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VOLUME 41 ISSUE 6
The voice of UWF students since 1968
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 2011
Finley and Merritt win SGA election W. Paul Smith Staff Writer
The Student Government Association emergency election, held Monday, was mired in controversy as SGA President Josh Finley and Vice President Cora Merritt won in an unopposed race after Dong Pyon and Diego Santiago, candidates for president and vice president respectively, were disqualified.
The candidates were disqualified last week after the SGA Election Commission received complaints of early campaigning, and the SGA Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission’s disqualification in an appeal case filed by Pyon and Santiago. “It is unfortunate that candidates have been disqualified,” said Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students Tammy
McGuckin, “but the decision of the Elections Commission has been affirmed through the official appeal process.” Records indicate that the complaint to the Election Commission against Pyon and Santiago was filed by Finley and Merritt, who accused Santiago of early campaigning during the summer by wearing of his ticket’s campaign shirt from the previous
election. The exact date of the shirtwearing incident was not specified, but all parties agreed that the wearing of the shirt was a one-time instance that occurred sometime in late August. In a brief filed with the SGA Supreme Court, Arianna Maggard, the elections supervisor, wrote,
See SGA, page 2
Garden plans in full bloom
❱❱ Rundown Josh Finley and Cora Merritt ran unopposed and won SGA President and Vice President by default. Nicole Brown ran unopposed and won Senate President by default. Keldrick Averhart won Finance Chair against Michael Adams. Voter participation was down 64 percent in the election.
VOYAGER IN BRIEF Sports
Consecutive GSC winning streak The women’s soccer team has won 50 straight GSC matches after a 5-1 victory over West Alabama on Sept. 24, The team, and Head Coach Joe Bartlinski, has not lost a GSC match since 2003. See full stories on page 7 Photos by Joslyn Rosado
The Pensacola Camellia Garden is currently under consideration to become a nationally recognized garden by the American Camellia Society. The garden is located in between Buildings 36 and 58 on the UWF main campus.
Opinion
n Fundraising campaign starts as national recognition is sought for Camellia Garden
SGA elections; capital punishment
Kristine Medina Staff Writer The University of West Florida Retired Employees Association and the Pensacola Camellia Club are set to officially establish the UWF Camellia Garden, located in front of Building 41 and next to Building 58A. Both organizations are asking members of the community for contributions, whether through monetary donations or voluntary labor. The garden is still in the process of being listed as a nationally recognized garden by the American Camellia Society. Standards set by the University and American Camellia Society must be met in order to finalize the nomination, which is why the Retired Employees Association and Pensacola Camellia Club are hard at work to complete the foundation of the garden. “We are currently in a fundraising campaign,” said Tom Henderson, a former associate vice president of administrative affairs at UWF who serves as on the board of directors for the Retired Employees Association, “We’d like to raise funds somewhere from $8,000 to $12,000 for the fortifying of the garden.” Throughout the year, volunteers from the Retired Employees Association and Pensacola Camellia Club drop by the University Camellia Garden every two weeks to tend to the plants. When grass growth is at its peak in the summertime, volunteers from both organizations come more frequently to campus to maintain the lawn. Plans are set for a new batch of camellias to be planted in the garden by spring of 2012. “A dozen are ready for planting in the spring,” said
The flowers were in full bloom last spring at the Pensacola Camellia Garden at the UWF main campus. Gordon Eade, a former professor of education at the University and a trustee of the Pensacola Camellia Club. “We have a shade house out on Pine Forest Road,” he said. “We collect and grow flowers out there. We graft them earlier and put them in the shade house, where they grow until it’s time to plant.” An addition of a camellia garden to the University was agreed upon by UWF, the Pensacola Camellia Club, and the Retired Employees Association through a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 27, 2007. The memorandum was presented to past UWF President John Cavanaugh by Henderson and Skip Vogelsang, the former president of the Pensacola Camellia Club. The first planting in the garden began on Feb. 7, 2008. Since that time, the garden has accumulated 124 species of camellias. Sixty-one of the species were created in Pensacola. Twenty additional species of camellias are still being sought for the garden. For more information on the garden or on how to contribute, contact Henderson at thenderson@uwf.edu or at 932-4719.
New election code proposal passed Christie McClung Staff Writer The Student Government Association on Sept. 23, voted unanimously to pass a new student body election code. The SGA Senate was not looking to make major changes to the code, but just to add parts of the statutes that were accidently deleted during the spring semester. The legislation was drafted after an investigation by The Voyager conducted this spring uncovered the accidental deletion of 60 percent of the election code from the current SGA statutes.
“I just incorporated the codes that were missing and put them back into the original document,” said Senate President Dwayne Manuel. “I didn’t make any changes. I didn’t make any spelling changes or grammar changes. The main purpose was to have an actual election code document that we can work with.” Manuel was the author of the bill while Senator Jonathon Williams made the motion to bring the bill to the floor. Manuel
Manuel made clear that, although this document was made into a bill, it does not mean that things cannot be changed or added to the bill later on down the road. “I think that it’s awesome of President Manuel to go ahead and incorporate those election codes back in,” said SGA Vice President Cora Merritt, “I think it will be great for the new commission to get in there and make everything perfect.”
The new election codes will require an election commissioner to help organize the election processes so that future incidents are avoided. The changes did not affect the Sept. 26 emergency election, but they will affect future UWF SGA elections. “I am very happy that the Senate passed the bill,” Manuel said. “I would like to commend the Senate for bearing with us as we get this whole situation worked out.” This was the only item on the agenda for the Sept. 23 meeting.
