Avion Issue 4 Fall 2017

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From the Ground Up: The Rebuilding of Puerto Rico Sarah Fairchild Correspondent Last month, Hurricane Maria slammed into the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico with Irma-level winds and drenched the island with Harvey-level flooding. The aftermath was devastating; the power grid island-wide had failed, communications became practically nonexistent, hospitals were crippled and the Guajataca Dam experienced critical

infrastructure damage. All hope is not lost, however, as Puerto Rican inhabitants continue to demonstrate their resilient spirit during the aftermath of the devastating storm.

On-island contractors have already begun demolition work on commercial properties and major transportation routes.

Due to their efforts, supply shipments and fuel trucks can reach a growing population of affected citizens, and malls have

slowly begun to reopen their stores. Costco and K-mart were some of the first stores to reopen after the hurricane, with FedEx cargo planes arriving regularly to restock their supplies. One mall in MayagĂźez opened three stores this past Wednesday: an auto parts store, a Walgreens, and a Krispy Kreme donut shop. Many restaurants have also reopened but with limited menus and, due to the imposed curfew, extensive

takeout lines.

Local stores are beginning to hand out newspapers again, and two radio stations have begun broadcasting; with their main goal being to inform people of which stores are open, where they can receive aid, and which employers are asking their workers to return to their jobs. While restoring power to the island is going to take a long time, many Puerto Rican inhabitants have obtained gen-

erators, or are staying in the vicinity of places that have portable power.

Improvements are currently being made on all fronts, with increased military assistance arriving to distribute food, water, and medical supplies.

Local law enforcement is increasingly active, especially at ATM's and banks, as well as at major intersections where traffic lights have stopped working. Gas rationing has been lifted as of Thursday:

citizens are now allowed to fill their cars and portable gas cans without restrictions so long as they have access to a fuel station. Local banks are reopening so that people can access their money and some places are beginning to accept credit cards. Meanwhile, cell service in areas such as San Juan and Guaynabo continue to grow stronger so that communications can be reestablished.

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CEO and Lead Designer Elon Musk outlined his vision and current work on the long-term technical challenges that need to be addressed to support the creation of a permanent and self-sustaining human presence on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

The presentation began with an overview of some of the current developments

in spaceflight technology that SpaceX is undertaking.

Highlights include a carbon fiber fuel tank which would be placed in space for ships to refuel, a new rocket engine to support propulsion under diverse planet atmospheres, a perfective propulsive landing where rockets will eventually land back in their own launch mounts, and a

sophisticated space navigation systems allowing automatic rendezvous in space.

But perhaps the biggest revelation came with the introduction of a rocket and spaceship system named BFR where, with a height and diameter similar to the Saturn V, the vehicle would carry up to 150 tons of payload with a pressurized volume higher

than an Airbus A380.

Utilizing many of the technologies mentioned, Musk envisions a fully reusable system where the marginal cost per launch is the lowest on the market and where an affordable in-space refueling would allow massive spacecraft to reach other planets in an economical way. This architecture would unlock

opportunities for science, defense and commercial operations, which would, in turn, finance pathfinder colonization missions to the Moon and Mars.

"This would enable the creation of a Lunar base.

It's 2017, we should have a lunar base by now, what the hell is going on?" complained Elon.

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SpaceX 2024: A Mars Odyssey

Sergio Taleisnik Correspondent

What’s Inside

While some just dream about the future of human space exploration, an individual is running a company currently working on just exactly that. Last Friday, as part of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) being held in Australia, SpaceX Founder,

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Henry Neiberlien Andrew Bronshteyn Collin Anderson Jaclyn Wiley Sariah Adviento Payton Muglia

Page Editors Front Editor Puerto Rico Editor Campus Editor Student Life Editor Opinions Editor Feature Editor Aviation Editor Space Editor Sports Editors Comics Editor Entertainment Editor On-SIte Copy Editor

Collin Anderson Xi Wang Keenan Thungtrakul Victoria Jordan K’Andrew Fance Beckford D.R. Stiff Emily Rickel Madeline Eitnear Joshua Rosado Samantha Stirmel Miguel Moore Vipul Telang

Staff Contributors Reporters Photographers

Mike Shekari Keenan Thungtrakul Michael Weinhoffer Joshua Rosado Zachary Fedewa Rajan Khanna

Correspondents Samatha Stirmel, Victoria Jordan, Sarah Fairchild, Sergio Taleisnik, Brian Harney, D.R. Stiff, Chirag Mehrotra

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Mike Shekari Correspondent So far, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has already wreaked havoc across the Southeastern United States and islands in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. Hurricane Harvey decimated large areas of coastal Texas and has displaced thousands of individuals for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Hurricane Irma, the largest recorded in Atlantic hurricane history, plowed across the entirety of Florida causing power losses for approximately seven million residents and massive amounts of damage throughout the Florida Keys and southwestern portions of the state. Western portions of Volusia County remain under flood warnings from the St. Johns River as of the writing of this publication.

However, Puerto Rico was affected by Hurricane Irma and then hit directly by Hurricane Maria, which has induced

Rebuilding Puerto Rico Continued from A1 >> The number of flights into and out of the eight operational airports has doubled to approximately 30 flights per day, enabling more essentials to be transported to the island. For those in dire situations at local hospitals and medical centers, this also means there will be more transit permitted

a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented proportions on the island. Power will not be completely restored on the island for up to six months, according to Puerto Rican officials.

There has been an outpouring of support for the people of Puerto Rico, including requests for donations of batteries, diapers, first aid supplies and non-perishable food items.

As good as the intentions of those who donate material support to emergency response efforts are, they can actually cause more issues with their donations than the amount of help they provide.

The reasoning behind this statement revolves around logistics issues experienced by emergency management personnel while providing disaster services. When donations are collected in boxes like the ones currently on campus, they are often sent to humanitarian relief organization without proper sorting or in too small of quantities from off of the island, allowing them to receive the care they need at mainland hospitals.

Curfew is still in effect from 7:00 pm until 6:00 am and law enforcement has imposed a dry law.

No sale or consumption of alcohol is allowed anywhere on the island, for the time being.

In fear of not being able to earn a living, local breweries and bars are asking permission to sell their stock to-go, since people will be

one source to make an appreciable difference.

This creates a need for additional manpower to sort and prepare these donations for distribution, in addition to a staging area to store the donations while they are being sorted. Manpower and staging areas are usually both in short supply in disaster-affected areas, which can cause response efforts to be bogged down by donations or the donations to be pushed out of the way until they can be sorted later. There is also a possibility that the dona-

tion might not even make it to the disaster zone or it could be stolen and resold to those whom it was meant to help.

Instead of buying items and sending them to a donation drop-off, individuals can take the money that they would have spent on relief items and donate it directly to a reputable humanitarian organization responding to the disaster in Puerto Rico, such as the Salvation Army and American Red Cross. These organizations can take financial contributions and order the supplies that they need for the response in an organized manner through already existing logistics networks and in bulk quantities, which allows for a far more efficient use of resources.

We have a duty to help the people of Puerto Rico.

However, we must ensure that the donations we provide will be more of a help than a burden. You can donate to the relief efforts from the Salvation Army or American Red Cross for Puerto Rico online.

home after curfew.

With over 10,000 federal relief workers and 7,200 troops on the ground, the most crucial factor in the relief effort will be islandwide distribution.

The more rural areas of Puerto Rico are hurting the most, with the issue of limited access to resources slowly being amended by air-lifting the supplies to the more unobtainable regions.

Each minor victory is one more little step towards normalcy for

the inhabitants of Puerto Rico. That is not to say there is no work to be done; it will be a very long time before the U.S. island territory is fully functioning. Many statebased charities and foundations including the American Red Cross and UNICEF are assisting in the relief effort, and every donation helps. With combined efforts, the rebuilding of Puerto Rico can continue its slow but steady advance from the ground up.

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As good as the intentions of those who donate material support to emergency response efforts are, they can actually cause more issues with their donations than the amount of help they provide.

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Photo Courtesy: Tech. Sgt. Liliana Moreno/U.S. Air Force Contingency Response Airmen offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III, at Homestead Air Reserve Base.

