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P\j% I\X[ pfli XnXi[$n`ee`e^ e\njgXg\i This past weekend, 13 members of the Eagle News team traveled to Orlando for the annual Associated Collegiate Press Conference.

Hundreds of college newspapers from around the nation come to listen to professionals speak about the journalism and design field.

The ACP hosts the most prestigious college press award ceremony every year at the convention, and this year, Eagle News is a winner.

The only student media at Florida Gulf Coast University placed second in the design spread of the year category for an athletics layout published in the New Student Guide 2011. First place was awarded to the Harvard Crimson, Harvard University. FGCU also received two honorable mentions for design.

This is the first time Eagle News has been

recognized nationally by its peers for its work.

We are excited to represent FGCU in a positive way and hope that you will celebrate with us.

Thanks for being an avid reader.

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The school is 14 and its population has exploded. Enrollment has increased 12 percent from 2009 to 2010, which is why FGCU has the fourth-largest average undergraduate class size — 34 — in the state university system.

Miles Mancini, a former FGCU student and current communication instructor, said he never took a large class. He also said that when he was a student, even the largest classes had

only 25 students.

Mancini says large lectures and class sizes can affect the way a student learns and absorbs the information. “The norm is that (students) are not as interactive,� he said about large classes. “The student feels like (he or she is) a number.�

President Bradshaw disagrees with this notion. Bradshaw said that it is not a numbers game, and the real factor of importance is who is teaching the students. “We have managed class size well without negatively impacting students,� Bradshaw told The News-Press. “Our classes might be larger, but they’re

taught by faculty. It’s not just about class size; it’s about who is in front of the class.�

The student-to-teacher ratio is not just about teachers teaching and students learning; it is all calculated meticulously around tuition payments. If more students are in a classroom but the learning balance is still maintained, more money is generated for the school. However, it is not the faculty members teaching the classes who earn more.

At FGCU, faculty members who teach large lecture-style classes do not receive a pay raise or bonus.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 p.m. You rush to the library to finish a class assignment, only to realize there are no computers left to use. No study rooms are open. There is no quiet space for you to finish your assignment.

Students say that the accommodations at Florida Gulf Coast Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library are not suitable for the more than 12,000 students enrolled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The accommodations are poor,â&#x20AC;? said senior Robert Gellman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need more study rooms with computers â&#x20AC;Ś having two rooms with computers is not enough for the 15,000 students we are getting here at this point. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not enough.â&#x20AC;?

Many students experience the frustration of the lack of computers, the use of study rooms and the time constraints.

Gellman said it is frustrating that not enough time is being spent in making appropriate usage of the library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the fourth floor of the library shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be used as classroom space; we need to have a floor strictly for studying,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Barbara Stites, the associate director of the library, is on board with Gellmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim.

She says she has future plans for the library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope we will be able to move into the fourth floor and open that up for study space,â&#x20AC;? Stites said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need classroom space. We do,â&#x20AC;? said Lauren Schuetz, student body president. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a toss-up; we want students to have study space, but we also want them to have classrooms to learn in.â&#x20AC;?

Gellman feels that there is more to it than that. He also said that study rooms need to be used for group projects and not just for one person.

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MISSION STATEMENT: Eagle News, the student media group at Florida Gulf Coast University, represents the diverse voices on campus with fairness. We select content for our publication and our website that is relevant to the student body, faculty and staff. Members are committed to reporting with accuracy and truth. Our purpose is to encourage conversations about issues that concern the on-campus community. Eagle News views every culture with equal respect and believes every person must be treated with dignity.

<m\ekj Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce: Help out at the 25th annual Sand Sculpting event held Nov. 2-6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gullwing Beach Resort, 6620 Estero Blvd. Contact Jane Ross at jane@fmbchamber or 239-454-7500.

Island Coast AIDS Network (ICAN): Help out at the Handbag Happy Hour at Miromar Design Center on Nov. 4. Must be 18 years or older. Lots of volunteers needed: 20 for setup, five for cashiering, two registration greeters, 10 silent auction, four raffle sales, two goodie bags distribution, 10 tear down.

Contact Mitch at mhaley@icanswfl. org or call 239-337-2391.

Junior League of Fort Myers: Volunteers needed for the Phil Vassar Concert in the Park on Nov. 5 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Downtown Fort Myers Centennial Park to sell tickets and serve Pepsi and beer (must be 21 or older for beer sales) in support of this fundraiser for the community.

Email volunteers4taste@gmail.com if you are interested.

United Way has partnered with WCI for a Fundraiser Yard Sale on Nov. 5 at Walden Center in Bonita Springs. Approximately 8-12 volunteers are needed from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to assist with parking, set-up, sales and tear down operations. Contact Ruth at RuthMarianetti@wcicommunities. com or 239-498-8631.

City of Fort Myers: Help out with the 29th Annual Taste of the Town on Nov. 6. This is an excellent opportunity for large groups of students. Volunteers receive free admission to the event and a t-shirt too. Visit www.jlfm. org to learn more. To volunteer, register online at http://www. jlfm.org/?nd=form__56.

Please feel free to forward this email to your friends or other organization leaders. If you have any further questions, contact Micaela Heuglin at volunteers4taste@gmail.com.

Rookery Bay: Have fun at the Party of All Parties event at the Environmental Learning Center on Nov. 6 from noon to 4:30 p.m.

Contact Donna Young at donna. young@dep.state.fl.us or 239-4176310 x412.

PACE Center for Girls: FGCU students are coordinating this event. Help out with activities with the girls, help set up and help clean up at the “Be Who You Want To Be” party on Nov. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Contact Andrea Lizarazo at amlizara@eagle.fgcu.edu.

PACE also has great volunteering opportunities available if you are interested in working with them.

Immokalee Foundation: Volunteer at the live auction on Nov. 11 at the Ritz-Carlton Naples Beach Resort. Table hosts are needed 7 to 10:30 p.m. Must wear black pants, black shoes and black socks.

You get a free polo shirt. Contact

James Graves at james.graves@ immokaleefoundation.org or 239404-2024.

Take Stock in Children: Set up and clean up at the Strides for Education 5k Walk/Run on Nov. 19 from 6:15 to 10:30 a.m. in Naples. Make a difference for low-income children. Contact Trisha Yeggy at Tricia.Yeggy@ immokaleefoundation.org or 239657-2461.

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

:fccfhl`ld FGCU Fall Trail Cleanup: This successful event is on campus and attracts more than 100 students.

Need help on Nov. 5. Setup is at 7:30 a.m. and finish around 1 or 2 p.m.

Lead teams of students out on the trails to clear paths, remove exotics and mark the trails. Breakfast and lunch provided. Contact Sarah Davis at sdavis@fgcu.edu.

The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW): Enjoy live music while volunteering at the 30th annual Taste of the Islands on Nov. 13 at the Sanibel Community Park.

This event is CROW’s biggest fundraiser featuring 20 island restaurants. Opportunities are available both before and during the event. Tolls are reimbursed if you save your receipt. Please visit tastesanibelcaptiva.com/contact. php to fill out a volunteer form.

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

Cape Coral High School is partnering with Heartland Gardens to put in a 500 square-foot garden on their campus. They are looking for volunteers of various commitment levels and hours.

