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It has been said that the stars are an antidote for loneliness and depending on your philosophical point of view, this could be true. This photo is a three-hour exposure taken in the southern desert of New Mexico. The ellipses in the outer edge of the composition are formed by the stars leaving trails as the world turns around the central axis, which is always the north star as seen in the center of the frame. Last week by the numbers Q of the W: Best memory of the song “Sex and Candy” by Marcy Playground? Each week during the school year the Spinnaker staff reports what’s going on around campus, the city, the state and the na- tion: the good, the bad and the ugly. In this little space, we want “I’ve never heard of it … Not my type of music.” to summarize the life of the Osprey during the past week. - Erica Cisneros, Elementary Education, Sophomore dollars invested by Osprey 750,000 Financial Group “Graduating from the fifth grade.” fans who attend the JU game at the UNF Arena Jan. 29 get a free - Chris Hovel, Psychology, Senior 2,250 T-shirt

Stockton Street, ZenCog Bicycle “Disco lemonade.” Company’s address, slated to 883 open Feb. 1 - Kenny Ponton, Elementary Education, Junior fruits and vegetables that need to be bought organic 12 “I remember watching the video on MTV.” year as head basketball coach Matthew Driscoll goes shoeless - Ian Bautista, Criminal Justice, Senior 1st for a cause “It reminds me of the time we tossed that prom baby in the Dumpster.” Erik Tanner, Photo Editor - Sam Mandrick, Philosophy, Junior Front Page: Dan Rosemund, Layout Editor

Page 2, Hodgepodge Pages 8-9, Discourse Page 3, Police Beat Pages 11-15, Expressions Pages 4-7, News Pages 16-19, Sports Index Wednesday, january 27, 2010 police beat Page 3

1 Jan. 13 – Burglary (Garage 44) — Victim Matthew Everett Jan. 13 - jan. 24 contacted UPD Jan. 19 to report someone had stolen his parking permit Jan. 13. He’d left his car doors unlocked around 2 p.m. while parked in Garage 44, and when he came back to his car around 9 p.m., he saw his permit was missing. UPD didn’t process the vehicle for fingerprints be- cause the amount of time had passed between the incident and the report.

2 Jan. 14 – Lost Property (Building 58W) — After leaving the UNF Bookstore around 12:45 p.m., Candice Jones went to her chemistry lab class. Jones then noticed her wallet was drug violations missing. She searched her car, house and room. She also since Aug. 21, returned to the bookstore to see if someone had returned 17 2009 it. Police also searched Lost & Found but could not locate the wallet. Jones contacted her bank to have all credit and debit cards suspended.

cases of simple battery 3 Jan. 17 – Drug Possession (Building 55) — Police respond- since Aug. 21, 2009 ed to a possible drug investigation in Osprey Fountains 5 Jan. 17 at 2:30 a.m. Resident Assistant Charles Runfola was responding to a noise complaint when he noticed a student exiting a room carrying a glass bong. Runfola approached the student about the bong, which had marijuana residue inside. Runfola contacted UPD, and when UPD arrived, the officer entered the student’s suite and immediately saw a bong on the counter top in the common area. The report- 2 ing officer also noticed the strong odor of marijuana. UPD searched the student’s room and confiscated 11 cans of unopened Natural Light beer. UPD referred two students to Student Conduct. In this badge, the Spinnaker keeps a running total of certain 4 Jan. 19 – Petty Theft (Building 12) — Shakquikiar Gillespie crimes around UNF during the reported she was in the Library Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. on the sec- 2009-2010 school year. ond floor in a room beside the main computer area, when she left her laptop to make a call downstairs. When she returned to the room at about 4 p.m., her laptop was miss- ing. UPD arrived at the scene around 5 p.m. and contacted Library personnel, who did not have any possible suspect 4 information.

BEAT of the Week 1 5 Jan. 24 – Simple Battery (Building 43) — UPD reported an altercation between five people in the University Center Jan. 24. At approximately 11:47 p.m., police arrived at the emergency room in reference to the alleged battery. The five victims claimed an unidentified security guard injured them while attending a party at the University Center. One of the victims claimed that during the party a fight broke 3 out between several females, and she attempted to leave. While moving toward the exit, the party’s hired security guard attempted to disperse the altercation by swinging a baton, which hit the victim on the head twice. The victim received stitches on her forehead as a result of the incident. The second victim claimed the security guard grabbed her and struck her on the left knee with the baton and threw her on the floor. As a result, she sustained a swollen left knee and welts on her left leg. The third victim stated that the security guard struck her with the baton on her right foot, which caused a laceration and a bruise to her head. The fourth victim claimed the security guard struck her repeatedly with the baton, which injured her left hand, left thigh, stomach and head. The identity of the hired security guard is unknown. UPD believes because the room was completely dark, there is no way to distinguish who was involved in the altercation and the alleged battery.

5 Compiled by Jessica-Lynne Dubois-Maahs. Source: UPD police reports. UNF Campus map: Facilities Planning and Construction Office. Page 4 news Wednesday, january 27, 2010 UNF student hit, injured by Students heard at Ford F-250 on crosswalk housing town hall erik tanner | spinnaker

Four UNF students attend the housing town hall Jan. 26 to discuss the is- sues surrounding on-campus living facilities. Michael Saathoff represented Student Government in the event. JO S H GO RE | spinnaker

By max jaeger million per year to $6.7 mil- assistant news editor lion in 2010-2011, Riel said. Students who live on cam- Housing residents can ex- pus will carry this burden for pect rental rates to increase decades, but they may have ac- Emergency personnel push Josh Maser on a stretcher toward the ambulance after a truck hit him at the Osprey by at least 4 percent every year cess to the accommodations in Fountains’ cross way Jan. 25. The ambulance later drove him to St. Luke’s Hospital, which released him Jan. 26. over the next 40 years, said the Fountains, Riel said. By James Cannon, Rebecca Paul Riel, director of hous- “At first, it was a question mckinnon and josh gore ing and residence life Jan. of volume, but it does seem Spinnaker news staff 26 at the housing town hall. that, because it’s a 24-hour Mounting debts have arisen building, it could handle the Police, emergency vehicles and from a combination of yearly people,” Riel said. students crowded around the cross- upkeep and the new Osprey Housing also plans to in- walk connecting Osprey Fountains Fountains. stall wireless Internet in all with the interior campus as a student Housing pays for its build- dorms by fall 2010, Riel said. lay on the ground after a Ford F-250 ing endeavors by selling They will begin installing hit him around 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25. bonds, and as a result, it must Wi-Fi in the common areas of The ambulance took UNF student repay the initial bond amount campus core dorms before the Josh Maser to St. Luke’s Hospital. and subsequent interest. The school year is over and will Maser was discharged from the hos- $86 million Fountains brings add the feature to rooms over pital Jan. 26, according to a hospital the housing department’s debt the summer, he said.

administrator. JO S H GO RE | spinnaker to close to $115 million, Riel Housing will begin work- UNF student Mariah Stieglitz said. ing on payment plans next said she was driving behind Joshua Housing Services is an aux- year, and they will work to Kaghan, who was driving the Ford iliary and must, by Florida tailor payment plans to in- F-250 that struck Maser. She said law, pay for all of its own dividual students, Riel said. Kaghan was driving between 30 and expenditures, including the However, one student sug- 40 mph. Fountains. Housing even paid gested the housing mailboxes Kaghan didn’t swerve or rev the People gather around Josh Maser as he waits for the ambulance to arrive. for the boardwalk that leads be opened on the Satudays engine but she said he did not slow there and Osprey Ridge Road during the beginning of the down or stop for Maser, who had been the police report by press time – infrastructure UNF could semester, as to allow students skateboarding across the crosswalk. but will keep you updated as more However, there is fresh dirt at the have subsidized. expecting books access. Upon impact, Maser flew about information becomes available. Fountains crossway and a new sign “We requested that the uni- Student Government can- 10 to 15 feet and lay on the pavement UPD, however, did confirm that advising students to do such as of versity pay for it, and they celed last week’s town hall of UNF Drive until the ambulance Kaghan received a citation Jan. 26. giggled,” Riel said. “They meeting, and at press time, it arrived, which took less than 10 min- for the accident. Unlike the crosswalk The Spinnaker photo gallery is couldn’t afford it at the time.” had not rescheduled it. utes, she said. between the Student Union and the available at http://bit.ly/7UfOZs. Housing must pay an UPD and Kaghan refused to com- UNF Arena, there was not a sign tell- amortization, a locked-in in- ment further to the Spinnaker at the ing students to dismount from bicy- terest, on its bonds, and the scene. cles and skateboards at the Fountains E-mail Spinnaker News Staff at Fountains has increased the E-mail Max Jaeger at The Spinnaker couldn’t get crosswalk at the time of the incident. [email protected]. amortization rate from $4.5 [email protected]. Wednesday, january 27, 2010 news page 5