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Field of Hope 2017: Showcasing Unity in Suicide Awareness Keenan Thungtrakul Senior Reporter The month of September is known as National Suicide Awareness Month. It is hard to think about, but some people tend to show their happier sides while in public and hide what is going on inside. One may never know by just looking at someone what he or she is going through. Before the truth comes out, it may be too late. According to the CDC, in 2015, suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 15-24.

Field of Hope is an open exhibit designed to showcase awareness that depression and suicidal thoughts are present among us and that there is indeed hope to be found even in messages from total strangers.

Jennifer Pattison, one of the counselors at Embry-Riddle’s Counseling Center, said in an interview that Field of Hope was inspired by other campuses’

suicide awareness exhibits. One school, she said, had a backpack exhibition where students would leave out backpacks for those students who never saw a chance to complete their education. She and the other counselors wanted a visual exhibit that was simple, easy and interactive while testifying to the communal aspect of the campus, no matter if students reside in dorms or off-campus apartments.

This year marks the fourth year that Embry-Riddle has hosted Field of Hope, and in total, over 1200 messages have been collected from students, faculty, and staff. This year, the counselors hope to plant another four hundred flags on the field, perhaps more.

Pattison said that in the first hour, over a hundred new flags had been planted. Flags from previous years have been brought out as well. The messages written on the brightly

colored flags are intended to encourage those that are depressed or suffer from suicidal thoughts. One goal of this exhibition, as Pattison mentioned, is to remind those people that there are those that care for them and that they are not alone. Some of the flags bear the names of people who have either gone through this kind of ordeal or are going through it now.

Aside from the inspiring phrases, there is plenty of room for creativity. The famous words of Dory from Finding Nemo: “Just keep swimming…” were on at least one of the flags.

Another flag held a quote from Spock of Star Trek on one of the flags: “Live long and prosper.” Others bore quotes from the Bible and other religious texts. Some messages were more sensitive to heart. It is hard to let go of a lost loved one to something like this, but at Field of Hope, the setting is right for space where stu-

Keenan Thungtrakul/The Avion Newspaper A flag bearing the message “you are enough” flutters in the breeze. Countless other similar messages are spread out across Field of Hope, serving as reminders that even strangers are rooting for those that are enduring hardships.

dents can express their feelings openly. From the dearest words to the simplest “you’re not alone,” or “stay strong,” a simple phrase can mean a better day for someone else. In the words of a fellow student, John Fadroski, “A small act of kindness can make a huge difference to someone.”

Peppino, the Counseling Center’s service dog, came out to greet students as they planted their flags.

He let students pet him as they took breaks between classes and helped themselves to free food nearby hosted by a faith-based campus organization.

Some students were willing to share the inspirations behind their messages with The Avion. One student’s message stated that changes happen, but you can get through them.

He was inspired to write it by his own challenges that he faced. It is in those hard times that we find the strength to persevere and not give up. Another student said in her message that “the toughest soldiers fight the toughest battles.”

Going through something like depression, anxiety, or wrestling with suicidal thoughts requires strength and courage. The battle’s not over yet, but you’re tough, you’re strong, and you can muscle through it.” Another student lived through his own tough times, and now he is here at Embry-Riddle “living the dream.” His message serves to show that one can and will get through whatever

Zachary Fedewa/The Avion Newspaper ERAU student Alessia Ames plants her flag in the Field of Hope. This year the Counseling Center hopes to add another four hundred flags to the field.

challenges that come one’s way. Drew Luniewski, a freshman, told The Avion that the largest thing that helped him out is the experiences that he has yet to have. When you are struggling, he says, it is hard to envision the future ahead, let alone a positive one.

One of the major questions that might come in a time like that is “when will it all end?” Truth be told, all things do and will come to an end. Keep good things in your life, and keep pushing towards them. In the words of yet another student: “I’ve been in your shoes.”

An important sign that signals someone may be

contemplating suicide is increasing isolation. The person draws away from friends and family, spending most of the time alone.

Take a moment if you notice this sign to ask the person if they are okay. If the person needs help, there is always someone available: a fellow student, a roommate, an RA, a professor, or a counselor. The Counseling Center offers free, confidential sessions with students and can refer them to other professionals seeking to help.

To make an appointment to privately speak with a counselor on campus, call the Counseling Center’s main line at 386-226-6035.

ERAU Soars Over Obstacles in Inaugural Steel Eagle Race Brian Harney Correspondent Early on Saturday, Sept.

23, the campus looked slightly different. A walkaround revealed sandbags on the pedestrian bridge, milk jugs by the pool and a massive tire sitting in the center of the West Lawn. It was time for the inaugural Steel Eagle Challenge, a four-mile adventure race, to begin in the morning light.

Created in the mold of other adventure races

such as Spartan Race or Tough Mudder, Steel Eagle strived to create a fun and challenging route using Embry-Riddle’s campus as obstacles, claiming fourteen in total. The first year’s results were strong; in total, thirty teams of four signed up with all but one eventually competing for the top time. A top three was filled out by: ERAH (1:15:01; Mitchell Ward, Grayson Wright, Sven Jorgensen, and Gregory Bielke), CCMJ (1:28:52; Alex Murphy, Christina

Aquinde, Caleb Sabella, and Joshua Sabella), and No Step on Snek (1:30:06; Hailee Salvato, Mikaela Frias, Lauren Duer, and Sophia Marraro).

In the words of participant Jaime Johnson, “Steel Eagle wasn’t just about endurance and strength for us, but also team building and the bond that brought us all together. It was tough and mentally challenging! Even though we did not have a specific timeframe in mind, finishing was important (with-

out burpees, I might add).

Our team had a lot of fun completing each of the obstacles together, even swimming fully clothed, rolling through sand, and army crawling through warm mud. The sense of pride that we accomplished our goal, most importantly, together as a team was overwhelming.

I can’t say enough great things about the race, even though I cursed the entire way through it. I feel proud of myself and my team and will absolutely do it again,

without hesitation!”

This race was created through a team effort between the Eagle Fitness Center and Red Rope, a student organization that focuses on building teamwork and leadership skills via workouts and challenges using a special operations style of training. This collaboration showcased the leadership and organizational skills of students here on campus and the strong talent that exists at Embry-Riddle.

With the first year fin-

ished, the time has come to look to next year, with plans for new obstacles, routes, and puzzles all on the drawing board for the second iteration.

Enjoyment this year was obvious, with bright smiles shining through faces caked with mud and high-fives given all around at the finish line. If you would like to receive updates on the next Steel Eagle Challenge or other events like it, please email Deanna Lebeda at dempsed4@erau.edu.

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Students Develop a Solar Water Purification for Haiti After a team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus handed over the operator’s manual this past summer for a new purifier system to bring thousands in Haiti clean water, they were shocked at what happened next.

The local pastor in the small cholera-stricken community of Drouin told the children to go home and bring back their empty jugs. No one could anticipate how quickly the children would rush home and return with their containers. Before the Embry-Riddle students could finish cleaning up, they heard droves of children and adults from the village outside.

The message on the importance of clean water to stay healthy, which Embry-Riddle brought to the small village along

with building a solar-powered purifier system, was heard loud and clear.

“It was so emotional. I was crying. Most of us were crying,” said Joe Noto, 24, an Aerospace Engineering master’s student from Chicago, who was the president of Project Haiti 2017. “They knew what they wanted, but they couldn’t get to it. We were able to provide that. It’s so powerful.

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It’s life-changing.”

Noto, ten fellow students and Dr. Marc Compere, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Geoffrey Kain, professor and director of Embry-Rid-

dle’s Honors Program, were part of the project to build a solar water purifier system in Drouin.

The community’s main source of water, originating from the Artibonite River, had been contaminated with raw sewage containing the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

Kain said that Drouin has no electricity, plumbing, sanitation or apparent government services of any kind. “The people are just there making due in the most rudimentary, unimaginable conditions,” Kain recently told a group of students and faculty about the experience.

“You could see in some of the kids and some of the adults that there were serious issues there, but they have no choice.

It’s either that water or nothing.”

This was the eighth year where Embry-Riddle students built purifier systems throughout Haiti.

The first project was in

Photo Courtesy: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ERAU’S Project Haiti 2017 Team posing in front of the building they equipped with solar water purification system.

Photo Courtesy: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Children and villagers in the small cholera-stricken community of Drouin wait to receive clean water from a new solar-powered water purification system installed by the team.

2010 in Chambrun, Haiti, following an earthquake and outbreak of cholera, an intestinal infection.

