Volume 29, Issue 20 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA February 1 2006 Wednesday THIS WEEK Record-breaking rivalry Smokers restricted to NEWS 25 feet from buildings Skaters told to stay back A new campus policy implemented means to keep under new policy skateboarders and other vehicles out of the way of pedestrian traffic, even if it BY RACHEL WITKOWSKI approximately a year to devel- means a $25 fine. NEWS EDITOR op and finalize, according to See Vehicles, page 7 Endicott. The draft was devel- A new policy was imple- oped by the President’s mented, which prohibits Advisory EXPRESSIONS tobacco users from smoking Council on within 25 feet of buildings and Substance walkways at the University of Abuse and the North Florida. Campus The policy took effect Alcohol and August 2005 but was not made Drug known to the general public Information until January 2006, when a Center. The notice was placed in a student Endicott Department of update. The policy states that Environmental it restricts all tobacco users Health and “to outside areas generally Safety is responsible for imple- located at least 25 feet away menting the policy, but the Flashback Reunion The Gin Blossoms and from buildings and heavily community will enforce it. V traveled walkways.” “People are going to smoke Sister Hazel performed at the ALERIE MAR UNF Arena Jan. 27 in front of Dan Endicott, director of where they want to smoke,” a few thousand fans. See the environmental health and said senior history major full spread of the show TIN safety,said the other main rule Spencer Tyce, who smokes on inside. in the policy is to encourage occasion. “The entire thing is University of North Florida’s Alain LaRoche and Jacksonville cessation. written to be ignored, and it See EXPRESSIONS, page 11 University’s Ljubisa Vrcelj square off in the UNF-JU basketball game “It’s the right thing to do for will be.” Jan. 25 in the UNF Arena. UNF won the rivalry game 90-78 and set the well being of our campus But students who don’t SPORTS a home attendance record of 3,013. See the full story on page 18. community,” he said. The policy has taken See SMOKING, page 7 Time for Baseball The Osprey baseball sea- son starts Feb. 4 against Georgia Southern University. See how the program began and how far the team has come to make it to D-I. ‘He just loved the university’ See BASEBALL, page 17 WEEKEND Police building WEATHER named in honor of former chief Martin P. Garris BY JODY MORGAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Friday Saturday Sunday After 10 years of waiting, the Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Police Building was officially 56/76 59/63 38/58 renamed the Martin P. Garris P-Cloudy P-Cloudy P-Cloudy Police Building Jan. 26 in honor of a former police chief who 7-day forecast, page 5 spent 20 years serving the KELL SOURCE: NOAA University of North Florida. MARKETING AND PUBLICA Y TRUE/UNF Martin P. Garris was director of public safety and chief of INDEX police at UNF from 1975 to 1995. He helped develop the UNF police Discourse. 2 agency into a full-service police Letters to the Editor. 3 department and oversaw the con- Question of the Week. 5 struction of Building 41 in 1995. Squawk Box. 9 After he retired the same year to be chief of community affairs Police Beat. 6 TIONS Expressions. 11 with the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office, the idea to name the build- Calendar. 14 Above, Betty Garris, wife of former UPD Chief and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer ing after Martin Garris was Comics. 15 Martin P. Garris, spoke at the dedication of the Martin P. Garris Police Building, under discussion. But it was not Horoscopes. 15 Jan. 26. He served as UPD chief for 20 years. Below, picture of Martin Garris until after his unexpected death Classifieds. 16 displayed at the ceremony. Crossword. 16 Sept. 5, 2002 that testimonies from Sports. 17 the community and UNF about Osprey Sports Trivia. 19 Martin Garris brought the atten- ed,” said Betty Garris, wife of Institutional Advancement Pierre tion back to renaming the police Martin Garris and Student Allaire, UNF President John building. Government comptroller. Delaney, Student Body President The Board of Trustees Betty Garris met Martin and member of the board of ONLINE approved a revised university Garris at UNF,and they were mar- trustees Tom Foran, University naming policy Jan. 20, 2005 to ried for 13 years. Police Department Police Chief allow campus buildings to be “He was, at the time of his Mark Foxworth, Reverend named after former employees death, a candidate running for Charles Scriven and Betty Garris. without receiving a monetary gift. sheriff of Jacksonville,” Betty Betty Garris said at the ceremony UNF MEDIA RELA Nearly one year later, a plaque