Unf Student Formally Complains to Upd for Racial Profiling
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012 ORTH FLORIDA UNF STUDENT FORMALLY COMPLAINS TO UPD FOR RACIAL PROFILING AND BRUTALITY PAGE 7 SURFER BLOOD STOPS AT UNF BEFORE HEADING TO JIMMY FALLON PAGE 12 INSIDE 2 Wednesday, January 11, 2012 SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM news 7 expressions 12 sports 17 //SwiM to reaCH the end 12 Surfer Blood and Gospel Music chat with the Spinnaker before their Jan. 8 show at the Student Union. 17 // GAME, set, MatCH $$ Men’s tennis looks to build upon last season’s regular season championship and avenge a disappointing postseason 6 13 performance. // brothers tell their side // The ‘90S Were WhaCK // Frisbees are A flyin’ A UNF student and his brother If you’re reading this, you were 17 Ultimate frisbee looks to alter are pursuing legal action after alive during the ‘90s. Celebrate outsider’s perspective as they their brother was Tased by UPD. those youthful years with a enter a highly competitive league. They contrast their account of the flashback to the times of Tommy incident with the UPD report. Pickles and Courtney Love. The Republicans are coming! If you havent heard the CNN GOP debate will be in UNF’s own Lazzar Theater Jan. 26. Check back with the Spinnaker and OTV in the coming weeks and visit www.unfspinnaker.com for complete debate coverage. WEB EXClusiVE IN eaCH issue CoVer NEED MORE VISUALS WIth YOUR 02 INDEX 07 NEWS SEAN MURPHY NEWS? CHECK OUT OSPREY TV'S 03 HODGEPODGE 12 EXPRESSIONS indeX Photos NEWSCAST AT UNFSPINNAKER.COM 04 OPINIONS 17 SPORTS SEAN MURPHY, ANDREW NOBLE, JOEY TARAVELLA, GRECIA VALENZUELA HODGEPODGE SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3 Jan. 8 Alcohol and Drug Paraphernalia Possession (Osprey Landing) – A resident assistant smelled marijuana in her bathroom but was unsure where the odor came from. Two officers searched the vicinity for the source. A student walked out of a dorm room right below the RA’s, and the officers smelled marijuana coming from this room. The of- ficers stopped the student and asked about the odor. The student said the dorm belonged to his brother. The officers then questioned the brother about the marijuana odor. He said the search was unfair, and he was being harassed. The POLICE RA and resident life coordinator entered the room to conduct a health and safety inspection. The officer also entered the room and observed two more students sitting in the common area of the room. The students refused to answer the officer regarding the marijuana odor. The officer found a 12-pack of beer on the floor. The room resident, the brother, claimed ownership of the beer. The officer also found a pipe with marijuana residue in an opened desk drawer. The resi- dent refused to give consent to search. The resident was given a Notice to Appear for possession of drug paraphernalia BEAT and possession of alcohol by a minor. During the incident, the brother who first exited the room shouted “pigs” at the officer as he exited the area. The four students were referred to Student Conduct. Check out more Police Beats online at unfspinnaker.com Jan. 5 Sick Person (University Center) – Jan. 5 - Marijuana Possession and Use – A UNF Housing employee was clean- additional information. The wallet con- A UPD sergeant assisted Jacksonville Fire (Osprey Fountains) – A resident assistant ing the hand railing on the second floor tained a bank issued Visa credit/debit and Rescue Department Engine Unit 50 in said he smelled marijuana odor emanat- of Building Y when he found a razor card, a Florida-issued driver’s license, a responding to a person needing rescue. ing from a dorm room during an inspec- blade taped to the railing. The blade was UNF Osprey 1Card and between $30 to The person was waiting with a group of tion of the room’s common area. The of- barely visible and positioned upward. He $40 cash. The case is not cleared, and a Osher Lifelong Learning Institute mem- ficer also smelled the burning marijuana searched the other railings and found an- patrol will follow up. bers who were going to attend a class and was given consent to search the other blade on the third floor. The blades and began to feel dizzy. Rescue 50 trans- room. The officer found a mug contain- were found near two dorm rooms, but Jan. 7 Chain Guard and Parking Permit ported the person to the Mayo Clinic for ing marijuana and two packets of roll- the officer could not contact anyone at Theft (Fine Arts Center Parking Garage) – evaluation. ing paper with marijuana residue. The either room. The officer did not find any The victim parked his motorcycle on the student was read his rights and then other blades at nearby buildings. first floor of Garage 44 Dec. 1. His parking