Avion Issue 6 Spring 2015

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Trey Henderson/The Avion Newspaper Above is a preliminary first level floor plan of the proposed four-story student union presented at the Master Planning Open House.

The new building, to be positioned where the library currently sits, will house food, student organizations, and campus departments.

Question 1 Do you believe the new student union will serve the needs of the students today?

Question 2 chart omitted. Responses explained in text.

Question 3 Do you believe that administration has student’s best interest in mind and that they give weight to our opinion?

Students Polled: Mixed Confidence in New Student Union

Trey Henderson Editor-in-Chief University Administration opened a positive line of communication with the student body at the Master Planning Open House on Feb. 12 in the Henderson Welcome Center.

The event was a success, with hundreds of students attending in eagerness to learn about the planned construction on campus.

In addition to the student union, the University will also soon begin construction of a new residence hall to replace the aging Doolittle dormitory.

In response to the information presented that Thursday afternoon, a flood of student reponses and opinions have begun surfacing, both positive and negative.

In the last issue of The Avion, a student opinion “Student Union Falls Short” was published to much interest to the student body.

In response to the strongly worded article, The Avion decided to poll a random sample of the student body in order to gain a wider opinion on the new student union project, including the student opinion of the building itself, how Administration views the project and the strengths

and weaknesses of the building.

Five questions were asked of students after being given a brief background of the project. The questions are as follows: 1) Do you believe the new student union will serve the needs of the students today?

2) Do you believe the new student union will serve the needs of the students of the future?

3) Do you believe that Administration has student’s best interest in mind and give weight to our opinion?

4) Do you believe the new student union will be completed by the Fall 2017 semester as promised?

5) What do you feel is the greatest strength or weakness of the building?

Responding students answered via multiple choice to questions one through four, while question five allowed multiple checked options. Question five was a free response question for any students feeling strongly enough to leave their opinion.

Student’s uncertainty about the project becomes evident with questions one and two, where only 60% of the 40 responding students believe the new building will be sufficient for the needs of today’s students and

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a further reduced 53% are confident that it will serve the needs of future students in the coming decades.

Question three highlights students’ concerns regarding the Adminstration’s handling of the new project. A stern 90% of students feel that Administration lacks either inclusion of student opinion or their best interest, or both. A mere 10% believe that administration is considering both students’ opinions and student’s best interest.

In the wake of historical construction trends on campus, question four polls student’s faith that the project will be complete by the Fall 2017 semester. Only 23% believe that the construction project will be complete on time, while 77% believe that it will be delayed to some degree. Further, 36% think delays will be greater than one year. (Note: 0% believe the project to be completed early.)

Question five, depicted using bar graphs below, shows student opinions of strengths and weaknesses of the building. In a more positive light, students feel the new project brings about many more total advantages than disadvantages.

Do you feel strongly about the new student union? Have your voice heard by expressing your opinions to The Avion.

Weaknesses

Question 5 Question 4

Do you believe that the new student union will be completed by the Fall 2017 semester as promised?

What do you feel is the greastest strength or weakness of the building?

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Lighter Than Air A Ride in The Goodyear Blimp

Trey Henderson Micah Knight Andy Lichtenstein Michael Nisip Jack Taylor Elizabeth Worsham

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Comics Editor Student Life Editor Copy Editor

Trey Henderson Zach Wilkinson Zach Wilkinson Andy Lichtenstein Jack Taylor Shemar Alexander Michael Nisip Bryan Rallet Elizabeth Worsham Malana Linton

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Zachary Wilkinson Staff Reporter It’s a silhouette recognized by nearly anyone, regardless of age. The deep blue and bright yellow lines which wrap the fabric body of the airship catch the eye and hold rapt attention. The famous Wingfoot logo marks the sides of the round frame splitting the company’s name. The symbol was chosen by Frank Seiberling, founder and longtime President of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, in his home during an August 1900 meeting.

Borrowed from concept drawings of the Greek god Mercury, the early founders decided that the traits of the god embodied much of what they wanted their company to excel in.

The ship in question is the noble Goodyear Aerospace blimp, used by the Goodyear Company in many iterations since 1925.

On Feb. 18, several Embry-Riddle students learned what it was like to take a ride in the lighterthan-air vehicle at New Smyrna Beach Airport and become a closer part of the long history. An earlier attempt to the trip was made on Feb. 16, however, the flight would not leave the ground that day due to strong shifting winds which would have made boarding the airship dangerous.

