Avion Issue 9 Spring 2018

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THE EXECUTIVE DECISION VOTE THIS WEEK ON EMBRY-RIDDLE CONNECTION

Events This Week 4/2 - 4/8 April 2

No Significant Events

April 3

Last Day to Drop or Audit a Class The Pinwheel Project, 10a.m.-2p.m.

- Connolly Quad

April 4

WIKD Wednesdays, 2p.m.-4p.m. West Lawn

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Departure Lounge: Trivia, 4p.m.7p.m. - Flight Deck You Are Not Alone, 4p.m.-6p.m. West Lawn SGA Town Hall, 5p.m.-7p.m. - IC 101 Touch-N-Go Movie: Insidious: The Last Key, 8:30p.m. - IC 101

April 6

Headshot Friday, 12p.m.-2p.m. Flight Deck

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April 8

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SGA Elections on ERAU Connection

Sarah Fairchild Copy Editor In the midst of all the excitement and festivities of Blue and Gold week, one important event seemed to slip under the radar. With SGA elections taking place this week, only a shocking minority of the student body bothered to attend the SGA elective ticket debate. Speaking to a small audience of approximately 30-45 people, the three trios of candidate elects were asked to give their solutions to a host of questions posed by a moderator and the audience members themselves.

So, what were the highlights?

Giovanni’s Ticket: Presenting themselves as student servants, this group of experienced leaders emphasized on marketing strategies and student feedback dictating their goals. With the rise of the new Student Union, one of the priorities for this ticket is to ensure the transition to the new building proceeds as smoothly as possible. They also plan to utilize the increased budget by giving back to the student body; enlarging organization spending, improving campus marketing, and potentially creating a shuttle service during peak ERAU traffic hours to assist with parking issues.

Student involvement is paramount for this ticket, with Giovanni Cavallini (President) emphasizing the need and importance of feedback and face-to-face interactions with the student body.

Graham’s Ticket: Featuring an all-engineer executive, this group was full of new ideas. Their out-of-the-box way of thinking invited for some creative solutions to issues such as parking. Andrew

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Wood (Vice-President) suggested putting sensors under the parking spaces and linking them to an app that would indicate which lots have open spaces. This way, commuters wouldn’t have to hunt for a free parking space, and can instead check their mobile devices to see what’s available. Unlike their opposition, this group’s plan on how to spend the SGA’s increased budget does not include drastic raises for clubs and organizations, but instead focus on putting the money towards improving and expanding the educational workshop labs on campus.

In addition to updating the current SGA website, Graham’s ticket plans to be completely transparent with the SGA’s spending, promising to have financial information readily available to ERAU’s student body. While they may not have much experience working in student government, this group brings an optimistic, outside-in approach to the table.

Chad’s Ticket: It’s said that knowing is half the battle, and this group of SGA vets knows their stuff. Holding approximately six years of student government experience between them, this group was able to lay out impeccably detailed plans for the future. Their goals for the increased SGA budget include having infrastructure improvements such as more computer labs, better sports fields, and other campus developments. Furthermore, the budget allows for more investment into clubs and organizations, as well as potentially providing more scholarship opportunities for ERAU students. One standout with this group is their close-knit relationship: while each member of Chad’s ticket specializes in certain aspects of SGA, it is

evident that all three candidates spend the time communicating with one another, discussing solutions as a group and really taking into account the feedback from students.

As always, the goal of the Embry-Riddle SGA is to enhance student life through the provision of services, events, and representation while providing a means for students to communicate with the university’s administration. The Student Government Association is here to make the student experience at Embry-Riddle the best it can be, and voting for the upcoming officer positions is just one more way to let your voice be heard.

HOW TO VOTE Go to ERAU Connection at www.connection.erau.edu Log in using your username and password for ERNIE Find the “Vote” button on on Connection’s Homepage Choose your candidate for: SGA Executive Ticket Student Representative Board Student Finance Board Results Announced: April 6th

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Olivia Brett Correspondent This past week, the Riddle Players Theatre Club (RPTC) performed Almost, Maine, a play by John Cariani. The show opened on Wednesday night, and all performances were free to attend.

The play takes place in Maine, in a town called Almost. The characters explain that the town is not quite a town, due to its size and lack of dedication to make itself an official location. The play allows the audience to glimpse into the love lives of several different characters, with each of their stories unraveling at the same time. The vignettes address topics like love, lust, loss, and same-sex couples.

Some scenes played on pure emo-

tion, as themes of the declaration or loss of love, and broken hearts are explored, while others rely on physical humor, like the scene in which two men literally fall (on ice) for each other. Almost, Maine has a charming feel, and its small-town scenery creates a sense of intimacy, both between each of the characters and between the audience and the cast. Both the minimalistic, yet effective set design and custom-made background soundtrack give the play a unique feel, which suggests that the director, MacKenzie Staples, paid attention to details and creating a specific tone and feel to surround the stories within the play.

After Wednesday night's show, I talked to Kaitlyn Zumwalt, one of the performers and a member

of the club, about how you can get involved with the school plays, and what the club is planning for the future. "We meet Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., and we do a play every semester. There is a $10 yearly fee to join the club, but Auditions for every play are open to every student, you do not have to be part of RPTC", she explains. "In the future, we are going to be doing a musical theatre performance, and we are working out ideas for which one [they will perform], and we are currently revamping the design of the club next year with a new logo."

If you would like to become involved with the Riddles Players Theatre Club, either as an actor or as a crew member, you can contact MacKenzie Staples at staplesm@my.erau.edu.

