the Red Sox and Yankees
rivalry, marijuana, college life, and countless others. One of my favorite quotes
from the book can be found in the section
about multiple births: “Seven morons do
not equal one Einstein.” That quote is true,
if only most of the population understood
its meaning.
She uses lots of pop culture references. Her home is Worcester, Mass., and that
makes her ghetto hipster. She lives in Reno
and her writing business, Christine Ink, is
based out of Los Angeles. She is writing
more books and even producing her own
television show. Her most famous client is
the Latina version of Judge Judy, Cristina
Perez. Perez has her own show on Fox.
“One Citizen’s Words” is a comical
novel that contains juicy, thought-provoking quips about life that will leave you
gasping for air. This text is a work of art;
you won’t be disappointed.
Whitmarsh compares favorably to
Chuck Klostermann, author of “Sex, Drugs
and Cocoa Puffs,” who is one of the funniest rock music critics and social commentators of this generation.
For example, here are some zinging oneliners from her novel.
ADD – “If your child is tearing up the
house, rearranging the furniture and turning everything into an art or a craft – its
not called A.D.D. – it’s called imagination.
And imagination should never be medicated.”
----- ----Assumed Intelligence – “Education is
a very wonderful thing – in moderation
of course. Just like any other drug, book
learning can easily become the equivalent
of a chemical crutch.”
----- ----Being a Real Baseball Fan –“Regarding
the Red Sox – Yankees rivalry from one
citizen on the Sox side of the wall: As
much as we generally hate each other, Red
Sox and Yankee fans get each other. We
despise each other the way that a viciously estranged husband and wife can run into
each other in the hallway of family court
and laugh at the other couples in the hallway – yeah, you think you’re estranged?
We’ll show you estranged!”
----- ----College Values: “Unless your career of
choice is hooker, you will never have the
sex life you had in college for the rest of
you life. It’s not physically possible, so
don’t try or you will injure yourself and
possibly others. In college I was some guy’s
Wednesday night girl and I had no problem
with that. Now if I’m some guy’s yearly girl
I’m thrilled.”
----- ----“Marijuana may help you with your
college homework but unless you have a
fruity job (like writer for instance), pot has
no real world value to help you up the corporate ladder. If you’re a banker or corporate type, smoking pot will probably make
your life just seem to suck more. If you’re a
lawyer… actually I would encourage lawyers to smoke more weed. It would certainly make life easier for jurors. Imagine: “Uh,
this dude’s innocent, this dude’s soooo
totally guilty, I don’t remember who the
heck this dude is so let’s order some pizza
and breadsticks.”
----- ----·
“Come to think of it, maybe everyone in the real world is already stoned and I
didn’t get the memo!”
----- ----·
“Multi-tasking is not defined as
the ability to hit the snooze alarm while
giving your boyfriend a hand job.”
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ENTERTAINMENT
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Earworms
of the Week
October 30- November 5
Math Muncher
Directions: Insert the proper operation signs (+, -, x, /) and grouping
symbols, when needed, to make each sentence true! Be sure to follow the
correct order of operations.
9 3 2 1 = 1
9 3 2 1 = 2
9 3 2 1 = 3
9 3 2 1 = 4
9 3 2 1 = 5
9 3 2 1 = 6
9 3 2 1 = 7
9 3 2 1 = 8
9 3 2 1 = 9
9 3 2 1 = 10
9 3 2 1 = 11
9 3 2 1 = 12
9 3 2 1 = 13
9 3 2 1 = 14
9 3 2 1 = 15
9 3 2 1 = 16
http://www.kaidy.com/
Brain Teaser
With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in
short, I’m quite at my-ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me, And savants can’t
lose-me, For I am the center of gravity.
Who or what am I?
http://www.amusingfacts.com
Answer in next weeks issue
“Shipping Up To Boston”
By: Drop Kick Murphy’s
Because: I love Papelbon’s dances!
Red Sox won!!!
Sufferer: Heidi Howell
“Breathless”
By: Corinne Bailey Rae
Because: Theo Epstein leaves me
breathless.
Sufferer: Renae Ingram
“Everything’s Right”
By: Matt Wertz
Because: Yeah, I wish.
Sufferer: James Cortese
“Happy Birthday to You”
By: unknown
Because: It’s a classic!
Sufferer: Keith Glen
“Got a Little Crazy”
By: Kenny Chesney
Because: College is crazy!
Sufferer: Kim Zavon
“Superstitious”
By: Stevie Wonder
Because: I am superstitious.
Sufferer: David Berry
“Drinking-problem”
By: Rehab
Because: After last weekend,
everyone has one.
Sufferer: Brendan Laubner
“If I Never See Your Face Again”
By: Maroon 5
Because: Some faces should not
be seen again.
Sufferer: Sarah Beggs
“Firecracker”
By: Josh Turner
Because: It’s a good song.
