Avion Spring 2013 Issue 6

Tuesday February 26, 2013

Volume CXXXVI Issue 6

Highlights from Engineering Week Engineering Week ran from Feb. 17-23 and the events at Embry-Riddle ran from Feb. 19-22. The events this year included a CATIA tournament, the Rockband robot, a tower and bridge building competition and the Mr. and Mrs. Engineer competition.

Unfortunately, due to the power transformer on Clyde Morris Blvd. failing on Wednesday, the CATIA tournament had

to be postponed to Wed., Feb. 27. The top prize will be an LCD Ti-Nspire CX graphing calculator.

The Mr. and Mrs. Engineer competition has also been rescheduled as an independent event to take place on March 27. The winners will get a $150 Amazon.com gift card, with the runner ups receiving a $50 gift card.

The competition for the strongest bridge

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ONE OF THE TOWER building contestants goes for a minimalist design, with a single spire of sticks supported by a tripod at the base. The resulting tower was taller than him.

and tallest tower kicked off the E-Week events on Tue., as various participants tried to build their structure of choice using nothing but glue and popcicle sticks.

The Rockband robot went up against various competitors in the Student Center on Thur., with many testing their skills and some coming very close to matching it.

According to a press release from the National Engineers Week Foundation,

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BRIDGE BUILDING REQUIRED A different sort of approach as the end result was strength and not height. The bridges were tested to see how much weight they could take while crossing a gap that spanned about two feet.

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THE ROCKBAND RIG IS put on display. It works by looking at the colored bars on the screen and activates the actuators.

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A CROWD GATHERS TO watch as a student goes head to head with the robot. The children are from the Flagler country schools and were at Embry-Riddle to participate in various outreach programs that were part of E-Week activities.

SGA Improvement Updates Elizabeth Worsham News Editor

Once again, the SGA is working to improve your campus experience. Your suggestions are requested on these new ideas.

Are you tired after a long game of basketball on the McKay courts, but can never remember to bring along a water

Engineering Week is celebrated every February during the week that contains George Washington’s birthday (Feb. 22.)

George Washington has been described as America’s First Engineer. His strategic policies of pushing engineering education set the foundations for the US Army Engineer School. From transportation to education, his engineering vision proved ahead of his time.

bottle? The SGA has received a suggestion to install a water fountain by the McKay basketball courts. If you are interested in the idea, stop by the SGA office and fill out a survey to share your thoughts.

Are you looking for a comfortable place outside to study or hang out with friends? Another new idea from the SGA is putting a hammock park and fire pit in

the northeast corner of the McKay and Doolittle lawn. The area would feature ten hammocks and a fire pit for a relaxing environment for students. If you would like to give your feedback on this project, pick up a survey in the SGA office.

In addition to these changes, SGA is bringing back the Yellow Umbrella Project. The Yellow Umbrella project aims to provide students with rain cover-

age too and from buildings on campus. If you use an umbrella, please place it back in an umbrella bin when you are finished.

If we all cooperate on this project, there will be enough umbrellas for everyone.

If you have more ideas on how to improve campus, don’t be hesitant to talk to an SGA official.

You never know when your ideas could be the next reality!

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With Lynda.com, there’s something for all Barbara Chearney

Information Technology The University is pleased to announce the availability of lynda.com to all current students, faculty and staff. lynda.com is an online training tool that teaches the latest software and skills through high-quality instructional videos taught by recognized industry experts. Since our official launch of lynda.com last week, over 600 people in the campus community have already logged in to learn something new.

With lynda.com, you can access more than 1,600 videos on a broad range of subjects, including business skills, photography, design, music and video, home computing, animation, and web design and development. A few of the most widely

viewed courses are tutorials on how to use Photoshop, PowerPoint, Blackboard, Excel, HTML, WordPress and Twitter.

New courses are added every week.

“What I like most about lynda.com is that you can pop into a course and learn a quick tip, or you can take a lengthy endto-end training,” said Kathleen Campbell, an Embry-Riddle systems analyst. “Plus, the course offerings are so vast that there’s truly something for everyone,” she said.

Students can take tutorials to brush up on software basics, or take a current skill to the next level. They can also incorporate cutting-edge technologies into school projects. These new skills can help students get an A on class projects, or boost their resumes to stand out from the crowd.

Faculty can enhance the learning environment for students using lynda.com by

assigning tutorials to augment assigned projects or coursework. Links to courses can be easily imbedded into Blackboard or shared online spaces. In short, lynda.com complements classroom instruction.

Staff and faculty can improve productivity and professional development by taking advantage of the software tutorials and soft skills tutorials, such as leadership, group dynamics, time management and more. lynda.com lets you manage your learning in a personal profile. This means that you can keep track of course histories, queue up your next tutorials and bookmark favorite courses or points of reference. All completed courses come with an official

certificate of completion.

Whether you are a student, faculty or staff member, we encourage you to check out lynda.com. With this selfpaced tool, you can enhance your Embry-Riddle learning experience on your own schedule, based on your personal preferences and professional goals.

