TuesdayFebruary 19, 2013

Volume CXXXVIIssue 5

This year, Touch N’ Go Productions hosted a brand new event to Embry-Riddle, creating a miniature Winter Wonderland in

the Armstrong parking lot, complete with snow, a chocolate fountain, and an ice skating rink. What was even more amazing

was that Touch N’ Go Productions brought in some cold weather to set the mood.

Over two hundred people showed up dur-

ing the evening to partake in the festivities, which also included music from WIKD, and a photo booth from the Avion..

Snow in Embry-Riddle?

Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 11, 2013 – In a ceremony today at its Daytona Beach, Fla., campus, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University officially took delivery of two turbofan engines donated by leading aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney to enhance aerospace engineer-ing education at the university.

The event featured remarks by John P. Johnson, president of Embry-Riddle, and Alan Epstein, vice president, technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney.

The engines, housed in the Gas Turbine Laboratory at the campus, will help engineering students expand their under-standing of turbine engines. Students eventually will take the engines apart to study the evolution of engine design compared to other engines in the lab.

“This donation by Pratt & Whitney offers considerable educational value to our students, research knowledge to our faculty and credibility to our College of Engineering,” said Magdy Attia, profes-sor of aerospace engineering and direc-tor of the laboratory. “It strengthens our

relationship with a world-class engine company and reinforces Embry-Riddle’s niche as a leader in hands-on, applied education.”

“The success of Pratt & Whitney in its more than 87-year history is in large part due to innovation driven by some of the world’s finest engineers.

Pratt & Whitney is pleased to part-ner with Embry-Riddle to further such progress in this century. We invest in science and math education because we rely on talented engineering students to help us solve technical challenges,” said Epstein.

One of the engines, a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A, is used in Boeing 727 and 737 and DC-9 aircraft. It can produce up to 15,500 lbs. of thrust and was an inno-vator in fuel efficiency. The other engine, a PW4062 used in the Boeing 747 and 767 aircraft and the KC-46A tanker, can achieve 62,000 lbs. of thrust.

Embry-Riddle’s Gas Turbine Laboratory is used in conjunction with courses in thermodynamics, propulsion and heat transfer, as well as for graduate student research projects and work with aerospace corporations.

Pratt & Whitney donates two turbofan engines to Embry-Riddle

Bob RossMedia Relations

IN PHOTO, L-R: Magdy Attia, professor of aerospace engineering, ERAU; Stephen Yue, director of McGill University Institute for Aerospace Engineering; Michael Winter, chief engineer for technology, Pratt & Whitney; Tasos Lyrintzis, chair of aerospace engineering, ERAU; Hany Moutstapha, distinguished visiting professor of engineering, ERAU; Maj Mirmirani, dean, College of Engineering, ERAU; Alan Epstein, VP, technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney; John Johnson, president, ERAU; Joie Alexander former member of Volusia County Council; Wagdi Habashi director, CFD lab, mechanical engineering department, McGill University; Richard Heist, chancellor, Daytona Beach campus, ERAU.

PHOTO COURTESY MEDIA RELATIONS

ALL PHOTOS AVION STAFF

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A2 The Avion, February 12, 2013Campus

On Jan. 12, 2013, the College of Business in Daytona welcomed over 500 Girl Scouts from the Central Florida Citrus Council for the first ever Cookie University. This event was part of the Campus Outreach program that also sponsors the summer camps on the Daytona Campus, including the GEMS camps. The purpose of Cookie University was to help girl scouts to learn about manag-ing and promoting the business of cookies.

The Girl Scouts are one of the largest female led organizations in the US and the annual cookie sale is one of the best-known and most successful fundraising events for this organization. This year the Girls Scouts wanted to kick off the event with an activity that was both fun and educational.

Twelve business faculty members worked with 21 graduate and undergraduate students to offer participating girls material to earn two badges: Cookie Business and Financial Literacy. Workshops were offered for each age group starting with the Daisies (kin-dergarten and first grade) and ending with Ambassadors (junior and seniors). Course materials were designed by faculty and stu-dents based on broad learning objectives appropriate to each age range.

The process for course design and deliv-ery was very collaborative from the start. Students were highly engaged. “My students were very involved with the topics. They were even wondering if the boy band One

Direction could be the best approach to market the Girl Scouts’ cookies!” expressed Cassandra Jameson, an MBA student.

It was amazing to learn the determination that these girls have in achieving their sales targets to reach for their respective goals. A Junior declared that she would use her income from the cookie business to go to the moon! No ambition is too high. This girl definitely knows what she wants and she is not the only Girl Scout with great passion for the business.

“I never knew that some of these girls could sell 1,000 boxes of cookies per month! I had underestimated them,” confessed Sean Kerr, a COB graduate.

At the end of the day, a ceremony was held at the IC Auditorium where each Girl Scout was presented their Cookie Business, Financial literacy, and Cookie Pin badges in honor for attending the half-day pro-gram. After walking across the Willie Miller Auditorium to the traditional graduation march, one Daisy proclaimed, “Today I graduated from college!”

While it was challenging to deal with such a large number of students, the whole Cookie University experience was great exposure for the COB faculty and students as well as the University as a whole. “We’re not only interacting with the girls, but also having their parents engaged in the session,” said Retno Savitri, a Daisies student facilitator. Reactions to the event were positive from all participants who are looking forward to making Cookie University an annual event.

First ever “Cookie University”

A TOTAL OF 500 girl scouts passed through the doors of “Cookie University” that was held on Jan. 12. 12 business faculty members worked together with 21 students to conduct workshops for the girl scouts.

PHOTO COURTESY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Izyan IshakCOB

In the past decade, countless terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other emer-gency situations have created a high demand for individuals with knowledge and skills in Homeland Security. The idea of this kind of security covers more than simple security checks at airports or train stations.

It actively involves a wide range of agen-cies, resources and teamwork in order to prevent or mediate disasters, whether they are manmade or natural. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the United States works not only on preventative efforts, but also on preparedness and responses to disasters that end up occurring.

As a response to the large growth in this field, Embry-Riddle maintains the premier Homeland Security program in the coun-try. Professors with years of experience actively engage their students in discus-sions on policy, emergency management and terrorism.

Students taking Homeland Security courses become well versed in several disciplines, including risk assessment, stra-tegic planning and terrorism studies. Interns and graduates bring vast, multi-disciplin-ary knowledge and skills into their career choices.

Some of the more notable career options include jobs with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Red Cross.

