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No Night Games for JU Football

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� THE NAVIGATOR • NOVEmbER 1�-18, �009 EDITORIALCrime Log

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RICA CAUGHMANSTAFF WRITER

Q: Do you think that it’s ok to be in a relationship with someone and still have your ex- boyfriend come and visit and stay with you? By the way, we really are just friends now!

A: this situation is complex and can really turn out to be disastrous if you don’t tread carefully.

there is a certain level of trust that has to be reached before this could ever be pos-sible.

this type of trust can only be obtained after a long, long, (did i mention long?) peri-od of solid commitment.

there are not many men that would be ok with their girlfriend hanging out with her ex, let alone stay with her on his lit-tle visits.

Plus, the ones who are ok with it prob-ably have a few skeletons of their own to hide.

this is assuming that the new boyfriend knows that the old boyfriend is coming for these visits?

Either way, at the heart of the matter, it sounds like there are still feelings involved

with the ex and it could be difficult to real-ly move on if you are still spending time together.

when you break up with someone, it’s important to allow yourself the time and space required to heal and get over each other. Don’t be afraid to allow that.

trust me, even though you may want to try to hold on to the friendship, you won’t be able to truly commit yourself to your new relationship until you get over your last one.

Could it be possible that you are holding on to this friendship because you think that, although you may not want to be with the ex right now, you could definitely see yourself with him later on down the road?

Maybe you just want to keep tabs on him and make sure that he still thinks about you on a regular basis?

it’s completely understandable to have those kinds of feelings but don’t put your-self in an awkward position that could end with heartache. Let him go.

if he’s yours then he will always come back to you. true love always finds a way. trust in that, believe in yourself, and follow your heart.

Questions/Comments? Email: rshelto2@jacksonville.edu

Cornered by love

11/7/09 1:40 a.m., Village ApartmentsAlcohol Violationtwo persons, under 21 years of age, were in possession of alcohol.Closed referral

11/6/09 9:47 p.m., Botts hallCriminal Mischiefunknown substance was sprayed on the door in the residence hall.

Suspects have been identified. Closed

11/5/09 9:00 p.m., Parking lotAggravated AssaultA student was arrested after striking another student in the head with a

glass bottle. Closed Arrest

11/3/09 1:00 p.m., Bookstoretheft (Attempt)A woman was briefly detained after attempting to leave the store with

unpaid merchandise. jSo was notified and the woman was trespassed from campus. Closed

11/2/2009, student CommonstheftA student left her wallet unattended inside the women’s restroom. when

she returned later, she found that the wallet had been stolen. Pending

11/3/09 3:04 p.m., oak hallAlcohol ViolationA student, under 21 years of age, was found to be in possession of alco-

hol. Closed referral

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JARED BROOKSNEWS EDITOR

Here a few tips to keep in mind as application deadlines for graduate schools, law schools, and medical schools are quickly approaching. Not all tips may be applicable for your situation and there are plenty of other tips not mentioned below.

1. RECOmmENDATION LETTERS fROm ALumNI HELPS

if possible, try to get a recommendation letter from an alum of the university to which you are seeking acceptance. this

one is pretty self-explanatory.

�. THINk STRATEGY WHEN IT COmES TO RECOmmENDATION LETTERS

only using letters from professors isn’t a terrible idea, but including someone that can vouch for your social involvement

wouldn’t hurt. universities are looking for well-rounded students as well as intelligent students. including a recommendation let-ter from someone who can attest to your

social involvement is definitely something you should take into consideration.

3. DON’T LET YOuR TEST SCORES PRE-VENT YOu fROm APPLYING

you never know what Admissions Committees are taking into consideration when making their final decisions. Some are more concerned with test scores than others. however, just because your test

scores aren’t identical to the university’s median score doesn’t mean you will be rejected. remember, it’s just a median.

Some scores were probably below the median listed on the site. Plus, your appli-cation packet, personal statement, or rec-ommendation letter might set you apart from other applicants! this rule also applies to your gPA. you never know if you’ll get accepted until you apply.

4. CHECk THE CREDIbILITY Of THE ScHOOLS ON yOuR LIST

Some employers check how schools are rated by trusted publications. So make

sure your school of choice is accredited, noteworthy, and prominent. however this is usually only pertinent for your first job. After that, your work experience is what

counts.

