January 14, 2015

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY

The Jacksonville University Student Newspaper

January 14, 2015

Volume 71

Issue 6

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INSIDE NEWS

Scholarship Available Applications Due Feb. 23 Page 4

FEATURES

The Stories that Matter

Student Creates Concept Art for “The Silmarillion” Page 6

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CHRISTINA KELSO

EDITOR-IN-CHEIF

On a wooded plot of land just beyond the north edge of campus, nestled behind the cross section of Forest Rd. and Alumni Dr., Jacksonville University is in the process of constructing the foundations of a new student experience, Dolphin Residence Hall.

Scheduled to open its doors in the fall of 2015, Dolphin Residence Hall will be a 70,000 square-foot, four-story housing development with three wings and 277 beds. The facility is designed to house firstyear students as well as one live-in staff member. It will also contain an apartment for visiting faculty or an additional staff member.

Described by the University as representing “the best new practices in student housing, including collaborative living space and modern amenities,” the facility comes at a total cost of $12 million.

“This project represents a new era for campus life at Jacksonville University,” said JU President Tim Cost, in a Dec. 10 University press

PHOTO COURTESY OF JU MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Dolphin Residence Hall, a 70,000 square-foot, four-story housing development, is scheduled to open its doors in the fall of 2015.

release. “And it is part of a larger push to create additional attractive amenities for today’s outstanding students – our students. Engaging, modern living spaces are an

absolute priority for any institution looking to expand and evolve.”

Student residences will be constructed in community style halls with two students per room.

Rooms will include upgraded features such as a sink and vanity area, with community bathrooms for each hall. Students will also CONTINUED PAGE 4

Artis Gilmore: A True Ambassador JU Legend Looks to Future Contributions Award Winning Film

Professor Premieres “Peace After Marriage” in Istanbul Page 10

SPORTS

Lady Dolphins Win JU Beats UNF in Nail-Biter Page 12

PATRICK WILKINS

SPORTS EDITOR

It is often times difficult to find someone that has achieved success and has remained grounded, humble and close to the people and communities that helped them along the way, unless the search begins on the campus of Jacksonville University.

Artis Gilmore is one of the most recognized members of JU’s alumni. Gilmore was a member of the 1970 Dolphins basketball team that went 27-2 in route

to the National Championship game against the Bruins from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Although Gilmore has achieved great success through his play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), like being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011, he has remained true to the people who have helped him along his path through life. This is why he remains a prominent figure on the campus of JU and why he

continues to contribute to the University that helped him gain honor in the game of basketball.

It was at JU that he gained much of his notoriety for his skills at the center position as he led the smalltime Dolphins to the 1970 National Championship game. Although the Dolphins lost this game, the scouts took special notice of not only his playing ability, but also his demeanor.

Frances Bartlett Kinne, Chancellor Emeritus and former president of Jacksonville University, was asked about

Gilmore’s demeanor on the court while at JU. “I never saw him argue with an official and I admire him for it,” Kinne said.

Although basketball was one of the main focuses of Gilmore, it wasn’t everything to him. After being drafted by the Kentucky Colonels in 1971, he returned to JU’s campus that summer to finish his studies and receive his degree.

Gilmore is the oldest of nine siblings and finishing his education was important to him.

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INTRODUCTION EDITORIAL

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THE NAVIGATOR Jacksonville University’s Student Newspaper 2800 University Blvd. N Jacksonville, FL 32211 Main office: (904) 256-7526 Business office: (904) 256-7524 E-mail: navigator@jacksonville.edu Fax: (904) 256-7684 JUDolphinMedia.com

EDITORIAL BOARD CHRISTINA KELSO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

GABRIELE HICKMAN COPY EDITOR

ALYSSA STUBBS

BUSINESS MANAGER

CAITLYN PHILLIPS LEAD DESIGNER

SARAH JURKOIC ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

PATRICK WILKINS SPORTS EDITOR

ALYSSA STEVENSON

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

MATTHEW MARTIN

Just a Minute News Around the World

GABRIELE HICKMAN

COPY EDITOR

Charlie Hebdo Survivors Pubilsh Provocative Edition Week after Attack

A week after jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at the satirical weekly’s Paris office, the surviving staff created an edition of the publication with a Prophet Mohammed cartoon on the cover, according to a Jan. 13 article on Yahoo! News. The cover shows a weeping Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that says “Je Suis Charlie” under the banner “All is Forgiven.”

Jacksonville Can’t Afford Most Road Repairs

Many of Jacksonville’s worn-out street’s won’t be repaved in 2015, according to a Jan. 13 Florida Times-Union article. The city has approximately $2 million to spend on resurfacing and maintaining approximately 3,600 miles of roads. The city does not know whether or not it will find more money to increase the budget, according to the article.

WEB EDITOR

STAFF STAFF WRITERS BRITNEY BROUSSARD SUSIE BRYAN ISABEL MARIDSA JA’MESHA RICHARD LOVELY VALBRUN

STAFF DESIGNERS ALYSSA STEVENSON BRANDON SUGAR SABRINA CRUZ-SANTANA

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS ERIC BACHELDER MICHELLE DAVIDSON KATHERINE HALBERT MADELINE HAMRICK STEFANIE KEELER ADAM LOSE RYAN MONTEZ LAURA WALTER

EDITORIAL POLICY The views represented in The Navigator’s columns and editorials do not necessarily represent those of the faculty, staff, or administration of Jacksonville University. We welcome letters to the editor representing similar and contrasting opinions. To be eligible for publication, all submissions must include name, class distinction, major, phone number, and e-mail address, and should be e-mailed to navigator@ jacksonville.edu. Please limit them to 300 words or less. The Navigator reserves the right to refuse publication or edit any material on the basis of clarity, space, or journalistic ethics.

KEITH SALIBA, PH. D.

FACULTY ADVISOR, CONTENT

DENNIS STOUSE

FACULTY ADVISOR, BUSINESS

CORRECTIONS In the Nov. 29 edition of The Navigator, a photo caption referred to the death of Ricardo Tillman as an accident. His death was a homicide.