The Voyager staff offers an editorial about the recent SGA election controversy and argues that students should always have a voice. Opinions Editor W. Paul Smith discusses the use of the death penalty and advocates for its abolishment. See full stories on page 3
Life
Library hang out; UWF Homecoming The Great Good Place is on the second floor of the John C. Pace LIbrary. The new room, with vending machines and microwaves, serves as a spot for students and faculty to hang out. UWF Homecoming this year is Oct. 3 through Oct. 8. This year’s main performer will be We The Kings. See full stories on page 4
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Master Plan proposal aims for pedestrian-friendly UWF Jesse Farthing Staff Writer Massive changes could be in store for the University of West Florida campus if the proposed updates to the Campus Master Plan are approved. The Campus Master Plan Task Force met on Sept. 22 to discuss proposals from Emo Architects Inc. to update the 2006-2016 Master Plan and develop initial elements for a new plan. A master plan is a longterm strategy for university growth and development. Florida law requires that a university update its campus master plan every five years. “Our charge, and what we are very interested in, is making sure that we understand the heritage aspects of
this property,” said Warren Emo, president of Emo Architects Inc., “and making sure that we don’t lose sight of that, so that you really do have a master plan that speaks to the University of West Florida.” Emo’s updated proposal seeks to convert the UWF campus to a more pedestrian-friendly setting. The four-lane road currently cutting through the center of campus will be designated for pedestrian and limitedaccess service vehicle use only, and a new road will loop around the campus area for vehicle traffic. The new road would also connect with Greenbrier Road, an extension of Ten Mile Road, giving campus a new access point.
UWF named a top ‘military friendly’ school by G.I. Jobs Nicole Yeakos Staff Writer “G.I. Jobs” magazine named the University of West Florida a military friendly school for the third consecutive year earlier this month. “We’re very excited to have earned this designation in recognition of our work with military and veteran students,” President Judith Bense said in a press release. To be recognized on the 2012 Military Friendly Schools list, the University had to be in the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members and veterans as students, according to “G.I. Jobs.” “It is important to note that the Military Friendly Schools list does not rank schools,” said G.I. Jobs magazine Managing Editor Dan Fazio in an email interview. He said that a number of things are taken into account when a school is evaluated for a spot on the list. Those include military discounts and scholarships, full-time veterans’ counselors, military clubs, and veterans’ centers. “Many of the schools participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program and are members of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges,” Fazio said. The Yellow Ribbon Program is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. Through this program, military students can avoid out-of-pocket tuition and fees that exceed the highest public, in-state undergraduate tuition. As a member of SOC, an association designed to ensure educaChurchwell tional opportunity for military personnel, UWF is continuing to foster its quickly growing military population. “As of this past spring semester, UWF has a total military affiliation of nearly 2,600 students,” said Marc Churchwell, director of the Military and Veterans Resource Center. The MVRC will celebrate its grand opening in Building 38 on Oct. 12. Complete with a lounge, computer lab, transition counselors, career services and a combat veteran support group, the center, Churchwell said, is going to become “the hub for military information.” UWF also submitted an application to “Military Advanced Education” magazine for a spot on its Military Friendly Colleges and Universities list. UWF has been recognized by G.I. Jobs for three consecutive years, most recently for the 2010-2011 academic year. Churchwell, who submitted the application, said the 2012 results should be released soon. As much as this recognition means to Churchwell, Bense, and other faculty and staff members across campus, it also means a lot to military students at UWF. Mark Erwin, senior information technology major, is in Air Force ROTC. He said cadets spend “a lot of time, a lot of energy, and a lot of patience, but we become a family.” Erwin has many friends in the military who want to start their degrees before they leave the military. It means a lot for them to have the opportunity that was recognized by “G.I. Jobs” magazine, he said. To see the complete 2012 Military Friendly Schools list, visit www.militaryfriendlyschools.com.
The proposal calls for more easily identifiable pedestrian walkways throughout campus, framed by buildings and natural settings central to a new Commons building that Emo suggests be erected alongside the new Argonauts football stadium and University event center. The proposed Commons building is designed to define a new center of campus with a large yard and vertical landmark, like a bell tower or archway, to make it easily visible from anywhere on campus and facilitate the area as a student gathering place. Foremost on many students’ minds, of course, is the problem of parking.
“Our charge, and what we are very interested in is making sure we understand the heritage aspects of this property.” -Warren Emo President Emo Architects Inc.
“Parking is always a controversial subject,” Emo said. Based on projected UWF growth over the next 10 years, an additional 4,200 parking spaces will be required. The land used for the new buildings in the plan proposal would remove 1,355 existing park-
ing spaces. To remedy that situation and accommodate for projected enrollment growth, Emo proposes six strategically-located parking garages across the campus, both close to facilities and outside the loop road. “Where we think we’ve
positioned these, we think we have maintained most of the view sheds on the campus,” said Joshua Harden, CMP project manager with Emo Architects Inc. Harden said that because UWF has such a variety of topography, they are able to position the parking garages down slopes to reduce the visible size and maintain the natural beauty of the campus. The meeting did not discuss costs of the proposed campus improvements. The next scheduled meeting of the Campus Master Plan Task Force is Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Argo Club. At that time, task force members will seek to further define possible changes across the campus.
STEM women receive NSF grant Jade Hoy Staff Writer The National Science Foundation has awarded a $598,354, five-year grant to a team of University of West Florida faculty researchers. Their goal: to support women faculty in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments. According to a Sept. 17 press release, researchers include: Laura Koppes Bryan, professor and director of the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences; Pam Vaughan, associate professor of chemistry; Sherry Schneider, assistant professor of psychology; Susan Walch, associate professor of psychology; and Rosemary HaysThomas, professor of psychology. “The overall purpose of the grant is to enhance a supportive and inclusive culture for recruiting, retaining, and advancing women faculty in STEM, and to provide a University-wide, systematic, sustainable approach for advancing faculty women in STEM fields, with special attention to women of color and leadership positions,” Koppes Bryan said.
Field retention lacking Significant strides in females obtaining doctorates in the STEM fields have been made over the past four decades, but there is a catch. “More women than ever are obtaining Ph.D.s in science, but these women are more likely than their male counterparts to leave the tenure pipeline before obtaining tenure at a college or university,” Koppes Bryan said. Tenure provides job security for professors, protecting them so they can freely practice independence in
their teaching. Requirements for earning tenure vary from department to department at UWF, but all include presenting evidence of strong performance in teaching, research and service to the University, academic discipline or community. Research can include either creative activity or scholarly activity. Both research and scholarship must be externally reviewed, according to the 2011-2012 Tenure and Promotion policy posted on the Division of Academic Affairs website.
