TuesdayJanuary 22, 2013

Volume CXXXVIIssue 1

Imagine a situation in which you are in the library, preparing for an upcoming test. A friend comes by with a copy of a previ-ous test from the same class and professor, something you did not know was available, and as a “friend” offers it to you to help you study. You know that this previous test is not supposed to be out there, but you also know a better grade is likely by using it for revision. What would you do?

The SGA student court deals with aca-demic integrity violations and according to Associate Justice Joshua Small, such situa-tions are commonplace, even though they did not seek the old test out, “students are in a dilemma when a test falls in their face; do they use it to study or not?”

Because each professor has different policies concerning tests, sometimes it is confusing for the students to know what is ethical or not, despite the academic integrity policy and honor code laid out in the stu-dent handbook. According to various deans, professors and students themselves, certain trends have emerged on what is acceptable behavior and what is not.

It is important to understand that aca-demic integrity is more than just about not cheating and not copying. Integrity cre-ates an academic system that ensures that graduates from an institution are capable of performing to an expected level, upholding

the value of the degrees obtained.Associate Dean of Student Life Catherine

Downes says, “When you graduate, you might need to build an airplane for Boeing or some other company, and if a particular person is on your team, but he/she doesn’t know what they are doing because they cheated, what it does is devalue the degree for everyone else.”

The reputation of any university is car-ried upon the shoulders of its graduates. According to Dr. Nancee Bailey, the Vice-President of Student Affairs, “What we can do (as faculty and administrators) is to focus on the integrity of the individual here at ERAU and hope they carry it with them as they go out into their careers and they become the beacon of this university and share with the world what we are all about.”

“Protecting the academic system is three-fold,” says Downes. “You have the students, whose expectation is that they are com-ing here to learn by doing their own work instead of cheating. You have the faculty whose responsibility is to share the tools, the skills, everything needed so that the student can learn. The last part is the admin-istration of the process, to ensure things are fair and that the student is heard when there is an academic integrity violation.”

“It (academic integrity) plays in so impor-tantly to future career aspirations,” says the Associate Vice-President for Student Affairs, Sonja Taylor. “If the student doesn’t truly learn the material, it will eventually show up.”

This view is backed up by Associate Justice Daniel Port, who says “You don’t learn anything by cheating and you will not be able to function in higher level classes. I have seen people who crashed and burned and ended up dropping out because they cheated their way through the lower level classes.”

A good question to ask then is how wide-spread is cheating and plagiarism on our

campus?Using statistics from the Humanities and

Social Science department, for the Fall 2012 semester, out of 2874 filled seats in 141 different sections, a total of 22 cases of plagiarism were caught and prosecuted, the majority of which were first offend-ers. According to Dr. Donna Barbie, Chair and Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, about 20-30 academic integrity violations are discovered every term in the department.

Such cases are harder to quantify in the math/science/engineering department because of the difficulty in pinpointing cheating.

However, inappropriate behavior does exist as Dr. Daewon Kim of the Aerospace Engineering department says, “Regrettably, I have seen some suspicious behaviors dur-ing exams. I always try to tell students that the important things are learning, under-standing, being creative/innovative, so that one can prepare his/her future path.”

Cheating is not just limited to undergrad-uates as Dean Paul Bell, Associate Dean of Students, recalls a past event.

“Do you think graduate students cheat? Like paying an accountant to do their accounting homework for them?” says Bell. “Because the accountant had ethics and he called the university. He didn’t know which university, but he called all universities in a 50 mile radius. Everyone has ethics; you just have to use it. Is that student a student here anymore? No.”

So how would one know what is ethically right or wrong? Because professors have various ways of handling tests, there is no simple answer to the question, although guidelines exist.

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and hits the stands Tuesday. As the stu-dent newspaper of Embry-Riddle, the Avion works seven days a week to pro-vide the most accurate and comprehen-sive newspaper possible, even if it means working on the next issue only hours after the previous one is released. Feel free to contribute where and when you can. Grades come first after all.

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Staff Reporter

The extent of cheating in ERAUPeter Tan

Editor-in-Chief

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You don’t learn any-thing by cheating and you will not be able to

function in higher level classes.

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Do you think graduate students cheat? Like pay-ing an accountant to do their accounting home-

work for them?-DEAN PAUL BELL

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“A lot of times, I’ve experienced that if somebody asks the question, is this cheat-ing, or is this unethical, it is,” says Bailey referring to situations when students seek a second opinion to their actions. “If you are afraid of the faculty member finding out, it is. This is the gut check. At this point, a university student understands clearly what their moral and ethical obligation is. Whether they choose to follow that or exer-cise that is up to them.”

This “gut check” often kicks in during everyday situations and some of these cases were presented to interviewees who voiced their opinions on the ethics of the situa-tions.

In scenario one, a professor returns tests to students, which means they are free to pass them down to students junior to them and spread them around. Both professors and students see no problem with revising and learning from these tests.

“I’m fully cognizant that students likely have previous tests, which is why I con-stantly change the final,” says Barbie. “I perceive it as my duty to ensure the finals are not the same. I have no objections to students using previous finals as it is good rehearsal for the exam and it lets them know what skills they are expected to have developed.”

Associate Justice Reid Thomas says, “If the material is public, I don’t see the prob-lem in using it.”

In scenario two, the professor does not let students keep the tests, as a means of ensur-ing they do not get out, but it also gener-ally means that the professor recycles tests. However, through whatever means, students are able to obtain a copy of the test or piece together the questions..

Downes says, “Students who obtained a copy of an exam in an unauthorized method without the permission of the faculty mem-ber will be charged with a violation of aca-demic integrity, just based on policy.”

“Professors have obligations to provide

an ethical environment and to be vigilant against cheating,” says Barbie.

Essentially, if old tests are freely avail-able, they are fair game as agreed by both faculty and students, but if they are not pub-lic documents, using them would violate the academic integrity policy.

However, what happens if you find your-self surrounded by people who are using old tests when they are not supposed to? Do you rat them out and be the most hated person? How would you address such a situation?

Several members of the student court agreed that in some situations, you cannot do anything but preserve your own personal integrity. Small says that if they were friends of his, he would talk to them and help them understand how important the topic is. Port added that he would remind them gently the consequences of getting caught.

Downes says there are plenty of anony-mous ways to notify a faculty member of a possible leak of an exam. Bailey adds that sometimes you can just go straight up to the professor and ask for a copy of an old test. If the professor does not release it to you, then you know that your peers should not have that material.

While obtaining old tests is one part of the picture, there are various other academic integrity violations that pass through the stu-dent court. Unauthorized collaborations on take-home tests, blatant copying of assign-ments, and cheating during tests and exams are some of the other violations that happen, and all offenders are referred to the student court and even up to the honor boards for hearings.

Chief Justice Alex Holtzapple says, “Most students aren’t fully aware of all the ramifications of cheating and plagiarism. While the academic integrity clause is in most syllabi, the consequences often are not elaborated enough.”

Port says that sometimes people forget that they are here to EARN a degree, recall-ing how a student justified his offence by saying “I am entitled to an A.”

Most of the other defenses used by stu-dents are more common, Port, Small, and

Holtzapple all recall that the same excuses come up again and again during academic integrity hearings. Common reasons include that their friends got away with it, they were bogged down with work and had no choice, and once someone said “This is how it’s done where I’m from.”

However, occasionally there are extenuat-ing circumstances that mitigate the offence. Holtzapple recalls how a person had a fam-ily problem and was commuting six hours every few days to be with the family and was in no position to get the work done, resulting in the cheating.

Holtzapple says that sometimes peo-ple forget that they can work with the professors individually when they are encountering problems, and this is especially true with International students who are afraid to approach the professor when they have problems, instead opting to cheat/plagiarize.

Despite how tempting it may be to cheat/fake it through a class, these things eventu-ally do catch up with you.

“Those who decide to cheat their way through college now, will eventually realize that their future may not be so bright once they enter their respective career field,” says Associate Justice Lori Hubbard. “Their employers expect them to have retained the knowledge needed in order to perform the tasks at hand and with having no integrity, they shall suffer the consequences of the unemployment line.”

“I have seen a graduating senior get expelled for cheating,” says Port. “Just think of all the tuition dollars already spent.”

