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The student newspaper at Florida Gulf Coast University
More than 700 schools have signed commitments pledging to lower their environmental impact.
Before pledging, the schools have to be LEED certifi ed, which consists of a 100-point scale with 10 points for region-specifi c environmental matters. Points are awarded to refl ect the environmental impact.
Among those schools, several have entered videos
proclaiming why their university should earn the title of “Most Innovative Climate Leader.”
FGCU has been selected as a fi nalist.
“Florida Gulf Coast University is pleased to have been selected as a fi nalist in the Second Nature 2012 Climate Leadership Awards, a national competition among colleges and universities to earn the title of Most Innovative Climate Leader,” President Wilson Bradshaw said in a press
release.To earn the award, each
school has to go through a two-part voting process. One vote is overseen by a
panel of judges selected by the steering committee from the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). This selection will be conducted in May and announced on June 21 and 22 in Washington, D.C.
The second vote is happening now and runs through April 6. This public online voting is conducted on social networks. Visitors log in using their profi les from social networks, such as Facebook, to place their
ballots. By pressing the “like” button, voters can log their votes.
The award is sponsored by Second Nature, a national nonprofi t organization, which seeks to create a sustainable society by transforming higher education. PlanetFoward is a media group that seeks to fi nd solutions in the areas of energy, climate and sustainability.
Outdoor Pursuits, a program run by Campus Recreation, has a limited number of bicycles available free for students to check out for as long as seven days at a time.
The Pedal Power program began last fall with a small fl eet of ten cycles. The bikes had been abandoned on campus and, as they do each summer, the University Police Department conducted a round-up.
After the appropriate notifi cations had been sent out to students to claim the lost bikes, the 10 most workable bikes were donated to Pedal Power.
The bikes were then “stripped, repainted and fi xed” so that they would be ready for student use, said
Stephen Robinson, outdoor recreation coordinator,.
The program that began as a means to support the campus’ sustainable mission has been popular enough to need a wait list. Students call to reserve their place on the list. When a bike is returned, the Pedal Power team calls the next student to pick it up. Helmets and locks are also available for loan.
Robinson said many of those who participate in the program are international students and others who do not have cars. The bikes are equipped with baskets,
which he said students sometimes use for groceries “instead of bumming a ride from friends.”
Due to the program’s success, Pedal Power is looking for campus departments to sponsor bikes. For $250, a sponsored bike would be painted to include “sponsored by” and the name of the department. Sponsorships will allow Robinson to double the bike loan fl eet and reduce wait list times for students.
Although the initial fl eet of 10 bicycles were repurposed after abandonment, the program
has suffered through an unexpected learning curve in the fi rst year—maintenance has been a fi nancial challenge and a strain on the limited supply of bicycles on hand.
Student Alissa Shupperd checked out one of the Pedal Power bikes.
“The chain kept falling off,” she said. “I couldn’t ride it because the chain fell off three times.”
Because of the maintenance issues that are more commonly associated with refurbished bicycles, Robinson would like all new replacement bikes for next year.
Robinson said Paradise Bicycles has been generous with both their time and their resources and that has helped the program keep costs at around $1,000.
The GasBuddy.com website was developed as an initiative to provide all residents and visitors to the area access to local current gas prices.
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ICAN: Seeking volunteers to help Island Coast Aids Network to solicit sponsorships and raise funds for the SW Florida AIDS Walk/Run/Ride on March 31 at Cambier Park in Naples. Contact Mitch Haley at [email protected] or 239-337-2391 x211. Cystic Fibrosis: Help with registration and cleaning on March 31 at Lakes Regional Park for the Cystic Fibrosis event Great Strides between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Need 5-10 volunteers. Contact Heather or Kathy at 239-415-0252 or send an email to [email protected].
Three Oaks Middle School: Help at the 18th Annual Family Fun Fest with face painting, game attendants, food court, dunk tank, popcorn attendant, bake sale, raffle table, or water delivery. Time slots available: 9–11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 1-3 p.m. on March 31. Complete the application at www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BA9AB2FAB9-family or call Lori Reichart at 239-267-8020.
F G C U - K A R N I G R A S : Help out with the first annual Karnigras at Gulf Coast Town Center on April 7. The “cause” is funding future study-abroad programs for all students. Pass out flyers on campus, make posters, face-paint, teach or judge the salsa dancing. Contact Carol Fulton at [email protected] or Joyce Laorden at [email protected].
Promising Pathways Conference: Need volunteers to help provide respite for families that want to attend the Promising Pathways Conference at FGCU on April 14 from 8-2:30 pm. Temple Grandin, well known self-advocate for people with Autism, will be presenting. See information on the FGCU website at http://www.fgcu.edu/events/promisingpathways/. Contact Lynn James at 239-699-0985 or Jamie Melendez or Shay Thomas at 239-267-2181.
Keep Collier Beautiful: Join the big cleanup event on April 14 from 8–11 a.m. For more information visit www.keepcollierbeautiful.com. Contact [email protected] or 239-580-8319.
American Heart Association: Over 500 guests will be at a fabulous event on April 14 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Estero. Help set up table favors, menu cards and other light materials in the morning. There will be a silent auction and live auction where assistance is needed in the evening. Contact Nancy Holland at [email protected] or
call 239-495-4905.
Estero Bay Preserve State Park: Enjoy the outdoors? Ever feel like we have a huge impact on the environment? Are you ready to make a difference and need service hours? Well then come volunteer at the Estero Bay Preserve State Park!! Close to FGCU, off of Corkscrew Road and 41. For more information, contact Scott Stimpson at [email protected].
Lakes Regional Park: Help with a program for children’s tours of the gardens from 3:30–5 p.m. on a weekday or Saturday at 9 a.m. Concepts that may be included are: importance of plants to the earth, plants and insect interdependence, kinds of propagation, composting and nutrients, ability of plants to filter water. Contact Susan Moore at [email protected] or 239-481-7845.
FGCU Recyclemania: Track the amount of trash and recyclables using measuring sticks provided by Physical Plant. Last year FGCU finished 76 out of 288 colleges and universities in the Grand Champion category and 59 out of 363 teams in the Per Capita category. Keishla Negron-Acevedo, director of Sustainability for Student Government, would like to do better. Event continues until March 31. Interested students can comment on Facebook at Recyclemania: FGCU.
FGCU Food Forest: This student run botanical garden highlights tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida and is right here on campus! They need students to help on most Fridays between 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact them before you go at [email protected].
ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization): Help out with agricultural development. Fill out a volunteer application at www.echonet.org. For questions, contact Ruth at [email protected].
Koreshan State Park Historic Site: Students welcome every Wednesday at 8 a.m. Simply show up on time at 3800 Corkscrew Road, the gate opens automatically at 8 a.m. Long pants, closed toed shoes are required, they suggest water and gloves.
Heartland Gardens: Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? They have a 1,700 square foot raised labyrinth and they’re landscaping the entire acre with edible plants. Help with your financial expertise,
business background, economic background, bookkeeping and data entry skills, public relations or communications background, or assist with newsletters, e-blasts, or grant writing. Contact Andrea at [email protected] or call 239-689-4249.
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: Numerous opportunities! Contact [email protected] or call 275-3435.
Naples Botanical Garden: Horticulture gardening starts at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday and includes weeding, potting, moving plants, digging, raking, sweeping, clearing debris, etc. Wear closed toe shoes. No shorts or tank tops. Bring water. Wear sunscreen. Bring work gloves if you have them. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last minute requests. Give 4-5 day lead time. If you commit, then can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at [email protected].
Rookery Bay: Help give out literature, talk to visitors about the Learning Center, or assist with children’s craft. Contact Susan Maunz at [email protected] or call 239-417-6310 x412.
Sustainable Living and Interconnected Education (SLIE): So much of what needs to be done will be decently challenging labor, digging, building raised garden beds, constructing water capturing vessels and their gutters. Contact Hunter Preston at [email protected] or 239-245-3250.
Lee County Sheriff’s Youth Activities League: Help now through summer! Thursday at 3 p.m. at the board meeting, or flyer creation on Thursday from 3–5 p.m., or telecommute phone via Skype. Contact Katie at 239-898-6090 or [email protected].
Bonita Springs Assistance Office: Help this primary social service agency and serve the community in assisting needs of clients, enhancing public speaking presentations, or writing informational materials. Contact Maribel Slabaugh at [email protected] or 239-992-3034.
Education for Collier: Would love strong, committed volunteers! Workshops in the Take Stock Program needs students to help in the ACT testing areas of Math, English, Reading, Writing and Science to help every week. Sessions held at Grace Place in Naples. Choose Monday or Tuesday evening from 6–7:30 p.m. Contact Linda Morton at lindamorton@
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Foundation: Are you a history buff? Become a tour guide in a Georgian Revival style home located on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River in Downtown Fort Myers. Contact Christine Forbes at [email protected] or 239-337-0706.
Grace Community Center: Has a multitude of opportunities! Help with an afterschool program for at-risk high school students, tutor to GED seekers, thrift store assistance, or serve food to neighbors in need. Contact Cheryl Wilcox at [email protected] or 239-656-1320.
FGCU Athletics: Numerous opportunities with game day operations. Serve as ushers for basketball, baseball, softball, and timers for swimming and diving. Contact Will Pitt at [email protected] or 239-590-7055.
FGCU Center for Academic Achievement: Need tutors in Math, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Statistics, and Intro. to Psychology. Applicants must have earned a B+ or higher in the course they desire to tutor and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Paid students are not eligible to earn service-learning hours. Contact Frank Graceffo at 239-590-7992 or by email at [email protected].
Abuse Counseling & Treatment: (ACT) Second Act Thrift store needs help. The benefit of volunteering is a 50 percent discount! Also, need someone to help this nonprofit agency with a marketing plan for 2–3 months. Contact Honara Jacobus at [email protected] or 239-939-2553.
YMCA: Help coach basketball, soccer, flag football or assist with events. Contact Lisa at [email protected].
Take Stock in Children: Become a mentor! Few bonds in life are more influential than those between a young person and an adult. Take Stock in Children needs mentors for Caloosa Middle School, Dunbar High School, East Lee County High School, Fort Myers High School, Ida Baker High School, Lehigh Senior High School. Call 239-337-0433.
Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved. You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”
Monday, March 19 at 9:10 p.m.: A subject who was skateboarding near the tennis courts suffered a nose injury. The student was advised to visit the clinic to tend to her nose and the physical plant was contacted to clean up blood on the sidewalk.
Monday, March 19 at 10:53 p.m.: UPD responded to a call regarding two students lost in the nature trail located near the Recreation field. The two found their way out with assistance from university officers. They were then warned about being in the closed area.
Tuesday, March 20 at 4:10 p.m.: A student’s mother advised UPD that her daughter had a spider bite on her hand and needed medical attention. When UPD arrived at the student’s room in North Lake Village, the student refused EMS transport.
Wednesday, March 21 at 9:20 a.m.: A drug search in North Lake Village building J recovered a small plastic baggie containing 3 grams of marijuana. The search was conducted because a strong odor of marijuana coming from the student’s room. The student willingly turned over the marijuana.
Wednesday, March 21 at 11:12 p.m.: UPD conducted a drug search in North Lake Village building F, finding five pill bottles located in the bathroom, one glass pipe, four packs of rolling papers, two paper rollers, three grinders, one plastic baggie containing Keflex pills. All items were confiscated and the incident was turned over to housing.
Sunday, March 25 at 3:02 a.m.: UPD responded to a call regarding two males and a female setting off fireworks in the center smoker station outside of Biscayne Hall. When officers arrived they made contact with
one of the males, who told them he had only set off one firework. Twelve unused fireworks were found on the ground near where the male was sitting. He was advised that fireworks of any type are not allowed on school property. The incident was turned over to student affairs.
The Police Beat is compiled by Eagle News staff from public logs available at the University Police Department. Police Beat is not as-sociated with the UPD. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
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Fans of the hit TV shows “Bones” and “CSI” might often wonder how they get the plots and scientifi c information that make them so interesting.
Surprisingly, some of this information comes right from FGCU’s campus. Heather Walsh-Haney, a professor of the Division of Justice Studies, happens to be a consultant for both shows, and she is happy to give out information on the study of forensic anthropology to students and writers alike.
“As soon as the students are asked if they have heard of or are familiar with the shows ‘CSI’ and ‘Bones,’ immediately heads rise and eyes widen,” said Bertha S. Hurtado-Koodrin, a student of Walsh-Haney’s. “Because both shows are highly ranked in popularity, this allows the students to open up their inquisitive side
and inquire about what is real and what is not.”
Because both shows are highly ranked in popularity, this allows the students to open up their inquisitive side and inquire about what is real and what is not.
