Issue 9 Spring 2011

Tuesday March 29, 2011

Hinduism 101 with Abhishek Chowdhari

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On Monday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in IC101, Delta Upsilon will be hosting a lecture on one of the Indian religions. The event will consist of a lecture about the basic beliefs, traditions, and doctrines of Hinduism, followed by a question and answer session between the audience and the lecturer, Abhishek Chowdhari, a brother in the Delta Upsilon International Fraternity.

AIAA annual dinner The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAIA) will be holding their annual dinner meeting this Thursday, at 5 p.m. in the College of Aviation Atrium.

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden will be the guest speaker at the event. The dinner is $15 for AIAA and SGT members, $20 for ERAU students, and $25 for Faculty. Tickets must be purchased before March 22 as seating is limited. For more information, contact the AIAA Student Branch as aiaa.eraudb@gmail.com.

EaglesFM Open Mic April Fools Event

NICK CANDRELLA/AVION

THE GROUND BREAKING OF the Jim W. Henderson Administrative and Welcome Center took place on Thursday, March 17. Jim Henderson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Glenn Ritchey, Mayor of Daytona Beach, Doctor John Johnson, President of Embry-Riddle, and other trustees took their shovels to Spruance Field to start off construction on the newest building at the Embry-Riddle campus.

Questions regarding communication

EaglesFM is following in the spirit of April Fools Day by allowing musicians to jam on the Flight Deck. If you would like an opportunity to showcase your talent, listen to EaglesFM on 99.1 FM, visit their office, SC 111, or online at www. eaglesfm.com

A swing dance intensive SWING 101 is being put on

by The Swing Dance Club to help improve your swing dance skills. The event will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the AMS Hangar.

April Fools Day Avioff

Priyanka Kumar

This Friday, pick up a copy of The Avioff from The Avion newspaper racks. The Avioff is a satirical newspaper that The Avion staff take part in as a comic relief for the past year. All articles, photographs and editorials are not to be taken seriously.

Copy Editor

As more clubs and organizations are being introduced on campus, some are seeking more ways to connect to the student population and to spread their word. Before last Fall, EmbryRiddle sent out e-mails called DB Communications that served the purpose of informing students about the latest events going on in school. Since the removal of those e-mails, many are glad to see that

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The rest, however, are wondering where to look for campus updates and upcoming events.

The Avion conducted an interview with Aaron Clevenger, Director of Student Activities & Campus Events, to find out how students and professors can communicate better and how one can communicate with the rest of the school now that DB communications has been removed. Clevenger gave his input and answered our questions below.

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THE AVION: How can clubs/organizations communicate with the student body?

Aaron Clevenger: Off the top of my head I can list 15 ways that the Department of Student Activities & Campus Events or another department here on campus can help students, faculty, staff and organizations advertise.

1.On the Eagles Information Channel 2.On Riddle Vision 3.As a preview slide on the TNG Movie 4.On ERNIE under the Upcoming Daytona Events Tab 5.In Eagle News Announcements 6.On the Campus Calendar 7.On the screens in the computer labs and classrooms 8.By making announcements before or after class (get permission from your professor, unless you are the professor and

then it’s your call) 9.Provide an announcement to the Eagles FM DJs or purchase an ad 10.Chalk Art For the less environmentally conscious we offer: 11.Paper Banners (Until the SGA Electronic Banner Project is launched likely over the summer) 12.Flyers 13.Handbills 14.Putting announcements in student mailboxes 15.Ads and articles in the Avion.

THE AVION: All students are not aware of the calendar on ERNIE, how can they be more aware?

AC: You’re right, many students don’t know about the calendar and I am hoping your story will change that. The calendar is on ERNIE on the right hand side in the middle. Each day ERNIE draws from the calendar

and puts a list of things going on during that day underneath the icon for the calendar. In addition, there is a link in the shape of a calendar that cleverly enough takes you to the calendar.

THE AVION: Do you think the removal of DB communications has been effective?

AC: If you use the tools that are provided by Student Activities & Campus Events then yes, communication on campus can be very effective.

THE AVION: How can professors communicate with students if, for example, they are giving open lectures?

AC: The same way students and student organizations can advertise but they also have the advantage of offering credit for people to come to their lectures.

THE AVION: What do you think are the pros and cons of removing DB communications? What was its

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original purpose and how has the school replaced it to still keep communication between everyone?

AC: I believe the removal of DB communications was popular. Most students ignored it, many admitting to me that they had moved it to their spam folders days after arriving for Orientation. As for staff and faculty they did not find it very useful either. When it was announced during the state of the campus address that it was gone, there were faculty and staff that actually applauded.

DB communications was originally created for exactly what you would assume, to be a communication tool. The problem with DB communications is the same problem students have with flyers and posters. The campus is flyer blind and e-mail desensitized, don’t believe me?

What did the A-Frame that

you passed to get to the Avion Newsstand say? I would be willing to bet I could put a flyer up on campus that said I will give you a hundred dollars if you will bring me this flyer and only 1% of the campus would bother reading it and of that half would probably assume it was a joke and would take no action.

E-mails are the same way, so far this weekend I have received 37 e-mails coming in from spammers, drug companies and e-mail newsletters that I can only imagine my college roommates signed me up for years ago as a joke. The point is that if you add another 15 DB communication e-mails and only one pertains to me, well it’s going to get lost in the noise. Really the only way to communicate here on campus is by using a little bit of everything.

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Fraternities compete University brushes for Xi Man title up on Shakespeare Ainsley Robson

Campus Editor At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, in the student center the sisters of Alpha Xi Delta, one of the social Greek lettered sororities on campus, held their annual Xi Man Competition. This year seven different brothers from the fraternities on campus entered the competition, with the goal of being crowned Xi Man to get the chance to help represent Alpha Xi Delta on campus.

The competition serves as both a way for the sisters to decide on which fraternity brother will be Xi Man for that year, but also as the biggest philanthropy event for the chapter. Although the brother compete in events such as swim suit, talent, boy band, lip sync and formal question, with the most points being awarded to the individual who raises the most

money for the sorority’s charity.

This is the 18th year that Alpha Xi Delta has held this event on campus; it is only since 2009 that they have been able to support their national philanthropy of Autism Speaks. This year the chapter with the help of the contestants and their supporters were able to raise over 4,200 dollars.

This was almost a 1,000 dollar increase over last year’s event and it also exceeded the chapter’s goal for the even this year.

Lauren Gulley, the coordinator for the event, expressed, “I am very pleased about the amount of money that we raised!”

Once donated to Autism Speaks, the organization places the money towards items such as research to find a cure, spreading autism awareness, or helping to pay for the costs for families affected by autism.

Autism is a general tem used to describe a group of complex

developmental brain disorders.

Today it is estimated that one in every 110 children are diagnosed with autism, making it more common then childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined (www.autismspeaks.org).

As noted the event is not only a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, but also a competition. This year the judges for the events were Ryan Powell, Assistant Director of Student Activities for Fraternity and Sorority Life, and alumnae sisters Janet Wiita, Isador Thisted and Chantal Mortezaee.

At the end of the night after the scores were tallied, the sisters’ votes counted, and the money was added Adam Naids from Sigma Alpha Epsilon was crowned the 2011 Xi Man. “I think all of the contestants did a fantastic job and it was a very entertaining show,” Gulley said after the show.

Peter Tan

Staff Reporter “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women in it merely players.” This famous line comes from the Shakespeare play “As You like It” and members of the Daytona Beach were treated to a high-quality act.

During the evening of Monday, Mar. 14, the American Shakespeare Center staged the play in the Willer Miller IC Auditorium. The event was jointly sponsored by the Office of Embry-Riddle President, Dr. John Johnson and The Arts & Letters Committee.