Hundreds Gather in Hemming Park for Same-Sex Wedding Ceremonies At least 34 couples took their vows in front of a crowd of hundreds in Jacksonville Saturday morning. Carrington “Rusty” Mead married her wife in Washington D.C. in 2012, and was the organizer for Saturday’s event. She told the Florida Times-Union that the morning was a momentous event for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Jacksonville as the state starts to recognize their partnerships.

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The Right to Speak CHRISTINA KELSO

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

As one person out of more than 7 billion, living within the complexities of a world driven by expansive political and cultural machines, it often feels like there are very few things that we can control.

Amidst all of this, the one thing that we have full power over is our expression.

Our words. Our art. Our protests.

The freedom of expression gives individuals the power to defy, to defend, to influence the lives of others, to pressure, and to instigate change within the systems that surround us.

When that right is stripped from us, whether through law or intimidation, we have nothing.

On Jan. 7, one week ago, 12 people were killed in an attack on this right. Two masked gunmen armed with assault rifles entered the office of the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris, France during an editorial meeting and shot to death eight journalists, two police officers, a caretaker and a visitor.

The controversial magazine, which had previously depicted satirical cartoons of the

Prophet Muhammad, was targeted by the gunmen in retaliation for these images.

A wide-range of major media outlets referred to the incident as an attack on free speech and argued that speech cannot be repressed by intimidation.

Many of the same media outlets, including “The New York Times,” “Time,” and “The Associated Press,” that condemned the murders as an attack on free speech, self-censored the images that their colleagues were killed for publishing, either pixelating or cropping out the controversial portions, or refusing to print them.

Others, such as “The New Yorker,” “The Atlantic,” and “Buzzfeed,” have chosen to publish the images and have been both applauded and chastised for it.

It’s a difficult editorial call and I am not taking their decisions lightly. I have struggled throughout the past week with determining what is right for “The Navigator.”

On one level, this self-censorship gets under my skin. It seems like a hypocrisy and a way of giving the attackers control by succumbing to fear. On another, I understand that the images are offensive, and I can respect the decision not

to publish them.

I feel that the cartoons, in their original form, are important to the story.

While out of consideration for the varying views of “The Navigator” staff and its readership, I have not published the images, what I have done is made them easily accessible through the adjacent QR codes to provide you as the reader with the opportunity to choose whether or not you want to see them.

For some, it seems that it is easy to be critical.

In the past week, some have placed the blame on the magazine. I have heard it said that Charlie Hebdo should have “been shut down” or “learned their lesson” when their office was bombed in 2011 for a similar illustration.

However, I ask that everyone remember that the protection of free speech is either universal or nonexistent. Regardless of whether we like speech or not, it is our responsibility to defend expression unbiasedly. It is the unpopular speech that needs the most protection.

While I may not like the comics published in Charlie Hebdo; I may think “The Interview,” which has recently been a hot-button topic of free speech, is a terrible, stupid movie; and as the

child of a military family, I may not like to see someone burn the American flag, I will forever defend people’s rights to speak, whether they publish, screen, or burn.

Amy Davidson of “The New Yorker” described the implications of the attack well when in a Jan. 7 editorial, she argued that the assault was not limited to Charlie Hebdo.

“This was an attack on a publication and a neighborhood, a country and its press, and on any journalist, in any city,” she said.

But it goes farther than that. This attack spans beyond the expressions of media. At its core, it is an attack on the basic human right to speak.

It is an attack on any person, in any city, who has anything to say that others might not want to hear.

THE NEW YORKER

“The Attack on Charlie Hebdo”

BUZZFEED NEWS

“Many Outlets Are Censoring Charlie Hebdo’s Satirical Cartoons After Attack”

You Can Do It! ILLUSTRATION BY ISABEL MARIDSA

Other People’s Success Is Not Your Failure Shaking Off the Pressures of Social Media SARAH JURKOIC

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

The world today is a messy, convoluted, discombobulating tidal wave of social media.

The average person can hardly get through a day without the barrage of other people’s lives and opinions and profanity smacking them in the face. I go on Facebook to play mind numbing games and end up spending an hour scrolling through other people’s stress or obnoxiously prolific success before I farm so much as a single cyber vegetable.

Before I get much further in this, I’m gonna go on the record and just admit that I’m a very self conscious and critical person. So when I go on Facebook and I see how people I went to middle school

with are inventing snazzy and helpful things for people who are blind, or working with famous persons in the music industry, or modeling for big brands, or, the real knife in my soul, traveling the world in all the places I’d like to visit, I can’t help but feel a bit bitter and wonder what in the Sam Hell I’m doing with my life.

I saw a quote somewhere on the interwebs that struck a chord with me: “Other people’s success is not your failure.” I liked it so much I tacked it to my wall as a reminder not to be so hard on myself whenever I see someone way more artistically talented than I or more savvy in the ways of the world. It’s grounding and reminds me that I really do have a pretty good life.

I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to

explore my interests in college, branching out from my major in biology to such subjects as art history, sculpture, printmaking and heavy metal.

In recent years, I’ve made some leaps and bounds in personal growth. I’ve become a lot more okay with myself and my pace and the way that I comport myself in my life.

Three years ago, the thought of being four years into a university with almost no apparent progress in my paperwork goals would have been crushing. My self-doubt and disappointment would have been debilitating. Sometimes I do feel those things. By and large, however, I’m actually very happy. I’ve been inefficient in the pursuit of my degree and I’m hardly bothered.

In the state of the world today, it’s really

easy to get lost in the fantasies of other people’s lives and forget ourselves in the process. My only advice is to say that a person should consciously seek out the things and the people that make them happy.

Ask yourself what or who comforts you and brings you joy and just surround yourself with those people and, or things.

People have never been so accessible to each other, but it’s important to remember that no one is responsible for your happiness but you. The days are long, but the years are short. If you aren’t spending them making yourself happy, life really will be pointless.

