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Volume 30, Issue 1 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA July 26 2006 Wednesday THIS WEEK University donor NEWS passes away iTunes over textbooks Students who miss out in class may be able to catch BY RACHEL ELSEA band. up via iPods. Administration CONTRIBUTING WRITER Over the last few years, is working to make lecture Neviaser made two signif- downloads available on iPods. Charles M. “Buddy” icant financial contribu- See ITUNES, page 9 Neviaser, a long-time tions to UNF. friend and financial sup- In EXPRESSIONS porter of the University of 2004, he North Florida, passed provided away July 13 of causes money related to cancer. to UNF’s ILLUSTRA Neviaser, who was 83, baseball was a philanthropist dur- team to TION B ing his lifetime who estab- donated not only to UNF, lish the Y T AMI LIVINGSTON AND ROBER AMI LIVINGSTON but also to a number of Charles Neviaser organizations in and and Doris around Jacksonville. Neviaser Neviaser funded sever- Endowed al scholarships for stu- Baseball Scholarship. dents in different areas of His second contribu- interest at UNF. He also tion was made shortly Not in Kansas anymore T K. PIETRZYK donated money extensive- before his death in July Those traveling over the ly to Community Hospice 2006. Neviaser donated summer to more hurricane- of Northeast Florida. $500,000 to the Brooks prone areas can read The majority of School of Nursing in the about precautionary meas- Neviaser’s professional College of Health to estab- ures to take when exposed life was marked by lish the Charles M. and to hurricanes. attempts to help others in Doris B. Neviaser University of North Florida president John Delaney listens as a See EXPRESSIONS, page 11 many capacities. He is Endowed Nursing Jacksonville councilman welcomes Jacksonville Jam to the city. The Jam survived by his wife, Scholarship for is scheduled to play its first season at the Arena. SPORTS Doris Neviaser, who was See JAM, page 5 instrumental in caring for others alongside her hus- See DONOR, page 8 Leaving the nest Professional teams recruited three former Osprey baseball players and one basketball player this summer. See FUTURE, page 17 Students spend summer aiding children WEEKEND BY KACIE DODGE WEATHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Although many younger stu- dents are spending the summer enjoying the sun or working to save up cash for the fall, it is not a privilege that everybody enjoys equally. The reality is quite different for some children right now Friday Saturday Sunday undergoing treatment at Wolfson July 28 July 29 July 30 Children’s Hospital, who instead 74/92 74/93 75/92 spend their days in bed, many of P-Cloudy P-Cloudy P-Cloudy them with diagnosed terminal ill- nesses. 7-day forecast, page 5 But with the help of some art SOURCE: NOAA students from the University of North Florida, working with a local non-profit program, they INDEX have been given something to strive for this summer. Discourse. 2 UNF professor Louise Letters to the Editor. 3 Freshman-Brown has teamed up Weather . .5 with Art with a Heart for Children, a self-described “arts- Police Beat. 9 PHO in-healing” program started in Squawk Box. 7 T 2001, to offer a unique independ- O B Expressions. 11 Y LAIRD Zan on the Street. 12 ent study for qualified art stu- Calendar. 14 dents that bring them together Comics. 15 with the children at Wolfson. Alumni Wesley Grissom joined students from the University of North Florida in an independent study assisting children Horoscopes. 15 Freshman-Brown hand-selects at Wolfson Children’s Hospital with artwork. During their independent study, children construct art pieces with the Classifieds. 16 students she believes are fit for guidance of student volunteers. Crossword. 16 the job. “I look for the students who are Sports. 17 her time is spent at the bedside tal I work with her,” she said. “I with pastels and began drawing natural teachers, responsible, constructing art pieces with indi- am motivated by her art. She has his own. He was a guitarist and those who can easily help others,” vidual patients. such an intricate style for a 12- didn’t have a guitar at the hospital she said. “I draw pictures and paint for year-old. It has opened my eyes in at that time. I brought mine and ONLINE Senior Brittni Wood is one the children as they work on their all areas.” left it with him for about a week or such student. This is her second own pieces,” Wood said. UNF graduate Tim Decker also so. We would play some then draw time taking part in the independ- Wood was influenced by a took part in the independent some, but he had to promise he ent study, Wood said. She visits twelve-year-old patient’s work, study, becoming the first employ- would draw. He was the biggest the hospital one day a week for incorporating it into her own. She ee hired on to the program outside connection that I made during my three hours and also works on an said she has done her own project of its two founders. independent study,” Decker said. outside project. Wood said her in that incorporated the art of “I drew a guitar for a teen Decker was a psychology major usual day consists of leading a this young heart patient. patient who hadn’t drawn much group of children in the play area “Every time I am at the hospi- previously. 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