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Flight training delayed due to government shutdown Emily wALKER \\ C o py Ed i t o r Flight students at Florida Tech may struggle to finish their training on schedule as the government shutdown continues, according to Timothy Rosser, an associate professor and chair of Flight Education Committee. For all purposes other than critical functions, the Federal Aviation Association, which is a federal government agency, is shutdown as of the time of this article, according to the National Business Aviation Association. According to Rosser, as part of flight students’ schooling, they must take a set of tests—a written exam followed by a practical exam. The written tests need to be processed by the FAA. “I’m hearing conflicting information, but what I’m hearing mostly is that they’re not even doing the written exams until the government’s running again,” Rosser said. “So we have students who need to finish their checkride to get their certificate or their rating and move on, and they can’t because of that.”
Darian Sotomi, a senior in aviation management with flight, works in the aviation department as a flight instructor while he’s finishing his degree. He said he’s seeing a lot of people who are ready to get their certificate but can’t. “People who are at that stage— they’re proficient and ready to take that checkride [and] can’t do it because they can’t complete the ground portion first,” Sotomi said. Buse Dayioglu, a senior in aeronautical science with flight, is one of the students who hasn’t been able to take her written test yet. “In a couple of weeks, I’m going to have to take an FAA written test,” Dayioglu said. “You can technically take the test, but it won’t process your scores. I can’t really do anything if I don’t really get that written [test] out of the way.” Rosser said if a student took their written test prior to the shutdown, they should be able to complete their checkride.
Some flight students are worried about graduating on time, with the government shutdown affecting their flight tests.
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Costliness or lack of exposure for study abroad programs olivia mckelvey \\ S ta ff W R I T E R Colleges worldwide offer programs for students to spend a period of time in a different country to study major-related curriculum, interact with and experience a different culture; Florida Tech is no exception. According to the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers, approximately 1.6 percent of all U.S. students enrolled at institutions of higher education choose to study abroad. This percentage of students is growing each year, but not at an expo-
nential rate. On a more localized perspective, Florida Tech provides students with options to study abroad in Oxford, England; Barcelona, Spain; and the Netherlands. Despite the fact that a large portion of the participants in the survey said they were intrigued in participating in these programs, many still choose not to participate in traveling internationally for their education. A survey of approximately 103 Florida Tech students revealed that 93 of those who participated want to study abroad, but 84 of them said they would not because it is too expensive.
“Students have a lack of understanding,” said business professor Charles Bryant, who manages the study abroad program to Spain. “They see the dollar signs and panic, but if they understood how much it costs not to go, they would make a change.” The 12 day trip in Spain allows business undergraduates and graduates to earn three credits and immerse themselves in Spanish culture as the group travels to Barcelona, Madrid
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Students creating a new social network at Florida Tech Jesse Villaverde \\ Copy Editor
Graduate student Maria Fernanda Sagastume in Toledo, Spain, the nation's old capital which has now become an ancient city.
and Malaga. “International exposure, both within culture and business, is truly one of the greatest takeaways of studying abroad,” Byrant said. “You are going to get job interviews and stand out from other applicants because you have that competitive advantage of experience on a global platform.”
A new app has sparked on campus about checking in on students’ activities and meeting people. We.We, an app created by students Mario Acosta and Daniel Hochiemy, two mechanical engineering seniors, has recently launched this semester for Florida Tech. The app was made for students and organizations to post activities and events on a map for students to see as well as “connect with people on campus to do the same activities you love”, according to the app description on the app store. The development team consists
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of five people, primarily comprised of international students, with most of the app coding outsourced to two friends in India. “There are a lot of events and activities that go on around campus that go unnoticed,” said Acosta, explaining the reason of creating the app. “It’s a problem that nobody has solved in the student community.” Acosta added that students constantly receive emails and most of them are left unread as spam, while organizations have to pay for flyers and posters to put around on campus. “Although most students are on
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