The Homeland Security Student Association (HSSA) was founded in order to promote student involvement amongst Homeland Security students. As pupils of the fastest growing major on campus, stu-dents come together in HSSA in order to complement their educational experiences.

Throughout the past couple of weeks alone, the HSSA has organized speak-ing engagements with multiple Homeland Security professionals including a DHS Customs Agent and the Vice President of the Red Cross.

The association looks forward to regu-larly scheduled talks with senior leaders and politicians who can provide invaluable insight on the field of Homeland Security.

The HSSA has also recently investi-gated and assisted members and students with seeking internships within the FBI, CIA, FEMA and other public and private Homeland Security organizations. Officers and members of the HSSA are currently looking into co-op research projects and security/emergency response exercises.

The HSSA is looking forward to continu-ing its successful trend of events and its increase in membership. All students are welcome to attend HSSA meetings in order to become involved in the reward oppor-tunities that are offered. Meetings are held every Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in COB 125.

Thomas DarraghHomeland Security Stu. Assn.

The HSSA and youThe term “runway incursion” has been

a popular topic of conversation lately and is always important issue in the aviation community. Many safeguards have been introduced to reduce the risk of an incursion. Pilots everywhere are adapting to become better, safer pilots. However, another dan-gerous issue is often overlooked. It is the exact opposite of an incursion– the runway Excursion.

An Excursion is not just a gas guzzling vehicle, it is when an aircraft unintention-ally exits the runway during the process of takeoff or landing, typically off the paved surface.

ICAO states that 3 of the 4 main areas of concern regarding excursions are pilot train-ing, non-stabilized approaches, and braking action. Here at ERAU we have hundreds of pilots training in these areas! So, what can each pilot do to help prevent a runway excursion?

First, the importance of flying the airplane can never be understated. A wise man once said, “The first rule of flying airplanes is just that, fly the airplane!” Often the focus dur-ing landing practice is on the approach, flare, and touchdown. While this is extremely important, the moment the wheels contact the surface, the landing is NOT over!

The common tendency at touchdown is to relax on all of the flight controls and apply

brakes. The goal at the end of the rollout should be:

1. Elevator in the full aft position 2. Aileron fully deflected into the wind. 3. Maintain centerline! How do we achieve that goal? As the

aircraft touches down, maintain the back-pressure required to hold the landing pitch attitude and assist with aerodynamic brak-ing. As the aircraft slows down, the eleva-tor becomes less effective and the force required to maintain that pitch attitude will increase. Only after the elevator reaches the aft limit, should the nose touch the runway. In addition, as the aircraft slows down after touchdown, the ailerons should gradually be increased into the wind.

The Airplane Flying Handbook insists that, “The landing process must never be considered complete until the airplane decel-erates to the normal taxi speed during the landing roll or has been brought to a com-plete stop when clear of the landing area.”

When the nose wheel has been lowered to the ground, apply smooth and even braking. If skidding occurs, just release some of the brake pressure.

There is no need to step on the brakes so hard that you see the inner cords of the tire, as this picture shows. When the aircraft is at a safe taxi speed, exit onto the next taxiway and bask in the glow of your awesome landing!

Aviation safety shortsPress Release

Aviation Safety Dept.

Greetings to the Class of 2013! The Senior Council is soliciting ideas for it’s parting gift to the University. In recent

years the council has donated binoculars/viewfinders to the AMS rooftop, legacy walkway plaques, new furniture, and various sights not credited throughout campus.

At other institutions, some examples

are scoreboards, ice rinks/ recreation-al fields, landscaping projects, gifts in honor or scholarship, memorials, or extending cost-prohibitive services.

This year, we challenge you to think of some ideas and submit what you would

like to see given to the institution as our legacy as the Class of 2013 .

Please submit your ideas to the Spring 2013 Senior Class Council President Paul Wirkowski at Paul.Wirkowski@my.erau.edu.

Send in your Senior class gift ideasAlan Larsen

Senior Class Council

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A3The Avion, February 12, 2013 Campus

About three years ago, a joint program between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Gray Matter Systems Inc. was created in order to explore the potential of state-of-the-art autonomous systems. As part of this initiative, ERAU was granted with a highly advanced sys-tem for driving cars autonomously.

The system consists of an autonomous 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid named “Plan-B” that was a semifinalist in the 2007 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge. This vehicle was built upon the same design policies that awarded Gray Matter Systems with the fourth place in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.

It is important to mention that a dis-tinguished member of the design team was Dr. Sergey Drakunov, Associate Dean for research and a Physical Sciences Professor here at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Now, Dr. Drakunov and Dr. Charles Reinholtz, Department Chair of the Mechanical Engineering department, are the co-directors of the GrayMatter-ERAU project.

In order to benefit from this state-of-the-art system, a group of ERAU stu-dents have decided to work on develop-ing a novel educational platform based

on the capabilities and potential of the Plan-B vehicle.

Our project, funded by Ignite and advised by Dr. Sergey Drakunov, Dr. Patrick Currier, and Dr. Charles Reinholtz consists of:

1) writing step-by-step user manuals for students and faculty so anyone inter-ested in working with the vehicle can learn how to use it properly;

2) the development of user-friendly software tools for analyzing its behav-ior;

3) the design of an “Autonomous Vehicle Awareness Agenda” in order to encourage students to conceptualize projects involving this systems; and

4) the creation and training of a per-manent “Autonomous Vehicle Display Team” conformed by students and fac-ulty for educational and official exhibi-tions, among several other ambitious goals.

This project intends to explore the full potential of the Plan-B vehicle as an edu-cational instrument for future students and investigators, for example, from a classroom tool for understanding basic mathematical and physical concepts, to a research platform for advance dynamics and control analysis.

More specifically, our intention as a team of students is to provide other students with new high-tech educational tools that will stimulate their imagina-

tion and enhance their learning process.This is why we want to encourage

students from different majors and levels of experience/knowledge to consider this system for their future investigations, senior design projects, and research.

As part of this goal, our team conduct-ed an “Autonomous Systems Awareness” survey at the end of last semester among 200 students in order to measure how much they knew about our university’s involvement in autonomous systems and robotics, and if they would like to get

involved, particularly in a project related to the Plan-B vehicle.

Finally, we would like to inform all the students that our team is working very hard in order to make this educational platform a reality, and we want to invite everyone who his curious or interested in our project to ask us any questions about it and the characteristics of the Plan-B vehicle.

You can contact us at erauteamgray@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ErauTeamGrayRaer.

