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“Up� is a word that is commonly seen when reading about late President William C. Merwin. Full-time student enrollment, the operating budget and the number of buildings on campus just kept going up during Merwin’s presidency. “Florida Gulf Coast University in 2011 is light years ahead of where it would be today without the leadership of Bill Merwin,� said President Wilson G. Bradshaw in a press release announcing Merwin’s death. Merwin, who was FGCU’s president from 1999 to 2007, had three main goals when he began his presidency: To establish on-campus housing; To establish high-quality academic programs; To establish an athletics department. He reached and exceeded these goals, and consequently helped the university grow tremendously during his time. Full-time enrolled students went up from 46 percent to 73 percent, the operating budget more than doubled and the number of buildings almost tripled.

Merwin was FGCU’s biggest advocate and was highly respected by everyone from students and faculty to donors. According to the press release, during Merwin’s time, $175 million in private gifts were raised for the university to use toward athletics, housing and campus building. “His unwavering belief in the power of education was at the core of his contagious enthusiasm for FGCU,� Bradshaw said. In September, the Board of Trustees approved the r e n a m i n g Merwin of Academic Building 3 to William C. Merwin Hall. Acording to the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees, AB3 was chosen because the building is right next to the cluster of the other buildings named after those who’ve made significant contributions to FGCU through “exceptional leadership and vision.� Merwin died May 6 following a lengthy illness.

9p D\^Xe ?ffc`_Xe :f$dXeX^`e^ \[`kfi Xe[ M\ife`ZX M\cX E\nj \[`kfi The Jan. 10 ceremony marking the official renaming of the Student Union was a bittersweet day for Janet Cohen. Cohen is a Naples resident who gave FGCU a legacy gift of $3 million in honor of her husband, Harvey Cohen, who died in February 2011. Cohen was present at the renaming ceremony for the Student Union. The Student Union, now deemed the Harvey and Janet Cohen Center, has been affectionately been nicknamed “Harv’s Place.� “Thank you for this donation. It definitely allowed us to grow and expand,� said student body president Lauren Schuetz at the dedication. The Cohens established a scholarship fund for FGCU in 2006, and they then began to explore other ways of giving to FGCU. “Well, I know good things about the university. We felt that it was the right thing to do. The Student Union appealed to us. We love young kids. We wanted to have five kids and wound up with one, and she died last year,� Cohen said. Cohen’s daughter, Fran, died of breast cancer in July 2010. Harvey Cohen’s health subsequently deteriorated. “I just felt that being part of something with students is more important than being with adults,� she said jokingly. Students entering the former SU were offered free lunch if they wore pins that were being handed out displaying the new name of the Student Union, “Cohen Center; Harv’s Place.� “I think he’d be happy to have the dedication. I’m not all too sure how he’d feel about it being Harv’s Place, but that’s what it’s called, period,� Cohen said. “I want FGCU to grow. I want the students to have character.�

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Sex and relationships. A seemingly simple combination, but for FGCU students, these two things can be toxic. “People who abuse have seen or been abused. It’s hard to rise above that,� said Dr. John Brunner, a licensed psychologist and the director of counseling and health services at Florida Gulf Coast University. Every two years, a random selection of FGCU students are emailed an invitation to take part in the National College Health

Assessment (NCHA). The numbers Brunner has received back this year are worrisome. The survey found FGCU students statistically have more sex and are involved in more toxic relationships than the national collegial average. Brunner defines a toxic relationship as one that may contain verbal, physical or sexual abuse. He also says relationships require that people ask themselves if they are actually happy and fulfilled. And if the answer is no, Brunner says students need “to rise above and say, ‘I don’t deserve this.’� In the most recent survey, taken

during the fall 2011 semester, 73.1 percent of FGCU students have had a sexual partner within the past 12 months. This is higher than the national average, which is 70.7 percent. A student partaking in sexual acts isn’t the problem, said Brunner; it has more to do with what the student is using sex for. “You look more at psychological variables,� Brunner said. “When people have sex, they feel a commitment.� The survey also found 35.6 percent of FGCU students reported an intimate relationship to be “traumatic or very difficult

to handle,� as opposed to the 32.2 percent reported in the national average. He said this could have to do with a student’s self reaction, which he defines as the variables that play into the way students view themselves, such as their self-worth, self-esteem and self-concept. He worries students don’t have a healthy self-reaction and consequently look for value in relationships and sex.

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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.

<m\ekj Beauty from Ashes: Join the outreach gift and care package assembly on Jan. 13, 9 a.m. to noon. Need individuals to assemble 75-100 care packages for survivors of commercialized sexual exploitation (CSE) and human sex trafficking. Contact volunteer@beautyfromashes. org or 239-939-9218. ECHO: Enjoy the Taste the World Food Festival by helping out at this fundraiser at Bell Tower Shops on Jan. 14. Need volunteers before and after the event held 4-7 p.m. Twenty people needed at each restaurant, six people for the raffle and auction, and 10 for the decorating team. Contact kfranklin@echonet.org or 239567-3314. Mariner High School : Engineering students can volunteer as competition scorekeeper, field attendant, field control system operator, field technical advisor assistant, judge, pit manager assistant, referee, robot hardware inspector, or team queing at the FIRST Tech Challenge “The Great Robot Uprising” on Jan. 14. Contact Kimberly Verblaauw, Mariner High School assistant principal, at KimberlyAV@ LeeSchools.Net or 239-772-3324. Jr. First Lego League: Need engineering students on Jan. 14 and Jan. 28 at Edison State College to help children ages 6-9 build a model using LEGO® elements. Contact Kimberly Verblaauw, Mariner High School Assistant Principal at KimberlyAV@LeeSchools.net or 239-772-3324. Great Prostate Cancer Challenge: Need volunteers on Jan. 20, 27, and 28 for setup, handing out flyers, collecting supplies, decorating, and assisting with parking. Contact Sara Geist (FGCU alumni) at sgeist@rtsx.com or call 239-2842679. Harry Chapin Food Bank: Join Team FGCU Cares for the WINK News Feeds Families 4th Annual Hunger Walk at Miromar Outlets on Jan. 21, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The team goal is $20,000, and we are at 76 percent or $15,100. FGCU received the first place trophy the past three years. Register at www.harrychapinfb.dojiggy.com and click on Find a Team, 2012 FGCU Cares. All pre-registered team members receive a free FGCU Cares T-Shirt. If you raise $50 or more you also receive a long sleeve t-shirt. Contact Jo Anna Bradshaw at

jbradshaw@fgcu.edu with any questions. American Cancer Society: Wear your cowboy hat, blue jeans and white shirt to this fun event! Help decorate and set up during the week. Jason’s Deli will provide needed fuel. Need volunteers for the Cattle Barons’ Ball on Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m. to help with registration and with the gaming section. Also need cleanup help on Jan. 22. Contact Tamsyn Pyper at tepyper@ gmail.com. Supporting Independent Young Adults (SIYA): Help the kick-off event at Paseo Fort Myers Village Center on Jan. 29. Contact Lori Burke at lorib@ siyacommunity.org or call 239206-3294. CCMI: Looking for hosts at a table of guests and help assisting donation bid sheets at the Galloway & Friends 9th Annual Soup Kitchen Benefit on Jan. 31 from 5-9 p.m. Volunteers may wear white shirts, black pants and comfortable shoes. Apron and instructions provided at arrival. Contact Lisa Cronin at Lisa@ccmileecounty.com or 239-332-0441.

