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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA OCTOBER 2013 AN ULTRAMARATHON ACROSS THE BADLANDS PUTS AMY COSTA IN 100° HEAT FOR OVER 100 MILES AFTER A THREE-YEAR REIGN OF GRINDING TERROR, A NEW KING OF CAMPUS IS CROWNED + PLAN A MUSIC TOUR ACROSS JACKSONVILLE WITH OUR FALL CONCERT PREVIEW ESPN SPORTSCasTER & UNF ALUMNI SARAH WaLSH GIVES INDUSTRY ADVICE ONE FREE ISSUE PER READER SEE MASTHEAD FOR DETAILS all theGUIDE new FEATURES 24 FROM THE BADLANDS TO BRAZIL UNF’s Amy Costa challenges her body during ultramarathons. 28 THE KING IS CROWNED Skaters vie for royal treatment at the Boathouse. & about IN EVERY ISSUE 5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 6 LETTER TO THE EDITOR DEPARTMENTS 24 THE REPORT 8 POLICE BEAT You 10 CAMPUS THE LIFE 12 RELATIONS 13 CURIOUS REPORTER 14 HEALTH 15 FASHION THE PREMIER 16 MUSIC 17 REVIEWS THE GAME 20 PROFILE 21 ITH 22 ALUMNA text districtonk to 47464 for info now professionally managed by asset campus Housing 28 thedistrictonkernan.com • 904.564.6400 UNFSPINNAKER.COM / OCTOBER 2013 3 3601 kernan Blvd south, Jacksonville FL 32224 Awarded the 2010 Pacemaker Award letter from the by the Associated Collegiate Press. EDITOR #UNFSPINNAKER Finalist for 2013 Pacemaker Award Finalist for 2013 Online Pacemaker Award Nominated for 2012 Best Online, Streaming-Only College Radio Station by College Music Journal (CMJ) PRINT EDITOR IN CHIEF Jacob Harn [email protected] TAKE CARE ART DIRECTOR Joey Taravella OF YOURSELF: [email protected] LAYOUT DESIGNERS Julie Henderson Student Health Services, [email protected] A YEAR OF GRIEF FOR UNF 904.620.2900 Christine Kegel (Bldg. 39A, Rm. 2098) [email protected] “We offer an array of Students have become acquainted with loss, and should be services including but NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT not limited to: primary DAILY NEWS EDITOR Lydia Moneir aware of the resources available to them health care, Digital X-rays, [email protected] GYN/Woman’s clinic, ENTERPRISE EDITOR Sarah Ricevuto immunization, lab tests, [email protected] One evening, early in my sixth-grade year, I alumni Sam Perry was also lost. travel health.” SPORTS EDITOR Travis Gibson received a call at home. My mother answered Most recently, in September, previous stu- [email protected] the phone, told me it was Katie — my crush dent and Kappa Alpha brother Matthew Mat- The Counseling Center, FEATURES EDITOR Jocelyn Tolbert at the time — then returned to the kitchen son died. 904.620.2602 [email protected] where she was preparing dinner. This brings the number of reported current (Bldg. 2, Rm. 2300) OPINIONS EDITOR Carl Rosen The only thing I remember of what Katie student and recent student deaths to eight. “Our counseling services [email protected] said was her first sentence, complete with a I want to recognize those of you who are ex- are voluntary, confidential, CONTENT CHIEF Katie Tison long pause in the middle. periencing grief. As students, we have resourc- and free of charge to all [email protected] “Jake; Nick is dead.” es extended to us that can help us deal with currently enrolled PHOTO EDITOR Randy Rataj The details of my friend’s troubling death these tragedies. UNF students.” [email protected] were confirmed as fact throughout the week; Nick’s father had driven the two behind a The day after Nick’s death, students and fac- SPINNAKER PLATFORMS large retail store and shot his son three times ulty were in pieces and counselors were dis- DIGITAL EDITOR Jason Kellum in the head, killing him before turning the gun patched to actively work with and comfort [email protected] to kill himself. Nicholas Meyers died at age 13, the kids. TV MANAGER Connor Spielmaker and his father at age 36. The response was immediate and the coun- [email protected] That was my first intimate experience selling was provided without our request. RADIO MANAGER Lizzie Russo of death. The university community is much larger and radio@unfspinnaker And whether it be each student’s first experi- inherently less intimate than that of elementa- BUSINESS MANAGER Veronica Perez ence or not, the UNF community has had to ry school, and there won’t always be someone [email protected] endure months sharply punctuated with the there take care of us. most difficult loss a person can experience. Because this is a period characterized by Student Union, Bldg. 58 E, room 2209 1 UNF Drive The year began tragically for UNF when — learning independence, students must actively Jacksonville, FL 32224 Phone (Main Office): 904.620.2727 just 50 minutes into 2013 — Dara Kusiv died seek help. Phone (Advertising): 904.620.1599 Fax: 904.620.3924 in a car accident. The number of deaths among Information on both the counselling and Each reader is entitled to one free issue. Additional issues are $1 both current and recently enrolled students health centers are to the right. 