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2 dead, 2 injured in Bell Tower Shops By Alexandra Figares Editor-in-chief @AlexandraNews_ Two people have died and two more have been injured in a shooting in at the Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers Tuesday night. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said the shooting did not appear to be random. “We’re going to be working through the night,” Carmine Marceno said. “Please give us that time.” The shops, located in South Fort Myers, is a shopping destination with stores like The Fresh Market, Victoria’s Secret, Ulta and Soma. There is also a 20-screen movie theatre. An eight-month project to focused to revitalize the shops was expected to launch in November and included new stores and food options, according to The News-Press. In 1996, Madison Maruette, a commercial real estate company purchased the property.

STUDENT GOV. NEWS The FGCU Student Government Senate met on Tuesday, Oct. 10 for their weekly Senate meeting. Here’s what was discussed: BOARD OF TRUSTEES The next BOT meeting will on January 8, 2019. UPCOMING INITIATIVES Estero High School Mentorship Feminine hygiene product accessibility Bicycle pump replacement maintenance Water bottle reﬁll stations

Start planning for disaster By Sean C Porter & Alex Figares Media Editor @Lunchtime58 When the radar shows a Category Five hurricane making a beeline for your hometown, most people would freak out. This was the case for many Floridians in September 2017 when Hurricane Irma made its way into the Gulf of Mexico and hit Florida. “We saw that the storm had changed course and was heading towards Naples where I live, and we were concerned,” said Alexandra Argueta, a student at FGCU. “Our house is surrounded by big trees, and my mom was worried that they could fall and hit my house, so we left.” Argueta was one of 6.3 million Floridians to evacuate for Hurricane Irma, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management. This was the largest number of evacuees in Florida history, and hopefully won’t be topped any time soon. “When we got back our road was completely flooded,” Argueta said. “There was debris everywhere, fallen trees, broken flower pots, our backyard was flooded, we had roof damage and we lost power.” In the next few days, Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall on the Panhandle as a Category 3 hurricane and is forecasted to increase to a Category 4, according to the Weather Channel. “A potentially catastrophic event is developing,” the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee, Florida. Hurricane Michael will reach sustained winds of at least 125 mph and cities along the Gulf Coast like Panama City, is expected to bear the brunt of the storm. Michael is moving northward at 12 mph. Cities along the coast like Mexico and Keaton Beach could experience a storm surge, with

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AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration public affairs officer Dennis Feltgen updates the progress of Hurricane Michael on a large map, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at the Hurricane Center in Miami. water levels reaching between 9 to 13 feet and could face up to 8 inches in rainfall. Gov. Rick Scott said Hurricane Michael is expected to be “the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades.” With hurricane season still in effect, there are currently two storms brewing in the Atlantic, Hurricane Leslie and Tropical Storm Nadine. Neither storm is a current threat to the U.S. While many residents of southwest Florida lost power and had other minor damages in 2017, the outcome could have been much worse. Jerry Mallet, the Emergency Management Director of Charlotte County, explained that Hurricane Irma was a learning moment. “When Hurricane Irma was getting larger and picking up speed in the Gulf early, we began to prepare for the worst,” Mallet said. “We were expecting

a Category Five hurricane to hit us straight on, and we got a little lucky it dissipated some before it hit us.” Because Irma was a powerfullooking storm, many people all over the state decided to prepare. Finding water, generators, shutters and gasoline became an issue for many, and resulted in price hikes and panic. “Irma was a ‘perfect storm’ because models showed the eye moving up both coasts at different points,” Mallet said. “People from both coasts evacuated and people on both coasts had damage.” Many people focused on Irma’s path before the storm, and while the path can predict the storm’s direction, it only predicts the exact center. Richard Zyvoloski, the Collier County Emergency Management Director, warns that just looking at a center produced by the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) can be dangerous because the cone doesn’t equal the width of the storm. “Some people said ‘oh, I’m not in the cone, so I’m safe,” Zyvoloski said. “This isn’t true, and in this case Irma was much bigger than the cone.” While 6.3 million did evacuate from the storm, many who stayed were relocated into shelters. According to Zyvoloski, Collier County opened 26 shelters, which is more than the 11 that were open during Hurricane Wilma. When preparing for this season, people are being urged to plan without using shelters. “We need to save shelter room for people who can’t evacuate because they’re being forced to work the night before a storm hits,” Mallet said. “If you don’t have to evacuate because of

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President Mike Martin announces Fiscal year allocations By Alexandra Figares Editor-in-Chief @AlexandraNews_ FGCU has made fiscal year allocations for the 2018-2019. In an email sent to students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Oct. 9, FGCU President Mike Martin sent a summary of allocations for the fiscal year. The decisions of where the money would be allocated focused primarily on the five pillars of FGCU’s strategic plan, Martin said.

“For ﬁscal year 2018-19, we have made a series of allocative decisions based on funding from four sources,” Martin said. The sources included performance funding, faculty appropriations, legislative appropriations and savings from “internal efﬁciencies”. About $7 million will be allocated to colleges and programs and $7.93 million will be allocated to initiatives like Student Success, campus safety, technology and faculty and staff compensation and

promotions. In addition, other initiatives that will receive funding include globalization, undergraduate research and the library. In the 2017-2018 school year, FGCU lost $8 million in performance-based when a change was made to one of the performance metrics. The performance-based funding model was created in 2012 and approved by the BOG in 2014 to incentivize universities to “improve key metrics”. The model includes 10

categories and each category is measured from a scale from 1 through 10 with 1 being the lowest. The BOG decided to replace the average cost per degree measurement with the net tuition per degree metric to incentivize schools to keep costs low for students. FGCU had one of the highest net tuition costs in the system. However, FGCU is expected to “qualify again” in the performance-based funding metrics in 2019, Martin said.

