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SGA election reform bill voted down Morgan Smith and W. Paul Smith Staff Writers At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Student Government Association Senate voted down a bill that aimed to insert accidently deleted sections of the election code back into the SGA statutes, specifically into “Title V: The Student Body Election Code.”

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Twelve senators voted against the bill, and two abstained.

This bill would not have affected the upcoming emergency election on Sept. 26 (the one-time-only emergency election code packet), but it would have affected future SGA elections.

“We shall suspend using Title V until after the emergency elections,” Senate

President Dwayne Manuel said.

The bill was authored by Manuel and co-sponsored by Academic Chair Ron Ramsey.

It was not immediately apparent during the meeting why the bill failed to pass, though SGA President Josh Finley did express concerns that the bill was perhaps being rushed through the Senate.

The legislation was drafted after an investigation by The

Voyager during the spring semester uncovered the accidental deletion of 60 percent of the election code from the current SGA statutes.

After the holding of the spring SGA election, it is customary for the SGA election supervisor to make recommendations for changes to the existing election code.

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Volleyball coach inspires players Volleyball Head Coach Melissa Wolter has been the heart of the volleyball team since coming to UWF. She has inspired her players on the way to five GSC championships and three national tournament appearances in addition to fighting off breast cancer.

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Opinion SGA election code; post-9/11 world The Voyager offers an editorial arguing that the SGA election code controversy needs a proper solution before the spring election.

Opinions editor W. Paul Smith discusses the effects of the war on terror ten years after 9/11.

See full story on page 3 Photo by Joslyn Rosado

The University of West Florida College Republicans placed flags all over the entrance of campus to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A memorial event was also held on campus. To read the full story about the memorial, visit www.thevoyager.net.

n A UWF faculty member reflects upon surviving the World Trade Center attacks Nicole Yeakos Staff Writer Rick Harper weaved through the chaotic streets, through people crying and pacing, through police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.

It was Sept. 11, 2001. Minutes earlier, a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. Now, Harper searched for a phone to call his family in Pensacola.

Harper is executive director of the University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement. On 9/11, he was in Manhattan for a conference on economics.

That morning, he was listening to a presentation in the ballroom of the Marriot hotel between the north and south towers of the Trade Center. When the first plane hit, the glass chandeliers overhead began to shake violently.

The crowd fled to the lobby. Through glass doors, Harper saw smoldering chunks of metal crash into the street and crush parked cars.

A hotel employee led the group out a different exit, but Harper stayed behind. He wanted to call his family. When he could not find a working phone, he also took to the streets.

He found a pay phone and stood in line to call his wife.

As he told her he was safe, a second plane came roaring from the south.

From the corner of his eye, he saw it slam into the south tower. The sound was deafening. A huge ball of fire launched out the opposite wall, and an umbrella of smoke billowed out.

Clasping the phone in shock and disbelief, he cried, “I’ve got to run! I’ve got to run!”

“I just dropped the phone and ran,” he said.

Harper regrouped with a few colleagues and watched the tragedy unfold from a distance. Every few minutes, they would see someone fly out of the smoke: jumpers from the doomed towers.

“Everyone on the ground would scream,” Harper said.

“It was such a horrific sight to see.”

Then, with a deep roar, a howl of twisting metal and an echo of haunting screams, the south tower collapsed.

A wave of soot, smoke and debris coasted down the streets, “just like a wave at the beach rolling back on itself,” he said.

Harper thought of what might come. Now aware that these were terrorist attacks, he worried about the prospect of war. He worried that his 18-year-old son would be drafted. Consumed in thought, he and the others continued to walk away.

Life in the rest of Manhattan was calm. It was still a beautiful fall day, Harper said. People walked in and out of stores and seemed oblivious to “the huge disaster and loss of life that was unfolding just a few dozen blocks to the south.”

The group finally found working phones and were able to call their families, who were watching the tragedy on TV. They later learned that no one from the conference was killed in the attacks.

The memory of that day lingers for Harper. For years, sounds of construction, shaking or yelling would set him on edge. He has not been to Ground Zero since the attacks, but he said he planned to visit soon.

“I would like to go back and walk those same streets,” he said. “What happened there on Sept. 11 changed all of our lives forever.”

Life

Restaurant caters to vegan appetites End of the Line Cafe offers a variety of vegan dishes and several special events throughout the week.

Dean DeBolt, University Archivist, shares his memories of UWF’s beginnings and his outlook for the future.

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Faculty Senate meeting discusses UWF development Jesse Farthing Staff Writer At the Faculty Senate’s first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 9, University of West Florida Vice President for Administrative Services Matt Altier shared his excitement about where the university is headed in terms of auxiliary operations and developing other sources of revenue.

Discussing bringing businesses, restaurants and different kinds of housing to the campus, he said,

“We’re already talking with developers locally and nationally, and there is a lot of interest about Pensacola and UWF. Over the next year or two you’re going to see a lot of action, a lot of development.”

President Judy Bense announced student growth and retention statistics and the purposeful growth of the university.

She reported that the University’s official enrollment total is now 12,021, up from 11,700 in September 2010, and that retention of freshmen had increased

“Over the next year or two you’re going to see a lot of action, a lot of development.”

-Matt Altier UWF Vice President for Administrative Services by 4 percent over the previous academic year to 75 percent.