Both shows, “Bones” and “CSI,” revolve around forensic anthropology, which is a science based on victim’s remains that are in an advanced stage of decomposition, though some cases can be “fresh cases” with little decomposition.
On the shows, Walsh-Haney consults on the process of reading bones for gender, injuries and age. She also helps determine how bones decompose in different soils and conditions. She explains that consultants also help study the location in deaths and burials (if the place buried is the place of death or where the body was placed after death), time of death, and they consult with medical
examiners to help determine post-mortem or pre-mortem injuries, diseases, and traumas.
Walsh-Haney says that fans of these shows do not have to feel guilty about watching shows like “Bones” and “CSI” while fearing that they are unrealistic.
“The writers really try to have the fi ndings grounded in real science,” she said.
She explains that the only unrealistic aspects of these types of shows are that most real-life cases are never solved quickly and high instrumentation is not easily “accessible or affordable.” It could take many years to analyze and process a case, and most cases tend to be “cold cases.” Nonetheless, she is a fan of both shows, particularly “Bones.”
Walsh-Haney has been teaching at FGCU for fi ve years and teaches Forensic Anthropology, Human Osteology, and General Anthropology. She works closely
with 10 different medical examiner districts in Florida, which enables her and her graduate students to work on real-life cases every semester.
Walsh-Haney chose FGCU because of the service component that allows her to work closely with her students at real case sites all over Florida and various other international locations. FGCU allows her to blend her love of teaching with her love of practicing in her fi eld.
“I am blessed to be able to use my education and training to make a difference and give back to the community,” she said.
Walsh-Haney became a consultant for “Bones,” “CSI Las Vegas” and “CSI Miami” from working with medical examiners who recommended her. Producers of these shows call medical examiners and ask for references for people who have the experience to become consultants. Walsh-
Haney says that if you work hard and have the right experience, any anthropologist can become a consultant.
She feels it is incredibly benefi cial that students at FGCU are partnered directly with practitioners as they are earning their degrees to start working and gaining experience right away.
For those who are interested in the study of forensic anthropology or other degrees within the Division of Justice Studies, there are a vast range of options to choose from after you graduate. Many students go on to become special agents (FBI, Border Patrol, Air force, etc.), civilian scientists, professors, anthropologists, museum curators, or crime scene investigators.
Some also go on to work directly with medical examiners, coroners or law enforcement agencies, and these are just some possibilities.
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The 19 finalist videos are listed on www.planetforward.org/climate-leadership-awards.
FGCU’s 4-minute film, “Embedded Sustainability,” describes how sustainability is “integrated across the entire university campus.”
The film touches on the solar technology currently on campus. FGCU utilizes 2MW 15-acre solar photovoltaic array, which reduces money spent on electricity and use of non-renewable energy.
Other uncommon usages are also brought up. Staff, faculty and
current students are encouraged to carpool with friends, walk, bicycle or use the shuttle buses to get to campus.
In addition, students of FGCU are required to contribute 80 hours of their time in service-based learning preceding graduation. FGCU recently surpassed 1 million hours in service learning since its foundation in 1997.
“It’s part of FGCU’s mission to position itself as a green university. It’s important for Southwest Florida to take this approach,” said Michael Matthews, an environmental biology professor.
In his course, Environmental Biology of Southwest Florida, Matthews is instructed by his superiors to promote ecological awareness. His students learn the difference between marshes, swamps and other ecological functions through field trips and lecture.
“Students view the area differently and are able to recognize the basic species and put the natural environment in context,” Matthews said.
However, a drawback to FGCU’s chances of winning may be the commitment already established.
Kathleen Crawford, coordinator of environmental stewardship and sustainability, said winning this award would be recognition of “continuing the momentum.”
Crawford believes FGCU may have a problem proving to a panel of judges how the school has lowered their energy usage from year to year.
“This is good show case to our peer institutions of where we are. FGCU does not usually toot our own horn. That’s why we do these things,” Crawford said. “We have not sought out recognition.”
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A new wave of educational software for elementary school children is now available that has a unique link to FGCU.
Knowledge Is Power is a state-of-the-art educational application for math and English based on Moodle software. The software is aimed toward helping teachers assess students’ weaknesses and help build their lesson plans around those areas.
It was also created by FGCU entrepreneurs.
“At KIP, our students come first and we are rigorous in helping our students to have a better understanding of their school work,” said the entrepreneurs. “It is our goal to educate our children, by providing them a structured program that will help them perform well.”
Martin Cala, FGCU alumnus, graduated with a a degree in biology in 2008, and Erald Cala is a current student majoring in computer information systems. They later brougt in current stuent Angelo Restrepo, who is majoring in mmanagement/entrepreneurship. Restrepo was brought in to help finish the image of the brand, market it and sell it.
Knowledge is Power
(KIP) is a platform that was created to help children, teachers and parents work together to heighten their students’ maximum learning performance.
KIP was created due to the high demand for virtual instructional programs for the first- and second-grade levels.
“We saw an incredible business opportunity and knew there weren’t many good products in the market that were actually helping students,” Restrepo said. “For this reason, we created KIP.”
KIP’s mission is to assist children with their academic achievements while providing them with an engaging and active learning environment. The core belief is that “children are the future.”
Teachers, students, parents, tutors and school districts can purchase the software. The software is flourishing and sales are doing well, Restrepo said.
The price of the software depends upon the school districts’ populations. The prices range from $3 to $7 per student. For an individual purchase, the cost is $19.95 per course; courses include math and language arts.
For more information on this new software, visit their website at Kip-edu.com or on Facebook.
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Calling all Florida Gulf Coast runners, joggers, walkers and animal lovers! The Gulf Coast Humane Society is having its second annual “The Fast and the Furriest” benefi t to raise money for their adoptable animals.
People and their faithful canine companions are gathering to participate in a 5-mile run or a 1- mile fun walk to raise money for the Humane Society’s animals waiting to fi nd their forever homes. Runners can either show up on the day of the event or form teams to raise money online for the benefi t.
Gulf Coast Humane Society is a nonprofi t animal welfare organization that takes in more than 1,000 dogs, cats and small mammals to be adopted. They have been serving Southwest Florida for more than 60 years.
Runners wanting to register can print out forms from the humane society’s website, Gulfcoasthumanesociety.org, register online at active.com, or register at the event prior to the race. Those wishing to sponsor will fi nd the correct forms on the events page as well. Entry fee for the fun walk is $15 and $25 for the 5-mile timed race. To have a pet race as well is an additional $5.
