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EN Photo / Hannah Kornitsky Rod M. Chestnutt, professor at the Bower School of Music has resigned from his position as associatee professor in light of a misconduct investigatuion. Chestnutt resigned on Friday, Oct. 13 , according to The News-Press.
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FGCU professor at the Bower School of Music and The Arts, Rod M.
Chesnutt, resigned from his position as associate professor of music and head of instrumental studies last week amid a nearly two-month misconduct investigation, according to
The News-Press. Chesnutt had been working at FGCU since 2006 and was responsible for sending the Wind Orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall.
According to FGCU’s official website, Chesnutt holds a bachelor’s degree. from
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Jason Orellano has replaced Gabriella Giordano as FGCU’s Student Government’s Senate Secretary, effective immediately. Giordano stepped down from her position as secretary in a Senate meeting on Tuesday Oct. 17, citing health reasons, though she will remian a Senator for the College of Engineering. Giordano ran unopposed for secretary in 2017 and was elected for the position on April 6. According to Giordano, her platform included implementing a reminder text service for senators and creating a monthly newsletter. Secretary Orellano has said he would continue to fulfill these goals. Senate Secretary is responsible for recording the minutes of each Senate meeting as well as maintaining an accurate record of senators’ votes on legislation. There are currently three College of Business seats, three seats in the College of Arts and Sciences, three graduate seats and one undeclared seat available in the Student Government Senate.
Governor Rick Scott declares state of emergency Florida’s head of state prepares for Richard Spencer’s appearance at UF
By Alexandra Figares News Editor @fgcueaglenews Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in preparation for self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida on Oct. 19. “I find that the threat of a potential emergency is imminent and hereby declare a state of emergency in Alachua County,” Scott said in an executive order. The executive order will allow local law enforcement agencies to partner with other state law enforcement agencies if necessary. Additionally, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be the lead agency for crisis management. In a statement, Scott said the state of emergency was requested by Alachua County Sheriff Sadie
Darnell. “We live in a country where everyone has the right to voice their opinion,” Scott said. “However, we have zero tolerance for violence, and public safety is always our number one priority.” According to The NewsPress, Spencer thinks there’s no reason his event should not go on, and even believes the state of emergency is taking things too far. “If someone is coming to speak, I feel like declaring the state of emergency is out of bounds,” Spencer said. “I feel like this may be an excuse to cancel the event, but I simply don’t know.” founder of the altright online blog, will pay about $10,564 to make an appearance at 2:30 p.m. at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on UF’s campus. According to The Independent Florida
Alligator, the university is expecting to spend about $500,000 in security costs. Spencer’s events have ensued violence in the past, and they often attract counter protestors, like Antifa. According to The News-Press, both Spencer’s followers and Antifa have expressed an intention on using violence. Spencer is often associated with rebranding white nationalism, and is said to have coined the term “alt-right.” He has since made several appearances at institutions, and he lead the “Unite the Right” demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, which resulted in one fatlitiy
>> Continued on A5 Photo Courtesy of AP Self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer will officially speak at the Universtiy of Florida after the university disallowed him to speak in early September.
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A white cake with green and blue sprinkles marked the official celebration of Eagle Radio’s first birthday. Eagle Radio is affiliated with Eagle News under the Eagle Media umbrella, and was originally founded by Daniel Stallings and Marla Phidd. Eagle Radio did not actually begin until last year, around October. Since its inception, Eagle Radio has
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FGCU Professor to take Kappa Delta Pi Chapter to Convocation best-selling author, Dave burgess, panelists from all over the nation and this year Derreck Kayongo, founder of the Global Soap Project, will tell his story about his escape from Uganda. Job fairs, networking opportunities and various workshops will be featured in this year’s convocation to help members become better educators. FGCU’s KDP Omega Epsilon is a chapter of the KDP International Honor Society in education. The society was founded in 1911 at the University of Illinois as one of the first honor society’s to be discipline specific. The society was named KDP after the Greek words that represent duty, knowledge and power, according to KDP’s Photo Courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Elliott website. The society has initiated Dr. Elizabeth Elliott has been a professor of Early Childhood Education at FGCU for 17 years. She and nine members of FGCU’s Kappa Delta Pi chapter will attend the society’s biennial convocation on Oct. 26. Elliott plans to run for the association’s President-Elect position. nearly 1.2 million members since it was first founded and has a mission In and the President and Vice The convocation is an Biennial Convocation. By Alexandra Figares gathering President of the chapter addition to teaching at From Oct. 26 to the 28, international News Editor FGCU for nearly 17 years, FGCU’s KDP’s chapter of future educators with a are typically required to go. @fgcueaglenews According to Elliott, any Dr. Elliott is the Director members will attend KDP’s host of different trainings In a little more than a 51st biennial Convocation for chapters to develop KDP member is welcome to of the Family Resource week, professor of Early – and FGCU’s 19th year in professionally as future attend. However, this year Center and Faculty Advisor was different with nine out for the Omega Epsilon educators, Elliott said. Childhood Education attendance. KDP’s association of 10 officers choosing to chapter. The conference is held Elizabeth Elliott and nine According to Elliot, she Kappa Delta Pi Omega every other year and FGCU requires at least two of attend. The Convocation was a high school Special Epsilon members will find has been attending the the chapter’s officers to themselves in Pittsburgh, assembly since its inception attend the convocation to features guest speakers Education teacher and took Pennsylvania for KDP’s in 1998, according to Elliott. maintain a chapter status, such as New York Times interest in wanting to teach
other teachers, so she went back to school for a Ph.D. According to Elliot’s biography on FGCU’s official website, FGCU’s KDP chapter has won a coveted ACE award four times in a row since 2005. The award is an international recognition for leadership, service activities and outstanding programs. Out of about 900 chapters, only 15 to 20 are selected as ACE recipients, Elliott said. “It has been a lifelong commitment to the field of teacher education,” Elliott said. At the conference, she will run to become the association’s PresidentElect and she will also be a keynote speaker for the Annual Counselor’s meeting. Elliott serves as the chapter’s international Association’s Executive Committee, Budget Committee Chair and the outgoing Lucinda Rose – Counselor of the Biennium. “Attending and presenting at this prestigious conference will bring a better awareness of the College of Education to an international audience,” Elliott said. “FGCU is a premier institution for teacher education.”
Photo Courtesy of Robbi Coltune The Humble Club is an up-and-coming streetwear brand created by FGCU student Robbi Coltune and two of her friends, Joelle Metsch and Daniel Nitzani. The trio plans to launch the brand in a couple of weeks, and hopes their unique art will reach people around the world.
