Volume 10 Issue 12

Hospitalized with a 104-degree fever Saturday night, freshman forward Shannen Wacker recovered to score the biggest goal in team history.

In its fi rst season of NCAA Division I post-season eligibility, top-seeded FGCU won its fi rst ever Atlantic Sun tournament title when the Eagles beat No. 6 Mercer, 1-0, in double-overtime in the championship game.

With the win, the Eagles earned an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament—the fi rst such appearance for FGCU in any sport—where they will face Florida at 7 p.m. Saturday in Gainesville in the opening round.

The No. 2 regional seed Gators (16-7, 7-4 SEC) beat FGCU (14-4-2, 7-1-1 A-Sun) 5-0 on Sept. 11 in Gainesville.

The names of players such as Stephanie Powers, Gina Petracco, Olivia Elias, Kathleen Hunter, KC Correllus, Ashley Ciesielczyk, Brittany Burt, and, yes, Wacker, among many others, will forever be etched into the history of FGCU athletics.

The path to Sunday’s victory was anything but easy, as the Eagles faced last year’s A-Sun tournament champion, Mercer.

Mercer had defeated No. 3 Jacksonville and No. 2 ETSU to make it to t h e championship game.

It was a grueling defensive struggle t h r o u g h r e g u l a t i o n . E a c h d e fe n s e w a s

able to hold the opposing offense scoreless for the 90 minutes of regulation play, and through the fi rst overtime period.

Then, in the second overtime, with a little more than four minutes remaining, freshman forward Wacker made history when she received a header from senior forward Gina Petracco, and one-shot the ball into the right corner of the net, giving FGCU the victory.

Wacker felt good coming through for a senior class that has waited patiently for a post-season opportunity.

“It’s a great feeling,” Wacker said. “The seniors wanted it, I wanted it, we all wanted it. I’m so glad I could help them (the seniors) get there. We built our

way up a mountain, and we just kept climbing the whole way. We just wanted it so bad, and this is what happens when you want something.”

S e n i o r defender

Hunter, who stayed a fi fth season after redshirting her sophomore year and who is one of the founding players of FGCU’s soccer program,

couldn’t describe her feelings.“It’s kind of an unreal

experience (winning the A-Sun Championship),”

Hunter said. “It’s all kind of hitting me still.”

The moment has to wear off

quickly, with the Gators

looming o n

Saturday night.FGCU appreciates being the

underdog and looks forward to avenging the blowout loss to Florida in September.

“It’s what we’ve been working for all year and I’m just happy to be a part of it,” said senior goalie Powers, who recorded her 31st career shutout on Sunday, which extended her A-Sun record for most shutouts. “Hopefully we can make a run. We’re the underdog now looking for a shot.”

Redshirt senior defender KC Correllus says it helps having seen Florida before.

“We knew we were going to get someone big,” Correllus said. “We had either Florida State in mind or UCF. Obviously we’re the underdogs, and will be ready to go. We’re excited. We’ve seen them before. It wasn’t a very good game for us when we met before, but we know how they play and it’ll be challenging.”

FGCU coach Jim Blankenship believes it is another big moment in what has already been an historic season.

“I think it’s huge (the run to the NCAA tournament),”

B l a n k e n s h i p said. “It’s e v e r y t h i n g , to be the fi rst team in the history of the university to

go to the NCAA tournament, the

respect it gains for our kids, and all

the hard work they’ve put into it to get this

opportunity.”

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–Shannen WackerFreshman forward on scoring

the game-winning goal

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Immokalee Foundation: Volunteer at the live auction on Nov. 11 at the Ritz-Carlton Naples Beach Resort. Table hosts are needed 7 to 10:30 p.m. Must wear black pants, black shoes and black socks. Free polo shirt will be provided. Contact James Graves at [email protected] or 239-404-2024.

Beauty from Ashes: Outreach gift and care package assembly for survivors of commercialized sexual exploitation (CSE) and human sex trafficking on Nov. 11, 9 a.m. to noon. Call 239-939-9218.

Early Learning Coalition: Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Coral is hosting a book shower for the Early Learning Coalition on Nov. 12. Need help with setting up, serving meals, and cleaning up. Contact Kim Kanefke at [email protected].

PACE Center for Girls: Help out with activities with the girls, help setup and help clean up at the “Be Who You Want To Be” party on Nov. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Contact Andrea Lizarazo at [email protected]. FGCU students are coordinating this event. PACE also has great volunteering opportunities available if you are interested in working with them.

Take Stock in Children: Set up and clean up at the Strides for Education 5k Walk/Run on Nov. 19 from 6:15 to 10:30 a.m. in Naples. Make a difference for low income children. Contact Trisha Yeggy at [email protected] or 239-657-2461.

C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention: Need volunteers for the fifth Annual Survivors Stepping Out event on Nov. 19. Please call 239-931-1200 for more information.

Goodwill Industries: Ring in the Holidays at the 5th annual Festival of Trees at The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, downtown Fort Myers. 25 elaborately decorated trees will be on display along with lots of other holiday fanfare. Days and times available: Nov. 25 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov. 26 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov. 27 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Nov. 28 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov. 29 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dec. 1 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dec. 2 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Art Walk and Holiday Stroll). Contact Natalie Strata at [email protected] or 239-995-2106 x249.

The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW): Enjoy live music while volunteering at the 30th annual Taste of the Islands on Nov. 13 at the Sanibel Community Park. This event is CROW’s biggest fundraiser featuring 20 island restaurants. Opportunities are available both before and during

the event. Tolls are reimbursed if you save your receipt. Please visit tastesanibelcaptiva.com/contact.php to fill out a volunteer form.

The Caloosahtchee River Citizens Association: Help with the 2011 Caloosahatchee River Ride on Nov. 13 from 6 to 10 a.m. Contact Keith at [email protected] or 239-533-8600 (Lee County Environmental Laboratory).

FGCU Food Forest is here on campus. They need students to help with their botanical collection of edible species every Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until mid-November. Sign up online at http://fgcufoodforest.weebly.com/service-learning.html.

Cape Coral High School is partnering with Heartland Gardens to put in a 500 sq. ft. garden on their campus. They are looking for volunteers of various commitment levels and hours. Please contact Lori Kaminski at [email protected].

Pinewoods Elementary School: This school is unique in its passion for sustainability and environmental education. The Explorer’s Club is for 5th grade students interested in making the school greener in different areas such as maintaining the Japanese Garden, developing the butterfly/herb garden, maintaining the five senses garden and beautifying the campus with environmental art. Need college student role models to help facilitate, plan and organize the club meetings, as well as plan educational presentations and activities for the students. The program meets every Thursday from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., and extra hours awarded for students who prepare presentations or activities. Contact Laura Layton at [email protected].

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, sunscreen and bring work gloves if you have them. No shorts or tank tops. Bring water. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last-minute requests. Give 4-5 lead time. If you commit, then can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at [email protected].

Heartland Gardens: Assist at their mini-farm on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? Contact Andrea at [email protected] or call 239-689-4249.

FGCU Circle of Friends

Wanted: Readers, Writers, Adders or Subtracters. Do you enjoy working with children? Circle of Friends partners FGCU students with local schools in need. Preschoolers through adults need your help. You can work at a school minutes from campus or one far away and close to your home or work. You must tutor one hour each week for an entire semester. Applications for spring semester tutoring are now being taken. The deadline to apply is Nov. 24. Check out the Circle of Friends website: www.fgcu.edu/friends and click on “What’s New” to see all of the schools participating and their requests. If you have questions, please email Karyn Everham at [email protected] or call 239-590-7031.

FGCU Athletics: Students have the opportunities to help with game day operations in serving as ushers for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball and timers for Swimming and Diving. The students have a chance to interact with the athletics staff and learn the interworking for intercollegiate athletics. For further details contact Will Pitt at [email protected] or 239-590-7055.

Three Oaks Middle School: Their reading teachers and media specialist could really use some volunteers to read with struggling students and/or reshelve books. Serve as a mentor once a week. Contact Debbie Fite at [email protected].

Collier County Neighborhood Stories Project: Are you an aspiring journalist, history buff, researching machine? Be a film researcher. Help with this grassroots effort to document stories in the community of human rights violations that are ignored daily. Work with an experienced filmmaker. Help tell a story that’s never been told before. Contact Grey Torrico at [email protected].

The Quality Life Center: Love to cook? Looking for volunteers to assist with developing a meal and create a family oriented environment for the youth. Contact Angela Pena at 239-334-2797.

Lee Memorial Arts in Healthcare: Help the sick and the disabled with art projects four hours a week. No artistic talent necessary. Contact Kathy Iwanowski at [email protected] or 239-343-2633.

DasHuh (That’s Her) Basketball Foundation: Multiple opportunities. Help with the following: website design, press releases, grant writing, graphic design and coaches. Contact Shannon Graham at [email protected] or 239-357-6791

Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT): Do you have a talent for marketing? Do you want to take the lead and

help this nonprofit agency with a development plan? Do you have 2 to 3 months available? This opportunity will look great on your resume. Contact Honara Jacobus, Development Coordinator, at [email protected] or 239-939-2553.