Runners may form teams and set up an account to raise money online using fi rstgiving.com.
The Fast and the Furriest will also host a variety of food, vendors, and entertainment during the event, so anyone can come out to give support to a good cause and have a great time.
Donations are also being taken on the Gulf Coast Humane Society’s website.
The Fast and the Furriest will be at the Coconut Point Mall on Saturday, March 31. Registration at the event will begin at 6:30 a.m. with the race beginning at 8 a.m. The event will conclude at 10 a.m.
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Raise your hand if you had heard of Jennifer Lawrence a year ago. How about Josh Hutcherson? Liam Hemsworth? Most people would say no. That certainly isn’t the case now.
The three up and coming actors play lead roles in the new book series turned movie, “The Hunger Games.” Lawrence plays the snippy Katniss Everdeen while Hutcherson and Hemsworth play the lead male roles as Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne.
Lawrence was in the fi lms “Winter’s Bone” and “X-Men: First Generation,” but “The Hunger Games” is the movie that has launched her into a different class of actresses.
Many people refer to this as the next “Twilight.” However, besides the fact that there is a lead actress with two potential male suitors, that is where the similarities
end. “The Hunger Games” is already setting
records with $19.7 million at the midnight opening, making it the biggest midnight opening for a non-sequel. To compare, the fi rst “Twilight” movie only made $7 million.
“The Hunger Games” takes place in a futuristic America now called Panem. Following an uprising 74 years prior, the Capital, Panem’s government, created the Hunger Games as a way to show the 12 districts who is still in control. Every year, each district is required to select a boy and a girl between the age of 12 and 18 to fi ght to the death in a custom-made arena while all of Panem watches on live television.
After her 12-year-old sister is selected as one of the tributes for District 12, Everdeen volunteers to take her place.
People who were big fans of the books will notice a few key distinctions between that and the movie. Anyone who read the books knows it is written in the fi rst person
from Everdeen’s point of view. The movie, however, for obvious reasons, is in the third person. Movie viewers will see more activity outside of the games such as what is happening back in the Districts as well as how the games are run by the Gamemakers.
The movie also felt rushed at times. The movie had a run time of a little less than two and a half hours and it was obvious they were fi ghting the time since some scenes were cut short.
Besides a few differences, the movie matched up well with the book. Humor played a big part in the movie, especially with Woody Harrelson as the drunken Haymitch Abernathy, the mentor to the District 12 tributes. Every actor played his or her part with a ton of emotion, which is impressive, especially with the majority of the
cast being relatively young. Fifteen-year-old Isabelle Fuhrman plays the knife-throwing tribute Clove from District 2, and despite being young, plays the role of Katniss’ rival very well.
While the movie tries and fails to fi t the whole book into the fi lm, viewers will enjoy seeing the series to which they have dedicated hours fi nally on the big screen.
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Cancer has become synonymous with pain and suffering and is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
In the last few decades, we have been making every attempt to find a cure and beat every type of cancer through various organizations, including the American Cancer Society, which is famous for organizing Relay for Life, an annual all-nighter celebrated throughout the world.
This year, Relay for Life of FGCU be held on the FGCU recreation fields March 31, starting at 2 p.m., until 8 a.m. April 1.
“Relay for Life is almost like a marathon. What happens is teams of people camp out around the track. During the entire event team members take turns walking around the track,” said Shelby Robbins, Relay for Life marketing chair and sophomore majoring in resort and hospitality management.
Each team goes out to raise money in their own way.
When Relay was first created in the 1980s, one determined doctor named Gordy Klatt raised $27,000 in 24 hours to fight cancer, all of which was raised by people donating $25 each to run
for 30 minutes with him. He ran more than 83 miles
and made a great impact in the way we look at cancer and how we can fight it.
Relay isn’t just about running; there are lots of other things going on as well.
“Food, games and activities provide entertainment and fundraising opportunities,” Robbins said.
“Things you can expect from this year’s Relay for Life are an opening ceremony, which includes the Survivor Lap,
Caregiver Lap and Opening Lap,” Robbins said.
The Survivor Lap recognizes those who have conquered their cancer, the Caregiver Lap recognizes those who have stuck by and supported someone in their life battling it and the Opening Lap kicks it all off.
Another important ceremony is the Luminaria Ceremony, which is held after dark and remembers those still battling or who have lost their battle.
A lot of fun can also be expected.
“We will have a variety of contests, which include frozen T-shirts, karaoke, hula-hoops, ice cream eating, wing eating, dance, pancake eating, water balloons and a face painting/make over,” Robbins said.
Contestants can also expect DJs and a Mz. Relay pageant contest for more entertainment.
There will be themed laps and games and the event will end with a closing ceremony.
This year, FGCU’s Relay for Life hopes to raise $35,000 toward the fight against cancer.
It isn’t just about knowing someone fighting cancer; it’s about helping everyone fighting it.
“When I think of Relay for Life, I think of people coming together to help raise money and fight back against cancer,” Robbins said.
“I also think of people celebrating for loved ones who have won the battle against cancer and remembering their loved ones who have lost their battle.
“What Relay for Life means to me is that people still care about others and are willing to come together and help raise money to give families, friends or co-workers more time together,” Robbins said.
What Relay for Life really does is it gives hope, and it’s not that expensive, just enriching.
Everybody loves to remember social gatherings, whether they be a party, wedding or traveling excursion with friends.
CapsuleCam is an iPhone application and website that makes taking photos and uploading them online easier than ever before.
“The idea for CapsuleCam came from the frustration of trying to link group planning and photos from multiple people after several weddings and bachelor parties one year,” Cyrus Farudi, Co-founder and CEO of CapsuleCam, said.
This amazing tool is also private; meaning only the people selected into a particular capsule will be able to see what is posted.
“CapsuleCam relives those stresses along with the worrying if you were tagged or not in a photo on Facebook,” Farudi said.
Instead of putting an event on Facebook, where guests may or may not check his or her events section until the date has already passed, CapsuleCam allows
planning to be easy and to the point for people invited.
The individual groups created through CapsuleCam define relationships at one’s own discretion. This way, each user has the power to determine who can or can’t see what is published.
“This added layer of privacy for every capsule separates what your mom can see and what your friends can see,” Farudi said.
