No. 30 - UNF Spinnaker

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
A VIEW
INSIDE
MMA
UNF STUDENT
GRAPPLES WITH LIFE
AS A MIXED
MARTIAL ARTIST
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DORM FIRE DAMAGES
ESTIMATED AT $50,000
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SUPERFEST TAKES
OVER LOT 18
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INSIDE
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
news
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expressions 12
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Student Body President Matt
Brokelman discusses his past year
before graduating.
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After strong play in an upset
and conference series, a UNF
baseball player is awarded
with player of the
week honors.
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// a reflection
// Award Winner
Jacksonville fills Lot 18 with
audiophiles of various genres to
showcase its musical talent.
Residents of Osprey Crossings
worry they will front a $50,000 bill
for fire damages.
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// Yeah, that’s that SuperFest
// ELEVATOR ON FIRE
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sports
// What’s SUP JAX
// Why don’t you walk away?
Two UNF volleyball players start
a stand-up paddle boarding club
to introduce the Jacksonville
community to the exhilarating
world of paddle boarding.
Men wore high heels to get a
feel for what it’s like to be in a
woman’s shoes.
In each issue
02 index
03 Hodgepodge
04Opinions
07 news
12 expressions
18SPORTS
Cover
Sean Murphy
index photos
Andrew noble, sean murphy, allison
shirley, Justin porter
HODGEPODGE
Police
Beat
Check out more Police Beats
online at unfspinnaker.com
April 2 Drug Paraphernalia (Osprey
Landing) - An officer met with the building’s resident assistant, who was investigating the smell of marijuana emanating
from one of the rooms. The RA knocked
on the door and keyed into it after no
one answered. The officer and RA noticed drug paraphernalia, including a
glass pipe and a grinder, lying on the bed.
The resident was not present at the time
but arrived several minutes later and said
the paraphernalia did not belong to her.
She was referred to Student Conduct.
The paraphernalia was placed in the JSO
Property Room.
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April 8 Marijuana Possession (Osprey Cove) - An officer noticed the smell of marijuana emanating
from a room. Upon requesting permission to enter, the resident appeared extremely agitated and
told the officer he could not enter. The resident then retreated into the room and said he would
return to discuss the odor, at which time he was seen jumping out of the room’s rear window. The
resident returned to the room several minutes later. Upon entering the room to apprehend the resident, the officer noticed several white pills in a plastic baggie on a desk. Also in plain view was an
open desk drawer containing a marijuana pipe and a pill bottle containing more white pills, as well
as $700 in cash and numerous empty plastic baggies. A digital scale and vaporizer with marijuana
residue were also found. The resident claimed possession of all the items and said the pills were
ecstasy. He was Mirandized and arrested. Three other subjects in the room consented to a search of
their belongings. The first resulted in the discovery of a fake Florida driver’s license. He claimed possession of the item, was Mirandized and placed under arrest. The second was found in possession
of a glass bong and a digital scale with marijuana residue. He claimed possession of the items and
was Mirandized. He was also issued a Notice to Appear for possession of drug paraphernalia. The
third subject, who was not a UNF student, was issued a trespass warning. Several cups containing
alcohol were also found and disposed of. All confiscated property was placed in the JSO Property
Room. The three UNF students were referred to Student Conduct.
April 4 Marijuana Use (Osprey Fountains)
- An officer met with the building’s RA,
who said he noticed a resident smoking outside of his room’s window. The
resident granted the office permission
to enter the room, and upon entering
he noticed a strong odor of marijuana.
The suspect confessed to smoking marijuana and claimed possession of the
drug paraphernalia, which included two
glass pipes. The suspect was Mirandized
and referred to Student Conduct. The
paraphernalia was placed in the JSO
Property Room.
April 6 Possible Poisoning (Building 832)
- An officer met with a complainant, who
said she noticed what she believed to be
antifreeze in a bowl used to feed the feral cats around campus. The complainant
also found the same substance in a feeding bowl in another location. There is no
suspect information.
April 7 Bicycle Theft (Student Union East)
- An officer met with the complainant,
who said she placed her bicycle in the bicycle rack next to the Student Union East
building. She said her bike lock was broken, but she still used it attach her bike
to the rack. No canvass was conducted,
due to the time of the incident, and
there was no suspect information. The
Source: University Police Department victim was unable to provide the officer
with a serial number.
April 7 Sick Person (Athletic Field) - An officer made contact with the subject, who
was participating in an Reserve Officers’
Training Corps event and complained of
feeling light-headed and dizzy. The subject was transported to the Mayo Clinic.
April 7 Damaged Vehicle (Lot 15) - An
officer met with the complainant, who
said he parked his vehicle April 7. Upon
his return hours later, his windshield
and rear view mirror on the passenger’s side were cracked. There was no
suspect information.
Compiled by Maggie Seppi
A campus tour exits the Student Union
April 10 in transit to the UNF Arena. The
visiting foot soldiers remain fixated on
their barefooted guide’s eyes. A prospective student and a potential owner of a
UNF MOM bumper sticker brandish their
welcome guides as if the product placement office requested it. After traveling
out of the camera-ready edifice, choosing the most fitting higher education institution may be quite the feat.
COMPILED BY SEAN MURPHY AND RYAN THOMPSON
4 DISCOURSE
4 discourse
Wednesday, April 11 2012
Editorial
Newspaper thieves’ booty stacks up in acts of unnecessary childish retaliation
“Censorship is the strongest drive in human nature; sex is a weak second”- Phil Kerby
T
he Spinnaker has had
its fair share of dealings with thieves, dumpers and agitators. See a
Spinnaker editorial from
October to see all our recent relationships with
newspaper thievery:
http://bit.ly/IpkkTh.
But across the country,
the number of newspaper crooks has reached
egregious levels this semester. Since the beginning of February, seven
different universities ––
from Eastern Washington
University to Georgia State
University –– have had a
total of over 3,300 papers
stolen, according to the
Student Press Law Center.
The reasons for the
thefts, while not always
confirmed, seem to center around specific stories
in the stolen issues that
reported on unflattering
subjects or were otherwise
critical of a person or segment of the university.
In the most recent case,
at Butler University, 600
copies of The Butler Collegian were stolen
April 4 and 5 for unknown reasons. The
editor-in-chief, Hayleigh Colombo, thought
a story revealing an investigation into a
fraternity’s assault may have prompted
the robbery. The police have no leads on
the case.
Regardless of who stole the papers, the
effect the thieves were going for was lost
the minute The Butler Collegian realized
its property was taken. Since then, the
SPLC, a national blog read every day by
anyone involved in student media, picked
up the story, complete with links to The
Collegian’s stories online, making the
world aware of a Butler fraternity’s possible assault.
Closer to home, in February, 268 copies of the Alligator were dumped in trash
bins at the University of Florida a day before student government elections. That
issue included a front page endorsement
by head football coach Will Muschamp
of the Students Party. The culprit, Jason
Tiemeier, was a member of the opposition,
the Unite Party.
The Unite Party went on to win the elections by a slim margin, and former Senate
President Pro Tempore Tiemeier left the
party after the incident.
The timing of Tiemeier’s act right before elections and his admittance of the
crime makes him as easy target. But he
wrote a letter of apology –– the only culprit
to do so this semester –– and as he later realized, his actions hurt the paper, the staff
and both SG parties, but most importantly,
the students.
These are respectful,
truthful stories based on police reports and research.
Imagine if every time
State Attorney Angela
Corey saw an unfavorable
story in Folio Weekly, she
sent her peons to overturn newspaper boxes in
Jacksonville diners and
pubs. Or if Gov. Rick Scott
put together a task force to
set fire to newspaper boxes
statewide every time someone questioned his ability
to effectively balance the
state budget.
Not only would it seem
childish and ridiculous, it
would validate their guilt
and incompetence in the
minds of media consumers.