Get started with lynda.com today. Visit the “software” tab in ERNIE, and click on the “lynda.com” icon to enter the system. You can also “personalize” your ERAU Tools by adding the “Online Training – lynda. com” icon to your ERNIE homepage.

For questions, contact IT support: ITSupport@erau.edu or call 386-226-6990.

individuals at the Daytona Campus.

The new initiative program is titled Public AED/CPR Educational Resources Program (PACER), and is our attempt to extend this life saving skill to the community.

All CPR courses are taught by a certified American Heart Association CPR Instructor and certification

cards will be provided upon course completion. CPR courses contain the necessary instruction and skill practice to perform CPR and use an AED. Because we operate as a fully volunteer agency, we are able to offer these courses at a highly discounted rate. Courses are approximately 4 hours in length and are offered on both a walkin basis as well as when requested

by organizations or groups.

If you would like more information about the program, or would like to sign up as an individual or group, please visit our website at www.eraumed.com/cpr.

Additionally, for the Volunteer Network’s Month of Kindness, we will be conducting a CPR course on March 2nd. Learning CPR would be a great opportunity to selflessly give back to your friends and family. Sign-up for this class is available now on the website.

Introducing the PACER initiative: CPR for the community Elise Lagerstrom MED Club

The Medical Emergency and Disaster Relief Club at Embry-Riddle would like to extend our training to interested parties at ERAU. One of the many goals set by the MED Club is to provide training and certifications to members of the community. In order to move forward with this goal, we have developed a program to offer CPR certifications to groups and

Sigma Chi cupcake wars

Chinese New Year

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THE SIGMA CHI CUPCAKE wars was held on Feb. 20 on the UC flight deck. Participates were challenged to be artistic and design the best cupcake as judged by the derby darlings. The winner took home all of the cupcakes.

THE ASIAN STUDENT UNION along with the Chinese student and scholar associaton hosted a Chinese new year party on Feb. 23 on the student center landing strip. The event featured traditional food, performances, games and prizes.

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Harlem Shake draws a huge crowd

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FRIDAY, 4:30 P.M., STUDENTS and faculty flocked to the flight line, in preparation of staging Embry-Riddle’s very own Harlem Shake. Hundreds of participants came dressed up for the occasion, complete with props. The revelry went from the flight line to the Wright Flyer and lasted till 5:30 p.m.

The videos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgWp7pFytQU&list=UUj3gMsQt1Zw4Xay7Z6V0Tjw

Student Forum

“What did you do on Valentine’s Day and if you could spend valentines day with whoever you wanted to, who would it be?”

- Compiled by Adedolapo Awofiranye

Adriana Vazquez Undergraduate

Bret Louderback Undergraduate

Ethan Hung Undergraduate

James Pagan Undergraduate

Kaitlin Kee-Dayton Undergraduate

“I didn’t do anything, and David Beckham.”

“I did homework. My girlfriend who lives in Virrginia =(.”

“I took a girl to Popeyes.

Mischa Barton.”

“I did solids and differential equations, best Valentine’s Day ever.

Scalett Johansson“

“I did nothing. I slept for 12 hours. Yay me. I could pick my boyfriend, but I would pick Tom Brady.”

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Cassie Jameson

Director of External Affairs Did you know we have more than 2,200 homeless children in Volusia County, and who do not have enough to eat? Well, sadly it’s true.

There are children in Daytona Beach and the rest of Volusia who may have lunch provided for them while in school, but often come home and go to bed without dinner. We have several children and families who do not have enough food for the weekend.

Food Brings Hope (FBH), a local nonprofit organization dedicated to stopping the cycle of homelessness and hunger in Volusia, has been working tirelessly to address this problem and ensure that no child goes hungry in Volusia.

FBH also works with nearly 500 children in 10 area schools and is hoping to expand its reach to additional schools. FBH offers students after-school and weekend meals, tutoring, mentoring and trips to reward academic success. This includes children located in Daytona Beach, our university’s homeown and our community.

As a university, Embry-Riddle is in full support of FBH and has made it an objective to fundraise for this cause. The Student Government Association is joining the fight to feed the children of Volusia county.

The SGA is calling all students to participate in this competitive fundraiser. As a university, we need to raise at least $25,000

by April 12th, when the competition ends.

This week the SGA will be speaking with individual students and student groups hoping to gain support in this endeavor and showing the student body how to get involved in the competition.

Starting now, the university will be collectively raising money to go towards this great cause. To make things a little more interesting colleges, departments, administration and the student body will be competing against each other to see who can raise the most money to go towards FBH. It’s a competition -who can raise the most money? The student body or Administration, faculty and staff? There will also be some healthy competition between various groups in the student body.

