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Volume 30, Issue 10 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA October The unofficial results are in. See page 7 18 2006 Wednesday THIS WEEK NEWS Starbucks coming soon to a campus near you When the climate cools down in January, students can grab their books and curl up in the library with hot coffee. See STARBUCKS, page 6 EXPRESSIONS Backpacking through Europe Taking time to travel Europe can be a worthwhile experi- ILLUSTRA ence. Check out a variety of ways to cross the Atlantic. TION: JEN QUINN AND R See TRIPPIN’, page 11 SPORTS Boys versus girls... OBER Who will rule and who T K. PIETRZYK will drool? Female student athlete’s spots on the field are receiv- ing the same treatment as the prominent male sports, due to conditions associated withTitle IX. See EVEN FIELD, page 17 WEEKEND BY ACE STRYKER stances as a way to offer “alternative living environments” where stu- MANAGING EDITOR dents can enjoy more company at a lower rate than double rooms. Many, WEATHER he said, prefer the camaraderie of two roommates and don’t mind the The majority of the 2,450 students living in on-campus housing at the limited space. University of North Florida are now in triple occupancy rooms, accord- “I love it,” said Kyle Landmann, a freshman mechanical engineering ing to statistics provided by Housing Operations. major who lives in a triple room. Most people are uncomfortable with it at As enrollments increase and the demand for housing continues to rise, first, he said, but enjoy it once they overcome the initial awkwardness and UNF is booking more students together in rooms to make space for every- make friends. one that wants to live on campus, said Paul Riel, director of In the cases of the Landing and the Crossings, Riel said, rooms that Housing Operations. were originally designed for three tenants are simply utilizing more of In September 2004, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services that space as demand for housing increases. Deborah Kaye reported in a UNF board of trustees meeting that on-cam- This year opened with the biggest housing wait list in the history of Friday Saturday Sunday pus housing was then filled to 115 percent capacity.The university had to UNF, Riel said. At most, there were in excess of 300 students waiting for a Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 triple the occupancy of 338 rooms to accommodate all the students need- bed, and when school started there were still about 50 who didn’t have a 85/64 87/58 80/60 ing housing, she said. place — a first for the university, he said. P-Cloudy P-Cloudy M-Sunny This year, there are approximately 1,370 students living in about 450 Administration has planned for several years to expand housing by 7-day forecast, page 5 triple occupancy rooms, according to housing statistics. The statistics adding a new complex on the “eastern ridge,” a plot of land designated on SOURCE: NOAA also indicated that roughly 55 percent of all students living on campus are UNF property immediately east of the main campus. The complex is now in triple rooms. expected to provide more upperclassmen housing. Riel said he doesn’t feel the university has a problem with too many The complex will most likely be ready for students to move in some- students and too little space. time around July 2009, Riel said. Current plans indicate it will house INDEX “We’re not calling it overcrowding,” he said. Riel said the university sees the shift in on-campus housing circum- See DORM, page 4 Discourse. 2 Letters to the Editor. 3 Weather . .5 Squawk Box. 7 Police Beat. 9 Vandalism may put lockdown on building Expressions. 11 Zan on the Street. 12 Comics. 15 BY MATT COLEMAN Papian realized that closing down Building 45 at “It has been used as an instructional space so Horoscopes. 15 ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR night is just not possible. it has been left open for the most part,” Papian Classifieds. 16 “We have explored many options to try and said. “However, we have had damage to the Crossword. 16 Vandalism and theft in the University of fix this problem,” Papian said. “We could lock equipment and instruments inside so we decid- Sports. 