February 2, 2013 - It’s 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning. One by one team members pull into the the Larsen Motorsports High Performance Vehicles Research Center at Embry Riddle’s Research Park in Daytona Beach Florida. Two 60 foot transporters they will leave for their next jet car test sessions were loaded the night before and sit idling in the dark parking lot ready to depart.

On board transporter #1 with Chris Larsen are Embry Riddle team driv-er Marisha Falk and her crew, Embry

Riddle engineering students Zach Wood and Mark Kaufman. On board trans-porter #2 with Elaine Larsen, driver of the Miller Welding/Matrix Systems Paint Jet Dragster are Andrew Larsen and new crew chief & engineering student Brian Tocci.

A big concern for the crew and tuners today is the weather. It’s near freezing at South Georgia Motorsports Park where the team will be testing the new dragsters only about three hours from now. The weather forecast looks like the tempera-ture won’t come up much which may be a huge problem.

Cold weather has hurt the team before. The custom racing afterburn-

er’s air/fuel mixture is nearly impossible to set at the cur-

rent tem-perature

due to a designed operating range that is best between 60 and 100 degrees outside air temperature.

In the past the team has experienced massive engine compressor stalls and flameouts in todays type of weather.

The entire drive Chris Larsen keeps checking the outside air temperature every few minutes to see if it is coming up. Just after 3 hours of driving with about 20 minutes to go before arriving at the track Chris smiles at Marisha. The temperature finally reaches 50 degrees.

“We are going to be okay”, says Chris. The team arrives at the track and unloads the two cars. “We have to perform like a Swiss Watch”, says Chris. “We are driv-ing over 7 hours today for about 12 sec-onds of track time per car. Today is a no mistakes day and every inch of track time has to count.” After prepping the cars the teams head to the starting line.

First up is Elaine in her brand new car. A quick pass down the track reveals a new engine oil leak but the rest of the car performed flawlessly. Now it’s Falk’s turn in the Embry Riddle car.

With the engine running at 105%

she pulls into the starting line beams and the light turns green. Off she goes in full afterburner. On the first pass the new Embry Riddle dragster sets low elapsed time of the round and top speed of the event!

Elaine and Chris Larsen are thrilled. “This may be the easiest new jet car we have ever run in.” says Elaine.

Chris Larsen claims,” This thing is ready to race.” Even more remarkable was that the team set low elapsed time and top speed of the event.

The team quickly services both cars for the next pass. “Just service the Embry-Riddle car only, don’t adjust anything.” says Chris Larsen. “We need to be sure it will back up what it just did.”

The oil leak on Elaine’s car turns out to be a loose fitting. A quick tightening of the fitting and normal between rounds service and it too is ready to race.

Both teams head for the starting line. Falk is first. Another blistering pass by the new Embry Riddle car backs up her low elapsed time and top speed for the day.

Not to be outdone, Elaine then lays down a run in full afterburner a run within .030 of a second of Falk’s time on only the second run of her brand new jet dragster!

“This is unbelievable!”, says 7 year veteran Crew Chief Mike Mathes.

With all of the data the teams need to obtain both cars are loaded back in their transporters and head back to Florida. Neither team can quit smiling. Thousands of hours of hard work paid off today. The new Embry Riddle car is race ready and

Elaine’s new hot rod may only require one more test session to tweak the after-burner fuel tune-up a little more before it is too.

After a seventeen hour day the exhausted team pulls back into the Larsen Research Center. For the first time in four weeks the entire team will get Sunday off. It’s almost race season, 2013 here we come!

New jet dragster sets top speedPress Release

Larsen Motorsports

Juan Alanso AlvaradoRobotics Association

Autonomous systems research

THE TEAM POSES WITH their autonomous Ford Escape Hybrid named “Plan-B”. The vehicle won fourth place in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. The team is looking for interested individuals to join the efforts.

PHOTO COURTESY ROBOTICS ASSOCIATION

PHOTO COURTESY/LARSEN MOTORSPORTS

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A4 The Avion, February 12, 2013SGA

January awards highlight leadersOn February 5th, the Academic

Committee was proud to award January’s Scholars of the Month, Steven Fox and Nicholas Martini. These students show outstanding talent inside and outside the classroom, and were nominated by their professors and peers for standing out and making the Embry-Riddle community a better place.

Steven Fox, a Mechanical Engineering major, works as a TA for the ME 305 machine shop lab. Fox shows great enthusiasm while at work and enjoys helping other students. Fox helps orga-nize labs and always shows profession-alism by being easy to work with and

flexible. When Fox isn’t at work, he is an

outstanding student, maintaining a high GPA and always strengthening his pas-sion for engineering.

Nicholas Martini, who is major-ing in Aerospace Engineering, is an Engineering Lead for a satellite project called Arapaima. Martini inspires other students by taking leadership roles, such as assisting in ERAU’s proposal to the Department of Defense officials for a “Low Cost CubeSat Mission for Three Dimensional Imaging of Resident Space Objects.” Martini is also a senior cadet in Air Force ROTC.

The Academic Committee also award-ed the first-ever Veteran of the Month last week at the Student Representative Board

meeting. Chris Hines, an Aeronautical Science major, is always enthusiastic about helping the Veteran’s Club.

Hines is always guiding new student veterans in the right direction and orga-nizing fundraisers.

Hines maintains high grades, has made the Dean’s List, and, according to his nominator, “enjoys anything related to aeronautics.” Congratulations, Chris!

In addition to these awards given, the Dr. Nancy Lawrence was selected for this month’s Students First recipient.

Dr. Lawrence was nominated by stu-dents for her dedication to the student body and community. Dr. Lawrence con-nects ERAU with the community by organizing campus tours for local stu-dents and Girl Scouts.

Dr. Lawrence is also the faculty advisor for the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, mentoring stu-dents through academic and personal challenges.

Dr. Lawrence was instrumental in host-ing Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Day on January 20th, which was attend-ed by the Mayor of Daytona Beach as well as President Johnson.

Dr. Lawrence inspires young people and sets a great example for her col-leagues. The Academic Committee is proud to name Dr. Lawrence as January’s Students First recipient.

If you know a student, veteran or pro-fessor who is deserving of these awards, please nominate them on the SGA web-site, on the academic committee page.

Gabrielle HoekstraCOE Representative

Election packets available nowAre you interested in becoming a stu-

dent leader on campus? The Student Government Association’s election pack-ets are now available!

