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EagleLAN will take over Alico Arena April 29 By Taylor Crehan News Editor @taylorcrehan More than 600 people flocked to Alico Arena at FGCU last April. It wasn’t for a sporting event, however. Those hundreds of individuals came together to play video games, and they’re about to do it again on Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. According to an article published by Naples Herald, EagleLAN, held by Eagle eSports, is Southwest Florida’s largest video game event. Registered contestants will have their game consoles connected by cables on the floor of Alico Arena. Set-up for the event will begin at 10 a.m., competitions will begin at 11 a.m. and will continue throughout the day until 10 p.m. According to Matcherino, a crowdfunding website, there are currently 213 individuals registered to participate in EagleLAN 2017, as of Tuesday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m. The event will consist of a jumbotron that will display up to four competitions, including popular games such as League of Legends, Street Fighter V, Overwatch, StarCraft II and Super Smash Bros., according to
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EN Photo / Taylor Crehan FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw (left) poses with a student on the Library Lawn during his Farewell Luau on Tuesday, April 25. FGCU students, faculty and staff gathered on the lawn to celebrate Bradshaw’s decade at the university while listening to live music and eating complimentary food.
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President Wilson Bradshaw made his final speech before the FGCU student body at the President’s Farewell Luau on the Library Lawn Tuesday, April 25. After a decade of serving as FGCU’s president, Bradshaw is set to retire on June 30. “I can’t believe it’s already been ten years…
watching this institution grow and mature and expand and the hard work that the faculty and staff do has made my experience here at Florida Gulf Coast University something special,” Bradshaw said during his speech. President-elect Mike Martin will be taking Bradshaw’s place. Bradshaw believes Martin will continue a legacy of dedication to the university. “(He) is exceptional in
a lot of ways,” Bradshaw said. “He’s accomplished, he’s experienced…and has great enthusiasm. He is developing a deep affection for Florida Gulf Coast University, and who wouldn’t?” Bradshaw is the longestserving president of FGCU. His first term began in 2007 when he was elected as the third president of the university. Under his leadership, FGCU enrollment has increased dramatically and
so has FGCU’s prestige in academics. After his retirement, Bradshaw is looking forward to spending time with his sons and wife, Jo Anna. “(Jo Anna) and I built our retirement home in St. Augustine,” Bradshaw said. “Fishing, traveling, (I’m) looking forward to
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FGCU website to get a new look The site will get a makeover starting in summer 2017 By Taylor Crehan News Editor @taylorcrehan After a year and a half of analyzing software, gathering the opinion of students, faculty and staff and working with web designers, a prototype of
FGCU’s new website was revealed on Tuesday, April 25. FGCU faculty and staff gathered in Cohen Center 213 to get a sneak peak of the new site, learn more information about it and the process of changing it. Several audience
members were content editors, or people who have access to updating certain pages of the website. “You’re not seeing the finished site by any means today,” Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Deborah Wiltrout said
to the audience. “We still have a long way to go, but we wanted to keep you informed.” Wiltrout, along with Jeffrey Garner, FGCU’s Director of Digital Communication, presented information to the crowd. Amanda Putnik, the
student representative on the design team, was also in attendance. Wiltrout and Garner compacted information and screenshots of the new website onto a PowerPoint. Taped along a wall were printed screenshots of the design of the new website,
including prototypes of the home page. Wiltrout said that content editors will receive training with the new website when it is updated. Wiltrout said that fgcu. edu has been building up
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EN Photos / Taylor Crehan (Left) Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Deborah Wiltrout gestures toward a wall covered in prototypes of FGCU’s new website during Website Reimagined, the unveiling of the site on Tuesday, April 25 in Cohen Center 213. (Center) a prototype of the website’s new home screen was shown to the audience during the event. (Right) FGCU faculty and staff members wait for the unveiling to begin.
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>> You’re needed: 5K run to help head and neck cancer patients of Lee Health. They need 30 to 40 volunteers on April 29 at Hammond Stadium. People are needed to direct runners, serve food, work raffle, set up and break down. Arrive at 6 a.m., finish by 11 a.m.. Please contact Stacey Brill at 239-343-1645 or stacey.brill@leehealth.org.
>> Get out your dancing shoes: the PACE Center for Girls Prom at the Fort Myers YMCA needs help with set up, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, May 12. Help is also needed during the prom event, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.. Please contact Carol Wonderly at 239-425-2366 for more information.
>> The “Girls on the Run” 5K is coming this way. Be there on April 29 at Sugden Regional Park in Naples to help kids get set, run concessions, set up at 6:45 a.m. and break down at about 11 a.m. Please contact Krista Maddox at foyk@collierschools.com or call 239-3778816.
>> Come enjoy music, snacks, drinks and you’ll be helping out at a clothing drive for Stretch it Out Enterprise. This Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Unity Charter school, 4740 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers. Contact Melissa Benson 239-634-9476 or StretchItOutEnterprise@gmail.com for more info.
The world in brief Students sue the University of California at Berkeley Two student groups at the University of California at Berkeley have sued the school after administrators rescheduled conservative author Ann Coulter’s speaker event. Coulter was supposed to speak on Thursday, April 27, but administration rescheduled after initially cancelling the event. Both the Young America’s Foundation and the Berkeley College Republican organization said that this action violates their free speech.
Fallen French police officer awarded President of France Francois Hollande honored Xavier Jugele, a police officer who was killed in Paris last week, during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 25. Jugele was awarded the Legion of Honour, one of France’s highest honors. He was killed on duty on Thursday, April 20 while on the Champs Elysees Avenue. The main suspect, Karim Cheurfi, shot him with a Kalashnikov rifle. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who are running to replace Hollande, were in attendance.
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Protests both for and against the government of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro continue to plague the country. As of Tuesday, April 25, four more people have been killed in Venezuela, raising the death toll to 24 in three weeks of protests. The latest protests began after the Supreme Court decided to take over the powers of the opposition-dominated National Assembly.
A 21-year-old man hanged his daughter and then himself in an abandoned hotel in Phuket, Thailand on Monday, April 24 after arguing with his wife. The man filmed him killing his daughter on Facebook Live before taking his own life. Facebook has sent condolences to the family and said that the content has since been removed.
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EN Photos / Taylor Crehan (Left) Azul, FGCU’s mascot, poses with green and blue leis on the Library Lawn during President Wilson Bradshaw’s Farewell Luau on Tuesday, April 25. (Right) Attendees sit at shaded tables on the Library Lawn during the luau. Attendees were served refreshments, including pork sandwiches and Kona Ice during the farewell party.
>> Bradshaw continued from A1 that.” Bradshaw will also start teaching classes at FGCU in fall of 2018. Before coming to FGCU, Bradshaw conducted research in neural and endocrine regulation, and his classes will relate to his passion for psychobiology. B r a d s h a w ’ s
excitement about his retirement plans was reflected in the decorations and food on the lawn. Tables with pineapples, pork sandwiches and snow cones were the focal point of the event, as students stopped by to share in the celebration of Bradshaw’s commitment to FGCU. FGCU students She Keema-Striggles and
Patricia Michele enjoyed the food spread out in front of the Veteran’s Pavilion. “The food is pretty clutch,” Keema-Striggles said, “especially during finals week.” The Alumni Association, a group of former FGCU students who hoped to honor the service Bradshaw has done for FGCU and
welcome the future President-elect, hosted the Luau. The high spirits of the luau took on a more somber tone as Bradshaw thanked the association and his colleagues. “I have been so fortunate to work with committed trustees who have become increasingly involved with the life of the university,” Bradshaw
said, “…so thank you all for allowing me to be a part of this phenomenon, and rest assured the leadership is going to be very, very good. Dr. Martin will serve with great distinction. So, for my last time, can I get a ‘Go Eagles!’ on three?”
