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Yik Yak is a message-board app that is so widely used on campus that FGCU users crashed the Yik Yak server several times in August, according to a company official.
Yikity Yak, we talk back New message board app used by 23 percent of FGCU students
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“Huge turn-on: When people smell good and are hot. Sometimes spicy. Wrapped in tinfoil. Are actually burritos.” 51 up-votes. “When life’s got you down just think of the kid who was cut from the basketball team in Airbud to make room for a golden retriever.” 48 up-votes. A new app has arrived at Florida Gulf Coast University that students can’t stop yakking about. It’s called Yik Yak. The app allows users to post anonymously to a message board based on the user’s geographical location: no accounts, no profiles, no photos. Just you and 200 characters. The idea for the app birthed after Furman University graduates Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll noticed the high
following of anonymous twitter accounts at their school, much like “@LivingFGCU.” “They wanted to build something where people could hear about what was going on on-campus and contribute to the discussion,” said Cam Mullen, the Yik Yak lead community developer. “Yik Yak transcends social circles. People are talking with people they may never talk to or interact with in the real world. It’s really powerful, and I’m stoked to see it taking off at FGCU.” As it nears its first birthday in November, the app continues to grow in popularity along the Southeast and in Florida schools — with FGCU being one of its top users. Yik Yak reported that FGCU has approximately 2,900 active users — that’s 23 percent of the undergraduate population. “One of our employees recently peeked into FGCU and showed us the insane feed on your campus,”
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Mullen said. “People are posting every minute and you even crashed our servers a few times in August.” Mullen told Eagle News that at one point he noticed FGCU had a 30-minute feed, meaning users were posting at 200 posts an hour. While FGCU’s Yik Yak feed usually features jokes and things found on the Internet, Mullen says the original purpose for Yik Yak was to spread news on campus. “The feed always reflects the people on the feed. In a lot of places it’s a feed for jokes and social commentary, but a lot of times it’s used for news when something dramatic goes on on campus,” Mullen said. “So if there’s intense weather, or a new rule on campus, you can go on Yik Yak and find out what the student body thinks. The idea was kind of made for all that.” Although many students have been asking why the app has not
released features such as photo sharing and private messaging, the Yak creators have something else in mind. It’s called “peek,” a feature that is already included with Yik Yak that currently allows users to “peek” into other college’s feeds. “We are building Yik Yak into being a news source,” Mullen said. “So right now we have a feature called “peek” where you can see what other schools are talking about on campus. What we’re going to do is make it so you can ‘peek’ into virtually anywhere in the world, add your own peeks and save them. “Let’s say you want to peek into the Oscars and see what celebrities are Yaking about, or peek into Ferguson, Missouri, or the Hong Kong protests, you’ll
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Registration times move to 6 a.m. By Nina Barbero News editor @EN_News There’s good news for students who love waking up early and hate staying up until midnight to register for courses — the Office of the Registrar has changed registration times from midnight to 6 a.m. The change has been in the works for quite some time, according to University Registrar Susan Byars. “We have had some complaints about the current system,” Byars said. “Especially when a student has an issue registering at midnight and their adviser won’t be on campus until nine.” The 6 a.m. registration time means that if a student is unable to register, or a class he or she needs fills up, they can see an adviser in a few hours instead of having to wait nine hours to make an appointment. Allison Bacigalupi, a university adviser, is used to getting to her office the day after students have begun to register and opening her inbox to a flood of emails. “This 6 a.m. start time is more in line with what other universities do,” Bacigalupi said. While advisers are happy with the change, some students prefer the midnight registration time. “When it’s 12 a.m., you can just stay up to register,” said Danny DePrisco, a junior math major. “But if it’s at six, you have to go to bed and actually wake up
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President Wilson Bradshaw has a special charging station for his electric Chevy Volt.
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We’re not electric Cars on campus not environmentally friendly By Josh Akins @fgcueaglenews Florida Gulf Coast University is a school that prides itself on sustainability with LEED-certified buildings, a permaculture Food Forest and a colloquium class that’s all about the environment of Southwest Florida. However, a quick look around the campus reveals that one important ecofriendly innovation is missing. Where are all of the electric cars? Battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have been getting a lot of attention lately. The trend is partly due to the increase in pollution from internal combustion engines. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, motor vehicles, including non-road vehicles, now account for 75 percent of
carbon monoxide emissions nationwide. Polluted air can lead to respiratory infections, damaged crops and depletion of the ozone layer. To help solve the problem of air pollution, some colleges and universities around the U.S. have made efforts to accommodate hybrid cars on their campuses. North Central College in Illinois has a free dual-charging station for all students and faculty as “part of an ongoing effort to support sustainability values and actions.” Ohlone College in California has seven charging stations, and the University of Maryland has 16. So why is FGCU — a school that received a STARS Gold rating in recognition of
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Would you like to participate in a Habitat for Humanity build?? Our Service Ambassadors are taking a group of students out for a build day on Saturday, October 18th. For more information, please contact Emily Sladicka (eksladicka7888@eagle.fgcu. edu) or Daniel Hernandez (dlhernan@ eagle.fgcu.edu). Alliance for the Arts is looking for student volunteers to assist with their Fall for the Arts event on Saturday, October 18th. There are two shifts available: 9am-1pm and 12pm-4pm. Duties included setting up games/activities, supervising games/activities, assisting with admission, assisting event coordinator, and cleanup. For more information or to get involved, please contact Breanna Rigg (brigg2746@eagle.fgcu.edu) or Brandi Course (education@artinlee.org). Are you an ARTIST or PERFORMER?? Are you passionate about social change? If so, you may be interested in the “Eagles Take Flight: Human Trafficking Showcase.” This event will be a showcase of visual art and interpretive performances (skits, monologues, slam poetry, dance, etc.) to raise awareness about human trafficking. If you are interested in performing or creating a piece of art, please contact Madeline Heath at mpheath3355@ eagle.fgcu.edu. Submissions are due October 26th – Rehearsal (mandatory) is November 5th – Showcase is November 6th
FGCU Winter Games will be taking place on Thursday, October 30th from 11am to 1pm! This event will be a fun filled day for persons with disabilities to participate in various sports activities. Volunteers are needed to assist with set up, sports stations, and to act as “buddies” to the participants. Volunteer hours are from 9:30am to 2:30pm. For more information, please contact Lauren Morimanno at lamorimanno0809@eagle.fgcu.edu. Freedom Waters Foundation is looking for students to volunteer at this year’s Stone Crab Festival in Naples on October 25th & 26th! 2-3 hour shifts are available between 10am and 9pm Saturday AND between 10am and 5pm Sunday. Duties may include: selling raffle tickets, assisting at games booths, handing out information, clean up at end of event, or other tasks as requested. For more information, please contact Emily Hunter at ehunter8467@eagle.fgcu.edu. Koreshan State Historic Site will begin hosting a WEEKLY FARMER’S MARKET on Sunday, November 9, 2014! Assistance will be needed at the gate, with parking/parking lot services, and with cleanup. There will be room for at least 4-5 volunteers weekly from around 7:30am to 1pm. Please contact Mike Heare at Michael. heare@dep.state.fl.us or (239) 7078102 for more information. WGCU (on campus) presents family literacy workshops at 14 area Title I schools. The station provides singlepage handouts to parents who attend
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CORRECTIONS: In the Oct. 8 article “Three FGCU dining locations fail inspections,” the Catering Kitchen that failed its inspection is located in the Cohen Center, not Sugden Hall. The volleyball photo (right) that ran on the front page in the Oct. 8 issue was taken by Tessa Mortensen.
the workshops. Currently, all handouts are printed in English and WGCU seeks to provide Spanish versions. This project requires a student who is fluent in Spanish and can translate in writing from English to Spanish. WGCU anticipates this project to start late August or early September. For more details please contact Paula Sklodowski at 239-590-2510 or email psklodow@wgcu.org.
Colloquium Florida DEP is looking for volunteers to help build a new oyster reef for the Peace River in Punta Gorda. Kate Aug, Florida DEP Community Outreach Coordinator, is looking for individuals & groups. You must be able to lift 30 lbs. to make oyster bags. Most bagging events are scheduled Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8:30 am to 10:30 am or so. Some Saturday dates are available. Please contact Kate by phone or email. Katherine.Aug@dep.state.fl.us or call: (941)-575-5861 Charlotte Harbor Preserve is partnering with The Nature Conservancy to launch an oyster reef restoration project adjacent to the City of Punta Gorda’s Trabue Harborwalk. Volunteers are needed to: prepare mat material, make oyster mats and fill bags with shells, and deploy the materials in the water. If you are interested in participating, please contact Katherine Aug at (941) 575-5861 ext. 117 or via email Katherine.Aug@dep.state.fl.us.
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More than 300 students and faculty members participated in last year’s Make a Difference Day.