:fccfhl`ld Sustainable Living and Interconnected Education (SLIE): This new nonprofit’s first goal is making the property more green. They have gardens planned, compost sections, rain barrels and hopefully some tilapia fish farming. This is just the beginning; so much of what needs to be done will be decently challenging labor: digging, building raised garden beds, and constructing water-capturing vessels and their gutters. They welcome any and all people with what they like to call a “green brain,” which is anyone with thoughts of doing something to positively improve the world we live in rather than feed off of and destroy it. Contact Hunter Preston at slieinc@yahoo.com or 239-245-3250. Heartland Gardens: Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? They have a 1,700 square-foot raised labyrinth, and they are landscaping the entire acre with edible plants. Help with your financial expertise, business background, economic background, bookkeeping and data entry skills, public relations or communications background, or assist with newsletters, e-blasts, or grant writing. Contact Andrea at andrea@heartlandgardens.org or call 239-689-4249.

Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: Numerous opportunities! Contact info@ calusanature.org or call 2753435. Rookery Bay: The Estuary Explorers 4th Grade Program needs volunteers to teach either the oyster or plankton lab section of the class every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please pack your lunch. The dates are Jan. 25, Feb. 14 and 15, March 27 and April 12. Call 239-417-6310. 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. No shorts or tank tops. Bring water, wear sunscreen, and bring work gloves if you have them. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last minute requests. Give four to five day lead time. If you commit and then can not make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at srichardson@ naplesgarden.org.

Fe^f`e^ Fggfikle`k`\j SWFL Youth Basketball: Looking for athletic-minded students to coach competitive league basketball programs for boys and girls, ages 5-17. Minimum hourly requirements for coaches are 90 minutes per week for practice and one hour on Saturdays for games. For those interested in running the score books and clocks, Saturday and Sunday leagues are available. Contact Dave Smith at swflyouthbasketball@ yahoo.com or 239-267-7922. Brookes Legacy Animal Rescue: Numerous animal care opportunities and adoption events. Email admin@ brookeslegacyanimalrescue.org or tara@deltafamilycounseling. com. M.C. Library Education Center Corp (MCCLECC): Assist with library, food bank, after-school program, internet radio and adult services. Contact info@ mclecc.org or call 239-288-5349 x200 or x217. FGCU Center for Academic Achievement: Need tutors in math, biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, economics, statistics, and Intro. to Psychology. Applicants must have earned a B+ or higher in the course they desire to tutor and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Paid students are not

eligible to earn service-learning hours. Contact Frank Graceffo at 239-590-7992 or by email at fgraceff@fgcu.edu. Healthy Start: Do you have good marketing and social media networking skills? Want to help with their new website? Contact Kay Jasso at kay@ healthystartbaby.org or 239425-6926. Dress for Success: Do you love posting on Facebook, have a passion for marketing, enjoy sending email blasts, or want to update a website? Dress for Success promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women to thrive in work and in life. Contact Barbara Dell at swflorida@dressforsuccess.org. Cape Coral Kidney Thrift Store: No experience necessary and training is provided. Sort and hang clothes, stock shelves, work the desk. Four-hour shifts. Contact Sharon at 239-4588242. YMCA: Help coach basketball, soccer, flag football. or assist with events and children’s activities. Contact Lisa Weaver at lisaw@leecountyymca.org. Guardian ad Litem (GAL): Be an advocate for a neglected child in court and in community. Must be at least 19 and serve for one year. Training provided. Visit child once monthly, attend court 4 times per year. Call RSVP of Lee County at 239-275-1881 x203. FGCU Athletics: Numerous opportunities with game day operations. Serve as ushers for basketball, baseball, softball, and timers for swimming and diving. Contact Will Pitt at wpitt@fgcu.edu or 239-5907055. The Quality Life Center: Want to help kids with their homework? Contact Angela Pena at 239-334-2797. Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT): Second Act Thrift store needs help. The benefit of volunteering is a 50 percent discount. Also need someone to help this nonprofit agency with a marketing plan for two to three months. Contact Honara Jacobus at hjacobus@ actabuse.com or 239-939-2553.

Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved. You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”

POLICE BEAT These reports were compiled from incidents that took place during winter break. Friday, Jan. 6 at 5:53 p.m.: A drug search was conducted in student housing building Sandpiper. Officers found a white container with marijuana located inside. A traffic sign and a sign

for a commercial building were also found inside the residence. Officers said that the student who was present was also in possession of a fake ID. All items were confiscated. Monday, Dec. 26 at 5 p.m.: A few local high school students were found skateboarding in

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parking garage 3. Officers asked them to leave and advised them they were not allowed to skate board in the garages. Sunday, Dec. 18 at 9:29 a.m.: A deer and a cat were both found dead in the roadway of Ben Hill Griffin Parkway.

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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a doctoral student of physical therapy. “From where we were, it has just been upgraded a million percent.” The building barely came to be after FGCU was faced with the challenge of how to furnish the classrooms and labs when an expected $17 million in construction for Southwest Florida’s higher education institutions was vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott. Though the state provided $23.5 million for the project, it was just enough to finish construction, not furnish the

An intensive care unit, a delivery room and operating room are some of the spaces that can be found in a hospital and are now simulated in FGCU’s new Health Sciences building. Academic Building 8 received its finishing touches on Friday, just in time for the first day of classes. “All the new equipment will allow the students to get a good handle of how to use it before the real world,” said Michael Kaplan,

classrooms and labs. After scrambling to make cuts and postpone other projects on campus, such as installing more solar panels and creating a south access road to campus, President Wilson Bradshaw announced that the building would be furnished and would open on time for the spring semester. The $4.5 million needed to finish the building was just part of the $17 million Scott had vetoed that was expected to go toward funding the higher education institutions of Southwest Florida. “It is long needed. We have

a room in the cadaver lab,” said Josh Lewis, a doctoral student of physical therapy. “There’s a lot more room, and we are not all over each other.” This building includes unrivaled and state-of- the art features, such as environmentally friendly water fountains and a NASA-developed anti-gravity treadmill, only the second in all of Florida’s state universities. AB 8 even includes classrooms with apartments built in to teach occupational therapy students how to help their patients resume their normal day-to-day

activities. “It’ll help bring more students to the programs and give more opportunity for research,” Kaplan said.