As a wise and deeply fabulous Dr. Frank N. Furter once said in the cult classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Don’t dream it, be it.”

NEWS

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Dolphin Residence Hall Continued from Page 1

have access to two community kitchenettes, game rooms, study lounges, and spaces designated for group activities.

“We are really working to incorporate the intellectual component into the residence hall,” said Kristie Gover, Ed.D., chief student affairs officer.

Designed with a blend of “social space” and “academic space” in mind, Dolphin Residence Hall will facilitate “a lot of opportunities for students to connect with one another” and “to study where they live in a private space,” Gover said.

The building will include a residential life satellite office, academic classroom space, a lobby with a fireplace and conversation nooks, a multi-purpose room, laundry facilities, and high-tech amenities such as fiber optic communications, CAT-6 wiring, and cell phone range extenders, according to the press release.

The outside of the building will contain multi-purpose green-spaces for student recreation.

“It will be a very inviting space where students will hopefully hang out and spend a lot of time,” Gover said.

BEFORE THE BLUEPRINTS

The development of Dolphin Residence Hall emerged from an intensive research process.

Before developing the plans, the University Residential Life staff visited and observed the first year living facilities of other similarly sized higher education institutions including Wake Forest University, Texas Christian University, Vanderbilt University, and Belmont University. “ [One of the] things that we learned is that consistently across the board in higher education, the most important component of a first-year residence hall is the development of community,” Gover said.

Additionally, the staff examined the desires and experiences of JU students, speaking to student residential advisers and members of the Jacksonville University Student Alliance in Spring 2013.

Ideas generated by JU students included the incorporation of community kitchens, sinks in the residents’ rooms, expanded study space, and community bathrooms.

“Interestingly enough, the [request for a] community bathroom was pretty consistent,” Gover said. “Students felt that the community bathroom really forced students out of their rooms to take care of some of the essential needs, and that this was a great way to meet other students.”

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Plans for the Dolphin Residence Hall by Rimrock Devlin Development showcase the building’s interior.

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

The land where Dolphin Residence Hall is being constructed is owned by Rimrock Devlin Development and will be the first residence hall not built on JU owned property. Instead, JU will lease the property from the developer. This project is part of “the school’s redevelopment of old Arlington in conjunction with the City of Jacksonville,” according to the press release.

“The unique thing about our relationship with the developer is that we will continue to manage the residence hall as if it’s our own,” Gover said.

EXISTING RESIDENCE HALL CHANGES

The beginning of student life in Dolphin Residence Hall also marks a potential end for student housing in some of the school’s older, more storied and weathered buildings located at the south of campus. Constructed in 1968 as an all female residence hall, Botts Hall has not served as planned housing for students since spring 2011. Since then, it has been used for overflow and, as of the spring 2015 semester, is empty of students.

It currently serves as the location of athletic offices.

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA KELSO

Crews construct Dolphin Residence Hall on Tuesday Jan. 13. The new student housing facility is scheduled to open for the fall 2015 semester.

Williams Hall, adjacent to Botts, is set to follow the older building’s footsteps and will be closing in fall 2015. Brest and McGeehee Halls will continue to serve as designated housing for Greek organizations. Plans for alternative Greek housing are in the discussion for a future phase, said Gover.

“The future of these buildings are not determined,” Gover said. “ The plan is to not use them for student housing.”

Oak Hall will remain open to students and is scheduled for upgrades, including the development of more “designated community space.”

FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

“This is phase one of the development.

Our ultimate goal is to have all first year students living in the north campus area and develop that true first year living-learning community for our incoming students,” Gover said.

While “Phase Two” of the North Campus housing development is still to be determined, preliminarily, plans include a duplicate building with a different focus on community spaces.

“Long-term, in a future phase, we want to make sure that we are developing the outdoor space as well so students take advantage of the Florida weather,” Gover said.

Potential long-term outdoor developments include a wading pool water feature with an outdoor kitchen space and cabana as well as expanded green spaces.

Experiential Learning Scholarship Available Applications Due to the Experiential Learning Department by Feb. 23 GABRIELE HICKMAN

COPY EDITOR

Students who will be participating in experiential learning at Jacksonville University can apply for a $250 scholarship to go toward their fees. The scholarship application is due on Feb. 23, and ten students will be selected to receive this award.

Experiential learning includes internship, study abroad, service learning and undergraduate research.

“The great thing about this scholarship is that it can be used for almost anything related to a student’s experiential learning,”

said Angelica Novo, experiential learning administrative assistant. “For instance, for internships a student could use their scholarship funds to purchase a suit. The scholarship can also be used to help defray the costs associated with traveling, such as meals or even a plane ticket.”

Any student who is enrolled at JU can apply. However, preference is given to students under the 2013/2014 catalog, since they have to complete an experiential learning opportunity before they graduate.

The sooner a student can turn in the application, the better the chances will be of

receiving the scholarship, Novo said.

“The goal of the scholarship is to be able to give students a chance to explore their experiential learning opportunities by providing students with some financial assistance,” she said. “The whole goal of experiential learning is to encourage students to engage in a learning experience that takes place outside of the classroom.

Through these experiences, a student will have the opportunity to learn new skills and utilize those skills in an environment that will prepare them for their post-graduate careers.”

Students who are interested can receive an application from the Experiential Learning Office in Gooding 203, or visit the JU scholarship website. The students can then complete their application by answering the four questions and submitting it to Novo in the office or through email at anovo@ju.edu.

“How many students can say that they did an internship in Spain or China? Or presented their research at a national conference? Experiential learning is what will help students set themselves apart when they are applying for a job.”

NEWS

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Unconventional Solutions to Climate Change NASA Langley Chief Scientist to Speak in Gooding Auditorium Jan. 22 CHRISTINA KELSO

EDITOR-IN-CHEIF

Each day, as the Earth rotates steadily around its axis, sunlight beams into the planet’s atmosphere. These rays, steady and powerful, illuminate and warm the environment surrounding the more than 7-billion human lives residing on its surface.