Philharmonic Center for the Arts: Numerous opportunities. After filling out a Volunteer Profile, you’ll be interviewed, trained and then assigned. Assignments include Archivist, Docent, Lobby Desk, Museum Library, Museum Store, Music Library, School Activity Volunteer, Jewelry, Will-Call at Box Office. Contact David Varisco at [email protected] or 239-254-2779.

Harry Chapin Food Bank: Sort and pack food for the hungry. Work 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday (no afternoon shift on Friday or Saturday). Proper attire required: closed toe shoes (no sandals), jeans or shorts (shorts length must be at least to your fingertips) no tank tops or bare midriff tops. Contact Bedzaida Bryen at [email protected] or 239-334-7001 x141.

The College Reach Out Program (CROP): Local middle and high school students are starting a chapter at Estero High School. There are 10 students who want to join the program but have limited English skills. Right now, they only speak Spanish. Need a mentor/translator to meet with students every Thursday from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Contact Susan Genson [email protected] or 239-590-7836.

The Rushman-Micah Angel Foundation: Are you computer savvy and want to work from home? Help update the RMAF website and Facebook page. RMAF is taking a lead role in bringing awareness to bridging the gap of technology and education for the special needs community and their families. Contact Barbara Brown at [email protected] or 239-216-2363.

FGCU Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences: Need students throughout the semester to test their GIS Exercises, help with the Franco Service Learning Workshop and more. Contact Dr. Marguerite Forest at [email protected] or call 239-590-7412.

Lee County Community Tennis Association: Volunteer opportunities every Tuesday for Special Olympics Tennis at Rutenberg Park at 6 p.m. Contact Lyn Bruner at [email protected] or 239-489-2378.

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, Oct. 31 at 3:12 p.m.: Three residents in student housing building A were present for a drug search that revealed two glass pipes and residue that later tested positive for marijuana.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 12:19 a.m.: Two residents in Sandpiper were found with marijuana hidden in their closet. The marijuana was confiscated and turned over for further evaluation.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 1:10 a.m.: An FGCU student forgot her purse in the library and reported it to UPD. Employees at the library found the missing purse and held it for her at the

circulation desk. When the subject picked up her purse, she realized more than $300 was missing from inside. The subject filed a report with UPD.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 2:26 a.m.: An anonymous caller reported a fight outside of student housing building N. The caller stated that a few suspects were walking from building D to building M peering around cars and looking suspicious. UPD canvassed the area and located the suspects hiding on the third floor of building M.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 3:09 a.m.: After a trip to Walmart, an honors student returned to his building

only to find some of his belongings floating in the lake. The student called UPD and reported the vandalism.

Thursday, Nov. 3 at 12:24 a.m.: A drug search conducted in student housing building S led to the confiscation of a jar containing 12.6 grams of marijuana, two glass pipes and a small baggie containing .6 grams of marijuana. All items were turned over for further evaluation.

Thursday, Nov. 3 at 2:11 a.m.: Residents in student housing building M notified UPD of a suspicious male outside of their room who was leaning against the door, blocking them inside,

and covering the peep hole so they couldn’t see out. When UPD arrived no one could be found.

Friday, Nov. 4 at 5:36 p.m.: A drug search conducted in student housing building S resulted in the confiscation of a glass bong, glass pipe, metal pipe and a metal grinder. All items tested positive for traces of marijuana.

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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Holocaust survivors remember KristallnachtArguably the most atrocious

event in history, the Holocaust has been studied and talked about for generations. But Kristallnacht was one of the events that started the hardships for the Jewish community.

“They’re capable of the worst and they’re capable of the best,” Gerry Mellnick, Holocaust historian, said of humans.

Mellnick spoke at the “Remembering Kristallnacht” event held Tuesday in the Student Union Ballroom.

The event was hosted by the RSO Hillel and FGCU’s Judaic, Holocaust and Human Rights Center.

Mellnick started the evening giving a brief history of how World

War II began and the events that led to the “Night of Broken Glass.”

He explained how ridiculous laws were passed to start ostracizing the Jewish community from others. He gave an example of a law that stated how it would be illegal for anyone to buy flowers from Jewish vendors. These events led to the fateful night that became Kristallnacht.

Kristallnacht was an event organized by the Nazi party to loot, burn and destroy the homes, businesses and synagogues of Jewish believers. The events took place Nov. 9-10, 1938.

After the week was over, 815 businesses were destroyed, 117 homes were broken into and 1,000 synagogues were burned. Even worse, Jews were told to clean up the damage themselves and were fined for the glass and debris

that was in the street. Insurance companies were also told not to cover or reimburse shop and homeowners for the damage.

“Ultimately, the goal of Kristallnacht was to get the Jews the hell out (of Germany),” Mellnick said.

After Mellnick spoke, a short film was shown. In the film, three survivors of Kristallnacht were interviewed and spoke of what they remember.

Survivor Frederic Morton recalled that he knew Jews would be punished, but never thought it would come through Kristallnacht.

“We were all braced for something, but not for that,” he said.

Later in the film, Morton spoke about how his father came into their home one afternoon and explained that he only had two minutes to say goodbye. He remembered how his

family cried and embraced each other uncertain if they would be together again.

“Everyday we hoped and prayed that he would come back,” he said. Eventually, Morton’s father did return from a work camp, considerably thinner.

The third survivor, Egon Schwarz, was thankful that he and his family were able to leave before the Nazis started routinely sending Jews to concentration camps.

“Getting kicked out of Austria was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Schwarz said.

After the film ended, Annie Jacobson, another survivor, told her story. She spoke of how she and her little brother were required to go to the Ghetto School for Jews and recalled how after this rule was implemented, “things changed considerably.”

Jacobson said her family wasn’t aware of the looting and destruction that happened the night before. She recalls how the next day at school she thought it odd that students were repeatedly being called to the principal’s office and didn’t return to class.

Eventually Jacobson and her family were able to get visas to come to America, two days before her father’s deadline to turn himself into a concentration camp.

Lynzee Cohen, president of Hillel, was moved by the presentation and said that students should be interested in the history of these people.

“It’s very important to be aware of the past and what you want for the future,” Cohen said. “(Students need) to remember that they can make a difference.”

The class Fit to Serve hosted a “Do it for Yourself” health and fitness awareness event Monday on the library lawn.

The event was designed to showcase to students the resources that they have at their disposal to help them lead a healthy lifestyle.

Businesses from the community, departments of FGCU, and student organizations had tables set up to provide students with information about the available options for living healthy.

The event benefited Fundamental Fitness 4 Kidz, a local organization dedicated to preventing child obesity. Carey Walker is a junior who is currently enrolled in the Fit to Serve course.

“The Fit to Serve class is an Honors course in which we explore the relationship between a fit and healthy lifestyle and service learning,” Walker said. “The course is designed to be a ‘service lab,’ so the objective is to create and engage in a service learning project that incorporates health and fitness.”

Walker says that the members of the class were adamant about promoting high self-esteem at the event. “We believe being healthy and fit is something you should do for yourself — not to impress someone else,” Walker said. “That’s why we had the FGCU chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms in attendance giving out free hugs.”

According to Walker, the Fit to Serve course is provided to honors college students in tandem with another course called Marathoning for Beginners.

“As our group of students works on our service project, we also run together to get in shape for a half marathon held next spring. We are planning on having at least one more service event before the semester is over,” she said.

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After only one semester as an official bachelor’s degree program, the journalism department here at Florida Gulf Coast University is already starting to make waves among its peers.

The journalism program was awarded a $42,000 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to launch a new program titled “Face-to-Face: Conversations with Journalists.”

This program will allow high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from across the United States to speak virtually with foreign journalists from around the world who have

covered news in hard-to-reach areas.

“We are thrilled to be putting students with journalists they would never otherwise get to talk to,” said Lyn Millner, assistant professor and head of the journalism program.

FGCU will partner with Poynter’s News University in St. Petersburg, and with Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy in Long Island, N.Y., to produce the “Face-to-Face” conversations.

Millner and new associate professor of journalism Rick Kenney will develop companion teaching resource materials as part of the project.

Starting this upcoming spring semester, a newsmaker

will speak live to hundreds of students in a virtual conversation via Adobe connect each month during the academic year.

The conversation will incorporate five different schools. Students of the selected schools will be able to participate in real time by listening to the presenter, submitting questions and tweeting about the event.

Featured guests include, but are not limited to journalists, newsmakers, bloggers and war correspondents.

Through “Face-to-Face,” they will learn about the vast power of reliable information and the challenges of acquiring it.

According to Millner, students will understand why

getting the truth out is so important and more difficult than ever to accomplish. They will gain knowledge on why international coverage is important and how it applies to their lives. Additionally, students will become smarter and more aware as news consumers.

“It’s part of our mission to help students become smarter news consumers,” Millner said.

For students who are not able to watch any of the “Face-to-Face” conversations live, archived replays will be available on Poynter NewsU for a nominal fee to anyone with Internet access and a basic video player.

From more information, contact Lyn Millner at: [email protected].

It’s OK to search for porn at FGCU — just don’t steal copyrighted material.