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55J<O This is can be especially true for women. He said many women feel their relationships are about giving, when that is not always the case. “Young women look at themselves more as rescuers,” Brunner said. “(They do) what they feel their role is, what they feel their responsibility is. There is a psychological factor there that is very important.” One FGCU senior can attest to this. Choosing not to reveal her identity, she was involved in a toxic relationship her freshman year. Her boyfriend spent an unhealthy amount of time, even dropped out of school, to play video games, but blamed it on a fight they had. She paid for everything, she

Business, is saying. “It’s measly, but it’s still growth,” Jones said in an interview with The News-Press about the 2.75 percent growth the economy is expected to make in 2012. Jones, a retired Wall Street executive, says the economy will not completely rid itself of all its instability, but that the U.S. dollar is getting healthier. This, said Jones, allows foreign investors to feel more comfortable investing in U.S. markets.

“This could give the stock market a boost,” Jones said. “Not a rocket shot, but a tendency for it to move higher.” Though the Dow Jones Industrial was the only major U.S. index to finish with a higher average, 5.5 percent, it was still higher than any other market, besides Indonesia. Even the emerging markets, Brazil, Russia, India and China, also known as BRIC, were down by more than 20 percent, with India taking the

worst hit. Though the numbers are a small improvement, they lead to job growth and stability. According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment numbers from December 2009 to 2011 have “continued to trend down,” decreasing from about 10 percent to 8.5 percent. One student in particular, criminal justice major Cody Lo, says he is optimistic about the economy because of the new year

and the presidential election. “I feel optimistic about the nation’s economic future,” Lo said. “With the possibility of a new president there’s always hope. I feel that the business and housing market is getting more stable.” Christina Bockisch, a senior majoring in communication, is more skeptical. “Just because it’s a new year doesn’t mean things will get better, and it doesn’t mean they won’t,” Bockisch said.

said, including his groceries, transportation and chewing tobacco. He, however, gave her specific rules concerning what she was allowed to eat and which friends she could see. “He’d go grocery shopping with me to ensure I’d buy healthy food,” she said, “and I’m not overweight by any means. But he could eat anything he wanted.” Her friends and roommates could not understand why she stayed, but he was her first boyfriend. They met and started going out her senior year of high school, but when they came to FGCU together, she says he changed. She says she was not allowed to go to parties and could only see approved friends for up to four hours. And when she would go visit her family, he would criticize her

and say she was being childish. The strict rules and stress started taking a physical toll, causing her hair to start falling out, and she reached her breaking point. When he noticed the limited phone calls and visits, sex started being used as a tool to regain affection. “When we were about to break up and he saw that I wasn’t down with it anymore, he would call me up and promise a whole day of sex,” she said. “I declined, trust me.” This is not out of the ordinary as to why males feel the need to maintain a toxic relationship. “Men cannot deal with losing, failing and rejection,” Brunner said. “Some need to have power and control over their partners.” Now, when her friends are in the same situation, she tries to

help. “When I see girls going through the same thing, I have to say something and ask if you are happy,” she said. “If you’re not, then we can do something as a team.” This is the right thing to do, Brunner says. He wants students to talk to each other and create awareness to bring the numbers down. He suggests “planting a seed” and asking friends and roommates questions that will make them contemplate their decisions. “Begin a conversation,” Brunner said. “Those open-ended questions are teachable moments.” He also wants students trying to get out of a toxic relationship to have clear boundaries, like limiting contact and not going out with the person as “just friends.”

“Have a support system,” Brunner said. “Have someone who will be there for you, and maybe even hold you accountable.” It is still unanswered as to why FGCU has such high numbers, but Brunner says that it may be due to the fact that students are still evolving. “You learn a lot outside of academics,” he said. “Young people are developing, trying to learn about relationships.” If students feel like they are unsafe and in a toxic relationship, Brunner encourages them to seek help. They can confide in a friend and visit Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) on the second floor of Howard Hall to get involved in the various programs and therapy sessions they offer.

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I\jfcm\ kf b\\g )'() i\jfclk`fej 9p ;\jk`ep 9ilejfe G_fkf \[`kfi “New year, new me!, This year is going to be MY year.” These are phrases we often hear as December dwindles away and January comes before us. New Year’s resolutions often encompass things such as losing weight, quitting smoking or enjoying life more, but most resolutions aren’t followed through. Sophomore Mary “Grits” Falco wants to be a better person this coming year. She believes that “people don’t stick to resolutions because if it was something that was easy to change, you wouldn’t need

the resolution.” For Kristina Severine, a senior majoring in elementary education, her New Year’s resolution is to live a healthier lifestyle. Even though when making the resolutions we are so adamant to follow through, more times than usual we drop our resolve. “You’re so pumped up in the beginning to stick to it and after awhile other things take priority,” Severine said. She’s not the only student who feels this way. Brandy Williams, a grad student, has made a resolution to be more positive and she also feels that people don’t follow through with their

resolutions because they lose sight of their goals and get wrapped up in their life. Senior Anthony Merlino believes people don’t keep their resolutions because “it’s something you like to do that you know you shouldn’t, and it’s easy to fall back into things that make us comfortable in times of stress.” Not everyone participates in making resolutions. Sophomore Casey Keefe is one of these people who doesn’t join in on the tradition of making a resolution. She says, “I don’t have a New Year’s resolution because when I see something in my life that

needs to be changed, I don’t wait for the new year to change it.” Most of us have made a New Year’s resolution sometime before in our life ,and understand how hard it can be to stick through with it for the duration of the year. When a new year comes around, it’s a time where most people realize and reflect on the things in their lives that can be changed or improved to enrich the quality of their life. When keeping your resolution gets rough this year, try to remember why you made it and how it will improve your overall quality of life. <E @ccljkiXk`fe&<cc`fk KXpcfi

Movie forecast: Mostly sequels, some with a creative twist 9p Af\c Dfii`j JkX]] ni`k\i Pop culture, as we know it, is coming to an end. That may seem like a big of an exaggeration, but remember this: 19 years ago, a single film dominated the blockbuster-centric summer movie season: “Jurassic Park.” “JP” was the film to see in 1993, and that year gave us “Schindler’s List,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” (adapted from the critically acclaimed “Batman: The Animated Series”). Obviously, in summers since then, we’ve had multiplying big budget features, but the only game changers have arguably been “Toy Story” and “The Dark Knight.” The former paved the way for nearly every animated film since, and the latter proved superheroes—whose success was gradual, with “Blade,” “X-Men,” and then “SpiderMan”—and blockbusters in general, can be just as legitimate as art house dramas (although the key to its financial success may have been due in part to the untimely death of its breakout performer). This year, however, the studios are on the verge of a new era: Their cash cows are over. Last year, it was “Harry Potter’” and most likely “Transformers.”

