Issue 5 Spring 2011

Tuesday February 22, 2011

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Organization award packets available Award packets are now available online. Student organizations can now apply for multiple awards, including Gold and Silver Wing status and Organization of the Year. Packets can be found at erauinvolvement.com and are due on March 4.

Housing Sign Up Fall 2010 Students who plan to live on campus for the Fall 2010 semester may submit housing contracts from now until March 2. Students will be receiving their lottery numbers on March 16.

COA invites parents for Family Weekend From Friday to Sunday, the College of Aviation will be hosting Family Weekend. Parents of COA students are invited to attend classes and flight training activity during their flight block. Registration for events takes place in the IC Lobby at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday.

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Circle to Land website aids flight students Priyanka Kumar Copy Editor

Many have visited answers. yahoo.com to pose questions and answer others about just anything from how to use certain technology, to how to survive a first date. Now, Patrick Pohler, a Bellarmine University graduate, has created a website similar to Yahoo’s, but just for aviation enthusiasts who are seeking to get their aviation-related questions answered by an experienced pilot.

Pohler has developed a community website called Circle to Land, designed to aid student pilots and those enthusiastic about aviation who may have questions about flying, how to fly or topics within aviation.

The website allows flight students and pilots to ask flight instructors and experienced pilots questions with various topics relating to aviation.

Based on good faith, flight instructors and professionals

with an account can log in and answer questions.

According to Pohler, the website is different from aviation forums in the sense that professionals in the field can “vote up or down” the answers that are replied to questions posted by stu-

dents and pilots.

“You can earn reputation points -- the more you post, answer and modify, the more points you earn” Pohler said.

The idea of the website was derived through Pohler’s experience growing as a pilot from 2004. When Pohler began flying, he would often stumble upon material he felt either embarrassed or awkward to ask his trainer. Today, according to Pohler, the barrier that many face can be broken down and

students can ask any aviationrelated question on Circle to Land without having to feel uneasy about it.

“I used to have some general questions that I would feel too embarrassed to ask instruc-

tors, I would go on aviation forums and it was hard finding answers, forums are great for talking about aviation, but not great for asking questions,” Pohler said of his experience.

Although the website does not have a real-time chat incorporated, users will get an alert when their question has been answered. This allows for people to go back and forth on their question and answer.

According to Pohler, some

ERAU celebrates 60th anniversary of E-Week Julliet Okeke

Staff Reporter The ERAU community will be holding its annual Engineers Week from Tuesday until Friday this week. The week will host many activities, competitions and fantastic prizes to be won.

Jeanette Barott gives us a brief outline of the fun filled week, “Engineers Week is a nationwide event (http://www.eweek. org/Home.aspx). This is the 60th Anniversary of Engineers Week, with a theme of volunteerism in engineering. Our wonderful student engineering organizations, including the soon-tobe-chartered Tau Beta Pi, the ERAU Robotics Association, the Society of Women Engineers and the AIAA, have arranged a week of fun activities celebrating engineers and engineering.”

In addition, the university will be hosting renowned private space explorer, entrepreneur and engineer Anousheh

Ansari for a keynote speech on Wednesday. Over 80 students from University High School will be visiting the university to learn about the collegiate environment for engineering education. Professional awareness activities for our students will be offered on Tuesday, by the Student Government Association in the form of the COE Forum, featuring internship and career opportunities. Another opportunity will come on Thursday, in the form of an Industry Panel, at which mid-career engineering professionals will discuss the impact of emerging technologies on engineering careers.

The week will culminate this Friday, the first day of Family Weekend, with a Whac-a-Mole fundraiser (sponsored by Bob’s Space Racers), with the mechatronic moles themed around common obstacles faced by undergraduate engineering students (including grades, time management and individual members of the faculty), along

with the annual Engineers Week Banquet, complete with College of Engineering student awards, speaker Zoz Brooks from Discovery Channel’s “Prototype This” and a dance party with DJ Natch in the student center.”

Barott said, “We at the College of Engineering think it is important to celebrate Engineers Week at ERAU annually to raise awareness among the campus and local communities about the activities and accomplishments of our wonderful engineering students and the contributions of engineers to society, with a goal of encouraging entry and retention into science, technology, engineering and mathematics related educational areas and careers.”

Students are encouraged to attend each of this programs as it will help them to be more knowledgeable about the engineering profession and what they stand to gain from it in the future, not forgetting the prices to be won.

Today, the Arts & Letters Series is bringing another silent film to Embry-Riddle. Charlie Chaplin’s Gold Rush will be shown in the IC Auditorium at 7 p.m. with live musical accompaniment by John Steel.

TNG hosts Inflatable Day

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Touch-N-Go Productions presents Big Show on April 9 at 8 p.m.

All submissions are due to The Avion by Friday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. Winners will be announced next week.

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Today at 3:30 p.m. in IC 104, a board of students and Boeing representatives will answer questions about attaining an internship at Boeing. Free food and beverages will be provided.

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Know who they are? Submit this ad to The Avion up until March 1 and receive a special day-of-show incentive from Touch-N-Go Productions!

Touch-N-Go Productions will be hosting Inflatable Day on the West Lawn this Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information on TNG events, visit their website at touch-n-go.org.

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of speeds, troubles with steep turns and logging night flights.

Although Pohler has a background in software, he flies recreationally and is highly interested in aviation. His goal is to help others just like him understand flying better and overcome any difficulty they face.

In response to why Pohler created the website, he said

“It’s more labor of love, I really enjoy it. When I was learning I had questions regarding flight, right now students are our number one potential users. This can be popular and grow; it can turn into something big. This keeps me connected to flying.”

Pohler encourages students to tell their instructors about Circle to Land where they can answer questions at their leisure. Circle to Land is trying to reach out to students, CFIs, Cessna owners, Piper owners and aviation schools such as ERAU. The website describes themselves as providing “questions and answers from pilots, for pilots.”

If information given by a user seems out of place or misleading, the Circle to Land community verifies it and attends to the need. An account can be made for free and Pohler currently intends to keep it that way.

For more information and an opportunity to ask questions or receive answers, one may visit circletoland.com.

46 days till THE BIG SHOW!

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questions that received the greatest hits are along the lines of the following: “If pilots have Type 2 diabetes, can they still get medical clearance?” and other questions regarding students’ past record stained with a DUI, definition of certain types

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The Avion, February 22, 2011

Vegas comes to Daytona Welcoming the Rabbit Peter Tan

Staff Reporter On Friday evening, the SC was turned into a mini Las Vegas, as students tried their hands to win as much money as they could in Blackjack, Roulette, Craps and Texas Hold’em Poker during TouchN-Go’s annual Casino Night.

