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By the numbersEach 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-rize what the average Osprey should know about the past week.

Q of the w: How do you feel about the health care bill that was passed last week?

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UNF students spotted sport-ing the new “pantless fashion” trend on campus this semester

miles per hour that UNF SAE club’s formalized series race car can go

calories in Beer o’ the Month’s Smirnoff Ice Strawberry Acai

years — how long the Akoo Network would have control of programming in the Student Union Food Court

“The concept of it is good ... I think that affordable health care is something that is necessary.”

“I think if you can’t afford it, then you deserve to at least

be treated.”

“I think that it’s unfair that we are giving free health care to people who buy drugs and taking it from Medicare.”

“It’s good for me because I’m about to be off my parents’ insurance.”

“I don’t like that it was passed. I feel it went against the will of the American people.”

- Carrie kandt, psychology, Senior

- Achi Abuh, finance, Senior

- holly hartman, elementary education, Senior

- Austin Bungert, International Business, Junior

- Liz Stinger, philosophy, Senior

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Using back lighting to silhouette his subjects and contrasting the dark figures with the bright, colorful sunrise at the Jacksonville Beach Pier, Anthony Rosales, a UNF medical engineering major, uses contrast and line to compose an interesting photograph.

March 19 – Criminal Mischief (Building 10) – UPD was dispatched to Building 10 in response to a broken window pane. The complainant, Louanne Hawkins, said she was passing by the department of philoso-phy office when she noticed a crack in one of the windows. Another witness said he also noticed the crack in the window. The window pane and surround-ing areas were processed for latent fingerprints with negative results.

March 21 – information (Building 55) – UPD was dis-patched to Osprey Fountains in reference to a woman exhibiting shortness of breath. 911 was contacted and rescue vehicles came to the scene. The woman said she was having trouble breathing, and she was feeling weak. The woman was transported to Mayo Clinic for further treatment.

March 22 – Burglary (Garage 38) – UPD was dispatched to Garage 38 in response to a vehicle burglary. The victim parked his car in the garage and came back to find his parking permit stolen. The car was not locked. The victim has no idea who the sus-pect is.

March 22 – information (Building 39) – UPD was dispatched to Building 39 in response to an injured person. Victoria Gipson and friend Hal Grey were walking together on the pathway between Buildings 4 and 39. Gipson was looking at paperwork and stepped into the mulch on the side of the pathway. Her foot twisted, and she fell to the ground. She was not able to stand up without assistance. She was transported to Mayo Clinic.

March 25 – information (UNF Arena) – UPD re-sponded to an injury report at the UNF Arena. Student Kyle Schuck was injured while playing racquetball. Schuck was not wearing eye protection and was hit in the left eye by a returning ball. Fire/Rescue responded to the scene. Schuck was transported to Mayo Clinic for treatment.

March 28 - Unlawful use of electricity from a tampered meter - The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to UNF in response to the tampering of a meter. The suspect was arrested and brought into custody.

Editor’s Note: The records clerk, Adonna Gattis, sent the following e-mail during production March 30: “There has been a problem with the JSO server that we print our reports from for the past two days. We are unable to print from the server. The amount [of] police reports available was dwindling this week.”

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By Max Jaegerassistant neWs editor

The Florida Senate has cleared a bill which would reduce the payout from the Florida Bright Futures scholarship and require more from students initially seek-ing the scholarship. With state lot-tery revenue sagging, legislators are looking for ways to preserve Bright Futures without bankrupt-ing it. Bright Futures currently has an appropriation of $418.9 million — over three times the amount appropriated for Florida’s need-based aid program, the Florida Student Assistance Grant. Bill 1344, which the Senate

must rectify with the House of Representatives before voting, calls for cuts to the scholarship’s overall payout and the window of opportunity in which to use it. Bright Futures currently pays 110 percent of the num-ber of credits necessary for a degree, but under the senate’s bill the scholarship would pay 100 percent, said UNF Vice President Governmental Affairs Janet Owen. The proposed bill would also reduce the time students can uti-lize the scholarship from seven years to four, Owen said. Similarly, students would not be able to restore the scholarship if they lose it for academic rea-sons, though there is a hardship clause for students under extenu-ating circumstances. The bill also proposes stricter eligibility requirements. SAT scores required for the

Academic Scholar award, which grants 100 percent of tuition, would rise 20 points from 1,270 to 1,290 under the bill. Medallion Scholars will need a score of 1,050 — up from 970. In an effort to alleviate strain on current high school students seeking the award, the stricter eligibility requirements will be implemented in yearly phases, ending in 2014, Owen said. The program, in both its House and Senate iterations, will remain a flat-rate, meaning that it does not cover tuition differen-tial increases mandated by indi-vidual universities. The Senate’s bill would also require students who seek the Bright Futures scholarship to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as FAFSA, application. “Bright Futures is not a right, it’s a privilege,” said Student

Body President John Barnes. “[Students have] been able to get a full ride, or at least 75 percent, for having a 3.0 and a way-below-average SAT score. We’re mak-ing them [high school students] more accountable, and I think it’s great.” The proposed changes do offer leeway in one area. Students who gain acceleration credit through programs like Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or dual enrollment may use leftover Bright Futures credits for up to 15 hours of graduate courses. Savings for the state According to a bill analysis document compiled by the Senate, changing test score eligibility requirements alone would save the state $8 million in the 2012-2013 school year and $100 million by 2018. The state would reclaim $4

million every semester students are not allowed to restore Bright Futures once lost. Reducing coverage from 110 percent of necessary credit hours to 100 percent would save Florida $9 million annually, and limiting the award to four years reduces the program’s cost by a projected $27 million by 2016. The proposed cuts are an effort to preserve Bright Futures for the most possible students while preventing it from bankrupting itself, Owens said. “Be grateful for the money we have, and thank God they haven’t gotten rid of it yet,” Barnes said. Florida legislators will finalize and vote on the bill before their session ends April 30.

By Max Jaegerassistant neWs editor

The second and final scheduled debate between presidential candidates from the Red, United Ospreys, and Yellow parties — listed in alphabetical order — was held March 25 in the UNF ballroom with about 75 people in attendance, most of whom were sporting party col-ors of one hue or another. The vice presidential candidates also participated in the debate. Student Government Elections Supervisor Erica Richey moderated the debate with questions both gen-eral and specific, focusing on the qualities each candi-date possesses. United Ospreys presidential candidate and current Student Body Vice President Mike Saathoff said he wants to unite students and end apathy. “We’ve got something for the athletes, the Greeks, I mean the list can go on,” Saathoff said. He also stressed his role as a liaison, saying that he would stand in the gap between students and administration. Communication was the most important ideal for Yellow Party presidential candidate Sitou Byll-Cataria. He said he would like to meet with students on campus and outside of SG offices in order to foster more communication. The Red Team, as presidential candidate Tom Blanchard requested they be called, focused on its ex-perience in SG. Blanchard was a senator before spend-ing two years as Student Body President John Barnes’ chief of staff. The candidates also had the chance to address real problems and propose solutions they would implement if voted into office. The Yellow Party would focus on improving advis-ing, creating a student job database and implementing a program called “Your Genius,” said vice presidential candidate Giovannie Medina. “Your Genius” would create resume-building proj-ects that would improve the campus and allow stu-dents in the school’s five colleges to work together for a