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EN Photos / Taylor Crehan (Left) Screenshots of FGCU’s new website template covered a wall in Cohen Center 213 during Website Reimagined, the unveiling of the university’s new site. Pages of the new website will be rolled out in summer 2017. (Right) Deborah Wiltrout talks to attendees during the unveiling. Wiltrout explained that there are several things wrong with the current site, including the amount of pages connected to it (60,000) and the fact that it isn’t compliant with American Disabilities Act standards.
>> Website continued from A1 over the past 20 years, and was originally designed solely for faculty and staff to “find the information they needed when they needed it.” She went on to explain that there are several things wrong with FGCU’s current website, including the information on it that has collected over the years. It currently has 60,000 pages connected to it.
Wiltrout thinks that the pages are too much. “A lot of these really aren’t great content,” she said. Wiltrout said that due to Florida Sunshine Laws, some faculty members are afraid to get rid of things, and that’s affecting the site’s overall look. “There’s no consistency in the look and the feel, so that’s a problem,” Wiltrout said. She also said that the website isn’t compliant with current American
Disabilities Act standards, nor does it transfer well on mobile devices. “We must be ADA compliant, so we have to go through these changes,” Wiltrout said. The new site’s target audience will be prospective undergraduate and graduate students, FGCU alumni and members of the local community. Garner said that he thinks the current site needs to be re-vamped because it’s old fashioned.
“When people come to out site, that first impression that people see of us is that we’re really old fashioned,” Garner said. During the year and a half that the design team, which consists of 19 members, worked on updating the site, several things went into play. Garner said that part of the time was spent dilating the current software used on the site and deciding whether or not they needed to continue using that software.
“The answer was resoundingly no,” Garner said. The process of choosing a new software system was “a very strategic decision across every piece and part,” according to Garner. The design team will begin to roll out new pages of the site come summer 2017. “What we’re going to do is strategically release different sections of the site based on importance,” Garner said. Garner has a lot of faith
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Eagle News writes this beat every week from the official UPD weekly summary Drowning bike On Monday, April 17, a father called UPD at 11: 12 p.m. asking for his son’s bike to be removed from the South Bridge Loop lake. UPD was able to retrieve the bike from the lake and return it to the owner. Alligator on the run On Monday, April 17 at 6:47 p.m., an alligator was
>> EagleLAN continued from A1 Naples Herald. According to Matcherino, participants also have the option of playing League of Legends, Pokemon TCG and Pokemon VGC Doubles. During last year’s event, eight video game tournaments were going on at the same time. The event won’t just consist of video games, however. There will be a Super Smash Bros. themed murder mystery game
found between Howard and Griffin Halls. The animal was safely returned to the pond by the Wellness Center. Trespassers On Monday, April 17, UPD officers found a couple in a car parked by Manatee in West Lake Village at 9:50 p.m. Officers advised the couple that they were trespassing. The couple
going on from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the main floor of Alico Arena. The first three to solve the mystery will get the chance to win a Steam gift card, a digital store for PC games. There will also be a treasure hunt on the main floor at 2 p.m., as well as a photo booth and a $1 raffle for a Razer Blackwidow Chroma gaming keyboard, a mouse mat and other gaming accessories from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the main floor. While the event
said it wasn’t their intention to trespass, but to have sex. Easter goodies On Thursday, April 20, UPD officers found a debit card and a pencil pouch. The pencil pouch was found to be filled with Easter candy. Injured bird On Thursday, April 20
may seem like just fun and games, this year’s participants have the opportunity to give back to FGCU. This year’s event will benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry, which provides food for registered FGCU students who are financially unable to purchase adequate food for themselves. Admission for both players and spectators is free. However, Player VIP tickets cost $35. There are seven VIP tickets remaining.
at 7:35 p.m., a complainant notified officers that a hawk had flown into his car and was twitching on the ground. A biology professor came and took care of the hawk. Broken kickstand On Sunday, April 23 at 11:18 p.m., a complainant notified UPD that the kickstand of his bike had been sawed off. Upon closer
inspection, officers found the kick stand had fallen off on its own. Water sampling On Monday, April 24 at 4:56 a.m., UPD was notified that there was a person collecting water from the pond near the front entrance of South Village. The complainant believed the subject had a gun in his back pocket, but was
not sure. Officers on the dayshift were notified to review camera footage to identify the subject. Kitten ghosts On Wednesday, April 24 at 9:33 a.m., UPD received a report that there were kittens on the second floor of Garage 3. When officers arrived, no kittens were found.
Students to compete in Eagle Biz Awards
EN Photo / Taylor Crehan People gathered at the Emergent Technologies Institute off of Alico Road on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 to both compete and witness the Eagle Biz Awards. Both engineering and entrepreneurship students participate in the competition by working together to create a prototype of a product to present to a panel of judges.
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EN Photos / Aiden Strawhun (Top) EagleLAN 2016 attendees play a video game during the event. (Bottom) A crowd of people gathered in Alico Arena during EagleLAN 2016. Approximately 600 people attended last year.
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The Lutgert College of Business and the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering will once again team up to hold the Eagle Biz Awards on Friday, April 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Emergent Technologies Institute. The Eagle Biz Awards, held by the FGCU Institute for Entrepreneurship, rewards both entrepreneurship and engineering students by allowing them to compete in teams to create a prototype of a product as well as a business plan that solves a problem in society. According to a press release, during the event, groups will present their prototypes to a panel of judges in a pitch-style setting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The judges will consist of entrepreneurs from the local community. There are, on average, 15 to 16 judges who review students’ projects. After the judging, awards will be given out from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., winners will be given a certificate and a cash prize. The event is open to the public and will include a raffle drawing that will raise funds for student initiatives through entrepreneurship. The FGCU Institute
for Entrepreneurship is an “advocate for student entrepreneurship and innovation,” according to a press release. It provides students with support in their entrepreneurship endeavors. Students in both engineering and entrepreneurship classes work together throughout the semester with Institute for Entrepreneurship director Sandra Kauanui and assistant engineering professor Joe Cuiffi to create their prototypes. They are also paired up with community mentors that assist them in the creative process. Last year’s Eagle Biz Awards, which was held on Saturday, Dec. 3, consisted of students enrolled in the engineering course ENG 3641C Engineering Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship course ENT 3114 New Venture Lab. Twenty-two teams competed. The winning team from December’s competition from the New Venture Lab course was Go Lite, which aims to make clean, renewable energy accessible to developing countries while also benefiting those countries. “(It’s) kind of like the Toms shoes model,” senior business marketing major Stanley Stouder told Eagle News last December. “Everybody needs shoes,
but they’re also helping someone else by doing it.” Last spring’s winning team was ILLUMITIZE, a visual alert system that was designed to encourage employees and visitors of a hospital to sanitize their hands before touching patients. The group is now beta testing their device at Lee Health’s HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers. Lutgert College of Business dean Robert Beatty attended the Eagle Biz Awards in December and was impressed by the creativity and ingenuity that students demonstrated. “Even though people are very creative, it has to be brought out, and Dr. Kauanui and the several entrepreneurs who volunteer their time to help these kids think creatively and come up with new ideas is evident in that room,” Beatty told Eagle News last December. For more information on the Eagle Biz Awards and the IFE, visit www.fgcu. edu/cob/ife.
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Senior showcase: Art exhibits
EN Photo / Rachel Iacovone Kaitlin Dowis’ “Kindred,” features photographs appearing to be from the Great Depression era.