It’s time to go M.A.D. volunteering
By Jimena Tavel @fgcueaglenews Oct. 25 will be a life-changing day for many. Millions of volunteers will unite across the country to work for different causes. Volunteers in Southwest Florida are not the exception. Their volunteering will not only have an impact on the lives they are helping, but on their own lives as well. Florida Gulf Coast University’s third annual Make a Difference Day will be held from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. M.A.D.D. is possible in FGCU thanks to a generous grant from Wells Fargo every year, as well as e University Advancement and the Alumni Association. This is an event that allows FGCU students, alumni, faculty, staff members and Wells Fargo employees to volunteer together at different agencies. This year, the volunteering will take place in nine agencies off campus and three agencies on campus. National M.A.D.D. was created by USA Weekend magazine, with the collaboration of Points of Light, an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization headquartered in the United States dedicated to volunteer service. M.A.D.D. is an annual community service event across the country and is traditionally held on the fourth Saturday of October. The day kicks off when President Wilson Bradshaw and other speakers address the participants. Breakfast, lunch and shirts will be available for volunteers. A group picture will be taken. The volunteers will then proceed to agencies off-campus by bus or to an on-campus site until 1 p.m. According to program assistant Kelsey Wilkinson, last
year’s M.A.D.D. had more than 300 participants who served at 11 agencies for more than 1,000 combined hours. This year, 350 participants are expected to serve at 12 agencies for more than a 1,200 combined hours of service. “The opportunity to take part in service to the community in which we live is not only a positive action that will have a positive benefit on those we serve, but it will also have a positive benefit to those doing the service,” Wilkinson said. The volunteers will be working on different projects at the agencies. The agencies off campus this year are Easter Seals Lily Academy, Gulf Coast Humane Society, Harry Chapin Food Bank, Quality Life Center, Heights Foundation (and neighborhood), Gladiolus Food pantry in partnership with the Harlem Heights Improvement Association, Salvation Army and Vester Marine and Environmental Science Research Field Station. The on-campus agencies this year are the FGCU Campus Physical Plant, Family Resource Center and Food Forest. Jessica Rhea, director of community engagement at FGCU, has been organizing M.A.D.D. since the first year in 2012. “Our FGCU mission states that we are a university that values public service and encourages civic responsibility. M.A.D.D. is one of the ways we show our community that we don’t just talk this talk, we walk this walk: Go Out and Go M.A.D.” Rhea said. Tatiana Rodriguez, junior marketing major, has volunteered in different agencies since M.A.D.D. started at FGCU. “My freshman year was the first year of Make a Difference Day. I loved it so much that I wanted to continue
doing it every year.” Rodriguez said. “It has become a tradition. It makes me feel very proud to be a student here at FGCU.” “One of my takeaways from this amazing event — it’s to appreciate all the hard work we all do for a common goal.” Rodriguez said about her experience in M.A.D.D. Daniel Hernandez, a senior business management major, has volunteered every year M.A.D.D. started. This will be his third year volunteering at the Harry Chapin Food Bank. “I strongly believe in helping the hungry and homeless.” Hernandez said. When asked what his favorite part of M.A.D.D was, he said, “Being able to help and hopefully have an impact on someone and inspiring them to help others.” Hernandez said. “Developing event planning skills, meeting new people, working outside, having a feeling of connectedness” are only a few of the aspects Danielle Benson, a junior nursing major, mentions about her work in M.A.D.D. She worked to help plan the tree planting/campus beautification site last year, and will continue doing so this year as well. “The immense support that many individuals, and staff/faculty members, provide to unconditionally support students to accomplish their goals and/or aspirations.” Benson said as to what surprises her the most. Students, faculty, staff and alumni who wish to participate can register by visiting the FGCU ServiceLearning Facebook page or http://conta.cc/1wZkmZn. The last day to register is Friday, Oct. 17 at midnight.
Speaker hopes to make students think before they drink By Jessica Souza Assistant news editor @Jessica_E_Souza
Lori Hart will come to campus Tuesday, Oct. 21 to host a discussion about drinking responsibly.
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When’s the last time you had a few too many drinks? “A Few Too Many: Our Campus Culture of Alcohol” by Lori Hart, Ph.D. is a program that is coming to Florida Gulf Coast University. Hart aims to challenge students in a fun, casual way. Hart has a background in higher education and got her start with public speaking in 1999 at conferences and conventions at universities, but has been a full-time public speaker since 2001. “I don’t like to think of myself as a public speaker, but rather a facilitator that knows how to craft a message for a large audience,” Hart said. “I have a lot of audience involvement and activities. Not cheesy games, but ways to get people involved so it’s not just me lecturing.” Priya Thomas, director of prevention and wellness at FGCU, selected Hart from a company called Campus Speak, which provides different speakers that cover different topics to universities. FGCU has been working with Campus Speak for alcohol speakers since 2007. “We haven’t had Dr. Hart here in a while. She’s very lighthearted but direct,” Thomas said. “She has a great sense of humor, she’s honest, and she works with Greek life and students so she knows the issues and concerns.” According to prevention and wellness’ Most Eagles campaign, 82.7 percent of FGCU students consume alcohol once per week or less. The survey from 2012 also states that 76.2 percent of FGCU students average three or fewer drinks a week and 78.7 percent of FGCU students have not driven while under the influence in the past year. The point of having Hart speak is to generate thought-provoking ideas and questions among students in a fun way.
“I’d like for students to understand the science behind the way their brain is and the impact that a small decision can have on the rest of your life,” Hart said. “A small decision to drink a lot on a Tuesday night can affect a Wednesday morning test, which can affect your GPA, which can affect you getting into med school or not. And I want them to know what those specific tips that you can incorporate into your life are.” Don’t drink? No problem. Hart makes no assumption that everyone in the audience drinks and makes her program relevant for even non-drinkers. “It can be funny to those of you who don’t drink,” Hart explained. “I had a group come up to me afterwards the other week and they told me, ‘No, we don’t drink, but we get what you’re saying.’” “We hope to engage with students,” Thomas said. “And we encourage and empower them to think about healthier, safer, smarter decisions.” Hart’s presentation is a part of prevention and wellness’s Alcohol Responsibility Week. Prevention and wellness will have events going on through the whole week, with Hart’s hour-long program as a highlight. “If you learn nothing else, remember this: your behavior is a function of the people and environment you surround yourself with,” Hart said. “But every single person will get something different out of it.” Prevention and wellness has been hosting Alcohol Responsibility Week since 2011, but this year is the biggest with five departments and nine Greek organizations and councils acting as sponsors. “A Few Too Many: Our Campus Culture of Alcohol” will be presented in the Cohen Center Ballroom on Oct. 21. There is a 6:30 p.m. session limited to Greeks and an 8 p.m. session for the entire campus. Alcohol Responsibility Week is Oct. 20-24 and the schedule of events can be found on the Prevention and Wellness website, www.fgcu. edu/wellness.
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Students fetch donations for dogs in need
By Paige Oswald @fgcueaglenews
Last week, Florida Gulf Coast University students decided to use the last few dollars in their pockets to purchase a tennis ball. Pause for Paws, a student-run organization on campus that volunteers with dogs and cats at the Gulf Coast Humane Society, tabled all week to raise money for GCHS. The club raised $200 in total. The mission of the club is “to pause for a Jennifer Levin founded Pause for Paws two years ago out of her love for volunteering. The organization started out with just her and
Pause for Paws volunteer Mario Carbonell play with Jimmy, who only has three legs.
>> Registration continued early to register. I might just sleep in, I don’t think my classes will fill up.” Byars understands that not all students will like the change. “I’m sure there are some night owls who who won’t like it, but the benefits will probably outweigh the complaints.” “I think this will make registration
>> Yik Yak continued know that the content is coming straight from the ground.” As opposed to Twitter’s hashtags, Mullen added that the geographical location ensures the post actually came from that location. With nearly every anonymous posting application, there’s always a concern about cyber bullying. “With any social network, there’s going to be people that misuse the app,” Mullen said, “and we take incidents of bullying and cyber bullying really seriously. We have filters on every app that look for ‘hot words’ and phrases that set off red flags.” The app uses a moderation team that reads through posts and red flags 24 hours a day. Depending on the severity of a post, the moderation team can delete the post, temporarily suspend a user, or suspend the user indefinitely. “We’ve also given tools to the community so they can police themselves,” Mullens said. “Just like you can up-vote a post, you can down-vote it. When it gets to negative nine, a post is removed. There are also report features that our moderation team handles. We’ve noticed that the bigger a Yak community gets, the better they police themselves.” In order to keep the app from being used on high school and middle school campuses, the creators blocked access to the app within the geographic locations of high schools around the country. “Our filter will never be perfect in tracking down all the words that people use,” Mullen said, “but with the strength in numbers and Yakkers having each other’s backs, they’re really able to make it an enjoyable, safe and healthy experience.” Despite Yik Yak’s attempts to prevent negative and offensive posts, some students feel the anonymity only promotes
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easier for the advisers and easier for the students,” she said, “but we are exploring other registration options and seeing what our software will allow us to do. We’re trying this out and we’re also open to suggestions from students.” Students with suggestions to make registration easier can contact the Office of the Registrar at orr@fgcu.edu, or speak with their adviser.
negativity. “I feel like it’s just a way for students to bash others,” said junior elementary education major Kaitlynn Orlandi. “Housing tried a campaign called ‘Yik Yak Take Back,’ which was a movement that promoted positivity on the app. When I would post something positive, it would get so many down-votes that it would get deleted.” Freshman sports management major Max Costanzo says it’s a funny app, but people hide behind an anonymous post. “Some of the crazy stuff people post on there is hilarious,” Costanzo said. “Some kids can say stuff on there because they’re behind a computer and it’s all anonymous. If it wasn’t for that, a lot of the stuff wouldn’t be said.” Jeff Riley, a journalism professor and social media researcher at FGCU, believes that anonymous posting sites come and go, but Yik Yak has the potential to be a news source. It just depends on the users. “Anonymity on the Internet will probably always exist,” Riley said. “It started as that and it will always be that to some extent. As far as websites that sell themselves as an anonymous posting site, especially for college formatting, you’re going to see them pop up, run into legal issues, then disappear, and something else will take its place.” “It has an awesome potential for civic journalism and for community journalism in the same way that Twitter has done a lot of that. It all depends on how users use it, it’s about how people decide they want to act on this platform and how the owners of the site choose to moderate it.”