Elections are being held for Executive Ticket (President, Vice President and Treasurer), as well as Student Representative Board members and Student Finance Board members.

Students may retrieve an elections packet for either of these positions at the

Student Government Association office. Packets are also available online.

To retrieve a packet online, go to the SGA website at http://sga.db.erau.edu/, or simply type “SGA” into the browser on any ERAU computer.

Then proceed to the “SGA Important Links” section on the right side of the home page, click the link entitled “SGA General Elections Packet.”

The link will take you to the page where you can select and download the packet of your choice. To retrieve a packet in the SGA office, please ask the

student assistant at the desk for the elec-tion packet of the desired position you wish to run for.

The elections packet contains an appli-cation, all pertinent dates, eligibility cri-teria, official duties of the elected student representative offices, all regulations concerning the elections, and the nomi-nation petition.

Please make sure you read the provided material carefully and follow instructions properly. This will help ensure a smooth-er packet completion for you.

All completed elections packets are

due no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013 in the student govern-ment office located in room 104 of the John Paul Riddle Student Center.

Late elections packets will be subject to all applicable sanctions as described within the Student Elections Committee Bylaws located inside your election packet. Incomplete packets will not be accepted under any circumstance.

If you have any questions about the elections packet or process, please feel free to contact the Elections Committee Chair at sga.elections@yahoo.com.

Jonathan RauchElections Committee

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A5The Avion, February 12, 2013 Student Life

The SGA Bonus Bucks program is designed to reward students for general involvement in on-campus activities to help provide students with the full Embry-Riddle expe-rience. Every Spring semester it is given an academic twist called Bonus Bucks: Academic Challenge.

For every activity attended, bonus bucks are awarded on entry, which will be totaled and used in an auction which takes place at the Flight Deck on April 10. The Bonus Bucks Academic challenge extends from January 7 to April 7.

The Academic challenge is aimed at getting students involved academically on campus. It works by giving bonus bucks for attending activities such as

the President’s Speaker Series, Academic department sponsored speakers, and all other academic-based events on campus.

This gives students opportunities to interact with other students in an aca-demic environment, and also to make

important connections and meet new, interesting people in their field of

study.In Fall 2012, $102,000 in

Bonus Bucks were distribut-ed from orientation through Homecoming. During that semester’s auction, 138 prizes

with a retailed value of $7,185 were auctioned off to students. Prizes ranged from Lego sets

to flat screen TV’s. To get the details on where activities are taking place, follow student activities on ERAU con-nection. As you attend more activities and get more bonus bucks, you can track your Bonus Bucks electronically through updates to your student account online on Blackboard.

Ibrahim AhmedGuest Reporter

Spring break is the time for students to get out, travel and have fun, but all that can be expensive. Here are some options to enjoy spring break on a dime:

Daytona Beach: Yes, we live on the beach 8 months (or more) out of the year, but Daytona Beach is still a Florida destination spot. For a list of events happening in the area go to the official Daytona Spring Break webpage www.daytonabreak.com.

St. Augustine: St. Augustine is only an hour away, and it is full of beautiful beaches and historic landmarks like the Ponce de Leon Fountain of Youth. It’s a great place for a day or weekend getaway.

Orlando: In just a short drive, you can visit one of the larg-est clusters of national tourist attractions. Tickets may be a bit pricey, but check for discounts to places like Disney World, Sea World and Legoland at the rec sports office in the ICI, or through AAA Travel.

New Smyrna: New Smyrna beach is right next door to us, and there are lots of places to visit there. You can see manatees or get a dolphin tour at the marine science center, or just hang out on the beach.

Alternative Spring Break: If none of these options suit you, several organizations on campus are offering alternative, inex-pensive spring break options for students that want to make a difference. For more information, visit contact the Volunteer Network.

From Feb. 1-3 some of the members of the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association, ERRSA, had to opportu-nity to take part in this year’s Florida Association of Residence Hall (FARH) conference.

This is a yearly leadership conference where delegations from residence hall associations all over the state of Florida gather together to share ideas, network, vote on legislation, and much more.

This year’s FARH conference theme was The Wizarding World of Leadership and was hosted in Jupiter, Florida by Florida Atlantic University. The Harry Potter theme was prominent throughout the whole weekend.

The first night delegations gathered in the auditorium that was decorated with dementors, howlers, and much more.

All were welcomed by the conference staff and the State Board of Directors. Everyone was then mesmerized by Jill Eckardt’s, the keynote speaker, advice on leadership in which she used Harry’s own progression in leadership as an example. Schools then preformed their Roll Call skits.

After the opening ceremony, there was an entertainment night in the Burrow complete with a viewing of A Very Potter Musical, foosball, pool, Wii, on site phi-lanthropy and many more.

The next day the delegations took part in various programming sessions that correlated with the theme. The pro-gramming sessions focused on Muggle Studies (diversity), Dumbledore’s Army (leadership), Department of Mysteries (Programming), House Points (Recognition), Care of Magical Creatures (Community service) and the Daily Prophet (Marketing).

In addition to this, the schools National Communications Coordinator’s, NCC’s, were able to conduct a very successful boardroom meeting, which included vot-ing on all the legislation to enhance and improve the FARH organization, and conducting elections for the next FARH State Board of Directors.

This was the first boardroom in years in which all the legislation has been voted on, as opposed to having it tabled to the next conference. The conference ended with a Yule Ball themed banquet where Corey A King, the first Director of FARH, gave an amazing speech on the organizations history as well as his personal experiences.

Various schools were also recognized at the event. The banquet was followed by Swap Shop, an event where schools get to trade swag with other schools. After this, everyone let loose at the final event of the night—the dance.

Overall, ERRSA had an amazing and successful time at this year’s FARH conference. The delegates got a lot of new ideas that will be brought back to the organization to improve ERRSA. Also, Embry-Riddle’s involvement on the state level continues to grow by hav-ing another member on the State Board of Directors.

This past year Catherine Cruz Agosto was the Associate Director for Recruitment and Retention. Embry-Riddle will continue to have a member on the State Board being that Branden Siegle was elected as the new Associate Director for Administration in the next year.

If you want to know more about ERRSA’s upcoming events, our rentals, or the organization, feel free to stop by our office on the second floor of the Student Village, TC205. You can also check us out on Connection, Facebook, foursquare, and errsa.com.

Elizabeth WorshamNews Editor

Bonus bucks: academic challenge

PICTURED ARE TWO RELICS from a bygone era before the advent of modern technology. Before the days of having bonus bucks tied to an individual’s Eagle card, these coins were handed out after events.