This year, the “Twilight” series is over, Marvels superhero films climax with “The Avengers,” and Christopher Nolan claims to put a definitive end to “The Dark Knight Saga.” To fill the empty spots, there are “The Hunger Games” and “Amazing SpiderMan” this year and “The Man of Steel” next year. However, each of these comes with its own potential problems. While “Hunger Games” has a built-in audience (it was a popular book trilogy), its apocalyptic/ steam punk mash-up setting may not translate well with a more generalized audience (see: “City of Ember,” “The Golden Compass”). Aside from the fact that “The Amazing Spider-Man” (“ASM”) is made/owned by Sony, and thus not really involved with other Marvel properties—which is owned by Disney— “Spider-Man 3” left a bad taste in everyone’s mouths. But also, “ASM” retells an already well-tread origin story and looks like an emo, “Twilight”-inspired take on a beloved (read:Don’t screw with the formula) icon. Meanwhile, “The Man of Steel” (MOS) works on the idea that the only icon fit to take the reins from Batman is the original superhero, Superman. It has “Superman Returns” working against it, which had the complaint of

too-little action. Having Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”) as director should remedy that fear, but brings up new ones (see: “Sucker Punch”). An interesting twist to the whole conundrum is the advent of “smart” blockbusters. In 2009, “District 9” stunned critics by being an examination of Apartheid in an easily-digestible sci-fi/ action wrapper. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” pulled the same trick last year, only regarding the boundaries of science. Both were critically lauded and box office successes, and those are in addition to typical Christopher Nolan films (“The Dark Knight,” “Inception”) and the fact that more arthouse directors are being tapped for tentpole films (e.g. Nicolas Winding Refn is seeking to direct “Wonder Woman”). Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” comes out in June to see if good things come in threes. On the other hand, American trends are becoming less important than international ones, and while Americans get a lot of flak for being into boob/fart/explosion fests, it turns out every other country is into that stuff a whole hell-of-a-lot more. “Ice Age 3” made almost $700 million abroad, making it the No. 23 top grosser worldwide. In the United States, it’s

No. 121. It’s fairly obvious that there will always be a place for low-brow celebrations of dumb fun (especially when “The Expendables 3” inevitably comes out, featuring Steven Seagal and a resurrected “Macho Man” Randy Savage). All of this conjecture is without even taking into account digital distribution and 3D. Amazon Prime, Netflix, and the Apple Store will further decrease the time films spend in theaters, and studios are ditching the “release everything in 3D” strategy and allowing directors to explore the technology own their own. Overall, expect a sudden influx of creativity and originality for summer movies in the next five to 10 years.

cast voices this adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ work about environmental awareness. Hunger Games: In a future hodgepodge of Medieval and advanced technology, hunter Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) must fight other teens in gladiatorial tribute.

Gi\m`\n f] )'() dfm`\j Beauty and the Beast 3-D/ Episode I 3-D/Titanic 3-D: Two classics and the biggest letdown in cinematic history get retooled and rereleased for a new generation. Wanderlust: Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston play a couple trying to rekindle their relationship while staying in a hippie commune. Jump Street: Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum star in the comedic revival of the 1980s show about cops posing as high school students. The Lorax: An all-star

Jeff Who Lives at Home: Jason Segel and Ed Helms star in this tale of a man who leaves his parents’ basement to help his brother spy on the latter’s wife. The Avengers: Marvel Studios aims for the biggest superhero movie ever as Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk team up to fight Norse god Loki and his alien army. Dark Shadows: Tim Burton

and Johnny Depp reteam for the umpteenth time to adapt the original vampire show, which shaped the pair’s careers. Prometheus: Director Ridley Scott (’Blade Runner,’ ‘Gladiator’) returns to his sci-fi roots to portray a group of scientists looking for the origin of life on Earth. Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker’s origin is retold with a new love interest, Gwen Stacey, and a new villain, the Lizard. The Dark Knight Rises: Batman’s body and will are pushed to their limits when he fights Bane, a dark mirror of the man Bruce Wayne could have been. Skyfall: Little is known about this new James Bond adventure, other than that Daniel Craig returns and it will supposedly harkens back to the classic ‘Goldfinger.’ Breaking Dawn Part II: Bella, Edward, and Jacob must race against the Vampire Vatican in order to save Bella and Edward’s half-human, half-vampire daughter. The Hobbit Part I: Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and a pack of dwarves begin their journey to fight a dragon in this prequel to ‘Lord of the Rings.’ Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino assembles an all-star cast to tell his longgestating tale of a slaveturned-bounty-hunter who seeks justice against his former owner.

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With the arrival of the year 2012, some may be on the edge of their seats anticipating what some believe will be the end of the world. It’s not uncommon for many to be unfamiliar with the Mayan prediction that the world will end in 2012. Even though it has been a juicy topic of discussion and debate, the truth will be revealed within the year. Surprisingly, many FGCU students say they are not the slightest bit uneasy about it. Senior community health major Kacey Herrin said she thinks the Mayans ran out of

room on their rocks. The moment of truth on that “final day” of Dec. 21, 2012, will be nothing short of interesting. A reporter interviewed 10 random students at the university, and not one said they are worried about the world coming to an end. “I don’t believe it,” biology major Halie Keller said. Keller believes that since we have advanced technology and no one can predict the future, then how could people thousands of years ago be able to make such forecasts? “There’s been research showing that they were hundreds of years off on other things, so that leads me to believe they are

hundreds of years off about the world ending,” Keller said. Michael Hardy, senior finance major, said he won’t be doing anything out of the ordinary on the days leading up to the 21st. “I’ll continue with my normal schedule: school and work.” Herrin said she’ll be doing the same. “I’ll probably go to a party just to celebrate with the rest of the idiots,” she said. “Why waste a good party?” However, Hardy said he believes the Mayans were accurate about some things. “I think they were right in stating that the planets and stars will be aligned in a unique way, but I don’t think it’ll be the end of

the world,” he said. As for student Lauren Barbush, a senior double major in sociology and criminal justice, she said she has mixed feelings on the issue, but still has no worries. “Who knows when the last day will be?” Barbush said. “I believe it’s important to not think about this ‘impending doom’ that may or may not be coming, but to think about it as living every day as if it were our last.” Barbush ended her interview by cheering, “Bring it on, Mayan calendar.” In about 11 months, the myth of the Mayan calendar will either prove itself to be true or be a bust. Until then, the controversy and mystery continue.