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A profile picture with the words “disconnected” painted in red repetitively straddle what seems to be a young adult with its head replaced with a TV. The TV shows different bars of color, referencing to a
disconnection. In the upper-middle part of the page, a flower on top of some threaded design makes up the Facebook banner of The Humble Club. With about 137 likes on the official Facebook page and a unique profile picture, the page itself describes the essence of
The Humble Club: unique. The Humble Club is an up-and-coming streetwear brand with products like hats, socks, stickers and apparel, crafted with a specific message and a purpose. FGCU Psychology major Robbi Coltune and her two business partners Joelle Metsch and Daniel Nitzani
are working on launching the clothing brand in a few weeks. Prototypes of pink, black and grey t-shirts and hoodies with the word “humble” displayed in American sign language across the chest were posted on FGCU’s Class of 2020 Facebook page, offering prospective
customers a glimpse into The Humble Club. “We chose the name ‘The Humble Club’ because we believe that as we live our lives day by day it is so important to remember how fortunate we truly are,” Coltune said. The pinks and greys on t-shirts are the result of sixyears’ worth of friendship,
and the desire to have something to call their own. The beginning phases of building a brand comes with producing designs, logos and printing t-shirts. With the brand’s projected launch with their vision. Creating trendy and comfortable
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Judge halts newest Trump travel ban By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor.”
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It was the third set of travel restrictions issued by the president to be thwarted, in whole or in part, by the courts. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued the ruling after the ban on a set of mostly Muslim countries was challenged by the state of Hawaii, which warned that the restrictions would separate families and undermine the recruiting of diverse college students.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the ruling “dangerously flawed” and said it “undercuts the president’s efforts to keep the American people safe.” The Justice Department said it will quickly appeal. At issue was a ban, announced in September and set to go into effect early Wednesday, on travelers from Chad,
Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, along with some Venezuelan government officials and their families. The Trump administration said the ban was based on an assessment of each country’s security situation and willingness to share information with the U.S. Watson, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, said the new
restrictions ignore a federal appeals court ruling against Trump’s previous ban. The latest version “plainly discriminates based on nationality in the manner that the 9th Circuit has found antithetical to ... the founding principles of this nation,” Watson wrote. The judge’s ruling applies only to the six Muslimmajority countries on the list. It does not affect the restrictions against
North Korea or Venezuela, because Hawaii did not ask for that. “This is the third time Hawaii has gone to court to stop President Trump from issuing a travel ban that discriminates against people based on their nation of origin or religion,” Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said in a statement. “Today is another victory for the rule of law.”
email. Chesnutt has been on paid administrative leave since Aug. 25, when school officials said they had received tips about alleged “unethical and unprofessional behavior,” The NewsPress said. In a letter obtained The News-Press,
Chesnutt met to speak with Provost Ron Toll about the alleged misconduct, to which Chesnutt admitted to. According to The NewsPress, the extent or the details of the misconduct have not been divulged in letters or email exchanges with Chesnutt.
research at nation and international conventions and has had articles published at the Journal of Band Research. “After much thought and conversations with my physicians, I am resigning my position at FGCU effective Friday, Oct. 13, 2017,” Photo by James Greco Chesnutt wrote in the The Bower School of Music Wind Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall in 2015 un-by der Rod Chestnutt’s direction.
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one of the cornerstones of the brand is to give back to the community, which has prompted the young entrepreneurs to donate 10 percent of every purchase to various organizations every month.
For now, the trio has thought about donating to the Friendship Circle, however, according to Coltune, the team is still sorting out the logistics about who they will donate to.
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Trump ineffective with North Korea The President’s firey rhetoric has yielded little to no results
By Shane Broadstone Contributing Writer @shanebroadstone For many, there are only two foreseeable ends to the situation with North Korea: war or diplomacy. In avoidance of a catastrophic conflict that would put millions of lives under threat, the Trump Administration must refocus its diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful end to the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. With North Korea getting closer and closer to attaining nuclear capability, the dispute between the United States and North Korea is the most dangerous it has been in decades. The Trump Administration’s approach in quelling this threat has consisted of strict sanctions, pressure on Mr. Kim’s primary allies, and taunts against the Pyongyang based government. These messages have had seemingly no effect on Kim Jong- Uun’s desire to develop nuclear weapons, and have only sowed confusion on the Trump Administration’s true intention. Top officials within the Trump Administration have said repeatedly that reaching a diplomatic resolution in relieving tension with North Korea is America’s top priority. But the fiery rhetoric and insulting comments made towards North Korean leader Kim Jong- Uun by
U.S. President Donald Trump suggest otherwise. On one hand, Trump team officials, such as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, seek peace talks with North Korea through a direct channel of communication. “We’ve made it clear that we hope to resolve this through talks,” Tillerson said while speaking at a press conference in Beijing. Just a few days after these remarks, President Donald Trump, through a series of tweets, undermined his Secretary of State’s efforts. “I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...” he tweeted. Trump has thrown various insults and jabs at Kim, calling him a “madman”, (which is likely the only thing he has gotten right regarding Korea), “Little Rocket Man,”, and at a United Nations General Assembly, he threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea. As seen under previous administrations, dealing with the unpredictable young North Korean leader takes smart diplomacy – which is not a strength of PresidentMr. Trump. The undiplomatic language of the sitting President is not a productive means of relieving tension, and only serves to undermine serious foreign policy efforts made by advisors, such as Tillerson and Mattis.
AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Greenville Spartanburg International Airport, in Greer, S.C., Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, en route Greenville, S.C., for a fundraiser for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. The provocative language seen to come from the President of the United States is not only ineffective, but is also dangerous. The United States must consider the possibility that Kim JongUun takes the words of the President seriously, which may lead him to the conclusion that the U.S. is not actually interested in peace at all. If leaders in
Pyongyang do draw this conclusion, they may feel that they have no other option than to further accelerate the development of their nuclear program. The President’s erroneous war-intended rhetoric is undercutting his team and their attempts to piece together a realistic and coherent strategy that engages the North Korean threat. The United States
has been unable to deliver a unified message as to their intentions regarding North Korea – does Trump and his administration seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict or an escalation in tension? There is no perfect policy solution when it comes to the North Korean problem. But the Trump Administration needs to stop the insults and get
serious about finding a way to stabilize the situation. Although it remains unclear if Kim Jong- Uun is interested in talking, the Trump Administration needs to test the possibility before miscalculation-bytweet leads to war.