Please contact Lori Kaminski at LoriASh@LeeSchool.net.

Pinewoods Elementary School: This school is unique in its passion for sustainability and environmental education. The Explorer’s Club is for fifth-grade students interested in making the school greener in different areas such as maintaining the Japanese Garden, developing the butterfly/ herb garden, maintaining the five

senses garden and beautifying the campus with environmental art.

Need college student role models to help facilitate, plan and organize the club meetings, as well as plan educational presentations and activities for the students. The program meets every Thursday from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. and extra hours will be awarded for students who prepare presentations or activities. Contact Laura Layton at lelayton@eagle.fgcu.edu.

Naples Botanical Garden: Horticulture gardening starts at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday and includes weeding, potting, moving plants, digging, raking, sweeping, clearing debris, etc. Wear closed toe shoes, sunscreen and bring work gloves if you have them. No shorts or tank tops. Bring water. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last-minute requests.

Give 4-5 lead time. If you commit, then can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at srichardson@naplesgarden.org.

The Friends of Rookery Bay are looking for a volunteer who is familiar with Flickr. Volunteer will establish an account for FORB and then upload photos and captions which will be provided so the media can access upcoming events and general reserve images 24/7.

Contact Donna Young at donna. young@dep.state.fl.us.

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

Fe^f`e^ Fggfikle`k`\j FGCU Athletics: Are you into sports? Do have an interest in athletics? Students have the opportunity to help with game day operations in serving as ushers for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball and timers for Swimming and Diving. The students have a chance to interact with the athletics staff and learn the inside operations of intercollegiate athletics. For further details contact Will Pitt at wpitt@fgcu.edu or 239-590-7055.

Three Oaks Middle School: Their reading teachers and media specialist could really use some volunteers to read with students and/or reshelving books. Contact Debbie Fite at DebbieCFi@ LeeSchools.Net. DasHuh (That’s Her) Basketball Foundation: Multiple opportunities. Help with the following: website design, press releases, grant writing, graphic design and coaches.

Contact Shannon Graham at dashuhbasketball@dashuh.com or 239-357-6791.

Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT): Do you have a talent for marketing? Do you

want to take the lead and help this nonprofit agency with a development plan? Do you have 2 to 3 months available? This opportunity will look great on your resume. Contact Honara Jacobus, development coordinator, at hjacobus@actabuse.com or 239939-2553.

Philharmonic Center for the Arts: Numerous opportunities.

After filling out a Volunteer Profile, you’ll be interviewed, trained, and then assigned. Assignments include archivist, docent, lobby desk, museum library, museum store, music library, school activity volunteer, jewelry and will call at box office. Contact David Varisco at dvarisco@thephil.org or 239-2542779.

Harry Chapin Food Bank: Sort and pack food for the hungry.

Work 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday (no afternoon shift on Friday or Saturday). Proper attire required: closed toe shoes (no sandals), jeans or shorts (shorts’ length must be at least to your fingertips) no tank tops or bare midriff tops. Contact Bedzaida Bryen at bedzaidabryen@ harrychapinfoodbank.org or 239334-7001 x141.

The College Reach Out Program (CROP): Local middle and high school students are starting a chapter at Estero High School. There are 10 students who want to join the program but have limited English skills. Right now, they only speak Spanish. Need a mentor/translator to meet with students every Thursday from 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Contact Susan Genson sgenson@fgcu.edu or 239590-7836.

The Rushman-Micah Angel Foundation: Are you computersavvy and want to work from home? Help update the RMAF website and Facebook page. RMAF is taking a lead role in bringing awareness to bridging the gap of technology and education for the special needs community and their families. Contact Barbara Brown at rmaf32@yahoo.com or 239-2162363.

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

Lee County Community Tennis Association: Volunteer opportunities every Tuesday for Special Olympics Tennis at Rutenberg Park at 6 p.m. Contact Lyn Bruner at VolunteerCoordinator@lccta.com or 239-489-2378.

Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved.

You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”

ABOUT US: Eagle News, founded in 1997, is the student newspaper at Florida Gulf Coast University.

The newspaper is the only student produced publication on campus and is entirely student run.

Eagle News is published weekly during the fall and spring semesters and monthly in the summer, with the exception of holiday breaks and examination periods.

The print edition is free to students and can be found on campus and in the community at Gulf Coast Town Center, Germain Arena and Miromar Outlets.

POLICE BEAT Monday, Oct. 24 at 6:25 p.m.: A student slipped and fell unconscious while exiting a bus on campus. The subject reported giving blood earlier in the day, which could have contributed to the incident. EMS responded to the call and the student was transported to Gulf Coast Medical Center.

Monday, Oct. 24 at 7:35 p.m.: Another female who had given blood earlier in the day fell unconscious while riding the elevator in Biscayne Hall of student housing. The subject refused transport when EMS arrived on the scene.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 3:26 p.m.: A student fell down a flight of stairs in Academic Building

3 and suffered a broken leg.

The student refused transport to a hospital, and was instead brought to the student wellness center on campus.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6:09 p.m.: A drug search was conducted by UPD in Student Housing O Building. Officers discovered a cylindrical glass pipe containing marijuana residue, a blue glass pipe with marijuana residue, a multicolored horned pipe with marijuana residue, an elephant glass pipe with marijuana residue, a small baggie of marijuana stems, one bottle of Penicillin containing 13 tablets, and one bottle of 24 Prozac capsules. All items were

confiscated and turned over to Judicial Affairs for further evaluation.

Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 2:40 a.m.: Two suspicious people were reported to the UPD for throwing rocks at student housing J building. The suspects were dressed in blue jeans, and had cans of beer in their hands.

Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6:44 p.m.: A fight outside of Manatee Hall caused alarm for residents.

A male outside of the building began by yelling and screaming while refusing to leave the area.

The suspect was not recognized as a resident or student at FGCU. When UPD arrived on scene they were informed that the suspect had assaulted a female

30 minutes prior and that the disturbances had been ongoing for quite some time. The female victim denied pressing charges.

The Police Beat is compiled by Eagle News staff from public logs available at the University Police Department. Police Beat is not associated with the UPD. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

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55 C@9I8IP The library has attempted to fix this by having students check out a study room. The rooms are now locked. Students have to check out a study room at the circulation desk in the front of the library. You must have a group of three or more people and an Eagle ID. They provide you with the key, dry markers and an eraser for the white boards.

“The problem with this is that some students aren’t closing the door after they are done, and that leaves the room open and accessible to anyone,” said Patricia Fuentes, library operation student worker.

Stites agrees with the students when she hears them complain about the space in the library. “On busy days, it is hard to find space in the library or a computer that is open,” she said.

Stites quickly jumps to point out that wireless is available to those with laptops.

However, if those who have laptops cannot find a space to use them, students are still at a loss.

Is the university’s growth too much for the construction to keep up with?

“I think that the growth of the university places pressure on all resources around the university,” Stites said.

Schuetz said she does not know if the university is aware of all of the student’s concerns, and if they do, it is not a situation in which they can react right away.

Student Government provides service for students, and computers would more likely come from the university’s funding and not the activity and service funding that SG uses.

Having more computers and space is providing a better

service for students. Why can’t SG help?

“If it is something the students want to petition, or find a senator to sponsor a bill for them, then it is something we will look at,” Schuetz said. “However, I think it is more of a space issue and that is why we do not have more computers.”