common goal, he said. The Red Team wants to help clubs understand the special requests and travel fund processes, Blanchard said. But United Ospreys vice presidential candi-date Brandon Alanis said that clubs are aware of the process. The treasurer and B&A chair were not making sure paperwork went through properly, Alanis said. Clubs still don’t know all the avenues with which they can seek funding, said Red Team vice presi-dential candidate Laura McGregor. She said, for in-stance, the Senate was justified in not funding LGBT’s T-shirt request. “One reason why Senate didn’t fund it, I feel, is be-cause [LGBT] had other resources to get the funding,” McGregor said. McGregor later apologized to LGBT student assis-tant Chris Fulcher during a town hall portion of the debate in which he described the Senate’s composure during his appeal as “feet on the table, unprofessional and ignorant gestures.” “We wanna make sure there’s always people avail-able to meet with club presidents if they have questions about budgeting,” Blanchard said. Student and Swoop Squad leader Sebastian Marentes asked both the Red and Blue parties how they would ad-dress the preponderance of Greeks in appointed posi-tions within SG. There is an application and interview process and the Red Team will continue to pick the people they feel best fit the position, McGregor said. “If they happen to be a [Kappa Delta] or a [Sigma Alpha Epsilon], then they happen to be a KD or an SAE,” McGregor said. “I can speak for Kappa Delta in saying that we are very ambitious.” Discrimination on any level is wrong and, though there is a large Greek presence in SG, that should not change the fact that United Ospreys is there to serve ev-eryone, Saathoff said. “It’s not about the majority, it’s about the whole to-tality,” Saathoff said. “Unity is derived off of a totality or a whole as combining all its parts into one, and that is what we stand for.” Voting will take place March 30 and March 31. On March 31, voting will also take place between Building 14 and the Robinson Theatre, Richey said.

Election season heats up in second debate

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e-mail Max Jaeger at asst.news@unfspinnaker.com.

Presidential candidates debate, students pose more questions

Florida Senate Bill to cut Bright Futures across the boardLegislation hopes to save Bright Futures from burning out

By Josh goresr. investigative rePorter

Despite argument from the UNF Psychology Department, the UNF Faculty Association voted Feb. 4 to terminate the Master of Arts and Counseling Psychology program, one of only two master’s degree programs the department offers. This recommendation then went to the desks of UNF President John Delaney and Provost Mark Workman, who both agreed with the recommen-dation and signed it onto the next level, the Board of Trustees Educational Policy Committee —the next meeting is March 25. From there, the entire board will vote on the decision and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees later this semester. When the discussions began at the faculty association meet-ing, it was not a unanimous deci-sion. The faculty voted 35-27 in fa-vor of terminating the program that has been in a state of sus-pension for the last few months. Dr. Michael Toglia, chair of the psychology department, pro-vided the association with a one-page reasoning of its case to con-tinue the program. “I don’t know how many of them actually read it,” he said, referring to the outcome of the vote. Frank Denner, associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, voted to terminate the program.

Denner said 95 percent of the students who graduated from the terminated program pursued medical licensure, therefore, it was worthy of termination, as the Brooks College of Health offers a similar program — the Master in Health and Clinical Psychology. The psychology program is also not accredited, while the similar health program is ac-credited through the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. But David Ybarra, director of the terminated program, said he believes Denner’s reasoning is false, as the number of alumni pursuing licensure is closer to 65 percent. The programs are “sizeably different” in comprehensiveness and scope. “There are needs in the com-munity that will not be met by the graduates of [the remaining program’s] model,” Ybarra said. “Sometimes folks fail to see the forest for the trees.” He said community employers will probably begin hiring stu-dents from other psychology de-partments like the University of Central Florida or the University of South Florida. Forty students, a mix of first- and second-year students, are currently enrolled in the pro-gram, and university policy will allow them to graduate before the degree is no more.

Delaney cancels psychology master’s program

e-mail Josh Gore at staff1@unfspinnaker.com.

e-mail Max Jaeger at asst.news@unfspinnaker.com.

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By Josh FredricksonManaging editor

The spring 2010 general election kicked into high gear Tuesday, March 30 as polling locations opened and Student Government hopefuls pounded the pave-ment in a penultimate attempt to woo un-decided student voters. All three presidential candidates and their backers solicited support from students roaming through campus, handing out cam-paign literature and a myriad of other free-bees, such as T-shirts, buttons and food.

Voter turnout Students queued at polling locations in the Student Union Osprey Plaza and in front of the Library Tuesday, with lines ranging from about a dozen to about 50 students deep. “Since the polls opened, there’s pretty much been a line,” SG Elections Supervisor Erica Richey said. “Sometimes it’s been bus-ier than others but there’s never been a time when people aren’t voting.” Richey said there haven’t been any com-plaints about voting problems, and she is op-timistic about student turnout but won’t have hard numbers until Tuesday’s ballots are counted. United Ospreys Party presidential candi-date Mike Saathoff said the student turnout was encouraging. “I’m extremely excited [with voter turnout] — we have a line right now for people voting,” Saathoff said. “Nobody on campus has voted in so long that I think as long as we see a line, that it’s good.” Fall 2009 elections were canceled due to an insufficient number of candidate applicants. Then-Red Team presidential candidate John Barnes and vice presidential candidate

Mike Saathoff also ran unopposed in the Fall 2008 general elections. However, Blue Party senatorial candidates were on the ballot against Red Team senatorial candidates. Saathoff said the United Ospreys would work to engage first-time voters, but he also said he was “at peace” now that voting has commenced. “I think that we’ve done all that we can up to now and we’re just going to let it play out,” Saathoff said. Red Team presidential candidate Tom Blanchard said he feels good about his party’s chances in the election. “We’ve got a strong team helping us out and we’ve raised the most money,” Blanchard said. Richey said she could not verify Blanchard’s claim and won’t know fundrais-ing figures until April 2. Student Body President John Barnes was actively campaigning for Blanchard to be his successor and said he will do whatever it takes to help the Red Team. “I have no shame,” Barnes said. “I will get on my knees and beg if it means you will vote for Red.” Yellow Party presidential candidate Sitou Byll-Cataria said regardless of the election’s outcome, he is pleased with his party’s efforts and in one way, he’s already won. “Since day one, I knew I would win,” Byll-Cataria said. “Now, there are two types of winning: winning the election and winning in the sense of working the hardest for the students’ votes. So in one sense, at least, we’ve already won.”

Clean elections? While no official election code violations have been filed at this point, accusations

emerged on Tuesday that the Red Team is spreading misinformation about its oppo-nents’ platforms. Byll-Cataria pointed to reports from sev-eral students that Red Team supporters have been telling students his party intends to pro-hibit skateboarding on campus. Byll-Cataria claims his party intends to do no such thing. “I don’t understand why you would focus on others instead of yourselves,” Byll-Cataria said. “Focus on your

own platform.” Saathoff echoed these allegations, claiming to have witnessed a Red Team ad-vocate telling a student to vote Red or risk losing skating rights on campus. He also said he has no intention of supporting a skate-free campus. “This election hasn’t been as dirty as I was prepared for,” Saathoff said. “And it’s not muddy yet, but it’s been murky.” Red Team campaign man-ager Abhishek “OB” Bera denied the allegations. He said Red Team supporters may have told students the university is contemplat-ing a skate prohibition, but there has been no mention of other parties supporting such a measure. “We hold our team to the highest stan-dard,” Bera said. “We would never falsely accuse another party of anything, that’s not what we’re about.” Blanchard said he wasn’t aware of any misconduct on the part of the Red Team and the reports he’s heard of any infractions on the part of any party have been insignificant in nature.