One factor that may help
these swindlers sleep at
night is the fact that most
university papers are available free of charge. But
students pay for their papers. Every copy of every
issue is paid for through
student fees or, in the
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case of the Spinnaker, a
subscription fee.
The other five newspapers who were Yet the student subjects of these rerobbed suspect the thieves’ motives to be ports just feel like burglary is their only
related to stories involving fraternity or so- recourse, not standing up for their wrongrority hazing stories, student government doing and making it right, but trying to vodiversity or students caught in other thefts raciously cover it up, making it all worse in
on campus.
the process.
All of the newspaper bandits stole the It’s a bit of petty revenge best left in elpapers because of one story, but in the ementary school recess.
process kept many other stories out of po- At the Spinnaker, we hope UNF students
tential readers’ hands. And while that they have left this embarrassing practice far in
may keep their names out of the paper that their past. If you have a legitimate concern
week, in the long run, they bring much with anything we write, our doors –– and
more attention and embarrassment to ears –– are open. Meanwhile, we will conthe situation.
tinue to serve up juicy and relevant reports
And it’s not as if these papers are of university shenanigans –– good and bad
printing scandalous, libelous or ob- –– for our readers. All we ask is that you
scene articles, compelling students to don’t throw our hard work in the trash besteal the papers to protect their name fore you check out what’s inside.
from raucous lies.
Email letters to the editor to [email protected].
Editorial Board
Greg Parlier – Editor in Chief
Lindsay Montgomery – Managing Editor
Joey Taravella – Layout Editor
Ryan Thompson – Features Editor
DISCOURSE
5
Letter to the editor:
A campus with guns is safer than one without guns
I was not surprised to see the Spinnaker
run another anti-self-defense/anti-Second
Amendment article following the death of
Trayvon Martin.
The public still does not know the
true details surrounding the death of
Martin, but yet the Spinnaker and liberal
media continue to publish opinions and
hearsay that is fostering a lynch mob.
The Spinnaker editorial staff should be
ashamed for wanting to hang a man before all facts are released. The only thing
that is clear at this point is that the entire
situation is a tragedy and that one life
has been taken, while another has been
irrevocably changed.
The Spinnaker attempts to vilify people who believe in self-defense with the
notion that firearm owners are likely to
spread violence across campus and society. Concealed weapons permits are being
issued at record rates, yet society has not
turned into the Wild West that the “antis”
scream about.
According to a Stanford University
publication, “permit holders are about 300
times less likely to perpetrate a gun crime
than Floridians without permits.” In other
words, that makes concealed weapons permit holders 300 times less likely to commit
a gun crime than a Spinnaker editorial
writer or nonpermit-holding UNF student.
Licensed adults 21 and over carry concealed weapons next to you in the store, in
the movie theater, in church and almost
anywhere else imaginable -- bars excluded
-- without incident, and you never notice.
Why not on campus? How does crossing
onto campus differ than anywhere else
in public?
The Spinnaker continues to encourage a
defense-free zone at UNF, and the criminals
know it. The same on-campus gun-related
crimes the Spinnaker referenced might
have been avoided if the criminals thought
the victim might be armed.
We should not have to rely on the UPD
to protect us on campus because it clearly
cannot. Regardless of the contingency
plans made for a campus attack, it will not
be able to protect us if the shit hits the fan.
When the seconds count, the UPD will be
minutes away.
I believe UNF should set the example
for colleges and universities by creating a
program to work with the UPD, the UNF
Department of Criminal Justice and students with concealed weapons permits to
create a safer campus.
Currently, we are a defense-free campus.
That includes President Delaney, who is no
more protected from deranged individuals whose intent is murder than the late
Dale Regan of Episcopal High School. Had
Ms. Regan or someone else in her office
been a permit holder and allowed to carry
on campus, she would have had a chance
at survival.
You cannot make a school, college or
university gun free with any sign, policy
or law. Criminals will bring them anyway and leave the law-abiding citizens defenseless and dead on the floor. Think I’m
wrong? Try asking the 30+ dead from the
Virginia Tech massacre if a defense-free
policy works.
Protecting yourself from an on-campus
criminal or active shooter should not be
against any policy or law.
- Andrew Rebman
Senior, College of Business
Awarded the 2010 Pacemaker Award
by the Associated Collegiate Press.
Awarded second place for Best College Newspaper in
2007 Better College Newspaper Contest
by the Florida College Press Assocation.
Spinnaker Staff
Editor’s Note:
Editor in Chief Greg Parlier
Andrew -
Managing Editor Lindsay Montgomery
The Spinnaker editorial staff in no way
suggests George Zimmerman should hang
before trial, simply, “the evidence seems
to be stacked against Zimmerman.” The
Spinnaker aimed to illustrate that this tragedy could have been avoided had there been
no firearms involved.
Further, there is no doubt permitholders are more responsible with their
weapons than nonpermit holders. But the
argument is not permit holders versus nonpermit holders, it is gun carriers versus
nongun carriers.
It should be clear that the Spinnaker does
not attempt to vilify anyone who believes in
self-defense. Most do. But defending yourself
does not have to include firearms.
For every gun involved in an altercation, the likelihood of someone getting
shot increases, regardless of who is holding the gun. Despite permit-holders’ safety
measures, they are still 100 percent more
likely to fire a weapon than someone who
does not have a weapon, like a Spinnaker
editorial writer.
The Spinnaker doesn’t suggest that UNF
be a “defense-free zone,” we simply don’t
think guns are a safe and effective way to
defend this campus.
- Spinnaker editorial board
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Graphic Designer Barbara Georges
News Editor Joseph Basco
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Sports Editor Josh Brannock
Copy Editor Arielle Pompilius
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Layout Editor Joey Taravella
Asst. Photo Editor Andrew Noble
Asst. News Editor Maggie Seppi
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Katie Gile
Ava Rivera
Bonnie Mulqueen
Justin Porter
Zach Morgan
Staff Photographer Keri Weiland
Contributers Zach Sweat
Sarah Brown
Hope Griffin
Distributor Tyler Neimeyer
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DISCOURSE
news 7
The Department of Housing and Residence Life still determining who will pay costs after fire
Housing officials unsure why elevator cameras that could have helped the investigation were removed earlier this school year
By Hali Harden
Staff reporter
The fire that took place in the elevator of Building R in the Osprey Crossings
March 14 left behind an estimated $50,000
in costs for damages and cleaning.
Director of Housing and Residence Life
Paul Riel said the department has a policy
that allows them to charge for cumulative
charges, if they feel residents may be withholding information. However, because of
the amount of money and the fact that it
was Spring Break, he said at this time they
do not plan to require residents to pay for
the cost of the damages.
Residence Life Coordinator Amanda
Mueller, who oversees Osprey Crossings
Building R, said they have not determined
where funds will come from to cover costs.
She said, as of April 4, the money has been
taken out of The Department of Housing
and Residence Life funds, and it is not their
intent to charge residents.
Mueller said at a prior floor meeting,
she told residents of the Crossings that
there was a small possibility they would
have to divide the costs between all residents. Students feel as though they may
be the ones left to pay for the damages and
expressed anger toward whoever ignited
the fire.
“I just wish they would say who they
are,” said Robbie Burkey, a business freshman and resident of Building R. Nicole Hernandez, an engineering
freshmen and Building R resident, shared
Burkey’s concerns and thinks the arsonist
considered it a prank.
“I don’t understand how it’s funny.
Someone could have been hurt. Now we’re
all getting in trouble for it,” Hernandez
said. “If they can’t blame just one person,
I guess it is kind of fair for everyone to
get charged.”
As a result of the fire, all grates were
removed from elevators in the Crossings.
Mueller said small burn marks were noticed by maintenance and custodial staff
prior to the March 14 incident in other
elevators in the Crossings. She said they
believed the marks were newer and had
planned on addressing the issue once residents returned from Spring Break.