5. THE EARLIER, THE bETTER

Most graduate schools, law schools, and med schools offer financial awards on a

first come first serve basis.

So getting your application turned in as soon as possible increases your chances of receiving more financial awards from the university. So stop procrastinating on those applications!

6. RACE PLAYS A fACTOR Minorities don’t do as well on tests such as the grE, the LSAt, nor the MCAt. According to the journal of Blacks in higher Education, the nation’s top law

schools could fill their classes exclusively with students who scored 165 or above on

the LSAt. But if they were to do so, these law

schools would have almost no black stu-dents. with that said, be sure to include race on your graduate school profiles (if necessary), your applications, and maybe even throw it in somewhere in your per-

sonal statement or essay. race is definitely taken into consideration

when admitting students into graduate schools, law schools, and med schools.

tips to keep in mind when applying to graduate programs

JARED BROOKSNEWS EDITOR

in an effort to better suit the needs of stu-dents when it comes to registering for class-es, there have been some major changes to web Advisor and the freshman registration process.

According to Katrina Coakley, Director of Academic Advising, the changes are a shift towards a more popular method among uS institutions.

“the Vice President for Academic Affairs and a majority of the faculty want-ed to move towards a system of advising known as the split model which is used by more than half of all four year private and public institutions in the united States. this model of advising is popular because it allows students to connect to the institution through advising and faculty-student con-tact has been shown to have a significant effect on student motivation, involvement and retention. it is never too soon to con-sider issues of career development and goal clarification, which is best done by profes-sors in a student’s major,” said Coakley.

“Also important to the split model of advising is continuing to have an advising center whose staff schedules all first year students in their first semester. the staff works with students who declare or change their majors, advises all undeclared majors and pre-nursing majors, works with students

struggling academically, meets with all stu-dent athletes to make sure they are meeting NCAA academic progress guidelines and refers students to other campus services.”

the freshman class is the first to expe-rience these new changes, with one change directly impacting all freshman students at ju. A hold is placed on all freshmen stu-dent’s accounts until they meet with their fac-ulty advisor.

Accord i ng to Coakley, this hold was to the benefit of first year students because it gave the students incentive to meet with their faculty advisor.

“the ideal academic advis-ing session is one in which the faculty advisor gets to know his or her students and the advisor helps students to understand their roles and responsibilities for learning, including learning the require-ments of their academic major as well as the opportunities within their major and for career opportunities after they gradu-

ate. the only way this sort of ideal advis-ing session can happen with a faculty advi-sor is if the students begin to set up advising appointments with their advisor prior to the actual week of registration. Students who wait until the day before or the day of reg-istration to meet with a faculty advisor tend

not to reap the benefits of an advis-ing session.”

w h e n asked if f r e s h m e n are the only s t u d e n t s affected by the chang-es Coakley r e p l i e d , “yes, for this year.”

w e b A d v i s o r has become much more beneficial to students dur-

ing the registration process. Features such as degree audit, links to registration holds, and parent access all contribute to making web Advisor informative when registering for classes.

“the registrar’s office has made signif-icant improvements with it to web Advisor

for students. Some of these changes include students being able to go in and view their Degree Audit which is a program that stu-dents can use to track courses they are required to take, courses they have taken and courses they have yet to take.”

“Degree Audit is a good tool that supple-ments the relationship a student has with his or her faculty advisor. Degree Audit allows students to track what courses he or she needs to take in order to graduate on time.”

“Also, a link to registration holds was placed on the student’s web Advisor account so the student could see if they had hold that would prevent them from registering and address the hold prior to registration. in addition, web Advisor for parents has been established, allowing students to give par-ents access to view (not change) information in web Advisor. this will allow parents to view their son or daughter’s bills as well as financial aid package and transcripts,” said Coakley.

this improvement should address many of the problems students face when it comes to registering for the right courses. often times, students initially register for cours-es they aren’t qualified to take or in cours-es that aren’t in their best interest for time-ly graduation.

the new and improved web Advisor along with freshmen meeting with their advisors should eliminate the hassle many ju students experience concerning regis-tration.

“This model of advising is popular

because it allows students to

connect to the institution through

advising and faculty-student contact

has been shown to have a significant

effect on student motivation,

involvement and retention.”

KaTriNa coaKleyDirector of Academic Advising

web Advisor gets an upgrade for registration season and its users

New opportunity to earn an MBA by dayGORDON W. ARBOGASt, PH.D.GUEST WRITER

Are you graduating from ju in May and looking for an option rather than look-ing into a tough job market? you may want to consider doing a one-year daytime Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at jacksonville university.

A new program will begin in May 2010. you have a chance to join it and have your MBA within a year if you decide to partic-ipate.

this is open for all ju graduates regard-less of your undergraduate major.

An MBA is the second most popular graduate program in the united States, next to teaching. it is a very practical degree and fits well with every major i.e. busi-ness, liberal arts, fine arts, nursing, engi-neering etc.

An MBA is a proven asset in securing better employment opportunities.

if you would like to explore this new opportunity, please come and join us in the Davis College of Business for lunch on thursday, Nov. 19 at 12:15 p.m. in the DCoB room 114.

For more information, please contact: Mary Boggs at 256-7466 or mboggs@ju.edu

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D.B. MILNE FIELD BLACKOUtKAMERON JACKSONFEATURES EDITOR

the Dolphins have the ball with three seconds remaining in the fourth quarter as they trail undefeated PFL rival Butler 24-20. Fourth and goal on the five yard line on a steaming hot afternoon on ju’s D.B. Milne Field. hundred’s of hot fans anticipate Coach Bell’s decision as they patiently wait for the decisive last play of the game. Both teams anxiously await the outcome near the end of the scorch-ing gridiron dogfight.

Finally, the ball is hiked as quarter-back josh Mcgregor rolls out on a boot-leg only to find leading receiver josh Philpart wide open running across the end zone. Philpart begins to celebrate in his head as the ball is in the air, all before his eyes are caught by the radiant jacksonville sun. the sophomore wide-out loses the ball and ju loses the game due to the sun being in someone’s eyes on the most important play of the game. Pretty ridiculous, right?

Now run the same scenario again that Saturday night under the lights, giving the biggest game of the year that real primetime feel. No players are dehydrat-ed in the heat. No one is dropping pass-es because the sun is in their eye. No fans are ready to leave at halftime because it’s too hot, in fact even more fans are in attendance and able to make the night game.

when i first came to ju back in 2006, i wondered why the football field of a Division i team lacks the ability to have a game after 6 p.m. while numerous fans cheered the Dolphin soccer team as the battled teams on a luminous field. the question became even more of a mystery after participating in flag football games under the bright lights of none other than the intramural field, where football rejects and wannabes come together to throw the “old pigskin” around.

ju’s recently put up a nice, decorative

sign at the entrance of the football field that let’s fans and students alike know exactly where they are. D.B. Milne Field was built in 1997 in preparation for the start of football. the seating capacity is 5,000 with standing room on both sides. however, the field will be as black as wesley Snipes when the sun goes down.

why didn’t ju’s beloved “stadium” come with lights to begin with you asked? Even ju’s Athletic Director joel

Lamp is unsure of the answer. According to Lamp, conflicting schedules seem to be the villain in this story, even if the field had lights. “with our conference affiliation right now, there is an empha-sis on playing early in the day to allow teams to get back home on Saturday,” says Lamp. “San Diego asked us to play at night this year, but we would have missed the [late flight] out and not been back in jacksonville until late Sunday,

so we agreed to a 4 p.m. start time.” “having said all that, it would be very rare for a team in the PFL to agree to play us at night.”

Senior defensive end Aaron Frye thinks a relief from the heat would be a positive. “it’s difficult playing most Saturdays in all the heat,” Frye said. “it would be cool to play without the sun beating you on the face.” Frye’s team-mate, Logan Chipperfield says lights would essentially improve attendance. “i think a night game would definite-ly draw more people to the games,” says the sophomore punter. “it would definite-ly be exciting.”

Not to be left out are the fans and students. “i want to enjoy the game but it’s hard because of Florida humidity,” says ju senior josiah wandu. “having a primetime game would only help the foot-ball program in my opinion.” however, if ju were to have lights, the best time to play would be on a thursday, accord-ing to Lamp. “if we play on a thursday night, we would be the only show in town as opposed to Saturday,” says the fifth year athletic director. “the two times we’ve played on thursday night, we’ve seen two of our biggest crowds.” the Dolphin’s last night game took place at a nearby high school in 2007.

though an upgrade in the near future would be a great luxury, D.B. Milne still needs a few more improvements such as stadium seating, which would accom-modate both the football and lacrosse programs. “while lights would be nice, at this point, it is more of a luxury than a necessity,” says Lamp. “really, night football games aren’t feasible with the proximity of our opponents.” So unless ju wins the Florida lottery, don’t expect any primetime football games. until then, however, there’s always the chance of people pulling their cars up on the sideline with their high beams on, while a glow-in-the-dark NErF football is tossed around.

Top: Current D.B. Milne Field on a hot afternoon in jax.

Bottom: Current D.B. Milne Field on a cool night in jax.

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KAMERON JACKSONFEATURES EDITOR

Killa Kam: First, i want to apologize on behalf of the rest of the staff for not putting the paper out last week. i’m sure you all were able to find toilet paper somewhere else.

you probably could’ve used that sorry excuse for a spe-cial at Nellie’s, “the Elvis”.

i read the description of the sandwich and it’s full of wonderful items such as peanut butter, bananas, honey, broccoli, fettuccini alfredo, socks, eye drops, romsburgs, dreads, nipples, dust, lames, glaucoma, and yams just to name a few.

i hope everyone had a safe halloween including the Philadelphia Phillies, who were spotted in yankee Stadium disguised as a baseball team.

in other news, i recently failed my room inspection due to things such as having dishes in the sink and shoes on the floor (not a joke).

i blame ju for not giving me harry Potter’s phone num-ber so i can learn the spell that makes your shoes stick to the ceiling or randomly float around the room. Shoes on the floor? that is barbaric!!!

i’m just glad they didn’t find all the angel dust hidden in the refrigerator and the 50 bricks of cocaine in the cabinet.

we were also fortunate they overlooked the duck-fight-ing ring in our toilets. uh-oh! Now they’re gonna read this and send the parade of middle-aged white dudes with Polo shirts and khaki pants to evict us straight to hell, or FCCj.

the new flick “2012” is about to hit theaters and what has my attention more than the world imploding is the fact that Danny glover plays the President of the united States. Morgan Freeman was the President in a movie called “Deep impact” where the entire earth was being flooded.

you even had Deebo from “Friday” trying his shot at the Presidency in “the Fifth Element”, which had Bruce willis trying to stop a meteor from ending the human existence.

Not to be left out is the guy from “24” who currently keeps trying to sell me Allstate insurance, but he doesn’t count cause he just got straight shot.

By the way, if you’ve never heard of the people i’m talk-ing about, then either drive away from the suburbs or start

watching television. Preferably tBS: Very Funny. judging by these movies, however, obama better be working on his escape plan or thinking about “ridin’ spinnaz” all the way to Mars rather than healthcare and the economy.

Comedian Katt williams was filming a movie about obama in Atlanta before breaking into a house and steal-ing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and coins like he was Super Mario.

the movie must have been his version of ocean’s 11, where he spends two hours trying to find his mind when he loses it. only this time, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon steal Katt williams’ career and make him shine their shoes and dance on top of a table in blackface for all eternity. what’s a synonym for “hot mess”? Katt williams. Now he’s on page six lookin like Frederick Douglass, staring at me and David Berry as i roast him. But remember, if your gonna buy tires, make ‘em Firestone tires.

BREANDAN LAUBNERGUEST WRITER

the room filled with antici-pation as ju students and facul-ty enjoyed hot pizza courtesy of the Mathematics Society. After a warm introduction the Merritt Penticoff building exploded with applause to greet the speaker reilly Parsons, who quickly cap-tured the audience. the stage had been set, the mood was just right and Parsons — an expert on the Klein bottle — began to speak.

As explained by Parsons, the Klein bottle can be compared to a photograph. A photograph laid flat on a table is a two-dimension-al object with length and width; however, the actual photo shows depth, making a photograph a two-dimensional object that rep-resents the third-dimension. Like the photograph, the Klein bottle is a three-dimensional object that represents the fourth-dimension.

“you cannot see the fourth dimension,” explained Parsons. “But the Klein bottle helps us understand it.”

A german Mathematician, Felix Klein, first described the

Klein bottle in the late 1800s. to further understand the Klein bot-tle you must first understand its surface, which is non-orientable. that is, the bottle has no inner or outer surface.

“if you trace your finger along the surface of the Klein bottle you will eventually be inside the bot-tle,” stated Parsons.

the Klein bottle is essential-ly an unopened beer bottle from which the person holding the beer can actually get to it without pop-ping the top.

to further appreciate non-ori-entable objects Parsons explained the Mobius strip. to create a Mobius strip, you first start with a long, thin piece of paper.

“take the piece of paper, give it a half twist, then connect the ends,” showed Parsons.

when done correctly you should have an object much like a bracelet, however, there is a half twist in the middle. the purpose of the twist is to create a three-dimensional object that has one side. run your finger along the surface of the Mobius-strip and you will cover the entire surface of the object. try that with a nor-

mal bracelet and you will cover only one side with your finger.

Both the Mobius strip and the Klein bottle are three-dimension-al objects which are non-orient-able. when you connect the edges of two Mobius strips together, you will end up with an object like the Klein bottle.

when asked about a practical use for the Mobius strip, Parsons talked about belt driven motors.

“Engineers can use a belt with a half twist to double the length without making the belt any big-ger. the result is a more efficient belt.”

the lecture by Parsons took place during the monthly meeting of the ju Mathematics Society, a growing club that hopes to increase its members and partic-ipation by the end of the school year. All students and faculty are welcome to join the Mathematics Society for next month’s meeting.

Students and faculty are encouraged to be on the look-out for flyers promoting upcom-ing Mathematics Society events. these flyers will be distribut-ed around the Merritt Penticoff building.

Math society breaks through

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MEREDItH BROWNSTAFF WRITER

the upcoming dance concert, opening here at ju in Swisher theatre November 19, will be a true mixture of different forms and styles. “there’s no unifying theme, just and eclectic mix of style,” said Brian Palmer, division chair and choreographer for the show.

there’s going to be something for every-one from classical ballet to more contem-porary abstract work, to more commercial, crowd pleasing pieces. the show is all about exposing students and audience members alike to new and varying forms and tech-niques.

the concert will be comprised of eight pieces, each with its own choreographer. there are three guest artists, to help to divi-sion fulfill their goal of bringing personag-es with outside experience in the profession-al world in.

jennifer Muller, our artist in residence, is creating a modern piece. Attila joey Csiki, a professional dancer from New york is cre-ating, what Palmer calls, “a very sophisti-cated work based on human relationships.”

And finally, Adrienne Clancy, who owns a modern company in washington D.C., will be doing a piece that is based in impro-visation. Clancy’s role has been to help improve students improvisational skills and their partnering skills by testing them in an unexpected manner.

Brian Palmer himself will be doing a more classical ballet piece, as the demand for more classical ballet has risen.

his work features original music com-posed by Michael Murphy, helping fulfill another dance division goal: to work with music created specifically for dance.

his piece will also feature slide projec-tions created by film professor Carolina Conte. it will be a “jolt to the senses,” says Palmer.

Each piece will bring something new, innovative, and challenging to not only the students, but the audience as well. it will push students and audiences artistic bound-aries, during the hour and a half long show.

the show doesn’t have an overall theme, just a simple goal to give audiences, a sam-pler of all forms and styles of dance in a short time span.

Palmer says the show has been, in many ways created to appeal to the new gener-ation that has the ability to process multi-ple themes.

“this generation can multitask, and apparently, so can our dancers. this show is sure to show the full range of their tal-ents and abilities, while possibly making the audience want to get up and boogey them-selves.”

the show will run November 19, 20, and 21, at 7:30pm right here in Swisher. As usual, all ju students, faculty, and staff get in for free. to reserve your tickets, call 904-256-7345.

Dance concert sure to be hit

RyAN DIBENEDttOSTAFF WRITER

Let me start out by saying that “Antichrist” is one of the most bizarre movies i have ever seen. it is directed by independent film master Lars von trier who is known for his art films such as “Dancer in the Dark” and “Dogville”. Although labeled as a horror movie, it’s more of a psycho-logical drama.

the film only has two characters, terrifically played by william Dafoe (Spider Man) and Charlotte gainsbourg (21 grams). they play an unnamed couple (though in the cred-its the characters are called he and She) who have just lost their son Nic, in a tragic accident.