In the past 150 years, industrialization has altered the way that these rays impact life on the surface, and in turn the planet’s climate.

More and more, the effects of this have pushed the issue of climate change into the center of the scientific and political sphere.

With NASA reporting increasing loss of sea ice, shrinking glaciers, shifting plant and animal ranges, accelerated sea level rise, and longer more intense heat waves, the scientific community has turned its sights toward finding solutions.

On Thursday Jan. 22, NASA Langley Research Center Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell will bring his “Unconventional Solutions to Climate Change” to Jacksonville University’s Gooding Auditorium. This “Evening with Dennis Bushnell,” will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will be free open to the JU community as well as the

general public with registration.

A research scientist with more than 50 years of experience, Bushnell started at NASA Langley in June of 1963, “drawn by the allure of the Apollo program,” according to a 2013 NASA press release.

NASA Langley operates with a technical emphasis on atmospheric sciences, a discipline which includes research fields such as climatology, the study of long-term weather and temperature trends; dynamic meteorology, the study of the atmosphere’s motions; cloud physics, the study of the formation and evolution of clouds and precipitation; atmospheric chemistry, the study of the atmosphere’s chemical composition; atmospheric physics, the study of the atmosphere’s heating and cooling processes; aeronomy, the study of the upper atmosphere; and oceanography, according to the facility’s website.

Described by The Arlington Institute think-tank as one of the “biggest, broadest thinkers in science,” Bushnell has authored 252 publications and major presentations and has been invited to speak at 350 invited lectures and seminars, according to the press release.

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The Stories that Matter Student Creates Concept Art for “The Silmarillion” SARAH JURKOIC

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Stephanie Morales, a senior illustration major, identifies “Lord of the Rings” as one of her greatest sources of inspiration.

“This is really nerdy, but I don’t care,” Morales said. “Lord of the Rings is really important to me. It got me through hard times and inspires me. It’s all about being able to do the impossible; people from all walks of life, no matter how small, being able to change the world.”

It’s this passion that inspired her senior thesis project: concept art for “The Silmarillion,” a collection of mythopoeic writings

by J.R.R Tolkien accounting the creation and histories of the “Lord of the Rings” universe.

Morales has been creating art most of her life. It started when she was five years old, and drew a picture of an iguana.

Her uncle, an art teacher, saw it and complimented her.

His encouragement solidified her determination to be an artist.

Stephanie draws on mythology and folklore for subject matter, particularly stories that originate in Greece and eastern Europe.

Stephanie “desperately” wants to travel. In particular, she wants to go to the Philippines to visit her mother’s family, Puerto Rico to visit her father’s family, Canada to visit friends, Russia to see art,

and Washington and Colorado for the mountains.

“The mountains feel like there’s more to the world,” she said. “Flat makes it feel like that’s just all there is.”

Although she has grand traveling aspirations, she fears that she comes off as being “simple” and “unambitious.”

“I just wanna concentrate on my art, family and friends, and learn and explore new things,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a huge deal if I don’t have a huge career, my life’s happiness is not dependent on that. Keep making art and be around people that are important to me; that’s all I really want.”

When feeling very down, the most impactful words of inspiration for her come from Samwise Gamgee in “The Two Towers.”

“It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. . . I know now folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something.”

ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHANIE MORALES

(Left) Concept art of the origin of Orcs: Elves captured and tortured by Morgoth. (Top-right) Concept art of Manwë Súlimo, elf king of the Valar.

(Bottom-right) The Vala Yavanna, Queen of the Earth, and her Sister Vána, Queen of the Blossoming Flowers.

Virtual Gaming with Real-World Skill Students Train for League of Legend’s North American Collegiate Championship GABRIELE HICKMAN

COPY EDITOR

In 2014, 23.5 million people watched the World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals, 18 million people watched the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat, and 27 million people watched the League of Legends (LoL) finals, according to a December ESPN article.

LoL numbers have topped that of major sporting events shown on ESPN, and students at Jacksonville University are preparing to participate in the championships of an online game that has reached a real-world medium.

Colby “Ace Alexander” Frank, senior political science major, founded the League of Legends club to fulfill a team of five that would compete in the 2015 North American Collegiate Championship.

“[Last year] we were pretty much two students looking for a team of five to enter into this championship,” Frank said. “So this year, we decided to attack this with a club format and it’s working.”

Frank hopes to have the team practice five days a week, preparing for the Feb. 13 or March 5 qualifiers. The practice will help develop the strategic, game-play skills needed to win.

“You have to be in your teammate’s head, you have to communicate, you have to take charge of vision and things, you have to see the enemies before they see you, and then you have to strategize with your team,” he said.

“And then there’s also individual skill. When it comes to your individual mechanical skill, at timing things, at knowing where the enemy is, that’s a huge part of it. That’s the game in a nutshell.”

Teamwork and communication are Frank’s most important goals for his team. Without

hesitation, he stated that he believes they will not only achieve, but surpass these goals.

“I am most excited for the JU team to practice five days a week and then wind up winning the qualifiers, being flown out to Riot games to their studios in California to play in a live studio with a live audience, and then reap 24-hour broadcasts on their Twitch channel and their YouTube,” Frank said. “And then when we are college champions, we can bring the JU financial

aid department a scholarship as well. My confidence is borderline arrogance.”

LoL is “no laughing matter.” The game is a “fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of RTS with RPG elements,” according to the game’s website.

Students who are interested in the League of Legends club can email Frank at cfrank2@ jacksonville.edu.

“We are going to win.”

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA KELSO

Gian Dabu, junior mathematics major, and Minh Chu, junior computer science major, practice for the League of Legend’s North American Collegiate Championship.

PHOTO BY KENNTH PASLEY

League of Legend Club members help student Kailyn Nacoste sign up for more information.

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Establishing Trust, Finding Compassion Nursing Students Help Nepal Refugees Through Service Learning Project BRITNEY BROUSSARD

STAFF WRITER

The definition of service learning is teaching, learning and integrating meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.