What group can raise the most money and spread the most awareness? Will it be ROTC? Will it be Greek Life? Or will it be the Robotics Association? The Senior Class of 2013 has already donated $5,000 towards FBH. Naturally a food drive would seem beneficial to help aid hungry children, hwever the most effective ways to help is to donate and raise money. For $7, Food Brings Hope

Nominate now Gabrielle Hoekstra

COA Representative Do You Know the Next Scholar or Veteran of the Month? The Student Government Association is proud to award students for the Scholar of the Month and Veteran of the Month programs. The goal is to acknowledge students who show excellence both inside and outside the classroom.

In the past only professors have been allowed to nominate students, but this year, the privilege has been extended to all members of the ERAU community. If you are a professor, an RA, a project leader, or a student, and you feel that a student you know deserves recognition, be sure to nominate them for Scholar of the Month.

Students nominated will be evaluated on their GPA and extracurricular activities, but the main focus is on a short essay written

by the nominator. This essay should explain why the nominee is qualified to be Scholar of the Month. Things to be considered should be class participation, academic excellence, community service, extracurricular involvement, and a general desire to help others.

While GPA is an important characteristic of a scholar, it is not always the best representation of their work. As a result, students who show dramatic improvement in their grades over the last few semesters will also receive consideration. The goal is to find the most well rounded student, not just the smartest.

Do not hesitate to give the scholar you know the recognition they deserve; nominate them today. One winner will be selected from each of the four colleges.

Nomination forms are due each month for review before or on the following dates by 4 p.m.: March 1st, March 29th, and April 12th.

Nomination forms can be found under the services tab on the SGA website.

is able to give a local family 40 lbs. of dry food and 6 lbs. of meat.

That’s a lot of food for two Washingtons

and a Lincoln. You spend nearly that much on your daily Starbucks coffee stop or your Chipotle burrito. Skipping one burritto or cappuccino and donating to FBH could feed an entire family.

In the upcoming weeks, you’ll learn more about “The $7 Sacrifice.” It’s a simple idea.

What would you sacrifice for $7 when $7 will feed an entire family?

There will be fundraisers, on-campus

events, and best of all, a competition between teams of students, staff, and faculty to find out who can raise the most money. We love a good competition Working as one, we can make a change within our community.

Talk to your members, your friends, your family and help us raise the money to feed the children of our community.

Let’s not let a child go to bed hungry.

“We Are One” and we can end hunger and homelessness in Daytona Beach and Volusia County!

Hold car washes and events, or simply utilize a collection jar at meetings or around campus. Make this competitoin fun and beneficial for all those involved. We encourage you to get creative and help raise the $25,000 before April 12th.

To learn more about this university wide effort and how you or your organization or club can participate in the competition please contact Cassie Jameson in the SGA office or email her at jamesonc@my.erau.edu. Join the SGA’s Facebook Food Brings Hope Competition event page for updates, ideas and news.

To learn more about the Food Brings Hope nonprofit organization you may also visit their website at: www.foodbringshope. com. If you, friends or family members would like to donate to the cause online you may visit the university fundraiser page at erau.edu/foodbringshope.

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Alex Pearce

Guest Reporter Kindness is Contagious! For the first time ever, the Volunteer Network will be hosting a full month event this year.

Throughout March, there will be some small, nice act or theme that we will encompass each day, thus receiving the name, “Month of Kindness.” A wide

range of events is being created ranging anywhere from campus cleanups to simple carpool days. As of now, Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) and the Caribbean students association have already signed up for campus cleanups that will take place every Friday. On top of that, ODK will also run their campus renowned event, Charity House. Charity House is a fundraiser that raises money for Halifax

Urban Ministries by having participants build a house of cardboard. Additionally, Alpha Xi Delta will also be running their annual Autism Speaks program in order to raise money and awareness for those with Autism. Lastly, a food drive is being set up with all donations going to the Salvation Army. Volunteers and groups are desperately needed to make this food drive success as it is rapidly approaching, so any help would

be appreciated. For those with vehicles, there are also plenty of other volunteer opportunities that will be occurring off campus as well. If you would like more information about any of these events, have other ideas, or have a group that would like to host an event, please feel free to stop by the Volunteer Network before the first of March! As always, make sure to record your hard earned hours on ERAU Connection.

throwing stars in its training. Commonly referred to as the “art of winning”, Ninjutsu focuses on taking advantage of an opponent’s weaknesses to end any physical confrontation as quickly as possible and as safely as possible.

Curtis Scholz, Nijutsu club president says that “Ninjutsu is more than just an art, it’s a lifestyle”, and encourages both men and women to train in the art of Ninjutsu, with male participants called “Shinobis” and female participants “Kunoichis”.

Unlike most martial arts, Ninjutsu maintains different focuses for Shinobis and Kunoichis that specifically play to their strengths and weaknesses so that they can be as effective as possible when defending themselves.

The club meets to stretch on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30p.m. in the martial arts practice room by the racketball courts and proceed to train in the ancient art of Bujinkan Ninjutsu.

For information about the club, contact Curtis at scholzc@erau.edu.

