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EXPRESSIONS

• Advice for the Ages Margie Hinnon
• Go see 'Borat' or 'be execute' Matt Coleman
• Last Laugh at Freebird Zan Gonano
• Glaciers melting fast Warren Cornwall
• Sore throat solutions Chuck Myers
• Through the Looking Glass Mike Pingree
• Zan on the street Zan Gonano
• Kilwin's satisfies sweet tooth Kim Brown

Advice for the Ages

Margie Hinnon
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

John Soulinthavong Engineering	Going to teachers is really important. Talk to them, they'll help you - even with resumes.	Don't be afraid to talk to people. Join a club on campus or a sorority.	Katheine Clark Criminal Justice
Annie York International Studies	It's important to take into account your comfort level when making your schedule. If you're not a morning person, early classes aren't going to work.	Your GPA matters all four years. Not just at the end.	Ted Feher Public Relations
Sam Kostamo Criminal Justice	Ask about professors. Get opinions from friends. They're usually pretty accurate.	Missing class doesn't help anything. It's like making car payments on your vehicle and then riding your bike.	Cole Vessely Public Relations
Marinanne Haferkamp Fine Arts	Counseling needs more cohesiveness. Different counselors tell you different things. Time management is crucial. It's the number one thing if you are dedicated.	Getting involved on campus helped me to meet people, which has made my college experience even more rewarding.	Valerie Shayman Broadcasting
Katrina Mann Journalism	Campus life is great. Students should try to live on campus at least one semester. It's a great experience to have. It's important to get involved in activities, but manage them between classes.	Be confident of who you are as a person. Don't be bullied around.	Catherine Bauer Fine Arts
Chris Derco Community Health	College only happens once. Take opportunities when they arise because a lot of memories can and will be missed if you don't jump on them.	Your teachers don't hate you. They mean well. Don't sign up for all those credit card offers. It'll only get you in trouble. Save your money. Don't spend it.	Jenna Russell Advertising
Courtney Macaraeg Advertising	Pay attention in class - seriously.	Don't miss class. Don't party too much your first two years because it comes back to haunt you. And don't stress out too much.	Chris Slott Political Science

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Go see 'Borat' or 'be execute'

Matt Coleman
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

At first glance, it is strikingly apparent that "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is a film that is far from the standard comedic fare of most mainstream productions.

The vehicle of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, himself a Cambridge scholar and member of the Jewish faith, Borat was first featured on the HBO's "Da Ali G Show" and grew to cult status. The self proclaimed "sixth most famous man in all of Kazakhstan," Borat is a television personality in his native country who has been commissioned with an important task.

The film begins with Borat introducing himself and the various characters that reside in his village (filmed in Romania), including the town rapist (Naughty, Naughty!) and his loving sister (Number four prostitute in all of Kazakhstan). Borat and his portly director are being sent by their government to travel to New York and document their findings in a "movie film."

During their adventure, Borat becomes enraptured by Pamela Anderson while watching Baywatch reruns on American television. Sloughing off the responsibility of filming an educational film for the benefit of his homeland, Borat leaves on an expedition to California to find his lady love.

Unflinching in his portrayal of the misguided Kazakhstani journalist, Baron Cohen imbues Borat with a naive xenophobia that knows no bounds. Anti-Semitic, misogynistic, homophobic and completely clueless about the industrialized world, he manages to offend virtually everyone he comes into contact with.

One of the stops on the road trip is at a rodeo where Borat is commissioned to sing the National Anthem. In broken English, he states that he supports the Bush administration's "War of Terror" and that "May George Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq," to which the crowd responds with scattered applause. The only real problems occur when Borat sings a fake rendition of his country's anthem, which consists of calling other political leaders little girls.

While the politically incorrect antics of Baron Cohen's alter-ego will garner much criticism, the most shocking contributions to the film come from the unwitting people Borat interviews.

During his cross-country trip, Borat meets with a prejudiced cowboy who would have no qualms about killing homosexuals, a group of drunken frat-boys from the University of South Carolina who think slavery was a good idea and a gun-store clerk who helps Borat pick out the best firearm for protecting himself from Jews.

All the while, Baron Cohen stands by with a gleeful, mustachioed grin, giving these oblivious individuals as much rope as they need to effectively hang themselves on camera.

