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When Robert Gerrick speaks in front of classes about suicide, he remains calm and collected. While rattling off facts, Gerrick, a counselor for CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, sounds objective and dispassionate. In reality, he is exercising a lot of selfcontrol inside. Suicide is all too familiar to Gerrick. When Gerrick was in college, his father killed himself. Suicide is too common on college campuses across the country. A study conducted by the University of Virginia surveying 157 universities and 1,361,304 students between the ages of 18 and 24 discovered the leading causes of mortality among college students. The study, published in November 2011, revealed that suicide was the leading cause
with a mortality rate of 6.18 per 100,000 students. According to Jon Brunner, director of Counseling and Health Services, roughly 1,100 college students take their own lives every year, including three in the past two years at FGCU. This rate is actually lower than that of the general population (12 per 100,000 people). “College students are generally healthier, so you don’t have a lot of the same things you would find in a general population study,” Brunner said. Gerrick was home for winter break when he got the call at 8:05 p.m. Dec. 15 many years ago. The hospital told Gerrick that he had to come because there had been an incident. It wasn’t until he arrived and a doctor met him in the waiting room that Gerrick found out his father turned a gun on himself. When Gerrick’s mother died during his freshman year
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of college, the responsibility of taking care of his two younger brothers fell on himself and his father. In the years prior to his father’s suicide, the two had a conflicted relationship. A week before the suicide, Gerrick’s father approached his son at work and asked for him to move back home to help take care of his brothers.
“I told him no. I told him that he was responsible for taking care of them and that I wasn’t able to put up with his behavior,” Gerrick said. “He walked away somewhat angry, somewhat disappointed. That’s the last conversation I remember having with him.” A storm of emotions overtook Gerrick after the loss of his father. “Immediately afterwards, there’s a numbness. A disbelief. Almost like a denial stage when people go through a loss,” he said. “Then I got angry with my dad. I got angry with him being selfish and doing what he did. I got angry with myself because I truly believe that there was something more I could have done.” After the initial shock and disbelief faded, the guilt persisted. “I started thinking, ‘OK, well what if I had (moved back home). Why didn’t I?” Gerrick said. J\\ JL@:@;< g^% 8, 55
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<m\ekj FGCU New Student Programs: Would enjoy student volunteers on campus at the induction ceremony for honor society Phi Eta Sigma on March 24. Contact Patti Kirk at pkirk@ fgcu.edu or 239-590-7695. Collier County Parks and Recreation: Enjoy the Treasure Hunt with the Captain and his Crew at the Freedom Park in Naples. Need 10 volunteers on March 24 from 3–6 p.m. Email Meryl Rorer at 239-252-4033. The Ladybug Project: Help run concession stands at the Minnesota Twins spring training game on March 28 at 11:30 a.m. Email Kim Reuter at kereuter@ theladybugproject.com. Sierra Club: Help with tabling opportunities at Edison College Greenfest Week on March 26. Contact Katie at katie.parrish@ sierraclub.org or 239-313-7202. Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida: Help their event, I am the Q, here on FGCU campus on March 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Assist as banquet server, silent auction assistance, greeter, usher, or cleaning crew. Dress code is all black. Contact Angela Pena at apena@qlcswfl.org or 239-3342797. ICAN: Seeking volunteers to help Island Coast Aids Network to solicit sponsorships and raise funds for the SW Florida AIDS Walk/Run/Ride on March 31 at Cambier Park in Naples. Contact Mitch Haley at mhaley@icanswfl. org or 239-337-2391 x211. Cystic Fibrosis: Help with registration and cleaning on March 31 at Lakes Regional Park for the Cystic Fibrosis event Great Strides between 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Need 5-10 volunteers. Contact Heather or Kathy at 239-415-0252 or send an email to hmcnertney@ yahoo.com. Three Oaks Middle School: Help at the 18th Annual Family Fun Fest with face painting, game attendants, food court, dunk tank, popcorn attendant, bake sale, raffle table, or water delivery. Time slots available 9–11 a.m., 11–1 p.m., and 1-3 p.m. on March 31. Complete the application at www.signupgenius.com/ go/20F0A4BA9AB2FAB9-family or call Lori Reichart at 239-2678020. FGCU-KARNIGRAS: Help out with the first annual Karnigras at Gulf Coast Town Center on April 7. The “cause” is funding future study-abroad programs for all students. Pass out flyers on campus, make posters, face-paint, teach or judge the salsa dancing. Contact Carol Fulton at cfulton@fgcu.edu or Joyce Laorden at jlaorden@fgcu. edu. Promising Pathways Conference: Need volunteers to help provide respite for families that want to attend the Promising Pathways Conference at FGCU on April 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Temple Grandin, well known self-advocate for people with autism, will be presenting. See information on the FGCU website
at http://www.fgcu.edu/events/ promisingpathways/. Contact Lynn James at 239-699-0985 or Jamie Melendez or Shay Thomas at 239-267-2181. Keep Collier Beautiful: Join the big cleanup event on April 14 from 8–11 a.m. For more information visit www. keepcollierbeautiful.com. Contact litternot@earthlink.net or 239580-8319. American Heart Association: Over 500 guests, will be at a fabulous event on April 14 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Estero. Help set up table favors, menu cards and other light materials in the morning. There will be a silent auction and live auction where assistance is needed in the evening. Contact Nancy Holland at nancy.holland@heart.org or call 239-495-4905.
:fccfhl`ld Estero Bay Preserve State Park: Enjoy the outdoors? Ever feel like we have a huge impact on the environment? Are you ready to make a difference and need service hours? Well then come volunteer at the Estero Bay Preserve State Park! Close to FGCU, off of Corkscrew Road and 41. For more information, contact Scott Stimpson at scott. stimpson@dep.state.fl.us. Lakes Regional Park: Help with a program for children’s tours of the gardens from 3:30–5 p.m. on a weekday or Saturday at 9 a.m. Concepts that may be included are: importance of plants to the earth, plants and insect interdependence, kinds of propagation, composting and nutrients, ability of plants to filter water. Contact Susan Moore at botanicgarden.moore9@gmail. com or 239-481-7845. FGCU Recyclemania: Track the amount of trash and recyclables using measuring sticks provided by Physical Plant. Last year FGCU finished 76 out of 288 colleges and universities in the Grand Champion category and 59 out of 363 teams in the Per Capita category. Keishla Negron-Acevedo, director of Sustainability for Student Government, would like to do better. Event continues until March 31. Interested students can comment on Facebook at Recyclemania: FGCU. FGCU Food Forest: This student run botanical garden highlights tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida and is right here on campus! They need students to help on Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Any messages can be sent to http:// fgcufoodforest.weebly.com/sendus-a-message.html. ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization): Help out with agricultural development. Fill out a volunteer application at www.echonet.org. For questions, contact Ruth at rmay@echonet. org. Koreshan State Park Historic Site: Students welcome every Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Simply show up on time at 3800 Corkscrew Road, the gate opens automatically at 8 a.m. Long pants and closed toed shoes are required; they suggest water and gloves. Pinewoods Elementary School: This school is unique in its passion for sustainability and environmental education. Help facilitate, plan, and organize the club meetings, as well as plan educational presentations and activities for the students. Contact Laura Layton at lelayton@eagle. fgcu.edu. Heartland Gardens: Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? They have a 1,700 square-foot raised labyrinth and they’re 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 239689-4249. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: Numerous opportunities! Contact info@ calusanature.org or call 275-3435. 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. Bring work gloves if you have them. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last minute requests. Give 4-5 day lead time. If you commit, then can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at srichardson@naplesgarden.org. Rookery Bay: Help give out literature, talk to visitors about the Learning Center, or assist with children’s crafts. Contact Susan Maunz at susan.maunz@ dep.state.fl.us or call 239-417-6310 x412. Sustainable Living and Interconnected Education (SLIE): So much of what needs to be done will be decently challenging labor, digging, building raised garden beds, constructing water capturing vessels and their gutters. Contact Hunter Preston at slieinc@yahoo. com or 239-245-3250.