For 2017, Embry-Riddle partnered with World Renewal International in Haiti who also has a long-term U.S. partner, Brandywine Community Church in Indiana, which helps to maintain the water purifier.

The installation trip in May was followed by another trip in August for some follow-up work on the system.

In addition to two 500-gallon tanks, the 2017 project included constructing an off-grid purification system and a hurricane-proof solar power system for the well and purifier to operate entirely from the sun. The purification system, which can remove bacteria, viruses and salts, uses Helix disc filters from a local sponsor, Miller-Leaman Inc. in Daytona Beach.

The Embry-Riddle students also conducted quality testing on the water, which was pumped from a well. Prior to the installation, the murky and cloudy water was contaminated, including with the E.coli bacteria.

“This was the dirtiest water we’ve seen throughout the eight years. This is the type of water they are drinking and bathing in every day,” said Jon Prine, 22, a senior Mechanical Engineering student from Coral Springs, Fla., and mechanical team lead

for the project.

Afterward, the purified water, which was labeled on containers by the village as “Cool Blue Water,” was clear and free of contaminants. The project also included educating school children in the community about why the water makes them sick and how to protect themselves overall from germs.

The team also distributed washcloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste and sanitizer.

“The necessities we are used to, but they don’t get them that often,” said Calli Brown, 20, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pa., who led the Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) team.

To ensure the purifier system will continue helping the community, training to maintain and operate the system was provided to the partners and workers in Haiti. Embry-Riddle also helped the Haiti partners establish a micro-business to keep the system operational and to help pay for teacher salaries in the village.

The rural location is so impoverished that there is no money locally to pay teachers, so the new water business improves education in the community, Dr. Compere said.

The Embry-Riddle team hopes to return next year if funding or donations are available to continue to help other areas of Haiti.

Compere said not only was Embry-Riddle able to bring additional people in

Haiti clean water, but the students and professors gained perspective.

“What we brought home was hands-on experience in solving realworld issues with real people and real constraints, and a global perspective and greater appreciation for the life we live here in the United States,” he said.

Rachel Hunt, 21, a Mechanical Engineering major from Southborough, Mass., said she was humbled to be part of the trip.

“It’s one thing to see images on TV of people suffering through poverty and another thing to see it in person,” she said. “Haiti is a beautiful and vibrant country full of resilient and resourceful people.

Their generosity and gratitude, in spite of their circumstances, taught me just how much I have to offer.”

The other students involved in the 2017 project included Felina Chotoo, Noah Driggers, Audrey Hallam, Zahra Khan, Fevens Louis-Jean, Dynamite Obinna and Daniel Tellez.

Other sponsors for this trip, in addition to Miller-Leaman and World Renewal International, included Solar-Fit in Holly Hill, Procter & Gamble, VIQUA, Embry-Riddle’s Student Government Association and Embry-Riddle’s Ignite research initiative.

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The controversy swirling around NFL players, teams and owners is due to their choosing (in overwhelming numbers) to support raising awareness of racial injustice by way of peaceful protest during the presentation of Our National Colors and Anthem. Right.

What the progressives see as an opportunity to seek or gain increased

racial parity in America is viewed by millions across the globe as an invaluable additional voice in support of the foundational ideas set forth by the framers of US democracy.

Right.

What others see is an unparalleled indignant act, perpetrated by perpetually pampered rich guys. The very same rich guys that we do not want to see get dragged into dissent because we will be forced to choose between

our passion for the sport and distraction and heroes of all ages for all ages. Right?

What we hear is how dysfunctional they are and how disrespectful they are and how they damage and devalue the freedom, the flag, and the veterans who fought to preserve it all. Right?

What we know, what logic reinforces; is, if veterans fought to defend our right to speak out, then certainly the last thing some

of us should do—to show respect for veterans—is to remain silent. Right?

What we hope; often aloud; is that some higher-power, please protect us from that friend of ours we like so much, except they never shut-up about politics and justice and stuff like this. Right?

Those talkative friends sincerely hope societies find a way to bridge more of our gaps. They keep saying so. Right?

Many people need the

comfort of those gaps to avoid falling into a personal gap, one too deep to fathom or traverse. Right?

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Some, perhaps many will never stop speaking, never be quiet, never be silenced.

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Some people who speak their minds do not have much to speak about.

Right? Some will never

voice or sow seeds of discontent or dissent. Right.

Some, perhaps many will never stop speaking, never be quiet, never be silenced. Right?

All rights. The constitutionally enshrined and protected rights to speak or not speak, march or do not march, kneel or do not kneel. Rights?

Celebrate that... or do not. That is the coolest part for all of us in the US, no matter on which side of any issue we reside. Right?

Opinion: Puerto Rico and the Jones Act D.R. Stiff Correspondent Recently, devastating storms have soaked our soil through the early hurricane season as rain and wind blew through the Lone Star and Sunshine State, and the Caribbean Greater Antillies, et al.

The fiercest of recorded winds buffeted man and man-made structures.

Thankfully, man fared far better than many shelters and surroundings.

Storm-related winds have now crossed the Grand Canyon State of Arizona, evoking a response from Republi-

can Senator John McCain, a proposal to abolish the Jones Act, a years-old set of special interest protections for domestic shippers, an act much favored by powerful private transportation industry interests in the US. The Trump Administration and Congress have allowed temporary suspension of the law in the immediate aftermath of the storms as necessary/beneficial in all storm-affected areas to allow a more expeditious flow of relief aid (in the form of medical supplies, durable goods, immediately exhausted

food and water, and construction materials) into the communities of need.

But that is not enough for Senator McCain, and that is not at all surprising with his history of identifying and correcting problems.

My first interaction with the Aviation Community was in the early 1990s. My first Federal Aviation Working Group was in Arizona a few years later, an effort spearheaded by Senator McCain to prevent the early demise of Rural Commercial Air Travel.

The student body at this prestigious Aeronautical

University appreciates the connection between their position today and how their predecessors solved the aviation challenges of their time.

In the case of Rural Aviation, the Wright Amendment, the Jones Act; protectionist rules are constructed to effectively unbalance the power of competitive forces and to ensure (to the extent anything can be ensured) the imbalance persists.

As was the case with Rural Air Travel, and the Wright Amendment in Texas, these protections can outlast their welcome among federal regulators

Opinion: Hurricane Irma & Saturday Make-Up Classes Keenan Thungtrakul Senior Reporter What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “Saturday school?” Detention? Inclement weather make-up? Project workday? Well, for us here at Embry-Riddle, Saturday school means make-up classes for the hurricane that came through Florida at the start of the semester. The hurricane screwed up our schedule, so it is clear why the university has to consider all possible make-up options and have in-depth discussions with student representatives and faculty.

There are a wide variety of scenarios to consider and the school ended up going with a plan that lets the students keep Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break. For those that are unaware, Career Expo and Veterans Day are now

class days. Students will now come into school on three Saturdays.

When you think of having school six days a week instead of the normal five, what comes to mind?

Stress? Exhaustion? Lost money? Why come in on a Saturday for a class that meets during the week?

The only possible reason I could think of is supplemental instruction. It would make sense to have it if there are students that need help before a major test, but for a regular class? No way. What about classes that meet late in the day? You might as well say goodbye, because I will never do such a thing.

The only way I will want to make up a late class is to do it in the morning and get it done. It will mess up my weekend routine. If we can have those classes earlier, I would think everyone would be

more willing to accept this plan. For those that work on the weekends, getting the makeups over with instead of having to make a work day like a regular school day can mean at least some extra cash that week. Those that chill on the weekends, sorry, you are going to have to go another mile before you see any free time.

Some professors have brought up the idea of having smaller make-up sessions during the regular semester to avoid having to come in on Saturdays or one of the scheduled make-up days. I find that idea a great alternative.

One teacher I know went as far as to suggest having a big make-up session in the evening during a regular school day of the students’ choosing. A majority was not able to be reached, so that idea went south quickly. It looks like

we will be having some unplanned but necessary weekend classes.

There are plenty of other ways that the school could have taken to make up for the missed days.

Fall Break could have been removed, meaning we keep at least Career Expo and Veterans Day. Otherwise, keep either Veterans Day or Career Expo and make the other a make-up day along with study day.