UWF math and science departments mostly male “A woman faculty member may be forced to choose between furthering her teaching career at a university and having a family,” Koppes Bryan said. “Our research will examine ways to better foster a positive work-life balance.” Currently, there are no female professors in the physics or electrical and computer engineering departments at UWF, said Leo Ter Haar, director of the School of Science and Engineering. Computer science only has three female faculty members out of 10, said Sikha Bagui, associate professor of computer science. The mathematics department lists four out of 15 faculty members as females, said Kuiyuan Li, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. In contrast, the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences has 11 females among 18 full-time faculty members, according to the department’s website. The School of Education has 17 females out of 25 members of faculty, according to the department’s website. It is obvious that the STEM departments are lacking female employees,
but why is this so important? UWF strives to recruit and retain talented, diverse faculty and staff members who demonstrate commitment to UWF ideals, according to UWF’s strategic priorities and measurable achievements plan. UWF represents diversity in having a female president Judy Bense, and a female provost and vice president for academic affairs, Chula King. Also, two of three deans of the colleges at UWF are female: Jane Halonen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Pam Northrup, dean of the College of Professional Studies. “Persistent under-representation of women faculty may affect all students’ critically important relationships with mentors, participation as members of research and education teams, and self-identification as potential researchers,” Koppes Bryan said. Now that the research group has been awarded the grant, members can begin planning how to ensure that the money is as influential as possible.
Researchers plans to use funds over next five years “The team will meet to review the proposed activities and develop a work statement that outlines the tasks and timeline for completing the project over the next five years,” Koppes Bryan said. “We will also convene a meeting of a UWF Internal Steering Committee for the project for their guidance, and begin to create an External Advisory Board that will also provide advice and direction.” Some ideas proposed so far include mentoring for STEM department students, building a website with resources and networking connections, and implementing strategies to foster a work-life friendly climate for female STEM students, Koppes Bryan said.
SGA: Election ends despite controversy From page 1:
“His shirt is considered campaign material because he is still running for the same position on the same ticket.” The brief also stated: “The Election Commission felt that ignoring the violations and not disqualifying the candidates would be contradictory to the Commission’s mission to maintain justice, integrity, and ethicality in the Student Government Association.” “I wore the shirt unintentionally,” Santiago said in an email to The Voyager. “I had no intent to campaign that day.” Santiago said, “I think it was a petty decision to try to disqualify us based on a shirt that was mistakenly worn.” After considering the facts of Pyon and Santiago’s appeal, the SGA Supreme Court concurred with the Election Commission and upheld the disqualification. The court’s decision read, in part, “We find that the wearing of the T-shirt is in blatant violation.” The court considered Santiago’s motives for wearing the shirt but maintained their decision: “The fact remains that a violation occurred and that ignorance is no excuse for law-breaking.” Santiago said in an email to The Voyager: “I was unhappy to hear that the court decided to uphold the Election Commission’s disqualification. However, I feel that the court made an informed decision based on the information given during the trial and ruled fairly. “I respect the justices and their decision to uphold the integrity of this organization’s laws, even if it meant disqualifying candidates for a seemingly trivial mistake.” The justices seemed to express a similar sentiment in their decision, writing: “The precedent that candidates can simply attempt to rid the field of opposition by finding seemingly inconsequential actions that could be seen as rule-breaking is not the precedent the Court wishes to make; but given the circumstances, we have no choice but to render such a ruling.” This is the third time a recent SGA election has seen controversy. The original 2011 spring election was invalidated after
an appeal case brought before the SGA Supreme Court revealed records were unavailable to confirm the proper swearing in of election commissioners. The next election was invalidated after Luke and Rachel Killam, candidates for president and vice president respectively, were disqualified after credible evidence of proxy voting was found, though such evidence showed that only two proxy votes occurred. McGuckin said that this election did not mark the first time an SGA president has run unopposed but did not name a specific past race in which such a scenario occurred. “While an unopposed presidential race has not occurred during the time that I have served as the SGA advisor,” McGuckin said, “I have been informed that there has/have been an unopposed race(s) in the past.” Neither the SGA Constitution and statutes nor the emergency election packet address the issue of what to do in the scenario that all but one presidential candidate has been disqualiFinley fied before the election takes place. Santiago said, “SGA prides itself on being a body that represents the students of this university, but how can they claim to represent the student body when the students don’t even have a choice in who holds the highest form of office available?” Finley said in an email to The Voyager, “It is unfair that SGA gets the bad reputation when it was the individuals running for SGA who cheated, not SGA. “Please note that those candidates that did file, qualified, and followed the rules are those candidates who are still in the race.” The only contested position in which students had a choice for whom to vote in Monday’s emergency election was for SGA Finance Chair, won by Keldrick Averhart. Voter participation in the election was down 64 percent from the last election.
Opinions Editor, W. Paul Smith
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Letter to the editor
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Controversial comic was inside joke I wish to speak in support of the last edition of “Skewed Perspectives.” I can see how those who aren’t in my course may find the ironic attitude as dismissive, but Mr. Watson is actually poking fun at the idea that one can take “World of Warcraft,” a pop culture artifact/practice/recreation and use it as a form of cultural study. The fine arts, like all other academic disciplines, uses a constantly shifting set of tools and platforms in the quest to make compelling work. Unfortunately, at times, any radical departure from a standard set of discipline-specific methodologies can seem pointless. I think you might agree that the twists in this concept are both fun and funny. Mr. Ryan may be critical, but he is assuredly not dismissive. There is nothing frivolous about the work we are doing in this class, which Mr. Watson is enrolled in.
The students in the course have dealt with a number of complex topics, including representation, semiotics, and simulacra, and we haven’t reached mid-semester yet. These students have already read and analyzed Eddo Stern, Third Faction, Roger Ebert, Neil Spiller, Neal Stephenson, and Jean Baudrillard while leveling up a starter ‘toon to 20 and learning the modeling tools and etiquette of “Second Life.” Mr. Watson wasn’t dismissing our profession; he was making fun of the inherent pleasures and perversities which emerge in all academic research. And it was hilarious.