Fe^f`e^ Fggfikle`k`\j Lee County Sheriff’s Youth Activities League: Help now through summer! Thursday at 3 p.m. at the board meeting, or flyer creation on Thursday from 3–5 p.m., or telecommute phone via Skype. Contact Katie at 239-8986090 or Katie@katieromano.com. Bonita Springs Assistance Office: Help this primary social service agency and serve the community in assisting needs of clients, enhancing public speaking presentations, or writing informational materials. Contact Maribel Slabaugh at Maribel@bonitaassistance.org or 239-992-3034.
Education for Collier: Would love strong, committed volunteers! Workshops in the Take Stock Program needs students to help in the ACT testing areas of Math, English, Reading, Writing and Science to help every week. Sessions held at Grace Place in Naples. Choose Monday or Tuesday evening from 6–7 p.m. Contact Linda Morton at lindamorton@ educationforcollier.org. Uncommon Friends Foundation: Are you a history buff? Become a tour guide in a Georgian Revival-style home located on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River in Downtown Fort Myers. Contact Christine Forbes at Christine@ BurroughtsHome.com or 239-3370706. Grace Community Center: A multitude of opportunities! Help with an afterschool program for at-risk high school students, tutor to GED seekers, thrift store assistance, or serve food to neighbors in need. Contact Cheryl Wilcox at cwilcox@egracechurch. com or 239-656-1320. 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 239-590-7055. FGCU Center for Academic Achievement: Need tutors in Math, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Statistics, and Intro. to Psychology. Applicants 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 239590-7992 or by email at fgraceff@ fgcu.edu. 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 available. Contact Honara Jacobus at hjacobus@actabuse.com or 239939-2553. YMCA: Help coach basketball, soccer, flag football or assist with events. Contact Lisa at lisaw@ leecountyymca.org. Take Stock in Children: Become a mentor! Few bonds in life are more influential than those between a young person and an adult. Take Stock in Children needs mentors for Caloosa Middle School, Dunbar High School, East Lee County High School, Fort Myers High School, Ida Baker High School, Lehigh Senior High School. Call 239-337-0433.
Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved. You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”
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POLICE BEAT Monday Mar. 12 at 5:29 p.m.: a female caller reported to UPD that a man between the ages of 19 and 25 was exposing his private parts to her in parking garage 3. He was described as wearing a bright red shirt, green shorts, with short brown hair and wearing sunglasses. UPD was unable to locate the suspect. Tuesday Mar. 13 at 8:50 p.m.: two crows were spotted flying around inside the Student Union. A door was propped open for
them so they could fly out. Thursday Mar. 15 at 4:58 a.m.: a caller reported that a four foot alligator was seen lying in the road of FGCU Lake Parkway. Officers were unable to locate the animal. Thursday Mar. 15 at 1:57 p.m.: A drug search conducted in Biscayne hall recovered a small amount of marijuana in a student’s room. Friday Mar. 16 at 4:08 a.m.: UPD responded to a call
regarding a 19 year old male student who was extremely intoxicated and acting violently. When UPD arrived on scene at Everglades Hall, the student was no longer acting aggressively. Officers were advised that the male had drank two four lokos. Friday Mar. 16 at 8:30 p.m.: an individual was found smoking marijuana near North Lake Village building B. The incident was turned over to housing for further action.
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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DXafi Zlkj gifgfj\[ ]fi =cX% le`m\ij`k`\j 9p BXk`\ <^Xe J\e`fi jkX]] ni`k\i The Florida Legislature proposed cutting funding for state universities by $300 million in its budget proposal. The proposal will, in theory, help balance the $70 billion state budget in a year when the Legislature needs to carve out more than $1 billion to save money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure there are less important things they can take money from,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Johnson, a senior psychology major. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like the cameras on the traffic lights down in Naples that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work or the plants along the side of the road that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need.â&#x20AC;? The $300 million amount was determined using a three-part approach, which allotted all 11 universities the same percentage in reductions. The cuts break down as follows: The normal recurring state fund formula used $100 million of the $300 million; the universitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; respective reserve and carryforward balances for this fiscal year equated to $150 million of the $300 million; and consideration of various current tuition policy aspects equated to $50 million of the $300 million. But it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how the information is diced up: Students are still upset. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating,â&#x20AC;? said Veronica Lozano, a senior communications major. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You budget money for what you need and then you have to do it all over again.â&#x20AC;? But according to information provided by the Board of Governors staff, this appears to be
a one-time, non-recurring budget cut. However, nothing is certain until next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative session, according to university spokeswoman Susan Evans. It is also important to note that cuts such as these arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly new to FGCU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the fifth consecutive year of significant operating cuts to 15-year-old FGCU at an especially challenging time at this point in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development into a fully comprehensive university,â&#x20AC;? Evans said. Many people at the university are not taking the decision lightly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is still up in the air until a final decision is made,â&#x20AC;? university President Wilson Bradshaw said. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adamant that the university will protect its academic integrity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will make sure our high academic quality is maintained,â&#x20AC;? Bradshaw said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at everything and will work very hard to make sure we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jeopardize the progress that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made.â&#x20AC;? But public speaking professor Kathy Norris and public relations professor Dr. Terri Bailey believe class sizes are just going to go up, which will ultimately hinder education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really about us,â&#x20AC;? Norris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the students.â&#x20AC;? Bailey agrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The class size really makes a difference,â&#x20AC;? Bailey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With added numbers, the attention and effort weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to put in goes away.â&#x20AC;? Norris also pointed out that
larger class sizes affect studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; physical and psychological abilities to learn, and she used pubic speaking and larger class sizes as an example. Norris said that more bodies in the classroom will ultimately make the climate in the room hotter, which will make students more tired, thus inhibiting their ability to learn. Also, in the case of public speaking, more students will mean more speeches. It would be hard to teach students how to write a decent speech if class time is used up listening to speeches to account for the greater number of students who need to give them. The first decision on a tuition increase will be made by the FGCU Board of Trustees, followed by a required final approval by the Board of Governors, according to the information provided by the BOG staff and Evans. It is important to note, however, that it will take some time, usually two to three weeks, for the Legislature to present the budget to Gov. Rick Scott, who will then have a period of review and the ability to line-item veto the budget plan. Scott has spoken out on more than one occasion saying he is against raising tuition. If tuition does not go up, universities are expected to use their reserves to help absorb the financial losses. State law requires that each state university maintain reserve funding equal to 5 percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funded portion of the respected universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget. FGCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current operating budget is approximately $182 million and
of this amount, $93 million is state funded. At this point in the current fiscal year, $5.8 million sits as the reserve target, but there are needed capital repair expenditures planned, which will give the university approximately $4.7 million of reserve funding to work with. Since the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut to FGCU is $5,232,328, this would place the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reserve at a level lower than the required 5 percent. Because of this, the Legislature made an â&#x20AC;&#x153;add backâ&#x20AC;? appropriation of $2.25 million to FGCU, making the resulting net cut $2,982, 328. And the university is grateful for the $2.25 million â&#x20AC;&#x153;add back,â&#x20AC;? Evans said. The only other state university to receive an â&#x20AC;&#x153;add backâ&#x20AC;? appropriation is the University of North Florida, which also was under the required 5 percent reserve amount. The Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut amount assumes FGCU revenue from a 15 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students and an 8 percent tuition increase for out-of-state undergraduate students and all graduate students. However, it is correct that FGCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget cuts will be higher than described if tuition increases are not implemented at the 15 percent and 8 percent levels assumed by the Legislature, Evans said. No one at the university is taking the decision lightly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at everything and leaving no stone left unturned,â&#x20AC;? Bradshaw said.
