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On Track to the
Future
Abigail Johnson Staff Reporter
Elon Musk has, once again, decided to present a ground-breaking conceptual idea to the modern age. Science fiction movies and stories revolve around the idea of cities thriving off advanced technologies and “flying cars”. A few years ago, Musk proposed an idea to create this first step to a “futuristic society” by designing an underground rail system that can accelerate and travel at high speeds. His youngest company, named the Boring Company, began to tackle this idea by building tunnels underneath areas around Los Angles to test a model system. As of late 2018, a two-mile test track was completed and a Tesla Model X was placed onto the track. Volunteers and test subjects could enter the Tesla and test the new track at a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. Musk claims that he strives to get the system to run up to nearly 200 miles per hour near completion. As expected, there were few complications. The test riders complained of the ride being bumpy. One person testing the track even got sick from the nauseating environment. The Boring Company acknowledged this outcome and stated that this was simply a test to discover what needs to be improved and how the system would operate. The Boring Company desires to complete this system by 2021, but with the various other projects that Musk is conducting, this seems highly unlikely. Musk initially announced the intentions of building this “hyperloop” system to travel quickly from place to place for business meetings and conferences at a cheaper cost than a plane ticket. He described his goal of building a system from New York City to Washington D.C. that can transport passengers from one city to another in only half an hour. This could open a wide avenue of job opportunities for people by shortening the commute to larger cities or even allowing people from nearby states to find jobs in different cities. While this new and exciting idea is great, the impact on the airline industry will be conflicting if this system runs nationwide. If it would be cheaper to use the hyperloop system than to pay for aviation tickets and fees, then aviation businesses would be forced to lower their prices in order to compete. SpaceX has recently faced competition with Virgin Orbit and Virgin Galactic in the space industry, but now Elon Musk must face the newly constructed Virgin Hyperloop One, a system designed to rival the hyperloop built by the Boring Company. Musk in the past years has claimed that he wasn’t fully pursuing the avenue of high-speed track systems for transportation and shared his conceptual ideas to the world. Virgin Hyperloop One was rumored to form shortly after and took advantage of the opportunity to tackle the design challenge. Before we know it, the hyperloop system may be the most efficient and easiest means of traveling nationwide.
Photo Courtesy: The Boring Company
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Dear HumanE Factors, It’s me or the pig! I’m serious. My girlfriend, who I think is terrific, has a pet pig. We’ve been dating for about six months, and she’s had the pig, named Poodles, for two years.
It’s her baby. It sleeps with her, and she hand feeds it, and she even kisses it. I’m not anti-pet, but I am just not at all fond of the pig. It isn’t cuddly or soft, it has a weird smell to me, it’s noisy, and I am just grossed out
that my girlfriend kisses it. I love my girlfriend, but it’s come down to a situation where I think it’s the pig or me. Can you give me any advice to help save my relationship?
Christina’s Thoughts:
involve Poodles and that isn’t acceptable to you. Before you initiate a break-up, I’ll ask you to think about a couple of things. First, is the issue Poodles or is there something else that is bothering you, that is represented by Poodles. Is it that your girlfriend cares more for Poodles than you? Could you be a tad bit jealous? If that is not the case, have you actually listed the behaviors/actions related to Poodles you find intolerable and then discussed each with your girlfriend? Have you tried to find a middle path? Second, I want you to think not about your past or present with
your girlfriend, but about your future. How does your future look without her in it? If you break up, what things do you lose in your life that you currently value? Is a future without your current girlfriend a better situation than a future with her and Poodles? Please ponder the questions I’ve asked and if a break up is still the course you want to take at least you have thought it through, If not, then I hope all that cognitive activity will illuminate a creative solution so that you, your girlfriend and Poodles can all live together happily.
David’s Thoughts:
s/he goes along with whatever the other person wants. Watching a rom-com instead of an action flick seems like a small price to pay for spending time with someone you enjoy. And as far as being honest – well, that seems easy, but true, deep honesty requires a level of self-awareness that takes time, patience, and guidance. We may not even know what we really want sometimes. Not everyone wants to explore his or her motives and desires. So, when I tell people to be honest and make their needs known, I realize I could well be recommending a life-long quest. That said, my advice to our reader is, to be honest, and make his (or her) needs known. Professor Frederick has already recommended this by asking if jealousy or something else might be the underlying issue and by encouraging our reader to discuss concerns about Poodles with his girlfriend. The letter does not mention that any such conversation has taken place, and it may be that the reader wants to avoid a painful discussion.
One of the issues some of us face is that we are so conflict-averse that it is almost impossible to express our needs if we feel that naming them will cause tension. And yet – what do we want in relationships? We want to know that we can share and respond to our partner’s desires. If one partner is always saying, “Whatever you want, dear” the other partner might be getting the kind of pizza s/he wants, but s/ he is deprived of the human pleasure of caring for, supporting, and responding to another person’s needs. Thus, although some of us can be selfish jerks, it is not selfish to make our needs known and let other people respond. Talk to your girlfriend honestly about how you feel about her, your own needs, and your issues with Poodles. As Professor Frederick notes, there may be a middle way, one that does not require you either to break up or to “accidentally” leave the door open for Poodles to run off (we trust that you are not seriously considering that option, and we are NOT recommending it).