The event began with a reception at 6 p.m. and students, faculty and members of the public were treated to a selection of cheese, crackers, canapés, stuffed mushrooms and various cakes.

The American Shakespeare Center prides itself on following the basic principles of Renaissance theatrical produc-

tion and does its best to duplicate the Elizabethan theater for its audience.

Some of these principles include universal lighting, so that the actors can see the audiences and include them in the play, either by being the butt of jokes, or becoming extras in the background for scenes like dances. The audience members seated on stage are more susceptible to this.

Many of the actors and actresses double up their roles, playing multiple parts and for this play; there were 21 roles, played by 11 actors. This added to the viewing experience as you see them switch roles and personas on the fly.

“As You like It” is a play about Duke Senior being overthrown by his brother Duke Frederick and how was forced to flee to the Forest of Arden, leaving his daughter, Rosalind, behind with her cousin and best friend Celia.

On the other side of things, Orlando is the youngest of Sir

Rowland’s sons and demands his inheritance from his elder brother, Oliver, before leaving with his servant, Adam.

Orlando soon challenges a wrestler, Charles, a court wrestler under Duke Frederick. In the ensuing fight which Orlando wins, he catches the eye of Rosalind, who is soon banished from the court by the Duke.

Warned of a plot against his life, Orlando flees to the Forest of Arden, the place where Duke Senior is hiding, and also where Rosalind, dressed up as a boy, Ganymede, is fleeing to.

Once in the forest, the multitude of characters start to fall in love with one another, with the ensuing confusion of Rosalind dressed as a boy causing all manner of trouble.

In the end, Rosalind manages to unravel the huge web of confusion and pair everyone up resulting in multiple weddings and a happy ending.

According to Carolina Santillon, “It was a well done play and I enjoyed myself.”

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THE SISTERS OF ALPHA Xi Delta, held their 18th annual Xi Man competition as part of their endeavours raising money for Autism Speaks, the sorority’s national philanthropy. The sisters raised over 4,200 dollars during the night’s festivities.

How to reach out to ERAU students Lessons learned from RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION

SPEAKER SERIES HELD A Town Hall meeting with Habib Eslami and Gerald Honigman, who shared their views of both Iran and Israel in world issues.

“DB COMM” FRONT

You can find directions and guidelines for how to advertise on our website erauinvolvement.com and while you’re there drop down to the bottom of the homepage and “Like” us on Facebook.

Speaking of Facebook, there are literally hundreds of social media options that students, staff and faculty can use to advertise what is happening on campus. You would be surprised how much you can say in 140 characters on Twitter.

The future of communications here on campus is in the social media.

In my opinion, the most successful advertisers on our campus are the people who do something fun and unexpected.

The ice hockey team and campus safety in their annual “mock” hockey fight in the cafeteria for instance. If I had to pick a group that really takes

advantage of every possible avenue of advertising I would have to choose Athletics.

They use every imaginable way they can think of to get people to notice them and their advertisements.

However, if you’re like me and you don’t want to dress up as Tarzan or wear a monkey outfit then I suggest you look up the term Digital Native.

We are only three years away from having an entire First Year class of students that were Born Digital.

About three months ago, I was limiting my thinking to just enhancing our website erauinvolvement.com and upgrading our communication pieces. However, IT encouraged us to look for a more encompassing solution, turns out they were right, there are solutions out there.

It is my vision that Student Activities & Campus Events in partnership with IT, Student Government and our Campus Administration will adopt a

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communication plan that moves us away from paper and more towards the digital age after all the flight students should not be the only ones that communicate in the clouds. For the non-Digital Immigrants among us look up Cloud Computing Applications in Google.

THE AVION: Any additional comments or thoughts on the topic stated above the questions?

AC: Get involved, read the Avion, go to a Touch-N-Go event, listen to Eagles FM, stop by Student Government or Student Activities. I say this because those who are involved tend to be more aware. Those who are RAs, employed on campus, O-Team Ambassadors, leaders in a Student Organization or members of a Fraternity or Sorority they are the students that tend to know what is happening on campus. Involvement will increase your enjoyment of your college experience and will likely help you to become a more informed student.

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the Supreme Court Amy Luckette

Diversity Office According to Attorney Sarah Weddington who successfully argued Roe vs. Wade in 1972, “the changes that are occurring in the world today are breathtaking.” Weddington was kind enough to speak at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University on the Daytona Beach Campus on Tuesday, March 15 as part of the Diversity Lecture Series brought to Embry-Riddle by Cindy Oakley-Paulik of the Office of Diversity Initiatives.

Although Weddington is a well renowned historical figure, she does not regard herself as one. She revealed a glimpse into her vast bank of influential life stories with grace, humility and conviction. Within her powerful messages, she stated that the most important under-

taking a person can have is to allow for “course corrections” in their life.

As a famous female leader, this strongly resonated with the female students of Embry-Riddle as they were encouraged to continue advancing the number of leadership roles of women of our generation regardless of the challenged they will encounter. Her advice included, look for opportunities to put yourself in leadership roles, maintain a positive and honest attitude, think about leadership as part of your future, read books about both male and female leaders, and lastly, practice being a leader as much as possible.

Weddington also reminded students that practicing being a leader does not always mean holding a “title” or a top position; but rather, responsibly carrying out actions that are inspired by an inner drive to

change something based on your values and willingness to help the greater good.

She strongly advocated the idea that doing the best job you can do now will open more options for your future and thus lead to leadership roles and positions where change for the better can be implemented. One of the most inspiring aspects of her speech was her remarkable memory as she joyfully recalled her experiences the attending college, working above oval office, traveling around the world, defending cases, and teaching graduate students. Each time she recalled a moment from her past the audience could feel her thirst for justice and equality which easily immersed us into her time. Her reflections allowed the audience to sense the true power in the changes that have been made by former female leaders.

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Safe Ride Concerns Whitney Loubier

College of Engineering It seems that there has been some confusion about Safe Ride, its purpose, and the up-todate facts.

This is the updated Safe Ride card. If you do not have a new Safe Ride card you will not be able to get a Safe Ride.

Safe Ride is a service provided by SGA to allow ERAU students to receive a safe ride

home when in an unsafe situation. Please note the following information to see if you are up to date with the facts about Safe Ride. If you do not have a new Safe Ride card you will not be able to get a Safe Ride.

To sign up for a Safe Ride card, you must go to the SGA website and complete a short quiz based on the rules and regulations. Go to: http://sga. db.erau.edu and go to Services to find the sign-up link.

When you call for a Safe Ride If you don’t say that you are an Embry-Riddle student in need of a Safe Ride you will have to pay the entire cab fare. When being picked up for a Safe Ride, you need to give the driver your yellow Safe Ride card and your Eagle Card. When Safe Rides are taken outside of the hours stated in the rules and regulations, or are not considered an unsafe situation, you must pay a flat rate of eight dollars. When taken from campus to your home, the eight dollar fee must still be paid, because campus is considered a safe location.

Relying on Safe Ride as a means of transportation when

you need to run errands or when you go out on the weekends is considered Safe Ride abuse, and is not tolerated. Safe Ride is not a free ride to go anywhere when you do not have a ride.

When going out, it should not be your first choice as a means of getting home safely.

When you take a Safe Ride, your name and your destination are recorded and sent to the SGA each month. Students’ names that come up more than four times in a month are considered Safe Ride abusers and their name will be submitted to the Court for review. The Court reviews abusers on a case-bycase basis and consequences are rendered at the Court’s discretion. This does not mean that you will be refused of a Safe Ride, but if you have a history of frequent Safe Ride abuse, and continue to do so after being warned by the Court, you may have to pay the SGA back for the free rides you took.

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about SafeRide, there will be a table set up in the SC on Tuesday, April 5 around 2 p.m.