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MANAGING STRESS DURING MIDTERM SEASON

MEET THE NEW FACES OF VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S SOCCER CONTINUES TO IMPRESS

FGCU ALUMNI OPENS GALLERY IN LIBRARY

With midterms upon us, many students begin to feel stressed. If this sounds familiar, see our guide. See more on A5

With two new additions on the volleyball team, you can get familiar with the ladies on the court. See more on B1

The men’s soccer team has just stated its season, but records have already been broken. See more on B2

Moving away from home means you have to start cleaning up from yourself. Read some tips here. See more on B5

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storm surge, make sure your home can withstand hurricane winds and that you can withstand the aftermath of a storm.” Changes for hurricane preparedness are being made on a state level, with a new Florida law that requires assisted living facilities to have backup power sources that could continue to maintain cooling systems in the event of an outage, and require power sources that can be portable, but must provide at least 30 square feet of cool space for each resident. At a local level, changes are also being made to better prepare for the season. In Charlotte County, the Emergency Operations Center is currently expanding its call center, revising their special needs programs, adding shelter spaces and providing more training. At FGCU, many changes are being made for campus safety in the preparation of a hurricane. After a last-minute decision to move student sheltering from Alico Arena to Eagle Hall due to lack of space, FGCU is reevaluating its process. “We offered Shelter Manager training for FGCU faculty/staff during Soar into Spring,” said Chief Steven Moore, FGCU’s Director of Public Safety. “This provided training for people to be able to assist at Alico Arena or other shelters in the county.” FGCU has reviewed future needs and submitted grant proposals to Lee County for FEMA funding for a variety of projects to make the campus more resilient when facing another hurricane, including door security, generators and

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a new hazardous material storage shed. At an individual level, many families are coming up with plans and making sure they are ready for the next big storm to hit. Many people who stayed for the hurricane had to live without power, and this can be quite the struggle in Florida. “We didn’t have a generator, so we had to open all the windows so we could get some air,” said Devin Molloy, a southwest Florida native who had damage to her home. “In order to take a shower, we had to use water from a neighbor’s pool.” While county emergency management teams, school ofﬁcials and governments are making their plans, experts say people should start preparing now. “We are looking into getting a generator, portable batteries to charge devices, gas tanks, more ﬂashlights and battery-operated fans,” said Molloy. “Basically, we want to double up on all the necessary resources because we didn’t know how quickly they can run out before a storm.” This hurricane season may have slightly above-average activity, according to a forecast created by scientists and professors at Colorado State University. However, experts warn that these predictions aren’t always reliable. “Lee County Emergency Management doesn’t deal with long-range seasonal predictions,” said Lee County Communications Director Betsy Clayton. “It only takes one storm here in Lee County to make it a challenging year and we prepare either way.”

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Students living in a constant state of fear By Jessica Covitz Contributing Writer @JessicaCovitz Are people living in a constant state of fear as a result of the frequent mass shootings and sex trafﬁcking that is going on? What would that do to our communities? The world is a dangerous place ﬁlled with uncontrollable people who do uncontrollable things. With this in mind, many people may be living their lives in a constant state of fear due to the uncertainty of whether or not terrible things will happen to them. As many of you may know, gun violence plays a huge role in this state of fear. A large amount of school shootings has occurred recently coupled with other public shootings, likely because the access to buying weapons is so open. There is much controversy over the idea that it is in fact the shooters who are the danger rather than the guns. But seriously, why is it so easily for mentally ill people to have access to such powerful weapons? This is likely the thought that gives people the aforementioned constant state of fear. One too many school

shootings have occurred, resulting in children being severely injured or killed. Imagine being the parents of those small children, sending them to school where they are supposed to be protected and having to bury them. Many people have a hard time making the decision of bringing a child into this dangerous world. The fact that these shootings mostly come without warning and can happen anywhere makes it scary to even leave your house or go to a public event. Shootings have happened during concerts, movies and now even video game tournaments. Therefore, who’s to say it can’t happen while you’re grocery shopping, walking your dog, or driving? The state of fear we live in comes from the unpredictable nature of people. It is hard now for us to trust others with our children or loved ones due to all the distress news on horrible events has caused for us. Recently, there has been a lot of activity regarding sex trafﬁcking and kidnapping. Sex trafﬁcking is the trade of humans for the purpose of sexual slavery or commercial exploitation. The main target for this industry is women.

They can be as young as 14 years old to about 20 years old. That is essentially female high school and college students. It is unlikely that they will ever escape once they are brought in. Many women and men are used within the industry for their whole teen life and once they have gotten too old or too used, they are either killed or used for some other labor. We hear stories on the news about women and girls being kidnapped or going missing, which may be a result of sex traffickers taking them. In the area surrounding Florida Gulf Coast University there has been reports recently that sex traffickers are around. Many students have reported mysterious vehicles following them or waiting for them in blacked out vehicles. Some attackers will try to put something on their prey’s car as a way to distract them and lure them into their vehicle. It is very important to know the signs of kidnapping. About two weeks ago, there was an attempted kidnapping in the student apartment complex called University Village. A young female student had to fight herself free from the attacker and was luckily able to escape and

EN Photo / Sam Palmisano Many women around campus or in public can be seen carrying Mace Pepper Spray on their keychains as a safety measure. report it. She was also able to provide some physical characteristics of the alleged kidnapper so that others were aware of his appearance. This event stirred up a lot of stress and worry for FGCU students and parents. The constant state of fear became extremely prevalent after

that event because it hit so close to home for all of the students, especially the females. Ever since then, students are a lot more cautious when walking alone at night, who they are with, and having some sort of defense item on them. Pepper spray and tasers have become

the new must-have item for students around campus. Being in a constant state of fear can change your behaviors, actions and views of others. It is important to always be aware of your surroundings and to be prepared if any danger were to ﬁnd you.