Voting continues Elections will continue through March 31 for student body president, vice president, 20 at-large Senate seats and six college-specific Senate seats. Students can vote at polling locations in the Student Union Osprey Plaza, in front of the Library and on the south side of campus between Building 14 and the Fine Arts Center. Voting begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 7 p.m. March 31. Students wishing to cast their ballots shouldn’t wait until the last moment as they will be unable to vote after 7 p.m. due to the configuration of the computers used to tally the votes. “It’s kind of like a Blackboard quiz,” Richey said. “It shuts down at 7 [p.m.] and will not record anymore votes.” The results of the election will be an-nounced Thursday, April 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the SG Senate Chambers. The announcement is open to the public.

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A five-year contract is in the works to bring network-controlled TV units and speakers to the Student Union Food Court, which would bump Osprey TV and Osprey Radio programming from another spot on campus. This would be possible through the Akoo Network, which is designed to play continuous music videos for students in the food court. Viewers can text their music video requests to see them on Akoo’s mul-tiple flat screen high definition TVs. Next to each flat screen TV is a second TV that would continuously display product adver-tisements, which companies like Coca-Cola and McDonalds would sponsor. Universities that adopt Akoo wouldn’t be permitted to advertise rival products such as Pepsi, said Director of the Student Union Justin Camputaro. The continuous advertisements make it possible for Akoo to offer potential venues like UNF multiple TVs, sound equipment and installation for free. The company boasts over 64.5 million viewers per month in the U.S, with an expanding number of TVs being placed on college campuses. Some Florida universities, such as the University of Central Florida, have al-ready adopted Akoo in one or more of their

cafeterias, Camputaro said. Because UNF is still in the negotia-tion phase with Akoo, the exact number and location of Akoo units that are to be placed in the food court is unknown. A closed meeting held by Student Union of-ficials and Akoo representatives Feb. 12 be-gan the series of contractual negotiations that will take place over the next three to four months before finalizing the amount of Akoo units that will be placed in the Student Union, Camputaro said. After the five-year contract is finalized, the high definition TVs and sound equip-ment will be installed within three to four days, Camputaro said. Talks of bringing the Akoo Network be-gan in fall 2009 after the company arranged a demonstration for the Student Union Advisory Board. While most embraced the idea of having the TVs in the cafeteria for free, some expressed concern over the po-tential exclusivity of space. Akoo would have exclusive rights to the noise in the room, which means Osprey TV and Osprey Radio wouldn’t be heard, said Center for Student Media Adviser John Timpe. In the contractual agreement, the Akoo TVs are equipped with microphones, which are implanted in the ceiling near their placement. As the noise in the room in-creases, the volume of the music television

network increases, Camputaro said. Any Osprey TV or Osprey Radio pro-gramming being picked up by Akoo’s mi-crophones would trigger the automated network to increase in volume, drowning out any student programming, Timpe said. With the Osprey Cafe already unable to show Osprey TV’s programming due to its contract with MTVU, the possibility of hav-ing it banned in the Student Union is an-other huge set back, said Katrianna King, director of Osprey TV. Receiving Akoo Network’s program-ming and equipment for free is more at-tainable than providing equipment and copyrights for Osprey TV’s program-ming, said Mike Saathoff, student body vice president. King said by entering into an agree-ment with Akoo, UNF is shutting a door to Osprey TV’s future, because even if OTV doesn’t have the money to produce music video content now, funding could increase in the next few years. Camputaro disagrees. “If Osprey TV wants to do some music video thing, we’re not hindering them,” he said. “They may not be able to play them in the food court because of this contract, but it is only for five years, so I don’t think it’s hindering them in the long run.” Although Akoo would control the pro-gramming in the food court, it would not

have control over the outside patio section of the food court. In fact, Akoo is providing free speakers that will allow Osprey Radio’s program-ming to be played in this outside area, a part of the contract that is still under nego-tiation, Camputaro said. “Our music being played on the pa-tio will help us get more exposure,” said Nadine Robertson, station manager for Osprey Radio. “Without Akoo providing the speakers, the cost of wiring was some-thing Student Government couldn’t fund.” Osprey Radio currently offers its DJ ser-vices to events hosted outside the Student Union, but if the Akoo Network comes to UNF, its speakers would replace the need for these services, Robertson said. Now able to stream music through TVs, Osprey Radio is able to provide a similar service to Akoo’s, however, without enough funding, Osprey Radio can’t afford to be heard in the Student Union, she said. Since the agreement is still in the nego-tiation phase, the Spinnaker does not yet have a confirmation on the number and lo-cation of Akoo TVs to be placed in the food court, which makes it difficult to measure more specifically Akoo’s potential effects on Osprey Radio and Osprey TV.

Possible music video television stations might hurt Osprey Radio, Osprey TV

e-mail Jessica DuBois-Maahs at staff3@unfspinnaker.com.

Moon dunks swim team, pours funding into ‘better’ sports

et’s say the becoming culture down-town drew ywou to UNF’s Canada Goose-laden breezeways.

Then, on your way to First Wednesday Art Walk, you find nothing but closed pub after empty library. This is what it feels like to be an athlete on the swimming and diving team right now. UNF Athletic Director Lee Moon told the women’s swimming and diving team he’d axed its program, forever. Now the swimmers are left without floaties, legitimately, as they can either switch universities or stay here and not swim and dive. But what sense does that make? These athletes sought after UNF to participate in its swimming program, and now that program’s nonexistent. Moon said budget concerns allowed him to make the decision about cutting the program. Swim teams are expensive.

But how about cutting programs which actually had poor-performing seasons, season after season? Instead, UNF Athletics plans to shift its money around to finance assistant coaches on prominent teams in order to reach Division I standards. The Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association named former UNF head coach Beth Harrell as the coach of the year for 2010. Diving coach Melisa Hyams also won coach of the year. Obviously, they were exceeding some standard. The athletes kept breaking records at meets and improving their times and scores. And for some reason, those weren’t good enough staples to keep the program alive on campus. Maybe Moon was joining a popu-lar trend. Last year, the University of Washington cut both men’s and women’s swimming and diving and earlier this month, Cal State Northridge followed suit.

So why did we feel, in our seemingly progressive athletics department, the need to cut a program? We constantly cheerlead and congratu-late the athletics program for becoming Division I and modeling itself after needs of the fans and the teams, but maybe we’re losing sight of the fact that we could improve instead of incise. The Aquatic Center doesn’t reach Moon’s standards for Division I, so improve it. It is already Olympic-sized, hosts meets for different USA and Florida Swimming-certified events and complete-ly shuts down during practice time for team-only use. Peculiarly, Moon sought it fit to dimin-ish a women’s team as opposed to a men’s. The team had 25 athletes, who now find themselves in limbo between transfer-ring to other schools and other programs. Twenty-five athletes, as opposed to other programs such as the tennis teams who

have handfuls. And what about the cross country and track and field teams, sports in which both men’s and women’s share the same coach? Not that any successful program, small or not, should receive a cut. Pre-established teams, especially one Harrell had built-up, have traditions and legacy. It’s great the former athletes get to keep their scholarships, and it’s ace initia-tive for a club team is in its constitution-writing stages, but there can never be a spirit of UNF swimming the athletes and swim team alumni can share. So to the recruits who had their eyes on UNF’s proximity to the beaches, they might as well pretend Poseidon sum-moned all of the water elsewhere, along with the perpetually disqualified women’s swimming and diving team.