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Millions of dollars in FGCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approximate current operating budget
15
Percentage of possible tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students
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Percentage of possible tuition increase for out-of-state undergraduate students and in-state and out-of-state graduate students.
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Flkj`[\ Ă&#x2039; 9p M\ife`ZX M\cX E\nj \[`kfi Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s G.O. ! That is the call that CREW Land & Water Trust is sending out to the public to encourage them to get outside to participate in the local trail work day that is quickly approaching. Corckscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW), along with Collier Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conservation Collier program, FGCU and the Boy Scouts of America, is sponsoring the opening and cleaning of new hiking and biking trails. The trails will be opening at the Caracara Prairie Preserve, which is across from the CREW Cypress Dome trails. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By expanding the CREW trails, more people will learn the importance of our invaluable 60,000 acre watershed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the largest intact watershed in Southwest Florida,â&#x20AC;? said Brenda Brooks, executive director of CREW. Melanie Perez, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, thinks CREW should be important to all students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes I just need some fresh air. CREW provides that and so much more,â&#x20AC;? Perez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walking through the trails makes all the worries in the world feel non-existent.â&#x20AC;? Perez, who is helping CREW organize the event, explained that the creation of these pathways would allow people to access land that was not previously available to the public. Volunteering for the work day is also a service learning opportunity, giving students the chance to earn up to eight hours. Students who participate should bring gloves, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, a hat and water. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also suggested that they bring their service learning forms. The event is taking place Sunday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students can register at: http://crewletsgo2012.eventbrite.com/
Ă&#x160;<efl^_Ă&#x2039; XYlj\ 9p :flike\p 9cXb\cp :feki`Ylk`e^ ni`k\i Most everyone knows that abuse exists, but to what extent? The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warriors group from Miles Manciniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foundations of Civic Engagement class will be hosting a movie screening to help raise awareness about abuse and how to prevent it. By hosting this event, the group hopes to open eyes to abuse and to let others know that it should never be tolerated. The movie being shown, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enough,â&#x20AC;? stars Jennifer Lopez and is a suspense thriller about the life of a woman who learns how to fight back in her abusive relationship with her husband. Liz Loredo, a member of the board for Dress for Success and the marketing and events coordinator at FGCU, will also be speaking at the event. The event is also being held to spread the word about Dress for Success, a nonprofit organization that helps collect clothing and accessories for needy women going out on job interviews. At the movie screening, beauty items will be collected for one of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest fundraiser, the Dress for Success Ball. The theme of the ball this year is â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Hollywood Night in Black and White.â&#x20AC;? The ball is one of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest fundraisers and is being sponsored by the retailer White House, Black Market. All beauty items collected by the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warriors group will go toward goody bags for attendees of the ball on Wednesday, March 28, in Naples. The group is looking for sample size items such as makeup, lipsticks, soaps, moisturizers, compacts, accessories, pens and notepads. The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warriors event will be held in Merwin Hall room 110 from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 23
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to somehow pay this tuition. However, given that most undocumented students cannot gain employment, the current policy actively works to deny access to higher education to a majority of undocumented students.â&#x20AC;? Barbero also clarified the differences between the Federal DREAM Act and the Florida DREAM Act. The Florida DREAM Act, she says, would only guarantee in-state tuition for undocumented students who can prove Florida residency. The Federal DREAM Act â&#x20AC;&#x153;would actually provide a path toward adjustment of status for undocumented persons who migrated to the U.S at young ages and complete two years of college or military service and a series of other requirements.â&#x20AC;? Whichever the case, opponents of the DREAM Act cite that the passage of such a bill will only promote illegal immigration to the United States. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told Fox News that the DREAM Act is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the wrong way to do the right thing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead, my hope is to come up with a bipartisan solution to this problem,â&#x20AC;? Rubio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One that does not reward or encourage illegal immigration by granting amnesty, but helps accommodate talented young people who find themselves undocumented through no fault of their own.â&#x20AC;? In a later interview with Geraldo Rivera, Rubio pointed out that the DREAM Act would lead to â&#x20AC;&#x153;chain migration.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not only helping kids, but once a
kid becomes a citizen, they can now act as an anchor to bring in their entire family through the process,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that means that the DREAM Act is not limited to the kids, but it could be expanded to millions of people, which is problematic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I do think that there is another way to deal with this, and I think that one of the debates we need to begin to have is that there is a difference between path to citizenship and legalization.â&#x20AC;? Mitt Romney, the current Republican frontrunner for president, is also an outspoken critic of the DREAM Act. Romney stated at a recent GOP debate that he would veto the act if he was elected president, given that â&#x20AC;&#x153;provisions included in that act say that people who were here illegally - if they go to school here long enough, if they get a degree here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then they can become permanent residents.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Richard Coughlin, professor of political science, thinks the argument by critics is invalid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The argument that is made about adults who are undocumented migrants is that they transgressed U.S. immigration policy, that they entered the United States in a legally unauthorized fashion, and so we should not provide an amnesty for undocumented migrants,â&#x20AC;? Coughlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we have to make an exception in the case of children that were brought here. Because they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adults, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be seen as responsible for making those decisions to come to the United States.â&#x20AC;?