Managing stress during this midterm season By Karina Cashman Contributing Writer @_silvrtng_ink_ While it is important to focus and do well on your exams, you may find yourself struggling with staying on top of your workload and managing your stress come midterm season. With that in mind, I’ve curated a collection of methods anyone can use to keep grades up and stress levels down. First things first, get some study apps! Let’s be honest, everyone always has their phone on them and there are endless app options to choose from. Whether you study using flash cards, Quizlet, or just an app that helps you plan out your study time, apps can be a big help when it comes to preparing for upcoming exams. You can use them anywhere and they usually save your work. That said, if you need a little more than what an electronic app can give you, feel free to head over to the Center of Academic Achievement for some added assistance. It’s located in the Library, at west side Room 103, and are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact them at 239-590-7906 or by emailing caa@fgcu.edu. Another idea is to make your own study guide. Now, this doesn’t mean you’ll get

to use it, but it’s a pretty good way to remind yourself of what sections will be on the test, and you can customize the material you’re struggling with and use it until you sit down to take the test. A third option? Don’t cram. Please. I’m no stranger to the occasional ﬁt of procrastination, but seriously, you’re better off if you study a little bit a night. You can even take breaks between but cramming all your studying in the night before has been scientiﬁcally proven not to work. In the words of Tom Haverford himself, “Treat yo’ self.” Really. All work and no play is not going to incentivize you to do anything. You studied for thirty minutes, cool; get yourself a snack. Finally understanding a concept, you really didn’t get before? Nice job; you can check your social media accounts. It doesn’t really matter how you do it, but positive reinforcement and operant conditioning has been shown to have positive effects, even if you may be the one rewarding yourself. Another route you can take in order to help you understand the material is to watch a YouTube Video. It can be crash course on the topic, or some weird song someone made that just happens to be specifically about what you need to study. Whatever works for you! I guarantee that there is some-

thing you’ll find on that site that can help you with upcoming exams. In terms of making sure you’re on top of your game for midterms, get some sleep. This one’s pretty obvious, I know, but you’d be surprised how many people just… don’t. I’m not saying you have to go to bed at 7 o’clock or anything, but maybe lay down before two in the morning rolls around. If I can recommend one last thing, have some fun in your life. Watch a show you really like, hang out with friends, eat ice cream and watch a movie. When the studying for the day is done, it’s a good idea to unwind and do something you enjoy in order to keep your emotional health balanced. Midterms can definitely bring about some unwanted stress, but staying on top of your work and keeping up a good balance between academia and fun is really important. I reached out to a couple of students to find out exactly what they do to alleviate stress. Madeline Bernstein, a freshman, said “I listen to music or watch Netflix.” Another freshman, Kayleigh Heister, said, “I listen to podcasts, clean, write out my week and take a hot shower.” The fact of the matter is that stress can be managed in a multitude of different ways. It all comes down to experi-

EN Photo / Sam Palmisano The Center for Academic Achievement, located on the second floor of Library West, offers a number of services to help you succeed in your classes. menting and finding out which method works for you. In all fairness it’s important to know if and when your stress is turning into something more serious. If you find yourself significantly lacking appetite or sleep, or even feeling moodier all the time,

then it may be possible your stress is inﬂuencing you more severely than is usual. You may consider heading over to CAPS to talk about it. According to the CAPS website, you can visit CAPS any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on

the second ﬂoor of Howard Hall. Make sure to bring your student ID, and if you feel you need immediate assistance, contact the CAPS emergency hotline at 239-745-EARS (3277). With that said, good luck during midterms!

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SHARE YOUR VISION! Express your opinion through photos, illustrations, poems and short stories. Submit to opinion@eaglenews.org Photo submitted by Multiple Students The “Conservation Area” seen in this image is to the right of the South Village Bridge. The land was cleared for an access road to the recently built University Village. In order to clear this land, 28 gopher tortoises had to be relocated to an off-campus location. Land further down the road is being cleared for the South Village Auxiliary Gym that will be built soon. The image was posted on by the Instagram user @FGCUBarstool. Many other users weighed in on the post: “Conservation of destruction” “You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain” “Love how one of the selling points about FGCU was their conservation, but it was only ‘conservation land’ because they didn’t build anything on it yet” “This upsets me.. especially being an environmentally friendly student”

Francis Rooney: what a nut job By Veronica Armbruster Contributing Writer @adecadentcoffe1 Congressional Representative Francis Rooney (R-FL) is a hard man to crack. In fact, he’s so hard to crack, he’s considered a bit of a nut. So are his policies – speciﬁcally House Resolution 307 that was introduced to the House Floor and then passed on to the Congressional House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. This House Resolution is explicitly titled: “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to protecting freedom of speech, thought, and expression at institutions of higher education.” One can only guess what

that one is for – except encouraging colleges and universities to specifically eliminate “safe spaces” on American campuses through the elimination of federal funds if they do not comply in order to obtain more free speech. That’s not encouraging. That’s authoritarian blackmail at its’ finest moment. “Safe Spaces” are used in all sorts of ways on college campuses. They are used to encourage students to be themselves and invest in intellectual conversations in a constructive manner. They assist students in building confidence and respecting privacy. They are used to destress from exams and other highlighted events on campuses.