Suspensions and expulsions are not unheard of, and while cheating may get you through that one class, how would it affect further classes down the road? At the end of the day, such things will catch with you and as Bell puts it, “that’s called karma.”

“The extent of cheating in ERAU” from A1

Once again, cases of the infamous influenza virus are on the rise. While we students are not in as much danger as those in the lowest and highest age groups, we are still at risk. However, at our age, getting the flu means more than just feeling bad for a few days, it means missing classes, important meetings, and planned activities.

The CDC recommends a yearly flu shot as the first and most important step to stay protected from the flu. Many people take advantage of this option, but others do not, typically based on one or more flu shot myths. Here is the truth:

MYTH: You can contract the flu from the flu vaccine.

FACT: There is no way for the flu vaccine to give you the flu. When you are injected with the flu vaccine, you are injected with a dead virus, and a dead virus cannot infect you. Even FluMist, a live version of the vaccine, is engineered to remove the parts of the virus that can make you sick.

This myth is easy to believe for two reasons. First, the side effects of the vaccine, such as a sore arm, can be mis-taken with mild flu symptoms. Second, flu risk is at its highest around the same time as other flu-like illnesses not pro-tected by the shot. A few days after

receiving the vaccine, one might contract a common cold, which they may mistake as the flu virus.

In addition, it can take up to two weeks for the flu vaccine to build up in your immune system for maximum effect. During this time, it is possible to contract the flu. The best way to avoid this is to get the vaccine as early in the season as possible to protect yourself during peak months.

MYTH: You don’t need to get a new flu shot every year.

FACT: To stay protected from the new-est strains, you need to update your flu shot every year. Unlike most vaccines, getting one flu shot will not protect you from the virus for the rest of your life. The dominant strains of flu change every year, so researchers develop a new vac-cine every year.

MYTH: I won’t get sick because it’s not cold here.

FACT: Cold weather does not cause you to get sick. Flu season is at its peak in the coldest months in the United States, but that has more to do with the natural cycle of the virus than the aver-age temperature of the country.

However, the flu may be easier to spread in the winter because people are generally in close quarters to keep out of the cold. Despite the warm weather, those of us who live in the residence halls or multi-person apartments make it

easy for the virus to pass from person-to-person.

Whether or not you choose to get the vaccine, there are still other steps you can take to stop the spread of the flu. Some great ways to stay healthy are to eat well, wash your hands often, avoid touching your eyes, nose, mouth and face, and stay away from people who are sick.

ERAU will be holding a flu shot clinic

this coming Friday on the Student Center Flight Deck, but if you miss it is still easy for you to get the shot. Head to a local pharmacy such as CVS or Walgreens, and get the vaccine as soon as possible. The cost may even be covered by your insurance.

For more information on protecting yourself from the flu, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web-site, CDC.org.

Fighting flu shot fallaciesElizabeth Worsham

News Editor

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A3The Avion, January 22, 2013 Campus

The ERAU Study Abroad Office is excited to announce that the fol-lowing students have been accepted as Spring 2013 exchange students to study at our following partner universities abroad:

If you are interested in studying abroad in Fall 2013, please call or stop by the Study Abroad Office. Phone 386-226-6215 or stop by room 263, 2nd floor (near Records and Registration) above the Departure Lounge next to the boowkstore.

We also keep up to date with our ERAU students currently on exchange programs, our incoming exchange students and much more about the Exchange Program, Summer Study Abroad and travel tips on our Facebook page. Stay connected with us on Facebook at “Eagles Abroad”. HAPPY TRAVELS!

New ERAU jet dragster flies through its first secret track test

January 19, 2013- Long before sunrise in the early morning hours, Embry Riddle’s jet racing team left Daytona Florida for the new jet dragsters first track test session in Valdosta, Georgia. Upon arrival at the track the team took air density samples, relative humidity and other weather data. After making their final preparations to the brand new Embry Riddle hot rod, it was time for its first 5000 horsepower full throttle hit.

Under the watchful eye of Chris and Elaine Larsen, crew chief Mike Mathes and lead technician and Aerospace Engineering student Brian Tocci stood ready for anything to happen. Driver, Marisha Falk, rolled the dragster into the starting line beams and went to full throttle for the cars first time.

The target for todays session? Break 200 miles per hour in 4 seconds or less! The General Electric J-85 Turbo-Jet engine quickly accelerates the dragster. By the eighth mile mark the car was handling perfectly and was already approaching the entire sessions goal. At a predetermined spot Falk shut down the car and began testing the parachutes that would slow it for the first time.

On the second run Falk goes to full throttle but this time adds full afterburner making nearly 5000 horsepower in the little 1250 pound machine out to the 1/8 mile mark! Again the car runs straight as an arrow but according to the crew the

tune-up seems a little soft based on data from the 60 foot elapsed time, what the tuners refer to as a “short time”.

Cautiously the crew increases the fuel flow to the afterburner. “We are in that risky area where we can kill a bunch of parts”, says Chris Larsen. “If the car “screeches” you get it shut off and I mean right now”, Chris warns Marisha. Screech is a term referring to a massively destruc-tive condition in the afterburner called cyclic vibration.

Also a pesky fuel leak that fought lead technician Brian Tocci back at the Larsen Research Center for some time has shown back up.

Falk is also getting used to some dif-ferences in the way the new car “feels.” The new dragster, although very similar to Falk’s original car, sits about 2 inches lower in overall hight. Her custom seat fit only to her body now sits lower and makes it different to see over the instru-ment panel.

Elaine Larsen, who has driven a num-ber of jet dragsters, recalls that it takes a while to get used to a new car. “It’s not bad, it’s just different.” she says, “And at nearly 300 miles per hour, sometimes the feeling of a new ride takes a little getting used to.”

The team overall is thrilled. “All the hard work is paying off”, says Lead Technician Brian Tocci. “There are very few issues being reported by the driver, and Chris Larsen is smiling which usually means things are good.”

In just 3 passes the team has exceeded

their goal for the session. Smiles on their faces they load the car back up and head for the SunShine state.

The next session will be in only a few short days. Just long enough for the crew to evaluate the data and make the neces-sary changes. There will be dozens of passes before the cars first race in March.

By the time the team rolls back into Daytona the sun has long been set. Few people know what took place today. But for the Larsen Motorsports team, today was a good day that only comes along once every few years. On January 19, 2013 weighing 1253 pounds and measuring 26 feet 7 inches, new race car was born.

Larsen MotorsportsPress Release

Help yourself to expand I.T. services

Where do you turn when you have a question about your computer, tab-let or desktop phone? Do you auto-matically “Google it?” What happens if it’s related specifically to your Embry-Riddle account, email, applications, or hardware? Our information technology department offers a vast array of tech-nology-related information online that’s specific to the Embry-Riddle experience – and it’s available to you 24/7. You can even chat live with a support representa-tive at any time! This help can be found easily, with a few short clicks, right from the ERNIE homepage: just click on “Help” in the upper right-hand corner and then “IT Support Self-Service” to get started.

Once you enter the self-service sys-tem, sometimes referred to as SNOW (short for ServiceNow), you’re enter-ing the place where you can search the ERAU knowledge base, create requests for IT services (called tickets), view the status of open tickets, and even comment on your open tickets.

If you’re not sure where to start once you’ve logged in, just go to the bot-tom of the left-hand menu and click, “Reference Guide – Self Service” and review the ServiceNow Introduction and Navigation article.

Once you’re in SNOW, you can also

go directly to “View Knowledge Base” to gain information. For your conve-nience, knowledge articles are divided and presented by topic, such as Email, Labs, or Printing, so you can simply click on the topic and drill down from there. Or, if you prefer, you can search the database by keyword, such as “Rave emergency system” or, “ServiceNow.” If you have a specific question, you can also perform your search by asking that question. For example, you can type “how do I reset my password?” into the search field.

Because we want to offer you the most detailed information possible, search results yielded from the knowledge base can be extensive. As with many search engines, you can use quotation marks or the words AND, OR and NOT when searching by keywords or phrase to help narrow your results.

Don’t forget, you can always add a shortcut to SNOW (and other ERAU applications) to your ERNIE homep-age; just go to the ERAU Tools section toward the upper-right hand side of your screen, then click Personalize. After that, click a check mark into the box that says, “IT Support Self-Service,” then click Apply, and then OK. The SNOW icon will immediately appear in the group with the rest of your ERAU Tools.

