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FIRE IN THE NIGHT TNG BIGSHOW 2014 Trey Henderson Editor-in-Chief The show of the year: Touch-N-Go’s Big Show. The biggest student event of the year and one that has been widely anticipated for the last 364 days.

On Friday, April 11, Touch-N-Go Productions swarmed the Voyager parking lot to begin the transformation for the show on Saturday night.

Over 30 TNG staffmembers put in an average of 40 hours of work each in the days leading up to the event in order to help with

barricades, stage drop, lighting, sound equipment, and all the other necessary equipment for the show to go on.

Though setup began on Friday, Touch-N-Go began preparations for Big Show well before that.

Band selection began during the fall semester, well before the big announcement. The SGA executive board reviewed and allocated funding to ensure the show would be the hit it needed to be.

Promotions began early in the semester, popping up all over campus in A-frames,

over multiple radio stations and here in The Avion.

Coordination with countless companies dealing with fireworks, stage roofing, lighting, and equipment rentals began in the weeks immediately prior.

In the days leading up to the event, pieces quickly began to fall into place.

With the help of TNG’s dedicated staff members and volunteers from other organizations, the Voyager lot was transformed from a last option parking lot to concert central.

In just 36 hours, Touch-NGo Chairperson, Mark Mil-

limet, was taking the stage in front of crowd of more than 800 screaming fans to introduce opener Augustana and headliner Lifehouse.

Augustana opened a 40 minute performance in their traditionally smooth manner with a set composed of softer and slower songs.

With a quick changeover, Lifehouse took the stage and opened immediately with a harder set including some of their smash hits.

As Lifehouse finished the final song of their one hour set, fireworks erupted to mark the end of yet another successful TNG Big Show.

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One-on-One: Lifehouse and Augustana

Zack Wilkinson News Editor On Saturday afternoon, The WIKD 102.5 and The Avion Newspaper had the opportunity to interview two members of Lifehouse after their sound checks.

We first met with Jason Wade, the lead singer, and Rick Woolstenhulme, the drummer from Lifehouse in their RV. When asked how his band managed to keep it’s success, Jason responded, “I think it’s because we’re relentless about staying on the road and performing as many shows as we can”. He stated that his members have great chemistry, “…And it just works”.

When Lifehouse first got started, their label company had to “Bribe people with beer to come to our shows, but eventually it just all came together and we we’re making it big.”

Jason credits this success with their desire to keep their music pure and inspired, “We hope for the best, and it’s been an interesting evolution as

we watch things around us change”.

Jason and Rick acknowledged that they’ve been around for quite a while, and they are glad to know that fans still appreciate them. “We were once the babies, but now we’re the old men” said Jason as he chuckled.

Jason and Rick were asked what some of their favorite modern bands are. Though they laughed off One Direction, the members admitted that they liked Imagine dragons, FUN, and Lorde.

Conversation began over their hit song, ‘You and Me,’ and Jason told a story of when he met a drunk man on the street in New York who sang the song to him, “That’s the moment I knew our song had reached ‘star’ status, when a drunk man on the street sings it to me.”

Right now, Lifehouse enjoys their slower touring schedule. They like taking time off at home and working on some side projects, though the occasional “Weekend Warrior” gig is still a lot of fun.

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Michael Wildes Correspondent

For a man like Juergen Raps, it seems like the world is his and anything is possible if he wants it. They say you can’t have your cake and eat it, but for a man of this esteem, that adage doesn’t seem to fit when you consider fully all he has done and seen in his relatively short lifetime. In fact, it is very hard not to drape the man in honor and prestige and further mention his name with the best, after looking over his exploits as worldclass pilot. Yet, he is just a regular man who has spent a lifetime in the airline industry with accomplishments that will sit in the history books when the grand story of aviation is retold.

The native German and Lufthansa pilot has an almighty repertoire that can only stand by itself. For example, after forty years literally at the helm of the airline in some way or another, he managed to accumulate well over 19,000 flight hours.

By the time he captained his last flight on September 1st, 2011, he amassed over 15 million air miles. While this shouldn’t be too shocking given his obvious profession, compared to your regular civilian traveler, this is it is a colossal feat. Furthermore, only a handful of his colleagues can sit at a table with him, while the rest of us stand a far way off working and even hoping for a seat there. To make it more tangible, his 15 millions miles took him around the globe roughly 350 times.

He has been to more countries than he hasn’t, and he has seen the best and worst of the airline industry. His fame is mostly associated with being one of the first pilots of the A380, but he seems most excited about flying the German football team to the 2010 world cup in South Africa.

With all that, we here at Embry-Riddle were very

fortunate to be an audience to Mr. Raps on Tuesday of last week, when the HUB, which is arguably one of the fastest growing, and certainly one of the most meaningful organizations on campus, invited him to speak here.

Given his achievements and subsequent fame, it was a wonder how they managed to arrange all of this. Yet, they did, and it turned out to be an invaluable experience for all who was there.

In a room chocked full of nearly one hundred intrigued students, Mr. Raps delivered an hour long presentation about himself, the airline industry and a host of other interesting information and insight that only those present were privy to. Starting off with a brief background of his youth and flight training, he went on to discuss how he got a job at Lufthansa and grew through the ranks of the airline all the way to the top.

As he described the type of planes he flew, the question began to be, “ So, what did he not fly?” He started off as a first officer flying various McDonnell Douglas type aircraft, then progressed to the Boeing 737 series, where he managed to fly all the variants, then to the Airbus A340, and finally, the herculean A380. As a pilot, it is obvious that he has seen all that there is to be seen and did all that there was to be done. To add to that, he was invited to serve in management level positions, first as a fleet commander for the 737 fleet, then check pilot, then finally further up the chain as the senior Vice President of Flight Operations. All of that preceded what he has become widely popular for, namely one of the world’s first four airline pilots to acquire a license to fly the Airbus A380, and more honorably, the first pilot to land on United States soil. As said early, not many people can earn an audience with him, yet we were very fortunate to

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have this giant share his experience and opulence of knowledge with us.

He comically detailed how he was selected to pioneer the inaugural flight from Frankfurt, Germany to New York, United States, but how he almost lost his spot in history to an Air France pilot, who unknown now was also trying to achieve the same feat on the same day at the same time. Suffice to say, it turned out to be a race for a spot in history. However, history would have it that he prevailed, and that he did.

Interestingly, he first applied to be a pilot for Air France, but they insisted that he had to become fluent in French, which he resolved not to do. So, in one way or another, they lost that race twice, ironically pushing the tally of German victories over France up. Anyway, he consequently cemented himself as the poster boy for the airline and Airbus, so much that his face is easily recognizable in a myriad of magazines, posters and films, either about the airline or the A380.

It was exciting to hear him deliver his presentation, which was accompanied by various impressive

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visuals, and even though he started to discuss very deep industry level matters, which may have, began to tune everyone out, those who were interested learnt a lot. He also discussed what displeased him about pilot training, hinting somewhat at the 1500-hour rule or the idea that quantity is synonymous with quality. He asserted that if there was a structured curriculum to get you from A-Z in flight training, such as what Embry-Riddle offers, quality will always trump quantity. In fact, he belabored how he wished he had the resource provided here to him when he was becoming a pilot. His visit to the campus allowed him to sit in on lectures and rub shoulders with the president and so forth.

While he is now a retired family man living in Phoenix with his wife and dogs, he is still very active in Lufthansa’s operation, and the wider global industry as a whole. Going back to his last flight, he managed to become such a hero that on his last decent into German airspace, air traffic control switched the call sign from “LH455”, to “JR ONE SUPER” for one last hurrah for the grand seigneur of the skies.