There were also cameras in the elevator shafts, which were removed between
the months of December and January. Reil
and Mueller said they do not know why
the cameras were removed or who was responsible for removing them. Mueller said
andrew noble| Spinnaker
A sign, posted to the left of the elevator set on fire, emphasizes the frustration among residents of Osprey Crossings Building R.
she hoped to have cameras installed in the
future, but that they are not in charge of
when, or if, they go back in.
After the fire, Mueller said they offered
free counseling to residents.
“Some students are going to have different feelings about [the fire]. Some students
may just be able to brush it off and be like,
okay this happened, it’s terrible, but, you
know, that’s life,” Mueller said. “Other students might need a little bit more help in
that situation.”
Mueller said the alarm and sprinkler
system is what alerted students of the fire.
At that time, she said the resident advisor
on duty called the police and Mueller and
ushered residents out of the building.
She said the incident was a terrible way
to learn the fire safety system was working correctly but was glad that it was as
efficient as it was by containing the fire
to the elevator shaft. She said most of the
damages incurred were because of smoke
and water. She also said half the estimated cost of damages came from the cost to
clean the water from the atrium, which was
partially flooded.
The sprinkler system did not go off in
residents’ rooms.
Riel said the amount of money the fire
caused in damages is not as important as
the fact that students’ lives were jeopardized. He said someone endangered the
community by intentionally setting the elevator on fire.
“I’m very upset about it. That person,
or persons, should not be in our facility, should not be living here, should not
be part of our community,” Riel said. “It
was very dangerous what happened in
that building.”
The University Police Department is
still working on the case and is offering
a $5,000 reward for any tips that lead to
an arrest.
Email Hali Harden at
[email protected].
andrew noble| Spinnaker
Osprey Crossings Building R elevator was set
on fire March 14 by an unknown suspect(s).
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NEWS
Matt Brockelman reflects on his year as Student Body President
Brockelman considers his experience, remembers his toughest decision as student representative
By maggie seppi
Assistant News editor
Four years ago, Matt Brockelman had
no idea he would run for UNF student body
president. Then, he did and he won. He sat
down with the Spinnaker to tell us what he
gained from the experience and what his
plans are for the future.
1. What have you learned the most about?
The biggest thing I’d say is learning how
to interact with different types of people.
Obviously, we are all used to having our
groups of friends and even meeting new
people, but in this job, I’ve had to interact
with people way outside of even our normal
ranges, all the way from the administrators
to the people on the Board of Trustees. And
they’re so far advanced in terms of where
they are in life from us that, at first, it’s really hard to try and find something in common with them and make that connection.
But, I think over the course of this year,
I’ve learned how to do that a lot better, so
that’s one of the little personal traits I’ve
developed that I’m looking forward to putting to use in the future.
2. What’s the hardest decision you’ve had
to make?
I would say to support the Academic
Enhancement Fee when that was still going
on. With the whole argument that SG made
against tuition, we do feel very strongly
about keeping college as affordable as
we possibly can. And with the Academic
Enhancement Fee, without student support, there was virtually no chance of that
going through. Even with student support,
it didn’t go through. But that was one of
those things we had to weigh our options
and see, ‘Is the cost worth the benefit?’
And a lot of students, I’m sure, would turn
around and say, ‘You’re hypocritical for not
supporting tuition but trying to support
this fee,’ so it was really hard to get a grasp
on whether or not we wanted to support it.
And, at the end of the day, we did.
3. How has this experience given you a broader
perspective of both college politics and state
politics?
As far as college politics, it’s kind of
funny because we get to talk to a lot of the
other student governments in the state,
and a lot of them have issues trying to get
their things done because there’s so much
squabbling inside of their own student government, and this year, luckily, that hasn’t
been the case for us. But, in terms of state
level politics and the university politics,
that’s really where I think we learned a
lot. And, in general, what we came to realize is that a lot of people say that higher
Student Body President Matt Brockelman plans to work locally before attending graduate school.
education is important, whether that’s at
a university level, at a Jacksonville level
or on the state level, but you can’t really
judge everybody by what they say. You have
to judge them by how they act. And that’s
something that, while it’s disheartening at
times to see how the state looked at higher education, I think it was good for us to
learn. And it’s good for all students to try
to realize so we can have a bigger change
in how our universities are treated at the
state level.
4. What changes, if any, would you like to make
our SG system?
One thing that we actually just passed
this last week was a new committee in our
Senate, which was is going to be tasked
with getting all of the universitywide information that normally I get, or the people I appoint to our university-wide committees get, and put that information out
for the Senate to discuss and talk about on
public record. Then, they’ll put it out to
the students. And I think that’s one of the
big things that I wish we had done earlier,
which is to find a better way to get the massive amounts of information that we get on
a weekly basis and find a good way to get it
to our SG senators, find a better way to get
it out to our students. So that’s something
that I hope continues next year, and I think
that’s just one of the crucial things about
[getting] students engaged in the process. .
5. Who has influenced you the most [on a university level]?
I would say our Vice President of
Student Affairs Dr. Gonzalez. He’s been
here for as long as any of us have been
here, and he is one of the vice presidents
of student affairs in the state that I think
really and truly cares just as much about
the student, if not more, than he cares
about his other role, which is working under President Delaney. Again, from talking
to other SGs in the state, there are actually a surprising amount of horror stories
with how students and the student affairs
at other state universities have really turbulent relationships. And I think that Dr.
Gonzalez is somebody that all students
should really recognize as being devoted to
the things that we need on this campus.
6. Who or what will you miss the most about
being a part of SG?
Obviously the “who” would be the students. I mean, it’s going to be strange to go
from totally involved with the students to,
‘Oh, now I’m a graduate,’ so kind of minimal involvement. But as far as the “what”
goes, I think it’s just the ability to project
our students’ voice to the administration.
There are a lot of big decisions that are being made on a daily, weekly, monthly basis,
depending on what it is, and that’s going
to be something that is just going to take a
little bit of adjusting to. Come Friday, April
13, that night when the new administration
takes office, it’s kind of like a light switch.
In everyone else’s eyes at the university level, now there’s a new person, but that information stays the same. So, it’s going to be a
Sean Murphy | Spinnaker
natural process, but it’s going to be hard to
let go of is getting all of that information,
being in the know, being in the loop with everything and having a significant voice at
the table.
7. What are your plans for the future?
I want to take a year, maybe a year and
a half, off before I go to grad school. I just
need a break from classes for a little while,
so I want to work locally in Jacksonville
until then. And then I’d like to go back
to grad school and pursue at least a master’s in public policy, and then hopefully,
depending on where I’m at at that point,
seek a joint degree and maybe get my law
degree and a master’s in public policy from
a school probably around the Washington,
D.C., area, if everything worked out perfectly. And as far as what’s next after that,
I’m not even really sure. Two years ago
from now, I had no idea I’d even run for student body president, so in two years from
where I am right now, I’ll be interested to
see where I’m at, just because, for whatever
reason, in college, despite whatever I’ve
been able to have the opportunity to do, it
hasn’t been this grand plan of, ‘Four years
from now, I’d like to be doing this.’ So, all
I know is, I want to end up somewhere in
politics. I’m just not sure exactly where yet.
Email Maggie Seppi at
[email protected].
NEWS
UNF students paddle their way
up the St. Johns River
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UNF Professor John Parmelee discusses his
book “Politics and the Twitter Revolution”
What the ‘Twitter Revolution’ entails, what it means for national politics
By Hope Griffin
contributing reporter
Photo courtesy of ryan barber
Stand-up paddle boarders will travel up the St. Johns River in May to raise awareness of the
river’s health.