As student body president, it is Schuetz’s responsibility to sign off on a bill if passed. She said there are many different parts to the bill process.

“If the university feels like there is no room to fit more computers, then the bill is not going to go in for it,” she said.

Schuetz said SG is using activity and service fees to extend the library hours.

On Oct. 31, the library began extending its hours until 1 a.m.

Good news for some, but bad for others.

“I don’t personally enjoy working until 1 a.m., but I know everyone else likes it, so whatever,” Fuentes said.

Regardless of whether the extended hours will draw in more students or help them incorporate library time into their schedules, most students agree that more room is needed.

Many feel that the library is as important to a university’s campus as a toilet is to a bathroom.

“The university needs to wake up and step up when it comes to renovating and adding more buildings to the campus,” Gellman said.

55 J@Q< Academic Building 5 Room 112, the largest lecture hall on campus, can fit 180 students.

It has been booked for the fall semester for 10 hours a day,

Monday through Thursday, with class enrollment being 98 percent capacity.

Mancini said there are advantages to teaching a large lecture class.

“The biggest advantage for me is that I can try to be really creative because it relies on me as the teacher,” he said. “I can have fun with how I deliver the class.”

Katie Haerle, a sophomore majoring in human performance, would prefer the average class size not continue to increase.

“I guess I like small classes better. It depends on what kind of class you’re taking,” she said.

Haerle does see some benefits to larger classes.

“For basic classes I feel like (having a large lecture) is helpful.

That’s why we have labs, to break down the information,” she said.

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That’s how many lines of information are in a recent spreadsheet released by Gov. Rick Scott last week that disclosed the salaries of every faculty member in Florida’s 11 state public universities.

Exactly 1,213 of those lines are dedicated entirely to FGCU faculty.

The information can be found on the website titled “Florida Has a Right to Know” (floridahasarighttoknow.com), a website Scott created in March in an effort, according to him, to help citizens hold government accountable and increase government transparency.

“The governor feels like there needs to be transparency, and this is one way he’s made getting access to these public records

easy for everybody,” Scott’s press secretary Lane Wright told the Orlando Sentinel when the information was first published.

Scott’s posting of university salaries coincides with his recent push for higher education reform in Florida. His ideas include the shifting of funding away from the liberal arts and towards science, technology, engineering and math-related fields (also known as the STEM fields). He also proposes the introduction of the “Texas model” to Florida education, a plan that rethinks tenure by tying professor pay to performance.

What initial reaction did Roger Green, associate professor of public affairs, have to the posting of his salary information?

“To laugh and say to myself, ‘I guess the governor’s re-election campaign is starting earlier than expected,’” he said.

Green believes Scott is attempting to make himself look better by comparison.

“He’s expressed an interest in a second term, but his public approval ratings have been quite poor to this point, so he’s starting his campaign work early,” Green said. “Portraying public employees in a negative way is a cynical but potentially effective means through which Scott can throw some red meat to his core constituents.”

Green also adds that he is unconcerned about the publication of the data, since university salary information has always been publicly available.

“In addition, if people outside the university who know me happen to look at my salary, perhaps they’ll nod their heads and understand why I drive such an old car and dress so badly,” he said.

Peter Bergerson, also a

professor of public affairs, remains unconcerned about the publication of his and other professor’s salaries.

“I’m a public employee, and the public is entitled to know what I make, just like they’re entitled to know what he [Scott] makes,” Bergerson said.

But to Bergerson, the publication and its implications are relatively unimportant.

“I have not looked at it, but the thing is, I love to teach. I like working with students, I like to do research, I love political science,” he said. “So the salary is important, but it’s not the most important thing I do every day….

The most important thing I do every day is teaching students.”

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Lee County sheriff’s deputies operating in the south district gave out 26 percent fewer tickets in 2010 than in 2006. The trend is apparent throughout Southwest Florida.

In fact, the number of traffic citations issued by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office in 2010 declined 66 percent from 2006.

The reason for the decline in traffic tickets in Collier County and Lee County is not clearly discernible. The prevalent theory is that officers have been sympathetic toward drivers

and their pocketbooks since the nation is going through a tough economic crisis.

Also in light of the current state of the economy, it is theorized that the drivers in Southwest Florida have been more aware of how fast they are going.

However, the University Police Department has different reasons from the local authorities for cutting back on traffic citations.

“I’m sure that the reason for this drop in tickets isn’t only compassion. Drivers must be more aware of how fast they are going,” said Sgt. Anthony Rispoli of UPD. According to Rispoli, UPD is a much smaller department, so they do not have enough manpower to maintain a traffic

unit devoted to only giving out traffic violations. Therefore, all FGCU officers on duty have to tend to every minor phone call on top of dealing with the heavy-footed drivers on the road.

Since they have to answer many miscellaneous calls, it makes it difficult to find time to punish reckless drivers for disobeying speed limits.

Rispoli also said that FGCU’s tremendous growth in this past decade has led to officers being needed increasingly more often. Student enrollment is at approximately 12,000, and there are hundreds of professors, cleaners, construction workers, and other people that come to work on campus daily.

Collectively, this means that there are about 15,000 people

that the UPD’s 10 officers are responsible for. This population dilemma does not leave a sufficient amount of time for them to patrol the roads and look out for fast drivers.

“We understand that people have to deal with the recession, since we are in the same boat,” Rispoli said. “However, it is our job as police officers to penalize anybody who breaks the law.”

However, the trend of the distribution of speeding tickets is often cyclical. With political pressure and high expectations from the police department, the numbers will likely bounce back, and the amount of tickets will no longer be at an obvious low.

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Jkl[\ek j\im\ij ZcX`d nX^\j cfjk ]ifd f`c jg`cc 9p :_\cj\X =`jZ_\i :feki`Ylk`e^ ni`k\i More than a year after the tragic BP Gulf oil spill, Florida’s restaurant employees are finding a way to mend the hole that was burnt in their pockets.

“So far, I’ve paid off two of my credit cards and bought the new iPhone – it’s free money,” said Zach Gibson, a local restaurant employee and FGCU student. “I have to spend some of it. The rest of it I’m saving for school next semester.”

After filing a claim with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gibson was awarded over $15,000. It is estimated that the average server can make approximately $20,000 a year.

For those who lost money during the post-spill economic downturn, relief for their crumbling financial stability has been found with the GCCF. Through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, citizens in the states surrounding the Gulf that were affected by the spill can now file a claim to be reimbursed for their lost wages.

Gibson worked as a bartender at Uptown Larry’s during the time of the spill. Larry’s is a popular watering hole for FGCU students as well as a famed raw bar for their oysters. “People still came in there to drink, but our dinner crowd was killed,” Gibson said.

Larry’s serves Gulf oysters, which are one of the main areas of the seafood industry affected by the oil spill. “We are famous for the best oysters around, and people stopped coming because they were too scared to eat them,” Gibson said.

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“For five hours of work, you get an automatic minimum of $5,000. That’s a pretty good deal,” Gibson said. “All you need to do is go to a local GCCF office … all the paperwork questions they help answer for you.”

The GCCF website states that if you feel it is necessary, you may seek help from an attorney to handle your claim. However, Gibson says going for the ‘do-ityourself’ option can keep 7 to 10 percent of that claim check in your pocket.