The film moves briskly and features little in the way of filler, but the only real complaint comes from some of the more scripted scenes in the movie. To create a focused narrative, the quest to track down the object of Borat's affections, Pamela Anderson, takes center stage.

While the journey provides a number of obscenely funny sequences, the culmination of his search comes off as forced and staged. By integrating the obviously scripted sequence of Borat's first meeting with Anderson, the movie stops short and the pacing is thrown off entirely.

A guerrilla-comedy such as "Borat" should not have to pander to Hollywood to illicit laughs.

It is quite possible that Baron Cohen may have created the most dangerous comedy in recent memory. Not content to go for the easy laugh, he elongates his offensive cult persona into a movie that attacks the audience and its sense of decency.

To consider it a great success would be an understatement, as the modestly budgeted movie has created a firestorm of controversy and hype. As Borat himself would say, "High Five!"

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Last Laugh at Freebird

Zan Gonano
FEATURES EDITOR

The University of North Florida Surf Club had its first event at Freebird Live on Nov. 3.

The event featured live music from four bands including Happy to be Here (comprised of UNF students), Last Laugh and No Ka Oi.

Also during the event, Cult Industries gave out free clothing and accessories throughout the show.

The night began with an opening band that was followed by Happy to be Here.

After Happy to be Here came South Florida punk-rock act Last Laugh and then to close the night, reggae act No Ka Oi took the stage.

Before the show, the Spinnaker sat down with guitarist Chris Ziemba and frontman Charley Tobin of Last Laugh to get the low-down on the bands latest developments.

Spinnaker: How did you guys all meet?
Last Laugh: Les (drummer) and Chris were in a band called One Way in high school. They split up and started jamming with Matt (former guitarist) because Les and Matt go way back.

S: Who are your big influences?
L.L.: Lagwagon, NoFx, Pennywise, Strung Out. Scott (bassist) likes Killswitch Engage and Trivia.

S: A lot of people talk about punk-rockers selling out. What do you guys think about that situation?
Chris: You can only keep it underground for so long.
Charley: Underground is a lifestyle and a choice. You choose to be underground.

S: Who are you guys currently listening to? Anybody new you are particularly impressed with anybody from Florida?
Charley: Darkest Hour, Mower, Wilhelm Scream, No Ka Oi, Strike Anywhere
Chris: Lagwagon, even though they are big they are still underground.

S: Any plans for a tour coming up?
L.L.: We are going to the U.K. and Cali with Mower in February. We go into the studio to work on our third album in December and we have a new video on our Web site at www.lastlaugh.tv.

S: How's the lineup change working out since Matt left (former guitarist Matt House split with the band for personal reasons earlier this year).
L.L.: Things are good. Matt left on his own choice, and we still have a good relationship with him. We picked back up where we left off, and it hasn't been a setback at all.

S: Can you explain your music and what it sounds like?
L.L.: It sounds like the stuff we listen to. We are trying to keep the flame alive that Emo put out.

S: Where do you guys come up with your lyrics?
Chris: We get them from Google.
Charley: I come up with them while driving and sometimes while taking a shit. I just remember them with the melody, and if I can't remember them they probably weren't good.

S: The last album, No Regrets, was kind of personal about Tim (a friend who passed away). What can you tell me about that?
L.L.: A lot had to do with Tim and my (Charley) personal relationship. It also had political and social issues that were going on in the world. We try to be original. We don't want to sound like we copied someone else's shit.

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Glaciers melting fast

Study at Nisqually Glacier shows ice giants are eroding

Warren Cornwall
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Like tiny doctors on the belly of a sleeping giant, three National Park Service workers trudged up the middle of the Nisqually Glacier, stepping over tiny creeks and peering down a dizzying chute where water from the melting glacier wormed into the 300-foot-thick slab of ice.

Nearby, a tall plastic pole arced from the ice into the sky. Park scientist Rebecca Doyle knelt at its base, whipped out a tape measure, and began jotting down numbers.

The pole is 41 feet long. Six months ago, in April, it was totally buried in snow and ice. On this recent sunny October day, so much snow had melted that only a few inches of the pole remained buried.

"Wow, that's a lot," exclaimed Paul Kennard, a park service geomorphologist, as he stood holding the pole.