“Justice Has Spoken” Olivia Brett Correspondent On Friday, March 30, 2018, the widow of the Pulse Nightclub shooter was acquitted on all accounts. Noor Salman, who was Omar Mateen's wife, had faced charges of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization, and life in prison if found guilty. The trial started two weeks ago in U.S. District Court in Orlando, FL, only two miles away from the sire of the nightclub shooting. In 2016, the Pulse shooting was the deadliest in modern U.S. history according to ABC News.

Soon after the hearing and the outcome of the trial, several reactions were recorded and reported.

Fritz Scheller, Salman's attorney, stated that "There is rejoicing, but there is sorrow because she has been in prison for over a year, sep-

arated from her son." John Mina, the Chief of the Orlando Police Department stated that he believes in the criminal justice system, and is thankful for the hard work of everyone involved in the case.

"Nothing can erase the pain we all feel about the senseless and brutal murders of 49 of our neighbors, friends, family members and loved ones," Mina said in the statement, according to ABC News. "Our community is strong, and the men and women of the Orlando Police Department stand ready to put themselves in harm's way to protect our residents and visitors," he said. Jerry Demings, the Orange County Sheriff, however, was disappointed. He stated that "[he is] disappointed in the outcome of the trial and know that the victims and their families are more disappointed... This has been an emotional event for our community, and many may feel that justice has

not prevailed; however, the system of justice has spoken, and we should look to the continued healing for the families and our entire community so that this event will not define us."

During the trial, prosecutors and defense attorneys had portrayed Noor Salam in very different ways. Many believe that she was an accomplice in the attack and that she was as guilty as her husband, while others still think that she was an abused woman who had married a monster. Nonetheless, the trial focused on what Salam knew about the attack, and the plans leading up to her husband's rampage. According to ABC, the couple had spent around $30,000 in the 11-day period leading up to the shooting, which is reportedly the entirety of Mateen's salary.

Noor Salam will now return home, after two years in prison, to resume her life and to raise her son.

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Blue & Gold Week Summary

Keenan Thungtrakul Senior Reporter

This week was a good week to be an Embry-Riddle Eagle. Blue & Gold Week, Embry-Riddle’s annual spirit week, is a week of fun and games designed to allow students, faculty, and staff to hang out and show what Embry-Riddle’s all about, plus take a break from the mundane busyness that so often permeates the campus.

The week began on Saturday, March 24, with a Campus-Wide Day of Service. Students took part in a variety of community service projects including a Rise Against Hunger campaign that packaged several thousand meals to distribute to countries in need of extra food. That afternoon, there was a mud volleyball tournament in the pit adjacent to the Instructional Center. Talk about getting down and dirty while playing volleyball. Yep, that is what happened. People got muddy and enjoyed a good game.

Saturday ended with the Blue & Gold Carnival in the Armstrong Parking Lot. Carnival-style rides and games were brought in for students to enjoy. Included was a Zero-Gravity cyclotron, the Rock Star (similar to the pirate ship ride at some amusement parks, except they rock you sideways), a Swinger, a Monkey Maze fun house, a Monkey Mayhem barrel spinner (like the Disney teacup ride), a Fun Slide, and a bungee trampoline jump.

There was also live music performed by two bands that evening, something every-

one could enjoy. Amateur photographers were able to capture long exposures of the rides in action as well as experience their thrills, knocking out two birds with one stone. There was even a funnel cake booth where students can have some carnival food, plus a table where students could get tickets for Touch-N-Go’s Comedy Show featuring Adam Devine.

Sunday, March 25, featured a “Test Your Truss” building competition where students constructed model bridges out of balsa wood and put them to the test.

Those bridges that took the most load before failure won prize money. Following that was the Super Smash Brothers gaming tournament, hosted by Gamers’ Guild. The day ended with the Blue & Gold Week Comedy Show. See the previous issue of The Avion for a summary of the show and an exclusive interview with Adam Devine.

With the start of school Monday, the weather caused the delay of Chalk Art until Thursday, but that did not stop the evening’s activities. There was bingo in the New Residence Hall’s multipurpose room and a ping pong tournament in the ICI Center. Tuesday featured the Rock Band Robot and Wall Street Survivor. Students tested their playing abilities against a robot programmed to do the same and tried to foresee the future of a virtual stock market. That evening, faculty, staff, and students alike came together to test their strength in Pull-a-Plane, where they had to pull the Aviation Maintenance Science

Learjet 35 aircraft some 30 feet as fast as possible. The shortest times were around 14-16 seconds. Then came “Keep Talking, and Nobody Explodes,” where you and a partner have to efficiently communicate with each other under pressure to diffuse a bomb.

Wednesday, the second to last day of Blue & Gold Week, was also Student Appreciation Day. Hosted by the SGA, this day is set for the members of the SGA to show the student body that they do care for them. They offered regular golf cart shuttles during peak hours where students would be going to class either from their dorms or cars and back at the end of the day. Free donuts, coffee, and snack items were provided in each college to give students an energy boost before their morning classes.

Around lunch, the SGA brought in the famous lemonade stand and some 400 pizzas from Pizza Hut to serve students a free meal on the West Lawn. The lines for pizza and lemonade stretched beyond the UC. Once things died down on the Lawn, faculty and staff gathered to play a pick-up game of kickball. The game was indeed fun to watch and play, as one team ended up besting the other but remained faithful to good sportsmanship at the end.

The day ended with the Bench/Deadlift contest in the Fitness Center, a strongman competition where students showed their strength to onlookers.