They also help assure the students that they are safe and will be accepted – which counts for a lot when you are a minority. Therefore, if one section of the population loses that carefully constructed device of equal standing, odds are that other minority communities will start seeing it stripped away from them as well. An ad hoc fallacy? Perhaps. But it’s not an issue that one would want to leave to wonder about – due to the history of the Holocost, the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Suddam Hussain, and the current Syrian Civil War. Another piece of policy that Congressional Representative Francis Rooney (R-FL) would like to see passed and

instigated is the S.H.E.E.T. Act of 2018. This advance of legislation is also known as the Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2018. It would prevent “foreign intelligence services from using college exchange programs to steal technology, recruit agents and spread propaganda.”, according to Francis Rooney’s Congressional website. It was introduced to the House in September 2018. That purpose makes sense, due to national security issues. However, it would also stop current and future international students at American university and college campuses from using the tools they need to complete their educations at their respective

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colleges or departments. So it’s come down to the allowance of hate speech and academic xenophobia, eh? Well, Congressional Representative Francis Rooney from Florida’s 19th District – also known as Naples - just know this. United States colleges have literally gone hunting for these students to recruit them into their American universities since 2006. These students’ families have spent years preparing them to go to college in the United States. Some families have saved from the day these students were born in order to achieve this goal. Others have spent countless hours getting their students into crash courses and tutors for English.

International companies even send their employees to the United States for farther education. Once those students get here, they often stay and continue their careers through legal means. You cannot stop them. They will not be stopped. In addition, if you succeed in passing the S.H.E.E.T Act of 2018, just know that the voters of south-west Florida will certainly vote you out of ofﬁce. Then maybe you could go back to reeducating yourself at another American embassy – perhaps in Chad or even Iran. Because we were all an international students at one time, we don’t deserve to have that experience taken away from us.

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“Should Brett Kavanaugh be on the Supreme Court”

“I think that his conduct while in the senate hearing was not that of a Supreme Court Judge. I believe that there are other candidates that would have served much better for the people of America.”

- Connor Gaugler, Sophomore

“All citizens of this country deserve to feel represented, spoken for, and above all else safe, right? I don’t feel safe as a woman with Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice.”

- Amanda Lewan, Sophomore

“No, because I believe he does not respect the constitutional Amendments, speciﬁcally the fourth amendment, and would abuse his power in order to conform to the emotional whims of his conservative base.”

- Alejandro Oquendo, Senior

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VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS STETSON The FGCU volleyball team shut out conference rivals 3-0 on Tuesday night, with Dana Axner also breaking a program record. See more on B3

New faces of FGCU athletics: volleyball By Jordyn Matez Sports Editor @JMatez2 Even though they’ve just come off a match that lasted over two hours and four sets, and resulted in an overall loss, FGCU volleyball freshmen, Dana Axner and Chelsey Lockey, are all smiles. The two girls stayed at Alico Arena, long after their Friday night game ended, for a promotional event that allowed fans to meet the players and join them for a slice of pizza. “We’re technically not even allowed to touch the pizza until everyone else leaves,” Axner said through a laugh. Both agreed that they didn’t mind waiting to eat, and they certainly seemed to be enjoying the atmosphere regardless — possibly because this was an unfamiliar event to the girls, who are both ﬁrst-year student athletes at FGCU. Though Axner and Lockey are new to FGCU, neither one has had much trouble adjusting to spending all of their time with teammates. Axner is the youngest of six siblings - two of whom are sisters who played volleyball on the collegiate level. Lockey and her older sister often practiced in their backyard before going to club volleyball games as teammates in grade school. This isn’t to say that the girls have sibling rivalries over who’s the best at the sport, however. For Lockey, her sister Kortney is part of the reason she continued to play volleyball on a collegiate level. “I’ve just always followed in her footsteps

and looked up to her and used her as a role model,” Lockey said of her sister, who currently plays at the University of Northern Colorado. “Even though we play different positions, it was still just her mindset and attitude that just really encouraged me and made me want to do my best.” While Lockey looks up to her sister, Axner finds inspiration in her faith. Axner, who described herself as fairly religious, says that she finds comfort in believing in God. “For me, it just really keeps me calm to know that He’s always there,” Axner said. “He gave me these gifts, so I might as well use them on the court.” Regardless of being able to rely on her faith to keep her confident on the court, Axner noted that it hadn’t been that easy growing into the collegiate athlete she is today. After being cut from her club team shortly before her freshman year of high school, Axner said that she lacked the confidence needed to continue playing volleyball. She almost quit completely and instead focused on basketball, which she was also playing at the time. However, she tried out for her high school volleyball team simply because she felt like she had to. This ended up being a blessing, Axner said, because it was the reason she fell back in love with volleyball. “I don’t even think they cut anyone, so it didn’t really boost my self-esteem,” Axner said with a laugh. “But my coach gave me a lot of confidence, and I honestly give her so much credit for that.”

Axner and Lockey both also agreed that one of the hardest challenges they’ve faced so far is ﬁnding ways to preserve their love for the game. Both girls had gone through points in their life where they had considered quitting. For Axner, it was getting cut from her club team that almost convinced her she wasn’t good enough. In Lockey’s case, volleyball started to become more of a chore than a fun hobby. “It’s just a lot, so it’s easy to get burned out,” Lockey said. According to Lockey, volleyball is a year-round job. Between playing with a traveling club team and her high school’s team, Lockey said that it can be overwhelming at times. So much so that, similarly to Axner, Lockey considered quitting volleyball for a different sport entirely: track. Lockey said that she went through phases of hating volleyball and liking track during track season, but would fall back in love with volleyball once that season rolled around. For both girls, it was a challenge to remain loyal to the sport they love, but the end result was more than worth it. “It was hard,” Axner agreed with Lockey. “But now that I’m here I realize that I’m so happy for putting in all the work over the years and getting past everything.” Statistically speaking, the record books further prove Axner’s point that the girls’ hard work has paid off. Regardless of being an Eagle for less than one full season, Axner already holds the Division-I era program single-match record of 39 digs from her performance

