Bloody Blarney Your Gaelic guide Page 13 Lucked Out Women’s basketball team gets robbed of A-Sun Tournament title Page 19 Three-leaf Clovers SG Executive candidates duke it out debate-style Page 4 University of North Florida Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Page 2 hodGEpodGE Wednesday, March 10, 2010 graphic of the week Chad Smith | S pinnaker Last week by the numbers Q of the w: What drunken tattoo would you unashamedly receive this Spring Break? Each week during the school year the Spinnaker staff reports what’s going on around campus, the city, the state and the nation: the good, the bad and the ugly. In this little space, we want to summa- “I would be ashamed of any tattoo, I don’t want one.” rize what the average Osprey should know about the past week. - Justin Sacharoff, Journalism, Junior dollars the proposed budget is going to cut from the Annual 4,723 Tailgate Classic “I’d get a dragon on either my back or my chest.” estimated attendance of stu- dents who attended the first - thomas phengchanh, information Systems, Sophomore 100 student media led debate UNF Students traveled to Rally “If I get a tattoo, [I’d get one] of the name of the country 50 in Tally I went to.” - Diannah williams, elementary education, freshman number of blocks Shennette Sheffield got in the A-Sun tour- 6 nament semifinal “The name of somebody I can’t remember.” book released in Professor 2nd Michael Wiley’s mystery series - eileen Vranesh, civil engineering, post-Baccalaureate “A Celtic knot.” Front Page: Spinnaker Graphics Team - alex Quintero, english, graduate page 2, hodgepodge pages 9-10, Discourse page 3, police Beat pages 13-18, expressions pages 4-8, News pages 19-23, Sports Index Wednesday, March 10, 2010 polIcE beat Page 3 1 March 2 – information (Building 50) – Student MArch 2 - MArch 6 James John Sorce became frustrated during an exam and began asking the teacher multiple questions about it. When the professor said he could not answer his questions, the student purposefully broke his ink pen in half and stormed out of the room. 2 March 2 – information (Garage 44) – Two drivers wanted the same space in the parking garage by the Fine Arts Center, and therefore, engaged in what the police report called a “standoff” for the space. The driver who lost the standoff retreated from the cases invovling space, and the victorious driver and passenger began drugs since Aug. walking toward the exit. The driver who did not get 28 21, 2009 the space then reportedly drove toward the driver as if to hit him and then stopped short of doing so. The officer left a note on the car for the driver to call, and when she did, she denied swerving her car toward cases of burglary the couple. since Aug. 21, 2009 36 3 March 3 – Simple Battery (Building A) – UPD was dispatched to Osprey Village in reference to a student, Darryl Lindell Whitty, with a warrant out for his arrest. When they entered his apartment, he said he didn’t have any identification, and when they attempted to arrest him, he resisted. This led to a struggle, which included many officers as the suspect attempted to exit through the front door. At one point, he tripped and lost one of his red tennis shoes before he escaped the officers, fleeing from the building. One officer received bruises to her wrists and hands. UPD never 1 In this badge, the Spinnaker caught the student. keeps a running total of certain crimes around UNF during the 4 March 5 – information (Osprey Crossings) – UPD re- 2009-2010 school year. sponded to the Osprey Crossings because of a possible suicide threat. When UPD questioned the student, he said he’d argued with his girlfriend about how much time she spends with her sorority. He’d said during previous arguments that he might hurt himself, but while talking to the officer, he said he didn’t have any real desire to do so. UPD let the counseling center know about the incident. 5 March 5 – dUi (Kernan Boulevard near Osprey Ridge Road) – Someone was driving with two flat tires and smoke was coming from underneath the hood of 2 the car. The officer realized the driver was drunk when he pulled him over, because the driver’s eyes were red, his speech was slurred and his breath smelled of alco- hol. When the officer asked him to take sobriety tests, the driver told him to just take him to jail. The officer 3 checked to see if there were any reported accidents, but his attempts were unsuccessful. 