Thursday, the last official day of Blue & Gold Week, began with the delayed Chalk

Art competition on the Legacy Walkway. Artists from various clubs on campus came to show their skills and created beautiful works of art on the sidewalk. On the West Lawn, the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association brought out a small fair for students. They were able to obtain free waffles and ice cream, plant a bamboo stalk, and create sand art in bottles of various sizes and shapes.

The festivities ended with a figurative time warp to the realm of Star Wars, where students and faculty enjoyed Star Wars themed games and a mock-up of the Mos Eisley Cantina, with live music, pub-style food, and drinks, plus figures of characters from the original trilogy and sequel trilogy. The lemonade stand from Wednesday came back for an encore appearance along with a kettle corn booth and a bald eagle, courtesy of the Audubon Society.

Games included jousting, a large Battleship board, plus two other games. Professor Ashley Lear and her husband dressed as Han Solo and Princess Leia from “Episode IV: A New Hope” and hosted Star Wars Trivia, which lasted until sundown.

Shortly after, Touch-N-Go showed “Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” out on the Quad to officially conclude Blue & Gold Week.

For one week’s worth, this is undoubtedly a lot of activities. It makes one exercise careful time management to enjoy the festivities while also remaining on track with academics and other priorities.

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Rajan Khanna/The Avion Newspaper Adam Devine entertains the crowd during Touch-N-Go’s annual Comedy Show to kick off Blue & Gold Week.

A long-exposure picture of the “zero-gravity” Gravitron carnival ride in action during the Blue & Gold Carnival before sunset.

Alex Lee/The Avion Newspaper A student carefully sketches out the Lion King during Chalk Art & Field Games on Thursday.

Alex Lee/The Avion Newspaper A student attempts to lift a personal best during the Bench and Deadlift competition in the fitness center.

Samantha Stirmel/The Avion Newspaper Two students battle using the inflatable jousting poles during the Space Jam Block Party on the Connolly Quad featuring live music, a photo booth, and free food and activites.

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Keenan Thungtrakul/The Avion Newspaper Participants of the Faculty/Staff kickball tournament pose for a picture after the blue team crushed the yellow team at the Dean’s Challenge event. The blue team won by more than double the yellow team’s score.

Sriramkumar Baskrraja/The Avion Newspaper The finished chalk art of Patrick from Spongebob waves to students on Thursday during Chalk Art & Field Games.

Keenan Thungtrakul/The Avion Newspaper Students line up for free pizza and grab a few slices during Student Appreciation Day. There were over 400 pizzas served to students courtesy of the Student Government Association.

Richard Pokracki/The Avion Newspaper Four members of the ERAU Skydiving Team attempt to pull the Learjet 35 thirty feet as fast as they can while onlookers cheer them on and watch. President Butler also tried his hand at Pull-A-Plane during Blue & Gold Week.

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Brandon Collins Copy Editor

Blessthefall (stylized as blessthefall) is an American metalcore band from Scottsdale, Arizona. Originally signed to Fearless Records, the group departed from them last year and signed to Rise Records earlier this year on Jan. 26 with the announcement of their sixth studio album, Hard Feelings, which released on March 23, 2018.

"Wishful Sinking" is the opening track of the album and begins in the same way that there is a quiet before the storm. The track is full of atmospheric tensions that build into an explosion with the bass lines colliding into the vocals that contrast with growls later in the track. The song tells of a one-sided relationship where one puts their heart and soul into being with another person who does not share the feeling.

"Find Yourself " is the first song to incorporate the use of synths on the album, and is easily the most energetic song on the track. The percussion and bass go together and create a forceful tune that is made from the dreams of electro and metalcore genres. The song

illustrates how we can find ourselves by loving things that would destroy us.

The first song that would be perfect for the mosh pit on the album is "Melodramatic." It is the perfect mixture of metalcore and good ol' fashion Rock N' Roll. It has one of the best breakdowns on the album and is a whirlwind of melodic pureness where a headbanger's dream comes true. Much like "Melodramatic," "Feeling Low" also has pretty significant breakdowns. It includes more electronic elements than the previous tracks and is a prime example of original blessthefall music. It has substantial drums and fast riffs throughout the song.

The first song to demonstrate the grittiness of blessthefall, "Cutthroat" opens on the screaming that most metalcore fans love. Easily being another moshing song, this track has intense instrumentals throughout and is without a doubt the heaviest song on the album, with the metalcore roots of the band shining through on this song.

"I'm Over Being Under(rated)" questions why we hold on so much just to let go in the end. It celebrates the lack of forgiveness in the listeners. The song demonstrates the vocalist's, Beau Bokan,

ability to go from aggressive screams and soaring vocals, and vice versa, with ease. "Sleepless in Phoenix" is a very similar sounding song to "I'm Over Being Under(rated), where Bokan almost reaches Kellin Quinn levels of vocal ability. The ballad is easily one of the best songs on the album and has a high potential for being a chart topper.

A song heavy with guitars, "Keep Me Close" is another perfect example of Bokan's vocal range, going from screaming to singing with ease.

The song is full of emotions and is full of screams, drops, and backbeats.

A song driven by emotion, "Sakura Blues" has the vocals leading the way.

Perfectly pairing the electronic aspects with the instruments, the keyboards and samples are only there to boost the sullen and depressed sound that the song is attempting to convey to the listener.

"Welcome Home" contains has a melancholic guitar that the band uses as a backdrop to the song's emotionally pleading vocals. The track is a rollercoaster built on raw emotion. The song features Bokan's daughter singing alongside her father and contains a guitar solo, and layers upon layers of keyboards and vocals.