CORRECTION In the last issue, the title “International Student Forum big successful” on the Student Government page, was supposed to “International Student Forum big success.”

The Avion regrets the error.

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Third annual spring SGA Town Hall announced Jade McClenahan

College of Engineering Do you have questions or concerns regarding your college experience? Would you like to be “in the know” when it comes to university construction and future planning? If so, come out the Student Government Association’s third annual spring Town Hall! Utilize your resources to make change for the better on Friday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in the IC Auditorium.

The purpose of the Town Hall is to create an environment where student’s can ask questions and get answers directly from Embry-Riddle’s highest officials. The mission of the SGA Town Hall is to improve student’s experiences and time spent on campus by bridging the gap between them and the leaders that make consequential decisions.

Come and experience direct interactions between the administration and your fellow students, it is advantageous for both parties. You can get accurate information directly from reliable sources and expose yourself to the inner workings of the university. In addition, the officials will get a better idea of the your concerns and the information you are interested in.

In past Town Halls, questions have arisen regarding parking, campus construction, administrative issues, financial concerns, and the future of the university.

SGA’s Town Hall committee is working hard to make this semester’s upcoming Town Hall bigger and better than ever.

All students are encouraged to attend ranging from freshman to graduate students. In addition, the Deans of the Colleges and all faculty members will

be invited. The SGA will be providing food and raffling off prizes and the event should last no longer than two hours.

This is the opportunity to get all of your questions answered.

If you’ve ever asked the question, “Why?” regarding any aspect of the university, here is your chance to get an answer!

There will be a lot of important information exchanged during this event that you may not have even known, which may stimulate questions you didn’t know you had.

If you have any burning questions you would like to find out the answer to during the SGA Town Hall, please stop by the SGA Office and let us know. Prior to the event, we will make our speakers aware of such questions so they can come prepared with an answer.

More information regarding the third annual spring SGA Town Hall to come.

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Bishop Noonan visits campus ALPA ACE Ryan Maloney

Catholic Student Union The Catholic Student Union (CSU) is pleased to welcome Bishop John Noonan, Bishop of the Diocese of Orlando to our faith community. Bishop Noonan will be joining the CSU to celebrate Mass on Sunday, April 3 at 7 p.m.

Please join the CSU in welcoming the newly appointed bishop to campus in the ERAU Interfaith Chapel.

This will be Bishop Noonan’s first visit to Embry-Riddle since his appointment on Oct. 23, 2010. Before the recent appointment, Bishop Noonan was an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Miami. The promotion of Bishop Noonan comes after, Archbishop Wenski, the previous Bishop of Orlando, was appointed to the Archdiocese of Miami. Please join the Catholic Student Union on April 3rd in welcoming our Bishop, and in the celebration of the Eucharist.

Due to the Catholic Student Union’s student involvement, the CSU remains one of the larger student organizations on campus. Other than the weekly celebration of Mass, the CSU participates in various campus activities throughout each week.

Other than participating in SGA sanctioned events, the CSU actively participates in activities to advance their philanthropy. The CSU strives to create activities that promote spirituality, service, and the social aspects of each member.

In terms of spirituality, this semester is quite busy. It marks the second session of “Why Catholic,” a series of small group gatherings directed at reviewing the fundamentals of Catholicism. Also, since Lent is ongoing; Stations of the Cross is also held each Friday at 5 p.m. in the Interfaith Chapel.

Please feel free to participate in any of the CSU activities, especially the visit of the Bishop.

volunteers Costas Sivyllis

The Air Line Pilots Association Professional Development ACE (Aviation Collegiate Education) Club is the only airline-industry sponsored student organization at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and is the first collegiate program of its kind.

Founded in September 2010, the ALPA ACE Club established itself to promote a culture of professionalism and safety among ERAU flight students, prepare students for the airline industry, and produce g r a d u a t e s that are not only industry recognized but industry ready.

With over

G1000 aircraft. The middle school students, mentored by the ACE Club volunteers, get a taste of flying in the same devices used by ERAU to train Commercial Pilots and Flight Instructors. The Sunday program gives an opportunity for the ALPA ACE club to reach out into the community and make a difference in surrounding areas. The ALPA ACE Club also serves to promote the airline pilot profession. Through the outreach program, children are able to experience the whole new world of flying and the mentorship of a n ACE Club leader.

A f t e r the student experiences approximately one hour

60 registered, active members, ACE is creating leaders both on and off the flight line.

The ALPA ACE Middle School outreach program began in March. Utilizing Frasca’s advanced Cessna C172 Level 6 Fixed Training Devices in the ERAU Advanced Flight Simulation Center, 21 local middle school students have the opportunity every Sunday to experience the joy of flight. ALPA ACE Club leaders volunteer their time to take each student and their parents into one of the simulators. The student can fly and explore the Daytona area with satellite-based graphics on a 220 degree wrap-around screen. The cockpit is the actual cockpit from a Cessna C172

in the simulator, they are brought out to an actual aircraft on static display in the ERAU Fleet Maintenance Hangar. Met again by ALPA ACE Club leaders, the process of learning doesn’t stop as the middle school students are shown a real Cessna 172 and are able to go in the cockpit, move flight controls, ask questions, and enrich their aviation experience.

The program runs every Sunday and is set to run for the rest of this spring semester, and again in the fall.

ERAU supports the local community and through the leadership in the ALPA ACE Club, the gift flight can be shared even more.

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Student Forum “What were your favorite Spring Break activities?”

- Compiled by Nick Candrella

Carole Fountain Junior Computer Engineering

Kevin Schroeder Freshman Aeronautical Science

Russ Bunn Sophomore Aeronautical Science

Zach Haias Senior Homeland Security

Kat Shearer Junior Research Meteorology

Jessica Bain Freshman Engineering Physics

“Movies and shopping”

“Habitat for Humanity”

“Getting out of class”

“Class projects and Latin dancing”

“Partnership activities”

“Going to Disney”

Spring Break 2011 in Daytona Beach On the Friday Spring Break started, many students hopped into their cars or got into an airplane to spend Spring Break visiting somewhere new for a well deserved vaction, or headed home to see family, friends and loved ones.

What if you happened to find yourself staying in Daytona during the break? What activities were available to you for entertainment?

The “World’s Most Famous Beach” may no longer be the Spring Break capital of the world, with many college students heading to places like Panama City, but there are still no lack of activities within an hour’s drive from the campus.

Universal Studios Orlando has been celebrating its Mardi Gras event since February and the weekend Spring Break started, the bands Neon Trees and The Roots played, with

OneRepublic and Blake Shelton playing the recent weekend.

Prime and Premium Outlet malls in Orlando were also choice destinations to buy quality clothing at discount prices to ensure you look “cool” in the upcoming summer heatwave.

Surfing was also a good prospect on Monday and Tuesday with both days maintaining waves of at least four feet for almost the whole day.

The water was and still is slightly chilly and a thin wetsuit was a must-have if you were intending to spend anything more than an hour in the water.

For those not prepared for the cold water conditions, skimboarding and just riding the waves was a decent alternative, allowing one to hop out of the water into the sun to warm up.

The beach was heavily packed with all manner of people, from students on Spring Break to

tourists hailing all the way from Ontario and Quebec; the many non-Florida license plates seen on vehicles driving around were evidence of it.

The week long break was also a good time to try new cuisines be it at a restaurant or in your own kitchen.

The produce at the Daytona Beach flea market has been changing slightly and new ingredients are appearing on their shelves every week.

The Avion also ran 15% discount coupons for Bombay Grille and Pagano’s Pizzeria down by Ridgewood apparently serves the most authentic New York Style pizza you can find in Daytona Beach.

If you were resourceful, you could have had a fantastic Spring Break right here in Daytona Beach without having to spend a whole lot of money.