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WWW.EAGLENEWS.ORG 55 JL@:@;< “I played all these scenarios through my head thinking there was some way this could have been prevented and probably would have been prevented had I gone back to take care of my brothers.” At that point, his brothers became his primary focus. He wondered where they would go and who would take care of them. “The hardest part of that whole evening was driving home from the hospital and thinking how to explain this to my two younger brothers,” Gerrick said. “Their mom had died already, and now their dad kills himself. How do you explain that to a 9-year-old?” Gerrick’s aunt and uncle took in his brothers after he decided the best thing to do was to go back to school when the next semester began. Gerrick went to school during the week and drove to his aunt and uncle’s house on the weekends to spend time with and check up on his brothers. It took Gerrick years to forgive himself and even longer to forgive his father. “The reality of it still comes back today because at times my youngest brother will ask me, ‘What were mom and dad like because I don’t remember?’” Gerrick said. “That’s what suicide has done to our family.” Still to this day, Gerrick reflects on his father’s suicide and tries to piece together what caused that chain of events. “I’m sure between the alcohol, the holiday season, the lack of the integrity of the family, it all just provided a deadly mixture,” he said. “I learned that people have their own personal hell they are going through, and if they don’t have somebody to share it with, it remains a hell. That’s when that hopelessness creeps in. When people lose hope there’s not a whole lot left.” Gerrick went to school to become a teacher. While teaching, he found himself gravitating toward helping others by volunteering with the needy or people who were very sick. He realized it was time to switch careers. “My father’s suicide really motivated me to be in the helping profession eventually, and this was one of the reasons to go into mental health counseling,” Gerrick said. Even though he has slowly come to accept what happened, looking back on that night still proves difficult for Gerrick. “For as long ago as that is, it’s still very painful. As much as I was estranged from my dad at the time, he was still a significant player in my life. Despite all the crap he did, I loved him, and that still hurts,” he said. “Even talking about it today, I can feel my eyes getting ready to tear up because it’s something I wish hadn’t happened.”
*** The tampered bobby pin couldn’t do the damage of a razor blade. But for Melissa Dorff, it was sharp enough to serve its purpose. A dancer for years, Dorff, a sophomore majoring in communication, always used bobby pins for her hair, making it easy to conceal the true function for the usually harmless items. Sitting in the back of her dark closet with the point of the pin up against her forearm, Dorff made cuts on a nightly basis. She leaves her closet crying, though not from pain. The pain was the release she wanted. Drawing her own blood became a game. “When you first see the blood, you almost have a breathless feeling in your gut, and that was the release feeling,” Dorff said. “You’re numb for a second. That was the achievement. If you became numb, it worked.”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 EAGLE NEWS NEWS A5 Dorff said she would sometimes wake up in her closet, bobby pin in hand, but most nights she would end up on her bed drowning herself in music and tears. “Every day I would cry myself to sleep. I can’t remember one day that I didn’t. I’d stay up for hours just crying and cutting,” Dorff said. The first mark to her arm was sliced in eighth grade, but to trace the origin of her downward spiral, requires going back to when she was 8 years old. Her parents divorced. Her father was not in her life as much as she needed the next few years. Dorff doesn’t remember much from middle school. She elects not to. Throughout middle school, Dorff was bullied. Sometimes by students she didn’t even know. “As a kid going through middle school, the things people say is what means the most, so when you are getting this negative feedback constantly, you shut down,” Dorff said. Dorff’s parents didn’t approve of their daughter’s depression. Since she was still a minor, Dorff’s mother sat in on her therapy sessions. “I never really got to voice everything that was going on because I was embarrassed,” Dorff said. Dorff’s father hated the fact that his daughter was on medication for depression. He would take away her pills. The times spent at her father’s house slipped her into withdrawals. “I apparently didn’t have any control over my life since everyone was always telling me what to do, who I was suppose to be, and how I was supposed to act,” Dorff said. “Cutting was the only thing I could control.” Once she cut for the first time, there was no looking back. “If you do it once and you do it right, it becomes an addiction,” Dorff said. “It’s a release and a control thing.” Dorff knew what nights she would cut herself. Those days always went by in a blur. To everyone watching her, nothing seemed out of place. She would go through her regular routine with a smile on her face. Only she knew what was going to happen later that night. “You just walk through your day not really remembering anything. You’re not taking in anything whatsoever. You simply go through the motions of your day,” Dorff said. Everything changed when her parents’ best friend, Ardith, hung herself. Dorff looked up to Ardith as her second mother and spent a great deal of time with her. When Ardith took her own life, Dorff derived her own plan. She wanted to carry it out the same way. Dorff never went through with an attempt on her own life for more than one reason. “Being on the mourning side of suicide, I realized there would be people upset if I did such a thing,” Dorff said. She was always afraid. Afraid of death. Afraid of herself. Afraid that if she attempted, she may not be successful, she said. “Being scared is almost a good sign because it shows you have a little bit of hope. I’m so glad I was scared,” Dorff said. Though cutting was never her plan for suicide, the thought invaded her mind. “There were definitely times when I thought I might go a little bit closer to my wrist or a little bit deeper. Maybe one day instead of cutting, I would just puncture myself,” Dorff said. Dorff made her last cut during her junior year of high school and has since mended the relationship with her parents. She joined the FGCU chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms, a nonprofit movement aimed to help people struggling with depression, addiction, self-harm and suicide, and is now the treasurer.
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“I wanted to join because I have a story and my story is a lot like others,” Dorff said. “If I am able to spread my story to other people, that’s possibly one more person who can relate to me and feel accepted.” Dorff believes it is her purpose to tell her story to let others know that she is an example of the fact that things can improve. “Regardless of the problems you are going through or the issues that you have, you are not the only person who is going through that,” Dorff said. “This day may be gray, but at some point the sun will come out, and that’s a promise.”