6 March 6 – drug investigation and paraphernalia (Building R) – An officer referred four students to Stu- dent Conduct and arrested one in the Osprey Cross- 7 ings after a drug investigation revealed a glass pipe with marijuana residue, a small amount of marijuana and four Vyvanse pills, for which the student did not have a prescription. The officer also gave one person unaffiliated with UNF a trespassing warning. UPD investigated their room after a Resident Assistant contacted them because of the marijuana smoke smell coming from their room. BEAT of the Week 7 March 4 – damaged property (Building Y) – UPD responded to the Osprey Landing, where a room was filled with smoke. When UPD asked a student what happened, he exclaimed that the microwave “blew up.” Someone was asleep in the smoke-filled room, 6 4 and no matter how hard the officers tried, they could not wake her. Therefore, they carried her from the room. The officers returned to the room to find two smoldering pillows. They took the pillows outside, where they burst into flames. A student was able to 5 assuage the flames with a bucket of water from his truck. Both students — the one who exclaimed about the microwave and the one who awoke upon being carried out — admitted to having been drinking. Compiled by rebecca mckinnon. Source: Upd police reports. UnF Campus map: Facilities planning and Construction Office. Page 4 NEWS Wednesday, March 10, 2010 SG president, vice Publishing company offers online textbooks for free president hopefuls weigh-in on key issues By joSh GorE senior investigative rePorter About 100 students packed into the Boathouse March 9 to listen to the stu- dent body presidential and vice presi- dential debate with candidates from the Red Party, Yellow Party and United Ospreys Party at the first Center for Student Media debate. Despite the large turnout, the crowd was mostly party-line driven. And whether the candidates gained or lost anything from the debate is still too ear- ly to tell. Student Government Chief of Staff and Red Party Presidential candidate Tom Blanchard thinks despite the dearth of undecided voters, his party’s ticket improved its chances in the March 30 to March 31 election. “I think we gained momentum,” he said. Blanchard said more surveying was key to really understanding the stu- dent body. “We are going to do student sur- ph O veys consistently every month,” t O ill Blanchard said. US But current student body vice presi- trati dent and United Ospreys presidential O candidate Mike Saathoff doesn’t agree. n: e “We can sit down, and we can take rik tanner | S rik tanner polls all day long,” Saathoff said. “A poll won’t do anything. I’ve seen polls, we cant keep throwing donuts at people to pinnaker expect great results.” One of Saathoff’s initiatives is to implement navigational systems to im- prove the shuttle service. Genivieve Steiner clicks away on her computer while her burning textbooks light the way to her internship. Saathoff said SG needs to be- come more transparent and needs Student is working toward bringing of the semester, Steiner has spoken to 25 to 30 he is not quite convinced Flat World is ready to to be better when it comes to public professors, which often leads to multiple follow- serve UNF fully. Flat World Knowledge does not records requests. the sentiment to UNF classrooms up appointments. cover the courses he teaches. Looking at credentials, Saathoff “They usually love it,” Steiner said. “They “Often times, teachers make their decisions said he is the most qualified for the always want to schedule more, know more.” based on textbook quality,” Michaelman said. job because of his experience in SG. By Emily hartford Steiner introduced Flat World Knowledge “While I think it’s important to keep down the Saathoff has ran with the Red Party staff Writer to accounting professor Jeff Michaelman price of books [for] student[s], you’ve also got for three years but left the party this make sure you’re getting the right materials.” election cycle. This semester, Genivieve Steiner, a UNF Through her internship, Steiner is work- “The whole reason why I’m not marketing management junior, spent $684 ing to meet these needs and to add UNF to Flat running with the Red Party is simply on textbooks. “i know so many World Knowledge’s schools. because I’m tired of seeing backdoor The high cost put off Steiner, like most other “I know so many students that struggle politics,” Saathoff said. “I’m tired of college students, she said. students that struggle to afford textbooks and so many professors text messages being sent and breaking She found a free alternative while searching are aggravated with the textbook industry of Sunshine Law and the list can go on, for an internship this summer. to afford textbooks in general,” Steiner said. “It’s just a really and on.” “When I saw the internship on CareerWings, good solution.” Yellow Party presidential candidate I almost rejected it,” Steiner said.