Issue 5 Fall 2011

Tuesday October 4, 2011

Volume CXXXII Issue 5

Meet your new Task Force One Execs Michael Kusmierz is serving as the Task Force One Treasurer for the Fall and Spring semesters of 2011. He is from Rochester, New York where he attended a Jesuit high school and was actively involved in Football, Baseball and Sailboat Racing.

In his limited spare time, he enjoys skiing and Ultimate Frisbee. Beyond sports, Michael is an Eagle Scout and spent five years working toward this achievement which he finally completed in November 2010.

For his fourth year in a row, Michael worked two weeks at a summer camp called National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT). NYLT is run by the Boy Scouts of America and it teaches a rigorous course on the principles of leadership and team development.

Aside from the summer camp, he spent his last summer working at the University of Rochester as an intern. He worked in the Office of Technology Transfer. (OTT) The OTT is in charge of facilitating the protection of Intellectual Property and the commercialization—or transfer—of technologies resulting from the cutting-edge research produced

by the University of Rochester and the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Michael worked in many areas there including, processing the incoming technology files and working with the invoices from intellectual property attorneys and law firms. Attending EmbryRiddle for Aviation Business, Michael is already a smart pick for Treasurer.

He is currently taking classes in personal finance, macro and microeconomics. From the classroom to the job as Treasurer, he can bring leadership and experience. He is open to new ideas and suggestions. He has showed determination, drive and commitment to seeing his goals through and will continue this with his position as Treasurer of Task Force One. Michael, the other Executive members and all TFO members are dedicated to representing the entire Freshman Class of 2011 to the SGA. This is the TFO’s purpose and they will do everything in their power to make sure the freshman student body is heard.

My name is Elise Reeves, but I go by Ellie and I’m now the Vice-President of TFO. I come from a suburb called Highlands Ranch, which is just south of Denver, Colorado. I attended Custer County High School, and Mountain Vista High School, and graduated from the latter. While in High School, I participated in many clubs and activities such as Speech & Debate, Volleyball, Basketball, and Track.

I was also the Secretary of Student Council, Team Captain of my Volleyball and Basketball teams, and I even started a swing dance club with a handful of my friends. Coming to Embry-Riddle, I was very excited to get involved in any way possible. Currently I’m a member of TFO, American Institute of Aeronautics

Hello my name is Carlos Giraldo I was born in Cali, Colombia. I lived in Colombia until I was 6 years old and then I moved to Tampa, Florida. I went to elementary school and middle school in Tampa and then before I began high school I moved to Lakeland.

Once I got settled into Lakeland I began to look for a high school I wanted to attend and I ran into Summerlin Military Academy. At first I took it as a joke and laughed at the idea of me going to a military academy. The idea was very tempting because of all the leadership training and the high standards they would uphold me to.

Once I saw the school had those characteristics I signed the contract and enrolled in the academy. Through my first two years of high school I did not take it too seriously and did not participate in any JROTC events.

Once I became a junior, I had many instructors and teachers come up to me telling me how much potential I was wasting by sitting around either expecting things to come to me or not expecting anything to ever occur.

Once I had several of my role models tell me those moving words I began to be the best cadet possible. I would volunteer for all the JROTC events and began to take leadership roles throughout the battalion. In my senior year I became the executive officer for one of our six companies.

Throughout my high school career I received several different awards for academics and physical strength. For

and Astronautics and am pledging Alpha Xi Delta This year in TFO we are already working on getting the Bike Program off the ground. It will involve a lot of work, and a lot of commitment, since SGA has trusted us with this project. We are also working on lots of advertising to recruit more freshmen.

As a part of the Executive board, I’m hoping we can help Task Force One make a big difference at ERAU, and make lasting changes.

We’re going to make sure the class of 2015 is not just another freshmen class that comes and goes, but will be a class that makes a difference from the beginning all the way through to graduation.

academics I was a high honor roll student all four years.

I was on the deans list my last three years of high school.

I graduated fifth in my class with a GPA of 3.9 and over 500 community service hours. For physical strength I was the top cadet my senior and junior year.

I had the record for pull-ups, push-ups, and mile runs at our school. After graduating from high school I was nervous and scared to begin college and get lost within all the different clubs and organizations on campus. When I first started, I didn’t know exactly where I wanted to go and which clubs I wanted to become a part of.

When I heard about TFO and realized it was a student government to make changes to the campus, I wanted to make all freshmen’s first college year experience the best it could possibly be. When I ran for secretary I knew exactly what I was getting myself into which made it a little easier on me to add another task to my already busy schedule.

I have many different plans for TFO and I have great ideas that could take this program to the next level especially with the help of great active members who are highly motivated. Without the members, TFO would not be able to function properly and most of my ideas are ideas that the active members have thought of and I want to start implementing these in our activities. This is going to be the best year for all freshmen and the biggest year ever for TFO.

Celebrate your freedom to read and think Julliet Okeke

Staff Reporter Banned books week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the first amendment. The hunt library celebrated its BBW from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 this year.

Barbette Jensen from the Hunt Library said, “This is the 2nd year it is being celebrated at ERAU.” BBW highlights the benefit of free access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship as well.

It is aimed at giving freedom to access information and express ideas. Intellectual freedom provides the foundation for BBW and it stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of

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unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.

The books featured during BBW have been targets of attempted banning. The reason for the bans on the book include: offensive languages, racism, sexually explicit content, homosexuality, violence, religious view points, drugs etc.

Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections.

Imagine how many more books might be challenged— and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and

booksellers across the country did not use BBW each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.

The top ten banned books from the year 2010 are: And Tango makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part– time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Lush by Natasha Friend, What my Mother Doesn’t Know

by Sonya Sones, Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich,

Revolutionary Voices: A MultiCultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The hunt library also held a BBW contest aimed at making people read some of the banned/ challenged books for a prize of getting the right quotes from the banned books. Some of the quotes were: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

“When I discover who I am, I will be free.”