By Julia Browning E&L Editor @juliabrowningxo The final art exhibit of the semester premiered on FGCU’s campus on Thursday, April 20 with an opening reception. The gallery, which was orchestrated by Patricia J. Fay and Mary Sullivan Voytek, Faculty Mentors and sponsored by U. Tobe, FineMark National Bank & Trust, the Smith Family
Foundation of Estero, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, will stay on display until May 5. On the day of the opening reception, student presentations were announced at 5 p.m. in U. Tobe Recital Hall with a reception in the Arts Complex that ended at 7 p.m. The student artists
EN Photo / Rachel Iacovone Taryn Estrada’s “Memory Maps,” shows what she learned in her time as an art therapy intern, working with people suffering from dementia.
exhibited are Sabrina Alonso, Jacob Beil, Tiffany Billings, Jordan Blankenship, Hannah Brasacchio, Marshall Bynoe, Brianna Criswell, Kaitlin Dowis, Taryn Estrada, Adriana Flores, Marile Franco, Taijhryl Goggins, Kelsey Hallbeck, Amanda Martin, Anna Núñez, Donald Smith and Sarah Wasson. According to her statement on the FGCU art gallery website, Tiffany Billings’s project, titled “CREATIVITY: MIND OVER MATTER,” was influenced by the way digital art helped her cope with Attention Deficit Disorder. “Through the practice of artistic, cognitive processes, specifically digital painting, I have been able to change and manipulate how my skills are used from one hemisphere to the other,” Billings said in her statement. “I have learned to adapt my weaknesses into my strength.” Franco, another senior artist, used her work to make a statement about working conditions for farmers in Immokalee with her project titled, “It Starts Here.” According to Franco’s statement, the black and white linocut series was meant to draw attention to unfit working conditions that should no longer be allowed. “The tomatoes harvested out of Immokalee, Florida, are picked by thousands of different hands through strenuous labor,” Franco said in her statement.
EN Photo / Rachel Iacovone The main gallery features Tiffany Billings’ “Creativity: Mind Over Matter,” a set of large digital artworks which represent using art as a coping mechanism for Attention Deficit Disorder.
“Although conditions and wages have been improving, farm workers have been, and are still, vulnerable to harsh and unethical working conditions. Farm workers not knowing their rights leads to oppressive conditions. Due to fear, their plight has often been ignored and voices silenced.” Estrada created a project titled “Memory Maps,” using acrylic paint applied with a variety of mediums. According to Estrada’s statement, the five-painting series was inspired by an art therapy program she attended called, “Open Minds Through Art,” which treated patients suffering from dementia. “During those art therapy sessions, I saw how working abstractly with color, texture and communication brought them back to the memories
long lost,” Estrada said in her statement. “This experience increased my awareness of working with the elderly and how precious our memories are.” The artworks featured by the 17 students used a variety of mediums and touched on many subjects close to the artists’ hearts. “In the beginning of the
semester I had a vision of what my senior exhibition would look like, and to see it come together and look exactly how I planned was overwhelming,” Estrada said. “This exhibition was one of the most important days of my college career, it proved my hard work and growth in myself and growth as an artist.”
EN Photo / Rachel Iacovone Marile Franco’s “It Starts Here,” highlights the plight of the farm workers who pick much of America’s produce using black and white linocut.
J.Cole goes on a humanitarian journey in HBO special
Photo courtesy of HBO J.Cole, the director of the documentary of “4 Your Eyez Only,” based on his studio album of the same name, released visuals to his songs “Change,” “Immortal” and “Ville Mentality.”
By Jesse Martin E&L Assistant Editor @JesseMartin247 Rapper J. Cole released and directed a one hour documentary on HBO, titled “4 Your Eyez Only,” on April 15. The documentary has the same title as J. Cole’s fourth studio album,
released on Dec. 9, 2016, yet it does not tell the same story. The album told a story from the perspective of Cole’s childhood friend, James McMillan. McMillan is a man who has known nothing but a life of crime until his daughter is born. She turns his life around
as he begins to think about how he’s lived his life and how society let him fall into crime so effortlessly. The album is a lesson that Cole wanted to leave for his friend’s daughter. In comparison, the documentary doesn’t focus on one person or one specific narrative, but it does share many common themes and ideas from the album. The documentary shows Cole travelling to several different cities, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Atlanta, GA and Ferguson, Missouri. Cole creates and documents dialogue from low-income citizens, gaining perspectives of their struggles. Cole does a good job at creating and discussing ways a person could get out of different hardships. The documentary starts off with a Hurricane Katrina victim. The unnamed women didn’t receive any help from the government, but that didn’t stop the elderly women from fixing up her house all by herself. Cole then travels to Ferguson and visits the
Michael Brown memorial. Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in 2014, stirring much controversy in the Ferguson community and nationwide. Cole has a conversation with a former friend of Brown’s; his powerful message says that although Brown’s death was tragic, it now has a greater meaning since many people are aware of potential injustice. Perhaps the main feature people, especially Cole fans, will take away from this documentary
are the much-anticipated visuals to songs like “Immortal,” “Ville Mentality” and “Change.” Cole even introduces a snippet of a new song, titled “Want to Fly.” Most of the visuals give a very psychedelic and trippy vibe, since the sky is often bright pink and people’s faces are bluish green. The documentary comes off as very natural and humanistic, and ends on an extremely powerful note. Cole runs into a woman, who is leaving from her second job to go to her third
job. She is a grandmother, but has lost two of her own children; one of them was her 19-year-old son who was shot by a friend. Yet despite all of her hardships, she remains extremely positive and happy and says, “God has a plan.” It seems Cole is using these people in his documentary to spread a message of remaining hopeful and loving, even when times seem tough.
Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons “4 Your Eyez Only” touches on similar topics that J.Cole brings up in his album, including police brutality and racism.
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School’s Out 1. “School’s Out” - Alice Cooper 2. “Another Brick on the Wall” - Pink Floyd 3. “After School” - Dom Kennedy
EN Photo / Sydney Van Dreason Cleaning your dorm room out can be the most exhausting process of the end of the year. Make the transition smoother by giving away old clothes, using colored bins to organize your desk, making a detailed to do list and more.
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4. “ELEMENT” - Kendrick Lamar 5. “Float On” - Danny Brown 6. “History” - Olivia Holt 7. “School Spirit” - Kanye West 8. “There He Go” - Schoolboy Q 9. “School Day” - Chuck Berry 10. “All My Life” - Run the Jewels
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Clutter is probably the worst part about cleaning up a tiny space, especially when that space is as tiny as a dorm room. If you’re in a hurry, your clothes might end up in a pile on your desk chair, and your books might be scattered. Luckily, there are some tricks to clean your space easily and efficiently. When cleaning your closet, you’ll want to make sure that you get rid of the things that you never wear. If you have something in the same color, pick the one you like the best. At places like Plato’s Closet, you can
re-sell your old clothes for cash or exchange them for new ones. Either way, it’s a win-win scenario. Organize your desk with some colorful bins. You can get any of these small containers, along with labels, at places like Walmart or Target. Organize your random stuff into categories and put them in the bins. This way, when you need your stuff, you’ll know exactly where to find it. A to-do list can also be helpful, especially if it’s cute and matches the theme of your room. All you’ll need are post its, Washi tape, scotch tape and colorful paper. Border the construction paper with the washi tape, then write
“to-do” on it with a sharpie. Once you’ve done that, put it on your wall and then use tiny post it strips to write down what you need to do. If you have trouble with hangers and your clothes are slipping off them, you can get velvet hangers at TJ Maxx or any place that sells hangers. The velvet hangers will make sure that your clothes don’t fall off, and you won’t have to worry about them ending up on your floor. If you have a lot of hanging things like hats or purses, you can also put them in a spot that will keep them organized. Putting them in a larger backpack should also keep them from getting tangled. Now, get cleaning!
‘Born in China’ shows the emotional side of wildlife
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons The female giant panda, YaYa , is an overprotective mother to her daughter Mei Mei.