Faculty Senate President Chris Pomory began the meeting with a briefing concerning what senators

UWF is ‘StormReady’ for hurricane season Jade Hoy Staff Writer

❱❱ Rundown In the event of an emergency, students are encouraged to bring the following items with them: •Any medication that may be needed •Several changes of clothing •Pillows and blankets •Flashlights and batteries •Snacks, although food will be provided •Entertainment, i.e. books or cards If a hurricane threatens our area, the UWF Department of Housing and Residence Life staff will notify students in the residence halls of the hurricane’s movement.

“The resident advisers and residence life staff are trained on how to inform students, through hall meetings and going door-todoor, of the storm and campus status,” Krista Boren, associate director of Housing and Residence Life, said. “Resident advisers will inform their residents at the initial community meetings, and when the residents check in, to have a plan in case the campus goes into closure mode because of impending weather.”

If conditions warrant evacuation of residence halls or apartments, the University Commons, Building 22, will be opened as a shelter for campus residents, according to UWFemergency.org.

“The UWF Police go into an emergency operations schedule when we have a major hurricane,” John Warren, chief of the UWF Police Department, said.

He said police will be present at the student shelter as long as it is open, and they will control access to the campus based on a list of storm recovery personnel. Students should try to park their cars on higher ground away from trees if possible.

Once the shelter is open, students can call 1-866-UWF-NEWS (893-6397) for updated informational recordings and to contact a staff member in the shelter, according to UWFemergency.org.

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An election code reform bill was presented to the SGA Senate in the spring of 2010 to do just this, but the bill was written incorrectly.

Normally when a bill is drafted that makes changes to current statutes, the bill will contain the entire text of the statutes, and the changes will be indicated by striking through only the relevant text.

The election bill in question, however, did not contain the entire text of Title V, but contained only the relevant text that was to be changed.

As a result, when the bill was entered into the statutes as a whole, approximately 60 percent of the election code was accidently deleted.

This current bill was an attempt by Manuel to put these statutes back into the election code.

“In my opinion I could not tell you why this bill failed,” Manuel said. “At this point I guess we’re at a standstill as an organization as to whether we want to put these statutes back in.”

Senator Jon Sigmon noted that bill was not time sensitive and there was no urgency in passing it now.

Senator Andrew Moorehead said, “The exact reason the bill failed

to pass was due to the fact that it was unnecessary at this point in time.”

“I’m still kind of baffled by it,” Manuel said. “These are things we obviously need in our statutes to conduct a fair election.”

Finley said, “I will go on record admitting that there are gaps in the election code. We’re doing everything we can to make sure this doesn’t happen again and to put in there what needs to be in there.”

Finley said that he was under the impression that the executive committee would have had the opportunity to deliberate on the bill and make recommendations before it was passed on to the Senate but the opportunity did not come to fruition in time.

Finley said, “Let’s not pass something that isn’t going to be the best that it can be.”

Ramsey said, “SGA is making great strides to make the Title V elections statutes as thorough as possible.”

Manuel said he did not feel like the bill had been rushed, but speculated that perhaps the senators want to wait until after the emergency election to deal with this issue.

Manuel said he wasn’t sure where the issue would go from here.

“I may just keep resub-

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mitting the bill until something happens on this,” Manuel said.

Sigmon said, “Many of us in the Senate understand the importance of this bill and do not want a repeat of the election debacle in the spring, so we are just executing due diligence in ensuring that a more perfect election code will be created.”

“I can guarantee that whether I’m in the presidency or not,” Finley said.

“I will make sure that before the next election in the spring that everything that needs to be in the election code to run a fair and honest election will be in there.”

included possible revisions to the grade appeal process, the GPA policy for majors, general education requirements and the student grievance process.

The open forum part of the meeting saw questions raised about proctoring fees for students in online courses, possible issues with staff parking near the new residence halls and a need for a system for figuring the workload of faculty members teaching online.

No issues were voted on during the meeting.

Funds donated to study spill Josh Cooper Staff Writer The University of West Florida will receive roughly $1.5 million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The funds will come to Professors Richard Snyder and Wade Jeffrey in the Department of Biology. Both professors work in the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation.

Jeffrey teaches an array of biology courses, including Marine Microbiology and Biological Oceanography.

Snyder teaches several ecology courses like Tropical Marine Ecology.

Snyder said that BP granted the money for the research but that “they do not control the outcome.”

“Research adds realism to my classes. It is important to integrate teaching and research.

“We will hire, and include as volunteers, a small army of undergrads and graduate students, giving them hands-on

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Even though the sun has been shining and classes are in full swing, students attending the University of West Florida should always be aware of the possibility of a hurricane.

Hurricane season runs from June through November, and the most important thing you can do to survive one of these natural disaters is be prepared.

Students should take comfort in the fact that the campus is prepared and has been designated a “StormReady” school by the National Weather Service since March 2009.

To qualify as a StormReady university, according to the UWF Office of Emergency Management, the University had to implement a series of operations that were tested by meteorologists from the National Weather Service. Those requirements include but are not limited to: setting up numerous ways to receive and distribute severe weather warnings, creating a system that monitors local severe weather, and promoting public readiness throughout the campus.

“Part of the StormReady operations requires the Office of Emergency Management team to listen in on the Weather Service radar updates as they occur, and they pass down the information through the ArgoAlert system,” Peter Robinson, director of the Office of Emergency Management, said.

Students can also register to receive text messages from ArgoAlert.

ArgoAlert is UWF’s emergency notification and warning system, and there are numerous ways students are contacted in case of an emergency, according to the Office of Emergency Management. In the case of a hurricane, sirens or loud speakers on campus may issue warnings and, important information will be posted on UWFemergency.org. The Office of Emergency Management recommends that students should listen to WUWF public media, which includes the radio station 88.1 FM and WUWF-TV.

expect, as well as introductions and welcoming new members.