This isn’t that much different than disliking your partner’s kids, as in the US and other parts of the world, we treat our pets like children. Your dilemma reminds me of one Dan Ariely, a Behavioral Economist, spoke to once in his column in the Wall Street Journal. In that case, the offending pet was a dog. As I recall, Dan said that by even writing for advice, it was pretty clear the individual was choosing his dog over his girlfriend. I’m not saying you have made a decision yet, but clearly, you are thinking that breaking up is an option. You see no way forward that doesn’t My general relationship advice comes down to two basic principles: 1) be honest, and 2) make your needs known. These two seem obvious, but if we think about our lives and how we interact with others, we often find that we aren’t direct with people about how we feel and what we actually want. Some of us are agreeable, and we get along easily with others. Most of us can be flexible, and whether we have pepperoni or peppers on the pizza isn’t that critical. Dorm or domestic life would be almost impossible if we had to discuss every single little decision to death, so many times we choose to go with the flow. That’s fine, natural, and necessary. But, at the same time, this social side often develops within us habits of putting aside our own needs even when they are essential. We may or may not need assertiveness training, but sometimes we don’t do well speaking up for ourselves. Particularly with romance, there is a danger that a person is so eager to make a relationship work that
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Do you have any relationship questions? You can send an email to Christina Frederick or David Keck, or, if you prefer to keep things anonymous, you can drop off notes for HumanE Factor Prof. Christina Frederick, Human Factors, COAS 4th floor or Chaplain David Keck, Center for Faith and Spirituality. To respect your privacy, real names and identifying details will be eliminated in our responses in the Avion. Reverend David Keck keckd2@erau.edu
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Professor Christina Frederick and Chaplain David Keck will be responding to your letters and reqests for advice (see sidebar for how to send them something. They hope to help students develop better interpersonal relationships with friends, colleagues, and significant others. Meaningful relationships, whether they be romantic or with friends, family, or colleagues, can be beautiful--but they can also be challenging. They are here to help and offer a new perspective
Campus Christians Unify with One Purpose
Keenan Thungtrakul Staff Reporter
As the semester enters its second month, Embry-Riddle’s campus Christian organizations came together to show that despite the divides that make each denomination of faith different, all of them serve one purpose, and that purpose is shared amongst all the believers present. This event brings together all the campus faith groups: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, LoveWorld, Baptist Collegiate Ministries, Campus Outreach and the Catholic Student Union. Andrew Teubl, head of the event, said that the goal of One Purpose is to influence lives. He wants to create a space where Christians of all backgrounds can unify under one common belief to encourage each other and pray for the Embry-Riddle campus. Teubl hopes that the believers who attend will gain a mindset that allows them to love on others without conditions, embracing similarities while sidelining differences. He hopes that people can walk away knowing that they have a purpose, are here for a reason, and that they are not alone in the struggle that is college life. The night turned out to be a success. Last semester a group of roughly 30 believers came out to worship. This time, a group of approximately 40 believers came out to fellowship with one another over
pizza, enjoy worship time campfire-style, and leave denominational boundaries aside as they hear a sermon on how Christians ought to live in unity with one purpose and embrace each other despite the differences in beliefs. There was only love present in the room that night; everyone felt welcome. The sermon also gave the audience tools on how to discipline their lives so they can continue their mission. Teubl mentions that it is the common core beliefs shared among believers that makes them Christians. In an age where divisions seem to be rampant, finding similarities among people of different backgrounds is something to be cherished. Being able to connect with other people on common beliefs is key to being able to support each other through a mutual friendship. Teubl says that there is an emotional difference between a friendship built on shared values and trust and a simple "hey, what's up" kind of friendship. The former enables one to feel a deeper bond with the other person and allows one to be open and honest. This paves the way to the friendship becoming one where both sides can emotionally support each other when the going gets tough, trusting the other with information that poses as emotional weights, keeping one from performing at full capacity. Life will never cease to throw out challenges, so it is essential to have a secure
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support network of friends that one can rely on for comfort when it is needed. The latter does not provide an open door for building a support bond. It keeps interactions at surface-level and does not touch on what is going on inside the other person, if at all. Observing the deep, powerful, and intensive night of prayer leaves one in awe at how much this group cares for the campus and each other. Each person wants to positively impact lives and provide emotional support to those that need it. Planning out such an impactful event requires placing aside differences at the beginning. The event requires a passionate leader, one who is not only able to lead a group, but also getting other Christian leaders involved too. Teubl said that it takes people of multiple backgrounds to organize and hold such a night. The main speaker was a Protestant, and the prayer leader was part of a non-denominational group. This is coming together of multiple faith organizations points to the truth that there is a common goal and a single purpose that all the organizations share, and what went on that night served as a powerful testimony to that fact. Teubl mentioned that he wants to hold a second gathering like this later in the semester and hopes that what he is helping to start will become a staple of religious life here on campus.