Prize packs would be given out to five winners of the contest on Oct. 5. Barbette Jensen also said more interactive things were being incorporated into the library for the students. For more information about the BBW, log on to the American library association at www.ala.org

Annie Jacobsen and Area 51 in the President’s Speaker Series

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Campus Area 51 myths debunked at Speaker Series Page

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The Avion, October 4, 2011

Nick Candrella

Entertainment Editor

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NOTED JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR Annie Jacobsen discussed declassified information about Area 51 during the President’s Speakers Series last Wednesday. Jacobsen is promoting her new book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base.

The President’s Speaker Series continued last Wednesday, presenting Los Angeles Time Magazine journalist and author Annie Jacobsen. The majority of the Gale Lemerand Auditorium in the Willie Miller Instructional Center was full with interested students.

Jacobsen has published two books, Terror in the Skies: Why 9/11 Could Happen Again and Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. The first was released in 2005, and the second in May of this year.

Radio talk-show host Marc Bernier opened the interview by getting right to the point, asking, “Annie, why did you write the [Area 51] book?”

As the story goes, Jacobsen was at a Christmas Eve party in 2007 with a former Lockheed physicist named Edward Lovick. Lovick had worked extensively on radar cross-section reduction and the development of low-observable

“stealth” technology at Area 51, near Roswell, New Mexico.

“Boy have I got a story for you,” he told Jacobsen.

Some of the work Lovick did in the 1960s has just recently been declassified. Jacobsen was surprised to discover the existence of the bases, saying, “I immediately thought, ‘My goodness, it’s a real place.’”

Bernier focused the interview on the controversial material in the last chapter of the book.

An anonymous source that Jacobsen is “very confident about” states the crash outside of Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 was not an alien spacecraft or a project-mogul balloon, as previously speculated, but a disc-shaped aircraft designed for the Soviet Union by captured German aircraft designers, the Horton brothers. According to the source, infamous Nazi-doctor Josef Mengele surgically altered children to occupy the disc and, under orders of Joseph Stalin, crash it into the United States to cause a War of the Worlds type hysteria.

“The end of my book became

incredibly sensationalized because it does deal with… powerful…information…that the Air Force and the CIA and engineers and all kinds of black-ops people are involved in,” said Jacobsen.

The interview took on a more conventional and chronological sequence of the subjects covered in the book. The time line covers post-war atomic bomb testing, as well as the development and operation of strategicreconnaissance planes, such as the U-2 and SR-71, used during the Vietnam War. “You know, it’s kind of like the Forest Gump of espionage and military technology,” Jacobsen said about the extent of Area 51’s involvement. “ It’s always there.”

The floor was opened for questions, one of which asked about the amount of total classified history covered in the book, which Jacobsen estimated to be seven percent.

The “need-to-know” theme of the book was the subject of another question. Following the interview, Jacobsen was available for a book signing.

Hunger knows no class at Embry-Riddle Saumalu Mataafa Guest Reporter

The Catholic Student Union (CSU) hosted its fourth annual Hunger Banquet last Thursday at the Landing Strip to raise awareness about the millions of people who go without food each year.

Tickets designating social class were handed out as people crowded into the transformed Landing Strip. Firstclass tickets were treated to an elegantly set table, bread and an exquisite three-course meal, which included steak.

The middle class was seated at tables with plastic forks and knives, and their dinner of chicken and rice was served at

an assembly line.

Third-class tickets had to sit on the floor. They were served rice and beans to eat without utensils. Many used their plastic cups or a portion of ripped Styrofoam plate as a scoop for the food.

As the evening unfolded, passionate advocates made cases supporting the elimination of World Hunger. There are over 840 million people in the world today suffering from malnourishment. Of those people, 6 million die every year from hunger and another 12 million from a lack of clean drinking water.

People reflected on the serious tone hidden in those numbers. They had just experienced

the levels of social classes through a unifying necessity: food.

After dinner, guests participated in a trivia game, where they were asked questions to test their knowledge of World Hunger. Top scorers moved on to a Jeopardy round to compete for a $300 Best Buy gift card. Other finalists each received a $20 gift card.

Event coordinator Kevin Matiko, along with Sarah Matiko, hosted the occasion.

They engaged their audience and made them more aware of the issues involving World Hunger.

The CSU urges all to donate food, time or money to one of the many organizations joined in the effort to eliminate World Hunger.

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STUDENTS WERE FED ACCORDING to social class determined by random selection at the Catholic Student Union’s forth annual Hunger Banquet held in the Landing Strip Thursday.

Dr. Callais leads Greeks in welcoming convocation Allie Iacovelli Copy Editor

Order of Omega and the sisters of Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted a Welcome to Greek Life convocation for members of the Greek community on Wednesday, Sept.

28. Dr. Mari Ann Callais spoke about understanding what each fraternity or sorority stands for and making the most of their college experience. Dr. Callais has a doctorate in educational leadership and research from Louisiana State University and is a former national President for the fraternity Theta Phi Alpha.

She also received the Sigma Sigma Sigma Greek Advisor of the Year Award.

Initially, Dr. Callais grabbed the audience’s attention by playing guitar and encouraging all to sing “Lean on Me” and “Hakuna Matata.” While students clapped along with the beat, it was obvious the majority were unsure as to what direction Dr. Callais and the convocation were headed, but she chal-

lenged the hesitant audience to “take off their cool caps” and fully participate in remembering why they joined Greek life in the first place.

Members volunteered such answers as gaining brotherhood, a support system and becoming part of something greater than themselves. Dr. Callais pointed out that being a member of the Greek community is a great responsibility mixed with sacred rituals, ceremonies and values.

A Theta Phi Alpha, Stephanie Fussell, explained to the students how one of their founders, May C. Ryan, affected her.

“May C. Ryan wrote our ritual,” she said, “and it was written in such a beautiful way that everyone could connect with her words. If I ran into May C. Ryan today I would thank her for putting down into words everything that means something to me.”

Next, Dr. Callais challenged the audience to reflect on the interpersonal relationships with other fraternities and sororities. “Our values we embody as a fraternity or sorority,” she

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said, “must be congruent to our behavior.”

When sharing about Daniel William Cooper, one of Sigma Chi’s founders, Christian Schirra explained that the founding principles helped him realize, “Every [fraternity] we interact with is just as important as any other and we need to give respect to them all.”