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Flying in the blimp was a sensation like no other. The feeling is more like that of an ocean vessel floating on calm seas than an aircraft.

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Front Editor Campus Editor SGA Editor I&T Editor Sports Editor

Flying in the blimp was a sensation like no other.

The feeling is more like that of an ocean vessel floating on calm seas than an aircraft. The pilot’s sta-

tion has simple controls, yet there is nothing simple about flying the craft.

The pilot in command has a wheel by his right hand for elevator control, rudders for turns, power levers and valves for venting helium and air to adjust weight. “No landing is ever the same,” said pilot James Kosmos. “You have to think of many different factors such as the sun angle, winds, and how ‘heavy’ the bag [blimp body] is for the current conditions.” The blimps do not contain weight and balance information, as the weight is ever changing. The heating of the sun on the blimp warms the gasses within, which lessens the density of the bag and leads to a lighter craft. On the ground, weight is controlled with 25 lb ballast bags. “For each degree of heating, the ship is approximately 25 lbs lighter,” said Kosmos.

The 198-foot-long

GZ-20A blimp, ‘Sprit of Innovation,’ has been in service with Goodyear since its christening in June 2006. Based in Pompano Beach, the airship travels to many venues in the Southeast region at a cruise airspeed of 50 mph.

The next generation of the Goodyear fleet has shifted to semi-rigid Zeppelins, built by Germany’s ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik. The new airships boast modern G500 Avionics, side stick controls and three thrust vectoring engines. The craft has a top speed of 75 mph and a single ship, the ‘Wingfoot one,’ has been built so far.

ERAU Prescott alumnus William Bayliss (’07), now a senior pilot for Goodyear Aerospace was also present to answer questions. Bayliss was recently featured in several magazines to showcase the great heights that ERAU graduates attain across many aviation Industries.

Left: A side by side comparision of the GZ-20a Blimp with the new Zepplin LT.

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Below: The flight deck, or ‘car’, of the Goodyear blimp can be arranged for 6 passengers.

The author would like to extend thanks to Deborah Bandy, whose love for students and Alumni enabled us to go along on this journey. Jill Meredith, for calling me to invite me along in the first place, and Goodyear Aerospace’s safe and passionate staff for giving of their time and resources to allow me to take part in this very memorable experience.

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Don’t Forget

Zachary Wilkinson Dir. of External Affairs Every year the Student Government Association holds elections at the end of the spring semester to select the next year’s SGA Executive Board, Representative Board, and Student Finance board. Together, these three parts make up the branches of the SGA. Think of these three entities as extensions of the Student body. A portion of your tuition each semester goes to the many services the SGA provides; from Thursday night movies, to the newspaper in your hand, coffee in the office,

WIKD radio on your commute, and many other services. If you want the opportunity to serve your student body and have a bigger part of what these funds are used for, maybe the SGA is your thing!

Representatives are liaisons from their respective colleges to the student body. They arrange semesterly forums and serve in committees to brainstorm ways to better student services.

The Student Finance Board is tasked with allocation of funds to Registered Student Organizations, the SGA divisions, and the branches of the SGA.

Within the SGA lies relationships and professional experience you can use in your future careers.

The Elections Committee will be meeting bi-weekly until the conclusion of elections to ensure a fair and accurate count of student ballots.

You are encouraged to get involved with SGA by picking up an election packet from our office in SC104, it’s the same office with the free coffee near the front entrance of the Student Center. If the SGA interests you, please don’t delay in picking up a packet. The deadline for returning packets is this Friday, Feb. 27.

SGA Elections Packets are available Due Friday February 27th

Progress Committee Comments on University Improvements Denean Kelson SGA Vice-President As the spring semester goes on, the Progress Committee of the SGA has been working diligently to improve student life on campus.

In the UC, we’ve added the Expression White Board next to the Sodexo food line. The whiteboard allows you, the students, to express your thoughts concerning student life on campus.

If you see the expression board and have a thought, feel free to share it with us.

The committee has also been working on bringing table charging stations to the University. Hopefully, within the next year, tables in the UC will be equipped with mobile device charging stations that support Apple, Android and Windows products.

Additionally, we’re also looking to replace the bulletin boards

around campus with an electronic bulletin board system that allows for universal access of information in a more interactive space saving system.