Around the State UNF investment students win state Rubio bests Crist in new poll for Fla. Senate seat Former State House Speaker Brown, Quinnipiac University Polling Marco Rubio has recently inched past Institute assistant director. competition, move on to New York Gov. Charlie Crist in the race for the “Who would have thunk it? A Republican U.S. Senate nomination, former state lawmaker virtually un- leading 47 - 44 percent and topping known outside of his South Florida Gov. Crist on trust, values and con- home whose challenge to an exceed- servative credentials, according to a ingly popular sitting governor for a Quinnipiac University poll released U.S. Senate nomination had many Jan. 26. insiders scratching their heads,” Rubio’s lead over Crist in the bid Brown said. for the nomination is a major rever- “And, the horse race numbers are sal of Crist’s almost 31 percent lead not a fluke. Rubio also tops Crist on mere months ago. a number of other measurements Rubio has been able to harness from registered Republicans, who Florida’s grassroots network to mobi- are the only folks who can vote in lize his right-leaning base, said Peter the primary.” Around the Nation LA City Council voted to restrict amount of marijuana shops

Los Angeles City Council passed — the best estimate is somewhere an ordinance 9-3 that caps the num- between 800 and 1,000 — and get- ber of medical marijuana dispensa- ting the owners to comply with the ries at 70 and establishes guidelines ordinance will likely meet resis- that will push many of the opera- tance. tions out of commercial areas an “I don’t want to say this is an erik tanner | spinnaker into industrial zones Jan. 26. impossible task, but it’s going to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa must take a lot more effort than maybe approve the ordinance for it to take the city realizes at this point,” effect. City officials believe it will said Robert Mikos, a law professor be at least 45 days before they can specializing in federalism and crime enforce the new rules. policy at Vanderbilt University Law Enforcement could be a major School. “Just because the city says, Osprey Financial Group dominates the competition at the Chartered Financial Analyst Global Investment Re- effort for the cash-strapped city. ‘Stop what you are doing,’ doesn’t search Challenge and heads to the nationals in New York, N.Y. No one is exactly sure how many mean [dispensary owners] are going pot clinics there are in Los Angeles to give up easily.” Florida stocks up first presence in challenge final round. The competition, like the OFG class, is a year-long By Max Jaeger process. Osprey Financial Group members started Assistant news editor research in October, and their paper was due on Around the World Christmas Eve. The next round is in March. The Osprey Financial Group bested five other “Oh yeah, Christmas Eve we were all sitting there New book details Pope John Paul II used to flog himself Florida universities, including University of Florida trying to get our [stuff] together,” Leighton said. and Stetson, in the regional finals of the Chartered OFG spent all their free time while in Naples drill- Pope John Paul II whipped himself At a news conference Jan. 26 the Financial Analyst Global Investment Research ing for the presentation and Q&A, Schimmel said. with a belt, even on vacation, and slept book’s author Monsignor Slawomir Challenge and will soon move on to the national com- “They put the winner’s name on a big screen, and on the floor as acts of penitence and to Oder defended John Paul’s practice of petition. to actually see our team on the screen, it was a pretty bring him closer to Christian perfection, self-mortification, which some faithful Five students from the 10-person OFG represented unique experience,” Schimmel said. according to a new book by the Polish use to remind them of the suffering of UNF in Naples, Fla. Jan 16. Professor and OFG advi- Leighton agreed. prelate spearheading his sainthood case. Jesus on the cross. sor Reinhold Lamb chose the five participants — two “Yeah, we beat [UF], you can put that in the paper,” The book “Why He’s a Saint” reported “It’s an instrument of Christian of whom were the only undergrads in the OFG class, he said. for the first time that John Paul forgave perfection,” Oder said, responding to said Scott Schimmel, MBA student of Finance and Lamb lets the students work and intervenes main- his would-be assassin in the ambulance questions about how such a practice Economics and Chief Administrator. ly in the case of an emergency, said Dean Brown, an on the way to the hospital moments could be condoned considering Catholic “This is the third or fourth year that the competi- MBA finance and economics student. after he was shot May 13, 1981, in St. teaching holds that the human body is a tion has happened,” Schimmel said. “This is the first “This was all their deal,” Lamb said. This [compe- Peter’s Square. gift from God. time Florida has sent a team, let alone UNF.” tition] is about as real life as it gets, and we’re very Local CFA societies must back six schools proud of them.” The Associated Press contributed to this report. in their area so the schools can qualify for the Lamb did leave the team with the parting words, Compiled by James Cannon. competition, but there aren’t enough Florida “Win, Rocky, win,” before the competition. schools running programs like UNF, UF and The national competition will be held in New York, Stetson. All the CFA societies in Florida joined N.Y. March 17 and the global competition, with a grand News in Brief together to get the six remote schools into the prize $10,000 grant from the CFA Institute, will be held competition, said David Leighton, a UNF finance ana- in Hong Kong. UNF Housing Department to install wireless in lounges lyst senior. The Osprey Financial group is also responsible for In places like New York City, Los Angeles investing nearly $750,000 — up from $500,000 when it With the exception of the Osprey Fountains, which has full wireless coverage, and Massachusetts, more schools compete, was initially donated — portion of the UNF endow- the Crossings’ Atrium, which already has wireless and the Village apartments, Schimmel said. ment. Each student covers a different sector of the which don’t have lounges, the remaining residence halls on campus will be re- “Yeah, those are big money centers, and they have a economy, and some work as analysts or world econo- ceiving wireless Internet coverage in their lounges sometime during the Spring bigger pool to draw from,” Leighton said. mists, Brown said. 2010 semester, Director of Housing Operations Paul Riel said. The competition requires students to analyze The program takes a top-down approach, where the price and potential of a given stock and make a students first try to find the sectors that look most Students should expect free notebooks in fall 2010 presentation about the efficacy of that stock, Leighton promising and then work on security analysis — how said. safe an investment is — for a particular opportunity The company AllByStudents, also known as ABS, has partnered with UNF to give Students write a research paper suggesting wheth- within that sector, Brown said. 10,000 free multi-subject notebooks to students this upcoming fall semester. The er to buy or sell their assigned stock. Contestants must All of the program’s profits go back into the OFG notebooks will be handed out through orientation packets, at the Bookstore, in submit a report prior to the competition, but they endowment in order to perpetuate the learning oppor- the residence halls and during the Week of Welcome events. For more informa- must also give a presentation and host a Q&A at the tunity. The program has netted almost $250,000 since tion, students can contact Katie Mead at [email protected]. event. Judges evaluated contestant’s papers and pre- the 2002-2003 school year, the program’s inaugural sentations in the semifinal round Jan. 16, and a new year. E-mail Max Jaeger at set of judges scored the presentation and Q&A in the Compiled by Rebecca McKinnon. [email protected]. Page 6 news Wednesday, january 27, 2010

SG update: senate confirms new members Helicopter delivery

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Sen. Dorran Glasser (middle), accounting sophomore, stands as one of several new Student Government officials confirmed at the Jan. 25 senate meeting. The Student Government Senate appointed seven Michael Naughton - Communication executive officers, three senators and one associate Freshman - Asst. Director of Osprey Productions justice in the Senate Chambers Jan. 25. The new • Will Tutwiler - Business Administration members are listed below in categorical order. Freshman - Director of Athletics and Recreation erik tanner | spinnaker Executive Officers Judicial Branch

• Margaret Szerba - Elementary Education • Jason Trent - Political Science Sophomore - Director of Club Alliance Junior - Associate Justice • Christina Kanhai - Building Construction Junior - Director of Campus Life Senate A helicopter lifts speakers and other control equipment onto the • Audrey Knight - Elementary Education tops of UNF buildings Jan. 10 between 8 a.m. and noon. The build- Freshman - Director of Student Life • Sen. Joel Versace - Chemistry Sophomore ings included the Student Union, the Fine Arts Center, UNF Hall and • Jackie Kilbane - Community Health • Sen. Daniel Moreley - Chemistry Junior the University Center. This equipment is for a campus-wide public Junior - Asst. Director of the Volunteer Center • Sen. Dorran Glasser - Accounting Sophomore address system.