By Jesse Martin E&L Assistant Editor @JesseMartin247 Disneynature released a nature documentary, “Born in China,” a day before Earth Day, Friday, April 21. According to Disney, for every person that goes to
see “Born in China” during the opening week (April 21-27), Disneynature will donate 20 cents for every ticket sold to the World Wildlife Fund. The film follows female snow-leopard Dawa and her cubs; a male golden snubnosed monkey, Tao Tao, a
female giant panda, YaYa and YaYa’s daughter Mei Mei. The documentary focuses mainly on the animals aspect of family. There are many heartwarming and tearjerking moments that will tug on the viewer’s heartstrings. The storytelling is very well done as it jumps from season to season, showing these families growth every few months. The film shows many light-hearted and dark moments in these animal’s lives. It’s impressive that Disneynature could catch so many relatable actions when documenting these animal’s behaviors. The audience watches the animals deal with human behaviors, like
jealousy, rebellious attitudes and the overpossessive mother. The narration is the documentary’s weak point. Narrator, John Krasinski, who is most known for his role of Jim Halpert on the TV show “The Office,” pales in comparison to narrators who have been used in other nature documentaries, such as David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver and Oprah Winfrey. In the film, China’s landscape brings stunning visuals. Diverse environments, from mountain ranges to vast jungles and open plains, are shown, giving the audience a unique perspective of China that they have never experienced before.
Photo courtesy of Born in China movie poster “Born in China” follows three animal families. A female snow leopard and her cubs, a female giant panda and her daughter and a male golden snub-nosed monkey.
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Apollo Fresh strives to be a light in the music industry
Photo courtesy of Apollo Fresh Apollo Fresh performed at the Eagle Radio Listening Party on Nov. 21, 2016.
By Julia Browning E&L Editor @juliabrowningxo Jonathan Appolon, known to those hip to Fort Myers’ underground rap scene as Apollo Fresh, is an FGCU student making major waves with his music. Though the name does play on his last name, Appolon has another reason for his alias. “I chose Apollo because Apollo is the Greek God of the Sun, Light and Music,” Appolon said. “I want to be
a light to the world, as well as a master of my craft, which coincides with what the god Apollo represents.” The Broward-countynative started making music in his junior year of high school in the program, GarageBand, and has been hooked ever since. “With the music I currently have released, my genre is a subgenre based in hip-hop/rap and is very new age with a different sound,” Appolon said. “The subgenre may be prominent in South Florida but I’m not
sure what it’s called. Even then, I sound very different than others in that category. I plan to further expand musically and defy genres and eventually create my own genre.” Appolon’s first FGCU performance was at the Eagle Radio Listening Party on Nov. 21, 2016. He described it as a “cool experience,” since most of his performances previously have been in Broward and Dade counties. He got to show a new side of himself to his FGCU peers. “I could tell that everyone in the crowd enjoyed it but many had to soak it in because they haven’t heard or seen anything like it before,” Appolon said. Appolon performs two to three times monthly and has performed with other South-Floridian artists, like JK the reaper, Ski Mask, the Slump God, Lil Pump, Robb Banks and more. “I really only do my own original songs unless
someone pays me to feature on their song, and even then, the song is still an original piece of work,” Appolon said. “I might also create a new song from a used beat. For example, I have done my own take on lil Uzi Vert’s song ‘Super Saiyan’ with my own lyrics and new flows.” Not only does the rapper perform his own songs, he writes the lyrics himself. “Inspiration can literally come from anywhere for me,” Appolon said. “I usually listen to the instrumental and let it see how it make(s) me feel, then I respond with lyrics. The best songs come out when I feel a certain way, and the instrumental embodies what that feeling sounds like. I am (also) extremely inspired by Anime.” As for aspiring FGCU musicians, Appolon had some words of encouragement, including five things he wanted them to know. “The first is (to) figure out who you are and what
Photo courtesy of Apollo Fresh Apollo Fresh is a current FGCU student. Raised in Broward County. Apollo Fresh began making music during his junior year of high school.
makes you different and then embrace it fully, then reflect that in your work,” Appolon said. “Second one is (that) you have yourself, stay true to yourself as you grow and discover more of yourself. Do what you want and feel, not what anybody else wants you to do. Third, go for it with your all. Show the universe how bad you want it while you manifest what you need. He added that, “you should never give up and you shouldn’t want it if you want it bad eough.”
“Stay positive and look forward. Cut all negative speech out of your life. You would be surprised how much it affects you,” Appolon said. His last piece of advice is that you shouldn’t limit yourself. “Whatever it is, you can do it. You are the only one that limits yourself,” Appolon said. “If you say you can, you are correct. If you say you can’t, you are also correct. Your words, and no one else’s, are your only limiters.”
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Men’s tennis team claims ASUN Championship with victory over Lipscomb
Oliver Landert (above) secured a point for the Eagles alongside doubles partner Felipe Ramirez in the 4-2 victory over No. 6 Lipscomb in the final round of the ASUN Championship.
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In a weekend of multiple rain-delayed matches and a semifinal victory that ended at 3 a.m., the No. 4 FGCU men’s tennis team defeated No. 6 Lipscomb 4-2 to win the ASUN Championship. Defeating No. 5 USC Upstate and No. 1 UNF en route to claiming its second ASUN Championship in the last three seasons, the Eagles
victory on Sunday, April 23 secured the Eagles spot in the NCAA Tournament. “I knew today was going to be a really tough match,” said FGCU head coach CJ Webber. “I said that yesterday when they asked me about the matchup, and Lipscomb got a very good team. I told the Lipscomb coach at the end that the ASUN had arrived because we’ve been talking about getting this conference better for the last six years, and the conference is so good now.”
For the third-straight day, the Eagles earned a point in the doubles. The Eagles No. 2 and No. 3 doubles team of Javier Fernandez and Mateo Ruiz. and Ezequiel Cerrini and Andres Alfonzo won their sets 6-2 and 6-1 respectively. The wins came before Ramirez and Oliver Landert finished, and that match was called as the Eagles picked up the points they needed. Needing three wins in the six singles matches,
the Eagles won the first three sets of three different matches quickly after Fernandez gave the Eagles a second point with a 6-1-60 win. Ruiz was unable to win his match, getting the Bisons on the board, but Cerrini was able to pull out a 6-4, 6-0 win even though he was injured as he finished. He needed medical attention at 5-0 but was able to win the next game to put FGCU up 3-1. Landert’s match was
the next to finish as he dropped a close two-set match to Victor Chaw 4-6, 5-7. With two matches to go, the Eagles were ahead in both of them in the third set, and Ramirez claimed his victory before Alfonzo to secure the Eagles’ NCAA tournament berth and the ASUN title. Following FGCU’s ASUN Championship victory, Fernandez, Ramirez and Alfonzo were named to the AllTournament team while
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Alfonzo took home MVP honors. “We went through so much this season, and I went through a lot this year,” Alfonzo said. “It looked like it was going to be impossible but you always have to believe you can keep doing it so it feels amazing because we did it.” FGCU will now wait for the draw to be released to see where they will be heading in the NCAA Tournament.
Women’s tennis falls short of ASUN Championship
Photo by Linwood Ferguson In her final two matches as an Eagle, Breana Stampfli earned a doubles and a singles victory en route to a spot on the ASUN All-Tournament team.
