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Campus . . . . . . . . . . A2 Student Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . A6 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8 Tuesday May 24, 2011 Volume CXXXI Issue 1 Weekly Weather Tuesday High 86 Low 67 Partly Cloudy Wednesday High 86 Low 68 Partly Cloudy Thursday High 86 Low 70 Partly Cloudy Friday High 87 Low 70 Sunny Paschal named National Women’s Coach of the Year Campus A3 PHOTO COURTESY MANDARIN CINEMAS ERAU now 100,000 Eagles Strong Campus A2 The campus safety depart- ment would like to remind all students to park in lots that are allocated for their respective colored sticker. Previously on campus students with a valid green sticker can obtain a yel- low sticker from the parking services office at no charge. Campus Safety Announcement Clothing and Small Item Donation Drive The Diversity and Women’s Center, in C Building, Room 404, is hosting a clothing and small item drive for the Domestic Abuse Council. This drive will run all Summer long. If you have any such items, please stop by their office and donate. Potiche: The “Trophy” gets knocked off the shelf Ent. Inside A6 The Fitness Center Welcomes You! The Fitness Center would like to send out a big hello to all new and returning students! This summer we are offering some great programs that stu- dents can take advantage of. We have begun our Summer Group Fitness schedule, which includes classes in the group fitness room, as well as aqua classes in the pool. There are some new class- es on the schedule such as Kickboxing, with old favorites like Zumba and Yoga returning. If you are looking for a high intensity workout, we will be run- ning a modified version of both the Insanity and P90X programs. Come check them out and if you like them, you can do the whole program in the fall. If pool classes are more your style, we have a variety includ- ing Hydro-pilates and Hydro- cycle. We are the only pool in the area offering these classes. Use of the Fitness Center and all classes are FREE to students, faculty and staff; just bring your eagle card and a towel! If you are unfamiliar with the facility, the staff is happy to do an equipment orientation with you. We also offer personal training at a very low cost; you won’t find a deal this good at any other gym! For more information on our programs stop on by, check us out on Facebook (ERAU Fitness Center & Pool), or take a look at our website ERAU-Fitness.com. ~Megan Perry ANTOINE DAUGNY, JAMES AGENA GEORGES, RICHARD WEAKLEY, M,AY CHAN, PETER TAN/ AVION

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TuesdayMay 24, 2011

Volume CXXXIIssue 1

Weekly WeatherTuesday

High 86 Low 67 Partly Cloudy

Wednesday

High 86 Low 68 Partly Cloudy

Thursday

High 86 Low 70 Partly Cloudy

Friday

High 87 Low 70 Sunny

Paschal named National Women’s Coach of the Year

Campus A3 PHOTO COURTESY MANDARIN CINEMAS

ERAU now 100,000 Eagles

Strong

Campus A2

The campus safety depart-ment would like to remind all students to park in lots that are allocated for their respective colored sticker. Previously on campus students with a valid green sticker can obtain a yel-low sticker from the parking services office at no charge.

Campus Safety Announcement

Clothing and Small Item

Donation DriveThe Diversity and Women’s

Center, in C Building, Room 404, is hosting a clothing and small item drive for the Domestic Abuse Council. This drive will run all Summer long. If you have any such items, please stop by their office and donate.

Potiche: The “Trophy” gets

knocked off the shelf

Ent. Inside A6

The Fitness Center Welcomes You!

The Fitness Center would like to send out a big hello to all new and returning students! This summer we are offering some great programs that stu-dents can take advantage of.

We have begun our Summer Group Fitness schedule, which includes classes in the group fitness room, as well as aqua classes in the pool.

There are some new class-es on the schedule such as Kickboxing, with old favorites like Zumba and Yoga returning.

If you are looking for a high intensity workout, we will be run-ning a modified version of both the Insanity and P90X programs.

Come check them out and if you like them, you can do the whole program in the fall.

If pool classes are more your style, we have a variety includ-ing Hydro-pilates and Hydro-cycle. We are the only pool in the area offering these classes.

Use of the Fitness Center and all classes are FREE to students, faculty and staff; just bring your eagle card and a towel!

If you are unfamiliar with the facility, the staff is happy to do an equipment orientation with you. We also offer personal training at a very low cost; you won’t find a deal this good at any other gym!

For more information on our programs stop on by, check us out on Facebook (ERAU Fitness Center & Pool), or take a look at our website ERAU-Fitness.com.