Announcements were made regarding several charity programs about launching collection drives

around the campus, notably a Help Our Heroes Call Home program, Favor House and Hand To Paw. The Help Our Heroes Call Home program will be collecting discarded cellular phones to sell in order to purchase minutes for deployed soldiers to use for calling home.

Hand to Paw is an animal-assisted therapy program. Donation boxes for these programs will be set up around campus.

New business assigned to Senate sub-committees for future discussion

experience in oceanographic and microbial research,” he said.

Snyder also referred to a press release by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board.

The schools that are doing the research applied to a competitive grants program. The schools were selected because of their experience and the compatibility of their research.

UWF applied and received confirmation of the grant money. Snyder said they are still negotiating an exact amount, but it will be approximately $1.5 million.

“The GRI Research Board is an independent body established by BP to administer the company’s 10-year, $500 million commitment to independent research into the effects of the Deepwater Horizon incident,” according to a release.

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USF will be leading a project named “Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE).”

Besides FSU and USF, six other schools will receive funds, including Texas A&M, University of Miami and University of Mississippi.

Overall, $112.5 million will be given in grants to the schools involved in the research.

Snyder said the work “elevates the stature of the university.”

Rita R. Colwell, chairman of the GRI Research Board, was quoted in the press release as saying, “The results will illuminate the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, and enable appropriate responses should there be future releases not only in the Gulf of Mexico, but anywhere that oil and gas is produced in ocean environments.”

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SGA missing election code controversy needs solution We at The Voyager feel we should offer our thoughts on the issue of the recent SGA bill regarding the missing election code statutes that failed to pass the SGA Senate last Friday.

The bill, authored by Senate President Dwayne Manuel, aimed to insert several missing statutes from the current SGA statutes, specifically “Title V: The Student Body Election Code,” back into the statutory record.

For those unfamiliar, please read the background information detailed in the news story on Page 1.

There has been some debate about whether the term “missing” is appropriate for describing this issue with the SGA election code. However, we at The Voyager feel there is no more appropriate term to describe the situation.

The dictionary defines the word “missing” as “lacking, absent, or not found.”

Using the term “missing” does not in any way connote malicious intent or malfeasance. We realize the accidental deletion of these statutes was an honest mistake.

But just because no one caught the mistake does not mean that the mistake did not occur and the statutes aren’t missing.

We feel the mistake must be rectified appeal process of disqualified candidates. to protect the integrity and constitutional• The entire section regarding the ity of our student elections. installation and assumption of office of To illustrate the gravity of the situaelected candidates. tion, the following are among the sections • The entire section regarding special missing from the elections and how current student they are to be body election code: handled, includ• Almost the ing constitutional “Our only interest as entire section amendment referan organization is regarding the endums, referenduties of the elecdum elections, and what we think is best tions commission. recall elections. for the student body.”

• The entire • The entire section regardsection regarding the duties of ing the making of the Supervisor of amendments to the Elections. student body election code.

• The entire section regarding the At one point during the debate on process of filing for candidacy.

Friday, SGA President Josh Finley urged • The entire section regarding what the senators that they shouldn’t buckle constitutes campaign expenses. from outside pressure or vote to pass the • The entire section regarding regulabill simply because The Voyager says they tion of campaign posters. need to do so.

• The entire section regarding the We would like to make it very clear counting of ballots. that The Voyager has absolutely no • Almost the entire section regardpersonal interest vested in this issue. Our ing the schedule by which the election only interest as an organization is what commission must conduct the spring we think is best for the student body. election.

While we understand this bill had no • The entire section regarding the bearing on the upcoming emergency elec-

tion, we feel the failure to insert these statutes back in the election code opens up the potential for future elections to be overturned and their legitimacy challenged.

It also leaves the potential for election irregularities to occur and a rather flimsy legal framework available if such irregularities were challenged in the SGA Supreme Court.

Finley and several senators have assured The Voyager that they understand how crucial this issue is and simply wish to make sure the bill will be the best it can be, and we will take them at their word.

We appreciate that many within SGA seem to concur with the importance of this issue, and we feel that many also share the strong desire to see this election code situation solved.

While we fail to understand what was specifically wrong with this seemingly noncontroversial version of the bill that failed to garner the necessary support from the Senate, we trust that SGA as an organization will remedy this situation sometime before the spring election.

— The Voyager

Where do we stand a decade after the September 11 attacks?

W. Paul Smith Opinions Editor

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his weekend marked the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Rather than just dwell on the tragedy of the day and the lives lost, I thought it might be interesting to examine what the effects of the war on terror have been ten years later.

I have tried to compile a list of the most important statistics and facts relevant to the post-9/11 decade.

First let’s look at the human toll of the war on terror.

The Eisenhower Study Group of Brown University recently released a comprehensive study analyzing the human and economic costs of the war on terror.

The study found that over 6,000 U.S. military members have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far, and at least 137,000 civilians have been killed.

The study also found that millions of civilians have been “displaced indefinitely and are living in grossly inadequate conditions” because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, placing the total number of war refugees and displaced civilians at approximately 7.8 million.

Now let’s look at the state of democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11.

In December 2010, the Economist released a report analyzing the status of democracies across the globe, and Iraq ranked 111th out 165 countries on their democracy index scale.

The report labeled Iraq not as a democracy but as a “hybrid democracy,” meaning it contains some democratic principles but also maintains many authoritarian policies.

