http://www.unfspinnaker.com Official Newspaper of the University of North Florida Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After UPD discovered a body inside a parked car on the fourth floor of Garage 44 around 2:15 a.m. Nov. 12, investigators declared it a case of suicide. “From the scene, it was pretty obvious [it was a suicide],” UPD Chief Mark Foxworth said. But the family of 22-year-old psychology major D’Angelo ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/family-mourns-death-of-unf%e2%80%99s-own/ UNF’s global environmental struggles class is hosting the first Environmental Awareness Day on the Green Nov. 25. Five groups of students from the class will be doing demonstrations and talking with other students to raise awareness for environmental issues. The creator and instructor of the class, Dr. Suzanne Simon, never planned ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/class-focuses-on-environmental-issues/ The second annual Garbage on the Green is scheduled to take place Nov. 18, and the UNF Environmental Center is abuzz with activity in preparation. The event will kick off with a campus clean up from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and will continue from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/garbage-exposed-on-green/ Nov. 8 – Drug and alcohol violation (Building V) – A UNF employee found a partially smoked marijuana cigarette on the bathroom sink counter during a health and safety inspection. The room occupant denied possession of the substance and claimed there was not enough evidence to place the subject in ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/police-beat/2008/11/19/nov-8-nov-13/ The largest philanthropy event in the nation is scheduled to take place Nov. 21 and 22 at the UNF Arena. The Children’s Miracle Network-sponsored Dance Marathon is the first campus-wide event of its kind, with a little more than 220 dancers registered so far. The event will force participants to be on their ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/put-on-your-dancing-shoes/ AROUND THE STATE Jacksonville’s Mayport to house nuclear aircraft carrier Jacksonville’s Mayport Naval Station has been selected as the home base of a new nuclear aircraft carrier, which is expected to be stationed by 2014, Sen. Bill Nelson said Nov. 17. The Navy will be responsible for the half-billion dollar project to dredge ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/the-news-around-nov-19/ During the registration period, holds on accounts are often mentioned in the context of unfair treatment from the university to its students. Once holds are placed on students’ accounts, students are unable to access their transcript, register and even graduate. “It doesn’t matter whether you owe a penny or $5,000,” UNF Bursar ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/cashier%e2%80%99s-office-main-source-of-registration-holds/ The university’s Information Technology Services department recently experienced an up- tick in computer viruses, which started in October, said an Information Technology Services spokeswoman. There were 1,478 incidents of virus detection on 30 managed computers – staff and lab machines – which is considerably higher than the last several months, said Alison ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/computer-viruses-spread-on-campus/ The nation’s education system currently faces a critical shortage of professionally certified teachers, and Northeast Florida is not exempt from the problem. About 1,400 classroom teachers in the area only have temporary teaching certificates, according to the regional coordinator of the North Florida Personel Development Partnership who founded a program aimed ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/university-program-helps-alleviate-local-nationwide-teacher-shortages/ Grace Ambrose Freshman, Undecided Bandeth Sok Sophomore, Nutrition Noah Kaplan Junior, Foreign Relations What attracted you to the Obama campaign? “In the beginning he seemed like he represented the change we needed. I really liked his education policy.” “I am actually a Republican. Mainly his stance on the war on terrorism ... I liked his position to refocus ... http://www.unfspinnaker.com/news/2008/11/19/students%e2%80%99-impressions-of-obama/