~Megan Perry

ANTOINE DAUGNY, JAMES AGENA GEORGES, RICHARD WEAKLEY, M,AY CHAN, PETER TAN/AVION

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Executive BoardEditor-in-Chief ............................ Peter TanManaging Editor ..............Alena ThompsonNews Editor ................................Peter TanBusiness Manager .....................May ChanPhotography Editor .........Richard WeakleyAdvertising Manager .......... Ainsley Robon

Editorial StaffFront Page Editor .......................Peter TanCampus Editor ..................Ainsley Robson May ChanStudent Life Editor...........Alena Thompson Antoine DaugnyEntertainment .................Richard WeakleyComics Editor ..................Tilford Mansfield Copy Editor......................Alena Thompson

Staff AdvisorAaron Clevenger, Director of Student Activities

Contact InformationMain Phone........................(386) 226-6049Advertising Manager..........(386) 226-7697Fax Number.......................(386) 226-6727E-mail.......................theavion@gmail.comWebsite....................avionnewspaper.com

The Avion is produced weekly during the fall and spring term, and bi-weekly during summer terms. The Avion is produced by a volunteer student staff. Student editors make all content, business and editorial decisions. The editorial opinions expressed in The Avion are solely the opinion of the undersigned writer(s), and not those of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Student Government Association, the staff of The Avion, or the student body. Letters appearing in The Avion are those of the writer, identified at the end of the letter. Opinions expressed in the “Student Government” and “Student Life” sections are those of the identified writer. Letters may be submitted to The Avion for publication, provided they are not lewd, obscene or libelous. Letter writers must confine themselves to less than 800 words. Letters may be edited for brevity and formatted to newspaper guidelines. All letters must be signed. Names may be withheld at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The Avion is an open forum for student expression. The Avion is a division of the Student Government Association. The Avion is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. The costs of this publication are paid by the Student Government Association and through advertising fees. The Avion distributes one free copy per person. Additional copies are $0.75. Theft of newspapers is a crime, and is subject to prosecution and Embry-Riddle judicial action. This newspaper and its contents are protected by United States copyright law. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, in print or electronically, without the expressed written con-sent of The Avion. Correspondence may be addressed to: The Avion Newspaper, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. Physical office: John Paul Riddle Student Center, Room 110. Phone: (386) 226-6049. Fax: (386) 226-6727. E-mail: [email protected].

Campus

Embry-Riddle has come a long way since the school start-ed back in 1926. Starting out as a small flight training school in Cincinnati by John Paul Riddle, it was anyone’s guess of just how far his dream would go; from three graduates in 1926 to 100,000 alumni with the cur-rent graduating Spring class of 2011.

“It takes a while for a University to reach this level…” says Sara Withrow, Editor of Alumni Relations.

“…and this speaks for the school’s history and succes-sion,” Withrow continued.

Although there are 100,000 alumni on record, which includes anyone who has received a diploma of completion of their degree, there are over 100,000 alumni when you include the pilots of World War II and any others who received their pilot license. Regardless, the class of Spring 2011 made the number (on record), official and granted the prestigious honor of a stand-ing of 100,000 alumni.

The number is cumulative of the Daytona campus, Prescott, and all Worldwide campuses combined.

“It’s a great reason to celebrate,” says Michéle Berg, Executive Director of Alumni Relations.

“So, we are doing so at every graduation this year at all campuses.”

The arrival of the Daytona Beach campus in 1965 and Prescott campus in 1978 generated a significant rise in Embry-Riddle’s students and eventual alumni. At the same time Worldwide campuses began in Fort Rucker, Alabama and eventually grew to over 150 locations, none of which offer flight training.

The achievement of 100,000 not only brought celebration among current

graduates, but, included the likes of past alumni as well. In addition to the achievement a new scholarship, established originally by the Atlanta and New York alumni chapters, has been presented as well. The Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship will now be available to those students in need.

“The Scholarship was cre-ated in honor of Embry-Riddle’s 100,000 alumni mile-stone.” explained Christopher Carta, Associate Director of Alumni Relations.

It is no surprise that the

Class of 2011 has much to celebrate for at this year’s graduation, it is only appropriate that they wear the “We Made it Happen in 2011” t-shirts made by the Alumni Association in honor of the circumstances amidst.

“We’re just happy to have reached 100,000…” states Carta.

“... (And) we’re aiming for 100,000 more.”