Students have nothing to fear from a program that tags you if it discovers a potentially illegal connection, says Charlie Weaver, director of network services.

“I don’t care what’s in that email and I don’t care what website you go to, whether it’s pornographic or not. Unless you’re violating the law, have at it,” Weaver said.

Red Lambda, which is the software used to detect peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing, only looks at the type of connection you are making — and nothing else. Without someone to explain how those connections are detected, some students might view the university’s policy as invasive. Weaver says that’s not the case.

Spencer Klepper, a sophomore majoring in chemistry, found out what happens when you begin an illegal P2P connection.

“I was mad. I was migrating songs from LimeWire that I got off campus to iTunes and I got kicked off. It’s obviously illegal, though. You’re pretty much stealing money from the artists when you freely download their songs,” Klepper said.

A P2P connection is when two or more computers connect to share data without the use of a central server. FGCU has to shut down illegal P2P file-sharing connections because they are a violation of the fair use policy and can attract copyright violation complaints. Popular online games such as

“League of Legends” and “World of Warcraft” utilize P2P, but it also forms the basis for many illegal file sharing programs.

Programs such Torrent and the recently deceased LimeWire both allow users to download any file someone else hosts without paying a dime. The majority of these are music, video and similar files another person or entity owns. When someone downloads these files, they are breaking the law by stealing another person’s content, and FGCU can’t allow its students to break the law.

The Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are watchdog organizations that defend against copyright infringement. Both organizations have had controversial legal disputes in which millions of dollars are collected from guilty parties.

Both organizations have sent FGCU complaints, so the university soon learned it had to implement a system to prevent infringement.

“Distributing copyrighted works on a peer-to-peer system is a public activity visible by other users on that network, including the RIAA. An historic 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed that uploading and downloading copyrighted works without the copyright owner’s permission is clearly illegal. You may be liable for the illegal activity occurring on your computer,” says a letter received from the RIAA on Oct 17.

The RIAA’s words aren’t empty, either.

“There’s a bunch of cases where

the movie industry goes after universities who have money, and they’ll get $5 or $10 million dollars. Well, where do you think that $5 or $10 million dollars comes from ultimately? Tuition,” Weaver said.

But the decision to use Red Lambda goes beyond copyright violation. Before the software was implemented and P2P file-sharing was more prominent, a handful of students would use a large amount of available bandwidth. Weaver said that in one case, seven students consumed 65 percent of available bandwidth.

This enormous use of network resources was the catalyst for creating a fair-use policy. The policy ensures every student on a housing network has a reasonably fast connection that allows them to do what they want. The individuals who were sucking huge amounts of bandwidth detract from other students’ connections and violate the policy.

Weaver made it clear Red Lambda does not violate students’ privacy.

“We don’t look at what the student does or the traffic you’re sending. We look at trends of traffic,” he said.

This means network services does not look at what a student is doing on the web. Emails are not monitored and website visits are not tracked. They only know you’re using the Internet and what kind of connection you’re making.

Red Lambda kicks in when the law is potentially violated. And even then, the system asks students if their traffic is legal or not. Students have the option to tell

the system their P2P connection is legal (such as a “World of Warcraft” connection) and Network Services takes them on their word.

“Heaven help the person that lies to us, though, because that’s a pretty serious offense,” Weaver said.

Red Lambda gives students three chances, each with longer temporary Internet bans, before banning them permanently. Students are still able to use FGCU resources, though. In Fall 2010, three students reached the maximum number of strikes and six students have reached that limit so far this fall.

But 329 students have already reached their first strike this semester.

Klepper’s remarks can be heard in different forms from many other students.

FGCU freshmen are often tagged by Red Lambda in their first few weeks of living at the university because they are unaware of the policy. When students move in, a flier detailing the university policy is among the items in their room.

“I think the policy is fair, but I don’t agree with it. All it does is get in the way because I can’t listen to any music that I downloaded from LimeWire, which is a lot of music,” Klepper said.

Red Lambda and the fair-use policy aren’t going anywhere because student tuition and potential lawsuits are on the line.

NOTE TO READER: Andrew Friedgen is the Opinion editor.

Next week, several members of the FGCU community will demonstrate their support for cancer awareness and research by having their heads shaved.

The mass shaving will be part of a fundraiser benefitting St. Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research from from noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 on the Library Lawn. Funds will be raised by sponsoring “shavees” and donating money for them to have their heads shaved.

The event, which is part of a project for an honors Civic Engagement course, was organized by Catherine Gorman, Claire Gorman, Lindsey Sellers, Jessel Serrano and Andrea Lizarano. Catherine Gorman, a senior majoring in English, and her sister Claire have a history of supporting St. Baldrick’s.

“Claire and I have been volunteering for St. Baldrick’s on Marco Island and Naples for the past three years. Our brother, father and business employees have all had their heads shaved

each year,” she said. “Last year, my family business on Marco contributed over $1200 in fundraising.”

St. Baldrick’s is a national organization that has raised more than $76 million for childhood cancer research since 2005.

Although both males and females are encouraged to participate, Gorman says that the requirements for head shaving are the same for both genders.

“We hope to get girls involved! For females, it is a

much tougher decision ... St. Baldrick’s requires that only barbers with clippers can do the cutting, and they have to use the clippers for No. 1s or No. 2s. For this reason, none of the hair can be contributed to Locks of Love.”

Stylists from Zervos Salon will be doing the head-shaving free of charge. Any participant who plans to have his or her head shaved at the event can also receive a free T-shirt by registering as a shavee at www.stbaldricks.org prior to the event.

Anyone who wants to contribute but does not want to

be shaved is still encouraged to attend the event and donate or cheer on others.

“Anyone who donates or gets their head shaved will be added to a raffle for free Eaglepalooza tickets,” Gorman said. “Plus, the fraternity who has the most heads shaved and raises the most funds will get a shout-out at Eaglepalooza.”

The event will also feature free food from Moe’s Southwest Grill and Beef ‘O’Brady’s. “The entire rugby team is getting their heads shaved,”

Gorman said. “Lots of music, entertainment, and fun. Anyone can come and participate, learn, support our cause, and get their heads shaved!”

Students are not the only ones who will be participating in the shaving festivities. Sean Kelly, director of the honors program, has been growing his beard in preparation for the event.

“Any time that we can help find a cure for cancer it is a good cause. It is helping to prevent children from suffering,” Kelly said.

Child cancer quick facts

- One out of every !ve children with cancer will not survive.- Cancer is the No. 1 disease killer of children in the United States and Canada. - Every 3 and 1/2 minutes, a child is diagnosed with cancer.

Kelly

Go bald for St. Baldrick’s

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Amidst all of the fascination and debate surrounding the “Occupy” protests that have spread feverishly around the world, FGCU students Lis Chimaras, Bonie Montalvo and Sameer Islam have returned from witnessing the origin of the demonstrations.

Occupy Wall Street is a series of ongoing demonstrations in the Wall Street financial district of New York City. The protests stem from anger regarding corporate greed, economic inequality and influence over government from the financial services sector. The movement began with encampment in the financial district of New York on Sept. 17. Demonstrations modeled after Occupy Wall Street have now taken place in an estimated 900 cities internationally, including Fort Myers and Naples locally.

Chimaras, Montalvo and Islam were in New York City attending a Model United Nations conference at Columbia University.

The conference finished up around 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Once they left the conference, the three students took the subway to Wall Street.

Chimaras, a junior majoring in political science, is the president of FGCU’s Model UN. She said the group feels that the debate surrounding the Occupy movement appeals to them because of the same common interests that led them to be involved with Model UN.

“We really planned to go out because we are part of Model UN, and it is right up our alley,” Chimaras said.

“When we first got there, it was really incredible..There were a lot of college students; it was definitely a younger crowd. It was a huge amount of people, a couple thousand, maybe.”

Sameer Islam, a freshman who has not yet declared a major and the treasurer of Model UN, wanted to

attend Occupy Wall Street to be part of a historically significant moment.

“For me, it was the fact that obviously this is something historical. Two months straight of protesting, that is not something that has been done before in the U.S. since the civil rights movement. It’s going be in history books,” he said. “Some of the signs are already going to be added to the Smithsonian.”

Although the three students acknowledge that violence, tear gas and arrests have all been associated with the Occupy movement, they did not see the chaos that they expected on Wall Street.

Montalvo, a junior majoring in political science and vice president

of Model UN, was particularly surprised at the atmosphere of the protest.

“It was very peaceful. I guess you go with that mentality like, be careful guys, don’t get arrested. But it wasn’t like that,” Montalvo said. “It was impressive to see how organized they were. You would think it was a lot of teenagers, but they were actually very organized.

“I wasn’t expecting that level of organization, and I think that just makes what they are doing more serious.”

Chimaras said that there were certain “leaders” who stood before the group and had the people repeat certain chants pertaining to

different subjects.Although the protest was not

completely chaotic, the three students did note various tensions.

“There were actually a few people walking by that looked like they (worked on) Wall Street, and you could see their stress,” Islam said.

Instead of carrying a protest sign with one of the more common slogans, such as, “We are the 99 percent,” Islam chose to carry a comical “joke sign” asking where the bathroom is.