Members were asked to share stories of when a fellow brother or sister truly embodied the ritual. There were several heart-wrenching tales of sisters dropping everything to comfort a sister in need, and fraternity brothers revealed extremely tough experiences where fellow brothers came together to support each other.

In closing, Dr. Callais told the audience to think about what life would be like without the support of fellow brothers and sisters. Girls immediately turned to hug one another and professions of love rang out across the room. Phi Delta Theta pledge Aaron Sagramsingh declared, “Seeing the energy that Dr. Callais was able to draw from the Greek life here at ERAU

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really demonstrated not only her passion and willingness to reach out to others, but it also conveyed the enthusiasm and zeal of the Greek Life body.

As a pledge, witnessing just a

small extent of tonight’s events clearly eliminated any doubts of joining a fraternity and goes on to provide further motivation for accepting what’s to come with open arms.”

Dr. Callais again picked up the guitar and ended the convocation with a poignant song that declared, “All my dreams would still be dreams if there hadn’t been you.”

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SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES CAME together last Wednesday under the direction of Dr. Callais to share stories, sing songs and answer any questions from prospective pledges.

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Wellness update Learn to intern Matthew Falkler

COB Representative Since the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, the Wellness Center has been extremely busy with ROTC physicals, flight medicals and many other services. As the flu season approaches please keep in mind the flu and its symptoms.

Signs of the flu include body aches, a high fever, sore throat, headache, chills, extreme tiredness, coughing and a runny nose.

To combat the flu in patients, the Wellness Center uses Tamiflu.

Yet, Tamiflu is only effective for patients within the first 48 hours of flu symptoms.

If you do feel symptoms of the flu, go to the Wellness Center as soon as possible. If you do get the flu, it is also important to get rest, hydrate and to eat healthy.

The Fitness Center has had a great semester so far. The Fall 2011 semester group fitness schedule is up and running.

These group fitness classes include Yoga, Zumba, Cycling and many more. To receive a full schedule or more information about the classes offered, drop by the Fitness Center.

The Fitness Center is adding a Concept 2 Rower to the second floor cardio equipment area thanks to a student suggestion from Monica Fredrickson.

This Rower will give students an additional option for cardio and will be installed by late October.

Also coming soon will be prizes from ACIS which will be given away this semester.

To win prizes, students must sign up at the Fitness Center to earn reward points every time you work out! The grand prize is a Schwinn bicycle! For more details on how to enter, please stop by the Fitness Center.

Various samples of products will also be given away at the Fitness Center front desk such as Avery Note Tab products, Sport Beans and much more.

As a reminder, always bring a towel and your Eagle Card to the Fitness Center. When using the pool, bring a beach towel and proper swimming apparel. When working out in the Fitness Center, make sure to wear proper workout clothes and closed toed shoes. Also, if you need to store items in the locker room, it is recommended to use a lock.

Locks are not provided at the Fitness Center but you can buy one from the Campus Bookstore. Headphones, for the cardio equipment, can also be purchased at the Campus Bookstore. Also, practice good gym etiquette at the Fitness Center.

This includes wiping down the workout equipment after

use, re-racking weights after use and not dropping weights on the floor after a set. Power lifting is prohibited at the Fitness Center.

However you may power lift at the Jaime Fletcher Fitness Center located at the ICI Center on Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

The Counseling Center reminds that all students are welcome to make an appointment. It is a secure place to discuss your personal concerns with a professional counselor.

This supportive environment allows you to explore personal issues, challenges and feelings.

The Counseling Center’s services are confidential and free of charge. Also, it is helpful to visit the Counseling Center’s website at erau.edu/db/counseling. The website has tools such as self-assessments and various self-help resources.

On Wednesday Oct. 12 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., the Counseling Center and the Fitness Center will be hosting the Lift Your Mood Event on the Student Center Flight Deck.

The Lift Your Mood Event will offer screenings for stress, depression and anxiety.

Also, there will be a Zumba demo at 12 p.m. and a pushup contest from 1 p.m. For more information about the Lift Your Mood Event, please contact the Counseling Center.

has YOU covered! Bins filled with SGA umbrellas have been placed outside various locations on campus. If you need an umbrella, just PICK ONE UP from a bin, walk to your next class or dorm, and DROP IT OFF in a bin at your new location so another student can use it.

If you have any questions please feel free to stop by the SGA office. We are open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If is from your ideas, as students, that help us change this campus and provide services that can help everyone. Thank you and have a great week!

Borrow an umbrella Andrew Bellini

COA Representative Have you ever been sitting in class, notice it’s raining outside, and think “Darn, I wish I had an umbrella right now”? Well now you do not need to worry because SGA

Amy Luckette

COAS Representative Learn To Intern is a project within the Student Government Association’s Progress Committee. It’s purpose is multi-dimensional and supported by students and departments and organizations outside of SGA as well, such as career services, EGR 101 classes, the women’s center, and students with intern experience from each college.

One goal is of the project is to increase student awareness of the importance of interning while a college student. Another is to teach students how to obtain internships. This includes advocating and planning workshops that address dressing for success, applying online, and interviewing. Each respective college is participating in the Learn To Intern initiative by developing organizations such as Business Eagles and COAS Eagles. Lastly, Learn To Intern demonstrates in realtime examples of the above skills (dressing, applying, and interviewing).

Learn To Intern is an initiative supported by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Administration such as Dr. Fredrick-Rucascino and Dr.Ayers. It is also supported by Embry-Riddle Alumni Mark Lyden, author of “College Students: Do This Get Hired.”

Mark has hired an intern to help him convey the messages

of the book to Embry-Riddle students. Her name is Jenny Chabrian and wrote an Avion article last week sharing advice from “Do This Get Hired.”

Embry-Riddle students with internship experience will attend EGR 101 assemblies to

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present their experiences and advice to freshmen on October 4th and October 11th. This is a closed event for EGR 101 students supported by Professor Lisa Davids of the College of Engineering.

October 13th at 7:00pm in IC 101 there will be a Learn To Intern workshop open to all students where past intern will demonstrate in real-time how to apply online using 7 critical steps. The workshop will also involve a demonstration of a Mick interview. The workshop will conclude with a question and answer session so that students can seek advice from past interns.