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Catherine Cruz AgostoProgramming Coordinator

ERRSA goes to Jupiter, Florida

Spring break: local places to see

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A6 The Avion, February 12, 2013Traffic Laws

As of February 2013 in the United States, thirty-nine states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all driv-

ers. Thirty-three states ban cell phone use by novices, and ten states, D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using hand held cell phones while driving.

Though in 2009 approximately 450,000

were injured and 5,474 people died due to distracted driving accidents, Florida is one of the few states that has no driving regulations whatsoever in regards to cell phones.

Many localities in the United States pass their own driving laws if their

state has no laws regarding cell phone use. However, Florida prohibits localities from making such laws.

Why is this the case? “Up to now, lawmakers here have decided it’s more important to preserve the freedom to read and type messages on a cellphone while driving, even though it risks death or injury for drivers, their pas-sengers, other motorists and pedestri-ans,” the Central Florida editorialized Nov. 14.

However, this dictates against 70 per-cent of Florida voters, by survey, who support a statewide text messaging ban.

As of February 7, Florida has at least five distracted driving bills prefiled for the 2013 legislative session. However, these will not be discussed until March.

One of these bills (Senate Bill 52), if passed, would outlaw texting, emailing and instant messaging from all drivers in Florida.

Any violations, according to this bill, would be considered a non-moving vio-lation. Two points will be added to a license if a handheld device is used in a school zones and six points if the user causes a crash.

Another Senate Bill (The Minor Traffic Safety Act) would just prohibit drivers under age of 18 from using a cell phone or other wireless communication device. If violated, the driver would have their license suspended for 30-days.

A similar House Bill (299) tried to be passed to ban texting while driv-ing however it was never considered as an option.

FALSE: I can park anywhere after 4 p.m.FACT: Between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. you can park in blue lots only.

FALSE: Motorcycles can park in parking spots and in circles around campus.FACT: Motorcycles can only park in designated motorcycle parking areas.

FALSE: I can only get a ticket if there is one on my windshield.FACT: Some moving violations, such as failure to stop at a stop sign or speeding

on campus, don’t allow the officer to put the ticket on the windshield. Therefore, tickets are mailed to the violator.

FALSE: If I graduate or leave the University I will not have to pay my parking tickets.

FACT: You cannot receive your transcript without paying parking tickets.

FALSE: If I park backwards, I won’t get a ticket.FACT: Patrol Officers routinely stop and check back windshields to insure decals

are present and valid.

FALSE: As long as I pay my parking tickets I don’t have to worry about any other repercussions.

FACT: Too many tickets can result in a Vehicle Immobilization boot and you may lose your parking privilege.

FALSE: If my friend drives the car, he/she will get the ticket.FACT: Each individual is responsible for any violation attributed to his/her

vehicle(s) regardless of who may be operating.

FALSE: On holidays, I can park anywhere I want on campus.FACT: Parking rules remain in effect during holiday break, summer vacations

and any other university closing (to include spring break and exam day).

FALSE: You can park in fire lanes for a short amount of time.FACT: Fire lanes are not a loading and unloading zone. Never park in a fire lane

for any amount of time. It could mean someone’s life.

FALSE: I can park anywhere I have seen another car parked before (on grass or unmarked parking areas).

FACT: You can only park in a proper parking space. Parking spaces are defined as spaces that have a curb stop or are marked with white paint.

FALSE: I can park in visitor’s and metered parking after 4 p.m.FACT: You can park in metered parking after 4 p.m., however visitor’s parking

is constantly monitored.

Campus Parking MisconceptionsHave you gotten a ticket on campus and had no idea why? Here are some common parking misconceptions debunked by a nifty pamphlet from the SGA office.

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Texting and driving is legal in FLAlena ThompsonManaging Editor

Up to now, lawmak-ers here have decided it’s more important to pre-

serve the freedom to read and type messages on a

cellphone...-Central Florida Editorial

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One afternoon doing work, a Facebook message appeared on my screen from an old teacher back home in Singapore. (Come on now, who does not have their Facebook open while working at a computer.) I was fairly close to this teacher back in the day and he encouraged me to pursue my dream of com-ing to this school.

I thought nothing of the conversation we were having until I asked why he was up at 3am in the morning over there. He told me that his daughter had been involved in a car accident in the Philippines and that the hospitals there were refusing her treatment because she did not have the cash to pay for it, as they did not accept credit cards.

The bit about the credit card seemed odd to me, but I had no clue where in the Philippines she was and how things worked there. I figured that he was up and a little dis-traught so I continued talking to him while he asked what he could do because none of the banks were open. I told him that he could

do Internet banking to which he responded he did not have such an account, which is possible given that he is 66.

I started to be suspicious of the whole situation when he asked if it was possible for me to transfer money to his daughter and would later pay me back once the banks opened. I said that it might be possible and to let me know more details. What set the red flags soaring was when he said that Western Union would be the best way to send the money and he asked for my zip code and exact address and location.

Bear in mind that this was not some random stranger on Facebook or a distant friend. To me, this person guided me during my formative years and had helped me get an important internship with the Aviation authorities and I trusted him. However, the line of questioning and the story was suspect, so I asked a question that only the real person

would be capable of answering, which was what class did he teach me, and what does he currently teach (I know that he retired, it was a trick question.)

The answer I got back was Marine Technology when the correct answer was

Aviation Law. I imme-diately said the he does not teach Marine Technology, to which he said that he was teaching that and Aerospace Technology now. Those were not names of classes, but programs the school

offered. By this point, the gig was up and I said

that I needed some proof of who he was and he said that I was from the Class of 2008 (easily obtained off my Facebook), and that he could recall my classmates, listing the names of some of them. While those were the people, the names were their Facebook names, one of which was not the real name

of the person. It would not have been diffi-cult to pull up the mutual friends list and start copying names of people who were listed as graduating the same time I did.

At this point, I stopped replying, which was when the scammer tried to use a guilt trip by saying that “If you don’t want to do it, that’s fine” and “Silence means you still don’t believe me.”

The point of this whole story is that we always hear about such things happening, but I never thought I would experience it first hand. After having some time to think about it, it made no sense that a 66-year-old man would have no idea what to do in a family emergency. What made less sense was that he would require the help of me, 10,000 miles away, when Singapore and the Philippines are just 1,500 miles away.

I will admit that at the beginning, I was ready to help him immediately, based on the history of our relationship, but with some well-placed questions, the fraud was appar-ent. I would just like the ERAU community to know that scams do happen and to not be a victim of such things.