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Additional production and operat- smith, @carlitorosen, @claireliketheair, ing costs are paid for by the ad sales, and general hard work, of the In May, recent UNF graduate and campus @peestuca, @leyyynah, @peestuca Spinnaker business team. recreation employee Joe Sherman died, and UNFSPINNAKER.COM soon after so did student George Heck. JACOB HARN EDITOR IN CHIEF In June, UNF Alumni and community activ- UNF Spinnaker @unfspinnaker @unfspinnaker ist JT Towsend died, and in July UNF baseball #UNFSPINNAKER 4 UNFSPINNAKER.COM / OCTOBER 2013 PLease pass ON UNFSPINNAKER.COM / OCTOBER 2013 5 BEFORE YOU RECYCLE letter to the [ LTE ] EDITOR Don’t IGNORE THE THREAT OF NATIONAL DEBT $17 TRILLION S.S GENERATION M The fiscal gap, which adds the imbalance between future taxes and spending plus interest payments, is a staggering The U.S. has run a budget deficit 31 of the last 35 years. The national debt is really just a fraction of our true indebtedness. $200,504,905,764,260 JOSEPH TURNER ing the can down the road by not addressing this problem, our genera- UNF’s STUDENT BODY TREASURER tion will feel the drastic impact and our future could look something like what follows. My name is Joseph Turner and I am the current Student Body Treas- Investments in our future (education, research, infrastructure, etc.) urer for our University. I am writing this piece to highlight, what I feel, will hit their lowest relative level on record by 2023 as interest pay- is one of the largest threats facing our country and, specifically, our gen- ments on the debt approach $1 trillion per year. By 2031, every penny eration. This threat to our security and future prosperity is our national of federal revenue will just be enough to cover so-called mandatory debt, which is about to reach a record $17 trillion. spending, meaning spending on everything else must be borrowed, As Treasurer, one of my responsibilities is to propose a balanced Ac- such as the entire Department of Defense. By 2033, the Social Security tivity and Service (A&S) fee budget to the student Senate. The State trust fund will run totally dry and the program will only be able to pay and University both mandate that our A&S fee budget be balanced. a fraction of its benefits. In sum, if we don’t address this problem soon, This simply means that we may not spend any more than we take in. we’ll be left with more debt, higher taxes, fewer benefits, and a lower The United States Congress and our federal government have no such standard of living. regulations and consistently spend more than what is annually collect- Admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ed in revenue. said, “The most significant threat to our national security is our debt.” As college students, we are well aware of the economic challenges We, as the generation that will inherit this problem, have the responsi- facing our generation. Rising college tuition is causing record student bility to take notice of this growing problem and to realize the potential loan debt: about $27,000 on average per person. (There is estimated to detrimental effects it will have on our personal lives and the vitality of be $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, which is more than the total credit our great nation. We must stand up and voice our disgust at the emerg- card debt in this country, but that is the topic for another letter). ing crisis and do all we can to reverse the effects and reality of our Our current national debt represents more than double that number national debt. per person: roughly $56,000 for every man, woman, and child in the We may not see eye to eye on how to fix this problem, but I hope United States. Unemployment for our age group remains in the double we can all agree that this is a problem and the status quo is the worst digits — about 11 percent — and statistics show that about half of all option on the table. Every day our country puts off tough choices, the recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed.