The Strokes – Comedown Machine

                It’s been well over a decade since The Strokes allegedly brought rock & roll “back from the dead” with their landmark debut Is This It? In all that time, The Strokes have slowly slipped from the status of rock saviors to cult act in the wake of a gradually worsening album trend. After the scatterbrained mess of half-formed ideas on Angles, the future was looking grimmer than ever for The Strokes. Then two years later, when the Wham!-loving rhythm and uncomfortable Casablancas falsetto on single “One Way Trigger” hit airwaves, it was met with hysteria. “Is this it?” made way for “was that it?” Yet once the dust had settled from the goofy single, it revealed a remarkably solid record united by catchy singles and an accessible compositional style. The Strokes may never be the same, but what they are now is at least as good as any other post-Is This It? incarnation of the band that changed rock & roll.

Watch “All The Time”

And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures

                If Fang Island’s second LP Major left much to be desired, then And So I Watch You From Afar have more than their share of uplifting, technically adventurous rock to make up for it. This Irish group has slowly gained recognition for their resplendent songwriting, culminating with the release of their sophomore LP Gangs. All Hail Bright Futures continues to deliver the jubilant rock that made ASIWYFA into cult stars, but it also advances their formula into new emotional territory.

Recommended if you like: Fang Island, Scale the Summit, Tera Melos
Listen to All Hail Bright Futures

Splashh – Comfort

                The fuzzed-up beach-loving melodies, the repeated “h” in the name, the fresh-off-Instragram album cover, they all might lead you to ask “Is this a Wavves-wannabe?” It’s true that a lot of clear similarities exist between the bands, but Comfort, the debut LP from this London-based quartet sets Splashh apart from its predecessors through the group’s distinct melodic ear and emotive lyrics.

Recommended if you like: Ride, Wavves, Surfer Blood
Watch “All I Wanna Do”

Superhuman Happiness – Hands

                For years, the appeal of purely fun music was lost on both the critical and independent music crowds. It’s the reason why records like Discovery and I Get Wet, now retrogressively considered classics, were initially met with scorn and cringes. Should an artist be ashamed for not trying to craft their album into a college thesis? Those who answer with a defiant “no” are welcome to listen to Hands, a record full to the brim with charming melodies. If you can manage to get past the first track, you’re in for a progressive indie rock rollercoaster of eclectic rhythms and hummable earworms.

Recommended if you like: Menomena, Battles, The Go! Team
Watch “See Me On My Way”

PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises – HomeTM / ClearSkiesTM

                For months, the Beer on the Rug Bandcamp page sat without a single update. It seemed for a while that the extended absence of this de facto record label that had been the flagship of Vaporwave in 2012 was somehow heralding the death of the genre that seemingly had just begun. But after a series of mysterious videos featuring the iconic Grecian bust on the cover of Floral Shoppe, we were treated to not one, but two albums of new material. If you’ve ever listened to a Prism Corp-related release before, you know what you’re in for: cheesy-as-all-hell melodies in caustic reference to the genres that corporate interests have taken over. These are the sounds of the world’s “trash genres,” torn from the hands of commerce and placed back into the hands of the artists, tongue firmly in-cheek.

Recommended if you like: Macintosh Plus, James Ferraro, This
Listen to Home™ and ClearSkies™

Written by Mason McGough (email at music@ospreyradio.com)

April 17 Stolen Property (Building 61): A UPD officer contacted a man after he reported his wallet stolen from his bike outside Building 61. The man is a non-student who was visiting a friend at Building 61 and left the wallet in a pouch on the back of his bicycle. When he returned, he said the wallet was missing. The man said he cancelled his debit card and the case remains open

April 18 Injured Student (Osprey Fountains):  A UPD officer was dispatched to the Osprey Fountains North Tower in response to a student who was bleeding from his tailbone. The injury was a preexisting one he aggravated earlier in the morning. The student was also experiencing pain and bruising around the tailbone. He was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

April 18 Harassment (Building 53): An officer met with a UNF employee after she reported that a woman had called the school twice belligerently asking why she was not allowed on UNF property. The employee recommended she call UPD and the woman replied she had already tried and no one responded. The officer spoke with another UNF employee who says she spoke to the women that day about her not being allowed on campus the day before. The woman has an active trespass warrant prohibiting her from coming on campus. UPD is trying to contact the woman.

April 18 False Suicide Report: A student reported to UPD he thought that a female student was expressing suicidal thoughts through a text message conversation. An officer made contact with the female student who said she was fine and returning to campus. Another officer called the student the next morning and the student said she was fine. She said the person who made the call must have been pulling a prank.

April 18 Sick Person (Osprey Fountains): A UPD officer was dispatched to the Osprey Fountains in response to a sick person in room 440. The officer met with an RA and another student who led the officer to the sick person who was experiencing chest pains. The student has a history of chest pains and was transported to the Mayo Clinic for further treatment.

April 19 Damaged Property (Building 62): A UPD officer was dispatched to the UNF Housing and Maintenance building in response to a housing golf cart being stolen and submerged in the lake outside Building 62. The suspects removed the ties for a 24-foot section of fence behind Building 62 in order to access the building’s rear entrance. There were no signs of forced entry, and a UNF Housing employee said he might have accidentally left one of the back doors unlocked on Friday, April 19. UNF Housing and Maintenance employees saw the top of the golf cart in the lake early in the morning on Monday, April 22. A lock box containing keys to the golf carts was missing and a golf cart’s seat was torn. The suspects opened the garage door and damaged the rubber guardrail when exiting Building 62. Before the suspects left, they searched the mailroom and took an employee’s camera out of a desk. The estimated cost of damage of this incident is $2,600. JSO took the steering wheel of the stolen golf cart and the keys left in the ignition to inspect for fingerprints. The case remains open.

April 19 Allergic Reaction (Building 43): A high school student was attending his high school prom in Building 43, the University Center, when he had an allergic reaction to an unknown substance. A teacher chaperone alerted UPD and the student’s parents of the incident and the student was transferred to the Mayo Clinic.

April 20 Drug Use (Osprey Crossings): UPD officers were dispatched to room R136 in the Osprey Crossings in response to marijuana reportedly being smoked in the room. The officers were given permission to enter the room by the resident and came across four female UNF students and a non-student. The officer searched the room and found .07 grams of marijuana in the bathroom and a glass pipe under the bed. The students were referred to Student Conduct and the non-student was given a verbal warning.

April 20 Damaged Vehicle (Lot 10): A UPD officer met with a student in Lot 10 who reported that his motorcycle had been fallen over. The student was not sure if it had fallen over the night before or if it had been pushed over. The officer told the student that he would check the cameras and see if anything suspicious occurred.

April 21 Drug Use (Osprey Cove): An RA reported to UPD that he smelled burning marijuana coming from room V205 in the Osprey Cove. An officer spoke with a resident of the room and was allowed inside, where he saw marijuana in plain view on the student’s desk. The student denied the marijuana was his, and claimed it belonged to a friend who he had allowed to smoke marijuana in his room the night before. The 2.70 grams of marijuana were detained, and the student was referred to Student Conduct.

April 21 Drug Use (Osprey Cove): At approximately 10:00 p. m., two UPD officers made contact with four male students in room V206 in the Osprey Cove after they smelled burning marijuana coming from the room. As the officers were approaching the room, two students were leaving and told officers more people were inside. The officers met with the resident of the room, who gave them permission to enter. The smell of marijuana became stronger when the officers entered the room, and a bong and metal grinder were sitting on the student’s desk in plain view. The officers asked if there were any other illegal items in the room and the resident pulled out a water bottle with 2.90 grams of seeds and stems inside. The officer asked if there was anything else illegal in the room and the resident said no. The officers received permission to search the room further and found 6.70 grams of marijuana in the same desk that the seeds and stems were hidden in. The officer asked once again if there were any other illegal items in the room and the student pulled out another bong from underneath the sink. The four students were referred to Student Conduct and the room’s resident received a Notice to Appear in court.

April 21 Auto Theft (Lot 11): A student reported to UPD her vehicle, a 2005 gold Honda Accord, was missing from the spot she had it. She said she conducted a search across campus, but she did not find her car. The car has a UNF sorority sticker on the lower right corner of the rear window and a yellow UNF parking decal on the lower left corner. A police search resulted in a witness saying she heard a car alarm go off at around 1:00 a.m. Police have filed a stolen vehicle report, but patrol efforts have been suspended.

April 22 Stolen Property (Osprey Crossings): A UPD officer was dispatched to room S228 of the Osprey Crossings in response to a report of stolen property. The room’s resident told the officer his PlayStation 3 controller had been missing for two days. The resident accused another student of taking the controller when he was last in the resident’s room. The student did not want to continue an investigation and denied prosecuting the suspect. Police efforts have been suspended.

April 23 Harassment (Osprey Crossings): A UPD officer was dispatched to room S228 of the Osprey Crossings after the room’s resident reported harassment from another student. The resident told the officer the student was sending him threatening text messages, while accusing the resident of stealing his headphones. After inspecting the messages that were on the resident’s phone, the officer concluded that none of the messages possessed a threatening nature. The officer told the resident to block the number and to report any other contact with the student. Police efforts have been suspended.

April 23 Stolen Parking Decal (Garage 44): An officer met with a student who said her parking decal was stolen while her car was parked on the third floor of the Fine Arts Center garage. She said she noticed a parking ticket on her car when she was returning it. The citation was for not having a parking pass. The student then looked at the back of her car and noticed her pass was missing. The officer took down the student’s decal number and called parking services.

April 24 Injured Person (Building 43): A UPD officer responded to the University Center in response to an injured person. The officer met with the man, who said he was walking down the sidewalk along Alumni Drive near the city bus stop. The man said he tripped on a raised piece of sidewalk. The man said he was a cancer patient, and he noticed a protrusion in his chest in an area affected by chemotherapy treatments. He also hit his chin when he fell, and he broke his prescription glasses. The man told the officer he would call his doctor and did not need a ride home. He then walked home.

April 24 (Building 43): A UPD officer was driving behind a car on Alumni Drive, and began to smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. The car suddenly jerked to the right while beginning to make a left turn, which almost caused a collision with the officer. The officer turned on his emergency lights and performed a traffic stop of the vehicle. The driver said there was a burnt joint in the car, and the officer found two in the vehicle. There were five people in the car, and all of them were students. The students were told they would be reported to student conduct and the joints were taken as evidence.

April 25 Drug Use (Lot 100): A UPD officer was dispatched to Lot 100 in response to a complaint about drug use on the nature trails. The suspect was already talking to another UPD officer. The suspect gave consent for a search and the officer found a metal tin, grinder, pipe, and bottle of beer. The property was taken to the JSO property room and the alcohol was disposed of.

April 25 Theft (Osprey Cove): A UPD officer arrived at room V214 of the Osprey Cove in response a claim of theft. The resident said he left his mini fridge outside his dorm room for approximately 30 minutes the day before. Upon returning to his dorm, the resident noticed the fridge was missing. He was unable to provide a model or serial number. The student RA said she noticed a strange male in his late 30’s or 40’s around Building V during the afternoon, who asked her if she knew of anyone with a refrigerator for sale. The RA said she thought the man might have been the parent of a student. The student was given a case card and patrol efforts have been suspended.

April 25 Theft (Osprey Fountains): A UPD officer arrived at the Ozzie’s in the Osprey Fountains Dorms in response to theft from the convenience store. An Ozzie’s employee met with the officer and told him four students came into the store. She said one student put two items in his pants pocket. She followed him out of the store and outside the Fountains to the pool area, where he discarded the items into the trashcan. One of the students who came in with the subject stayed in the store. When the employee returned, she told him to stay and wait for a police officer, but he left. UPD followed up the case with more patrol efforts in the area.

April 26 Drug Use (Osprey Landing): A UPD officer was on patrol around 1:00 a.m. when he noticed three students entering the wooden trails across from the Landing. He made contact with those students because the trails close after sunset. He noticed the smell of burnt marijuana after contacting the students. One of the students gave him a glass pipe and consented to a pat down. The officer did not find any other illegal items. The officer referred the suspect to student conduct and the pipe was taken to the JSO property room.

Email Carter Roush at reporter9@unfspinnaker.com.

Email Gordon Rhyne at news@unfspinnaker.com.

MJ Maguire – First Round bogey free 7-under 65 (Photo Credit: Todd Drexler – Sideline Photos)

Playing in the number three spot, MJ Maguire carded a round of 7-under 65 to lead UNF to a first round lead in the NCAA regional tournament.

Starting on the back nine, Maguire rolled a bogey free round that included five birdies and one eagle.

Maguire finished the round with a 4-under 32 on the back nine.

The St. Pete sophomore carries a one-shot lead into round two over Georgia Tech’s Anders Albertson (-6) and Florida State’s Chase Seiffert (-6).

UNF shot a combined score of 16-under-par.

The score was good enough to put UNF four shots ahead of second place Washington (-12).  Florida State (-11) and Oregon (-8) also trail the Ospreys.

Kevin Phelan shot 4-under (T-6) and Sean Dale (T-14) added a 3-under round giving UNF a 272-stroke total.

Photo Credit: Travis Gibson
Drew Weeks takes a cut against NKU while Tyler Marincov waits on third base.

UNF baseball earned win 36 on the season, extending their new record win total since joining the A-Sun.

A 5-2 win in its final non-conference game of the season at Georgia Southern Tuesday puts UNF (Overall 36-16) two games behind first place Mercer in the A-Sun.

Hot from the start, UNF second baseman Joe Wielbruda stole second, to which the Ospreys followed with back to back RBI doubles from Donnie Dewees and Tyler Marincov to put the team up 2-0  in the first inning.

Wielbruda hit an RBI single in the second inning and catcher Corey Bass scored on an error by third baseman Brent Pugh to put the Ospreys up 4-0. First baseman Spencer Hermann also added a run in the fourth to give UNF a solid cushion at 5-0.

Starting pitcher for the Ospreys, junior Tyler Moore, threw for four innings, allowing no runs to the Eagles. Middle reliever Jamie Cardwell blew the team shutout with a two run homer from Georgia Southern first baseman T.D. Davis, but the bullpen remained solid for the rest of the game to end it at 5-2.

The win gives UNF a 20-8 record against non-conference competition for the season, improving the win total from last season by one game.

With just three away games against conference foe USC Upstate left on the season, UNF has a chance to overtake the conference leading Bears and snag the ever-critical top seed in the A-Sun tourney.

The Ospreys were 1-2 against the Spartans last season.

Photo courtesy of Facebook

Recent UNF graduate and Campus Recreation employee Joe Sherman died in a motorcycle accident Monday, May 6.

According to a press release from Student Affairs, Sherman died Monday night when the motorcycle he was driving struck a car stopped in front of him.

Sherman, a spring 2013 graduate, was a ten-year Navy veteran who attended UNF on the G. I. Bill.

Prior to graduating, Sherman was a club sports intern for Campus Recreation.

He was recently promoted, following his graduation.

Email Gordon Rhyne at news@unfspinnaker.com

Photo Credit: Todd Drexler
Senior Kevin Phelan holds the first place trophy after claiming the top spot at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational

UNF men’s golf team is slated to face top-tier competition in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional tournament May 16-18, as chosen by the selection committee May 6. The selection marks the Ospreys’ fourth consecutive regional postseason berth.

Led by Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year Scott Schroeder, UNF will be looking to advance to Nationals for the second straight season. The Ospreys finished third last season in the Athens Regional.

UNF will face Florida State, Washington, Oklahoma, Oregon and USF among the thirteen teams in the group.

“If we play to our ability I like our chances,” Schroeder said. “Even though it is a bigger event than any other event, you can’t make it bigger than it is.”

Schroeder has been keeping his team in routine practices, not straying from the formula that propelled the team to its second straight A-Sun title.

Citing the location of regionals, Schroeder admits it’s more comfortable to play in a tournament in Florida and he’s looking forward to playing in Tallahassee.

Schroeder picked up his fourth A-Sun Coach of the Year award May 1, second most in conference history.

Senior Sean Dale earned his third Atlantic Sun Golfer of the Year award as chosen by conference coaches. Dale along with fellow senior Kevin Phelan both landed spots on the All-Atlantic Sun team.

M.J. Maguire is fresh off his first medal win of the season at the Atlantic Sun Championship.

Maguire  was one of three UNF players who finished in the top five at the A-Sun tourney — shooting 1-under-par. The St. Petersburg native also received All-Atlantic Sun accolades, marking his second such award.

“(Maguire) matured more mentally as a player than physically this season,” Schroeder said. He went on to say Maguire’s been working more on his focus and approach.

The NCAA Golf Championship features 81 teams and 45 individual competitors and will culminate with the top 30 teams competing in the NCAA Championship in Atlanta May 28-June 2.

Positions Confirmed

Bennett Smith was confirmed as an Associate Chief Justice by unanimous consent.

Haley Guerra was confirmed as Director of Governmental Affairs by unanimous consent.

Both were sworn in at the meeting.

Presidential veto ruled unconstitutional

The SG judicial branch ruled CR-12S-2565 was vetoed unconstitutionally.

The constitutional referendum was originally passed in a senate meeting on January 30, 2012. Matt Brockelman then vetoed it on February 2, 2012.

According to the SG constitution, CR bills passed by senate must go directly to a student vote in a general election. Because of the unconstitutional veto, the senate voted 9-0-0 to recall CR-12S-2565.

Senate Pro-Tempore Kaitlin Ramirez said the bill will be discussed in detail at the committee meetings on May 20.

Email Gordon Rhyne at news@unfspinnaker.com

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Photo courtesy One Spark Facebook page

April’s One Spark event’s winners have been posted, and two UNF MBA students, Jason and Hillary McDonald, with their food company, 123-Fresh, came in third in the Science category.

The McDonalds’ project is focused on organic sauces, breads, and trail mix and gluten-free baked goods. The project got 628 votes, which secured the McDonalds a $2,945.65 prize to help make their dream of opening a storefront a reality.

123-Fresh wasn’t the only project by UNF students that took home some of One Spark’s $250,000 crowdfund prize. Several other student projects, including Jose Barrientos’ Tamarin Fruits project, got a share of the winnings.

More information on winners can be found at beonespark.com.

Full story to follow.

Photo courtesy Biser Todorov

Two alumni, Lisa Kelly and J.B. Scott, will be hosting the ‘Round Midnight Jazz Jam with the Kelly Scott Quintet at the Jacksonville Landing on May 24 from 9 p.m. to midnight. Students, amateur and professional jazz musicians and vocalists are invited to show off their skills at this late night jam session.

This show is part of the new Jazz After Dark series of the Jacksonville Jazz Fest, which will take place downtown from May 23 through May 26.

Lisa Kelly graduated from UNF in 2000 with a B.M. in Jazz Studies. J.B. Scott graduated in 1989 with a B.A. in Music, and was the first graduate of the UNF jazz program.

More info can be found at jaxjazzfest.com and kellyscottmusic.com.

Full story to follow.

It is the only senate meeting for the month of May.

Throughout the summer, Student Government will hold four senate meetings.

SG also has planned three days of committee meetings.

The first day of committee meetings is May 20.