Service learning can now be completed through voluntary courses that students can take at Jacksonville University.

For Ivagba Adeoye, nursing major, service learning was an eye opening experience.

Adeoye was born in Nigeria, Africa and left at the age of twelve. His service with World Relief in the JU nursing program has impacted his life as he began to experience new emotions and perspectives.

“Even though I was born in Nigeria, I never had to experience anything like what these refugees had to do,” Adeoye said. “I believe service learning helped me develop more compassion for people. It also opened my eyes to what many of these women and other refugees in the building went through.”

Adeoye’s team was composed of four nursing students, two males and two females, along with Kathleen Kavanagh, assistant

professor of nursing. They were assigned to two refugee women from Nepal who spoke through an interpreter, also a refugee.

“Coming to a foreign country where you speak no English and having to work nights and sleep during the days caused some scheduling hiccups because they would go to see these people during the days,” Adeoye said.

Throughout the fall semester, the service learning students visited the women three times. Even though there was a language barrier, the team was able to teach the women better nutrition through illustrations on poster boards, showing plates of healthy foods. They also bought them eyeglasses from the Dollar Store and had them try them on until they found the right fit.

“These women were refugees who were given by the government only six months of money to live on,” Adeoye said. “The main problems with the two middle age women were that they had poor vision and bad nutrition. But what is astounding is the first time we visited them, the first thing they wanted to know about was breast exams. So the male students were asked to step out the room because the women from Nepal didn’t feel comfortable with them in there.”

Nursing students participate in a service learning project with World Relief.

The team was most helpful when they were trying to get to know these women and developing trust by asking them about eating habits, where they live, and their medical problems. One way they were told to develop trust of the women was to look at them instead of looking at the interpreter, even though they would use the interpreter to translate. This was to help the women feel like they were more involved in the process.

PHOTO COURTESY OF IVAGBA ADEOYE

“Along with opening my eyes to how many refugees there were in North Florida from Nepal, Burma and Sudan who needed help, it helped me learn to communicate better with people and gave me real world experience,” Adeoye said. “I believe service learning is a great experience for students because not only are you providing a service, but you are always learning.”

Keeping Healthy in the New Year On-Campus and Local Opportunities for Fitness CHRISTINA KELSO

EDITOR-IN-CHEIF

GABRIELE HICKMAN COPY EDITOR

As the spring weather approaches and the thoughts of New Year’s Resolutions are fresh in the minds of many, one of the most common is living a more healthy lifestyle through exercise. However, fewer than 10 percent of people who make resolutions keep them, and those who do not usually have failed within the first week, according to a Dec. 2014 Time Magazine article. Below are campus and local opportunities to help keep the resolution of exercise on the calendar past January.

On Campus

Nimnicht Fitness Center Hours

9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday - Sunday

Group Fitness Schedule Monday Spin 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday Spin 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Yoga 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Zumba 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Spin 5:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.

Zumba Step 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Thursday Spin 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Yoga 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Zumba 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Friday Spin 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Local

The Edge Rock Gym

Fifteen minutes from campus at 3563 Phillips Hwy. Suite 702, The Edge Rock Gym is Northeast Florida’s only full-scale indoor climbing facility. With more than 8,000 sq ft. of top rope, lead climbing, and bouldering areas, the gym is a friendly atmosphere for first-time climbers to experienced climbers.

Friday College Night

$10 day pass, $4 shoe rental Rebounderz Jacksonville Thirty minutes from campus at 14985 Old St. Augustine Rd., Rebounderz is a 40,000 square-foot “extreme fun center” with a 12,000 square-feet of indoor trampoline jumping space, laser tag, archery, minibowling and arcade games.

Thursday College Night

Every Thursday, Rebounderz offers $10 unlimited jumping for college students with a valid ID. Trampoline Fitness Classes Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:15 p.m., Rebounderz hosts a “Trampoline-based” boot camp. This “total body workout” claims to burn “1,000 calories an hour.” Classes are $10 with the option of purchasing a 10-class pass for $75.

Jacksonville Running Events Winter Beach Run January 31, 2015 | Jacksonville Beach

Fight For Air Climb February 7, 2015 | Downtown Jacksonville Donna 5K and Family Fun Run February 14, 2015 | Prime Osborn Convention Center 2 With Donna February 15, 2015|At The Players Championship Daily’s Ortega River Run February 28, 2015 | Ortega Kilwin’s Ice Cream Run

PHOTO BY ALYSSA STEVENSON

Tanja Leiser, senior marketing and management major, teaches zumba Tuesdays and Thursdays Spring 2015.

March 7, 2015 | St. John’s Town Center Gate River Run March 14, 2015 | Downtown Jacksonville Run For Shelter 5K March 21, 2015 | Downtown Jacksonville Paddy’s Run March 22, 2015 | Evergreen Cemetery Run 13.1 & 5K March 29, 2015 | The Jacksonville Landing The Human Race April 4, 2015 | St. John’s Town Center Strides For Pride April 18, 2015 | Riverside Park

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Spring Exhibitions: Fine Arts Preview The Fine Arts Department Will Showcase New Talent in the Spring Semester BAILEY FLYNN

STAFF WRITER

The Jacksonville University College of Fine Arts will continue to impress the university and citywide community with its Performing Arts Series’ upcoming spring events. JU offers a variety of shows and concerts that appeal to a variety of interests and artistic tastes.

Opening on Jan. 15, Encumbered will showcase the artistic styles of media from the talents of Karen Kurycki and Shelley Sloan Ellis in Alexander Brest Gallery. Kurycki is known for her distinctive watercolor works that capture her audiences in illustrations, while Ellis’ ceramic sculptures describe her view about women in society. A sense of feminism and creativity will be showcased in this exhibition until Feb. 11.

If looking for a musical event to attend, nominated music students will be performing in the Faculty Selection Honor Recital on Jan. 29 in Terry Concert Hall to showcase their gifts. Also, student chamber groups will be performing on Feb. 10 in Terry Concert Hall to present a concert of varied material.