Traditionally held the Friday before the NASCAR races, this event gives students a chance to do something without leaving campus and braving traffic.

With the top tier prizes being a Nintendo Wii, a Kindle set and three pairs of tickets to the NASCAR races on Sunday, many students tried to grow their initial buy-ins into as large a pile as possible to exchange for raffle tickets.

Touch-N-Go Productions provided pizzas and drinks to fuel the hungry gamblers. Good music also contributed to the

party atmosphere where everyone dreamt of winning big.

The atmosphere was charged with energy with the noisiest tables being the roulette and craps tables in the center of the casino. At the fringes, the blackjack and poker tables were considerably more quiet, with people focused on their games.

Two real life pit bosses also patrolled the grounds, ensuring that dealers were doing their job appropriately and chatting up the players, contributing to the overall casino experience.

Al Blanco, from GP entertainment used to be a real life pit boss on a casino boat and commented on the event. “School events are always great fun, the crowd is great, the kids are energetic and at the end of the night, people walk away happy without any bad feelings.”

Blanco and the staff from GP entertainment try to recreate a casino experience that is as real

as possible, recreating the thrill of a casino while removing the hard feelings that come with losing money.

While he has ex-professional dealers on call, Blanco routinely trains students here to be dealers for the event, exposing them to how casinos work and giving them a more intimate knowledge of the game.

Some people went broke at the tables, some made it big at the tables but walked away empty-handed and for those who had lady luck shining on them, they walked away with real prizes from the raffle.

However, everyone walked back home that night having had a good Friday night of fun to kick-start the long weekend.

For those of you who missed this event, remember that Lambda Kai fraternity organizes Monte Carlo night in the Fall Semester and that Touch-N-Go Productions runs Casino Night in the spring semester.

Peter Tan

Staff Reporter During the evening of Feb. 19, over 100 people turned up at the Landing Strip in the SC to welcome the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.

For those unfamiliar with the holiday, take Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July and the New Year, put it into one festival, multiply that by about 20 and you have a rough idea of how big Chinese New Year is in the culture.

Marking the end of the Winter Season in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, it is the most important festival for all Chinese throughout the world, with families gathering for a reunion dinner on the eve of the new year.

Other traditions associated with the festival also include new clothes, new decorations/ paint for houses and good food to welcome the new year with. Cleaning implements are set aside so as not to “sweep away” good luck that the new year is bringing in.

One of the more important facets of the festival is the gifting of red envelopes from married couples to their juniors. A typical child will receive red envelopes from his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles,

and any married cousins.

These red envelopes are filled with money, with even numbers being giving out as odd numbers are associated with money given during funerals. Frequently, these numbers end with “8” as it is an auspicious number, resulting in amounts such as $8, $28 and $88.

With the fifteenth and final day of Chinese New Year being Thursday, Feb. 17, Saturday was an appropriate time to hold celebrations due to its proximity to the auspicious day.

This is the third year that the Chinese Students & Scholars Association has organized this event and every year it has progressively become larger, including not just students, but faculty and their families, as well as other Chinese from the Daytona Beach area.

This year’s event was graced by head faculty like Dr. Richard Heist, Embry-Riddle’s Executive Vice President, and Dr. Robert Oxley, Associate Vice President for Academics.

Of special note was the presence of Yan Guohua, the Educational Counselor of the Chinese Consulate-General, who flew all the way from Houston to attend the party.

Mrs. Kim Hardiman from the Embry-Riddle Language Institute performed a traditional Chinese dance with stream-

ers and fans while Professor Liu Dahai from the Human Factors department belted out a resounding rendition of Beijing Opera to much applaud.

Children of the various Chinese Professors dressed up in traditional garb to perform Chinese children’s songs and dances, such as “Two Little Tigers”.

After the performances, everyone tucked into a hearty meal which included delicacies like dumplings and “Tāngyuán,” a dessert made from glutinous rice flour. It is normally shaped into balls, with larger variants containing fillings such as peanuts, black sesame, red bean paste or green bean paste.

After the food was served, the event become a party with the hosts of the night conducting a mini game show and a chopsticks contest. A karaoke machine was also available for anyone to show off their singing skills.

At the end of the evening, everyone went back full and happy, knowing that even though most are thousands of miles away from home, they still celebrated the most important holiday of the year.

For the non-Chinese that were present, this was an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the Chinese culture and sample some authentic food.

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THE SOUNDS OF FLIPPING cards, stacking chips and rolling dice permeated the Student Center as emotions went from high to low as everyone crossed their fingers and wished for lady luck. One lucky student walked away with a brand new Nintendo Wii.

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THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM home, the Chinese community in Embry-Riddle gathered as one family to welcome in the new year. Traditional delicacies only served during the new year were a big hit with everyone.

New Smyrna plane crash Alan Larsen

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ON SATURDAY, FEB. 19, middle and high school students from Volusia County competed in a Brain Bowl on accomplished African-Americans. The contest was held in the Willer Miller IC Auditorium and the winners of the contest walked away with laptops.

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On Wednesday, Feb. 16, a Cessna 172 carrying two passengers crashed off the shore of Bethune Beach, Fla just south of New Smyrna Beach, leaving no survivors. The two men found onboard were identified by investigators as 28-year-old instructor pilot, William Bloch, and 21-yearold student pilot, Gustav Granholm. Both flight instructor and student were conducting an instrument crosscountry training flight from Phoenix East Aviation.

According to flight data reports, the airplane, N6345L, departed Daytona Beach

International Airport at 1:24 p.m. and arrived safely at Sarasota-Bradenton International at 2:42 p.m. On the return leg of the trip, the airplane departed Sarasota at 4:06 p.m. and flew towards Melbourne, Fla. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the airplane then flew to a practice area for maneuvers, and according to witnesses, crashed at around 6:30 p.m.

The instructor onboard graduated from Phoenix East two years ago and had been working for the company as a flight instructor ever since.

The student was working on his instrument course and was attending the school as an international student from

Norway. The instructor was also from Norway.

Rescue crews were able to find the wreckage using sonar and diving teams. They eventually reached the airplane at 10 a.m. on Friday, but due to rough waters they were unable to remove the wreckage from the crash site. The airplane is currently located in 17-feet deep waters.

Due to this problem, the NTSB will have to delay its preliminary report.

Wreckage has been seen to be floating ashore, however it is believed that the majority of components, being so heavy, will not scatter away.

Beach patrols are actively collecting any wreckage that came from the crash.