“Even the cops were taking pictures. They had these angry and severe faces, but when Sameer walked by, they were smiling,”

Chimaras said. Regardless of Islam’s light-

hearted sign, the students all noted the strong feelings of frustration shared by protestors.

“The level of dedication was surprising. They were there to make a point, and they weren’t leaving. The huge amount of young people was surprising,” Chimaras said.

Islam also sensed the high level of determination shared by the masses of people.

“There was one sign that literally just said, ‘I am upset.’ Period. That is actually one of the ones that is up to be added to the Smithsonian. A lot of them were very direct,” Islam said.

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Some people enjoy running at the beach, around the loop, the treadmill or around the block. Other people appreciate runs that are more challenging such as a 5K, 10K, half or full marathon. It is common knowledge that running is great for our bodies; it not only strengthens many muscles but it also improves cardiovascular conditioning. For many individuals, running is more than a workout— it is a passion. It is a key element for a healthy lifestyle, as well as a therapeutic activity.

When it comes to marathons, its distance of 42.195 kilometers— 26.2 miles—may intimidate athletes. It is definitely one of the most challenging races, as it requires a long training process and a lot of dedication. An average marathon runner burns up to 2,500 calories per race, which is the daily value of calories ingested by a regular individual.

However, marathons require experience, which is why it is highly recommended that people who have never participated in any running competitions, or have o n l y r u n smaller

distances, s t a r t with the half m a r a t h o n , which is 21.09 kilometers (13.1 miles). Marathons require an intensive and lengthy training process. It is challenging to train for a full marathon if you have never experienced a half one and it is necessary to have a basic fitness level for both.

Jason Davis, FGCU’s Fitness Programming Coordinator, is one of the organizers of “Fly By Night” a run/walk event held by FGCU. Running has been a part of Davis’ life for years. He has run 11 full marathons and shared with Eagle News some of his knowledge.

Davis’ advice for those who would like to participate in competitive races is to start slow and work your way up.

“Marathons aren’t easy. First

of all, if you decide you want to do it, set your personal goals. Start with less challenging races then gradually work your way up,” he says.

“Finally, and most importantly, have fun with it.”

Davis trains four months before a marathon. However, inexperienced individuals should start training six to eight months prior to a race.

“The first thing I do is actually register for a marathon; that is one of my good motivators,” Davis said.

“My training schedule is based on my own running experience. On the first month, I focus on building up my long run, my conditioning. (The) second and t h i r d month, I focus on s p e e d

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tapering,” Davis says. “My longest run when

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is important to not over-do your body and slow down on

the weeks prior to the race, so you are not exhausted.”

“It is fundamental to keep in mind that everyone is different and people’s bodies work at their own pace. Don’t go beyond limits so you don’t hurt yourself; have your own schedule

and stick to it,” he says. Davis also mentions that

training with a group can be very helpful and motivating. “You create challenges and it

is easier if you have other people going through the same training.”

Training for his first half marathon, KJ Moses, FGCU’s Accountant for Business, also shares his experience and motivations for the race that will take place on December 11.

He says that preparing for the competition requires a lot of discipline and dedication.

“For me, running originally started as a challenge set by my mom, who was pretty good at it. In my first race, she dared me to beat her and since then I’ve been challenging myself,” Moses said.

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such as a marathon, the key factor is motivation. People run for different reasons and have different goals. It is fundamental to establish your goal and desired outcomes from completing a challenge.

“Personal satisfaction is my motivator. I enjoy seeing how far I can go. I am more interested in going further than faster,” Moses said.

Moses advises people who would like to compete in a half or full marathon to stay disciplined.

“Get on a program that works for you and stick to it,” he says.

Similarly, Ryan Burke, a junior majoring in public relations, has run six half marathons and is currently preparing for his first full marathon, which will take place January 8.

Burke says that training schedules and diets vary from person to person: it all depends on how experienced you are as well as your running conditioning capacity.

“I started with 5K and 10K races then escalated to half marathons. Now I’ve been training hard for my first full marathon,” Burke said.

He also mentions that when not training for a race, he runs two to three times a week, but his training schedule includes running five to six times a week, one day being dedicated to a long run.

“When it comes to miles, my runs become longer in distance every week, and my longest run will be around 21 miles once the

marathon day gets closer,” Burke said.

B u r k e explains that for half marathons, your longest run should not exceed 11 miles, so you don’t over-do it. He says that when preparing for a race, it is important to ingest more calories than you will burn in a long run.

“I’ve been consuming 3,000 to 5,000 calories on a daily basis. Your body needs it in order to have enough energy for the run,” Burke said.

The night before a race, Burke does a “carb load” where he consumes extra carbohydrates for energy.

“Anyone is able to say they can run, but few can actually commit their time to do it,” Burke said.

Besides having a good fitness level, runners have to feel comfortable and make sure they keep their own running pace while being aware of injuries, pain, body limits and resistance.

If you are one of those people who appreciate running more than just 30 minutes on a treadmill, you can’t miss out on upcoming marathon events.

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Imagine a tailgate party for a football game. But replace football game with video game. That was what Monday night felt like for the hundreds of people staked out in front of the Gulf Coast Town Center GameStop. They were waiting in line to get their hands on a copy of the latest installment of the “Call of Duty” series: “Modern Warfare 3.”

Some arrived as early as 9 p.m. for the scheduled midnight release of the video game. The crowd varied from seventh graders who came with their mothers to the middle-aged, who clearly came directly from work, not even taking the time to change out of their business suits. Many in the crowd were FGCU students.

For Adam Spencer, a junior majoring in business management, justification for waiting hours on end for a video

game was simple.“It’s awesome,” Spencer said. For most, including Spencer,

waiting in line is only the beginning. Spencer plans on pulling an all-nighter to play the new game, despite his scheduled 6 a.m. shift at Campus Recreation the next morning.

“But I’m still actually going to work. I’m just going to be really tired,” he said.

His roommate, Jose Diaz,

who is majoring in business management, wasn’t planning on buying the game at the midnight release. He had other reasons for being there.

“I’ll get it in a couple days. I’m only here for the free food, you know. And the Alehouse is right across the street,” Diaz said.

Although Diaz said he wasn’t planning on buying a game at midnight this time around, he has done it before for the previous

“Call of Duty” installment, “Black Ops.”

The “Call of Duty” franchise is one the best-selling video game franchises of all time. Its games originally revolved around World War II military-style game play and story. But in recent years, the games took on a more modern tone, starting with “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” in 2007. “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” which was released last year, was set in the Cold War-era. The game took the spot for the best-selling video game of all time, with 25 million copies sold as of August.

“Modern Warfare 3” has already broken some records despite just being released. It became the best-selling video game pre-order for Amazon.com, and it also made Amazon’s list of top 20 pre-orders for any product. Colin Sebastian of Baird Equity Research told USA Today that he expects the game to shatter previous first-day sales records.

This is old news to freshman Jasi Milton.

“Kids have been anticipating ‘Modern Warfare 3’ for years now, and considering that ‘Battlefield 3’ just came out, I think people are going to look at ‘Battlefield,’ and they’re going to compare it to ‘Modern Warfare’ and change their game up,” Milton said.

“Battlefield 3” is the installment in the “Battlefield” franchise by EA Games. Released on October 25, it is in direct competition with “Modern Warfare 3.”

Diaz believes both games have their niches.

“‘Call of Duty’ is more arcade style, and ‘Battlefield 3’ is more realistic,” he said.

The official time read 11:59. As midnight neared and everyone itched in anticipation, someone near the end of the line screamed out, “You’re clock is wrong!” Some in the crowd even started counting down in unison: “10…9…8…7...”

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Do you ever struggle with whom to ask to accompany you for a casual hangout or have trouble remembering a name with the face after a hot party?

Well, according to the iTunes website, the new iPhone app called the Hook Book is “a user-friendly, fun, and exciting way to track and analyze your romantic conquests.”

The Hook Book app saves all of your contacts as a different “hook.” Then, you can organize each of your hooks by rating them by face, body, personality and prowess in the bedroom.

Worried about messaging the wrong person before a big date? Well, this application has a special messaging section that allows you to have private or group chat messaging. Not only does this app also help to keep track of events planned with your hooks, but you can also track how sexually heated things got

between your and your hooks. Using the age-old baseball

analogy to tell if you got to first, second, third, or maybe even home plate, remembering your sexual encounters is made easier.

Then, using averages calculated by your hook’s ratings and how many times you have hung out, you can learn your batting average, slugging percentage and strikeout ratio.

Although some may view this new application as a useful tool for the modern age, many see this as demeaning technology.

A poll taken with 55 random FGCU students showed that 35 found it to deprecate others, while 20 thought it to be a legitimate way to hook up with peers.

“I think it’s a funny idea for a joke within your group of friends, but I don’t think people should need to keep track of that many hook-ups,” said Taylor Rink, a junior majoring in human performance.

Although this modern-day

black book is geared toward convenience, the premise of this app can also raise questions about one’s morals.

However, other people also have different reasons why they would snuff out the Hook Book. Whether you decide to download this app or not, some people rely

on chemistry to remember people at large social events.