Jazz pianist and composer Martin Bejerano will be making a presence on JU’s campus in the upcoming months. His talented skills are shown in his recordings with Roy Haines and Russell Malone. Watch a music star who has just recorded some of his own pieces perform on Feb. 26 in Terry Concert Hall.

On March 26, seniors in the visual arts department will be presenting their Senior Thesis projects in Alexander Brest Gallery.

A variety of artwork will be available to witness from accomplished students who have been working tough, endless hours to get to the point of college that they have

ILLUSTRATION BY MATTHEW MARTIN

been waiting for, graduation. Sculptures, film productions, and 2-D art pieces will be shown. Seniors will be presenting from Mar. 30 through Apr. 1 in the Phillips Fine Arts Building.

The senior dancer majors will be performing in their last performances as JU Dolphins in Swisher Theatre during the dates of Mar. 26-28. After months of rehearsal time ranging from 23 to 40 hours per week, the seniors will be taking the stage

to showcase their artistic skills with their help of their choreographers.

In Opera Goes Pop, brilliant singers at JU will be adding a taste of pop to the music genre of opera. Watch a show of endless fun as opera is shown in a new light from the expert abilities of composers Giacomo Puccini and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

To end the semester, the fine arts department will be holding one last concert for the orchestra and choirs at this school.

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Watch the work that these singers have done to display their gifted voices to the community on Apr. 18 in the Terry Concert Hall.

Various other shows will be taking place this season as well. With a large amount of events being held at JU, the school and community will be able to witness a wide array of the talent in the Jacksonville area.

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The Lovely One Beauty for You LOVELY VALBRUN

STAFF WRITER

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” -Maya Angelou “Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s scepter, the mind shapes itself to the body and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison” (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1792).

The universal truth is that the media sells the female population dreams. Not even good dreams, like those that would lead to changes in the world. No, these are dreams that make us wish the Boogeyman was real.

We are told how we’re supposed to act, how to dress, and how to look. Worse, they tell us who to be. We’re given these impossible images of beauty to emulate, when looking

like these women is impossible. I like to believe that impossible is nothing, because the word itself is telling me that I’m-Possible.

However, in this instance I know that the perfection that society is telling us to live up to does not exist. The women we try to imitate are not flawless. The magazines show us shadows of these women and with one swipe of the hand the illusion is gone.

We grow up with all the insecurities in the world, not believing in the beauty that is within us, fighting and competing with each other for the attention and validation of our male counterparts. They set us up for failure and derision. But it is high time we take back our lives and our sense of self. It is time to embrace with everything that is within us our worth. You are you, and no one can take that from you if you don’t allow them.

From this day forward, get dressed for you. Every drawn line of Kohl Pencil is for you. Every brush of mascara is for you.

Every careful swipe of lipstick is for you.

Show some skin for yourself. Be stunning for yourself.

“Nobody tells you it is okay to call yourself beautiful. It is okay to smile at mirrors and it is perfectly fine to say your own eyes are pretty. It is wonderful to love your waist and your legs, regardless of their size. And you are not conceited if you use your fingers to list everything you’re good at rather than point at all of your own flaws. You can acknowledge you’re smart and you will go places and that you will be someone greater than your mistakes. You can’t always expect other people to believe in yourself for you.”

(Anonymous)

The honest truth is that we are either as beautiful or as ugly was we believe we are.

We define our beauty and our worth. That’s not a power anyone should nor will have over us. In any case, we have more to do than be weighed down by being pretty or beautiful.

We can’t let a soul be defined by its shell.

The moment we women come together and support each other, our power will be unparalleled. We are worth our weight in gold. We are more than they make us out to be. We adorn our bodies in what we see fit to express our radiance. We paint on our faces not to hide but to enhance ourselves.

Womankind is made of so much beauty, but it seems we have forgotten that when we decided to be defined by all the things we are not.

Professor Produces Award-Winning Film Bandar Albuliwi, Assistant Film Professor, Premieres “Peace After Marriage” in Istanbul ISABEL MARIDSA

STAFF WRITER

The day after Christmas, 2014, the independent film “Peace After Marriage,” co-directed by Jacksonville University Assistant Professor of Film Bandar Albuliwi had its cinematic premiere at Beyoglu Pera Cinemas in Istanbul, Turkey.

The film had previously been screened at more than fifty international film festivals, including Abu Dhabi Film Festival where “Peace After Marriage” had its official world premiere. It picked up three awards at Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, the “All Access Creative Promise Award” in Tribeca, and has been nominated “Best Feature” in both the Nashville Film Festival and the São Paulo International Film Festival.

Albuliwi co-directed and produced “Peace After Marriage” with his brother Ghazi Albuliwi, who also co-directed, wrote, and starred in the film. The story in “Peace After Marriage” is based on Ghazi Albuliwi’s own personal experiences. It’s a romantic dramedy of a Palestinian-American man meeting and marrying an Israeli woman so that she can get a Green Card.

The ball started rolling four years ago when Ghazi Albuliwi had the original idea, and called his brother Bandar who was pursuing his Master’s degree at the American Film Institute Conservatory.

“I was in graduate school and my brother was in the Middle East and it’s kind of autobiographical of what happened to him [Ghazi Albuliwi],” Bandar Albuliwi said.“He was in Jerusalem and he pitched me the idea,

and I told him it was an amazing idea and to write a draft of what we’d talked about, which I then gave to my producer Faruk Ozerten who is in the producing program at American Film Institute where I was a directing fellow.”

Shooting began in June of 2010. Once the film was shot and edited, Albuliwi and the team realized it wasn’t what they wanted. They raised more money and shot approximately 30 percent more footage, reediting the entire movie. Though the reshoot caused the movie to take four years to complete, Albuliwi hopes his students understand the importance of finishing a project.

“I tell my students all the time to just go with the punches,” Bandar Albuliwi said.

“Now we have an award-winning movie but it was anything but the first time around.