Afghanistan ranked 150th and was labeled not as a democracy at all but as an authoritarian regime.

In 2010, Transparency International did a study analyzing corruption around the world and ranked Iraq a 1.5 out of 10 on their corruption scale, making it the most corrupt country in the Middle East according to their metric.

Afghanistan scored a 1.4 and was

ranked the most corrupt country in all of charges and of trying detainees in military tribunals instead of civilian courts are also South Asia. still being used.

As for the economic costs of the war on The detention facility at Guantanamo terror, according to a recent study by the Bay is still open (despite Obama’s promNew York Times, approximately $3.3 trilise to close it) and currently has 172 lion has been spent when tallying up the detainees. Also, Bagram Air Base in economic impact of 9/11, the costs of the Afghanistan has essentially become the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, homeland security, care for veterans, etc. new Guantanamo with about 650 detainThe Brown University study places that ees, many of whom have been imprisoned figure as high as $4 trillion and counting, for years without any formal charges. making the total costs equivalent to about The Patriot Act was renewed in May of one-fourth of the $14.7 trillion national this year, which still allows many controdebt. versial practices such as “sneak and peak” This leads us into the bureaucratic search warrants (allowing homes to be changes since 9/11. searched without According to a the occupant’s 2010 investigation knowledge), roving by the Washington wiretaps, and secret “I have tried to Post, the counterintelligence surveilterrorism, homecompile a list of lance of non-US land security persons who are the most important and intelligence not affiliated with apparatus since a foreign organizastatistics and facts 9/11 has grown to tion, to name a few. relevant to the post1,271 government What about organizations the status of the 9/11 decade.” and 1,931 private recommendations companies employmade by the 9/11 ing an estimated Commission?

854,000 people.

According to a These organizations have endless recent report by the National Security redundancies and waste associated with Preparedness Group (which contained them (such as 51 federal organizations that several members of the original 9/11 track the flow of terrorist funding) and Commission), 32 of the 41 recommenproduce some 50,000 intelligence reports dations have been fulfilled or are being each year, many of which go unread.

Now let’s examine the changes to coun- implemented in some fashion.

However, the report also found the ter-terrorism policy since 9/11 still being country still lacked meaningful congresused today under the Obama administrasional oversight on issues of homeland tion. security, the failure to create a Director of The Obama administration has continNational Intelligence position, substanued many of the policies of the Bush dard transportation security screening, administration when it comes to fighting and the failure to develop coalition stanthe war on terror. dards for the detention and humane treatFor example, the use of extraordinary ment of terrorism suspects. rendition still exists, which is the practice The report concludes, “A decade after of exporting terror suspects to other countries to be interrogated (often countries 9/11, the nation is not yet prepared for a with a history of torturing suspects). truly catastrophic disaster.”

The practices of indefinite detention of In spite of this post-9/11 counterterrorism apparatus, what is the state of terror suspects without bringing formal

terrorism in the world?

The Heritage Foundation released a study last week that suggests 40 terrorist plots on U.S. soil have been foiled since 9/11, though it is difficult to ascertain how many of those plots were serious threats and were actually thwarted by counterterrorism policies.

And while there is no question that al-Qaida as a central terrorist organization has been weakened since 9/11, many splinter and copycat groups sprung up this past decade, such as al-Qaida in Pakistan, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, and al-Qaida in Iraq.

In 2001, the U.S. State Department designated 28 terrorist organizations across the globe, and now that list has grown to 48 terrorist organizations.

According to the most recent data from the Institute of Conflict Management, there have been 736 suicide attacks in Afghanistan since 9/11 with 3,755 lives lost.

The ICM data also indicates that Pakistan (which prior to 9/11 had only seen one suicide attack in 1995) has had 289 suicide attacks since 9/11, killing 4,681 people.

The British medical journal Lancet recently released a study that reports Iraq has seen 1,003 suicide attacks since 2003, killing over 12,000 civilians.

This suggests the threat of terrorism still exists and in many respects has only exacerbated since 9/11.

So where does all this leave us? What picture do all these statistics paint for the war on terror in a post-9/11 world?

Have the results been worth the costs?

Well, I suppose that’s up to each of us to decide.

Feel free to join the discussion and offer your thoughts on these issues in the comments section of this piece online at thevoyager.net.

(The online version of this piece contains links to the relevant studies and reports mentioned herein.)

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Cafe caters to vegans Jesse Farthing Staff Writer End of the Line Cafe is tucked behind the Pensacola Civic Center and Interstate-10 on-ramp.

Although housed in a tiny, concrete building, the cafe is bursting with great food, atmosphere and culture.

The restaurant began nine years ago this month, when Jen Knight and three of her friends took over an existing coffee shop that

was going in the wrong direction.

Knight’s friends eventually abandoned the project, but she stayed on and transformed the shop into the vegan restaurant and popular hangout it is today.

“I have been vegan for 15 years.” Knight said. “At the time, there were very few options for vegans. I knew people could open their minds to veganism if it was presented to them in an

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Falafel, a deep fried mixture of ground chickpeas and/or fava beans, is on the menu at the restaurant.

interesting way.”

The cafe is crammed almost entirely into one room. The kitchen is curtained off from the dining area only slightly and takes up about a quarter of the space. The dining area has a variety of tables, and local art hangs on the painted concrete walls and from the exposed wooden ceiling.

“It can be a lot like cooking in bumper cars,” Knight said about the cafe’s tiny kitchen.