Like Kennard and Doyle here on Mount Rainier, scientists on mountains all over Washington, the most glacier-covered state in the Lower 48, are trying to determine how glaciers are changing. What they are finding here and elsewhere is worrisome: Many of them, such as the South Cascade Glacier in the remote North Cascades, are shrinking quickly - and some are on the verge of disappearing.

While glaciers have ebbed and flowed through the region for millennia - the land where Seattle now stands was once beneath more than half a mile of ice - scientists say global warming is at least partly to blame this time.

And it would be more than a sentimental loss. It could mean less water powering some of the region's hydroelectric dams, filling some drinking-water reservoirs, irrigating farm fields and ushering spawning salmon upstream.

"When people ask me, 'Will glaciers disappear in my lifetime?' I answer, 'Some of them will disappear; all of them are going to get a lot smaller,'" said Andrew Fountain, a glaciologist at Portland State University who is cataloging changes in U.S. glaciers.

When Army Lt. August Kautz first described the Nisqually Glacier as part of a trip to the summit in 1857, it completely covered the spot where Highway 706 now carries tourists over the Nisqually River on their way to the Paradise Visitors Center.

Today the glacier's bottom section can't even be seen from there.

Like all glaciers, the Nisqually is essentially a river of slow-moving ice. Instead of snow packs, which come and go every year, a glacier acts like a savings account. It stores water as ice, and lets it out slowly when it melts.

The trouble is that Washington's glaciers have increasingly been overdrawn.

The Nisqually is no exception. Between 1913 and 1994, the Nisqually and an icy tributary, the Wilson Glacier, together shrank by 9 percent, according to a study co-authored by Fountain, the Portland State researcher. Since 1994 it has continued to shrink.

The Nisqually is in no immediate danger of vanishing because it is so high on the mountain. But Stefan Lofgren, a Park Service climbing ranger who has been working on the mountain since 1992, ticks off other glaciers that have vanished, or are about to: the Stevens, the Williwakas, the Lower Paradise, the Van Trump, the glaciers on nearby Unicorn and Pinnacle peaks.

Even the snowfield around Camp Muir, the overnight stopping point for thousands of Mount Rainier climbers on their way to the summit, is shrinking. Lofgren predicts the entire 230-acre snowfield will be gone within half a century.

It's happening all around the state's high mountain ranges. The total volume of the glaciers in North Cascades National Park fell by 8 percent between 1958 and 1998, according to one of Fountain's studies. That would be enough ice to fill Lake Sammamish more than twice. In the same period, only 2 percent of the glaciers in the North Cascades grew in size.

The South Cascade Glacier, a remote ice field near Glacier Peak, has shrunk almost every year since 1959, when the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began tracking it closely. In 2003, it was half the size it was in 1923, scientists estimate.

On the north side of Mount Olympus, in the Olympic Mountains, the depth of ice on the Blue Glacier has dropped an average of 65 feet annually since 1987, according to estimates by University of Washington researchers.

Some of the shrinkage of Washington's glaciers over the past century has nothing to do with human-caused climate change.

Starting in the late 19th century, the Northern Hemisphere emerged from what scientists call the "Little Ice Age," and the warmer weather meant smaller glaciers.

Similarly, regional climate forces can make glaciers shrink or grow. A colder winter can bring more snow, for example.

But lately global forces have been shaping Washington's glaciers, scientists believe.

The pattern of shrinking in the South Cascade Glacier, and several glaciers in Alaska, for example, suggests a link to broader climate change, said Ed Josberger, head of the ice and climate project at the USGS office in Tacoma, Wash.

A shift in regional weather patterns in the late 1980s should have brought more snow and caused the South Cascade Glacier's shrinkage to slow. But rising summer temperatures overwhelmed the additional snow, and the glacier continues to shrink quickly.

Also, for decades the South Cascade Glacier and another glacier in Alaska were polar opposites. Because of regional weather patterns, when one shrank quickly the other did well. But now they are both rapidly shrinking.

Still, it's hard to say the change in a single glacier is the result of human-caused climate change - warming brought by increases in manmade atmospheric gas such as carbon dioxide, cautioned Philip Mote, the state climatologist. Computer programs that predict how climate change happens around the world aren't yet so specific that they can account for a single mountain range, he said.

But what's happening to the glaciers is consistent with what Mote and most other scientists expect.