This year’s graduates are now among the elite and a part of a historical achievement for Embry-Riddle. Michéle Berg, however, stated it best in the conclusion of her speech at Daytona Beach’s recent com-mencement ceremony.

“Even though you now say goodbye, we say hello. Welcome to the Alumni Association,” Burg added.

Paul Anderson, a member of the 2011 graduating class, stat-ed, “100,000 alumni. I cannot express in my brevity the sheer enormity of this number. I am proud to be one amongst this profound collective of educated individuals willing to assume the challenges of a flourishing aerospace industry. I offer my heartfelt gratitude to Embry-Riddle for endowing me with the capacity for the academic and professional development requisite of such a globally-engaged industry. I am pre-pared to become a credit to my profession as one of the 100,000 strong: aviation and space tech-nology will soar upon the wings of the honorable Eagles.”

University celebrates 100,000 alumni milestone

... this speaks for the school’s histo-ry and succession.

-Sara Withrow

Hannah LonghornStaff Reporter

PHOTO COURTSEY OF ALUMNI RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

The Class of 2011 hits the town before graduation

As graduation approached last weekend, the members of the graduatingn class took time off from packing and meeting their family members, who were coming into town to celebrate gradu-ation with them, to say goodbye to Daytona Beach. The graduat-ing class could be found participating in the Senior Class Crawl on Thursday, May 12 and enjoying the Daytona 500 Experience with family members on Saturday, May 14 at for the Senior Lift-off Party.

The Senior Class Crawl that took place on Thursday, May 12 included approximately 250 students, accord-ing to Paul Bell, Associate Dean of Students and the Senior Class Advisor. Students could be found at Sickboys, Mc K’s, or Stingrays, which are all located on Beach Street, throughout the night.

On Saturday, May 14, the graduates were treated to a reception put out by the Alumni Relations Office. At this event, students and their families were able to talk to each other and enjoy the Daytona 500 Experience, which was opened just for them. According to Edmond Odartey-Williams, Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Advisor for the Student Alumni Association, the evening event had about 1,000 attendees

At the event, Dr. Richard Heist, PH.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for the Daytona Beach Campus, took some time to talk with the graduates and their families. Also at the event were representatives from both Career Services and Graduate Admissions. The graduates were also able to talk to other alumni who were in attendance. There was also an appearance by Embry-Riddle’s own mascot, Erine.

~Ainsley Robson

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MOBILE, Ala. -- The sec-ond-seeded Embry-Riddle men’s tennis team opened play in the 60th annual NAIA National Championship with a 5-1 win over William Carey (13-10), Wednesday at the Mobile Tennis Center. The Eagles, who earned a first round bye, won two out of three doubles and three singles matches to advance to the quarterfinal round on Thursday.

Adrian Bayh and Patrick

Besch registered the first point for the Eagles with an 8-2 defeat of Younes Hidass and Toni Gauta at No. 2 doubles. At the third doubles spot, the ERAU duo of Peter Francis and Simon Felix fell behind 5-4. With Francis serving, the Eagles battled back to tie score at 6-6, broke the Crusaders twice and held on Felix’s serve to take the match 8-5 and put the Blue and Gold up 2-0.

Playing only their third match of the season togeth-er and their first since Mar. 19, Jan Hoekzema and Chris Freeman got an early lead on Jody Classen and Thomas Rizk, but the Crusader pair battled back to move ahead 6-5 at the top spot. The Eagles tied things up at 6-6, but the next point went to the Crusaders and that see-saw trend continued, resulting in

an 8-8 deadlock. Classen and Rizk mananged to get the only team point for the Crusaders with a 7-2 win in the tie-breaker, making the team score 2-1 in favor of Embry-Riddle heading into singles play.

Besch was the first to fin-ish his match at No. 3 singles as he made quick work of Rizk with a 6-1, 6-3 win. Felix followed with a straight set win of his own, downing Ribalta 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 sin-gles. The Eagles had match point on courts one, two and six. David Spennare won the race for the clincher, topping Ivanov 6-2, 6-2 to help seal the Eagle win.

The Eagles improved their overall record to 15-6 on the year and will play Point Loma Nazarene, who advanced courtesy of a 5-2 win over Union (Ky.), in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Match time is slated for 9 a.m. (CST).