Avoid sophisticated Facebook scamPeter Tan

Editor-in-chief

“What do you think of the new American Airlines logo and paintjob?”- Compiled by Adedolapo Awofiranye

“It’s sexy, I love the tail, that’s my favorite part.

The old stripes are boring.”

Kristin Stillwell

“Wow, I really like it. It really brings some patriotism into it.”

Travis Snow

“It’s simpler, I like it.“

Jared Coke

“I don’t like it, it’s ugly. I’m used to the old

livery”

Kadeem Smith

“I think it looks awesome, ‘merica!!.”

Don Kracheck

Student Forum

“What’s your favorite thing to cook and why?” - Compiled by Jonathan Nutzati

“Improvised Indian dish-es, they’re not exactly what they’re supposed to be but you make do

with what you have”

Yash Mehta

“Poutine,because you get the elegance of a

foreign dish while being simple to prepare.”

Jack Viera

“Chicken and Quinoa. It’s really healthy for

you, easy to make and keeps well in the fridge.“

Kirsten Miskovich

“Caesar salad, because I like salad”

Ionut Ionescel

“Whole fish. It tastes much better that way

and it’s fun to see your food looking back at

you.”

Eric Perrell

Student Forum

Photo courtesy/mkweb.co.uk

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

PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE: Vithawat ThurdnampetchAbdullah Bakur M BazaidNathan Francisco Powel

Brian Jospeh BaronBricen Evan Hoyle

PRIVATE MULTIENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Mark Andrew Fetters

INSTRUMENT RATING CERTIFICATE:Aaron Binyamin Sauerhoff

Miranda Beth ShivesConnor Patrick Wilm

COMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE:Alexander Charles Herrlinger

Luke Alden BuskettNathaniel Lewis Mcloughlin

COMERCIAL MULTIENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Kyungsun LeeHrvoje Bulic

Lauren Elizabeth McCall

COMERCIAL SINGLE ENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Jordan W Jones

Ricardo Antonio Torres Jr

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AIRPLANE CERTIFICATE:Donald Joseph Kracheck

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE:Michael Bradley Huber

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MULTIENGINE CERTIFICATE:Aaron James Riley

Congratulations

AUSTIN COFFEY/BUSINESS MANAGER

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B2 The Avion, February 12, 2013Sports

After trailing by as many as eight points in the first half, No. 21 Embry-Riddle outscored No. 12 St. Thomas 46-35 in the second half to take a 72-63 win over the Bobcats in Sun Conference action on Saturday night. The win improved the Eagle’s overall record to 21-6 overall (8-5 in league play) and moves the Blue and Gold into a three-way tie for second with Ave Maria and St. Thomas.

The Eagles’ were led by Jason Powell who tied a career-high with 19 points, while the bench scored 32 for Embry-Riddle, led by Jeremiah Applin (13 points) and Sam Ford (12). Cesar Pastrana (seven points) and DeForest Carter (seven points) led the Eagles on the boards with 16 and 10, respectively. The 16 rebounds are a career-high for Pastrana. As a team, the Eagles shot 35.8 percent (19-53) including 40.7 percent (11-27) in the second frame, and were 29-of-41 from the charity stripe.

The Eagles got off to a solid start, as Jason Powell gave the Blue and Gold a 5-0 lead in the first four minutes of play. ERAU fell out of rhythm quickly as the Bobcats went on a 14-2 run over the next 6:20 to take a 14-7 lead over the Eagles with 12:04 left in the first half.

Ford’s first basket of the night ended the run for the Bobcats and a pair of free throws from Powell pulled the Eagles to

within three (14-11) with 9:58 left in the frame. St. Thomas wasn’t ready to quit as Kevin Hincapie scored five of the teams next 10 points, including one of four first-half three-pointers, to give the Bobcats their largest lead of the night, eight points (24-16), at the 5:15 mark. The two teams traded baskets until a Billy Serle three, his only points of the night, cut the lead to four with 59 seconds to play in the half. Applin hit two free throws to cut the lead to 28-26 at the intermission.

After the Bobcats’ Demonte Simpson extended the lead to four, Powell and Daniel Mondragon scored on back-to-back possessions to tie the game. A minute later, Rico Saldana hit a pair of free throws to give the Eagles their first lead, 32-30, since the 16:12 mark of the first half.

The two teams would trade the lead six times over the next six minutes until Applin hit another three that sparked an 8-0 run by ERAU, extending the lead to 49-41, with 9:22 to play. However, Hincapie got hot again scoring nine of the next 11 points as STU went on an 11-0 run to take a three point lead at the 6:38 mark.

Simpson hit a free throw to tie the game at 55, the ninth tie of the game, before the Eagles were able to seize control. Powell’s free throw with 4:21 left in the game gave ERAU a 56-55 lead that they would not relinquish. The Eagles iced the game at the free throw line making 10-of-14 from the charity stripe in the final minute of play to escape with the 72-63 victory.

Hincapie led all scorers with 28 points, while Simpson added 10 points as the Bobcats moved to 18-8 overall and 8-5 in conference play.

The Eagles will be back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 13, when they return to Daytona Beach to take on Webber International. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.

BASEBALL Tuesday, February 12 @ 3:00 & 6:00pm at Brewton-Parker

Friday, February 15 @ 3:00 p.m. at #21 South Carolina Beaufort

Saturday, February 16 @ 12:00 & 3:00 pm at #21 South Carolina Beaufort (DH) WOMEN’S TENNIS Tuesday, February 12 @ 3:30pm at Rollins

Friday, February 15 @ 2:00pm vs Barry

MEN’S BASKETBALL Wednesday, February 13 @ 7:00pm vs Webber International

MEN’S TENNIS Thursday, February 14 @ 3:30pm vs Rollins

Saturday, February 16 @ 10:00am vs Barry

SOFTBALL Friday, February 15 @ 2:00pm at Brewton-Parker (DH)

Saturday, February 16 @ 1:00pm at Georgia Gwinnett (DH)

MEN’S GOLF Saturday, February 16 @ TBA vs Start to Finish

Sunday, February 17 @ TBA vs Start to Finish

Monday, February 18 @ TBA vs Start to Finish

WOMEN’S GOLF Sunday, February 17 @ TBA at World Golf Hall of Fame Invitational

Monday, February 18 @ TBA at World Golf Hall of Fame Invitational

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Saturday, February 17 @ TBA vs ERAU Last Chance

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Saturday, February 17 @ TBA vs ERAU Last Chance

Upcoming Sporting Events No. 21 Eagles’ Win Third Straight, Down Bobcats 72-63

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Zach ShoreERAU Athletics

ADEDoLAPo AWoFIRANyE/AvIoN

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B3The Avion, February 12, 2013 SportsBlue and Gold completes sweep of Fire with pair of Saturday wins

The NAIA No. 7 Embry-Riddle Eagles completed a three-game sweep of Sun Conference foe Southeastern on Saturday with a pair of close victories over the Fire, 4-3 and 3-1. The Eagles (6-1, 3-0) walked off for the second time in their young sea-son in the day's opener before riding the left arm of sophomore Stetson Nelson in the series finale to send the Fire (4-7, 0-3) to their third consecutive loss.