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ivil liberties have long taken a back seat to other “pressing issues.” And while we

are well aware the current public and govern-ment sentiment is to focus on jobs, the war and health care, when will we get around to other issues? When will it be a good time to redress the injustices of not allowing gay marriage, not respecting private property rights, kicking meaningful immigration reform down the road, or simply upholding and reaffirming traditional liberties Americans used to have or should have had all along? One of the most egregious and dangerous issues America faces in the 21st century is the War on Drugs. It’s high time we addressed this issue in earnest with a candid national conversation. It’s time to face the fact that countless Americans and Mexicans die every year as a result of the misguided policies used to fight the War on Drugs. People like Jonathan Ayers, a 28-year-old Baptist pastor from Lavonia, Ga., who was gunned down in 2009 after a group of under-cover SWAT team members jumped out of an unmarked SUV wearing masks and brandish-ing firearms because a suspect he had been counseling for years rode in his car earlier that day. Since the cops were not clearly identified as such, it is understandable that anyone seeing multiple people surround his or her vehicle with weapons would try to flee. During Ayers attempt to do so he was shot. He died a few hours later. He is survived by his wife and at the time, his unborn child. His last words to his family at the hospital were that he thought he was being robbed. But it doesn’t stop there. Police later admitted Ayers was never under investigation and the whole incident occurred because the person that rode in his car had allegedly sold $50 of crack to an undercover officer earlier in the day. Not only did the police follow Ayers as he dropped off the individual (which means they knew where the person was, if they wanted to make an arrest), the officers decided to follow

Ayers back to an ATM to conduct a hostile stop. Even better (read: more despicable), the of-ficer who shot him wasn’t even able to legally arrest him, let alone shoot him as he had not undergone firearms training courses that were required before his certification.However extreme this example might be, it is only one of countless. Something that might hit closer to home for UNF students is the January 2009 shooting of Isaac Singletary, an 80-year-old Jacksonville resident, who was shot when he approached from his house with a firearm to scare off what he thought was drug dealers — which had been the case multiple times before — but who were actually undercover Jacksonville Sheriff Officers. Gov. Charlie Crist issued a statement shortly after his death stating it was a result of the “challenges in fighting crime.” Challenges, indeed sir. What about others such as John Adams, a 64-year-old Lebanon, Tenn., man who was shot in 2000 by a SWAT team who had a warrant to a home that didn’t even match his house; Annie Dixon, a 84-year-old resident of Tyler, Texas, who was accidentally shot during a no-knock warrant search while she was bed ridden with pneumonia; Patrick Dorismond, a 26-year-old New York City resident, who was an unarmed security guard who wanted to become a police officer before being shot by an undercover cop that asked him to purchase marijuana; or Curt Ferryman, a 24-year-old Jacksonville resident, who was accidentally shot while unarmed in his car while stopped. I could go into a tirade of anecdotes about the unintended consequences of the War on Drugs and the militarization of the country’s “peace officers.” But probably more effective after the assault of emotional stories would be a list of cold, hard statistics. Since December 2006 when Mexican President Felipe Calderón launched a massive 7,000 troop offensive in the region surrounding narcotics-imbued Juárez City, more than 5,300 people have died as a result of drug traffick-ing and the subsequent military fallout, with

no signs of abating. And that was just around Juárez City. Best estimates by the Wall Street Journal put the total drug related death count at more than 14,000 countrywide in the same time period. Even with America’s assistance to the tune of $1 billion in the past decade to aid the Mexican government with surveillance equip-ment, helicopters, firearms, tanks and payroll subsidies to military and police personnel, the death tolls are skyrocketing.And those are just the problems sitting on the border, we haven’t even begun to delve into the close to $50 billion America spends to fight the War on Drugs domestically or the more than 1.8 million drug arrests each year, of which more than half were simple non-violent misde-meanor marijuana arrests. Without getting into the evils — or lack thereof — of simple non-violent pot arrests ... actually, lets get into that. If half the arrests and cost of said enforce-ment push prices lower and make pot more availabile, not to mention the economic strain it puts disproportionately on the young and minorities, why is this practice still going on? The most economically sensible and mor-ally acceptable way to deal with narcotics is to legalize them and allow the government to tax and regulate their distribution. Everyone has their vices. It’s not the gov-ernment’s job to tell people what they can or can’t put in their bodies. The government’s job is to regulate interstate commerce and insure the civil liberties of every individual. Instead of killing, maiming or incarcerat-ing citizens for committing the proverbial and paramount victimless crime of marijuana use, why not allow society to reap the benefits of in-creased tax revenues which could be spent on public goods like schools, roads, libraries and law enforcement — you know, the very areas currently on the chopping block both locally in Jacksonville and statewide in Tallahassee. Americans need to decide what’s more del-eterious to society: drug use or the collateral damage and inefficient allocation of resources wrought from the prosecution of the War on Drugs.

It’s high time for pot decriminalization legislation

In the March 24 issue of the Spinnaker, MaliVai Washington’s name was misspelled due to editor’s error.

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In the Feb. 16 issue of the Spinnaker, the location of the UNF Pagan Discussion Group’s meetings was incorrect due to editor’s error. The group meets every second and fourth Wednesday in the Student Union West, Room 3605.

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Models aren’t the only things getting thinner this sea-son, pants, too, are evolving into thin air. JNCOs were cool in elementary school, and then the trends went slimmer, to bell-bottoms. The little flare that was left was stitched up with the arrival of skinny jeans, which have appar-ently been replaced with the more flexible leggings. Leggings, originally intended to be worn under dress-es, have gained a more popular role as the new jeans. But before you go ditching the denims for leggings, listen here. Being the fashion aficionados we are here at the Spinnaker, we’re telling you to skip the wardrobe revamp completely and get comfy in the future of fashion bot-toms: pantless perfection. Spring 2010 exclusively focuses on skin. Fashion meteorologists expect the trend to take-off as the weather warms up, with the southern states leading. Stars like Lady Gaga and Pamela Anderson have already been spotted sporting the new sans-pants look. This new style not only scintillates, it doesn’t dish a kick to the wallet. The recession’s had a large hand in catalyzing the popularity of ditching britches — sporting this new look is a great way to look good and spend less. Pantless styles prove versatile. Going pant-free works well for almost any occasion — whether you are headed to work, the beach or the gym, a bare bottom is all-around stylish. They also go great with most shoe styles — except maybe Crocs, nothing goes with Crocs ... not even nothing. Assley Bottomsworth, a public relations junior, said she heavily supports the nude look. “I think pantless fashion is the best thing that’s hap-pened to humans since glitter hair gel,” Bottomsworth said. “I’m so excited about it, I think I’ll wear my new bot-tomless outfit to spinning class tomorrow.” Bottomsworth is not the only one excited about the drawer dropping development. Seymour Skinner, a bi-ology sophomore, looks forward to the spring fashion improvement.

“What is there to dislike?” Skinner said. “It is both economical and hip. Plus, being a bio major, it will make studying the human anatomy more accessible.” Speaking of science, losing the pants is actually health-ier for your body and the environment. Less restriction lends to better blood flow and more absorption of vitamin D. It also decreases the amount of land plowed for cotton crops and saves the ozone by eliminating pollution from shipping emissions. Dr. Juan L’eggs, the leading researcher for eco-fashion, said going bottomless could stop global warming. “If everyone in the world were to stop wearing pants, the future of the world would be far more stable,” L’eggs said. “And everyone could stop arguing about what we should do about global warming, so it would also be a leg up on world peace.” Not everyone feels convinced bare legs are the way to go. Dr. Sunny Burns says pantless fashion could lead to an increase in skin cancer. “We are already having trouble convincing people to cover-up and protect their dermis,” Burns said. “Bottomless trends will only lead to further skin damage, bottom line.” But like most fashion, this snazzy new look might not necessarily be the best idea, but we’ll all probably do it, anyway. So lotion up your legs, put on an enormous floppy hat to provide some shade for those stems and strut on. Because this season centers exclusively on springing out of your pants and into the future, where peaceful pantless people roam, happy, healthy and financially worry-free.

e-mail emily hartford atstaff3@unfspinnaker.com.