During regular business hours, End of the Line has a full-service coffee shop and serves a wide variety of vegan fare, from a tofu fishwich to a vegan bacon-andcheese melt. The prices are modest and make it easy to take a chance on something you might not otherwise try.

The cafe serves brunch each Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu changes weekly. Brunch costs $12 per person, with $5 bottomless mimosas.

Each Thursday, starting at 6 p.m., End of the Line serves a multi-course vegan dinner. The cost is $12 for adults and $6 for children.

A “raw organic-living foods dinner” is served on the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. It is RSVP only and features a new menu each month. Finally, the cafe hosts vegan cooking classes the first and third Monday of each month.

Knight said she had a passion for getting healthy food to people and showing them that “it doesn’t have to be boring or just a salad to be healthy.”

Many of Knight’s customers are cancer survivors or others who must change their diet for health reasons.

“They come here for a little guidance,” Knight said.

Food is not the only thing on the menu at End of the Line. In the back room is a record store called Wax on the Tracks. The store offers a modest but eclectic mix of vinyl and is run by a friend of Knight’s. Wax on the Tracks keeps its own erratic hours and is staffed by knowledgeable and talkative volunteers.

End of the Line also holds poetry nights every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and open

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Vegan chocolate chip cookies are a dessert item offered at End of the Line Cafe. mic nights on the second Friday of every month.

“Poetry night is always packed,” said Shaun Spencer, a cafe employee.

He said the events attract a large and diverse crowd.

End of the Line cultivates community. There is something for everyone in the little, concrete building, and Knight plans to add more in the future.

End of the Line Cafe is located at 610 E. Wright St. in Pensacola and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

❱❱ Rundown n Located at 610 E. Wright St. n Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sundays. n Vegan cooking class on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. for $25. Learn to cook roasted garlic aioli topped crostini, chocolate chip blondies and more. n Cash only.

Rockin’ the bass Shelby Smithey Staff Writer

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Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel play siblings in “Our Idiot Brother.”

Rudd plays loveable, foolish ‘Idiot Brother’

Will Isern Staff Writer “Our Idiot Brother” is a Paul Rudd movie.

In fact, it’s a distinctly Paul Rudd movie, complete with one dimensional characters, recycled jokes and a plot as unbelievable as it is predictable.

Rudd plays the perennially upbeat and fool-hearted Ned who, at the film’s opening, is “entrapped” into selling marijuana to a uniformed police officer.

After a brief stint in prison, Ned is released early for good behavior, and the film’s story begins.

Having fallen out of favor with his girlfriend, Ned is forced to bounce from one sister’s couch to the next as his painfully good natured outlook causes problems for all.

Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel play Ned’s three sisters. Rashida Jones, Adam Scott and Steve Coogan round out what really is a great cast.

Sadly, the writing leaves most of them little to work with.

The movie does not fail entirely as a comedy though, as there are some original laughs to be had,

“There are some original laughs to be had, mostly in the form of situational humor.” mostly in the form of situational humor. Rudd’s performance, though, is one we have seen before, as he plays a bumbling version of what his film career would lead the audience to believe is his actual personality.

Ned is Rudd’s go-to character, an average, lovable guy who unwittingly messes up some facet of his life,

multiplied ten fold. Perhaps it’s just the hair and beard, but he seems to be reaching for Jeff Bridge’s “The Dude” Lebowski despite lacking the acting chops to be convincing.

Odds are, the movie will do well at the box office with the young male demographic, as Zooey Deschanel and Rashida Jones share a make out scene.

Like much of the rest of the movie, however, the scene lacks any real substance beyond the surface.

It’s there for a cheap thrill, without any of the taboo-breaking quality of, say, the Britney and Madonna kiss at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.

If you’re a fan of Paul Rudd, there’s no harm in seeing this movie. He is its star and the whole film is catered to making him look good.

You’ll laugh but not too hard and not at anything you already haven’t laughed at before.

The University of West Florida has a local jazz and blues musician among its students.

Michael Danielson, a junior music education and music performance major, plays bass with his band Reddog and Friends at many venues around Pensacola.

On Sept. 9, Jeff “Reddog” Higgins and the band played at Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom, entertaining a bustling crowd until 1:30 a.m.

“I play regularly at Hopjacks,” Danielson said. “I also play at Five Sister Blues Café, Pirate’s Cove, the shell on the beach, and others. Every few months or so, our band hosts the Monday night blues jam at the Gutter Lounge. I also play at a number of different churches from time to time.”

Reddog and Friends, which has TJ Jackson on drums, Danielson on bass, and Reddog on guitar and vocals, played a variety of songs, from upbeat bluesy numbers to slower, Southern-infused blues ballads.

With the band dressed in jeans and black t-shirts, Higgins sang soulfully while Danielson stood stoically to his left, with his shiny blue bass guitar hanging high on his neck.

Robbie McCafferty, a sophomore general studies major at Pensacola State College, watched Danielson perform Friday.

“Reddog and Friends are great,“ he said. “It was good, honest blues music, and it looked like everyone enjoyed themselves.”

In addition to his hectic schedule of classes and

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Michael Danielson plays the bass at a recent show. gigs, Danielson teaches bass guitar through the UWF Music Academy, which is a program that allows music majors to teach private one-onone music lessons to the public.

“It is difficult to juggle classes and perform,” he said. “People don’t realize how time-consuming a music major is, until they get in it. But I’m not complaining.”

Danielson has ambitious future plans.

“I really just want to play, teach and write music anywhere and as much as I can,“ he said. “It doesn’t matter if it is a blues band or a symphony orchestra to me. I just want to work.