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ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, january 27, 2010 news page 7 Delaney: Giuma didn’t plagiarize; internal review almost over

2 line second deck BY josh gore to the Electrical Engineering Chief John Dean. sports editor Promotion and Tenure Committee UNF Provost Mark Workman in November of that year for a “lack also said that the Office of Academic UNF Professor Tayeb Giuma of collegiality and unprofessional Affairs is not currently involved in broke his silence regarding memos behavior.” any internal investigation regarding and documents tying him to plagia- Respected as a tenured pro- faculty members and plagiarism. rizing a student’s paper as his own fessor, Giuma contends he has Giuma declined to comment on work Jan. 26. never committed plagiarism. anything regarding his Sept. 25 ar- Although documents dating back “I have been cleared, really rest, citing advice from his lawyer. to 1997 linking Giuma to acts of cleared by the faculty subcommit- His next pretrial date regarding this plagiarism and academic miscon- tee,” Giuma said. charge is Feb. 2. duct were recently released, UNF Delaney confirmed Giuma has It is unknown how long this case President John Delaney said the been cleared of plagiarism. will last, but Delaney, who has a ongoing internal investigation sur- “It wasn’t clean-cut plagiarism,” Juris Doctor, says the case will prob- rounding Giuma is focused more on Delaney said. “It was a muddied situ- ably last four to eight months from his criminal record, not plagiarism. ation.” its inception. In 1997, Giuma was reprimanded He said that Giuma verbally Delaney said he has been unable for his behavior toward another agreed with one student to have re- to meet with Giuma, who scheduled faculty member, who was seeking search published. an interview with Delaney after the tenure from the UNF Department Delaney admitted at one point incident, but he later canceled. of Electrical Engineering Director the university was ready to dismiss UNF Spokeswoman Sharon William Caldwell. Giuma, but the professor came up Ashton previously confirmed there Giuma noted this happened be- with new facts to defend his case. is an internal investigation, but she cause of a disagreement he had with Giuma said his relationship with would not hint at when it would be the dean. the dean was the reason behind the over. “The dean and I have personal plagiarism allegations. Workman, though, said he ex- issues,” Giuma said. “Ask anyone in The internal investigation that pects the investigation to end “very the engineering department.” has been ongoing regarding Giuma soon.” And Delaney said the amount Delaney acknowledged Giuma doesn’t include anything about pla- of time left before the investigation doesn’t have an ideal relationship giarism, Delaney said. is over can be measured in hours with the dean. The university began an inter- and days rather than weeks. In 1999, former UNF Provost and nal investigation in light of the The results of the investigation Vice President of Academic Affairs professor’s Sept. 25 arrest on bat- could result in Giuma’s termination David Kline suspended Giuma for 10 tery charges and his past criminal from university employment, but days without pay. record, Delaney said. Delaney said he would have the op- Giuma said he was recouped for “I was stunned with the profes- portunity to appeal. the pay, but no UNF officials or docu- sor’s criminal background,” he said. “I am hurt,” Giuma said. “I care ments could confirm this by press Delaney was tipped off about so much about UNF.” time. the arrest the night it happened and E-mail Josh Gore at UNF Professor Tayeb Giuma’s police mugshot after His Sept. 25 arrest for battery. Kline cited Giuma in a memo immediately contacted UPD Police [email protected]. Recession calls into question economics of a college degree

By Mara Rose Williams became about $50,000 in debt. That’s more The average student debt after four found, were 25 percent more likely than McClatchy Newspapers than the national average _ $40,208 _ for a years is $22,656. high school graduates to say they’re very freshly inked M.A. A bachelor’s degree doesn’t earn what happy. KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Being “upside- On the other end of the four-year slog, it used to. “After adjusting for inflation, But would such people, with their am- down” means owing more on your house salaries are sputtering _ if you get the job the earnings of male college graduates bition and discipline, succeed anyway? or car than it’s worth. in your chosen field. Not finding the pub- are no higher than they were in the early Studies have tried to get a fix on what Right now, Patricia Summers is up- lic relations post, McNally took a job as an 1970s, and the earnings of female college more schooling adds. Some studies looked side-down on her college degree. assistant manager at an Independence, graduates have increased only moderate- at twins and found the better-educated She still owes $18,000 on loans taken Mo., grocery store. ly,” according to a College Board study of sibling fared better. to get her degree in advertising from the Bigger investment. Disappointing re- educational benefits. And the Census Bureau offers these University of Missouri. Her college time turns. Yet college is still the only way to Fewer than 1 in 5 students in the class after-tax median incomes of people 25 will end up costing more than $50,000, go, right? of 2009 had a job at graduation. years or older in 2008: High school de- not counting what she could have earned Well, don’t ask Bill Gates of Microsoft, That gets us back to that Sonic in gree, nearly $33,800; some college, but no from a full-time job had she n ot gone to Steve Jobs of Apple, Michael Dell of Columbia. Summers, who graduated in degree, nearly $39,700; bachelor’s degree, college. Dell, Larry Ellison of Oracle or Mark 2009, still is searching for a job in her field. $55,600. But that job probably would have been Zuckerberg of Facebook. They all The Independence native, who also It also should be noted that the salary a dead-end, low-paying service job, advo- dropped out. works at the MU bookstore, has her fin- gap between high school and college de- cates of higher education contend. Clearly college is not for everyone, but gers crossed, and she still thinks college grees is still growing. Which is exactly what Summers is do- statistics and studies still show a college was worth it. Educators and politicians _ President ing now: serving burgers at a Sonic drive- degree usually translates to a higher in- “I learned a lot of skills I couldn’t have Barack Obama included _ preach loudly in. come. gotten if I hadn’t gone to college.” and frequently that everyone should seek a bachelor of arts degree plus 40 years of The recession is recalibrating the eco- “People with high levels of education But Summers said that if a decent some college. In speech after speech, you earnings came closer to earning $550,000 nomics of higher education. make more money on average,” Carney job doesn’t come along soon, her feel- hear that college graduates make at least more, on average, in today’s dollars. “ Whether college is worth it depends said. But he warned that whether a di- ings about the value of her degree could $1 million more in their lifetimes than Still, Baum said that college was eas- on how much you pay for it,” said Kevin ploma means more income or a better life change. those who quit after high school. ily worth the cost. Plus the recession has Carey, the policy director at the Education depends on the individual. Although Summers is “upside-down” Who could pass that up? Certainly not laid bare another factor to consider: Sector, a Washington-based education “ A college education is no guarantee.” for the moment, her degree isn’t really governments, which garner more tax rev- “Even in this economy, the number of think tank. “It’s not worth much if you With money scarce, many newly cost- comparable with a Florida condo mort- enue from higher-paid citizens. unemployed college graduates is half that pay too much for a degree that has no conscious families are trying to work out gage, experts say. There are many non- But is it true? of the unemployed who did not go to col- value in the market, or one that pays too the math: They swallow hard when they monetary intangibles that come with col- In 2007, Sandy Baum, a professor lege,” she said. little to pay back what you borrowed.” realize that, based on the current esti- lege. of economics at Skidmore College in Another, even grimmer way to look at College costs are rising fast, as are mated cost of tuition, room and board, Studies indicate that college gradu- Saratoga Springs, N.Y., studied the value it: The poverty rate is 10.8 percent among student debt loads. Take Aaron McNally, four years at Harvard costs $188,860. Even ates are healthier, donate more blood, of a degree for the College Board. Her re- high school grads. It is one-third less for 29, who last year received a master’s de- the $60,236 four-year cost for an in-state vote more often than other Americans search, which factored for inflation and those with bachelor’s degrees. gree in English from the University of student at the University of Kansas can and are more open- minded. They smoke left out advanced degrees and their higher Northern Iowa, adding to what eventually be daunting. less, exercise more and, a 2005 Pew study earning power, found that someone with McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Page 8 discourse Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Lack of funding sends counsel-needing students to the queue Mike Tom ass o ni | SPINNAKER