The Career Fair is on October 19th this year. Students seeking internships for the summer of 2012 will have the Opportunity to arrive more prepared by attending Learn To Intern initiatives and career services Programs.

There is amole support available and services being created to help students get internships.

Its very exciting and students are highly encouraged to take advantage of such programming if seeking an internship.

Justice tip-of-the-week If you appeal a parking ticket and are found responsible, keep in mind you are being found responsible by the Chief Justice of the student court. You then have the right to choose to appeal to the Student Court which is comprised of seven Associate Justices.

The student court can overturn the decision of the Chief Justice and Parking Services.

Get to know your SGA Get to know your SGA Justin Fletcher

Abdul Twahir

President of the Student Government

Vice President of the Student Government

Senior Computer Egr.

Justin Fletcher is a Nitro, West Virginia native and came to Embry-Riddle in Fall 2008. He is in pursuit of a degree in Computer Engineering. He has proudly served as a member of the SGA since his second week of college, and is currently the President of the Student Government Association.

Prior to his election as President, Justin held the positions of Task Force One (TFO) President, College of Engineering Representative, and Parliamentarian.

During his time as a representative, he served Constitution Committee Chairman, and Vacancy Committee Chairman, Financial Aid Liaison, and Task Force One Liaison. He was also an active member of the Progress and Environmental Awareness Committees, and organized multiple forums, events, and projects.

Fletcher is also involved in many other extracurricular activities. In addition to the SGA, Fletcher is also an active AFROTC cadet, and holds the rank of Cadet Lt. Colonel. This is his third year as a cadet, and is a member of the POC, having graduated

from Field Training in summer of 2010. He has also served as president of his fraternity and training director to the AFROTC Color Guard.

Mr. Fletcher is also the Student Delegate to the Board of Trustees of ERAU for the Daytona Beach Campus. In this capacity, he acts as a voting member of the Student Life, Facilities and Capitol Planning, and Investment Committees. His role on the board is to serve as the voice of students on critical issues such as campus construction, student life policies, and university finances.

In his term as President, Fletcher has overseen the implementation of multiple programs and initiatives, particularly those involving communication to the Embry-Riddle student body. Just a few such programs include the Student Organization Delegate Program, SGA Town Hall, SGA Lunchtime Feedback, and Organizational President’s Roundtable discussion. It is his intention to dramatically increase the accessibility of the SGA, so that it is capable of better serving the student body.

Senior Aerospace Egr.

Abdul Twahir is a native of the coastal city of Mombasa in the East African country of Kenya.

There he spent the first years of his life before moving to Oman. At Embry-Riddle he is pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering with minors in Business Administration and Computer Science. He has proudly served as a member of the SGA from his first weeks in college in his involvement in Task Force One (TFO) until now as the Student Government Association (SGA) Vice-President.

Prior to serving as the SGA Vice-President, Twahir served as member of TFO and a College of Engineering (COE) Representative on the Student Representative Board (SRB) of the SGA. As a COE Representative he actively served on the Progress, Constitution, Safe Ride and Environmental Awareness Committees of the SRB as well as the Faculty Senate Committee on Academic computing and campus services.

During his time as a member of the SRB, he organized multiple forums, such as the College of Engineering Forum and SGA Town Hall, as well as completing multiple projects.

Outside the SGA, Twahir is a member of the

Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity (where he currently serves as the Sergeant-at-Arms) and Order of Omega, Greek leadership Honour Society, the Honour Student Association. He is also a Peer Mentor for EGR 101 classes. Abdul believes that his involvement in all of the organizations help him better understand and serve the student of Embry-Riddle.

In his term as SGA Vice-President, Twahir plans on increasing student participation and awareness in the SGA as well as completing a number of projects. One such project he plans on taking a very active role in is the RESPECT Campaign. This Campaign has the potential to increase awareness and understanding of all the different cultures and peoples represented at Embry-Riddle. Abdul also plans on continuing to address any suggestions or concerns the students of Embry-Riddle might have about their University.

Abdul welcomes and encourages students to come to his office anytime to voice their concerns and ask questions or to learn more about the SGA. His door is always open for the students of Embry-Riddle!

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The Avion, October 4, 2011

Bhuwan Kalicharan

Lambda Theta Phi Latin

Zachery Kern Surf Club

Can you catch a wave with your eyes closed? Is cruising down a pipe second nature?

If so, the surf club wants you!

We are currently looking for experienced surfers to form our surf team that will be competing with other teams from the area and possibly beyond.

The team will consist of at least three shortboarders, a longboarder, and must have at least two girls, so girls we are appealing for you to come bolster our ranks.

Regardless of experience, the surf club welcomes all people and we have sessions where our more experienced members teach you how to surf.

Future plans also include hiring a coach for the competitive team who will also be offering pointers to all members, so that is another reason to join us!

If you already know how to surf, come out with us and just have a good time catching the breaks, swapping tips and just enjoying each other’s company.

For all those who have never lived by the beachside before, t h e surf club is the best way f o r you to get started and to experience one of Mother

Nature’s best gifts to mankind.

Every student at Embry-Riddle should at least try surfing before you graduate because you are missing out if you do not!

The surf club also just concluded a camping trip up in St. Augustine over the weekend and we have a ton of fun with the waves and chilling out. If you’re looking for a way to get away from the Riddle study crunch, come hang ten with us on the waves!

For more information, please find our Facebook page “Surf Club @ Embry Riddle” and join us to get all updates and news regarding the club or you can contact the President Zachery Kern at kernz@my.erau.edu.

that number. If you choose to join, we will provide you with the proper knowledge to be ready for a career in the private space industry.

A s of now we are almost

relations liaison, I would personally like to invite anyone and everyone to come out to our next general meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. in COA 255 to learn more (if you are not able to make this one we meet every Wednesday in the same place).

If this paragraph has sparked even a tiny amount of curiosity, I encourage you to take some time to join me and the rest of the members for a meeting or two.

P l e a s e contact S.P.A.C.E President Shymal Patel at patels3@ my.erau.edu.