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They called him Crockett. Nobody knew why. He was just always Crockett. Joseph “Crockett” Wise, a senior at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, was a smart kid. Marcus Craft, a junior majoring in business management, was friends with Wise since kindergarten. “He was always making things. That’s the biggest thing I remember about him,” Craft said. “He was always tinkering with stuff and always building.” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology hopeful was planning to go for a degree in underwater robotics after leading his robotics team to several statewide tournaments. Crockett showed no signs of suicidal intention before he took his own life Sept. 3, 2006, said Craft. A few weeks prior, Crockett and his girlfriend split. The situation proved too overwhelming, and he didn’t know how to handle the breakup. Crockett’s Myspace friends who were online that day saw a picture Crockett posted just before he carried out the act. A shotgun shell with the caption, “This is for you.” While walking into his parents’ room, the room where the guns were kept, Crockett shouted out that he was going to kill himself. He locked the door behind him, eliminating the possibility of someone interfering with his plan. His mother called 9-1-1 and tried to get in the room. The sound of a gunshot told her she was too late. Craft didn’t hear the news until the following day. “It didn’t hit me at that point. Crockett was always bouncing off the walls, always hyper and always doing crazy stuff so it kind of made sense,” Craft said. “But I talked to him that Friday so I just couldn’t believe it,” The Friday before, Craft saw Crockett simply hanging around in the courtyard after school. Craft was in a rush to pick up equipment for practice that he left at home, so he couldn’t talk for long. He remembers a simple, “Hey what’s up?’ but that is the extent of his
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memory of that conversation. “I don’t remember what he said after that and that is what bothers me the most. I told him I would call him that weekend to hang out or do something. But I never did that,” Craft said. “It was one of those things where I thought, ‘What if I called him?’” Six years later and the thought still creeps into Craft’s mind. “Still to this day I wonder, ‘What if I talked to him longer? Did he say he was going to do it? Did he give me any signs?’ I couldn’t remember,” Craft said. “What if I would have spent like five other minutes talking to him, could things have changed?” The initial wave of emotions was confusing for Craft. “At first I was completely sad. I didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to eat. I didn’t want to go to school. I didn’t want to see anybody,” Craft said. “Then later that day I got extremely mad at him.” It wasn’t until the next week when they held the service that all the emotions came together. “Every single emotion goes through you. You get angry, you get sad, you get depressed, you get emptiness. Everything hits you at once,” Craft said. Craft still regards Crockett’s funeral service as one of the worst experiences in his entire life. Craft wasn’t the only one suffering from the loss of his good friend. The funeral was filled, and speakers and chairs were set up in the lobby for the overflow. “I can still remember the reaction of his mom. You can tell she felt empty inside. I can still hear her screams of desperation of her wanting her son back,” Craft said. “No one wants to lose their kid, especially to suicide.” In the speech given by Crockett’s sister, she said she would give anything to have her brother back. That statement sticks with Craft. “Everyone is always like, ‘Oh, suicide, it happens all the time,’ but nobody really knows that feeling of loss, that feeling of hurt, unless you’ve been through it,” Craft said. “Six years later and it still hurts me inside.” Crockett’s family as well as Craft have since gotten involved with Out of the Darkness, a foundation for suicide prevention. Crockett’s family and friends also celebrate his life every year by going scalloping, one of Crockett’s favorite activities, and host a fish fry with the food they catch. “It’s a permanent solution for a temporary problem,” Craft said of suicide. “There’s no need to take your own life. Things can always get better,” . While suicide can seem like a way out for someone who feels hopeless, Craft warns of the effect suicide has on loved ones. “The person who does it never feels the pain directly. It’s the community who feels the pain,” Craft said. “When someone takes their own life, you don’t expect it, so it’s almost like taking a sucker punch from Mike Tyson right in the gut.”’ Craft hopes that people will begin to realize that suicide is not the only option and that life can in fact get better. “Life has endless possibilities, so you don’t want to end your life. It’s not worth it. Especially to your loved ones,” Craft said. “If my story will stop even just one person from taking their own life, then I’ve done more than I could have ever hoped.”
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As the card reads, “For a good time call (239) 225-Yabo,” but just a good time is a major understatement. Yabo isn’t just another Italian restaurant; it’s fine dining with a rock’ n ’roll flair. The previously small restaurant that sat 30 people off McGregor Boulevard in south Fort Myers has evolved into a 144-seat restaurant serving up an Italian explosion of life. There is a full dining room and bar with seating both inside and on the outside patio. “An evening at Yabo is usually comprised of such delightful experiences as succulent food, unique wines, eclectic music, and interesting conversation on the patio with new acquaintances,” said Ryan Kida, chef, owner and producer of Yabo. Located at 16230 Summerlin Road (just past the Ruby Tuesdays on the right-hand side), Yabo is not only the place to find food that is out of this world, but also a wide variety of numerous bottled beers, drafts and wines, suiting everyone’s fancy.
“I have not been to Yabo yet,” said Kyle Ostroff, a senior majoring in sports management. “It does sound really good though, and I have heard a lot of good things about Yabo from various people.” Yabo also serves desserts by world-renowned chocolatier Norman Love. Besides great eats and drinks, Yabo is offers something else that the competition just can’t match. It’s the music that makes the place. Black walls and red accents adorned floor to ceiling with posters, photos and paintings of great musicians throughout history: Nirvana, Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, Jupiter One, Jimi Hendrix to name a few. “I love that they play all types of music, especially Bob Marley,” Ostroff said. Live music is played weekend nights and often during weekdays as well. Music will soon play all the time as new bands are booked. Yabo selects artists to play live who have original music, steering away from cover bands. There is something about Yabo
that gets the people going. It’s not the food, drinks or music; it’s the atmosphere. This restaurant has an emergence of ambiance, welcoming a new flow, with a rhythm flowing into the heart of every customer. “I noticed Yabo on my way to Fort Myers Beach, so on my way back I decided to stop in,” said Joshua Stlain, a senior majoring in biology. “The food is to die for and the people are amazing. I can’t wait till I have another chance to go back,” Stlain said. Yabo is a place that has a mixture of family, with a hint of that “don’t mess with me attitude,” down-to-earth humor and a lot of soul. Any member of the Yabo staff is extremely personable and can talk to anyone about anything. Kida and his family are from both Italy and Australia. The cuisine and dishes stem from both of his heritage backgrounds. In Australia, yabo means a lazy bum, Kida said. When asked about the story of Yabo, the staff says, “Come in more than once for the whole story.” This is a sample of their tasteful sass.