Cashore Marionettes Come Alive Keenan Thungtrakul Staff Reporter The house was packed Wednesday night as students, faculty and members of the community gather in the IC Auditorium to witness the enthralling performance of the Cashore Marionettes. Joseph Cashore and his wife, Wilma, have been performing since 1990 and have done as many as 160 shows per year in locations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia. A marionette is a puppet that is controlled by strings leading up to a frame that the pup-
peteer manipulates. They can have one frame or multiple frames depending on complexity. The dolls that took the stage Wednesday night were all designed and built by Joseph Cashore. In a backstage talk, The Avion was able to ask Cashore about his performance and passion for puppetry. He started at age 11 when he made a puppet and played with it. He noticed that the way the puppet moved created an illusion that it was alive. Initially, Cashore didn't think of himself becoming a puppeteer. When he played with that puppet, though, his passion for puppetry came alive. He would go on to graduate from
Notre Dame with a degree in fine arts. He would go on to pursue a career in oil painting while experimenting with control methods for marionettes. The ones presented Wednesday were of his own design. The audience was captivated by each puppet's performance; each one received thunderous applause. The performance was received with a standing ovation. A select few of these puppets will now have their story told from the audience’s perspective. The poems that follow aim to help the reader visualize the stories the chosen puppets had to share that evening. Poems inspired by the Cashore Marionettes Keenan Thungtrakul/The Avion Newspaper
“The Price of War”
“The
“Airstrike inbound.” Boom, boom, boom. Fighter planes zooming by. A soldier moves in with his fellow troops. Clack, clack, clack, pop, pop, pop. “Clear the area!” The soldier splits from his comrades, Finds a man’s corpse. Nearby he hears the cries of a woman, He finds her lying against a wall. “Woman, are you alright?” He sees she is wounded. He goes to her aid. The woman removes her veil Thanked the soldier for coming. Alas, he is too late. The woman dies. She lost too much blood. The soldier removes his helmet, Sorrow rises in his heart. “If only we could have come sooner!” He returned to get his weapon. “So, this is war…” A basket rustled nearby. “A baby?” Behold, it is a baby. Its parents were killed in the crossfire. “Don’t worry little one, I got you. I will deliver you from this war zone To give you the life you deserve.”
Procrastination Scholar”
“Elephant”
Inspired by “Humanity”
“Homeless Man’s Lament” Inspired by Old Mike in “No Address” Woe is me, woe is me Can somebody help? My bag is empty I have nothing left Everything I have was taken from me I wander the streets a forgotten person. My clothes are ragged My shoes are worn I dig through trash Find what’s left Nothing, not a scrap My God, my God, Why have you forsaken me? No one’s offering me help I’m all alone out here. Weeping, lamenting, How much longer can I live?
Inspired by “African Morning” Ah, a beautiful savannah sunrise An elephant awakes “Oh, what a beautiful day!” He leaves his place of rest Off to find food, yes indeed. Cheerfully he walks on Up to some rock mounds. “Anything here?” He sniffs around, Turning over rocks, one by one “Nothing…” Sighing, he moves on. “There’s a fallen tree over there, What could be underneath?” He grabs the tree with his trunk, Huffing, puffing, he lifts it. Behold, a berry! Munch, munch, munch… Finished, he eyes something. “Oh, what could it be?” He goes to the mound of leaves, Sniffs some dust, sneezes it out, Finds a hooking point with his snout. “Oh heavens!” A skull… Why, why?? One of my own is no more. And here I am, about to be taken too.
“Slave Driver Boss” Inspired by “The Job” “Go you lowly slave of a worker, Get to work!” “Okay, okay!” Three boxes to move. First one. Huff, huff, huff… I go back and, huh? I just moved that box! I’ll move it again. And again. And Again. AND AGAIN. The cycle doesn’t end, does it?
Inspired by Sara in “The Scholar” “Sara, you need to get your homework done!” It is 8 PM, I have one hour. I look at the desk, It’s a book report. Great, reading! I try to get myself ready, But I’m dreading it. Ah, I got my toys! I go play with them! 8:30 PM… “Sara, are you doing your work?” “Um, yea Mom!” I go to the desk. I pop the radio on. “Should be some good music on.” Finds a pop station. Can’t help but dance! Song ends, I change the dial. Classical music. Cool. My pencil’s a baton. I’m a conductor! 8:45 PM… “Sara, time for bed! Put the book away dear.” Time to scramble!
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Creative Submission: “Come Sail Away”
The following is a work of fiction and has been abridged for the purposes of this publication. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the Avion Newspaper.
Andy Wallpher Correspondant
“Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me…” I thought of this catchy tune as I leaned back and let all my worries simply leak out of my body. The blue sky above me. Several clouds floating merrily overhead. One even looked like a giraffe. A giraffe. Can you imagine that? Just floating in the sky. Not a care in the world. I often think of what it would be like to fly. I wonder if giraffes think about that too. Do giraffes even grasp the concept of flying? Or do they just look at the birds in the sky and think nothing of it. What a wonderful feeling that must be. To just do your own thing with no one to bother you. Eat. Breathe. Sleep. Eat. Breathe. Sleep. Day after day. Night after night.
Image Courtesy: Jacquelin de Leon
This piece was written as a response to the image prompt above, as part of the ERAU Creative Ink club.