By Miguel Rodriguez Sports Editor @Miguel_Rod0914 Making its third consecutive ASUN Women’s Tennis Championship Final appearance, the No. 1 FGCU women’s tennis team fell one point short of the program’s first ASUN Championship, falling to No. 2 UNF on Sunday, April 23. Due to the rain in the area, the match kicked off at 1 p.m., despite its original 9 a.m. scheduled time. The Eagles jumped
out to a 3-0 lead, but the Ospreys came back and tallied the final four points of the match to claim a spot in the NCAA Tournament. “Of course we’re disappointed but UNF played a great match today,” said FGCU head coach Courtney Vernon. “They played tough, and we knew that would be the case after last weekend. Credit to them for coming out, battling us and not giving up at any point.” Facing the Ospreys for the first time since claiming the program’s first ever
ASUN regular-season title, the Eagles jumped out to an early lead thanks to doubles victories by Sara Kelly and Bridget Forster, Julia Ascua and Julianna Curtis and Breana Stampfli and Maja Ornberg. Following their dominant performance in doubles play, Forster claimed a straight-set victory while Stampfli earned a three-set victory to bring FGCU within a point of claiming the crown. With their backs against
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FGCU softball splits weekend series against Kennesaw State
Looking to take the series finale against Kennesaw State on Sunday, Riley Randolph (middle right) had a perfect game through five innings, but her outing went unrecorded after the contest was cancelled due to weather.
By Miguel Rodriguez Sports Editor @Miguel_Rod0914 Coming into its weekend series against Kennesaw State on a seven-game losing streak, the FGCU softball team split its doubleheader on Saturday, April 22 to claim its first victory since April 2. Playing the teams fourth and fifth straight game on the road, the Eagles fell in game one, 4-3, before defeating the Owls 3-0 in game two on Saturday. With a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth in the series finale on Sunday, April 23,
the Eagles’ match against Kennesaw State was cancelled due to weather. In the circle for the Eagles in game one, Riley Randolph got the Eagles going in the first inning by striking out the side. Following Randolph’s perfect inning, LuLu Newmark set the tone for FGCU’s offense with a leadoff double. After Bri Innamorato signaled to put runners on the corners, Jeani Verderese plated Newmark from third to give FGCU a 1-0 lead. With two runners on base, Bree Tourtillott
cleared the bases with a double to left field to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second. Cutting the Eagles’ lead to one in the third inning on three hits, the Owls scored again in the fifth to tie the game at three. Despite Randolph taking care of business in the circle recording 10 strikeouts, the Eagles were unable to get the go ahead run in the seventh and eighth inning, leaving a runner on base in each inning. With a chance to take game one in the bottom of the eighth, the Owls
recorded a double and a single to take a 4-3 gameone victory over the Eagles. Following Randolph’s ten strikeout performance in game one, Taylor Wade went to work in the circle for the Eagles in game two. After the Owls got the first hit of the game in the third inning, the Eagles scored the first run of the game thanks to an RBI groundout by Raquel Fournet that plated Kelsey Huff from third. With Wade’s shutout performance continuing in the circle, the Eagles loaded the bases with two outs but failed to bring anyone home
>>Women’s tennis continued from B1 the wall, UNF claimed two straight matches as Laura Falceto Font and Ascua fell to Quetzali Vazquez and Irina Karangozishvili respectively. With the final two matches ensuing on courts five and one, Kelly was forced to retire her match
Andres Alfonzo Senior 5 feet 10 inches Hometown: Hollywood, Florida Following the men’s tennis victory in the ASUN Championship over Lipscomb, Andres Alfonzo earned the Championship MVP honors. Leading 3-2 in the championship match, the title came down to Alfonzo’s match on court five. With Alfonzo leading 4-3 over Jorge Ortegon and Felipe Ramirez winning 5-2, the Eagles were able to secure its spot in the NCAA Tournament. The senior was dominant during the tournament, fighting back from 3-0 down in the third set, winning six consecutive games to tie the overall match at 3-3 against No. 1 UNF. Alfonzo finished with an overall record of 6-14, 5-8 for duals and 2-3 in conference play.
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in the fifth. Looking to add some ensurance runs heading into the backend of the contest, Fournet led off the sixth with a double to left center. Two batters later, Innamorato hit a homerun to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead. Allowing just one hit in the final two innings of action, Wade secured the Eagles’ victory that snapped an eight-game losing-streak. “After a really demoralizing defeat in game one where we had the lead and couldn’t hold it, it was great to get a super to Luise Intert due to an injury. Shortly after Kelly retired her match, Michelle Valdez defeated Ornberg to claim the title and a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the Ospreys. Following the end of tournament, Stampfli was the lone Eagle named to the ASUN All-Tournament team. “In terms of our team,
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performance from our team in game two,” said FGCU head coach David Deiros to FGCU Athletics in a recent press release. “Taylor (Wade) threw an absolute gem and our defense stepped up in a big way turning a few double plays.” With the series up for grabs in the series finale on Sunday, Randolph had a perfect game through five innings but the game was cancelled due to weather. The Eagles will continue its ten-game win streak when the team heads to Tampa for a double header on Thursday, April 27 against USF. the future is bright,” Vernon said. “We’ll miss Breana (Stampfli) but what we have right now is strong, so I’m looking forward to next year. This was our third straight year of being in the finals, and I’m hoping it’s bothering the girls a little more each year so they train that much harder to come back and make something happen next year.”
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FGCU baseball swept by UNF By Matt Rothman Staff Writer @MattRothman3
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Looking to rebound from two losses during the week against FIU, the FGCU baseball team’s losing skid continued as the Eagles were swept by the Ospreys in Jacksonville. The Eagles lost 6-3, 8-2, and 10-5, as FGCU is now 4-8 in conference play after only losing three times in its first 27 games of the year. Trailing 6-3 entering the ninth inning in game one on Friday, April 21, the Eagles loaded the bases with nobody out, but the combination of Taylor Dupont and Matthew Naylor pulled out the save with a ground out and a double play, handing Kutter Crawford his first loss of the year. For the third-straight game, FGCU fell behind in the first inning as UNF plated two runs in the first on just one hit. Spencer Levine got the Eagles on the board a half inning later on a sacrifice fly, scoring Marc Coffers to trim the Eagles deficit to one. The Ospreys held on to its lead in the sixth when FGCU took its first lead of the game on RBI singles from Gage Morey and Levine to go up 3-2. After the Ospreys went down 1-2-3 in the sixth, UNF EN Photo / Brad Young was able to reclaim the lead In the final game of a three-game series against UNF, Josh Dye started for the Eagles, but after allowing three runs in on two RBI hits, knocking the sixth, putting UNF up 4-1, Dye’s day on the mound ended. Crawford out of the game in
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the seventh. Richie Garcia led off the eighth with a single, but was picked off of first base, and UNF added two more in the bottom half to go up 6-3 and secure a UNF win. Down 6-2 in the eighth on Saturday, April 22, the Eagles had the bases loaded and one out, but for the second time of the afternoon, the Eagles left them loaded without scoring. Josh Dye got the start for the Eagles as he was up against Frank German, who has yet to lose this season. Garcia gave FGCU an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the second inning. After a leadoff double in the fifth off of Dye, the Ospreys tied the game up on an RBI single from Chris Berry. In the sixth, Christian Diaz, Wesley Weeks and Rey Gonzalez all drove in runs as UNF opened up a 4-1 lead, ending Dye’s day on the mound. UNF tacked on two more in the seventh off the Eagles’ bullpen, but FGCU had a chance in the eighth to get back in the game with a tying run at the plate after Julio Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly, but Michael Naylor, for the second consecutive day, held the Eagles off. Two more runs came in to score in the eighth off Parker Hamilton, and the Eagles dropped its fourth consecutive game on
Saturday. Looking to take the final game of the series, Nick Rivera got the Eagles going with his first of two home runs on the day to give FGCU a 2-0 lead. The next batter, Alex Brait, also went deep giving Garrett Anderson a 3-0 lead before taking the mound. The Ospreys scored once in the second and two times in the third to tie the game at three. Despite only allowing three runs, Anderson gave up 10 hits in the three innings prompting Dave Tollett to go the bullpen. Sterling Koerner, who was removed from his closer role, came in for long relief but struggled as well. In his four innings of work, he allowed seven runs to score, and, despite Rivera’s second home run of the game, FGCU trailed 10-4 after seven. Pinch hitter, Eli Lovell, homered to left center in the ninth, but it was not enough, as the Ospreys held on for a 10-5 win. Continuing its nine-game road trip, FGCU will now head to West Palm Beach on Tuesday, April 25 to take on FAU for a midweek game before its heads to NJIT for a three-game series starting on Friday, April 28.