Sufferer: Sarah Sankovich
“I Disappear”
By: Metallica
Because: I wish you would
Sufferer: Eric Shepherd
SPORTS
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
JU spikes past UNF
david berry
sports editor
The JU volleyball team won a point in
the “River City Rumble” and kept hold of
second place by beating the University of
North Florida in an exciting five-game
match.
The Lady Dolphins won the first game
of the match and proceeded to win the
final two games of the match coming
back from being down two games to one.
Freshman outside hitter Aidan Yeager
led the offense with 18 kills, hitting 342
from the floor. Brittany Lehman had 14
kills, and led the team with a match-high
.414 hitting percentage.
Melissa Merchant and Kesley Clark
played a big role for JU Friday evening.
Merchant tallied 13 kills and a .379 hitting percentage, while Clark notched 11
kills.
Freshman Hannah Munneke continued her stellar play in her rookie season
by dishing out 49 assists and getting 11
digs to add another double-double to her
impressive freshman portfolio.
The offense will have to step up in
the absence of one of their best offensive threats. Sara Bendorf, who leads the
team in kills and is second on the team
in digs, will be out indefinitely with an
CHRIS HUDON
NEWS EDITOR
RENAE INGRAM
JU Dolphins trampled over UNF
Ospreys 3-2
elbow injury.
On a brighter note, the defense stepped
up when they needed to against UNF,
with three Dolphins racking up doubledigit digs. Along with Munneke, sophomore Michelle Walroth paced the team
with 28 digs, and senior Katie Hendrian
chipped in 11 digs.
JU will play host to non-conference foe Savannah State on Thursday
night, November 1st at 7 p.m. in Swisher
Gymnasium.
Red Sox Nation
sweeps through JU
DAVID BERRY
SPORTS EDITOR
Students from the New England region
are pretty happy today, and they should be
happy for a long time after.
They will probably having this feeling
of euphoria because the Boston Red Sox
won the World Series in fashion, sweeping
the Colorado Rockies in four games.
This Red Sox team is probably who
you would want to win (except for Yankee
fans) if you want the best team in the
regular season to win in the playoffs.
Boston featured a few of the best
hitters in baseball, with David Ortiz and
Manny Ramirez coming through with
timely hits time after time. And you
cannot forget Mike Lowell, who won the
World Series MVP.
Along with the experience, the Sox
also had young talent infused, which in a
sense pushed this championship team to
the pinnacle. Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin
Pedroia added energy that this team used
very well and blended together for the
perfect recipe of success.
Of course, you can’t have a world
Bulldogs bite
on Gator tail
championship team without great pitching.
Boston is fortunate to have one of the
best postseason pitchers of all-time. Josh
Beckett has been second to none, winning
his second World Series ring in just as
dominating fashion as the first one.
Boston’s big time investment last offseason came through when he needed to.
Daisuke Matsuzaka had a two-run single
in game three as well as pitching five and
a third solid innings to put Boston up
three games to nothing.
Of course, how could you forget
Jonathan Papelbon. The crazy-dancing,
hard-throwing closer ended the season
in fitting fashion, on a high fastball to
catch a helpless Colorado batter looking.
Instantly, Papelbon threw is glove in the
air, and the BoSox achieved baseball
immortality again.
The Red Sox nation is here at JU, with
our own editor-in-chief Brendan Laubner
among them. He is so crazy about them,
he wanted the Sox to lose Sunday and win
in five on Monday, just so we could run
the story late night to get it in the paper
the next day. It didn’t happen, but I’m sure
he loves the alternate.
The University of Georgia (4-2) is atop
the East after beating the University of
Florida 42-30 in a devastating upset at
Jacksonville’s Municipal stadium this past
Saturday.
Like many SEC teams, the Bulldogs
have had an up-and-down season, but
athletic director Damon Evans was very
optimistic prior to their game against the
reigning National champs saying, “I’m
always feeling good about the bulldogs
cause I’m a dog myself; we’re a growing
team and I think a game like this is a good
test for our young program, and I’m excited about our chances”.
Subsequently the University of Georgia
proved they had more than just “the outside chance” predicted by most sports
authorities. Plagued by a series of loses
early in the season, the bulldogs came
out poised to prove that they would give
the University of Florida a run for their
money.
Few game day predictions gave the
Bulldogs a high likelihood of beating
the Gators, a team which until its devastating loss to Auburn seemed poised
to make a run for yet another National
Championship. Knowshon Moreno
rushed for 188 yards and a career-best
three touchdowns on 33 carries, as the
20th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs toppled the
ninth-ranked Florida Gators.
Matt Stafford threw for 217 yards and
three scores on 11-of-18 completions for
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the Bulldogs (6-2, 4-2 SEC), who have
won five of six and vaulted ahead of
Florida and South Carolina into first place
in the East. It was the most points scored
by the Bulldogs against the Gators since a
44-0 win back in 1982.
Coming into the contest, which had
been dubbed as the World’s Largest
Outdoor Cocktail Party since 1990,
Florida had beaten Georgia in eight of
nine and 15 of the last 17 meetings.