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The Avion, February 22, 2011

Matthew Falkler

College of Business It has been a busy semester for the Student Government Association’s Legal Eagle program. As of Feb. 17, Legal Eagle has had approximately 15 users. Legal Eagle also has added the Law Office of W. Timothy Herring, P.A. Attorney at Law to the current list of Law Firms this semester. They currently practice in criminal defense, personal injury, DUIs, and traffic violations. This now

gives Legal Eagle eight participating Law Firms, which is double the amount from the start of the fall 2010 semester. I would like to thank SGA Office Coordinator, Caroline Day for connecting the Legal Program with these new participating Law Firms. Adding more Law Firms allows the Legal Eagle program to feature more areas of practice so students can use Legal Eagle for a variety of legal issues. Legal Eagle is very grateful to the participating law firms for their service to our student body.

The Student Government Association website has completely transitioned over the past few months. Students now have the capability to access many of the SGA services on the SGA website. Since the end of the fall 2010 semester, students have had the ability to sign up for Legal Eagle on the SGA website on the “Services” page (http://sga.db.erau.edu/ services). When students sign up for the Legal Eagle program on the SGA website, they are emailed the same Legal Eagle brochure offered in the SGA

Office and a response from the Legal Eagle Liaison. Signing up for Legal Eagle online rather than in the SGA Office presents many advantages to the students including 24/7 accessibility and a rapid email response from the Legal Eagle Liaison which includes the Legal Eagle brochure attachment. As of last week, students now have the ability to view all of the participating Law Firms on the website prior to signing up for Legal Eagle. Students can do this by clicking the “View Law Firms” link under

the Legal Eagle section on the “Services” page. I would like to thank College of Aviation Representative Joe Anderson for his tireless work on creating the new SGA website as well as maintaining and updating it.

Just as a reminder, if you have a legal issue, please sign up for Legal Eagle as soon as possible. Once you sign up for Legal Eagle, please do not procrastinate to call one of the Law Firms; the sooner you call a lawyer, the more time you and your lawyer have to formulate a plan of action for your par-

ticular legal issue. The Student Government Association will continue to strive to make the Legal Eagle program a superior service. Legal Eagle is here to serve the students of Embry-Riddle. In the event you have any legal issues, no matter the level of severity, please do not hesitate to utilize the Legal Eagle program.

As always, your information is kept confidential. If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, suggestions, etc. for Legal Eagle please email me at falklerm@my.erau.edu.

involved on campus, and it’s an Eco- friendly project.

“Adopting” a bed of flowers involves keeping the bed free of weeds and trash, and watering the bed if necessary.

Equipment will be available to check out through facilities.

The organizations or students can request for type, color and location of the flower bed.

When signing up, students

will be asked to complete a caring and watering schedule, and to present the organization’s logo so that EAC can provide a sign to claim ownership of your flower bed. A reminder email will be sent to the person a day before he/she is supposed to water the plants. For additional information or to adopt a bed, please contact Sandeep Singh at singh202@my.erau.edu.

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received internships or fulltime offers from Boeing.

This panel will give tips about how to land an interview and interview questions that might be asked. Students will get a chance to meet representatives of Boeing as well.

This year the Forum is being sponsored by the Student

Government Association, College of Engineering Student Representatives, Boeing, Career Services and Engineering Week. All majors are welcome.

There will be free pizza, wings, and drinks available. There will also be prizes, including a PS3.

So, please come join us at the College of Engineering Forum.

EAC’s Adopt-a-Bed program COE Forum announced Sandeep Singh

College of Engineering Environmental Awareness Committee is proud to introduce Adopt-a-Bed, which is a program that provides a flower bed to the organization/individual student on behalf of facilities. It will make the organization more visible and more

Get to know your SGA Representative

College of Engineering The College of Engineering Forum will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center.

The Forum will include a panel of students that have

Get to know your SGA Representative Chris Dalbora

Brittnee West College of Aviation

Student Finance Board

Sophmore Aeronautical Science

Senior Aeronautics Hello ERAU! My name is Brittnee and I am a Student Representative for the College of Aviation.

I’m a small town girl from Tennessee with big dreams! ERAU is my dream school and I want everyone to feel as at home here as I do!

My career goals are to become an Air Traffic Controller and fly recreationally on the side.

I am pursuing an Aeronautics Major with minors in Air Traffic Management, Aviation Safety, and possibly Homeland Security.

Around campus I’m a sister of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority, Vice President of the Muscle Car Association, and am also the Bookstore Liaison and part of the Flight Line Satisfaction Committee.

As the Bookstore Liaison, I work with manager, Branden N. Schierholzer. So far this semester, Mr. Schierholzer has kept me updated with the new Rent-A-Text program which has already saved students over $50,000! In addition to the Rent-A-Text program, the ERAU bookstore will also be adopting the eBook concept very soon.

As part of the Flight Line Satisfaction

Committee (which meets on Mondays on the Flight Deck at 6:00 p.m.) I work on developing ideas for forums and improving students’ overall opinion of the flight line.

We are always looking for more feedback so that we can continuously provide the services that students deserve. If you have any suggestions about how to improve the flight line, or any concerns you may have, feel free to email me at branhamb@my.erau.edu, or just come see me at the COA tutor lab on the first floor!

My goal for this semester is to promote getting involved and being active around campus to all the students! Personally, I am taking 18 credit hours, hold two jobs, a member of SGA, and actively involved in three clubs; so, the sky’s the limit! Being involved around campus is as easy as 1-2-3 with over 150 clubs and organizations to join! Your involvement can truly enhance your college experience whether it’s just introducing you to people you may have never met, teaching you skills to succeed in your trade, or even networking in the industry.

Hey everyone, my name is Chris Dalbora I hail from Wanaque, N.J. and am a current first year Aeronautical Science student. Ever since I was about 10, airplanes and flying have fascinated me. I was always the one who looked up and pointed out the planes to my friends as they flew overhead. I often went to work with my aunt who was employed by Continental. Watching all the big jetliners arrive and depart from Newark Liberty was awe inspiring. Those simple days out, staring through those gigantic plate glass windows, just added to my already avid interest in aviation. And well… the rest is history. After leaving this University, I intend to fly professionally, preferably for a major airline.

Seeing the value of getting involved in numerous extra-curriculars in high school (Go Lancers!), I decided to go out for Task Force One (TFO). Successful for my pursuit of the treasurer’s position, I jumped into EmbryRiddle life and into my role as a representative of first-year students. TFO has accomplished much and brought value to the ERAU campus, which I’m especially proud of. Our field day and Superbowl Party events got

many to come out and get involved.