All for one and one for all By Alex Pilkington Staff Writer @AlexForLiberty Evil, as an adjective, is defined as profoundly immoral and malevolent. Immoral is defined as not conforming to accepted standards of morality, while malevolent is defined as having a wish to do evil to others. It is no wonder that we label our political opponents as evil. In doing so, we no longer have to debate them or engage in dialogue with them because we have superior moral values than them. We use fear mongering and mudslinging to gain supporters because it far easier than solely running on a platform. Hillary’s emails, Benghazi, the chanting of “Lock Her Up,” spousal affairs. Donald Trump’s businesses, Russia, calling a ten-yearold “autistic,” calling the Republican Party the “Party
of Death.” Almost a year after the election, the insults and fear mongering have not stopped and we are witnessing a blinding rage from one side and a defensive emotional response from the other. We as a country are divided, there can be no argument. From Rosie O’Donnell’s depiction of beheading Trump, to Jimmy Kimmel’s rant on Trump’s stupidity, to the President’s myriad of questionable and downright childish tweets, to the media sensationalizing as much as possible to evoke an emotional response from the citizenry, it could even be argued that we are more politically divided now than we have ever been since the Civil War. While state secession doesn’t necessarily seem plausible, the hatred we show toward our fellow citizens solely based off of political beliefs is more than just concerning. Unsurprisingly, in a new
survey from the Pew Research Center, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats say they have “few” or absolutely no friends in the opposing party. This is becoming increasingly more apparent with each sensationalistic article shared on social media, with comments including something to the likes of “unfriend me on here and in real life if you don’t believe what I believe.” We have demonized our political opponents and, as a result, we have shut them out. Civil discourse has all but stopped, and now a large part of America sits in a political echo chamber where the hatred towards differing ideas continues to fester and grow. There don’t seem to be many calls to end this divide or to bring together both sides. The opposite actually seems to be true. Eminem recently released a cypher where he essentially disavowed Trump and
Trump supporters from his fan base. There is nothing wrong with freedom of association, and absolutely nothing wrong with freedom of speech, but it’s inarguable that Eminem only contributed to further dividing the country. The demonization is not one sided though. I have heard Republicans called “sexist, fascist, Nazis, heartless,” among other things. I have also heard Democrats called “stupid, irrational, overly emotional, and anti-American.” Most of the time, those are baseless accusations. Our country has definitely succumbed to the polarization; we truly believe that the other side is evil. If we take a breath, forget our emotional attachment to the names of the parties and view them objectively, maybe we can view the other side as human. Republicans take a conservative stance on most
issues and feel that the federal government should not play a big role in people’s lives, they favor lower taxes and less federal government spending on social programs. Democrats believe that the federal government should take a more active role in people’s lives, especially those who are in need. The parties are starkly different in their methods of running the country, but both believe they are doing what’s best for its citizens. If we remember this during interactions with those who don’t hold the same beliefs as us and act accordingly, maybe the divide that has grown will go away. Granted, there are complexities in politics. Issues that will spark serious emotional responses are at the forefront of today’s political atmosphere. I am not advocating apathy or complacency, rather I am advocating looking past the initial emotional response
and viewing the opposing argument with objectivity based on the beliefs of the individual presenting them. At the end of the day, we are all American. Regardless of differing political ideologies, it is rational to believe that we all want the best for this country. For our country to start healing from the divisiveness and vitriol of this past year, it is vital that we stop demonizing and ostracizing our opposition and start opening a dialogue with them in order to facilitate compromises. In the famous words of Abraham Lincoln, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Lincoln led our country to recovery after the Civil War, but it is up to us, the citizens, to ensure that our country begins to recover from this Cold Civil War before it is too late.
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No World Cup for the U.S. Soccer Team By Arnold Morales Contributing Writer @moralesarnold5 Tuesday, Oct. 10 went down as a historical day for U.S. soccer, but for no good reason. That night, the stars lined up — a hard fought loss to a highlymotivated Trinidad and Tobago team, along with two other seemingly unlikely and unfavorable results from two other Concacaf matches that night — and left the United States men’s soccer team out of the upcoming World Cup in Russia. For the briefest of moments though, the U.S. had one last thread of hope, pending on Mexico tying up their match against Honduras, perhaps returning the favor from four years ago, when a miracle from the U.S. men’s soccer team put the Mexican team in playoffs, ultimately leading them into the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. However, this is no fairytale, and that did not happen. For the first time since 1986, the United States men’s soccer team will not be in the World Cup. Maybe it was the Panamanian’s first nonexistent goal to blame for this? Or maybe
it was Jürgen Kinsman, who overstayed his welcome as head coach of the team. Either way, soccer fans in the United States and around the world are in a haze of emotions: anger, sadness, and most of all, surprise. Fans were voicing these reasons (a few of many) as the culprit for their absence in the upcoming World Cup. However, some expert analyzers, along with prolific voices in U.S. soccer and around the world, say that the United States had this coming. Harsh critic Alexi Lalas was heavily criticized on his criticism of the men’s soccer team earlier this year upon saying, “…What are you guys going to do? Are you going to continue to be a bunch of soft, underperforming, tattooed millionaires? You are a soccer generation that has been given everything, you are a soccer generation on the edge of squandering everything... make us believe again, you don’t owe it to yourselves, you owe it to us (fans).” Maybe now, in hindsight, Lalas was right. But what really was, or is, the problem? It can’t be money, not for one of the richest soccer teams in the world.
Often being critiqued is the controversial youth soccer system the U.S. has in place, which is deemed to be a “pay for play” system in which it seems true talent is hard to come by these days (as per the current situation we are in). College soccer in the U.S. is also frequently criticized. Maybe both aforementioned critiques are why 19-year-old Christian Pulisic, the almost undebatable best player for the team at the moment, chose to not continue his development in the U.S., migrating to Germany instead? However, maybe it is a combination of all these. Though it is a tough pill to swallow for the U.S. men’s soccer team and soccer fans around the world, it may also be a long overdue wake up call. This will hopefully allow the United States to scrutinize the current development systems in place and continue to tweak and improve them, which will hopefully inadvertently continue to help soccer grow in the U.S. But to answer the question, yes, I think the U.S. will become the most noteworthy absentee in the upcoming 2018 World Cup in Russia. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer U.S. Soccer Team is out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Coach Bruce Arena was fired afterwards.