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reading about the various things to say and not say — like don’t say “went to sleep and didn’t wake up,” the child may not sleep for days without fear — I told her sitting in our living room that he had died. N e x t to the soft glowing light of the Christmas tree I broke my daughters heart, a task from which I may not be fully recovered. Later that night she asked, aged beyond her years in a matter of hours, how he died. In an effort to not lie, I answered he had been shot. When she took her fingers, in the shape of a gun, and placed them against her temple, I recognized there was a problem. It took me months to find help with C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention, the organization that I now humbly serve. They helped me find therapy for Morgan. After some very intense sessions, Morgan revealed that the last week she was with her father, he had indicated what was on his mind. He had tried to cry out for help to a 4-year-old, who had no idea what was going on. My job now, as a mother, is to address the lasting implications
of this every time she hits a new milestone in her life. Some days she will just be staring out the window and bring it up. We talk freely about the choice of suicide in our house and the other circumstances that surrounded the death of her father. Statistically, for every one completed suicide there are six survivors (immediate loved ones heavily impacted by the death). Of those six, one will attempt suicide as well. I refuse to let my daughter be that statistic. Suicide is an act that I honestly believe is 100 percent Dfi^Xe `e )''0 [f`e^ X GJ8 ]fi preventable. I have known many :%8%I%<%J% Jl`Z`[\ Gi\m\ek`fe people who have had to get that phone call or late night knock at the door telling them that their of everyday life (like exams and son, brother, daughter or sister relationships) is taking a toll. If has taken their own lives. you every feel this, please call And no one saw it coming, the National Suicide Hotline and until they looked back. Many talk with someone. If you notice people will give some indicators a friend or roommate start to that they are thinking about change their habits or give things suicide and it’s our job to away, come out and ask them. question those. I know many You may be the one person who people that I have aggravated shows them there is something because I come out and ask them to live for. “Are you thinking about hurting Suicidal feelings are most yourself?” I have no shame in it. common in the spring. The I know what it’s like to be on coming together for holidays the other side of the decision, has passed and people often and I won’t be put there again if find themselves alone, where I can help it. depression and other feelings Suicide can also be impulsive. can take hold. If you feel these People feel as if they have things, find someone to talk to. nothing to live for or the stress If you see these in others, be the
someone that listens. There are things worth living for. Sometimes they just obscure themselves from view. There is no mother, father, husband, wife, child or friend who needs to feel the tremendous loss that comes when a person dies by suicide. It is like no other pain that can be experienced. There is no murder to lash out against, there is no car accident to analyze for answers — there is just a void. All that’s left is sadness that infiltrates everyone who ever cared and thoughts that they should have done more, but now they can’t. While suicide is a decision made by one in a moment of crisis, it has lasting effects on many more than one is often aware of. Before you put that gun to your head, those pills in your mouth, or point the nose of your car at that tree, think about the faces of those you love. I don’t know if Morgan’s father saw her in the moment before he decided to put the gun to his head. I hope he didn’t see her in the split second after it was too late. 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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S p r i n g break is more than partying and having drinks, but being safe. I am a senior here at FGCU and I have worked with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) in Boca Raton while I attended Florida Atlantic
University and the local office here in Fort Myers. I am your typical college student who likes to go out with friends and have a great time, but I am only one of a handful of students who know the true and real dangers and consequences of drinking and driving. I have worked with multiple families who have lost their children because of a drunk driver and I have personally lost two fraternity brothers because
of a drunk driver. According to M.A.D.D.’s website, Florida is ranked 13th when it comes to DUIs and you can only imagine how many more drunk drivers we get during spring break since Florida is a top designation for spring breakers. It truly saddens me that the spring break edition of Eagle News does not have one article, statistics sheet or written section on the dangers of alcohol.
I believe that the main message from FGCU to their students during spring break is safety, which the student newspaper would have been a crucial tool to promote the dangers of alcohol and carelessness during spring break. I am not trying to be a buzz kill, but I am concerned with what we are trying to tell our fellow classmates to do and apparently that is to “rage.”
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body for not being able to provide a proper venue to allow more students to view the debate. When in all actuality due to security restrictions set by administration as well as an executive decision on our part, it was the only location that was feasible and that we had to work with. This outdoor amphitheater will be a great starting point in what is to come. I hope. We are in dire need of locations such as this in order to spotlight student talent, allow small-scale concerts and provide entertainment right on our campus. The SoVi green, which was created by housing, has been a great location that we are definitely taking advantage of with the Spirit Day Hoedown and the Romance Rave. Being a university known for sustainability, I think it is our duty to ensure we are living up to that with any new facility we build. Note to readers: The amphitheater bill passed unanimously 21-0 on Tuesday, March 13.
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and pregnancy — they catch their favorite shirt on fire because they have never ironed before. Not to mention, people gain a fear of intimacy and spending their life with someone. I think that when it comes to sex everyone should be an equalopportunity employer (if they want to be and are responsible, etc.) I’m not telling y’all this to shock you. I’m telling you this because I believe women have a right to be sluts. We are taught from youth that being a slut is a bad thing. Princess Ariel has to lose herself to be with the guy, and Snow White gets poisoned for living with seven men. I’m telling you all this because being a slut is a dangerous road and a lonely road that is not protected. Women are told that if they wear a short skirt, if they were drinking and if they were walking home after 8 at night that it’s their fault if they get raped. Women are told that they can’t use morning-after contraception because it would promote them embracing their femininity and their natural desires as human beings. Some women are even driven to suicide because they were called a slut. Ladies, whatever your “number” is, however big or small, please just get over it. It’s only a number. Numbers can’t tell you how great of a person you are, or how you deserve to be loved forever in a monogamous relationship. No one can tell you if a relationship is meant to last forever. Only you can tell yourself that you are worth the way you feel today.
Ashley Scott is a sophomore majoring in journalism with a gender studies minor. She enjoys art, reading, listening to Savage love and drinks more coffee than anyone ever should.
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abortion, women’s rights and gay rights, I am now sure that I will not be voting for him should he be the nominee. I feel that, should Rick Santorum somehow become the next president of the United States, he would send us back into the Victorian age. Women would be forced back into the home and would be unable to have a successful career. His remarks about reinstating “don’t ask, don’t tell” were very upsetting to me. I have never
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9Xj\YXcc k\Xd n`ej Ôijk 8$Jle j\i`\j Xj BeXgg k_ifnj X ^\d 9p D`Z_X\c Il`q JkX]] ni`k\i The FGCU baseball team was unable to complete a sweep of the UNF Ospreys on March 19, as the Eagles fell 10-3 in the finale. With their visit to Swanson Stadium, UNF represented FGCU’s first conference opponent of the season. The Eagles once led 3-0, but the UNF bats awoke when they put up their first run of the afternoon in the fifth inning, two more to tie the game in the sixth, four in the seventh to take the lead, and three in the ninth to put the game out of reach. It was a tough loss for an FGCU squad that had held this same team to a total of just four runs in victories in the previous two games. FGCU came out on top 2-0 in the March 17 opener and took the next game as well with a 7-4 victory. Right-handed starter Ricky Knapp earned the victory in the opener with a complete-game, three-hit shutout in which he struck out six batters. Lefty Andrew Polly got the nod the next afternoon and picked up the win, going six and giving up three runs on 10 hits. Jason Forjet, a right hander, allowed only three hits and also made a quality start by surrendering just three runs in six innings of work. He would end up with a no decision and reliever Brady
Anderson would take the loss. Anderson gave up six runs in 2 and 1/3 innings of four-hit ball. Only two of the runs were earned, however. Yet despite being pummeled in the final game, the 8-11 Eagles were still able to leave the field with a sense of accomplishment, for they had won their first series against an A-Sun opponent. “It was pretty huge,” said Sean Dwyer, a outfielder/first basemen. “Any time you can take a conference series it’s huge. So this was our first one and hopefully we can carry it over to next weekend and things will be good.” FGCU had been going through quite a rough stretch before snapping a fivegame losing streak March 17. In the last eight games before playing UNF, FGCU faced off against big schools such as Boston College, No. 1 Florida, and Rutgers; they were on the losing side seven times. “Well, you know, we’ve opened the season with what people are saying is the second-toughest, non-conference schedule in the country,” coach Dave Tollett said. “So that’s the reason (for the recent struggles). But it prepared us for the weekend in conference. Any time you can win in conference it’s a big weekend for us. So we’ll take it, and we’ll build on it.”