Statistics from the GCCF show the number of claims presented by individual industries. Those filed within the Food, Beverage and Lodging industry, the Retail, Sales

and Service industry, and the Tourism and Recreation industry contained the largest amount of paid claims in Florida.

Other students working as servers have felt some of the same impacts from the oil spill as Gibson.

“Before I could even tell (guests) my name, they were asking if it was safe to eat the seafood,” said Lauren Hall, a sophomore at FGCU and a waitress at the Elephant Bar Restaurant located in the Edison Mall. “After the initial shock of the spill passed, even though we didn’t have any oil on our beaches, people just stopped coming in to eat.”

Hall will be placing her claim this month with the GCCF. In only one year of GCCF’s operation, Lee County individual claimants have already been awarded more than $59 million as of Sept. 26.

“The process is for any individual whose business or income was damaged by the oil spill,” said Brian Calloway, representative for the GCCF. “Lost earnings or profits are the most common claims we see.”

The GCCF mission statement says that “even though the economy is improving, some businesses will recover more slowly than others.”

Calloway elaborates on that statement. “That is solely our goal, to give back to people what they lost,” he said.

After such an economic and ecological tragedy, the effects of the oil spill are improving. Beaches are being cleaned, seafood is back to being safe to eat and tourism is making its comeback in Florida.

Help from the GCCF allows money for Southwest Florida’s restaurant workers to come flowing in that much faster.

The Reach for the Stars Foundation will be holding a Karaoke Night on Thursday, Nov. 3 to benefit individuals with cystic fibrosis. The event will take place at the Applebee’s on Corkscrew Road just a few miles from campus.

Lindsay Leban is an officer of the Honors College service team for Reach for the Stars, which is an independent, not-for-profit foundation dedicated to providing services and support to individuals and families struggling with cystic fibrosis.

“We will have raffles and door prizes, along with a special blue Reach for the Stars drink available for $2.50 this night only,” Leban said.

“Karaoke will start at 10 p.m., but people are welcome to dine in anytime during the day, and 10 percent of their purchases will go to Reach for the Stars.

Please let your server know that you are dining for Reach for the Stars.”

Cystic fibrosis is an incurable disease that is characterized by the body's abundant production of very thick mucus. This mucus becomes an ideal environment for infections and causes blockages throughout the body.

The disease currently affects over 30,000 children and young adults in the U.S., and only about 50 percent of individuals with the disease live past the age of 30.

“Stop by and sing your heart out in support,” Leban said.

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Prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone led to the deaths of almost 15,000 people in 2008, including actor Heath Ledger.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than three times the 4,000 deaths from narcotics in 1999.

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Prescriptions rose as doctors aimed to better treat pain and as new painkillers hit the market.

Frieden and White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, a Fort Myers High School graduate who joined him at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, said states need to take sharp actions to reverse the long-running trend.

States oversee prescription practices and can rigorously monitor prescriptions and crack down on â&#x20AC;&#x153;pill millsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;doctor shoppingâ&#x20AC;? by patients, Frieden said.

Doctors should limit prescriptions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; giving only a three-day supply for acute pain, for example â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and look for alternative treatments, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For chronic pain, narcotics should be the last resort,â&#x20AC;? he added.

A federal drug plan announced this year calls for state programs

to track prescriptions. All but two states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Missouri and New Hampshire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have approved them, said Kerlikowske. But a number of states donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have them in place yet or doctors arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t using them enough to check on their patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; past prescriptions, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescription drug abuse epidemic is not a problem thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be solved overnight, but at the same time, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not powerless,â&#x20AC;? said Kerlikowske, who urged parents to get rid of unneeded or expired painkillers so they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t misused.

Some states are taking action.

Earlier this month, a doctor in Southern California was sentenced to prison for illegally selling tens of thousands of prescriptions for painkillers and sedative. Ohio now requires pain clinics to be licensed by the state, and limits the amount of pills that can be dispensed at clinics.

Florida also has cracked down on so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;pill mills,â&#x20AC;? and a Fort Myers doctor was indicted just last week for allegedly overprescribing pain medication.

Overall, there were 36,450 fatal overdoses in 2008, including accidental cases and suicides involving illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine along with prescription medicines.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the year Ledger died from an accidental overdose of painkillers and sedatives. A few months later, a 12-year-old girl from suburban New York overdosed on methadone she bought from a 15-year-old boy.

Narcotics also played a role in the recent deaths of a 27-yearold model at the mansion of an Anheuser-Busch heir and of former hockey player Derek Boogaard.

Frieden noted the wide differences between overdose death rates among states. For example, West Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate is about 26 per 100,000 while neighboring Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate is only 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This highlights the importance of states getting policies right on preventing drug abuse,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eagle News contributed to this report.

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Community Health Aid Development (CHAD) is a club that focuses on educating and helping local and foreign communities where health-based education and guidance is needed.

Lis Chimaras, president of the club, who started the organization last fall and currently has 15 dedicated members who enjoy devoting their time to help less fortunate populations.

CHAD went on their first mission trip to the Dominican Republic this past summer.

“We mainly started in the Dominican Republic because of the current need there is for health awareness,” Chimaras said.

The main goal of the trip is to provide items to communities with items that they may not have access to as well as to educate children.

On the past trip, students personally worked with children in schools by teaching them basic health sanitation practices and also launched a campaign on STD/HIV awareness.

“I love the small group atmosphere, because of last year’s trip to Dominican Republic we all became a family in reach of a common goal. It is a great feeling to know you caused an impact in those children’s lives,” Spencer Klepper, a sophomore majoring in biology, said about his experience.

Chimaras says that they are working on another mission trip to the Dominican Republic for health awareness. The theme for the coming project, “La Salud Cotidiana” (every day health) will focus on raising awareness of sanitation, nutrition and sexual health.

The club gets financial support for the trips through fundraisers, contributions, donations and FGCU’s Student Government. “[SG] is the main reason why this trip was even financially possible in the first place,” Chimaras said.

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CHAD is a great option for those passionate about doing good actions.

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When you wave goodbye, do your underarms wave back? If they do, it is an obvious sign that it’s time to work those triceps, especially if you want goodlooking arms. No one wants wobbly underarms, which is why it is so important to exercise and strengthen the triceps.

For the gym lovers or those who want to start a workout routine, it is important to remember that your body needs to be constantly challenged. If you always perform the same exact exercises, your muscles will eventually get used to it and won’t be working as hard.

“Put your body under different

stresses so that it can adapt and you can continue to see results from your workout, continuing to grow and becoming stronger,” Jon Hernandez, a personal trainer at FGCU’s fitness center, said about switching up workouts.

Hernandez mentions that it’s extremely important to keep correct form in order to avoid injuries or muscle pain.

“One common mistake I often see in the gym is the use of shoulders rather than triceps when performing a triceps extension on the cable machine,” Hernandez said.

“Most people lean over the weight trying to push the maximum amount of weight, which results in not achieving the actual goal of the exercise as it

isolates the triceps,” Hernandez said.

Cardio and weights need to be done in conjunction in order to have a complete workout.

“Cardio can be done before and after weight training. If someone is looking to lose fat, I typically recommend doing cardio first thing in the morning before they eat, making sure that they eat after their morning cardio session,” Hernandez said.