— Thomas Asmuth Assistant Professor Digital/New Media UWF Art Department
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Students should always have a voice in their elections We at The Voyager feel we must offer our thoughts on what was another botched Student Government Association election plagued by controversy. (For those unfamiliar, please read the background information detailed in our news story on Page 1.) Numerous students have expressed concerns to us about not having a choice for president and vice president in the election. We feel an SGA presidential candidate should never be allowed to run unopposed. As always with The Voyager, we have no personal stake vested in this issue. Regardless of who the candidates are, we think the students should always have a voice. In order to be consistent with the spirit of SGA as a democratic institution, the students should have a choice in who holds the highest office of their student government representatives. The students’ voices were not heard in this election, and we feel that is unacceptable.
SGA President Josh Finley and Vice We also feel that the filing of the President Cora Merritt came in third complaint to the Election Commission place during the last SGA election, which over the T-shirt-wearing incident is an was invalidated example of petty due to the proxy “gotcha” politics voting incident. unbecoming “In order to be This election of our student can basically be government consistent with the summed up this representatives. spirit of SGA as a way: The candiThe justices of dates who came the SGA Supreme democratic institution, in third place last Court expressed the students should time were allowed similar thoughts to run unopposed in their decision have a choice in because of a t-shirt. on the appeal While we agree case. who holds the the vice-presiThey wrote: highest office of their dential candidate “The Court recogDiego Santiago’s nizes that the student government wearing of the unsustainable representatives.” campaign shirt path of trivial could be seen as a controversy is technical violation diminishing the of campaign rules, faith in and credwe do not feel that any reasonable person ibility of SGA as an organization. could believe that Santiago was intending “The volatile political climate that to campaign that day. exists in SGA today is detrimental to the
health of the organization and the future of ethical and representative student government.” We could not agree more with this sentiment, and we express our sincere thanks to the justices for having the acumen to say as such. Student government should be about substance, issues and ideas. And our student elections should be about healthy, amicable debates among serious people who wish to serve the student body. Furthermore, there is currently nothing in the SGA Constitution and statutes to address what to do in the scenario in which all but one presidential candidate has been disqualified before the election takes place. We feel SGA as an organization needs to address this issue to ensure that the students’ voices will always be heard in future elections.
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Death penalty should be abolished once and for all W. Paul Smith Opinions Editor
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n Sept. 21 at 11:05 p.m. Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection in connection with the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. The case garnered national attention because of the doubt surrounding Davis’ guilt. Though I am not vastly familiar with the specifics of the case, I give my fullthroated support to those who fought against Davis’ execution. My support has nothing to do whatsoever with whether I believed Davis to be guilty or innocent. I didn’t want Davis executed simply because I don’t want any prisoner executed. Approximately 9,000 prisoners have been executed by way of the death penalty since 1900 according to information in the National Archive for Criminal Justice Data and the Death Penalty Information Center. According to a 2010 study by the Innocence Project, there have been 273 post-conviction exonerations cases because of later DNA evidence testing. Of those, 17 death-row inmates were put to death before they were later discovered innocent. So we know at least 17 innocent people have been executed. And the exoneration figures only go back to 1989, which is when DNA testing became prevalent. The same study also found that DNA testing is only possible in about 5 to 10 percent of criminal cases. So, this statistic indicates that untold numbers of people could have been already executed or are currently on death-row and might be innocent.
The justice system isn’t perfect. In the 35 states that still use capital Sometimes innocent people become punishment, numerous studies have incarcerated. And sometimes innocent shown that the costs associated with people die. death penalty cases are staggeringly This alone should be enough to turn higher than the cost of those seeking life anyone against the death penalty, but without parole. let’s explore this practice a bit further. A 2008 study by the Urban Institute What about the notion that the death found that in Maryland it costs approxipenalty acts as a deterrent for would-be mately $1.9 million more for trials in murderers? which prosecutors seek the death penalty. Simple logic should dictate that it’s An investigation by the Palm Beach highly unlikely people would reconsider Post in 2000 found that Florida spends murder because over $50 million they’re afraid they each year to enforce might get the death the death penalty, penalty. However, which, consider“It’s high time let us examine some ing our state only America abolishes the the statistics on this executes on averissue. age two prisoners a outdated, barbaric When comparyear, works out to practice of capital ing the murder around $24 million rates of states punishment and per execution — with the death $23 million more simply institutes life penalty versus than it would cost states without it, in prison without the to simply imprison states without the them for life. possibility of parole for death penalty typiAnd where does convicted murderers.” cally have a lower the United States murder rate accordstand in the world ing to data compiled when it comes to by the F.B.I. the death penalty? According to a recent study published According to Amnesty International, in the Journal of Criminal Law and 96 countries have abolished the death Criminology, 88 percent of criminologists penalty, and 34 countries have abolished do not believe the death penalty acts as a the death penalty in practice, meaning an deterrent. execution has not been carried out in the The study concluded, “There is overpast 10 years. whelming consensus among America’s Besides the United States, Japan and top criminologists that the empirical South Korea are the only democracies research conducted on the deterrence that still have the death penalty, though question fails to support the threat or use South Korea has abolished it in practice, of the death penalty.” having not carried out an execution since What about the costs of trying and 1998. executing prisoners? Japan typically uses it in only extreme
cases of multiple murders with aggravating factors. The countries that still do regularly carry out death penalty executions are basically a who’s who of non-democratic authoritarian regimes with sordid histories of human rights abuses, countries such as China, North Korea, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Syria, the Congo, the Sudan, Libya and Cuba. That’s not exactly a list of countries in which I think most Americans wish to be included. Regardless of all these statistics and facts, ultimately it comes down to this very basic point: to support the death penalty is to support the notion that murder is just. And we’re not talking about justifiable homicide in the context of defending one’s self or family — we’re talking about the slow, deliberate, premeditated murder of another human being merely for bloodlust revenge. It’s not what civilized people do. And it’s certainly not what civilized democracies do. Innocent people get killed; it’s not a deterrent; it costs too much; it’s been abandoned by nearly every other modern democracy, and it condones the notion that murder is just. It’s high time America abolishes the outdated, barbaric practice of capital punishment and simply institutes life in prison without the possibility of parole for convicted murderers. Davis was the 44th prisoner executed in the United States this year. (The online version of this piece contains links to the relevant studies and reports mentioned herein.)