"We're now at the point where we can say pretty confidently that the warming in the West is due to human activities, and the fact that virtually every glacier in the West is retreating certainly underscores that," he said.

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Sore throat solutions

Tips to ease the pain now that cold and flu season is here

Chuck Myers
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Winter isn't too far away, and it's the peak season for developing a sore throat.

Viruses associated with colds and influenza cause most sore throats. Unfortunately, we can come into contact with these viruses many different ways, including when someone coughs or sneezes, hand-to-hand contact with an infected person or sharing objects, such as utensils, towels or a telephone.

If you should develop a nasty sore throat, the Mayo Clinic offers the following suggestions to help ease the discomfort until it runs its course.

Double your fluid intake. Fluids help keep mucus thin and easy to clear.

Gargle with warm salt water. Mix a teaspoon of salt in a full glass of warm water, gargle, and then spit the water out. This soothes the throat and clears it of mucus.

Add honey and lemon to taste into a glass of very hot water. Drinking this combo can help ease sore throat pain. Honey coats and soothes your throat, while lemon helps cut mucus.

Suck on a throat lozenge or a piece of hard candy. This stimulates saliva production, which bathes and cleanses your throat.

Add moisture to the air with a humidifier. This helps prevent mucus membranes from drying out, and can reduce irritation and make it easier to sleep. Saline nasal sprays also are helpful.

Smoke irritates a sore throat. Don't smoke when you're sick, and avoid fumes from household cleaners and paint.

Rest your voice. If your sore throat has affected your larynx, talking may lead to more irritation and laryngitis, a temporary loss of your voice.

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Throught the Looking Glass

Mike Pingree
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T TRUST A COMPLETE STRANGER ...
A 12-year-old South African boy met a 14-year-old girl named Claudia on a cell phone chat room, and quickly became enamored. After weeks of communicating, his heart aflutter, he asked if he could meet her. She agreed. His parents dropped him off at the designated place. Claudia turned out to be some old dude.

The boy ran away. He now needs counseling three times a week.

A PLATFORM THAT ALL MEN CAN EMBRACE
The female Libertarian candidate for governor of Alabama is urging people to vote for her because she has large breasts, and has posted a discussion on her campaign Web site on why she doesn't wear panties.

UH, MR. BOMBER, WE CAN STILL SEE YOU
A man walked up to the drive-though window at a Burger King in Salt Lake City and demanded to be served. The girl refused, saying that the drive-through was for people in cars. After pounding on the window, the man then walked to a nearby phone booth, and, while in full view of the employees, phoned in a bomb threat to the restaurant. He was arrested.

KOKO, HAVEN'T WE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS?
Firefighters, responding to an alarm, sped to the Great Ape enclosure in Des Moines, Iowa. When they arrived, they discovered that one of the gorillas set off the alarm.

NO, THAT'S NOT MINE, OFFICER, HONEST
An employee of a pizza joint in Coralville, Iowa, accidentally left his marijuana stash in the bank bag when he dropped the day's receipts in the night deposit box of the local bank. He was arrested.

THIS OUGHT TO MAKE THEM STAND AT ATTENTION
The mayor of Almere in the Netherlands went on national TV to propose that prostitutes be sent to service Dutch soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

LOOK, IT ISN'T EVEN MOVING ... KA-BLAM!
Wildlife officials put up a decoy bull elk bear near the roadway in a hunting area in Pinedale, Wyo., two weeks before elk season opened. Nine hunters opened fire on it and were immediately arrested.

NOW HOLD ON, LET'S NOT BE TOO HASTY
The boyfriend of an extremely beautiful woman in Chongqing, China, dumped her after six years because he feared that too many men would want her and she would leave him sooner or later. In response, she sought plastic surgery to make herself less attractive.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS; I'M A BUSY MAN, GOOD-BYE!
A man walked into a bank in Lilburn, Ga., and passed the teller a note demanding money. But when the teller took too long, he became frustrated and left empty-handed.

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Zan on the Street

Zan Gonano
FEATURES EDITOR

November is here! Hope you guys went out and got some (music) this weekend. The slack fog that has kept bands from stopping here has settled right in like the smog in the L.A. basin, and we only have a few noteworthy events this week.

Conscious Vibe Productions presents a punky reggae party on Friday at Freebird Live, headlined by Scholars Word. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $6 for those who are 21 and up and $8 for those under 21.