She, a writer, is overcome with grief and soon becomes terrified of everything around her and depressed to the point of suicide. he, a psychiatrist, takes it upon himself to make her well again.

he decides to take her to a cabin in a forest called Eden, where She spent one happy summer with Nic, as a way for them to confront her fears and regain her life. unfortunately, things go from bad to worse. As her condition worsens he also begins to see disturbing things in the forest.

Are they real, or is he also going crazy? As he searches for answers he discovers secrets about his wife and the for-est surrounding the cabin - secrets that should have stayed hidden.

“Antichrist” is a very unique film, with great acting, and

amazing direction, but is not a film everyone will be able to appreciate. the film mostly deals with the psychologi-cal trauma of grief and loss, and has a very dark disturb-ing tone to it.

if you are expecting a horror movie like, Friday the 13th, halloween, or even hostel, you will be very disappoint-ed. the film is two hours long and for most of it you are lulled into a slow paced viewing of people going through some grief.

then, all at once the director bombards the viewers with some of the most disturbing graphic images i have ever seen on film. when “Antichrist” was released one critic stated that it was “the most shocking film released in Cannes Film Festival history”.

And right he is, it contains scenes that make the “hostel” and “Saw” movies look like “Sesame Street.” For you little pansies out there who thought “Paranormal Activity” was freaky, i’d like to see you sit for the last half hour of this without freaking out. For my money these last scenes were a bit too much and kind of unnecessary.

they were put there to obviously shock you, but take away from the beauty of the story. Nevertheless, for those of you who like the surreal mixed in with sex and graph-ic violence it’s well worth seeing. i give it three and a half dolphins out of four.

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“Antichrist” sets the standard for psychological horror

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MEREDItH BROWNSTAFF WRITER

ju’s music theatre department pre-sented an opera double feature, “L’Amour a trois” (the telephone) and “gianni Schicchi” this weekend. Each piece was very different, but both were funny, enter-taining, and were tied together by their central focus on love.

“the telephone,” directed by Bob robinson, was the opening act. i’ll admit, i’m not exactly the biggest opera buff in the world, and i didn’t know what to expect.

the show, however, was easy to lis-ten to, the story was easy to follow, and i was thoroughly entertained and engaged throughout. rachel harding and Vincent teschel portrayed Lucy and Ben, a young couple in love.

Ben comes over with the intention of asking Lucy to marry him, but Lucy seems to be more in love with her tele-phone than Ben, and comedy ensues.

teschel was hilarious in his portrayal

of the rebuffed beau. the show was performed in the black

box theatre and in such close quarters any slip in character is blatantly obvious, but teschel never broke, and he had plenty of comic bits that made Ben seem real, and also really funny,

harding was equally engaging, and her voice was strong, and clear. teschel and harding’s voices also blended beautifully during their duets.

All in all, both gave strong, well planned, but not stiff performances. My only criticism might be that i wanted each character to be just a bit more exaggerat-ed and larger than life, but i’d take good vocal quality over exaggerated characters any day, and their voices were definite-ly quality.

After a brief intermission, the audience was corralled back inside to see the sim-ple set transformed with the use of a love-ly new backdrop, portraying the beautiful hillsides of Florence, italy in 1299, along with a few new pieces of furniture.

gianni Schicchi , as directed by Kimberly Beasley, was up. Schicci’s story

line was a little more complicated than telephone’s.

By the end, any sense of confusion was gone. i simply enjoyed the perfor-mances. Schicchi tells the story of a fam-ily all hoping to tweak the will of their dead uncle, Buoso, without any authorities finding out, so that they can all get a nice piece of the estate and pad their pockets.

gianni Schicchi is just the man to pull of such a scheme. there’s also a love con-nection between the family and Schicci’s daughter.

the young lovers and hilariously, and tenderly portrayed by Eric Crow and tara yates-reeves, whose voices were incredi-bly well paired.

the opera was done in the comme-dia style, and old italian form of comedy involving extreme characters, and lots of physical comedy. there are lots of sim-ple characters to make the larger than life characters stand out that much more, and everyone in the ensemble portrayed their characters beautifully.

Vincent teschel played one of the larg-er than life characters. he was Buoso’s

drunken brother in law, and he kept the show moving with all his drunken comic bits.

the other larger than life character was Schicchi himself, and was played by Lukas Cyr. Lukas was totally fearless, and his vocal range was impressive. his voice, even when transfigured was clear, and nearly note perfect.

these larger than life characters played very nicely against the more somber char-acters, such as Maggie Moore’s Zita, the stiff, dry, angry cousin.

the costumes, designed by Allison Steadman, nicely complimented the comic action, by giving each set of characters a specific color scheme to clarify who they are, and through the use of lots of funny hats to add to the ridiculousness of it all.