That would leave only one required Saturday school session, which is better than having three. A possible long-term change could be to integrate make-up days into the academic calendar, that way those days can be used in the event of a weather closure.

Otherwise, those days can be converted to student workdays or holidays where students can work,

in Washington DC, or within the industries over whom they hold sway.

Beyond the barking and bravado on all sides of repealing and abolishing the Jones Act, the simplest explanation or interpretation is probably that an evolution of sorts has been underway for Senator McCain and others who now believe that those who were protected by the Jones Act would now be better served by other means.

The debate on whether to reverse-over or double-down on the Jones Act will ensue and inform us. Either Senator

McCain will rally his fellow lawmakers on Capitol Hill, or his bill will languish in the vaunted vault of what could have been. He will essentially have to convince his colleagues that abolishing the Jones Act is crucial to ensuring the most cost-effective post-storm reconstruction efforts, especially in a Puerto Rico now much more dazed than enchanted.

And, Senator McCain will need to succeed soon.

Irma and Maria will certainly move out of the mainstream public dialogue, and into the back of our collective mind.

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Rajan Khanna/The Avion Newspaper Sulome Anderson discusses her book, The Hostage’s Daughter, during the ERAU SpeakER Series with an open Q&A and book signing

utilize campus resources to complete assignments, or consult professors for assistance.

Either way, a compromise must be reached, and I feel that Embry-Riddle

did the best that they could at scheduling make-ups in a way everybody can agree on.

It will be interesting to come to school on a Saturday.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel re-elected to her fourth term

Collin Anderson News Editor Last week, the German election revealed that Chancellor Angela Merkel won her fourth term in office. The Christian Democrats (CDU) won 32.5 percent of the vote according to exit polls at 6 pm local time. In second place was the party of The Social Democrats (SPD) raking in 20 percent.

There was one result of the election that was quite an upset. The Alternative for Germany party (AfD) won 13.5 percent of the vote. The AfD is a far-right party founded in 2013. The AfD will now

be the first far-right party to enter the German parliament in decades and as the third-largest party no less. Merkel has expressed disdain towards the AfD by stating, "I will never work with the AfD." The overall results of this election do not come as a surprise, besides a far-right party getting into parliament. Germany has maintained itself as the strongest economic power in Europe, the fastest-growing GDP among the G7 nations, and has 3.7 percent unemployment.

Angela Merkel has been the German chancellor since 2005. Merkel's stance

on taking in asylum seekers has received both criticism and praise from both sides. During the migration crisis in 2015, Germany had taken in 890,000 refugees. This number dropped steeply in 2016 after they accepted 280,000 migrants. With this influx of over 1,000,000 people, the German news agency Deutsche Welle, or DW, reported that Germany had seen a steep rise in violent and political crimes. The report from DW states, "Germany's latest police crime statistics report revealed that some 3,372 cases of politically or ideologically motivated crimes by foreigners were record-

ed in 2016 - a number up 66.5 percent compared to 2015."

After a year of political shakeups like Brexit and Donald Trump winning the US Presidential election, Germany has decided to adopt the political action equivalent of the phrase, "If it's not broke, don't fix it."

The real question that the German people have to ask themselves is if a lack of new blood and unjaded eyes is good for the future of Deutschland.

Photo Courtesy: Deutsche Presse-Agentur Angela Merkel got 32.9% of the popular vote, she was over 10% higher than the runner-up Martin Schulz, whom received 20.5%.

A Salute to the Women Who Advanced the Aerospace Industry Abigail Johnson Correspondent With aviation and aerospace industries on the rise, women are taking on more careers in engineering, business, sciences, and numerous other STEM subjects.

While more and more girls look to the sky for jobs, the diversity in the field of aerospace industries still lacks in the women to men ratio.

As commonly known at Embry-Riddle, the number of girls on campus is significantly smaller and noticeable in class sizes.

Regardless, this is an advancement compared to past numbers of women in the aerospace or aviation fields. Numerous girls are unaware of female figures and inspirations that helped

involve gender diversity into the workplace throughout history. When looking back on World War II, when the draft required men to leave their posts in factories, who other than the famous "Rosie the Riveter" to step into play.

While the Rosie figure was merely based on a woman who stepped forward to take up her husband's job during the war, she represents the thousands of women who stepped into the factory to pick up the tasks of men while they were away. From ammo to weapons to airplanes, women made a revolutionary step that would one day allow their numbers to rise in industrial careers.

Of course, we all know Sally Ride as the first woman in America to travel to space.

Many people do not recognize that Jerrie Cobb was actually the first woman to be selected into the astronaut program. She never got to go to space, but it was because of her denial

by NASA to go to space that would one day allow Sally Ride to take up the challenge and make her way to the stars. Many political figures also helped pave the way for women to work their way up in aerospace careers, such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy.

Throughout American history, the right for women to work in STEM careers has been fought for and, eventually, achieved for women everywhere. Now it is the responsibility of women not to let this victory go to waste. While it has its chal-

lenges, all it takes is a little hard work to be successful.

It is through women such

as Amelia Earhart, Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman and numerous others who

opened the door for anyone to dream of flying in modern America.

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• Airport: OAK Performers include the Blue Angels, Canadian Forces Snowbirds, and the A-10 West Heritage Flight Team. _________

Wings over North Georgia Kennesaw, GA October 21-22, 2017

• Airport: RMG Performers include the Blue Angels, Quick Silver P-51 Airshows, SOCOM, and the Ladies for Liberty, LLC. _________

Warbirds over Monroe Monroe, NC November 10-12, 2017

• Airport: EQY Performers include the Commemorative Air Force, Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, and the Military Aviation Museum. _________

Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show NAS Pensacola, FL November 10-11, 2017

•Airport: NPA Performers include the Blue Angels, GEICO Skytypers, and SHOCKWAVE & Flash Fire Jet Trucks.

This Week in Aviation History

October 3, 1951

HS-1 is commissioned, the US Navy’s first ASW helicopter squadron.

October 4, 1968

First flight of the Tupolev Tu-154.

October 5, 1922

Lillian Gatlin became the first woman passenger to make a non-stop transcontinental flight in a Post Office DH-4, from San Francisco, California to Mineola, New York.

October 6, 1977

The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.

October 7, 1963

First flight of the Learjet 23 prototype, the very first Learjet built.

October 8, 1973

First flight of the RFB Fanliner D-EJFL.

October 9, 1999

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird makes her final flight after setting speed records.

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Henry Neiberlien Editor-in-Chief The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was one of the most amazing pieces of machinery ever constructed by mankind.

The titanium Mach 4 spy plane captured the imagination of Americans and struck fear into our enemies. The aircraft flew so fast and so high it outran any missiles fired at them, and not a single SR-71 was ever lost to enemy fire.

However, reconnaissance satellites, accidents and high operating costs retired the Blackbird in the late 1990s.

Today satellites can easily be tracked and any secrets a nation is trying to hide can be easily stored in between orbital periods.

Several countries including China and the United States have developed multiple anti-satellite weapons that could destroy military satellites if needed.

The problem with satellites is that they are incredibly predictable, so the return of the spy plane is inevitable.

The US Department of Defense is now exploring several different options for reconnaissance offered by three of

its main contractors, each with its ideas for a solution. Boeing has space, Northrop Grumman has stealth and Lockheed Martin has speed.

While the other contractors explore more conventional solutions to twenty-first-century reconnaissance, Lockheed Martin seeks to use hypersonic to solve this problem, and it may not be as far out timewise as we originally thought.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works SR-72, the successor to the original Blackbird was originally proposed to enter service in the 2030 timeframe; however, it looks like it may be much sooner than that.

Skunkworks has stated that hypersonic technology in the US is "mature" and we are on the verge of a hypersonic revolution.

The full-size version of the SR-72 will be optionally manned and the size of the original Blackbird, but three to four times faster.

Skunkworks have said that for national security reasons they can only say the vehicle "will exceed Mach 5."

Currently, Skunkworks is working towards the development of the SR-72 Flight Research Vehicle.

The SR-72 FRV will be

Photo Courtesy: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin’s representation of the hypersonsic SR-72, the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Flying at speeds up to Mach 6, this unmanned stealth fighter could revolutionize the way emerging threats are handled.

about the size of the F-22 Raptor and be a scale test bed for technologies that will be used on the SR-72. The FRV has a targeted first flight of 2020.