Of course, I don’t think giraffes would wake up in the middle of the night to go eat. Or would they? Sometimes I like getting some milk when I can’t fall asleep. Maybe giraffes get midnight cravings too. What do giraffes even eat? I guess they eat fruit. I love fruit. I wouldn’t mind a banana right now. A sweet, long yellow banana. I sat up for a second. I got up too quickly and felt a sudden rush go straight to my head. An agonizing wave of pain flooded my head as I held my hands up to my ears, resisting the urge to shriek into the forest I was
floating beside. And just as quickly as the pain had begun, it simply vanished. Poof. I looked around and found just what I was looking for. A beautiful, massive tree with bright yellow bananas just relaxing up top. I made my way over to the tree and tied my rope around a small log perching onto the water. I looked up and saw a small bird in a nest on one of the branches. I had never seen a creature such as this before. It had long, lavender feathers. And stood proudly on its nest, with a bold chest puffed out. A beak that was long and round with a sharp point at its end drew my eye, and I figured a beak like this could cut down a few bananas from the tree. I whistled, attempting to get his attention. After several attempts, the bird finally noticed me. “Please,” I said gently as I pointed up to the fruit. The bird gazed at me for a second and flew up to where the bananas were. With its sharp beak it cut down three bananas for me, and I caught all three as they fell onto my miniature boat. “What a wonderful creature.” I thought to myself as I took a bite of the fruit. Immediately I felt a wonderful sense of euphoria. I smiled and felt like my cheeks would continue to expand until they popped. I let out a small giggle and leaned back down, staring at the clouds. Thinking about how maybe this bird could teach giraffes how to fly. But as I looked into the sky, it was no longer a shimmering sky blue. It
was turning into a dark, somber grey. The clouds turned grey and began to condense. I began to grow worrisome and quickly sat up again. I looked for my new feathery friend, only to see him began to shrink. He was not moving from his nest. Instead, he stayed very still and began to look blurry instead. My head started to pound, and I could feel my heart accelerate. I began to sweat, not understanding what was happening. My hands started to tremble, and I suddenly felt a horrendous dryness in my mouth. I looked up again at the sky and saw a bright light. A terribly bright light. As I tried to close my eyes, my eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds. I closed them and began to struggle to open them. When I finally found the strength to open them again, I refocused. The light I had imagined came from my ceiling. The grey colors of the clouds were the color of my roof from my garage. I was on the floor; on top of a pillow, I had taken from the living room couch. I looked around, trying to make sense of the situation, and found what I was looking for. “Thank God, there’s some left,” I said as I let out a small sigh of relief. I leaned back, letting both my arms drop to the floor. Allowing myself to dissolve into the floor, pushing all my thoughts and worries out my head. “Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me…”
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Jacob and Nick are graduate students in the Research in User eXperience (RUX) Lab in the Department of Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology. RUX investigates the usability and user experience of technology in our everyday world. This is a regular column that explores different technologies typically used by Embry-Riddle students.
Stream On! Popular Music Streaming Apps Jacob Guliuzo and Nicholas Reuss Graduate Researchers What service do you use to stream music? Spotify? Pandora? Apple Music? In a recent survey of over 100 ERAU students, we found that over 60% of students reported that they listened to a music streaming service daily and over 30% listened several times a week. Many students mentioned using several different streaming services, but the most popular choices were Spotify and Apple Music, followed by Pandora and others. The question remains, why do students prefer these services over others? Nearly half of the students reported that ease of use was a primary reason why they used a particular service. Cost, the popularity of the service, and using what their friends' use were also reported to be important factors.
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Music streaming services used by the surveyed students.
To Pay or Not to Pay? Most of these music streaming services have a paid and a free version, but is the extra fee worth it? Almost two-thirds of the students reported that they used the paid version of their preferred service over the free version. The most popular reasons for this were the ability to download music, the allowance to skip songs an unlimited number of times, the elimination of advertisements, and the ability to make your playlist. While the ability to download music is a premium feature offered by all services, only Spotify has bundling options included with its premium service. Spotify provides a bundle which includes Hulu and Showtime for students enrolled in any type of educational program. While most of these services cost around $9.99 a month, only Apple Music and Spotify have student discounts which are cheaper (only $4.99).
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Reasons why students pay for premium streaming services.
What Features Matter? What features did students look for and why? The highest three ranked features were music quality, music availability, and the ability to download music (offline play). The three features that ranked the lowest were the platform for streaming, bundling options, and social functionality. Even though bundling options seem to influence what service students may purchase, other features such as the ability to download songs, music quality, and overall music availability were ranked as more important. Spotify was the only application with the bundling of other apps and services. Music availability often differs between streaming services because they have to negotiate to bring artists to their site. This can be a complicated process, and many services opt not to include artists' music instead of negotiating with them.
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Conclusion Overall, we found that students reported that they liked their preferred service because of how easy it is to use and how much it costs. Students don't care as much about reviews; they want an easy to use service that gives them the best music at the lowest price. Most students said Spotify was that service. Its features and price point combined with the bundled video streaming services make it a deal that is better than the others. “[Spotify is] cheap, easy to use, and has a lot of music options," one student noted.
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Top features ranked by the surveyed students.
The ability to download songs is a critical feature that is considered by some students when picking a music streaming service. As one student commented “I drive long-distance a lot, and I sometimes lose service in my car. Amazon Music lets me download music so I can continue to listen to music without service. It also updates with newest albums very quickly.” The ability to have the latest music available was reported to be a key feature. “Spotify makes it easier for me to listen to what I know I like. Radio and some other streaming services do not always have what I want when I want it. And the fact that there are no ads and has a student discount on premium are also pluses”, reported one student.
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OneWeb Global Internet: Prepared for Launch
On Jan. 22, the first six satellites for OneWeb's global internet constellation arrived at the Guiana Space Center in the French territory of French Guiana, South America. The satellites are expected to launch from the spaceport no earlier than Feb. 19, as of Jan. 31. These satellites will be fully operational and will start the company’s journey to provide global broadband internet from space, which has been attempted previously but never fully realized. Companies such as Iridium and Globalstar originally planned to deliver global cellular service from space using satellites, but a myriad of regulatory, technical, and financial challenges forced both companies to settle for less. Both companies now target remote locations where cellular connectivity is scarce or nonexistent, such as at sea or the poles. Iridium completed their second-generation satellite constellation earlier this year and can offer cellular services from space to any part of the globe. Airplanetracking with satellites is another application of the systems designed by these and other telecommunication companies, such as SES and IntelSat.
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While satellite-based cellular services serve asa vital lifeline to remote workers, for the average consumer there is no need for a satellite phone. Satellite phones are also expensive: Iridium's most basic satellite phone is over $1,000. Simply put, satellite phones serve a niche market and are not suited for where internet and cellular connectivity is needed most.