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Unable to shake her thick Alabama accent, she appeared in small commercial roles without dialogue, including ads for McDonalds and Colgate. Layton knew that she needed more training if she was ever going to progress, and became one of eight students admitted into University of California-Irvine graduate program for theater. Studying under Robert Cohen, a noted acting theorist and playwright whose books Layton uses in her acting classes here at FGCU, Layton was able to hone her craft. Forty-five days after she graduated from the program, Layton was cast in the CBS crime drama “Silk Stalkings” as Detective Holly Rawlins. Layton called the show “a cheesy, sexist, socially irresponsible cable show.” After a 12-episode stint on “Silk Stalkings,” Layton got guest spots on shows such as “Ellen” and “Charmed,” before ultimately deciding to leave television behind. Layton returned to stage acting, “When you walk out on stage, that train starts and you can’t stop it!” Layton felt that television acting didn’t fill her in the same way that the stage could. “There is nothing harder or more exhilarating than acting on stage,” Layton said. Layton went on to act in many productions, including Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew,” “King Lear,” “A Winter’s Tale,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” and other popular plays such as “Rabbit Hole” and “Cat on a Hot

Tin Roof.” Layton admits that she has very few talents, but is candid about her talent for stage acting, “It takes a certain type of person to take the reins of a production and drive it.” Cohen said he knew right away the talent Layton that Layton held. “Not only is she a very fine actress and understands the art very well, but she cares about it,” Cohen said. After six seasons working at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Layton contemplated leaving it behind. It wasn’t until the next year’s play schedule was released that she decided she would try and stay for one more year. It was the role of Izzy in “Rabbit Hole” that kept Layton in Oregon for one more year, but she was open to cas mates about her intent to retire at the end of her seventh season. Layton found herself in Alabama for the first time in almost 20 years. Moving home to be with her family, Layton began sending out her resume to schools. “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” Layton said regarding her new life change. It wasn’t until 2009 when a former graduate classmate, fellow

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FGCU theater professor Barry Cavin, contacted Layton with a position for associate professor of theatre, and Layton’s path was illuminated. “All those years of acting was preparation for this.I know now that this is what I’m supposed to do,” Layton said. Layton instructs many classes, including, Acting I, Acting II, Auditioning, and Voice and Movement, among others. When Layton first arrived at FGCU, the Acting II class was only offered once a semester every other year. Now, it is offered every semester with a waiting list. For Layton, teaching was never a backup plan. Cohen, her former teacher and mentor, said, “She’s always expressed to me the desire to teach. She could have easily maintained a career as a professional actor.” Although teaching is now her main gig, Layton continues to act professionally as part of the Actor’s Equity Association. Most recently, Layton was in a production of “Twelfth Night” held in Maine this past summer. Layton finds it hard to compare the exhilaration of the stage to the magic of the classroom. “When you get behind a student in class and you urge them to find and tap into the greatness inside of them and turn it into art, there is nothing that can touch that, nothing,” she said. Layton will be directing “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” opening at the FGCU Black Box Theater on Feb. 15.

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CfZXc I`e^c`e^ gifk\jk \ec`^_k\ej Xe`dXc cfm\i 9p A\]]i\p ?Xlk JkX]] ni`k\i Like many others, I enjoyed the magic of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when I was a young boy growing up in New Haven, Conn. As I drove past the circus, which comes to Germain Arena nearly every year that I can remember, I saw an unfamiliar sight. Past the cars of parents with their children in wondrous anticipation, there were protesters lining the entrance road into the arena from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway. Naturally, my first thought was, “Who the heck protests the circus?” Little did I know that there is a perceived dark side to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Madeleine Doran, a resident of Fort Myers for more than 40 years, spoke with tenacity and strength as she exposed me to the littleknown allegations about the suffering that animals face at the hands of Ringling Brothers and many other mainstream circuses. Doran explained, “Why do animals do tricks such as jumping through fire hoops, standing on their hind legs, turning around and standing on their heads? They do it because they are terrified of what will happen if they don’t. Trainers use bull whips, electric prods, and tight collars to train them, and this has been documented on video.” Specifically, protesters such as Doran oppose the treatment of elephants in the circuses the most. She described the life of an elephant as being, “confined and transported in box cars in extreme temperatures — 104 degrees in Arizona. That is not the life for a wild animal.” The organizer of the protest, Kim Rockwell, did not expect the three-person get-together between her and her friends to turn into such an event. “ I heard they were going to be here on the radio,” Rockwell explained, “It was really just going to be the three of us.” Rockwell contacted PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), an organization she has been a member of since 1989, to ask them to provide her and her friends with signs for the protest. PETA responded by asking her if she wanted them to send out an email to their “PETA Action Alert” list. Naturally, she said “Yes.” Rockwell grew up in Fort Myers and explained that she just loves animals. “My parents were actually members (of PETA) and the mail would come and I agreed with what their mission was.” Even with all of the testimony from the protesters, I was somewhat reluctant to believe their claims — mainly because I saw that PETA was backing the protest. I wrongly assumed that this was just another campaign by the organization to protest something which the average American most likely has no problem with— i.e., sport fishing. However, once I did my own research about the subject, I was horrified by

the results. I was led to a PETA-written fact sheet about Ringling that can be found at http://www.mediapeta.com/peta/PDF/ RinglingFactsheet.pdf. Between semi-frequent animal deaths and USDA citations ranging from “improper handling of animals” to “Failure to Comply with Humane-Treatment Laws,” it led me to wonder about the horror behind the façade of happiness. Even with this sheet in mind, I was still reluctant to believe the stories — until I saw the videos with my own eyes. I saw three different videos — one from as recent as 2009 — showing trainers whipping elephants with bullhooks (the equivalent of nightsticks) and bull whips to stand in line perfectly or walk in a straight line. While I understand the necessity for the trainers to keep a couple-thousand pound elephant from trampling him or her, the extent of the abuse baffles me. Links to the YouTube videos can be found at http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/. (I warn the reader that these videos are quite graphic.) Not everyone, however, agreed with the protest. On at least one occasion, I heard a passing motorist yell “F--- you” to the crowd. Others booed the protesters, or yelled phrases along the lines of “What the hell is wrong with the circus?” In addition, while I was led to believe that this protest was impromptu, an employee of Germain Arena let me know that the protesters come “every circus.” In fact, he explained that the protest became a little rocky once, with police having to remove “three or four protesters from the front of Germain Arena” for trespassing on private property. For the most part, however, he said that the protesters were “polite and wanted to know where they could be.” I should note that PETA is not opposed to circuses in general — only those that use animals in their shows. Doran explained, “That is what we want people to know. There are delightful circuses that don’t involve animal acts,” referring to shows such as Cirque du Soleil, the New Pickle Family Circus and others. At the end of the day, I have come to realize that while the circus brings joy to many people, including myself, working at the circus certainly doesn’t appear to bring joy to the animals that are involved in it. Doran said it best when she explained, “People think animals are property to just do with what they want,” Or according to Rockwell, “Any time you are using an animal to profit, it is not at the benefit of the animal.” Those who wish to get involved with PETA in Fort Myers can contact Kim Rockwell at gk.rockwell@yahoo.com, or for those in the Naples Area, Renee Poole at ralpers476@aol.com. Jeffrey is a junior majoring in political science. He is a brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and believes that “all are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.”