This system will allow students to electronically submit their advertisements (items for sale, places for rent, etc.), organization information and event information. The system will save resources, and will make the process to post information more streamline.

The progress committee is driven to improve student life on campus Your support means everything to us. If you’d like to share your ideas, the progress committee meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Endeavor Conference Room on the second floor of the UC. Middle Right: A photo of the student comments on the whiteboard in the Student Center. Opinions are largely negative.

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Get to Know your SGA Micah Knight Managing Editor, The Avion Newspaper Junior, Aerospace Engineering What are your responsibilities as managing editor?

I primarily oversee our weekly production - decide what content goes where, and keep track of our producing members’ progress on their pages. Throughout the week I prepare the page templates for production and keep track of our staff ’s contributions and membership. I am also the Avion’s representaive for the SGA’s constitutional committee. I joined The Avion at the very beginning of theFall semester, primarily because I enjoy writing, but I’ve been opened up to the worlds of design and photography. I come from Kent, Washington on the other corner of the country near Seattle, and miss the cool weather, clouds and rain. I’m Astro Track, hoping to work for a company designing rockets or spacecraft in the Pacifiic Northwest. I love what I do and where my life is taking me!

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Photo Courtesy: airplanes24.net A TransAsia ATR-72 taxis across the ramp at an unknown airport. As a result of the recent accident in Taiwan, TransAsia required all of their ATR pilots to partake in a supplementary proficiency test regarding engine out procedures.

Twenty-nine of the fourty-nine either failed or failed to attend the exam. As a result, TransAsia suspended the pilots pending a review of procedures. If these twenty-nine failed again, TransAsia stated they would be fired on the spot.

TransAsia Grounds ATR Pilots After Failing Engine-Out Procedures Dayton Drugovich Staff Reporter As time passes, more shocking details are being revealed about TransAsia Airways flight 235. This flight crashed into the Keelung River in Taipei, Taiwan shortly after departure earlier this month, leaving 43 people dead. This is also the second deadly crash

by the airline in just eight months. Flight 222, also an ATR, crashed in July 2014, killing 48 people out of the 58 on board.

In a press conference two days after the accident, the investigating team released some data that they pulled from the black boxes. The crew were cleared to take off at 10:51 a.m. At 10:52 a.m., the right engine failure alert

master warning sounds for 3 seconds. At 10:53 a.m. in the tape, the crew cuts the power to the left engine, the stall warning begins to sound, and the crew declares an emergency saying “mayday mayday engine flame-out”. At. 10:54 a.m., the crew calls for restarting the left engine, and they do get it started again a tenth of a second before the record-

ing ends 10:54:36 a.m.With this release of information, it was also revealed that the left engine did not appear to have any mechanical problems with it and was shut off manually by the crew.

The investigating team also warned that it is too early to consider human error the main cause of the crash.

In the wake of this accident and relevance that

maybe some of the pilots were lacking procedural knowledge the Civil Aeronautics Administration subjected all 49 TransAsia Airways ATR pilots to a supplementary proficiency test.

The test was to consist of an oral portion and a simulator portion much similar to a check ride and were given between Feb. 7 and 10. Ten pilots failed the “engine out”

part of the oral test and a further 19 pilots failed to show up for the oral portion. As a result, these 29 pilots, which is half of TransAsia ATR pilot group, were suspended immediately and were given one month to study and get their knowledge back up to par. TransAsia also vowed that if these 29 pilots were to fail again, they would be fired on the spot.

NASCAR Newcomer Makes Visit to ERAU Cassandra Vella Staff Reporter Sarah Cornett-Ching paid a visit to Embry-Riddle’s Human Performance in Extreme Environments organization on Feb. 17, 2015 to share her thoughts on racing, welding, and culture.

Sarah Cornett-Ching is 23-year-old stock car racer from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada and came down to Daytona Beach to race in the Lucas Oil 200 presented

by AutoZone on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. She is currently in the ARCA Racing Series presented

by Menards.

During the Valentine’s race, she placed 31 out of 40 and has since been offered a few more contracts to race in Daytona.

Being a stock car racer prepared her for her races in NASCAR, but nobody could have told her how extreme she would be racing. She told the club about the much faster speeds and laps that she

had gone through over the weekend and how she had to endure much harder g-forces than some of her usual races. As a cooling and hydrating technique, Ching typically fastens a Camelback to her lap and chest, but with the big race nerves setting in, she forgot to fasten it well. Within the first few laps, her camelback flung across her racecar and chapped lips.