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Smirnoff secures yet another way to put masculinity on iceBy Max Jaegerassistant neWs editor

As I approached the counter at my lo-cally owned liquor store (I have abandoned that alphabet-themed behemoth), I felt a chill. “What am I getting myself into?” I asked while shuffling through the contents of my pocket in search of an I.D. I’d heard about this stuff before, but only in D.A.R.E. classes and from bums who looked like they’d seen a bit too much of it in their day. I’m talking, of course, about that most insidious libation, meant for the lushest of the lushes, the stuff you go to when moonshine can only get you to “normal” -- Smirnoff Ice. Though there were a few flavor options including apple, raspberry and the ever-popular stroganoff, but I chose strawberry acai as my poison of chose — because, after all, acai has anti-oxidants and that shit’s just good for yah. Amirite? (Yes.) Anyways, I got home and uncapped my first bottle. With a slight twist it sighed the most unearthly hiss. I felt the room grow colder as I pressed the bottle to my lips for an inaugural sip. Those winos weren’t messing around when they told me to steer clear of the “Russian Ripper.” I felt the hair on my chest grow a full four centimeters as I drank. For the record: Yes, I measured my chest hair afterward and yes, I think the metric system is superior. Anyways. Those strawberries and acais were sure-ly farmed in the bowels of hell with Satan’s

own shit as fertilizer, because let me tell you -- this is the hardest stuff I’ve ever had, and I’ve had Mike’s Hard Lemonade. I chased the vile stuff with 101-proof Wild Turkey and it tasted like water -- no, like Mother’s milk -- after that berry blast of a bitch’s brew passed my lips. The rest is very hazy, and I’m suppress-ing the urge to vomit even thinking of the hellish morning I endured after dancing with the Strawberry Devil. I recommend

that no one, ever, under any circumstances drink any of Smirnoff ’s malted beverages. Just like how “real men love Jesus,” real men don’t drink Smirnoff Ice.

e-mail Max Jaeger atasst.news@unfspinnaker.com.

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Oh, to stumble upon a fresh-as-a-spritz-of-lime romantic drama is something to be cherished. So I see it as my civic duty to tell you that Richard LaGravenese’s “P.S. I Love You” (2007) easily exists as the single most soul-penetrating, witty and cunningly smart film released in the last four years. Period, end of story. Adapted from Irish writer Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 bestselling novel, P.S. I Love You, Holly (Hilary Swank) and Gerry (Gerard Butler) are the perfectly in love, sul-try-sexy couple most young people dream

about obtain-ing by 30. But here’s that spritz of lime thing I talked about, Gerry’s from Ireland, plays the guitar (oh yeah) and wears a leather jacket better than James Dean, and he dies about five minutes in af-ter they bicker about her in-tensifying call to motherhood and the size of their chic, New York apart-

ment. He ends up calling her out on buying expensive shoes, and then he does an Irish striptease with suspenders, they have row-dy make-up sex and then it cuts to a numb-faced Swank donned in black attending Gerry’s wake. It’s four months later, and he’s died of a brain tumor. Anyway, the remaining 121 minutes of the film is Holly going through stages of grief, redefining who she is and basically achieving acceptance. Fortunately for Holly, Gerry thought ahead and arranged a whole year of letters to be delivered to Holly writ-ten by him to guide her to closure. Butler’s presence adds an exotic charm

and realness that deviates from your typical Hollywood “it” boy staples like McConaughey and Grant. And Swank’s ef-feminate air, delicate features, award-win-ning smile and angelic voice serve to em-phasizes Holly’s vulnerability as her world is turned upside down. Lisa Kudrow plays her warm yet insane best as Holly’s go-to gal, and Kathy Bates trumps all of her previous rolls as Holly’s broken and regretful mother. The entire cast fills up a character list that echoes a variety of personalities usually present in someone’s life, and they all work very natu-rally together to make you forget it’s a fic-tional tale. From Holly’s disaster phase of hoarding take-out trash, and -- rather disturbingly -- talking to Gerry’s industrial looking urn on a nightly basis, she endearingly grows some outer skin, resulting in her completion of the final phase — a trip back to Gerry’s hometown and where he stole her heart. Ireland must have gotten her beauty sleep before filming took place because I’ve never seen her shot so beautifully. Through flashbacks, we’re able to witness a barely legal Holly meet scruffy local Gerry along a stone path, already knowing the epic out-come — a love everlasting. For anyone who is in love, has loved, yearns for love or has lost love, grab the tissues with Vicks and press play.

e-mail kim nelsonasst.features@unfspinnaker.com.

Stars’ chemistry triumphs in this nostalgic tale of love, leather and life

Looking on from a rotting paradise, Butler guides Swank in “P.S. I Love You.”

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If you read only one Top Five ever, let it be this one. Here I present you, fine reader, fished out from the ocean of musical mediocrity, an exquisite platter of simply the fin-est Top Five Songs Ever — your desert island picks, if you will (and you really should). Catch you fresh cats at Bourbon Street.

“Sex On Fire” by Kings of Leon Some may say that the first two Kings albums were the only good ones — pssh. Lucky for us Jacksonvillians, cover bands (especially at the beach) steer toward this tantaliz-ing song mega frequently. The Followill brothers (plus that cousin guy) capture an elo-quent sense of longing through innovative guitar careening and sexy, shouty vocals. No wonder this song proves simply inescapable.

“Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of ... )” by Lou Bega

Too bad Momma Bega birthed Lou in Munich, because damn, would this man ever make a good president. Because flirting really is just like a sport, right? The decade-old song still rings relevant with the mambo master’s inclusion of 11 generic girl names cooed throughout the song. It probably continues to get him laid ... often.

“Summer Girls” by LFO

Perhaps the most dexterous execution of namebrand-dropping combined with rando info flung about, the tune clearly plays the direct predecessor to “Jersey Shore.” The sunshiney guitar and seemingly unassociated pairing of words (“Like the color purple, macaroni and cheese/ Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees”) sets the fried rice cravings on high.

“Pony” by Ginuwine The real Romeo of the soulful hip-hop bangin’ age (the ‘90s), Elgin Baylor Lumpkin combined burpy, electronic pulses and sensual lyrics to complete this mad romantic, hump-worthy ballad. “If you’re horny, let’s do it/ Ride it, my pony/ My saddle’s wait-ing/ Come and jump on it” refers to making love in the classiest innuendo — a little factoid that perhaps went over your little circling head at the roller rink.

“Last Resort” by Papa Roach

Why is it that most of these songs dropped circa early middle school? Regardless of the irony, Californian raucous rockers Papa Roach concocted the perfect musical rep-resentation of struggle in the potent form of rap-metal. The escalating riffs and aptly placed cymbal crashes paired with the suicidal lyrics shows how emotionally in touch the group can be. Everything’s alright about this song. Now where did I last set my Smirnoff Ice Strawberry Acai?

Top Five Best Songs Ever

Compiled by Beca Grimm.

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For once, this week’s water sides against you. Avoid bathing of any sort and try to accept dehydration as the norm until the Bella Swan constellation dis-bands (i.e., never).