“If a girl has a good impact on me, I’ll remember her,” said Mike Unrein, a freshman with an undeclared major.

On the other hand, there are many promoters of this controversial app, which can be downloaded in the iTunes store for free.

“I think it’s great because you can track how many people you sleep with. It helps if you are worried about catching something, too,’ said Juan Rincon, a freshman majoring in accounting.

The new age seems to be approaching rather quickly as more and more risqué apps continue to hit the market.

No matter how you view this app or any other similar tech tools, Apple’s hold on the smart phone industry is led by powerhouse applications that simplify daily happenings.

In this case, the app simplifies keeping track of those trysts.

Women have come a long way from being strictly stay-at-home wives and child-bearers to voting, hard-working professionals. Women have gone against the odds and fought for what they deserve.

Now, FGCU has a group determined to show women that they still can achieve more than they could ever dream. She’s The First has gone from a national organization to global organization and has made its way to Fort Myers. Having just started this semester, the group wants to make a difference and promote support for women, their education in their communities, helping third world countries and makng sure the female population achieves whatever it wishes to achieve.

“She’s the First is all about giving girls the opportunity to be the first for their community,” says Maisy Page, president and founder of the chapter here on campus.

“Whether she is the first in her family to go to college or the first to graduate high school, we want them to have that chance,” Page said.

A contributing factor that made Page, a grad student who has a degree in public administration, fall in love with the organization is the passion for service and beyond.

“I found the national group

founder on Twitter and I immediately fell in love with the cause,” Page said.

“She was sweet and caring and showed so much passion for what she was doing.”

There was another factor that Page fell in love with: The passion of the girls in the organization to go to school and get to where they want to go in life.

Why students should join was something Page was very enthusiastic about.

“This group is different in that it is always finding something new and interesting to do to bring awareness and promote the causes.

“There is an always an opportunity to make a difference in a fun way,” Page said.

Recently, there was a tie-dye

cupcake bake off event held at St. Michael Lutheran Church, which not only was as delicious as it sounds, but also was a lot of fun.

Though the group is known for being a women’s group, it really isn’t exclusive to women.

“It isn’t limited to one individual, men and women are

welcome to join” Page said. To find out more information,

follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Meetings are usually held once a month and the dates are online.

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Broke? Support Services can help Tuition is rising, book prices are doubling

and college is becoming more and more synonymous with “broke” and “how much?’ The stress that comes with good grades is pressing harder on all of our shoulders, and we’re all reacting accordingly.

Maddy Tarantelli, a senior majoring in music, fi nds herself at a stressful time in her college career. With her graduation just around the corner, her free time is fi lled with Port Charlotte trips, applying for graduate school and little time for fun, much less a part-time job.

“I’m a student worker for Dr. Thurmaier right now. I’m getting the maximum hours, which is three to fi ve hours a week,” she says.

“I’m taking 18 credits this semester. It’s kind of dumb,” Tarantelli laughs about her enormous school load.

It’s often hard for students to fi nd extra time to work when they are trying to take a large load of classes in order to graduate.

“I live through loans. I have scholarships and that go toward my tuition and what I

have left goes to rent. I’m trying to get a horn and that’s a big thing for a music major; you have to have your own instrument. I’ve been lucky that every school I go to has one available,” Tarantelli said.

Tarantelli has to manage her time, money, studying and, of course, the fun of being a college student but with each new endeavor comes a new price tag.

“Sometimes I purchase in frivolity but I gotta be careful because I can’t buy, like, the best beer or order a drink when I go out. I gotta think about money all the time.”

“It’s rough, but I’ll fi gure it out,” Tarantelli said.

With no extra time left to work between all the time spent in the classroom or doing homework, students are turning to taking out loans as a means to just being able to live.

Kristina Guevara is also feeling the weight of college on her shoulders and in her wallet.

“I took out my fi rst loan because I didn’t have a job and I couldn’t live,” she says.

“I took out my loan in the middle of the semester. It got to the point that the refund check that I got wasn’t enough, so I went

through the school. It was so scary, but when I think about it I didn’t take out a crazy amount,” Guevara said.

There’s always light at the end of the tunnel, though, and in this case, it’s in the form of helpful faculty members and open offi ce doors.

The second fl oor of McTarnaghan Hall is home to outreach programs that can help students deal with any questions they may have regarding fi nances, careers and tutoring.

“We have a program, Financial Literacy 101 — it teaches how to manage loans, credit cards,” said Sally Berg, assistant director for Student Support Services.

“We have 280 kids in this program that are required to learn it. We’re encouraging students, especially freshmen, to take it,” Berg said.

Student Support Services offers a variety of services including tutoring, the Peer Advocate Program, Financial Aid Advising and Career Advising for students who are eligible.

“I had a student just the other day that needed money, like, now. I said that he would be eligible for an unsubsidized loan and he

just went ‘Oh no, I don’t want one of those.’ “I explained that he could take the money,

put whatever he doesn’t need in savings and when he graduates, whatever he doesn’t use, he can give it back,” Berg said.

There’s a common misconception when it comes to loans; many students correlating the money with a surplus of debt in the future, which may or may not be true.

“Loans are not bad if you can limit them and balance them,” Berg said.

“With tuition going up and up and prices of books going up—I don’t know how the students can do it anymore,” Berg said, cognizant of and sympathetic to the struggles that plague the life of the average college student.

“It’s hard to manage work with studying, and of course you want to sleep and have fun, too.”

Balance is the key to college, whether it is with work, school, money or fun.

The money and debt may seem like the bane of our existence at the moment, but we don’t have to do it alone.

FGCU has many opportunities for help, all one needs to do is seek it out.

Take a cup of 120 credit hours, mix it with a pinch of strategies and tactics and top it off with a sprinkle of unpredictable situations. This is the perfect recipe to prepare for the real world.

Florida Gulf Coast University students have been working their way up the ladder to prepare for what’s next after they have consumed hours beyond hours of learning and studying.

“Having a real-world experience really gets you to expect the unexpected,” says Kelly Brogan, a senior majoring in resort and hospitality management.

At FGCU, it is required in many majors to complete an internship in order to graduate. Whether students have found internships on his or her own or received help from their college-intern coordinator, students are learning how to be resourceful outside of the classroom.

Students say this requirement is a good

door-opener since job openings are scarce for young adults.

Brogan interned for the Milwaukee Country Club in Wisconsin. She started out as services intern, but she moved up quickly and was promoted to guest-room supervisor.

The resort and hospitality major has helped Brogan prepare for behind-the- scenes work such as paperwork to deal with marketing and accounting. But, it hasn’t helped her with real- life scenarios.

“The classes we take tell us all about difficult customers or difficult situations, and they teach us the proper way to act,” says Brogan. “But, they don’t teach us how to react.”

She says she has learned more in her summer internship than in her four years studying in the classroom.

“I just wish classes can help you prepare for what’s going to come next, but nothing can compare to a hands-on experience.”

Senior Christina Aleman agrees.

“It’s hard for classes to teach you what’s going to happen,” she says.

Aleman, who is majoring in communication studies and minoring in journalism, interned locally as a production assistant at Fox 4 News with “Morning Blend.”

She says nothing she learned at FGCU has helped while at “Morning Blend.”

Aleman said there isn’t a variety of journalism classes offered now that would teach her how to prepare for television shows.

“My classes have been about getting the story and reporting the truth, and as a production assistant I didn’t have to write any stories,” she says.

Someone who is involved in writing at their internship feels like his classes have helped.

Justin Kline, a junior majoring in journalism, freelances at Naples Daily News. He said he picked up his writing techniques from journalism courses he has taken.

He also hopes for a variety of classes in the future.

“Hopefully with the major expanding there can be more of a focus on classes that can appeal to everyone’s interest, whether it’s sports writing or entertainment,” he says.

All three students agree internships enhance a student’s resume.

“It definitely looks good on my resume,” Aleman says.

Brogan agrees. She said her country club internship has helped her land other internships in the field, and will hopefully land her a job with these experiences under her belt.

“It’s good that we are required to have an internship because it can help you decide if this is what you want to do in the future,” Brogan says.

These students have dipped their fingers in the recipe to the real world and have learned it’s all about leaving your books behind and getting your hands a little sticky.

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Every presidential election seems to be filled with more and more slime by the day, mostly from what we see in our 24-hour news cycle, but also from the campaigns and candidates themselves.

Last week, the slime fell on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, who was accused by three women of sexual harassment on Oct. 30.

The first woman was identified by Politico courtesy of a former board member along with two other sources confirming the event happening and payment to the woman.

“She was offered a financial package to leave the association, and she did. What I took offense at was that it was clear that rather than deal with the issue, there was an effort to hush it up. She was offered a way out to keep quiet,” said the former board member.

Cain on Monday denied the accusations from his 1996-99 period as the president of the National Restaurant Association, but the flip-flopping began that same day.

After saying he didn’t know about a financial settlement regarding the issue in an interview with Fox News, he confirmed that a payment was made by him and his counsel, although he stated he could not remember how much the payment was for.