Hard Feelings PLAY IT, PAUSE IT, SKIP IT Overall, the album shows that though life is good, it can always get better. The album is the perfect mix of infectious melodies and illustrates the battle of good and evil between the singing and screaming of its vocalists. The album is beautiful on the ears, and that is all a fan can ask for from new albums.

Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon Done for Good Will Nickelodeon Still Have the Ammo to Survive?

Victoria Jordan Staff Reporter After a 25-year partnership, on Monday, March 26, 2018, Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon have decided to part ways.

Dan Schneider of Schneider's Bakery is the master behind many of Nickelodeon's top-rated shows over the past two decades.

On a nostalgic note, some of his most famous and highly valued programs in which he was a creator/co-creator and executive producer include: All That, Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Victorious. Schneider has helped to make celebrities household names such Ariana Grande and Amanda Bynes.

More recently his show Henry Danger is currently the number one watched show on Nickelodeon. After news broke of Schneider's departure, Nickelodeon released this statement: "Following many conversations together about following directions and future opportunities, Nickelodeon and our long-time creative partner Dan Schneider/Schneider's Bakery have agreed not to extend the current deal…

Since several Schneider's Bakery projects are wrapping up, both sides agreed that this is a natural time for Nickelodeon and Schneider's Bakery to pursue other opportunities and projects. We thank Dan and his Schneider's Bakery producers, executives and social media team for their immeasurable contribu-

tions to Nickelodeon, and we wish them the best in their future endeavors. And Dan and Schneider's Bakery are proud of the work they did together with Nickelodeon and will always remain big fans of the network."

Overall the split was amicable, and not based on any claims such as Schneider causing sexual harassment. However, rumors are floating around the Schneider has been known to have aggressive behaviors, such as having huge outbursts especially upon hearing the news that Nickelodeon canceled his last show, Game Shakers.

There are also rumors that his team has repeatedly been working long production hours and going over budget.

At the moment no rumors have been

confirmed.

According to research by MoffettNathanson, Schneider's departure comes as Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, is restructuring its company to increase ratings of its core demographic of 2- to 11-year-olds.

Now that this is the end for Schneider and Nickelodeon, will this be the beginning of Nickelodeon's downward spiral? Will Disney reign supreme in the battle of children television shows?

What creator or executive producer will emerge to fill the void that Schneider has left? Is this a sign that the time of meaningful content on kid television shows is over? We will have to ask the younger generation what they think to know the answers.

‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit against Trump Summer Zervos, a restaurant owner in California, is seeking $2,914 and an apology from Donald Trump, for what she said were unwanted sexual advances.

Zervos is one of many women who has come out to speak against the President, and if these lawsuits continue, he may find himself in a cycle of depositions and document discovery, similar to the troubles that President Bill Clinton experienced after his trial involving Paula Jones.

More than a dozen other women have accused President Trump of sexual harassment or of sexual assault, and many encounters allegedly took place on the set of "The Apprentice," Donald Trump's reality television show.

According to ABC News, Zervos was groped and forcibly kissed by the then host of the show, but she is not suing

him for harassment, but rather suing him for harming her reputation, as he is denying all accusations against him and calling those accusers liars.

"Nothing ever happened with any of these women. Totally made up nonsense to steal the election," Trump tweeted.

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The president has the ability to avoid a crisis by, one, not being deposed, or, two, telling the truth...It poses a peril if you do not tell the truth. Even if you are the one running the country.

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Olivia Brett Correspondent

Donald Trump is currently working to get the case thrown out, but on March 21, a New York judge shot down an attempt

to get the case dismissed. Trump's attorneys hope that they will appeal and be able to delay the cases until Trump is out of office.

One of Stormy Daniels lawyers also wants to depose Trump in a legal dispute involving a $130,000 compensation paid to the porn actress in exchange for her silence about a consensual extramarital affair.

Joseph Cammarata, who represented Paula Jones in the lawsuit against Bill Clinton, tells ABC News that "The president has the ability to avoid a crisis by, one, not being deposed, or, two, telling the truth...It poses a peril if you do not tell the truth. Even if you are the one running the country."

If Donald Trump is to make a statement under oath and is truthful about the encounters that he had with these women, he still could face political fallout.

Donald Trump is involved in several different lawsuits currently and he has been involved in them previously. Trump has been sued over business matters, and as of Wednesday evening, a federal judge allowed a lawsuit to go forward that involved the possibility of illegal gifts or payments from foreign and domestic governments being made to Trump.

Among these charges are several harassments and alleged affair lawsuits, the most notable ones involving porn star Stormy Daniels and ex-playmate Karen McDougal.

Both of these women are accusing Trump of paying them to keep quiet about sexual relations. According to USA Today, Trump has faced 4,095 lawsuits in the last 30 years.

These lawsuits have ranged from skirmishes with casino patrons to million-dollar real estate suits.

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Airshow Center Space Coast (TICO) Warbird AirShow 2018 Titusville, FL April 06 - 07, 2018

• Every year for the past 41 years,

the Valiant Air Command, Inc. has hosted the “TICO Warbird AirShow” at the Space Coast Regional Airport. This year, while the name has changed, it is still the same wonderful AirShow experience that our fans have come to expect. _________

Aviation Day Page Field Fort Meyers, FL April 07, 2018

• Aviation Day 2018 will be held on Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with free admission and parking.