17 North Florida’s Fine Arts Center has led to the the doors of the center at night, but the janitor- ed that the Intellilocks would be a good choice. possible lock down of Building 45 at night. ial staff opens the doors when they clean. This Now we can see who was in the recital hall when Sharon Papian, director of the Fine Arts would make it ultimately pointless to close the the damages occur.” Center, requested that the University Police doors in the first place. This doesn’t mean that Papian and her staff have also considered ONLINE Department lock the doors of the building after there are no other options for Building 45.” putting surveillance cameras inside hours to ensure the safety of school equipment According to Papian, the staff of the Fine the building. and personal property. Arts Center is trying to stop vandalism and “We would install the cameras in particular This is not a viable option, according to John theft by combating the problem internally. areas that have the most equipment, not all over Dean, the associate chief of UPD. Intellilocks, an electronic key-logging device, the Fine Arts Center,” Papian said. “These cam- “President Delaney wants the campus to be have been installed on the doors of the recital eras wouldn’t necessarily be used as preventa- as open as possible,” Dean said. “Not one build- hall, which often houses expensive musical tive items, but as a way of identifying who is ing in the school is locked down and it is more instruments. Instructors using the facility have causing the damage. The only thing that needs than likely to remain this way.” been advised to lock up using the new Intellilock eSpinnaker.com After bringing the option up with UPD, system after their classes finish. See CRIME, page 4 PAGE 2 QUOTE of theWEEK WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will Awarded first place for Best of Show at annoy enough people the 2005 National College Media Convention by the Associated Collegiate to make it worth the Press. O O O effort.” Spinnaker Staff - Herm Albright (1876-1944) Editor in Chief Jenna Strom Art Director Robert K. Pietrzyk Business Manager Adina Daar Managing Editor Ace Stryker O O O Editorials O O O Advertising Manager Kristen Montalto Adviser Joshua Stewart Parking marred by ‘university first’ behavior News Editor Tami Livingston Features Editor Zan Gonano his is the story of a University has been occupying four spaces in that make over a month then doubles to Sports Editor Holli Welch of North Florida bus. The bus lot since mid-September. And third, $4,000. All this goes into the big pot that Copy Editor Emily Bruce sits in Lot 14 all day and night, each parking ticket costs a student and UNF has accumulated from ticket fines Photo Editor Melissa Slater T where it’s been parked since at benefits the university on the order of since the beginning of the semester-a Web Editor Meghan Dornbrock least mid-September. It sports the UNF $25 per infraction. number that totaled $133,000 over the logo running up and down its sides, Using the most conservative esti- summer. Graphic Designer Jen Quinn boldly proclaiming its owner to anyone mate possible, at least one student This is just one microcosmic situa- Discourse Editor Chelsey Wacha who passes by on either side of the parks in each space per day.For each of tion indicative of a larger problem. Asst. News Editor Matt Coleman four parking spaces it occupies. the four spaces the bus occupies daily, Students’ interests are underrepresent- Asst. Features Editor Jeanie Correa Also in Lot 14 are many students’ four students with valid, paid parking ed and underappreciated across the cars. So many cars, in fact, that it’s a permits are ultimately forced to find board when it comes to parking issues- Asst. Sports Editor Natalie Nguyen rare occurrence during the high-traffic alternative parking on the grass and that’s why nothing is changing. What is Production Assistant Sarah Houston time of any given school day when sidewalks around Lot 14, most com- the university doing to remedy the situ- Distributor Matt Coleman there are enough parking spaces to pro- monly.These four students will then ation? Well, Sept. 29 they appointed a vide for all the students that need to each get ticketed at $25 apiece, totaling staff member to the traditionally stu- Printer Florida Sun Printing park there. $100 the university will collect per day. dent-held position of vice chair of the O O O What almost universally happens is The longer this construct is parking council. So, expect even less that several cars are forced to park on stretched out-and it has been since at representation in the future. the grass and sidewalk around the lot. least Sept. 19, the earliest date it was At a university that prides itself on Robinson Student Center, room 2627 4567 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S. Then an industrious Parking Services certifiably observed-the more money making students the “first priority,” Jacksonville, FL 32224 employee makes her rounds and leaves UNF makes, just by having its bus sit there are a suspicious number of indi- lots of little yellow tickets on students’ in the lot in disuse.