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CAB drives events on campus Katherine Cordero Staff Writer The University of West Florida Campus Activity Board is an organization that strives to bring the fun to campus while promoting social development. CAB offers many free on-campus events for students, plus free food and prizes. Shakiyah Woods, a marketing major and vice president of CAB, said CAB was created to help students get a break from the mindset of “class, school, study, class, school, study.” Woods CAB is also about helping students become well-rounded socially to help deal with the stress college brings, she said. Brittney Lewis, a UWF alumna and a program advisor for CAB and the Homecoming Committee, said. CAB tries to keep all of the events diverse and aims to have events that appeal to all students. “We have spoken-word
performers, bands, and comedians we bring to campus,” she said. “We also spotlight student talent with karaoke nights and a talent show. We regularly show movies on campus, and at the end of the year we have a big event called CAB After Dark.” CAB is divided into three committees: Catch a Rising Star, Cinemagic, and Center Stage. Each concentrates on organizing different events on campus. The CARS committee brings performers to campus. Previous performers have included comedian Dane Cook and the band Recycled Percussion. The annual budget for CARS to pay performers and provide food and prizes for students at all events usually is about $39,000. The Cinemagic committee tries to show movies all students will enjoy. The annual budget for Cinemagic is about $21,000.
Each showing, including food and prizes for students, costs about $1,250. The Center Stage committee produces events that spotlight the various talents of students. Events have included karaoke nights, talent shows, rap battles, and dance contests. The annual budget for Center Stage is about $15,000. CAB and its three committees are run by student volunteers. Student fees pay for all of the events, food, prizes, and entertainment CAB brings to the UWF campus. Lewis said the Student Government Association distributes this money to the different committees. She also said that if students are paying for it, students should be able to make the decisions. The members of CAB decide what acts, movies, or events to bring to UWF based on student requests, reviews by other colleges, video clips and previous performances. Brandi Martin, a junior
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Dozens of students gather around a stage in the UC Auditorium last month to watch the Rap Battle. Cash prizes were given to the winners. psychology major, said she is a proud member of CAB. “I believe CAB is very important because it gives students a way to get out, especially if they live on campus and they don’t really have friends to mingle with, or family here,” she said.
❱❱ Rundown n Oct. 27: Talent Show at 8:30 p.m. in the University Commons Auditorium. n Nov. 1: Movie (TBA) on at 6 and 9 p.m. in the University Commons Auditorium. n Nov. 2: Open Mic Night at 8:30 p.m. in the University Argo Galley.
Jewish students prep for High Holy Days Megs Glasscock Staff Writer
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We The Kings is this year’s big artist that will perform during Homecoming Week.
Students can expect royal homecoming Garrett Spencer Staff Writer The University of West Florida is gearing up for another Homecoming filled with great live music and fun events. Homecoming at UWF begins Oct. 3 and ends Oct. 8. “The first two days there aren’t any official events, but the spirit competition begins,” Brittney Lewis, program advisor for Campus Activity Board and the Homecoming committee, said. “Wednesday is the official day that kicks off the event, with Argo Splash.” Lewis said Argo Splash is a pep rally at the UWF Aquatic Center. Free food, prizes, entertainment, a cardboard boat race and a dive competition will take place at the rally. Thursday will begin with an alumni picnic in the Athletic Club, followed by a pep rally called “The Riot.” “During the pep rally, there will be a skit competition, and student organizations are encouraged to participate,” Lewis said. A tailgate party will kick
off the events on Oct. 7. “The tailgate party is going to be held in a new location by the softball field,” Lewis said. “It is normally held in the baseball field parking lot.” “The new location is neat. It allows for everyone to watch the women’s soccer game while at the tailgate party.” Lewis said she encouraged student organizations to set up tailgating booths with food and decorations. Mr. and Ms. UWF will be presented at halftime of the women’s soccer game, and the crowning will be at the conclusion of the game. Closing out Friday will be Club U’ Dub. “Club U’Dub is our Homecoming dance,” Lewis said. “It will have more of a club atmosphere and club feel, and will take place in Conference Center A and C. There will be a black light room and a V.I.P room. Students are encouraged to wear club attire.” Saturday will be the final day of Homecoming, closing the week with concerts from local artists and We The Kings.
“Tribe Zion and New Earth Army are the two main local bands,” Lewis said. “This year the Homecoming committee is hosting a mid-sized artist, so then next year they will be able to host a really big artist. We had about $20,000 to use to book an artist, and we choose We The Kings. They are going to be our big concert for the week.” The New Earth Army is looking forward to the event. “We really like the region of Northwest Florida, and we are stoked to be a part of this event, which is all about the community,” Michael Flatau, bassist of the New Earth Army, said. The bands will be performing on Oct. 8 on the Camellia Greens in front of the psychology building. The local bands will be performing at noon and We The Kings will play at 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit the website at www. uwf.edu/homecoming.
The Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are rapidly approaching. Jewish students at the University of West Florida are excited about the opportunity the holidays provide for reflection and getting together with their families. Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Sept. 28 and lasts until nightfall on Sept. 30. According to the “Judaism 101” section of the www.jewfaq.org website, the holiday is considered the Jewish New Year and is a time to make resolutions as well as a time to practice a “long-standing custom” of “symbolically casting off our sins.” Jews attend all-day services at the synagogue and even use a special Harris prayer book, called the machzor, for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It’s traditional during Rosh Hashanah to eat apples dipped in honey for a “sweet new year.” Yom Kippur, described on the website as “probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year,” begins at sundown on Oct. 7 and lasts until
rain stopped.” Harris added that despite the traditional “I feel these meals during the High Holy Days, her parents holidays break the Yom Kippur fast help enforce with pizza. Michael Solomon, the ideals of a sophomore musical being a better theater major and member of the historically Jewish person.” fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, explained what being —Michael Solomon Jewish meant to him. UWF sophomore “I don’t practice in a temple, I practice in my everyday life,” he wrote in nightfall on Oct. 8. The an email interview. “My holiday is marked rabbi once told by a 25-hour fast me one doesn’t and an all-day have to be a good synagogue service Jew by just going accentuating Yom to temple. I feel Kippur as the “Day these holidays help of Atonement.” enforce the ideals J a m i of being a better Harris, a person.” junior crimi- Maisel J o n a t h a n nal justice Maisel, a sophomore major, recalled her double major in musiadventure w i t h cal theater and hospitalYom Kippur during ity, recreation and resort Hurricane management, said Ivan. he looks forward “My grandto the High Holy mother had Days. just finished roast“I sing in my ing the turkey when temple choir the power went with our cantor. Sometimes, he out,” she wrote in will be out of an email interview. town and ask me “My grandmother Solomon to be the cantor for and mother fought over whether or not we the services,” he wrote should have gone to the in an email interview. “It synagogue. In the end, my allows my entire family to grandmother won, and we be together and have the ate in her yard after the opportunity for worship.”