I’m ecstatic to be a member of the Student Finance Board (SFB) and have been given the opportunity to further serve and improve the student experience on our campus. My goal is to keep getting more and more people involved so that the most can be gained out of this four year experience. This semester I plan on contributing to the SFB forum. I also would like to improve the allocation process to make it as easy as possible for student organizations on campus to get the funds required for their operations. That includes improving the survey and feedback process as well as changing the budget packets to allow for easier planning and budgeting. As a club treasurer myself, I understood the frustrations that some had and I plan on easing those annoyances.

In addition to the SFB and TFO, I am a member of the FLOCK, Finance and Investment Club, and a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. I look forward to serving the entire Embry-Riddle community and will do all I can to make this University an even more phenomenal institution to attend.

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Honor society hosts seventh annual Charity House Curtis Scajkovics ODK

With the weather getting warmer, Omicron Delta Kappa is once again hosting the 7th annual Charity House event on campus March 11-12. This event is hosted every year by the Omicron Delta Kappa, ODK, Leadership Honor Society with the goal of increasing awareness of homelessness in Volusia County.

D u r i n g C h a r i t y House, student organizations build houses on the west lawn to show off their engineering skills and creativity.

The only rule is that every house must be built from solely cardboard and ducttape.

Despite this rule, students are still able to construct elaborate houses where their members must spend the night. There are even multi-story buildings that are occasionally built.

This year ODK is adding a

twist to the event by adding an international flare. At the new event, all organizations will be able to pick a landmark from around the world that they would like to build. The goal is to have the west lawn filled with student’s interpretations of worldly

icons to show off their ingenuity.

When asked about the change, Priscilla Katz, President of ODK said, “We wanted to give the

event something extra by giving spin on the charity house tradition. Our goal is to make it even more fun by having organizations build their favorite monuments.�

The night will be filled with fun activities, food, and music provided by EaglesFM. The money generated is given to the local shelters for the homeless or charities with the goal of helping those with nowhere to live.

In the past the event has raised over $1000 for local charities. This year ODK hopes to exceed previous years by asking for donations from local businesses and student organizations. In addition, the first and second place prizes will be awarded $150 that will be donated to the charity of their choice.

If your organization is interested in being a part of Charity House: Around the World, pleases fill out the packet in your student organizations mail box and get it to ODK by March 1 to receive discounted registration.

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Congratulations from the Flight Department to the following students for receiving their:

Private Pilot Certificate Michael Russell Murphy 2/09/2011 Kyle Stephen Jakubcin 2/15/2011 Anna Christine Yilmaz 2/11/2011

Commercial Multiengine Add-on Rating Kevin Thomas Carr 2/12/2011

Instrument Rating Certificate Erich Markus Etter 2/7/2011 Marc Emiliano Gonzalez 2/8/2011 Derryl Alexander Davis 2/11/2011 Nolan Cameron Watkins 2/12/2011 Maximilian Niemczycki 2/11/2011

Commercial Pilot Certificate James Mathew Huftalen Jr. 2/9/2011 Robert Leon Alcaraz 2/9/2011

Commercial Multiegine Add-on Rating Colby Aaron Parmelee 2/4/2011

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The Avion, February 22, 2011

Student Forum “What did you do for Valentines Day?”

- Compiled by James Holt

Megan Mullins Junior Business Administration

Ryan Kegerise Senior Aviation Maintenance Science

Ryan Ribeiro Senior Aviation Maintenance Science

Savanna Horan Senior Aviation Maintenance Science

Gwendolyn Cochran Junior Aerospace Engineering

John Kincaid Junior Air Traffic Management

“I went to T-Flats with all my single friends.”

“I took my fiance to dinner and a chocolate factory”

“I took my girlfriend to La Fiesta, and got flowers and chocolate.”

“I went on a Schonner Boat Trip out of St. Augustine and got candy.”

“I went to the doctor’s and was loved in pain.”

“Not fit to print”

Are you a die-hard fan of anything?

What are the best pets to own?

Chocolate or vanilla?

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Thunderbirds fill the sky with smoke

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Thunderbirds Facts

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USAF Thunderbirds formed Thunderbird 5 lead solo, in 1953.

Major Aaron Jelinek, is a 2001 Embry-Riddle, Based out of Nellis Air Pescott graduate.

Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. Thunderbird 6 opposing solo, Major John Williams, Prior to 1990, the Thunder- was also a 2001 Embrybirds flew the T-38 Talon. Riddle, Pescott graduate.

Currently they fly the Lock- They were roommates. heed Martin F-16C and D models, block 52 officially The 2011 team is composed called the Fighting Falcon of 12 officers and 120 but affectionately know as enlisted. the Viper.

The “5” on the lead solo is Thunderbird 11 painted upside-down since Maintenance Officer Major he is inverted so many times Jason Moore is a 2000 during the demo, same as graduate of Embry-Riddle, his uniform and helmet.

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The Avion, February 22, 2011

Eagles close out regular season with 87-72 win EMBRY-RIDDLE WEBBER INT.

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ERAU Athletics The seventh-ranked EmbryRiddle men’s basketball team scored 48 points in the first half en route to an 87-72 win over Webber International in both teams’ regular season finale, Saturday at the Warriors’ Sabbagh Athletic Center. With the win, the Eagles improve to 26-4 on the year and 13-3 in conference play.

David Butler eclipsed the single-season block record (108) he set a year ago with three blocks against the Warriors to bring his 201011 total to 110. The senior also recorded his league-best 12th double –double of the year courtesy of 24 points and 13 rebounds. Blake Touchard

scored 17 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field and 3-of-7 from the three-point line, was 4-of-6 from the charity stripe and led all players with six assists. Jarod Leonard and Ray Graham (7 rebounds) had 15 points apiece, while Brett Rawlings registered a season-high four blocks.

The Eagles wasted little time in establishing their offense as they raced out to a 16-5 lead in the first five and a half minutes. Shooting a blistering 69 percent from the field, including a 63.6 percent clip from beyond the arc, the Blue and Gold led by as many as 19 points in the first frame. The Embry-Riddle defense was equally impressive, limiting the Warriors to just 29.7 percent (11-of-37) shooting and at the half, ERAU held a 48-31 advantage.

Coming out of the break, the Warriors went on a 7-2 run to cut the lead to 12 (5038) with 17:34 left to play.

The Eagles built the cushion back up to 18 but once again, Webber International was able to pull back within 12 with 12:09 remaining.

Back-to-back lay-ups by Butler and Touchard extended the Eagle cushion to 16 (65-49), but a three-pointer by Mike Bonilla sparked a 9-0 Warrior run and at the 8:39 mark, Bonilla hit a lay-up to cut the Embry-Riddle lead to seven, 65-58. Leonard halted the run with one of his five three pointers and over the next two and a half minutes, the Blue and Gold was able to maintain a double-digit lead.