Recently rumors have surfaced that Lockheed Martin is already testing some technologies for the SR-72 in secret.

This past July what was believed to be an unmanned subscale SR-72 demonstrator was seen touching down in the early hours of the morning at

Plant 42 at Palmdale, California, escorted by two T-38's. This is very interesting as Plant 42 is the locations of Skunkworks' headquarters.

This may indicate that Lockheed Martin and the Air Force are more dedicated to this project then they have publicly disclosed.

Also, the fact that this supposed test flight was operated out of Plant 42 instead of a more "discreet" location like Edwards AFB or even Groom Lake

AFB suggests that Lockheed may be starting the program with their own money instead of government investment.

Regardless, the SR-72 is finally becoming a reality. The long sought after and long-rumored successor to the SR-71 is finally a reality.

The son of Blackbird will be here sooner than we think and it will most likely be the fastest airbreathing vehicle that mankind has ever seen.

Hyperloop: A Revolution Chirag Mehrotra Correspondent Hyperloop, a concept still in its infancy, intends to revolutionize the transport industry to an extent not seen since the advent of the airplane over a century ago.

The brainchild of Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, Hyperloop aims to cut journey times across high demand routes such as San Francisco to Los Angeles in just twenty-nine minutes compared to the five hours it takes by road.

This bears the question, what could a conceptualization of such a preposterous idea mean for the transport industry?

The idea of traveling hundreds of miles in minutes is not a novel idea, travel at fast speeds has been popularized

by pop culture over the decades and Hyperloop is turning those fantasies into a reality.

Elon Musk's version of the concept, first publicly mentioned in 2012, incorporates reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride on air bearings driven by linear induction motors and air compressors.

In simple words, the Hyperloop is a pod which is encapsulated in a tube with no air in it, i.e., a tube which has a vacuum within its walls.

The train will also be elevated off its tracks much like the Maglev train, which would result in little friction. Low friction coupled with almost no air drag will allow the pod to move at speeds of upwards of a thousand miles an hour.

Hyperloop becoming a

reality is a matter of when rather than if, and whenever it becomes a reality, conventional forms of travel could possibly become obsolete.

People will not be driving for long distances anymore, and train travel will virtually disappear.

Flights would be reduced to transoceanic travel as the Hyperloop would become the preferred means of transport for families across the world.

Since most commercial train routes would be unused, Hyperloop will probably buy that property to dig more tunnels with another one of Musk's brainchild: the Boring Company.

The Boring Company aims to find more efficient means of digging tunnels that reduces the amount of time required and, therefore, the cost.

Low costs would mean the prices for Hyperloop tickets will be highly competitive against airline tickets, which in turn would force airlines to reduce their prices resulting in more people being able to afford airline tickets to travel to other parts of the world.

When Hyperloop finally becomes commercially available, it will be a technological marvel and engineering will be bent to its very limits.

It will change human life for decades and, possibly centuries, to come.

Hyperloop will create a solid foundation for engineers to research and develop better and faster means of travel across long distances.

Construction of the Hyperloop will enable Elon Musk with an opportunity to alter human trav-

el in lieu of his achievements in reaching milestones in space and space travel or on the roads with his electric cars.

Elon Musk will, therefore, become one of the biggest entrepreneurs, risk takers, innovators, and businessmen in the entirety human history.

In conclusion, Hyperloop is an excellent means of travel along extensive routes since it will be cheaper than commuting by airplane and shorter than air travel and driving.

It will be much more environmentally friendly since little to no carbon emissions will be released into the atmosphere.

The Hyperloop will pave the way for more advancements in the field of human travel and will hopefully result in a positive impact on billions across the planet.

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Samantha Stirmel Correspondent From Hubble's humble beginnings in 1969, America’s best-known telescope has been the loyal companion of the United Space in space. Hubble has helped determine the age of the universe as well as hold the second most successful long-distance relationship in the universe next to Voyager.

However, like all long-distance relationships, this one must come to an end or evolve in some way. There are many questions that still need to be asked, however. When should Hubble be decommissioned? How and where does NASA bring it down safely when it does inevitably come down?

Will the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) be a replacement for Hubble?

Hubble's time is coming to an end and has been since its repair team, Atlantis' shuttle fleet, retired in 2010. Most predict that if Hubble is left to fall at its own rate in an uncontrolled event, it will come down somewhere in the 2030s. If it is brought down in a controlled event, the date will likely be in the 2020s and over a broad expanse of ocean.

Hubble's size is also roughly that of a bus, meaning that if it is allowed to come down into the atmosphere and possibly burn up, some pieces will reach the ground causing no room for error. In this case, NASA might opt to save up some money in

the budget and send up another servicing mission to push it back into a safe orbit that it can continue to perform. However, no one knows exactly how long Hubble will last, and following with NASA's trend of trying to ride things until they die, letting it break up in the atmosphere and splash into the ocean might seem like a waste if it can be saved.

The proposed younger descendant of Hubble, the JWST, will orbit more than 900,000 miles away from Earth allowing for more deep space photography than Hubble ever will be capable of. To date, Hubble has only been able to show us galaxies being destroyed or stars going supernova but JWST is expected to be able to

peer in on gas clouds and watch planets form.

Amongst these are the wavelengths, most notably redshift, which is light that is emitted as an ultraviolet or visible light that is shifted towards near- and mid-infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum for very high redshifts.

This should allow JWST to be able to reach what Hubble has not - the earliest stars and formation of the universe. Although its pictures will focus on the infrared, computers will be able to easily translate it into a visible picture for us to see, making it more functional than Hubble.

With this high-tech camera and a better mirror, the JWST will also be easier to pick out which planets can support life

in the universe. However, the date for JWST's launch just got pushed back to 2019, and with the current trend of pushing back missions, it might be pushed back even further.

In a quote from NASA associate administrator for science, Thomas Zurbachen explains that "The change in launch timing is not indicative of hardware or technical concerns…

Rather, the integration of the various spacecraft elements is taking longer than expected." Just like the Saturn V LEGO rocket set, it seems that NASA's timeline for putting together the JWST will take longer than anticipated and although they have given the year for the launch, we might see another delay in schedule.

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Oct. 5 @ 3:30-5:00 a.m. ET Cape Canaveral, FL SLC-41

SES 11/EchoStar 105 Falcon 9 Oct. 7 @ 6:53-8:53 p.m. ET Kennedy Space Center, FL LC-39A

VRSS 2 - Long March 2D Oct. 9 @ 12:10 a.m. ET Jiuquan, China

Iridium Next 21-30 Falcon 9 Oct. 9 @ 8:37 a.m. ET Vandenberg AFB, CA SLC-4E

Michibiki 4 - H-2A Oct. 9 @ 6:00 p.m. ET Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

New NASA Langley Facility Named in Honor of Mathematician Katherine Johnson Michael Weinhoffer Staff Reporter On Sept. 22, a new computational research facility (CRF) opened at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, in honor of the mathematician Katherine Johnson. Participants in the ribbon-cutting ceremony included Katherine Johnson, members of her family, Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, state Senator Warner, Mayor Donnie Tuck, and "Hidden Figures" author Margot Lee Shetterly. The ceremony culminated the two years' worth of work put into the facility, which has been dedicated to a mathematician whose profound skills helped the United States catch up to and eventually exceed the achievements of the Soviet Union in outer space.

Johnson began working at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of NACA in the summer of 1953. NACA

SpaceX Continued from A1 >> SpaceX 101 Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk.

Beginning with the development of the smallest orbital rocket they could design, named Falcon 1, the company saw a failure on its first three launches and finally achieved success on its fourth launch in 2008. In 2006, SpaceX

stands for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and was the predecessor to NASA from its formation in 1915 to its dissolution in 1958. The culmination of her work at NACA in the Maneuver Loads Branch of the Flight Research Division was the incorporation of some of her equations into a multi-author compendium, "Notes on Space Technology." She was not credited as a contributor to the document but did provide some of the document's foundational mathematics.