MOBILE, Ala. – Members of Embry-Riddle’s 2011 men’s and women’s tennis teams were recognized for their accomplishments throughout the year at the 2011 NAIA Banquet of Champions, Monday at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel. The banquet provided an oppor-tunity for recognition of the 24 men’s and 24 women’s tennis teams that will com-pete in the 60th annual NAIA National Tournament, which begins on Tuesday morning at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center.

Headlining the list of Embry-Riddle honorees was Head Coach Dave Paschal who was tabbed as the NAIA National Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year. Now in his seventh season, Paschal has guided the ERAU women’s team to perhaps the best cam-paign in program history.

The Eagles swept through conference play with a 6-0

record and won their sec-ond consecutive conference tournament title to secure an automatic bid to the national tournament. After achieving the highest national ranking in program history of No. 2, they enter the national tour-nament with a 20-3 overall record.

Paschal was also tabbed as the men’s South Region Coach of the Year. The Eagles won their seventh straight conference regular season and tournament titles and after earning an automatic bid, they are also seeded No. 2 in the tournament field. They are 14-6 on the year and will open tournament play on Wednesday after receiving a first-round bye.

ERAU Newcomer Ekaterina Kamendova gar-nered ITA/NAIA Women’s Player to Watch recognition. A transfer from Washington State, Kamendova joined the Eagle line-up in January and worked her way into the No. 2 spot in singles and dou-bles. Ranked ninth in the ITA national singles poll.

Kamendova earned The Sun Conference Player of the Week honors twice in 2011 and was selected as the NAIA National Player of the Week on Apr. 13. She is 18-5 in singles and 23-1 in doubles in tandem with Rocío Frej Vitallé.

Jan Hoekzema was selected as the South Region Senior

Player of the Year. Despite being plagued by injuries throughout his senior cam-paign, Hoekzema still man-aged to win both of his league matches and has a 4-4 singles record in dual match play. A first team All-Conference selection, Hoekzema has partnered with four different players this year and has an

8-4 overall doubles record.Hoekzema and Charlie

Rice were also recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom, earning Academic All-Conference honors. Hoekzema holds a 3.767 grade point average in Business Administration, while Rice, who captured the USTA/ITA regional singles and doubles

titles, has a 3.634 GPA in Aerospace Engineering.

Both teams will begin national tournament play on Wednesday against oppo-nents who will be determined after first-round play con-cludes on Tuesday. The men will take the court at 9 a.m. (CST) followed by the women at 1 p.m. (CST).

HEAD COACH DAVE PASCHAL was named the NAIA National Women’s Tennis Coach of the year in his seventh sea-son. Jan Hoekzema was selected as the South Region Senior Player of the Year despite injuries.

PHOTO COURTESY EMBRY-RIDDLE PHOTOGRAPHY

Paschal named National Women’s Coach of the YearAlison C. SmallingERAU Athletics

End of Spring Yard Sale

ERAU’S FIRST YARD SALE was held at the end of the Spring semester. Various vendors came to sell their wares, including Eagles FM with old audio equipment.

NICK CANDERELLA/THE AVION

Vertical Takeoff Automated Control System (VTOL)

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Embry-Riddle women’s ten-nis team was successful in its first match of the 2011 NAIA National Championship, downing Indiana Wesleyan 5-0, Wednesday at the Mobile Tennis Complex. The Eagles

handed the Lady Wildcats (22-2) their second loss of the season and improved to 21-3 overall. The win also gave ERAU Head Coach Dave Paschal his 100th win at the helm of the ERAU women’s tennis program.

The Eagles took a quick 3-0 lead after doubles play, dropping only two games in the process. The top-ranked duo of Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström downed Andrea Meyerling and Lauren Wilson 8-1 to score the Eagles’ first point of the contest. Kristina Márová and Paola Montero bested Caitlin McGuire and Aubrey Lohser by the same margin at the No. 3 spot and Ekaterina Kamendova and

Rocío Frej Vitallé blanked Lisa Massey and Eva Delk 8-0 at the No. 2 position to com-plete the doubles sweep.

Singles play saw Caroline Nilsson register a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kristen Futrell on the sixth court to extend the Eagle advantage to 4-0. The clincher came at No. 3 singles where Frej Vitallé dispatched Delk 6-0, 6-2 to seal the win The Eagles will be back in action at 1 p.m. on Thursday when they take on Concordia (Calif.) in the quarterfinals. Concordia advanced after holding off ERAU’s Sun Conference rival SCAD Savannah 5-4. Thursday’s quarter-final match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. (CST).