“CapsuleCam never publishes anything automatically to anyone’s Facebook account,” he said.
CapsuleCam is geared toward college students but used by all ages.
This is due to how people will drop Facebook in order to prevent future employers of seeing something that could possibly hurt chances of landing a job.
“We realize that people love Twitter and Facebook. It does make it easy to integrate, primarily to invite people to events through Facebook,” Farudi said.
CapsuleCam is not interested
in any types of traditional press at this time.
Instead, the company has created innovative events to raise awareness of the services CapsuleCam has to offer.
Besides promotions through websites such as Facebook, CapsuleCam will sponsor parties linking colleges such as UCLA.
At these parties, people will go around taking photos that they
stream live to a TV projector at the party, instantly after being uploaded to CapsuleCam.
“An app like that sounds convenient,” said Jeff Koos Jr., a sophomore double majoring in PGA golf management and accounting.
“I will get too many photos taken of me, but I don’t see the worry of getting tagged in a photo you weren’t planning on being put up on Facebook,” Koos said.
There is no need to follow up trying to locate photos that could potentially be lost because they will all be saved through each capsule.
After a year, or even longer, people will be able to come back and find a past event or photos
from an event. No memory card,
downloading, or trying to sift through old emails and servers is necessary; all these tedious irritations are obliterated by CapsuleCam.
“CapsuleCam is a service creating real life shared experiences beneficial to customers,” Farudi said.
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Whether you’re an FGCU student into rock climbing or you’re into Chihuahuas, MeetUp.com can smoothly connect you to a group of people who love the same things in places all around your town or the world.
MeetUp.com is a very fluid moving website that posts a vast range of groups and their activities nearest you and across the country.
Taking a moment to search the MeetUp.com website could possibly connect you to making new friends, while meeting many on the same page with similar interests or hobbies.
The idea of MeetUp is using today’s technologies that have already “connected” millions through wires, to literally
connecting people in person for hobbies, passions, events or celebrations.
Whether the meet-up is a small group for a birthday party, training for marathons, or an epic two-day music festival, it can be posted. If you can’t find any groups of the thousands in your area, you can even start your own.
The website is simple, smooth and can introduce you to a hobby or interest that you’ve never even heard of.
You can start out searching for a wine or dining club and wind up shaking it in the local belly dancing group two days a week.
With the variety of all that there is to see and experience in our world around us, MeetUp simply puts us in touch with a group of people on the same
page.The website not only can
put people on the same page for adventure or hobbies, it also can get the word out about birthdays, any personal event or celebrations.
The log-on site is set up so you can log on and see your area’s and town’s “Trending Meetups” streamed across the top of the page. The site’s tools allow you to search for groups and meet ups with a means to sort your search, by how far away and even how many people are in the group.
You may type a topic or interest and ZIP code or address and search specifically for something or browse on the hunt for something new and fun to do.
When first getting onto the site the variety of groups and meet- ups alone are impressive
with seemingly any possible like or interest covered.
When first searching the Fort Myers area, the page showed an amazing range of groups.
Groups and events from a weight loss and workout groups to mothers dubbed “SWF Mommas Getting Their Sexy Back,” to “Green Lifestyles in SW Florida” who are all about the details and practice of Southwest Floridians living in harmony with our environment.
The range of possibilities and interests that come together on MeetUp.com appear to be able to cater to most.
No matter how much time can be committed to a group, the site may also be a means to mix it up and try something new very easily.
Checking out a MeetUp could
even be something new for you and a couple of friends to do sometime for fun.
Once going to a group meet up, there’s no commitment and you can be as involved as you would like. So why not mix it up and try something new?
Students can mix it up with meeting up.
MeetUp.com showed that Fort Myers has a 43-member wiener dog lovers group, a 302 -person belly dancers group and even a 33-person group of fun-seekers called “All-in-4-Fun in SW Florida.”
As FGCU students, we may not be into wiener dogs, fun seeking or belly dancing, but MeetUp can help you find and connect with others who love what you love to do … and then get into belly dancing.
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In an attempt to alleviate parking garage congestion, parking services announced last week that the new speed limit in FGCU’s parking garages would be 35 mph. However, students continue to drive 20 mph over the speed limit, just because.
“I see the number ‘35’ on the new signs and my feet immediately push down on the pedal,” says sophomore Tom Kuhlishun, whose truck features a pair of metal testicles dangling
from the trailer hitch.Kuhlishun’s comment reflects
the trend that parking services has noticed in the past week: Students will go over the speed limit on campus, even if they clearly put their lives and the lives of those around them in serious danger.
“No matter what we do — write expensive tickets, position UPD outside the garages or chase people in our goofy little egg-shaped golf carts — we can’t stem the tides,” said Ryan Parker, who works for parking services.
Parking services said that
the reason so many students speed is because of stress, being overwhelmed and because they’re smug and think it’s their right to.
“Many students simply fail to see the danger in driving, without a seatbelt, in a cramped parking garage at 50 miles per hour,” Parker said.
Some students even admit this, acknowledging why they speed.
“I can’t help but just go fast. It lets me assert my masculinity and dominance,” says Bill Mussul, who drives a 2003 Ford
Mustang and describes himself as “sexually repressed.”
Since the new speed limit was announced, FGCU was contacted by producers hoping to film the follow up to “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” in our parking garages.
“We won’t even need actors—we’ll just the find the ballsiest students that have no concern for their lives or anyone else’s and give them free reign to blow around corners while we film them behind our armored barricades,” said Holly Wood, the producer for the movie.
It’s unclear at this time whether parking services will bring the speed limit back to the original 5 mph, although it doesn’t really matter to students.
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It’s as if a wave of concern swept over FGCU and washed all of the cynicism and apathy away.
In a move that has surprised professors, administrators and abnormal psychologists alike, the entire FGCU student body voted in the yearly Student Government elections.
Music majors, Greek life members, freshmen, stoners, political science majors and even that creepy guy in the
back of your Tuesday morning class united as one and actually exercised their right to vote in student elections.
“I voted because I’m concerned with how my money is spent,” said John Smith, one of the 11,937 students that voted, to our stunned Eagle News reporter.
“It’s as if the clouds parted and the gods of ‘actually caring about your student representatives’ descended on golden thrones and inspired each and every student to spread the gospel by voting,”
said Jane Apauld, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.
“Seriously, this is absolutely astounding,” she added.