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LekiX`e\[ Ô i\Xid fne\ijË i\XZk`fej d\Xe c`]\ fi [\Xk_ 9p DXe[`\ IX`enXk\i JkX]] ni`k\i Growing up as the daughter of a cop, I have been around guns all my life; they never scared me. Once, when I was about 6, my brother pointed a realistic toy gun out the car window at a state trooper as he passed us. The trooper u-turned and pulled my mother over, gun drawn, thinking we had a real gun in our car. By far one of the most unsettling things I remember. In 1988, Congress passed Title 15 Chapter 75 § 5001, making it illegal to sell toy guns and look-alike guns without the orange inserts most of you have always seen on them. There are, however, a wave of the newer air-soft style guns that can be purchased that look exactly like real guns that do not have those inserts. A quick search of an air-soft website’s (pyramydair.com) top 20 products yield very well-crafted firearm look-alikes that do not have the orange inserts. Even if the toys do have the inserts, a quick YouTube search can show us how to remove them, rendering a toy that looks like the real thing. What’s the big deal with that? On Jan. 4, shortly after the bell rang at a Brownsville, Texas, middle school, 15 yearold eighth-grader Jaime Gonzalez was shot by police in the hallway. Gonzalez had gone into a classroom and punched another student in the nose and then walked next to the office with a gun showing. The school went into lockdown, administrators called police and they followed protocols established in the wake of such tragedies as Columbine and Virginia Tech. They asked the young man multiple times to drop the weapon, according to the police department’s spokespeople.

What exactly transpired next has yet to be revealed to the public, but aparently two officers shot the boy who engaged them carrying a handgun. Only later would they find out that it was a BB gun that looked just like a Beretta handgun. Incidents similar to this one happen many times a year in the nation’s schools. In Mississippi, five elementary school students were suspended for having two realistic-looking pellet guns at school. The tips were painted black. Florida, California and Arkansas all have tales of students bringing real-looking fake firearms to school for various reasons. Police officers responded to every incident in order to protect the school’s population because sometimes you just can’t tell. The fatal shooting of a suspect is difficult for a trained individual to deal with. Now imagine you were a fellow student or faculty member that shot the person because you thought it was a real threat. The unfortunate death of Jaime has reignited the debate for allowing staff and students (the latter at the university level) to carry firearms. Cops have training on when the threat is real, how to remain as calm as possible, and that reacting with force should be a last resort. A scared teacher or student has none of those. As frightening as the thought of being vulnerable in any situation is, the reasons to keep guns in the hands of professionals in the educational setting is still more important. As this horrific situation unfolds in the media, and this debate picks up steam, keep your wits about you. What would make you feel more safe: Knowing who all is carrying a firearm or wondering? 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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With the capture and assassination of Osama Bin Laden on May 1, 2011, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and the even more long-awaited end of the unpopular (not to mention illegal) Iraq War, many in America have wondered what is the next chapter for The U.S. Military. President Obama made an announcement regarding our military on Jan. 5. According to both USA Today and The Washington Post, the United States will shift its military focus toward Asia. That will include military cuts to the tune of $480 billion over the next decade, along with shrinking the Army by at least 50,000

troops. There will also be investments in Special Operations Forces, armed drones, cyberspace systems to protect computer networks and aircraft that will allow U.S. forces to deploy quickly anywhere in the world. This plan is more sensible compared to the large-scale foreign policy of the Bush Administration, with the U.S. military no longer being dictated to fight in wars for a long period of time. “Our strategy has always been about our ability to respond to global contingencies wherever and whenever they happen. This does not change,” said Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Sadly, just like with President Osama’s decision to end the Iraq War, this decision to rearrange the Pentagon was criticized by Republicans in Congress such as Virginia Congressman/culture warrior Randy Forbes: “To me this is not a strategy for a superpower. This is more a menu

for mediocrity.” This is the same man who wrote an op-ed last year in USA Today titled “Cut the Debt, but Don’t Undercut our Military.” If Tupac Shakur were still alive, he would likely say to Congressman Forbes, “Why do we have money for wars but can’t feed the poor?” I’m sure Forbes wouldn’t even give myself or Shakur an answer to that question. The same message of machismo was echoed by Brian Kilmeade of the morning sideshow that is “Fox & Friends.” He said it was crazy that the president was leading the conference, and Kilmeade advocated his warhungry stance and that spending should be cut in many domestic areas , but not the military. “So the military has to be the sacrificial lamb, arguably the most successful part of government in our history. We put together this fine force, and in our generation, we are going to rip it apart, and those generals that stood behind

the president have to speak their minds, and Gen. Dempsey, does he really agree with this as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Because it’s outrageous,” Kilmeade said. I will tell you what’s outrageous, Kilmeade: Two wars that ran up our deficit and flip flopping on the fate of Osama Bin Laden, something that President Bush deserves no credit for. Let’s also not reiterate what you just said: You think that a member of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff is outrageous because he wants the military to be leaner, smarter and more effective without running up the deficit, as well as not wanting eternal wars? In the words of Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, I have to ask you: On what planet do you spend most of your time? I applaud President Obama, Defense Secretary Panetta and Gen. Dempsey for realizing we need to have cuts in our military, but we still have to take on terrorists who want to kill us.

We can defeat evil quickly if we attack the terrorists, not entire countries for the actions of those who choose evil. One more small request since we are talking about cuts, President Obama. You know the F-22 that we have already spent 12 figures on that we have not used after three wars? Let’s 86 it so this country can finally stop paying for it.