We are also on ERAU Connection listed as: Space Privatization And Commercial Exploration Association (S.P.A.C.E.).

Students privatize the new frontier Christopher Clark S.P.A.C.E.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE NEW FRONTIER? Well all of us in S.P.A.C.E. are. S.P.A.C.E. Association stands for Space Privatization and Commercial Exploration Association and it encompasses the new emerging private space industry.

We provide members with valuable information, hands on experience with projects during each semester, and internships in the Private Space Industry.

As of 2011 we have given six internships from NASA to Masten Space Systems to our members and this year we hope to increase

40 members strong and hope to keep growing. As the co-public

The gentlemen of Beta Delta Chapter of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. have done it again. These gentlemen during this year are involved in different activities, especially activities towards the community.

They were recently involved in keeping the Daytona Beach Shores clean. Actions like these make Daytona Beach still the “World Most Famous Beach.”

During this event the gentlemen strived for one of their most important beliefs: giving back to the community.

Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. is not like any other; it is a family. It strives for academics, brotherhood, unity, culture, pride, heritage, leadership and the success of men throughout the country.

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THE GENTLEMEN OF BETA Delta Chapter of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc participate in beach clean up.

Fraternity, Inc. is for all men regardless of background and ethnicity and moves each individual men and group collectively towards achieving their greatest potentials and goals.

Established in New Jersey on Dec. 1, 1975 by 14 Founding

Fathers, a vision was seen and established making Lambda Theta Phi the first and biggest Latin fraternity in the nation.

AND REMEMBER… “EN LA UNION ESTA LA FUERZA – IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH.”

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Advice given to ERAU EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! Here it is, the inside scoop on college recruiters. Who are they, where do they come from and why do they look so scary? Contrary to popular belief recruiters are real people too.

They are real life people having real life subjectivity to other real life people. So, why is this important to you? Well, a college recruiter will be looking at you, all of you.

Yes, you might have a resume like everyone else and might be qualified like everyone else, but the advantage you have when talking

with a recruiter is now you know they actually want to see what is behind the piece of paper.

As a recruiter, evaluating a person’s attitude is just as important as evaluating their resume.

Most times when I meet potential employers I try to use impressive vocabulary and focus on my technical skills because my bad jokes and part-time job never seemed to impress my recruiter.

In reality, however, soft skills like communication and psychology are actually really important!

Recruiters do not want to look bad or possibly

make a mistake! That is why hiring managers and college recruiters rely a lot on the evaluation of your attitude to judge whether or not your personality will make the difference.

According to Mark Lyden, author of “College Students: Do This! Get Hired!” and an ERAU alumni, recruiters and their recruiting styles will vary and that means your approach to each must vary accordingly too.

Stay tuned to find out how to size up and break down your recruiter in order to know the best approaching methods! ~ Jenny Chabrian

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STAND UP! In a classic movie based on a true story, a Virginia high school football team struggles to assure that diversity prevails over the prejudicial views of a nation.

After an early morning run, the team stands exhausted in the field where the Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the Civil War. During this pivotal point in the movie, Denzel Washington’s character says it all: “I don’t care if you do not like each other, but you will learn to respect each other.”

Based on my 20 years of aviation experience, both as a professional pilot and educator, if someone

were to ask me to define professionalism, that line from Remember the Titans would be affirmed.

As individuals, we all want to be liked; however, the harsh reality is often that the opposite is true.

In my role as a pilot, I may not have always agreed with my crewmembers’ beliefs, ethics, or values, but as a professional, it has been my job to respect them as individuals and create a safe environment.

Leaders and professionals are individuals who are respectfully assertive. Recruiters expect a professional to uphold a com-

pany’s values and listen to all team members.

For these reasons, aviation recruiters constantly seek graduates with a high standard of professionalism as a key attribute.

College is definitely one of the best times of your life.

Take this opportunity to cast yourself as a professional and create a lifetime of success! ~Brian Carhide

Student Forum “What do you think of Cannibalism?”

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“If I’m stuck on an island and I have nothing else to eat, you’re on my list.”

“Personally, I think it’s a good weekend hobby.”

“It’s a little creepy, but I would do it if I had to.”

“I think it’s creepy and disgusting, I couldn’t touch a dead person.”

“You gotta do what you gotta do.”

“Survival of the fittest!”

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Eagles hand Warriors first conference loss

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NINA KONTREC CONTRIBUTED SEVEN digs, two assists and one service ace in Saturday’s win.Kemp and Martin each recorded a team-high 12 kills, hitting .526 and .385 respectively.

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ERAU Athletics The second-ranked EmbryRiddle volleyball team took over sole possession of first place in The Sun Conference on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0

sweep of Webber International, giving WIU their first conference loss of the season. The Eagles had to rally late in the first and second sets in earning the sweep. With the win, ERAU improves to 14-1, 6-0 in conference, while Webber falls to 8-3, 7-1 in TSC matches.

After a back-and-forth start to the match, the Warriors went on a 5-1 run to open up a 12-8 lead. After an Embry-Riddle timeout, the Eagles closed to within a point (12-11), but WIU rallied back with a 6-2 run to extend the margin to 18-13.

A kill from Taylor Martin put an end to the Warrior run and

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sparked a 7-2 rally for the Eagles, knotting things up at 20-all. After Webber won the next two points, ERAU came back to take five straight points, including three big kills from Gloria Kemp, giving the Eagles a 25-22 win in the first set.

The second set saw EmbryRiddle get off to a better start as the Eagles jumped out to an 8-4 lead early. The Warriors battled back to tie it at 10, and the score remained tight until late in the set. Trailing 18-17, Webber went on a 6-2 run to take a commanding 23-20 lead.

Jordan Holcomb put down a

kill to trim the deficit to a pair, and the Warriors then committed three consecutive attack errors, giving the Eagles set point at 24-22. Abby Hall’s jump float serve glanced off WIU libero Tanner Garbutt for an ace, clinching the set at 25-23.

After the extended intermission between sets two and three, Embry-Riddle came out with a newfound sense of urgency, running out to a 9-1 lead in the third set. A kill from Hall moved the lead to 13-4, and a block from Kemp and Martin pushed it to 20-8.