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FGCU beach volleyball falls to Stetson in final round of ASUN Championship
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In the Eagles 4-1 win over Mercer in the first round of the ASUN championship, the No. 1 pair of Mackenzie Allen (above) and Amanda Carroll were the only duo to drop a set to Mercer.
By Emily Kois Assistant Sports Editor @emilykois After a strong win against No. 2 Mercer in first round of the ASUN Championship on Saturday, April 22, the No. 3 FGCU beach volleyball team fell 3-1 to No. 1 Stetson in the final round of the championship. The Eagles also took a 3-2 victory over No. 4 UNF which earned themselves a final round appearance. “I’m so proud of this group for what they’ve accomplished this year,” head coach Matt Botsford said. “This weekend was
just another example of how competitive and motivated this team is.” In their first day of play, the Eagles’ No. 4 and 5 pairs quickly gave FGCU a 2-0 lead going into the final matches against No. 2 Mercer. This set the tone for the 4-1 victory over the Bears. “We constantly stress the idea of continued improvement throughout the season, and there is no doubt that we were a much better team at the end of the season than at the beginning,” Botsford said. FGCU sealed the win with a two-set victory from
First Team All-Conference No. 3 duo Katie Puisis and Karissa Rhoades. At No. 5, Caroline Jordan and Kaitlin Krivdo had quick two-set wins of 21-16 and 21-13. The No. 4 pair of Madi Wilcox and Leigh Pudwill came back to win their match after falling in the first set. Puisis and Rhoades earned the match-winning point in straight sets at No. 3 with scores of 21-16 and 2114. The Eagles’ 4-1 win over Mercer forced FGCU to face the nationally ranked Hatters in day two of play. FGCU did not have
as much success against Stetson, as the team dropped all five matches in two sets even after extras in several matches. The Hatter’s win automatically sent them to the final match, while the Eagles had to face off against the reigning champions, North Florida. In the match against UNF, the Eagles’ No. 2, 3 and 4 pairs secured wins, sending FGCU to the final match. FGCU and UNF split the opening matches with a tough loss at the No. 5 position, but a strong threeset win from the No. 4 spot
made the score 1-1. The final three matches were extremely close. The No. 3 pair of Puisis and Rhoades were victorious in two sets by scores of 21-17 and 23-21. At No. 1, Mackenzie Allen and Amanda Carroll fell in straight sets to UNF, but with the match tied at 2-2, Giovanna Borgiotti and Ashley Glickert forced a third, where they took 15-9 set win and a 3-2 match victory. In the championship match, Stetson took the first win at the No. 5 position and, from there, continued to dominate.
The only victory against Stetson came from the No. 4 duo of Wilcox and Pudwill, who took their match in back-to-back 24-22 set wins, making the score 1-1. However, in the final three matches, Stetson’s No. 2 and 3 pairs each won in two sets to end the match and claim the ASUN title. “This has been a recordbreaking year, and to have an opportunity to play for a conference championship was another big step in this program’s evolution,” Botsford said.
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This week in athletics Softball at USF doubleheader By Matt Rothman Staff Writer @MattRothman3 The FGCU softball team heads to USF for a double header on Thursday, April 27, starting at 5 p.m. with the second game immediately following. The Eagles come in with a record of 22-24 and sit in fifth place in the ASUN.
The Bulls are 29-21 and are coming off a threegame sweep over Memphis this past weekend. FGCU has lost six-straight games against USF, including a 6-0 loss in their last meeting. Riley Randolph and Taylor Wade will likely be on the mound for the Eagles. On the offensive side, Kelsey Huff continues to lead FGCU as she is sitting at .400 on the year.
Baseball at NJIT series By Matt Rothman Staff Writer @MattRothman3 The FGCU baseball team continues its road trip as the Eagles travel to New Jersey to face the NJIT Highlanders for a three-game series starting on Friday, April 28 at 6 p.m. This will be the first time this season the Eagles verse NJIT, as these teams have only faced off a total of three times since the Highlanders joined the ASUN.
Last season, FGCU swept a three-game series over NJIT at Swanson Stadium, outscoring them 20-9 in the series. Garrett Anderson and Mario Leon started two of those games with Leon getting a win against the Highlanders. The Eagles will look to end its road trip with a series win before the Eagles head to USF for a midweek game against the Bulls.
Softball at Stetson series By Matt Rothman Staff Writer @MattRothman3 The FGCU softball team will travel to Stetson to take on the Hatters in a three-game road series beginning Saturday, April 29 at 1 p.m. Both teams are at the bottom of the standings in the ASUN. The Eagles are 4-7 in conference play, while the Hatters are 3-9, in sixth place. Last season, FGCU took two of three, outscoring the Hatters 18-3 in two wins.
Overall, the Hatters have won 16 out of the 27 head-to-head meetings with the Eagles. Next, the Eagles will finish up its regular season, hosting a three-game series against Lipscomb starting Thursday, May 4 at 5 p.m.
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The Eagles will look to beat USF for the second time this season before coming home to host Lipscomb in a three-game series beginning Friday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Swanson Stadium.
The FGCU baseball team will compete in its final game of a nine-game road trip with a midweek matchup against USF on Wednesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. Earlier this season, the Eagles hosted the Bulls and came out on top with a 2-1 win. Spencer Levine’s game-winning home run in the eighth inning helped the Eagles beat the Bulls for the 11th time in 15 career meetings.
Softball vs. Lipscomb series
By Emily Kois Assistant Sports Editor @emilykois The FGCU softball team will host its final ASUN conference series against Lipscomb, beginning Thursday, May 4 at 5 p.m. The second game will follow immediately after at 7 p.m. Play will conclude on Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m. The Eagles are currently in fifth place in the ASUN, coming into this series 4-7 in the conference. FGCU has struggled the past few series, going on
an eight-game lose streak, before a 3-0 win over Kennesaw broke it. The Bisons come into this series with an overall record of 33-13 and an ASUN record of 7-5. Lipscomb is currently on a three-game win streak with victories over UNF, Louisville and Chattanooga. Next, the Eagles will head to Nashville to take part in the ASUN championship beginning Wednesday, May 10.
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reer. I am positive my transition from editor-in-chief of Eagle News to assignment editor at WINK News will go smoothly. Though so many of us have cycled through the newsroom on the second floor of McTarnaghan Hall, and many more after us will inevitably do the same, Eagle News will continue to retain its legacy of generating student journalists with a dedication to produce an amazing publication that will keep the FGCU community informed. I am just so lucky and proud to say that I was a small part in that paper’s success. It’s been an insane ride, Eagle News. I would not be the person I am today without you, and for that I am extremely grateful. Leaving Eagle News will be extremely hard. It’s just comforting to know that the staff I leave behind is in good hands and has the paper’s best interests at heart.