Two-week expedition raises awareness of river’s poor health
By sarah brown
Contributing reporter
UNF students Ryan Barber and
Ty Miller will travel 310 miles up the
longest Florida river on stand-up
paddle boards.
They hope their endeavor will draw
attention to the environmental and recreational issues surrounding the St.
Johns River while raising popularity for
stand-up paddle boarding as an outdoor
recreational sport.
Barber and Miller’s expedition, Stand
Up for the St. Johns, will begin in May and
will run for two weeks.
The journey will give Barber and Miller
a chance to see the river up close while
helping bring attention to the pollution issue, Barber said.
Currently, the historical river is of
high concern. The water’s brown hue
underscores the detrimental state of
the waterway.
UNF Chair of the Department of
Biology Dr. Courtney Hackney said there
is a legacy of negative environmental impact on the water that needs cleaning up.
Pollutants, such as fertilizers from the
land, cause imbalances in the water.
“You just can’t separate the water from
the land,” Hackney said.
Stand Up For The St. Johns will be partnering with St. Johns Riverkeeper, a wellestablished, privately funded, independent
advocacy organization working for these
causes. Access Your St. Johns River, a
group that has coalesced to push for improved small craft access to the river in the
Jacksonville area, will join them.
Executive Director for the St. Johns
Riverkeeper Jimmy Orth said he is happy
to work with the two UNF students to raise
awareness about the river’s nutrient and
habitat issues, as well as to encourage recreation on the river.
Although it is in a bad state, the
Jacksonville community should not give
up on the river because it can provide an
opportunity for recreation and enhance the
quality of life, Orth said.
Both
students
have
background
knowledge that will help them on their
trip. Barber is an American Canoe
Association-certified instructor with Black
Creek Guides.
Miller is a competitive paddler and
employee at Sunrise Surf Shop. He is
also the owner and operator of Backyard
Explorations,
an
adventure
group
offering Eco tours.
“What better way to travel the St. Johns
than in the most primitive way, on standup paddle boards,” Barber said. “Anyone
can do this, and we want people to have a
chance to join us.”
Email Sarah Brown at
[email protected].
Follow Barber and Miller’s progress at facebook.com/Standup4Stjohns.
UNF
Associate
Professor
of
Communication John Parmelee held
a presentation at the Student Union
April 3 emphasizing Twitter’s impact on
national politics.
His book, “Politics and the Twitter
Revolution: How Tweets Influence the
Relationship between Political Leaders and
the Public,” details the five ways Twitter
affects the political realm.
Twitter does so by affecting users’ political views, allowing political leaders to
easily spread their messages, teaching political leaders brevity, promoting and inhibiting political polarization and acting
as a soapbox by encouraging activism and
political discourse.
Parmelee’s research revealed that beliefs held by certain groups, such as women, are more heavily influenced by political leaders than anyone else in their social
circle -– aside from friends who have a
similar influence.
Almost 90 percent of participants said
they sometimes look for information in the
links provided in political leaders’ tweets,
Parmelee said. And with a 140 character
limit, this means they have to present their
ideas clearly and concisely.
Twitter also promotes activism and political discourse, in that followers want to
be more than mere receivers of information. Twitter allows them to ‘retweet’ and
personalize their tweets, so they reach specific individuals.
Twitter has surpassed Facebook in its
political influence because it is more conducive to politically-related discussion,
Parmelee said.
“We don’t use Facebook for politics, we
use it for social interaction,” he said.
For instance, President Barack Obama,
Republican presidential candidate Mitt
Romney and recent Republican candidacy
dropout Rick Santorum all have active
Twitter accounts.
UNF student Evan Stermer said
Parmelee’s presentation was eye opening
and informative. Stermer said he has never
used Twitter because he wasn’t aware of
the impact it has on politics.
“Twitter is a big part of the media, and
I plan on setting up an account in the near
future,” Stermer said.
Parmelee follows an array of political
figures, so polarization doesn’t influence
his research.
“I follow roughly and equally Democrats
and Republicans. Also Libertarians, it’s
not just two parties,” Parmelee said.
Parmelee said, in the future, he will continue his research on political journalists
and how they use Twitter.
However, Parmelee said after he completes his current assignment, he will
stray from Twitter-related research, as he
has spent a substantial amount of time on
the topic.
Email Hope Griffin at
[email protected].
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State Attorney Angela B. Corey denies grand jury
review in Trayvon Martin shooting
Republican State Attorney Angela B.
Corey’s decision to deny a grand jury review
of the Trayvon Martin case leaves the decision whether to file charges against George
Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Martin, up to her.
No arrest has been made and no legal action taken in the Feb. 26 shooting, a fact that
has enraged individuals across the country
and put Corey’s decision at the forefront of
this national discussion.
Once, if ever, evidence is produced, Corey
will have to determine not just whether to file
charges, but if so, which ones. However, her
decision to not use a grand jury indicates firstdegree murder charges are not on the table.
A career spotted with controversy, namely
the Cristian Fernandez case in which 12-yearold Fernandez was charged with first-degree
murder in the 2011 death of his 2-year-old
half-brother, has many convinced Corey is
tough on minorities.
SOURCE: New York Times
Around the Nation
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion
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Facebook announced April 10 it would pay
$1 billion in cash and stock for the photo-sharing service Instagram.
The proposed purchase would be made in
an effort to give Facebook a stronger presence on mobile devices, as users are spending
more time on smaller screens.
Currently, Instagram founders Kevin
Systrom and Mike Krieger work with only
about a dozen employees and no revenue in a
San Francisco office.
However, in light of Instagram’s rapidly increasing rate of use, the service has recently
been valued at about $500 million dollars.
Around the World
Woman’s suicide draws attention to Pakistan’s acid horrors
Fakhra Younas endured 38 surgeries in
an effort to repair damage inflicted by a
Pakistani man who doused her face in acid.
However, the 33-year-old climbed to the sixthfloor balcony of her apartment building in
Rome March 17 and jumped.
Younas is not the first victim of this violence, as acid is the preferred weapon of men
seeking revenge against women accused of
disloyalty or disobedience.
Younas’ ex-husband, Bilal Khar was acquitted at a trial nine years ago and maintains his
innocence, but the public has afforded him
little sympathy.
Pakistan has a notoriously weak police
force, but legal reforms are being enacted to
enforce stiff penalties, including a minimum
14-year sentence and an $11,000 fine for attackers, as a result of an increasing amount of
acid-related violence in the country.
Maggie Seppi
News in Brief
UNF poll reveals tie between Obama, Romney
UNF Assistant Professor of Political
Science Dr. Michael Binder and Chair of the
Department Political Science Dr. Matthew
Corrigan, as well as approximately 180 UNF
political science students, conducted a poll to
measure presidential approval ratings.
President Barack Obama and Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney each received 43 percent of results, according to the
survey.
Obama’s approval rating in Jacksonville is
at 48 percent, up from 41 percent in March.
Gov. Rick Scott and Mayor Alvin Brown have
also experienced jumps in approval ratings,
with Scott up to 48 percent from 41 percent
in March and Brown up to 75 percent from 63
percent in November 2011.
The survey included 709 Duval County registered voters and had a margin of error of
+/- 3.59 percent.
Maggie Seppi
NEWS
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Former student body president to rock SuperFest
By DARGAN THOMPSON
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
John Brandon remembers holding band
rehearsals in abandoned UNF classrooms
when he was a student in the late ‘90s.
“We would rehearse there until security
came and kicked us out, and we’d go on the
other side of the campus and find another
John Brandon
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room and rehearse there,” Brandon said.
Brandon, who was UNF’s student body
president in 1998, played in bands throughout college and said UNF was a launching
pad for his musical career.
Now the lead singer in The John
Brandon Project, Brandon describes his
band’s music as progressive rock with a
flavor of electronic. The band has been together for six years and recently recorded
its fourth album.