Katherine soon became a member of the Space Task Group at the newly formed NASA, which was attempting to put a man into outer space. She co-authored a paper in 1960 that described the equations for orbital spacecraft re-entry and performed trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard's suborbital mission in 1961. During the preflight checklists for John

Glenn's orbital mission in 1962, Glenn asked NASA engineers to "get the girl" (Katherine Johnson) to run the trajectory numbers calculated by the new IBM computer by hand, only using a clunky mechanical calculator. As soon as Johnson verified the calculations, Glenn said he was ready to go, which shows that it was Johnson's brainpower, not a computer, that he trusted most. She also performed critical calculations for Project Apollo, the Space Shuttle program, and the Landsat satellite program. Mrs. Johnson retired in 1986 after thirty-three years at NASA Langley, and in 2015, at age 97, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, which is the highest honor an American citizen can receive.

The CRF is a $23 million, 37,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility that will consolidate the four Langley data centers into

one building. The increased server capacity will allow for improved data modeling, simulation, and analysis. The CRF is the third facility that is part of Langley's 20-year revitalization plan, which calls for new energy efficient facilities.

Langley director David Bowles said of the facility's capabilities: "We'll do more calculations than ever, and we'll do them faster, more efficiently and with greater reliability." The facility contains a data center and workspaces for more than one hundred employees.

Jeff Seaton, chief information officer for the center, said in 2016, "This will give us a focus area for computationally based research.

We're talking about big data, analytical work. It will be a hub for that. It's only going to grow in importance." Langley Research Center was the first NASA facility, and while it started as an aeronautics research facility, it is now NASA's

primary research center for all areas of aeronautics and space research.

The CRF will enable more powerful and efficient innovations and will begin being staffed in the coming weeks, with full capabilities expected in early 2018.

The ceremony was a great event for NASA and Mrs. Johnson. Johnson said that she loved coming to work every day and answering the questions laid in front of her to the best of her ability. Her life and work are truly inspiring, and the book and movie "Hidden Figures" are both excellent depictions of her achievements and others with whom she worked with, such as Dorothy Vaughn.

Johnson summed up her appreciation for the facility dedication when she said, "I like the stars, and the stories we were telling, and it was a joy to contribute to the literature that was coming out. But little did I think it would go this far."

was awarded a contract by NASA to deliver crew and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). Using the lessons learned with Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and a space capsule named Dragon were developed.

In 2010, SpaceX conducted the first test launch of the Falcon/Dragon system, and in 2012 became the first company to deliver cargo to the ISS. The company has since maintained a growing launch manifest consisting of NASA, DOD,

and commercial satellites while developing the crewed version of the Dragon Capsule. SpaceX plans to make humans a multi-planetary species.

The company has been working on cutting-edge technologies to seek to improve the cost and reliability of access to space.

In 2015, the company became the first to successfully land an orbital rocket first stage, and in 2017 became the first to both relaunch and land a used orbital rocket.

What's up next?

While this year SpaceX has scheduled several Falcon 9 launches and the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, Musk states that his company is already working on the BFR. "That's not a typo, although it's aspirational," said Elon while reading "2022" as the expected launch date of their first two missions to Mars.

"We've already started building the system, the tooling has been ordered, the facility is being built,

and we will start constructing the first ship in about six to nine months," he added. SpaceX has traditionally missed original deadlines but it has delivered at some point.

The charismatic CEO ended the presentation with a ground-breaking concept video: utilizing the BFR system to conduct commercial flights connecting cities around the world in just under an hour. Is this just science fiction or the beginning of a new era?

This Week in Space History October 3, 1985 Mission STS-51J of space shuttle Atlantis delivered a communications satellite for the Department of Defense. Studies also were conducted by the crew on space motion sickness, cardiovascular deconditioning, muscle loss, changes in coordination, balance strategies, and changes in the body’s biochemistry.

October 4, 1957 Launch of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite. This event began the space race by galvanizing interest and action on the part of the American public to support an active role in space research, technology, and exploration.

October 5, 1989 First attempt by a commercial firm, American Rocket Company (AMROC), to launch its SET-l/SMLV (Single Engine Test - 1/Single Module Launch Vehicle) failed on the pad at Vandenberg AFB. October 7, 1958 NASA formally organized Project Mercury to: (1) place manned space capsule in orbital flight around the earth; (2) investigate man’s reactions to and capabilities in this environment; and (3) recover capsule and pilot safely.

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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. - For the first time in 2017, the Embry-Riddle men’s soccer team played a match away from the ERAU Soccer Stadium on Saturday night; and for the first time in 2017, the Eagles ended a match in a draw, tying Barry, 1-1 in double-overtime. The Eagles (1-4-1, 0-3-1 SSC) and Bucs (0-3-2, 0-2-1) struggled to find much rhythm due to

of the season.The Eagles’ lone score of the game came in the 29th minute when senior captain Magnus Magnusson converted on a penalty kick, putting the shot away off the left crossbar and in after Tim-Frederik Lange drew a foul in the penalty area of the Bucs. The goal was the Blue and Gold’s first since its 2-1 (2OT) loss to Saint Leo on Sept. 16.

The rest of the first half featured little in the way of offense, with just two shots

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Womens volleyball vs Tampa ICI Center at 7:00

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the substantial number of whistles at Buccaneer Soccer Field, disrupting the flow of the match as neither team could record its first Sunshine State Conference win

recorded, both by the home team, as ERAU took a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.

It was the Eagles who came out of the half the aggressor, with Daniel Gylfason and

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Christian Mather registering the first two shots of the period, and after 15 minutes of play in the second, the visitors still led, 1-0.

An Embry-Riddle foul, one of 26 called on the Eagles in the contest, in the 63rd minute resulted in a free kick just a few yards outside the Eagle box, and Barry’s Aday Gonzalez put it in the top right corner of the goal to even the game at 1-1.

Over the final 25 minutes of regulation, the Eagle defense and goalkeeper Richard Dearle pushed away the Buccaneer attack, keeping the game tied at 1-1 until the regulation horn blew.

Lange and Barry’s Alex Doyle traded shots on goal in the 98th and 99th minutes of the first overtime, but both Dearle and Marco Sordi were up to the task.

Lange, who worked tireless-

ly up top for the Eagles, got his head on a ball with just 37 seconds left, but again Sordi was able to make the save and the game moved to a second OT. With both teams running on fumes in the final 10 minutes, there were just three total shots in the second overtime, but the Eagles nearly put their last chance in with one second left as Magnusson’s last-ditch effort was saved by Sordi to end the game, 1-1.

Dearle finished with six saves for the Eagles, while ERAU managed nine shots with five on frame. Sordi ended the night with four saves as the hosts attempted 14 shots, seven on target.

Embry-Riddle will host Florida Tech on Saturday, Oct. 7 at the ERAU Soccer Stadium.

First touch is set for 7 p.m. in Daytona Beach.

Women’s Soccer, Barry Battle to Scoreless Tie Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle and Barry women’s soccer teams battled each other to a scoreless draw, Saturday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. Saturday’s game was the third straight overtime contest for the Blue and Gold who moved to 3-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in Sunshine State Conference play.

The Eagles had the better opportunities to score from set pieces with an 11-5 advantage in corner kicks, while the Bucs (2-1-2, 1-0-1) held a 13-10 edge in shots during the run of play.

Perhaps the best chance of the game for ERAU came in the 63rd minute. After the Eagles won their ninth corner of the game, Rachel Owens whipped a cross into the box where Hanna

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Rolfsen rose above the Barry defense and headed a shot on frame. The ball went off the hands and head of Barry goalkeeper Melanie Ziegner and out of harms way to keep the Eagles off the board.

Both sides finished the half even in shots at three apiece, and combined for nine shots in overtime, but neither team was able to break the deadlock, resulting in the 0-0 final score.

“We knew Sarah and her team would be a good test as they’re a talented side,” Eagles Head Coach Samantha Bohon commented. “I’m really proud of our group again tonight.

We’ve had a bit of a rough stretch, but not because of

lack of effort. Tonight, we worked really hard on tired legs. Their keeper saving the corner kick with her forehead embodies this stretch. One area we need to do better is finishing our corners. We had 14 against Lynn and 11 tonight. Those have to be goal-scoring set pieces for us.

“We’re so close but not finding the back of the net. I love this group and they’ve had a great attitude. We need this bye to rest and get ready for another good team in FIT. We’ll be ready!”

The Eagles have a sixday break before their next contest, which will be in Melbourne against Florida Tech at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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Volleyball Suffers 3-1 Defeat at Lynn University

Allison Smalling ERAU Athletics

The Embry-Riddle volleyball team fell to the Fighting Knights of Lynn on Friday night, 3-1 (2523, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20), dropping to 4-5 on the season and 2-4 in Sunshine State Conference play.