In San Francisco, one of his regular cities, he managed to pull a few strings where he was allowed to ride a Harley around the tarmac and to a golf course after he landed. This he did with a whole film crew and host of emergency vehicles on site. All of this goes to show the quality of pilot Juergen Raps is, and underlines the fact that this HUB series is one of the most invaluable resources on campus for connecting students with industry level experiences that we couldn’t learn in classrooms.

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Himani Parekh Staff Reporter

#TNGBigShow Review

“I was in my room watching a movie, and I heard this Bam! Bam! And I knew that wasn’t Netflix.”

No, it certainly wasn’t. Much to the surprise of anyone who was not a Touch-N-Go member, last Saturday’s Touch-N-Go Big Show, the Lifehouse concert opened by Augustana, began somewhat flamboyantly with a brief show of fireworks. The open-

ing act, Augustana, backlit by motley pink, red, and orange lighting, then proceeded to fill the air with slightly washed out guitar and emotion-driven vocals. Some bands are not suited for large stages, and Augustana might just be one of them.

Lifehouse, however, proved to be more engaging entertainment, with pulsing lights, a vibrant blend of lighting in oranges and blues, and a range of high energy songs to more contemplative pieces. With only a

brief break to bow to social media, a quick picture of the crowd gathered before the stage, Lifehouse vibrated the air with a mix of new and old songs. By then, the previously modest-sized crowd had swelled to a fair turnout; my original spot towards the back fell now in the middle of the throng. While some complained about the lack of Lifehouse’s popularity as evidence of it being a boring band, many others, myself included, rather enjoyed the surprisingly famil-

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iar tracks and pop rock flair.

Nobody, however, could complain about the finale, yet another set of fireworks lighting up the sky like bright matches poking holes in the night. Even those who had not attended the concert momentarily exited their dorms to seek the sound thundering close by.

A half hour later, I caught a glimpse of smoke swathing the Tomcat Annex, hazy remnants in the chirping silence of music in the night.

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ASU Levels Up Zigazig Bridge

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Chao Wei Zheng ASU President On April 5, 2014, the Asian Student Union (ASU) attended a leadership conference at the University of Central Florida hosted by the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC).

This year’s theme was Building Your Legacy. The Level Up leadership conference encouraged all Asian, Asian American, and non-Asian students to step up and leave their marks in the universities, local communities, and around the world as future leaders. Members from various organizations and universities around Florida also networked and made special friendships in diverse fields, such as business, engineering, medical research, aerospace science and technology, and education.

In addition to the leadership workshops, YouTube Asian celebrities, Joe Jo and Bart Kwan from Just Kidding Films were special guest speakers from California. They spoke on how they got started on YouTube and how each step and sacrifice they had made contributed to their success today. Their comedic films addressed topics from social norms to cultural identity and typical Asian stereotypes in the western world. Several UCF alumni, including Chris Chen, Mike Mitra, Johnny Nguyen, Robert Ly, and Teresa Tran, gave inspirational workshops that encouraged students to pursue their own legacies by getting actively involved in clubs and organizations in schools and in their communities. Every speaker gave humorous anecdotes

and lessons from their own experiences to live and learn, be passionate about work, practice innovation, and never give up hope during adversity.

ASU wishes to continue this partnership with APAC and will be hosting many cooperative, cultural, and educational events between ERAU and UCF in the future. ASU President, Chao Zheng and APAC President, Adrian Gilliam, ensure that this conference can serve as a vital benchmark to work towards a successful future while building legacies around the world. As John Quincy Adams once stated, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Everyone can become a leader, just take the first step and people will follow!

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Emily Jacobson Correspondent In an effort to create better learning opportunities for all engineering students on campus, Embry-Riddle has proposed that a pedestrian bridge be designed to be constructed in the dry retention pond east of Propeller’s Café, South of the Hunt Library, and Northwest of the College of Arts and Sciences. This location was chosen specifically to improve the existing pedestrian facilities and to ease the flow of student traffic. The design company selected to design this bridge is named Zigazig Engineering founded

by Jacob Hammes, who is also the CEO. Other employees of the company are Samantha Smith and

Emily Jacobson; all three of which are future graduates of the Civil Engineering department.

In addition to serving its purpose as a bridge, it will also be an active learning tool accessible to all students. One of the most unique features of this bridge is the wireless live load monitoring system. There will be measuring devices located at frequent intervals across the bridge that will be connected to a computer that will visually display the results. Students will be able to watch pedestrians walk across the bridge and see how the structural components of the bridge are affected in real-time.

This way engineering students of all disciplines can visually see the concepts they are being taught in

their various engineering science classes. The effects of thermal expansion and contraction will also be demonstrated by the bridges’ deck being simply supported. Aesthetically speaking, the key features of the bridge are its sleek stainless steel design, which incorporates elements reminiscent of aircrafts. Currently, a scaled architectural model has been created by the design team at Zigazig Engineering to showcase its architectural features.

Overall, the designers’ hope is that this pedestrian bridge will improve the existing pedestrian facilities and serve as an effective learning tool for future classes of engineering students here at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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This Year’s Student Representative Board

The SGA Vice President tells you about this year’s accomplishments Vincent Ramsey SGA Vice President This is Vince here, SGA Vice President and Chairman of the Student Representative Board. As my time in office comes to a close, I feel it is appropriate to let all of you wonderful students know of all of the hard work the Student Representative Board (SRB) has done.

Your SRB is comprised of an unbelievable group of students involved in so much more than just the SGA. There are multiple sorority and fraternity members, honors societies, members of the SGA Divisions, College Advisory Boards, and much more.

This group is comprised of 6 committees all dedicated to serving you. For example, the Environmental Awareness Committee has restarted the Adopt-A-Bed program where any group can use a garden space to represent their group.

Multiple “first Friday cleanups” were conducted, road-side and beach clean ups took place, and the currently being renovated tree garden project was also taken care of due to the hard work of their committee. The Safe Ride committee had multiple on-campus awareness events to remind students of the dangers of drinking and driving. They also showed a great deal

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of flexibility with moving our Safe Ride program to a temporary card system as we work diligently to make the process easier for the future. Along with this, they ran the shuttle services to the airports for students in need of transportation, which is not an easy task. The Progress Committee has brainstormed all year to create projects to enhance student life. Spearheading the creation of the Hammock Park, which should be under construction as you read this, this committee has truly worked hard.

Ever taken advantage of one of the free “Things for Thursdays” on the West Lawn? These students set up events like Whack A Marshmallow, Free Chips and Salsa, Cupcake Decorating, and many more fun free events to take some of the stress off for you on your way to class.

They are excited and progressing on their ideas like an on-campus vacuum and air pump, the renovation of our Blue Bike Program, and many more. The Constitution committee has made multiple changes to the SGA Governing Documents, ensuring that your serving students maintain a fair and equal access of the decision-making process.

The Academic Committee has taken an incredible amount of initiative this semester. They created a task force focused on advertising, organizing, and communicating all of

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ERAU tutoring resources. These are changes you will notice around campus advertising and within the ERAU app within the next year with immediate positive effects. Your marketing committee has streamlined the process of an SGA Marketing Request by making the form a more easily accessible online version.

By simply going to the SRB Connection page, you can submit your request for A-Frames, Banners, or Fliers on campus.

Along with this, they have maintained the advertising on the SGA’s behalf, a task we are extremely appreciated for.

This committee’s designs are advanced and incredibly visually appealing, creating the quality of work

that you deserve. As you can see, these students are working extremely hard within their committees as well as in the classroom, work, and in their other organizations.

