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waterfront building, and all waterfront activities are prohibited until further notice. “For about the last nine months, we have been working on plans for a new waterfront building to replace the old modular,” said Stephen Robinson, outdoor recreation coordinator. After months of planning, drawing and meeting, the university moved forward with the project starting in July. “The new building will be a wonderful upgrade to the waterfront, and FGCU is really excited to be able to offer a new and improved recreation area for the students of FGCU,” Robinson said.
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9p BXk`\ <^Xe J\e`fi jkX]] ni`k\i As FGCU gains popularity and expands its horizons, a new and highly anticipated online advising service is under way and will be available in the near future. FGCU has entered into a contract with SunGard Higher Education for the purchase of DegreeWorks, a comprehensive, web-based, academic advising, transfer articulation and degree audit solution designed to help students and their advisers successfully negotiate their institution’s curriculum requirements. “DegreeWorks will be implemented in the fall of 2012,” said Ron Toll, FGCU provost and vice president for academic affairs. USF is the only Florida state university currently operating DegreeWorks. USF purchased the service in 2008. Jennifer Warren, a senior at USF, likes the advising service. “It’s helpful. I wish it would work faster. It takes a couple of days to process. But either way, most students never went to face-to-face advising meetings unless they had to. DegreeWorks is more convenient,” Warren said. It is too early to tell how long the testing phase that begins next fall will last, but Toll hopes the program is up and running by spring 2013. “Although we’re not expecting many problems, we do want to make sure the program is 100 percent supportive to students, faculty, advisers and professors,” Toll said. Toll believes DegreeWorks will be a positive experience for everyone. “It will strengthen the platform for stronger interactions with advisers. … It is not intended to replace face-to-face advising, but rather to facilitate those interactions,” he said. In fact, the program is expected to make face-to-face time much more efficient. “It will enrich the quality of time advisers have with students,” Toll said. “It’s a huge step forward.” Student Alex Townsend thinks it will be a vital source for students.
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construction of solar panels for AB 8 was eliminated. Academic Building 8, when completed in November, will be four stories tall, totaling about 65,000 square feet in new space. It is now scheduled to open in January 2012. “I think that it was the better decision to use the money to open up the academic building than to work on the South Access Road,” said Amber Streath, a freshman majoring in marine science. “We already have one access road; putting money into something that will give both opportunities for more classes as well as lower class sizes is a better investment than working on another road to the main campus.” Many students share Streath’s
opinion. One is Kaitlyn Magolon, a freshman majoring in nursing, a program that is directly benefiting from AB 8’s opening. “I’m happy to hear that the new academic building will be opening after all. It seems that many people here are going into a nursing major like myself, and so the building seems more necessary than another campus entrance or a boardwalk from SoVi,” Magolon said. Ashley Beamon, another freshman majoring in nursing, agrees that the new building will be an asset to the vast number of health profession students studying here at FGCU.
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9p <X^c\ E\nj jkX]] Pitbull and Travis Porter will perform at Eaglepalooza, an annual concert put on by the Programming Board. The performers were announced at Roc the Nest this past Friday night. The concert will be on Thursday, Nov. 17 at Germain Arena, a change in venue. In the past, Eaglepalooza has been on campus. Due to safety issues at the 2010 concert, which featured LMFAO, the decision was made to move the event to a larger, safer venue, McGibboney said. “I think having it off campus takes away the fun of the whole event,” said Kellie Connors, a sophomore majoring in hospitality. “I love how last year there were carnival games to play and booths you can visit.” Free concerts pose a security issue, said Mike Rollo, vice president of Student Affairs. “The event is so popular it has outgrown the venue,” Rollo said. “It is part of our natural growth as an institution.” Germain can provide bathrooms and security that the recreation field cannot. Underage drinking and drugs were an issue at last year’s concert, Rollo said. The change in venue will help control those issues. Students can buy floor seats starting Sept. 9 in the university Bookstore for $12. “Those are the most popular ones,” said Joseph McGibboney, programming coordinator. Floor seat tickets are limited. Tickets will be available to the public Oct. 3 for $25 at Germain Arena. Pitbull released his album, “Planet Pit,” on June 21. He collaborated with T-Pain on its first single, “Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)”. On March 22, Pitbull released his second single, “Give Me Everything” featuring NeYo, Afrojack and Nayer, and three months later, the song became Pitbull’s first single to top the Billboard Hot 100. Travis Porter is an American hip-hop act from Decatur, Ga. The group’s biggest hits are “Go Shorty Go,””Bananas,” “Bring It Back” and “Make It Rain”. Amber Goldsmith contributed to this article.