After he graduated in 1998, Brandon
said he never thought he would come back
to perform at UNF again. But a few months
ago, some people from Apollo Worldwide
came to one of the band’s concerts and
wanted it on the bill for Jacksonville
SuperFest, the outdoor music festival that
will be held in Lot 18 April 14-15.
Brandon said he is excited for the festival’s potential to give Jacksonville artists
more exposure.
“I think it’s an opportunity for so much
hidden talent that’s within the city that
doesn’t really get a chance to showcase for
a larger audience,” he said.
Jacksonville can be a sheltered
Students can purchase $15 daily passes for Jacksonville SuperFest online or
from the UNF Ticket Box Office, Mellow
Mushroom or Whisky River.
There will be parking at Lots 14, 53 and
55, and shuttles will run from there to
Lot 18. No parking is allowed in Lot 18.
environment for its music acts, Brandon
said. People do not come out to see shows
very often, especially because of the size
of the city. He said he hopes SuperFest
can help draw more people out and inspire
them to get more involved in Jacksonville’s
music scene.
Because of the members’ schedules,
the band only plays a few shows each year.
Daryl Phenneger, the band’s drummer,
said the group wanted to play at SuperFest
to help get its music out to a wider range
of people.
“We’re gonna be hitting groups of
people that would never ordinarily come
to a John Brandon show, just for the fact
that they ordinarily like hop-hop only,”
he said, “but they’ll come out and go, ‘Oh,
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SuperFest’s most noticeable effect to students
will be the barring of parking in Lot 18 during
the event’s duration.
we really like these guys. Let’s check them
out online.’”
Thousands of people will crowd Lot 18
for the event, which will feature over 75
bands on three stages, as well as an arts
market, food, face painting and other vendors. Greg Bruce, general manager of
Apollo Worldwide, which is putting on the
event, said the festival seeks to highlight
Jacksonville musicians and will have music of all genres, from dubstep to country,
with a mix of DJs and live musicians.
Bruce said he wanted to concentrate
the festival in an area people could easily
get to, and he thought UNF was a good and
credible location that would make the general community more inclined to come.
Bruce said he expects around 3,000 to
5,000 people to attend the festival each day.
Apollo Worldwide has given away lots of
tickets through radio promos and other
events, but Bruce said he expects that most
of the ticket sales will take place on the day
of the event.
Email Dargan Thompson at
[email protected].
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Male students strut their stuff in women’s shoes April 3 in the Osprey Plaza.
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Those hairy legs inside women’s heels aim to bring about more awareness for sexual assault victims.
Women’s Center honors the victims of sexual assault
By Justin Chandler Porter
Staff Reporter
Campus men are taking feminine steps to
raise awareness of sexual assault and honor the victims of sexual violence.
The UNF Women’s Center and the Alpha
Chi Omega Sorority observed Sexual Assault
Awareness Month by sponsoring the Walk a
Mile event April 3 in the Osprey Plaza.
Chantell Waters, the UNF Women’s Center
event coordinator, said the organizations put
men in women’s shoes to raise awareness
about violence against women, particularly
rape and sexual assault.
“The men come out, sign a liability form
and strut their stuff,” Waters said.
Male students of all shapes and sizes
modeled petite, feminine footwear and
strode through Osprey Plaza along an
outlined runway.
Slipping into a size-nine high heel is no
easy feat, but that didn’t stop audacious
students like UNF athletic training major
David Brangaccio.
“It wasn’t quite a mile, but it felt like a
mile,” Brangaccio said.
Sexual assault against women is an issue
many people avoid or ignore, he said.
The Women’s Center of Jacksonville also
attended the event, along with a live DJ and
Smoothie King.
Although the event was a nice break
from routine, it underscored a serious and
emotional concern.
Sheila Spivey, the director of the UNF
Women’s Center, said UNF sexual assault
crimes have been relatively low, although national statistics claim one in four women will
be sexually assaulted in some way during
college tenure.
She said the students the center sees are
most frequently assaulted off campus and
come on campus to receive services.
UNF Women’s Center also sponsored the
Clothesline Project, which featured shirts of
all colors decorated by students to show their
support. The different colored shirts represent different types of violence and atrocities
women have faced.
In the event, Spivey said the men only took
a few steps, but one day, she hopes to see participants walk a whole mile to raise sexual
violence awareness.
Email Justin Chandler Porter at
[email protected].
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Pay the artists you’ll find in the
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By Dargan thompson
assistant features editor
As the school year winds down, you may
be looking for some fresh music to provide
the soundtrack for your summer.
Although it’s easy to illegally download music, if you really like an album you
should purchase it. You don’t have to pay
99 cents for every single song you listen to,
but if you really like musicians, you should
support them, so they can continue making
the music you love, especially if the artists
are not well-known.
While repeatedly listening to a song on
Spotify or YouTube may work for you, it really doesn’t benefit the artist much. A musician only receives a fraction of a penny
when someone streams his or her music on
Spotify. Of course, that doesn’t mean you
shouldn’t use those kind of services at all.
They are a great way to find and test out
new music.
Email Dargan Thompson at
[email protected].
Here’s some advice for finding and buying the songs
that you’ll be rocking out to all summer and after:
The first step, of course, is discovering some new bands. Maybe you
have something you already really
like and can find something similar using a website like Pandora. If
your friends have good music taste,
they will surely be happy to share
the names of their favorite artists
with you.
You have a limited budget, so you
don’t want to just buy everything
that sounds good. Take some time to
listen to the albums through a website such as Grooveshark or Spotify,
both of which allow you to create an
account and listen for free. Give the
album a few listens, and decide if it is
something you want in your iTunes.
If you prefer to find music on
your own, you can find out about
new bands from websites, such as
Pitchfork or Indierockcafe. Those
two are geared toward independent
music, but there are a whole host of
music websites with lists of the best
new artists and albums of different
genres. With a little research, you
should be able to make a list of several potential new favorites.
Buying digital albums is the easiest and cheapest way to get music.
ITunes and Amazon are good options. Amazon even offers 100 different mp3 albums for $5 each every
month, which might even be a good
place to start your music search if
you’re on a budget.
The best place to buy music is directly from the band’s website or
BandCamp. Amazon and iTunes
take a cut of the sales, so buying directly means the artist makes more
money from the transaction.
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“Break It Yourself”
“I Love You, It’s Cool”
“Open Your Heart”
“Young And Old”
“Delta Spirit”
“Hairdresser Blues”
“Visions”
“Reign Of Terror”
“Be The Void”
“Milk Famous”
Columbia
Mom And Pop
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Hometapes-Dead Oceans
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Fat Possum
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Slumberland
Jagjaguwar
Glassnote
True Panther
Ghostly
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“UNF and music.”
Hannah Hoffman, Music, Freshman
“I don’t know, some sort
of festival.”
Richard Turner, Accounting, Junior
“Nothing, because I don’t know what
it is.”
Peter Napoli, Finance, Freshman
“Fireworks. Anytime there’s a festival, I think there’s got to
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As part of the 24th Great American
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Bradford has performed with legendary musicians such as The Count Basie
Band and Wynton Marsalis. Student
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will be presenting three short films at
MOCA Jacksonville. The films feature
a painter, a violinist and a sculptor,
all of whom will present at the event
to showcase their talents after the
screening of the films. The event will
take place from 6-8 p.m. and is free
for all.
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new members at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballrooms. Sigma Lambda
Gamma is a multicultural sorority that
is new to UNF. Come out to get more
information about the newest organization entering Greek Life at UNF. The
event is free to all.
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A UNF criminal justice student learns MMA for discipline, not fame
By JOSEPH BASCO
NEWS editor
There are two roads a martial artist can
take: a hard path toward discipline or an
easy life of aggressive bravado.
One UNF student, Matt Archangel,
chooses the former.
“We don’t train each other to beat each
other up,” Archangel said.