“If they are looking to build their work capacity for weight training, I would recommend some cardio after weights,” Hernandez said.

He points out that many girls only do cardio such as treadmill, bike and elliptical because they believe that it will make them lose

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Don’t forget to stretch your arms by holding your elbows behind your head and pushing it down.

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Set a bar attachment (curved or straight) or a rope on a high pulley machine.

Grab it with the palms facing down at shoulder width. Lower the bar by moving your forearms while keeping your elbows close to your sides and upper arm stationary. Fully extend your arms.

Lie on the floor face down and place your hands closer than shoulder width for a close hand position, then put them together in a triangle shape. Lower your body until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale. Keeping your elbows in, press your upper body back up.

Tip: If you are new at this exercise and do not have enough strength to perform it, you can either bend your legs at the knees to take off resistance or perform the exercise against the wall instead of the floor.

Bend one knee on a bench and have the same side hand placed on the end of the bench holding you up. Keep your back straight and have your torso parallel to the floor.

Hold a weight with the other hand in a 90-degree angle formed between your forearm and upper arm. Lift the weight backwards until your arm is fully extended; keep upper arms stationary.

Lie down on a flat bench with your head near the end of it. Lift the bar or dumbbells with your arms locked and elbows in; hold it straight.

Make sure that your arms are perpendicular to the floor. Keep upper arms stationary and bring the bar down by moving forearms toward your forehead.

Challenge: Perform the same movement on a declined bench.

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Uncompromising. Not for the faint of heart or those pregnant or nursing. It is 320 pages of a grown man bashing children’s artwork — and it is hysterical.

The premise behind “I Am Better Than Your Kids” (IABTYK) is that Maddox, Internet celebrity and de facto creator of the humor genre the New York Times dubbed “fratire,” is grading the children’s work on an objective level, holding them to the same standard he would, say, a 32-yearold former computer programmer and bestselling author.

Maddox uses the traditional scholastic grading scale, but (spoiler alert!), only hands out varying degrees of failure. The author gives an F+ to those who almost made a passable entry. For instance, Genevive, age 7, depicts herself using her

ability to fly to test the theory that cats always land on their feet.

“I can actually get behind this,” Maddox says. The F-minuses go to some, but virtually every other piece gets a solid F. In the interest of fairness, the author grants a handful of A-pluses — these rare treats all belong to Maddox, age 32.

Maddox’s criticisms bear a passing resemblance to method the archetypical Internet troll: He is vicious, universally negative or sarcastic and sometimes ignores the heart of the matter to instead pick at the low-hanging fruit by lambasting minutiae such as grammar, or the child’s age or name.

The difference, of course, is the total lack of anonymity that comes with being a New York Times bestselling author, not to mention his precision and style.

With his inventive and lively use of language, Maddox takes his trademark offensiveness to new heights and turns misanthropy into an art form.

The casual fan of the book’s brand of humor might grow weary of the joke, but

the author spared no effort to keep the material fresh.

His responses to the artwork range from comments of Hemingway-like brevity to lengthy diatribes, and vary in form from mocking captions to devastating critiques and even occasionally goes on random tangents that barely relate to the work.

Compared to his mainstream literary debut, IABTYK is more focused and polished. Its full-color, high-quality paper is a definite step up from the roughness of its predecessor, “The Alphabet of Manliness.”

The book itself is visually stunning, so the tough call comes when the reader has to decide if IABTYK is merely a vehicle for well-crafted shock humor meant to eke out a few laughs, or if it’s a “ha ha, only serious” acknowledgement of a foible — namely, mediocrity — in modern American culture.

Fans of the animated series “South Park know” the feeling.

Whether you want to read a deceptively rich satire or just have some guilty laughs,

you could do much worse than picking this one up. But, as the bottles say, you’d best be ready for the heat.

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“We conduct meetings in order to enlighten ourselves and enrich our education to a further extent,” said Ellie Levy, president of the Philosophy Club.

Their aim is to make all concepts and ideas interesting to the FGCU student body. They cover a vast amount of topics to try to interest every student.

“The Philosophy Club provides a different ways to view different things,”

saidJeff Spanski, anthropology major.

The topics range from education to religion to politics. It is a time of the week where you can gather information; voice your opinion, all while hearing the opinion of others.

“Even though I’m not a philosophy major, going to the Philosophy Club allows me to explore more specific topics and be enlightened in ways that doesn’t happen in a regular class, which is amazing,” Rachel Shanahan said.

The Philosophy Club holds several events throughout the year.

On Nov. 2, Chris Phillips will be coming and performing “Socrates Café,” which

is based on the book he wrote. “Socrates Café’s” goal is to bring philosophy to the everyday man. The event will be held in the Student Union in room 214 from 5:306:30 p.m.

On Nov. 7 at 5 p.m., guest speakers Dr. Glenn Whitehouse and Dr. Elena Ruiz Aho speak on articles they have had published in AB3 room 107.

On Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. in Sugden’s Welcome Center, David Loy will be speaking about postmodernism and Buddhism.

“We encourage all curious minds to attend and engage in conversation with us,” Levy said.

The Philosophy Club is not limited to

those in the philosophy major.

It is open to all students. To join the Philosophy Club you can email Ellie Levy at philosophy@eagle.fgcu.edu or attend one of their meetings, which are held on from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays in Reed Hall room 163.

If you would like frequent updates on the happenings of the Philosophy Club you can “Like” their Facebook page at FGCU Philosophy Club or follow them on Twitter @FGCUPhilosophy.

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I’ve heard politicians accuse protesters of simply wanting handouts.

I’ve seen articles referring to protesters as unemployed, as victims of a bad educational system, as clueless liberals, as mobs, as dirty hippies and as socialists.

In fact, the word “socialist” has become a mainstay in the vocabulary of critics of both my articles and those taking part in the protests.

Initially, I was confused by this. Why would so many people cry “socialism” over the concept of removing corporate corruption from our government?

I embarked on a quest of sorts to find out if the accusations had any merit.

According to the MerriamWebster online dictionary, socialism is “any of various economic and political theories advocating collective of governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.”

A second definition on the website describes a state existence where there is no private property.

Based on these definitions alone, it seems a stretch to call the Occupy movement a socialist one.

But I never want to offend the sensibilities of you, the readers, by arming myself with only one perspective of an argument.

So I went to www.nycga.net where, under the resources tab, the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City can be found.

The purpose of the Occupy movement along with a noncomprehensive list of grievances is listed.

I had read through the document a few weeks ago, but I refa m i l i a r i z e d myself with it to see if there was some socialist intent that I had previously missed.

Still, I failed to find a clear connection.

I took my research one step further. I drove to Centennial Park armed with my camera, an empty notebook and a few stock questions.

I wanted to see how many people are taking part in the protest, what the approximate age range is, what their political preferences are and why they felt the Occupy movement was important enough to support.

So off I went in search of what, had the critics been correct, would be a dirty drum gathering filled with unemployed liberal socialists who wouldn’t be able to articulate what they were protesting for due to the poor education they had received.

What I found during my three hours at the park couldn’t have

been more different.

For my part, I could not have picked a more beautiful day to visit the Occupy site. The weekly farmer’s market was just wrapping up. It was a comfortable 85 degrees with a light breeze blowing off the Caloosahatchee River.