Let’s talk about birth control
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Birth control is misunderstood by a lot of people -- especially government officials and religious figures. By Krista Prince Contributing Writer @Kristaprince_ Birth control pills continues to be a controversial topic. Especially under President Trump’s. Not so shockingly, the Trump Administration has recently released regulations that gives employers and private health insurance companies more freedom, allowing them to deny contraceptive coverage based on “sincerely held religious or moral objection.” The Health and Human Services Department says that this new mandate will have no effect on “over 99.9 percent of the 165 million women in the United States.” The administration also makes the point that low-income women will still have access to affordable contra-
ception through community and government health programs. Yet the administration fails to draw attention to their clear desire to cut government funding to programs like Planned Parenthood. At the same time, federal state and local governments are increasingly passing laws that limit women’s access to abortion. What baffles me is that Trump, and seemingly his entire administration, don’t see the connection between sex, contraception, unplanned pregnancies and abortion. In denying access to birth control, the demand for abortion, the thing rightwing conservatives so adamantly reject, increases. The easiest way to avoid abortions is to avoid unplanned pregnancy, which means providing access for
women to birth control. How is it possible to be against both contraception and abortion? Probably by believing in the notion that birth control, specifically an oral contraceptive, expels fertilized eggs from the uterus, which in turn causes some degree of an abortion. But this has no scientific backing. At the most basic level, hormones contained in oral contraceptives prevent ovulation, the release of an egg. This means there is no egg around for sperm to fertilize. Birth control pills also thicken the cervical mucus, making it harder for sperm to swim to an egg. Everyone knows that birth control pills keep you from getting pregnant, but that isn’t the only function. For the average woman, birth control pills can regulate abnormal periods,
reduce period pains, stop menstrual migraines, and help clear problem skin. For instance, when I was 16 years-old, I had first started my period and wasn’t sure how to handle the pains that accompanied it. Every month the cramps that came with my period were so intense I would vomit. Unable to attend school more often then not, my mom brought to my attention that birth control could help ease the pain. I was shocked to know a world where every month I was no longer in agony. For women with heavy periods, an issue that can eventually lead to anemia, and a serious problem for women who already have anemia, birth control pills can make periods lighter. Because birth control pills contain hormones such as estrogen and progestin,
they can often be used to regulate hormone imbalances and other conditions caused by hormone imbalances such as polycystic ovary syndrome. One of the many symptoms of PCOS is painful ovarian cysts, which can be helped by birth control pills. Even though it is important to note the many other purposes birth control serves besides preventing pregnancy, that is still the main function. It is a fact that some women use birth control in order to have sex without getting pregnant, whether it be because women and their male partners are not ready for children, or because they don’t want kids. It isn’t a bad thing for women to have control over whether or not they carry a baby inside them for nine months, and then support a
child for 18 years. Women shouldn’t have to list the other functions birth control serves in order for lawmakers passing laws regulating it, to understand why it should be easily accessible. In fact, the lawmakers attempting to regulate women’s access to birth control are by a shocking majority men. Men who have no place regulating women’s access to contraception no matter what the reason is for using it. It is outrageous that the Trump administration has taken steps to move our country backwards in health care, and in doing so, ignores the fact that birth control is basic health care.
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Astrology: a blueprint in the sky
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been on the U.S. Supreme Court for over 24 years.
By Clarisse Halpern Staff Writer @fgcueaglenews Astrology is a subject that often raises curiosity among people. Actually, any means to self-knowledge attracts people’s attention because, ultimately, we are always trying to find answers to our questions, to explain our human nature and to try to find ourselves. Of course, there are always people who don’t believe in astrology, and that happens mainly due to two things. First, people seem to find that astrology is reduced to horoscopes. But not just horoscopes, horrible and poorly elaborated ones published in gossip magazines, newspapers, or
even from lousy Facebook tests. No, guys, that’s not astrology. Even the horoscopes that are seriously elaborated by professional astrologers cannot adequately define or explain whatever is going on in your life, nor predict job promotions, having an exciting vacation, or meeting the man/ woman of your dreams. That’s not astrology either. The second thing that drives people away from astrology is that they think it is merely an oracle. Astrology is not a divination tool either. So, what is it? Astrology is the study or art of deciphering the influence of the stars in the course of earthly events and people’s lives, explaining and describing
their psychological characteristics and their destiny, as well as to explain the world and predict the future of peoples or individuals. All those things are done not by divination like fortune telling, but by analyzing tendencies of behaviors described in one’s (or a country’s) chart. The easiest way I found to explain what birth charts are is to say that they’re the sky’s picture at the exact moment of a person’s birth. The positions of stars and planets in the sky will indicate tendencies of behavior and what those may lead you to seek as you face particular circumstances in your professional, family, social and love life. A certain Master once defined astrology as “the
study of man’s reactions to planetary stimuli. The stars have no benevolence or conscious aversion; merely send positive and negative radiations offering a licit channel for the external operation of the cause and effect equilibria that in the past each man set in motion. A child is born on the exact day and time when the beaming rays are in mathematical harmony with their karma.” Therefore, the goal is to awaken human beings to set them free from their universal captivity. As you can perceive, my friends, astrology is a self-knowledge tool. It can (and should) be used to seek to understand fundamental aspects of oneself, to improve as a human being
and to know one’s strengths and weaknesses to fulfill one’s mission and to abate individual karma. People in Eastern civilizations have been using birth charts centuries before us Westerners for many things. A good example is the Dalai Lama’s birth chart that was determinant to appoint him as the current spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. But, remember, it goes beyond asking your friends what their sun sign is. A person’s personality, character, dreams, aspirations, relationships, professional tendencies and aspirations, among many other elements that make up a person’s individuality, are shown in the chart. You’d have to know their moon
sign, rising sign, what planets and stars are located in each quadrant of the chart, among other things that only a professional astrologer is able to explain. If you seek to find such answers, here’s a piece of advice. The best astrologer I ever met told me he did not guess anything he said when analyzing my birth chart. Nor did he cite memorized definitions of stars and their meaning when in quadrature or trine. He said he was a kind of translator, reading and interpreting a plan that my soul had set up before I was born. So, if you wish to learn more about yourself, I’d strongly suggest looking for a professional astrologer.
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Coach reuintes with tennis prodigy
Photo courtesy of Kenny Kim FGCU men’s tennis head coach, C.J. Weber (far right) coached No. 16 world player, Kevin Anderson (middle), while he was a volunteer assistant coach at Illinois.
By Matt Rothman Assistant Sports Editor @MattRothman3 Most know C.J. Weber as the head coach for the FGCU men’s tennis team, however, not many people know that Weber has ties with the No. 16 player in the world, Kevin Anderson. A little over a month ago, Weber was seen in the coaching box at the U.S. Open for Anderson’s semifinal win versus Marin Cilic.
Anderson was also present for the finals of the U.S. Open versus 16-time major champion, Rafael Nadal, in a match that Anderson lost in straight sets. Anderson offered Weber a ticket when he heard there was a chance Weber would have to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irma. When Weber made the decision to evacuate, he figured why not take Anderson up on his offer and head up to New York.