o you trust the people in charge of Although there are many ideas on how Services. The center is currently in viola- as dangerous as it is negligent. The center your money? to either lower costs or increase funding, tion of accreditation standards, and there is a valuable resource for UNF. Not only for D The recent student fee increases all that we ask is that any fee increases are about 25 students on a waiting list, hop- the stability it affords students who need have thrown this question into sharp are allocated to areas in the most need ing to schedule an appointment, Director someone to talk to, but for the safety of the focus. of funding. Terry Dinuzzo said. student body at large. Throughout October 2009, the Student In our estimation, this expectation has Student Government, in contrast to the Have we already forgotten the lessons Fee Assessment Committee met to decide not been fulfilled. Counseling Center, received 12 cents per of the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois student fees for the 2010-2011 school year, The only department that knew exactly credit hour above what it initially re- shootings? and they approved an increase of $1.62 what it needed — the UNF Counseling quested. SG representatives said the extra Who among us has not been touched in per credit hour, with 394,000 credit hours Center — was given 21 cents per credit money will prevent a budget deficit. some way by the scourge suicide that is the predicted to be registered for next year. hour less than what it originally request- And the athletics department — which, ultimate outcome of clinical depression? You don’t have to be a math major to un- ed, which was a 40 cent per credit hour when asked for specifics regarding where We can’t say every kid who seeks derstand that’s a lot of money — a $638,280 boost. its additional funds would go, did not have counsel at the counseling center is on that increase — and all of it is coming out of The center’s funding request would any specific answers — received the major- painful precipice, but even if it’s just one, students’ pockets. have provided enough money for three ity of the fee increase at a rate of 87 cents we have an obligation to ensure that the One would expect all of this money and additional counselors — it will now have per credit hour. center is adequately funded. the committee assigned the important task enough to hire two. This increase comes as the athletics As it stands now, the center will be of allocating it to serve the students in the Without the additional counselor, department spent funding to create a pep short one counselor, and because of this, best way possible. the center will fail to reach the desig- band and listed letter jackets and class its waiting list may remain indefinitely. As a matter of course, we question the nated counselor-to-student ratio neces- rings as possible outlets for additional Students in need of counseling won’t prudence of increasing student fees in the sary to maintain accreditation with the spending next year. be guaranteed the help they need, but hey, midst of an economic apocalypse. International Association of Counseling Underfunding the counseling center is we’ve got a pep band. Wednesday, january 27, 2010 discourse page 9 Stop worrying what’s next; hold on to Big Dreams A young woman stands hesitantly at the She woke with a start, images of cubi- side of the stage. She feels light-headed, the Emily Hartford cal mazes and colossal electronics still spun Awarded first place for Best of Show in 2005 scene is going by in slow motion. through her brain. and second place for Best of Show in 2008 at Staff Writer the National College Media Convention The announcer calls her name. She was dizzy with questions. Since when by the Associated Collegiate Press. Her body reacts without consent and moves had she let society’s Norm push her around, and

Awarded second place for Best College Newspaper in toward the podium, her mind is screaming since when had Responsibility gotten so big? 2007 Better College Newspaper Contest “STOP!” Confusion and doubt are normal for What did she want to be? Where did she want to by the Florida College Press Assocation. the soon-to-be college graduate, but the feeling go? What’s next? pressing her chest into her spine is abnormally with the idea of jumping. She closed her eyes Just then, a freedom pebble struck her Spinnaker Staff intense. and fantasized falling into the rough, murky thought pool. Ideas rippled through her body. The sound of her heart pounding in her ears water below, coming up for a breath of air, then The vibrations woke her heart, which climbed drowns out the crowd’s elation. She blindly grips without hesitation, swimming for days in search the rungs of her spine to return to its vacant Editor in Chief James Cannon the diploma case and allows her feet to move her of her imaginary boat. She pictured the distance home, high in her chest. Like a school of fish the Managing Editor Josh Fredrickson back to her chair. between her and the two nagging ninnies behind glittering little dreams spilled vigorously into Layout Editor Dan Rosemund The world has fallen on the repeat button, her growing. A serene smirk crept onto her her mind. She closed her eyes lightly and took downcast face. Art Director Mike Tomassoni and three questions have been resonating in a long, deep breath through flared nostrils. The But when she opened her eyes, the ominous Business Manager Kristen Montalto her mind for months: What do you want to be? corners of her mouth reached for her diamond Where do you want to go? Now what? rocks below made her step back in alarm, and News Editor Rebecca McKinnon eyes, glimmering in dawn’s early light. She has a million ideas. But like mirages, like so many times before, she allowed Norm America — land of the free, watch me go, Features Editor Beca Grimm although they are perfect from afar, fade into the and Responsibility to drag her home. watch me be me. She rose to go with her long- Sports Editor Josh Gore black hole of doubt upon arrival. Post-graduation parties ensued, along with lost friend Purpose. Together they dusted her Norm and Responsibility. She drank copiously, Graphic Designer Chad Smith Her long-time companions, Big Dreams shield of confidence, polished her spirit sword trying to forget her dreadful chaperones who Copy Editor Ryan Thompson and Creativity, hadn’t gotten her as far as she’d and marched toward the door. hoped. They’d gotten frustrated with her lack were passing judgments from the corner. One Norm and Responsibility stood firm, arms Web Editor Ian Albahae of faith long ago and escaped on her imaginary evening, Norm called her to the dining room crossed at the exit. It took just one glimpse of Photo Editor Erik Tanner sailboat. She’d second guessed herself one too table. her entourage to cause deceptively steady steeds Asst. Web Editor Josh Simpson many times, finally letting her ambitions of “This is an intervention,” Norm proclaimed. to recoil. “It’s time for you to conform and take your place Asst. News Editor Max Jaeger total freedom fall to the wayside. So her flaky “Yah know,” the young woman started, “you in society.” Asst. Features Editor Kim Nelson friends left her here, teetering on her rocky cliff two are the most dull, unoriginal, unhappy, over- of indecision, to fly carelessly on the blissful He nudged Responsibility. Responsibility ad- bearing, dissatisfying concepts I’ve ever known. Asst. Sports Editor Heather Furey blue waters — arms stretched wide, faces to the justed his rectangular, black-rimmed spectacles, All you do is worry. You worry about self-image, Asst. Graphics Kim Huddleston sun. cleared his throat and said, “The corporation you worry about time, you worry about money wants you, you must comply.” Ad Sales John Prince “Bastards,” she thought, wishing she had and bills, dying and wills, you worry about your followed Big Dreams and trusted Creativity. “We will give you until tomorrow to decide,” weight, your hair and your clothes, you worry Staff Writers Tyler White Norm said. Emily Hartford “How could they abandon me like that,” she about shame and the size of your nose. I’ll do it Jessica-Lynne wondered out loud. “And with nothing left but To their pleasure, she replied simply with, no longer!” she exclaimed with delight. Dubois-Maahs these two pompous jerks.” “OK,” rose slowly and drifted back to her room. She marched out of the box and into the Distributor She looked over her shoulder where society’s She flopped onto her sagging bed and stared light. absently at the white popcorn ceiling. The glow- Adviser John Timpe drab leader — Norm and his chubby sidekick “But what will you be? Where will you go? Responsibility rolled in the dead grass, laughing in-the-dark stars and moons glowed dimly in the What will you do next?” they yelled from their Printer Central Florida graying light of dusk. Publishing and holding their big bellies. shell. They threw overdue bills at her and taunted When did I become so complacent, she won- “I don’t know!” she shouted into the wind. v v v her, singing, “What do you want to be? Where do dered. But without answering, let her burdened But she had a million ideas and sailboat of Big you want to go? Now what?” eyelids lower and drifted off to sleep. Dreams and Creativity to regain. Student Union, Bldg. 58 E, room 2209 She tossed and turned, she sweat profusely Frustrated, she spun back around and 1 UNF Drive and became tangled in her sheets — faint moans E-mail Emily Hartford at Jacksonville, FL 32224 gazed longingly into the distance — she toyed and a whimper escaped her tense body. [email protected]. Phone: 904.620.2727 Fax: 904.620.3924 What drinking game rules are you making for Obama’s “State of the Union” address? www.unfspinnaker.com