Never give up, keep going, keep shooting, editing, revising, find what’s not working and revise it and keep going from that.”

During that time, Bandar Albuliwi accepted the position of assistant professor of film at JU when it opened up in summer of 2013. In his two-and-a-half years as a professor, he has quickly developed a reputation as a dedicated artist and unconventional lecturer. He aims to open his students’ minds and push creative boundaries. He is also known for his motto, “Write what you know.”

“I stress personal narrative storytelling above all else,” he said. “That doesn’t mean you have to write your life story, but every character that you write should come from somewhere close to you. Your experience is reflecting in all your characters so that

they’re original and unique, because every person on this planet is original and unique.

You can watch the same movie fifty times; it’s the same premise but it’s each person’s

unique take on the story that makes it interesting.”

“Peace After Marriage” will be available on Netflix, ITunes, OnDemand, and on

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BANDAR BEYOGLU

(Above) NTV Live interviews co-director Bandar Albuliwi, assistant professor of film, about “Peace After Marriage,” which premeired Dec. 26, 2014. (Left) Albuliwi stands in front of the movie poster for “Peace After Marriage” at Beyoglu Pera Cinemas in Istanbul, Turkey. (Right) Albuliwi stands with Asli Leone at the Istanbul premiere of his film “Peace After Marriage”

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Artis Gilmore: A True Ambassador Continued from Page 1

“I was the first and the oldest in my family and by finishing school, I was able to set that example for my siblings,” Gilmore said.

“He went to classes even after he became famous,” Kinne said.

His roles on campus include Special Assistant to the President and Special Assistant to the Athletics Director. Both of these roles require him to be available to the president and the athletics director as he is needed. They also require him to be honest with the young men and women that he meets with while representing JU. His message to the students is clear and precise.

“I try to emphasize the importance of education to our youngsters,” Gilmore said.

“Education is primary and is the one thing that will carry you throughout your life.”

Gilmore does not just do this with the students at JU, but rather with as many students throughout the Jacksonville community that he can reach.

“One of the best things I think he’s done in the community, which certainly covers more ground that anything else, is that he’s spoken to roughly 75 percent of the schools in the town,” Kinne said. “And that’s probably one of the valuable things he could do.”

Gilmore continues to be a prominent figure in the JU community as well as in the community of Jacksonville. Along with his positions at Jacksonville University, Gilmore was hired as Jacksonville’s ambassador to sports, entertainment and fitness by Mayor Alvin Brown in 2012. Gilmore’s position requires him to attract more sporting events to the city and he has done so by

being a contributing factor in bringing the NCAA College Basketball tournament to Jacksonville.

“Artis is a servant leader,” said Tim Cost, president of Jacksonville University. “He is always asking people ‘Is there anything I can do for you?’”

He speaks to the students of Jacksonville in attempts to propel them to their dreams.

He sees the future of Jacksonville as he looks into the eyes of the young children that he speaks to at the local schools. He sees the future of JU’s image as he looks into the eyes of the current students.

“A couple of different times I have taken him along with me to my speaking engagements,” Kinne said. “It was really incredible to watch the reaction of these young men and young ladies.”

Gilmore loves JU as well as the city of Jacksonville, but he also loves giving back to this community and he loves being a role model to young people.

“This community was there when I needed it and it provided for me,” Gilmore said. “Now is an opportunity for me, with the experience, to be able to share with the kids and give back to the community that gave me so much.”

So how exactly does Gilmore contribute to Jacksonville University? How is he utilized while on the campus of JU? “What he’s able to do so well, is he’s able to move among different constituents effortlessly,” Cost said. “Artis can bring together current student-athletes, current students, elected officials, business leaders,

PHOTO COURTESY OF JU MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Artis Gilmore is a JU Alumni, a former member of the 1970 Dolphin basketball team, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, a member of the JU staff, and an active participant in the Jacksonville Community.

faculty, the administration of this university, everyone will come together at a time and a place on a subject to support Artis Gilmore, because they know Artis Gilmore has the best interest of the university and the city of Jacksonville in his heart.”

After searching into the man that Gilmore is, it is easy to see why he spends so much time giving back. It’s because he loves it.

Giving back to the people of Jacksonville, to JU, to the children that he tries to influence, and to the strangers whom he has never met is what Artis Gilmore loves. He wants people to join him in his quest to better this

community that we all call home.

When Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, he was joined by his immediate family as well as his extended family from Jacksonville and JU. He was joined by Mayor Brown, Kinne, former JU president Kerry Romesburg and Bill Gay, his friend and benefactor, all of whom are figures in the Jacksonville community, showing his love for the city and for his university.

“I want to thank them,” Gilmore said.

“And all of my friends from Jacksonville University.”

In Search of Direction The Jags Look for a New Offensive Coordinator

PATRICK WILKINS

SPORTS EDITOR

When the regular season came to a close in the NFL, so did the season for the Jacksonville Jaguars. After another disappointing season, one in which the Jags were only able to muster 3 victories all season, the boys in teal packed up their lockers, wondering what the future would hold for them.

One person who didn’t last long was offensive coordinator, Jedd Fisch. In what was considered a smart move by some and a dangerous move by others, head coach Gus Bradley dismissed Fisch from his duties with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In two seasons with the Jaguars, Fisch’s system wasn’t able to translate from the University of Miami to the NFL. His offense in both seasons in Jacksonville were among the bottom dwellers of the league and, at times, made us out to be the punching bag that many defensive coordinators needed mid-season. But does this warrant his dismissal?

Many critics might say that without a doubt, Fisch had to go and the Jaguars had to move on to the next chapter of this offense. Others, much like myself, think that having second year quarterback Blake Bortles learn his second offense in just as many years could be a tall task for the

young QB, especially with a very young and inexperienced offensive line.

No matter how you feel about the situation, the decision was made and we now have to look to the future of the Jaguars. There are several candidates that were quickly attached to the opening, but have since been negated as possible candidates.