EN Photo by Bret Munson Chelsey Lockey celebrates a play during FGCU volleyball’s match against Kennesaw State University on Friday, October 5 against West Virginia University on September 8th. She was also named the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week award for the week of September 11th, and has already been named the ASUN Freshman of the Week twice. Axner was named to the All-Lobo Classic team and the All-Homewood Suites Fort Myers/FGCU Classic team, the All-Lobo Classic was her second-ever collegiate tournament. Lockey has had an equally as impressive start to her collegiate career, earning ASUN Freshman of the Week honors for the week of September 24th and logging impressive career-high stats, such as 12 digs against Yale and, most recently, 19 assists to aid the Eagles in a big win over Lipscomb University this past weekend. The girls’ hard work as athletes is far from over. With signing a contract as a student athlete comes

the challenge of balancing a college education with a collegiate sporting career. For the volleyball team, their day starts at 7 a.m., with a morning workout three days a week. Following workouts, the girls go their separate ways to classes and meet up later in the afternoon for their daily, three-hour team practices. Then, those who still need to log study hours head to the study hall in Alico Arena. Many freshmen, including Axner and Lockey, are required by the athletics department to log eight study hours a week. “Even when we have travel trips, we still have study hall in the hotels while we’re away.” Lockey noted, while Axner chimed in that her life consisted of “either playing volleyball or studying, always.” All complaining aside, the girls agreed that the studying is paying off, as it helps them move toward their eventual career goal of

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becoming educators. Axner, a secondary math major, says that she intends to become a high school math teacher, though she may follow in her father’s footsteps further on in her career and try to climb to a superintendent position. Lockey knows she wants to teach a ﬁrst grade class, but both also agreed that they could see the possibility of coaching volleyball in their futures as well. Though they continue to have long days that, even after working harder than they ever had before, sometimes result in tough losses, Axner and Lockey both remain energetic and eager to continue their collegiate careers. “It’s deﬁnitely super new, and it can be overwhelming at times,” Lockey said of the whole process. “But I feel like the [FGCU] volleyball team has made it really easy for us to adjust coming from high school into college.”

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Eagles continue to impress with multiple broken records By Jordyn Matez Sports Editor @JMatez2

1. What was FGCU men’s basketball conference record last season? A.) 14-0 B.) 12-2 C.) 10-4 2. Who has the most Kills in FGCU volleyball history? A.) Amanda Carroll B.) Giovanna Borgiotti C.) Cortney VanLiew 3. Who has the most saves in FGCU baseball history? A.) Chris Sale B.) Sterling Koerner C.) Kenton Hering 4. Who has the most points in FGCU men’s soccer history? A.) Shak Adams B.) Arion Sobers C.) Albert Ruiz 5. Who has the highest save percentage in FGCU women’s Soccer history? A.) Stephanie Powers B.) Kirsi Keenan C.) Danielle Leroy This week’s answers: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A

Though the athletic year has just begun for FGCU, multiple FGCU Athletics program records have been broken in the sports that have started play so far. Women’s golf has seen a fantastic beginning to their season, with three records being broken as a team and one being broken individually. The most recent record broken was the 54-hole low, which the Eagles broke at the Johnie Imes Invitational in September. FGCU shot 306(+18) over 54-holes, completely shattering the previous record of 887(+23). Laura Edmonds has broken multiple individual records during her inaugural season at FGCU, the most recent being the youngest athlete to win EN Photo / Bret Munson the ASUN Golfer of the Week FGCU men’s soccer’s Shak Adams receives the ball during a home game. Adams recently became the award in history. Edmonds was fifth Eagle in program history to score a hat trick for FGCU. awarded this honor during the week of October 4. Edmonds season was enough to bag Burnham’s .989 serving history to record a hat trick also broke the 36-hole low her the record for the most percentage over 174 serves and was the first since 2016, program record at the Lady recorded career kills in the marks the first place record while goalkeeper Gustavo Paladin Invitational, which was program’s Division-I era, with for serving percentage in the Vasconcelos recorded her second ever collegiate 1395 since her first season in D-I era, while freshman Dana the second-most saves in tournament. 2015. Carroll also holds the Axner has already proven to program history with 10 saves Volleyball has also seen D-I record for the most kills per be vital to the team in her first earlier this season. a record-breaking season in set, with 4.01 kills per set over collegiate season by breaking As the Fall Sports come more ways than one. Though 348 sets played, and attack the program’s D-I record for to a close, the Eagles will Amanda Carroll is out for the attempts, with 3588. most digs per set, with 4.60 close out their seasons with rest of the volleyball season Maggie Rick recently broke digs over 63 sets. ASUN tournaments in men’s due to an injury, her brief the D-I era record for assists Shak Adams of men’s and women’s soccer and stretch of playing time at the per set, with 10.07 assists soccer recently became volleyball in the next coming beginning of the volleyball per set over 410 sets. Snowy the fifth player in program weeks.