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50 members. “The club really sells itself,” Levin said. “You have to get those 80 hours anyway, so you can do it doing random things or playing with cats and walking dogs.” Pause for Paws has contributed more than 1,500 volunteer hours to the Gulf Coast Humane Society. But the animals at the shelter aren’t the only ones to benefit from the volunteering. On Oct. 10, members of Pause for Paws gathered at the GCHS for the first annual Tennis Ball Tumble. By purchasing a tennis ball for a dollar, students were put in a raffle for a $10 Starbucks gift cards. The more tennis balls a student purchased, the more likely he or she is to win.
Like a raffle, each ball that was purchased was labeled with a number. Levin organized the event by setting around 10 Frisbees upside down inside a gated play area for the dogs. Without the dogs present, members put all the tennis balls into buckets and threw them over the gate. Ten balls landed inside the Frisbees, resulting in 10 gift card winners. Pause for Paws believes that a majority of their funds were thanks to club member Carly Randazzo, who dressed in a Dalmatian suit while fund raising. The club members call her the Donation Dalmatian. “I’m a very bubbly person, so I thought it would be fun to dress up and be crazy,” Randazzo said. Despite her success, Randazzo said she is not going to be a Dalmatian for Halloween. Even after the Tennis Ball Tumble, Levin and several members of Pause for Paws stuck around the humane society to do some volunteer work. FGCU student Mario Carbonell says he likes to volunteer because of his love for animals and his desire to make a difference. “Everyone has a part,” Carbonell said. “All you need is to show a little patience and a little commitment to something, and that’s what we do here.” To get involved with Pause for Paws contact Jennifer Levin at JKLevin3085@ eagle.fgcu.edu For more information about the Gulf Coast Humane Society, visit: www. gulfcoasthumanesociety.org
Hockey funding at risk
By Megan Turetsky @MeganTuretsky Student Government put the club hockey team on ice at Tuesday night’s senate meeting. The bill was indefinitely tabled, leaving the team without SG funding. The bill encompassed ice time at Germain Arena for the Division 2 and Division 3 teams. Originally, the bill was for $69,374; however, sponsor CJ Duffie plans to amend it down to $50,000. SG members have cited finance code violations for the tabling of the bill. Senators said that the organization’s tryout fees, and club dues are against the finance code. The hockey club has been active on the FGCU campus for more than 13 years — with league dues and tryout fees — and has never been told it was in violation of the finance code in the past.
Currently, the club’s budget is approximately $147,000, and it is mostly funded through donations and sponsorships. The organization has many fundraisers to sustain its mission, fundraising more than most registered sports clubs at Florida Gulf Coast University. Many other SG-funded organizations on this campus function similarly — with league dues and tryouts. Without the money from SG, the club currently is unsure of the outcome. “We don’t know what will happen with this club,” Coach Bob Brinkworth said. “We will have to meet and discuss the future of the organization.” Currently, there are 60 students playing on the Division 2 and 3 travel teams. Most of the team was in attendance, along with coaches and board of director members.
Police beat 10/07/2014 2:24 p.m. A resident director requested an officer to meet at Osprey Hall while a student was moving out due to his suspension. The officer stood by while the resident collected his belongings and followed him off of campus without any issues. 10/07/2014 4:36 p.m. A dog was found swimming in front of the North Lake waterfront, and was brought to the bathhouse with no identification. The individual who found the dog advised that they will take the dog to Lee County Animal Control. 10/07/2014 4:57 a.m. A complainant reported an intoxicated male in the lobby of Biscayne Hall. EMS was dispatched, but the subject refused transport. He stated that he is attempting
to join a fraternity and members of the frat “made” him consume a large amount of vodka as a condition to get into the fraternity. 10/08/2014 5:50 p.m. A South Village resident reported that she had received a threatening phone call from a blocked telephone number. She recognized the voice and requested to speak with an officer about the situation. 10/09/2014 8:25 a.m. A housing employee in West Lake Village requested assistance with keying into the room of an unruly resident who refused to open the bedroom door. The resident was detained in accordance with the Baker Act, which allows for the involuntary examination of people suspected to be mentally ill and a danger to themselves or others.
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Be our guest: Fort Myers students will come to Eagle EXPO Open House By Dylan Schmittler @fgcueaglenews For years, Florida Gulf Coast University has hosted Eagle EXPO Open House during the third Saturdays of October and February. This gives prospective students a chance to come and visit the FGCU campus Visitors will be able to talk with students, faculty members, advisers and staff who are part of the everyday environment in and around FGCU. These people will offer the attendees advice on how to apply and what to expect at FGCU. This October, there will be an addition to the expo. For the first time, FGCU’s Youth Development & Empowerment ambassadors are working to bring middle and high school students from the Fort Myers area to campus, in an effort to get more kids interested in getting a college education. Michel Dakendo and Madeline Heath are working for the Office of Service Learning as Service-Learning ambassadors. “This is giving us a chance to promote the new ambassadors program at FGCU,” Dakendo said.
>> Electric cars continued its sustainability achievements — still so dependent on gas? The question, it turns out, has many possible answers. FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw points out that the school is happy to accommodate eco-friendly drivers, but only if there is a demand. “Right now, we don’t have plans to build electric charging stations because there haven’t been any requests. By just looking around, I can tell you that I’ve only seen one other hybrid [oncampus],” Bradshaw said. Bradshaw is the owner of a 2012 Chevy Volt, a PHEV that gets almost 40 mpg using gas only and about 60 mpg using both gas and battery power. His reserved parking space near Edwards Hall contains the only on-campus charging station, which, according to Bradshaw, was “donated by a local branch of a national company.”
According to the FGCU website, these people have a special opportunity for personal and professional growth and development. To be an ambassador, you must commit to the program for the entire academic year. You must also have a 2.5 or greater cumulative grade point average and participate in a minimum of four hours of tabling and recruitment every month. There are five impact areas for ServiceLearning Ambassadors, one of which is the youth development and empowerment area. Michel and Heath are working with the youth development and empowerment coordinators. As ambassadors, they are liaisons between FGCU students and community agencies. These people create events through a partnership with these agencies to promote service-learning and provide volunteer opportunities to FGCU students. “Our impact area will be Youth Development and Empowerment,” Heath said. One other group that is critical to the expo is the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers. This is a professional housing management governmental
Probably one of the biggest factors preventing BEVs and PHEVs from becoming more common at FGCU is the price tag. Most new hybrids cost somewhere in the range of $25,000 to $35,000. Despite long-term savings on fuel and repairs (electric motors have fewer moving parts, which results in less maintenance), the initial cost is generally not feasible for college students. The future of electric vehicles is far from hopeless, however. There are more mass-produced BEVs and PHEVs on the market now than ever, and they are becoming more affordable. “We’re open to change,” Bradshaw said. “I think electric cars are definitely in line with FGCU’s mission.” Are you a student with an electric, hybrid or fuel-efficient car? You might be eligible for preferred parking — visit http:// www.fgcu.edu/Parking/decals. html for a list of qualifying vehicles.
corporation that owns, manages, develops and administers federal state and local housing and social service programs for low, very low and moderate income families. This also successfully implements national housing policies and incorporates family self-sufficiency as a main component for transitioning families from welfare to into work. Dakendo and Heath partnered with the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers beginning this year. It is the first year FGCU and HACFM has created a partnership. HACFM works to provide housing for low income families and is committed to serving the community. “We are closely working with Mr. Twaski Jackson,” Michel said. Jackson is the Director of Client Services at HACFM. The ambassadors also have collaborated on creating the Eagles Inspire program and are utilizing the Eagle Expo event to bring middle and high school students from HACFM to the campus of FGCU. Here, volunteers from FGCU will partner with a student from HACFM as a mentor and develop a mentee relationship
to have a one-on-one experience with a college student. Everyone will meet as a group in the morning for ice-breakers, to create name tags, and to partner FGCU volunteers with students from HACM. Participants will have a campus tour together and then mentors and mentees will split up to visit individual areas of interest. They will all regroup in the afternoon for lunch and a question-and-answer session, and will end with a mock graduation ceremony, in which HACFM students will dress in a cap and gown and be presented with a diploma. After everything is complete, the visitors will have photos taken. The ambassadors hope to give these students the vision that they too can go to college. Both Michel and Heath are firstgeneration college students, so they have a special connection to this mission. They hope that by providing a one-on-one mentor experience, it will give this group of young people someone to look up to and inspire them. Organizers are expecting about 60 people to participate in this part of the expo, including students, parents and volunteers.