I would like to get my

10,000 hours of practice in before I turn 30.”

Phillip Marona, 23, who has known Danielson since high school said, “We both went to West Florida High School, and I remember he played in a music club after school.

He’s really talented.”

Danielson not only has talent but also possesses a real passion for music.

“What I like most about performing is probably just doing something that I’m good at doing,“ he said. “When it’s just right, it’s amazing!”

Danielson will perform in the “Showcase of the Arts” at the UWF Mainstage Theatre in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

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Library basement holds memories Cara Bloomer Contributing Writer While many are looking towards the future of UWF, there is one man who is dedicated to preserving its past.

Dean DeBolt is in his 31st year at UWF. However, many at UWF probably do not know him. In fact, many may not have ever even seen him. That’s because DeBolt spends most of his time in the basement of the library.

As the university archivist, he is in charge of preserving the history not only of not only the school, but also of the entire Florida Panhandle.

“The very first collection we received was from a local woman who gave us her family documents out of her garage,” said DeBolt.

The donation came a full year before the doors to UWF opened in September 1967. However, DeBolt is in charge of more than just keeping records. The UWF archive is home to an extensive rare books collection.

Some of the prize

pieces include a French Bible from the 16th century and an illuminated manuscript dating all the way back to 1420.

DeBolt started out as a local archivist back home in Illinois. But after hearing about a job opening in

“You never know what is going to happen down here.”

—Dean DeBolt University Archivist

Florida that specialized in university preservation, DeBolt made the move in 1981 and has been at UWF ever since.

After years of working with the school, he has seen the changes first hand, and he remembers when it looked like an entirely different campus.

“It used to be like a small community,” he said.

“Everyone got to know

the entire faculty, and the cafeteria was a real gathering place for all of us.”

Although the university may have traded in a smaller atmosphere for larger student and faculty populations, it is a positive change, DeBolt said. People all over the world now have access to the university library files, and every day in the archives is different from the next.

“You never know what is going to happen down here,” he said. “One day, we might have students researching their graduate papers then the next we will have NCIS doing a background check on a local.”

Many people wouldn’t think that the basement of the John C. Pace Library would be so exciting.

It is this search for the unknown and a passion for unraveling the past that has DeBolt hooked.

Although his job may keep him firmly in the past, he is constantly looking toward the future of UWF and watching the school, and his archives, grow.

Voyager Briefs Help furry friends at Humane Society The Hand to Paw committee is looking for volunteers to help raise funds/supplies for the local Humane Society.

Donation collections will begin Sept. 14 and end Oct. 31. There are three events scheduled to promote their efforts: Barktoberfest on Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Seville Square; Dog Daze in Ft. Walton on Oct. 15 (for PAWS); and a campus Hand to Paw Kick-off on Oct. 5 at the Commons Patio from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Volunteer help could include placing collection

boxes around campus to encourage donations of food, money and supplies and helping man the booths at the scheduled events. The UWF Post Offce will pick up and store items until they are delivered to the Humane Society.

Contact Cheryl Phelps, 595-0050, for more information.

Rhyme for cash Campus Activity Board presents Rap Battle 2011, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 8:30 p.m.

Come out and show your support at the annual CAB-Center Stage Rap Battle.

Students will showcase their rap talent and have a

chance to win a grand prize.

This is a fun way for students to interact with each other while being entertained provided by their peers. The event is free.

Good eats

UWF Dining Services presents All That Jazz in the Nautilus Market Wednesday Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All That Jazz is a brunch with live entertainment by UWF Jazz Combo.

There will be free coffee tasting on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Starbucks is located in the lobby of the John C. Pace Library.

From staff reports

Photo by Joslyn Rosado

Dean DeBolt is on his 31st year working in the Special Collections section of the UWF Library, archiving documents. The UWF archive contains an extensive collection of rare books, including pieces dating back to the 15th century.

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There will be a lecture at the Commons Center in honor of Constitution Day from 12:45 p.m. to September 17 1:45 p.m.

The Rugby club will be UWF joins the rest of fund raising by bagging the nation in honoring at winndixie on 9th and the Constitution of Creighton. They will be the United States out there from 10 a.m. by expressing our to 6 p.m. appreciation for that remarkable work with a public lecture by a distinguished scholar, September 18 Dr. Michael Bailey, Associate Professor and Pura Sabrosura will be Chair of the Department doing a car wash on of Government at Berry the Autozone of Navy College, Rome, GA. He Blvd. from 11:00AM to will present "American 4:00PM. Exceptionalism: Past, Present and Past Again". All members of September 20 the UWF community and the public are The Campus Activity Board welcome to attend. will be hosting a movie night in the Campus Auditorium.

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Intramural volleyball season begins n Intramural sports allow fun in a less competitive environment Kristine Medina Staff Writer There was a spirited atmosphere in the air, with spectators cheering their friends on from sidelines and some teams sporting handcrafted uniforms on the second night of the 2011 intramural volleyball season on Sept. 8.

The program is split into three divisions: men’s, women’s and co-ed. A total of 180 students are participating this season.

Jake Marg, the graduate assistant for intramural sports, said, “There are 32 teams total this year: seven men’s, four women’s, and 21 are co-ed. I’d say it’s pretty close to numbers from the last season.”

The Orcas lost to the Great White Buffalos in one match that ended 2-0. The two volleyball teams played at the Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science Building.

The Great White Buffalos wore white T-shirts boasting an outline of a buffalo.

Other team names ranged from “Notorious D.I.G.” to “Kiss My Pass.”