THIS WEEK IN ATHLETICS By Andy Quach Contributing Writer @FGCUEagleNews

WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. LIBERTY

looking to snap their current three game losing streak against a struggling Liberty team. The Flames will be coming into the game with a 2-9 record including 1-2 against conference rivals. This game will mark the first time ever FGCU The FGCU Women’s Soccer team will be taking and Liberty will play as conference opponents. on the Liberty Flames at home on Thursday, After the match against Liberty, the Eagles October 11 at 7 p.m. will take on Webber International at home on This match will be the last of a seven inter Monday, October 15 at 7 p.m. conference game stretch. The Eagles will be

By Andy Quach Contributing Writer @FGCUEagleNews

VOLLEYBALL

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far, the Eagles have a 5-1 record in the ASUN Conference. The Flames will be coming into this game with a 4-2 conference record. This is Liberty’s first year in the ASUN conference, so this matchup will be the first of The FGCU Volleyball team will be heading back many in a new potential conference rivalry. on the road to take on Liberty on Friday, October Following the match against Liberty, FGCU will 12 at 6 p.m. head to Daytona, Florida to take on BethuneThis match will wrap-up a stretch of eight Cookman in a non-conference game on Tuesday, straight conference games for the Eagles. So October 16 at 6 p.m.

Shak Adams 7 goals 7 assists 21 points O’vonte Mullings 5 goals 2 assists 12 points Joao Burti 2 goals 1 assist 5 points

Lucas Kiprotich 2 top-3 Ronny Greenup 1 top-5 Austin Redondo 1 top-10

Andrew Potter 70.83 average per round By Andy Quach Contributing Writer @FGCUEagleNews

WOMEN’S SOCCER

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The FGCU Women’s Soccer Team will take on Webber International at home on Monday, October 15 at 7 p.m. This match will mark FGCU’s first nonconference matchup in seven games. Last time

VS. UCF

Logan Price 72.00 average per round Cole Castro 72.00 average per round

Carley Lutzow 1 win, 1 top-3

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these two teams met, the Eagles defeated the Warriors 8-0 at home. The Eagles will be looking for a repeat performance. The Warriors will be coming into the matchup with a 3-7 overall record. Following their match against Webber International, the Eagles will remain at home to wrap up regular season play against conference rival Stetson on Saturday, October 20 at 7 p.m.

3-1 in their last outing, with goals from O’Vonte Mullings and Shak Adams. The Knights faced and defeated Tulsa on Saturday with a score of 4-3. The last time these two teams went head to The FGCU men’s soccer team is set to head was in September of 2017, in which FGCU travel to Orlando, Florida to battle UCF in an was victorious 1-0. However UCF has drastically interstate matchup On Tuesday, October 16 at improved especially as of late, considering they 7 p.m. are riding a three game winning streak going The 6-3-1 Eagles defeated ASUN rival Stetson into the week.

Evdokia Popadinova 10 goals, 6 assists, 26 points Majorie Boilesen 5 goals, 7 assists, 17 points Holly Fritz 5 goals, 4 assists, 14 points

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Axner sets dig record in 3-0 conference shutout against Stetson

EN Photo / Alexandra Barrios

Dana Axner (left), Maggie Rick (middle) and Cortney VanLiew (right) celebrate a play during the match against Stetson University on Tuesday. FGCU shut out Stetson 3-0 and Dana Axner produced a volleyball program record.

By Jordyn Matez Sports Editor @JMatez2 The FGCU volleyball team shut out Stetson University in a 3-0 conference match that also handed FGCU volleyball freshman Dana Axner a program record for the most digs in a three-set match in D-I history with her 28 digs throughout the night. “We won tonight because of the defense and the blocking,” FGCU

volleyball head coach Matt Botsford said. “I think the second set we got away with, I don’t think we deserved that. We made a ton of errors and we were down 22-20 and somehow found a way to win. That shouldn’t have happened, I really think Stetson outplayed us in that set. Sometimes we’re making it closer because of poor decisions and we need to do a better job because rarely are you going to get bailed out the way we were tonight.” The ﬁrst set began

with an even amount of effort seen on both sides of the court, with Daniele Serrano starting the Eagles off with a kill. The Hatters responded with a defensive approach, blocking another kill to even out the score. The score remained even for the most part throughout the earlier moments of the game, with each team responding to the point before. The scoreboard remained within a onepoint margin of either team until an impressive block

by Giovanna Borgiotti gave FGCU a two-point advantage to make the score 6-4. Stetson responded with a kill by Julie Varga and the score once again remained close. Another performance from Borgiotti seemed to be just what the Eagles needed to gain momentum, scoring an additional two points to bring the score to 15-10 FGCU. Following a kill by Eva Deisa of the Hatters and an out-of-bounds shot on FGCU’s part, Borgiotti started another threepoint run for the Eagles, widening the score margin to five as FGCU led 18-12. This lead was all FGCU needed to secure a set win, as the Hatters weren’t able to come back and managed only three additional points by the end of the set, which finished with an error on Stetson, making the final score of the first set 25-15. The second set proved to be just as close, with neither team leading by a margin of more than four points throughout the entire set. The game began with an out-of-bounds shot and an error on FGCU, giving Stetson an immediate 2-0 advantage. Sharonda Pickering of FGCU came through with a kill to put FGCU on the board and start a four-point run to make the score 4-2.

A pair of back-toback kills a little further on raised the score to 7-4 FGCU, but the advantage didn’t last long due to an error on FGCU and a kill by Stetson Varga. This momentum gave Stetson the opportunity for a small run that would eventually end with a kill by FGCU’s Borgiotti to bring the score to an even 8-8. Shortly following this the Eagles fought back with a ﬁve-point run of their own to bring the score to 16-12. Setson refused to fall behind this set, however, and pushed back with yet another run to take a lead over FGCU at 17-16. From this point forward the score remained close, with neither team surpassing the other by more than two points. This resulted in a 24-24 tie to send the set into extra points. While Stetson pushed full defense to keep FGCU from taking the set four times but never got a shot of their own and the Eagles eventually took the set with a block by Serrano to bring the ﬁnal score to 2927. Stetson had one more chance to keep their team in the match with the third set and took on an offensive approach right off the bat. A block and a pair of kills gave the Hatters a 3-0 lead to start off the third set, but backto-back kills from Serrano