The crowd was small. There were only 13 to 15 people in the general area. The tents were neatly scattered across a grassy area not too far from the public rest rooms.

There was no police presence, no barriers and no trash. What there was, though, was a recycle bin and a handful of clean, well-groomed people who were pleasant and respectful to all who passed by.

The first gentleman I attempted to interview, Luis Ospina, kindly declined my request because he needed to get to work.

Strike one against the Occupy critics. In fact, two of the people I interviewed, Chris Faulkner and Matt McDowell separately estimated 75 percent of the Occupy Fort Myers regulars left camp at some time during the day to go and work at their jobs.

That’s a pretty impressive statistic for a group painted as unemployed.

Rich Wilbur was the first to grant me an interview. He’s a 65-year-old, semi-retired Vietnam veteran who expressed his frustration at a broken system.

He feels the Occupy movement can be an important tool for change.

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Domiciled in the rear of the second principle is the firm pronouncement from our founding forebears that “The University vigorously protects freedom of inquiry and expression and categorically expects civility and mutual respect to be practiced in all deliberations”.

Mutual respect, although mentioned sequentially last, first came forward sometime around A.D. 1300-1350.

Because of its compound traits and dual characteristics, it has greater importance.

Civility, younger and most popular, was positioned grammatically first by the Dean’s Council in 1996 as a result of widespread usage to get people to act with courtesy and politeness. However, most have temporarily forgotten that mutual respect sets the foundation and secures the capacity for human beings to be civil.

Mutual respect is the surrendering of human perceptions, deep-seated needs

and value systems by one person who shows respect and the surrendering of same by the other person who accepts the show of respect.

The absence of mutual respect in human relations gives rise to misconduct. The most common form of misconduct is bullying, which occurs at home, school, work and online.

Bullying is the personal, institutional (workplace) or Internet (cyber-bulling) desire of individuals and social systems to “control” people psychologically, economically, socially and physically.

In Florida, children in K-12 grades are protected by a law that prohibits bullying against any student or employee.

However, no state law specifically prohibits bullying in higher education and other jobs.

Two suggestions have been submitted for University “mutual respect” and “workplace bullying” policies to ensure the certainty that respectful treatment remains a right and a responsibility for all members of our University community.

Would you be so kind to bring mutual respect forward and put away workplace bullying at FGCU? You know you are my friend.

“When people make mistakes, we are supposed to take responsibility. What about corporations?” Wilbur said.

He believes the government could help keep jobs in America by taxing all products built overseas as imports — regardless of the country of ownership.

Under this concept, he believes it would no longer make sense for American corporations to take jobs outside of the United States.

As if on cue, a passerby from Peoria, Ill., who had been a member of the United Auto Workers union, lamented the loss of his job to a site in Mexico.

Keeping American jobs in America hardly fits the profile of a socialist movement.

When I sat down with McDowell, who has been a part of Occupy Fort Myers since its beginning, I was curious what his general observations of the experience has been up to this point.

McDowell was quick to point out his feeling of encouragement that younger people are paying attention to the issues plaguing the nation.

When I asked him about the general age range of the people he’s seen come out to support the movement, he told me it was from “toddlers to geriatrics” and all ages in between.

He said 98 percent of Fort Myers police officers have been “good” about the protesters occupying Centennial Park.

But recently, citing permitting and insurance issues, the city has been giving citations to those

who choose to remain at the park overnight.

When I questioned McDowell about this point, he said, “it enhances the image” of why they are there by providing a visible reminder, which he hopes is driving the conversation.

It’s an act of solidarity with those who are occupying Wall Street.

McDowell told me there have been a range of religious, educational and employment backgrounds, and yes, political backgrounds as well.

An average weeknight general assembly, which they hold at 7:30 p.m. to accommodate the most people, draws an estimated 30 to 100 people, some of whom are Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and yes, a Socialist or two.

But McDowell stressed that political leanings are not a point of contention.

Instead, the mix of people lend to a more robust, non-partisan discussion where every person has the ability to have his or her concerns and ideas heard.

Our government should conduct itself in the same manner.

If politicians stopped listening to the corporations funding them and instead listened to the people, all of the people, protests such as the Occupy movement would not be necessary.

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

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9p DXe[`\ IX`enXk\i JkX]] ni`k\i “Tricky Rick,” known as Voldemort in social media circles, is at it again.

His entire governorship has been based on the interests of big businesses, especially his own, and he has decided that the rest of the people of this fair state must prove that they deserve to live here in every way.

First, he said that people in the most vulnerable positions had to be further subjugated when asking for public assistance by paying their own money to take a drug test.

So far, only about 35 applicants have failed the test and 1,600 have refused to take it.

The 1,600 aren’t required to say why they wouldn’t, so Scott and his camp assert the presumed guilt of those individuals.

But this past week a federal judge blocked the practice after a lawsuit claimed it infringed upon the rights of individuals, namely that it violated the Fourth and the 14th Amendments.

What Scott’s administration doesn’t tell people about the tests is that the information collected is not confidential and can be shared across a whole group of institutions.

And when you shout, “Who cares?” remember that most of the people in this predicament never thought they would be there.

I believe that when Scott thought about this, like many affluent people do, he assumed that everyone on welfare is an uneducated drug abuser and wouldn’t fight him. But someone did.

That person is a veteran with two children who can’t find a job. He is not a drug user, but refused to be tested on the grounds it violated his constitutional rights.

Also, before you start screaming at the paper, when you test for a job, it’s not compulsory. Companies do it to keep certain rates and abilities, not to deny you work. If you fail a drug test after becoming employed, companies are required to help you get treatment. They don’t just turn you out into the cold.

As if asking for assistance when you’re down isn’t hard enough, Scott went on to kick people some more. A new law went into effect this past week that ties unemployed individuals to computer and Internet access.

They must do all unemployment certifications online, even if they don’t have a computer, and they must also take a skills assessment test.

Not everyone can just go to a local library, career center or friends house with Internet; they only have so much money and transportation becomes a factor.

And a person filing a claim has to pass the modules of the skills assessment or they may be deemed unemployable and denied benefits until they take classes at a

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local state career center, again relying on an assumption that they can get there.

The skills tests are applied mathematics, reading for information and locating information. If unemployed people fail to certify that they have sought jobs within the time frame the system is online, they can also have benefits halted.

All of Scott’s programs rely on assumptions that people are uneducated or poorly educated.

So what does Scott want to do about that? Make more cuts of course! In an effort to make voters see the light of the evil education system this past week, Scott had the top salaries of state university employees posted on his website.

He now says he wants to remove any existing tenure programs for professors and cut out liberal arts programs.

He has focused on anthropology, making statements saying that we don’t need more anthropology degrees in this state.

Perhaps he is just angry with his daughter, who has an anthropology degree from the College of William and Mary, or maybe he is trying to open up the job market for her by eliminating the competition, as he tends to do.

By asserting to college boards and trustees all over the state that liberal arts degrees are ineffectual in the job market and that scholarship money should go to more core courses known as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), he shows that he doesn’t value well-rounded educations.

He doesn’t want to teach reading, or English, or the arts, or history. Maybe because he knows that if these subjects are taught, then people can make up their own minds. That an educated populous is not controllable. That the subjects that teach critical thinking, synthesis of ideas and humanities are the exact opposite of what he believes.