Embry-Riddle travels to Mt. Vernon, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb. 12 for a non-conference doubleheader against rival Brewton-Parker beginning at 3 p.m.

Chad Modomo allowed just one earned run to cross the plate over the course of 7.1 innings, but the Eagles were unable to put enough runs on the board before he exited the game in the eighth. However, the Blue and Gold continued the trend of scoring late with a walkoff win in the bottom of the ninth to secure the series win over Southeastern in Saturday's first contest.

Matt Jacobs dribbled a single just past the diving Southeastern second baseman with two outs in the ninth and Liam Goodall was waived around third and somehow was able to touch home around

a good block by the Fire catcher Robert Fram when the throw came in from shal-low right field, giving the Eagles a 4-3 win in dramatic fashion.

The Eagles struggled offensively to begin the game, not reaching the score-board until the bottom of the fifth when they trailed 1-0. SEU plated a run in the second when Bryan Muniz flew out to center field, allowing Corbin Weeks to tag from third and score an unearned run against Modomo and the Eagles.

As Modomo kept the game within reach, the Blue and Gold finally broke through when Tyler Robbins kicked off the fifth with a double down the right field line, moving to third when Jordan Johnson singled up the middle to put run-ners on the corners with no outs. Adam Cellini grounded out to third in the next at-bat, but Robbins was able to score on the play, tying the game at 1-1.

Two batters later, Jeff Lemon singled to center, bringing in Johnson from second and giving the Eagles their first lead of the day.

The Fire quickly answered by knotting the score at 2-2 when Weeks doubled in Dylan Siegel in the next half-inning.

Embry-Riddle loaded the bags in the sixth but was unable to re-take a lead and Modomo got out of a two-runner jam in the seventh when Phil Delisle smacked a line drive right back to the senior from Winter Park who calmly put it away to end the threat.

Southeastern claimed a 3-2 lead in the eighth after chasing Modomo from the game when Siegel reached second base with just one out in the inning. An errant throw by catcher Adam Cellini brought in Siegel's pinch runner Cory Light a few batters later as Eric Green was on the mound for the Eagles. But Green got out

of the frame without any further damage by striking out back-to-back Fire batters for the final two outs in the inning.

Robbins and Johnson proved to be the catalysts for another Eagle run in the bottom of the eighth after Robbins singled and later moved to second before scoring on Johnson's hit to left center, tying the game at 3-3.

Green worked around a single in the top of the ninth to send his team back to the plate with a chance to walkoff against the Fire, and they did just that when Goodall was called safe after slid-ing around the tag by Fram on Jacobs' RBI single.

Green (1-1) earned the win, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts. Modomo finished with 7.1 innings of work, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits with two Ks.

Johnson was 3-for-5 with an RBI and run while Robbins finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

In the series finale the show belonged to Stetson Nelson, a sophomore transfer from Winthrop University. Nelson, mak-ing his second appearance for the Eagles, was magnificent, allowing just four hits and one unearned run in a complete game victory for the Blue and Gold. The Eagles

broke their streak of six consecutive one-run games with a two-run win in the twin bill's conclusion.

The Eagles took an early 1-0 lead when Cellini plated Jeff Lemon with a sacrifice fly in the second against SEU starter Dimitri Nunez.

Southeastern got their only run in the fourth when Daniel Mims scored Light from third on a RBI groundout after Light, courtesy running for Steve Arango, was the beneficiary of an Eagle error.

Nelson set down the next seven Fire batters and in the bottom of the sixth the Eagles would give him all the runs he would need.

Kevin Lindheim singled with one out before moving to second on a wild pitch. A throwing error put Lemon on first and moved Lindheim to third for Goodall. The British Columbia native singled to right center, scoring Lindheim and moving Lemon to second. Jacobs came through with a double down the right field line that plated the third and final ERAU run of the game.

Light collected a hit in the seventh, but Nelson got the next eight SEU bat-ters to go down easily before Light again recorded a two-out knock in the ninth, but it was the sophomore lefty that ended the game by getting cleanup hitter Daniel Mims to ground out to third base to end the contest.

Nelson (1-0) tossed 9.0 innings, giving up just four hits and one unearend run while fanning a career-high eight batters on just over 100 pitches.

Both Goodall and Jacobs recorded two hits and each had a RBI while Lemon scored twice.

The Eagles are tied with Ave Maria, St. Thomas and Thomas at 3-0 atop the conference standings.

Ryan MosherERAU Athletics

SOUTHEASTERN 3EMBRY-RIDDLE 4

SOUTHEASTERN 1EMBRY-RIDDLE 3

Men’s Tennis beats Valdosta State

The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team swept all three doubles matches and won five on six singles contests to top Valdosta State 8-1, Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles, ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, improved to 3-0 on the year while the Blazers, ranked 13th in NCAA II fell to 0-3.

The Eagles scored two quick dou-bles points when Simon Felix and Kevin Chaouat teamed up for an 8-1 defeat of Joachim Schemm and Andrew Harvin on court three and Chris Freeman and J.R. Leonik bested Sebastian Javsyk and Tammo Haake by the same margin on court two.

At the top doubles spot, junior Patrick Besch and newcomer Deni Zmak teamed up for the first time this season. With

score tied at 5-5, the ERAU tandem broke Konstantin Kutschenko and Mario Navarro, then held serve to go up 7-5. VSU held serve to make it a 7-6 game, and Besch returned the favor, holding serve for an 8-6 win and a 3-0 Eagle advantage heading into singles.

It took less than an hour for Zmak to finish his singles match against Navarro and the ERAU freshman extended the Eagle lead to 4-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles. At the No. 5 singles spot, David Spennare made quick work of Harvin, earning a 6-1, 6-1 victory to clinch the Eagles' third win of the season.