~Peter Tan

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MONDAY AND TUESDAY SAW the largest waves in the Daytona Beach area in about a month and made for excellent surfing conditions. Four foot high waves consistently made it all the way to the shoreline, thrilling skimboarders.

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Executive Ticket

Justin Fletcher

Remember to Vote April 4-8!

Abdulhalim Twahir Christopher Dalbora

Andrew Bellini

Amber Macchia

Christian Schirra

Stacey Ward

Ashok (Georgia) Annamalai

John Christian

Gisselle Maranhao

Justin Solomon

Steven Swei

Zach Tejral

COB

Alton (Joe) Anderson

Amy Luckette

Zixin (Gillian) Liu

Beatrice Enckell

Matthew Falkler

Whitney Loubier

Mireya Ortiz

Sandeep (Sunny) Singh

Sarah Fitzpatrick

Teresa Sandri

Jayanthan Siva

Jade McClenahan

Brian Rivera

Abhishek Vaidya

Thomas McCafferty

Jerry Zollo

Damani Mitchell

Dijia Peng

Jay Palicha

Grad.

Yosvany Alonso

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COE

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Student Representative Board

Student Finance Board Poonam Barad

Michael Cox

Anthony Evans

Julian Velazquez

Brittnee Branham

Ainsley Robson

Res. Life

Santiago Iglesias

Varun Dewan

Ryan Johnson

Karen Zhao

Gustavo Pardo

Jonathan Rauch

Huzaifa Teedee

Brandon Jones

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PLAN AHEAD THIS SUMMER. DON’T MISS OUT ON

GREAT NEWS! The university has approved tuition and housing discounts this summer! Tuition for all flight and academic courses will be discounted 10%! In addition to this great benefit the Flight Department is offering flight rebates; a flight rebate is a credit that a student would earn for completing a course (FROM START TO FINISH) during the summer.

Tuition/Housing Discounts

Savings

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ERAU Athletics The St. Thomas Bobcats traveled to Daytona Beach looking for at least one win against the NAIA No. 6 Eagles in a vital Sun Conference series this weekend, but STU was denied a win by the sixthranked Eagles, as ERAU finished off a three-game sweep over the visitors with two wins in Saturday’s doubleheader, 4-1 and 4-3. Embry-Riddle boosts their overall record to 29-7, while pushing their Sun Conference mark to 19-2, four games clear of the secondplace SCAD Savannah Bees.

St. Thomas drops to 13-21 overall and 8-7 in conference play.

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The Eagles rode senior starter Ryan Vigue to their second win of the weekend series in game one of Saturday’s DH. Vigue pitched a marvelous contest for the home team, tossing eighth innings of fivehit baseball, allowing just one run on a home run in the fifth inning.

Vigue got the first of six

strikeouts in the opening frame, sandwiched around a pair of ground outs to begin the game for ERAU, giving the Eagles an opportunity to take an early lead over the Bobcats, an opportunity the Blue and Gold took advantage of.

Greg Smith began the homehalf of the first with a double to left center, followed by a Tyler Robbins single to left field that was misplayed by the STU left fielder, allowing Smith to score and Robbins to move to third. Chris Page took the first pitch from St. Thomas hurler Michael Arostegui to deep right center, scoring Robbins from third base and giving ERAU a 2-0 lead.

Ian MacGeorge made a tremendous diving catch in the second frame to end the inning, robbing Elio Rey of a base hit and giving Vigue another blemishless inning.

Embry-Riddle plated their third run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch from Arostegui, bringing in sophomore Keaton Stroud from third.

Andre Colon managed the only STU run of the game with a two-out solo shot to left field off of Vigue in the fifth inning. The homer was the fourth round-tripper he had surrendered in 2011.

The next few innings saw both squads put runners in scoring position, but both pitching staffs did a good job of keeping the runners from

scoring, setting up a 3-1 contest in the bottom of the eighth frame.

Steve Sabins started the ERAU eighth with a walk; Sabins battled Arostegui for eight pitches, fouling off four before earning the base on balls. Page also drew a walk to put Eagles on first and second with no outs, enough of a threat that STU Coach Jorge Perez brought in Manny Perdomo for Arostegui.

Perdomo faced one batter in the form of Ben Kline, getting the junior to foul out for the first out of the inning before Perdomor was relieved by Miguel Hernandez. Hernandez got the next Eagle batter to strike out, but Frankie Arias came through with a big twoout RBI single to score Sabins from second and give ERAU an insurance run.

Phillip Reamy came in for Vigue in the top of the ninth, giving up one-out double to Ricky Claudio, but striking out Rey and getting a ground ball from Colon that Robbins was able to make a play on and throw Colon out at first to end the game.

Vigue jumped to 9-1 on the year, his nine wins are the best in the nation. Reamy got his 11th save of the year, pitching the final inning, throwing 16 pitches to four batters.

A trio of Eagles recorded two hits in the game, including Smith, Kline and Stroud.

Robbins, Page and Arias all drove in one run from the dish.

in runs for ERAU, plating Ben Kline from first on a double to deep left center field. Aaron Glaum collected the first of his three RBIs on a line drive single through the left side to bring home MacGeorge, giving ERAU a 2-0 cushion.

The hosts added another pair of runs in the fourth inning, starting with another

MacGeorge double that scored Kline. Keaton Stroud moved to third on the double, then touched home on a sacrifice fly by Glaum, pushing the Eagle lead to 4-0.

Jensen worked out of a tough situation in the top of the sixth with two runners on base when he struck out Yasel Gomez on three straight pitches to end the

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Sophomore Kevin Maloney started the final game of the weekend series for the Eagles, facing STU starter Corey Estrada.

Maloney found himself in trouble early, giving up a run in the first inning, the first lead for the Bobcats all series long. Colon singled home Hector Bello from second base to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, but Maloney was able to get Kevin Mirabal to ground into an inning-ending, 4-6-3 double play.

The ERAU offense got their leadoff man aboard when Smith walked, but the Eagles were unable to tie the score in the first, moving the game to the second frame.

Embry-Riddle went sent four hitters to the plate in the second inning as Aaron Glaum drew a two-out walk, but a flyout to the shortstop ending the threat.

Maloney struck out two Bobcat hitters in the third, and got the final STU batter to ground out to Jordan Romero at second base.

ERAU went three-up, three-down in the third, but Maloney was able to answer in

the fourth, throwing just nine pitches to record three outs.

Page broke up Estrada’s no-hitter in the bottom of the fourth, singling through the left side. However, once again, the Eagles were left without any runs on the board when Estrada got a ground ball from Kline to end the frame.

St. Thomas increased their advantage to 3-0 in the fifth inning, striking for two runs on three hits against Maloney.

Freshman Nick Godfrey accounted for the first Eagle run of the game with a one-out fielder’s choice that brought in Stroud from third, cutting the STU lead to 3-1.

Maloney had an unconvetional 1-2-3 inning in the sixth, surrendering a hit, but getting a double play to negate the base knock to move the game to the home-half of the sixth.

Smith began the frame with a walk, moving to second on a sacrifice bunt from Arias. After a pop-up accounted for out number two, the Eagles put on a two-out hit clinic, striking for three consecutive hits to take a 4-3 lead over the Bobcats.

Page singled to second base to score Smith, then showed some impressive speed when Kline doubled down the left field line, going from first base to home plate to tie the game at 3-3. Kline was brought home by a Stroud single back up the middle.

Maloney had a big shutdown inning in the seventh, giving up a two-out walk, but coming back with a ground ball off the

bat of Bello.

The Eagles stranded two runners on the bags in the seventh and three runners in the eighth, failing to capitalize on insurance run opporunities. However, preseason AllAmerican Reamy worked the final four outs of the contest, facing four batters and getting four outs to give ERAU a 4-3 victory and preserve the series sweep.