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“Every time Republicans boo, take a shot. Every time Obama throws his base under the bus, take two shots. Every time the Republicans cheer, finish Corrections: the bottle.” • Photographer Travis Flack shot the - Josh Fredrickson, Managing Editor Photo of the Week in the Jan. 20 issue. • The postponed Town Hall was origi- nally scheduled for Jan. 19. “For every time Obama mentions change or a new direction, take a shot and hope he means it this time.” Clarifications: - Chad Smith, Graphics Editor

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Compiled by Emily Hartford, Graphics/Layout by Kim Huddleston | Spinnaker page 12 Expressions wednesday, january 27, 2010 Concert Preview You smell that? Nostalgic radio rock!

Advice to guide your life from the features department Lucky for you, Florida allows for first- Q: cousin marriage. You don’t even have to go through genetic counseling! Score! If I keep having romantic thoughts about your prized UNF education secures you my slightly older cousin. Yes he’s family, a career in a less backward state, then but he knows my roots! The hair flop, his you can refer to the hotlink http://bit.ly/ taste in zombie films, the fact that he’s in hotcousins to see where in America first- medical school … I haven’t felt these but- cousin marriage is legal. Even Hawaii terflies our entire childhood, but lately allows it so you go ahead and paradise. the pull toward him is getting stronger All we can say is go with your gut. And, and stronger. at least you’ll be able to consolidate the Obviously I realize I’m experiencing guest list for the wedding ceremony. We do incestuous thoughts and that no one recommend facilitating your family with would ever accept this. Do I bury my an open-bar, it might help conjure up some thoughts or do I bury this affair straight acceptance. into the ground? Features Department Fi l e p ho t o Interbreeding Ina Q: Marcy Playground all brooding, all in black, all in an alleyway. Catch ‘em Jan. 30 at Brewster’s. A: I gave blood one time in high school after By Max Jaeger guitar and vocals, Keefe on bass and feeling like it’d be the right thing to do, Assistant News Editor Shlomi Lavie on drums. OK … well we’re not here to judge. So but now they call me and leave messages “Production on records nowadays is before we make any jokes about you being on my cell every 50 days wanting more of so slick,” Keefe said. “People try to go from Texas, we’ll consider taking a more my life-sustaining hemoglobin. I don’t like Think back to around 1997. What out and mimic how they sound on stage, objective path. The fact is, you can’t help the needles, the visual, the lightheaded- were you doing on a weekday at 4 p.m.? I and it’s hard to get all these guys on who you love. You’ve been around this ness or the fact that they hassle me all was usually sitting in the kitchen of my stage and get a sweet mix. It ends up to- person your whole life, you’ve seen him in the freaking time! Isn’t once enough? I’m parent’s house doing math homework tally overblown, and that takes the soul his and your most comfortable state. He’s all for humanitarian efforts, but does my and listening to the radio, and without out of it.” older, so of course he jokes with you, picks hesitancy to donate my precious O neg. fail, I’d hear Marcy Playground’s epony- He cited Nirvana as a major influence on you and showers you with attention. make me a Grinch? mous hit “Sex and Candy.” because they had a lot of extra overdubs But you need not interpret what you It seems that a lot of people from my on records but kept it sweet and simple conceive as flirtatious behavior as any- Clotting Claire generation share some version of that live. thing but normal inter-family mingling. sentimental tidbit, and you can relive Lavie joined the band in late 2008 If you have concrete evidence that this that moment Jan. 30 and listen to a lot and his addition marks the first lineup fellow feels the same way, then you two A: of Marcy Playground’s great tunes (live) change in almost 10 years. have a monumental decision to make. Do at Brewster’s Pub. Concert goers can “I met him in Isreal and said, ‘If you you want to stand up for what you believe You’re the universal donor. It’s like you’re also expect to see opening acts and fel- ever come to the States, you have to play in but risk being socially ostracized and wealthy, but you keep all of your dough low UNF’ers Clayton Bush and the Sonic in my band,’” Keefe said. risk your kids possibly being born with to yourself. Keep those iron levels up and Dukes. Former dummer Gonzalo Martinez six toes? Or, do you want to stand up to return their phone call. Good thing we’re MP released “Leaving Wonderland … De La Cotera left the band and Shlomi convention and prove to the world that the keeping quips ‘n’ tips relatively anony- in a fit of Rage,” their fourth album, in signed on right before MP’s 2009 tour. royal family may have had a good point, mous, selfish. 2008 and has spent the last year touring “The chemistry is perfect,” Keefe mutations and all? in support of it. This tour is more in said. “As grueling as touring can be, it Most importantly, the last thing Features Department support of the band itself, said bassist sounds great every night.” you want is to make a fool of yourself. Dylan Keefe. Fans may get a chance to hear songs Professing your love to anyone is a terrify- “We’re specifically trying to pro- they’ve never heard and super-fans will ing, yet humbling, experience. But expose mote the two albums before ‘Leaving get a chance to hear songs of which they romantic feelings to zombie boy, and you Got some quandaries yourself? Ask the kids Wonderland’ [Shapeshifter and MP3],” wish they heard more, Keefe said. MP may split up the family forever. who know best. E-mail questions to Keefe said. “A lot of independent labels plays some tunes that never appeared on [email protected], and perhaps aren’t throwing money at bands to tour albums but have garnered a cult follow- catch yourself in this impressive publication! anymore.” ing among their hardcore fans. The band literally and figuratively Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets ring supports itself in this endeavor, Keefe said. up to $15 a pop. POIGNANT PROSE Though MP’s EPs have featured some by Elizabeth Campbell extra orchestration, like overdubbed E-mail Max Jaeger at Contributing Writer By Maxwell Wood guitars and piano, Keefe said that the [email protected]. 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“It’s timeless,” Schaffer said of the trio’s start to make waves frame component of choice. “Aluminums are more modern material. Old stuff isn’t so UNF’s student-run broadcast bad.” ZenCog plans to sell not only bike parts, outlets swoop into action but they offer custom-built, complete bikes from low-maintenance brands like Surly, Jessica DuBois-Maahs Selma and of course the brand Schaffer cre- Staff Writer ated in a warehouse whilst building bikes for the hell of it, ZenCog. Students can tune into a revamped “The original ZenCog was made not to Osprey Radio and turn on a made-over need a lot of service,” Schaffer said. “I’d Osprey TV this year. Both outlets re- rather have a lot of customers who we don’t solve to give students the music, movies need to see because their bikes are running and TV shows they crave ... just as soon than have a few customers who keep coming as they can. back with problems.” Branching out from airing popu- Bikeheads can come into the shop and lar movies, Osprey TV started airing abuse the bike-brilliance of the ZenCog’s accredited TV series like True Blood staff by having them help select parts from on channel 118. The programs Osprey a few wall-mounted computer screens. Next TV runs are meant to specifically comes a deposit, a few days pass and after a target what the students want by way quick swing by the store, hey, you’ve got your of requests, Director of Osprey TV new stuff. And with a much lower mark-up Katrianna King said. than some other joints in town. Starting in fall 2009, Osprey TV “For me, it’s an experiment,” Schaffer kicked off a nightly news program that said, explaining that most bike shops mark- gives students up-to-date information on up prices 100 percent from cost while ZenCog what’s going on around campus. It airs aims to keep it around 20 or 30 percent mark- week nights at 7 p.m. up. Students living off-campus can catch Besides the killer deals, the shop prides most of the nightly news episodes on