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Shadow of warriors on campus Jonathan Nutzati Staff Reporter

If they’re doing it right, you haven’t been seeing them around campus lately, they’re the Ninjutsu club. Ninjutsu is an incredibly unique art which focuses on great physical, mental, and spiritual discipline as well as the stealthy mysticisms of an art that is over 500 years old. While many people associate this art with the “Hollywood Ninja”, Ninjutsu incorporates much more than movie flash and

Congratulations from the Flight Department to the following students for receiving their: PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE: Christopher James Drubrock

COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE: Dowan Kim Dennis Hsu Cayla Leigh Kubeck

INSTRUMENT RATING CERTIFICATE: Samuel Jacob Friedman Cowan Seongwook Min Daniel Scott Le Valley Stephen Nicholas Ryan

COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE ADD-ON RATING: Rahul Wijesekera Kyle David Kline

COMMERCIAL SINGLE-ENGINE ADD-ON RATING: Nicholas John Helbert

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE: Andrew John Cegla

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MULTI-ENGINE CERTIFICATE: Alan Justin Nagy

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ERAU ROTC wins half marathon C/LTC Will W. Morgan Guest Reporter

ERAU Army ROTC was able to raise enough money to send 14 Cadets to the Daytona Half Marathon. At a chilling temperature of 34 degrees the runners took off around 6:45am. The EmbryRiddle Army ROTC members: Alex Cauler, Austin Gerlach, Zach Bonynge, Romeo Tcheutcha, Trevor Reed, Patrick Lydon, Will Morgan, Christian Heckel, Billy Sherwood, Joshua Guerrero, Robert Brown, Ronald Simpson, Thomas Wheatley, and Angela Hartless were on their way in the Daytona

Half Marathon.

At the end of the race, the team members enjoyed refreshments and a picture with the legendary Jimmie Johnson NASCAR Driver.

Among the winners are: First Place Overall- ERAU Army ROTC and Cross Country Runner Joshua Guerrero in 1hr. 16min which is a pace of 5:48min per mile for the 13.1 mile race.

First Place age 20-25 BracketThomas Wheatley Second Place age 19 and under Alexander Cauler Third Place age 20-25 BracketPHOTO COURTESY ARMY ROTC Billy Sherwood.

ERAU ARMY ROTC AND Cross Country Runner Joshua Guerrero (center) placed first running in 1hr. 16min which is a pace of 5:48min per mile for the 13.1 mile race.

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PHOTO COURTESY ARMY ROTC

THE TEAM PREPARES FOR the race. From Left to right: (Top) Ronald Simpson , Joshua Guerrero, Will Morgan, Christian Heckel, Billy Sherwood, Robert Brown, Patrick Lydon, Thomas Wheatley, Austin Gerlach, Zach Bonynge, Romeo Tcheutcha, (Bottom) Angela Hartless, Alex Cauler, and Trevor Reed.

PHOTO COURTESY ARMY ROTC

PARTICIPATING RUNNERS TAKE A PICTURE with Jimmie Johnson. From left to right: Alex Cauler, SGT Kozub, Jimmie Johnson, Billy Sherwood, Austin Gerlach, Will Morgan.

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Special feature from Embry-Riddle’s sister campus in Prescott, Arizona.

Micaela Stewart

Embracing the V word

Horizons Copy Editor On Friday, Feb. 15, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Davis Learning Center hosted a production of “The Vagina Monologues”. An audience of about 78 people, young and old, men and women alike, turned up to share in this amazing reading.

Admission was either five dollars or at least three donated items for the Prescott Area Women’s Shelter. Ninety percent of the proceeds would go back to the Prescott Area Women’s Shelter and 10 percent to the Vagina Day (V-Day) Spotlight campaign to help women in communities in Prescott, Ariz. and all over the world.

“The Vagina Monologues” is part of V-Day’s One Billion Rising: Strike, Dance, Rise campaign, a variety of benefit performances and events that are produced annually around the world to raise awareness and money for anti-violence groups.

Set on Valentine’s Day, V-Day is a day to celebrate women. The V in V-Day stands for victory, valentine and, of course, vagina.

V-Day’s mission is to have an organized response against violence towards women, a vision to see a world where women live safely and freely, and a demand to end rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation, and sexual slavery. The people participating in V-Day hope to be a catalyst for change in how society and individuals treat women and give women the confidence to “Strike”, “Dance”, and “Rise” against violence.

“The Vagina Monologues” was written by Eve Ensler, the founder of the V-Day movement, and she took the dreaded V-word, vagina, a n d r a n with it.

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Tony award winning playwright she was inspired after writing and performing “The Vagina Monologues” to create a movement that would strive to create a world where women and girls could thrive not just survive. “The Vagina Monologues” has been translated into 44 languages and is performed along with other benefit performances and events on V-Day internationally.