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ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE By Brenna Tucker @Brenna_tucker The most recent season of “American Horror Story” is filled with human deformity turned into something special. The season premiere was one that made viewers lose sleep. Bryan Coronel, a junior majoring in health science, said the first episode wasn’t bad, but it was weird. Just as he expected it. Weird is the understatement of the year. We meet all the same actors in new characters. Jessica Lange is the leader of a crew of monsters. She is the one who seeks out the people in society who are considered freaks and provides them with a home. Sarah Paulson plays Siamese twins who are supposed to revitalize the Freak Show and bring back business. As a viewer, we follow the twins’ story. In the hospital an X-ray goes over the twins’ body, and we see how they are conjoined. The viewer even sees the thought process of the girls and how they are able to think together. On top of all the freaks and monsters, there is always the scary clown that haunts the nightmares of many. This season there is a serial killing clown that locks up women and children. “[It] was good, but disturbing. [It had] questionable ethics and the clown is scary,” sophomore biology major, Lindsey Kiselewski said. Even at the end of the episode the audience is not sure what the point of the killer clown is, but he’s seen watching over the freaks as they take actions into their own hands after
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being violated by local authorities. The now outlaws of the freak show are banded together and become a family as the killer clown watches in the distance. The clown only has a few scenes, but we know that there is more of him to be seen in future episode. This season is filmed not too far from Florida Gulf Coast University in Jupiter, FL. Although the setting is in a time period of more than 50 years ago, it’s a little eerie that it’s so close to home. Throughout the episode the viewer is presented with the question as to who the real freaks are — the townsfolk watching the freaks for entertainment or the people with physical deformities. As the season continues on, more questions should be answered and more freaks will be introduced. Hopefully, backstories will be revealed and the future of the freak show will be prosperous. In the next episode, Emma Roberts finally makes her appearance in the season as a fortune-teller. Stay tuned for the next episode and the rest of the season. Sweet dreams, freaks.
‘It is not a scandal, it is a sex crime’ Jennifer Lawrence breaks silence on leaked nude photos By Madison Spector @MadiSpector
Actor Jennifer Lawrence spoke out about her nude photo leak in November’s issue of Vanity Fair. “Just because I’m a public figure, just because I’m an actress, does not mean that I asked for this,” Lawrence said. “It does not mean that it comes with the territory. It’s my body, and it should be my choice, and the fact that it is not my choice is absolutely disgusting. I can’t believe that we even live in that kind of world.” Over a month ago, more than 20 A-list female celebrity figures
discovered that their personal X-rated pictures shot on their cell phones had been hacked from their iCloud account and leaked on the Internet for all to see. A few of the victims included “The Hunger Games” star Lawrence, former Nickelodeon “Victorious” star Victoria Justice, “Glee” star Lea Michelle and many more. Of all the names on the list, only a handful had decided to speak out about the matter. Those who spoke out did it in a number of ways, which ranged from light and innocent humor, to claims that the photos were fake and facts that they were indeed real. “I was just so afraid. I didn’t know
how this would affect my career,” Lawrence began. She admitted to the fact that in August she had attempted to write a statement on the situation but quickly decided against it. “Every single thing that I tried to write made me cry or get angry. I started to write an apology, but I don’t have anything to say I’m sorry for. I was in a loving, healthy, great relationship for four years,” she recalled. “It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look online or he’s going to look at you.” Not only does this starlet have something to say about what went down in August, but students on campus do as
well. “To be honest, yes it’s an invasion of privacy, but at the same time, you should know there’s always a risk when you take sexual photos,” sophomore forensic science major Amanda Johnson said. “Photos don’t disappear when you delete them. Once it’s taken it stays with you forever. In a way they brought it upon themselves and should just be honest about it instead of saying it’s a sex crime. If they weren’t celebrities, no one would really care. It’d be on an adult website most likely.”
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Professional comics will perform free show Oct. 23 at FGCU By Jimena Tavel @taveljimena The Florida Gulf Coast University Programming Board will be hosting its first comedy show of the semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 in the Cohen Center Ballroom. The free show will feature Adam Mamawala and Noré Davis. Mamawala is an award-winning, 27-year-old standup comedian. He has
performed at more than 150 colleges in 35-plus states. Mamawala also recently appeared on an episode of MTV’s “Girl Code.” Davis is an actor, comedian and writer. He was most recently on “NickMom Night Out,” “Off the Chain” and “Gotham Comedy Live.” Davis told ComedianUSA that, “People may tell me I’m a clown, maybe so, but a comedian is just as good as a doctor. Never
underestimate the true power in laughter. Laughter is like medicine and I devote my life to it!” “Noré and Adam are college comedians and are going to talk about topics relating to college and our generation,“ said Nikko Valderrosa, Programing Board’s comedy committee director. “The Programming Board hopes to get a good crowd to have a night filled with laughter.” “I am really excited to see these
comedians because even though they are not as well known, they are super funny,” said Kaitlynn Orlandi, a junior elementary education major. “I’m also excited to work the event and bring students an event where they can come for free and just enjoy a funny comedy show.” The show will start with Mamawala and will close with Davis.
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Protein shakes aren’t just for muscle building By Klaudia Balogh @KlaudiaBaloghPR Do you ever run around all day and feel like those 24 hours are just not enough for everything? Eating the recommended four to five meals a day tends to be one of those things that end up on the back burner. At the end of the day, you realize you only ate a couple bites here and there. Shaking up your diet with protein shakes may be the alternative solution that will get you through the day. Brady Nelson, owner of Cape Coral Complete Nutrition store, explains to his customers how they can incorporate protein shakes in their daily routines. “A common reason why people don’t drink protein shakes is that they don’t know why they should drink them and how they should drink them,” Nelson said. Crystal Waters, a junior double majoring in finance and marketing, said she doesn’t drink shakes. “I have a lot of reasons why, but mostly because I don’t feel like I lift enough weights, and I’m not knowledgeable to really know how to consume protein supplements,” Waters said. Nelson goes straight to the point when someone is hesitant about protein shakes. “If they eat chicken, fish and steak, then there should be no reason why they shouldn’t have a protein shake as one of their meals,” he said. Those shakes are also a great source of protein for vegans and vegetarians. Nelson said that protein shakes are an effective way to keep your calorie intake low and still get the protein and nutritional elements your body needs. It also helps you cut out unnecessary carbs and fat. Does this mean that you have to drink protein shakes to maintain a healthy lifestyle? If you have the time and access to eat enough food that has the amount of protein your body needs a day, then you’re all set. However, most of the food and snacks we can buy and eat instantly are low in protein and high in carbs and fat. Nelson said that both men and women usually don’t eat enough protein, so these shakes are a good alternative. Joan Faris, registered dietitian and nutritionist at Florida Gulf Coast University, said that an active adult needs 0.4 to 0.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight. So, for example, a 150-pound male needs 60 to 75 grams of protein per day. The more physically active you are the more protein your body needs. “To put this in perspective, six ounces of chicken breast provides approximately 42 grams protein. The average protein shake provides 20 to 30 grams of protein,” Faris said. Now that you know that there is no reason for you not to drink protein shakes, here are a couple ways how. Nelson said that you could have a shake one to two times a day — twice for women
on days when they work out and once on rest days. Men could drink two shakes every day. “Lots of people like starting their days with a shake for breakfast because it’s quick, easy, healthy and gives you a good morning start,” Nelson said. If you drink a protein shake to replace breakfast, he suggests adding fruits and some complex carbs such as oatmeal, which is a good source of fiber. Fiber helps you feel full longer because it’s a slowly digestive carbohydrate, so your body breaks it down slower. Faris said that other good times for shakes are before and after resistance training. “It has been shown to stimulate muscle protein synthesis,” she said. Mixing protein with just water postworkout helps with fast muscle recovery. The advantage of drinking a shake after your workout instead of eating a meal is that a shake takes 40 minutes to digest, while it takes six hours to digest food. Because your body digests protein faster, it ensures a more effective muscle recovery. Nelson said that you can mix your protein powder with almond milk for better flavor and creamier texture; however, it makes the digestive process slower, so it could defeat the purpose of drinking it. Paddy Murphy, a junior majoring in communication, has six meals a day. Two of them are shakes that he mixes with water. “I drink a shake before and after my workouts. The flavors aren’t always the greatest, but this is just something you have to put up with,” he said. You might have to try a couple of flavors before you find the right one. There are all sorts of flavors available on the market such as chocolate, vanilla, cookies and cream, cinnamon and peanut butter. Drinking these shakes helps you get through your day without going six or seven hours without food. Shakes will also help boost your metabolism, which will prevent you from gaining weight. Remember that a protein shake counts as a meal. You might feel hungry after an hour of drinking it because your body digests it quickly. But it doesn’t mean you should go ahead and have some food, because that could lead to weight gain. Faris said it’s possible to put on fat from having an excess amount of protein in your diet. If you do decide to replace one or two of your meals with shakes, try to stay away from the premade ones that you find in grocery stores. “Homemade shakes and smoothies are almost always less expensive and of higher quality than more processed store bought products,” Faris said. “You have the advantage of determining the ingredients and customizing the amounts based on your particular needs.” Protein shakes aren’t for everyone, so talk to a dietitian to determine if they’re right for you.
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For a healthy breakfast, blend a scoop of chocolate For another wholesome breakfast shake recipe, blend a protein powder, a cup of frozen berries, half a cup of dry scoop of cinnamon protein powder, a cup of oatmeal and a oatmeal and six to eight ounces of water. banana with six to eight ounces of water.
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Ally Kasun maneuvers defenders in game against Lipscomb University on Sunday.