E rik T itself on the positive ambiance swimming YouTube by searching “UNF News.” around. anner | S pinnaker “It’s a way better atmosphere than any other bike shop in town,” Alex Sprunt, a lo- “ We are really listening cal bike polo fiend, said. Mariah Fortune-Johnson, a UNF account- to students.” ing sophomore, cited the non-judgemental A new bike shop with a new non-snub ethic and love for steel opens Feb. 1 in Riverside. climate as a major bonus of the new busi- - Katrianna King ness. Director of Osprey TV By Beca Grimm “We wanted to focus on the fun part,” “I like the community,” she said. “There’s Features Editor Cooper said. “We want to be able to service no bike bias.” everyone.” That seems to be a big part of the point. Joining on the change train at Osprey One might say that downtown Cooper and Szilagyi arrived at the deci- “Most of our money is made from service, TV is UNF’s radio station, Osprey Jacksonville plays host to a neat little bik- sion to open a cycling repository of their we’ll service every kind of bicycle that’s out Radio. This year, Osprey Radio offers ing community, especially in the fixed-gear own that was “not gonna be like every other there,” Schaffer said. unlimited access for students to free littered streets of Riverside and Avondale bike store.” Without much business savvy Cooper said heck, they wouldn’t even music online. In addition to popular (and OK, maybe Jax Beach’s well-beach- on their own, the two turned to a dude they mind fixing up a clunker-ova-Wal-Mart bike music, the station exposes students cruised roads). One might also call this bike to a slew of radio programming, said scene a pretentious one, closed off to folks Nadine Robertson, the station manager not already within the “in” and without a of Osprey Radio. Sports and celebrity messenger bag strapped to their unwashed, gossip are just a taste of the talk show secondhand sweatshirt. topics featured on the radio station. Unfortunately, upon arriving at the newly Students may get involved with formed Jacksonville-based bike company Osprey Radio by attending some of their ZenCog’s pre-opening party Jan. 24, this up and coming school functions includ- sentiment resounded loudly when a sour kid ing Osprey Woodstock, one of the events biked past the Spinnaker’s photographer and planned for April. myself whilst unloading from a car ride from Osprey Woodstock will feature some Arlington and snarled at our auto-powered local bands, and all the proceeds will entrance with a loudly whispered, “lazy.” go toward diabetes research, Robertson But fortunately, the single, snarled insult said. was the only word not echoing camaraderie E rik T UNF students can additionally contrib- and pep during Sunday afternoon’s well- anner | S pinnaker ute to Osprey Radio by taking part in its attended event at the Stockton Street shop’s promotions. shindig. Tune into Osprey Radio by going About a month ago, two LakeShore to http://www.unf.edu/groups/wosp Bicycles employees Garf Cooper and Steve where all are encouraged to “stream in Szilagyi, and a regular, Clark Schaffer, de- and rock out.” Students are also able to cided they had had enough of the snobbery. Garf Cooper and Steve Szilagyi, best biking buds and two thirds of ZenCog Bicycle Company. check out what’s to come on. The trio of modest bikers surmised to open a Osprey Radio can be found on bicycle shop that would “build real bikes for got to know from time behind the counter at should someone stroll one in ... whatever it Facebook, MySpace or Twitter page by real people,” Cooper said. LakeShore — Bubba Burger’s CFO and their takes to keep the wheels turning in the com- searching “Osprey Radio.” Students ZenCog, seated just at the corner of biking buddy, Clark Schaffer. munity. ZenCog just doesn’t play the snob may call in song requests at 620-2908, College, a stone’s throw from the official Five Schaffer, an ‘82 UNF alum who went on to card. Robertson said. Points neighborhood, emits good vibes for receive his Certified Public Account license, “We’re different, we’re human, we’re not The sentiment that Osprey Radio and all. hopped on board to help devise a business a big corporation,” Schaffer said. “We just Osprey TV share? Both of these media Cooper and Szilagyi struck up a friend- plan ... one that he completed before a week love cycling.” outlets are all about the students. ship during their half decade or so working had passed, but only under the circumstance ZenCog officially opens Monday, Feb. 1 “Things are getting new, and we are together at LakeShore, punctuating their that Cooper and Szilagyi had let him toss at 883 Stockton St. They plan to keep their really listening to students,” King said. days clocked in with complaints. Their most some capital behind the endeavor. They doors swung open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. frequent gripes revolved around the sell-sell- obliged. E-mail Jessica DuBois-Maahs at sell aspect of a commercial bike shop and the The shop specializes in steel frame bikes, [email protected]. sometimes inherent snobbery attached to the which better absorb bumps than other mate- E-mail Beca Grimm at biking community. rials. Plus, they’re classic, Schaffer said. [email protected]. page 14 Expressions wednesday, january 27, 2010

“Sleep Sandwich” by Elvis Perkins

Bespeckled folkster Perkins details a “science fiction movie” that played in his REM- cycling noggin the night prior with light percussion and floaty guitar. It gets a little epic in some of the tom-rumbling, but nothing intense enough to shake the sleep from your eyes. “My Darling” by Wilco

Yes, I realize I sure bring up Jeff Tweedy a lot in these weekly lists. Deal. The opening of this song sucks you into dream world in the most fluid way with water- rippling keyboard and Tweedy’s gently gliding vocals. Listen to the man and just go back to sleep. “Asleep” by The Smiths Top Five Songs to Get You Snoozin’ Morrissey’s got the pipes to convince you to do pretty much whatever he wants. Paired with Everyone’s parents have a go-to blame for seasonal bugs. My mom’s? Easy, no some smooth ivory and his lavender tea vocals, this ditty ain’t ideal for soundtracking any matter what ailed you, it could always be attributed to a lack of z’s. In honor of type of driving. the ubiquitous disease this time of year (and that good woman, Luada Grimm), I’m takin’ Momma G’s advice and prescribing you all a Top Five Songs to Get “In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down” by Leadbelly You Snoozin’ – not that these tunes put you to sleep in a boring sense, more like they cast a tranquil spell over you. For health’s sake, you know. So get snuggly Legendary blues/folkman tells a sleepy story seemingly from the busted seat of his and peruse on. back porch rocker. The track exists solely of his slightly vibrato, honest voices and three chords. Go ahead and sip a little whisky with this one. What? It dulls the pain of “Bedtime Lullaby” by Mark Kozelek that sore throat! Honest.

The sexy mumbler from Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon certainly pulls a comatose-inducing number here on his 2008 release “The Finally LP.” Kozelek’s soft, simple acoustic guitar strokin’ and directions to “rest your head/ Time for bed” and a quick laundry list of pleasant topics on which to focus your dreamy senses … well, Compiled by Beca Grimm. it can’t be argued. Hey, stop drooling.