Along with the responsibility of a committee, the representatives have a dedicated department on campus. This is how we relay your suggestions and ideas to where they need to go. The best way to make this process more effective is using the SGA Suggestion boxes placed around campus or online at sga.db.erau.edu. That has to be all they do, right?

Wrong! These hard working students also create college forums for you to learn about opportunities within each college and forums for students

to showcase projects they have been working on. Along with all of this comes meetings, late nights, transition binders, and personal time sacrificed to focus on enhancing ERAU. On a personal note, I have never been more confident in the abilities of any group I have ever worked with. I have learned so much from all of the different types of leadership and abilities within the representative board. I can assure you that the lists of projects above were all created with resiliency in mind and great quality. Please get to know these students during your time at ERAU and utilize them! I can give you my word that they are here for YOU!

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24 Hours in Bavaria

Dayton Drugovich Correspondant

Munich, like most cities in Germany after World War II, was devastated and destroyed, but decided to rebuild their old world feel.

While Frankfurt and other cities decided to go modern, Munich kept its Gothic European identity. Arriving in Flughafen München (Munich Airport), a few miles north of the city, it’s a quick subway ride to Marineplatz (Mary’s Square) the city center of Munich. Marineplatz is a local meeting place and almost everything is located near this one part of town. The centerpiece of the square is the massive gothic town hall, which is actually quite young compared with

what is nearby, which was built between 1870 – 1900.

The glockenspiel that adorns the side of the building plays at 11am, 12pm, and 5pm and is worth the visit.

Make sure to arrive about 15min early to get a good view as the plaza tends to fill up when it’s playing.

My first stop is lunch and a short walk from the plaza to Bräuhausstraße “brew house street” is where quite possibly the most famous beer hall in Bavaria Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is located. The beer hall itself dates back to 1589 with the origins of the brewery. If you are hungry you can make your way into the vast beer hall. Looking for a table you find its communal seating, with many of tables reserved for local

patrons. But if possible, try to find a table within sight of the Oom-pah band playing traditional German drinking music. I normally order the schnitzel or sauerbraten, and a 1 liter stein of the Dunkel (Dark Beer). One liter is enough for lunch since the alcohol content is more than what you find here in the US. From there I make my way over to the Viktualienmarkt, similar to a farmers market with many shops that you can stroll past, and a nice place to just take in the local atmosphere and people watch. There are also several churches nearby that are worth a visit to admire the architecture.

Munich was considered 2nd only to Rome in the eyes of the Catholic Church due

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its large congregations, so there are many great historical items that can only be found there. With the day winding down, it’s time to find a place for dinner. You can pick up a sandwich in Viktualienmarkt and make your way back to the hotel, but I prefer to head back by the Hofbräuhaus. Located a few steps away I make my pilgrimage to what I consider to be the holy grail of brewed beverages, Augustiner am Platzl. Although it is missing some of the stereotypical German beer hall items, and much smaller than the massive Hofbräuhaus, it more than makes up for it in the beer and food, which are vastly better. The original Augustiner brewery is located near the Munich hauptbahnhof (Central Rail Station) and is worth a visit itself. It’s also Munich’s oldest independently owner brewery dating back to 1328.

Augustiner is the most popular beer in Munich. The people of Munich considered it to be their last local brewery and have kept it this way for some time, making it very hard to get a beer outside of the city.

After you’ve had your dinner, you stay late into the night, nursing your stein and saying to yourself more than a few times that this is your last. That is thrown out the window when you are having such good time

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in company of the staff and the many patrons that have come by after work to share the good times of Bavaria. Finally, after about your 5th or 6th liter, you decide that you better be getting back to the hotel since you have a flight to catch the next morning. One of the perks about staying out by the airport is that the hotels are normally cheaper being farther away from the city and since you’re a stone’s throw away, you can sleep off some of you liquid diet from the night before.

Munich airport itself is a very nice airport. There are two terminals, one for Star Alliance, and the other is for Oneworld/Skyteam. The terminals are separated by a large plaza with many shops

and places to eat. With a 9 a.m. departure time, I decided to skip breakfast and head right for the grocery store in the airport. It has more selection than a convenience store, but not as much as a grocery store. The thing I am interested in is in the back of the store, the beer aisle. This being Germany, the beer is actually the same price as many of the bottled water selections. I buy some Augustiner Dunkel and put them into my checked bag. I sail through security, pick up my BussinessFirst seat at the gate and make my way on board. Bavaria is perhaps my favorite place in the world. The allaround experience is unique to Munich and should be on everyone’s bucklist.

Land of the Rising Sun Mark Fetters Staff Reporter Another weekend, another trip. This time it was to Japan, the land of the rising sun. I flew into Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), and due to regulations, most international flights arrive and depart late at night. With that in mind, I knew I would have a few

hours before the Tokyo Metro would reopen, so I planned out what I would do the next day. At 5 a.m. the metro reopened. With one of the most sophisticated metros in the world, getting anywhere in Tokyo is a breeze.

Since I would be in town on a Sunday, the famous Tsukiji Market, known for tuna auctions and great

sushi, would be closed.

Instead I would make my way to the Meiji Shrine located in Shibuya, Tokyo.

The Shrine has many buildings where you can experience the Japanese culture with daily activities going on. The central sanctuary is where many people will come to pay their respects to the Meiji emperor and is a great

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place to visit if you want to experience Japan’s history.

A short walk or metro ride away is Shibuya crossing, known as the world’s busiest cross walk in the world, where traffic is stopped in all directions to allow pedestrians to cross.

It has been featured in many movies, including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Resident Evil: Afterlife. Shibuya crossing can be compared to a smaller version of Times Square, with large flashy billboards.

Near the train station is the statue of Hachikō, a very popular meeting spot for friends to gather. The story behind the dog Hachikō is a great story to read if you have the time and is not something to pass up.

Tokyo has their own version of the Eiffel Tower called Tokyo Tower. Standing at 1,093 feet (333m), you can go to the top for great views of the city and surrounding areas. If you are on a budget and want

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to save money, don’t go up Tokyo Tower (or Skytree).

Instead, head to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. The TMG has two observation floors, one on the north tower, and the other on the south. Both are on the 45th floor and offer great views of Tokyo and on a clear enough day, you can even seen Mount Fuji.

The Ginza District is an upscale area with department stores, and on Sat-

urday and Sunday, the road is shut down to allow pedestrians to walk freely. Also Ginza has basement restaurants where you can try different local foods. After Ginza, it was time to head to Narita for my afternoon flight to New York. Tokyo has a lot to offer, and with only 8 hours of time to explore the city, it was not enough.

Now I look forward to my next trip to Japan.

Equestrian Team

Embry-Riddle has seen a multitude of clubs come and go throughout school history. With changing times come changing interests, it ultimately leads to changing organizations. One particular club however has been reborn like a rising phoenix due to the interest, perseverance and cooperation of many at the University. The Embry-Riddle Equestrian Team is one of the fastest, largest growing club sports around the Daytona Beach campus. Years after the club’s tragic death in 2006, committed students and faculty have put in countless hours to give the club new life. Little did they know just how strong they pushed...One founding member, and this past academic year’s club president Kennieth Brewer, wanted to make an impression on the school and leave a legacy. Moderator, coach, and overall mentor Assoc. Dean Paul Bell saw a chance for students to bond and learn more about the equestrian world. From this, a team was formed. Members signed up to dedicate their time, effort, skills, and camaraderie in the young organization. Originally intended to solely be a social club for those interested, the equestrian club grew, and grew quickly. Soon the club turned into a club sport, making it a team. Students who once knew very little about the topic matter became seasoned riders and teachers for others. Individuals who hadn’t been on a horse before proved themselves in competitive shows in the area placing in numerous classes. And for a few, now graduating, ladies and gentlemen, what was once a dream is now a flourishing, active, competitive club sport at the University.