Gloria Kemp put down a kill to

finish the set at 25-13, giving the Eagles a 3-0 sweep. For the set, ERAU outhit the Warriors, .423 to -.037.

Kemp and Martin each recorded a team-high 12 kills, with Kemp hitting .526 and Martin hitting .385 for the match. Kemp also added four blocks, tied for a match-high with Holcomb, who tallied a match-high four service aces.

Abby Hall led the Eagles defensively with nine digs while adding seven kills and two service aces. Adriana Vazquez registered 36 assists as EmbryRiddle hit .277 for the match.

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ed a match-high 15 kills to go along with eight digs. Katie Lindsrom tallied a team-high 30 assists while Garbutt picked up a team-high 13 digs.

The Eagles return to the court next weekend as they host their second tournament of the season at the ICI Center.

Embry-Riddle will take on Shorter (Ga.) on Friday, October 7 at 2 p.m., followed by a clash with No. 4 Columbia (Mo.) at 7 p.m. On Saturday, October 8, ERAU will battle No. 9 Indiana Tech at 2 p.m. before closing the tournament with a 7 p.m. match against Georgetown (Ky.).

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ROCIO FREJ VITALLE SCORED an upset over defending champion and top-seeded Yi Ching Chen with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Rocio Frej Vitalle, Josefine Strom, Yi Ching Chen will advance to nationals. Vitalle swept the singles while Strom and Chen dominated in doubles.

Championship Sunday of the 2011 USTA/ITA Florida Regionals will feature seven Embry-Riddle Eagles, as well as Theresa Schmaus of SCAD Savannah after Saturday’s quarterfinals and semifinals.

Play begins at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, with both the men’s and women’s singles finals, and will conclude at 12 p.m. with the men’s and women’s doubles finals.

In the men’s singles bracket, top seed Chris Freeman topped Eagle teammate David Spennare in straight sets (6-2, 6-1). He will face another Eagle in third-seeded Simon Felix, who pulled off a minor upset of No. 2 Peter Francis (6-4, 6-4).

The Blue and Gold’s Rocio Frej Vitalle scored an upset over defending champion, and top-seeded Yi Ching Chen with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. She will take on SCAD’s Schmaus who came from behind to knock off Ekaterina Kamendova (4-6, 6-1, 6-2).

Both doubles’ finals will be all Embry-Riddle with the men’s side featuring Adrian Bayh and Patrick Besch versus Simon Felix and Peter Francis. For the women, defending national champions, Chen and Josefine Strom are set to battle Frej and Kamendova for the regional title in 2011.

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ERAU Athletics The No. 20 Embry-Riddle men’s soccer team dominated Webber International University 9-0 Saturday night in a Sun Conference match-up at Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium.

The Eagles 6-3-1 (3-1-0) used four goals in the first half and five in the second to defeat the Warriors 2-6-1 (2-3-0).

The Warriors and Eagles went scoreless for the first 30 minutes of play, but once the Eagles found the back of the net, they never looked back as the Warrior defense struggled to keep up with the pace of the fierce Eagle offensive attack.

Embry-Riddle had many opportunities to score in the first

30 minutes, but was unable to finish in goal scoring opportunities. Ally MacDonald sparked the Eagle offensive, however, at the 30:50 mark when he headed a Michael Donald corner into the near post past Warrior goalkeeper Mathew Brust. Just 10 seconds later, after the kickoff, the Eagle men answered with their second goal of the night.

The kickoff was given to Anel Coralic and he did the rest.

Coralic dribbled from midfield through the Warrior defense and ripped a shot past Brust to put the Eagles up, 2-0.

The Eagles scored two more times before half, in the 34th minute and the 42nd minute.

MacDonald garnered his second goal of the night and put the Eagles up 3-0 in the 34th minute when he took the ball up the left side of the pitch and rifled a shot past the keeper in the upper 90. The goal in the 42nd minute came from a through ball off of the foot of Jason Alvarez.

Alvarez’s ball came from the right side of the pitch and found Anel Coralic on a run down the left side of the field. Coralic made one defender miss and fired a shot in the top corner of

the net for the fourth goal of the half for the Blue and Gold.

ERAU led 4-0 heading into the lockerroom and dominated the pitch in the first half besting WIU 12-2 in shots and 5-0 in corner kicks.

Nine minutes into the second half the Eagles picked up right where they left off, scoring their fifth goal of the match.

A through ball from senior Michael Donald found Coralic and he buried it into the bottom right corner for his second goal of the night.

Two minutes later, Coralic flicked a beautiful pass to MacDonald on the near side of the pitch just outside the 18-yard box. MacDonald received the ball and found freshman Veit

Couturier right in front of the goal to put the Eagles up, 6-0.

ERAU added three more goals in the thrashing of the Warriors.

MacDonald and Coralic highlighted the stat book, each garnering a hat trick. Couturier added two goals, Donald had two assists and three others picked up points in the contest.

The Eagle men took 26 shots on the night, 10 on goal, and had 11 corner kicks. The Warriors took nine shots, three on goal, and struggled to stop the Eagles as they ran away with the game, 9-0.

The Blue and Gold will take the pitch again on Tuesday Oct. 4 when they host 15th-ranked Northwood at 7 p.m. at EmbryRiddle Soccer Stadium.

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ERAU Athletics Led by 14 kills from Abby Hall, the second-ranked EmbryRiddle volleyball team defeated the Warner Royals 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-20) on Friday night.

With the win, ERAU improves to 13-1 overall, 5-0 in conference play, while Warner falls to 5-8 overall, 3-4 in TSC matches.

The Eagles dug themselves a hole early on in the first set, falling behind 8-3. After a timeout, the Blue and Gold rallied to win six of the next eight

points, tying the set at 9-all.

A block from Jordan Holcomb and Emily Jacobson put EmbryRiddle in front, 12-11, and a kill from Hall extended the lead to 18-12. The Eagles would go on to take the first set, 25-17.