When the audience had settled the show began. There was no time to be embarrassed about vaginas as within the first few lines it was said at least 20 times. The monologues were presented by Kate Hawkes, Director, Allison Cisneros, Producer, ERAU students Alison Irish and Lilith Matthews, and International Student Office staff member Kelly O’Brien and community member Ali Cassidy. As per the specifications of the playwright, the monologues were read directly from the script, allowing for a more spontaneous reading. The script was funny, witty, and sometimes shocking, and focused on women’s thoughts and feelings about their vaginas. The script brought up questions like: “If your vagina could talk what would it say?” or “What would your vagina wear?” Answers like “slow down” or “no, over there” and “a backwards Mets cap and converse” were all included. There were answers to questions you “know” you were dying to ask. Other parts of the script told the stories of women and their experiences with their vaginas, both good and bad. One woman’s story went all the way through her childhood traumas with rape and injury, to love and a n e w

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appreciation for her body and her sexuality.

The monologues also presented funny comparisons and names for the vagina to help people become more comfortable with discussing it. Referring to the vagina as black holes, basements, a tulip, pillows, Coochi Snorcher, and even a red leather couch put a funny spin on a strangely taboo topic. Society is strangely skittish, and often times disregards the female form as something to objectify resulting in a callous outlook on women. A monologue about a rape victim was performed by two of the readers highlighting what she felt about herself before and after the incident.

Poignant words about the violation of a part of her that was her “village” and how “they invaded it”, caused a prickling of tears in many of the audiences eyes.

Facts and statistics were interspersed between monologues that would shock most people and sometimes hit home. The inspiration for the “One Billion Rising” campaign is the statistic that one in three women will experience rape or violence in their lifetime and that should not be acceptable. It is up to everyone to rise up with those victims so we can all stand tall. The evening closed out with a viewing of the “One Billion Rising” promotional film that made you want to cry and dance at the same time.

After a few closing remarks and a drying of eyes the audience was invited to dance and show their support for the movement.

The purpose of “The Vagina Monologues” and V-Day is to lower those barriers that keep people from talking about vaginas and to let the world know that women are not something to be used and abused because they have a vagina, but that they are individuals who dance and who matter. “Dancing insists we take up space” and women are entitled to thrive and

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make their mark on the world. As a nonprofit organization, V-Day has earned over $90 million in funds to help educate and help women around the world. Voted one of the 100 best charities by Worth Magazine, V-Day has continued to build shelters and educate women and men on how they can help change the social attitudes towards violence against women.

“The Vagina Monologues” was an amazing production that brought to light some of the problems women are facing today all over the world and let them know that they can be proud of their vaginas. A thank you should be given to Cisneros for bringing this astonishing production to the Prescott community and ERAU. Director Kate Hawkes was honored to have the “opportunity to support a brave student” and share this play with the community. One Billion Rising and counting, someday there will be an end to this violence against women and everyone will be dancing in the streets celebrating freedom for their vaginas.

If you would like to become involved or learn more about “The Vagina Monologues”, the One Billion Rising campaign or V-Day vist the websites http://www.vday.org/ home or http://www.onebillionrising.org/ page/event/search_simple. See what you can do to stop violence against women and make the world a place for everyone to dance a n d thrive.

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Upcoming Sporting Events

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Eagles advance to Sun Conference Tournament Final Four

SOFTBALL

Friday, March 1 @ 12:00pm vs Bellevue (DH)

WOMEN’S GOLF

Tuesday, February 26 @ TBA

at Lady Mocs Golf Classic

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tuesday, February 26 @ 7:00pm vs Finals

BASEBALL

Tuesday, February 26 @ 6:00pm vs Davenport Friday, March 1 @ 6:00pm vs Warner Saturday, March 2 @ 1:00 & 4:00pm vs Warner (DH) Sunday, March 3 @ 6:00pm vs #17 Bellevue Monday, March 4 @ 6:00pm vs #17 Bellevue

MEN’S TENNIS

Thursday, February 28 @ 3:30pm vs Ave Maria Saturday, March 2 @ 3:30pm at SCAD Savannah

Monday, March 4 @ 3:30pm

vs Concordia College (N.Y.)

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Thursday, February 28 @ 3:30pm vs Ave Maria Saturday, March 2 @ 3:30pm at SCAD Savannah

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Thursday, February 28 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships Friday, March 1 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships Saturday, March 2 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Thursday, February 28 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships Friday, March 1 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships

Saturday, March 2 @ TBA

vs NAIA Indoor Ntnl Championships

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WARNER EMBRY-RIDDLE

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ERAU Athletics The 16th-ranked and No. 3 seed EmbryRiddle Eagles used a torrid shooting percentage in the first half to cruise to an 87-75 quarterfinal victory over the sixth-seeded Warner Royals in The Sun Conference Tournament on Saturday night. The Eagles (23-8) avenged an overtime loss to the Royals (18-13) just three days earlier in Lake Wales by placing five players in double-figures and outrebounding the visitors by 15. Embry-Riddle also kept their perfect record of playoff games in the ICI Center intact, extending the mark to 22-0 all-time. The Blue and Gold advance to the Final Four, hosted by topseeded Northwood in West Palm Beach, where they will tak on the No. 2 seed Webber International in a 5 p.m. game on Monday night.