At first glance, not many people would know that surrounding the sand and showiness of Florida’s coast-

lines lies enough field and pastureland to rival that of Texas. Horse ranches, cow fields, and crops are a very significant portion of Florida’s area. In 2007, The USFDA reported nearly 10 million acres of farmland and around 35 million acres of overall agriculture production in Florida.

The Equestrian team is passionate about horses, and from that passion comes a flood of interests. Members can choose between Western or English style clothing and tack to perform in. There are many unique parts of their lifestyle. The club ‘shows’ at several events in the local

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area each semester. On Saturday Morning I joined several members of the Equestrian team at a show taking place at Silver Sands Bridle club in Port Orange, FL. I pulled on my ‘Cowboy’ boots, grabbed a camera, and suited up.

Silver Sands hosts A Western show several weekends a year. During their shows, applicants can show in one of several ‘Classes’ dependant on skill. Saturday was a very important show day for the Current team. Three members showed for the very first time that day, two of them on horses which were showed for the first time as well. Team member Kourtney Gillespie showed on Xena, an Appaloosa who is blind. Despite that trait, Xena and Kourtney are able to work together and perform quite well, because they have learned from each other and have developed a close bond. Abigail Diekmann showed on BJ, and Mike

Holm showed on Patriot.

Each horse used by them was lent to the club by a local private individual, and they are tasked with caring for the horse they show on. Around 10 students in the club show on their own horses, which they keep at nearby ranches. Embry-Riddle Student Matthew Rutowski keeps his 8 year old Oldenburg, Warlock, at Millennium Stables in Ormond Beach, Fl. The Oldenburg Breed is a warmblood horse which is bred for strength and jumping ability. Matt often spends time traveling up to Ormond to care for Warlock during the week. I have met Warlock, and he is a very magnificent horse, with a kind personality. Every horse is different.

After the team members finished their classes for the day, I asked Equestrian team Secretary, Lauren Jurek, about the relationship between a horse and it’s rider. “It’s like no other”, she said, “It’s amazing. It feels like more than a partnership”. She feels as though the horse knows what she is thinking, and she knows what the horse is thinking.

“They know every emotion you have even ones you might not know”. Lauren Jurek has always been interested in Horses, and when she came to Riddle she joined the Equestrian team right away. “They’ll always be your best friends”, she said, “and they’ll always be loyal and love you”. Lauren Jurek showed on Sunday in the walk/trot class, and she uses English tack and rides a Bay Quarter Horse named Bob. It was great to be a guest of the Equestrian team for a day, and in the end I got a great lunch at one of the sponsors farms where I met a few more of the horses they use. So if you’re interested in the Equestrian team, then now is a great time to get into contact with them and make plans to join, it’s a growing club with a lot to offer.

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A Day With The Equestrian Team Student Mike Holm rode Patriot, At left.

He earned three ribbons on Saturday during his first show ever

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Freshman Lauren Jurek, the club Secretary, gives a kiss to her friend and companion, Bob. Lauren performed in a Walk/Trot class on Sunday

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The horse, Xena, is blind but is still able to be trained

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Airshow Center Seaplane Flyin Tavares, FL Saturday, April 26

• Seaplanes of every size and type will be flying in from all over the nation. This will be a celebration of 100 years of Airshows! _________

Vero Beach Airshow Vero Beach, FL May 10-11, 2014

• The Blue Angels will be pres-

ent at this years Vero beach Airshow along with Jet Trucks, Patty Wagstaff, Rob Holland, Quicksilver, and much more! _________

Pensacola Airshow Pensacola, FL July 11-12, 2014

• The Blue Angels will be present as well as Gary Ward, Skip Stewart, and Team Aerodynamix _________

Melbourne Airshow Melbourne, FL October 4-5th

• The U.S. Air Force Thun-

derbirds will soar over Melbourne, Florida October 4-5, 2014 at the Melbourne Air & Space Show sponsored by Northrop Grumman at Melbourne Int’l Airport! An allstar line up of some of the nation’s top military and civilian acts will perform. _________

Wings and Waves Daytona Beach, FL October 11-12, 2014

•This bi-yearly tradition of Embry-Riddle will be roaring back into town this fall with the Thunderbirds and many other great performers. Don’t miss this great opportunity to sit on the beach and watch some amazing aircraft!

This Week in Aviation History April 14th, 2014

Pan American Air Lines makes order for the first round of Boeing 747s

April 15th, 2014

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress makes it’s first flight. It had some initial issues with fuel leaks and the crushing of taxiways under its enormous weight

April 17th, 2014

Howard Hughes sets a new US transcontinental speed record, flying a Lockheed Constellation.

Dayton Drugovich Correspondant

Delta Airlines recently announced that they are intending to go to an all paperless flight deck, utilizing electronic flight bags (EFB) as a new fuel saving measure to combat high fuel prices. Delta has decided to be the first

airline to not use the IPad and go with the Microsoft Surface 2 Tablet. Similar to both American and United, Delta has made this move to reduce aircraft weight in the effort to save fuel. With airlines looking at costs more stingily, they have begun taking anything off the aircraft that can reduce weight

and thereby increase fuel efficiency. They are also removing galleys and lavatories and replacing them with another row of seats.

Another way of increasing revenue is replacing older seats with new slim line seats to get in another few rows throughout the airplane. Delta rolled out the first set of EFB’s to

its 757 & 767 pilot groups in late 2013 and has been successfully rolling them out to subsequent aircraft types. The project is scheduled for completion later this year. Each tablet is replacing 38lbs of paper charts and manuals that have to be carried on the plane at all times. With all 11,000 pilots at Delta

equipped with the EFB’s and the paper removed off the plane, they are projecting an annual savings of 1.2 million gallons of fuel a year, which equates to about $13 million in fuel costs saved per year.

It certainly looks to be an exciting change for one of the largest fleets of aircraft in the skies.

ForeFlight Pro users have lots to look forward to in this new release, with fundamental changes in the Hazard Advisor.

Pro users can integrate Hazard Advisor horizontally on the ‘Maps’ page during both the planning and flight phases. Hazard Advisor allows pilots to see potential terrain or obstacle hazards outlined throughout their route of flight dependant on chosen altitude. Pilots can toggle between views while in flight. They can switch between ‘Route’, showing the entire flight, and ‘Air-

craft’, showing 50nm ahead of the pilot’s current position. This newly updated tool can be a dream for pilots flying in unknown regions or for those doing some coursework in cross-country planning!

Many pilots have experienced the joy of filing flight plans via ForeFlight, be it IFR or VFR. After loading the route in ‘Maps’, a few simple clicks in ‘File and Brief ’ sends the flight plan on its way to air traffic control or Lockheed Martin’s Flight Service.

Through ForeFlight’s ongoing partnership with Lock-

heed Martin, all users are now able to amend, close or even cancel their flight plans right from the app.

VFR pilots can close their flight plan by a click of a button through ForeFlight while IFR pilots can amend a flight plan based on an ‘Expected Route Notification’ (available to pro users).

These new added features help both VFR and IFR pilots maintain a less stressful cockpit and increase productivity overall.

Stratus users are not to be forgotten in V6.0. Appareo’s Stratus ADS-B unit brings more features to the table

from V6.0 with a new firmware update for the portable unit (v2.0). Stratus users can integrate the artificial flight deck previously available in the Horizon app, and now view it side-by-side with charts in the ‘Maps’ page.

The release came only 7 days after ForeFlight updated their charts with the FAA’s new digital-visual charts production process. Needless to say, pilots should try out version 6.0, and keep an eye out for ForeFlight’s next big thing.