With 3:27 showing on the clock, Tyler Auerbacher scored two of his 19 second-half points and on the next Eagle possession, Gabriel Rutledge forced a Butler turnover and Auerbacher got the ball to Marvin Williams whose lay-up made it a sevenpoint game once again, prompting the Eagles to call a timeout.

Coming out of the huddle the Eagles got the ball to Butler in the post and Butler was able to draw a foul on Rutledge and converted on both free throw attempts to put the Eagles up by nine (77-68). Following another Auerbacher score, the Warriors fouled Touchard and he knocked down a pair from the charity stripe to help

ERAU maintain its nine-point advantage.

Over the last two minutes, the ERAU defense wreaked havoc on the Warrior offense as the scored on just one of its last seven possessions.

Meanwhile, the Eagles tallied at least one point on each of their last six trips down the court to pull away and capture the 15 point win.

Auerbacher was the Warriors’ leading scorer with 19 and Williams and Bonilla added 14 and 10 points, respectively.

Webber International closed out the regular season at 13-14 overall and 7-9 in the league.

The Eagles will take the next few days to prepare for The Sun Conference Tournament which begins on Monday, Feb. 21, with a playin game between Southeastern and Johnson and Wales. As one of the top four teams in the final regular season standings, the Eagles will host one of four first round contests at the ICI Center against Ave Maria. The Sun Conference Final Four will take place Feb. 25-26 and will be hosted by the highest seed.

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SENIOR DAVID BUTLER ECLIPSED the previous block record of 108 with three blocks against the Warriors to bring his new to 110. Butler also recorded his league-best doubledouble of the year of 24 points and 13 rebounds.

ERAU sweep Webber International on the road Ryan Mosher

ERAU Athletics Thanks to two, two-run victories on Saturday, the NAIA No. 6 Embry-Riddle Eagles swept Sun Conference opponent Webber International over the weekend. The Eagles (10-2, 6-0) downed the Warriors (3-8, 1-5) 10-8 and 4-2 in the twin bill, keeping their conference record perfect.

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Kevin Maloney started the first contest on the bump for ERAU, lasting just 1.1 innings before the Warriors chased him in the second frame. Maloney was unable to keep the 2-0 lead ERAU got in the top of the first inning, allowing three runs to

cross the plate in the bottom half of the inning.

Aaron Glaum and Jeff Lemon scored for the Blue and Gold in the first, off the bat of Steve Sabins and Ben Kline respectively. However, the Warriors would claim the lead in their half of the frame, plating three runs before Maloney and the Eagle defense could record three outs.

Embry-Riddle wasted no time retaking the lead in the second, starting with a Greg Smith walk and a subsequent steal of second base. Tyler Robbins brought home Smith on a single to left center to knot the score at 3-3.

Glaum and Lemon would again touch home for the Eagles in the second inning, both scoring on a Sabins’ double down the right field line, bringing the score to 5-3.

Robbie Ratliff relieved Maloney after an out was made in the second inning, getting out of the jam with a 5-4-3 double play, after the Warriors tied the score with two runs off Maloney.

WIU took a 6-5 lead in the fourth inning, but Glaum

smacked his first homer of the year in the top of the sixth to give the Eagles a 7-6 advantage.

The back-and-forth game was again all tied up in the seventh when Ratliff was touched up for his second run of the night.

However, the Eagles would take the lead for good in the visitor half of the eighth, putting together a nice two-out scoring rally to go up 10-7. Sabins got his fourth and fifth RBIs of the game on a single to center field, scoring both Glaum and Robbins, then crossed the plate himself on a Chris Page single to left center.

Steve Ortman entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, allowing to Warriors to cut the deficit to 10-8.

Phillip Reamy came in for the save situation in the ninth, and after loading the bases with no outs, locked down the remainder of the WIU batters, including a strikeout and a double play to end the game.

Sabins was 4-for-5 with five RBIs and a run scored, while Glaum finished 3-for-4 with four runs scored and a pair of RBIs. Ratliff earned the win for

ERAU, moving to 2-0 on the year after throwing 5.4 innings in relief. Reamy was awarded his second save of the year.

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Game two featured another great outing from senior righty Tucker Jensen, as he went 8.1 innings to earn his third win of the season (3-0).

Jensen was in complete control in the first two innings, striking out three Warriors and going 1-2-3 in both innings.

Embry-Riddle scored in the first inning when Glaum scored on a Page single down the right field line for the 1-0 lead.

Webber International scored a run of their own in the third inning, an unearned score that knotted the game at 1-1.

A two-run fourth gave

Seniors lead Eagles to 81-65 win EMBRY-RIDDLE WARNER

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ERAU Athletics Seniors Brandon Caputo, Danny Krazit, Glenn Dalcourt, David Butler and Brett Rawlings led the seventh-ranked EmbryRiddle men’s basketball team to an 81-65 victory over Sun Conference Warner on Wednesday, which was Senior Night and the Eagles’ final home game of the regular season.

An emotionally charged night began when those five individuals were recognized before the contest along with fellow senior Will Benjamin who was not at Wednesday’s game due to the passing of his father.

With thoughts of Benjamin, the team’s emotional leader, on their minds, the senior s combined for 58 points to improve the Eagles record to 25-4 over-

all and 12-3 in league play.

After controlling the opening tip, the Eagles got off to one of their strongest starts of the season offensively. Dalcourt drained a three-pointer to begin the scoring and proceeded to score the next six Eagle points to help ERAU to a 10-2 lead.

Dalcourt and Rawlings connected on five of the Eagles’ seven three-point attempts in the first six minutes and Rawlings’ second long-range shot of the night made the score 21-7 in favor of the Eagles.

Embry-Riddle was able to build the lead to as many as 16 points, but at the 9:11 mark, Allan Keene hit one of his three first-half three-pointers and that basket marked the start of a Warner comeback. Over the next two minutes, the teams’ fortunes were reversed and the Eagles, who seemed unable to miss early, could not connect on any of their subsequent attempts, while the Royals scored on five straight trips down the floor and tied the score at 30-30 with 5:49 remaining in the half.

Warner took advantage of Embry-Riddle’s struggles to get its offense going again and after moving ahead for the first

time at the 3:44 mark, they eventually extended the cushion to six points. With 58 seconds showing on the game clock and the Eagles down by four, Dalcourt was forced to call a timeout as the players on the floor for ERAU seemed out of sync offensively. The senior’s passion for his team was evident as he exhorted his teammates on their way of the floor.

On the Royals’ next possession, Dalcourt forced a turnover with just one second left, but his heave from half court bounced high off the rim, allowing Warner to take a 39-35 lead into the halftime break.