In Cornett-Ching’s downtime, when she is not racing or preparing

for one, she is a welder for a few pipe construction areas in Canada and along the U.S.’s east coast.

She typically welds pipelines that deal with transferring natural gas underground, such as the one in Dawson Creek.

On Feb. 17, Dr. Christina Frederick managed to contact Sarah Cornett-Ching in time to plan a guest speaker event at the Human Performance in Extreme Environments Club’s bimonthly meeting. It was here that she

enthusiastically shared her personal experiences with a group of diverse majors, relating to everything from engineering to computer science to human factors.

When asked about her thoughts on the future of gender equality in racing, Ching answered how it is difficult to predict, as with the Aviation field. Both areas are always moving very quickly and changing daily, so she could not tell.

To her, and many women of both fields, the maledominating statistics do

not seem to be as big of a deal as some of the media may make it out to be.

Sarah Cornett- Ching fit right into the Human Performance in Extreme Environments Club with her enthusiasm and her extreme life and hobbies.

Being offered to participate in a race at Daytona International Speedwayshe opened a window of opportunities for which she is greatly excited and that will allow her to work a lot more in Daytona Beach in the future.

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Kingsman: The New 007?

Himani Parekh Staff Reporter

considered, via a variety of tests and challenges, to join the Kingsmen, a spy ring composed of people who are ostensibly tailors.

Eggsy goes on to save the world from the not-soevil but definitely determined Richmond Valentine, a billionaire who has decided that since he cannot save the world, he might as well destroy most of the people in it with the aim of reestablishing society built on only the cream of humanity.

The movie treats the world and its occupants with an irreverence that challenges the clichés and stereotypes presented by

Photo Courtesy: 20th Century Fox

If I said this was a typical spy flick, I would be oversimplifying.

Granted, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” does have all the requisite elements of a clichéd but ultimately entertaining spy movie: a car chase, a barely-briefed debonair leading man sent off to stop a super-villain from taking over the world, an attractive female spy to accompany him, some explosions, an epic fight scene and finale, and an evil female assistant to the villain. However, the

Matthew Vaughn-directed enterprise sidesteps that terrible debility with a subversive and youthful stride befitting the aforementioned debonair, Eggsy Unwin, initially an unemployed twenty-something living with his mother and her controlling boyfriend.

An intelligent and clearly capable young adult, Eggsy had not found any occupation worth holding on to when he gets into some trouble and calls Harry Hart, a posh-looking tailor who used to know Eggsy’s father. Through a lovely series of events, Eggsy finds himself among several other young adults being

James-Bondian movie tropes and lends a comical edge to otherwise remarkably violent action scenes. For one, Eggsy does not fit the usual standard of the slick spy steeped in upper-class mannerisms; he acquires them through Kingsman as one would acquire a well-tailored coat. Richmond Valentine is not the sadistic villain gleefully watching the destruction of others though he is gleefully attempting to reshape the world as he sees fit. The plot is not government pitted against government or individual pitted against government, but an organization run by tailors and two young adults against a severely misguided billionaire. The undertone of these details is rife with the cheeky “devil-may-care” attitude embodied by Eggsy.

The constant interplay between young and old keeps the movie relevant and unexpected; the car chase scene is comprised not of a highspeed race between good guy and bad guy, but of a few young adults stealing man’s car and insolently evading a police car. The man is, in his own right, a bad guy but in the sense that he is a

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friend of Eggsy’s Mom’s boyfriend, a real life bad guy as opposed to a fantastical one existent only in the realm of typical spy movies.

However, the movie does have its flaws. Valentine and his assistant are the only real non-Caucasian characters, which can be read as subtly racist, and while Roxy is the one to pass the final exam, her role in stopping Valentine is only subsidiary to Eggsy’s, though thankfully, the movie does not try to force some implausible roman-

tic affiliation between the two. Of course, there is the fact that ultimately the movie employs almost every expected spy movie element, albeit with a twist.

Nevertheless, in the name of fun and surprisingly balletic explosions, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” delivers an enjoyable and pleasantly original spin on a well-known genre.

Now go enjoy the witty dialog and saucy characters and entertaining action sequences yourself.