Archangel, a criminal justice junior,
trains in various martial arts disciplines,
such as Bruce Lee’s strike-oriented
Jeet Kune Do and the grappling-centric
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
His training, a synthesis of contrasting
martial arts, is commonly referred to as
mixed martial arts, or MMA. The looselydefined martial art has become a rising
sport within the past 20 years.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship,
formed in 1993, is the most recognized organization that pits MMA fighters against
each other. The league has grown exponentially, with pay-per-view events such as
the most recent event, UFC 144, reaching
375,000 buys, according to multiple MMA
news websites.
Due to its relatively recent inception
in the combat sports world, the UFC has
had its share of critics. Sen. John McCain
(R-AZ) once called the sport “human cockfighting” in 1996 because of the unprecedented moves fighters performed on one
another, such as kicking and choking.
Archangel, who practices these types of
moves daily, said MMA is much safer than
it is perceived to be. The only injury he has
sustained through training was a headache
from an elbow strike to his head, which
lasted a few days.
“Of course you can get knocked out or
get a bloody nose,” Archangel said. “But
the [Unified Rules of MMA] are made for it
to be as safe as it can get.”
But for Archangel, his drive to learn
martial arts came from the necessity to inflict harm when necessary.
“I lived in Philadelphia,” Archangel
said. “[My father and I] got robbed a couple
of times when I was a kid. I didn’t really
know what to do, so I wanted to learn how
to defend myself.”
As a child, Archangel learned the
Korean martial art Tang Soo Do. He then
moved to Jeet Kune Do in his junior year
of high school because his father always
showed him Bruce Lee movies when he
was young. Now, as a young adult who
watches UFC fights, he trains in MMA at
World Martial Arts.
The World Martial Arts gym, a no-frills
training center located near UNF, consists
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Matt Archangel warms up with one of his training partners. The warmup starts slow, but eventually works into a fury of punches and blocks.
The last thing [you
learn] is fighting”
— Matt Archangel
of a padded floor, three heavy punching
bags and a sign that reads “infinite patience leads to immediate success.”
The gym is home to Archangel and his
training partners, ironically named Team
Archangel. The team named themselves after religious figure Michael the Archangel
for his role as a “warrior,” Archangel said.
“It just so happened my name is
Archangel too,” Archangel said. “I guess it
worked out well.”
His team, a group of amateur fighters,
exhibit a friendly, but warrior-like, mentality when they train together.
Each Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training session begins with a bow and ends with one
person locked in a submission hold, such
as an ankle-crushing heel hook or an unconsciousness-inducing triangle choke.
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In true mixed martial arts form, Archangel isn’t just a striker, he constantly works on his
grappling skills.
Both fighters can be seen smiling at each
other at times during the session, a signal
that there is no intentional harm inflicted
in the gym.
What sets World Martial Arts apart
from other MMA gyms is its practice of
the Filipino-based weapon martial art
Eskrima. Traditionally, the martial art is
practiced with small double edged swords,
but practitioners at the gym use wooden
sticks known as Kali. Archangel honors his
Filipino heritage by practicing the art with
other Filipino-Americans at the gym.
“I wanted to get closer to my roots,”
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Two volleyball players start
standup paddle boarding club at UNF
By Zach Sweat
contributing writer
Age: 21
Weight: 170
Height: 5’ 10
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Surfing is king when it comes to water
sports in Jacksonville, but two UNF volleyball players have set out to change that.
During the last Fall semester, Allison
Shirley and Cameron McGuire started a
club called SUP JAX to introduce the sport
of paddle boarding to UNF students and
the Jacksonville community.
“It hasn’t really blown up yet in
Jacksonville,” Shirley said.
Shirley and McGuire both have a history of surfing and participating in water
sports but have only been stand-up paddle
boarding for about two years. McGuire
said her father made both her and Shirley
their first paddleboards in his garage.
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Matt Archangel practices his front kicks on the belly of one of the elder members at WMA.
Archangel said. “If you get down to the
roots of [Kali], it’s a tribal art.”
With a unique combination of Eskrima,
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Jeet Kune Do,
Archangel embraces modern martial arts
training in a way that puts the actual
moves in the back of his mind.
“It’s not just about fighting,” Archangel
said. “The last thing [you learn] is fighting.”
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Anybody can come
paddle around. It
should be fun”
— Cameron McGuire
McGuire said she likes the surfing
aspect of paddle boarding more, while
Shirley prefers
racing. Shirley recently competed in two
paddle boarding races in the fall and plans
to race in the future.
Shirley thinks the Jacksonville area is
a prime location for paddle boarding, with
its lakes, waterways and beaches. UNF’s
lakes offer abundant places to practice the
sport and are free to students.
So far, the club has had two demos, both
during the fall 2011 semester, with plans to
host more in the near future for students
and the Jacksonville public.
“Anybody can come paddle around. It
should be fun,” McGuire said. “Even if no
one has ever paddled before, we’ll teach
you how. It’s easy to learn once you get the
feel for it.”
The demo will offer free paddle boards
for students and the community to ride.
The event will feature events such as tandem racing where two participants share a
board during a competition.
In addition to the demos, SUP JAX has
also conducted several beach cleanups and
plans to have more in the future. The cleanups benefit not only Jacksonville’s beaches
but also the nonprofit organization
Mother Ocean.
The girls plan to have paddle boards
available on campus in the future. Once
completed, students will have access to the
boards just as they do canoes and kayaks
from Eco-Adventure.
Shirley said she would like to see not
For additional information about
the club, friend SUP JAX on Facebook to get on an email list for
upcoming events and score some
sweet SUP JAX merchandise.
Courtesy of allison shirley and cameron mcguire
Cameron McGuire rides the waves on her
paddle board.
only UNF offer these boards but additional
campuses, as well.
Both Shirley and McGuire are players
on UNF’s sand volleyball team, as well as
the indoor team. With school and volleyball taking up much of their time, the girls
use paddle boarding as a way to escape the
stress of life.
“We’re busy with everything, but paddle
boarding is our outlet,” Shirley said. “We
go out to the beach or the lake whenever we
have time.”
The two said they plan to continue paddle boarding after college.
Shirley said she plans to race professionally in the future at events such as
Battle of the Paddle in California.
“I want to race professionally after volleyball. That’s my goal,” said Shirley.
SUP JAX plans on creating additional
demos, lessons and beach clean-ups
for
the
upcoming
Summer
and
Fall semesters.
“Hopefully, as things grow with the club,
we’ll be able to do more things,” Shirley
said. “We have bigger things planned for
the fall.”
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UNF Golf annihilates
Men’s and women’s tennis
ranked competition in Tampa clinch tournament berth
Team recognized nationally by Golfweek
By Jordan Harirchi
assistant sports editor
The UNF men’s golf team was recognized nationally after finishing 20 strokes
ahead of its nearest opponent in an event
featuring seven Top 25-ranked schools.
The No. 14 UNF golf team finished 21-under-par in the Gary Koch Invitational April
7-8 in Tampa. With three Ospreys finishing
in the top five, freshman Joey Petronio led
the Ospreys, earning his first career event
win and Golfweek Player of the Week.
Petronio took first, finishing 8-under
par and two strokes ahead of Alabama’s
Hunter Hamrick and teammate Sean Dale,
who both finished at 6-under par. Junior
Kevin Phelan wasn’t too far from his teammates, finishing fourth at 5-under par.
The event concluded the Ospreys’
regular season. The two-day event featured nationally ranked schools, such
as No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Auburn and
No. 9 Georgia Tech.
Head coach Scott Schroeder said
Petronio’s strong play contributed greatly
to UNF’s dominant play in winning its
fourth golf tournament title of the season.
“We’ve never had three players play really well,” Schroeder said. “Usually, it’s
been two [Dale and Phelan].”