Maloney earned the win for Embry-Riddle, improving to 5-0 on the year. Maloney threw 7.0 innings, surrendering three runs on eight hits and one walk while fanning three hitters. Robbie Ratliff tossed 0.2 innings during the eighth frame before giving way to Reamy.

Reamy grabbed his 12th save of his senior campaign, tying the single-season record set by Aaron Varnum in 2008. Reamy has 22 career saves, just one back from the all-time mark of 23, also set by Varnum.

Reamy’s three saves in three games marks the second time this season the senior from Centreville, Va. has recorded a save in all three games of a conference series.

Page finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored, Kline was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run.

ERAU travels to West Palm Beach, Fla. to take on the Northwood Seahawks in a Sun Conference series next weekend. A single game on Friday will start at 2:30 p.m. and a doubleheader will begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday.

with a fly out from Gomez.

Embry-Riddle blew the game open in the bottom of the eighth, scoring three insurance runs off of four Bobcat pitchers. Kline doubled home Steve Sabins to start the scoring before crossing the dish himself on a wild pitch. Stroud scored on a Glaum single down the left field line to account for the 7-1 final.

Reamy surrendered a hit to

Osmani Sanchez in the top of the ninth, but struck out the final two STU batters to earn his 10th save of the season, the 20th of his collegiate career.

Jensen moved to 7-1 overall, pitching 7.2 innings, giving up just one run on six hits while fanning six Bobcat hitters.

Glaum went 2-for-3 from the plate, collecting three RBIs, while MacGeorge added a pair of RBIs on two doubles.

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threat.

The Bobcats would finally scratch a run across in the eighth inning when Ricky Claudio singled up the middle to score Robert Rodriguez from second. However, preseason All-American Phillip Reamy entered with two outs in the eighth and ended the STU inning with two men on base

ERAU Athletics The sixth-ranked EmbryRiddle Eagles continued to dominate their Sun Conference foes, claiming a 7-1 decision over second-place St. Thomas on Friday night at ERAU’s Sliwa Stadium. Tucker Jensen was lights out for the home team, keeping the Bobcat bats at bay over the course of eight strong innings of work.

Embry-Riddle improves to 27-7 overall and 17-2 in Sun Conference play, while St. Thomas drops to 12-19 overall and 8-5 in league games.

Jensen was impressive as ERAU’s starter, the senior form Ormond Beach, Fla. faced the minimum nine batters over the course of the first three frames.

The Blue and Gold put up two runs in the second inning, both coming with two outs. Ian MacGeorge continued to drive

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TUCKER JENSEN MOVED TO 7-1 overall in pitching. The senior gave up just one run on six hits while facing No. 2 St. Thomas. The Eagles move to 17-2 in The Sun Conference.

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Felix was the first to complete his singles match and scored the clincher with a 6-0, 6-0 defeat of Vicinanzo at the No. 3 spot.

The remaining singles players for the Eagles did not surrender a single game en route to their fifth shutout of the year.

Nilsson blanked Maria Fiala and Kristina Larsen 8-0.

The Eagles registered shutouts at the top three singles spots as Chen defeated Ruiz, Frej Vitallé defeated Lee and

Kamendova downed Sadesky to score the clincher. ERAU yielded just three games at the remaining three singles spots en route to the program’s seventh shutout of the season.

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The Embry-Riddle women’s tennis team celebrated its new No. 2 national ranking with a 9-0 conference victory over Ave Maria, Tuesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles are now 14-3 overall and 4-0 conference action. The Gyrenes, competing in their first season of intercollegiate tennis, are 0-4 both in the league and overall.

Embry-Riddle dropped just three games in doubles play as Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström bested Jaclyn Ruiz and Eileen Lee 8-1, Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocío Frej Vitallé topped Julia Sadesky and Luciana Romero 8-2, and Kristina Márová and Caroline

Sunday-Tuesday, April 3-05: Sun Conference Spring Major Miami, Fla. TBA

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Saturday, April 2: vs Northwood (DH)* West Palm Beach, Fla. 12 p.m.

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The Embry-Riddle men’s tennis team notched its fourth conference win of the season with a 9-0 win over conference newcomer Ave Maria on Tuesday.

The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in the latest NAIA poll, are now 9-5 overall and 4-0 in league play, while the Gyrenes, now in the second year in the league but their first competing in tennis, fall to 0-4 both overall and in the conference.

With just five players available to play on Tuesday, Ave Maria had to default at the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles positions, giving ERAU a 2-0 lead.

At No. 2 doubles Simon Felix and Chris Freeman blanked Matthew Vicinanzo and Anselm Karas 8-0 and Adrian Bayh and Peter Francis combined to hold of Leo Duval and Alex Pince 8-4 to extend the Eagle lead to 4-0.

Friday, April 1: vs Northwood * West Palm Beach, Fla. 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 31: vs Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 2: vs Barry Daytona Beach, Fla. 10 a.m.

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Friday-Saturday, April 1-2: South Florida Invitational Tampa, Fla. TBA

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PETER FRANCIS RECENTLY NAMED as national player of the week defeats his opponent in the Eagles 9-0 win over conference new-comer Ave Maria. Both men’s and women’s tennis team are ranked No. 2 in the latest NAIA poll.

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Eagles set standards at the FSU Relays Michael Pierce

ERAU Athletics On the first day of the FSU Relays, the Embry-Riddle track team set three school records and registered three NAIA qualifying standards, including two “A” standard times.

Evans Kirwa was victorious in a primarily-NCAA Division I field in the men’s 10,000m, establishing a new school record time of 30:25.20. His time also

qualifies as an NAIA “A” standard for the event.

Senior Sam Vazquez was also able to earn an “A” standard when he won the men’s 1500m in 3:48.20.

In the men’s 400m, Reagan Beal posted a “B” standard time of 48.40, good enough for fifth place in the event.

Flo Vazquez earned a seventh-place finish amongst a field of 37 competitors in the women’s 5000m, setting a new school record in the process

with a time of 17:41.90.

One more school record fell on Friday, as Breanna Goring posted a time of 15.13 in the women’s 100m hurdles, finishing 12th.

The Embry-Riddle track and field team posted three “A” standards on Saturday to wrap up a successful two days at the FSU Relays in Tallahassee, Fla. Taylor Russell got the day off to a strong start, posting a top-10 finish in a mostly NCAA Division I field of 48 competitors in the 200m. Russell earned

a ninth-place finish, clocking in with a time of 25.37. Later in the day, Russell had an even better performance in the 100m, finishing sixth with an “A” standard time of 12.04.

The Eagles had great success in the men’s 800m, as both Sam Vazquez and Mallory Jackson posted “A” standard times in the event. Vazquez won the race with a school-record time of 1:49.91, while Jackson finished sixth in 1:53.14. Vazquez’s time is also the fastest 800m

lowing at-bats, leading to the third.

ERAU struck for a run in the third, knotting the score at 1-1 when Frankie Arias hit a solo shot over the right centerfield fence off of CU starter Cody Ferrell. The homer was Arias’ first as an Eagle, and marked the first of four home runs the Eagles would hit in the contest.

Cumberland got their own home run in the third from Greg Appleton, giving them a 2-1 lead.

The visitors put together a big inning in the fourth, scoring five runs on three hits and one error, highlighted by a Sabins’ grand slam. Stroud began the inning by wearing a Ferrell pitch, followed by an Ian MacGeorge single down the left field line. After Robbins popped up to the catcher, Clint Whitman hit a sharp ground ball to third base, a ball that appeared to have double play written all over it. However, the third baseman made an errant throw to the second baseman, pulling him off the bag and allowing all three runners to be safe, including Stroud scoring the tying run. Smith singled to left center to load the bags before Arias popped a ball up in the infield for an infield fly rule out. Sabins hit the third pitch he saw from Ferrell deep over the left centerfield fence to clear the bases and give

Embry-Riddle a 6-2 lead.