More information on version 6.0 can be found at blog.foreflight.com.

ForeFlight Update Takes App To New Heights

Matthew Rutowski Correspondant Late last Thursday, one of Apple’s top grossing flight apps, ForeFlight, released version 6.0. Showcased the prior weekend at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, version 6.0 re-defines the app’s interface page by page to be more appealing and user friendly, all while maintaining the fundamental purpose of the app.

Through the redefinition, ForeFlight’s appearance has been enhanced with better readability and contrast across the board.

On A Ray And A Prayer Zack Wilkinson News Editor Ferdinand Magellan’s crew of ocean explorers, led in the end by Juan Elcano, was the first expedition to complete a circumnavigation around the world by sailing ship in 1522. The voyage took three years.

The first team of pilots to take aircraft around the world did so in 1924. That group of US Army Air Service pilots did the trip in 175 days. The record for circumnavigation by automobile has oddly not been attained yet. Now, a Switzerland based company, Solar Impulse, is gearing up for a round-the-world solar powered flight to be made in 2015, which is projected to take around ten days.

The visionaries behind the company, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, are hopeful for their companies progress. Their newest craft, the Solar Impulse 2, has a wingspan of 72 meters, which is equal to that of an Airbus A380. It’s much larger than the original prototype and is built with layers of carbon com-

posite that weighs 25 grams per square meter. That equates to about one-third the weight of a similarly sized sheet of paper. It’s total weight is around 5,000 pounds, or less than one percent that of the Airbus A380. The Solar Impulse 2 can stay aloft for up to 120 hours.

The founder of the company, Bertrand Piccard, is famous for completing the worlds first nonstop circumnavigation by balloon in 1999 in the Breitling Orbiter 3.

The prototype of the Solar Impulse was first presented to the public in June of 2009, with the first flight taking place in Dec. of that year. It broke records in July of 2008 when it completed its first 26 hour overnight flight with energy store during the daytime. The Solar Impulse went on to make it’s first international flight in May of 2011, after flying to Brussels from its production facility in Switzerland. It’s second international flight departed from Brussels and landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Airport, which was made famous as

the landing destination of Charles Lindbergh’s Atlantic Crossing flight in 1927.

The first Solar Impulse went on to make a flight across the United States in the summer of 2013. It flew from Moffet Field in Mountain View, CA to John F. Kennedy International airport; making many stops in between to change pilots and avoid weather.

During the Solar Impulse 2’s unveiling in Payerne,

Switzerland on April 9, Borchberg explained that the aircraft’s designers are tasked with choosing between the lesser of two evils. “More reliable technology is heavier, but the more weight means less performance”. The overall goal of the Solar Impulse project is to push the limits of Solar technology. The two man crew who founded the company have been hard at work for nearly

a decade. When starting off, it was difficult to gather supporters, “If you say you want to fly around the world in a solar airplane, everyone thinks you’re crazy”, stated Borchberg.

“Each time I look at this airplane, I have a memory of my childhood coming back and I am sure you have the same memory: it’s the Walt Disney animation cartoon Dumbo,” Picсard told the crowd.

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Microburst Hits Daytona Anthony Carpeneti Staff Reporter The damage caused to buildings in Daytona Beach and that also flipped an aircraft on a taxiway at Daytona Beach International Airport on April 7 was caused by an interesting weather phenomenon that is a bit unusual and rarely seen.

This weather phenomenon is something called a Microburst.

A Microburst is a small column of exceptionally intense and localized sinking air that results in a violent outrush of air at the ground. It is usually capable of producing damaging straight-line winds of more than 100 miles per hour. When the air that rushes down makes contact with the ground, it will spread in all directions. They are very similar to tornadoes, but they do not have the rotation that tornadoes usually have. An interesting thing about a Microburst is that while many form in thunderstorms, they can also form in less produced clouds that come out of nowhere at times.

There are actually two kinds of Microbursts. The first type of Microburst is a Dry Microburst. Dry Microbursts usually happen in the Midwest and Western portions of the United States. They are called Dry Microbursts

Over the past year the office of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and the Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) has hosted a number of successful events that culminated in the recent HUB² speaker series “Own the Sky.” D & I has hosted Ken Greene, Deputy Manager of Aviation for Airport Operations at Denver International Airport, and Keith Simms, Naval Aviator with the United States Navy and current Customs Border Protection (CBP) Air Interdiction Agent. This past Tuesday April 8, 2014, the office of Diversity and inclusion, Alpha Omicron Alpha (AOA), Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ), and the Diversity Advisory Board welcomed Captain Jürgen Raps to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Captain Jürgen Raps is the world’s first

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because they have very little to no precipitation that usually evaporates before it ever hits the ground.

Because of this, the cool air descends and accelerates as it approaches the ground. When it does hit the ground, it spreads out in all directions, and this divergence of wind is the signature of the microburst. The high winds that spread out in this pattern, showing little or no curvature, are known as straight line winds.

The other kind of Microburst, and the one that hit Daytona on Monday, April 11, is called a Wet Microburst. Wet Microbursts usually happen in the Southeast portions of the United States.

They are accompanied with significant amounts of precipitation at the surface, which are warmer than their environment. Wet Microbursts

rely more on the drag that the precipitation has for downward acceleration of air parcels than negative buoyancy, which tend to drive the “Dry” Microbursts. As a result, higher mixing ratios are necessary for Wet Microbursts to form, and melting of ice and hail in particular appears to play an important role. These factors, among others, make forecasting wet microbursts a very difficult task.

The scale and suddenness of a microburst makes it a notorious danger to aircraft, especially those that are taking off or landing. Microbursts have played their own part in Aviation Accidents around the world. When a plane is coming in to land, the pilots try to slow the plane to the appropriate approach speed. When the microburst hits, the pilots will see a large spike

in their airspeed, which is caused by the force of the headwind created by the microburst. The typical reaction when an inexperienced pilot flies into a microburst would be to decrease the speed, but this is usually a fatal mistake, because when the plane flies through the microburst and comes out the other side, it will encounter a tailwind. This tailwind will cause a drop in the amount of lift produced and the plane will most certainly crash.

One of the most notorious accidents caused by a Microburst was the crash of Delta flight 191 at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on August 2, 1985. The aircraft, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, flew into a thunderstorm on its final approach and they got caught in a microburst. The speed first increased, than

it decreased, and the crew tried correcting the problem, but because they were so close to the ground, they were not able to pull out in time.

The Aircraft first struck the ground about 6,300 feet north of the runway and bounced back into the air. It came down again while crossing State Highway 114, where one of its engines struck a passing car, killing the driver instantly. It than skidded onto the airport, colliding with two 4-million US Gallon water tanks and exploded, killing 137 people in total.

Microbursts are a kind of weather phenomenon that are very hard to predict. While it is interesting and rare to witness, it poses a grave danger in the aviation community, because no one wants to be near one when it happens.

A380 type-rated pilot, previous Chief Operating Officer at Lufthansa, and the world’s first pilot to fly an A380 into American Airspace.

While abroad on the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) fellowship, Kadon Kyte meet Mr. Raps while studying at the graduate school of Hochschule Bremen. Mr. Raps taught his Simulation of Logistic Aviation Systems class, where he learned principles of aviation management, application of the interdependency between various parties in aviation industry, and the role and connectivity of aircraft producers, airlines, air traffic systems, airports and legal authorities. After Mr. Raps provided a VIP tour of Airbus Hamburg Kadon invited him to visit ERAU so he could return the favor.