Despite the flip-flopping of Cain, the conservative media writing the incident off as no big deal, and one of the women refusing to come forward publicly to defend herself, Cain is still neck and neck in the national polls, placing first or second against Mitt Romney.

The way that Cain has acted last week as the incident was talked about in every direction, from the Internet to cable news to the Sunday morning talk shows to the late-night comedians to conservative talk radio, I detected a very guilty man who has way too much confidence and no conscience, just like Rush Limbaugh.

I thought Anthony Weiner was hiding something when he talked way too much about the incident that forced his own party to turn against him, leading to his resignation from Congress.

Cain was out on the circuit campaigning like nothing happened and acting like he won the lottery, which is usually how he always acts, but with these serious charges against him, it’s a bit strange.

Think about this familiar pattern we see: serious charges arise by more than one individual against a powerful individual, next the discovery that the accusers were paid off to stay silent and go away, then you find those people at the top acting like nothing happened and everything is fantastic.

What do you think will happen next?

The sideshow has not hurt Cain’s extremely vocal supporters.

In a recent poll given by The Washington Post, 55 percent of Republicans see this incident involving Herman Cain as “not a serious matter” and 70 percent of that same group say the situation makes no difference in their vote.

One person polled made this arrogant and appalling statement:

“I don’t believe it. The further in the past they happened, the less accurate they are.”

The Republican Party doesn’t care who the nominee is for 2012 as long as he or she can defeat their enemy, President Obama, and the Republican voters do not want someone who is smarter than them.

They want someone as moronic as they are along with someone who is greedy, arrogant and homophobic, and being a religious zealot is a must, without compromise.

One of my heroes, George Carlin, once said that power does what it wants, about which he is absolutely correct, given that people in power today are so naked about their actions, whether it be in politics, business or religion, hoping the public is very naive and conformist.

Seeing that Herman Cain is a member of all three groups, a thoughtful and intelligent person would be extremely skeptical before going into the voting booth, just like America was with Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan and Mike Huckabee when they ran for president as “culture warriors,” but who only came across as fascist and paranoid buffoons.

If Herman Cain and his cult of sheep are successful in their bid for the White House, it might be a good idea to leave the country, as Alec Baldwin once advised us in 2000.

Alex is a junior majoring in communication. He enjoys going to concerts, going to Starbucks, listening to his Sirius Satellite Radio, going to the movies, swimming and playing games like UNO and Monopoly. His favorite musicians are R.E.M., Bon Jovi, Elton John and Kenny G. His favorite magazines are Mother Jones, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, which he loves to pick up at the campus bookstore.

On Nov. 8, the residents of Mississippi will vote on a ballot initiative that says, “Every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof” will be defi ned as a person.

This is, at its core, a vote against abortion.

I am pro-choice. I don’t necessarily agree that abortions are right, but I do understand the reality that sometimes they are necessary.

No woman should be made to carry a pregnancy that she knows may kill her, was fathered by an attacker, or for any other reasons that women end their pregnancies.

Women who use this as a form of birth control, even if just once, are haunted much longer by their own guilt than they could ever be by someone shouting rude and horrible things as they enter a constitutionally protected facility for the procedure.

However, the ballot measure in Mississippi doesn’t contain limited language that states boundaries for this referendum, but simply that at the very instance of fertilization, the zygote should be given human status.

There are a few areas, other than abortion, when this defi nition will become problematic.

If a mother exerts herself in such a way that a miscarriage may be triggered, she could now be criminally responsible for the murder of a person.

If a fertility clinic harvests eggs from a woman and fertilizes them, implanting just a few and freezing the rest in storage (which is common practice), and those eggs are never used, destroying them may be considered murder.

Power outages in these facilities can have similar penalties. Currently, unimplanted eggs are property of the mother. But if that egg is defi ned as a person, would that become slavery or child traffi cking if she did anything but give those eggs away freely, no matter if she wants to or at what costs she encountered?

Under this defi nition, it could be. That is the inherent problem with

the language used. If a mother is rushed into an emergency room and a doctor is faced with the decision of saving her life or the child inside, either way he could be charged with murder.

Roe v. Wade was a constitutional case in which the Supreme Court said that the mother had the choice up until the viability of the embryo. It was also a defi ning characteristic used in the decisions made by doctors.

Now it could all change. Activists have been screaming for years that doctors that perform abortions are murderers, but all they have done is fi ll a need for any woman

who didn’t want to become a mother — for whatever reason — safely and within the window decided by the courts.

Abortion is not a new concept. There is evidence of it in numerous civilizations throughout history.

You may be sitting there wondering why you should care, because this is Mississippi. But the same group that has been spearheading this legislation is coming to Florida next.

What will you do when you, your friend, your partner, your mother, your sister or your daughter has the choice stripped away?

You may decide that you sit fi rmly on your high horse, but believe me, until you are in the situation you have no idea where you will land.

How would you feel toward a child to whom you gave birth that you know is

your father’s baby? Your brother’s baby? The baby of the 40-year-old man who seduced you when you were barely out of a training bra? The baby of a rapist who left you for

dead in an alley? You may think that I am stretching the

truth, but I’m not. The decision is made every day.

You may be saying that adoption is always an option — and it may be for some — but the foster care system is overrun. And since Florida doesn’t seem to want to provide public assistance to the poor and needy as it is, you think they will help a 15-year-old unwed mother give birth to a baby who could have serious genetic issues due to inbreeding or something else, just to be placed in a foster system the state pays for and given state-sponsored assistance for life ? I mean, come on!

Is life sacred? Well, that’s a question that you have to ask yourself at the time you fi nd out you are carrying a new one.

I am not going to tell you how you should feel. No one should. I think you should be able to make the choice, not have it thrust upon you.

You should be able to go someplace safe if you decide it’s not time, not fl ing yourself down the stairs in hopes that it takes care of the problem.

You shouldn’t be told that you can’t take birth control or morning-after pills, but with this defi nition they will be lethal weapons and may become outlawed.

Pay close attention to the result of the Mississippi voting, and be wary.

You may end up losing more rights than you ever imagined.

Mandie is a junior majoring in secondary social science education. She is married with two children and serves on the Board of Directors of C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention.

Whenever I meet college students, I ask, “What job are you looking for?” I enjoy hearing students discuss their hopes and dreams for the future because they represent the pathway to Florida’s future.

As you pursue a college degree, you are dedicating several years of your life and thousands of dollars to achieve that goal. It is my hope that the time, effort and money invested in earning that degree leads to a job and the independence and economic security that come with it.

That is why I am posing a different question to Florida’s college students today: “Will your major prepare you for that job?” Hopefully, your answer explains how your major is compatible with your skills and talents, as

well as your interests. However, at a time when more than 900,000 Floridians are looking for work, I encourage you to also consider what is perhaps a more important question: “What jobs will be in demand when you graduate?”

To choose an education path that leads to a job, we need only to consider the data. First, your choice to pursue a college degree is a good step toward a

future job. Compare u n e m p l o y m e n t

among those without high school diplomas, almost 15 percent, with only about two percent among those with doctoral degrees.

Second, during the next eight years, many of the available jobs

will be in the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering and math. By 2019, Florida will need more than 171,000 people to fi ll new STEM jobs. The evidence shows that many high-skill, high-wage jobs depend on STEM.

In spite of these facts, less than 20 percent of the State University System’s graduates are expected to obtain a STEM degree. That is why part of my 2012 Job Creation and Economic Growth Agenda emphasizes STEM subjects in our schools.

According to labor market statistics, the top jobs needed during the next eight years are in computer technology, accounting and auditing, and civil and industrial engineering. Several medical professions also top the list: occupational therapists, physician assistants, registered nurses and medical scientists.Interestingly, economists project

there will be also STEM jobs that do not require a bachelor’s degree: mechanics and installers of heating and air conditioning, dental hygienists, registered nurses and computer software engineers.

While a well-rounded college education offers many benefi ts, including typically higher wages and lower unemployment, I encourage you to ask your college or university about the job opportunities in your chosen fi eld of study. You should also visit the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s website at www.fl oridajobs.org and click on “Labor Market Information” to view current data on wages and job trends. Empowered with information, you can then choose the best career path for you.

I am working every day to make Florida the No. 1 place for business so that every Floridian can have the chance to get a job. For the more

than 900,000 Floridians looking for work, I am proposing strategies to increase training opportunities in STEM fi elds. Job seekers collecting unemployment should have the opportunity to analyze their skills and receive training if their skills need updating. Doing so will help them get skills needed to get a job.

To get Florida back to work, we must have a globally competitive workforce, ready to tackle the jobs of the 21st century. STEM fi elds can provide Florida’s college graduates, as well as those looking for work, the opportunity for long-term career advancement. I encourage you to ask the questions, get the facts, and choose your best opportunity to get a job and get to work.

Eagle News and other college newspapers in Florida received this letter from the Governor’s Press Offi ce.

Scott

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to get out of Washington and talk with folks across the country about how we can create jobs and get our economy growing faster.

This is a tough time for a lot of Americans – especially young people. You’ve come of age at a time of profound change. The world has gotten more connected, but it’s also gotten more competitive. And for decades, too many of our institutions – from Washington to Wall Street – failed to adapt, culminating in the worst financial crisis and recession since the Great Depression.