In the second set, ERAU avoided falling behind as they had in the first set, but they weren’t able to separate themselves from the Royals very quickly either. With the Eagles ahead 10-8, Warner rattled off six straight points to take a 14-10 lead. The Blue and Gold would respond, bouncing back to win 10 out of the next 11 points, regaining the lead at 20-15. ERAU eventually clinched the set, 25-20, taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

The third set saw the Eagles finally get out of the blocks with a little bit of momentum as Embry-Riddle took an early 7-3 lead. The Royals wouldn’t go down without a fight, as they rallied back to close the gap to one point (9-8). A service ace

from Holcomb gave the Eagles a little bit of breathing room at 14-11, and a Taylor Martin service ace increased the margin to 18-12. After Warner closed to within three points (22-19), the Eagles finished the set and the match with a quick 3-1 run, capped by a block from Gloria Kemp and Adriana Vazquez, winning the third set, 25-20.

Hall recorded a match-high 14 kills to go along with five digs. Holcomb also reached double-figures in kills with 10 and added six digs and five blocks. Kemp chipped in with seven kills and a match-high seven blocks. Martin and Nina Kontrec each picked up a teamhigh eight digs, while Vazquez registered a match-high 35 assists.

Joelle Warring led the Royals with 12 kills while Jenni Cook added seven kills and four blocks. Kimberlee Thomas picked up a match-high nine digs and Aysha Nickels led the team with 20 assists.

ADRIANA VAZQUEZ REGISTERED A match-high 35 assists. Gloria Kemp finished with seven kills and a match high seven blocks.With the win the Eagles improve to 13-1 overall.

fifth season with the Blue and Gold.

Showing no ill effects from a close to two-hour transportation delay due to mechanical problems, the Eagles settled into their game quickly and although St. Thomas had the ball to start the game, it was the Eagles who registered the first shot of the day at the 1:42 mark. As the first half progressed, ERAU continued to have the better of the possession and in the 27th minute, their pressure on the Bobcat defense paid off.

At the 26:27 mark, the Eagles won their second corner of the contest on the left side of the field. ERAU’s corner kick specialist, Cecilie Henriksen, lofted the ball into the box where, following a brief scrum, the ball went from Bjorg Olafs

to Martine Olsen. Olsen took advantage of being unmarked at point blank range to tap in her 11th goal of the season to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.

ERAU’s second goal of the afternoon also came from a corner kick, this time from the right side of the field. After Valerie Obita won the corner, Henriksen’s cross into the box was played in perfectly for Olafs. The senior created just enough separation from the Bobcat defense and gained great position to head home her second goal of the season to give the Blue and Gold a 2-0 halftime advantage.

The Eagles maintained their first half intensity to start the second frame and outshot the Bobcats 3-1 in the first 13 minutes. In the 59th minute, St. Thomas’ Sara Mira managed

to get a shot off from close range, but ERAU goalkeeper Lauren Gallant came up with a tremendous kick-save to keep St. Thomas at bay.

Four minutes later, Madeleine Edbom received the ball on the right side and took it down the field herself. Just before reaching the end line, Edbom launched the ball toward the box, and what initially appeared to be a cross, flew over the head of STU goalie Ariana Lorenzo into the far side netting for the Eagles’ third goal of the day.

Embry-Riddle seemed to have the game in hand, holding on to a 3-0 lead with under 30 minutes remaining, but two minutes after Edbom’s goal, Mira scored from the penalty spot after the referee called a dubious foul on the Eagles inside the 18-yard box to make

the score 3-1. The goal gave the Bobcats new life and in the 71st minute, they pulled within one when Melony Poviones put back the rebound off Mira’s miss.

The diminished scoring margin provided fuel for both sides as St. Thomas looked for the equalizer while the Eagles looked to extend their lead.

After a number of near misses, ERAU was finally able to find the back of the net for the fourth time in the 85th minute.

Obita completed a pass to Olsen making a diagonal run at the top of the box, resulting in a one-v-one situation with Olsen and the St. Thomas goalkeeper.

Lorenzo turned back Olsen’s shot, but Krizzy Menez, lurking on the right side, collected the rebound and stuck the ball in the back of the net for the 4-2

ERAU win.

Gallant played all 90 minutes for the Eagles and finished with a season-high seven saves.

Lorenzo hauled in nine saves in the St. Thomas effort.

“I told the girls before the game that they should expect adversity,” Bohon said. “We had a one-hour, 45-minute bus breakdown and then a little bit of questionable refereeing that played a big part in this game, but I was pleased to see that our girls found a way to get a result. The score could have been higher because we had some really good chances in the second half that we didn’t put away, but I’m really glad that we got the win against a really feisty St. Thomas team and am looking forward to recovering and playing against Florida Memorial on Sunday.”

second half goal to slip past the Eagles (5-3-1, 2-1-0) in a physical battle.

Emotions were flying high for both teams coming into today’s match-up as this was a rematch of last year’s conference semifinal game that the Bobcats won, 5-3 in penalty kicks.

St. Thomas got going early as they scored just two minutes into the contest. The Bobcats earned a free kick just outside of the 18-yard box on the right side of the field after a foul was called on Embry-Riddle midfielder Sam Fairhurst. Guillermo Huaman of STU lined up to take the

free kick and booted it towards the net. The ball looked to be a cross, but a misplay by the Eagle defense and goalkeeper Nils Carlson let the ball get through and put the Bobcats up, 1-0.

The Eagles had multiple chances to score on the Bobcat defense throughout the first half, but Adam Green, the Bobcat keeper, made two outstanding diving saves in the 25th minute and again in the 28th minute that kept the Eagles at bay until the 30th minute.

The Blue and Gold answered at the 30:32 mark when a ball from NAIA National

Offensive Player of the Week Veit Couturier found Viktor Gudnason on a run. Gudnason took the pass from Couturier and put it past the Bobcat keeper to knot the score at 1-1.

Both teams were unable to score in the remaining 15 minutes and the score was tied at one apiece heading into the locker room. The Eagles fired 11 shots (six on goal), had two corners and were flagged for one yellow card in the first half. The Bobcats took five shots, all five of which were on goal, and were also flagged for a yellow card.