Oct. 10- Volleyball
FGCU USC Upstate
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FGCU stat leaders Kills: Olivia Mesner 14 Hitting Percentage: Olivia Mesner 82.4% Digs: Mackenzie Allen 11
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FGCU stat leaders Kills: Olivia Mesner 18 Hitting Percentage: Sydney Ferguson 40% Digs: Whitney Masters 23
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Albert Ruiz
Aaron Guillen
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Tabby Tindell
Shannen Wacker
48:35
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Shannen Wacker
Tabby Tindell
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Anna Lail
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Santiago Echeverri
Cian McDonald
The week ahead in FGCU Athletics
10/16-19 M Tennis ITA Regionals (Athens, Ga.) All Day
10/17 Swimming University of the Incarnate Word 4 p.m.
10/17 Volleyball Lipscomb 6 p.m.
10/17-20 W Tennis ITA Regionals (Tallahassee) All Day
10/18 Volleyball Northern Kentucky 6 p.m.
10/18 W Soccer Jacksonville 7 p.m.
10/20-21 M Golf Pinetree Intercollegiate All Day
10/21 M Soccer Florida Atlantic 7 p.m.
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Bubble Soccer bounces its way to FGCU on Oct. 23
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top-half of your body in an “orb.” “This is a first time for us and we’re really excited to see how it goes,” Bleich said. “We offer a lot of different things that with fitness and classes but we’ve never offered something like this. Everything we offer is somewhat noncontact and this is been the first time ever that is a little different in that aspect. “ In order to accommodate the high-demand, the event will offer one 10-minute game per team as opposed to a tournament style event. Teams will be coed and consist of (at least) two men and two women. “Students are going to be able to sign up for 10-minute time slots,” Bleich said. “We got the idea and wanted to accommodate as many people as possible. It doesn’t sound like a long time, but it is when you’re running around in a bubble. So instead of a tournament, where someone wins, everyone just gets one time slot so we can accommodate everyone.” Bleich said that Campus Rec will be renting the “orbs” instead of buying them for a league due to lack of storage and American retailers that sell them. “We finally found a company this summer that rents them and that seemed like the perfect fit,” Bleich said. “We
What do you get when you cross Jake Gyllenhaal from the 2001 movie, “Bubble Boy,” and combine that with the FIFA World Cup? Bubble soccer. Florida Gulf Coast University Campus Rec will be hosting an indoor bubble soccer event on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 8-11:45 p.m. on the main floor of Alico Arena. “Basically the goal is that you can play soccer somewhat aggressively because you can’t really get hurt when you’re in a bubble,” said Carl Bleich, Campus Rec’s intramural sports & special events coordinator. “It is pretty exciting. We’ve seen it all on YouTube, so we’ll have our own people out there and we’ll be releasing our photos and videos.” If you haven’t already seen the viral videos on YouTube or Vine, Bubble Soccer is exactly as it sounds: playing soccer in a bubble suit. However, unlike soccer’s 11-player lineup, bubble soccer requires five people per team, no goalkeepers, and the game goes for 10 minutes. Oh yeah, you’re also playing with the
could use them for a night and not have to worry about storing them. They’re big and bulky and we already have a lot of things in storage.” Bleich added that if the event is successful and the issue of storage and retailers is solved, there’s a strong possibility of bubble soccer returning as a regular event. Sign ups are now open on IMLeagues.com and are filling up fast.
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FGCU hockey has opener at Germain Arena By Jill Himmelfarvb Sports editor @jillhimmelfarb The Florida Gulf Coast University D2 hockey team will have its home opener at Germain Arena at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 against the Boston University Terriers. The team opened its season in an unusual fashion on the road. The Eagles played three games at the LaHaye Ice Centre in Lynchburg, Virginia. The FGCU D2 hockey team began its season against Miami of Ohio on Friday, Oct. 10. The Eagles came off the ice with a win over Miami, 3-2. “All the teams we played this weekend are normally high-ranked teams in our region,” Coach Bob Brinkworth said.
“Especially Miami, which is usually a top two or three. Starting on the road like we did was especially gratifying for all the new players to get to know our existing players better. We have a very talented team this year.” The Eagles then played the Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday, Oct. 11 for another win, 4-1. They finished the weekend off Sunday, Oct. 12 with a third win on the road against the Liberty Flames, 6-1. The Eagles play mostly home games and starting the season on the road was a different route for the team. Coming home with three wins on the road to start the season was a great achievement for the team. “We competed well this weekend,” senior forward Anthony Yezek said. “We’re still trying to get to know each other on the ice
but the team is coming together nicely. We have excellent leadership this year and everyone wants to win as much as the next guy which I think is why we were able to be so successful this weekend without any games under our belt. I’m excited to see what this season is going to bring for the program.” The team will face the Boston University Terriers before welcoming the Liberty Flames to Germain Arena the following weekend on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25. The Eagles don’t go back on the road until the end of January before their last weekend of the regular season. This gives the team a great advantage to start falling into place with new players and new lines while on the home ice. “With the amount of returning players
we have and how far we went last year, we now know what it takes,” sophomore goaltender Tyler Tracy said. “This season everyone on the team must be willing to do whatever that turns out to be. Guys are slowly finding their role on the team and when everyone settles in and finds it, it will be a dangerous thing for any team that we play against. “This weekend definitely set the pace for this marathon of a season we have coming up so now we just have to keep the wheels rolling and stay on track. And I think every guy in that locker room is just as excited to get this season underway as I am,” he said. The D2 Eagles can be found at Germain Arena for the home opener this weekend. Students get in free with their Eagle ID cards and tickets cost $5.
Eagles send Spartans home empty-handed ByMike Danielewski @MDanielewski The Florida Gulf Coast University D3 hockey team set out to take on the Florida Atlantic University Owls at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at the IceDen in Coral Springs. At 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, The Owls travel to Germain Arena for the second game of the two-game series. Tickets are $5 at the door but are free with your Eagle ID. The Owls come with a losing record of 0-5-0, having lost in their matchups against the University of Miami, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. Forwards, Hunter Sheehan and Kenneth Renae pose an offensive threat for the Eagles. Goaltending for FAU looks to be of little resistance, and FGCU should look to exploit the struggling Owl’s goaltenders. Theo Slocum, Owls’ net minder, posts a 9.69 GAA, while backup goalie, Steven Krzeminski, posts a GAA of 8.68. “We can’t take them lightly,” Captain Mike Piatek said. “Teams in this league tend to play their best games against us. We’ve accumulated over 120 shots in 2 games and
we need to continue that throughout the season.” The Eagles competed in their first away game on Friday, Oct. 10 against the University of Tampa Spartans. FGCU posted their second undefeated weekend, punishing the Spartans with scores like 8-2 on Friday and 10-2 on Saturday. The Eagles outshot the U of T 122-30, throughout the weekend matchup. “The guys came out, skated hard, and took a lot of shots,” Coach Kevin Mixon said. “We’ve got a lot of new guys, and we’re getting a chance to see where they all fit. We need to continue to build on our systems, roll lines if we can and keep fresh legs on the ice.” After a scoreless first period, FGCU senior Paul Moneuse put the Eagles on the board after putting one past University of Tampa’s goaltender Gregory Lemrow. Four minutes after, assisted by Mike Piatek and Mike Divico, Moneuse put another one in the net. With four minutes left in the second period, Brett Sutton, assisted by Alfonso Diaz and Trevor Mullaly, sniped the Eagles’ third goal past Lemrow.
The third period gong show continued with the second goal scored by Sutton followed by two from McAleese. Shortly after, freshman Tyler Reichl put his first of the season on the board making the score 7-0 in favor of the Eagles. In the 15th minute of the third period, Piatek closed out scoring for FGCU when he put the puck past Lemrow on a pass from Moneuse. With less than three minutes to play, UT’s Caleb Rudder was finally able to put one behind Eagles’ goalie Tyler Toyota. Shortly after, the Spartans were able to get their second and final goal of the evening with a goal by Matthew Antonacci. Saturday night’s game was greeted by another great home crowd attendance. Scoring commenced with an unassisted goal from Eagles’ defender Marshall Edmondson, putting the puck behind Lemrow in the first minute of regulation. Shortly after, James Williams, assisted by Dan Sbrocchi and Zach Capco, put another one past the already shaken Tampa goaltender. In the second minute of the first period, Tampa bounced back with a goal scored by Drew Hunsberger. FGCU
retaliated with back-to-back goals scored by Trevor Mullaly and Mike Frank closing out the period with a score of 4-1 in favor if the Eagles. The second period started with a quick, unassisted, goal scored by the Spartans’ Darren Gazaille. For the University of Tampa, it was downhill from there. FGCU went on to score two powerplay goals, one from from Mullaly and the second by Brett Sutton. The third period started with a second goal from Sutton, assisted by McAleese and Mullaly. In the eighth minute of the third period, assisted by McAleese and Christian Casey, Mike Frank got his second of the night, sniping one behind backup goaltender Oli Karlsson. Karlsson went on to allow two more FGCU goals; one, during the sixteenth minute of play from McAleese, and a second from Williams. The Eagles finished off their meeting with the University of Tampa by outshooting the Spartans 59-11.