Aviation Day is an annual community event hosted by the Lee County Port Authority with the purpose of increasing awareness of our airports – Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) and Page Field (FMY). _________

Tavares Seaplane-APalooza Fly-In Tavares, FL April 07 - 08, 2018

• “America’s Seaplane City” invites YOU to join us Saturday, April 7 & Sunday, April 8 for SEAPLANE-A-PALOOZA. The Tavares Seaplane Base is located in downtown Tavares, Florida on the shore of Lake Dora within Wooton Park. Join us for this on-the-way to Sun ‘n Fun weekend-long seaplane festival. _________ Sun’n Fun Fly-In Lakeland, FL April 10 - 15, 2018

• In 1974, SUN ‘n FUN was created

by a small group of dedicated aviation enthusiasts. The annual event, held in April, has grown into the second largest event of its kind in the world and is Florida’s largest annual convention.

Michael Weinhoffer Staff Reporter

On March 27, 2018, NASA announced that the launch of the multi-billion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), successor to the Hubble Telescope, will be delayed from the spring of 2019 to at least the spring of 2020.

After reviews are complete, they will announce a firm launch date this summer. This news is another stain on the project, which has been in development since 1996.

It is essential to not just gloat in the technology of this project, but instead recognize that it has faced several delays and is at serious risk of exceeding a budget cap set in 2011, which could throw the future of the whole project into question.

The Avion has already covered the technology of this telescope in past issues so that will not be the focus here, but some background information of the mission is necessary to understand the NASA announcement. The JWST is much more aesthetically pleasing than the Hubble Space Telescope, which looks more like a tinfoil tube than a revolutionary spacecraft. Webb can be divided into three sections: the spacecraft bus, the sunshield, and OTIS, which is the "Optical Telescope & Integrated Science Instrument Module."

The spacecraft bus is the "engine" of the whole spacecraft.

It houses fuel, the communications antenna, and electrical and power systems. Without it, the telescope would just be a piece of debris. The sunshield is a tennis-court-sized silver structure that consists of five-ultrathin

membranes. The telescope is set to be located past the orbit of the Moon, and temperatures there are very, very cold. However, the actual telescope part of the spacecraft has to be even colder, so it can work properly. The sunshield will block the Sun's rays and cause the telescope to be at the perfect cold temperature.

Finally, OTIS consists of the actual telescope structure of the spacecraft. One part of this is the telescope itself, which includes gold-coated beryllium reflectors that give the JWST its distinctive yellow color. The diameter of the primary mirror is 21 feet, which is almost three times as large as the diameter of Hubble's primary mirror. The second part is the science module, which consists of several experiments mounted on the back of the telescope structure. These three principal components are the organs of one of the complicated and expensive science missions undertaken by NASA and will be the most significant space telescope ever constructed. But let us move on to the less cheery issues of the project: delays and budget concerns.

The JWST project began in 1996 as the Next-Generation Space Telescope, six years after the Hubble Space Telescope began operations. The initial launch date was 2007 at a budget level of $500 million. In 2002, the telescope was renamed after James Webb, the second Administrator of NASA who oversaw much of the Apollo program. By 2002, the budget for the project has ballooned to $2.5 billion with a launch in 2010. In 2011, Congress installed a budget cap of $8.8 billion for the

project, with project reauthorization required if the funds were exceeded.

Although the launch year was delayed from 2018 to 2019, the project has stayed on budget until now. With the new delay to 2020, it seems likely that the budget cap will be exceeded at the very end of the integration and testing phase.

It would be doubtful for Congress to refuse reauthorization if it was necessary, but it will cause some tempers to flare. The reason for the year-delay is due to somewhat mundane glitches, such as leaky valves and tiny tears in the sunshield.

NASA is responding to these lapses by sending additional project managers from the Goddard Space Flight Center to the Northrop Grumman facility in southern California, where all of the components are currently being tested and integrated.

Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, said in a conference call of the announcement: "With all the flight hardware 100 percent complete, we're approaching the finish line for launch readiness. However, it looks like we have some ways to go before we cross that finish line."

Although NASA is remedying the situation, a year-long delay undermines Congressional, astronomy sector, and public confidence in NASA. The JWST is not the only ultra-high cost project NASA has been developing for some time.

The Space Launch System has a projected cost of $1 billion per launch. NASA is accustomed to

developing costly projects, but projects stand out more when their delays will have effects down the road.

In Webb's case, the entire future of NASA space telescopes has been thrown into question after a proposed cancellation by the Trump administration of the successor to the JWST, the WFIRST telescope. The delays also impact the astronomy sector because there will be a thirty-year gap between the launch of Hubble and the launch of Hubble's successor. Hubble has made incredible and extensive observations, but astronomers have been waiting patiently for the next telescope that will outperform Hubble in every way.

These constant delays and budget overruns hold back science and cause the public to lose confidence in NASA, which has been struggling with development of the SLS as well. It must also be considered that the JWST needs to get into space, which is no guarantee. Although NASA has selected the extremely reliable European Space Agency, Ariane 5 for the launch vehicle, the $8.8 billion-dollar payload could be destroyed in a matter of seconds, all on the tax payer's dime.

The lure of the low-cost private sector will catch up to and overtake NASA's exploratory missions if they do not execute smarter budgeting. I want nothing more than the James Webb Space Telescope to succeed and uncover the mysteries of the universe, but it will go down as a poorly budgeted, poorly managed project that was not entirely in the interest of the taxpayer.

This Week in Aviation History April 04, 1946

Sears, Roebuck & Company begins a new, regular weekly overnight shipment of women’s clothing from New York to the West Coast by airplane.

April 06, 1949

Sikorsky S-51 completes a record helicopter flight of 3,750 miles from Elizabeth, New Jersey to Port Angeles, Washington.

April 08, 1954

A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 36 people on the aircraft and 1 person on the ground.