If you have any technology questions, please email us at ITSupport@erau.edu or call us directly at 386-226-6990.

Barbara ChearneyInformation Technology

THE NEW EMBRY RIDDLE jet dragster successfully passed it’s first secret test Jan. 19 in Valdosta, Georgia.

PHOTO COURTESY/ LARSEN MOTORSPORTS

ERAU STUDENTS HEADING ABROAD ON EXCHANGE!

BALCERZAK, Kamil – SO, AE - AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

BOMAN, Marquice – SO, Business – Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

BRYAN, Jacob – JR, Accelerated MSSE/BSCE – AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

BURGESS, Grace – SO, Human Factors – Munich University of Applied Science, Germany

COUTURIER, Veit – SO, Business – Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

OLSEN, Martine – JR, Business – Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

TROTTER, Conner – JR, Homeland Security – Limerick University, Ireland

DAVILA, Paulo – JR, Human Factors – Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

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A4 The Avion, JANUARY 22, 2013STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Welcome Back Everyone! I hope you all had a safe, relaxing winter break! I know I could have used some more time myself.

Your Student Government Association (SGA) is very excited for this semester! We spent the day before classes on a retreat. There, we evaluated all of our past programs and planned for the current semester. We’re excited for the events to come. Make sure you stayed tuned to 102.5 WIKD, read The Avion Newspaper, and explore the SGA website for the latest news and updates!

I am looking to place more focus on the planning of our new student union. There was a Student Union Planning Committee

(SUPC) that met frequently last semester, discussing how the new space could be utilized. However, the focus of the com-mittee will now be compiling all the data from surveys and creating a master pro-posal from the student body. University administration will be hiring a consultant to assist in the planning and architectural renderings of the new building. Your stu-dent government will be working closely with these consultants to ensure student’s thoughts are brought to fruition.

The Tobacco-Free Campus Committee is gearing up for this semester. The com-mittee has been looking at support pro-grams for students, faculty, and staff who are interested in quitting their tobacco use. These programs would be free to stu-dents and offer a variety of ways to quit. The Tobacco-Free Campus Committee is

also exploring ways to give back to the student body for their commitment and support to go tobacco-free.

Whether it is a free B-B-Q on cam-pus or some other event, administration would like to recognize the students for their efforts. As always, student input is always welcome. Lori Hubbard and I still sit on the committee, and we are very open to presenting student feedback to the committee.

As you can all see, there is a lot of construction occurring on-campus. The new College of Arts and Sciences is well underway. That project is still slated to be completed by December of 2013. The goal is to be able to use the building for classes this time next year. The loop-road project is still ongoing. The goal for that project is to provide easier access to cam-

pus, while controlling the flow of traffic. Finally, the old Doolittle Annex will be removed from campus. In its place will be an access point for emergency vehicles to enter that side of campus.

The SGA Executive Board would like to continue their club visits. We will be reaching out to clubs to see if we can stop by to say hello. I still have a bunch of the “We Are One” shirts, and visiting clubs is a great way to disperse them.

I hope everyone had a great start to the semester! Again, be sure to listen to 102.5 WIKD, read The Avion, explore the SGA website (sga.db.erau.edu) or come to one of our meetings to hear what events are happening on-campus. Also please feel free to contact me, sgapres@erau.edu, if you have any questions. Thanks and enjoy your week!

James ScottSGA President

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Welcome back – I hope that everyone had a restful and relaxing holiday break. As the Student Government Association Vice President, I would like to announce that the Student Representative Board has one vacancy to fill for the Spring 2013 semester. This vacancy is for represent-ing Graduate Students. As of right now, students may apply for this vacancy in the Student Representative Board through applications found on the SGA website, sga.db.erau.edu. All applications are due no later than Wednesday, January 30, by 5:00 p.m. to the SGA Office.

In order to apply for the Student Representative Board vacancy as the

Graduate Student Representative, appli-cants must be enrolled in any gradu-ate degree program (applicants in the accelerated masters program are eligible as long as they are taking at least one graduate class). All applicants must also have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.5, have attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach Campus for at least one semester, and are taking at least six credit hours. Being on the Student Representative Board also requires at least three hours of service in the SGA Office every week. Applicants must have no classes or other obligations on Tuesdays from 12:45 p.m. through 2:00 p.m. and must serve as a member of at least one committee and or liaison. The term length for the applicant

that is chosen to fill these vacancies will be through the Spring 2013 semester.

As a Student Government Association, we look for certain traits and qualities in individuals who are applying to fill these vacancies. Candidates should have great time management skills, be hard working, have a positive attitude, excel in their coursework, and be involved in the ERAU campus. Other qualities include integrity and showing a passion for our ERAU community. Candidates should also have ideas on how you can improve student life on campus and how you would takes those ideas and put them into action. Our most imperative objec-tive in the SGA is to improve student life on campus. If you are chosen for one of these vacancies, it will be your duty to

represent the entire ERAU student body. If you are looking to really make a dif-

ference in student life at ERAU, please apply to be on the Student Representative Board. This, as always, is a very competi-tive process, and I believe it is well worth the effort. The Student Government Association has a lot of big initiatives and we would like you to be a part of it. Even if you do not wish to apply for the Student Representative Board, I encourage every student to get involved in our campus community. If you have any questions about this vacancy process, please e-mail me at sgavpres@erau.edu. Of course, as always, you may come to the SGA office with any questions, concerns, and sug-gestions that you may have. Here is to a great and successful school year!

John ChristianSGA Vice President

SGA needs you: grad student representative

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A5The Avion, January 22, 2013 Student Life

In 1912, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor bustled with the excite-ment of its students. Across the campus, a group of inspired women united under the values of Justice, Wisdom, Loyalty, Faith, Truth, and Honor. This collection of amazing, well-educated ladies birthed a new all-female fraternity, Theta Phi Alpha.

The ladies of Theta Phi Alpha designed a sisterhood that was ever loyal and ever lasting. Their organization allowed for the sisters to grow close to each other, to become leaders, to develop spiritu-ally, and to adhere to the highest moral standards. Most importantly, the sisters of TPA created a sisterly bond that turned strangers into life-long friends.

The sisters of the Alpha Tau Chapter of Theta Phi Alpha can be found across ERAU’s campus. We are women, engi-neers, pilots, ROTC cadets, and well-

rounded Theta Phis who strive to live up to the fraternity’s values.

Alpha Tau was chartered in 1986 at ERAU; it is the first women’s fraternity on Riddle’s campus! Currently, Alpha Tau has 31 awesome sisters on campus – living and breathing the same experience as you.

Our chapter at Embry-Riddle is a social fraternity – yet, we fundraise and sup-port our three national philanthropies throughout each semester. The first is the Glenmary Home Missionaries, which helps the less fortunate (primarily in the Appalachian area) by providing food, clothing, and shelter for the homeless or needy. The House that Theta Phi Alpha built was founded in 1993 to aid the home-less, and the Theta Phi Alpha Foundation was created in 1959 to provide education-al advantages and opportunities through scholarships, incentives and awards and to support all of the Fraternity’s educa-tional and charitable goals.

As recruitment week approaches, the sisters of Theta Phi Alpha extend their

hands out to interested ladies! On January 22, join us at the activities fair and become a potential lady of an organization that is

ever loyal and ever lasting. We, as Theta Phis, wish to be your

Penguin Pals! Join us in our week of fun.

Schedule of Events

q Tuesday, Jan. 29th The Penguin Roller Derby. Join the Theta Phis in a night of roller skating. Meet at the Spirit Rock at 5:30 P.M. (Sisters will provide transportation) q Wednesday, Jan 30th Penguinlanthropy (Philanthropy Night!) Help make blankets for Glenmary Home Missioners. COB 288 6 P.M. q Thursday, Jan 31st World’s PHInest Foods! Enjoy a selection of foods made by our diverse chapter COB 290 6 P.M. q Friday, Feb 1st BBQ & Games. Food, cornhole, and sisters! McKay BBQ pits 5 P.M.

Theta Phi Alpha event line upKarissa Hewitt & Brittany Rompa

Theta Phi Alpha Sisters

Last fall marked another amazing semester for Pi Kappa Alpha’s Lambda Mu chapter here at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Between outstanding involvement on cam-pus, generous service to the community, and a work ethic that always places scholarship before all else, the Brothers managed to enjoy a fun and rewarding semester. Read on to hear about the exciting events that Pi Kappa Alpha participated in last semester, what they have planned for this semester, and for information on how you can join the premier Greek organization on campus!