“To be in the players box for that was a lot of fun, and something not many people get to experience,” Weber said. “I was telling people it was the best hurricane evacuation plan of all time, so that was fun.” Anderson, who is from South Africa, resides in Gulf Stream, Florida, where he began playing tennis at the age of 6. He went on to play collegiate tennis at Illinois where Weber was serving as a volunteer assistant.
VanLiew earns ASUN Player of the Week
EN Photo / Brad Young Cortney VanLiew currently leads all freshmen in the ASUN conference in kills with 237, averaging 3.83 kills per set.
By Matt Rothman Assistant Sports Editor @MattRothman3 For a second-straight week, Cortney VanLiew, a member of the FGCU Volleyball team, was named ASUN Player of the Week. Teammate Amanda Carroll was selected last week and VanLiew joins
her while picking up Freshmen of the Week. The Eagles were victorious in all three of the matches they played, including defeating first place Jacksonville to move into a tie atop the ASUN standings. The freshman had 34 kills in the three matches as well as picking up a double-double in the first
two matches of the week. VanLiew leads all freshmen in the ASUN conference in kills with 237 and second in hitting percentage at .270. She averages 3.83 kills and 3.50 digs per set in conference play. This is the seventh award the Eagles have received this season with VanLiew picking up four of them.
Anderson won the 2006 NCAA doubles championship with his partner Ryan Rowe. A year later, he led Illinois to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament where Anderson lost his singles match to the current highest-ranked American, John Isner from Georgia. Weber was coaching at Illinois as a volunteer assistant during Anderson’s run and has stayed close ever since. He went on to play
professionally and reached the quarter finals of the Challenger in New Caledonia before entering the Australian Open for the first time where he dropped a tough five-set match to Alejandro Fellas, but moved his ranking into the top 200. Later that year, he defeated Novak Djokovic for his first top-ten win of all time and competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won his firstround match representing South Africa.
It took the 6-foot-8inch righty seven tries to earn his first win in a grand slam in the U.S Open, and he followed that win by defeating the 26th seed, Thomas Bellucinni, to reach the third round. He went on to win his first ATP title at the SA Open and has gone on to win over $10 million in prize money as he has risen to the top of men’s tennis by the age 31.
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Men’s soccer finishes in a 1-1 draw versus first place Stetson
Robert Ferrer (above) currently leads the men’s soccer team in game winning goals with three. Ferrer’s most recent game-winning goal came against Lipscomb, when he scored a goal early in the first half.
By Matt Rothman Assistant Sports Editor @mattrothman3 After suffering from a heartbreaking loss to FIU in the final minute of overtime, the Eagles were back in action on Saturday and played to a 1-1 draw against Stetson. The lone goal came from Shak Adams. FGCU is still in the running to win the ASUN regular season
championship with a draw. They still remain three points behind the Hatters, having played one fewer game. If both teams were to win out, the third tiebreaker would be a goal differential to decide who earns the top spot in the ASUN Tournament. “We came here to get three points, so we’re a little disappointed, but it’s a good point to get on the road with so many things against us,”
FGCU head coach Jesse Cormier said. “We tried to be more proactive and build and construct scoring chances, but we weren’t completely able to do that tonight. But, we live to play another day with the regular-season title still within our grasp.” The Eagles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the seventh minute, as Adams scored his fifth of the season from a set piece off a corner. Dennis Zapata
nearly doubled the lead minutes after, but his shot went wide. Late in the first half with the Eagles still up 1-0, goaltender Connor Gavigan was called for a foul inside the box after taking down a Hatter in the box. On the penalty shot, Deniz Dogan converted his sixth of the season to even the game at one. This was the first goal the Eagles have allowed in conference, and FGCU
finished the half being outshot 8-4 with Gavigan having to make four saves. In the second half, the best chance for the Eagles came from Kareem Riley on a free kick right outside the box, but his bending shot just barely missed as the ball went high. The two teams remained tied heading into overtime. Neither team was able to generate much in overtime, with Stetson taking six shots with three
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on goal, none of which were able to beat Gavigan. The two teams finished 110 minutes tied at one. Up next, FGCU will travel to USC Upstate to face the Spartans on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. USC Upstate has yet to win a conference game and sits in last place in the ASUN standings.
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Camille Knudstrup Junior 5 feet 8 inches Hometown: Lakeland, Fla. After recording three assists and helping the FGCU women’s soccer team in its ninth shutout of the season over Jacksonville, Camille Knudstrup was named the ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Week. This is the first time in Knudstrup’s career that she has won this award, and she is also the fourth FGCU Defensive Player of the Week honoree of the year. The defender became the first defensive player this season in the ASUN to tally three assists. The junior has two goals and six assists on the year, a goal and two assists more than her freshman season. Knudstrup’s six assists sit only behind Holly Fritz’s seven in the ASUN.
Weber and Anderson have trained together numerous times because both live in Florida. Anderson has also come to a couple of FGCU matches and has met with the team. “He is a huge FGCU fan,” Weber said. “He asks about the team all the time, and I will even communicate
with him different things that are going on with the team. Obviously he loves his alma mater, and that will always be his number one school, but I like to think FGCU is a close second.” Having Anderson around has not only helped the players, but has also
assisted Coach Weber. This motivation has helped Weber produce 26 ASUN Conference selections as well as advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time a season ago.
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ASUN selects trio from women’s basketball for Preseason All-Conference By Matt Rothman Assistant Sports Editor @MattRothman3 The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) announced that the FGCU basketball team is the favorite to win the ASUN Conference and head back to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year and third time in the past four years. The ASUN also presented a trio of Eagles with awards, as Tytiona Adderly, China Dow and Rosemarie Julien were all picked for the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team, with Julien being tabbed to be ASUN Player of the Year. “It’s always good to see our players receive positive recognition,” FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said. “We will need Rose, Ty and China to take a step forward this year. We have a couple of other players who have the ability to be all-conference players at the end of the year, and we will need them to play at that level. We have talented, experienced players who are learning how to bring
the best out of each other.” One season ago, all three players were part of the team that finished the regular season as a number two seed in the conference, as they went on to defeat both Jacksonville and Stetson to reach the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles eventually fell to No. 4 Miami after a couple of controversial calls in the final minute. Adderly, a sophomore from Jupiter, Florida, played her first season with FGCU last season and was named to the ASUN- Freshman and ASUN-Tournament Conference Team. She has a division one record in both rebounds per game with 7.8, as well as offensive rebounds with 92. The freshman also had three double-doubles on the season. Dow was a major contributor to the Eagles last season, especially late in the season as she was named ASUN Tournament MVP with her 31 points in the ASUN Finals. She came off the bench in all 35 games and was a major spark both offensively and defensively in her first year with the
program after sitting out the 2015-16 season as a transfer from Middle Tennessee. Julien, a senior in her second year with FGCU after transferring from Chipola College, was the ASUN Newcomer of the Year, and she also appeared on the ASUN All-Conference Team with her team-high 11 points per game. She scored a Division 1 program-record 36 points on Jan. 7 in a win versus Stetson and scored in double figures in 20 of the 35 games. The Eagles open up the regular season on Nov. 12 versus Illinois, and will play 18 other non-conference games, before opening up conference play with Stetson, who is projected to finish second in the ASUN. “We have high expectations for our team and a lot of respect for the teams in our conference,” Smesko said. “We will have to improve a great deal to be serious contenders for the championship. I believe, with the right mindset, we could do it.” EN Photo / Brad Young Rosemarie Julien (above) appeared on the ASUN All-Conference Team after her first season as an Eagle last year.