Ratliff gave up his second homer of the game in the homehalf of the fourth, cutting the ERAU lead to 6-4, but struck out the final CU batter to end the inning.

The Eagles got the two runs back in the fifth off a Whitman triple to center field that drove in both Ben Kline and MacGeorge, and pushed the score to 8-4.

Ratliff came out for the fifth frame, but would not finish it as CU collected four runs on four hits off of him and relievers Steve Ortman and Phillip Reamy. Reamy was able to escape with the bases loaded when he got Appleton to fly out to center field.

Chris Page accounted for another Eagle run in the sixth when he smacked his first round tripper of the season off of Christian Jennings. The mammoth homer gave the Eagles a 9-8 lead, a lead they would hold until the bottom of the seventh inning.

With the Bulldogs down to their last out in the seventh, CU came back to tie the game with a single run, stringing together two hits and a walk to send the game into extra innings.

Neither team could score in the eighth, but the Eagles took an 11-9 lead in the top of the ninth when Aaron Glaum and Arias singled home a

run each for the visitors.

Yet again Cumberland erased the two-out deficit, striking for two runs off of Reamy. After the Bulldogs scored one run, Reamy faced a bases-loaded situation with two outs. Cory Farris hit a single into right field, scoring the runner from third, but Arias was able to throw out Richie Seaton at home when he attempted to score from second base, ending the inning and moving the game to the 10th inning.

Page led off the top of the 10th inning with his second home run of the game, giving ERAU a 12-11 lead, a run that proved to be the winning one.

Glaum drove in the final Eagle run when he fouled out down the right field line that allowed Kline to tag and score from third.

Daniel Eaton relieved Reamy in the bottom of the 10th, and he went three-up, three-down, including a pair of strikeouts to end the game for ERAU. Page finished 4-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs scored, Sabins picked up four RBIs, all on his grand slam, and MacGeorge went 3-for-4 in the game. The Eagles as a team struck for 20 hits, the most of the 2011 season.

Reamy got the win for EmbryRiddle, moving to 1-1 overall, while Eaton picked up his first save of the year.

and Niktia Borodatov at No. 3 doubles. Eddie Elliott and David Cathalina pulled the Seahawks level with an 8-4 win over Chris Freeman and David Spennare at the top spot, but Adrian Bayh and Patrick Besch, playing just their fourth match together this season, gave the Blue and Gold a 2-1 advantage heading into singles play with an 8-5 victory over Guilherme Azambuja and Mihkel Kruusmagi.

The Eagles’ first singles win came at the fourth position where Spennare got the better of Cathalina with a 6-1, 6-3 decision. Freeman represented the fourth Eagle point as he topped Elliott 6-3, 6-2 at No.1 singles, and Felix clinched the win, holding off Kruusmagi 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 at the third spot.

Francis bested Azambuja 7-5, 6-2 at the second spot and Bayh closed out the Eagle scoring with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Egas at No. 6. Northwood’s lone singles point came at No. 5 singles where Daniel Ortega top Sean

de la Bastide 6-2, 6-4.

The Eagles will have a seven-day layoff before their next match which takes place on Mar. 31 against NCAA D II Florida Southern in Lakeland.

The Embry-Riddle women’s tennis team captured its fifth conference win of the season with a 9-0 shutout of last season’s conference regular season co-champion Northwood (2-7, 1-3) on Wednesday. The Eagles shored up their hold on the top spot in The Sun Conference regular season standings, improving to 5-0 in the league

and 15-3 overall.

The Eagles registered shutouts in all three doubles contests as Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström topped Fiorella Moggia and Andrea Sucre at the top spot, Rocío Frej Vitalle and Ekaterina Kamendova bested Christine Novakovic and Prisceila Duarte at No. 2, and Kristina Márová and Paola Montero downed Kristin Walker and Danielle Miller at No. 3.

Ström was the first to finish her singles match, downing Walker 6-0, 6-1. Frej Vitallé and Márová topped their respective opponents by the same margin, with Frej Vitallé scoring the clincher at the No. 3 spot.

Kamendova earned her 14th win of the year with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Priscela Duarte, while Chen extended her conference unbeaten streak to 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 decision against Moggia at No. 1 singles.

Nilsson sealed the Eagle shutout, holding Miller scoreless at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

was selected based on his performance during the week of Mar. 14-20 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/ independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections after earning his second Sun Conference Player of the Week honor on Monday.

Francis led the second-ranked

Embry-Riddle men’s tennis team to a 2-1 record last week.

He won all three of his singles and doubles matches to improve his overall singles record to 15-7 and his doubles mark to 11-5.

Against defending national champion Auburn Montgomery, Francis won his doubles and singles matches to lead the

Thanks to 14 hits and a pair of CU errors, the Eagles plated double-digit runs again against the Bulldogs for the second straight contest.

Ryan Vigue took to the hill for ERAU, looking for his nationleading eighth win of the 2011 season. Vigue looked great through the first four innings, as the Bulldogs managed just two hits off the senior from Merritt Island, Fla. He twice stranded runners on third base during the first four frames, keeping zeroes on the bottom half of the scoreboard.

The Blue and Gold got a run in the top of the third off of CU starter Logan Neal when J.T. Warmoth hit a pitch to left field that brought Aaron Glaum in from third after he tagged up.

Embry-Riddle went up 4-0 in the fourth off an Ian MacGeorge three-run home run to left field, plating Keaton Stroud, Ben Kline and himself. Kline started the inning with a single to left field, followed by a Stroud single to left center. Stroud’s single extended his hitting streak to 16 games, dating back to Feb. 26 against Ave Maria. The homer from MacGeorge was his second of his season.

The Eagles put up three more runs in the fifth frame, including two on a Chris Page roundtripper, his third of the year, all coming in the two days. Steve Sabins reached first on a fielding error by the third baseman before Page smacked a 1-1 pitch over the right field wall for a 6-0 Eagle lead. Kline was hit by a pitch

time thus far in the 2011 NAIA outdoor track season.

The 1500m was another event where the Blue and Gold performed well, as four Eagles posted new personal best times. In the women’s race, Ellie Staker earned an eighth-place finish in 4:51.18 while Karina Coelho finished 16th in 5:00.67. The men’s race saw Evans Kirwa finish seventh in a time of 3:57.75 and Brett Galloway cross the line in 14th with a time of 4:04.60.

In the field events, three Eagles

posted their best marks of the 2011 season in the pole vault, led by Adam Holdwsorth finishing seventh with a mark of 4.65m. Monte Willett finished right behind him in eighth place, vaulting a height of 4.50m. Chris Harter placed 10th, also posting a mark of 4.50m.

The Eagles will return to action next weekend when they travel to Tampa, Fla. for the South Florida Invitational, held on the campus of the University of South Florida April 1-2.

Michael Pierce

The Embry-Riddle track and field team continued its strong start to the 2011 outdoor season with five more qualifying standards on the final day of the Spike’s Classic at the ERAU Track Complex.

Russell Snyder started the day’s events on the right foot, setting a new school record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:43.66.

In the 400m run, Kristina Kendrick and Reagan Beal each set new personal bests but narrowly missed the “B” standard times. Kendrick finished second in her event with a time of 57.57 seconds while Beal won the men’s race with a time of 48.75 seconds.

Chance Finstad achieved the first time of the day on the track for the Eagles, winning the men’s 400m hurdles in a “B” standard time of 54.70 seconds.

Two more qualifying times were accomplished in the men’s 800m run, as Sam Vazquez hit an “A” standard with his first-place time of 1:52.06, while Mallory Jackson was close behind in second place with a “B” standard time of 1:54.45.

Embry-Riddle’s Leon Robinson also picked up an “A” standard, winning the men’s 200m dash in 21.50 seconds.

