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Community mosque holds memorial for New Zealand shooting olivia mckelvey \\ staff writer
Students often have to wait several minutes for the one working elevator to arrive with any available space.
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Crawford elevators continue to break down david thomspon \\ managing edtior
Both elevators in the Crawford building have recently been out of service, with the one on the left being out of order for more than a week and the one on the right periodically breaking. The elevators are “completely worn out,” according to an emailed response from Dewey Yeatts, the director of facilities management. Despite the expiration date being Aug. 8, 2018 on the Florida Certificate of Operation inside the elevator on the right, Yeatts stated, “There is no safety issue. All elevators are inspected by a third party inspection service. All are up to date.” Kyle Owens, a freshman aerospace engineering major, said he sees an elevator broken down “almost every day,” and he didn’t expect that when he came to Florida Tech.
“When touring, I was never brought into the building,” Owens said. “But if I was, and I was told that the elevators break easily, then it would’ve allowed me to question the safety of the building.” Pauline Cosson, a junior studying sports management, said she usually ends up taking the stairs because “it takes a lot of time for the elevator to come” and that there is always a crowd waiting for it. “I usually try to get to Crawford a bit early so I am not late [to class] if the elevator takes a long time to come,” Cosson said. Yeatts stated that he is not aware of any current issues regarding students and faculty that cannot physically go up the stairs but will “appropriately address any issue.” Owens said he doesn’t “feel the safest” when using the elevators
because they break “all the time.” He mentioned once when he had to take the stairs because one of the elevators was not working. “I was running late to class, and I wanted to use the elevator to get to the sixth floor as quick as I could,” Owens said. “The only elevator working was already filled with students, so I had to run up the stairs.” Yeatts stated the new elevators that are set to replace the “worn out” pair in service right now have been in “design and fabrication for months” and should be delivered sometime in April. Owens said he thinks it is great that the Crawford elevators are being replaced. “It allows us to have new elevators
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More than 300 people of various faiths gathered inside the Islam Society of Brevard County (ISBC) on March 23. Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, Baptists, Muslims and others gathered to honor the 50 lives lost in the mosque shootings that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15. Many leaders from the community such as a rabbi from Viera, a retired Brevard County judge and others attended to lead prayers and speak at the service. Amongst those attending were Florida Tech juniors Natalie Tria, a forensic psychology major, and Bayan Saleh, a biomedical engineering major. Both Tria and Saleh are members of the ISBC. “It was truly a ceremony of cultural inclusion to demonstrate that the community can come together for a greater cause despite our differences,” Tria said. After numerous prayers were said, the mosque invited people from the crowd to come forward and share their thoughts. Tria was one voice that stepped forward. “I spoke because I wanted to let people know that I study offenders
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Two community members holding signs in support
Photo // ISBC Facebook page
Students form club to promote College of Business
sonja micheals \\ staff writer
Students formed a club to run social media for Florida Tech’s Nathan M. Bisk College of Business this spring. According to Kollin Upton, a senior studying business administration, the College of Business Social Media Team consists of about 10 students aiming to increase outreach and engagement to current and potential students. Upton started the club and now serves as its administrator, meaning
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that he performs secretarial tasks and other “behind-the-scenes” work. Upton said the group meets once a week to think of ways to promote the College of Business. The discussion and schedule revolves around events happening that week. “We do things like student spotlights, or event spotlights, where we recognize events going on around campus,” Upton said. He said that the student spotlights help appeal to prospective students
by showing what current students are accomplishing. Since the club’s formation, the members have created an Instagram account for the College of Business, floridatech_cob. “It’s been about a month and a half,” Upton said. “Our Instagram presence has grown notably.” He explained that the group began with a mass email to seek members. Interested students volunteered to participate, and Upton said the
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students continued with it because they enjoyed it. The group includes international students and at least one nontraditional student, according to Upton. He said that having members from different backgrounds helps provide different perspectives in their planning. Upton says the group being most-
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