For the last three years, we’ve worked to stabilize the economy, and we’ve made some progress. But we still have a long way to go. And now, as you’re getting ready to head out into the world, many of you are watching your friends and classmates struggle to find work. You’re wondering what’s in store for your future, and I know that can be scary.

The truth is, the economic problems we face today didn’t happen overnight, and they won’t be solved overnight. But the fact that you’re investing in your education right now tells me that you believe in the future of America. You want to be a part of it. And you know that there are steps we can take right now to put Americans back to work and give our economy a boost.

The problem is, there are some in Washington who just don’t share that sense of urgency. That’s why it’s been so disappointing to see Republicans in Congress block jobs bills from going forward – bills that independent economists say could create millions of jobs though the kinds of proposals supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past.

Now, the best way to attack our economic challenges and put hundreds of thousands of people back to work is through bold action in Congress. That’s why I’m going to keep demanding that Members of Congress to vote on common-sense, paid-for jobs proposals. And I hope you’ll send them a message to do the

right thing for your future, and the future of our country.

But we can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won’t act, I will. That’s why, I’ve announced a new policy that will help families whose home values have fallen refinance their mortgages and save thousands of dollars. We made it easier for veterans to get jobs putting their skills to work in hospitals and community health centers.

And at the University of Colorado at Denver, I announced steps we’re taking to make college more affordable and to make it even easier for students like you to get out of debt faster.

Michelle and I know what it feels like to leave school with a mountain of debt. We didn’t come from wealthy families. By the time we both graduated from law school, we had about $120,000 worth of debt between us. And even though we were lucky enough to land good jobs with steady incomes, it still took us almost 10 years to finally pay it all off. It wasn’t easy.

Living with that much debt forces you to make some tough

choices. And when a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards student loans, it isn’t just painful for you – it’s painful to our economy and harmful to our recovery.

That’s why we’re making changes that will give about 1.6 million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their income starting next year. We’re also going to take steps to help you consolidate your loans so that instead of making multiple payments to multiple lenders every month, you only have to make one payment a month at a better interest rate. And we want to start giving students a simple fact sheet called “Know Before You Owe” so you can have all the information you need to make your own decision about paying for college. That’s something Michelle and I wish we had.

These changes will make a real difference for millions of Americans. We’ll help more young people figure out how to afford college. We’ll put more money in your pocket after you graduate. We’ll make it easier to buy a house or save for retirement. And we’ll give our economy a boost at a

time when it desperately needs it.That’s not just important for our

country right now – it’s important for our future. Michelle and I are where we are today because our college education gave us a chance. Our parents and their generation worked and sacrificed to hand down the dream of opportunity to us.

Now it’s our turn. That dream of opportunity is what I want for my daughters, and for all of you. And even in these tough times, we are going to make that dream real once again.

In the weeks ahead, I’m going to keep doing everything in my power to make a difference for the American people – including young people like you. Because here in America, when we find a problem, we fix it. When we face a challenge, we meet it. We don’t wait. And I hope you’ll join me.

Eagle News is one of many college newspapers across the nation to receive this letter from the White House Office of Communication.

Now in its eighth week, the Occupy Wall

Street and solidarity protests are seeing an escalation of reported violence by both protesters and police.

Claims of violence by police have been surfacing since the early days of the

movement, but so have claims of vandalism and abuse of safety officials by protesters.

Actions and reactions are spiraling into a childish game of finger-pointing where there is only one solution — it has to stop.

There are no winners when peaceful protests end in violence. Every side involved loses — the protesters, city officials, police and other safety professionals as well as the general public.

The First Amendment protects our rights to peaceably assemble and to protest. The police and city officials are charged with protecting the public interest.

These two ideals have collided with explosive results in many cities around the world. Police and protesters have reported injuries in New York, Los Angeles, Denver and even Rome, but possibly nowhere has been as polarizing as recent events in Oakland where high profile skirmishes have become a black eye to both the protesters and to area police.

Both sides have spoken out against the violence.

The Oakland Police Officers’ Association (OPOA) issued an open letter on their website one week after Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen suffered a skull fracture as a result of non-lethal crowd control. In the letter, OPOA cited “mixed messages” from city administrators and “confusing” directives.

In an expression of solidarity, OPOA stated, “We, too, are the 99 percent fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide a living for our children and families.”

The following evening, a second war

veteran, Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, suffered a ruptured spleen, which his family asserts happened after a beating by police. Also that evening, after hours of peaceful assembly, a group of protesters began vandalizing area buildings, starting fires and spray-painting the area with graffiti.

The events led to a statement from Laura Long of the Occupy Oakland media committee.

“Occupy Oakland does not advocate violence and has no interest in supporting actions that endanger the community and possibilities that it has worked to build,” Long said.

As the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.”

Let’s face it — 0violence makes police look like bullies and protesters look like thugs.

What is easy to forget is that on both sides, the actions of a few become the stereotype of the many.

Occupy supporters need to enact zero-tolerance policies where violence, vandalism and destruction of property are concerned. Otherwise, they risk losing both momentum and credibility.

Police and city officials, likewise, need to ensure whatever force they use, even for legitimate reasons is the least force necessary. Then maybe the two groups who claim to be on the same side in the push to fix a broken system can peacefully get along.

For the purpose of this article, I am making no distinction between police brutality and necessary force. Instead, the term “violence” is being applied to all parties in a manner as it is defined on dictionary.com to mean “rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment.”

Jenny is a junior majoring in environmental engineering. She loves the Boston Red Sox, riding roller coasters, writing poetry and watching science fiction programs.

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The FGCU Water Polo Club competes against the biggest and the best in the sport.

They’ve competed against the University of Central Florida, the University of Miami and Florida State University.

Crystal Marietta conceived the club, which has both men’s and women’s teams and is in only its second year of existence, in the spring of 2010.

“When I found out Crystal (Marietta) was starting the club, I was interested in joining so I jumped on board,” said Tiffany Angulo, Water Polo Club treasurer. “I was treasurer of the team that first year, and the whole process of starting the club took about a year and a half.”

FGCU competes in the College Water Polo Association, which is the highest-level water polo conference in Florida. The team recently competed in the Florida Division Championship in late October, where it went up against

the much more experienced aforementioned teams.

Team president Andrew Strohmeir is pleased with how the club did at the competition.

“We had our first win against UF and we played much better than we have in the past,” Strohmeir said. “Over the length of the season every player improved, and I would say that we are a completely different team than we were in August.”

Angulo agrees. “I believe that the team has gotten much better and I am even more excited about next year.”

In many cases, men’s and women’s sports take place simultaneously, but in water polo this is not the case.

“The boys play in the fall and the girls play in the spring. It is CWPA rules and this separates the seasons,” Angulo said.

Water Polo Club participant Chris Araujo encourages more men to join the team.

“Right now we have about 13 members, which is a fairly small number,” Araujo said. “We would

love to have athletic guys come out who are willing to challenge themselves and play one of the best sports out there.”

Arajuo calls water polo the most extreme contact sport.

‘You get to play a sport in the water plus it’s a team sport,” Arajuo said. “You travel to good schools. I play a number of contact sports, but nothing comes close to being in contact like water polo.”

Strohmeir is content with the team’s success, but realizes that there is still work that needs to be done.

“The guys do not have many games planned but we know what we need to work on for next year,” Strohmeir said. “The girls’ team is planning on joining the same league that we play in at the start of the spring so their season is just about to get started.”

For anyone who is interested in joining the FGCU Water Polo Club, the team practices every Wednesday night at the FGCU Aquatic Center at 6 p.m.

Armed with a new coach, a strong recruiting class and renewed energy, FGCU men’s basketball begins a new era when they face Texas Christian University on Nov. 11 to open its season.

First-year FGCU coach Andy Enfield expressed optimism after the Eagles’ 78-59 exhibition victory over Saint Leo University on Saturday.

“The guys played hard, played well,” Enfield said. “I was proud of the new guys. Freshmen are always going to have their ups and downs.”

This year’s squad boasts six freshmen, led by several promising prospects.

Freshman point guard Brett Comer of Winter Park played for the nationally recognized Winter Park High School basketball team, a fixture in recent seasons at the celebrated City of Palms holiday tournanment in Fort Myers.

He was the team’s starting point guard, where he played with Austin Rivers, ESPN’s No. 1-rated high school prospect. Rivers now attends Duke University.

Freshman guard Bernard Thompson of Conyers, Ga., and classmate Filip Cvjeticanin, a three-point specialist from Croatia, displayed their skills in Saturday’s

exhibition. Comer paced the Eagles with

eight assists and three steals along with six points. Cvjeticanin drained three of six three-pointers, while Thompson scored 14 points and dished out 6 assists.

“This was everybody’s first

game,” Thompson said. “New team, new coaches, we’re pretty excited.”

The Eagles return four upperclassmen as well as sophomore Christophe Varidel, who was a unanimous selection to the A-Sun All-Freshmen Team and

led the Eagles with an average of 2.6 three-point field goals per game last season.