The Eagles shot 64 percent from the floor in the opening period, including a 7-for-14 clip from beyond the arc, to jump out to a 45-32 lead at the break, and although the Royals cut it to within nine on a couple of occassions in the second half, the Eagles were never in danger of giving up their advantage.

Embry-Riddle made its first 10 shots in the game, going up by six when Cesar Pastrana got a feed from Daniel Mondragon and converted an easy layup at the 12:33 mark. Jeremiah Applin buried a trey to extend the Eagle advantage to nine, but back-to-back three-pointers from Bryce Kachinski and Ian Wilhelm brought the Royals to within three at 23-20.

Ray Victor dunk at the 7:59 mark cut the

Warner deficit to just one, by the Blue and Gold would quickly put together a 7-0 run to go back up by eight.

Leading by five with 3:30 on the clock, the Eagles outscored the visitors 10-2 to close out the half, including three-pointers from Mondragon and Sam Ford and an offbalance jumper from DeForest Carter with the shot clock winding down in the Eagles’ last possession of the frame.

After Victor opened the second half scoring with a breakaway dunk, the home team put the next 11 points on the board to balloon the lead to the largest of the night at 22 with 15:07 remaining in the second half.

Daniel Kiesling scored eight points in four minutes to give Embry-Riddle a 21-point cushion at 61-40, but the Royals uitlized a full-court press from that point forward, attempting to claw their way back into the game.

Kachinski’s trey with 39 seconds left pulled the visitors to within 84-75, but the clock was in the Eagles’ favor and three straight free throws from Jason Powell and Carter ended the game and accounted for the 87-75 final.

Embry-Riddle shot 56 percent from the field for the game and 86 percent from the charity stripe (25-29). 21 Eagle turnovers led to 24 Royal points, but Embry-Riddle scored 22 points off of 14 Warner turnovers to even things up.

Kiesling scored 17 for the Eagles, tying a career-high, while also pulling down eight rebounds. Pastrana went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line for 16 points.

He also grabbed a game-high 11 boards.

Carter finished with 16 points, 11 assists, six rebounds, three blocks and two steals while Mondragon chipped in 14 points and five assists and the final Eagle in doublefigures was Powell with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.

The Blue and Gold will look to make it two straight revenge games when they face Webber International on Monday.

The Warriors knocked off the Eagles twice during the regular season for the first time since 1994-95.

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Embry-Riddle Track sends 23 athletes to Indoor National Championships Zach Shore

ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle track and field team is set to travel to Geneva, Ohio for the 2013 NAIA Indoor National Championships.

The Eagles will have a strong presence at the national meet as they will be sending 23 athletes (12 male, 11 female) to compete in a variety of events.

The men are led by Mike Edwards, Adam Holdsworth, and Alec Hernandez, each of whom have qualified in three separate events. Edwards enters the championships as the top seed in the high jump, while Holdsworth is seeded third in the pole vault. Hernandez is the only other male athlete seeded in the top five of his event, as he enters the 1000m seeded

fourth.

The Eagles will also have Richard Maku competing in the triple jump where he is seeded 19th while Vincent Bett rounds out the individual competitors for the men as he is seeded 20th in the 3000m.

Bett will also join Ryan Larson, Joe Fuller, Brian Laing and Dalton L'Heureux as possible participants in the distance medley, which sees the Blue and Gold as the 21st seed.

Laing and Fuller will join Jean Frenot, Jon Hemingway and Alex Dori in the pool of potential 4x400m relay runners that enter the championships as the 12th seed.

Nicole Bonk, Karina Coelho and Reta Woodard, who all qualified in the top 10

of their events, lead the women's squad.

Coelho is the only athlete eligible for three events having qualified for the 800m and the mile, where she is seeded sixth, while also being available for the 4x800m relay which is seeded 19th nationally.

Also a possible 4x800m relay runner is Bonk, who qualified individually for the 3000m race walk where she is the defending national champion and is seeded second.

Woodard looks to defend her national championship in the weight throw where she is seeded first, while Breanna Goring rounds out the individual competitors for the Eagles after being seeded 17th in the 60m hurdles.

Kira Ball, Lauren Eschbach and Martina Tafoya are all eligible to com-

pete on the 4x800m relay team, with Ball and Tafoya also available to run on the distance medley relay team.

Rounding out the distance medley team are Rebecca Love, Camaria Cannon and Aleiyah Ross.

The NAIA Indoor National Championships will be held at the SPIRE Institute Track and Field Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio. The meet gets underway on Thursday, Feb. 28, beginning with the heptathlon at 1:30 p.m. The first track event will be the women's 5000m at 4:45 p.m. followed by the men's 5000m at 5 p.m. Field events will begin on Friday, Mar. 1, beginning with the men's weight throw at 1 p.m., followed by the women's weight throw, featuring ERAU's Reta Woodard, at 2 p.m.

No. 1 Eagles down Northwood NORTHWOOD EMBRY-RIDDLE

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ERAU Athletics The top-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team continued to defend its Sun Conference regular season title with a 7-2 defeat of Northwood (1-1, 1-1), Tuesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The win improved the Eagles' overall record to 4-1 and their conference record to 2-0.