Carley Lutzow Senior 5 feet 2 inches Hometown: Belvidere, Illinois

and Pickering kept FGCU in the game. Stetson continued to bring the heat and strengthen their lead by optimizing on FGCU’s errors to bring the score to 7-3, which would ultimately be Stetson’s largest lead of the set. The Eagles continued to counter the Hatters’ plays and kept the game close enough for Serrano to score a point to bring the score to 12-11 and hand the Eagles their ﬁrst lead of the match. This point would prove to be vital to the outcome of the game, as FGCU was no longer at a disadvantage. While the game continued to be fairly close, Stetson was unable to bounce back from their disadvantage, regardless of holding FGCU at match point for four rounds of play. The ﬁnal play of the game came from an impressive kill from Borgiotti to hand the Eagles a 25-21 set win and a 3-0 shutout to bring the Eagles to 5-1 in conference play. Dana Axner also saw a big night, breaking a D-I era program record of the most recorded digs in a 3-set match with her 28dig performance. “Honestly, I’m not expecting to break any records,” Axner said. “It just happens because the team is playing so well together and I just click so well with them.”

Carley Lutzow is coming off a third place finish at the Paul Short run at Lehigh University with a 6K time of 21:25. She also has a win at the beginning of the season at the FAU Invitational in 2018 winning with a 5K time of 17:35.56. That win had over a minutelong seperation between first and second place. Coming into her senior season, Lutzow was ASUN First Team All-Conference with a team best seventh place finish. That finish was the highest in FGCU history. At the beginning of the season, Lutzow placed sixth at the FAU Invitational being the first scorer for the Eagles. In the NCAA South Regional Championship, she ran a personal best in the 6K with a time of 21:14.90 putting her in the top-50 out of 228 runners. In her sophomore year, she had a 16th place finish in the ASUN Championship with a time of 22:29.60.

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FGCU Alumni opens eclectic gallery in Library

The Wasmer Art Gallery holds art expositions every semester for free. By Trinia Oliver Assistant E&L Editor @fgcueaglenews Raised in Perdido Bay, Fl., Megan Kissinger is one of the most exuberant and vibrant artists to grace the walls of an art exhibition. A class of 2004 FGCU alumni, Kissinger won the chance of a lifetime – having one of her masterpieces featured in both the U. S. Museum of the Interior in Washington, D.C., and the American Embassy in Bahrain, United Arab Emirates. Since then, she’s been going nowhere but up. However, it was not an easy and smooth journey.

Kissinger began her art career as an art major at the University of West Florida at 17, and by the end of her sophomore year had already met her future husband. Following graduation, she was momentarily jobless and worked in art galleries until FGCU began its art program. Kissinger got into FGCU, continuing to work on her craft, strengthening her trade, giving birth and taking care of her children while working toward her degree. Her works, featured in the Tropical Reunion Exhibition in the FGCU Library ArtLab, were created from the questions bouncing around in her head, and us-

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ing “the leftover donut holes,” that are throwaway pieces and semi-ruined objects, transforming them into beautifully unique artworks. With her skill, Kissinger shows that there is still beauty in ruined things; while imperfections do exist, there is always hope remaining. One of the hardest challenges artists still face is having to market their work. For Kissinger, the healing effect that art has, in particular, painted art, is one of the driving fires keeping her passion ignited. “The part of your brain that you use to make art is the part that heals you,” Kissinger said

during the opening of her exhibition on Oct. 5. “You’ve heard of art therapy; the way your brain works when you’re doing creative things is such a good thing… it works the same way as when you’re worshipping or when you’re meditating. It’s almost the same way your brain works when you’re making something creative art. So, in some ways when you’re having a bad day, doing something creative is very soothing and very healing.” It is no stretch to say there isn’t a high demand for artists in the job market. Fortunately, Kissinger landed a marketer who went above and beyond with getting her work into the world, jumpstarting her career. This, along with sheer good luck, is how one of her paintings became one of thirty selected to be featured in the American Embassy in Bahrain. Her work featured in Bahrain became a limited-edition Yankee Candle called Everglades National Park. For all her accomplishments, there is still more in store for Kissinger. Her audience (her fellow Floridians and whoever else) will continue to take the time to listen to what her brushstrokes and color blends have to say. Kissinger says that her ultimate goal is to create beautiful things that speak to people and make them want to appreciate the natural world. “When I make art, I’m constantly trying to show people how things are connected, and how seemingly insignificant things are actually important things — like the bacteria in the soil. It doesn’t sound like it’s important, but the bacteria in the soil is the foundation for everything above it.” “So, you can start right there

and go all the way to the apex predator,” Kissinger continues. “If you don’t have the right soil it causes a domino effect. It’s a combination of wanting to make connections between habitats and how all the living things are connected in a web. In fifth grade, science teachers talk about the web of life, but it really is true that everything sort of works together and when one piece is taken away, it falls apart. In the artwork, I really like to show how an animal or an environment connects to everything. I just like making art.” Kissinger’s point of view is that art is not only a way of expression, but it can also serve as a gift presented in the most beautiful way along with an equally stunning lesson. Kissinger also challenges her audience about their future: “[When this] grand party we are enjoying called modern life [is over] who will pick up the pieces? Who will make right what has been overturned? Who will be the responsible ones and mop up the spills? The sheer certainty that everything around us will someday go away lurks just under our consciousness. More importantly, we will someday too be gone. The skill underneath our pretty face is just a touch away. What will be the relics we leave behind?” Kissinger currently works four days a week at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates as a museum conservator and set designer. She also has a studio at home where she makes art that is sold to regional art galleries. The Library ArtLab Gallery is located from the entryway the west end of the FGCU Library, the pair of doors right before entering the library.