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OneWeb plans to close the digital divide by 2027, which is a situation where everyone in the world will have internet access, as close to half of the world’s population does not have reliable internet access at this time.
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Michael Weinhoffer Senior Reporter
Greg Wyler, who founded OneWeb in 2012, came to this realization as welland determined that the only way to provide affordable global internet access was with satellites, which is a counterintuitive thought given the ordinary manufacturing price of atelecommunications satellite. OneWeb is manufacturing satellites that are designed to be built in mass, and therefore have fewer components and lighter
weight than competitors. Additionally, OneWeb invented antennas, called “user terminals" that are small, affordable, and can be self-installed. This is an excellent innovation since one of the drawbacks of previous attempts at satellite internet was the high cost of user terminals. OneWeb plans to initially launch 600 duplicate satellites into a low Earth orbit, which will result in global coverage. While continuously improving the capability of the satellites, the company will ultimately launch up to 1,980 satellites. OneWeb plans to close the digital divide by 2027, which is a situation where everyone in the world will have internet access, as close to half of the world’s population does not have reliable internet access at this time. The first six satellites will launch on a Russian-made Soyuzrocket that the European launch provider Arianespace has reconfigured for launches from French Guiana. OneWeb also plans to launch satellites using Arianespace's Ariane 6, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, though the Soyuz will launch the majority of the satellites. The first launch was initially scheduled for May 2018 but was pushed back to the end of the year and eventually into the new year. Unfortu-
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nately, an anomaly was found on the upper stage of the Soyuz on Jan. 29, which willpush the launch date further out, but the satellites are ready to go. Mr. Wyler shared a picture of the first two satellites installed on the payload dispenser. The company initially planned to launch ten satellites on the debut launch but decided to keepfour on the groundtoserve as backups in case of a launch failure. OneWeb is currently building satellites in an Airbus factory in Toulouse, France, but will also manufacture satellites from a facility at Cape Canaveral. OneWeb is not alone in the raceto provide global internet from space. SpaceX and the Canadian company Telesat also have ambitious plans to launch "mega-constellations" of satellites into a low Earth orbit in the coming years, and companies big and small from around the world are also trying to get in on the action. Not all ventures will succeed, and significant challenges will persist for years. However, the arrival of the first OneWeb satellites at the launch site is the most significant milestone since the founding of OneWeb, and the satellites are now one step closer to fulfilling their mission in outer space.
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Strong Season for Eagles Ice Hockey
Korbin Martin Staff Reporter The Embry-Riddle Eagles Ice Hockey team played their final home game of the 2018-2019 season at the Daytona Ice Arena in front of a packed home crowd of Embry-Riddle students and parents. The Eagles put on a great show against the University of South Florida Bulls, and played very well. The final score of 6-1 doesn’t reflect how well the Eagles did against the #3 team in the ACHA South Division. The Eagles outshot the Bulls the entire night, but the Bulls’ goalie made some incredible saves, and other would-be goals missed by a few inches. The Bulls scored 2 goals in every period, and the Eagles, despite their best efforts just couldn’t keep up. There was a large momentum swing when the 1st goal for the Eagles, which would have made the score 2-1, was taken away. The Bulls responded a minute later with a pair of goals to make the game 4-1, and while they wouldn’t score any more goals until the next period, the damae was done. The Embry-Riddle Eagles also recognized the seniors on the team for Senior Night. Austin Yenser, Andrew Newlon, and Brendan Barger were all recognized for their amazing contributions on and off the ice. I spoke with #21 Andrew Caputo and he said “It will be difficult to not see them in the locker-room next year, but we absolutely wish them the best in their endeavors moving forward.” Overall this season has been a great success for the Embry-Riddle Eagles Ice Hockey team. The Eagles played better than anyone expected in the prestigious Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Conference has the #1, #2, #3, #8, and #11 teams in the South Division, and the Eagles had to play each time four times. The Eagles are currently at a very respectable #12 in the South Division, and have really proved that they belonged in the conference. Florida Gulf Coast University, ranked #1 in the league, has been an unstoppable team this year, but when they came to Daytona in October, they took their first, and only, loss of the season. The Eagles played hard, and had a lot of close games with some of the best teams in the division. While the Eagles also dropped some games, it is something that the team intends to improve on moving forward as they finish this season and prepare for the next. The Eagles have an opportunity to make one last big statement in the conference playoffs this week. The Eagles will play USF once more, and after the game this Friday, there’s a good chance that the Eagles pull off the upset. With the Eagles still fighting for a spot
in the regional competition, this is a big weekend for the team, and it is do or die from here on out. The Eagles have had a great year, despite a change in conference and a tougher schedule. The fan presence this year has been amazing, with hundreds of people coming out for every game. Ernie the Eagle and the Embry-Riddle Pep Band and Drumline have even made appearances. The Embry-Riddle Eagles truly have the best hockey fans in the state. No other team has a full, energetic, and loud crowd for every home game. There have also been a lot of physical changes for the team as well. The Daytona Ice Arena has done a lot of renovating this year to make the rink better for both the fans and the teams, and they’ve been doing an amazing job. From little things like new lockers for the players, a better selection of food and beverages for the fans, to bigger changes, like renovating the entire fan section, the Daytona Ice Arena has changed a lot this year for the better. This year’s Freshman class of players has been incredible for the Eagles. #16 Alex Faller scored 17 goals on the season and was 2nd on the team in scoring, while #93 Jordan Shepherd scored 13 goals and was 4th in the team in scoring. Faller and Shepherd both played over 20 games each for the team this year as well. #42 Ryan Marks had yet another incredible year, leading the team in scoring with 28 goals on the season. Marks also had multiple games where he had a hattrick, which is very impressive. Unfortunately, the Eagles will be
forced to say goodbye to the seniors after this year. #25 Brendan Barger, #37 Austin Yenser, and #18 Andrew Newlon played their final home game for the Eagles this week, and the team is really going to miss their veteran leadership. The majority of the team, however, is made up of Freshmen and Sophomores, who will improve with every single game, so it’s going to be a very exciting 2019-2020 season. The team is also very optimistic about the incoming Freshman who will join the team for the 2019-2020 season. There are some very good players who want to come to Embry-Riddle, and it would be a safe bet to say that some will be immediate impact players for the Embry-Riddle Eagles Ice Hockey team. #21 Andrew Caputo says “The team would like to thank the incredible team of stat counters, photographers, the video team, and the coaching staff of Coach Bob Joyce, Anthony Galante, and Bill Thompson, as well as the team manager Dr. Ken Byrnes. They do a lot of behind the scenes work that makes the success the t eam enjoys possible. The team would also like to thank the amazing fan base, for being the best fans in the ACHA. We pride ourselves on home ice advantage, knowing that every Friday night the opposing team is going to skate into a hostile environment. It means the world to us that we have such a loyal fan base and an amazing presence on campus. “We hope to see you all when puck drops in Daytona again! Go Eagles!”