By Josh Brannock
sports editor
The Ospreys won’t face Top 25-littered competition similar to the Gary
Koch Invitational in the Atlantic Sun
Championship, but the team will still need
three consistent golfers in its upcoming
tournament, Schroeder said.
“The line between playing average and
good isn’t very wide,” Schroeder said.
“Hopefully this will be Joey’s [Petronio]
springboard going into conference.”
In just one event, Petronio’s ranking
shot from up from No. 246 to No. 158 after
beating seven Top 25-ranked players.
Final results on page 22.
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With just two matches left in the regular season, both of UNF’s tennis programs
have locked a position in the Atlantic Sun
conference tournament April 20-22.
The women’s tennis team (12-4) clinched
a spot in the conference with wins over
Belmont
University
and
Lipscomb
University April 6-7. With a perfect 7-0
conference record on the year, the team
is two games ahead of second-place East
Tennessee University.
The team finishes the regular season
with two games against conference opponents. With a win April 13 over Kennesaw
State University, the team will clinch the
regular season A-Sun conference and have
the No. 1 seed headed into the tournament.
In the team’s eight wins, it has won
the doubles point every time. The No. 73
doubles pairing of Aline Berkenbrock and
Lorena Aviles has lost only three of their
15 matches on the season; Berkenbrock
did not play in the March 25 match against
West Virginia. In the team’s seven conference matches, it has blanked the competition three times and has only lost one point
in the other four matches.
Last season, the team went into the
A-Sun tournament as the third seed and
lost in the finals to the first seeded ETSU
Buccaneers 4-0.
On the men’s side, the No. 58 Ospreys sit
just one game back of No. 1 ETSU, but with
a loss to the Bucs earlier in the season, the
team can’t finish the regular season higher
than second place.
At 6-1, the team controls its own
destiny on its position in the A-Sun
Championships. UNF is one game ahead of
Stetson University, who the Ospreys beat
4-3 March 31.
After its lone conference loss, the team
has won five straight conference games,
including easy wins over Florida Gulf
Coast University, Lipscomb and rival
Jacksonville University.
Earlier in the season, UNF took advantage of a tough nonconference schedule to
gain national recognition. With wins over
No. 42 South Alabama and No. 33 UNC
Willmington, the Ospreys jumped from being unranked to No. 50 in the nation.
After winning the regular season championship last year, the team lost in the semifinals to the fourth-seed Stetson University.
Match results on page 22.
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Gavlik earns first A-Sun Player of the Week for strong, consistent play
By Josh Brannock
sports editor
Going a combined 10-16, scoring five
runs and driving in four runs over four
games last week was good enough for T.J.
Gavlik to be named the Atlantic Sun April
9 Player of the Week.
The award is the first in the senior’s
UNF career. The Hong Kong native drove
in a career-high three runs in UNF’s upset
victory over the No. 1 University of Florida
Gators April 3 and hit safely in all four of
the week’s games.
Gavlik said he didn’t know he had won
until Chris Whitehead, media relations for
UNF baseball, told him.
“I was walking to school, and I passed
by Whitehead, and he was tapping on the
glass,” Gavlik said. “He looked all mad,
and I thought I did something wrong until
he said, ‘Congratulations, you’ve won the
A-Sun player of the week,’ and I said, ‘Wow,
no way.’”
Gavlik said it felt great to win the award,
especially in his senior year.
Gavlik attributed his success in the last
week to seeing the ball and the overall play
of the team in its last four games.
“Ever since the Florida game, something just clicked for me, and I’ve been feeling good at the plate,” Gavlik said.
UNF is in eighth place in the A-Sun
standings, a half game behind sixth place
Florida Gulf Coast University.
Gavlik said the key to getting into the
A-Sun Championships is not trying to
sweep every series.
“We need to just keep chipping away, get
the whole dugout up, win a road series here
and there and just keep going. We’re definitely not out of it,” Gavlik said.
Game boxscores on page 22.
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Upcoming schedule
Spring intramural champions
4-on-4 flag football
Basketball
Soccer
BASEBALL
MEN’S TENNIS
CoRec - PT
CoRec - The Real UNF
CoRec - Honey Badgers
4/11 @FAMU 6 p.m.
4/13 @KSU 4 p.m.
Men’s - Elite
Men’s - Stacked Up
Men’s - Internationals
4/13 VS LU 6 p.m.
4/14 @MU 10 a.m.
Women’s - Get Some
Women’s - Gryffindor
Women’s - Sasha Fierce
4/14 VS LU 1 p.m.
Greek A - Chi Phi
Greek A - Sigma Chi
4/15 VS LU 1 p.m.
Greek B - Kappa Sigma B
MEN’S GOLF
4/16 A-Sun Championship
(Braselton, GA)
4/17 VS FAMU 6 p.m.
4-on-4 Indoor Volleyball
Dodgeball
SOFTBALL
WOMEN’S TENNIS
CoRec - Physical Terrorists
Men’s - Ballsagna
4/11 @BCU 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
4/13 @KSU Noon
Men’s - In The
4/13 VS ETSU 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
4/14 @MU Noon
Faaaaaaaaaaaace
4/14 VS USCU 1 p.m.. 3 p.m.
Women’s - Physical Terrorists
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
April 05
April 06
UNF
000 000 001 - 1 5 0
UNF
101 200 0 - 4 12 1
ETSU
001 210 200 - 6 9 0
KSU
022 030 X - 7 13 0
WP- John Long (5-3) LP- Tommy
Organ (2-2)
HR- Freeman (4)
April 06
UNF
102 002 000 - 5 10 1
ETSU
001 000 100 - 2 6 0
WP- Kyle Westwood (3-3) LP- Jimmy
Nesselt (2-3) S- Chandle Jagodzinski
(2)
HR- A. Karmeris (4)
April 07
UNF
000 0112 000 - 13 11 1
ETSU
002 002 000 - 4 9 4
WP- J. Cross (7-8) LP- K. Wallace
(12-4) S- A. Henderson (4)
Game 2
UNF
000 040 - 4 7 2
KSU
103 305 - 12 13 0
WP- A. Henderson (9-6) LP- K.
Goff (5-6) S- A. Mixon (3)
April 07
Game 1
UNF
000 020 0 - 2 6 3
MU
200 000 1 - 3 6 1
WP- Bailey (9-5) LP- K. Wallace (12-5)
WP- Tyler Moore (4-1) LP- Jake Long
(2-3)
HR- Marincov (6), Bacon (5)
UNF
110 000 0 - 2 5 2
April 10
MU
000 010 0 1 4 1
BCU
300 000 100 - 4 6 0
UNF
000 200 000 - 2 5 2
WP- Montana Durapau (2-4) LPBryan Matthews (1-1) S- Jordan
Dailey (7)
HR- Marincov (7)
Game 2
WP- K. Goff (6-6) LP- Holsinger
(11-4) S- A. Brown (1)
GOLF
April 07-08
TEAM:
1 #14* UNF -21
2 #9* GT -1
3 #4* Auburn +4
4 #2* Alabama +5
5 #24* FSU +8
6 #23* UF +10
WOMEN’S TENNIS
MEN’S TENNIS
April 06
April 06
UNF 6 BU 1
No. 52* UNF 4 BU 3
SINGLES
SINGLES
No. 1 Moritz Buerchner (UNF) def. Renato Antun 6-7
(3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
No. 2 Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def. Henrique Norbiato
6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 Rodrigo Amaral (BU) def. Pedro Davisson 1-6,
7-5, 6-4
No. 4 Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Fernando Mussolini
5-7, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Rafael Matos (BU) def. Graham Edgar 6-2, 1-6,
7-6 (7-5)
No. 6 Bruno Silva (BU) def. Timo Kranz 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
DOUBLES
No. 1 Daniel Sotomarino/Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) def.