April 09, 1967

First flight of the Boeing 737.

Photo Courtesy: Northrop Grumman An artist rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), currently set to launch in 2020.

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Red Tide: Russia’s Plan to Rule the Ocean Depths Henry Neiberlien Editor-in-Chief In a plan that looks like it came out of the script for the next James Bond film, Russia is deploying the largest submarine fleet not seen since the height of the Cold War to the floor of the Arctic Ocean.

While submarine navigation under the Arctic has been around since the late 1950's, Russia is starting a whole new ballgame, occupation of the Arctic seabed.

Russia plans to deploy a massive underwater base to mine hydrocarbons among other resources and to deploy a next-generation submarine detection network called Harmony.

As the Arctic warms and the ice melts it will reveal new shipping lanes and countless undiscovered resources. The nations bordering the Arctic regions will scramble to take over this new front line to defend their interests in the region. Russia, which is no stranger to cold weather operations, wants to capitalize on this area. They are rapidly retrofitting Soviet-era nuclear submarines and designing all new ones to support this operation.

One of the more interesting of these designs is the Seismic Survey Submarine, and this submarine comes equipped with four massive sonar "wings" that will

scan the seabed for good drilling locations in preparations for the Harmony network and seabed drilling platforms. Russia has already almost completed modifications for a stretched Delta IV ballistic missile submarine and Oscar-II cruise missile submarine to support seabed construction operations. Dubbed as the BS-64 Podmoskovye Special Mission Submarine, the modified Delta IV submarine is equipped as a host submarine for the Deep Diving Project 10831 Losharik Nuclear Deep Diving Midget Submarine. This submarine is unique as its constructed through seven internal orbs instead of the traditional hull design of military submarines.

Officials suspect that this submarine has the capabilities to dive down to the undersea cables carrying the internet and other communications across the Atlantic. This sub could then "wiretap" the network or even cut off all communications in times of conflict. The heavily modified Oscar-II class sub is designated the Project 09852 Belgorod, and it comes fully equipped for the construction of an undersea mining base and the construction of Harmony. Both Belgorod and the Podmoskovye are capable of deploying the SHELF autonomous nuclear turbines to

power the network almost indefinitely, allowing Harmony to operate independently of landbased energy sources. The seabed drilling platforms will also be constructed using all of the previously mentioned submarines through the use of robotic arms and remotely operated vehicles.

The Belgorod submarine is especially concerning because it is not just for building bases, it is also equipped to defend them.

Not only will the Belgorod be the largest operational submarine in the world when they launch it, but it will be capable of deploying two key autonomous underwater vehicles. The first of which is an underwater patrol drone equipped with active and passive sonar. Its small size makes it difficult to track it, and its electric motors make almost no noise for sonars to hear. This drone can also operate down to incredibly deep depths such as over 6000 ft.

The other autonomous weapon the Belgorod can deploy is the infamous Russian intercontinental nuclear torpedo called the Kanyon or Statues-6. This torpedo can travel thousands of kilometers and deliver nuclear warheads straight into harbors.

This is a nuclear weapon that can sneak its way in without anyone noticing and the only time you

will notice it is there is when it detonates. The Belgorod's features do not stop there as it is also capable of receiving the Losharik mini-subs and deploying longrange communication buoys to keep in touch with Russian military forces operating at the surface and home. In time, this leviathan may become known as Russia's "Guardian of the North."

As most nations look towards space as the future front line of warfare as technology continues to make science fiction scenarios into reality, Russia seeks to control the frontier that has even less knowledge about it than the far reaches of outer space, the vast depths of our oceans.

Of course, this will not go without a response. The United States has its own special mission submarine, the Seawolf-class USS Jimmy Carter, and it might be harassing the Russians in the north in the near future.

Of course, these grand Russian plans seem impressive, but with a strained military budget as is, limited technical advancement since the Cold War, and unreliable sources it is unclear if these will ever become a reality. Russia, however, has already undertaken the first steps to dominating the undersea by rebuilding the largest submarine fleet the world has ever seen.

Secret Weapons of Cold War 2.0 Henry Neiberlien Editor-in-Chief Hidden behind the recent headlines of Facebook's poor practices, Russian spy poisoning, and governmental corporation there lies a secret arms race between the superpowers. China, Russia, India and the United States are building and have built weapons that would give cold war analysts nightmares.

Here in the United States, our capabilities are publicized and politicized. Recently the United States Air Force recently a video demonstrating their future capabilities, such as unmanned wingman, drone swarms, and microwave weapons that literally leave enemies in the dark. While the USAF is currently developing these technologies they are also hard at work mounting directed energy weapons for the F-35, and KC-135 aircraft, they are also in an arms race with Russia and China for hypersonic weapons.

Conventional ICBMs fly in a parabolic arc into space and back down through the atmosphere. At the top of this arc these missiles, even though they may carry multiple warheads along with decoys, are vulnerable to be shot down by anti-missile systems like the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and

patriot missile system. Hypersonic weapon systems would fly so fast they could not be tracked by conventional missile defense systems, let alone be intercepted. The USAF has already tested hypersonic weapons in the form of the X-51 Waverider, and the FALCON program to limited success.

China has also tested systems with little to no success with their DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle so far, though most details are still hard to find. China has instead focused on developing naval assets to defend their coastline.

China also knows our greatest naval assets are our aircraft carriers. To quickly take out our vessels in a first strike operation China has developed the DF-21 ballistic missile, dubbed the "Carrier Killer" this missile is capable of flying 900 miles to its target. China's new J-20 stealth fighter has also been seen by some experts as a first strike weapon against naval vessels with its low frontal radar cross section and high weapons load. Russia however has claimed to fully develop a mature system that will be deployed in 2019. This system is called the Avangard and it will launch on board reused SS-19 boosters.