Kadon returned to ERAU after a year of living abroad

and during the fall semester he contacted the president of AOA, Andrew Ulmner, Lisa Scott-Kollar, and Dr. Robin Roberts to help make the visit a reality. Months of planning lead to a successful visit to ERAU for Captain Raps.

Upon arriving to ERAU, he was greeted by Kenneth Hunt, assistant director of Diversity and Inclusion. He was then given a VIP tour of ERAU thanks to the efforts of the Admissions office.

Mr. Raps was blown away by our facilities and was very impressed by the number of labs dedicated to research.

After the campus tour he then attended Dr. Li Zou, Business Marketing class, and gave students the opportunity to pick his brain prior to his “Own the Sky” presentation. He then attended a luncheon sponsored by D & I that featured representatives from various departments including Dr. Robert Oxley,

Associate Vice President for Academics, Dr. Thomas Tacker, Chair and Professor of Economics, Ken Byrnes, Chair of Flight Department, Dr. Anke Arnaud, Associate Professor of Management, Lisa Kollar, Executive Director of Corporate Relations, Jorge Ferrand, Director Advance Programs, and Sue Macchiarella, Director of Study Abroad. Mr. Raps then attended Dr. Michael Wiggins, Flight Technique Analysis class where he gave students insights on piloting the A380. He was then given a tour of NEXTGEN before having dinner at the Top of Daytona Restaurant. After dinner Capt. Raps presented “own the Sky.” His presentation featured his personal journey from his early days as a young aviator to becoming Lufthansa’s COO. He also covered the impact of forecasted growth rates on the aviation industry and

the effect on careers within the industry. His presentation attracted so many students that some were left standing on the sides and sitting in the aisles of COAS 125. At the end of the presentation Captain Raps thanked the office of Diversity and Inclusion and the students of ERAU for making him feel welcomed, stating that “the feel that I got as I walked around campus made it seem as though this is one big family and I am happy to have been a part of this experience” (captain Raps). Dr. Roberts would like to thank all that made this event successful and stated that the upcoming fall semester will be filled with more special guests including three and four star generals and representatives from all across the aviation industry. In addition please join us as we celebrate Earth Day 2014 this April 22, 2014.

HUB Presents Capt. Raps

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Shuttle Spinoff of the Week Gas Leak Monitor

Leaks on the launch pad with the space shuttle’s hydrogen system led NASA to develop a leak monitoring system that could pinpoint leaks in a timely manner in an oxygen-free environment. This system was developed by GenCorp Aerojet Industrial Products in 1995 and was implemented on the vehicle and infrastructure.

This system was shortly after used by Ford in detecting leaks on its natural gas powered vehicle production lines.

This Week in Space History April 19, 1985 Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center following STS-51-D, a satellite deployment mission carrying a congressional observer, Edwin J. Garn April 21, 1972 Apollo 16 lands on the Moon with a lunar rover to explore the lunar highlands for 71 hours.

April 23, 1962 Ranger 4 is launched - first US lunar impact on the Moon

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With Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, you can take classes from home – or wherever you are!

With Embry-Riddle Worldwide, you may be at home, but you’ll never be on your own. Faculty members assigned to Web-based classes are as accessible and supportive as they are in the classroom, and online learners develop a strong sense of community and camaraderie through online support groups, email discussion forums, online help desk and an academic support system.

Daytona Beach Campus students who would like to take online summer courses must follow these procedures: • Students who do not enroll in any Daytona Beach summer course may take any Worldwide online course on this list.

• Students who do enroll in any Daytona Beach summer course may take Worldwide online course(s) that Daytona Beach is not offering during summer 2014.

• Have your program coordinator sign your registration form. Take the signed form to the Records and Registration office and ask for Yvonne Terry.

• Register for Embry-Riddle Worldwide online courses at the Daytona Beach Office of Records and Registration (386-226-6338). Registrations for the May 2014 (May 31) term will be accepted now through May 24 and for the June 2014 (June 13) now through June 11.

• Self-enroll in ORNT 001 before online classes begin, to get familiar with the online format.

Other information: • The Worldwide online May 2014 term runs from May 31 through August 1 and the June 2014 term runs from June 13 through August 14.

• Previously failed courses may not be repeated via Worldwide online courses.

• Students on Academic Warning or Academic Probation may not participate.

• Tuition is $620 per credit hour. Books and incidentals are not included in tuition. This special summer online tuition rate is offered exclusively via Embry-Riddle Worldwide for the May and June 2014 terms only.

For more information about Worldwide online registration dates and schedules, please call Yvonne Terry at (386) 226-6338.

EMBRY-RIDDLE WORLDWIDE ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER 2014 SCHEDULE * Available courses for the May 2014 (May 31 - August 1) summer term.

COURSE # ASCI 254 ASCI 404 CSCI 109 ECON 210 ECON 211 ECON 420 ENGL 123 ENGL 143 ENGL 221 GOVT 331 GOVT 340 HIST 130 HUMN 142 HUMN 300 HUMN 310 HUMN 330 MATH 111 MATH 112 MATH 222 MGMT 201 MGMT 203 MGMT 210 MGMT 311 MGMT 312 MGMT 314 MGMT 317 MGMT 320 MGMT 321 MGMT 324 MGMT 325 MGMT 335 MGMT 371 MGMT 390 MGMT 391 PHYS 102 PHYS 142 PHYS 301 PSYC 220

COURSE TITLE Aviation Legislation Applications in Aviation/Aerospace Law Introduction to Computers & Applications Microeconomics Macroeconomics Economics of Air Transportation English Composition Studies in Rhetorical Theory Technical Report Writing Current Issues in America U.S. Foreign Policy History of Aviation in America Studies in Literature World Literature American Literature Values and Ethics College Mathematics for Aviation I College Mathematics for Aviation II Business Statistics Principles of Management Management for Aeronautical Science Financial Accounting Marketing Managerial Accounting Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Business Information Systems Aviation/Aerospace Systems Analysis Methods Aviation Labor Relations Social Responsibility & Ethics in Management International Business Leadership Business Law Introduction to Project Management Explorations in Physics Introduction to Environmental Science Astronomy Introduction to Psychology

Available courses for the June 2014 (June 13 - August 14) summer term.

COURSE # ASCI 254 ASCI 404 CSCI 109 ECON 210 ECON 211 ENGL 123 ENGL 221 GOVT 340 HIST 130 HUMN 142 HUMN 300 HUMN 330 MATH 111 MATH 112 MATH 222 MGMT 201 MGMT 203 MGMT 210 MGMT 312 MGMT 314 MGMT 317 MGMT 320 MGMT 324 MGMT 335 MGMT 371 MGMT 390 PHYS 142

COURSE TITLE Aviation Legislation Applications in Aviation/Aerospace Law Introduction to Computers & Applications Microeconomics Macroeconomics English Composition Technical Report Writing U.S. Foreign Policy History of Aviation in America Studies in Literature World Literature Values and Ethics College Mathematics for Aviation I College Mathematics for Aviation II Business Statistics Principles of Management Management for Aeronautical Science Financial Accounting Managerial Accounting Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Business Information Systems Aviation Labor Relations International Business Leadership Business Law Introduction to Environmental Science * This schedule is subject to change.

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The Embry-Riddle men's track & field team capped off a successful meet on Saturday night at the Miami Alumni Invitational and the FSU Invitational.

At the Miami Alumni Invitational, Richard Maku led the Eagles with a "B" standard and school

record mark of 14.43m in the triple jump.

In the field, Angel Parra placed sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 45.17m. Rico Saldana competed for the first time this season in the high jump posting a 1.99m mark finishing in sixth, just shy of the NAIA "B" standard.

