Game Console Theft Creative Circulatory Systems JAX Teams Dominate Guard Your System On Campus CyclingStudents Help Cohorts Heal With Art NewSuns AndPep Axmen Band in Playoffs Page 7 Bikers Band for Advocacy Page 13Moon organizes new group Page 22 Page 13 Page 19 September 2, 2009 Officials Untangle Parking Mysteries volume 33, issue 5 Premium Spaces Overflow into Outer Lots Page 4 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS Second Annual Tailgate Classic Photo: Erik Tanner | Graphic: Peter Nguyen PAGE 2 HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 PHOTO OF THE WEEK ERIK TANNER | SP ERIK TANNER INNAKER A rocky oasis in the middle of New Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, Sitting Bull Falls offers an escape for local wildlife and people from the abundance of wastelands and oil fields about. Last week by the numbers Q of the W: What would you do if UNF quarantined you for H1N1? Each week during the school year the Spinnaker staff reports what’s going on around campus, the city, the state and the na- “That would totally disrupt class. It would never work.” tion: the good, the bad and the ugly. In this little space, we want to summarize the life of the Osprey during the past week. - Ryan Lee, Senior, History students enrolled in the Fall 2009 semester. 16,509 “I would try to break out or explore. I’d just snoop around places I’m not supposed to be.” parking spaces gained with the additions to Lot 53, Lot - Arthur Cheng, Senior, Psychology 2,300 55, Lot 60 and Lot 18. parking spaces lost with the destruction of Lots 3 “I’d probably have a panic attack.” 1,000 and 4. - Terri Scott, Senior, Psychology screen-printing stations at the Printmakers Guild. 15 “It would be OK if my professors were willing to work with me on it.” free beers for students 21 and - Aysha Miskin, Freshman, Education up when you tour the Anhauser- 2 Busch factory on Busch Drive. bike racks in the new Student “I would try to cough on as many people as possible.” Union. 0 - Alanna Vanacore, Junior, Drawing and Painting Page 2, Hodgepodge Page 10-12, Discourse Page 3, Police Beat Page 13-18, Expressions Index Page 4-9, News Page 19-23, Sports WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 POLICE Beat PAGE 3 1 Aug. 27 – Burglary (Garage 44) UPD responded to AUG. 27 - SEPT. 6 claims of there being a burglary in an automobile. The victim told police that he parked his vehicle on the second floor of Garage 44 at 10:30 a.m., and upon re- turning at 3 p.m., he discovered his parking decal was stolen. He said that he had locked his vehicle but no- ticed that a small corner of the rubber at the bottom of a window appeared to be loose. Despite the vehicle being locked when he returned to it, the permit was gone. When the victim was asked whether anything else had been stolen, he responded no. Due to a lack of suspect information, UPD recommended that patrol efforts be suspended. Alcohol related incident reports since 2 Aug. 31 – Illness (Building 45) – A UNF Physical 6 Aug. 21, 2009. Facilities employee became dizzy and passed out while working. When UPD arrived, the complainant was conscious but dizzy. The employee was evaluated by Rescue 50 and then taken to the Mayo Clinic. Drug Possession 3 3 reports filed since Sept. 1 – Damaged Property (Building 34) – Two Aug. 21, 2009. 4 students were playing racquetball in the UNF Arena, room 1014, when one of the students accidentally fell backward into the plexiglass door, shattering it. Physical Facilities swept up the glass, and the students went to Student Health because of the cuts that were caused by the falling glass. 4 Sept. 2 – Injury (Building 55) – A woman, who was visiting her nephew at Osprey Fountains, slipped and fell upon entering the lobby. She was experiencing In this badge, the Spinnaker is minor pain in her right hip and thigh but declined to keeping a running total of cer- have Fire and Rescue report to the scene, she said she tain crimes around UNF during only wanted to have the incident documented. the 2009-2010 school year. 5 Sept. 5 – Drug Paraphernalia Possession (Building Y) – UPD was called to Osprey Landing in response to a drug complaint. When a student opened the door to his dorm room, both officers could smell the odor of marijuana, and then the student produced a glass marijuana bong. He said it was his, and when the room was searched, no marijuana was found. The student was referred to Student Conduct. 