FGCU will play a two-game series at Texas Tech (Big 12) this week before coming back home for a weekend series against their second conference opponent of the season, ETSU. FGCU may have struggled against the bigger schools thus far, but it isn’t afraid of playing Texas Tech. “ We feel good,” Dwyer said. “After we played Florida we feel like we can play with anybody. So we just have to do what we do, not throw the ball around, and we’ll be able to compete.” “We’ve just got to pitch,” Tollett said. “We’ve got to have some of the guys who are midweek guys step up. Our weekend guys are doing a good job.” With an even more significant threegame conference series against ETSU just around the corner, Dwyer put the notion of potentially overlooking the next one completely to bed. “We usually just take it one series at a time, try not to get ahead of ourselves,” Dwyer said. He also assured that going on the road will help this young roster grow as a unit. “Definitely, yeah,” Dwyer said. “There’s things that you can pick up on the road. It’s just a growing experience. Every series can be a growing experience. That’s what makes it fun.”
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Jessica Barnes is the rare two-sport athlete who excels at both. An outfielder on the FGCU softball team, Barnes leads the team in batting average, home runs and slugging percentage. She won the Atlantic Sun Player of the week March 6-11. In the fall, as an outside hitter for the volleyball team, Barnes was fourth on the Eagles in kills. Barnes was recruited to FGCU as a softball player. FGCU volleyball coach Dave Nichols saw Barnes’ athleticism and gave her an opportunity on his team. Nichols calls Barnes the best athlete on campus. “When I first came to FGCU, I was recruited by Cheyenne Jenks, who was an outstanding softball and volleyball player,” Barnes said. “Coach Nichols saw that I was interested in volleyball. He gave me the opportunity to play volleyball as well as softball. So even though it was a long process, it worked out in the end.”
Even though she plays two completely different sports, Barnes finds a way to balance the two. In the fall during volleyball season, Barnes doesn’t even pick up a bat. “In the fall, I only focus on volleyball and I do not do anything training-wise for softball,” Barnes said. When spring comes, I focus only on softball.” Even though she proved herself in volleyball, Barnes is still learning the concepts of the game. “I feel like I’m still learning volleyball as the years progress,” Barnes said. “With softball, I have more experience, so I am refining my skills.” Barnes notes, however, that as the years go by she gets better in each sport. “This year, in volleyball, I had a lot more playing time and I felt that I was able to see the court a lot better,” Barnes said. “This year, in softball, I already feel like that I am able to help my team out a lot more than I did last year.” Barnes expects that she will once again be playing both sports in their respective seasons next year.
One of Barnes’ teammates on the softball team is Amanda Josie. Josie, a sophomore pitcher who has been playing alongside Barnes since last year, feels that she is a great asset to the team. “She is definitely a big contribution, especially to the outfielders, and she hits leadoff, which gets us going,” Josie said. Josie also feels that Barnes’ presence on the team serves as a motivator to the team. “She has a great attitude and she’s always energetic,” Josie said. “She helps us get pumped for the game.” Josie knew Barnes before they came to FGCU because they played on opposing travel teams. “She is a great athlete and having her around makes everyone want to be better,” Josie said.
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Barnes was leading us more and more as Coach Gabou’s pregnancy was getting later and later, so the transition was very smooth. We all respect him a lot and I think it’s great. We’re having a fun time and that’s very important. We’re relaxed and we’re learning a lot, so I think it’s real good.” Means added, “Well it is definitely different not being able to have both coaches roaming during matches, but we are really familiar with Coach Joey (Barnes). He’s been with the team for the last two seasons, so it was a transition period. We just had to step up, show that we were mature and didn’t have to depend on the coach out there every single point of every match.” The transition hasn’t been completely without its bumps, though. Before playing against Mercer, the Eagles lost two matches in a row: a 5-1 loss to Penn and a 7-0 loss to Virginia Tech. But those losses provided the Eagles with motivation.
“Whenever you lose you’re disappointed, but there’s also fire in you that makes you want to go out and play right away again. So yes, I think it definitely motivated me, and I think it motivated the team as well to start getting wins,” Evans said. The Eagles will have to continue to keep that fire and continue to improve as they will play conference opponents USC Upstate and ETSU this weekend. The primary goal right now is to compete hard for every point. According to Means, “Every conference match is important, so we definitely want to continue our run and be 4-0. The doubles point’s definitely important, but we just have to continue to be aggressive, and continue to work on that and put pressure on the other team.” The motivation for being aggressive will continue to come from Barnes for the time being. Barnes says playing psychology is one
of his biggest strengths, “I think I know the techniques, I know the patterns. I’ve been around this for 20 some years, but I think one of the things that sets me apart is that I know how to get into somebody’s head, and get them to understand what it is to win.” The Eagles; thoughts are still with their head coach, who gave birth to a baby boy March 10. According to Barnes, “You’re missing your head coach, but at the same time they understand. They’re fighting for her, and they want the wins for her. This is a team effort and they understand that. The girls themselves are a great team, they are a bunch of Eagles. “If you want to put it in a good term, they know right off the bat, ‘Momma Eagle is not here,’ so we’ve still got to survive.”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 EAGLE NEWS SPORTS B7
EDITOR: JOSH SIEGEL SPORTS@EAGLENEWS.ORG
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building. I wanted to go faster in the 50 free and that was the event that I had the best ranking in. I was a little unfortunate that that race didn’t go well, but overall, thoughts on the meet were positive.” FGCU coach Neal Studd, who traveled to Auburn with Svensson, pointed to nerves as well. “I think if she would’ve raced the 50 free later in the meet, her time would’ve been much better, because she was a little nervous and excited going into the event,” Studd said. “She found her comfort zone in the next event.” Svensson’s next event was the 100 back, where she earned 34th place and a mark that put her in the FGCU and Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association history books. Svensson broke the 100 back records with a time 53.61 seconds, 27 tenths of a second better than her best time. Svensson also broke the school’s 100 free record in her next event with a time of 49.44 seconds, which was good enough for
a 35th-place finish. “I’m really happy about the records and that I swam two really good onehundreds,” Svensson said. “I’ve been changing a lot from the conference meet to the Last Chance Meet, and then to the NCAA Championships, so it was a great feeling.” Svensson still had an incredible experience even without qualifying for the final 16. “The experience was amazing and one I’ll never forget,” Svensson said. “I made friends with other kids coming from a mid-major school like ours. We grouped up together to build our own small team.” The future is limitless for this freshman, whose first year included four CCSA Swimmer of the Week awards and a Freshmen Female Performer of the Meet award at the CCSA Conference Championships. Both Svensson and Studd see room for improvement. “I’m going to keep practicing
everything to become better and better,” Svensson said. “I will work especially on my starts in the 50 free. I’m already excited for next season. Next year, I will have more concrete goals compared to this year when I didn’t have any, and I’ll be more experienced. I already know my main individual goal next year is to get back to the NCAA Championships and make a final.” Studd has specific off-season goals for Svensson. “I know she’s going to do everything she can to become better,” Studd said. “We’ll do some tweaking over the offseason. We will probably look to bulk her up a little bit so she has some more power for her races. “Her work ethic and talent will help her continue going to NCAAs and go deeper in the championships,” the coach said.