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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=>:L @em`k\ gi\gj ^`icj k\ee`j ]fi j\Xjfe 9p 8e[i\n 9`ee`e^\i JkX]] ni`k\i As its spring season opens this weekend, the FGCU women’s tennis team hopes to improve upon its 9-9 (4-6 Atlantic Sun) record from last year. FGCU women’s tennis coach Jennifer Gabou expects more from her experienced squad. “The team this year is really exciting and we have a lot of talent that is maturing,� Gabou said. “Last year, we had a pretty young class, but this year we have a lot of junior and senior leadership. Our team has some pretty big goals this year so I am excited to go see them play in the Atlantic

Sun Tournament.� Gabou notes that the fall season, during which the Eagles played three tournaments, was a good way to prepare for the dual meet filled spring season. “I think that the fall season was great preparation and it gave us a high level of competition so we will be ready for this upcoming spring,� Gabou said. To kick off the season, the Eagles will host the FGCU Invite this weekend. “We will have eight teams that are nationally ranked competing at our courts including the University of Miami, North Texas and Wichita State,� Gabou said. “It is going to be awesome because we will have over 100 players coming here.�

The invite will be a good measuring stick before FGCU begins A-Sun play, which Gabou says is expected to be quite competitive this season. “There are a few teams in the conference that our ranked and it is getting better each year,� Gabou said. Junior Morgan Bechtel is impressed with what she has seen so far. “We are working very hard and everyone seems very motivated this year, so I think we are going to do pretty well,� Bechtel said. “We faced tough competition in the fall and we got a taste of stronger girls that we will see this season. We know how hard we have to work to get at a bigger level.� Bechtel is also focused on the upcoming

tournament this weekend. “This weekend will be challenging,� Bechtel said. “We have some tougher teams and we also have teams on our conference level, so we’ll see how this weekend plays out. Everyone looks like their strokes are there so we should do well this weekend.� Bechtel also has areas that she would like to improve on personally this season. “I would like to improve my serve and my overall transition game,� Bechtel said. “I would also like to work on hitting the ball harder from the baseline. I feel that I have improved every season I’ve been here.� The FGCU Invite runs Saturday and Sunday at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

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The Florida Gulf Coast men’s tennis team has a new leader at the helm. Coming off a lackluster 3-18 season, coach C.J. Weber from the University of Miami was hired to turn around the men’s tennis program. At the University of Miami, Weber had multiple players receive AllAmerican honors in his five-year tenure. Weber brought change to the FGCU men’s tennis program instantly during the team’s fall season. The team played very well during the fall season and made a smooth transition learning from Weber. Hard work has propelled the Eagles into a new competitive territory. Weber has seen all the hard work put in by his players and hopes they are rewarded for all that they’ve done to prepare themselves for success. The team is now looking toward victories rather than just being in the mix. “Since I got here, everyone has been working extremely hard and has done everything I’ve asked of them,� Weber said. The team’s fall season was highlighted by strong singles play by freshman Tianyu Bao

(Tianjin, China), senior Matthew Rock (Fort Lauderdale), and sophomore Dean Tsamas (Lexington, Ky.), but struggled in doubles competition. “This should be a big year for us, and I’m really interested in seeing how far we can go this year,� Tsamas said when asked about the upcoming spring season. Weber is still working through the kinks of being a first-year coach at a new university. He coached in the powerful Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes powers such as Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech. So he is adjusting to a new school, new players and new competition in the Atlantic Sun conference. “I don’t know what to expect this year, the expectations I have for the team I’ve shared with my players. They know exactly what I expect from them,� Weber said. The men’s tennis team starts its spring season this weekend at the preseason FGCU Invite, when the team competes against Georgia State and South Alabama at Three Oaks Park in SanCarlos Park. “They (Georgia State and South Alabama) are very good. We are looking to play well and I don’t see any reason that we can’t play well against them,� Tsamas said.

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Jn`dd`e^ gi`d\[ ]fi Xefk_\i ::J8 ile 9p QXZ_ >`YYfej J\e`fi jkX]] ni`k\i The FGCU swimming and diving team is primed for another CCSA title run. This past weekend, the Eagles earned wins against Liberty (179-57) and North Dakota (168-75), while also suffering a close loss to Georgia Tech (133-110) at the FGCU Aquatics Center. Then, on Monday, FGCU beat Radford (145-116), also at home, to move to 8-2 in dual meets. While most other conference teams took last weekend off, the Eagles did not, which FGCU coach Neal Studd hopes will bode well for February’s CCSA Championship. “I asked a lot of them this week,” Studd said. “They’ve gone doubles every day and they’ve lifted or ran every day. Then they looked at me kind of crazy when I said,

‘OK, let’s step up and try and beat Georgia Tech.’ Teams took the day off and focused in on the meet. I asked them to do both, and they handled it really well. “That attitude and toughness will help us at the CCSA.” Two swimmers who really stepped up this past weekend were freshman Emma Svensson and senior Victoria Cadge. They helped lead the Eagles to a win in the 200-yard medley relay along with junior Shannon Blizzard and sophomore Christina Tannien. Svensson went on to earn individual wins in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100yard backstroke. Cadge also recorded a victory in the 200-yard individual medley. Studd had high praise for Svensson. “She’s swimming great,” Studd said. “Typically sprinters, sometimes they get broken down with the work we do, but she’s just handling it great. She hit her

arm in the middle of the lane line in the 100 (backstroke) and stopped in the middle of the race and continued and still won. She’s really turning into someone that we think will go to the NCAA tournament and be a player in it, too.” Svensson feels that she can do better, though. “It’s hard to be fast now because we’ve been training so hard, but when I think of that I’m very happy with my times,” Svensson said. “Even though I didn’t feel great in the water, I still feel like the times were better than what I expected, so I’m very happy.” Cadge Is very pleased with the results. “We’ve been working hard all through Christmas training, so we’re all pretty sore and we haven’t tapered or anything for the meet,” Cadge said. “We’ve just been told to push through and see how well we do and we’ve come

out really great. It wasn’t that much of a difference between us and Georgia Tech, so we’re really happy with ourselves.” Cadge was given the difficult task of filling in for senior Danielle Beaubrun. Beaubrun was home in St. Lucia coping with the death of her mother, according to Studd. “Cadge did a great job,” Studd said. “She had a really good individual medley. She helped us win the medley relay in the breaststroke filling in for Dani (Beaubrun) and had a great breaststroke. “Dani would’ve done the breaststroke and the medley relay, so she (Cadge) really stepped up and helped fill a hole today. Next, FGCU will travel to UNF on Jan. 20.

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A 9-0 run over the final 4:02 of the game and a balanced scoring attack that featured five players in double figures highlighted a 77-66 Atlantic Sun win for FGCU over Jacksonville on Monday night at Alico Arena. Freshman Bernard Thompson provided game-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds, scoring eight of the nine points during the decisive run.

Men’s golf After closing the fall with four straight team victories, the FGCU men’s golf team finished the first semester in the top 100 of both the Golfweek and Golfstat rankings. Led by secondyear head coach Brent Jensen, the Eagles have won a combined six tournaments over the last two fall schedules.