Pi Kappa Alpha, also known as Pike, recognizes the importance of being actively involved in the campus community. One of their defining events is the Teachers’ Awards Dinner, which Pike holds annually to award the most exceptional professors from each of the various colleges.

Many professors and administrators attend-ed and sat side-by-side with the Brothers to enjoy a delicious dinner as awards were handed out and speeches were delivered. This event provides a unique opportunity to build stronger relationships with the most influential faculty and staff on campus in a setting outside of the classroom.

Giving back to the student body at Embry-Riddle is also important to the members of Pi Kappa Alpha. Brothers Brandon Marsella, Paul Van Ess, and Jerome Williams gave a seminar on career development which was geared towards freshman and the steps that they can take to prepare for internships later in their college career.

These Brothers have all had at least one internship in the past, and the seminar was open to both students and parents. As with academic activities, Pike makes its presence known everywhere on campus; whether it be a free barbeque at the McKay pits with a pick-up beach volleyball match, or a tail-gate in the ICI parking lot getting fired-up to support ERAU athletics, wherever you see the iconic Pike tent feel free to come participate!

Outside of campus events and activities,

Pike strongly supports the local community as well. Two years ago marked the beginning of a strong relationship between the Lambda Mu chapter and JetBlue Airways, which is based in Orlando. In the fall of 2011, Pike walked as part of the JetBlue team in a walk against breast cancer. This past semester, around 40 Brothers traveled to Orlando to participate in the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s awareness walk – they were one of the larg-est, and loudest, groups in attendance.

JetBlue then invited Pike to tour their training facility at Orlando International Airport, called JetBlue University, and allowed Pike to raffle off simulator time to students at Embry-Riddle for fundrais-ing. JetBlue enjoys the mutual relation-ship that they share with Embry-Riddle’s Pike chapter – a relationship that will con-tinue to build in the future. Other community

events included a beach cleanup and Pike Presents, a campaign which received over 30 gifts to donate to children during the holiday season.

This semester looks to be an equally exciting and rewarding few months for the Brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha. As race sea-son at the Daytona International Speedway quickly approaches, so too does one of the most thrilling times of the year. Many Brothers will volunteer their time parking cars at the speedway for a 5k run/walk held the morning of the Rolex 24.

In return, these Brothers will receive free tickets to attend the exhilarating 24-hour race. Also, members plan to work along-side United Way, helping to park cars during Race Week and the Daytona 500. In the past, Pike has helped United Way raise nearly $38,000. Free tickets to all the

races that week, too, are an added bonus! If you are interested in joining Pi Kappa

Alpha, there are many upcoming opportuni-ties to meet the current Brothers, seek more information, and ask any questions that you may have. Rush week begins on Monday the 28th, however you don’t need to wait until then to get involved! The Brothers invite you to come say hi and participate with them while tailgating before sporting events, or anywhere else that you may run into a Pike on campus.

Last semester, 17 new members were ini-tiated into the largest fraternity on campus. Look for an ad in this week’s Avion and on the TV screens in the UC for Rush Week events - if you are looking to make your college expe-rience more rewarding, beneficial, and filled with excitement, now is the chance to join the men of Pi Kappa Alpha!

Pi Kappa Alpha marks another successful semester

GIVING BACK TO THE student body at Embry-Riddle is also important to the members of Pi Kappa Alpha. If you are interested in joining Pi Kappa Alpha, there are many upcoming opportunities to meet the current Brothers, seek more information, and ask any questions that you may have.

PHOTO COURTESY PI KAPPA ALPHA

Jacob AveryPublic Relations - Pi Kappa Alpha

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A6 The Avion, January 22, 2013Space Feature

NASA’s TDRS-K ready for launchLast week, NASA’s newest Tracking

Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) was readied for a January 29 launch by being placed on the spacecraft adapter and encapsulated in the 42 foot tall extended payload fairing.

The final work on the satellite was performed at Astrotech’s payload pro-cessing facility in Titusville, Fla. In this facility, the spacecraft is checked to ensure that the bus and payload are in launch condition and no dam-age occurred during shipment from the manufacturer. The spacecraft is then fueled with bi-propellant for orbital maneuvers, armed with pyrotechnic charges, placed on a spacecraft adapter and then placed in the launch vehicle’s payload fairing. When this is complet-ed, TDRS-K will be taken to the waiting Atlas V launch vehicle in the Vehicle Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s (CCAFS) Launch Complex 41.

TDRS is a critical link for com-munications and data relay from the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, Landsat and NASA’s fleet of Earth observation spacecraft. The TDRS constellation also provides a data link from the research facility in Antarctica and relays data from expend-able launch vehicles during flight. Each Space Shuttle mission relied on TDRS satellites to provide commu-nication without gaps to Houston. A portion of the bandwidth of the TDRS network is dedicated to the Department of Defense.

In the beginning of the American space program, NASA relied on a vast network of ground stations to receive data from spacecraft in low Earth orbit. This network was expensive to main-tain and allowed for gaps in coverage since spacecraft in low earth orbit are circling the globe and do not remain over a fixed point like a satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The TDRS pro-gram aimed to reduce these coverage gaps by placing satellites into geo-synchronous orbit 22,236 miles above

the surface of the Earth to relay data from satellites on a mission back to a ground station on Earth. Ground sta-tions for TDRS are located in Guam and at White Sands, New Mexico. The Network Control Center is located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland.

The first TDRS was put into orbit by Space Shuttle Challenger on its first flight in 1983. Coincidently, the second TDRS spacecraft was lost during Challenger’s ill-fated launch on January 28, 1986. There are currently seven operational TDRS spacecraft in orbit today around the Earth. NASA and the Air Force still operate ground tracking stations around the Earth and use them in con-junction with TDRS satellites. For example, the launch of TDRS-K will be tracked by three TDRS satellites on orbit, and ground stations in Merritt Island, Antigua, Diego Garcia and Guam.

TDRS-K will be the tenth TDRS satellite launched into orbit. TDRS-K is built on the Boeing BSS-601 space-craft bus. The bus is a chas-sis in which the payload and equipment are mounted. This popular bus is the founda-tion of over 70 communi-cation satellites. The solar panels of this spacecraft will deliver over 3000 watts of power to onboard electron-ics. TDRS-K has two 15-foot diameter mechanically steer-able antennas which offer S, Ku and Ka band single access communications. These S, Ku and Ka band allow for a return bandwidth of up to 7 Mbps, 300 Mbps and 800 Mbps, respectively. Also onboard the spacecraft are two S-band multiple access (MA) phased array antennas which are capable of receiving data from five spacecraft simultaneously and transmitting to one. This allows for long duration, low bandwidth

data transfer for sustained relay from multiple satellites back to the ground

station. Communication to the ground station is possible through the Space

to Ground Link Antenna.The launch vehicle, a United

Launch Alliance Atlas V401, has a 14-foot diameter fair-ing, a single engine Centaur upper stage and no solid rocket boosters. The Atlas V stands approximately 19 stories tall and is powered by a single RD-180 main engine producing 860,000 lb of thrust. The launch will occur from CCAFS’s Launch Complex 41 and tracked on the Air Force’s Eastern Range.

The launch win-dow will open at 8:52 PM EST and close at 9:32 PM EST on January 29. In the event of a scrub, the window will open and close four minutes earlier each day. Good places to watch this launch include the North side of Port Canaveral on State Road 401 and the North side of State Road 528 near Port

Canaveral on the Banana River. Since there are no solid

rocket boosters for this mission, the Atlas

V will rise slowly and majestically from the

pad with a single, long flame. For additional images of

TDRS-K in the clean-room, visit the Avion Newspaper’s Facebook page.

Richard WeakleySenior Photographer

RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION

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A7The Avion, January 22, 2013 Space Feature

$110,000 was awarded last semes-ter to Professor Udrea’s preliminary design class for a nanosatellite pend-ing Continuing Resolution Authority. The project was submitted to the Air Force’s University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) and in December the class was accepted into the program.