The Reason We Give Zachary Wilkinson BCM President

Zachary Wilkinson/Baptist Collegiate Ministries BCM Members distribute free meals as a part of several free meal events this semester.

We live in a world where people focus so much attention on what makes us different, and hardly anyone wants to talk about the things that bind us together. College students can unite under one undeniable truth: We love free food!

Baptist Collegiate Ministries, or BCM, is a group of Christian students who gathered on the West Lawn last Friday to hand out free hamburgers, chips, and lemonade to 160 students.

BCM is a faith-based campus organization that is shifting greater focus to serving the student body. A question that often comes up while we serve food is “Why are you here?” or “What is this for?” The answer to that question is simple but comes with grand significance: We

give freely out of the grace of God because he gave something to us first. In the Christian faith, we are given the free, undeserved gift of salvation because God sent his son Jesus to save us. We didn’t deserve it, we can do nothing to attain it for ourselves, but it is still offered.

Giving back to others is a great way for us to exercise action with our faith and tell others about the reason for our hope. The simple act of handing out a free meal is just a small example of what God has done for us.

Last week was the second time this semester that we gathered to hand out free lunch, and it was very successful! On both occasions, we have run out of food in half the time planned for the event.

With each meal comes an invitation to join us for another free meal that same night, as we hold

student-led testimonies on the same days as the free lunches. Lord willing, we plan to continue this ministry to campus monthly.

Look for us on March 27 and April 17.

The food we give is purchased by a volunteer from a local food bank at a discount. It is then prepared by a professional caterer and member of the local church, First Baptist Daytona. The money used to purchase it comes from donations from our church members. It is out of the abundant grace we receive that we are led to give to others and tell them about Christ, who offers the same grace to everyone. Christians are united by the gift that we have been given, and we desire to tell others about it. That is the reason we give, and we are united in this effort.

Stephanie Mueller from Naperville, Ill. leaps above the pole in the high jump event on Saturday’s meet.

The Last Chance meet concludes the ERAU Track and Field normal season. The women’s team meet six standards and the men’s met five.

More than ten Eagles will move on to the NAIA National Chanpionships in early March.

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Women’s Track and Field Posts Six Upcoming Games: Standards at ERAU Last Chance

Tuesday

Baseball vs Saint Leo

Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs Thomas University (Ga.)

Daytona Beach, Fla. 7 p.m.

Men’s Golf at Florida Tech Panther Invitational

Viera, Fla. All Day

Wednesday Softball vs Concordia College

Daytona Beach, Fla. 2 p.m.

Softball vs Concordia College

Daytona Beach, Fla. 4 p.m.

Baseball vs Davenport

Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m.

Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The 10th ranked Embry-Riddle women's track and field team hit six national qualifying standards as it hosted the ERAU Last Chance Meet at the Embry-Riddle Track and Field Complex on Saturday.

Once again, senior Ellie Staker led the Eagles as she posted a "A" standard in the 800m. Her time of 2:04.43 in the event set new school record and is the best time in the NAIA this season.

Freshman Daisha Brown also set a new school record in the triple jump

as she hit her first "A" standard of the season with mark of 11.90m.

Fellow freshman Kristen Metcalfe continued her stellar freshman campaign as she hit her sixth automatic qualifying standard of the season, posting a time of 56.10 in the 400m. Metcalfe was also part of the Eagles' 4x400m relay squad, along with Staker, Martina Tafoya, and Marina LeVine, that posted its second "A" standard of the season on Saturday with a time of 3:53.03.

The women's 4x800m relay team of Alana Bell, LeVine, Tafoya, and Rebecca Love also qualified for

nationals by hitting its first national qualifying standard of the year, a "B" standard, with a time of 9:47.85.

Kandice Dixon achieved a "B" standard as well, putting up a time of 25.27 in the 200m. Dixon missed out on hitting a "B" standard in the 60m by the slimmest of margins, falling .01 second short with a time of 7.86.

Tafoya also fell short of posting a "B" standard in the 600m by just .05 seconds as she crossed the finish line in 1:38.55.

More than a handful of Eagles set personal records on Saturday. Aleiyah Ross (10:52.45), Alex

Orr (11:02.30), and Jaena Smith (11:22.98) all posted their career best times in the 3000m. Love posted her best time in the 1000m as she won the race with a time of 3:04.18, while Bell set her career best in the 60m with a time of 7.96.