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ENSPORTS Weekly recap Sand volleyball The Eagles’ first home match will be March 30 against Stetson. Sand volleyball is in its first season on the list of NCAA Emerging Sports for Women. The A-Sun will feature five schools — FGCU, Jacksonville, Stetson, North Florida and Mercer — and will be the first NCAA Division I conference to sponsor a championship for the sport. The inaugural A-Sun Sand Volleyball Championships are set for April 21-22 at Jacksonville University.
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The FGCU men’s tennis program, led by firstyear head coach C.J. Weber, has announced the addition of Mike Napoli to the staff as the Eagles’ assistant coach. Napoli spent 21 seasons as a head coach at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. In his 21 seasons as a head coach, Napoli accumulated a 270-96-1 overall record.
When the FGCU Hockey Team saw its semifinal opponent in the DII ACHA National Championships was Michigan State, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. MSU, after all, was the team that knocked FGCU out in the championships last year in a heartbreaker. This year’s round proved much different, as FGCU dominated in a 5-2 triumph. At the beginning of the year, captain and eventual tournament MVP Mike Lendino said, “Every year has been disappointing so far because we expect to win a national championship.” The team is disappointed no more. The FGCU Hockey Club,
after going undefeated in pool play and beating nemesis MSU in the semifinals, completed their quest for a national championship with a 4-2 victory over last year’s champ, the Grand Valley State Lakers. The game was tight throughout, with several enormous swings of momentum. Early on, Grand Valley was in constant attack mode, with nearly 10 shots on goal in the first 10 minutes of action. FGCU appeared to be on its heels early, but a quick timeout led to the Eagles’ drawing first blood when junior Jake Coyle netted a shot to make it 1-0. The Eagles took that score to the first intermission, protecting the lead until a devastating momentum swing with roughly four minutes
to play in the second period. In a 15-second span, Grand Valley State claimed first a power play goal followed by another wrist shot to take a 2-1 lead that sucked all the life out of FGCU’s home crowd at Germain Arena. Following the second intermission, FGCU came out attacking, drawing a penalty on Grand Valley State very early in the period and picking up a quick power play goal. That would follow with another goal to take the lead several minutes later, then the exclamation point by Lendino with an empty-netter with less than a minute to play sending the partisan crowd into a frenzy. “We’ve waited for this moment all year,” said defenseman Nick Allega, who
delivered and received several huge hits throughout the contest. “I couldn’t be happier for all the seniors. This team has worked its tail off to make it here.” Goalie Ryan Lynch, except for the chaotic 15 seconds in the second period, was strong in the net, making save after save. FGCU claims the first national championship in its 10-year existence, beginning as a small DIII club and evolving into two teams, one in DII and another in DIII, playing in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). Coach Bob Brinkworth has led the coaching staff since the club’s inception, leading this year’s edition to a club record 35 wins and his first championship.
Women’s golf
In its best finish under first-year head coach Sarah Trew, the FGCU women’s golf team concluded the 36-hole 26th annual NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate in third place on the 11-team leader board on Friday afternoon at the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Tampa.
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Led by freshman Jack Hernandez (Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot HS) taking home individual medalist honors, the FGCU men’s golf team produced its third consecutive under-par round to finish in third place in the 15-team field at the Rio Pinar Invitational hosted by UCF at Rio Pinar Country Club.
In its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance, FGCU’s women’s basketball couldn’t pull of the upset as they fell to St. Bonaventure 72-65 in front of a crowd of 1,227 at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee. “I’m really proud of the effort that our ladies had,” FGCU coach Karl Smesko said. “Obviously we hoped for a better outcome and we expected to win. We knew we were playing a great team but we felt like we could win and advance.” At the start of the game, FGCU (29-3) didn’t look like the team that won almost 30 games this season. They shot a horrid 23 percent from the field and from behind the arc. For a team that averages 10.8 threes a game, FGCU was 3-13 from behind
the 3-point line. “We just didn’t execute our offense,” senior guard Kelsey Jacobson said. “You have to give them credit for their intensity of defense. They played great defense all year and they came to play today, so I think it was a combination of that and us just not executing.” Jacobson finished her career at FGCU with just three points in the game, shooting 1-8 from the field. St. Bonaventure (30-3) played FGCU tough all game and was very physical down low. They didn’t let FGCU get any open looks. “They were very physical,” senior Courtney Chihil said. “Obviously they were playing to win and they were trying to push us off screens. In a game like this we knew they were going to be physical and we had to match that and we didn’t so that one is on us.”
Chihil also finished her career with seven points, shooting 2-6 from the field. In the second half, after the Bonnies got a quick layup to go up by eight, Jacobson hit a three that sparked a 10-0 Eagle run which turned into a 20-6 run with 8:24 left in the game. FGCU led 47-38 at that point. “It was just nice to get a basket,” said Jacobson, who went 0-6 before that shot. “I don’t think it lifted any weight off of my shoulders; it was just nice for the team to start a domino effect and to get them going.” After three field goals and two free throws, FGCU took a 54-44 lead with 5:52 to play. Then, St. Bonaventure went on a 12-0 run that gave them the lead with 3:27 remaining in the game. The two teams traded baskets and Chihil made a layup with 3.3 seconds left to send the game into
overtime. It was all square at 62, then St. Bonaventure went on a 10-3 run to finish off FGCU. “I could not be happier about making the decision of coming to FGCU,” Jacobson said. “The people I met, being able to play under Coach Smesko, the last four years honestly couldn’t have gone any better. I’m beyond thrilled with the experience that I had, and I couldn’t ask for a better one.” FGCU will graduate five seniors this offseason, including recordmakers Jacobson and Chihil, but not all is lost for the Eagles. FGCU returns two starters and has valuable pieces returning. With freshman Whitney Knight, redshirtsophomore Sarah Hansen and junior Brittany Kennedy returning for next season, the future looks bright.