Lynn moves to 4-4 (2-3 SSC) with the win.

Melanie Canfield set a career high and led all players with 22 kills and hit .370, while Theresa Jordan added 11 kills, nine digs and six blocks.

Ella Duggan recorded a

match-high eight blocks to go along with five kills and McKenna James tallied five kills and five blocks.

Alyssa Rudd led the Eagles with 45 assists and Olivia Roa picked up a matchbest 26 digs.

The Fighting Knights slowly pulled away in set one, eventually stretching their lead to 21-13. The Eagles went on an 8-2 run to trim the deficit to just two points (23-21), and a few rallies later a Canfield kill cut the margin to a single point at 24-23. Unfortunately for the Blue and Gold, Canfield committed an attack error on the

next play, cutting the Eagle rally short and giving Lynn a 25-23 win.

LU opened set two up 4-1, only to see ERAU respond with four straight points to take a 5-4 lead.

The Eagles increased their lead to 16-12 on a Jordan service ace, and Embry-Riddle closed out the set with four consecutive points to win, 25-19, tying the match at a set apiece.

After the extended break between sets two and three, Lynn came out on fire, jumping out to an 8-2 lead in the third frame.

Following a Joslynn Gallop timeout, the Eagles

bounced back, going on a 6-1 run to cut the lead to 9-8. The Fighting Knights answered back, winning five of the next six rallies to pull out to a 15-9 lead.

The back-and-forth continued, with Embry-Riddle eventually closing to within a single point for the second time in the set at 21-20. LU was able to right the ship and score the set’s last four points to win by a 25-20 score, taking a 2-1 lead.

The fourth set saw Lynn use a 5-0 spurt to gain a comfortable 11-5 advantage. The Eagles battled hard to get back into the

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set, and a Canfield kill got the Blue and Gold to within three at 17-14.

The two teams proceeded to trade sideouts for the next seven straight points, and neither side was able to score more than two straight points for the remainder of the match, with Lynn cruising

to a 25-20 set win and a 3-1 match victory.

The Eagles return home next weekend for a pair of SSC matches. Tampa visits the ICI Center on Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m., with Florida Southern making the trip to Daytona on Saturday, Oct. 7 for a 4 p.m. match.

Two Eagles Win ITA Regional Doubles Title Allison Smalling ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle doubles team of Rodolfo Arreygue and Andres Donayre made an improbable run through doubles bracket of the South ITA Small College Regional tournament and came away with a regional title on Sunday.

Sunday’s title marked the first NCAA Division II regional crown for an ERAU men’s tennis program that enjoyed tremendous success at the regional level as a member of the NAIA. After receiving a bye in the first round, Arreygue

and Donayre downed Auburn Montgomery’s Giovannia Bellio and Santiago Vegli 8-3 in the second round, then upset sixth-seeded Aria Canadell and Ricardo Corona of Florida Tech 8-5 in the round of 16.

Their reward for the upset was a match against Barry’s fourth-seeded duo of Carlos Gomez and Vivien Versier, but the ERAU pair was up to the challenge, earning an 8-6 victory to move on to the semifinals.

After dispatching Valdosta State’s Axel Holm and Franco Yim Kim 8-6 in the Sunday morning semifinal, Arreygue and

Donayre prepared to take on the No. 2 seed Lynn duo of Florian Clemares and Jose Porifiro just a few hours later.

The title match was not without controversy.

Prior to the start of the match officials informed the teams that the match format would be an eightgame pro set.

However, with ERAU holding what they thought was a 7-2 lead, tournament officials stopped the match to inform the teams that they had to play a best-ofthree-set format.

“We were pretty upset when they told us about the change in format,”

Arreygue said. “We went from thinking we were just one point away from a win to having to play another full set.”

The Eagles ended up winning the first set 6-3, but the interruption in play disrupted the tandem’s flow to start the second.

“It took us one game to get back into the match,” Arreygue continued. “But we got our focus back and we played aggressively from the baseline and that helped us to the win.”

With Arreygue serving, the Eagles went up 5-4 in the second set and broke the Lynn pair to claim the 6-4 set win and the

regional crown.

“The guys played consistently the entire match,” ERAU Assistant Coach Chris Wollet said.

“Their level of play was good this morning against Valdosta State and they kept up that level against a very good Lynn team.

The delay with the official ruling could have messed up their momentum, and their play did dip a little bit, but they regrouped and got back into the match and pulled out with the win.”

The Eagles were also successful in singles play on Sunday as Juan Ortiz Couder finished undefeated in the back draw.

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Joshua Rosado/The Avion Newspaper An Eagle gets an out at third base by tagging the runner before she can slide to safety.

After an easy 6-3, 6-0 defeat of FIT’s Jan Fraederich in his first consolation match, the junior survived a three-setter against Canadell (1-6, 6-2, 10-8) before downing Rollins’ Atkan Gezer 6-4, 6-4.

In his final match of the day, Ortiz Couder held off Rollins’ Ziad Melhauoi 7-6 (12-10) in the first set, before cruising to a 6-1 win in the second to take the match.

As regional champions, Arreygue and Donayre earn an automatic berth to the 2017 Oracle ITA Cup, which is scheduled for October 11-15, 2017, hosted by Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

Joshua Rosado/The Avion Newspaper Number 19 throws the ball from first base back to the pitcher.

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Airplane Pilot to Drug Smuggler Samantha Stirmel Correspondent With the 1980's vibe of the film starting even before the title scene, "American Made" is an action-packed and fast-paced movie that concentrates on America sending a certain Barry Seal to get intel. Instead, Seal distributes guns and ferries Contras from various places in Central America.

As with almost every Tom Cruise movie, he is the star.

He starts out in a position of lower circumstances as a domestic airline pilot for Trans World Airlines (known as TWA in the movie) and flying to a new city almost every night. In various scenes, he comes home to his wife exhausted. We soon see that it is

both the stress of his job that makes him exhausted and also his growing family at home that creates pressure for him to earn more money. This is why we see him getting caught dropping off illegal Cuban cigars to make some extra side cash.

This is also the first time where we see ‘Schafer,' the CIA agent who gives orders to Seal throughout the movie. Seal is first ordered to gain intel, in which Seal comes into contact with Manuel Noriega and naturally starts getting noticed by the cartel. Soon after this, Seal gets a chance to meet Pablo Escobar where he agrees to help him fly his drugs into the US. Eventually, the United States think that the Contras who

are fighting communism in Central America need guns, so he starts flying those down. Guns go down and drugs come back up which are dropped at a random location in Louisiana, so the DEA does not catch them. As with every movie that has to do with the government participating in an illegal charade, the operation is shut down, and in a historically major screwup, Seal's face is shown on national news.

The propellant for the characters in this film runs along the lines of overwhelming greed and how it was present in the 80's for those who could achieve it. Who would not want to party with Pablo Escobar, Jorge Ochoa and Carlos Lehder drinking and

having a great time? All of Seal's interactions with the Medellín Cartel echo parts of the TV show "Narcos," though this movie concentrates on the United States' involvement in the drug trade.

Besides some minor airplane screw-ups with what models appeared in this period, it is mostly historically accurate. Seal seems to have it pretty easy throughout the movie, despite the fact that he has to keep lying to his wife about what she is doing to protect her and the kids. Some of this may seem unrealistic but considering it was pre9/11, it is hard to nail down what restrictions there were and whether they were enforced. The continuous 80's feel and quality to the

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film as well as the historical tidbits helped make a movie that not only had its hilarious moments but was also realistic and informative

without you realizing it.

If you get a chance, I would highly recommend seeing this movie, and not just for the planes.

A Daily Dose of Superfruit A review of their new album, “Future Friends”

Victoria Jordan Correspondent "Welcome to Superfruit, the best show on the internet." Superfruit is the name of a YouTube channel created by Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying of a cappella group Pentatonix. This dynamic duo has expanded their channel from being vlog and music cover style videos to releasing their own music and music videos to promote their first studio album Future Friends under the RCA Records Label.

Future Friends is a pop album that covers themes of love, openness towards others, self-appreciation and liberation from the norm.

Each song has a different energy that makes you dance and play the album on constant repeat (which I have been doing the past couple of weeks). The duo released the album into two parts for their audience.