UPCOMING HOME GAMES Tuesday, Feb. 5 M Tennis vs ASA-Miami @3:30 W Tennis vs ASA-Miami @3:30 Friday, Feb. 8 BSB vs Columbus State @6 M Lax vs Notre Dame de Namur @ 7 Saturday, Feb. 9 BSB vs Columbus State @ 12 BSB vs Columbus State @ 3 WBK vs Florida Southern @ 4 MBK vs Florida Southern @ 6 Sunday, Feb. 10 MLAX vs RV Young Harris @ 3
Athlete Spotlight
Korbin Martin, The Avion Newspaper
Ryan Marks Ryan Marks is a Sophomore from Reading, PA. He is an Aerospace Engineering major, minoring in Astronomy and is also an AFROTC cadet. Marks is the leading scorer for the Embry-Riddle Eagles Ice Hockey team. He scored 2.11 ppg in the 2017-2018 season in the East Florida Collegiate Hockey Conference and 1.27 ppg in the Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference. He has scored multiple hat tricks this year, and has even scored within the first 8 seconds of a game. Ryan’s goal in life is to commission in the U.S. Air Force and become a fighter pilot. He hopes to eventually become a test pilot later in his career. Ryan is a huge Philadelphia sports fan and enjoys playing pond hockey in the winter. Some of Ryan’s hobbies are Archery, Biking, and going to Airshows. Between AFROTC, being an AE major, and being a co-captain of the Hockey Team as well as the leading scorer, it’s clear that Ryan is a very hard worker who excels at whatever he does.
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The Embry-Riddle men's basketball team held off a second-half comeback to defeat the Tampa Spartans on Saturday, 60-56. The Blue and Gold held a 17-point halftime lead that quickly dwindled to six, but the Eagles were able to hang on thanks in large part to nine points from Joshua Hawkins in the game's final five minutes. The victory improves ERAU's season record to 11-13, 4-9 in conference play, while Tampa falls to 9-12 overall, 3-10 in league games. Nashad Mackey led all scor-
ers with 18 points to go along with a game- and season-high 16 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Hawkins tallied a season-high 13 points while Tylin Lockett-Fuller added eight points and Alston Jones led all players with four assists. Both sides struggled to score early, with the score tied 5-5 after the first five minutes of action. The Eagles used a 12-0 run to pull ahead 16-5 with 11:23 to play in the first half, though the Spartans fought back to trim the deficit to 19-16 with 6:46 on the clock. From that point, the Embry-Riddle offense got back into a rhythm, outscoring UT
16-2 to build a 35-18 halftime lead. Luka Majstorovic opened the second half scoring with a layup less than a minute in, extending the ERAU lead to 19 points, which would prove be the largest lead of the day. The Eagle offense went cold, scoring just two points over a 10-minute stretch, which allowed the Spartans to get within four points (43-39) with 7:27 to go. The lead still stood at four (46-42) with just over five minutes remaining when Hawkins caught fire, knocking down three field goals, including a three-pointer, in the span of 48 seconds, pushing the Eagle lead back up to nine (53-44).
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Sports C3 Men’s Basketball Holds Off Tampa, 60-56
Tampa answered back, closing to within three points (54-51) with 37 seconds remaining. Elijah Jenkins scored a clutch layup 10 seconds later and Mackey knocked down a pair of free throws at the 13-second mark to make it 58-51 Eagles. Once again, Tampa rallied to get back within three (59-56) with five seconds left, but Hawkins was able to convert one of his two free throws to make it a two-possession game, and the Eagles would hold on for the 60-56 win. Next up for the Eagles is a road contest at Barry on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Tip-off for the game in Miami Shores is set for 7:30 p.m.