The Eagles jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after dropping just six games in all three doubles contests combined.

Chris Freeman and J.R. Leonik were the first to wrap up their match at No. 2

doubles, downing David Cathalina and Niktia Borodatov 8-2. Simon Felix and Kevin Chaouat bested Jacob Alplund and Diego Ortega by the same margin at the third position, and Patrick Besch and Deni Zmak completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 decision against Alvarro Iturriagga and Guilherme Azambuja 8-2.

Felix made quick work of Cathalina at the third singles spot, earning a 6-1, 6-0 win to put the Eagles up 1-0. Iturriagga upended Freeman 6-3, 6-2 at the top spot to get a point back for the Seahawks, but Zmak dispatched Azambuja 6-3, 6-0 to clinch the Eagle victory.

Anthony Grasso and David Spennare notched wins at the fourth and sixth positions, respectively, with Grasso downing Borodatov 6-3, 6-3 and Spennare besting Ortega 6-1, 1-6, 10-5. Northwood got its final point of the evening from Alplund at the No. 4 spot as he topped Miguel Lopez Gomez 6-3, 6-3.

The Eagles will return to the courts at 3:30 p.m. on April 28 when they host Ave Maria in another Sun Conference fixture.

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Cellini contributes to Daytona 500 coverage Alison Smalling

ERAU Athletics Adam Cellini has excelled as a catcher on the Embry-Riddle baseball team for the last two seasons. Now in his senior season with the Blue and Gold, the Orlando-born Cellini is leading the seventh-ranked Eagles behind the plate once again, but his collegiate success has not been limited to the baseball diamond.

In addition to being named a Sun Conference Gold Glove winner, Cellini was also the recipient of the league's Champions of Character Award and was named and NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete and Academic AllConference selection. On Tuesday, the Communications major added to his academic accolades as he wrote a story on NASCAR's flyover tradition that was featured in the Daytona Beach NewsJournal.

“It started out as an assignment for one of my classes last semester,” Cellini said.

“My advisor, Steve Master, encouraged

me to do the story and then he pitched it to the paper. The News-Journal liked it and said it's something they would run it closer to the Daytona 500. So Mr. Master gave me some additional sources and helped me fine-tune the final product.

I'm very excited to see it in the paper today.”

Master knows just what it takes to write for the local paper having worked for the News-Journal for 18 years before joining the Embry-Riddle family as an Assistant Professor of Humanities and Communication.

“Adam had the story idea for an Aviation Aerospace Communication class I taught in the fall,” Master said. “His original story was more focused on Embry-Riddle students. He needed to do more research and when he got a sense from me on what he needed to do, he ran with it and really did a wonderful job on the story. The editors and writers at the News-Journal thought it was excellent. Adam is a terrific student and an outstanding writer and it's fitting that his story is published in the News-Journal.”

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The Avion, February 26, 2013

Identity Thief steals laughs from the start

IDENTITY THIEF

Alex Pearce

Guest Reporter

Identity Thief is a classic game of cat and mouse that provides several laughs and is overall a well-rounded movie.

Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman, Horrible Bosses ), an Internal finance manager, seems to have his life on track living by the mantra “Society can’t function without rules.”

However, his life is turned upside

down when he finds out that his identity and all his credit card numbers have been stolen.

Desperate to return to the “norm” he leaves his wife and kids for a journey of a lifetime. “The worst place in the USA,” Florida, is where the confrontation occurs. Once Sandy meets “Sandy” (Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids) the laughs continue throughout.

However, following the new trend of comedy movies, there were some sad scenes scattered about, but in this case, the scenes actually added to the movie rather than detracting from it.

On a side note, the movie also throws in some of the most shocking scenes since Bruno. Lastly, surprise guest star, T.I. delivers a performance that will be remembered by rap fans everywhere.

Overall, the movie was basically what you would expect from a moderately anticipated release. Laughs were constant, but wasn’t exactly the kind of movie that is discussed for long after, such as with The Hangover or Borat.

Therefore, the movie receives a solid 3 ½ jets for strength in comedy, but losing the other points for legacy value. In the end, Identity Thief delivers what was promised in the trailer and is a perfect movie to catch with friends on a weekend night.

A Good Day to Euthanize Hard

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

Pink

Staff Reporter A Good Day to Die Hard is the fifth and hopefully last installment of the Die Hard franchise which kicked off the blockbuster season. If Die Hard is an indicator of how the rest of the season will go, then we are in for a disappointing and grueling summer, though it may not mean much, given that John Carter started off the 2012 season.

The first thing that comes to my mind before even seeing the new Die Hard is “Do we even need a new Die Hard movie?” the answer is no. The movie has a short runtime, not short enough, which is padded out by over 10 minutes of slow motion scenes.