Also of note, ERAU freshman Eliza Gazda ran in the Gasparilla Half Marathon in Tampa this weekend. Gazda hit a "B" standard in the event, posting time of 1:31:02.

The next meet for the Eagles is the NAIA National Championships. ERAU will send over 10 athletes to compete in the national meet in Geneva, Ohio from March 5-7.

Thursday Men’s Tennis at Saint Leo

Saint Leo, Fla. 3 p.m.

Women’s Tennis at Saint Leo

Saint Leo, Fla. 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball vs Quarterfinals

Daytona Beach, Fla. TBA Men’s Golf at BCU Gary Freeman Invitational

Daytona Beach, FL All Day

Jack Taylor/The Avion Newspaper Freshman Tamara Chambers leads ERAU eagles in the 4x400m relay.

Friday Softball vs Madonna (DH)

Daytona Beach, Fla. 3 p.m.

Softball vs Madonna (DH)

Daytona Beach, Fla. 5 p.m.

Baseball vs Ave Maria

Daytona Beach, Fla.6 p.m.

Men’s Golf at BCU Gary Freeman Invitational

Daytona Beach, FL All Day

Saturday Baseball vs Ave Maria (DH)

Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m.

Baseball vs Ave Maria (DH)

Daytona Beach, Fla. 4 p.m.

Men’s Golf at BCU Gary Freeman Invitational

Daytona Beach, FL All Day

Sunday Baseball vs Bellevue

Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m.

Monday Baseball vs Bellevue

Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Concludes Season With Five Standards Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The 11th ranked Embry-Riddle men's track and field closed out its indoor regular season on Saturday with quite a successful showing at the ERAU Last Chance Meet.

The Eagles posted five automatic qualifying standards, while more than a handful of athletes set personal bests on the team's home track at the ERAU Track and Field Complex.

For the third consecutive meet, Richard Maku hit an "A" standard and broke his own school record in the triple jump with a mark of 14.80m. 2014 All-American Kameron Turner hit is first "A" standard of the indoor season in the pole vault with a season best mark of 4.75m.

Also in the field, Rico Saldana posted an automatic qualifying standard, and tied his personal record, in the high jump with a 2.11m mark.

On the track, Alec Hernandez hit an "A" standard in the 1000m for the third time this season, crossing the finish line in 2:28.91. Meanwhile, Vincent Bett qualified for his second event at nationals by posting an "A" standard time of 14:55.90 in the 5000m,

winning the race and finishing nearly 36 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

Bett has also qualified for nationals with the 3000m.

ERAU senior Alex Dori barely missed hitting a "B" standard in the 400, posting a time of 49.47, just .07 seconds shy of the national qualifying standard. The men's 4x400m relay squad of Dori, Joe Fuller, Emerson Tyler, and James Lovett was also just .03 seconds short of posting a "B" standard as it finished with a time of 3:20.45.

Six Eagles posted personal bests in the throws. Carlos Guillermo (48.40m), Daniel Cashdollar (45.40), Brodie Lubelski (43.80), and Zachary Leitzau (36.78) all set personal records in the javelin throw. Lubelski also set a personal best in the weight throw with a mark of 15.17m, while Michael Haynes set his career best mark in the discus throw with a throw of 43.27m.

Senior Zane Zeigler also set a personal records on the track in the

60m hurdles (8.59) and the 200m (23.57).

Jacob Dordick was also in action for the Eagles this weekend at the Gasparilla Half Marathon in the Tampa. Dordick posted a "B" standard in the race as he posted a time of 1:13:38 Up next for Embry Riddle is the NAIA National Championships. More than 10 Eagle have earned the right to compete at the national meet, which will take place in Geneva, Ohio from March 5-7.

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Men’s Basketball Improves to 28-1 with Senior Night Victory vs Embry-Riddle: 88 Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics Led by 22 points from senior Cesar Pastrana, the second-ranked Embry-Riddle men’s basketball team knocked off Florida Memorial by a score of 88-73 on Thursday night.

The win moves ERAU’s record to 28-1 and 16-1 in Sun Conference play, while FMU drops to 3-23, 1-15 in the league.

Pastrana’s 22 points came in just 17 minutes of action, while Dalton Barnes tallied 15 points, five boards and four steals. Reed Ridder added 14 points and three steals and senior DeForest Carter had eight points, six

Florida Memorial: 73 assists, six steals and five rebounds.