The mission is called Application for RSO Automated Proximity Analysis and IMAging (ARAPAIMA). Arapaima is also the name of the largest freshwater fish although the cubesat is the size of a

shoebox and will weigh at most 22 lbs or 10 kg. This nanosatellite aims to conduct 3D, visual and IR imaging of resident space objects (RSOs) of interest, and aims to demonstrate the power of nano-satellite technology in the fields of space situational awareness, reduction of orbital debris and asteroid characterization.

The UNP is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Air Force Research Lab, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Space Development and Test Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base. Established in 1999, the objective of the program is, “to train tomorrow’s space professionals by providing a rigorous,

two year, concept-to-flight-ready space-craft competition for U. S. higher educa-tion institutions and to enable small sat-ellite research and development (R&D), integration and flight test.” Every other year universities from across the country submit proposals for their nanosat ideas. This year marks the first time that Embry-Riddle has been selected as a participant.

In this phase 10 out of 30 schools were awarded funds for ongoing development of their projects over the next 2 years. In January of 2015 the program coordinators will select one team to continue on with Phase II culminating in the launch of their satellite into space.

Project ARAPAIMA is currently under

active development by Professor Udrea’s detail design class, and we are seeking help from highly motivated students that want to gain valuable hands on experience in the design and development of a space-craft. All degree programs are welcome to participate. You DO NOT have to be an Aerospace engineer concentrating on Astronautics. Even spacecraft as small as a nanosatellite require most disciplines of engineering and science such as thermal, structural, power, computer, and commu-nications just to name a few. If you are interested in participating with this excit-ing endeavor, please contact Michaella Ryle (rylem@my.erau.edu) or Nicholas Martini (martinin@my.erau.edu).

Putting the ‘space’ in aerospaceAerospace Engineering Dept.

Press Release

Michael Mackowski wrote about your very own personal space program in his article featured by Moonandback on November 12, 2012; it triggered me to share my thoughts of how Open Source, Do It Yourself, and Maker Culture is actually going to enable all of us to liter-ally have our very own space program.

Technologies today that didn’t even exist when I was in middle school are now accessible on a global scale. One of them in particular that I think could have transformed my experience grow-ing up in the context of airplanes, space exploration and science in general is the Arduino. More than 150,000 Arduinos are in the hands of innovators and in the next 5-6 years will be used to teach basic programming in schools. 11 year old Sylvia runs Arduino classes on YouTube which itself has been viewed over 100,000 times!

As it turns out, space professionals

and enthusiasts alike have finally found a way to leverage their creativity into ideas to make satellites, rockets, and radios based on commercially available open source hardware and software with an extraordinarily low budget. ArduSat, KitSat, SkyCube – these are a few of the successful projects funded by the com-munity itself (crowd)! Who would have thought a few years back that thousands of people could directly participate in a “space program” by spending as low as 1 dollar!

NanoRacks recently announced Infinity Aerospace as the winner of their announcement of opportunity to develop open source nanolabs. ArduLab is the first commercial product to be offered by Infinity Aerospace and is scheduled to roll out in January 2013. ArduLab is based on the Arduino architecture and allows a 14 year old student who can program in Arduino to program and develop a space experiment! Infinity Aerospace has plans to launch further products with NanoRacks using higher end platforms enabling more sophisti-

cated research conducted by researchers, universities and space agencies.

And if you are reading this article, surely you have this “space bug” and are realizing it’s such an exciting time for us because like never before can we partici-pate so meaningfully and directly. You and your kids will have access to space like no other time in history. In high school, your kids will learn to program a satellite and launch it to space. And since open source has no boundaries, it won’t just create an impact in education in America but throughout the world. And, I am proud and excited that I am help-ing to create this future through Infinity Aerospace.

We are living in a day and age of exponential change in technology, soci-ety and mindsets. We have all the tools now to reinvent how we look at space exploration. We have 3 billion minds online and 3 more billion will come online within the next decade. Yes, the days of Apollo are over and it is hard to find similar inspiration for our new generation of budding space innovators.

However, these 3 billion people, some as young students will now emerge in this new Maker and DIY culture with access to open source space hardware, software and a community with similar minds and dreams to come together and unleash their creativity to develop their very own satellites, rovers and space experiments.

The question I want to leave you with is: what will be your personal space program? What would you like to build and launch to space either in your spare time or full time dedication? The day is coming soon so you might as well start thinking.

Manu Sharma is an aerospace engi-neer, maker and entrepreneur. He has recently co-founded Infinity Aerospace. He completed his bachelor’s in aero-space engineering at Embry-Riddle and currently is a graduate student in Aero-Astro program at Stanford University. He is also a graduate of Singularity University, NASA Ames Research Park, where he spent a brilliant summer in 2012 with great visionaries like Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil.

Manu SharmaSpecial to the Avion

Do it yourself space travelBringing space to the masses through open source technology

PHOTO COURTESY mANU-SHARmA.COm

Congratulationsfrom the Flight Department to the following students for receiving their:

PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE:Joshuaa Aaron Leslie Graham

Sean James LoughlinJohan Joseph Wilmot Hedrington

Samuel Philip RamondelliPedro Armando Pulita Giacomet

Kevin Kumar PatelJenna Michele Ludwick

Jacob Andrew McLaughlinMark Anthony Altobelli Jr

Joshua Paul CookMuhammad Tata OmarMichael Warren KulikDwayne Fernandes

Jonathan Jay CamposJorge Hernan ChaconKelsey Lyn Ten Hoeve

Sandra Malgorzata KrolikowskiReid McQuade Thomas

Mohammed Ibrahim A KendassaDaehyun Kim

Kevin Peter Mullen

INSTRUMENT RATING CERTIFICATE:Joshua Owen Jecha

Michael Christopher MasseyManuel Andres Montalvo Principe

Jorge Luis Diaz AlbeloChasten Clay Cobble

Dowan KimCharles Nicholas McHughMichael Edward Padron

Gabrielloe Elise HoekstraSpencer James Edwards

Joseph Anthony Villarini PerezPatrick William Lazor

Griffin Douglas ShaferSigmund Benvic BarettoDaniel Joseph BartlettDaniel Morris WilsakTimothy Dale ReeceLiam McGlynn Hay

Thomas Henry Hill Escuero IIIRichard Jesse Reyna

Navam Ravi HapangamaBenjamin Steven Gillian

Robert Mario BauerCasey Kenneth AltiserJames Martenis Rega

Nicholas Garrett MoyerMatthew Jeremy Wallace

Fumiya ShigematsuBrian Andrew Haima Jr

Jacob Charles Prom

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MULTIENGINE CERTIFICATE:Veenen Udayan

Ryan Christopher Rush

PRIVATE MULTIENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Kevin Robert Kot

Jonathan Robert Leonik

COMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE:Joshua Kim

Abdullah Awam R AlyamiDerek Paul King

Evan Lawrence FosterRussell Thomas Maloney

Kyle Edward SuggChristina Michelle Stowell Alonso

Harold Alberto TrujilloJamie Kevin Beaver

Michael Richard HancockMaxwell Allen Breier

Jephter Carl AugustinZachary Thomas Hrib Karpinski

Preston Boone DaleSteven Wesley Mann

COMERCIAL MULTIENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Michael Bradley Huber

Lauren Elizabeth GallantBenjamin Clifford NorthropChristopher Hayden Dreher

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William DoConnor John Cash

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Kenny Mikael ArnaldiDerek Joseph Roy

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Kirill Alexandrovich KimAndrew John CeglaJesus Alberto Colon

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Alan John LarsenKyle David Kline

Alan Robert Alastair HoustonChristopher Michael Freeman

Ashok AnnamalaiMark Louis LambertoPeter Niklaus Weber

Bradley Stepehen HammerMaek Peter BarabalatoRobert John Stronski

Jung Hyun Park

COMMERCIAL SINGLE ENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Christopher John LoveJohn Frederick Daley

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Nicholas Robert ChevolaCharlos Felipe Murial Lopes

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B2 The Avion, November 27, 2012Sports

MEN’S BASKETBALL Wednesday, January 23 at Florida Memorial University

Saturday, January 26 at Northwood University

SOFTBALL Saturday, January 26 at Rollins

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Saturday, January 26 at Jimmy Carnes Meet

Sunday, January 27 at Jimmy Carnes Meet

WOMAN’S TRACK AND FIELD Saturday, January 26 at Jimm Carnes Meet

Sunday, January 27 at Jimmy Carnes Meet

Upcoming Sporting Events

Embry-Riddle Snaps Skid, Downs Warner at Home, 71-64

The NAIA II ninth-ranked Embry-Riddle Eagles were hoping to avoid their first five-game losing skid since the 1994-95 season on Saturday evening, and they did just that, downing Warner, 71-64 at the ICI Center. The Eagles have matched their 2011-12 season win output (17) with seven games remaining on the regular season slate; they move to 17-5 overall and even their Sun Conference record at 4-4. The Royals drop to 12-9 overall and 1-6 in the league.