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Women’s soccer By Vanessa Mosquera @jnessam and Michael Flynn @Flynndarealest
The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s soccer team is currently undefeated, 5-0, in the A-Sun conference, and the Eagles’ overall record stands at 12-3. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Eagles will face off against Jacksonville University at home in a rematch of the 2013 A-Sun championship. Coach Jim Blakenship said that it was a goal for the team to get off to a strong start. However, none of the 241 fans in attendance expected the start to be as quick as it was. Tabby Tindell scored the first goal for the Eagles eight seconds into the match, making it the fifth fastest goal in NCAA Women’s Soccer history. Shannen Wacker scored shortly thereafter in what eventually became a 2-1 victory over Lipscomb. “We had a tremendous start today,” Blakenship said. “We got two [goals] early and it’s good to see our team respond under pressure”. Tindell’s goal marked her 15th of the season, tying her own season record she set during the 2013-14 season. It was also the 30th goal of her career making her the first player in the history of the school to reach that mark.
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Wacker also aided the Eagle’s attack early on with a goal at the 6:01 mark to give the Eagles’ a 2-0 lead and giving Wacker her eighth goal on the season. Lipscomb fought back in the second half with a long goal that cut the deficit to 2-1, but the Eagles eventually prevailed, aided by a strong defensive showing. The Eagles’ are focused on finishing strong the rest of the season. “We’re not going to let up because by no means will the other teams hand it over,” Wacker said. Northern Kentucky University Junior Ally Kasun scored two goals helping the Eagles win 2-0 over Northern Kentucky University on the first of five home games at the Sports Complex on Friday night. The first half was slow-paced as both teams looked for ways to finish a play but pressured each other well. The first goal came at the 33rd minute when sophomore Tabby Tindell fed the ball to Kasun through the middle, and she shot the right-top post 25 yards out putting the Eagles 1-0 ahead of NKU. “Ally is the engine that makes us go,” Blankenship said. “She’s been the guy that we go through, and she doesn’t have the numbers like she did her freshman year because we put
her in a different role and a different tactical situation. But as you can see she is very capable of stepping up and she put her stamp on this game. She scored two phenomenal goals.” Brittany Brown’s save in the fourth minute was also vital for Friday’s victory. NKU landed a penalty kick early in the game from an FGCU foul in the box. Brown dove to the right stopping the powerful shot, which left the crowd in awe. “The win is huge. It’s the first time we’ve been home in a while, so it’s nice. We started a little slow, but we got going and once we settled in they made my job easy,” Brown said. Senior Melissa Arnold assisted the second goal of the night with a corner kick that came at the 50th minute and Kasun headed into the net. The Eagles are the first to land a spot in the 2014 A-Sun Tournament. “We kind of dodged a bullet early,” Blankenship said. “We didn’t come out ready and they caught us by surprise and manufactured a penalty kick. Brownie came up big for us and made the save. She wasn’t tested very often but that was huge because it’s so early in the game and it’s not the start we wanted and it’s not the start we’ve had all year. But overall it’s a good result against a good team. It keeps us at the top of the league. Credit to them, their defense held up, their goalkeeping was good and we had opportunities to score that they withstood it.”
Seattle star Wilson bites the bitter bone in Week Six
By Ryan Dunne @ryandunne81 Seattle Seahawks quarterback: Russell Wilson On Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, quarterback Russell Wilson looked like a quarterback who was 5-foot11. Wilson completed only 14 of 28 passes for 126 yards and an interception. Wilson faced pressured from a Cowboys’ defense that is starting to find their grove as they were able to sack Wilson twice in the game. This is a rare spot for Wilson as he most likely won’t be in the Doghouse much this season. However, Wilson needs to make sure this type of performance doesn’t happen again because the high-flying Seattle defense looks weaker than they did last year, thus making it harder for them to maintain leads. Wilson and the Seahawks head to St. Louis to face a Rams team that is last in the league in sacks. New York Jets running back: Chris Ivory A quarterback’s best friend is his running game, especially when that quarterback is the struggling Geno Smith. So for running back Chris Ivory to turn into the
performance he did against the Denver Broncos, the losing outcome was no surprise. Ivory ran for only seven yards on eight carries for the New York Jets, thus forcing Smith to have to throw the ball more. For the Broncos, it was the perfect plan. Make sure Ivory doesn’t get going, force Geno to throw, and then stop him to get Peyton Manning on the field. When you run the ball successfully, you control the clock. For Ivory, he has to find a way to get it going offensively since his best game this year was when he rushed for just over 100 yards against the Oakland Raiders in week one. Ivory will have to do so in a short week as the Jets head to New England to take on the Patriots on Thursday night. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver: Cordarrelle Patterson Since having an explosive first week with a long touchdown run, wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson has barely been a factor since. On Sunday against the Detroit Lions, Patterson only had two catches for 15 yards on eight targets. Patterson is a receiver who possesses a lot of speed that can burn defenses as he showed his rookie season. Patterson, who led the team in targets, complained about
not getting the ball enough in the loss on Sunday. Head Coach Mike Zimmer said. “If he wants the ball, tell him to get open.” One thing is for sure, you either give the ball to Patterson deep, or short to make sure he has enough space to make moves in the open field with the talent he has. Look for Patterson to try and turn it around as he and the Vikings head to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers on Sunday. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense I decided to start putting a whole defense in here instead of just calling out one player since for defenses it is usually a whole effort for either being good or bad. For this effort, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is in the Doghouse. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco had a field day in a 48-17 win as he picked apart a secondary that has looked awful this season. Flacco made history throwing five touchdown passes in the first 16 minutes of the game, the fastest start in an NFL game. The Buccaneers, who have plenty of talent on defense, has not performed well this season. The Buccaneers will have an easier test this Sunday as they host the Minnesota Vikings.
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Dunk City After Dark marks return of men’s basketball By Matt Shipley Assistant sports editor @matthshipley Get ready Eagles fans, we’re a month away from our annual trip to Dunk City. The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball team is gearing up for its season following last year’s disappointing finish in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament finals. Kicking off the season will be FGCU’s Dunk City After Dark pep rally, which also can be seen live on ESPN3 for the secondstraight year and will showcase both the men’s and women’s team. The event will include an introduction video, 3-point contest, a scrimmage by the Men’s team, player skits and the fan-favorite dunk contest. The Eagles will begin their season in Alico Arena when they host Nova Southeastern University on November 15. Eagle News had a chance to sit down with Brett Comer and discuss this game and more on the season. Comer is one of five seniors departing after this year along with Marcus Blake, Nate Hicks, Jamail Jones and Bernard Thompson. Comer discussed his departure saying, “It’s weird [being a senior]. I feel like I have been here forever but I’m actually now realizing that this is my last year, which is kind of strange. I’m excited. I want to get through this year and get back to the tournament and not go out on a sour note like Chase had to do last year. Me, Bernard, and Jamail have been determined to not go out like that.” Last season, FGCU fell to Mercer University in the championship round of the A- Sun tournament. Mercer, along with East Tennessee State University, have since left the A-Sun leaving FGCU as the clear choice for first place in this year’s pre-season rankings by both the Coaches and Media
Polls. The Eagles also took over individual player preseason honors with Comer, Thompson and Jones all getting selected to the Preseason All-Conference team. In addition, Thompson was honored with both the Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason Defensive Player of the Year awards. Comer was the Facebook Fan-Voted Pre-Season Player of the Year but when asked about this he stated, “It’s nice to see that but at the end of the day it’s pre-season none of that matters. I think the last two years Torey Craig from Upstate got preseason [POTY] but ended up not being the Player of the Year. You can’t predict how people are going to play.” FGCU lost two key role players this offseason with the departure of Eric McKnight and Dejuan Graf. Though they lost two, they still had five players who were ineligible due to NCAA transfer rules that will now be on the court this season. “It’s sad to see them go,” Comer said. “But you have to move on and live with what you got. I think we ended up upgrading. We lost two but we’re bringing in five.” In addition, incoming freshmen are looking strong and seem to be contributing to the team more than expected. Comer, along with the rest of the team, is always optimistic about their future, and this year is no different. They plan on making it back to the tournament, and they know no one strong enough is in their way. The A-Sun Conference is eight teams now where FGCU gained all but one vote in each of the pre-season polls that ranked them first. Comer showed his confidence in his team and told me, “I think even if Mercer was still in the league, we would be optimistic. We want to play them but they don’t want to play us. This might be the best team we have ever had skill-wise.”
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Senior Brittany Brown excels on and off field By Dylan Schmittler @Dylansfgcu In only three years at Florida Gulf Coast University, Brittany Brown has left her mark on the women’s soccer team. She has a 39-9-7 record as the goalie during her run at FGCU. Thirty-seven of those outings were starts for Brown. Raised in Rochester, New York, she remembers seeing players such as fellow Rochester native Abby Wambach play for the United States national team. Her number, 33, is very special to her and her family. “My dad is from Boston. He’s a huge Larry Bird fan, so he was always number 33. My brothers were also 33, so I figured I’d have 33 and carry the tradition,” Brown said. Her dad was also instrumental in her decision to come to FGCU. He was able to visit FGCU because he has a place down in Florida during the winter. “I came to visit him, and we came to the school to talk to Jim [Blankenship]. It kind of all fell into place from there,” Brown said. Before arriving at FGCU, Brown was a terrific soccer and basketball player at Greece Athena High School in Rochester, New York. According to FGCU Athletics, Brown was a five-year varsity player, fouryear starter and three-time captain. She also received one All-County honorable mention, one second-team selection, a pair of first team honors and was also named to third and fifth team All-State in both her junior and senior year. She also played and started on the varsity basketball team. She helped her team reached the State finals three out of her four years in high school. During her freshman year at FGCU, she was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team and was named Atlantic Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Week three times during the season. She also had nine shutouts and made 19 straight starts at one point during first year with the Eagles. As a sophomore, she was the 2013 Atlantic Sun Goalkeeper of the Year and was one the 2013 A-Sun All-Conference First Team. She also led the conference with 0.82 goals against average and seven shutouts.