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Place in library is great and good Josh Cooper Staff Writer On the second floor of the John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida sits a small room with bistro tables and chairs, decorative art on the wall and a wild carpet pattern. This room is the Great Good Place. The Great Good Place is a concept Ray Oldenburg, former professor of sociology at UWF, came up with in 1989 for social settings in his book “Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts and How They Get You Through the Day.” Oldenburg said there are three different places a person goes to during their day. The first place is home, or the place where they stay and sleep. The second place is work, and the third place is a hangout spot. He said the third place is an essential part of relaxation and way of life in American culture. He first thought of the idea when he moved to a small subdivision in Pensacola that had no place to go within walking distance. The closest place was just another small subdivision.
“‘How can people live like this?’ I thought,” Oldenburg said. “Where’s the ‘place on the corner’?” He said he eventually found his third place, Krell’s Bakery, which is no longer open. Then he found Geno’s Café, where he met with other professors after work. He no longer meets with his group anymore because of other members’ difficulties with old age. He said the only remaining step is to fill The Great Good Place and get it to be active in order to turn it into a “great good place.” He said he didn’t directly help design the room, but his concept did. “Mr. Dugan was in charge with a very helpful staff,” he said. Starbucks is based on the third place concept as a means for people to hang out and get away from the pressures of everyday life. Bob Dugan, dean of libraries, said there was a lot of space not being utilized on the second floor of the library. He said the staff “put two and two together” and decided make the Great Good Place happen. He said work started in February of this year, and the place was open by the first week of class in August.
What was once office space for some of the library faculty is now the Great Good Place. Dugan said the purpose of the room is to provide a place for people to come hang out without feeling like they have to be quiet. “The fourth floor is for quiet studying,” he said. Shirlandi Thomas, a freshman education major, said she first heard about the Great Good Place during orientation. “I really like it,” she said. “There are a lot of people Photos by Joslyn Rosado in here. It’s like a hangout spot.” Joe Angeletti quietly studies alone at the UWF Library’s Great Good Place. The new room has vending machines and two microwaves. Dugan said they were put there to allow students to heat up meals. The vending machines carry healthier options than chips and soft drinks. They also provide juice and popcorn. The art on the walls is all by students. They wanted to incorporate the accomplishments of the students in the design of the room. Dugan said he is very excited about the room. He said he hopes to see students and faculty use Christina Cormter, Brittany Griffin and Mariana Ortega study together at the Great the room for its purpose, to Good Place on the second floor of the library. hang out.
Plenty of autumn activities can be discovered locally Rachel Giles Staff Writer
Fall is the season for pumpkins, boots and Ferris wheels. It’s also the kickoff of the holiday season. The Pensacola area may not be known for its bright, colorful leaves or chilly weather, but that doesn’t mean Pensacolians can’t have a blast on the cheap and enjoy fall festivities. Here are four ways to have fun this season:
1. Pick a pumpkin Holland Farms in Milton Photo special to The Voyager generally sells peanuts. However, during the entire Holland Farms offers 30-minute hay rides in Milton for month of October, the farm the month of October. Each ride costs $8. has a pumpkin patch and something new. Places plenty of fall activities. 2. Ride in the hay such as the Styx River Hay mazes are an activEvery Monday through Range & Gun Club Inc., in Saturday, the farm is open ity people of any age can Robertsdale, Ala., charge enjoy. Across from the from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and S.S. Dixon Primary School just $12 to shoot for the every Sunday, it’s open at 4560 U.S. 90 in Pace, day. This price doesn’t from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. there will be a 4,000 bale include the gun, so you’ll “Anybody who comes hay maze, hay rides, a have to go with a friend out gets a free cup of boiled zip line and more. The who has one of his or her peanuts, and we have a “Haystackular Haymaze” is own. It’s not your typifront porch with rocking open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. cal outing, but that’s what chairs, picnic area with on Fridays, noon to 9 p.m. makes it fun. some large oak trees and on Saturdays and noon to 4. Go to the fair Instead of blowing $40 just a nice peaceful place 6 p.m. on Sundays, Sept. to hang out,” said B.J. 30 through Oct. 22. In the on a night of coughing on Holland, manager of the weekend before Halloween, smoke and getting pushed through crowds, visit a farm and son of its owners, “Spooktackular” will have small-town fair in the area. special late hours, from in a phone interview. 6 p.m. to midnight Friday Robertsdale, Ala., holds If you’re interested in and Saturday, Oct. 28 and its 60th annual Baldwin picking out a pumpkin, the 29, respectively. County Fair until Oct. 3. Prices range from $5 and cost is $5. If you’re interup. You’ll save money, the ested in picking a pumpkin, 3. Visit the range lines will be shorter, and going on a 30-minute hay Get target practice at most of the same rides ride, petting animals in a the shooting range. The petting zoo, and participat- weather is cooling off, will be offered. Plus, the ing in other activities, the so it’s the perfect time unhealthy, delicious food is to go outside and learn the same. cost is $8.