Dalcourt’s inspired play at the end of the first period seemed to reenergize the Eagles and coming out of the break, they rattled off 11 points to the Royals’ four to retake the lead, 48-43 with 16:30 left to play.

Over the next five and a half minutes the Eagles maintained a seven to nine-point advantage .

At the 10:50 mark, Ray Graham converted on back-to-back layups, which sparked an 18-6 Eagle run that allowed ERAU to widen the gap to 19 with 2:27 left in the contest.

After managing just 11 of

their 31 shots (35 percent) from the field in the first half, the Eagles shot 54.5 percent (18of-33) from the field in the second stanza. A team that came into the game average 66 percent in free throw shooting on the year, Embry-Riddle was 74 percent from the charity stripe led by a perfect 4-for-4 from Blake Touchard. The Eagles proved to be the better team on the boards, out-rebounding the Royals 42-29 on the way to the 16-point win.

Butler and Dalcourt tallied 19 points apiece with Butler pulling down 10 rebounds and Dalcourt registering three steals and two assists. Rawlings had 17 points and seven boards and Krazit got his only points of the night courtesy of a three-pointer in the second half to go with two assists.

Caputo led all players with six assists and added five rebounds, while Graham added 12 points and nine rebounds in the win.

Allan Keen was the high scorer for the Royals who drop to 14-13 on the year and 7-9 in the conference. Warner also got double-digit scoring from Brennan Taylor (12), Malcolm Campbell (11) and Adam Branch (10).

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ERAU Athletics The NAIA No. 6 EmbryRiddle Eagles found themselves back on the winning track with a 3-1 win over Sun Conference opponent Webber International on Friday night.

The Eagles (8-2, 4-0) came

from behind to down WIU (3-6, 1-3) to earn their fourth conference victory of the year behind a strong pitching performance by Ryan Vigue and the go-ahead RBI from Steve Sabins.

Vigue made his third start of 2011, and continued his dominance, going eight innings on Friday evening, allowing one run on seven hits while striking out seven batters in the process.

Both starters began the contest in control, as neither team was able to put up a run until the Warriors did so in the bottom of the fourth inning. Hunter Ovens got a two-out double to scream past a diving Steve

Sabins at third base, then scored when Cody Whtilow singled to left center. Vigue would get out of the frame with one of his seven Ks in the next at-bat.

ERAU was finally able to get to WIU starter Rob Lane in the seventh frame, tying the score at 1-1 when Ben Kline bunted for a single towards first base and the first baseman committed a throwing error that allowed Chris Page to score from third base.

Vigue kept the Warrior batters at bay, surrendering just one hit in both the seventh and eighth innings.

Embry-Riddle took the lead in their half of the eighth inning, plating two runs on a Sabins’ triple to left center. Sophomore

Tyler Robbins drew a lead off walk, then scored easily on the triple from Sabins. As the senior third baseman was headed to third the throw came in from the WIU outfield, reaching the third baseman at the same time Sabins did.

The two players collided and the ball rolled into the WIU dugout to bring Sabins home and give the Eagles the 3-1 advantage.

Pre-season All-American Phillip Reamy earned save number two on the year, entering in the ninth inning and retiring the Webber International side without an issue.

Sabins finished 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Jeff Lemon went 2-for-2 for the Eagles.

ERAU a 3-1 lead, and it started with a Warmoth walk and a Smith single. Cellini laid down a sacrifice bunt, but all runners were safe when the WIU pitcher committed a throwing error to load the bases. Romero recorded his first collegiate hit to bring in Warmoth and Smith from third and second respectively.

WIU cut the lead to 3-2 in their half of the fourth, but an Eagle insurance run in the fifth put some distance between the two teams. Sabins singles, moves to second on a ground ball and then to third on anoth-

er ground ball before scoring on a wild pitch.

Jensen would cruise the rest of the way until the ninth when Reamy came in for the second time in as many games and recorded his third save of the year.

Sabins went 3-for-5 with a run while Romero filled in admirably at shortstop for an injured Kline, making several nice plays in the field.

ERAU will return home next weekend for another Sun Conference series against Ave Maria. A single game on Friday is set to start at 6 p.m.

Upcoming Sporting Events MEN’S BASEBALL

Friday, Feb. 25: vs Ave Maria * Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 26: vs Ave Maria (DH) * Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tuesday, Feb. 25: Sun Conference Final Four Daytona Beach, Fla. 7 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS

Saturday, Feb. 26: vs SCAD Savannah * Savannah, Ga. 3 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 27: vs Armstrong Atlantic Savannah, Ga. 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 1: vs Concordia (N.Y.) Daytona Beach, Fla. 3:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Thursday, Feb. 24: vs Rollins Winter Park, Fla. 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 26: vs SCAD Savannah * Savannah, Ga. 3 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 27: vs Armstrong Atlantic Savannah, Ga. 11 a.m. *-TSC Opponents

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Eagles in the ERAU Last Chance meet Michael Pierce

ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle track team hit 17 standards on Saturday at the ERAU Track Complex in their final tune-up before the NAIA Indoor National Championships in two weeks.

“We definitely competed a lot better today than we had the previous few weeks, with quite a few athletes showing great improvement in a short period of time,” ERAU Head Coach Mike Rosolino said after the meet. “I’m very pleased with the results today, hitting as many standards as we did.”

The day got off to a good start for the Eagles with both the men’s and women’s 4x800m relay teams hitting “A” standards in the first two events.

The women’s team, consisting of Baleigh Hyatt, Ellie Staker, Karina Coelho and Holly Sandon, won the event in 9:34.68. The men also came in first place, with the team of Mallory Jackson, Austin Moore, Brett Galloway and Jonathon Brasch completing the race in 7:51.16.

Evans Kirwa won the men’s one mile run with a time of

4:21.82, good for a “B” standard in that event.

In the women’s 60m hurdles, both Crystal Bardge (8.66 seconds) and Breanna Goring (9.14) hit “A” standards, with Bardge taking second place overall and Goring finishing fourth.

The 600m run saw another pair of Eagles hit standards; this time both were “B” qualifying marks. Baleigh Hyatt made the cut in the women’s event with a first-place time of 1:38.13, while Kevin Bray qualified with a time of 1:21.57 in winning the men’s race.

The Embry-Riddle women continued the streak of strong finishes with two more “A” standards in the 400m dash.

Bardge picked up her second “A” standard of the afternoon, finishing third in the race with a time of 58.08 seconds. Kristina Kendrick also qualified with an “A” standard in a time of 58.52 seconds, finishing just behind Bardge in fourth position.