Steve Ridder’s squad led by as many

as 19 in the second half, but saw a Royal comeback that cut the lead to five on sev-eral occassions down the stretch. However, the Eagles were able to hold on, convert-ing all six of their free throws in the final minute to come away with the seven-point victory.

The lead changed 13 times, all within the first 15 minutes of the contest, and was tied six times, including the last at 29-29 with 2:35 showing on the clock in the first half.

Neither team led by more than three in the early going, but a three-ball from the Eagles’ DeForest Carter put the hosts up by two at 19-17 a little over 10 minutes left in the first.

A six-point swing in the Royals’ favor gave them a four-point advantage, and a trey from Halstead Chiverton at the 8:27 mark extended the Warner lead to a game-high five at 26-21.

The Eagles ended the half on a 14-2 run, fueled in large part by offensive rebound-ing. Daniel Kiesling, getting the first start of his Eagle career, started the run with a layup at the five-minute mark and Rico Saldana followed with a tip-in just a min-tue later to give Embry-Riddle a 29-27 lead. After Bryce Kachinski knotted the score with a made jumper, Jason Powell hit a pair of free throws and a jumper for the Blue and Gold as his team took a four-point lead under 60 seconds left. Carter made two free throws and another offensive rebound led to a Kiesling layup as time expired to extend the Eagle lead to eight at the break, 37-29.

Powell had 11 for the hosts at the half, with the Eagles shooting 42 percent from the floor and holding the Royals to just 33 percent.

Daniel Mondragon hit a three off a Carter pass to push the lead to double-digits for Embry-Riddle at the 18:22 mark in the second, and a Cesar Pastrana layup caused Warner’s Sean Hanrahan to call a timeout as his team trailed by 12 with 17

minutes remaining in regulation.Back-to-back makes from downtown

via Powell and Sam Ford gave the Eagles an 18-point cushion, 50-32 with under 14 minutes left, and the home team held a comfortable lead for the next eight min-utes.

Kiesling hit a pair from the charity stripe for the biggest lead of the night, 60-41 with seven minutes left, but a 16-3 Warner run over the next five minutes cut the Royal deficit to just six, 63-57 with 1:51 on the clock.

Following two Powell free throws, Kachinski hit his second three of the night to bring his team within five, 65-60, but Pastrana made four consecutive free throws and Carter made two of his own to seal the win for Embry-Riddle.

Powell scored 19 points for the fourth time in the 2013 calendar year, matching a career-high. He also pulled down nine rebounds which were a game-high along with Pastrana’s nine boards. Carter added 13 points, seven assists, five rebounds and wo blocks, and Pastrana finished with 10 points for the Eagles.

Embry-Riddle rejected eight Warner shots and held the Royals to a 34 percent clip from the field and a 27 percent clip from long range. The Eagles shot 47 per-cent from three and 44 percent from the field overall.

The Eagles’ next game is Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Florida Memorial in Opa Locka, Fla. Game time is 7 p.m.

Ryan MosherERAU Athletics

WARNER 64EMBRY-RIDDLE 71

Track Hits Three Standards in First Meet

The Embry-Riddle track and field team got the 2013 indoor season off to a strong start on Thursday as the Blue and Gold achieved three national qualifying standards at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.

Senior Karina Coelho posted a time of

5:09.83 in the mile, good for a third place finish as well as an NAIA “A” qualifying standard.

On the men’s side, sophomore Alec Hernandez finished fourth, but fell just three and a half seconds shy of a NAIA “B” qualifying standard in the mile with a time of 4:26.57.

In the field events, seniors Reta Woodard and Adam Holdsworth both posted NAIA “A” qualifying standards. Woodard placed third in the weight throw with a total dis-tance of 17.93m, .57m shy of the all-time Eagles record. In the pole vault, Holdsworth joined former Eagles Monte Willett and Spencer Wade in the ERAU record book with a height of 4.75m, finishing third.

The Eagles will be back in action on Sunday, Jan. 20, when they host the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge. Events will begin at noon.

Alison SmallingERAU Athletics

PHOTO COURTESY ERAU ATHLETICS

PHOTO COURTESY ERAU ATHLETICS

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B3The Avion, January 22, 2013 SportsSouth beats North in 2013 Conference All-Star Game, 7-4

A year after being shutout in The Sun Conference All-Star Game, the South team, made up of players from Ave Maria, Florida Memorial, Northwood, St. Thomas and Warner, pounded out 12 hits and scored seven runs to beat the North, 7-4 in the 2013 edition of the preseason event. The North, comprised of play-ers from Embry-Riddle, Southeastern, Thomas, University of South Carolina Beaufort and Webber International, man-aged just four hits off of the South's pitchers while three errors by the North squad led to three unearned runs. The two squads played 11 total innings.

The South scored two runs in the top of the first inning and never gave up the lead, thanks to another pair of runs in the second, a run in the eighth and two runs in the 11th inning. Embry-Riddle's Kevin Maloney, a 2013 Preseason All-America selection, got two quick groundouts to begin the game, but after striking out Florida Memorial's Joseph Guzman, the ball squirted away from catcher Ryan Regidor (Webber International) and Regidor's throw to first was off line, allowing Guzman to reach first safely.

Giovanni Zayas (St. Thomas) hit a double down the left field line in the following at-bat before Brandon Kirby (Warner) hit an infield single that scored Guzman from third and when Sergio Perez (Warner), pinch running for Zayas, rounded third and headed home, Erik Armostrong's (USCB) to the plate went wide, giving the South a 2-0 lead on a pair of unearned runs.

Northwood's Jake Kutsukos got a ground ball double play to end the bottom of the frame after walking USCB's Terry McClinton, and the South went to work again, this time against Embry-Riddle's Eric Green.

After Green got two quick outs in the sec-ond Ave Maria's Gabe Loweree walked, fol-lowed by another base on balls for Alejandro Diaz (Florida Memorial). Diaz's teammate, Andy Ruiz doubled to score both Loweree and Diaz, pushing the South's advantage to 4-0.

Danny Sanchez (St. Thomas) went 1-2-3 for his squad in the bottom of the frame to preserve the four-run lead.

Grant Porter (Southeastern) worked around a pair of South hits in the home-half of the third, getting Richie Reilly (Northwood) to ground into a fielder's choice to end the inning.

The North cut the lead in half in their portion of the third inning, thanks to a Billy Farrell (Webber International) triple that scored Phil Delisle (Southeastern) and a McClinton groundout that chased home Farrell in the next at-bat.

Over the next three-and-a-half innings each team's respective pitching staffs held their opponents scoreless, allowing just two hits between them. Johnny Kirkland (Southeastern), Dimitri Nunez (Southeastern), Ben Overman (Thomas) and Kurtis Gens (Thomas) kept the North in it, while Justin Helms (Northwood), Brad Benbrow (Warner) and J.D. Tyler (Northwood) preserved the 4-2 lead for the South.

The North scratched across a run in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a South error and a wild pitch. Josh Longbrake (Webber International) started the inning by wear-ing a Joe Bocchino (Ave Maria) pitch, and Thomas' Lloyd Hutcherson singled him over to second to put a pair of runners on with one out. A wild pitch allowed but runners to advance a base before Southeastern's Adam Kemp reached first on a fielding error that allowed Longbrake to score, but as Hutcherson was being waived around third, Reilly, the South's first baseman threw him out at home to keep the South in front, 4-3.

The South got a run right back in the eighth, all on the shoulders of center fielder Kirby. The Royal outfielder walked, stole second in the next at-bat, followed by a swipe of third and as the throw from the North's catcher flew by the glove of the third baseman Kirby jogged home to give the South a 5-3 cushion.