Danielle Turek, a junior marine biology and environmental policy major, joined the Orcas because of her desire to have volleyball back in her life. “I used to play in high school, and I missed it,” she said. It’s just more fun to get to play with people at this level because it’s not so competitive and serious all the time.”

In the beginning of the first half, the Orcas dominated the Great White Buffalos with the serving of Adam Faircloth, a senior public relations major, producing multiple aces.

Photos by Tim Keebler

Raymond Picone serves a ball at an intramural volleyball game on Sept. 8. Matches are held in the HLES Building four days a week.

Faircloth said it took him three years to perfect his serve.

The Great White Buffalos came back in the second half for the victory.

“Sure, a few of us got bummed about the loss, but it’s all right,” Faircloth said. “Hopefully, we’ll be awesome the next two weeks until the playoffs.”

Each game consists of 25 points for the first two games and 15 points for the third game.

Teams must win by at least two points.

Each team is allowed a 30-second timeout.

Each team plays six regular season matches before the playoffs on Sept. 28.

Junior Anna Stoecklien made the All-Tournament team at the Colorado Premier Challenge.

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Volleyball falls to 2-6 in Denver From staff reports The University of West Florida volleyball team split a pair of opening day matches in the Colorado Premier Challenge, defeating Colorado-Colorado Springs 25-20, 25-14, 13-25, 25-13, and losing to No. 4 Washburn 22-25, 14-25, 28-26 in Denver on Friday.

On Saturday, despite numerous tight sets in day two of the tournament, the Argos couldn’t find a win as UWF fell in its final two games, 3-1 to No. 6 Southwest Minnesota State, 20-25, 25-17, 20-25, 16-25 and 3-1 to Florida Southern, 23-25, 17-25, 25-12, 23-25.

In the first match, the Argos picked up key performances from their outside hitters as they picked up a 3-1 win.

In the second match, despite numerous chances to strike, the Argos couldn’t overcome untimely errors as they lost in straight sets to No. 4 Washburn.

In the third game,UWF couldn’t outmuscle Florida Southern as the Argos went down, 3-1.

In the fourth game,

the Argos kept pace with No. 6 Southwest Minnesota State, but couldn’t hold off a potent Mustang offense as they fell, 3-1.

Junior Anna Stoecklein landed a spot on the Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament team after a 67 dig performance in the Argonaut’s four games this past weekend.

Stoecklein earned the third most digs in the tournament, finishing just four digs short of the leader.

The St. Charles, Mo., native also played in all 15 sets for UWF, averaging 4.47 digs per set.

Sophomore Molly Pearce leads the Argos with 227 assists this season, followed by junior Tricia Tirabassi with 99.

Freshman Autumn Duyn leads the Argos with 97 kills.

The Argos, who went just 1-3 for the second consecutive tournament, will make their season home debut this Tuesday, Sept. 13, as they face off with Mobile.

For the full UWF volleyball schedule, visit www.

GoArgos.com.

❱❱ Rundown n Matches are held Monday through Thursday starting at 9 p.m. through Sept. 27.

n Teams may have up to six players. Each team must have at least four players to begin a game.

n Other intramural sports offered in the fall are flag football and a soccer tournament.

n Participation is free for all UWF students. n Students must sign an injury waiver form to participate. n Registration for flag football and the soccer tournament will be held Oct. 10 in the lobby of the HLES Building.

n Online registration has already opened for preseason flag football.

n Visit www.IMLeagues.com to register.

Sandra Starbuck practices serving.

Wolter brings ‘heart’ to volleyball squad Katherine Cordero Staff Writer The University of West Florida’s volleyball team has been reaching new heights over the past eight seasons thanks to Head Coach Melissa Wolter.

The team won the Gulf South Conference Tournament three times, and went to the national tournament five years in a row since Wolter took over.

Background

Wolter is from the southeastern corner of Wisconsin, where she had a sand volleyball pit in her backyard.

She became part of an organized volleyball team in the sixth grade.

She continued to play through high school and earned a scholarship to play at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

While at WisconsinParkside she was a four-year starter and a three-year captain. Her interest in coaching arose in her sophomore year.

“I love working with young female studentathletes because this is a pretty important time in their lives,” Wolter said.

“So you end up coaching them on the court and off the court, which is pretty appealing to me, to be able to play that

kind of a role in their lives.”

After a couple of years of work in financial planning and real estate, she returned to her alma mater to be the head coach.

Wolter decided to relocate after three years to U W F because of the Wolter weather.

She said she was not only tired of shoveling snow but also of feeling like a “cagedanimal” nine months of the year and having to exercise in a gym rather than outside.

“One of the No. 1 things that I noticed about UWF when I came to the campus was so many students were walking around wearing t-shirts that said ‘Argos,’” she said. “I thought it was cool that so many people on campus carry a lot of pride in the University.”

Battling adversity

One of Wolter’s proudest moments was in 2006, the first year she led UWF to the national tournament.

She was going through stage-II breast cancer at the time, but she said she “refused to lay down and die.”

During her treatment she attended every practice because she was not going to let the season be about her, knowing there were

seniors on the team who counted on her.

“Even on my sickest of days, I’d still come into the gym, and sometimes I wouldn’t be able to hit balls, but I would still be in the gym,” she said. “We made it into the national tournament that year for for the first time.”

USA Volleyball

Wolter’s success does not stop with UWF. She has been given a tenured position working for USA Volleyball.

Although her expertise at coaching has taken her all over the world, she remains humble.