Assistant Professor

MarcCompereCollege of Engineering:

Mechanical Civil Engineering Science

Professor of the Week

Previously Taught Courses:ME 303: Vehicle DynamicsME 495: S/Ware Imp. Desn.

ES 201: StaticsMA 599: Special Topics

Student Comments:

“”

Dr. Compere has made an impact on my life by challenging me to be a better leader, a better student, and a better person through education, inspiration, humor, and large life experiences

-Yung Wong

“ ”He is a genuinely nice person who always made time for you whenver you need assistance.

-Ayana Rennes

“ ”Dr. Compere has aspired me to new heights of Engineering that will forever change my life.

-Darick Alvarez

Submit YOUR favorite professor along with a quote to: [email protected]

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Alison C. SmallingAthletics

ERAU Women’s Tennis Blanks Wildcats 5-0 in Tourney Opener

EMBRY-RIDDLE 5CRUSADERS 1

Alison C. SmallingAthletics

Eagles Down Crusaders 5-1

THE VERTICAL TAKEOFF STABILITY control system study is completed through a special independent research conducted by Professor Greiner from the Aeronautical Engineering Department using an F35-B model and an Arduino micro-controller.

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A4 The Avion, May 24, 2011Student Life

As students head to their Engineering classes, head in books or chatting away with friends, many are oblivious to the slightly dusted display on the first floor of Lehman Building that is slowly chang-ing the world around them: the ERAU Water Purifier Project.

The ERAU Water Purifier project consist of a team of students from a variety of major under the guidance of both Dr. Marc Compere and Dr. Yan Tang who are esteemed professors of the College of Engineering.

The project began under the encouragement Marc Compere with a hope to com-bine the skills of student engi-neers to make a difference in the world: the ERAU Water Purifier. With donations from sponsors, a water purifier designed by students can be installed to any rural location in need of clean water.

The filter not only removes the sediment, metals and other toxins from the water but also additionally elimi-nates any micro bacteria with a UV light. This is addition-ally done without any need for power lines; the system is self-sufficient.

The first ERAU water project is displayed in Lehman building, pure-ly solar and wind powered. Through this system, the water goes through a multistage filter and UV light to finally output clean, drinkable water. However, Version 1 was both small and dif-ficult to transport of rocky terrain.

Thus, Version 2, nicknamed “Project Haiti,” was created to compensate. Version 2 was created under the work of Marc Compere and Darick Alvarez, Aerospace Engineering stu-dent during the summer to provide clean water for an orphanage after the devastat-ing January 2010 earthquake.

The Anne Clemande Julien

Foundation Orphanage received the water filter in June 2010 with Marc Compere and Darick Alvarez person-ally installing it with the assis-tance of missionary students. This water system, por-table in a black container, is run purely on solar panels and continues to pump clean water for all.

The ERAU water project does not stop there. They are currently building and testing Version 3 under student lead Yung Wong. Version 3 will provide clean water for another orphanage in Haiti consisting over six hun-dred children and staff. These children will, for the first time, have clean water that can provide a lifetime of health benefits.

With funding from ERAU President, Dr. John Johnson, six students including Yung Wong, and two profes-sors including Marc Compere, plan to install the water purifier in August 2011. The system is additional-ly planned include a small lighting system for nighttime use.

The future hope of the ERAU Water Purifier team is to receive funding from EPA for an even more portable sys-tem: a water purifier back-pack.

Hoped to be given to disaster relief foundations, the backpack will be used by rescuers to provide clean water to any remote area. With only a water supply needed, clean water can be pumped by the backpack to be given to disaster relief vic-tims.

With the help of the Embry-Riddle students, faculty and Alumni, the ERAU water filter project will soar to great heights. As Dr. John Johnson said, “We are more than high-tech, we are high touch.”

If anyone is interested in assisting, student or profes-sor, sponsoring, or have ideas for other facilities in need of clean water, please contact Yung Wong at: [email protected].

Helping others with ERAU Water Purifier ProjectAlena ThompsonManaging Editor

THE ERAU SOLAR POWERED water puirifier team designed and implemented a solar powered water purifier system that purified any contaminated water to make it drinkable. The team has sent a solar powered water purifier system to a third world country, Haiti, and is continuing to develop new systems. Marc Compere and Darick Alvarez made the first trip to Haiti in order to deliver the system.