Tim Tebow passed for 236 yards and
one touchdown on 14-of-22 passes and
picked up a pair of rushing scores for the
Gators (5-3, 3-3), who have dropped three
of their last four. Percy Harvin gained 97
yards on 10 carries, and Louis Murphy
added three receptions for 49 yards and a
TD in the loss.
Unable to hold a coherent defensive
structure against the Moreno-led Bulldogs
offensive, the Gators were doomed for
defeat. Florida (3-3) has its work cut out
for them if they’re going to overcome
their crushing defeat at the hands of the
Georgia Bulldogs, but like USC they
still have a chance in the East with a little help.
The Gators have looked unbeatable in
wins over Tennessee and Kentucky, but
have stumbled in losses to LSU, Auburn,
and Georgia. UF has Vanderbilt and a trip
to South Carolina left to close the season and needs to win both games, a little bit of luck in the swamp, and a disciplined defense to remain hopeful in the
Big East.
CHRIS HUDON
Damon Evans, the athletic director for the Georgia Bulldogs, stands confidently
on the sideline before the big game. Evans remained optimistic about his team
even when facing Florida’s impressive quarterback Tim Tebo.
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SPORTS
THE NAVIGATOR • OCT 30-NOV 4, 2007
Cross-country team
finishes with a bang
David Berry
Sports Editor
The JU women’s cross-country team
finished their season this past weekend
by taking fourth place at the Atlantic Sun
championships.
Coach Ron Grigg and assistant Karl
Byrne took six runners up to Lipscomb
University in Nashville, Tenn., and had
a strong finish to their fall season to get
ready for the long-distance running of the
indoor track season.
“Finishing in the top third of the conference is a great accomplishment for our
team and we hope it is the first step in winning the cross country championship next
year,” Grigg said.
Freshman Anastasia Fokina paced the
Dolphin runners, finishing in 19:09, which
was good for tenth place. Her team-leading
performance was good enough to earn her
all-conference and all-freshman honors.
Allison Ritter and Alyssa Deal rounded out the top 15 for JU, with Ritter finish-
ing in 12th place at 19:21 and Deal coming
in at 19:30.
“The girls arrived in Nashville ready to
race,” Grigg said.
“That was clear by their attitude. They
didn’t let poor performances during the
year stand in the way of what our training
showed us we could do. They believed in
Coach Byrne’s preparation and they executed their race plan perfectly.”
Senior Danielle Coyle finished her last
Atlantic Sun cross-country championship
by finishing in 38th place at 20:23.
Janel Grooms, who is the outdoor track
record holder in the 400-meter hurdles and
the 800-meter dash, finished in 43rd place.
Sophomore Tiffanie Saxton finished in
50th place to round out the day for JU.
The cross-country team will now join
the rest of the track team as they prepare to
defend their back-to-back indoor championships and make a run for the third straight
A-Sun indoor crown. The first JU meet
will be January 18, 2008 in Clemson, South
Carolina for the Clemson Invitational.
Women’s soccer wins
against Lipscomb
Eric Shepherd
Staff writer
Girls pull through 3-2 against
Lipscomb.
The women’s soccer team pulled through
and held out against Lipsocmb endless
pressure 3-2 Friday night at the Ashley
Sports Complex.
Before the game, senior defenders
Emilie Howland and Louisa Ward were
honored. Ward was accompanied on the
field by her parents Peter and Sue Ward,
while Howland was represented by her
mother, Julie Howland.
A great win during senior night, the
Dolphins played as a well-coordinated team
that finished the chances it was given.
Head coach Chris Kouns was proud of
the playing in the first half.
“I thought it was great that the girls
came out and did what they did to do to
secure the lead in the first half. We would
have liked to have held on to the two goal
lead, but Jon and his team worked relentlessly and fought their way back in. The
most important thing is that we got three
more points in the conference and have
now qualified for the A-Sun tournament,”
said Kouns.
The Dolphins first goal of the evening
came from junior forward Keri Zwikker
when she finished a pk after freshmen forward Jelena Vrcelj was fouled in the box.
However, Lipscomb was quick to answer
when in the 34th minute Brandi Bresheres
headed in Sarah Brummett’s in swinging
free kick.
Shortly after the Dolphins furthered
their lead, junior midfielder Heidi Deitmer
blasted a volley from outside the 18 that
rocked off the top of the wood work and
found its way into the back of the net.
For the final goal, after receiving a pass
from Vrcelj, Zwikker fired a beautiful volley passed Lipscomb’s keeper leaving the
ball spinning in the back of the net in the
41st minute.
After being down two goals, Lipscomb
rallied together urged by their coach to find
the back of the net.
They were rewarded when Emma
Scanlon pulled it back to 3-2 in the 88th
minute for the Lady Bison, but the Dolphins
managed to close the game out and secure
the victory. Freshman goalkeeper Rebecca
Stott made four saves in her third win of
the season.
The Dolphins next game is away
Wednesday when they take on rivals UNF.
The Dolphins have made the conference
playoffs.