On the track, Zane Ziegler raced to a sea-

son-best time in the 110m hurdles clocking in at 15.32. Ricardo Dunbar posted a season-best in the 100m dash with a time of 11.18. In the 200m dash Joe DiGregorio, Dunbar and Abdullah Carew all posted season-best times of 22.52, 22.31 and 22.75 respectively.

Meanwhile in Tallahassee, Fla. at the FSU Invitational, Zachary Kraus

posted a season-best time in the 1500m finishing third in 3:57.05, just .15 seconds shy of the "B" standard. Also in the 1500m, Paul McKenna finished in a personal-record time of 4:04.66, finishing in sixth.

The Eagles will return to the track on April 21-22 in Daytona Beach, Fla. for The Sun Conference Championships.

Thursday MTEN vs Sun Conference Tournament

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Friday Baseball vs Webber International

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MTEN vs Sun Conference Tournament

Daytona Beach, Fla.

Saturday Baseball vs Webber International

Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m.

Baseball vs Webber International

Daytona Beach, Fla. 4 p.m.

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Monday Track vs Sun Conference Champ.

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Eagles Post Seven Qualifying Standards Brianne Wigley ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle women's track & field team capped off a very successful meet on Saturday night at the Miami Alumni Invitational and the FSU Invitational.

In Coral Gables, Fla., Halle Green-Anderson posted her first automatic qualifying standard this outdoor season, in the 100m hurdles, finishing in 14th in 14.73. Green-Anderson also hit a "B" standard in the long jump finishing as the runner-up with a mark of 5.63m.

On the track, the 4x100m relay squad of Green-Anderson, Kristina Kendrick, Camaria Cannon and Kandice Dixon posted a "B" standard finishing seventh in 48.05. Also on the track, Kristina Kendrick posted an automatic qualifying time of 24.56 in the 200m dash.

In the field, Reta Wood-

ard hit an automatic qualifying mark in the hammer throw, with a season-best distance of 56.52m, finishing in sixth. The senior followed that up with a "B" standard in the discus finishing sixth with a mark of

43.25m.

Another highlight of the day includes, Cannon's season-best time of 1:00.86 in the 400m dash.

Meanwhile in Tallahassee, Fla. at the FSU Invitational, Ellie Staker led the

way hitting an "A" standard in the 1500m placing fourth in 4:24.20.

The Eagles will return to the track on April 21-22 in Daytona Beach, Fla. for The Sun Conference Championships.

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Embry-Riddle: 0

vs Embry-Riddle: 6 Ryan Mosher ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle baseball team narrowly avoided the first Sun Conference sweep in the Randy Stegall era over the weekend by winning the series finale thanks to a ninth-inning rally on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles (31-16, 20-4) dropped the day's opener, 8-0 to St. Thomas as Emilio Ogando held ERAU to a season-low two hits while shutting out the Blue and Gold to give St. Thomas (29-16, 17-7) the series win. The Eagles were able to claim the finale 6-5 after watching their 5-2 lead dissapear late before a Kyle Chastain double in the ninth scored Kevin Lindheim in the top of the ninth before David Lidyard held

St. Thomas: 5 the Bobcats in the last of the frame for the win.

The Eagles secured at least a share of the 2014 Sun Conference regular season championship, the 15th in program history, and need just one win next weekend against Webber International to win the title outright.

Embry-Riddle travels to NCAA II No. 1 and defending national champion Tampa on Tuesday, April 15 for a 5 p.m. game against the Spartans.

Game 1 St. Thomas scored runs in the first four innings, including a four-run third to cruise to an 8-0 win over the Eagles and Stetson Nel-

son in Saturday's opener.

Ogando moved to 7-1 on the season by striking out eight Eagles and allowing just two hits, both to Chastain, as ERAU suffered its fourth shutout of the year.

Nelson lasted just 2.1 innings as STU struck for six runs (four earned) in the first three frames before David Lidyard tossed an inning of relief, allowing one unearned run. The Eagle defense committed three total errors in the game, the most since a 5-4 loss to Northwestern Ohio on March 24.

Dylan Demarest was a bright spot for the Eagles in the contest as the sophomore threw the final 4.2 innings, striking out five Bobcats, surrendering two hits and one run.

less frames before being chased in the sixth. Lidyard got the win to move to 7-1 overall by throwing the final 3.1 innings.

Hunter Bruehl snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak with a single up the middle in the second, plating Jake Cavender from second after he doubled with an out against Alex Perez as ERAU went up 1-0.

Tufts stranded four Bobcats over the next three innings and the Eagles took a 3-0 advantage in the fifth after Lindheim singled and Chastain recorded a sacrifice fly to score Kyle Buchanan and Liam Goodall respectively.

Connor Williams, pinch

running for Bruehl, scored the fourth run of the game in the sixth when he stole third and scored on a throwing error by STU's catcher.

St. Thomas cut the lead to 4-2 after three hits in the bottom of the sixth before Lidyard got the final out of the inning with a groundout.

The Eagles loaded the bases with one out in the seventh and Jordan Johnson was able to score on a wild pitch, pushing the ERAU lead to 5-2.

Three STU hits in the home half of the seventh scored three runs, including a double to center that plated the tying run, but the

runner was tagged out trying to get back to second to end the inning.

Lidyard worked around a leadoff single in the eighth, moving the game to the ninth where the Eagle offense gave the visitors a 6-5 lead.

A one-out single by Dayron Gomez in the bottom of the ninth setup a dramatic finish as Lidyard got a pop up to short and a ground ball to short as Lorenzo Boden handled both hit balls to end the contest in favor of the Eagles.

Chastan had four hits on the day with two RBIs while Lindheim finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in the final game.

Game 2 Embry-Riddle scored an early run in the second game, going up 4-0 in the sixth and 5-2 in the seventh before STU knotted the game at 5-5 in the last of the seventh. Chastain's double in the ninth scored Lindheim after Lindheim singled up the middle and stole second to setup his fellow senior's heroics.

Corey Tufts started the game by pitching five score-

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Eagles Move into a Tie for Third on Day Two of Conference Championships Brianne Wigley ERAU Athletics The No. 9 ranked Embry-Riddle women's golf team rallied on day two of the 2014 Sun Conference Championships on Saturday. The Eagles fired a 316 in the second round, after they carded a first round 328 at the par-72, 6,091-yard Lake Wales Country Club.

The Blue and Gold moved into a tie for third place with No. 5 Northwood (321-323=644), trailing

only No. 12 South Carolina Beaufort (320-319=639) and No. 1 SCAD Savannah (311-320=631).

Hannah Robb led the way in round two firing a two-over par 74, shaving four strokes off her round one total (78) to move into tie for second place. Sophie Olley held steady carding a 79, good for a tie for fourth place and a 155 total. MacKenzie Cunningham rallied turning in a second round 81, she is tied for 19th place with a 166 total. Heath-

er Wiquist shaved seven strokes off her round one score (89) to finish the day with an 82, and a 171 total in a tie for 28th place. Charlotte Orren rounded out the Blue and Gold carding a 91, with a 190 total and is tied for 32nd overall.

Alzane Urizar, from SCAD Savannah is in the top spot overall with a 150 total (72-78).

The third and final round of the conference championship will get underway Sunday morning.

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The Raid 2 is Bloody Brilliant

Matthew Liddel Correspondent Phew. It hasn’t even been an hour since I finished watching The Raid 2, and I’m still reeling over what I saw. If you know nothing about this movie and you consider yourself a fan of action, see it as soon as possible. If you haven’t seen the first Raid, you should see it anyway because your enjoyment of The Raid 2 won’t entirely depend on seeing the original. All you need to know is that it is, without a doubt, one of the greatest marvels of action cinema in a long time and will cause genre fans to absolutely lose their minds.