Instead of expressing your feelings like you usually do so well, let this week be a time of guessing. Don’t even worry about nonver-bal cues — they’ll get it.

Kenny G sure gets a bad rap, but man, can the guy ever circular breath like a god! Memorize G’s discog-raphy — immediately.

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Hard boiling eggs is some-thing your kindergarten teacher did. Take your flu-orescent albumen in like a pro — raw.

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By tyler Whitestaff Writer

His music is the voice of a generation: the voice of pre-pubescent angst and rebellion against the oppression of overprotective parents. The sound of his name chimes the start of 100 12-year-old girls dousing their pants with fresh urine before fainting on the floors of a Salt Lake City re-cord store. Move over Miley, Justin Bieber prepares to gen-tly pimp-slap you with “oohs” and “ahs” that will have you screaming for more of that teen-pop awesomeness. Bieber’s debut album “My World 2.0” mixes the soulful flavors of Toni Braxton with Usher’s trills, together creat-ing an amazing blend of emotional tenacity and flowery melodies laid against empowering synth. The songwriting is a standout strong point of the album, marking a new evolution of songwriting, co-writing songs with the larg-est amount of people as possible. You know, to inject a sense of vast variety. Instead of incorporating technical instrumentation and flashy guitar riffs behind polyrhythmic percussion patterns, Bieber plays the smart route, using drum brains to pump out useful beats. The synths used on the tracks are great, sticking to what works and making sure the album has a sound that permeates each song. Lady Gaga might be selling a mixed bag of pop-music goodies, Bieber goes with what he knows people are going to like, allowing listeners to revel in the moment. He sings about pressing issues in his generation, including rela-tionship drama, going to the dentist and being forced to go

shopping with parents. The monster single featuring Ludacris, “Baby,” evokes strong emotions of heartbreak and loss when Bieber sings about losing the love of his life. According to the music video, the couple really liked bowling. “Are we an item?

Girl quit playing/ ‘We’re just friends’/ What are you say-in’?” Bieber shows off his mastery of assonance and knowl-edge of the English vocabulary during the song’s chorus. “And I was like/ Baby, baby, baby oohh/ Like baby, baby, baby noo/ Like baby, baby, baby ooh/ Thought you’d al-ways be mine, mine.” He slows it down a bit on the voracious “U Smile,” an awesome ode to his girlfriend’s teeth. “Ain’t no way you’re ever gon’ get/ Any less than you should/ Cause baby/ You smile, I smile (oh),” Bieber swoons over slamming piano that rings louder than the masculine melisma coming through Bieber’s pearly chompers. Another revolutionary pop artist, Sean Kingston, grac-es the track “Eenie Meenie.” Kingston opens the song up with an important message: “Eenie meenie miney mo/ Catch a bad chick by her toe/ If she holla (if, if, if she hol-la) let her go.” This song evokes strong passion about meet-ing indecisive women, also known as “eenie meenie miney mo lova[s].” With a lack of groundbreaking albums being released this year, “My World 2.0” needs to be in your world. The hooks are slick and soft for your musical palate, in case artists like the Jonas Brothers and Ke$ha are too edgy for you. Grab a copy today, you’ll be glad you chucked out your hard-earned money to pay for this kid’s mansion.

e-mail tyler White atstaff2@unspinnaker.com.

Justin Bieber revolutionizes pop music with jaw-dropping beats, vocal prowess

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Breakfast: If foregoing breakfast isn’t an option, try these tricks with any morning spread. Before consuming any actual food (and you really shouldn’t), copious amounts of phenphedrine and Liporexall will give the dieter an edge over the lure of a hot bagel and coffee. Taking these over-the-counter drugs simultaneously is not only safe, it’s effective. If the physiological need to consume food was too much to bear, a tapeworm will reverse any damage done. With the merely mild side effects of severe abdominal pain and weakness, this parasite lovingly feeds on un-wanted calories and nutrients that leave the host both nauseous and trim. Ingesting plentiful amounts of raw beef, fish and pork that has slipped past the American regulatory system will allow you to catch the bug fast.

Snacks: Minced Brillo pad with a side of water is surprisingly effectual in helping the stomach absorb food quickly and giving you an accelerated feeling of fullness. The wiry bristles of the Brillo create tiny incisions along the throat and stomach through which food will later pass in half the time it takes the rival intestinal tract.

lunch/dinner: Late-night noshing can lead to early morning weight gain, so to combat the cravings, chew in excess. By break-ing down food with a surplus of chewing your body is ab-sorbing the nutrients it needs and by not swallowing, it is purging pesky and unwanted calories. While it may appear counter-intuitive, an all butter supper is a solution to lubricating empty intestines. Want to take it up a notch? Switching to lard will grease insides at a faster rate, making food fly through.

Work-out: The quickest way to tighten flabby abs without hav-ing to hit the gym or expel energy is to induce sneezing, which conveniently can be done anywhere. Pepper, pollen and fluffy pets should be in close proximity of nostrils seeking a tickle. Have an excessive hunger for the gym? Pumping up some iron will burn fat fast, but be sure to hold any breath and lift the weights with your back. Donning a beet red face with bulging forehead veins means it’s working.

contingency plan: Another viable option for those afraid to fall to the temptation of food lies in the art of lethargy. NyQuil gel tabs accompanied with a couple Tylenol PM capsules ought to knock the hunger right out of your stomach, thus allowing dream-eating, which we all know is calorie–free! If the pounds aren’t melting off after a day of strict diet ad-herence, pregnancy is a scape-goat for unwanted belly flab that will make the deplorable turn adorable. After nine months, rap-id weight loss will occur.

e-mail Jessica Dubois-Maahs atstaff4@unspinnaker.com.

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BaseballMarch 24vs. Bethune-Cookman W 3-2March 27vs. Campbell DH L 10-4, W 5-4 SoftballMarch 24vs. Georgia Southern DH W 7-0March 27vs. Florida Gulf Coast DH W 4-2

Men’s TennisMarch 26vs. USC Upstate L 6-1March 27vs. Campbell W 6-1 Women’s TennisMarch 26vs. USC Upstate W 7-0March 27vs. Campbell W 7-0

BaseballApril 2-3 vs. East Tennessee State DH 7 p.m. & 1 p.m.April 6 vs. Florida State 6 p.m. GolfApril 5-6 vs. BancorpSouth Intercollegiate All Day SoftballApril 2 vs. Belmont DH 3 p.m.April 6 vs. Jacksonville Uni-versity DH 5 p.m.

Men’s TennisApril 3 vs. East Tennessee State 11 a.m.April 6 vs. Jacksonville University 2 p.m. Women’s TennisApril 3 vs. East Tennessee State 1 p.m.April 7 vs. Jacksonville University 2 p.m. Track and FieldApril 2 @ Spike ClassicApril 2-3 @ Pepsi Florida Relays

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Softball April 6 vs. Jacksonville University DH 5 p.m.