Scott got the top seat of Florida questionably. He who shall not be named has come in and done nothing productive for this state or her citizens.

He has criticized the lower classes and presumed guilt. He has hoped for illiteracy and situations that keep people technologically deprived in order to benefit his friends in business.

He has hoped that by exploiting the salaries of educators he can persuade his followers to turn on the education system with him and kill funding to degree seekers that will empower future generations to fight people such as him.

He forgets that like his own daughter, many of the nation’s top business people have liberal arts degrees and they are very successful. Don’t kick people while they are down. A cornered dog will bite.

Vote educated, my fellow Eagles.

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

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might as well say it for those who are scared to speak out: George W. Bush presented a message after 9/11 that divided us a nation after pledging in the 2000 election to be compassionate.

I never saw any compassion from him or anyone who served in his administration while brave Americans from poor or middle class surroundings were being killed in a war based on lies, and the ones who spoke out against the war were called unpatriotic, traitors, etc.

I’m reminded of a scene that I saw in the Michael Moore documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11,” in which a woman named Lila Lipscomb, who lost her son Sgt. Michael Pedersen on April 2, 2003, in the Iraq War, was having a conversation in Washington, D.C., with a foreign woman who was against the war and said it was for oil.

A few seconds later, a disgraceful woman who clearly hated Moore came up to the two of them as the tape was rolling and said right to Lipscomb’s face that her son wasn’t killed and that their conversation was being staged.

An angry Lila Lipscomb said in tears that her son was not a stage, that he really died and as the proud mother of a solider walked away, the disgraceful woman said, “Blame AlQaeda!!!”

That incident is one example of how divided of a nation we are because we allow our fears and paranoia to drive us to elect arrogant, brainless individuals into power who take our civil liberties away from us and who send innocent young people off to die in wars that are not only illegal but also immoral.

We need to stop being the military policeman for the world and deal with the problems in our country before we wake up tomorrow and see that freedom has been stolen from us.

I applaud President Obama for his action and I expect him, along with the rest of America, to support the brave ones who are coming home from war in whatever way we they can. I also encourage the president not to stop with Iraq and to bring more troops home from countries we do not need to be in.

The real war is at home in rebuilding a stronger and more productive United States Of America.

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

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M$YXcc j\e`fij gi\gg\[ ]fi Ă&#x201D;eXc _fd\ ^Xd\j# jki\kZ_ ile 9p Aljk`e BXe\ JkX]] ni`k\i For seniors Holly Youngquist, Jelena Simic and Lara Metz, Saturday will be the last time they play at Alico Arena. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awesome to see how FGCU has grown,â&#x20AC;? Youngquist said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last four years have been amazing.

Coach (Dave) Nichols has helped me grow and helped the program grow.â&#x20AC;?

FGCU (14-10, 7-3 A-Sun) plays a pair of matches this weekend to end the home schedule. Friday, they face off against conference foe Mercer (10-17, 3-7 A-Sun), which the Eagles defeated in five sets Oct. 7.

Nichols appreciates the efforts of his seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big moment (the final home games for the seniors),â&#x20AC;? Nichols said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are a part of the growth of the Division I process for the whole athletic department.â&#x20AC;?

FGCU then closes out the home schedule against Big East opponent Villanova (15-10, 7-5 Big East). This will be the third Big East opponent

that FGCU will face this year, and they are 2-0 so far against the Big East. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already played some Big East teams this year and I think they will be the better of the [Big East] teams,â&#x20AC;? Nichols said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a great challenge for us. They are a good program.â&#x20AC;?

Youngquist was Nicholsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first recruit when he took over four years ago and helped bring FGCU from an unknown school to one that is known nationwide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holly (Youngquist) is my first four-year player and to see her graduate is a big thing for me,â&#x20AC;?

Nichols said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lara and (redshirt senior) Keishla Negron are also a part of my first class, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some emotion there for me.â&#x20AC;?

But after the final home games this weekend, there are still three more matches before the conference tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to just get better every week,â&#x20AC;? Nichols said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were very disappointed on Saturday (a fiveset loss to Stetson). So we want

to get back to where we are firing on all cylinders for the conference tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re improving in areas. Our middle attack was much better this weekend but we regressed in others.â&#x20AC;?

After the match against Villanova, FGCU is on the road to Miami to face Florida International (16-7, 8-4 Sun Belt), and then they head up to Jacksonville to end the season against North Florida (1215, 3-7 A-Sun) and Jacksonville University (12-15, 4-6 A-Sun).

FGCU plans to be primed for a tournament run by then. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re finally understanding each other and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working together,â&#x20AC;? Youngquist said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the beginning it was rough because we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know each other. But now everyone knows the goals we want to accomplish and we mesh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our chemistry has improved greatly since the start of the year and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what is going to help us in the conference tournament,â&#x20AC;?

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because the Eagles didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always have her. Evans, who left the team for personal reasons after her sophomore season, does not regret her decision to leave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a lot of prayer, thought and discussions with family and friends that helped me realize that it was best for me to leave the team,â&#x20AC;? Evans said.

Evans returned mid-season last year as a junior.

An Atlantic Sun AllConference performer her sophomore season, Evans quickly returned to where she left off, finishing with an 8-5 singles record last year, including a 5-3 mark in conference contests.

She went 7-5 (5-3 A-Sun) in doubles play while paired with Bibiana Almeida at No. 3.

Now, Evans is back again and in full stride as FGCU completed the fall portion of its schedule Oct. 22 at the ITA Regional.

There, Evans picked up a singles victory in the consolation bracket.

In late September, Evans and sophomore Gyanna Mandic earned a doubles win against a duo from Northern Arizona.

Evans knows it was the right decision to return to the Eagles, as her recent results indicate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming back to the team, I feel like this is the place for me to be,â&#x20AC;? Evans said.

Evans also says that the close friendships she has developed with her teammates factored into

her decision to come back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we were on a trip at Eastern Tennessee State and I realized what I was missing,â&#x20AC;?

Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanging out with the girls and playing against good schools. Just starting to play tennis again is very exciting.â&#x20AC;?

The senior leader couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t avoid her love for the game, a passion that sprouted early in her life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love tennis and I began playing tennis at a young age,â&#x20AC;?

Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved it, and even when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not playing I still think about tennis.â&#x20AC;?

When being away from a sport for a long period of time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural for an athlete to lose some of their skills. However, this was not the case with Evans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was not hard for me to break in with the team again,â&#x20AC;?

Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew a lot of the girls on the team. If I was a freshman I would have felt a little uneasy, but the team welcomed me back.â&#x20AC;?

The time away actually did Evans good.

Evans notes that after coming back, she witnessed a positive change to her style of play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The mental part of my game is a lot better,â&#x20AC;? Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can pick up strategies and, through my records, I played better last year.â&#x20AC;?

Evans, who still has a full season to play, is not too sure what she will do after she graduates.

She canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let tennis go for good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always play tennis whether or not I continue to play it seriously or not,â&#x20AC;? Evans said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennis is my passion.â&#x20AC;?