Ryan Ruble (Warner), Ricky Claudio (St. Thomas) and Ashley Bulluck (St. Thomas) only allowed one baserunner between them (via an error) in innings eight, nine and 10 for the South, while the North's Kyle McCullough (USCB) and Miles Gavin (USCB) pitched scoreless ninth and tenths for their team.

Diaz collected an RBI in the top of the 11th with a double down the left field line that pushed home Trace McDermott (Ave Maria) after he singled to left with two outs. Diaz touched home on a Loweree ground-rule double in the following at-bat, giving the South a 7-3 advantage.

The North scored just one run in the final half-inning of the day when Embry-Riddle's Kyle Chastain scored on a wild pitch after beginning the frame by getting hit with a pitch and moving around the bases on a single and a groundout. But Kevin Lindheim (Embry-Riddle), pitching for the South, ended the contest when he got Hutcherson to line out to Kirby in center.

Kirby went 2-for-3 with a run, a RBI and two stolen bases while Ruiz finished with a pair of RBIs for the South. Both Loweree and Diaz collected RBIs for their team with Loweree recording two hits and Diaz scor-ing twice.

Farrell, Hutcherson, Longbrake and Jeff Lemon (Embry-Riddle) were the only North players to record a hit with both Farrell and McClinton collected RBIs.

The North's pitching staff struck out 10 batters, as Gens and McCullough each did it twice, while the South walked just two bat-ters and struck out five.

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Ryan MosherERAU Athletics

Two members of the Embry-Riddle women's golf team took part in the 2013 Women's South Atlantic Amateur Championship (SALLY) held at Oceanside Country Club Jan. 10-13.

Formally known as the Women's South Atlantic Amateur Championship, the SALLY, dates back to 1926 and fields contestants from all over the world. The four-day, 72-hole event, held annually in January, is filled with great golf and is one of the oldest surviving amateur golf classics in the country.

Bea Serra and Pia Jenko competed in the event, which consisted of 90 com-petitors.

Pia Jenko, a senior, was the highest finisher for the Blue and Gold at the event. The Kranj, Slovenia native fin-ished tied for 70th on the leaderboard and tied for second in the third flight with a four-day total of 338 (84-89-84-81). In her best and final round of the tournament, the 2011 NAIA first team All-American finished nine-over par with 10 pars and two birdies.

Serra, a native of Barcelona, Spain finished tied for 75th overall and tied

for 16th in the second flight with a four-day total of 340 (82-87-84-87). In her first and best round of the tournament, the two-time NAIA honorable mention All-American finished 10-over par with eight pars and three birdies.

Kelly Shon won the tournament shoot-ing a nine-under par 279 (67-69-74-69). Shannon Aubert finished one shot back with a four-day total of 280 (68-72-72-68). Four other golfers finished under par for the tournament.

The Embry-Riddle women's golf team will begin their 2013 season as a team on Feb. 18 when they compete in the World of Golf Hall of Fame Invitational held in St. Augustine, Fla. at the World Golf Village.

Serra, Jenko represent Eagles at SallyAlison SmallingERAU Athletics

ERAU ATHLETICS

A MessAge froM HeAltH services

iMMunizAtion clinic

When? Tuesday, February 12th from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Where? Health Services/Bldg 20 What? MMR Vaccine * Hepatitis B * Meningitis

Have a medical hold?? Please don’t miss this opportunity to get needed immunizations required for university attendance. **Students with the school health insurance-United Health Care Student Resources will not be charged. Students with private coverage may not be charged if their provider is accepted by Mollen Immunization Clinic.

Questions?? ERAU Health Services at 386-226-7917

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C1 The Avion, January 22, 2013Entertainment

Veiled in controversy by people who can’t accept the past as it was or what slavery in America actually did; Django Unchained is Quentin Tarentino’s vision of a Spaghetti Western. The film features act-ing superstars and veterans like Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx who make the film exactly what it is, a masterwork.

Christoph Waltz brings his full acting talent into his role which won him Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes. Christoph Waltz portrays his usual pragmat-ic German character that despite his superfi-cial appearance can be seen to have stores of fury ready to unleash at a moment’s notice. Despite his role as a supporting actor, Waltz almost steals the stage from Foxx with his marvelous acting prowess unlike some of the other actors in the film.

Cast as Django’s wife, Kerry Washington is barely able to portray her own minor role in a convincing manner. Washington’s mannerisms and demeanors through the film lead to a disappointing meeting of her character after the buildup of the plot. Washington fails almost as extravagantly as Waltz’s success, but the triviality of her role leaves the film unharmed by her failings.

Unlike most of Tarentino’s classic films, Django does not feature the shuffle and play style of scenes like those seen in Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Reservoir Dogs to name a few. The film has a linear storyline with a few flashbacks included. Despite the non-jumbling of scenes, the film is quintessentially Terentino.

For those fearing that this may not be the action packed Tarentino film they were

expecting, you can rest easy. The film fea-tures the classic Tarentino action with ludi-crous amounts of blood splatter per bullet in the classic equation of amount-of-blood = e^(actual-blood). The film features so much lost blood that you will leave the theatre wondering if any blood banks are facing shortages because of it.

Despite being two-thirds of the way into

January, Django Unchained may be one of the best films in theatres this year. The unique style and superb acting by Foxx and Waltz make Django a five airplane film worth seeing. If you have an aversion to violence, the reality of slavery, or R rated content, I suggest renting something like “The Land Before Time” before going to see Django; otherwise this film is a must see.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first installment of the highly anticipated prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson. The novel by J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded as a classic and one of the best fantasy tales in English literature; despite very high expectations set by the novel, An Unexpected Journey does not fail to live up to the book as a film. The film takes place sixty years before The Lord of the Rings and covers the story of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures on a journey through Middle-earth.

The movie begins in a hole in the ground where Martin Freeman takes on the mantle of Bilbo Baggins and wears it like his own. Within a few minutes of Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen inter-acting as Bilbo and Gandalf respectively, the audience can see how Freeman will portray the role of a hobbit loads better than anyone before leaving them light-years behind. Freeman is able to play Bilbo just as good if not better than any-thing anyone could have imagined when reading The Hobbit.

Although only part one of three, so far An Unexpected Journey includes the fan’s favorite lines from the novel and is able to bring them to life on the screen. While many of the lines from the book are not kept as verbatim dialogue, they are mostly unadulterated and maintain the essence of The Hobbit. The film does add some new elements to the storyline and changes a few details; however, these few edits don’t detract from the story and are in spirit with Tolkien’s lifelong revisions of The Hobbit with each edit.

An Unexpected Journey was filmed at 48fps and released in some parts as either a 24fps or a 48 fps showing, which is more irritating than the current convolution of 3D and non-3D; digital, digital HD, XD; IMAX; etc. Although not

widely advertised as to what frame rate is featured I highly recommend seeing An Unexpected Journey in HD 3D if not IMAX; the 3D effects make the intended actions scenes and certain features stand out particularly in IMAX 3D.

Despite being released as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and not as the original story as Tolkien intended, An Unexpected Journey does not feature the mistakes of movies past. Although the story is split into three parts, which seems excessive for The Hobbit, like the previous franchise; the three hour-long film is not drawn out and does not dawdle, unlike its predeces-sor which could have been made into 1.5 films instead of 3 overly-long and mind-numbingly dull films. Most important of all, though the film features merrygather-ings and a band of travelling male compan-

ions; there is no portrayed homo-eroticism not featured in the novels, which takes the main stage and is being projected onscreen from the actors’ and director’s own person-alities. For The Hobbit, the director picked an excellent breaking point for the story; with the first leg of the journey done and the next ahead of the party, the film leaves audiences awaiting the next installment and not anxious over an unfinished climax.

The Hobbit is an excellent film with hardly a fault to be found, except perhaps the addition of some unnecessary char-acters, the film definitely earns its five-airplane rating. The Hobbit is made for anyone who enjoys adventure, fantasy, and treasure; catch this movie in IMAX or at least 3D while you can because when TNG shows it on the lawn some of the detail and effects will be lost.

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Zero Dark Thirty revolves around the ten years that it took for the United States to hunt, and finally kill Osama bin Laden. The movie was released just over a month after National Geographic released the docu-drama “SEAL Team Six: The raid on Osama bin Laden.”