Women’s soccer clinches spot in ASUN Championship
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Holly Fritz (above) and Camille Knudstrup both tallied three assists in the match against Jacksonville, matching the highest single-game total in FGCU program history.
By Matt Rothman Assistant Sports Editor @MattRothman3 The FGCU women’s soccer team scored two goals in the first half and three in the second to pick up a 5-0 win over Jacksonville, earning a spot in the ASUN Tournament. FGCU, who has won seven-straight, regularseason championships, currently sits in a tie for first place in the ASUN standings with Lipscomb
and will look to clinch it outright with a win versus the Bisons on Tuesday. “It was a great performance tonight,” head coach Jim Blankenship said. “I love the way the guys played and set the tone early. We got two phenomenal goals from Ma (Boilesen), the passing was crisp, everyone was getting in, and we were able to create a lot of great chances early. And for us, it’s not the first goal, but the second. The second goal takes a lot
of pressure off and this sets up a big one Tuesday.” Early on, the Eagles maintained possession. In the 12th minute, they took a 1-0 lead on Marjorie Boilesen’s team-leading tenth goal of the season. Camille Knudstrup and Holly Fritz picked up their first of three assists they would get in the contest. Just a little more than four minutes later on a corner kick for FGCU, Fritz sent one into the box that Boilesen connected into
the top-right corner for her second of the game and a 2-0 lead. Boilesen just narrowly missed on a hat trick, as in the 40th minute she rang the cross bar with her shot. The Eagles went into the break up too, and in the 52nd minute, Lindsey Patton scored her third of the year on a nearly identical set-up to the first goal from Patton and Knudstrup to go ahead by three. The lead only grew for
FGCU. Cassidy Morgan was credited with a goal after the Dolphins put one into its own net. Lauren Greene extended the lead to five just about two minutes later, as she finished her third of the season to open up a 5-0 lead. The Eagles outshot the Dolphins 26-4, and goaltender Melissa Weck registered two saves to earn her ninth clean sheet of the season. The Eagles outshot the Dolphins 26-4, and
goaltender Melissa Weck registered two saves to earn her ninth clean sheet of the season, helping the Eagles improve to a 11-2-1 overall record. FGCU looks to enter the top-25 in the college rankings. With only two conference games remaining, FGCU will look to finish the season strong on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. when they face the Bisons.
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Volleyball grabs a pair of ASUN victories
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Daniele Serrano (above) currently leads the team in total blocks with 57, averaging 0.81 blocks per set.
By Brandon Liguori Staff Writer @_brandon_136 The FGCU volleyball team made facing their toughest opponent look easy, sweeping Jacksonville University (JU) Friday night 25-21, 25-20, 25-20. The victory gave FGCU a share of first place in the ASUN Conference, along with Jacksonville and Kennesaw State. Mallory Mattingly began the scoring,, giving the Dolphins a quick 2-0 lead. The Eagles then went CROSS-COUNTRY
on an 8-3 scoring run, in large part to Kaitlan Krivdo, who finished with six kills on the night. JU went on a run of their own, and turned the score around from down 8-5 to ahead 9-8. Freshman Cortney VanLiew was dominant on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, accounting for 12 kills and 13 digs. “It was a really good atmosphere out there tonight. We all played extremely well defense and floor. Overall, we played good team volleyball
in the match. Coach really prepared us well for conference play and throughout our current winning streak,” VanLiew said. In the second set, Amanda Carroll was active as the team raced to a 3-0 start. The Dolphins put pressure on the Eagles, producing a 3-0 run of their own to go on top 8-7. With FGCU leading late 22-17, Jacksonville went on a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to two points at 22-20, forcing the Eagles to burn their final timeout of the set.
FGCU scored the first four points in the final set, including a kill from setter Maggie Rick. A kill from Daniele Serrano ended any chance of a comeback for JU, as the Dolphins were the 12th opponent FGCU has swept. The Eagles continued ASUN play, taking on UNF the following night. FGCU (15-6, 6-1) rolled to yet another sweep Saturday night, dominating UNF 25-17, 25-20, 25-14. The Ospreys jumped out on top 2-1, but a 3-0 scoring run by FGCU, thanks to
VanLiew and Krivdo, put the Eagles up 4-2. North Florida never led again in the opening set. Trailing by seven late, the Ospreys went on a 4-0 run to cut the lead to three, 20-17. Carina Hoff did the damage for UNF in the first set. Coming out of the timeout, the Eagles went on a 5-0 scoring run, including two service aces by senior Courtney Stevens, a kill from Maggie Rick and a kill by Daniele Serrano. Amanda Carroll’s kill opened up the second set,
who had a team-high 16 kills on the night. With the Eagles leading midway, 14-12, UNF went on a 3-0 run to take a one-point lead, 15-14. With the Eagles leading 23-20, an error by Katarina Raicevic and VanLiew’s kill gave FGCU a 2-0 lead in sets for the second consecutive night at home. Carroll produced four of the first eight Eagle points in the final set. A service error from UNF clinched the Eagles’ sixth consecutive win, improving to 7-3 at home.
Top finishes at USF Invitational
By Emily Kois Sports Editor @emilykois Carley Lutzow and Carlin Berryhill each had top five finishes at the USF Invitational., leading the FGCU cross-country teams.
In the 5K, Lutzow finished in third place with a time of 18:17.6. Berryhill led the men’s team in the 8K, finishing with a fourth-place time of 25:56.4. “I’m happy with the team’s effort,” FGCU head coach Cassandra Goodson
said. “We had a few people have big breakthroughs. The conditions were not ideal for fast times, so we just focused on effort and competing. We are looking forward to getting home and back to work.” In the men’s 8K, all five
runners finished in the top 41. Jan Figueroa and Cole Pruim finished in the top 20, with Figueroa finishing with a 16th place time of 27:22.3 and Pruim’s time of 27:26.6 to put him in 17th. Other notable finishes
were Joseph Salerno’s 40th place time of 28:46.7, and Maximilian Weigand’s 41st finish of 28:49.4. On the women’s side, Angela Cruz Gonzalez finished in 66th place with a time of 20:43.3. Jessica Hanley finished with a top-
100 time of 20:47.2. Next, both teams will compete in the ASUN Championship on Oct. 28 in Cartersville, Georgia.