Russia has also claimed that this weapon has been successfully tested in preparation for mass

production. While exact details and specifications on the Avangard system are scarce one and one can always be skeptical of Russian claims, video footage of another missile system has surfaced. The air-launched KH-72M "Kinzhal" (Dagger) hypersonic missile system was successfully released from a modernized Mig31 "Foxbat" high altitude interceptor in mid-march during a test in mid-March. Once again Russia claims its a new missile, but it appears in the video to just be a modified Iskander short-range ballistic missile that had already existed in the Russian inventory.

Russia also claimed they tested a sea-launched hypersonic rocket in 2017, but those claims are also questionable.

One missile system that Russian president Putin confirmed the existence of during his annual state address, this weapon is a nuclear powered and nuclear armed cruise missile with an almost indefinite range called the Burevestnik (Stormbringer). This would be an entirely new strategic strike weapon when compared to the convention ballistic missile or even hypersonic glide vehicle weapon systems. With an almost 20,000km range this missile not only flying to attack intercontinental targets, it can

change headings and even loiter in a combat zone before striking. This missile is specifically designed as a suppression weapon that takes out missile defenses before the main barrage of MIRV(multiple independent Reentry Vehicle) equipped ICBMs. While images, while blurry, exits of the supposed test fire of the new missile last year. Again with as all of these claims come from Russian come from Russian media the validity of these weapons actually existing in a usable state remains questionable.

Due to the build-up of these weapons on the Asian continent, India has begun its own hypersonic cruise missile program.

India has been in close cooperation with the Russians and successfully tested their 290-mile range Mach-7 air-launched cruise missile named the Brahmos. This means that by the early 2020s the Earth's four of the Earth's most powerful nations will be armed with nuclear weapons that can be delivered faster than ever through even the most robust defenses.

In the coming years mutually assured destruction will take on a whole new meaning, tensions continue to rise, provocations and slander continue to be thrown, in the late Cold War of the 21st century.

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This Week in Space History April 3, 1926 Second flight of a Goddard liquid-propellant rocket. It was in the air for 4.2 seconds, and landed 50 ft from testing stand.

April 4, 1930 The American Interplanetary Society, later the American Rocket Society (ARS) was established. Founded in New York City by David Lasser, G. Edward Pendray, Fletcher Pratt, and nine others, for the “promotion of interst in and experimentation toward interplanetary expeditions and travel.

April 6, 1960 Atlas E/F silo-lift strategic missile squadrons were enlarged from 9-12 launchers to 10-13 each.

In these units, the Atlas missiles would be maintained in hardened underground silos April 7, 1960 Atlas 48D, intended to be the first closed-loop test of the Arma all-inertial guidance system, exploded immediately after launch release as a result of combustion instability in the MA-2 engine.

April 8, 1949 First successful rocket-propelled RM-10 research missile for drag and heat transfer studies at transonic and supersonic speeds.

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Early last week, Clint Bowyer took home a grandfather clock after winning the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. For the first time in recent memory, NASCAR postponed the race to Monday afternoon due to snowfall around the track.

The tame race saw a very odd schedule because of the snow. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race was delayed to Monday morning, giving some great racing to accompany breakfast. Due to scheduling constraints, qualifying was canceled for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The starting lineup was decided based on practice speeds.

2017 Champion, Martin Truex Jr. had the provisional pole after setting a 19.846 and beating Brad Keselowski by just .02 seconds. The race went off on Monday with no threat from nature and was quite tame. Martinsville races usually involve bent fenders and hurt feelings, but this one had a lack of both. Stage one saw Denny Hamlin take the green-checkered flag through an intense battle with Brad Keselowski which almost ended in a crash with a lapped car. While the pair was passing the lapped car, Hamlin forced himself on the inside of the corner and pushed him up the track.

Thankfully, no accident occurred and

the staged ended caution free excluding the competition caution.

Stage Two is where Bowyer started showing his muscle as he finished third in the stage. Ryan Blaney won the stage but did not hold on to the lead for long into the final stage.

Into the third stage, Bowyer took the lead from Blaney on lap 285 and held onto it until the checkered flag flew. He led all but one of those 285 laps, that one being under caution.

The sole caution of the stage happened when Jamie McMurray, driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing, overdrove the corner and hit the wall hard. It was an unfortunate accident for him, as he had lead laps earlier in the race and was in contention for the win. Bowyer stated that this win was very special for him, “To keep Kyle Busch, one of the best in the business, behind you in those closing laps, the nerves were through the roof. It’s unbelievable how it all came true.” His post race celebrations were indicative of his excitement for winning. He spun out between turns three and four on the cool down lap and immediately began his victory burnout celebrations. He stated this win was “as special as his first”. He had many close finishes to the leader prior to his win, but he finally claimed the checkered for himself. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series will return at Texas Motor Speedway.

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John Hunter Nemechek held off Kyle Benjamin to win the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 by .106 seconds.

Rajan Khanna News Editor The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finally took to the track after two days of delays due to snow.