In the men’s 1000m run, two Eagles hit qualifying marks. Sam Vazquez paced the field with a winning time of 2:24.65, good for an “A” standard, while Mallory Jackson came in second with a “B” qualifying time of 2:31.55.

Leon Robinson became the second male athlete from Embry-Riddle to hit an “A” standard when he qualified in the 60m dash with a time of

victory. Only Sabins and junior Chris Page could get to Rogers, both singling in the sixth and first frames respectively.

Eaton allowed two runs (one earned) in his first start as an Eagle, one each in the fourth and fifth innings. He finished the game surrending six hits and one walk in six innings of work. The loss dropped his record to 0-1 on the year.

innings, allowing just one run on a Fernando Frias home run in the second inning. But the home half of the fourth inning proved to be the Eagles’ undoing, as BPC scored seven runs on seven hits in the frame, sending 11 batters to the plate.

However, ERAU battled back for six runs in the next halfinning, highlited by Sabins’ first home run of 2011 that scored Aaron Glaum and Greg Smith after the Eagles had chipped the lead down to 8-2. With the homer, Sabins brought EmbryRiddle to within 8-6, but could add on no more runs in the frame.

Steve Ortman kept the Barons at bay in the fifth inning, getting a nice double play from Sabins to end the Baron threat.

Brewton-Parker would add two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth, increasing their lead to 10-6, and leaving the Eagles with just three outs to make a comeback.

Unlike the first game of the series, ERAU fell short of knotting the score in their last atbat, even though Sabins added another three-run round-tripper to cut the deficit to one run at 10-9. The next two Eagle batters would strike out to end the inning and game for ERAU. Creath was saddled with the loss for Embry-Riddle (1-1), while BPC’s Daniel Miller earned the victory.

Sabins finished 2-for-4 with six RBIs and two runs scored, catcher Clint Whitman, Smith and Glaum all contributed an RBI of their own.

6.92 seconds, good for a fifthplace finish in the race.

Taylor Russell hit a “B” standard time in the 200m dash, clocking in at 25.66 seconds as

she finished sixth in the event.

Flo Vazquez would be the sixth female athlete to earn a qualifying time, as she hit the “A” standard in the 5000m run.

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ELLIE STAKER, BALEIGH HYATT, and Karina Coelho round the turn during the ERAU Last Chance track meet. The team is slated to go to the NAIA Indoor Nationals on March 3-5.

Vazquez finished second in the event in a time of 18:06.74.

The men’s 4x400 relay team wrapped up an “A” standard time in their event, winning the race in a time of 3:16.94.

The final track event of the day saw one last Eagle post one final qualifying time. Nicole Bonk finished the 3000m race walk in an “A” standard time of 16:54.60 as she won the event.

In the field events, a pair of “A” standard were hit by Embry-Riddle athletes. Reta Woodard was victorious in the women’s weight throw with an “A” qualifying distance of 15.55m. Adam Holdsworth finished second in the pole vault with an “A” standard height of 4.75m.

All in all, a total of 12 “A” standards and five “B” standards were accomplished by the Embry-Riddle track and field athletes on Saturday. The Eagles will now have two weeks to prepare for the NAIA Indoor National Championships, which will be held at the GaREAT (Geneva Area Recreational, Educational and Athletic Trust) Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio. The national meet begins March 3 and runs through March 5.

Eagles drop two close Kline’s tenth inning home run seals the game games to Barons Ryan Mosher

ERAU Athletics Despite a nice outing from pitcher Daniel Eaton in game one, and six RBIs from senior Steve Sabins in game two, the NAIA No. 6 Embry-Riddle Eagles droped two close games to No. 24 Brewton-Parker on Tuesday afternoon. The Barons (8-1) took the three-game series, two game to one, over ERAU (7-2).

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The Blue and Gold could only manage two hits in the first contest of the day, as Baron hurler Ricky Rogers went all seven innings in his complete game

BREWTON-PARKER 10 EMBRY-RIDDLE 9 The Eagles found themselves down 8-0 before making a dramatic comeback that fell just short in the final at-bat, dropping the 10-9 decision to the Barons.

Brandon Creath started on just two days rest and worked fairly cleanly through the first three

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ERAU Athletics Ian MacGeorge picked a perfect time to hit the Eagles’ first home run of the season when he smacked a two-run round-tripper in the top of the ninth, and Ben Kline hit the team’s second homer of the game and season in the top of the tenth to seal ERAU’s 6-3 win over Brewton-Parker. The No. 6 Eagles improved to 7-0 in 2011, while dealing the No. 24 Barons (6-1) their first loss of the year.

Sophomore Robbie Ratliff started for the Blue and Gold, his first since 2009, and threw eight impressive innings. Ratliff scattered eight hits in his outing, and just one earned run. The Eagle defense struggled for the first time all season, committing six errors, allowing two unearned runs to score for BPC. The Barons struck first in the third frame, plating two runs on a Jacob Evors’ single. The damage could have been worse when Errick Fox singled to right center to begin the inning, but was thrown out at second base by right fielder Frankie Arias.

Brewton-Parker tacked on another run in the home half

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of the fifth when DeMontez Jones touched home on a throwing error by an Eagle infielder.

However, that would be the last time the Barons threatened as Ratliff and senior Steve Ortman combined to shut BPC down the final five innings.

Embry-Riddle finally plated a run in the visitor half of the eighth, putting together a twoout rally to cut the lead to 3-1.

Tyler Robbins singled up the middle before scoring on a Steve Sabins’ double down the left field line.

To start the ninth, Kline doubled to right center off BPC pitcher Jones, who was then replaced by reliever Ben Gillespie. MacGeorge wasted no time knotting the score, as he belted his first homer as an Eagle to score himself and Kline.

Ortman entered in the bottom of the ninth, and after surrendering a leadoff single, he struck out Jones, got Derrick Fox to pop up to Sabins at third and ended the inning with a strike out of Josh Palmer.

Aaron Glaum got to new BPC pitcher Drew Parker immediately, singling to the shortstop, then advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt from Tyler

Robbins. Sabins moved Glaum to third with a foul ball down the right field line, deep enough that Glaum could tag up and reach third safely. Junior Chris Page gave ERAU their first lead of the contest with a single through the left side. With the Eagles now up 4-3, Kline homered to left field off of Palmer, scoring pinch runner David Belardes and himself for the 6-3 advantage.

Ortman went three-up, threedown in the BPC 10th, including two more strike outs, to bring his total to four for the night.

Ortman got the win for ERAU, upping his record to 1-0, while Palmer was tagged with the loss to move to 1-1. Ratliff went eight inning, allowing three runs (one earned) on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

Ortman pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts.