O’Reilly brings the harassment factor By Edward Thinger Contributing Writer @fgcueaglenews The recent ouster of Bill O’Reilly at Fox News due to multiple claims of sexual assault was a shock to the world of television. Fox News’ brazen star was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing women in the workplace for years, and many of these horrifying stories have begun to leak out to the rest of the media in the time that O’Reilly has been fired. These distressing stories are reminders that women in the workplace are not always able to come out and talk bluntly about sexual assault and harassment for fear of their jobs and their lives. In the world of Fox News, men always win out. Their corporate culture pushes more for men to
get the final say than the women in the company, because their JudeoChristian “values” put women at risk of not being able to take a stand for themselves or say anything that their superiors do not agree with. Some people may argue that Megyn Kelly was a strong female voice at the company. She, however, left and was not willing to put up with Roger Ailes and sexual harassment. Gretchen Carlson, another strong female voice at Fox, was forced out due to claims that Ailes sexually harassed her as well. After these claims were publicized, Ailes was fired. These stories of women being abused at the company point to a problem not just at Fox News, but at most major companies. For years, there has been a stigma behind being
brave enough to report sexual abuse, assault or harassment. Corporate culture has a dark underbelly that no one discusses, and the only time the public finds out about it is when an Access Hollywood tape is leaked in which men brag about sexually assaulting women like its nothing more than two frat bros bragging about personal conquests over a drink. People were surprised when the now infamous Access Hollywood tape was leaked. However, people who work with sexual assault victims were not as surprised as the rest of the world when they heard the footage because men have been getting away with this for years. It would be safe to say they can still get away with these comments, considering we elected the
man behind the comments as our new president. Victims of sexual assault are not able to come forward as much as they would like to because of the stigma behind assault. How people can believe that a man or woman would want to be raped is beyond me. No one begs to have a target on their back, and no one wants to be hurt like that. Just because someone wears certain clothes does not mean that they want any random creep to just walk up to them and start “grabbing them by the pussy.” Maybe, just maybe, men should start being held accountable for not being able to keep it in their pants. While some men would argue that women are accused of rape, which is not unprecedented, just not as
common, they should also understand how difficult it is to come forth and claim they were abused if they believe this. Support should be thrown behind the victims, no matter the gender of the person. If someone with JudeoChristian “values” does not have the decency to support someone who has been left devastated by sexual assault, abuse, violence or harassment, then how will God judge them in the end? If a person does not support someone who is weaker than them, someone who needs their help, will their God still love them just as much if they cannot even support someone who needs help? If anyone at FGCU has been sexually assaulted, abused, harassed or raped, the campus offers support through Counseling and
Psychological Services, better known as CAPS, which comes free of charge to students. The office provides any services one may need. Another campus resource can be found in any faculty or students on ARISE, a group providing information, support and education about sexual assault and rape. At the bottom of this article are the phone numbers for different groups that assist in helping victims get through the aftermath of sexual assault. Call them if you have been assaulted or harassed, and do not be afraid to speak up or speak out. There will always be someone who is there to support you. Abuse Counseling and Treatment: 239-939-3112. FGCU CAPS: 239-745-3277. FGCU Police: 239-590-1911.
Age does not define skill level By Sydney Van Dreason Assistant Opinion Editor @sydney_0815 If my first two semesters at college have taught me anything, it’s that age does not define skill level, and the stigma surrounding younger people for being unexperienced or less skilled than the older generation is patronizing to the younger generation. A few weeks ago, I attended the FGCU Writing Awards with a friend of mine who is a member of the ACE program. Even though she’s only 16 years old, she beat out all of her competitors and won first place in the creative
nonfiction category. Her skill level was just as good, if not better, than everyone else’s in the room. Yet, as soon as she mentions her age, people seem surprised that someone so young could possess such skill in writing. It seems to be a pattern that whenever a young person achieves something great or wins a prestigious award, his or her age becomes a big deal to adults. Sure, experience comes with age, but a younger person isn’t any less skilled in an area than an older one. My part-time job is at a convention center, and out of the various events that come there, some of them
include tournaments like taekwondo, judo and karate. The competitors are split up by age groups, but I’ve seen groups with 10-year-old children and groups with 40-year-old men. Even with the 30-year gap, it’s not the age that defines the skill; it’s the color of the belt. Yes, the more time you spend doing something, the more you’re going to learn and the better you’re going to get. But just because you’re older doesn’t mean you’re automatically going to be better at something than someone who is five or 10 years younger than you. From a student perspective, this concept
can be seen in group work assigned for classes. Everyone in the group is a student in the same class, but those who invest their time in the presentation or project will be more proficient and experienced with it than group members who slack off and don’t contribute their time and effort at all. Same goes for the world outside of school. People who are passionate about their careers or hobbies and dedicate their time and efforts to practicing with and spending time in their fields are going to be more experienced than those who don’t. Age plays virtually no
role. If a student studying business had several internships at companies over his or her college career and is trying to get the same job in a company as a middle-aged man who didn’t study business in college and has no previous experience in a corporate environment, then the younger person is more experienced, qualified and, presumably, more skilled for the job. It’s as simple as that. There is the question of natural skill. We all have that friend who can memorize an entire lecture without taking notes, ace a test without studying
and deliver a presentation without practicing. But natural skill will never improve if hard work and dedication isn’t included. Those who are actively seeking experience and working hard to improve their skills will not only do that, but they’ll also unlock new skills along the way. Our time in college is the time for us youngsters to gather all the experience we can and reinforce our skills so that by the time we get into the “real world,” our ages won’t even matter when our abilities are pulled into question.
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Sanctuary campus: two perspectives Granting sanctuary, not sanctifying grants By Vanessa Rivera Contributing Writer @fgcueaglenews FGCU is known for taking a stand on many issues, ranging from student loans to the environmental protections. This month, Student Government at FGCU began to take steps to help make FGCU a sanctuary school. FGCU is the closest university to the city of Immokalee, where workers are brought in from Central America to work in the tomato fields. Sanctuary schools are institutions of higher learning that model sanctuary cities, in the effort of not allowing the
schools. SG at both schools, which were voted in by the student body, made the ruling decisions. These schools would face mainly a financial impact if federal money was withheld due to the amount of alumni donations. FGCU is in a different spot. A school currently seeing its 20th anniversary, donations are a mere one fifth of what FSU received. According to the FGCU Foundation in the year of 2015-16, FGCU received more than $33.6 million in gifts and donations. In comparison, FSU, received $166,701,406 in 2016 according to the FSU Foundation Report. Currently, the federal
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The resolution that was presented to Student Government for first reading during the Senate meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14 focused on respecting other students and the diversity included on campus.
Immigration Customs Enforcement, or any federal organizations, to deport undocumented immigrants. As the daughter of immigrants, this is an issue close to my heart. As a conservative, and a firm believer of the constitution, I take a much different look into the immigration issue than most. On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump issued an executive order denying federal funding to sanctuary cities. This order would remove federal funding given to cities for agencies, such as the local law enforcement agencies. States are also taking their own stances on the issue and are looking to defund schools that receive money from the state and the federal government. In the state of California, Rep. Duncan Hunter introduced a bill to stop millions of dollars that are being funneled into California schools if they decide to become sanctuary campuses. With sanctuary cities facing budget cuts, sanctuary universities like FGCU may face the same destiny. In the state of Florida, University of Florida and Florida State University have become sanctuary
government funds research projects, student grants and campus improvements like the remodeled entrance and infrastructure. As a student attending FGCU on a full ride made up of various student grants, I take this situation to heart. I received these grants based on my performance, as well as my financial situation. When my parents moved to America from Venezuela and Puerto Rico, they wanted me to receive an amazing education, and with these grants I am able to receive such. If FGCU were to lose its funding while I was still attending, I would be forced to drop out. Personally, I see losing student grant money as a slap in the face to my parents, who immigrated here legally to provide me with a great education and life. Breaking a federal law to have FGCU seem more “humanitarian” not only disregards all the legal immigrants who attend FGCU, but those who are international students who wanted to come to FGCU and went about it legally. The consequences FGCU may face will have a greater impact on the student population and faculty as well. Not only would these cuts be made toward the
funds for improvements, expansion and scholarships, but the already limited school will have to start turning away students from certain classes due to lack of rooms. Ultimately, affecting graduation dates for students. There has not been any discussion about sanctuary campuses coming from Gov. Rick Scott’s office, but governors and congressmen in other states are seeking immediate action. Representative Andy Harris (R-MD) has introduced the Federal Immigration act of 2016. Under this bill, all federal funding to any entity refusing to comply with the current immigration regulations will be withheld. Because I’m a senior, many people think I shouldn’t care. But I do, and I do so with a passion. My parents came to Florida, knowing hardly anyone, in the hopes that one day their kids could have the opportunities they didn’t. Now, their two youngest kids may face the risk of not receiving a higher education because the institutions want to cater to those who came to America legally or illegally. I understand that many of these students didn’t come to America willingly. Yet, there are people in our community, who can get them the paperwork and legal status for them to live in America fear-free and with some benefits. My family followed the federal and state laws to come to America, and the same should go to everyone who comes into the country. Immigration needs to be reformed, but allowing people who are breaking the federal law a free pass and revoking the rights of natural born citizens and law-abiding citizens is far from the American way to do things. I am in no way saying that these students do not deserve help. I am saying that becoming a sanctuary school is not the way to do so. If FGCU wants to do something helpful and humanitarian, they should help the 60 something DACA students in receiving legal status. Connecting with alumni who now work as legal consultants or lawyers, using the community’s resources, like the Amigos Center, would be the best solution. The DACA students no longer fear deportation, the federal funding and grants for students remain untouched, and, of course, FGCU gets praise and wonderful PR.