AHS: Apocalypse crosses over previous seasons By Jannard Jackson Contributing Writer @fgcueaglenews This episode opens with some backstory. We learn that during his adolescence Michael (Cody Fern) was raised by the woman that Ms. Mead (Kathy Bates) is modeled after. We also learn that Dinah (Adina Porter), Mallory (Billie Lourd), and Coco (Leslie Grossman) are all witches after Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) resurrects them after they were poisoned in the previous episode.

This is the beginning of the Murder House-Coven crossover. The episode flashes back three years. It’s revealed that Outpost 3 was previously ‘The Hawthorne School.’ A school for young Warlocks (male witches). Michael is involved in an incident that causes the school to take a notice in his abilities. Michael is then brought to the school and his abilities are tested to determine if he is the ‘Alpha.’ The Alpha is the male equivalent to the Supreme. We see Michael’s powers fully fleshed out. From changing the weather in a room to

finding a hidden object through a mirror. The special effects are executed flawlessly. Later in the episode, we finally return to the Coven. Zoe (Taissa Farmiga) and Cordelia are teaching young witches how to manifest their powers. Myrtle (Frances Conroy) informs Cordelia that the warlocks have called an emergency meeting. During the meeting, the warlocks explain their findings. Cordelia is totally against a warlock being more powerful than her, after all, she is the Supreme.

The shocker of this episode is when Cordelia returns to the Hotel Cortez, the setting of Hotel. Evan Peters reprises his role as James March, the malevolent owner of the Hotel Cortez. Cordelia attempts to free Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe), who died at the Cortez and is now a ghost. Cordelia fails. However, Michael succeeds by not only bringing back Queenie, but Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts) as well. This causes Cordelia to faint upon realizing the power of Michael. This episode shows that the

crossover fits like puzzle pieces. Nothing is forced. Cody Fern continues to fleshout Michael’s character. He fits the part so well that it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing this role. Series Newcomer Billy Porter is also a highlight of this episode as well. His character is pure gold, full of humor and sass. This episode took the story to another level and showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. This season has the strong possibility of being the best season of American Horror Story yet.

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“Every time we speak, our ancestors are in the room” By Trinia Oliver Assistant E&L Editor @fgcueaglenews

In light of Indigenous Peoples Day (a counter-celebration to Columbus Day), the massively influential figure, Lee Maracle, had a conversation with audience members in the Cohen Center Ballroom about Native Americans in Canada. Beginning with jokes and a brief history lesson about the corrupt education system, the conversation drifted to how Natives have been manipulated, starved, kidnapped, and murdered in the name of education for Canadians. This topic segwayed into Maracle illustrating how she became a voice for her people, the Sto:Loh Nation, and helped pave the way for Native representation in fields within universities — such as medical and law — and within her local government. Maracle told stories of meeting the Solicitor General of Canada, of her being one of the sole surviving Natives forced to attend the Canadian schools, and she coordinated

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peace talks that ended hundred years of tension between the two nations. To this day, Maracle works at the University of Toronto First Nations House and continues to use her voice and knowledge of sociology and her people’s customs to put her foot down and demand reparation and representation for people of color throughout Canada. Her accomplishments were very inspiring and all those in the Cohen Ballroom gave a loud applause at her finish. “Every time we speak, our ancestors are in the room,” she said, and then proceeded to her next story about her accomplishments. Hearing about her does not have as much impact as seeing Maracle in person — it is a marvelous experience that is a spectacular way to end Indigenous Peoples Day holiday. Maracle is a member of the Order of Canada, a Cultural Instructor, and a Sessional Lecturer. She is also an Indigenous AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Elder, a mother, grandmother, A member of the Blackfeet Nation, looks on as women drum during an Indigenous Peoples Day and author of several books. blessing and rally before a march Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Seattle, Wash.

69 Wet month 71 Doctrine to live by 72 In modern times 75 Retro phone features 76 Tichina Arnold on TV 78 Common’s specialty 79 Some meats 80 2017 animated film 81 End ___ (customer) 82 Casual shirt 83 Noon + 3,600 seconds 84 Sheer wear 86 Big part of suburbia 87 “What’s gotten ___ you?” 88 Eye part 90 Tasty 92 Be stealthy 93 Rightful possessor 96 Old machine gun 97 Suddenly loses it 100 Like winter in Buffalo 103 Concerning the ears 105 Grower of lost claws 109 Pacific welcome 110 Sofia Vergara on TV 112 Older and ___ 113 Had followers 114 Popular game bird 115 Sword with two accents 116 Get things rolling 117 Before, before 118 Gained after taxes 119 Reddish-brown horse color DOWN 1 Twisty exercise 2 ___ out (barely makes)

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59 Dreaded Jamaican? 60 Mythical weight-bearer 62 Water buckets 66 Tart-tasting, in a way 67 ___ about (occurs) 68 Large, decorative jugs 69 Improvised 70 Grand instrument? 71 Cantina munchie 72 Way-up-there org. 73 1945 conference site 74 Frighten, as horses 76 Office seeker, cut 77 Grand group? 80 Printer’s bluish hue 82 German dog 84 Bob’s title character on TV 85 Darlin’ kin 86 Prime meridian letters 89 Serious snacker 91 Bad-mouth 92 On ___ (with no contract) 94 Philly pro 95 Back-to-school item 97 Emulate a rooster 98 Kind of pollution 99 Prepared for a hand? 100 Left turns 101 Settled down? 102 Historic Ms. Parks 104 Cycled, e.g. 105 “X” marks it 106 Take-back tow job 107 ___ lot (pigged out) 108 Old bomber 111 How-you link

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