In the field events, John Schmotzer set a personal record in the men’s shot put, winning the event with a distance of 13.87m.

Reta Woodard picked up the fifth qualifying standard of the day for the Blue and Gold, hitting a “B” standard in the discus with a winning distance of 43.00m.

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ERAU Athletics The Eagles notched their second ever win over a No. 1 ranked team when they defeated defending National Champion Cumberland 13-11 in 10 innings. ERAU beat then No. 1 ranked Lewis-Clark State last season in the Avista-NAIA World Series.

Sophomore Robbie Ratliff started the game for the Eagles, looking to give the Eagles a solid start after they dropped the first game of the afternoon. The Bulldogs were able to scratch across a run in the first inning, but Ratliff got out of a jam with the bases loaded by striking out designated hitter Tommy Crews.

The Eagles singled twice in the second inning, but both runners were stranded on the bags to send the contest to the bottom of the second frame.

Ratliff gave up a walk in the second, but retired the Bulldogs on just three pitches in the fol-

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ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle men’s tennis team continued defense of it Sun Conference title with a 7-2 win over Northwood, Tuesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex.

The Eagles, ranked second in the latest NAIA national poll, improved their overall record to 10-5 and remain unbeaten in conference play at 5-0. The Seahawks are 2-5, on the year and 0-3 in league play.

Peter Francis and Simon Felix gave the Eagles an early 1-0 lead with an 8-3 defeat of Joshua Egas

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ERAU Athletics Embry-Riddle junior Peter Francis recorded a program first as he became the first player in Embry-Riddle tennis history to garner NAIA National Player of the Week honors. Francis

The Embry-Riddle track & field team got off to a good start on the first day of the Spike’s Classic, posting five “B” standards and one “A” standard on Friday at the ERAU Track Complex.

The Eagles’ 4x800m relay teams were the first to earn qualifying times, with the women’s squad picking up the only “A” standard of the day for the Blue and Gold. ERAU’s team of Erika Langhauser, Baleigh Hyatt, Ellie Staker and Karina Coelho won the event with a time of 9:22.94. The men’s sqaud, consisting of Jonathan Brasch, Adam Vetere, Mallory Jackson and Sam Vazquez also won their event, registering a “B” standard time of 7:45.67.

Evans Kirwa picked up a “B” standard in the men’s 5000m run, racing his way to a 14:47.37 finish, better than 30 seconds quicker than the rest of the field.

In the field events, both the men’s and women’s hammer throw school records were broken, as Reta Woodard and Albin Abraham each tossed new Embry-Riddle record distances. Woodard won the women’s event with a “B” standard distance of 49.56m, while Abraham won the men’s event with a distance of 50.24m.

The Eagles recorded two more wins and two more “B” standards in the men’s pole vault and men’s javelin.

Adam Holdsworth won the pole vault with a “B” standard height of 4.75m and Adam Szablowski won the javelin with a “B” standard distance of 56.45m.

Women’s golf takes 18 overall Austin Quinn

Eagles to a 7-2 win over the Senators. In a loss to No. 5 Oklahoma Christian, the junior earned an 8-2 win in doubles and a 7-5, 6-4 victory in singles and he closed out the week with another 8-2 doubles win and a 6-4, 6-2 decision in singles as the Eagles defeated No. 25 Oklahoma Christian 8-1.

The Embry-Riddle women’s golf team shot 316 and finished 18th overall in the third and final round of the University of Cincinnati Spring Invitational at the Plantation Golf Resort and Spa Sunday.

The Eagles shot 326-313316=955 en route to their 18th place finish out of 23 teams that were mostly NCAA Division I and II competitors.

Fabys A. Barreto Guzman led the way once again for the Eagle women, finishing the three-day, 54-hole tournament tied for 39th out of 120 competitors with a 79-78-75=232.

Bea Serra was the second lowest scorer for the Eagles coming in at 79-79-81=239.

Heather Wiquist and Zala Pia Jenko rounded out the scorers for the Blue and Gold with

an 82-80-80=242 and 87-7680=243 respectively. Connie Pitenis also took part in the tournament, shooting 86-8288=256.

“The team was so close to a great round today against great competition and tough greens,” said Head Coach Maria Lopez.

“We had a few short-game challenges, but we are getting there and are looking to get better.”

NCAA Division I North Texas won the 23-team tournament with an impressive 301-292-882. Morehead State finished 13 strokes behind North Texas in second with a 290-301-304=895. Florida Southern (295-302-300=897), Campbell (300-302-305=907) and Stetson (303-296-309=908) rounded out the top five.

The Eagle women will compete again on Apr. 8 when they host the LPGA International Bash at the Beach.

in the next at-bat, followed by a Stroud double to right center.

MacGeorge picked up his fourth RBI of the afternoon thanks to a sac fly to deep center field, scoring Kline from third.

After Cumberland got on the board with a run in the bottom of the fifth, ERAU answered with their third straight inning of three-run baseball. Sabins hit a one-out home run to the deepest part of the ballpark for a 8-1 Eagle lead. Page doubled to right center, then Kline singled to left center, putting Eagle runners on the corners with one out. Stroud continued his hot streak with a double down the right field line, plating Page and moving Kline to third. MacGeorge hit his second sacrifice fly to bring in Kline, stretching the Eagle lead to 10-1.

CU’s Tommy Crews accounted for two CU runs in the sixth when he homered off of Vigue, cutting the deficit to 10-3.

The Eagles were kept scoreless in the seventh, and CU got back in the game with a threerun home-half of the frame to draw within 10-6. Jesse Bowman hit his first homer of the year with two Bulldogs on, scoring three runs for CU. Steve Ortman entered the game for Vigue with one out and succesfully minimized the damage by getting two outs with two runners on base.

Ortman kept the defending National Champions at bay in the eighth inning, again stranding two Bulldog runners on the base paths.

Embry-Riddle struck for an insurance run in the visitor-half

of the ninth, thanks to a Sabins sac fly that scored Greg Smith.

Cumberland made it interesting in their last at-bat, striking for three runs on three hits and an Eagle error, causing Head Coach Randy Stegall to bring in Jensen for the final out of the game. Jensen threw four pitches, including the final one that Tommy Winegardner swung on and missed to seal the win for the Eagles.

Vigue moved to 8-1 on the year with the victory, and Jensen picked up his first save of the season and of his career.

MacGeorge collected two hits in three at-bats, plating five runs in the process. Page went 3-for-6 with two RBIs while Stroud finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

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Sixth-ranked Eagles outlast top-ranked Bulldogs EMBRY-RIDDLE CUMBERLAND

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Ryan Mosher

ERAU Athletics For the second game in a row, the Embry-Riddle Eagles used offensive firepower and a Tucker Jensen strikeout to outlast the No. 1 Cumberland Bulldogs, 11-9 on Tuesday at Woody Hunt Stadium.

The Blue and Gold jump to 26-7 and CU slips to 19-11 overall.

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Well delivered ‘Sucker Punch’

Sucker Punch

Derick Alvarez

Guest Reporter Upon seeing the movie trailer for “Sucker Punch” I had already deciphered to myself that this movie was probably going to be extremely corny, filled with bad acting, and have a pointless story line which seemed to be surrounding an attractive young school girl killing things. It basically looked like a guy, brain dead, “dur, look at the short skirt she’s wearing and pretend the story means anything when I really don’t care,” type of movie.

Surprisingly, “Sucker Punch” delivered an unexpected entertaining fantasy filled, action packed, explosive performance that left me happy with having taken the plunge in seeing this film.

A troubling past surrounds Emily Browning’s charac-

ter, ‘Babydoll’ who, yes, is attractive and would definitely provoke many guys to take a look at the movie. In the beginning, the audience is introduced to the disturbing past of Emily’s character.