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This week in athletics Women’s tennis at ITA Women’s Southeast By Emily Kois Sports Editor @emilykois The FGCU women’s tennis team will compete in the four-day event, ITA Women’s Southeast Regional Championships, in Athens, Georgia. Play is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 19 and conclude on
Sunday, Oct. 22. Last year, Julia Ascúa, Julianna Curtis and Breana Stampfli traveled to Gainesville to represent the Eagles at the 2016 USTA/ITA Southeast Regional. FGCU finished with a trio of singles wins including main draw victory against Stetson’s
Sofia Ferding. Stampfli lost to the eventual ITA champion, while Curtis fell to the singles backdraw champion. Next, the Eagles will compete in the Dick Vitale Invitational beginning on Friday, Nov. 3 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.
Swim at UNF and Campbell By Emily Kois Sports Editor @emilykois The FGCU swim and dive team will head to Jacksonville to take on UNF and Campbell Saturday, Oct. 21 with the meet beginning at 3 p.m. The Eagles will be
coming off of a strong 199-116 season-opening win against Rutgers. This meet was led by Petra Halmai, who finished her debut with the Eagles, winning three events. She was also a part of the 400yard medley relay, which finished first place. Campbell comes into this
meet with an overall record of 2-4 and is currently on a three-match lose streak. UNF has yet to win a match, coming into the meet with an overall record of 0-3. The Ospreys will be coming off a 53-151 loss to Vanderbilt. Next, the Eagles will travel to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators.
Volleyball vs. Stetson By Brandon Liguori Staff Writer @_brandon_136 The FGCU volleyball team will conclude a four-game home stand Saturday night, Oct. 21 versus the Stetson Hatters with
the first set beginning at 6 p.m. Paced by Amanda Carroll, Cortney VanLiew and Daniele Serrano, the Eagles have swept its past three opponents. Stetson (3-14, 2-3) has been playing good
volleyball, winning their past two matches against conference foes. The Hatters are led by Eva Deisa (164 kills) and Hao Jin (128 kills). These two schools met a little over a month ago, with FGCU sweeping Stetson in
Deland. Next, the Eagles will hit the road to take on the North Florida Ospreys in Jacksonville, Friday Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
Men’s soccer at USC Upstate By Brandon Liguori Staff Writer @_brandon_136 After falling to FIU, the FGCU men’s soccer team will look to get back on the winning side, when they travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina to do battle against USC
Upstate Saturday, Oct. 21. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Eagles (6-4-1, 3-0-0) are led by Robert Ferrer and Shak Adams. Both are tied for the team lead with four goals, two assists and a total of ten points. The Spartans (2-8-2, 0-4-0) are still aiming for their first conference
win. They are led by Cam Philpot, who has produced three goals, one assist and a total of seven points. In 2016, the Eagles shutout the Spartans 3-0 at home. FGCU will finish the three-game road trip in Tampa to face the USF Bulls.
Women’s soccer vs. UNF By Brandon Liguori Staff Writer @_brandon_136
The FGCU women’s soccer team will look to continue their ASUN dominance, as they close out the 2017 season at home versus UNF Saturday, October 21 with kickoff at 7 p.m.
The Eagles (10-2-1, 3-0-1) are a perfect 4-0-0 at home this season. Led by Marjorie Boilesen, she has dominated with nine goals, five assists, and a total of twenty-three points. North Florida (9-4, 3-2) relies on freshman Thais Reiss. This season, she leads the team with six goals, one assist, and a total of thirteen points.
Last season, FGCU defeated the Ospreys 1-0 in Jacksonville. Next, FGCU will begin preparation for the 2017 ASUN Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament. The quarter-finals begin Saturday October 28, with the top two seeds receiving a bye. The semi-finals will happen Friday, November 3, and the title game will occur Sunday, November 5.
Men’s golf at Pinetree Invitational By Emily Kois Sports Editor @emilykois The men’s golf team will be competing in the Pinetree Invitational in Kennesaw, Georgia, at the Pinetree Country Club. 36 holes are set to begin on Monday, Oct. 23, with the final
round finishing on Tuesday, Oct. 24. This will be the first time the team will be competing in this invitational. The team will be coming off play at the Patriot Intercollegiate in Centerville, Virginia, where they finished second out of 16 teams before play was postponed. Next, the team will host the
Homewood/Hilton Garden Airport and FGCU Classic beginning Sunday, Oct. 29.
Men’s soccer at USF By Brandon Liguori Staff Writer @_brandon_136 The FGCU men’s soccer team will wrap up a threegame road trip in Tampa, when they face off against the University of South Florida in a non-conference tilt Tuesday night, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.
The Eagles (6-4-1, 3-0-0 ASUN) are led by two emerging stars – Shak Adams and Robert Ferrer. Both are tied for the team lead in goals, assists, and total points. The Bulls (6-3-1, 3-0-0 American) look to stay perfect at home, currently posting a 5-0 home win-streak. USF is led by freshman Adrian Billhardt, leading the team with five goals, five assists, and a total of fifteen points.
Last season, FGCU defeated the Bulls in Fort Myers, 3-2, as well as a win over USF in the NCAA Tournament in penalties. Next, the Eagles will play their final home game of the season against NJIT Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.
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EN Photo / Gabriela Hardan (Top left) A performer reads his sheet music as he plays the saxophone in downtown, Fort Myers as the crowd listens to him play. (Top Right) A local violinist dances to his music as he plays the violin for people walking by. (Bottom left) FGCU student Diego Azcuy plays the trumpet for a large crowd with his jazz band. He performed for the whole night. (Bottom right) The crowd stands and listens to Azcuy play jazz music with his band.
Pakistan Bridal Fashion Week steals the show
Photos courtesy of Associated Press Models present creations by designer Shamsha Hashwani during the Bridal Fashion Week in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. More than twenty five designers showcasing their latest bridal collections in the three-day event organized by the Pakistan Fashion Design Council.
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Photos courtesy of Associated Press A model presents a creation of designer Nomi Ansari during the Bridal Fashion Week.