Both shows cover the same topic, yet oddly enough show very different con-tent, with the only consistency being the actual operation when the SEALs invade the compound and accomplish the mis-sion.

With the finer details of the actual operation classified, there is no way for the general public to know what the truth is, and which show has depicted them more accurately. The issue with this movie lies that while it aims to be journalistic in nature, it has to succumb to being a Hollywood film, thus dra-matizing the actual events, whereas the National Geographic fare has no doubts about what it is supposed to be.

Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of Maya,

the female CIA agent that was the driv-ing force behind the whole operation was masterful, netting her Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards. The fluctuations from her ice cold demeanor to fiery pas-sion give the audience a point to latch on and a person to relate to.

From her initial apprehension regard-ing the torture methods to the final scene where she verifies the corpse of bin Laden, Chastain keeps you glued to your seat as you share the journey with her.

While Zero Dark Thirty was an inter-esting show to watch, especially since the stealth Blackhawk helicopter tickles any Riddle geek, there were many por-tions of the show where I questioned the veracity of what was being shown. The movie has a disproportionate amount of torture scenes, which has created quite a bit of controversy.

The show also glosses over a lot of the intelligence gathering parts, includ-ing the collaboration with foreign intel-ligence agencies. In contrast, SEAL Team Six has entire segments where ethnic agents set up the groundwork and integrate themselves with the locals to obtain information and help keep the crowds at bay while the SEALs storm the compound.

If you read the critical responses by other journalists, politicians and other filmmakers, you will notice the trend is that Zero Dark Thirty attempts to be authentic, but yet also tries to be art, by posing difficult, ambiguous moral ques-tions regarding torture, and hence mars the truth.

All that being said, with the questions that it raises, I would say that Zero Dark Thirty is worth a watch, but that you, as educated individuals in college also owe it to yourselves to also watch the documentary or read various reports and articles to discern what the truth really is and what is propaganda.

All around bad guy Mickey Cohen, played by Sean Penn, has made his claim on the city of Los Angeles. He’s bought half the police force, and all the judges that matter are in his pocket; it seems he is just about untouchable by any legal means.

Fortunately, not all cops are concerned with law so much as justice. General badass and maverick cop, Sergeant John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) has come back from war in Europe to wage a new war for the city of angels.

Sergeant O’Mara’s personality is largely developed by other characters describing him to the audience. This bothers me about a lot of movies, but at times needs to be done to expedite the character development process. Thusly developed “good cop” O’Mara is backed up by his squad of honest cops, includ-ing the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) as an old-time gunslinger and Ryan Gosling as a somewhat morally ambiguous smooth

talking cop. They then work off the

books at tearing down Cohen’s empire one front at a time. Using methods much like gangsters waging gang war, they manage to remain out of Cohen’s crosshairs and to hide their identities as police officers.

Riding on the coattails and playing on many of the tropes of the epic gangster/cop movies before it like The Untouchables or Chinatown, Gangster Squad can hardly go astray but fails to score points for originality.

The director must have realized this and took some artistic license in altering a large part of the “true story” the movie is “based on”, lest Cohen’s real conviction (tax evasion) draw even greater parallels to The Untouchables. The movie is still good in it’s own right, but can hardly be thought to bring anything drastically new to the stage. All in all, it is a decent action flick that is worth a trip to the theaters.

Texas Chainsaw 3D was an interesting sequel to the original 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre rather than just a gory slasher film. TC3D picks up where the original film left off and shows the original last clip – the blonde scream queen finds refuge in the back of a pick-up truck while Leatherface runs after her with the chainsaw. After that, the sheriff is alerted to the Sawyer family residence to take Leatherface, also known as Jed Sawyer, into custody. The redneck Sawyer

clan poses some hostility to the sheriff, but another clan of rednecks show up and slaughter the entire Sawyer family. This shootout also happens to be the only massa-cre that happens in TC3D. However, three Sawyers survive the infamous August.19 massacre: old, rich Grandma Sawyer, who lived at a different residence than the rest of the clan; infant Sawyer, who was stolen by a rival redneck and raised as his own; and Jed Sawyer, who was locked in the catacombs of the basement and survived the shootout and fire.

Thus, we fast forward twenty years later, when the main character Heather (Rachel from Parenthood), who coinci-dentally works as a butcher, finds out that she has inherited an estate in Texas from a Grandma Sawyer that she never knew existed. So, she finds out that she was “adopted” and takes off on a road trip to Texas with her three friends in a VW van, oddly similar to the van in the original film. They arrive at the mansion, and after looking around, one of the kids – in total “Don’t go in there!” fashion – stumbles into the catacombs of the basement and unleashes Leatherface. From there on, he terrorizes and tortures Heather and her friends. Heather tries to seek help from the police, but no one believes that Leatherface is back. Then, while nos-ily digging through evidence boxes at the police station, Heather realizes a huge twist in events, but the viewers knew all

along. Without giving the end away, I’ll say that nothing runs deeper than the blood of the Sawyer clan.

TC3D does seem like it would join the list of other cheap slasher movie remakes, but this TC3D gets an A for effort. Moreover, besides showing more than what you can find in a Victoria’s Secret catalog, there is no nudity in TC3D, but there is a lot of skin. I give TC3D 2.5

JETS because it gets creative with the plot, but leaves a lot of plot holes. For example, the original movie was released in the ‘70s, but if TC3D is set twenty years later, how are they using iPhones? TC3D is not even that scary, at some parts, the viewer finds themselves actually sympathizing with the human-skin masked, mentally handicapped, cross-dressing, blood-thirsty, power-tool enthusiast psychopath.

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As professors of sociology and crim-inology, we would like to say we are pleased that conversations about how to make schools safer are occurring across the nation. Prompted by the tragic shooting of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, as well as the now-decades long spate of school and campus mass shooters, this dialogue should provide opportunities for those who spend their days with children and youth to share their expertise about what will keep our schools safe. Instead, these dialogues are micro-focused, center-ing on the weapons used in the atrocities, rather than the more macro issue of school climate.

The contentious debate about gun control may represent a small piece of the answer, but it will never be all of it. Gun advocates assert that it is more—more guns, more armed people (including teachers) and more officers in schools—that will ensure our children are not mowed down by an assault weapon-yielding maniac. It is, they assert, the American way, and our Constitutional right, to pack heat wherever we go. These arguments are deeply seated in a neoliberal philosophy that equates manhood to vio-

lence, asserts that government-sponsored gun control is akin to fascism, and promotes the sort of rugged individualism that char-acterizes the typical American response to complex social issues.

Gun control advocates want to restrict who can have guns and the type of guns they can have, as well as increase penalties for those having guns in places like schools. The argument is that decreasing access and enhancing penalties will deter would-be criminals from getting guns and wreaking havoc with them. Although this camp is lobbying for more government involvement when it comes to guns, it is also steeped in the neoliberal tradition of focusing on micro-level solutions to macro-level prob-lems. Echoing the nation’s decades-long, ineffective war on drugs, the proposed gun-control solutions are all aimed at the supply-side, and they serve to deflect atten-tion from the critical question of why so many people feel compelled to purchase, load, and utilize lethal weapons.

What is needed instead is a critical exam-ination of the school environment, includ-ing how our schools are structured, what they teach, and how they do so. Numerous academic studies have found school cli-mate to be the most important protective factor when it comes to violence. School climate is related not just to school shoot-

ings, which, although horrifying when they happen are actually quite rate, but to other forms of violence that young people experi-ence on a daily basis—physical, emotional, and verbal bullying by peers and by teach-ers, sexual harassment, in many schools, corporal punishment.

The schools in which these forms of violence are least likely are those in which all persons are treated with dignity. Safe schools are structured in ways that reduce or eliminate hierarchies. Safe schools are not, like so many schools today, built like and operate like prisons.

Safe schools use instructional methods in which power is shared, rather than the more traditional “sage on the stage” presentation that emphasizes the educator’s power over students. Safe schools employ diverse and creative disciplinary strategies rather than suspending or expelling the problem back into the community or overly policing stu-dents. The schools in which violence in all its forms is less common are those in which the curricula emphasizes peace, social jus-tice, and human rights and students are empowered to take action to better the community.

To make our schools more peaceful, we need to teach about and for peace. Peace educators have a lot to offer about this. Too bad no one is asking.

Gun control debate misses the point for school safety

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