This season, Brown has a 12-3 record with 0.71 goals against average. She also has made 55 saves. Her favorite moment playing for FGCU was when she was the winning goalie when FGCU defeated Mercer 1-0 to win the 2012 Atlantic Sun Tournament at FGCU. In the final, Ally Kasun scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Eagles the win
BROWN and the conference title over Mercer. She said that her role model is United States national team goalie Tim Howard. She looks up to him as a fellow goalkeeper. She said that she loves to be around everyone on the team including the coaches. She also likes the fact that you get so close to the girls on the squad and the coaches. They become one big family and a support system towards each other. “I mean, we are all so unique that is really does not matter who you will be around; we each have our own aspect we bring to the team,” Brown said. Brown also is a terrific person on and off the soccer field. She will be graduating with a 4.3 GPA and a degree in biology from FGCU after switching her major from exercise science to biology. She is also a member of the National Honor Society. She hopes to become a physical therapist. Brown says that she hopes to continue her career in soccer after her playing days are over at FGCU. In only three years at FGCU, Brown has established herself as one of the best soccer players to ever play for the Eagles. She has the chance to lead the Eagles all-time in saves, wins, save percentage and saves per game. Brown already leads in both goals against average and saves per game.
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Just say no to the anonymous app By Megan Turetsky @MeganTuretsky Yik Yak is apparently the newest thing on our college campus and needs to be gone just as quickly as your dream of getting straight A’s. Do you remember FormSpring? That awful anonymous-0question website that we used in high school to tell people that they were ugly? Meet its ugly stepsister. Unlike Formsping, Yik Yak is designed for college campuses and is GPS-enabled. Each anonymous post has a 200-character word limit.
I decided to download Yik Yak and see what all the fuss was about, and I was amazed that these are the topics that our university’s students are concerned about. The statements went from talking about the hot chick in someone’s math class, to how much someone hated their professor, to complaining about their tummy troubles from SoVi. A lot of the comments were strictly gossip, and I quickly realized that this website seemed more like a diary than social media. Most of the posts on the app were sharing secrets about the authors, and many times secrets about others —
advancing the rumor mill on the Florida Gulf Coast campus. Although I thoroughly enjoy the highly comedic yaks such as “When I die I want my group project members to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time,” or, “If Pluto can make a comeback, so can my GPA,” these seem few and far between. For the most part, the yaks seem to just be “slut-shaming,” Greek gossip and about trips to the little yakkers room. I’m not saying that we need to bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and sing “Kumbaya,” but this idea that constantly oversharing because you know
that anonymity is an integral aspect of the website seems a bit aggressive. Yik Yak has become a venue to write whatever terrible thing you want, have it broadcast to the world and then never have to own up to it. I am a big advocate for having a soapbox — I write for a newspaper. I believe that the First Amendment is one of the most important laws in the United States, and it makes America the great country that it is. But I’m pretty sure that James Madison didn’t quite expect the soapbox being an anonymous cellphone app. See related story on page A1
Give me tailgates or give me death By Alex Boyer @AlBoyer At colleges throughout the country, tailgating and sports seem to go hand in hand. Hours before a school’s sporting event, students cook out, socialize, play games and typically enjoy a beer. For many years, tailgating has been seen as a tradition at these universities. Even though our school isn’t as large as many other universities, students still definitely have a selection of stellar sports teams to go out and support. We all know the amount of talent that many of our athletes possess, from Florida Gulf Coast University being coined as “Dunk City” after our first year in the NCAA tournament, to our baseball players that have been drafted by major league baseball, and even our men’s soccer team that is currently 3-1 in the A-Sun Conference this season. Our club sports perform successfully, too, with FGCU’s men’s lacrosse team competing at the 2014 MCLA National Championships. We don’t lack in the talent department when it comes to the sports here, but our tailgates are definitely lacking something. As most students know, FGCU is a “dry” campus, meaning that alcohol is not allowed anywhere around or on campus. Although students who are 21 and older are allowed to have alcohol in their dorm rooms, alcoholic beverages aren’t allowed to be consumed at tailgates. While drinking most certainly isn’t one of the only ways to have fun, tailgating before a big game, cooking out and having a couple
beers are activities that create a memorable experience that pairs perfectly with sports and will forever remind you of the fun you had in college. FGCU is known for how safe the campus and the surrounding area are, and we have many organizations and clubs that would willingly follow the rules. Students should be able to get a true college experience and have a good time with their friends when they are at the legal drinking age. Real tailgates will also make more students want to attend our team’s games, leading to greater moral support from the spectators to the athletes and a possible enhancement of our players performances. Many loyal sports fans found their love of sports at their very first game, and for many of those people, this occurred in college. There’s just something about the tradition of tailgating that makes sports so much more fun. Being able to relax, hang out with friends and support your school all at the same time is a tradition that I know many FGCU students wish we fully had. If alcohol was allowed at tailgates before sporting events, students could experience a tradition that has been going on across the country for a very long time. The most imperative priority in college is definitely schoolwork, but memories and experiences are also extremely important. With our outstanding athletes and our beautiful sports facilities, we have the perfect setup for an unforgettable experience. If students are old enough to purchase and consume alcohol, they should be allowed to wind down and enjoy a drink before they support our athletes.
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Reality TV shows skew real romance By Lauren Smith @LSmithPBG “Reality” TV has increased dramatically in popularity over the past five years. Shows range from little brats crying over a tiara to an inside look at celebrities lives. Let’s face it: we’re simply addicted to this contorted version of reality. However, in the past year and a half, I’ve noticed an increase in romance-based shows. What once started as just “The Bachelor” has spiraled into “Millionaire Matchmaker,” “The Perfect Match,” “Dating Naked” and many more. The idea behind this is simple: Romance always makes for great television. Millions of women (and men) flock to his or her living rooms to watch this week’s romance and troubles play out on their screens. But how healthy is this? Older generations know that “reality” as portrayed on TV, truly isn’t reality at all. All the young bloods out there believe it’s real. The types of relationships displayed
on these shows are generally unrealistic, harmful and, nine out of 10 times, completely staged. We, as a society, have tried to idealize and romanticize complete and utter lies. The scariest part is we accept and choose to believe these lies as truth. No longer is getting to know someone and taking things slow a viable option for the dating world. Reality shows have taught us that love is instant, stupidly passionate, incredibly dramatic and that it can be broken down into a few mathematical equations. It has taught us that we are not capable of finding love on our own. That we need someone to point at another person and say, “This is who you’re supposed to be with.” These shows devalue what love actually is and what it’s supposed to mean. It’s taken a concept that has been around since the dawn of time and is an integral part of our cultures and turned it into a game. We have become a society of lonely people who believe they can’t be whole without another person. That there’s a void
nothing else can fill except the “love” of another person. It’s simply not true. We need to turn off the TV, find ourselves and redefine our screwed up and twisted definition of what “love” actually is. We need to learn the importance of selflove. Many of the lonely singles on these shows will talk about how they need to find someone to find and love themselves. While I do believe it is possible to love another when you’re not exactly happy where you’re at, I don’t believe in being with someone when you don’t even know who you are. Think about it. Do you honestly know your likes, dislikes, hobbies or passions? If someone were to ask the dreaded, “So tell me about yourself,” would you be able to answer? If you don’t even know who you are, how are you supposed to get to know someone else? How are you supposed to create the bonds needed at a practical level to have a meaningful and sustaining relationship?
You can’t. Reality television doesn’t focus or even go to a deeper level. They focus solely on the superficial and the aesthetic. I honestly can’t tell you how many times I heard, “He’s hot, I want to date him,” or any other variation come out of the mouths of not only those on the shows but my peers around me. We need to stop caring about the superficial so much. What happened to the days when we fell in love with someone because of the passion in their eyes when they talked about something or the way they treated us with kindness and respect? Have we really lost the essence of ourselves? All reality television has done is skew our perception of true reality and create a society in which values have no meaning. We’re taught to believe that we can’t be a whole person without another person. This needs to stop. The only way we can do that is if we stop believing the lies that we tell ourselves.
Susan G. Komen not as charitable What are donations really funding?