Last week, Bridal Fashion Week took place in New York City. While most fashion weeks span up to 10 days, bridal fashion only graced the city runways for five days. With only 21 designers debuting their bridal lines, the week came and went fairly quickly. The designers Sachin & Babi used an outdoor café as their runway, with their guests seated facing away from the models. With 15 wedding dresses, Sachin & Babi combined floral lace
with ivory and white satin, occasionally adding a pop of color to the waistbands. Only one model carried a flower, which was a single white Calla Lily. The designers also included two dresses with open fronts and white pants for a less feminine look. Justin Alexander’s bridal line included a lot of crystals, layers of tulle and lace. The designer accessorized some of the models with strings of flowers wrapped around their arms. Other models wore white or black hats. All of the accessories,
which also included belts and chokers, were white or black. Madeline Gardner’s line Morilee featured classic silhouettes with delicate accents, including feathers, layered lace and lots of jewels. The line maintained a romantic, dreamy atmosphere as the models emerged through a flowered archway. Every model also wore tassel earrings in white. Blush by Hayley Paige also featured romantic, classic styles -- but with a twist. The designer included a lot of low-cut
tops, twisting classic gowns into new and edgy designs. Many of the dresses in Paige’s line had layered tulle cascading down their fronts in waves, creating an illusion of floating material. Lakum presented a surprising twist at Bridal Fashion week with a-typical designs and accessories. Along with calf length dresses, strapless gowns were paired with futuristic collars of crisscrossed metal. One gown even featured a crop top with a bow. Pant sets and high collars were also included. Fashion Month and
Bridal Fashion Week have now both died down, but fashion never stops. With the conclusion of designers’ new spring collections, shown internationally, spring trends will begin to catch on. Predicted to begin as early as January, designers will release their spring lines and welcome spring in the middle of winter. Good thing we can wear spring clothes during the winter here in Florida. Other states and countries may need to improvise to keep warm. Stay tuned for more fashion news next week.
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Poetree brings poetry to FGCU New RSO emphasizes the spoken word
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By Nicholas Michel E&L Editor @NMichelWrites Poetree is a new organization that showcases spoken word poetry on campus. While Lenz Dalusma was pursuing his first bachelor’s degree at Florida State University, he joined a spoken word organization that allowed him to express himself artistically. Today, as he works toward a second bachelor’s degree as a mathematics major, he is bringing spoken word to FGCU as the president of Poetree. In addition to putting on their own events, Poetree works with other registered student organizations by sending its members to perform at
events. The organization, which has only been around for one semester, has already performed at two events. Additionally, Dalusma personally provided spoken word poetry during pride week on National Coming Out Day and at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. In response to the Las Vegas shooting, Dalusma performed a poem about the sadness he felt about the events that transpired, and he stressed how much he would hate to see more innocent people die at the hands of gun violence. “Too many visuals of vigils held for slain individuals.” Dalusma said. “I feel like that line perfectly summarizes the entire poem.”
He then took on the perspective of a girl who felt too ashamed to profess her love to her best friend on National Coming Out Day. Dalusma emulated the young woman’s pain, which stemmed from knowing they can’t be together because society would look at them judgmentally. “We would be viewed as sinners to every eye that has seen us.” Dalusma said. “That’s another line that I knew perfectly summarized the poem.” Dalusma adamantly expressed his desire for students at FGCU to step outside of their comfort zones and try spoken word as an art form. Aware of the fear that people have about placing their art out there for everyone to see, Dalusma offers words of advice.
“For the most part, people aren’t there to judge you or criticize you.” Dalusma said. “They just want to hear your story and hear what you have to say. Aside from delegating members to perform, Dalusma is also training members who would still like to keep their work to themselves. His main focus is to help them develop their craft because he believes that spoken word poetry can be a great way to influence people. “With spoken word, you can take the message and emphasize and highlight it if you use the words the right way.” Dalusma said. “If you can put the words together the right way, people can more inspired to support a cause or to be entertained.
Halloween Costumes How to enjoy the festivities without breaking the bank
By Deanna Simmons Assistant E&L Editor @lvnarvinam Halloween is probably the one holiday that everyone talks about as being the most fun. You get to go out, spook your friends, and eat a lot of unhealthy food. I’m going to help you get a Halloween costume that isn’t going to break the bank this Halloween season. To get that creepy windup doll look, all you need is a 9x9” scrap of cardboard, metallic acrylic paint, masking tape, a spool of thread, a pencil, a foam brush, scrap paper, sharp scissors, 1/2” wide sewing elastic, and a paper towel or toilet paper tube. Make the outer shape of
the key using the masking tape and pencil. You need to draw the first circle on the cardboard. Trace the area with a pencil. Move the masking tape to the right and trace a second circle, overlapping the two by about 1/2 inch. After that, create the inner shape of your bow by tracing a circle in the middle of the circles with a spool of thread. Cut two slits underneath the circles and insert them into the tube. Cut holes into the circle in the middle so you have a key shape. Once that’s done, paint the key and let it dry. Paint each side so it matches. Paint the tube as well so that everything matches. Once the paint is dry, insert the key portion into the
tube. If you’re using a paper towel, cut the tube in half. If you use a toilet paper tube, leave it as is. On the open end of the tube, cut a slit on each side you so can thread the elastic to create a makeshift belt. Cut the sewing elastic to wrap around a portion of your waist and insert the elastic into each side of the tube. Tie the elastic around your waist, and you should have a pretty decent key on your back, making you look like a wind-up doll. Maybe you’re more into vintage costumes. For David Bowie, all you need is face paint, a red leather jacket, black shirt, red pants, and sparkly boots. Make sure to do the lightning bolt over your eye and you’re good.
Maybe you want to go out with someone, like your boyfriend or girlfriend. One fun costume you could go with is the vintage circus strongman and tightrope walker. For the strongman, all you need is a fake mustache, striped tank, and black jeans. For the tightrope walker, all you need is a light pink or tan colored ballet outfit. Pair it together and you have a cute couples costume. There’s also the Princess Bride, which has costumes that are pretty easy to imitate. For the prince, all you need is a black mask, black shirt, black boots, and black pants. For the princess, all you need is a long red dress. Both of those you can find at a store. The easiest costume is The Sims. All you need is a headband and some green paper. Just fold the paper into a green diamond and tape or glue it to the headband. Once it’s dry, you have the perfect costume. wFor Wednesday Addams from The Addams
Family, you need a black dress with a Peter Pan collar, black stockings, black boots, black matte lipstick, black choker, and pigtail braids. All you have to do is put on some thick
eyeshadow and you’ll be set. Enjoy this Halloween and be safe, have fun with your costumes and make sure to enjoy your spooky time!
Photo courtesy of Audrey Mobley All the materials you will need to create your own costume.
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