Part 1 of Future Friends includes the songs: "Imaginary Friends," "Bad 4 Us," "Worth It (Perfect)," "Vacation," "Sexy Ladies," "Heartthrob," "Future," and "Friends."

My top picks of their part one EP are the tracks "Bad 4 Us," "Heartthrob," "Imaginary Friends," and "Sexy Ladies." These songs have an upbeat tempo and catchy chorus. The videos attached to the songs in part one are aesthetically pleasing with

its wide range of colors and creative choreography.

If you enjoy listening to breathtaking high notes then take a listen to the song "Worth It (Perfect)." The video for "Worth It (Perfect)" is iconic in its efforts to break the mold of gender stereotyping. It showcases the skills of these two young performers in which the male lead is played by a female, and the female lead is played by a male. The goal achieved of the song is to embrace that life will have various obstacles to overcome, but if you remain strong, the result will be worth it.

Part 2 of Future Friends includes the songs: "How You Feeling?" "Hurry Up!" "Deny U," "Goodbye From

Lonely," "GUY.exe," "Fantasy (ft. Amber Liu)," "Keep Me Coming," "Everything (ft.

Inara George)," and "Future Friends (Brian Robert Jones Choir Remix)."

My favorites so far from listening to part two of the album include

the songs "Hurry Up!" "Goodbye from Lonely," and "GUY.exe." These songs express the ups and downs concerning love with calming melodies and uplifting tempos.

Since the album's full September release, Super-

fruit has landed No. 2 on Billboard's Emerging Artists Chart. At this momentum, the pair will hear their work all over the radio. I look forward to the release of the remaining music videos and more songs that impact our views on society.

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LEGO to Release Largest Ever Set in History Vipul Telang Senior Reporter LEGO is releasing their largest ever set in history.

The LEGO Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon has a staggering 7,541 pieces and is on sale for $799.99. Much to the delight of fans, the cockpit holds four characters, making the set to mini-figure scale. The model also comes with interchangeable sensor dishes and extra crewmembers so that fans can either display classic Star Wars adventures

with Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO or the world of Episode VII and VIII with older Han, Rey, Finn and BB-8.

This is not the first Millennium Falcon to be released, however. In 2007, LEGO released a 5,197-piece version of the iconic starship. Prices for that set are as high as $3,000 on eBay and Amazon due to its popular demand. LEGO fans will be relieved that the newest UCS Millennium Falcon is a lot different than the 2007 model, with many more of the

more intricate details reproduced faithfully.

LEGO VIP members had an early opportu-

nity to purchase on Sept. 14, and were sold out immediately. The

the set all sets almost set will

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be available to everyone beginning Oct. 1, and currently, prospective buyers hoping to snag a set may have to wait, as the set is expected to sell out even faster than the LEGO Saturn V rocket, which came out earlier this year on June 1.

The box is also the largest LEGO box ever produced, resembling a matte black cube rather than the typical rectangular yellow box commonly seen on shelves. Much like the LEGO Technic Porsche 911 GT3RS, the box that the Millennium

Falcon comes in is much higher-quality than the typical LEGO box, with four separate boxes holding the bags of pieces.

Printed on the inner boxes are quotes about the Falcon, adding to the unboxing experience.

If you are considering picking up one of these sets, make sure you have enough room to display this stunning model. The dimensions are 21cm tall, 84cm long, and 56cm wide, and it weighs around 12kg.

Good luck finding one in store or online!

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MAKEOUT, The Good Life

MAKEOUT is a new rock band from Providence, Rhode Island. They have a sort of pop-punk/pop-rock style going, and it blends rather well on their debut album, "The Good Life."

The band was formed out of the ashes of another poprock band, Trophy Wives, when they decided to rebrand themselves so that they could go another way with their music.

Sam Boxold, vocals and lead guitar, described the album as "[A] record [that] sounds like a party. There are so many different influences touching it, but it doesn't feel like anybody's uncomfortable. That's the kind of party we like," which it definitely can be in my opinion. They have a plethora of upbeat songs that could easily be used in the party scene.

For being a relatively new band, MAKEOUT has had a pretty good run so far. Opening for Blink-182 on several dates of their last tour, as well as playing alongside Goldfinger on several other events, the band has been able to create a huge following before the release of the debut album. They have been able to perform at the UK's Slam Dunk Festival alongside other major artists, such as

Bowling for Soup, Neck Deep, Memphis May Fire, I Prevail and Set It Off. MAKEOUT was signed by metalcore/post-hardcore label, RISE Records, earlier this year in July. For the album, MAKEOUT worked alongside the legendary music producer and songwriter John Feldmann (Blink-182, 5SOS, All Time Low, Good Charlotte, etc.)

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... the perfect throwback to pop-punk when it used to be fun and a staple in every high-school movie ...

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Brandon Collins WIKD On-Air DJ

to write their songs. They also wrote and recorded alongside 5 Seconds of Summer for this album, recording two of the songs with Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin, as well as legendary drummer Travis Barker from Blink-182.

MAKEOUT's songs remind me of both early All Time Low, as well as, more recent Blink-182. The first track on the album, "Childish," has a catchy punk-pop chorus, and starts off with perhaps one of the biggest staples in punk music, a distinct 1, 2, 3, 4 count off. Several songs on the album, such as "You Can't Blame Me," "Ride It Out,"

and "Crazy," which is perhaps the catchiest song I have heard in months, depict relationship issues to catchy beats.

They are your typical "hate loving you/love hating you" songs that most poppunk bands have at during their careers. The album takes a dip in tempo when they get to several different songs that are more ballad rather than pop-rock anthems, such as "Till We're Gone," which is a coming of age track, and "Secrets," which is an acoustic song about how the singer found out his girlfriend was cheating on him.

Overall, this is perhaps one of the best albums I have heard in a while. The album is basically one giant love/ hate story, but it is blended so well that it stays great and does not become repetitive and lackluster. The album is the perfect throwback to pop-punk when it used to be fun and a staple in every high-school movie, with songs on the album that could easily be used at parties, as the vocalist said. The band has shown that they were able to explore and broaden their musical capabilities like they had wanted to when they changed their band's image. It's incredibly enjoyable and incredibly catchy, with several of the songs easily able to get stuck in your head.

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Otherwise, Sleeping Lions Otherwise is back with what I can only describe as their best album to date and possibly their career-defining moment. Otherwise, a hard rock band from metal-capital Las Vegas, mix elements and cords and riffs found in both more classic rock as well as modern metal.

They are able to combine melody and harmony from classic rock with the sharpness and heaviness of today's hard rock.

The band released their third full-length album on Sept. 22 with Century Media Records. For this record, the band had an almost complete lineup change, only keeping two of the members from the last two albums, brothers Adrian (lead singer) and Ryan Patrick (lead guitar).

For the album, they added

Tony Carboney (bass guitar) and Brian Medeiros (drums) to the lineup.

The band came into the mainstream rock scene with their first album, "True Love Never Dies," and have been on tour regularly since. They followed it with their second album, "Peace at All Costs," which was a fast-paced, dynamic album. Both had major hits, "Soldiers" and "Die for You" from "True Love Never Dies" both reached the Top 25 on the US Active Rock Lists. "Darker Side of the Moon" and "Come for the Throne" from "Peace at All Costs" both peaked at 16 on the same list.

The album opens with an aggressive track, which was also the first single from this album, "Angry Heart." A song with heavy riffs and vocals that are easy to sing along to, this track has been played around the nation on major

rock stations and SiriusXM. The title track, "Sleeping Lions," followed this and continues the angry vibes, being a politically charged song, it brings on the usual feelings that more punk songs do, defiance and worth.

As far as mainstream rock goes, Otherwise is doing well for themselves with "Sleeping Lions."

The band was success-

ful in mixing elements of classic rock, hard rock and alternative rock, from harsh riffs and assertive vocals to melod-

ic vocals and blistering solos. With this, the album offers a stimulating mix of musical elements, emotions and moods in the songs.

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... I can only describe [this] as their best album to date and possibly their career-defining moment.

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Brandon Collins WIKD On-Air DJ

The upbeat and heavy riffs continue throughout the album and keep the moment going, until the last few songs where they slow it down for more easy-going songs.

Songs like "Bloodline Lullaby" and "Won't Stop" slow down the tempo, but keep the riffs strong.

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