The vote margin was surprisingly close, too — 6,193 votes for Movement! Party candidates Cedar Puderman and Ruis Largas and 5,744 votes for Evolution Party candidates Bolve Kyrd and Feremy Jorbes.
The situation is likely to become a national spotlight as researchers ask questions such as “wait, what?” “so what drugs did they slip into the water
supply?” and “you’re kidding me, right?”
Results of an Eagle News investigative report found that the student body was not being bribed with alcohol, money, food or other incentives — all students actually came out and voted on their own accord.
“So far, all we can do is throw our hands above our heads,” said psychology professor Brian Brayn. “Did students suddenly realize that Student Government actually spends their money? Did they actually start caring? All we
can do is speculate at this point. And repeat to ourselves, ‘this can’t be real.’”
Eagle News will follow this exciting development and wait for the moment we all wake up from the dream.
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Skeletor, also known by his human form name Rick Scott, governor of Florida, shocked his constituency, educators and students alike when he announced that he was reversing his steadfast defense of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) degrees.
His announcement last Friday included plans to cut STEM funding to all universities in the state university system and move the money to liberal arts programs.
“I was just kidding about all that stuff about how liberal arts
doesn’t get you anywhere,” he said to a group of astonished supporters, “we actually need more anthropology majors right now. My daughter got on my case and now I see the light.”
Following the announcement, Scott’s office sent out a revised budget plan to the state’s state universities, including FGCU.
The plan details 10 percent funding cuts in STEM majors and 20 percent boosts in majors that fall under the umbrella of “liberal arts.”
FGCU students are generally pleased with the unexpected announcement.
“Wow! I actually don’t hate Rick Scott for once. He made the right decision! It really must be the end of the world!” said Jim Happy, a junior majoring in philosophy.
STEM students were expectably disappointed.
“Great. It’s easy to see that Rick Scott caved in to the lobbyists — all these liberal arts students have deep pockets
that can just buy his vote,” said Sharon Madd, a freshman majoring in biology.
While some educators appreciate Scott’s backing off of his assault on liberal arts, administrators are still upset over any loss of funding.
“Please hear us, Rick Scott. Any kind of funding cut is a loss for us. We’re really suffering here. We need money,” pleaded FGCU President Billson Wadshaw in a video message posted over the weekend.
Additionally, some of Scott’s ardent supporters are now backing off.
“This ticks me off. I voted for Scott because he promised to cut
everything, even his hair, like any true conservative would,” said Sick Rantorum, who calls himself “severely conservative.”
Scott is expected to make additional announcements later this week, after returning from an emergency Dark Lords Council with Voldemort and Darth Vader, who expressed their anger toward his decision.
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After decades of scientists warning us that everything we come in contact with causes cancer, they have finally stumbled on the one thing 99 percent of people will stand behind: Paying taxes causes cancer. True! A study recently published in the New Australian Journal of Science, authored by A. DeFül, says it has empirical evidence that paying taxes causes numerous types of cancers.
“100 percent of the people we studied had cancer,” DeFül explains, “and they all have paid taxes in their lifetimes. Some had rectal cancers, others cranial cancers, while even more suffered both. We found that only those who had never paid taxes were more likely to not develop cancers of any kind.”
The study has come as no surprise to those who are afflicted with forms of cancers. “If I had never paid my taxes I would be happier person today,” said long-time cancer patient John Q. Public.
He claims that the stresses of funding lifestyles that the elite were accustomed to put a drain on his immune system and opened the gate for the disease he has today.
“There is no cure for what ails me,” Public laments, “only degrees of improvement. It seems that every time there are breaks given by the system my health declines. I was healthier between 1993 and 2001 than I was prior or after that. I had hopes here within the past few years that I might see an improvement, but things stalled out. Maybe after the fall.”
The study shows the empirical tie of cancers to taxes.
380 million Americans will pay their taxes by April 15. Applying the results from this study, each one will open themselves up to the possibility that cancer will creep in once they file a return.
Many scientists, led by Dr. Répooblican, believe that DeFül’s study is incorrect and says the only way to test it is for people, like John Q, to continue to pay increased rates on a yearly basis. The conjecture is that people will continue to do as they always have despite the increased risk of cancers because they know their place.
“The threat of cancer will not detour Americans from working hard and continuing to pay their taxes. It just won’t. It doesn’t hurt that those who don’t run even higher risks of cancer because of wage garnishments and even possibly jail time. So the alternative of tax cancer versus incarceration cancer will drive the American people to gamble with their lives paying taxes. And you can take that to the bank,” Répooblican said.
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As a God-fearing, gun-toting, meat-eating, patriotic American, I am proud today to endorse Rick Santorum for president of the United States of America so we can get the country we love back on the right track.
Sen. Santorum is the closest thing to Jesus that this country can vote for and the true successor of George W. Bush, who I wish I could have voted for in 2000 and 2004.
Along with Santorum’s strong and unapologetic faith, he believes that family is the cornerstone of society in addition to support of limited government, personal responsibility and of course as a true conservative, the Constitution, which President Obama has urinated on in his almost four years in offi ce.
This country needs to cut spending immediately, and sadly, as long as Barack Obama is president, the chances of that happening are very unlikely. America has become an entitlement society run by a
strong federal government with much of its power not authorized by the Constitution.
The one program that is killing this country on the domestic front the most is the Obamacare which will be the end of
personal responsibility, individual liberty and freedom in this country. The government will come into your home and tell you what to eat, what to drive, where to live and what you do in your spare time, as if they know better than you do.
While we are on the subject of personal responsibility, why are we still handing out welfare checks in this country to lazy and misguided people who don’t want to work?
I say a man who doesn’t work should not be allowed to eat so let’s get rid of the food stamps for good and encourage Americans to get a job so they can earn money to have a nice order of steak and potatoes at dinner time.
The psudeo-intellectual, phony, Marxist liberals in this country gave people the freedom to be lazy and mooch off others and a sense of too much comfort with the safety net. I hope that Senator will select Paul Ryan as his running mate so we can fi nally put caps on programs such as Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, food stamps and others that we could do without in order to bring down our defi cit while giving responsibility back to the individual.
We have also lost the idea of faith and
family in this country due to the secular left trying to shove their agenda down the throat of my generation and the next one along with silencing other people’s faith. You have to wonder if my generation is so scared to believe in God and love their sinful life so much that they just remove his presence from society all together to save their own selfi sh soul.
I am proud that Senator Santorum has stood up to these stooges on the left by consistently voting against abortion and standing on marriage being the union of one man and one woman for life.