Garris said. “His love was knowl- that she was extremely thankful was unveiled at the Police edge and protecting those and and appreciative for UNF’s honor- Building in honor of Martin serving those who protect.” ing her late husband. She spoke of Speakers at the ceremony TIONS eSpinnaker.com Garris. “I felt it was a circle complet- included the Vice President of See GARRIS, page 8 PAGE 2 QUOTE of theWEEK WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Awarded first place for Best of Show at -- Martin Luther King, Jr. the 2005 National College Media Convention by the Associated Collegiate Press. O O O Spinnaker Staff Editor in Chief Dave Strupp Art Director Frank Donato Business Manager Adina Daar Managing Editor Donald Postway O O O Editorials O O O Advertising Manager Jennifer Napier Adviser Belinda Hulin News Editor Rachel Witkowski Threat to privacy could come from home Features Editor Jenna Strom Sports Editor Valerie Martin any Americans are focusing companies collecting on its users? users. In cases where there is no Copy Editor Jeanie Correa their attention on the presi- If Google keeps records of all of the choice but to collect data, businesses Photo Editor Ian Witlen dent’s domestic surveillance IP address and searches performed on must think of new ways to keep the Web Editor Alex Koby program. But the biggest its server, it can use that information information from being compromised threat to the privacy of Americans to discern patterns among the and think of ways to collect demo- Graphic Designer Robert Pietrzyk M comes, not from the government but, searcher.This information can be sold graphic information without collecting from within their own homes. to advertisers or used to determine large amounts of personal informa- Asst. News Editor Tami Livingston As technology and the capabilities what services to market to a user. In a tion. Asst. Features Editor Zan Gonano of the Internet grow, more Americans strange way, by looking at the type of Besides being the right thing to do, are doing things electronically. things people search for, search protecting the privacy of its patrons Asst. Sports Editor Unbeknownst to many users, compa- engines know more about people than will benefit a company in the long nies are recording large amounts of people know about themselves. term. As technology becomes more Distributor Dave Strupp information on their customers. This To be fair, by tracking such data, prevalent, people will be drawn to com- information can be sold to advertisers, Google and similar businesses are able panies with strong records of secure Printer Florida Sun illegally accessed by cyber criminals to provide a variety of innovative serv- and responsible handling of personal or accessed by the federal government, O O O ices to their users and advertisers, but and private information. as was recently shown by a request the how is the public supposed to hold Although it is easy to blame corpo- Justice Department made to popular them responsible for the vast amount rations for the problem, in the end, it Robinson Student Center, room 2627 4567 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S. Internet search engines like Google of personal information they track is up to people to protect their own pri- Jacksonville, FL 32224 and America Online. and keep in their possession without v a c y. The U.S. government asked for this permission or oversight? It is the responsibility of the users Phone: 904.620.2727 information as part of its case, show- People can protect themselves by of technology to understand how to Fax: 904.620.3924 ing the need for the Child Online learning more about online services protect their personal information and www.eSpinnaker.com Protection Act. The Justice they use and about technology that can to hold companies responsible for situ- Department was asking for a chunk of help ensure security.Read the privacy ations where personal information is data on search topics without IP agreement at your favorite Web site, mishandled. The ability to process and addresses.They wanted to show how check the privacy settings on your record vast amounts of data will COPA was more effective at keeping browser, install a firewall or learn how become the norm as technology pro- kids away from pornography com- to scan your computer for spyware. gresses. pared to filters used by popular search At the same time, companies have It is important to remember that engines. The request is far from unrea- to learn to respect the privacy of their just because technology makes some- sonable, but it brings up an important users and how to operate without col- thing possible doesn’t remove the ethi- question: How much information are lecting large amounts of data on its cal responsibility to do what is right.