Brining you up to speed on the original film is simple enough: A group of elite cops in Indonesia are tasked with raiding a massive apartment complex riddled with drug lords and criminals.

The film follows Rama (Indonesian native Iko Uwais) as his team is ambushed and forced to fight their way to the top of the building to catch their prey. While skimpy on story, the film barraged its audience with some of the most visceral and well-choreographed

martial arts fights in years.

It immediately found its niche and enthralled action enthusiasts worldwide, and now Welsh writer/director Gareth Evans returns for round two, ready to prove that The Raid wasn’t just a fluke. And boy, does he ever.

Evans goes from the 100-minute length of the original and takes it up a notch, making The Raid 2 nearly two-and-a-half hours, but never allowing it to become bloated. If there was any complaint with the original film, it was that the story was almost too minimal, and it moved at such a brisk pace that it left many breathless. I doubt that the original film’s detractors will have their minds changed this time around, but Evans extends the scope of the story to much larger heights, which I personally found a bit more comfortable. He plays with the highs and lows of action in the best ways, leaving just the right amount of breathing room for audiences to collect themselves before the next bloody match.

Rama returns as the film’s lead to join a secret task force aimed at catching corrupted cops.

To catch them, he has to

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delightfully childish and self-centered as Uco, and Alex Abbad plays his gangster role, Bejo, with a slyness and even-tempered cool that makes it all the better when he loses his composure. But many of the cast, like Julie Estelle and Very Yulisman as the unnamed Hammer Girl and Baseball Bat Man, play

their roles with the right amount of comic book-style necessary to keep things wild and entertaining when the mob family drama becomes thick.

Anyone with a love for action owes it to themselves to experience this film and the original, and I imagine that both will turn many audience

members into rabid martial arts fans by the time the credits roll. Director Gareth Evans has already stated that he has many ideas for the third installment, and before seeing this film, I scoffed at the idea that he could keep things fresh and intuitive for three whole movies. That doubt has greatly diminished.

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infiltrate the deadliest gangs and Yakuza clans in the city. His task is to befriend Uco, the son of a powerful mob boss, in prison and use him to get closer to his targets. There are many more characters this time around, but it manages to avoid becoming too complicated.

It’s a typical tale of jealously and arrogance within the criminal world, but it has enough intriguing twists and engaging characters to keep it from feeling too formulaic. The film uses its simplicities to its advantage, making sure to never let the action become overwhelmed by unnecessary story-building.

Rama’s journey takes him through prison riots, car chases, and deadly brawls that should kill any mortal man, but the action is shot and choreographed to help suspend the disbelief of the massive amount of punishment these fighters are dishing out. Knives, claw-hammers, baseballs bats, and more shake up the action at every turn, ensuring that no scene ever gets boring or overstays its welcome. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, if you are squeamish at the sight of blood and gore of any kind, this movie will find multiple ways to get under your skin. I left the original Raid thinking that it was one of the most intense and violent movies I had ever seen, but now it has a successor.

For a film to stay this inventive and relentless for 150 minutes, I give major kudos to Evans and crew for having the best eye for action and dark humor that I’ve seen.

Surprisingly, even the performances manage to be grounded despite the overthe-top nature of the movie.

Iko Uwais is still a force to be reckoned with, but Evans smartly focuses more on his family life and the struggles he goes through to make his city a safer place for his loved ones. Arifin Putra is

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Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical

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Dr. Jekyll’s Review Michael Hix Staff Reporter This last weekend a musical was preformed by The Riddle Players Theatre Company. Jekyll & Hyde was the first musical I have ever seen that was past the elementary level.

I have seen plays done by many high schools, but never have I seen a musical live; however, I have been inducted into the culture through the past 10 years.

When I first heard that this musical was going to be done based on the classic novel I was worried, and afraid that it would not be done justice. Not to mention that it was being done in a technical school that does not offer any form of liberal arts.

The closest thing that the university offers to liberal arts is communication, or the single hallway that holds WIKD, the Avion, and Touch-N-Go. So it is easy to say that many people, including myself, were worried for the production.

I arrived on the opening

day to see that the place was packed, and that some of my friends were in the audience. Sitting down, I saw a musical that brought up many aspects of the classic story that might have been over looked had it gone to another school.

The stage hands were fast and efficent. I could see due to the wonderful spot light that was shined on them. The cast was wonderful, but sometimes the people who work behind the scenes get left out.

Thankfully, the men at the spotlights knew that the little guys needed their recognition as well.

The singing and music added to the struggle that was being presented in the play. The trumpets were loud and sadistic, but the flute was soft and soothing. Even the strings, that were there, were heard.

A rare feat for most stage pieces. It was the perfect mix to the entire ensemble of the musical. The duets and solos were the best part of the entire musical.

They helped to project a feeling of sorrow, terror,

and regret that is not easy to shake off. I was truly surprised at the fact that just a few songs were able to add the overall feelings of the musical. It was an entire contrast to the norm of musicals. Most musicals are portrayed as being all light and fun and carefree, but Jekyll & Hyde is a production all on its own.

The actors and actresses worked their hearts out, and everyone in that auditorium could feel the hard work and dedication that these wonderful people put into the musical. It was a rare gem that made the audience give the actors a standing ovation; a well deserved act of kindness that each and everyone of the cast deserved. I give this fine piece of work three stars out of five.

However, in order to get the full understanding of this work of art so unique and special that it shall be remembered by all who watched, you need to read the article “Mr. Hyde’s Reflections”.

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Mr. Hyde’s Reflections Jeff Icker Correspondant You get what you pay for.

Jekyll & Hyde The Musical did not stray too far from that simple realization. I have to sit back and constantly remind myself, and others that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is not a liberal arts college.

With that in mind I would like to praise the cast and crew who worked on the production. I would feel morally objected to that however. In all honesty, the production performed with a lack of attention to detail that permeated every facet of performance. So many individual parts were superb in being solo acts. The acting, while under- rehearsed, still managed to remind us that there is talent at Riddle, even if we’re not a performing arts college.

The orchestra sounded splendid, until you had to listen to the chorus sing a line. At points when it was just the orchestra, the sound was sublime but once added to the musical numbers, the orchestra drowned out the

actors. Several colleagues and I reached the conclusion that there were to many brass instruments and not enough strings in the pit.

Riddle’s “safety culture” dealt this play an unintentional backhand. The aisle lighting was kept too bright and illuminated the stage at awkward and in opportune moments. It wasn’t just the subtle lighting that impeded viewing; spotlight coordination was lackadaisical and could easily been improved by restricting seating in the first few rows. Not to disappoint there was even technical folly to be had.

Microphones were left on once the principal actors had more than exited the stage. Now while you could think this mistake would be a negative, I would offer that the most reaction from the audience the entire night came when actors back stage were audible, though they didn’t know it. Even with the burlesque-esque number “Bring on the Men” the audience didn’t remain very captivated.

About a dozen patrons left before the intermission,

and what was a packed house at the start of the night would conclude with just over half of the seats filled. While the sum of the parts was greater than the final product, there was a simple redeeming quality present. The play was so bad that it was actually good. Be it Hyde’s delayed musical additions to his beatings, the poor spotlighting, or even the microphones working when they shouldn’t and not when they should there was a sense of unintentional hilarity.

In short, Jekyll & Hyde The Musical was so bad it was good. In the future, I am sure the Riddle Players Theatre Company will address these issues to provide a quality production. In the future, I would not pass on another opportunity to visit Riddle Players at one of their events. I can only hope further productions will remain as entertaining.

For the individual parts, I award a solid seven out of ten rating; for the combined efforts, however, I offer in good conscious only four out of ten.

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