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By Heather Furey will be playing the Jacksonville Dolphins Jan. 29, from Noon to 1 p.m. taking place Cherizol landing a career-best 18 re- Assistant Sports Editor for the second time in less than 10 days. at the Student Union. Head coach Matt bounds. The men have a record of 9-11, 4-6 Driscoll, a handful of the men’s players “When we have a lot of fans cheer- Both the UNF basketball teams in A-Sun, going into the game against UCS and a few members of Velocity will be at- ing on the players it really gives them a accompany with the athletic depart- Upstate Jan. 27, as JU is 10-8 overall and tending the pep rally. boast, they work really hard on the court ment are stirring up the campus with 7-3 in conference action. “[JU week] is a great testament to what and the fans are like the sixth man,” fist-pumping school spirit events for JU “A good portion of the student section coach Moon is doing for the athletics at Tappmeyer said. week. in the Arena has already been filled,” UNF,” women’s head basketball coach The men’s game will be the CSS Every Osprey will have the oppor- Brea Kratzert, director of marketing for Mary Tappmeyer said. “The events are Atlantic Sun TV Game of the Week and tunity to be a part of the “Pack the UNF Athletics said. “It’s obvious we have bringing a lot of energy and excitement can be seen on Comcast channel 54 in House Challenge” as the women take on an increase in school spirit. We will de- on campus. We are hoping the events will Jacksonville. In addition to being tele- Jacksonville University on Wednesday, fiantly carry events like these on in the bring a lot of enthusiasm from the fans.” vised, the game can also be heard on AM Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Along with “White- future to increase school spirit for all of The women have a record of 5-14, 1320 WBOB and 103.7 FM in Jacksonville Out the Dolphins” Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 the [athletic] teams.” 2-8 A-Sun, as the Dolphins are 5-13, 4-6 or on-line at 1320WBOB.com. Both the p.m. as the men go head-to-head against Before the women’s game there will A-Sun. During the previous game against women’s and the men’s games can also be Jacksonville University. The first 2,250 be Market Day in the plaza of the UNF the Dolphins, it came down to overtime seen live on asun.tv. fans in attendance to the men’s game will Student Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to as sophomore guard Brittany Kirkland E-mail Heather Furey at be given a white T-shirt for the white-out kick things off. There will also be a pep had a career-high 25 points. Alongside [email protected]. sponsored by MetroPCS. The two teams rally in support of the men’s team Friday, Kirkland is senior forward Arlande NFL brain injury committee meets for first time

By Brian Skoloff Reggie White, who earned league’s stance on con- “I was blacking out in the ring and Ap writer the nickname “The cussions; and conducted never was educated enough to know that Minister of Defense” and tests on helmets. was a problem,” he said. “That led to ongo- Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood jokes died at 43 after retiring “You can never take ing memory problems and headaches. ... I that he can’t remember how many concus- from the NFL. the collision aspect wasn’t getting better.” sions he’s had. “It’s something very out of the game,” After three years of wrestling, he re- Then he gets serious, recalling the dam- close to my heart,” Youngblood said. tired and began learning more about head age he’s absorbed since he first started play- Youngblood said. “I be- “There’s just no way, injuries in professional sports. Nowinski ing football when he was 12. came much more aware and in fact, that’s some- is now president of the Sports Legacy “What have I done?” Youngblood said. “I of it as I was inducted thing we kind of enjoy.” Institute and co-director of the Center for have to ask that question. You just don’t into the Pro Football Dr. Thom Mayer, medical the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy know. We haven’t defined it completely yet. Hall of Fame and got director of the NFL play- at Boston University. He also is serving on That’s one of the issues we’re talking about to know John Mackey ers’ union, is serving as the committee. here today.” more than just a guy at the committee co-chair “We’re just getting everyone’s opinions Youngblood spoke during a break from a cocktail party, and to along with Arizona to what we should be doing and how we the first meeting of the Mackey-White see how ravaging brain injury and brain Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey. should do it,” Nowinski said. Traumatic Brain Injury Committee on trauma can be.” “This committee will serve as a ‘su- Nowinski also has been soliciting athletes Tuesday. The committee was formed by Congress recently questioned NFL play- perconductor’ of information in order to to donate their brains to research after their the NFL Players Association and includes ers and doctors about football head injuries. drive rapid and meaningful progress in deaths, which will be studied at Boston professional athletes, past and current NFL NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testified concussions,” he said. “We have assem- University. He said 250 professional and players, doctors and researchers. in October about his league’s concussion bled a world-class group of scientists to amateur athletes have agreed, including 60 The group wants to open a dialogue on policies. facilitate our work, which will benefit not retired NFL players and four actives ones. brain injuries in professional football, dis- Since then, the league has instituted only NFL players, but all those involved “The message is really giving back to the cuss the latest research and begin develop- stricter return-to-play guidelines for play- in all contact sports.” game,” Nowinski said, “giving back to your ing recommendations to keep players safer. ers showing concussion symptoms; re- Chris Nowinski, a former college football former teammates.” The committee was named in honor quired each team to enlist an independent player and professional wrestler, knew of two Hall of Famers — tight end John neurologist as an adviser; entered into a something was wrong after his sixth con- Mackey, who has been diagnosed with partnership with Boston University brain cussion, at least that’s how many he could — Associated Press Alzheimer’s disease, and defensive lineman researchers who have been critical of the remember.

Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball River City Rumble II- UNF Arena 7 p.m. Jan. 30 @ Georgia State Jan. 29 vs. University Men’s Basketball vs. Women’s Basketball at 11 a.m. Texas at El Paso at 2 p.m. USC Upstate L 64-50 vs. USC Upstate L 70-58 Jan. 31 vs. Florida A&M Jan. 31 vs. Iowa State University at 9 a.m. University at 19 a.m. Jan. 31 vs. Bethune-Cook- Over 2,200 UNF students will get a free white t-shirt be- man at 3:30 p.m. fore the game in UNF’s first ever White-out game. Wednesday, January 27, 2010 sports Page 17

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Question 1: Oakland Athletics prospect Grant Desme is ending his baseball career to enter the priesthood. After professional sports, where do you think athletes are most likely to find work? Footlocker. NASCAR commentating. With the shiny Retail, real estate, the Real World, Reality As PE coaches. Wait, are we talking red racing headsets. TV, public relations, media relations ... about the ones that actually made it to the big leagues, or the ones that just wished they did?

Question 2: The NFL has drawn the most viewers for the playoffs in 16 years, with an average of 33 million per game this year. Is it possible that Americans have become too obsessed with sports? I saw a bumper sticker about the Red Sox Is this a joke? No way, Juanita! America loves its sports! Not until we get a real life version of today that said, “It ain’t over till the BIG Olympic games, Super Bowl games, the Running Man. PAPI swings!” I’d say yes. anything-but-Jacksonville-Jaguars games and all!

Question 3: The NCAA has placed the Georgia Southern men’s basketball program on probation for two years after an investigation that revealed serious academic violations. Is it becoming a habit for athletic programs to cheat these days? It’s not a habit these days, I think it’s Question three answered question two. I I don’t think they mean to cheat. Cut ‘em Does a bear sh ... I mean, yeah. always been an issue. People prioritize see ... they’re both jokes. some slack? Well, at least they weren’t their lives around one thing, and most expelled. of the time it’s not school.

Compiled by Heather Furey.

The furey factor UNF can swoop up second chance at a win against JU Ospreys v. Dolphins rivalry heats up.