claimed possession of the items. The stu- permit was attached to the chain guard Jan. 5 Sick Person (University Center) – dent was issued a Notice to Appear for Jan. 6 Wallet Theft (Boathouse Grille) of his motorcycle. He returned Jan. 7 and A UPD sergeant assisted Jacksonville Fire possession of less than 20 grams of mari- – The victim left her wallet in the back discovered his chain guard and parking and Rescue Department Engine Unit 50 juana and possession of drug parapher- room area of the Boathouse at 7 p.m. She permit were missing. The chain guard in responding to a UNF employee need- nalia. The items were seized and taken to returned two hours later to retrieve her was unbolted from both ends. Patrol ef- ing rescue. The employee was experienc- the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Property wallet, but it was missing. She said she forts have been suspended. ing chest pains. Rescue 50 transported Room. The student was referred to stu- searched the surrounding area but was the ailing individual to Baptist Hospital dent Conduct. unable to locate her wallet. The officer for further observation. The UPD officer issued the victim a case information card reporting this incident contacted the em- Jan. 6 Razor Blade Rails (Osprey Landing) and advised her to contact UPD with any ployee’s daughter. Joseph Basco Source: UPD ADVERTISEMENTS DISCOURSE 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2012 SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM 4 discourse SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Editorial Endangered: journalistic ethics after adviser firing “Student media must be free from all forms of external interference designed to regulate its content, including confiscation of its products or broadcasts; suspension of publication or transmission; academic personal or budgetary sanctions; arbitrary removal of staff members or faculty; or threats to the existence of student publications or broadcast outlets.” — College Media Association’s code of ethical behavior. t shouldn’t need to be said that the First the right direction to the best of their abil- IAmendment to the U.S. Constitution is ity, and let go. vital to the fabric of society. But at East The only way a child can learn to walk Carolina University last week, administra- is by falling first. Student journalists must tors made it clear that the freedom of the test the line of appropriate content in order press and the learning process of student to learn where they must stop. We deserve, journalists is not a priority. at least, the right to fail. We have a right to ECU’s marketing/communications di- be wrong. rector informed media adviser Paul Isom That being said, generally, we aren’t Jan. 4 that he had four hours to clean out wrong. The audience of a college newspa- his space and leave campus, a place the 15- per is the students that attend the univer- year media veteran has worked since 2008. sity. Not the president of the university. Not This came two months after The East the mayor of the town. Not even the faculty. Carolinian, ECU’s student-run newspaper, And who knows the students better than published unedited photos of a halftime students? streaker, taken during a football game Nov. Sometimes, like in the case of ECU, ad- 5. The photos were admittedly revealing, ministrators, often of an elevated age, fear including one showing a distant frontal that some elements of nudity or photos of a shot of the runner’s genitals, and ran on sexual nature will offend too many people, the front page of the Nov. 8 issue. Check out putting the university in a bad light. Aunt the story and photos here: http://theeast- Janie may be offended, but lucky for us, she carolinian.com/?p=2034. doesn’t attend school. Despite the administration’s claims that Times have changed. Surely administra- the reason for the adviser’s dismissal was tors and others can acknowledge that when “personnel related,” Isom feels the photos they were in school, they thought a bit dif- were “pretty likely” the root cause of his ferently than their elders. Oh, how easily dismissal, based on weeks of odd behavior they forget. by the Vice Chancellor and his direct su- Editor of The East Carolinian Caitlin pervisor, but he was still caught off guard. Hale told Poynter that she ran the photos “I didn’t know change was coming. They “because we felt that our audience, which just showed up in my office and said ‘We’re is primarily the ECU student body, should going in a different direction,’” Isom said. have access to unedited and factual photos The university released a statement of the streaking incident.” Jan. 10, meant to quell the scores of dis- Editors of college newspapers have re- senters, from the Student Press Law Center sponsibilities.