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By heather FureysPorts editor Already defeating the Florida Falcons once this season 48-22, the Jacksonville Knights challenged them again at Hodges Stadium March 27 looking for-ward to another win. But things didn’t turn out as they planned. The Falcons upset the Knights 9-6. Even with the loss, however, the Knights still outrank the Falcons. They currently sit in the No. 2 seed in the National Football Conference, just be-hind the undefeated Orlando Rage. In order to obtain the No. 1 seed, the Knights would need the Rage to lose and give up more than 14 points in its last two games. But with their rankings now, the Knights will get to host the highest seeded team coming out of the wild card round April 17 at Hodges Stadium. The Falcons’ future doesn’t look as promising as they will need to win in order to secure a wild card home game. However, they will still make the playoffs as either the fifth or sixth seed. The Knights knew playing the Falcons was going to be a lot tougher the second time around because they had something to prove going into the playoffs, but they were still hoping for a win, said Joey Lopes, a middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Knights. Playing for a short stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Lopes said being a Knight is a lot better and more rewarding. “Playing for a minor league football team, you would think there would not be as many fans and that the league would be unorganized,” Lopes said. “But that’s not the case, because there are many great supporters out there, and the league is on top of everything.” Lopes has tallied 88.5 tackles in eight games, with seven and a half sacks, three interceptions, six forced fumbles, two touchdowns and one field goal block. But even with all these stats recorded this season, Lopes wants to continue work-ing hard for the Knights in the postseason. “[Being in the No. 2 seed in the NFC] feels the same as when you step into post-season,” Lopes said. “It makes you play harder and faster because you aren’t in

the top position.” The Jacksonville Knights have one more game before their run in the play-offs against the Duval Panthers, April 3 at 3:30 p.m. at Hodges Stadium. To keep up with the Jacksonville Knights and their road to the Alliance Bowl III visit jacksonvilleknights.org.

e-mail heather Furey atsports@unfspinnaker.com.

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Defensive Back John Gadson had a number of stealing passes

Soaring through the air, a Knights player gains momentum.

It’s that time of year, with opening day right around the corner, people all over the globe are finalizing their fan-tasy baseball teams and preparing them-selves for the long season ahead. And the Spinnaker decided to try something new and create its own office league made up eight people, or teams, and 20 rounds of drafting. The e-mail was sent out to everyone playing and the draft was supposed to begin at 1:30 March 27. So once every one arrived at about 3 p.m., the four-hour process began. To try and make things more fun, we did the draft offline and wrote our picks on a dry erase board. We enforced, not very well, a two-minute time limit per pick. And by the 10th round, much of the morale in the room was down consider-ably. Yawns and “who cares” were some of the most productive things being uttered. The Spinnaker Graphic Designer Chad Smith aka “The Commander” was

the most attentive and serious of the group. He would try and sway someone off of a certain pick by telling them the player (more specifically Jose Reyes) was injured. But rounds later, he would draft that player. Further research con-ducted found The Commander wasn’t be-ing truthful, but what can you expect out of a Yankees fan? Finally, that was it. The last pick was made, and the draft was finished. This was followed by all the players boast-ing on how their team is the best in the league. It also came with sinister jokes about the reasoning behind sleeper picks.

Quick Insider Secret: Howie Kendrick 2B of the Los Angeles Angels is an excel-lent pick. Don’t be surprised to see him hitting .350 through August. And also to the SG Senators reading, you guys shouldn’t be surprised when I come upstairs and special request mon-ey to buy a trophy for the winning team. Regardless of the time it takes, fan-tasy baseball is another fun way to en-joy the game besides just following your favorite team, and the only cost is your time. I don’t recommend doing the draft offline. It takes too much time and hav-ing to put the picks into the computer after the process is also a drag. If you’re on a tight budget, like us at the Spinnaker, then start a free league on espn.com. It doesn’t take long at all, and you can do a live draft online and it will be considerably quicker. I encourage you to talk to the people you work with every-day and think about starting a league.

If you decide to play, I have a few sug-gestions on picks. Chipper Jones, though a local favorite in the region, will have a great season, and possibly win the batting title. Jones has spent the office with his father, a baseball coach and enthusiast, working on developing his swing as he gets older. Watch out for A-Rod. Alex Rodriguez will most likely have to deal with many more off the field issues, like steroid al-legations or romantic affairs, hurting his performance. If you’re debating on a first round pick, look no further than Minnesota’s Joe Mauer. As much as I dislike the Twinkies, I foresee, like most baseball fans, Mauer carrying his team into the playoffs.

e-mail Josh Gore atstaff1@unfspinnaker.com.

I don’t think they mean to cheat. Cut ‘em some slack? Well, at least they weren’t expelled.

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Josh GoreSenior Investigative Reporter

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Question 1: the unF mascot, ozzie the osprey, was in a field of 32 participants and made the elite eight for sportstalkny’s annual Mascot Madness competition. do you think ozzie will make it to the top?

Question 2: it’s the second year in a row that rain pushed a Martinsville speedway event into the work week at the track. should athletic events be canceled or postponed in the event of rain?

Question 3: after upsetting gator’s head football coach urban Meyer with a player’s quote about tim tebow, an orlando sentinel reporter said the coach finally apologized. do reporters cross the line or are coaches too quick to blame them for their problems?

insidethehuddle

rebecca Mckinnonnews editor

Jessica dubois-Maahsstaff Writer

James cannon editor in chief

erik tannerPhoto editor

Really, the drunken rednecks couldn’t make a left turn in the rain?

He is a predator, so as long as we are going up against muskrats, field mice and possibly a garden snake, then yes.

Yes. He’s a bird with a wing span of over 6 feet, now that’s impressive.

Postponed. Cancellation is just depressing.

I give this question the No. 1 Inside the Huddle Question of the Year award. I also refuse to comment.

If reporters are going to dish out criticisms they should expect some in return. This is not to say all criticisms hold merit, just that everyone’s a little bit sensitive.

Coaches and athletic directors, specifically at this university, are too sensitive and blame the media for their horrible seasons and subsequent coverage. You want better coverage? Win every now and again.

If Ozzie’s powerful avian pelvic gyrations on the basketball court mean anything, it’s that if he’s denied this award, he will slip something in the winner’s drink and take it anyway.

Neither, play in the rain, you big Nanceys.

How does one ruffle a Gator’s feathers?

Hmm, let me refer to a device that helps me with all of my big questions, Magic eightball says “better not tell you now.” Aww F- ...

Pull a Flashdance and enjoy the rain.

Depends who he’s going up against. I’d be worried if he was going to battle Godzilla or something.

Sure. Why not?I’m no Ms. Cleo, but I foresee a cham-pionship if the team keeps hitting the ball and running around bases.

I’ll bet you the baseball team goes farther than our swimming and div-ing team. Fact.

Question 4: the unF baseball team has a winning season so far this season, after having a successful weekend with two wins against campbell in the three game series. do you see an a-sun championship in their future?

Compiled by heather Furey.

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The UNF women’s softball team extended its winning streak to five games after knock-ing off Florida Gulf Coast twice in a double-header March 27. The Ospreys’ success in Fort Meyers in-creased their season record to 17-18 overall and 3-1 in A-Sun play. The first game was particularly strong due to senior Devyn Findley’s pitching per-formance. The Alachua native had 11 strike-outs and allowed one run and six hits in a complete game. She also held her own as a batter. Findley’s first inning hit allowed both ju-nior first baseman Caroline Torre and sophomore second baseman Amanda Moseley to score. Findley went two-for-six and three runs batted in. During the bottom of the seventh inning, down 2-0, FGCU tried to tie the game, loading the bases with two hits, a walk with an RBI walk bringing the game to within a run. But Findley made sure the team didn’t get those

runs. The Eagles had two outs with the bases loaded, and Findley ended the game by strik-ing out the Eagles’ shortstop for the second time in the match.