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Upon first vote at SG Senate, the resolution didn’t pass on Tuesday, Feb. 14. After being ammended on Tuesday, Feb. 21, however, the resolution passed.
Embracing sanctuary policies By Zack Rothman Outreach Edtior @zack_rothman Imagine drug gangs have laid waste to your town, burning down houses and killing people in the street. Now imagine you’re only 7-years-old — completely helpless without your parents. They say it’s no longer safe in Mexico and decide to flee the violence for a better life in America. You’ve now lived through trauma, been uprooted from your home and are in a foreign land. Not even a year later, just as you start to settle into your new life, your parents are forcibly removed from your home right in front of your eyes. Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a policy passed by the Obama administration, as a minor, you have been presented with two options: stay in America or return to gang brutality. Now fast-forward; because of DACA, you’ve been granted legal status and are attending college. Having otherwise not been able to get a higher education, you busted your butt all throughout high school to earn scholarships.
campus. Not only would making FGCU a sanctuary campus ensure that hard-working,
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On Feb. 21, Student Government made steps toward deeming FGCU as a sanctuary campus after passing the resolution. Sanctuary campuses, modeled after sanctuary cities, help shield undocumented students from being deported.
law-abiding individuals are able to receive a college degree, it protects naturalborn citizens by enabling undocumented individuals to report crimes without fear of being deported, thus protecting an even larger portion of the community. There seems to be a misconception that a
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According to a Fusion report, students from over 100 campuses have signed petitions demanding that their schools become sanctuaries.
You’ve been in the same classes as your American friends since second grade; you took the same civics courses as them; and followed the same laws they did. However, President Donald Trump just took office. He ran on the premise of abolishing DACA, which would revoke your legal status and seize your scholarship funding. Despite the fact that Trump reneged on this campaign promise (yet again), he has still threatened to withhold funding from institutions embracing sanctuary policies. It is very safe to say that there is both practical and philosophical justification as to why FGCU should become a sanctuary
not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems
sanctuary city or campus somehow protects undocumented immigrants from the law; however, the exact opposite is true. Police are still able to arrest and detain these individuals for crimes they commit. All the sanctuary policy does is allow the local entity to refuse to communicate with the federal government, particularly Immigration Customs Enforcement or the Department of Homeland Society, to avoid having that person deported — the police can still put them in prison. While launching his campaign in 2015, Trump said, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re
with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” To me, this is an entirely un-American ideal. Engraved on the Statue of Liberty — the entrance of our nation — is a poem that reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Conservative opposition to having a sanctuary policy at FGCU is completely ironic. The only argument Republicans can make without sounding racist is that adopting sanctuary policies will cause the university to lose funding. What’s comical about this is that the only reason there’s a chance of losing money in the first place is because of a Republican president threatening to do so. The entire quagmire of potentially losing funding was literally created and perpetuated by conservative ideology. If the College Republicans were truly concerned about the university losing funding, then maybe they should focus on passing legislation that curbs our embarrassingly low graduation rate, which is the third worst in Florida, and help put an end to a potentially catastrophic snowball effect.
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Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
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Dear readers, Not to damper your elation about finally being done with the semester, but, unfortunately, this will be the very last issue of Eagle News containing an outreach section. It has brought me great joy and humility watching and observing how much of an impact the students around me have had on the community. Being the “gatekeeper” of this arguably overlooked portion of the paper has been an experience that will serve me great purpose later in life, and certainly something I will never forget. This is, however, just the beginning; next year I will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief and am excited to expand on progress we’ve made this year. I sincerely implore students of all majors to participate in Eagle News. Not only will you learn invaluable skills required for nearly every career path, you will also develop friendships and connections that will last a lifetime. Sincerely, Zack Rothman outreach@eaglenews.org
The return of the Team8 Tour
Hosted by the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation benefiting Youth Nationwide
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Cal Ripken Jr. (left) Cal Ripken Sr. (right) are honored at Camden Yards
By Rachel Iacavone Managing Editor @racheliacavone The Team8 Tour is
returning this year and aims to break all the records set by the success of last year’s tour. The Team8 Tour is a
campaign that encourages young Americans to make healthy lifestyle choices, learn critical life lessons and build
character to inspire an entire generation to make positive social change. In 2016, it was the first year of the tour where hundreds of volunteers reached more than 10,000 students through 18 community organizations. Fitness gear, collectively worth $100,000, was also donated to the communities the Team8 Tour stopped in. “It’s amazing to see how much was accomplished during last year’s Team8 Tour, and we are excited to build upon that success,” said Cal Ripken, baseball Hall of Famer and Ripken Foundation vice chairman, in a press release. “The Team8 Tour has proved the power of like-minded groups combining efforts to make a lasting impact on kids everywhere.” This year features a set list of eight new cities where the tour will partner with local schools and
community organizations in effecting the Healthy Choices, Healthy Children programming of the Ripken Foundation. The program teaches children, through physical activity, positive and productive life lessons. Through the Healthy Choices, Healthy Children program, school fitness facilities, food pantries and community gardens will all be expanded or revamped by UnitedHealthcare volunteers in local communities. The Ripken Foundation will also be providing fitness clinics, which will be aided by volunteers from CBS EcoMedia as well. The tour kicked off its 2017 campaign April 25 with a two-day stop in Baltimore. From there, the tour will stop in Immokalee; Greensboro and High Point, North Carolina; Bronx, New York;
Indianapolis, Indiana; Dallas, Texas; and Jersey City, New Jersey. “We look forward to building on the success of the inaugural Team8 Tour and are grateful for the opportunity to partner with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation to provide tools for young people to make healthier choices,” said Matt Peterson of UnitedHealthcare Social Responsibility in a press release. The Team8 Tour is part of UnitedHealthcare’s volunteer initiative, “Do Good. Live Well.” that aims to decrease hunger and obesity while inspiring service and volunteerism. For more information on the tour, visit www. Team8Tour.com.
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Agency of the Week The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples (C’mon) is Southwest Florida’s first museum devoted to families learning through play. With handson exhibit galleries, the museum invites visitors of all ages to journey through the swamps of the Everglades, weave through a maze, climb a two-story banyan tree or experiment at the water play station. Children can become a weather forecaster, a farmer, a chef, a fisherman, an artist, an architect or a veterinarian. Throughout the day special activities encourage guests to get involved, try something new and be energized. Contact Ann Johnston at ajohnston@cmon.org or by phone at 239-260-1704 for more information on how you can join the fun.