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The Embry-Riddle Dancing Eagles, Regional Champions! Hafiy Hadi Correspondent The Embry-Riddle Dancing Eagles made history last week as they brought home multiple awards from the National Dance Association’s Sunshine Classic Regionals in Kissimmee. The team had their humble beginnings less than four years ago when their founder, Naia Butler-Craig, started the club. Competing and representing Embry-Riddle has always been a dream for them and recently, it all came true. The team held the auditions for their first two Competition Teams just at the beginning of last fall. The members of the newly formed Competition Teams are Alexa Manssa, Alyssa Lang, Amy Burch, Annalise Saraceni, Bailey Porter, Corrina Elias, Hafiy Hadi, Holly Scammon, Jaclyn Adams, Kelsey Krupicka, Kiristan Waters, Paris Wyatt, Skye Colonna,
and Zack Sydnor. Both the Hip Hop and Jazz teams practiced and trained their technique relentlessly for the following months leading up to last weekend’s competition. At regionals, the Dancing Eagles
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competed against various high school and college teams from across the state of Florida. Although it was the team’s first time competing, they clinched the Champion title for both College
Hip Hop and College Jazz. The Jazz piece also placed second overall. Even more exciting news: The Dancing Eagles qualified to compete at NDA’s Nationals 2019! The competition will be held April 4-7 at the Daytona Beach Bandshell. There, the Dancing Eagles will compete against dance teams from all over the country. Today, the Dancing Eagles boast multiple divisions including the Competition Teams, Performance Teams, and the Social Dance Division. The team is very active on campus - holding weekly dance classes of various genres including jazz, hip hop, pop, and contemporary at the Group Fitness Room at 7 pm on Fridays and doing multiple performances on campus. Stay tuned for the Dancing Eagles Performance Team’s upcoming performances at the basketball games on Feb. 20 & 23 and at the Riddle Players' forthcoming show talent Feb. 22.
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Curling: Coolest Club on Campus
Connor Adair & Korbin Martin Correspondent & Staff Reporter Did you know that curling started in the early 1500s? It is a surprisingly fun and technical sport that is still happening today, even at Olympiad levels. A curling team consists of players who will hurl a stone that weighs about 40 pounds (about the weight of a 3-year-old child) towards the house, which is an area with 4 concentric circles about 150 feet away from the thrower. A team will also include two sweepers, who sweep the ice directly in front of the stone. This helps to decrease the friction in front of the stone, which helps the stone to go farther. This is very helpful if the stone is not travelling fast enough to reach the house. The Orlando Curling Club and ERAU Curling Club went to the Daytona Ice Arena to practice and play games of curling. They hosted a free event Feb. 2 for all Riddle students and their visiting family members, as it was Family Weekend. The event had many teams competing against each other, as well as many newcomers,
who were being taught by members of the curling clubs. There were easily more than 40 people at the Daytona Ice Arena, with about half being people learning curling for the first time. The members of the curling clubs who were doing the teaching and mentoring did an amazing job, and were patient and professional. When you are watching curlers who have played for a while, the sport looks easy. Once you actually attempt to start curling, you realize it is more technical and thought-out when compared to how it looks. It takes a lot of skill and finesse from both the throwers and the sweepers to get that small, yet heavy, ~40-pound stone to reach its destination inside of a twelvefoot diameter house. The closer the stone is to the center of the house; the more points the team gets. If you want to come see the Orlando Curling Club and the ERAU Curling Club, they meet every Saturday at 4:00 pm at the Daytona Ice arena. The ERAU Curling Club also has bi-weekly meetings on Thursdays in the IC 103 building.
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ROCK CONCERT
A Trans-Siberian Night to Remember
All Photos: Rajan Khanna / The Avion Newspaper
2018 Winter Tour
Rajan Khanna Senior Photographer Every year, the world-renowned Trans-Siberian Orchestra tours around the United States spreading holiday cheer in their own special way, through hard rock and heavy metal. The group, founded in Tampa, Florida, puts a metal and rock spin on classic Christmas songs to create something very enjoyable. Their music, paired with the production equipment following them on the tour, creates one of the most amazing live acts that people can see. Each show uses hundreds of lasers, thousands of lights, and an extreme amount of pyrotechnics. Pieces of the stage can freely move in all directions. The performers at the Orlando show made their entrance from the ceiling above suspended floor pieces while performing. It was truly a stunning sight. Each year, the band changes their entire stage to showcase more cutting edge technology in the production world. Moving trusses, massive video walls, or even a giant elevator holding the drumset. They never cease to amaze.
Setlist:
The musical part of the group is made up of two guitarists, two pianists, a bassist, a drummer, and ten vocalists. Each song is perfectly crafted to sound and feel familiar while also bringing in modernity with the heavy rock and metal genre. The music is intense but an instant classic. One of their most popular songs, “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo)”
is a metal remake of the classic “Carol of the Bells”. Even if you have not head of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, you have definitely heard this song. It is instantly recognizable to almost anyone who enjoys Christmas music. Overall, the concert was second to none and completely worth seeing. If you have the chance to see them live, do not miss it.