Renato Antun/Rafael Matos 8-5
No. 2 Moritz Buerchner/Graham Edgar (UNF) def.
Henrique Norbiato/Rodrigo Amaral 8-3
No.3 Leonardo Nahar/Pedro Davisson (UNF) def. Fernando Mussolini/Bruno Silva 8-6
No. 1 Aline Berkenbrock (UNF) def. Fabiana Mersan
6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Lorena Aviles (UNF) def. Nikki Maciel 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Danielle Day (UNF) def. Catherine Holliday 6-1,
6-1
No. 4 Carolyn Caire (BU) def. Simona Weymar 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Melanie Aguirre (UNF) def. Laura Stack 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Marina Cunningham (UNF) def. Natalia Nunes
by default
DOUBLES
No. 1 #78* Aline Berkenbrock/Lorena Aviles (UNF) def.
Fabiana Mersan/Catherine Holliday 8-0
No. 2 Simona Weymar/Rebeca Pereira (UNF) def. Nikki
Maciel/Laura Stack 8-4
No. 3 Danielle Day/Melanie Aguirre (UNF) def. Natalia
Nunes/Carolyn Caire 8-1
April 07
April 07
No. 52* UNF 4 LU 0
SINGLES
UNF 5 LU 0
SINGLES
No. 1 Moritz Buerchner (UNF) vs. Oliver Strecker
unfinished
No. 2 Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) vs. Daniel Hernandez
unfinished
No. 3 Norbert Nemcsek (UNF) vs. David Salazar unfinished
No. 4 Pedro Davisson (UNF) def. Colby Shaw 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Leonardo Nahar (UNF) def. Miguel Cortez 6-1,
6-3
No. 6 Graham Edgar (UNF) def. Stuart Tierney 6-1, 6-1
No. 1 Aline Berkenbrock (UNF) def. Alyssa Bellini 6-0,
6-1
No. 2 Lorena Aviles (UNF) vs. Deahna Welcher 6-0, 3-0,
unfinished
No. 3 Danielle Day (UNF) def. Jenny Borck 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Melanie Aguirre (UNF) vs. Elizabeth Keevil 6-1,
2-0, unfinished
No. 5 Simona Weymar (UNF) def. Danielle Hansen 6-1,
6-1
No. 6 Marina Cunningham (UNF) def. Samantha Bowman 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES
DOUBLES
No. 1 Norbert Nemcsek/Daniel Sotomarino (UNF) def.
Oliver Strecker/Miguel Cortez 8-1
No. 2 Moritz Buerchner/Graham Edgar (UNF) def.
Daniel Hernandez/Stuart Tierney 8-4
No. 3 David Salazar/Colby Shaw (LU) def. Leonardo
Nahar/Pedro Davisson 8-7 (8-6)
No. 1 #78* Aline Berkenbrock/Lorena Aviles (UNF) def.
Deahna Welcher/Jenny Borck 8-1
No. 2 Simona Weymar/Rebeca Pereira (UNF) def. Danielle Hansen/Elizabeth Keevil 8-0
No. 3 Danielle Day/Melanie Aguirre (UNF) def. Samantha Bowman/Alyssa Bellini 8-1
*All rankings are at the time of the event
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InsidetheHuddle
Josh Brannock
Sports Editor
Zach Sweat
Jordan Harirchi
Contributing Writer
Assistant Sports Editor
Sam Hauser
Sports Hause Host
Question 1: What do you think about Ozzie Guillen’s suspension?
Only a manager in Miami would get
suspended for saying he loves Fidel. Either
way, when you have a large fan base that
went through the hardships he put Cuba
through, it’s somewhat understandable
they would try and save face.
I think he’s a moron. That was the worst
possible thing Guillen could have said in
the worst possible place. Guillen probably
wouldn’t have gotten suspended if he was
in another city, but I think it doesn’t show
well for the new “Miami” Marlins.
Eh. Read my column.
Despite what members of the media
think, I think the whole thing is the
media’s fault. Yes, it is a touchy subject to
show a liking toward Fidel Castro, especially in Miami. This goes beyond “Ozzie
being Ozzie,” but the media made this
the issue that it has become.
I don’t watch hockey. So, I’ll go with a
Canadian team!
The number one-seed out of the east,
the New York Rangers, will hoist Lord
Stanley’s Cup this year. When they are on
their A-game, they are nearly unbeatable.
They have a hall of fame goaltender, a
smart, energetic coach and are stacked
offensively.
Question 2: NHL playoffs are about to start. Who you got?
The Florida Panthers! Now that I got my
ignorant fan pick out of the way, the easy
pick is the Canucks. The team is too good
all-around and barely lost last year. Time
to start the playoff beard.
I need to step my NHL game up, but if I
had to pick a team, I’d go with the Penguins. Everyone seems to be picking them
to win it all.
Question 3: So Greg Biffle leads the cup standings. Does it last all season?
Tony Stewart’s close, but we all know
it’s only the chase that matters. So
really, who cares right now? I just
imagined a guy in a sleeveless shirt, at
church, holding a can of Billy Brew saying: “Me.”
I think he’s got a pretty good shot at it,
but then again, Stewart or Jr. could always
pull the upset. I’m not a huge fan of the
international sport of turning left, so who
knows.
Cletus McGoomer is going to take
the whole thing. NASCAR isn’t even
a real sport. Bring on the hate mail,
Budweiser-ites. I’ll only have this email
address for a week or two more.
No way! It’s not a knock on him, but there
are just too many good drivers out there
for one person to lead the standings from
here on out.
Josh Brannock
Free? Make sure to read the fine print
In light of Ozzie Guillen’s five-game suspension for pro-Fidel Castro remarks, what
is an apology worth?
Hands down, Guillen’s attempt to further the fiery, over-the-top persona he’s
built over the years was probably his stupidest. The flames emanating from his
character must have consumed his common sense.
Who the hell would utter words of
praise aimed at the former Cuban dictator
as manager of the club in the Cuban capital of the U.S.?
Guillen later apologized and said he was
misinterpreted and clarified his statement.
His clarification was basically a retraction
of his original comments.
This isn’t the first time he’s praised a
dictator and later criticized that dictator.
Is his apology the second time around even
sincere? Was his first?
The biggest question is: why should he
apologize for his opinion?
Sports and supposed blunders are not
strangers to each other. Even UNF has
had its share of apparently bad decisions,
which were later retracted.
The swimming and diving team was
cut March 2010 and then brought back a
mere three weeks later. The team was cut
because facilities for the team were not upto-date and the sport wasn’t, and still isn’t,
included in Atlantic Sun competition.
The team was then brought back on after complaints citing that the move was a
violation of Title IX, the federal law that
requires schools to offer equal athletic
opportunities and amenities to men and
women. I interviewed John Delany, president of UNF, last semester and he said,
after reviewing the incident with a lawyer,
the school was not violating Title IX.
So, why not stick to the initial plan instead of a full-blown turnaround?
While the two incidents are not similar in that one deals with opinion and the
Jordan
Harirchi
/// Assistant Sports Editor
other deals with the law, the two are similar in certain respects. Decisions are made,
consequences follow and some parties are
happy and others are, well, in this instance,
unhappy Cuban-Americans.
Delaney told me in the same interview
he didn’t want the school to have a Title IX
issue looming over it, which is absolutely
reasonable. Title IX is not a matter of opinion but rather an issue of abiding by the
law. But Guillen hasn’t broken any law.
Guillen might have apologized and retracted his love for Castro, but it doesn’t
change the opinion that resides in his
mind. His sharing of that opinion and any
other will be restricted and bear negative
consequences if stated — five games without pay worth of negative consequences.
It just shows you that speech isn’t entirely free. The receipt reading $0.00 has
fine print at the bottom, stating:
Be prepared to pay heavily if
your speech offends the majority of
the population.
Email Jordan Harirchi at
[email protected].
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