Senior center Kevin Cantinol returns as the “elder statesman” of the team along with classmate Ed Rolax, a forward. Guard Sherwood Brown and forward Eddie Murray,

both juniors, round out the upperclassmen. Brown started the final five games of last season, averaging 16.2 points per game in that span. He looks to build on a promising finish to his 2010 campaign.

Cantinol paced the Eagles in their exhibition victory with a game-high 16 points on 8-of- 12 shooting, along with eight rebounds.

In addition to the FGCU’s Atlantic Sun schedule, its 2011-12 campaign features several games against basketball powers, including ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) teams, the University of Miami and the University of Maryland (both on the road).

The Eagles come off a season in which it finished a program-best seventh in the A-Sun (10-20 overall, 7-13 A-Sun). This is the school’s first year of NCAA postseason eligibility after completing the four-year transition period from Division II to Division I.

While the Eagles are projected to finish eighth in the A-Sun coaches and media polls, Enfield remains optimistic about his young team’s prospects.

“We don’t know how good we can be yet,” Enfield said. “We just have to take it week by week. We have four freshmen playing significant minutes. Our goal is to keep getting better each week. We have a ways to go.”

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After four consecutive WNIT appearances, the FGCU women’s basketball team hopes to make it to the big dance.

“(Making the NCAA tournament) is the goal for sure,” FGCU coach Karl Smesko said. “The WNIT has been great for us. It was a great experience for everybody, but now we have the chance to make it to the NCAA tournament and play against the very best.”

Smesko was selected as the first women’s basketball coach at FGCU in 2001 and has since made a name forhimself. Entering his 10th season he has a record of 232-46 at FGCU and owns a 64-12 A-Sun record.

Redshirt sophomore Sarah Hansen, who averaged 13.3 points per game last year, along with senior Courtney Chihil, were named to the Atlantic Sun preseason all-conference team.

“Were expecting them to not only be great in practice and play well in the games, but that they help other people pick up what we do and become great players as well,” Smesko said.

Chihil, who was named to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-District 3 Women’s Basketball first team and also earned a spot on the Division I-AAA Women’s Scholar-Athlete team in 2010-11, started all 32 games and averaged 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest last season.

“It’s nice to be honored like that,” Chihil said. “But really I’m not really focusing on that. I’m focused on our team and how we’re going to do.”

With eight returning players,

including six of its top seven scorers, from a team that won the A-Sun and went 28-4 (17-3 in the A-Sun), FGCU returns 74 percent of the offense produced by last year’s team.

With all the returners, FGCU received eight of 10 votes in the coaches poll and all 19 votes in the media poll to earn top billing in the A-Sun for this year.

“What we did last year doesn’t mean anything,” Hansen said. “It’s a new year. We have a new team so we just have to work hard and focus on what we all want to accomplish this year.”

The Eagles also welcome freshman Whitney Knight, a top-rated guard from Winston-Salem who turned down Duke and UNC, among others, to play at FGCU.

FGCU will open the season on the road against Big East foe Seton Hall, which finished 8-22 last year (1-15 in the Big East). FGCU defeated Seton Hall 64-57 in the season opener last year. In the first of 13 home games this year, FGCU faces No. 19 Michigan State, which comes off a 27-6 (13-3 Big 10) season.

FGCU plays five straight non-conference games before opening up

A-Sun play at home Dec. 3 against ETSU. They will travel as far as Hawaii this year as they are a part of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invitational, where they will face North Carolina State, Hawaii and Alcorn State.

“We understand that because of our past success that we are the highlighted game on everybody’s schedule,” Smesko said. “They want to beat FGCU. We know that we are going to get everybody’s best effort so we have to get used to giving our best effort all the time. We want high expectations and we want to play in big games.”

Adam Glick told Nathan Ingham before anyone else.

Ingham watched from the sideline as Glick dove for the ball and fell hard on his surgically repaired right knee. Glick looked fine to Ingham. Then something weird happened.

Bob Butehorn, FGCU men’s soccer coach, slowly walked over to Ingham and told him, “Stay warm. Make sure you’re ready.”

Butehorn knew the day might come. He didn’t want to think about the possibility because it hurt too much.

Glick, a redshirt senior first-team All-Atlantic Sun goalie and Lowe’s Senior Class Award finalist, battled mysterious injuries before. A torn meniscus that later turned into a staph infection — causing Glick to lose 60 pounds — wiped out his junior season.

When Ingham, a freshman goalie from Canada, committed to FGCU, Butehorn laid out his plans clearly.

Butehorn told Ingham he would most likely redshirt his freshman season, and that Glick could mentor him as he sat planted to the bench.

Ingham bought into it. Then, Butehorn brought up the catch. He asked Ingham that if something were to happen to Glick mid-season, would he be willing to sacrifice his year of eligibility for the team.

The possibility seemed remote, so Ingham said, “Absolutely.”

***Glick only felt adrenaline when

it happened. He couldn’t think big picture right away. He couldn’t wonder if the Oct. 16 game at ETSU would be his last.

The next day, he struggled to walk. “That’s when it came into my head

that I wouldn’t play again,” Glick said. “I was pretty upset.”

Glick felt like he had to say

something to Ingham before he spoke with the rest of the team.

He sat Ingham down in the locker room before the freshman’s first collegiate start, Oct. 21 vs. Lipscomb. Glick wasn’t looking for sympathy; he just wanted to offer a hand to the kid who will start in the only game Glick ever wanted to play.

“Glick approached me and said, ‘I’m going in for surgery. This might be season-ending.’” Ingham said. “I told him, ‘I’m so sorry to hear that man. That’s awful.’ Then, Glick said to me, ‘Yeah, but it happens. I have faith in you. I will help you through it.’ It was a bittersweet situation.”

Ingham didn’t understand redshirting rules. He didn’t know that if he played one game, even three-fourths into the season, he would avoid a redshirt and lose the year.

“I didn’t know what to think,” Ingham said. “I was excited to play with the team. But I was nervous and upset that I was losing my year. I knew it was best for the team (to play and lose his redshirt) so I did it.”

***Three weeks later, Ingham

prepares for the first post-season game in FGCU men’s soccer history, lunging for extra balls after practice, while Glick watches from a golf cart.

Ingham has helped lead A-Sun tournament top seed FGCU (10-5-2, 7-1-0) to four wins in his five starts. He has given up just 1.32 goals per game and has 17 saves.

Glick says he feels 75 to 85 percent recovered from the lateral meniscus tear (resulting in surgery) that he suffered Oct. 16.

He won’t play in Friday’s A-Sun tournament semifinal against the winner of Mercer vs. Lipscomb in Tennessee, and he probably will sit out Sunday if FGCU makes it to the final.

“It sucks, but it’s the card I was dealt,” Glick said. “I don’t want the team worrying about me being sad or depressed. I want them to focus on

winning conference. Nate (Ingham) is best for the team right now.”

Butehorn and Glick waited for the first post-season eligible season. They talked about how it would feel to make the NCAA tournament, for the reigning A-Sun regular-season champs to show they could beat the big guys on a grand stage.

Glick probably won’t get the opportunity to see the vision through.

“We can all assume what he’s (Glick) going through,” Butehorn said. “But he’s a guy that never shows that. My heart hurts for him.”

Glick won’t play Friday, but he refuses to sit on the bench.

No. He will be shuffling the sidelines, barking instructions, maybe manning a clipboard.

“I’ll be screaming the whole game,” Glick said. “I’ll be on the sideline jumping up and down like an idiot. I get more stressed from watching than

actually playing.”

***Ingham will try to sleep on the

plane ride to Tennessee this week but Glick won’t let him. Instead, Ingham will listen as Glick talks about staying relaxed and ignoring the game’s magnitude.

“If I can win this for Glick I’ll feel great,” Ingham said.

When the game ends, and the season concludes, the days and weeks continue.

Glick blocks out any urge to reflect.He knows he might not play

for FGCU again. He stares ahead, expressionless, when asked to look back at his career and describe what it would mean to go out like this.

“I haven’t thought about it,” Glick said. “I don’t want to think about it. I’ll deal with it the way I deal with things. I just don’t know.”

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ENSPORTSWeekly recap

The FGCU women’s swimming & diving team used 10 !rst-place !nishes en route to defeating Boston College and Maine on Friday night at the Flynn Recreation Complex Pool in Boston. The Eagles now stand with a 5-1 dual meet record after taking down ACC foe Boston College (188-103) and Maine (168-123).

Volleyball

Swimming & diving

Sophomore Kaitlin Holm !nished with a team-high 13 kills as the FGCU volleyball team fell to Villanova 3-1 on Senior Day at Alico Arena. The Eagles then lost to FIU Tuesday, 3-0.

Submitting its best round of the tournament, 305, on Tuesday, the FGCU women’s golf team wrapped up the 2011 fall season with a fourth-place !nish at the Holiday Inn Express Hatter Classic. Senior Fabienne Haremza placed second overall.

Women’s golf

Men’s golf

With the lowest team score in all three rounds, the FGCU men’s golf team closed out its third straight Stetson/CFSC Invitational title and won its fourth consecutive tournament of the fall season by 23 strokes over an eight-team !eld at Victoria Hills Golf Club on Tuesday.

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