1. Night Enchanted 2. Winter Palace 3. The Lost Christmas Eve 4. O Come All Ye Faithful 5. Good King Joy 6. Christmas Dreams 7. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo) 8. Christmas Canon Rock 9. What Child Is This? 10. Music Box Blue 11. First Snow 12. Promises to Keep 13. This Christmas Day 14. Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness) 15. A Man Russian’s Christmas 16. Christmas Nights in Blue 17. Wizards in Winter 18. Tracers 19. Carmina Burana 20. Someday 21. Chance 22. Madness of Men 23. Find Our Way Home 24. Requiem (The Fifth) 25. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo)
Verdict? See them live
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Kingdom Hearts III: An Inter-Disney Adventure Nick Hernandez News Editor Kingdom Hearts III is the 11th installment of the Kingdom Hearts series. Being first announced back in 2014, Kingdom Hearts fans were absolutely ecstatic hearing that the next chapter in the games long-running history would finally be released. Kingdom Hearts III follows the story of Sora along with Goofy and Donald, on a journey through the realms of Disney and Pixar, on his long quest to defeat the evil Organization XIII. When you first start the game it allows you to choose your play style, varying from balanced defense route, to full-on warrior. This allows the player to adjust the play through to their needs as everyone has a different style of fighting when it comes to RPGs. You can gauge how you like the play styles through the numerous tutorials the game offers. If you are the type of person that enjoys steamrolling through the campaign without a tutorial and just seeing how it hoes, you do have the option of skipping them and looking back at it later. For those of you who have been following the story of Kingdom Hearts from the beginning, you can understand that the bridges from some games are a bit harder to follow than others. But fear not, Kingdom Hearts III provides recaps from all the games to make the story flow a bit better while you’re
taking down the Organization. In fact, during playthrough, you’ll notice there are significant flags that let you recall the events of the previous Kingdom Hearts series, which makes the game just that much more nostalgic. When you start Kingdom Hearts III, after deciding on your play style, Sora and the gang speak to Yen Sid who briefs them on the current situation, following up from the previous Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. Yen Sid then sends off the merry band of characters to Olympus to work with Hercules to defend the city from the heartless, minions of the Organization. After you finish on Olympus, you return to Twilight Town, where the story of the past becomes clearer. The game then allows you to choose the next planet to travel to. Kingdom Hearts III has a wide variety of places to choose from, including San Fransokyo (Big Hero 6), The Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean), Monstropolis (Monsters, Inc.), 100 Acre Wood (Winnie the Pooh), Arendelle (Frozen), Kingdom of Corona (Tangled), and the Toy Box (Toy Story). All of these you can choose to travel to and become part of their story, in any order you choose. How you traverse to these planets is also interesting. Instead of just teleporting, or having a cut scene, you take a Gummiship. It is essentially a space ship you can completely design from scratch to take
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In Kingdom Hearts 3, you take control of Sora along with Goofy and Donald Duck and embark on an adventure that spans multiple Disney and Pixar realms.
you through space to fly to other planets or engage in space battles with the heartless. Another great feature about Kingdom Hearts III is the numerous ways it allows you to customize battles. After completing major milestones in the game, you are awarded a new Keyblade. Each new Keyblade gives you special attacks and a unique heavy attack. You are allowed to have up to 3 in your quick reach inventory, giving you the ability to switch fighting styles halfway through a fight. If you pay attention to your teammates, they also provide a huge resource to your fighting style, should you accept their help. Donald and Goofy both have unique special attacks that clear away the hoards of heartless should they
surround you. There is also a unique attack offered in the game if you can achieve a high enough combo. These attacks cause rides from Disney to appear, and allow Sora, Donald, and Goofy to ride along, raising mayhem and destruction to those who step in front of them. Some of these rides include, Big Thunder Mountain’s train, Buzz Lightyear’s space ranger spin laser cart, and a swinging ship. All of these unique combinations really bring the gameplay together to make it most unique of you. Overall, Kingdom Hearts III is the finale we needed to conclude a long-running story that has been kept close to many people’s hearts. Even if you aren’t a Kingdom Hearts fan, this game is definitely worth looking into.
for lunch and dinner. From the outside the place looks busy during regular hours, but should there be a wait, it is worth it. The hints of Vietnamese spoken by the servers tell you that the place is authentic. The location is known for its Pho, a Vietnamese traditional beef soup with rice noodles, onions, green onions, and sliced meat. As a traditionalist, the flank steak Pho or the brisket Pho is the way to go. Those looking to try something new can combine up to three types of meat. There’s beef, meatballs, tendons, chicken,
and other options. If soup’s not your thing, the restaurant also serves rice vermicelli, rice platters (classic fried rice), steamed buns, and Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches. Drinks are simple here at the Noodle House. You can choose from the standard drink offerings of soda, water, lemonade, or coffee, or you can select Thai iced tea or milk tea. Both options won’t disappoint. With the milk teas you have the option of adding Bobas, which are sweet, chewy tapioca balls roughly a centimeter in diameter. Don’t know what flavor you want? The original milk tea won’t disappoint. Each Pho entrée comes with a side helping of bean sprouts, basil, jalapenos, and lime wedges. The soup by itself is a bit salty, so adding lime will help alleviate it. The lime gives the soup a slightly sour addition to the hearty broth. The noodles were done right and were balanced well with the rest of the ingredients. The total price for a two-meat Pho with a Boba tea beverage came out to just under $15. While this is not necessarily the cheapest option for Asian in DeLand, the food is indeed worth the price.
Pho Co. - DeLand’s Vietnamese
Keenan Thungtrakul Staff Reporter
DeLand is regarded as the “Athens of Florida.” If one explores with open eyes and an open mind, one is bound to find treasure here. Home of the historic Stetson University, this small town in Volusia County is an easy day trip option for the busy student looking for a quick getaway. The historic downtown area features plenty of interesting shops and restaurants that won’t disappoint. Most are run by locals,
so no matter where you shop in downtown, you’re supporting the local businesses. If you’re looking for some great Vietnamese in DeLand, check out Pho Company Noodle House. It is situated just off the corner of New York Avenue and Woodland Boulevard, this tiny restaurant, while the width of an average dorm room, has arguably the best Vietnamese in town. Favorite among locals and students alike, this restaurant features select signature Vietnamese dishes and drinks at the prime hours
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Beef brisket and flank steak combination Pho with side plate.
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Boba milk tea, original flavor.
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