Physical play continued

right from the whistle as the second half began. In the 54th minute, the Bobcats were awarded a corner kick on the left side of the field. Huaman took the kick for STU and lofted it towards the middle of the box. The ball flicked off of St. Thomas’ Shardy Sanon towards the back post and found Mario Mata who put it in the back of the net, just out of the reach of Carlson.

Already down 2-1, the Eagles’ misfortunes continued when they went a man down in the 71st minute after Fairhurst collected his second yellow card of the game. Fairhurst was sent off and it was 10 on

11.

For the rest of the game, St. Thomas went into a defensive set to prevent the Blue and Gold from scoring. Even though the Eagles got off eight shots and controlled much of the possession throughout the second half, they were unable to answer. The Eagles bested the Bobcats 19-7 in shots, but couldn’t come out on top, falling 2-1.

The physical play was evident as 33 fouls, eight yellow cards, and a red card were given in the match.

Embry-Riddle collected four, along with the red, and the Bobcats also were given four.

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ERAU Athletics Embry-Riddle head coach Samantha Bohon got the 50th win of her coaching career as the Eagles (7-2-1, 2-1) bested St. Thomas (5-3, 2-1) 4-2 in Sun Conference women’s soccer action, Friday at Bobcat Field. Bohon has spent her entire head coaching career at Embry-Riddle and reached the 50-win mark in just her

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ERAU Athletics The 20th-ranked EmbryRiddle men’s soccer team fell to conference rival St. Thomas, 2-1 Wednesday afternoon at Bobcat Field. The Bobcats (3-6-0, 2-0-0) used an early

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A game of numbers Silent but deadly

Moneyball

Allie Iacovelli Copy Editor

It is no surprise that Moneyball ranked No. 1 at the box office this past weekend, earning $3.9 million. Its release date was one week before the start of the Major

League Baseball Playoffs, and baseball fans all over the nation flocked to see the movie’s debut.

However, you definitely do not have to be a baseball aficionado to take pleasure in what Moneyball has to offer.

The drama is about the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their General Manager’s desire to reinvent the game.

As a past New York Mets draft pick, GM Billy Beane, exquisitely portrayed by Brad Pitt, is faced with building a winning team out of one of the poorest franchises in baseball. Beane, with the help of his number-crunching assistant Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), becomes entranced with the idea of using statistical analysis to pick undervalued and underestimated players to fill the Oakland Athletics roster.

Unlike numerous, cliché sports movies of late, Moneyball does not center around one final game where the underdog of

the movie implausibly comes out on top. Instead, the movie is more focused on the debate between business and statistics.

It is about defying conventional perceptions and seeing your work through until the end. Regardless of the constant incredulity Beane receives from the fans and other baseball experts, he is determined to change the game and prove that the art of statistical analysis works.

In his blog, Roger Ebert perfectly describes GM Beane’s mind set: “Baseball is a business. Only we fans love it as a game.”

The 126-minute movie will make you laugh, tear up and beg for more. Moneyball has already been predicted as an Oscar frontrunner because of its soul-bearing acting and quick-witted dialogue. Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune declared, “[Moneyball] is the best sports movie in a long time, period.”

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Abduction

Floyd Perkinson Staff Reporter

Abduction stars Taylor Lautner from the Twilight movies in a role that is supposedly different than that of Jacob.

The movie itself is essentially a plug for Braking Dawn and provides exactly what anyone would expect from an acting lead whose only acting skill is taking his shirt off.

After sitting through a ten minute trailer for Braking Dawn during the previews the movie opens with the worst acting in the film. The only time Taylor Lautner’s acting was convincing was when he stared someone down as if he were protecting territory like a half human half wolf mutt. As an hour and a half ad for twilight, Abduction had plenty of shirtless scenes of Jacob and close-ups of Taylor Lautner’s canines. The movie had so many subtle references to twilight that it might as well have had Taylor Lautner wearing a wolf shirt while reading Breaking Dawn.

The acting and shameless advertising was not the only

thing wrong with this movie, the script itself was terrible.

This movie is so full of clichés that I felt I was going to puke if heard one more stupid obvious pun. The only thing that made this movie bearable was watching Taylor Lautner get half choked to death and Lily Collins as lead actress but the rest of the time I had to watch Taylor Lautner struggle to act through the range of human emotion.

The trailer for Abduction might as well have screamed “I’m a werewolf” but if that wasn’t enough the entire movie felt like it was a subsidized ad for Twilight .The subpar acting and the immense amount of clichés earns this movie two airplanes out of five, but if you are a Twilight fan go see this movie so you can get your fix and shut up about how angst riddle girls and emo vampires and werewolves are so cool.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LIONSGATE FILMS

Drive

Floyd Perkinson Staff Reporter

Before anyone goes out and spends money on Drive, let me save you from being rippedoff as I was; the trailer may have made Drive seem like a movie that would be a mix of the transporter and fast and the furious but what I actually got

was a movie worse than all the twilights and Harry Potter 5 put together.

The movie starts with a ten minute long opening credit scene during which the only semi-action occurred. Once the opening credits were over, I thought perhaps the movie would finally begin and get to what was promised by the trailer; I was wrong. This movie tried to develop so many different back stories and plots that I had no idea where the plot was leading or what any of the characters had to do with the story. However, once the movie progressed into the middle, it finally became clear that what I was watching was a snuff film.

The genre of this movie was not the only thing that was horrific. The whole time up to the point I realized I was watching a snuff film I sat and watched as Ryan Gosling silently portrayed the most awkward character I have ever seen, whose sum total of dialogue would maybe add up

to five minutes for the entire movie. Things only got worse after the realization that it was a snuff film as I watched Ryan Gosling silently continue to brutally murder people while the directors played with light and dark effects; and all this happens while songs that would not have been out of place at a Blondie concert continue to play. . In the movie industry there are several categories for films: there are masterpieces like Raiders, there are great movies like Empire, there are good movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, there are bad movies like Life-size, there are terrible movies like Batman and Robin, there are Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and then there is this movie; unless you like watching silent snuff films with an 80’s soundtrack I suggest staying as far away from this movie as possible.

This film’s acting, directing, and sound mixing earned Drive 0 airplanes out of five on an absolute scale.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOLD FILMS

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