Both shows were well designed, well crafted, easy to follow, and thoroughly enjoyable for opera lovers. if you missed them at ju this weekend, you can catch them again at the Church of the good Shepherd Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.

ju’s opera double feature

“Watch My Shoes”By: Lil’ WayneBecause: “Everyone wanna be fly but don’t know where they wings at.”Sufferer: Jared Brooks

“Baby Mama”By: Triple Six MafiaBecause: “Pay you cheese. I’ll give you quarters. I’ll just wait for court to order. Mexico is where you’ll find me somewhere round’ the freakin’ border” Sufferer: Kameron Jackson

“i’m Here”By: Young JeezyBecause: “I’m just the truth, I just say it as I see it.”Sufferer: Corey Woolfork

“chillin”By: Wale ft. Lady GagaBecause: I remain a Giant and you Jeremy Shockey!Sufferer: David Berry

“Down @#$ chick”By: Ja Rule

Because: Because I remember when Ja Rule made good RnB songs.Sufferer: Larry Maxwell

“Wasted”By: Gucci Mane ft. PliesBecause: In the spirit of diversity, I made the ultra eclectic and slightly ignorant deceision to add his station to my Pandora account. Bad idea?Sufferer: Renae Ingram Jr.

“i Want you Too”By: WeezerBecause: “Weezer can still rock with the best of them”Sufferer: Ed Kelleher

“ignition remix”By: R. KellyBecause: “It’s hot and fresh out the kitchen”Sufferer: Kate Dupre

“i Get Money”By: 50 CentBecause: “That’s what I do around here”Sufferer: Jean Fils

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JU Roundball PreviewDAvID BERRySPORTS EDITOR

For those of you college sports nuts on campus that haven’t gotten enough of col-lege football, no need to worry. Basketball is here!

the jacksonville university men’s bas-ketball team comes into the 2009-10 sea-son with great expectations. the Dolphins were picked to finish in first place in the preseason media poll and tied to finish first in the preseason coaches’ poll with Lipscomb.

ju is led by senior point guard Ben Smith, who was picked as the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason Player of the year. the offense will undoubtedly go through product of georgia, who aver-aged almost 17 points and four assists per game last season.

the biggest task for head Coach Cliff warren will be replacing Marcus Allen. in the A-Sun, finding a solid big man is tough and this will definitely be a chal-lenge.

the likely replacements for Allen are 6-10 junior Szymon Lukasiak and 6-7 sophomore will Alston. Chances are they will initially have to combine to be as effective as Allen was in his stint at ju.

the pressure will be on Coach warren this season to finally break through and win the A-Sun championship and go to the NCAA tournament. two years of fall-ing short has to be leaving him and the team hungry to win the big one.

Last season, seeing the Dolphins go to

the Nit was like getting a B on a test that you know you should have gotten an A on. winning the regular season championship had everyone around the campus getting in on the hype of actually going to the big dance, but losing to East tennessee State in the championship game gave me an empty feeling. if that’s how i felt, i know the players and coaches have to have that drive to finally pull through.

the Atlantic Sun definitely has its share of solid players and no one will be laying down for ju to take the conference. the non-conference schedule also does no favors for the Dolphins, but that is no real surprise.

there is only one non-conference home game when ju takes on the university of Florida on December 4. i still have some questions as to why that is, but that’s for another column. the rest of the schedule provides the normal challenges that will give ju bumps and bruises going into conference play.

they open the season at Florida State and then travel across the country to play nationally-ranked California before com-ing back to the Eastern time zone to play South Carolina and georgia State.

ju should be prepared for the A-Sun, but i will say that an upset or two certain-ly would not hurt to help exposure.

one thing for sure is that this season will provide plenty of storylines. Veterans Memorial Arena will be hosting first and second round games for the NCAA tour-nament. will your ju Dolphins be danc-ing there too?

LADY DOLPHINS DOmINATE ExHIbITION GAmES

KATE DUPRE

Senior forward Desarae Johnson drives through the St. Leo defense for a lay-up. The Lady Dolphins won their game on Thursday night by the score of 89-47. JU travels to Wake Forest to start the regular season on Friday.