Samuel Dorismond scored a game-high 28 points for the Lions while Hanif Malloy scored 11 and Roody Romain chipped in 10. Timothy Coleman pulled down a gamehigh nine rebounds and scored four points.

With a starting five of all seniors, the Eagles came out and dominated the opening minutes, running out to a 15-0 lead by the 14:12 mark. ERAU held a 19-3 lead at the 11:15 mark, which would be the largest lead of the half.

Florida Memorial rallied to cut the deficit to just five points (24-19) with 6:27

left in the period, and by the 3:20 mark, it was down to a three-point game (3128). The Eagles stemmed the tide and carried a fivepoint lead (35-30) into the locker room.

Embry-Riddle re-established its dominance early the second half, turning the five-point halftime lead into a 17-point advantage (53-36) in the first five minutes of the period.

The Eagles maintained a comfortable cushion throughout the final 15 minutes, pushing the lead to as many as 28 (83-55) with 5:34 to play. From that point, ERAU cruised to an 88-73 win to finish off an undefeated regular season home schedule.

The Blue and Gold will close out its final NAIA regular season on Saturday in a 4 p.m. contest at Johnson & Wales. ERAU has already secured the top seed in The Sun Conference and will host a quarterfinal game next Thursday at the ICI Center.

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Athlete Spotlight of The Week Candace Bethune- Brown - Embry Riddle Cheerleading Team I started cheering as a little girl for a peewee squad just as something to do and because my parent’s put me in it. You know parents put all little girls in cheerleading or gymnastics. Then I stopped doing cheerleading through grade school because I got into other sports. I did track and lacrosse for two years. Then in high school, I decided to go back to cheerleading because I enjoyed it; so, in high school I flopped between track and cheerleading. While cheerleading was on, I would cheer; while track was on, I would run track. This means I would do cheerleading in the fall and track in the winter and spring. Then once I applied to Embry-Riddle, I emailed both the track and cheer coaches and said to myself whichever sport responds first is the sport I’ll do in college.

The cheer coach responded to my email first, and I decided to cheer.

When I was little, my parents just put me in cheering, but once you hit 13 or 14, and you are about to go to high school, everyone wants to be a cheerleader. Then, I developed a passion once I got into it. When I first decided to cheer, I was surprised at how athletic it turned out to be. There’s a lot of work you have to put in and to stay in shape as well. We call some teams RA-RA’s because all they do is shake their pompoms, make a lot of noise and not do much.

I knew that I didn’t want to be on a team like that. I wanted to be on a team that was competitive and tumbled and did stunts and just wasn’t a RA-RA team.

Now we’re going to nationals, and I’m so excited for us. I didn’t think we would make it to this point before I graduated, so I’m excited. I prep myself for competitions and to cheer

by practicing a lot. You get to the point where the routine becomes muscle memory. On competition day, cheerleading competitions are a little different than other competitions.

So when it’s your time to go on you have a 20-minute warm-up period where you warm up your stunts and do a full run through of your routine. Then right after that you go and hit the main floor, so everything is very back-to-back.

It’s quick, and once you get into the warming up, you have to go into game mode.

I always push the negative thoughts out of my head and don’t think about the audience. I try to envision myself doing the routine, not in the competition but back in the gym or in my comfort zone to relax.

A lot of people don’t think cheerleading is a sport, but the cheerleading we do here at Embry-Riddle is a sport. I’ve had more support as a cheerleader

from Embry-Riddle than anything. We are an athletic team and not a RA-RA team here at Embry-Riddle. We get a lot of support from the athletic department. In the four years I’ve been here, we’ve gone from club status to getting weight room time, traveling to cheer, practice gear, and getting scholarships.

I came to Embry-Riddle initially to fly, but I switched majors once I was exposed to different things to study here at Embry-Riddle. I’ve always had a passion for aviation, and I started flying when I was 15 years old. So I knew I wanted to do something with the aerospace and aviation industry. My advice for young athletes is to work hard, because you never know who is watching, and always put your best foot forward.

You never who you might come across.

Interviewed by Shemar Alexander

Shemar Alexander/the Avion Newspaper Candace Bethune-Brown is the head cheerleader for Embry Riddle, and she is a computational mathematics major.

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