6 1 Sept. 5 – Disagreement (Building A) UPD was called 2 in reference to a possible fight in the Osprey Village dormitories. When police arrived at the building, 4 a man said that he and a woman were working on 6 some artwork, and she kept receiving text messages. He said that he asked her who was texting her, and she wouldn’t tell him. This led to an argument that resulted in them throwing art supplies on the floor. He said neither of them had touched each other. When police talked to the woman, she said that she wanted 5 to make him jealous, hence the texting. Both subjects 7 live in the Village and have had arguments before. UPD recommended that both of them go to Student Conduct. 8 7 Sept. 5 – Alcohol Investigation (Building U) Police were dispatched to the Osprey Cove in order to investigate claims of alcohol abuse. Upon the police’s arrival, they observed a male student with two cans of Budweiser. One was open, and one was not. The BEAT of the Week subject also had two Republica De Peru identifica- tion cards with a discrepancy in his date of birth. He advised he got both of them in Peru before coming to UNF. One read a birth date of 1987; one had his Sept. 2 – Illness (Building U) birth date as 1989. The two beers were poured out and discarded in the trash. Due to the subject’s slurred speech, he was transported to River Point Behavioral UPD was dispatched to Osprey Cove in reference Health Center. to a sick person. When officers arrived, a UNF basket- ball player was lying on the floor incapacitated and 8 Sept. 6 – Alcohol Investigation (Lot 11) Police suffering from a seizure. Matthew Driscoll, UNF head stopped a subject in Lot 11 in front of Osprey Cove basketball coach, was there and advised UPD that he after noticing the subject was driving a car while had taken the player to the Mayo Clinic Sept. 1 due blasting their music. Police then noticed a half-empty to seizures. bottle of Miller beer in the center console. When the An officer attempted to communicate with the subject was given a breathalyzer test, he registered basketball player, but he was unresponsive and a .135. There was a non-UNF student also in the car incoherent. Coach Driscoll also advised UPD that the who appeared to have been drinking. The subject was player was suffering from mononucleosis (mono) and then transported to the River Point Behavioral Health was highly contagious. Fire and Rescue stabilized the Center and is being referred to Student Conduct. player, and he was transported to the Mayo Clinic. Compiled by Angela Passafaro and Kim Nelson. PAGE 4 NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 Parking causes issues for students, faculty ERIK TANNER | SP ERIK TANNER INNAKER The depth of the parking problem can best be seen from atop one’s car: a packed Lot 18 Sept. 8 at 2:00 p.m. The loss of core campus spaces may be to blame for rude shuttle passengers, class tardiness BY REBECCA MCKINNON and Human Services, the Student “Parking has always been an are living over in the Flats,” Kaye so it’s a little bit more difficult to NEWS EDITOR Union and the Amphitheater, issue. [This year] there are defi- said. “Students are starting to re- deal with during [this] year.” Smyth said. nitely a lot more cars. We should alize that it’s harder to get on core If anyone concerned about During the first week of class- The 1,000 spaces lost were then get another lot,” Goldstone said. campus parking. It’s a little more parking decides to point the fin- es, Glenn Guzzo drove around the off-set by the 1,000-space addition Smyth said that he doesn’t convenient to park in one of these ger at increased enrollment, Kaye garages for close to an hour trying made to Lot 18. With the purchase think that sort of action will be outer lots and shuttle in.” said enrollment simply isn’t the to find parking for his Wednesday of UNF Hall, students gained 1,200 necessary, predicting similar With more students shuttling case, as the increase this year class at UNF. spaces in Lot 53. The purchase of numbers to last year. in, elbow room in the buses may counteracted the decrease in en- This wouldn’t be out of the Alumni Hall, which doesn’t re- Last year, the garages be getting a little tight, said UNF rollment last year. There are 61 ordinary if he was a student. But quire a permit for parking, added certainly did fill up during freshman criminal justice major less students on campus than Guzzo is a UNF adjunct communi- about 100 spaces. The construc- their peak hours between Raymond Nuñez. there were in Fall 2007, Kaye said. cation professor. tion of the newest residence hall, 11 a.m.