Softball

FGCU head softball coach David Deiros unveiled the Eagles’ 2012 schedule early last month. Six spring tournaments with visits by six opponents who qualified for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, as well as a game with 2011 Women’s College World Series (WCWS) runner-up Florida, highlight the 2012 lineup.

Men’s soccer

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America released its 2011 University Division Scholar All-South Region Team. Earning a 3.43 GPA as a dual major in business management and marketing, FGCU men’s soccer redshirt senior goalkeeper Adam Glick was recognized with an honorable mention by the media outlet.

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I\[j_`ik ale`fi ^\kj k`d\ kf j_`e\ 9p Afj_ J`\^\c Jgfikj \[`kfi Eddie Murray used to be known as the guy who won dunk contests. He won the dunk contest at FGCU Midnight Madness earlier this year and took home the State All-Star Game dunk contest while at Bishop Verot. At FGCU, Murray rarely dunked in actual games, only in pre-game layup lines. That’s because he almost never got off the bench. The redshirt junior played only 84 minutes (3.5 MPG) all of last season, scoring 11 (0.5 PPG) total points. Recapping his 2010-11 season, desperate for a worthy highlight, the FGCU media guide says Murray, “had a dunk at No. 2 Ohio State.” First-year FGCU men’s basketball coach Andy Enfield knew less about Murray. Enfield had an empty stat sheet, the only evidence that Murray even played for FGCU at all. “He (Murray) scored 11 points all of last year,” Enfield said. “We didn’t expect anything out of him. We knew nothing about him.” When Enfield took the FGCU job in the spring, he ran his players through workouts, each with a blank slate.

As a freshmen-heavy, revamped roster stole the headlines, Murray quietly stood out for his upbeat demeanor, length, defensive instincts and maturity. Murray has quickly become Enfield’s security blanket, a 6-foot-8 forward who has notched career highs in points (7.1 pg on 58 percent shooting), rebounds (4.2 pg) and minutes (22.4 pg this season. In his first start since 2009-10, on Nov. 27 at Loyola Maryland, Murray scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He’s started every game since. In a stretch where FGCU has won four of its last six games, Murray earned his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in 36 minutes against Toledo, before scoring a career-high 13 points last week against UNF. Before he seized his chance, Murray almost quit. “It was hard to stay motivated,” Murray said. “There were times where I thought maybe I shouldn’t put so much into it or maybe I should do something different. Maybe I could go to a D2 school where I know I could play and get solid minutes.” Murray couldn’t give up because he didn’t want to abandon his community. A North Fort Myers native and

Bishop Verot alum, Murray just kept flashing his trademark smile from the bench, diving for loose balls when he got the chance, hoping he could eventually repay the Alico Arena faithful for their loyalty. “I always knew this is the game I loved and I worked too hard to give up and say this isn’t for me,” Murray said. “I had a feeling my time would come eventually. This (FGCU) is the school I’ve loved. My family is from here. I grew up here. When Enfield came in, I thought this is my chance.” Murray can’t say why he didn’t play much before this year (under founding FGCU coach Dave Balza). He guesses it’s because he simply wasn’t better than the guys ahead of him (namely All A-Sun forward Anthony Banks, who transferred before this year, and 2009-10 graduate Derrick O’Neil). Enfield looked past the past. “We didn’t know how good he (Murray) could be,” Enfield said. “We saw a guy with a tremendous attitude with a lot of heart. Every time we worked out, he went full speed for as long as we were on the court. With those characteristics, I said, I don’t know if he could be a good player or not, but he has the intangibles. If anyone can make himself a good player, he can. That’s what he has done.”

Enfield depends on Murray to settle FGCU’s young starting line-up (three first-year players) and to battle the opponent’s biggest player (like against Jacksonville on Jan. 9, when he held forward Glenn Powell, whose bulky arms appeared twice the size of Murray’s, to six points and two rebounds, well below his averages). “Our defensive system is all about defensive positioning,” Enfield said. “We try to stay off of big guy’s bodies. We don’t want to get in wrestling matches. Our guys are not big enough. He’s (Murray) learned how to get off their bodies and use his athleticism and quickness to be a good defender.” Murray relishes in his surprising role. After home games, he mingles with the locals who patiently waited as Murray rotted on the bench, loyal followers who are ready to admire their native son. “People come up to me after games and say, ‘Why haven’t you been doing this the past three years?,” Murray said. “They talk about how much fun it was watching me at Bishop Verot. To finally watch me play and contribute is a thrill for them. To have them come up to me and smile, knowing how hard I’ve worked and how I finally get that chance to shine out there, is amazing.”

AXZfYjfe jgXibj d`[$j\Xjfe ile 9p Aljk`e BXe\ 8jj`jkXek jgfikj \[`kfi FGCU women’s basketball senior Kelsey Jacobson set yet another milestone in her illustrious career. In the win Jan. 9 against Atlantic Sun foe Jacksonville (4-12, 2-3 A-Sun), Jacobson hit her 300th career threepointer in a 74-51 victory over the visiting Dolphins. In the Eagles’ last five games, all victories, Jacobson has averaged just over 16 points per game, scoring double digits in all five of those games. During the winning streak she’s hit 25 three-pointers. So far this season she has 53 three’s. That is one third of the teams total three-pointers made this season. “She has been just shooting the ball great,” said Karl Smesko, FGCU women’s basketball coach. “She has a great rhythm and tempo to her shot, she’s been working to get open, she’s recognizing when she’s open and her teammates are doing a good job finding her when she gets open.” With the help of Jacobson, the Eagles are a perfect 6-0 in the A-Sun and 14-2 overall. Their only two loses came on the road, at Seton Hall and against North Carolina State at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, by a combined 11 points. “We’ve played well the last six games for sure,” Smesko said. “You never want to say you’re where you want to be. You have to keep finding the things that can make you better

and there are plenty of things we can get better at.” Another key role to the recent success is that redshirt junior Brittany Kennedy is cleared to play. She had to sit the first academic semester due to NCAA transfer rules and has started all nine of the games she’s been eligible for. “I think she’s getting better every game,” Smesko said. “She’s starting to feel more comfortable every game. She’s picking her spots to penetrate. Defensively she’s been outstanding, making plays and taking other teams’ best players out of the game. I’m looking forward to just getting improvement from her.” The Eagles have five games remaining in the month of January, all A-Sun opponents. The combined records of the five teams are 42-32 and they only face one team with a winning record. “We’ve been in this league long enough to know that if you overlook somebody, they are going to beat you,” Smesko said. “All these teams are getting better and making improvements. Just because you were good early in the season doesn’t mean you’ll be good late in the season. You have to have the right focus about everything.” During the match against Jacksonville, senior Nicoya Jackson injured her right knee and coach Smesko was unsure of the severity of her injury. He also did not know how long Jackson would be sidelined.

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