In an interesting depiction of the dramatic experiences her character had to endure, the beginning scenes didn’t use any words but kept you an intriguingly interested in how the story would unfold.

Emily’s character is soon taken to a mental institution where our story takes a new look as to what some people were immediately reminded of the movie ‘Inception,’ where dreams took place of reality.

‘Babydoll’ was introduced as she was shown around her new surroundings within her imagination of a sleazy men’s club. Upon settling in to the new imaginary surroundings, she is forced to dance where the audience is thrown into

her friends had to fight off.

The third level of ‘Babydoll’s perception is where most of the insane action you see in the movie trailer comes from, and the place where most gun hoe moviegoers were attracted to. She is dressed in a stereotypical skimpy schoolgirl dress uniform, wielding a pistol and a samurai sword which she used to slice and shoot her way through the high octane dreamscape battles.

Insanely enough, with its strong sexual driving theme, intense violence, and subjective content, this movie was rated PG-13. In my opinion the movie could have been a bit more detailed as to its depictions of morals and violence even if it pulled the rating up to an ‘R’ which may have given the film a better understanding.

In the end, this movie did have just a few corny and bad acting scenes which was not really noticea b l e throughout the v e r y theatric action, and dram a t i c content w h i c h kept me interested the entire time.

If you are a guy or girl who likes to watch girls kicking rearends with guns and PHOTOS COURTESY WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES swords, wearing a third level of imagination provocative clothing with the within ‘Babydoll’s perception. inclusion of explosions, over This third level consisted of the edge superhuman fighting, different worlds that included and extremely action packed giant samurai warriors, hun- dancing, this movie is for you. dreds of stream driven zom- So as to a warning, this movie bies soldiers, an enormous fire is definitely not for the faint breathing dragon, and another of heart who want to watch a fifty or so of high-tech killer romantic, hold my hand and robots which ‘Babydoll’ and cuddle, movie.

Cafe de Honduras Overall

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Derick Alvarez

Guest Reporter Take a drive North on Clyde Morris from Embry-Riddle and make a right at Mason Ave. If you keep driving past Nova Rd., you will eventually end at the ocean and you will have passed one of the best hole in the wall restaurants Daytona Beach has to offer.

On a street w i t h s h a d y car sales lots, random bars and sprinkled with a variety of dirty looking buildings, Chucherias Hondurenas goes unseen by most people especially considering its just past a body piercing shop.

Don’t be deterred from the restaurant’s location, which

operated within a small onestory building just off the street, straight across from a car wash. Inside you are immediately greeted by warm smiles from the family who runs the restaurant as you are surrounded with the wonderful aroma of Latin food.

Although the operating times for the restaurant are from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday, if you come in later in the evening, they may run out of a certain food. Since everything is made from fresh ingredients and bought for the day, they sometimes run out of food by the end of the day and sometimes close early.

As soon as you sit at a table, Chef Mayra Rodriguez, or one of the other family members will take your order with a smile. Looking through the menu, you will notice that this is not a Taco Bell.

When your food comes to the table, it is presented in a way that a five star restaurant lays out their food; it resembles a piece of art sitting on your plate. Latin food tends to be sweet, not spicy, and if done the right way, tastes almost like eating a wonderful desert for the main course. Although, if you do want spice, they do have

a spicy dipping sauce which can keep most burning-mouth seekers happy. Additionally, they even cater to vegetarians if you’re not into the meats.

Unfortunately they ran out of the main dish ‘Res,’ or beef, so I opted for the ‘Chuletas,’

pork chops, which were served with white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.

Presented very nicely, I almost didn’t want to disturb the lay out, but soon after my fist bite, I seldom seemed to be capable of putting my fork down until the final bite. Everything was perfect, the meat was cooked just right, the beans tasted great, the rice was very flavorful, and the plantains were wonderful.

Accompanied with my meal I chose to have great tasting pineapple juice and blackberry juice. To finish my meal, I ordered ‘Poffertjes,’ which were tiny pancakes served with butter and powder sugar.

All in all, everything was very tasty and I enjoyed the environment, food, background music, and service.

The portions of the main course are not stingy and fill the plate as well as most people’s stomachs to the brim.

The main dishes will fill your mouth with a variety of tastes that tend to provoke you to eat more and more bites until you finally realize that everything on your plate is gone. The deserts are just as good and give you a very delectable treat to finish your lunch.

If you have never tried Latin food or eaten here yet, you s h o u l d definitely try to come with an open mind in trying something new. The prices are definitely not five star crazy expensive as it is very affordable for most people and everything DERICK ALVAREZ/AVION on the menu is prepared with care.

Chucherias Hondurenas offers a great experience to try pure authentic Latin food, home cooked style, all served with a smile that will keep most people coming back for more.

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Priyanka Kumar Copy Editor

Tourists and residents swarm by the shore to catch the next wave or to get sun kissed by Florida’s hot rays.

A perfect stop to catch a bite is a little diner called Cracked Egg on A1A right across La Mer condominiums, just north of the Dunlawton bridge.

With a bright and noticeable baby chick painted coming out of a cracked egg on the diner’s door, the place seems anything but modern. It makes you wonder what lies behind those doors—but entering into the diner, one will only feel homely thanks to the diner’s friendly staff and retro feel courtesy of the décor.

Like most diners, Cracked

Egg offers breakfast during all operating hours. From specialty omelets to a short stack of pancakes, customers have the choice of ordering something that is made fresh in a kitchen open to the restaurant. Lunch is also offered from 11a.m. onwards with options such as classic sandwiches, all-American burgers and chili cheese hot-dogs.

Cracked Egg offers appetizers such as wings and onion rings. I ordered fries and gravy because the combination was a welcome refreshment from the monotonous and boring fries with ketchup. To my surprise, the combination of fresh gravy and homemade fries made for a satisfying and unique starter. Watch out, this isn’t your average top-your-turkey on Thanksgiving dinner gravy.

Cracked Egg’s gravy is dark in color and is initially sweet, followed by a tangy taste that leaves you wanting to dip more.

Served hot, the server assured me it was made fresh, and for just $2.49, you can’t complain.

It’s also hard to resist not ordering the trademarked “Cracked Egg” omelet at this

breakfast specialty diner. All breakfast egg and omelet meals are served with hash browns or grits and toast of your choice.

This omelet came with sausage, bacon, your choice of cheese, and vegetables that was served warm and ready to indulge. The

egg felt soft and it would have been more favorable without the green peppers and onions that contributed to the egg’s watery texture and taste. The overall meal was moderate and filling for $7.99.

I also ordered the Crabcake Sandwich & Fries combination, which was an order I’d definitely go back for. Seafood lovers will enjoy the fresh crab, a break from the artificial crab that some restaurants use. With a perfect balance of bread and crabmeat mixed together, the crabcake sandwich makes for a perfect lunch that’s not too heavy. Although the crabcake was a tad oily, it was one of the main reasons why the sandwich was so scrumptious. It was also pocketed in between some good ciabatta bread so do not expect your average hamburger bun.

The meal cost $9.99 and was served with a decent portion of fries.

If you’re looking for a good home cooked or home cookedstyle meal, the Cracked Egg Diner is a must in the Daytona area. For under 10 dollars, this diner will serve you comfort and a plate of food you’ll want to come back for again. You may find the two owners Chris and Kevin P u r u c k e r, who are brothers, in the kitchen stirring up your next meal.

D o n ’ t forget the atmosphere is very welcoming and friendly; PRIYANKA KUMAR/AVION Cracked Egg may be overlooked, however, it’s worth a stop to grab a bite or to socialize over an appetizer if you’re by the beach. The diner’s operating hours are 7a.m. to 3p.m. on Mondays, 7a.m. to 9p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday and 7a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday’s.

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