The battle against FGCU was not over yet. The Ospreys fought FGCU once again

during the more varied second game of the day. The Ospreys switched it up, having sopho-more Shaina Dent pitch at the start. Dent pitched for 4.2 innings, then Findley took over for the rest of the game. The Ospreys scored in the second inning, taking the early lead against FGCU. This game was an important game for Dent, being that she recorded her first career hit to the first base side of the field. “It’s really, really cool and weird at the same time to actually be able to hit again,” she said. FGCU scored in the fifth inning and again in the sixth inning before the Ospreys kicked it into high gear. With Findley entering the bottom of the seventh inning and the game tied 2-2, she was able to hold off the Eagles to push the game into the eighth inning. This gave the Ospreys another chance to win. Dent continued by getting her first RBI in the top of the eighth with a triple to right center field, giving freshman Stephanie McAdam the chance to put the Ospreys up a run. The Ospreys scored again during the

eighth inning, with Dent finishing the game three-for-four, with one RBI and a run scored. Dent’s run went on to seal the victory for the Ospreys. Dent was excited to be able to pull a triple and an RBI. “I don’t think a lot of people were expect-ing it — I mean, myself included — because it’s been like two years since I actually hit live,” Dent said. Dent was put at bat frequently during high school and it was nostalgic for her to be at the plate again. Coach Marcie Hickey commended the pitchers for their great job during the games. “Both of our pitchers threw the ball well and our hitters stepped up when the game was on the line,” Hickey said in a news release. “Shaina, as well as Devyn, helped us out offensively, especially with Shaina’s triple to score the go-ahead run.” The Ospreys host Belmont University doubleheader Friday, April 2 at 3:00 p.m.

e-mail tyler White atstaff2@unfspinnaker.com.

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pecting it — I mean, myself included —

because it’s been like two years since I actually hit live,”

- shaina dent

By heather FureysPorts editor

The president of a UNF engi-neering club literally stood up for what he believed. Starting the Society of Automotive Engineers club at UNF and having a goal for the club to build a race car to com-pete with in a years time. During his second semester at UNF, he pitched the idea on the first day of class, and students were really interested, said Justin Tussey, a mechanical engineering junior and president of UNF’s chapter of the society.

That is how he found vice pres-ident Peter Cerreta, and they have been going full steam for about the past three months trying to make it happen, Tussey said. Tussey, Cerreta and about 15 more engineering students from UNF are trying to build a formula series race car, which can reach upward to 100 miles per hour us-ing a motorcycle engine, in order to compete with other college en-gineering programs throughout the country. The car is set to be completed by May 12, 2011, but Tussey said they’re trying to get a

head start, by beginning as early as possible. This will be the club’s second week. “A lot of teams suffer from not organizing properly, so they’re doing last minute things, like putting the paint on the car on the way to Michigan,” he said. “I don’t want to be that team.” The society hosts a competi-tion in Brooklyn, Mich. each May, called the Formula Design Series, where several university chap-ters of the organization travel to race their cars against each other. The UNF chapter will be

attending the event this year but not to compete, Tussey said. Because this is their first year as an official club, they wanted to go as spectators, so they can have a heads up on what things will be like when they’re ready to com-pete next spring. “In order to do well in Michigan, we’re going to need the technical tools along with the know-how,” said Cerreta, who is also a mechanical engineering ju-nior. “We’re going to need a strong digital design and skilled machin-ists for the car. We’re also trying to find a garage to work in.” They also have to raise the money needed to build a formu-la series race car. One of these cars can cost anywhere between $60,000 and $80,000 to produce, Tussey said. The UNF club developed a sponsorship packet and campaign letters over Spring Break to send to national companies in order to gain funding. They’re planning to ask all the big car companies, like Ford, GM and Chevrolet, for sup-port, he said. But once they are able to get the necessary funds, the engi-neering students still face a long process of designing and building the car for competition. “The process is you design your car on the computer, and then you build the physical car,” Tussey said. “And the way you start is with your suspension, and then based on that you will have points on a three dimensional space and that will be the outline of your body.”

The UNF students are hoping to have the skeleton of the car de-signed by the end of the summer, and they’re not expecting to run into any trouble with the build. “The hard part isn’t building the car,” Tussey said. “That part comes easy to the engineers. The hard part is keeping people who have to keep up with schoolwork involved and dedicated.” But for those who really love cars, the reasons to stay involved are obvious. Evan Hathaway, a mechanical engineering junior who joined the club, said even though he thinks getting a job in the auto-motive industry would be great, he joined the club for the fun of it. “I love cars,” Hathaway said. “It’s pretty exciting that we’re actually going to be building a car, and it’s a huge resume builder. People get hired on the spot when they see we have ex-perience outside the classroom like this.” This is also a brand new experi-ence for UNF students altogether. When Tussey transferred from the University of Central Florida, he was disappointed the society didn’t have a chapter in Jacksonville. He always hoped he would have an opportunity to build a race car, and now that hope is turning into a reality. “I’m amazed we’re building a race car,” Cerreta said. “No one at UNF has ever done this before.”

e-mail heather Furey atsports@unfspinnaker.com.

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As far as alter-egos go, a feath-ery, 7 foot tall Osprey named Ozzie remains Matt Biegun’s. Biegun, who performs as UNF’s chief mascot, Ozzie, has advanced to the Elite 8 round in SportsTalkNY’s Annual Mascot Madness competition March 28. Competing in the “Fish and Fowl Division,” Ozzie has already beaten out University of Miami’s Sebastian the Ibis in the first round and faces competition from Scrappy the Mockingbird from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Biegun, who has been per-forming as a professional mas-cot for more than four years (as Ozzie for three), began his career playing a Chick-fil-A cow at an Adventure Landing water park’s Easter event. After tasting the limelight the character costumes brought upon him, Biegun created the char-acter “Shipwreck Rick” for the same park that gave him his start of his full-time career. “I performed whenever I had the time,” Biegun said. “It was

an amazing experience, and Shipwreck led me to Ozzie.” Now that he’s held the title of Ozzie for three years, Beigun de-scribes the osprey as better looking than one of Hollywood’s biggest hot shots, and he feels performing as a mascot has opened doors. “I’ve done things as Ozzie I would have never tried without him,” Biegun said. “Ozzie is my alter-ego. Think of ‘Fight Club’ but with Ozzie being 10 times more awesome than Brad Pitt.” Even with his history of be-ing a mascot, the highlight of his career didn’t come until this year. Biegun considers the UNF women’s basketball team playing for the A-Sun title as one of the wildest games he’s ever attended. “I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t absolutely exhausted af-ter those games because the emo-tions were running high,” Biegun said. “I tend to push my limits when I’m pumped up.” With riding on scooters and dancing listed as some of Ozzie’s favorite activities and various mammals listed as his rivals, Ozzie’s likes and dislikes transcend what average birds

consider normalcy. More than just a joke, Biegun feels mascots play an integral role in team sports. “We [mascots] are the face of the team and usually the most rec-ognizable and approachable ‘peo-ple’ during the game,” Biegun said. Aside from getting the crowd to participate in UNF’s staple swoop, Biegun gets creative when pumping up the Ospreys. “During a timeout, I slide on my belly so I can bite a ref ’s an-kle,” Biegun said. Listed as weighing a few pounds short of the elevator limit and sporting a number 72 jersey, Ozzie feels UNF has some of the best fans in the university cir-cuit despite being relatively new, Biegun said. “Most college programs have had years to get their chants and taunts to where they are today,” Biegun said. “We’ve got some of the best fans. Next year is going to be nuts.”

e-mail Jessica DuBois-Maahs at staff4@unfspinnaker.com.

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Justin Tussey, left, president of UNF Society of Automotive Engineers, talks and plans with members of the SAE Club.

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