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DAvID BERRySPORTS EDITOR

i know you’ve missed me, not to mention the wonderful predictions i bestow on everyone every week. well no need to worry, i’m back and ready for another week of picks! Last week wasn’t par-ticularly good for the picks that i did make, there were upsets all over the place. i feel sorry for all Notre Dame fans, but then again i don’t. Keep get-ting dominated by Navy, the BCS will love it!

*No. 25 West Virginia at No. 5 cincinnati

where did the Big East come from? the con-ference that was much maligned last season now boasts two teams in the top 15 and four in the top 25. two of those teams meet on Friday night in primetime for a critical matchup.

Although they were picked to win the Big East this season, Cincinnati has still been a pleasant surprise this season. with a loss or two, they could be in the BCS title game discussion. on the other hand, west Virginia is still in the conference title chase and a win over the Bearcats would shake things up.

Cincinnati is dealing with a semi-quarterback controversy with the injury of starter tony Pike. in his place, Zach Collaros has filled in admira-bly for him, throwing eight touchdowns and no interceptions. he has also showed a running abili-ty that Pike doesn’t have. head Coach Brian Kelly said that as long as Pike is healthy, he will be the quarterback.

west Virginia is coming up to the meat of their schedule, playing the top two teams in the Big East in back to back weeks. they are a wildly inconsistent team, but when they are clicking they are a very explosive. i believe that Noel Devine is one of the most best running backs in the country, and for the Mountaineers to win they will need to make sure he is established in the running game.

i think that Cincinnati will win the game because they are quite simply the more com-plete team and i wouldn’t seem them beating the Bearcats no matter who was at quarterback. Not to take anything away from west Virginia, but they are going up against a team that is on a mission for the national championship.

DB’s Big east prediction: cincinnati 35 West Virginia 17

*No. 10 iowa at No. 11 ohio Statethe Big 10 is all of a sudden wide open after

Northwestern’s shocking upset over iowa. on the other hand, ohio State is coming off of a huge win over Penn State. it would seem as if both teams are heading in opposite directions. what to make of it for this weekend?

junior quarterback ricky Stanzi had surgery on his right ankle and is out until the hawkeye’s bowl game at the earliest. that does not bode well for iowa at all, because they did not score in the final three quarters of the game. that also happens to be after Stanzi left the game. going up against a defense that has only allowed 14 points in their last three games (all victories) will not bode well for a offense losing its main cog.

this iowa team has made a living off of com-ing back against teams. that magic ran out last week and going up against an even better team in the horseshoe, i don’t see the magic coming back this week. Could the Buckeyes be bound for Pasadena?

DB’s Big 10 prediction: ohio State 20 iowa 3

*No. 16 Utah at No. 4 TcUCollege football fever is taking over as ESPN is

heading to Fort worth to host College gameDay. this is easily the biggest game in the Mountain west this season, especially after tCu easily dis-

patched of Byu earlier this season.there is a thought that with the right set of wins

and losses by teams ahead and behind the horned Frogs that they could very well end up in the BCS title game. honestly, that was one of the most far-fetched things i could have thought of at the start of the season. if you look at their resume’ though, it is very hard to argue against them (two wins over ACC opponents and beating the No. 16 team in the country at the time in Byu).

who holds the edge in this matchup? i would say tCu because they still have the motivation of playing in a BCS bowl. For utah to get an at-large bowl they would not only have to beat tCu and win the conference title, they would also need Boise State to lose. Not a whole lot of motivation there. Not to take anything away from the utes, but this is hostile territory they are going into.

the tCu hasn’t given up more than 21 points in a game at any point this season, including to a nor-mally explosive Byu offense. BCS or not, this is one of the best defenses in the country. After what we saw last season in the Sugar Bowl, it is clear that they will be able to play with the big boys. i think tCu can do that, and to do that they will need to win. it will be close, but watch out for the BCS busters!

DB’s game of the week prediction: TcU 27 Utah 17

other Predictions

*No. 12 Pittsburgh over Notre Dame

*No. 9 USc over Stanford

*No. 19 oklahoma St. over Texas Tech

*Tennessee over ole Miss

*auburn over Georgia

*No. 14 Miami (Fl) over North carolina

DB’s NCAA predictions: week 11