His goal always as a husband and father of seven has been to champion families to stick together through good and bad times because marriage gives you stability.
As does fatherhood, which is something you will almost never see or hear in popular culture, which may make me seem square to many, but honestly I’ve always been happy being uncool to the left.
This country was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which means everyone spins the wheel but not everyone gets the same result. Not everyone will get a trophy in life, but often failure drives you to success in the future.
America is the greatest country on the planet because of individuals working together in pursuit of security, not government doing the hard work for them. Rick Santorum epitomizes every value I stand for, and he is the true conservative we need running this country rather than a community-organizing liberal looking to destroy a nation that was great.
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At 5-6 and with two wins in Atlantic Sun play, the FGCU men’s tennis team has won already won more matches than all of last season with much the same roster.
Under first-year coach C.J. Weber, the Eagles have made a complete turnaround since last season.
Weber inherited a nine-man roster that includes only two new players, freshmen Tianyu Bao and Michael Beiler.
Dean Tsamas, a sophomore and the A-Sun Player of the Week for Feb. 8, credited Weber and an improved mental outlook for the improvement.
“I think everyone’s mental approach
to this season is completely different than last year,” Tsamas said. “And definitely C.J. (Weber) had a big part in changing it.”
Tsamas has gone 7-4 at No. 3 singles in dual matches this season.
Bao, a freshman from Bradenton, has led the Eagles at No. 1 singles. Bao has gone 5-6 in dual matches at that challenging spot.
Bao compared the team nature of college tennis to the more individualistic high school tennis.
“It feels good, but it’s not just about me anymore,” Bao said. “It’s about playing a team sport.”
Weber, who joined FGCU after five years as an assistant at the University of Miami, won’t take the credit. He tried to bring in a program that emphasizes more than strictly
technique and strokes.“Hitting up the whole board, you’ve got to
prepare them from all angles,” Weber said. “Their physical tools, improving anything that they need strategically, technique, their physical fitness, their discipline, their state of mind are all things I wanted to bring to this group.”
Weber wants his team to be better athletes and to have pride in playing for FGCU.
“Our greatest challenges lie ahead, but our guys are fighters and very proud players,” Weber said. “They’re not going to die without an extremely difficult fight. It is going to take a very talented and determined team to beat us. That I am confident of. These guys are special. It was their decision
to either come together or to break apart.”Many of the players agree that Weber
has created a family atmosphere where everyone is proud to wear the same colors.
“The team chemistry can’t even be compared to last year; it’s so much better,” Tsamas said. “Everyone is working together.”
Weber, who has also coached at the University of Illinois, says that this is the closest group of guys he has ever coached and it makes them that much better of a team.
The Eagles host their last three home matches against A-Sun foes UNF, Jacksonville and Stetson on March 29, March 31 and April 7 respectively.
While the softball team is having a comeback season at 20-16, freshman pitcher Shelby Morgan has stood out with a tremendous campaign.
Morgan is currently 13-3 with a 1.49 earned run average, good enough for the most wins on the team. She also has 11 complete games and five shutouts.
A product of Sante Fe High School in High Springs, Morgan says that it was not hard to choose FGCU.
“I really like this school and I really like coach (Dave) Deiros,” Morgan said. “He seemed like a great guy and he’s a great coach. Choosing FGCU was not a tough decision.”
Morgan also likes the current mindset
of her team. FGCU has won three straight games, including two against ACC foe Maryland.
“I feel that we’ve had our ups and downs but we’re doing really good and we’re winning games,” Morgan said.
Morgan attributes her early success to a number of factors.
“It’s been hard work and coach always helps me,” Morgan said. “He always knows what I’m doing wrong. My location on my pitches has definitely improved. I can still work on my location and walking fewer batters.”
When the season first started, Morgan’s spot in the rotation was not guaranteed. She has fought her way to the front of the pitching staff, and shares ace honors with versatile sophomore Amanda Josie.
“I definitely had to compete for it (a spot)
and I did not feel that I was as good as the others who were competing for a spot.”
Morgan depends on her changeup to stifle opposing hitters.
“It’s my go-to pitch that I really like to throw and it takes a while for opposing batters to figure it out,” Morgan said.
Deiros followed Morgan at Sante Fe and saw she excelled against the best opponents. The bigger the game, the better she pitched, qualities a staff ace needs.
“When you are recruiting you are trying to get a look at what the players can do against quality competition,” Deiros said.
“We followed Shelby’s progress really closely to see how she did against the best competition. As she went up in age she kept getting better and better against competition.”
Deiros says a number of other qualities
stand out about Morgan. “She’s really talented, she gets a lot of
people out and she gets them to swing and miss a lot,” Deiros said. “The best thing about her is she shows a lot of strength.”
Morgan’s success has made it easy for FGCU’s defense, which Deiros calls the strength of the team.
“She (Morgan) does a really nice job of keeping hitters off balance, making them swing at pitches that they do not really want to swing at, which makes it easier for our defenders to go and make plays for her. She’s gone deep into the games and has given us a chance to win.”
FGCU travels to Florida A&M University for a double header on Wednesday before playing two games at Florida State the next day.
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The FGCU baseball team suffered a heartbreaking defeat during its first extra-inning game of the season on Sunday, March 25, falling 2-1 in 10 innings to conference opponent ETSU in the rubber game of a weekend series.
ETSU scored the first run of the game in the fourth on a suicide squeeze, the only run given up by Eagles starter, right-hander Jason Forjet, and FGCU’s Brandon Bednar’s two-out single to right center tied the game at one in the eighth.
With neither side able to score the go-ahead run in the ninth, ETSU (13-9) picked up the series victory with a perfect bottom of the 10th inning after scoring the winning run on a double play return throw that got past FGCU (9-15) pitcher Brady Anderson in the top half of the frame.
It was a tough end to a week where the Eagles had already lost four out of their last five ball games coming in.
“You lose five out of your last six, I mean we’ve got to find a way to turn this thing around,” coach Dave Tollett said. “I’m tired of using us being young as an excuse and we need to swing the bats a lot better than what we have the last five of six, but we turn around, play Wednesday, and then go play the number one team in the conference this weekend (USC Upstate, 18-5 overall, 5-1 conference). So, I mean it doesn’t get any easier, but we’ve got to figure out a way.”