John Hunter Nemechek claimed his first victory at the paperclip in his career after taking the lead with just thirty-one laps left. Prior to his win on Monday, he had multiple second place finishes at the Virginia track. He did not want to finish second again, and he held off Kyle Benjamin, driver of the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for DGR-Crosley Motorsports. His team is brand new, fielding a part time truck for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition, and a full time car for NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Benjamin also drives the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Benjamin commented on his truck, “We had a really good truck, mostly for long runs, and unfortunately, it came down to a short run. It’s Martinsville, so I figured I had to give him a run for his money in the last corner” For Nemechek however, he is no stranger to the trucks. This win is his sixth overall in his career. He drives for

his father’s team, which has a barebones staff and race crew. The team does not have unlimited funds to perform research and development, but they found a way to bring consistently competitive vehicles to the track. Nemechek led only the final thirty-one laps of the race after taking the lead and holding it through three caution periods. Although Benjamin had a hold on the lead throughout the race, Ben Rhodes, the pole winner, won both the first and second stages of the race. He was shuffled back due to a

bad pitstop on Lap 145. Another notable event was the incident with Mike Senica, driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado. He was parked after his car stalled on lap fifteen and then refused to leave the track. NASCAR decided to park him after those actions and he was not allowed to continue after the snow delay. After the race, the points leader is Johnny Sauter with a twenty-nine point advantage over Grant Enfinger. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns at Dover on May 4.

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Vettel Wins Season Opener Vipul Telang Photo Editor Coming off the heels of Lewis Hamilton’s dominant Mercedes championship in 2017, Sebastian Vettel and Scuderia Ferrari worked a brilliant pit stop strategy to perfection to clinch the 2018 Formula One season opener at the Rolex Australian Grand Prix. This was Vettel’s second straight victory in Melbourne.

Although Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap on Saturday, Scuderia Ferrari pitted Sebastian Vettel under the Virtual Safety Car and the full Safety Car periods and took the lead for the rest of the race. Following the lead change, Hamilton was left confused, and only after post-race analysis did Mercedes eventually find a software glitch that incorrectly gave the time difference between the two drivers. Ferrari also scored a double-podium finish as well with teammate Kimi Raikkonen finishing in third, holding off Daniel Ricciardo’s charging Red Bull.

The talk of the weekend, however, was the fifth-place finish of Fernando Alonso in the new McLaren. After a few disappointing seasons with then-engine provider Honda, McLaren switched after last season to Renault, and if the opening race was anything to say for the season, McLaren looks poised to stay strong for the 2018 championship season. Alonso was proud of the car, but was also wary, saying “we got lucky with the two Haas cars retiring.”

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Today we got lucky with the two Haas cars retiring. Let’s say four positions came thanks to some favorable conditions, but we made no mistakes and we capitalized on everything.

A perfect job from the team.

Photo Courtesy: Sutton Images Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, and Kimi Raikkonen sit and answer questions during the 2018 Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix post-race question and answer session. Sebastian won the race, followed by Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen in second and third respectively.

United States-based team, Haas F1’s third season in the sport, opened at Melbourne with a strong qualifying start, placing Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean fourth and fifth respectively on the grid. They were set to score a combined twenty-two points, but cross-threaded wheel nuts on subsequent pit stops on laps twenty-two and twenty-four saw both drivers leave Albert Park empty-handed with zero points. “It was so heartbreaking to finish like that,” noted Kevin Magnussen, “but Haas will fight back and do it all again.”

For United States fans, trying to watch the opening race was anything but easy.

ESPN, which took over the broadcasting rights for the 2018 Formula One season from NBC Sports, had inconsistencies in the live televised broadcast. Fans were outraged by ESPN cutting to commercial breaks frequently during the race, regardless of on-track action. ESPN also used commentary from SkySports overlapped on top of their video feed, which often meant the commentators would be cut off mid-sentence. Formula One was

set to trial their all-new exclusive broadcast available online for a monthly or seasonal fee but was unable to set it up in time for the race start.

The 2018 Formula One season also saw a multitude of changes. The main visible change is the Halo safety device, meant to protect the driver from a head injury while in the cockpit. Safety tests have proved that the Halo can stop a tire from hitting a driver at high speeds. However, fans were dismayed from the video footage from the side-mounted camera because the Halo blocked most of the view of the track. Other changes to the car included the removal of the “shark fin” located above the engine cover.

The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) also mandated that the “T-wing” located on top of the shark fin be removed for the 2018 season, citing both aesthetic and safety reasons for the decision. Last season, the T-wing on Valtteri Bottas’ Mercedes fell off during a practice session at Bahrain International Circuit and was run over by Max Verstappen’s

Red Bull, causing significant damage to the young Dutchman’s car. Formula One Management (FOM) also tried revamping the F1 brand, which included changing the logo and design for the sport as well as completely rebrand the fonts and text used. Many fans are dismayed, citing the readability as the main issue.

For the first time since 2008, the French Grand Prix will be added to the circuit calendar and will be held at Circuit Paul Ricard, which has not seen a Grand Prix since 1990. Before 2008, the French Grand Prix was held at Mangy-Cours. This addition means that the 2018 Formula One World Championship now has twenty-one races, with the German Grand Prix being re-added and the Malaysian Grand Prix being discontinued.

Vettel’s win means that he now has a hundred podiums under his belt, which puts him on par with Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, and Lewis Hamilton.

Formula One travels to Sakhir, Bahrain on 8 April for the Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.

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2018 Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix Results Position

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Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari

25

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Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

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Kimi Raikkonen

Scuderia Ferrari

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Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

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Fernando Alonso

McLaren

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Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

8

7

Nico Hulkenberg

Renault

6

8

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

4

9

Stoffel Vandoorne

McLaren

2

10

Carlos Sainz

Renault

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Photo Courtesty: Sutton Images Max Verstappen spins his Red Bull RB14 in turn 5 at Albert Park. Verstappen would rebound to finish sixth.

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