Saturday at Freebird, Switchfoot and Moses Mayfield take the stage. Tickets are $18 before the day of the show and $20 the day of the show.

Also at Freebird, Ballyhoo will perform with an array of bands on Sunday. If memory serves me correctly, these guys have that Long Beach sound to them. Tickets are $5.

Nov. 8, Def Leppard and Journey rock Veteran's Memorial Arena. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets range from $38.50-$74. Also downtown, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra performs the First Coast Nutcracker at the Times-Union Center Friday thru Sunday. Ticket prices and times vary, so check with the box office for more information and remember students get big discounts with ID.

Third Day plays Veterans Memorial Arena Nov. 9. Tickets range from $24-$44 and the show starts at 7 p.m.

On Friday, Nov. 10, the Bad Boys of Comedy tour comes to town hosted by Doug E. Fresh. I think Fresh has been on I Love the 80's or something so he must be funny. Anyway, the show is at 8 p.m. at the Florida Theatre and tickets cost between $38-$48.

Saturday, Nov. 11, The All American Rejects play with a host of other bands at Veterans Memorial Arena. The show is $25 and starts at 7 p.m.

Also this weekend, the Jaguars look to continue winning at home when they face the Houston Texans. The game is at Alltel Stadium and starts at 1 p.m. Tickets can be found on the Jags Web site.

That is about it around town. Big ups to my boys from Stuart for holding it down at Freebird Live last weekend at the Surf Club event. Also, thanks to Chris and Charley from Last Laugh for taking the time to sit down and chat. Only a few more weeks left to the semester, so do something fun because exam week is right around the corner.

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Kilwin's satisfies sweet tooth

Kim Brown
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Chocolate lovers, there's a new watering hole at the town center. If you have a craving for fudge, ice cream or chocolates, Kilwin's is the place to go.

The shop has lots of different sweets to satisfy any craving. The first item you see when you walk in is the fudge counter.

Deliciously laid out, they offer several flavors of fudge. A couple of these flavors include double dark chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, mint chocolate chip, peanut butter and chocolate. With Christmas coming up, Kilwin's is sure to have a Christmas flavor available soon.

If you love caramel, try the Chocolate Caramel Apple with sprinkles for $5.95, the Caramel Krispie at $2.25 or the Caramel Apple.

Kilwin's some other yummy choices like the Striped Krispie for $2.95, the Striped Apple for $4.95 and the Peanut Butter Krispie for $2.95.

Kilwin's also has little candies it sells by the pound for $21.95. Several types of the candy you may want to taste are the Peanut Butter Smoothie, Almond Toffee Crunch, Orange Cream, Cherry Cordial, Chocolate or Strawberry Bon Bon and Vanilla Butter or Maple Cream. They all look so good.

Kilwin's makes some other choices that are in between a candy and a treat. Particularly tasty looking are the Striped S'more, the Chocolate Puff that comes in different types of chocolate with different sprinkles, the Chocolate P B Ritz and the Striped Oreo that also comes in different types of chocolate such as white, milk and dark. These are affordable at $1.50 each.

More you may want to try are the Chocolate Graham Cracker, Striped Twinkie, Corn Flake Cluster, Chocolate Strawberry, Chocolate Krispie and Specialty Oreo Cookie, which is a cookie that has a seasonal decoration on it.

Suppose the only candy you like is Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Kilwin's has its own peanut butter cup that will blow you away. It is made inside the store and is about the size of a cupcake. You definitely want to come in and check this treat out.

But don't forget about the ice cream. Kilwin's has many flavors to choose from such as banana fudge, mint chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie dough, cake batter, chocolate peanut butter and Superman. They also have an ice cream named after Jacksonville called Jax Mud.

If you're buying something sweet for someone as a gift, take a look at some of Kilwin's gift sets. The store has assorted chocolates at different prices that make excellent party gifts or holiday gifts for the boss.

Having a holiday party? Kilwin's has you covered with chocolate fountains that you've probably seen on TV that make great decorations and dessert for many to enjoy.

If all this sounds good, you will fall in love with Kilwin's. Its new store in the St. Johns Town Center is conveniently located close to campus. Visit them at 10281 Midtown Parkway or call 996-3800.

They also have a Jackson-ville Beach store at 113 1st Avenue North. Their phone number is 249-2820.

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