Sabins finished the game 3-for-5 with an RBI, MacGeorge and Kline both contributed two RBIs. The Eagles outhit the Barons 11-8, and despite their six errors, held the Barons scoreless for the final five innings.

The Eagles’ 7-0 start is their best under Coach Randy Stegall, and their best since 2005.

THE FLOCK EVENTS FLOCK 50 TASKS and EVENTS Task 49: Attend one game of each sport

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.

Daytona Beach, Fla.

Basketball vs. Ave Maria Task 9: Road trip (Travel with the team) Task 47: Run for the Cure

Saturday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m.

West Palm Beach, Fla.

Basketball at Northwood Task 4: Tailgate

Friday, Feb. 25, 4 p.m.

ICI parking lot

Family weekend baseball game

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Entertainment

The Avion, February 22, 2011

A truly griping film Star-crossed gnomes

True Grit

Nick Candrella

Entertainment Editor The Coen brothers Joel and Ethan bring their talents once again to the silver screen. This time they are adding their brand of film making to adapt the classic 1969 western True Grit. Which was it itself an

adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Charles Portis in 1968.

The original film is considered by many to be one the most memorable roles of western superstar John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. With such big boots to fill as The Dukes’ the bothers called in one of the biggest guns in the acting arsenal, Jeff Bridges. Supporting Bridges is veteran actor Mat Damon as LaBoeuf and young gun Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross. The acting does not disappoint. Jeff Bridges pulls off a very difficult and charismatic role. This is Oscar season and Bridges performance earns him a nomination for best actor. His performance last year in Crazy Heart earned him the Oscar last year and would not surprise me if he repented the feat this year.

As the poster advertises “punishment comes one form or another”; this is a story of vengeance, following the fourteen year old Mattie Ross as she tracks down her fathers’ killer. The performances of the actors are phenomenal and to

some extent overshadows the beautiful canvas that the Coen brothers have provided via their direction and cinematography by Roger Deakins, who has worked previously with the brothers. The story moves smoothly from scene to scene and act to act, it never drags and constantly holds your attention. Such examples are the riveting courthouse scene and comical bargaining scene. This truly demonstrates the mastery of the art of film making that the brothers possess. It is not a surprise that the brothers are nominated for Best Director.

The film certainly does justice to the original and is more than solid in several aspects of filmmaking. For these reasons the film was also nominated for Best Picture. As disclaimer I must say that I did not see all of the films nominated. True Grit is most noteworthy for its exceptional acting. Directing is well executed. I would be very surprised if it took best picture.

This by no means does mean I give it a high endorsement.

I urge you to go out and view this excellent film.

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JEFF BRIDGES AS ROOSTER Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross star in the Coen brothers remake of the classic 1969 western True Grit. A story of retribution as young Mattie strikes out to track down her Fathers’ killer.

Gnomeo & Juliet

Ainsley Robson Staff Reporter

This past week I watched Gnomeo and Juliet. This

movie takes the classic story of Romeo and Juliet and adds a couple of twists to it.

I don’t want to give away too many of the changes, but the first one involves lawn gnomes in merry old England today. These magical gnomes only come alive when no humans are around.

The family hatred is no longer the Montague’s versus the Capulet’s of Shakespeaker’s time but the red family against the blue family.

Gnomeo (voiced by James McAvoy) is the son of the matriarch of the blue family.

His star-crossed lover, Juliet (voiced by Emily Blunt), is from the red family with a protective father doesn’t like to let her out of the red yards family.

Gnomeo and Tybalt like to spend their time racing each other in the alley on the backside of the house on lawn mowers, instead of cars. It

is not until Gnomeo wanting revenge from losing the race to Tybalt that he sees Juliet who has snuck out to get an orchid from another neighboring greenhouse do our lovers find each other.

The question that remains throughout the movie is whether these two lovers will meet the same end that Shakespeare’s, who makes an appearance guiding Gnomeo of his tragedy’s ending, characters meet.

The movie, though I found short, was cute and accompanied with music by Sir Elton John that keep you entertained. Another highlight was the comic relief that was provided by Gnomeo’s best friend Tybalt.

I would recommend this movie if you really need a light pick me up, but other than that it will be fine to catch it on DVD or Netflix.

PHOTO COURTESY OF TOUCHSTONE PICTURES

IN A HUMOROUS CHILDREN’S adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare tragedy, this light-hearted 3D romp through the lawns and gardens of the opposing red and blue gnomes ends with romance and happiness.

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Back in Black AC/DC

Peter Tan

Staff Reporter The seventh studio album of Australian Hard Rock Band AC/DC would go on to be their second best-selling album of all time, surpassed only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

It also holds the record for being the best-selling album of all time from a band and has been certified 22x Platinum by the RIAA. Back in Black is the first album AC/DC released after the death of lead singer Bon

Scott and this album was dedicated to him.

After almost deciding to disband, AC/DC recruited Brian Johnson as their new vocalist and recorded this album in a blazingly fast seven weeks.

30 years after its release, this album somehow wormed its way back onto Billboard charts and proves that this is the stuff of legend, something that came from one of the best rock bands of all time.

The opening track, “Hell’s Bells” was dedicated to the memory of Bon Scott and opens up with an unforgettable riff by Angus Young. This intense riff lasts through the entire song and infuses the listener with this sense of power and maybe even aggression.

While the opening is a fitting dedication to Bon Scott, I feel that the second track, “Shoot to Thrill” is a more appropriate start to the album.

Power chords, a fast drum beat and a resounding bass groove just wants to make you headbang even in the comfort of your own room.

Track six, “Back in Black” was used in the opening scene of Iron Man, and is just such an awesome song to play when you’re getting dressed up for

a party. It sets your mood up ready and gets you roaring to go.

The seventh track, “You Shook Me All Night Long” has been placed number 80 on Guitar World’s “100 Greatest Guitar Solos list with good reason. Just go to 2:20 on this track and you’ll understand why. A good guitar solo is not always about how fast you can play it, but how you pace it and make it flow.

Sometimes it’s hard to make out the lyrics of Brian Johnson but many times, the music is just enough to get your head shaking, your leg thumping and overall, just feeling hyper.

Having just released a new album last year, AC/DC continues to proved that Rock will never die and regardless of generation and era, there will always be new followers of the band and their music.

While I prefer some of the other AC/DC songs like “Let There Be Rock”, “Back in Black” is one of the better put together albums and no road trip should ever get started without having this album somewhere in the vehicle.

PHOTO COURTSEY WWW.ACDC.COM

THE CLASSIC 80’S METAL sounds of AC/DC innovated the genera and still resonate with fans and new audiences even today. This is incredible longevity is a testament to the unique perspective that the band brought to rock and roll as a whole.

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