As a UNF student, I’ve never had in the match against the Ospreys, but we College rivalries go way beyond just our to worry about getting into a fist fight Heather Furey have a strong safety net that will be able years in college. I’m sure there are some with a bloodthirsty Dolphin fan, but af- Asst. Sports Editor to keep him at bay this Friday. Gator and FSU fans out there who would ter last week’s basketball game against Sure Smith may seem like a Michael bleed orange and blue or garnet and gold Jacksonville University, it looks like our Jordan, but we have Stan Januska, Matt because their devotion for their favorite cross-town rivalry is starting to get pret- Sauey, Jerron Granberry, Eni Cuka and teams runs just that deep. ty heated. Haugabrook. There is no “I” in team, I want to see UNF fans feeling the same When UNF played at JU’s Swisher right? Hopefully these guys will bring way about the Ospreys, feeling pride over Gymnasium last week, JU fans vastly their A-game and defend their house in the blue and gray and utter disgust for outnumbered the small section of UNF Although Driscoll was referring to their second game against JU. Plus, I hunter green and white. supporters, waving their keys and chant- JU’s second chance at a win during the think our point guard can take him. I’ve seen Jacksonville University ad- ing in a way that makes me think they second half, UNF has a second chance Even though Haugabrook is a new vertised as Jacksonville’s true university, might have been casting a spell over the of its own Friday night, and I think the member on UNF’s basketball team, he is but as a university just a few exits down unwary Ospreys. However, even if we all Ospreys have a really good chance of already making his mark this season. He’s on 9A, we should try to establish our started growing dorsal fins and tails, JU turning their second game into a win. led the Ospreys through many match- school as the top college in Jacksonville. should start shaking in their Nikes be- Although the Dolphins were the 2008- es, including their Jan. 2 game against Now, I’m not condoning violence or cause UNF has a chance of rebounding a 2009 Atlantic Sun regular season champi- Kennesaw State, where Haugabrook’s 17 anything, but let’s step up the rivalry win when we play them again Jan. 29. ons, their season this year isn’t too far off points and six assists helped seal a five- at this week’s game and show some true In our away match Jan. 18, UNF had from the Ospreys. Going into this week’s game winning streak, the longest since Osprey pride. If there is any chance of a an edge over the Dolphins for the major- games, UNF’s record is 10-11 while JU’s is the 2003-2004 UNF season. big game brawl, I’m going to be looking ity of the game, and it wasn’t until there 10-8 overall, just slightly above UNF. UNF fans also have a second chance for some blue and gray blood. were six minutes left that JU tied the In addition to their fairly equal re- to go up against their college rival this Threats, dirty looks and spell-like score, rallied for the lead and secured a cords, both UNF and JU have strong week, and there will be plenty of oppor- chanting are all in the equation for a 62-55 win. point guards resting in the heart of their tunities for them to show their school true college rivalry, especially when both “Our guys fought,” said UNF men’s teams, UNF junior Brad Haugabrook and spirit. In preparation for another rowdy teams have pride at stake. But even if we head basketball coach Matthew Driscoll af- JU senior Ben Smith. rivalry game, UNF Athletics is preparing lose, the game is on a Friday night. There’s ter their game against JU. “They’re always Smith is a member of the 1,000 point a pre-game pep rally and encouraging got to be a party going on somewhere. going to fight. They are going to compete. club and has started in every game since UNF fans to wear white shirts and white They are always going to compete. … But he was a freshman, JU’s head men’s bas- out the UNF Arena in support of the bas- E-mail Heather Furey at there is no question that second chance ketball coach Cliff Warren said. Smith ketball team, but we can go even further [email protected]. points were the name of the game.” was also the leading scorer with 18 points than that. Page 18 sports Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Driscoll goes shoeless for cause, encourages team to be benevolent One thousand other coaches participated in the event

By Heather Furey “Most of the people are going to send serving alongside other organizations Assistant Sports Editor [the shoes] to Haiti, which is a pretty easy to help raise funding and awareness for choice to make,” Driscoll said. “One thing certain causes. Driscoll even helped start As men’s head basketball coach you have to remember now is Martin the Personal Improvement Program that Matthew Driscoll’s team laced up for the Luther King Jr. said, you can judge some- encourages the basketball players to be- USC Upstate match Jan. 22, he untied his one’s character by the way they handle come well-rounded men both on and off shoes and entered the game barefoot for themselves during challenges." the court by staying involved in the com- Samaritan’s Feet’s Barefoot for Barefeet Fans had the opportunity to contribute munity. Coaches Initiative. to Samaritan’s Feet at the USC Upstate As part of that program, the team “It was awesome, especially because game by donating money or bringing a has volunteered for Beaches Habitat for I’ve had a lot of people come up to me new pair of children’s shoes for the dona- Humanity, the Heart Walk and reading and ask me about it," Driscoll said. "One tion boxes in the UNF Arena. They also campaigns for San Jose and New Berlin of the first things [USC Upstate senior could text the word “shoes” to the num- Elementary Schools, among others. They center Nick Schneiders] asked me was, ber 85944, which deducted $5 from their also have more initiatives coming up in ‘Coach, why aren’t you wearing shoes?’ next month’s bill. All the proceeds went the next few weeks. That’s the first time as a head coach I’ve toward giving an impoverished child a “I also have coaches versus cancer next taken my shoes off.” new pair of athletic shoes. week and then breast cancer and then The Barefoot for Barefeet Coaches Although the exact amount raised for United Way,” Driscoll said. “The more we Initiative started in 2007 when Samaritan's Feet during the USC Upstate can do to serve, the better we are going Indiana University-Purdue University game is unavailable, fans were admirable to be.” Indianapolis coach Ron Hunter led a of the effort and Driscoll's contribution The Spinnaker will keep you updated on game in his bare feet to raise awareness to the cause. Josh Baker, UNF student more community service events Driscoll

for children in Africa who suffer from manager for the men's basketball team, Heat h er F u rey | S pinnaker and the men’s basketball team take part diseases and infections because they was very excited that Driscoll participat- in as they occur this season. can’t afford shoes. ed in the Barefoot for Barefeet Coaches Driscoll joined Hunter along with Initiative, he said. more than 1,000 other coaches from "Coach Driscoll is the type of person E-mail Heather Furey at across the country by going barefoot to that puts other people before himself, [email protected]. help raise funding for Samaritan’s Feet. and I look up to him for that," Baker said. Samaritan’s Feet's goal is to put one mil- "He is like a mentor to me." lion pairs of shoes on the feet of impov- The men’s basketball team is also go- Coach Driscoll bares both feet during the erished children. ing to continue helping those in need by game against USC Upstate.

advertisement Wednesday, January 27, 2010 sports Page 19 Top baseball prospect retires to enter priesthood Desme joins list of other monastic ex-professional athletes despite his career successes

By Ben Walker a Catholic priest. More recently, Chase Rather, Desme intends to enter a semi- ap baseball writer Hilgenbrinck of the New England nary in Silverado, Calif., in August. He Revolution left Major League Soccer in said abbey members didn’t seem sur- As a top prospect for the Oakland 2008 to enter a seminary. prised someone who would “define my- Athletics, outfielder Grant Desme Desme spoke on a conference call for self as a baseball player” was changing might’ve gotten the call every minor about 10 minutes in a quiet, even tone, his life so dramatically. leaguer wants this spring. hardly sounding like many gung-ho, on- Desme said he didn’t consider pursu- Instead, he believed he had another, the-rise ballplayers. As for his success ing his spiritual studies while also trying higher calling. in the minors, he said “all of it is very to play ball. His family backed his deci- Desme announced Friday that he was undeserving.” sion and he said the positive reaction to leaving baseball to enter the priesthood, The Athletics picked Desme in the his future goal — the surprising news walking away after a breakout season in second round of the 2007 amateur draft spread quickly over the Internet — was which he became MVP of the Arizona and he was starting to blossom. He was “inspiring.” Fall League. the only player in the entire minors “It’s about a 10-year process,” he said. “I was doing well at ball. But I really with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases “I desire and hope I become a priest.” In had to get down to the bottom of things,” last season. a way, he added, it’s like “re-entering the the 23-year-old Desme said. “I wasn’t at Desme batted .288 with 31 homers, minor leagues.” peace with where I was at.” 89 RBIs and 40 steals in 131 games at Desme’s first two years in the minors A lifelong Catholic, Desme thought Class-A Kane County and high Class-A were beset by shoulder and wrist prob- about becoming a priest for about a year Stockton last year. He hit .315 with a lems. He said his days off the field gave and a half. He kept his path quiet within league-leading 11 home runs and 27 him time to think about what was most the sports world, and his plan to enter a RBIs in 27 games this fall in Arizona, a important to him, to read and study the seminary this summer startled the A’s league filled with young talent. Bible and to talk to teammates about his when he told them Thursday night. Desme went into the AFL champion- faith. General manager Billy Beane “was ship game well aware it might be the In retrospect, he said, those injuries understanding and supportive,” Desme last time he ever played. “There was no were “the biggest blessings God ever said, but the decision “sort of knocked sad feeling,” he said. He homered and gave me.” him off his horse.” After the talk, Desme struck out twice, which “defines my ca- felt “a great amount of peace.” reer a bit.” Associated Press “I love the game, but I aspire to higher The Big West Player of the Year at things,” he said. “I know I have no re- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Desme was grets.” ranked as Oakland’s No. 8 prospect by Athletes and the priesthood have over- Baseball America. There was specula- lapped, albeit rarely. during a one-game career for a make- tion the Athletics might invite Desme to Al Travers, who gave up 24 runs shift Detroit Tigers team in 1912, became big league spring training next month.

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