After losing their second consecutive road game to Texas
Tech on Wednesday, March 21, 14-8, Eagles right hander Ricky Knapp’s monster performance on Friday, March 23 got his team back in the win column with a 4-0 complete-game shutout.
It was Knapp’s (4-1) second consecutive outing where he went the distance and did not surrender a run.
“Its easy (to stay locked in) when the defense is playing really well behind me and I just go out there and kind of focus on locating
and throwing the ball down and then see what happens with the defense,” Knapp said. “When they’re playing well, it’s easy for me to just kind of go out there and see what happens when they hit it. I’ve been pretty successful here when they’ve been doing that so it’s easy when I just go out there again and again and just try to repeat what I’m doing.”
The Eagles lost 7-2 to ETSU in the middle game of the set on Saturday, March 24, as left- handed
starter Andrew Polly allowed four runs on five hits in three innings of work. The relief core gave up all three of its runs over the final two innings.
“Without laying blame anywhere, I think we’ve had a little trouble in the bullpen and closing some games out there recently,” Knapp said. “I mean, I know we’re kind of tough for runs, but hitting is also really, really hard. So it’s not an easy thing those guys are going out there to do. I know that,
as a pitcher, all we can do is go out there and try to throw zeroes on the board and give our offense a chance to score some runs.”
Tollett also agreed that the bullpen has been having its fair share of struggles, but stated that he is “definitely more concerned offensively.”
He believes that hitting will be the key for the Eagles in their upcoming six-game road trip starting on Wednesday, when they visit FIU for one game, followed by a three-game series at USC Upstate, and two games against No. 8 Florida State.
“We just want to play well. We want to hit,” Tollett said. “We don’t want to average four hits, or five hits. If we hit, we can be in any ball game. So that’s the whole goal, to get better offensively.”
Despite their 0-5 road woes, catcher Mike Reeves believes that being the away team for a while could benefit this group.
“Yeah, you know, it’s just good to get away,” Reeves said. “And we’re all together talking our way through it and stuff like that. So it should be good.”
“Well, I mean, everybody’s just got to keep their head up,” Knapp said when asked how the team remains positive during these trying times. “It’s a really long season and you’re going to go through some ups and some downs.
“We’re kind of young, so right now we’re on a little bit of a down. But it’s only really a matter of time before we figure it out and then we’ll be on the up, and things will be going good.”
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With his second straight A-Sun complete-game shutout on Friday evening in a 4-0 victory over ETSU, sophomore right-hander Ricky Knapp picked up his second consecutive A-Sun Pitcher of the Week honor, announced by the league o!ce on Monday. Knapp becomes the "rst A-Sun pitcher to repeat the weekly honor since former Eagle and current White Sox pitcher Chris Sale received the award three consecutive times during the 2010 season.
Women’s tennis
Baseball
The FGCU women’s tennis team had to play its match indoors and ETSU came away with a 7-0 victory Saturday in Bristol, Tenn. at the Bristol Racquet Club. The Eagles fell to 5-8 (2-2 A-Sun) on the season and ETSU improved to 6-7 (3-1 A-Sun). The Green and Blue return home to face UNF on Thursday, March 29 at noon at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
As the UC Spring Invitational came to a close Sunday afternoon at the Plantation Golf Resort in Crystal River, the FGCU women’s golf team "nished in 15th on the leaderboard. Freshman Georgia Price was the Eagles’ top "nisher, placing in a tie for 25th place indvidually.
Women’s golf
Cross Country
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On March 24, FGCU sand volleyball recorded it’s first ever victory with a 4-1 win over Stetson in the Florida State Tournament. FGCU went 1-2 in the tournament, losing to USC and FSU.
Sand volleyball became FGCU’s newest sport this spring, but just because it’s called volleyball doesn’t mean it’s the same as indoor.
“They (sand and indoor) are entirely different sports,” head coach Dave Nichols said. “Indoor is about specialization and being good at a specific position on the court. Setters are setting all the time, right side hitters are hitting on the right and so the indoor game you get good at certain aspects of the game. On the sand game you have to be complete. You have to be able to set, pass and hit the ball. It doesn’t require as much power as the indoor game, so it’s a lot about placement.”
On Nov. 16, 2011, sand volleyball became FGCU’s 15th sport and
will have NCAA championship status in 2012. FGCU is one of five Atlantic Sun teams to have sand volleyball and the championship will be held in Jacksonville, at JU, April 20-22.
The Eagles host their first home match Friday against Stetson at 1:30 p.m. at the FGCU Sand Volleyball Complex.
Of the 12 girls on the roster, 11 played indoor under Nichols. It didn’t take much convincing from him to get them to play sand.
“They just love to play,” Nichols said. “I believe firmly that indoor girls who end up playing sand, become better at indoor. The benefits outweigh the frustration because at the beginning for the indoor kids, they fail and it’s not easy. It’s hard for them to move and jump and it’s a lot of things outside their comfort zone. But in the long run it makes you better at the indoor game. After you jump in the sand for a while, when you jump indoor it feels like you’re flying.”
With sand volleyball being such
a new sport, not too many teams in the area have a program. So scheduling for Nichols was difficult. The program faces Stetson three times over the season.
“It was really difficult (scheduling teams),” Nichols said. “We have to travel all around the state just to play teams.”
The season runs from March 17-April 14 with FGCU playing almost every weekend.
“It’s such a compacted schedule,” Nichols said. “We can’t play in February, so in March and April is the only time we can play, so essentially we’re doing something every weekend to fulfill our obligation of being official.”
Even though it’s early in the program’s history, things look promising for FGCU. Only one senior is on the team and in future years, scholarships will be rewarded.
“There’s a couple things that work well for us,” Nichols said. “Most of the programs doing it aren’t going to have scholarship funding for awhile so a lot
programs are going to rely on walk-on players to get the program off the ground. With the cost of tuition here at FGCU and the amount of good non-junior players, I can recruit in state and get some pretty darn good teams going.
“I think we have a chance to be really good, especially in our conference, but also because our geographical location really helps me get players. Also because not that many places are playing, kids are anxious: ‘Hey, you have program and we can afford to go there, we’d love to go there.’”
Although Nichols didn’t recruit for this season, he will start next season to make two separate teams.
“As the programs grows, I suspect that we’ll have three or four kids play both, but that’s about it,” Nichols said. “I think we’re going to have to recruit a classic beach-type player and they are out there, there’s a bunch of kids in Florida who can do that. Over time, I think it’ll become two separate programs.”