After Miguel Lopez Gomez' straight-set (6-2, 6-1) win over Haake at the fifth spot, Freeman rebounded from a first-set loss to pull out a three-setter against Kutschenko, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 13-11. Felix's match against Schemm also went to three sets, but Felix was unable to ride the momentum of a second-set win, falling 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.

The final match off the court was at No. 4. After winning the first set 6-3, Anthony Grasso fell behind Jasyk 4-1 in the second. The ERAU freshman was able to rally and won the match with a 7-6 (3) second set decision.

The Eagles' next match will be at 3:30 on Thursday when they host sixth-ranked NCAA II opponent Rollins at the Crotty Tennis Complex.

VALDOSTA STATE 1EMBRY-RIDDLE 8

Alison SmallingERAU ATHLETICS

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C2 The Avion, February 12, 2013Entertainment

Three Philosophers Brewery: Ommegang Origin: Cooperstown, N.Y. Style: Belgian Quadrupel Ale Beer Note: Top Fermented, bottle conditioned, ale with cherry-lambic ABV: 9.8 Cellaring: Yes Body: Full Nose: Malty Color: Dark Mahogany Head: Rich Price: $10/4 Drink In: Chalice Pour: Slow Serving Temp: 509.67 -513.67 R (50 - 54F)

Three Philosophers Beer is not a beer for first timers, or those used to the bottom of the bar-rel beers; but rather for those who are tired of drinking the mad science experiments of craft brewers, and want a rich full bodied beer with a strong character. The beer has a strong taste of malts with mild hints of caramel and a tart tastes from the cherries used in the fermenta-tion process. Three Philosophers is a hearty premium beer with a great taste excellent for casual enjoyment by beer advocates who ap-preciate quality flavors. ~Floyd Perkinson

Reviewer Rating

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Warm Bodies is a healthy mix of com-edy, action and romance that makes it a good movie for all audiences. The movie is set in a post-apocalyptic zombie pan-demic where the only living survivors are stranded in a barricaded city with thousands of the dead moseying around outside.

The focus is on one zombie (Nicholas

Hoult from About a Boy and X-Men: First Class) who somehow maintains cognitive thought as he wanders around a long ago abandoned airport.

In this way, the viewer gets an inside look at what it’s like to be a normal person trapped in the body of a zombie. Life for this zombie seems to be going nowhere until his path comes across a human, Julie (Teresa Palmer from I am Number 4).

From that moment on, the still name-

less zombie begins a quest to “date” Julie which just might change how the world views zombies.

The movie is shot well and is enjoy-able throughout. The concept that zom-bies could be brought back to normal was certainly intriguing and provided a fresh look in the genre.

However, if you are looking for blood thirsty scenes with violent zombies, you may be disappointed. A few scenes of this nature do occur, but the focus is more on their hidden “human” side.

Overall, this movie is great for a date or just a relaxing afternoon. In conclu-sion, Warm Bodies receives a 3 ½ out of 5 jets because even though the film was worth seeing, it certainly wasn’t a cinema defining movie.

Please Remember to Drink Responsibly. Must be 21 or older.

Warm Bodies warms the heart

WARM BODIES

Alex PearceGuest Reporter

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Parker is Jason Statham’s latest action film, starring himself as the badass who can kill everyone in his sleep. The film is not outside the comfort zone of Statham’s acting but still manages to entertain and provide excitement.

Statham is well known for his hard-hitting action roles in films like The Expendables and Crank, he provides most of the heavy lifting for the action of the film. After being shot, stabbed, thrown out of a car, and the like; Statham’s character shows how much of a badass he is by walking away from all

this punishment. The action of Parker is what you’d expect from a movie starring Statham, very fast paced; underequipped; and unfa-vored towards Statham. Despite the genre of film there is plenty of character and plot development by the cast, though this won’t be what you’ll pay attention to.

Jennifer Lopez and Emma Booth provide the eye candy for the film which is just as good if not better than the action Statham brings. Booth who is starring in her first major film has several R-rated scenes in the film, that despite having nothing to do with the plot of them film make the movie more titillating.

Lopez who is well known for her buxom

and bodacious form has a strip tease in the film that drops jaws and makes Parker unsuit-able for a date movie unless you’re purposely looking to make your girlfriend irate. Though both Lopez’ and Booth’s characters take up backseat roles to Statham’s; they are defi-nitely not second to anyone in the film.

Parker’s action by Statham and the amount of scintillating scenes by Lopez and Booth earn Parker a rating of 3.5 jets out of 5.The film’s striptease and R-rated scenes make Parker definitely worth the price of admission compared to strip clubs in Daytona which will cost you three times as much and won’t show anything near the quality of the film.

Executive BoardEditor-in-Chief

Peter TanManaging EditorAlena Thompson

News EditorElizabeth WorshamBusiness Manager

Austin CoffeyPhotography Editor

Trey HendersonAdvertising Manager

Abby Diekmann Editorial StaffFront Editor

Elizabeth WorshamCampus Editor

Peter TanSGA Editor

Cassie JamesonFeatures EditorAlena ThompsonOpinions Editor

Christopher HealeStudent Life EditorAndy LichtensteinSports EditorsTrey Henderson

Comics & Entertainment EditorFloyd Perkinson Staff Members

Senior Photographers

Antoine DaugnyRichard Weakley

Staff PhotographersJayaraj Somarajan

Khaled Saeed

Staff ReporterAndy LichtensteinChristopher Heale

Guest Photographers Adedolapo Awofiranye

Guest ReportersIbrahim Ahmed

Alex Pearce

Page EditorsJoshua Nutzati

Jonathan Nutzati

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Parker wows audience

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Dilbert

Crossword

Today’s life quote

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water itself.-GRANT JOHNSON

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ACROSS1. Places that allow rats5. Hammed it up10. Leave nothing to chance14. Way into a mine15. One carrying on a trade16. First-rate17. Unreal quip (Part 1)19. Repetitive teaching teqhnique20. Martha Washington’s exclamation of surprise?21. Up and about22. Hosp. area for critical cases23. Cab passenger or payment25. Unreal quip (Part 2)32. Inscribed pillar33. Piccata meat34. Miracle-___ (brand of gardening products)35. “Blue” entity, on an old TV show36. patch or pipe material (Var.)38. Jumping stick39. Tic-tac-toe winner40. Barbeque nugget41. Put ___ to (end)

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