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ENSPORTS Weekly recap Men’s basketball

The FGCU men’s basketball team will host an exhibition game against Saint Leo on Saturday at 8 p.m. Under first-year coach Andy Enfield, the Eagles are predicted to finish eighth in Atlantic Sun preseason polls. FGCU will officially open the 2011-12 season at TCU on Nov. 11.

Women’s basketball The FGCU women’s basketball team will host an exhibition against Eckerd on Saturday at 11 a.m. FGCU will officially open the 2011-12 season at Seton Hall on Nov. 11. The defending Atlantic Sun regular season champs are picked to finish first in A-Sun preseason polls. Also, the Eagles earned the No. 8 spot in the first edition of the 2011-12 CollegeInsider. com Women’s Basketball Mid-Major Top 25 poll, announced on Tuesday.

Men’s cross country

In the final competition of the fall season, the FGCU men’s cross country team placed eighth at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship.

Sophomore Argeo Cruz and classmate Gilbert Chemaoi finished 25th and 26th, respectively.

Women’s cross country

Closing the fall season at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, the FGCU women’s cross country team finished seventh.

For the sixth straight event, junior Barrie Cohen led the Eagles, placing 24th overall.

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The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s soccer team officially clinched its second straight Atlantic Sun regular season title with a 4-1 victory over North Florida last Sunday in Jacksonville.

With only one game remaining against non-conference foe Florida International on Nov. 4 in Miami, the Eagles will be post-season bound for the first time in school history. FGCU had to sit out the last four years due to a reclassification period to NCAA Division I. The Eagles (10-4-2 overall, 7-1-0 A-Sun) have earned the No. 1 seed in the A-Sun tournament, which is set to begin Nov. 9 in Johnson City, Tenn.

Due to the seeding, FGCU will get a first-round bye and will play the winner of the BelmontLipscomb game.

It has been an impressive run for coach Bob Butehorn’s Eagles.

FGCU is 16-1 against A-Sun opponents the last two seasons.

FGCU’s pressure attack led the A-Sun in points with 94. They also led the conference in assists with 36, and finished second in goals with 29.

This team has got it done all year with a mix of old and young.

Senior Christian Raudales leads the team in points with 13. He has six goals and one assist. He is followed in the stat sheet by freshman phenom Xavier Silva,

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who is second on the team in points with 12 and in goals with 5.

Silva has appeared in 12 of the team’s 16 games, starting the last four. Junior Will Morse has been the best player off Butehorn’s bench. He has appeared in all 16 games for the Eagles, and is fourth on the team in points with 10.

Morse is tied with fellow classmate

Deion Jones for second in assists with six.

The Eagles have high expectations for their first postseason.

They are satisfied with the No. 1 seed in the A-Sun, but they fully expect to make a run in the NCAA Tournament.

FGCU played a challenging

non-conference schedule early in the season, going 1-2 against Top 25 teams.

After a 2-0 home loss against USF on Oct. 4, a game that marked the first time two ranked teams played head-to-head at FGCU, the Eagles buckled down and went 6-1 over their last seven games.

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No. 1-seeded FGCU, which earned a bye, will play its first ever post-season game at 7 p.m.

Friday against No. 5 UNF. UNF upset No. 4 Belmont last weekend.

In the other semifinal, No. 6 Mercer will play No. 2 ETSU at 4 p.m Friday.

The winner of both games will compete Sunday for the A-Sun Championship at 1 p.m.

The A-Sun champion earns an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

In the regular season matchup

between FGCU and UNF, the Eagles came away with a 4-0 victory.

Senior midfielder Gina Petracco scored two goals, and freshmen forwards Melissa Arnold and Shannen Wacker each scored one goal to give FGCU the win.

The Eagles know that it may be hard to pull off a second win against UNF. “It’s new for us, because we’ve never had to do that (play the same team twice in one season),” said Jim Blankenship, FGCU coach.

“That’s probably the biggest difference in this (A-Sun Tournament). You have to rebeat teams. There are so many elements that play into that. The revenge factor and one team not playing as well as they could have the first time. Regardless of what

happened the first time this is the one that counts.”

Senior middle forward Gina Petracco agreed with Blankenship.

“It’ll be a harder game,” Petracco said.

“They lost to us and they thought it was an unfair game.

They didn’t bring their best, so they’re going to come with their best game.”

The bye week helped FGCU curb lingering issues from a 1-0 loss to Belmont that ended the regular season.

“This past week and a half we’ve buckled down and tried to take into consideration our loss last weekend, to get back to the way we were playing before,” said Melissa Arnold, freshman forward.

“We’ve been training a lot harder and trying to get back into

the swing of things technically and just playing together as a team instead of breaking down and trying to play as individuals.”

FGCU hopes to exploit its home-field advantage in hosting the tournament for the first time.

“It’s nice to be at home and kind of in our own comfort zone,” Blankenship said. “I think it’s been good, but it’s only going to be great if we take advantage of what happens Friday night.”

In order to pull off a victory and move on to the championship on Sunday it will be important for the Eagles to maintain focus and come out fast.

“I think we became a little overconfident against Belmont and they slipped a goal by us,” Petracco said.

“We just need to do our thing as a team and focus on ourselves and not what they do. Then we

will be able to get the ball in the back of the net.”

UNF might have an early advantage as they worked off nerves in the tournament quarterfinals last weekend.

“UNF will definitely have the mentality of playing (before),” Arnold said.

“We need to come out fast and score first, so we can show them that even though we got a break we’re still as ready as they are.”

Staying focused will allow FGCU to play for the A-Sun Championship and a spot in the NCAA tournament.

“It would be really amazing,” Petracco said.

“As a senior, to go out with a winning season and to play in the finals for conference would just be a great season-ender, and a great way to leave FGCU athletics.”

JXe[ mfcc\pYXcc Y\Zfd\j 8$JleËj e\n\jk jgfik 9p <X^c\ E\nj JkX]] The Atlantic Sun became the first NCAA conference to declare sand volleyball a championship sport this past Thursday when the sport was approved for conference play.

FGCU, Jacksonville, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson will compete for the A-Sun title this spring. Jacksonville will host the first A-Sun volleyball tourney April 20-22.

The final vote came at the annual Presidents Council meeting in Atlanta.

Fifteen schools will sponsor sand volleyball this spring.

FGCU volleyball coach Dave Nichols will also coach the sand team.

In January 2010, through the legislative process, the NCAA Division I membership added sand volleyball to its list of emerging sports for women, effective for the 2011-12 school year.

The sand volleyball season will be opposite the traditional court volleyball season with spring competition.

Team competition will feature 10 players teamed in five sets of pairs.

As an emerging NCAA sport, the Division I membership allows 10 years to land a minimum of 40 teams.

If the minimum sponsorship target is met, the membership can consider the implementation of an NCAA Championship for sand volleyball.

According to the most current list compiled by the Sand Committee of the AVCA D1 Head Coaches Committee, the A-Sun’s five participants make up one-third of the teams committed to sponsoring a team for the 2012 season.

That list also includes Cal State University

at Long Beach, Pepperdine, the University of Southern California, the University of Hawaii, Florida State University, the College of Charleston, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Tulane University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, and Webber International (NAIA).

Georgia State University has a l s o confirmed its intent to sponsor a team in 2013.

To start, sand volleyball will not be a scholarship sport.

Eagle News will report more on this developing story as it breaks.

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