The overuse of slow motion in the film shows how much material the movie is

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lacking, especially at the end where there is a scenes of just slow motion walking, not even slow motion credits-rolling walking but just plain slow motion walking for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON! Aside from wasting time with slowed down scenes, A Good Day to Die Hard has a dialogue between Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney (that’s a dude), which is about as forced as can be. Willis’ on screen interac-

tions with Courtney are out of character and dumbed down to a level that fails to evoke McClane’s persona. The film has plenty action by way of totaled cars, bullets flying, blah blah I can get the same thing from the first Die Hard; at least in the previous film there was a hot redhead to keep me interested.

Because of how bad the new Die Hard sucks, mostly from content, maybe we can

finally retire the franchise and protect the films. It’s definitely time to put Die Hard on moratorium before someone decides to reboot the franchise or continue raping film classics by making sequels/prequels after they’ve lost their artistic angst and vision, looking at you George Lucas. I categorize this as extremely toxic with 2 jets out of 5, and unless you’re both blind and deaf, highly recommend avoiding this film.

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The Avion,

February 26, 2013

Lime Mexican Grill

Alena Thompson

Managing Editor

CUSTOMER SERVICE

ATMOSPHERE

FOOD

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Almost overnight a brand new modern restaurant popped up on the corner of International Speedway and Bill France, Lime. This small growing East Coast chain of 19 restaurants is a fresh organic Mexican Grill that serves burritos, fajitas, quesadillas and more. However, how does this restaurant compete with the already well-established and popular Chipotle and Tijuana Flatts? I went in and found out.

At the door I was greeted by an energetic employee (too energetic for the hot Saturday weather I say) who smiled and handed me a menu. It was a “Tijuana”

style ordering process where you picked your food and it was delivered to you. As a pescatarian (vegetarian who eats fish), I decided to test the fish for just throwing beans on a burrito and calling it a day is far too simple.

I ordered a Trifecta appetizer (chips with guacamole, salsa, and queso), the grilled and fried fish tacos, and the Sopapillas. Please let me make you aware that this was a ton of food and before you judge, I took food home after this event as well. They gave me a number which I placed on my table. I went up to get a drink and as I got back to my seat, an appetizer waiting for me.

The appetizer was slightly disappointing. For $5 I got a three small plastic containers of dip with some chips on the side. It was not messy, it just seemed a bit boring. Already, I could see a film on the queso; the same thing that happens when you microwave milk. That screamed everything but fresh. I dipped my thick chips and watched the queso drip off. It might as well have been milk with that density! I quickly moved on to the other salsas which showed drastic improvement. The guacamole was amazing along with the pico de gallo type salsa (though it seemed that the same salsa that I paid for was at the free salsa bar).

Before I finished my three chips, my waiter came who I swear looked like the same new girl from the Big Bang Theory (the one that went on a date with Raj and left through the bathroom window). She smiled while friendly handing me my two meals. Both the fish tacos grilled and fired were pretty good (about the same quality as possibly Chilis or Applebees).

They additionally came with free chips.

I wondered the point of having main appetizers with chips when you get chips with the meal.

Over run with chips, I decided to more thoroughly check out the salsa bar. I was rather impressed. They had freshly cut salsas ranging from blackbean salsa to pineapple salsa all fresh on ice. After having those free salsas I definitely felt

gipped from my appetizer.

As I enjoyed my meal, I was able to look around. It was a very fresh small place. It had Mexican style theme with green artwork (such as real looking limes on a plaque) and many small two inch tall grass patches in pots adorning shelves.

Before I reached my full limit, I went to grab my Sopapillas (the cashier told me prior that they would make a fresh batch whenever I was ready). When I went near the cashier I was bombarded by three friendly staff who wanted to help me and all offered to bring my food to my table. It reminded me of Disney World with how scarily happy they were.

I got another drink of my unsweet “sweet tea” and sat down again. And just like magic again, in 30 seconds I received my dessert. I did not know was Sopapillas were so I didn’t know what to expect. It was a ravioli shaped warm fried pastry covered with brown sugar. It tasted like a churro almost. On the side came a honey syrup like dip and together it was me begging for diabetes but in a very very delicious way.

I finished my meal and got up to leave unsure of what I was supposed to do with my food. They had “Chipotle” style trays were they had a solid base and paper on top. Before I thought about it too long a man came up offering to clean my table and asked me about my food (again, this felt like DisneyWorld) with another staffer wishing me a warm goodbye on the way out.

For a restaurant of this type, customer service of this place definitely gets a 5/5 for happiness like DisneyWorld and speediness better than McDonalds. The atmosphere is definitely a 5/5 for having a clean fresh new look (strange as some of the art was). The price was a little more than other places such as Chipotle or Tijuanna but this was probably due to the free salsas. If you enjoy fresh salsas, it is definitely worth it thus they receive a 4/5 with an overall score of 4.0/5.

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By Wes Oleszewski

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Crossword

There were no winners for last week’s crossword puzzle constest.

Before Next Issue: Enter The Avion crossword contest!

Submit your completed crossword to The Avion office in SC 110 before Friday, February 15, at 5 p.m. to be considered.

Only students can enter, please bring the completed crossword and your Student ID.