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TAG UWF presents an exhibition of sculptural installations by Nashville, It’s easy to join the Tennessee-based artist, National Marrow Donor Derek Coté. The work Registry! in this exhibition mines cultural histories and You must be between explores the formation the ages of 18-60, meet of North America by the health guidelines, fill addressing western out a form, give cheek expansion and the notions cell swab samples and of alienation, assimilation be willing to donate to and exploitation. These any patient in need. concepts manifest themselves in Coté’s work Minority donors through constructions of urgently needed! architectural symbols and modular structures that Patients are more likely use light, video and sound to match donors of the to facilitate dramatic shifts same racial and ethnic in scale within created heritage. Donors of all environments. In doing so, races and ethnicities Coté presents repositioned are needed. narratives of the creation of societies that function For more information on both broad and or to sign up contact intimate levels. Keshia Hollins at krh17@student.uwf.edu. October 1-2 September 29
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Volleyball team continues winning streak Chris Elkins Sports Editor After starting the season 2-6, the Argonaut volleyball team had gone 5-1 and were on a five-game winning streak heading into Monday’s competition. The University of West Florida defeated New Orleans 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-13) on Sept. 20. The team then defeated Christian Brothers 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 19-25, 25-22) on Sept. 23 and North Alabama 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 29-27) for the team’s first two Gulf
South Conference victories. “It feels really good,” Head Coach Melissa Wolter said in an interview with UWF Sports Information. “We had a tough four-week schedule.”
set, the Argos ran away with the third set with a lead as high as 14. Junior Leah Buchanan led UWF with nine kills and junior KaLee Duggan led the team with 23 assists.
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UWF aced New Orleans nine times to defeat the Privateers in their first ever match. The Argos were back and forth with New Orleans in the first set before a 5-point run led them to the set victory. After taking the second
The Argos won their first GSC match of the season as Conference Player of the Week Lindsay Homme led the way with 17 kills. “It was nice to be able to go out and play the first two matches of conference play, as we know it, on the road against two great opponents
in Christian Brothers and UNA, and we were fortunate enough to come away with two wins.” The Buccaneers led UWF early in the first set, but the Argos came back to tie the score at 10 and led the rest of the way. Once again, Christian Brothers again led for most of the second set and was up 23-18 before UWF fought back with a 7-point run to take the set. Christian Brothers, which was held to a .176 attack percentage for the match, won the third
set and kept it close in the fourth before Homme finished them off with three consecutive kills to clinch the match. Junior Anna Stoecklein led UWF with 14 digs.
North Alabama North Alabama jumped to an early lead after winning the first set, but it was all UWF the rest of the way. After starting the second set 8-8, UWF led the rest of the way to even things up 1-1. UWF would have to come back again in the
third set as UNA led 18-13. The team did just that as the Argos tied things up at 20 and went on to the set victory. In the fourth set, UWF started strong with a fivepoint lead early, but UNA came back to tie things at 22. The set stayed close before Homme and freshman Autumn Duyn finished the Lions with back-to-back kills for the match victory. Homme and Duyn led the Argos with 20 kills each. Check goargos.com for the latest results.
Swimmers to race competitively Shelby Smithey Staff Writer The Aquatic Racing Club combines swimming and dry-land practices to help members become stronger and faster swimmers. The club is for all levels of swimmers, from those who want to participate in competitive meets to those who just want to get in shape and have fun. The club operates like a regular swim team, and the members compete in various swim meets. “Any student can join, no matter what swimming level, beginner or competitive,” ARC Vice President Paige Crider said. “The club was started because there is not an official University of West Florida swimming team.” The team practices with coach Edgar Silva Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. and on Friday at 11 a.m. at the UWF pool. The club also has dryland practices coached by Crider every Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. on the Intramural Fields. “The purpose of dryland practice is to cross train swimmers and build their endurance so they can become stronger and faster in the water,” Crider said. “We do things such as running drills, hill sprints, and core exercises like abdominal workouts, pushups and circuit training.” Crider said to join the club, get in contact with
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Will Lane trains at the UWF Aquatic Center. The Aquatic Racing Club hopes to compete in its first race around the end of October. ARC President Valerie Thornewell or herself and regularly attend practices. There is no fee to join the club, but if members wish to compete in swim meets, a $60 registration fee is required to become USA certified. The fee allows members
to compete in any open swimming competition in the United States. “Last year the club only competed in one race, but this year the club hopes to compete in at least one race a month,” Crider said. Melissa Hamlett, a junior athletic training
major, initially joined the club for exercise but is now considering competing in swim meets. “I reached 3,000 yards,” she said. “I also learned how to do the butterfly correctly.” Club members are mostly swimmers who wish
Golfer looks for more success Will Isern Staff Writer Ryan Black still gets nervous at the first tee. Then, he drives the ball 300 yards. “I’m just an average guy,” said the senior sports management major and two-time U.S. Amateur Championship qualifier. In gym shorts and a T-shirt, Black is almost convincing. His modest smile and deep, easy voice betray the competitive spirit that lives behind his blue eyes. At 5’10” and 180 pounds, the 22-year-old Port St. Lucie native has the unmistakable look of a serious golfer. His thick calves and broad torso are a testament to the countless miles walked and balls struck since he first stepped onto the links with his father at age 7. “I’ve got to give credit to my dad,” Black said. “If it weren’t for him I wouldn’t be playing golf.” Over the course of his golfing career, Black has earned more accolades than can easily be listed. He joined his high school golf team while still in the sixth grade. In high school, he played in nearly every amateur golf tournament in the state of Florida, often finishing in
to compete, but anyone who enjoys swimming and will be dedicated to the club is welcome. Jake Wilson, a junior hospitality major, said he joined the club to get in shape but made new friends in the process. “I pretty much meet a
Men’s golf wins 1st match of fall, women finish 3rd From staff reports
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Ryan Black has an average score of 73.83 in his first three seasons at UWF. the top 10. When it came time for college, Black said that the Argos’ 2007-2008 national championship team and a golfing scholarship offer, convinced him UWF was the best choice for him. Black did not slow down when he got to college. In his freshman year, he won the Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year award and was chosen to play on the Division II PING All-South region team. Since then he has been chosen to the GSC region
team and the PING team three times. This year, for the second time, Black has qualified to play in the U.S. Amateur Championship. All his time on the golf course has not affected Black’s academic performance, though, as he has made the GSC academic honor roll every year. When he is not playing golf, which is not often, Black likes to watch college football and play basketball, he said. He is an avid Florida Gator fan and said that unless he has a tourna-
ment, he likes to spend his Saturdays watching the games. He is handy in the kitchen, too, capable of whipping up cube steak, any type of pasta, and a special rice dish he learned from his mom. “He’s capable of doing of some really great things,” Head Coach Steve Fell said. “I think he’s got a really bright future ahead of him.” After he graduates this year, Black intends to turn pro.
new person every time I come to practice,” he said. Crider said she and Thornewell are working to become an official swimming team. Check http://uwf.edu/ recreation/SportClubs/ AquaticRacing.cfm for more information.