PHOTO COURTESY ERAU WATER PURIFIER PROJECT

“Why Are You Taking Summer Classes?” - Compiled by Antoine Daugny

“Summer classes are easier.”

Yoshi DavisJunior

Aviation Maintenance Science

“Because I want to finish early and I have

nothing else to do.”

Ben WacharapairojJunior

Aviation Maintenance Science

“To complete my flight minor, so I can focus on engineering during

the year.“

Kristen KasperSophomoreMechanical Engineering

“Teachers are more laid back during the

summer.”

Suwat KayothaSenior

Aerospace Engineering

“Working on a UAV project.”

Randy BreinganSenior

Software Engineering

“To catch up with the curriculum.”

Jeffery PattonSophomoreAerospace Engineering

Student Forum

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A6 The Avion, May 24, 2011Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment pro-duced yet another excellent film following one of The

Avengers in their back-story. The first noticeable change

in this film versus the oth-ers Marvel Studios has pro-duced so far is the source of Thor’s super powers. Neither a mutant nor an altered human, Thor is a man from another realm. His realm deals with magic and science, but it is apparent throughout the film how little science is actually involved. Iron Man and The Hulk have back-stories loaded with science fiction, but Thor represents the beginning of the Marvel films where mysticism really starts to show in the Marvel Universe.

The cast for this film includes famous actors like Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, and Stellan Skarsgård as Dr. Selvig, with the lesser known Chris Hemsworth as Thor.

On the screen I found Miss Portman’s role to have less strength then her usual per-formance. Hopkins as Odin upheld his staunch reputa-

tion as a good actor. I’ve seen Skarsgård in a number of films and I have always found his acting to be very good.

I have never seen Chris Hemsworth before this film, but his expression of Thor was very good and hopefully we’ll see him in more films.

The visuals really made this film. In this story there is a giant fire breathing robot, many frost biting giants, and heroes of the Norse Realms. A huge plot device in this film is the interstellar or dimensional rainbow bridge, which is an awesome concept and one of the only science fiction essenc-es in the movie. The action in this film is lacking from what you would expect of the God of War, but it was adequate enough for my appetite.

I found this film had a lot of potential but it definitely could have been better. I recommend this film to Marvel fans and those who like special effects and for that reason I give it a 3.5 airplanes out of 5.

Getting Marvelously Hammered by Thor

Thor

Tilford MansfieldComics Editor

WITH LOTS OF SPECIAL effects, the Norse God of War provides everyone with a smash-ingly good time. Newcomer Chris Hemsworth makes a name for himself with this blockbuster movie. The film does justice to the comic book series, unlike a certain green giant movie.

PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Trophy wife turns boss

Potiche, “trophy wife,” is a humorous, inspirational for-eign film that will touch the

heart of any college student. Though you may have to go a little out of your way to find this newly released English dubbed French movie, it is well worth the effort.

Catherine Deneuve stars as seemingly innocent tro-phy wife, Suzanne Pujol, of a rich, terribly estranged fam-ily: promiscuous Monsieur Pajol, a revolutionary son and an authoritarian daughter. Additionally one of her best friends is the ideal communist Mayor, Maurice Babin also known as the French actor Gerard Depardieu.

Suzanne Pujol is the ideal typical housewife of the 1900s. With her day filled with abstract poetry, garden-ing, and sewing, her life is anything but desirable to the modern woman. However, she continually assures her fam-ily she is perfectly content with her “many” tasks. She is additionally the only person in the world oblivious to her

husband’s affairs. However, when her hus-

band’s idiocy causes him to become temporarily inca-pacitated to work at head of his prison-looking umbrella industry, all heads turn to the completely inexperienced Suzanne to serve as the ad hoc manager.

With strikes rampant by the newly formed unions, profits down and the world against women working, Suzanne has to try to pull together the industry and not let it fall to pieces.

The trials Suzanne goes through and her one of a kind approaches can be described as nothing more than humorous and extraordi-nary. It also supports the idea that everything is better with a little “women’s touch.”

The movie is rated R due to some sexual scenes that adds to the comedy, but this is only done in a few scenes and is not a main feature or a main selling point.

Potiche

Alena ThompsonManaging Editor

A HUMOUROUS HEART WARMING tale of how a trophy wife has the mantle of leadership thrust upon her is the core of Potiche. This English-dubbed French film is humorous and inspirational, and is one of the more interesting foreign films out there.

PHOTO COURTESY MANDARIN CINEMA

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