“It’s not necessarily about where I’ve been as much as how much they’ve taught me,” she said.

Although she admits there isn’t a whole lot of free time in her life besides volleyball, Wolter said she likes to play golf, bike, do anything active and fish.

Success at UWF

Wolter also said she is very grateful of what the UWF program has achieved, but being the competitive spirit she is, she is always striving for more.

“We still have yet to make it to the Elite 8,” she said. “We’ve been very close. I think our players understand that that’s the expectation.

“Winning becomes the byproduct of doing all the

little things right,” she said.

Wolter’s coaching staff and players describe her as a very caring, confident, positive and faithful woman.

Patricia Gandolfo, a former volleyball player, is a student assistant for the Gandolfo volleyball team.

“Melissa Wolter is amazing,” she said. “She is constantly teaching us not only how to be a better coach but how to be a better person.”

Senior outside hitter Amanda Rhein transferred to UWF to play volleyball because of Wolter.

“She’s an amazing coach because she’s very positive, respectful, and she’s intense and knows how to push the girls, but it’s always in a positive environment and good for the girls,” she said.

“She’s a strong Christian,” Rhein said. “You can tell she has a great character on and off the court, and that’s one of the main reasons why I came here.”

Wolter is pleased with her success but does not take the credit.

“I am really pleased with how our student athletes have responded to me and how we train and the things we teach because I’m nothing without them,” she said.

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Cross country teams continue success n Women’s team remains undefeated, men finish second

Chris Elkins Sports Editor The University of West Florida women’s cross country team won their second consecutive meet of the 2011 season on Sept. 10.

The Argonauts placed four runners in the top 15 en route to a 43 point score to win the Fleet Feet Invitational hosted by Alabama-Huntsville at Sharon Johnston Park. Delta State was second with 60 points.

“This was a good early meet to compare ourselves with other teams in the Gulf South Conference,” Head Coach John Bergen said in a press release “It was a good chance to see where we stand, and we had a very steady performance.”

The men’s team also performed well in the 10-team field. The Argos placed five runners in the top-15 to score 49 points, but it was not enough to defeat AlabamaHuntsville who placed five in the top-10 for a score of 20.

Photo by Garrett Spencer

The cross country team particpates in an aqua-jogging workout at the Aquatic Center.

“We scheduled this meet to give us a chance early on to see where we stand against one of the best teams in the conference in UAH,” Bergen said.

“We ran right with them today, and we

Sailing club teaches students, provides relaxing opportunity Will Isern Staff Writer Laying full back in her trapeze harness, freshman marine biology major Chelsea McCurry smiled as she glided across Pensacola Bay. This is Saturday Sailing with the University of West Florida Sailing Club.

“It’s like having a hammock off the side of the boat,” UWF alumnus and sailing assistant Ryan Kirby said.

McMurry said time spent in the British Virgin Islands was her inspiration for showing up at the Pensacola Yacht Club at 10 a.m. every Saturday.

She shared this distinction with another shipmate, also a freshman marine biology major, Sophie Brokie.

“I spent three weeks before school started sailing around the B.V.I.’s with a scuba diving group,” Brokie said. “It made me really want to learn to sail.”

Students are taught how to sail and, as they gain proficiency, are allowed to check out a sailboat of their own for a day on the water.

“We think it’s something that should be available for all students to try,” Assistant Director of Outdoor Adventures Shaun Boren said.

In all, there were five students lounging on the trampoline between the two pontoons of the catamaran. Tacking back and forth on the way from Palafox Pier to the naval base, Kirby pointed out parts of the vessel, explaining their purposes and demonstrating how to use them.

Saturday Sailing is avail-

Photo by Will Isern

Commodore Jodie Trainer teaches students how to sail on Saturday at the Pensacola Yacht Club. able, weather permitting, every Saturday and is free for students.

The club’s fleet of boats includes six 420’s, four Lasers, one Hobie Cat and one Hunter. Expenses of the club are paid for through fundraisers and an SGA budget allotment.

Commodore Josie Trainer said that in the spring semester, nine UWF students participated.

“We think it’s something that should be available for all students to try,” says Assistant Director of Outdoor Adventures Shaun Boren.

Back at the dock, and somewhat more tan than she was when she arrived, McCurry is certain of her plans to return.

“It was awesome, I can’t wait to get back on the trapeze.”

like where we stand.”

The women were led by freshman Kelly Bahn for the second consecutive meet.

Bahn placed second with a time of 19:42 for the 5k race.

She was followed by freshman Aimee Marsh and sophomore Renea Porsch who finished fourth and eighth with times of 19:55 and 50:15, respectively.

Sophomore Beatriz Labrada and junior Sabrina Seignemartin rounded out the scoring for the Argos, finishing 14th and 15th in times of 20:30 and 20:35, respectivley.

The women rested top returners junior Karyssa Tourelle-Fallon and sophomore McKenzie Carney for the second consecutive meet.

The men were led by junior Martinique Sykes who finished fourth overall with a time of 27:03 for the 8k race.

He was followed by senior Eddie Pagan and Bergen junior Dominique Sykes who finished eighth and tenth with times of 27:12 and 27:14, respectively.

“Dominique, Martinique and Eddie ran right with the front pack and made it a competitive race,” Bergen said.

Freshmen Chris Roach and senior Jared Black rounded out the scoring for the Argos finishing 12th and 15th in times of 27:14 and 27:37, respectivley.

The men’s and women’s next race is Saturday at the Meet of Champions hosted

by Iona College at Van Cortlandt Park in New York.