The No. 7 West Florida men’s golf team edged Texas Christian University by one stroke to claim the championship over a primarily Division I field at The McLaughlin hosted by St. John’s University in Farmingdale, New York on Sept. 17. The Argonauts finished the tournament 12-under par (274-274280 - 828), and senior Carlos Rodriguez followed up his historic day with a 70 and won the individual title at 11-under par (65-64-70 - 199). Rodriguez’s title was the second of his UWF career, the first being the 2011 Gulf South Conference Championship. He finished two strokes ahead of second place Daniel Jennevret of TCU (70-66-65 - 201). Fellow senior Thomas Guste-Pedersen finished in a six-way tie for third at 4-under par (66-69-71 - 206). Senior Ryan Black finished just outside the top 10 in 11th place at 1-under (70-72-67 - 209).
Junior Robbie Van Riper helped UWF clinch the team title, carding 72 in the final round and finishing tied for 28th (75-69-72 - 216).
Women The women’s golf team improved their score by nearly 20 strokes in the final round of the Smoky Mountain Intercollegiate hosted by Carson-Newman College, finishing in third place. Freshman Camila Sevillano matched her first round score of 76 (76-76 - 152), finishing tied for second and just two strokes behind medalist Lisa Persson (78-72 - 150) from Shorter. Freshman Aimme Peterson posted the Argos’ best round of the tournament with a 74, and she finished in fourth place at 12-over par (80-74 - 154). Sophomore Hillary Miller finished in 19th place (87-76 - 163). “I’m very proud of the way the girls played this week,” Head Coach Jennifer Pandolfi said in a press release. “I’m extremely excited about the performances of the freshmen.”
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Women’s soccer extends GSC-win streak From staff reports Head Coach Joe Bartlinski and the University of West Florida women’s soccer team have not lost a regular season Gulf South Conference game since 2003. The Argonauts reached their 50th straight GSC win in a 5-1 victory over West Alabama on Sept. 24. The team’s last regular season conference loss was on Oct. 19, 2003, in a 2-1 loss at Harding. “I’m proud of the consistency the program has shown over the years,” Bartlinski said in a press release. “This is a great win, but we’re now focused on trying to win No. 51.” The Argonauts won with style on Saturday night, as three different players scored and four different players picked up assists. Senior Tina Murray scored the first two goals of the evening, extending her team and GSC lead to eight goals this season. Fellow senior Aveann Douglas also scored two goals, and sophomore defender Daniele Cruz Mejia scored on a free kick. Freshman midfielder Meredith Testa was also active on the attack, tallying three assists. UWF dominated nearly the entire
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Photo by Tim Keebler Tina Murray weaves through defenders at the women’s soccer match on Sept. 24.
match, holding West Alabama without a shot until the 73rd minute. Natalie Perry scored for UWA in the 81st minute to get the Tigers on the scoreboard, but that was all the offense for the visitors. West Alabama finished with just four shots, while the Argos attempted 26.
UWF was also awarded 11 corner kicks to the opponents’ one. Tigers’ goalkeeper Jess Martin was kept busy, facing 17 shots on goal from the Argos. Martin held her own, making 11 saves and keeping the Tigers within striking distance.
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the top runner for the Argos in the team’s first three races. The Argonauts had a season best average time of 27:15 for the 8k race at Tallahassee Regional Park in Tallahassee on Sept. 26. Auburn won with a score of 38 and average time of 25:56. The women scored 227 in a team average time of 20:17 for the 5k race. North Florida won with a score of 40 and average time of 18:14. Freshman Aimee Marsh
led the Argos, finishing in 42nd in a time of 19:47. She was followed by freshman Kelly Bahn, who had led the Argos in the previous three races, and finished in 43rd with a time of 19:48. Projected top returners Eddie Pagan and Karyssa Tourelle-Fallon finished 39th in a time of 27:19 and 87th in a time of 21:18, respectivley. The Argos home meet, the Gulf Coast Stampede, is Saturday at 7:30 am at the Escambia County Equestrian Center.
Freshman records hat trick From staff reports The West Florida men’s soccer team defeated William Carey on Sept. 20 4-2 after trailing 1-0 in the first half. Freshman Dillon Gallet led the team recording a hat trick improving the team overall record to 4-2-1. William Carey took the lead 1-0, after making a goal in the third minute when Chris Wood took a
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XC teams finish 6th In another field full of Division I opponents, the University of West Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams held their own, each finishing sixth overall. Last week, UWF competed against D-I opponents at the Iona Meet of Champions. The men scored 171 points and were led by junior Dominique Sykes who finished 24th in a time of 26:41. “I’m really pleased with how Dominique ran today,” Bergen said. “He had a strong second half and made up a lot of ground to finish as high as he did.” He was closely followed by his twin brother, Martinique Sykes, who finished 25th overall in a time of 26:45. “This was a good early meet to compare ourselves with other teams in the Conference,” Head Coach John Bergen said in a press release. “It was a good chance to see where we stand.” Martinique Sykes was
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shot from 18 yards out and placed it in the lower right corner. The Argos kicked it into another gear blasting seven shots on goal in the first half. UWF tied the game, 1-1, in the 36th minute with Gallet broke away after a through ball from sophomore Nick Salafrio from midfield that Gallet ripped past the diving Crusader keeper.
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Gallet completed his hat trick in the 63rd minute when senior Matthew Aldred gave him a set piece about twenty yards out and ripped it past the keeper, giving UWF the lead, 3-1. The Argos were not finished scoring, however, as Aldred put the ball in the back of the net in the 86th minute. Check goargos.com for the latest results.