Greg Roman, who is the former OC in San Francisco, took the same position in Buffalo under newly appointed head coach Rex Ryan. Marc Trestman, who saw his tenure in Chicago come to a screeching halt, has seemed to fade away. So has Kirby Wilson, the running backs coach in Minnesota.

Several new names have seemed to make

their way into the discussion as it seems that David Caldwell and Gud Bradley will be taking their time to make the right decision.

Could it be Rick Dennison, the QB’s coach from Baltimore or Randy Fichtner, the QB’s coach from Pittsburgh? Perhaps the Caldwell, Bradley duo will look a different direction and bring in someone like Tom Cable, the offensive line coach from Seattle, a program that has a close relationship with Jacksonville.

No matter what path the Jaguars decide to take in regards to the OC position, the suspense will give Jaguars’ fans something to talk about for weeks leading up to the draft.

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Rattling the Rattlers JU Dismantles FAMU in Tallahassee JA’MESHA RICHARD

SPORTS EDITOR

The Jacksonville University Dolphins took their first win of 2015 by beating the FAMU Rattlers 79-56 at the AL Lawson Center in Tallahassee. The win was also their first road win of the season.

Junior guard Andris Misters opened the scoring for the Dolphins as they opened the game on a 9-2 run. Misters had the hot hand and played a major role ending with a career high of 32 points, 18 of those in the first half.

Misters had help from his teammates, in particular junior Kori Babineaux and

sophomore JR Holder, to keep the Dolphins in the lead.

Babineaux opened up the second half scoring, adding to their lead by sinking two layups and a free throw to increase the lead by 9 points.

The Rattlers (0-14) worked hard to fight back but could not stop the potent Jacksonville offense and the hot hand of Misters.

Holder ended the game with 17 points and Babineaux added 15 points as the Dolphins sent the Rattlers back to the drawing board.

Pep Rally Flash Mob

Losing the “Rumble” Dolphins Drop Conference Opener PATRICK WILKINS

SPORTS EDITOR

What was recently tagged as the “River City Rumble” turned out to be more of an unfair backyard brawl between cross-town rivals that favored the UNF Ospreys. It was a tale of two halves as the Ospreys took advantage of the Dolphins’ turnovers in the second half, helping pave the way to their 86-63 victory over the Dolphins.

The Dolphins (6-12) looked to be on a mission in the first half, finding the open lanes to the basket and scoring at will.

Junior guards Andris Misters and Kofi Babineaux were able to find open space on the floor as they took advantage of a sluggish defense from the Ospreys (9-9). That defense gave up four buckets in transition to the Dolphins making it seem easy for the Dolphins to score.

Misters and Babineaux finished the first half with nine points and five points respectively.

Even with their contributions, the Dolphins found themselves down at half 35-31 due in large part to the contribution from the Ospreys’ sophomore forward, Chris Davenport, who was able to hold off a Dolphins scoring outbreak by grabbing five rebounds in the first half.

Although the Dolphins were down at halftime, they were still in a position to compete to win the game.

“Even though we didn’t play a clean first half, we were in a position to make a run,” said Tony Jasick, Dolphins’ head coach.

After both teams visited the locker rooms during the intermission, the Ospreys came out with a new defensive attitude that set the precedent for the second half and forced 16 turnovers from the Dolphins, leading to 22 points for the Ospreys.

“We came out in the second half and didn’t have any energy and we didn’t have any attention to detail,” Jasick said.

The Dolphins had no response for the improved Ospreys team in the second half, allowing four Osprey players to reach double digits in points.

Osprey starters Jalen Nesbitt, Beau Beech and Dallas Moore all scored in double digits and were joined by Demarcus Daniels who also scored in double digits, but came off of the bench to do so.

Jasick seemed very frustrated with his team’s performance in the second half, citing responsibility issues for the drop off in production from the first half to the second.

“I think it’s a little bit of personal responsibility and a lot of my responsibility but, gosh, we’re really frustrated with the way we started in the second half,” Jasick said.

The Dolphins will only have a couple days to try and find the winning formula, as they play host to Stetson on Wednesday Jan. 14 at Swisher Gymnasium.

PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA KELSO

JU students march through the center of campus, Friday, Jan. 9, to rally spirits for the River City Rumble against cross-town rival UNF at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

Lady Dolphins Win JU Beats UNF in a Nail-Biter PATRICK WILKINS

SPORTS EDITOR

Junior captain Briona Brown sunk a layup with six-tenths of second remaining to thwart a 17-4 run by the Ospreys and give the Dolphins a 54-52 victory in their conference opener at Jacksonville Veteran’s Memorial Arena in downtown Jacksonville.

Brown’s layup would not have been possible if not for a steal by redshirt junior guard Loliya Briggs, who was able get the ball to fellow redshirt junior guard LeDeyah Forte. Forte then contributed with an assist to Brown for the layup.

The Dolphins (6-8) had built a nine point lead towards the end of the first half, but saw that lead evaporate as the Ospreys (97) went on a 9-2 run to end the first half.

The Ospreys continued on that hot streak as they opened up the second half on an 8-2 run. That run allowed the Ospreys to take the lead and extend it to 34-26 early in the second half.

Even though the Dolphins were down, they never considered themselves out of the competition. They rode Brown’s hot hand to their next 10 points bringing the Dolphins even with the Ospreys at 42 points.

“As captain on the team, it’s my job to make sure the girls are ready to go into the second half and it was imperative that we do so,” Brown said.

Brown did her job as captain by getting the team ready for the second half, but she did her job as a leader by finding a way to get the winning bucket for the Dolphins.

Brown was the Dolphins’ leading scorer with 16 points. Sophomore guard Sherranda Reddick led all Dolphin reserves with 13 points in 33 minutes of play.

The Lady Dolphins look to make it four straight wins as they head to DeLand, FL on Wednesday to play the Hatters of Stetson, which will continue conference play.

PHOTOS BY KENNETH PASLEY Sophomore center Jenny Vernet throws up a floater while in double coverage against UNF.