By Jennifer Longbrake Every October, the signature pink ribbon decorates anywhere and everywhere it can find a viable place: on popular trending products, the uniforms of NFL teams and on the backpacks of Florida Gulf Coast University students wandering around campus. But how much of what is donated actually goes toward treatment for all of those mothers, daughters, grandmothers and sisters fighting breast cancer? Susan G Komen is a household name and is often associated with the most popular and highest-grossing organization in the fight against breast cancer. Unfortunately, the organization’s
squeaky clean image has been under fire in recent years concerning a multitude of issues, including the public questioning how much of their donations go toward funding treatment, the extremely high increase in a CEO’s salary, and a decision to remove itself from a partnership with Planned Parenthood, another organization that makes access to procedures such as mammograms than can help with early diagnosis more accessible to the general public. According to a report written by Sharon Begley and Janet Roberts on Reuters.com and financial reports published on Susan G. Komen’s webpage, research shows that the Susan G Komen’s funding for research is trending downward. Between the years
2009-10 funding broke down like this: 21 percent went toward research, 40 percent funded public education, 13 percent tended to screening services, 11 percent for administrative costs, 10 percent for fundraising, and only a fraction over 5 percent went toward actual treatment. In 2011, the cost for education and administrative costs increased while the costs for screening services, research and treatment all decreased. In my opinion, these numbers look a little skewed. What Susan G Komen should be focusing on is distributing the majority of its funds toward prevention, early detection, aggressive treatment and continuous research so that one day breast cancer will
be a thing of the past. I like to think that Susan G. Komen has good intentions.I n t h e 32 years since Susan G. Komen was founded, the organization has raised billions of dollars for its mission to find a cure for breast cancer. If the Komen group pushed more of it funding back to Planned Parenthood, an organization that could potentially provide millions of women with the opportunity for early detection, and funded research and treatment collectively more than a rough 25 percent, Komen could possibly win over all of those who criticize them in their funding decisions.
Good grief, let us grieve By Cait Schall Assistant Opinion Editor @CaitlinSchall My dad passed away eight months ago and I am still grieving. I may not be in the same emotional state I was the day he passed, but his absence still weighs heavy on my heart. I hesitated when it came to writing about this, but I had a change of heart after witnessing one of my classmates being ridiculed. They were being reprimanded by a friend for not being fully over the passing of their loved one. They were being told that it had been two years and that they needed to move on. There is this misconceived notion that a person should be OK after a certain amount of time has passed after a death. Most people expect you to be sad immediately after the death of a loved one, but what
onlookers fail to see is the inner toll that grief takes on a person. I will never fully understand another person’s grief, and they will never fully understand mine. No one has the right to pass judgment on another person’s grievance. No one has the right to tell someone what they think is the “correct” way of dealing with a loss, regardless of whether they have been through a similar situation or not. For those of you who have not experienced the loss of an important person in your life, consider yourself lucky. Please don’t see this as me being a martyr or looking down upon you for not having experienced this sadness. I just hope a lesson of understanding can be taken from this, so people such as my classmate won’t be judged or told they are grieving incorrectly or for too long. There is no exact timeline for a person
experiencing grief. There is no list of steps a person can go through to rid themselves of their sadness At first, it was difficult for me to find purpose in a world where my father no longer existed. Thankfully, that changed. I miss my dad every single day. I don’t think it is a feeling that will ever leave me. He continues to be a huge part of my life even though he is no longer a tangible force I can see. I have come to realize my father was far too stubborn of a man to ever allow something as miniscule as his own death to keep his presence from being known on this earth. He is behind that annoying voice in my head nagging me to get a head start on my classwork. He is alongside me, yelling at the television screen, every college football day. He is the driving force behind me to continue my education and to follow
in his footsteps and make something extraordinary of myself. Losing a loved one is something you deal with for the rest of your life. It isn’t something you can wake up one day and just be over. Some days will be harder than others, but remaining positive is the most important thing you can do to feel some sense of normalcy again. Instead of waking up every day with an overwhelming feeling of sadness hanging over me, I wake up every day feeling grateful. I’m grateful a world where our loved ones no longer exist, is a world we will never truly have to endure. They live on through our memories and our accomplishments in our own lives. They may have left us too soon, but forever would have never been long enough to have them.
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Scientists recently reclassified Pluto as a planet.
By Luke Janke @JankeLeg Let’s get one thing straight: Scientists have always been wishy-washy about the cosmos even since the time of Galileo. One day Earth is the center of the universe, and the next century it’s not. So it’s no surprise that scientists are now picking at an old wound by turning to Pluto and changing it once again to a real planet. It’s as if they knocked on Pluto’s door with a nice bouquet of flowers and begged for it to come back like your old ex might, even though you’ve grown cold toward them like Pluto’s frozen surface.
And don’t think Pluto forgot that scientists claimed it as a dwarf planet in 2006, which was a name they invented just for the lonely wanderer. Now, experts are changing their minds about Pluto and are calling it a planet after a poll was taken by the International Astronomical Union last week. Although Pluto only matched two of the three requirements the IAU says makes a planet, the people have spoken, and they want Pluto back. For many millennials, Pluto’s downgrade happened when most of us were at a young and nostalgic age. A majority of us latched onto Pluto like an old pet that had to “go away to a farm upstate.” I remember as a preteen seeing the news and thinking, “Did a large asteroid strike it and break it up so much that it’s no longer a planet? Did it swing off its orbit
and become a rogue planet?” Sadly, it was just because a group of lab coats thought they could judge a planet by its cover, and not look deeper where they would find a molten core. A core with feelings, mind you! It takes, Pluto 248 Earth years to orbit the sun, and since 1930 it has been discovered, named a dwarf planet and renamed a dwarf planet, before it could even finish one-third of its orbit. In all seriousness, though, I think many 20somethings and beyond will be very pleased to welcome back our frosty friend into the solar systems. For newer textbooks that claim only eight planets, a new edition should be in order.
Longboarding must be stopped By Nick Clark @ClarkTheShark9 It’s a beautiful day outside: The mid October breeze glistening your face as you gallop across campus. Not a worry in the world. Nothing on Earth could ruin this glorious day, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. What could ruin this delightful day, you may ask? I’ll tell you what will turn a day of bananas and pajamas into a living nightmare: getting taken out by a longboarder on campus. Yes, that’s right, longboarders. What is this mysterious “boarding” you speak of? Longboarding is the act of terrorizing the local students of FGCU by attempting to ride on a plank of wood with wheels at a dangerous speed. Throughout FGCU, many people have been affected emotionally and physically by this horrendous act. Before we dig deeper into this matter, let’s take a look at the history of “longboarding.” Longboarding, also known as
sidewalk surfing, has become quite popular in this era, but it originated long ago in Hawai in 1959 (Livestrong,Tadlock). Somehow, the tidal waves of Hawaii washed all these longboards to FGCU in the late 2000s, and nothing has been the same since. I truly believe there is nothing wrong with strapping on your Etnies and “Shredding the gnar” in your local parking garage, but when you put other students’ lives in danger when you zoom by faster than a horse on steroids, then we run into a problem. Local students have often complained about the terror on campus longboarders have caused. “I was walking to the library and then I was suddenly taken out by an oncoming longboarder,” FGCU alum Brent Ely said. “I almost ran one over in my car as he zoomed right by me as I was driving,” FGCU student Hagen O’Neil said. These two FGCU students, along with myself, are not the only ones to notice this nuisance act. The FGCU code of policy has also been disturbed. One glorious day on April 30, 2013, FGCU faculty banded
together and prohibited longboarding in covered walkways and inside buildings. Fun fact: Did you know that if you are caught longboarding on campus in restricted areas, you can be written a ticket and fine? Now, we’re not quite there to getting it completely banned on campus, but it’s a start. If this somehow manages to get published, I propose this to all the active longboarders: stop. Throw your longboard away and grab yourself a pair of Heeleys if you absolutely can’t walk to class like a normal person. For the rest of FGCU, let me paint you a picture: You’re enjoying a wonderful stroll to class, laughing, talking, flirting, Instagramming. And all of the sudden, you hear something. What could it be? Silence, that’s what you hear, because longboarding has been completely banned off campus. Join me in my campaign on ridding our campus of longboarding. Much like North Korea, longboarding must be stopped.
Can you not?
Lack of self-esteem gives girls a bad wrap on social media By Brenna Tucker @Brenna_Tucker Are women as crazy as their social media accounts portray them? I really tried to say that women are not as crazy as they make their profiles seem. Ladies, I really tried. I thoroughly looked at all the social networking of all my female friends, and the way a majority of them portray themselves is scary. Quotes such as, “Text a girl something stupid, and it takes 42 seconds for three of her friends to get a screenshot,” to, “I like my eyelashes as black as my soul and as long as the list of people I hate,” are beyond scary and insane. We are having the men in our lives no longer trust us, but instead fear us. What kind of man wants to date a woman he is afraid of? Not a single one that I know. I tried to move past the scary quotes, I did. After I
scrolled through selfie after selfie, which I don’t mind because I wouldn’t follow someone if I didn’t want to see his or her face. But seriously, ladies, the quotes that some of you put as your captions are weird and very rarely have anything to do with your actual face. I saw a very basic selfie and a very memorable quote, “How you feel is creating your world. How I feel is creating my world.” I am really worried about how high your self-esteem is if you think that the caption for your picture should be a memorable quote. I seriously wonder how long it takes some of you to Google a remarkable quote that goes with your basic selfie. I really thought that as I searched through all the profiles of my less crazy friends, they would make themselves seem less crazy, and I was right. I have learned from my research that the crazier the girl, the crazier she seems on social media.
Suitors, this one is for you — stay away from girls that have a million quotes, selfies and screenshots posted on their profiles. Also, beware of the girls that have every form of social media; Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Yik Yak, Tinder, etc. If she has more than like three of these, run. Run as far away as you can. Ladies, let’s stop with the duck faces, the screenshots and the life-changing quotes (leave that for Pinterest, males never travel there). We should never post anything that we would later be ashamed of. We all have the ability to be classy, and I think that it is time that we start to act like it in our social profiles. Hide the Solo cups, put some clothes on and show off your beautiful smile, and please stop using filters and Photoshop. We are all beautiful and not crazy, but we need to start showing people that we aren’t crazy.