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Vol.17 / May 5, 2017
HOW ONE LYNN ALUM IS TAKING MUSIC FURTHER ALSO IN THIS RECENT 5K RAISED MONEY FOR
EDITION:
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
TRUMP ENDS “LET GIRLS LEARN” INITIATIVE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 GARDEN OF LIFE 5K
5K Race Held In Palm Beach Gardens Raised An Estimated $30,000 For Special Olympics
4 ALUM RECOGNIZED
Former Conservatory Student Receives Stipend And Talks About Ambition To Grow Music Education
Editors-in-Chief Adrianna Matamoros Victoria Alvarez Managing Editor Adam Yurkiewitz Video Producer Thorn Daniels Assistant Editors Kaitlyn Frame Shawn Johnson Web Coordinator Brian Martin Social Media Manager Gioia Sacco Copy Support Hadassa Delhomme Publishing Editor Calvin Jordan Staff Writers Kaitlin Armstrong Jorge Barbery Cueto Anthony Biagini James Bond Kyana Borbon Barbara Calixte Alexandre Carrier Guillomet Hadassa Delhomme Christina Diabo Alison Eaton Samuel Fagan Maria Freitas Christian Frelinghuysen Carly Rae Gallant Emily Galvin Laura Garrido
Hunter Griffith Donish Henry-Cole Spencer Jackson Ashlan Kelly Cassidy Kruse Christian Lee Adam Leibowitz Sydney Lepselter Jessica Lyme Lana Macchiaverna Rachel Margolis Matthew Mazzamaro Yeina Melendez Vega Lucas Orellana Daniela Papadakis Ashley Pitre Briana Randall Karla Rosario Cesari Cary Rucker Mariah Ruiz Saad Gioia Sacco Darpan Shah Mehdi Shah Whitney Sharpe Roberto Torres Chenelle Vassell Jordan Verdadeiro Matthew Weitz
6 “LET GIRLS LEARN” ENDS
President Trump Plans To Dismantle Initiative To Encourage Education For Girls World-Wide
7 GOING FAR WITH GOLF
Freshman Toto Gana Had The Opportunity To Attend the Masters Golf Tournament
Graduate Support Maria Cardenas Christelle Mehu Faculty Support Andrew Vermes Faculty Advisor Martin Phillips Stefanie Powers Faculty Advertising Advisor Gary Carlin
Above: The recent annual Admitted Student Experience granted over 100 high school students the chance to see Lynn in a whole new way. LU Photo.
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AROUND BOCA GARDEN OF LIFE 5K RACE HELD LAST WEEKEND
5K Raises Money For Healthy Living And To Benefit Special Olympics By PAIGE ELLENSON AND KAITLYN FRAME Staff Writer & Assistant Editor
There was plenty of fun, lots of sun and a total of 1160 people that finished the Garden of Life’s second annual 5k Sun Run Challenge Saturday morning to promote health and to support and raise funds for Special Olympics of Palm Beach County. The second annual Garden of Life run took place at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens and was hosted by the President of Garden of Life, Brian Ray. Ray was joined by the Director of Special Olympics of Palm Beach-Rich Fleming, 160 employees from Garden of Life and over 30 volunteers and staff members from Special Olympics of Palm Beach to show how a community can come together to support others. Race participants ranged in ages and consisted of athletes from Special Olympics of Palm Beach, coaches, volunteers, employees, friends, family and people from the community. However, the family event not only attracted runners from just Palm Beach County, but brought in supporters from across the country. Race participants and donators raised $10,000 more than last year with totaling a $30,000 written check for Special Olympics of Palm Beach County. “We’re very grateful to the Garden of Life team for putting this event on,” stated Fleming.
“And most of all I want to thank all these runners that came out to support our athletes here today. It’s unbelievable where this money will go and what it will do. This means a lot to our athletes.” Special Olympics of Palm Beach County provides yearround sports training and competition in a variety of sports for people that have intellectual disabilities. Making it their mission to give them opportunities to demonstrate courage, develop fitness and to experience the feeling of joy as they share the gifts they have learned with their friends and families. The Garden of Life run is a way to promote healthy living, such as physical fitness. Supporting Special Olympics of Palm Beach was just one of their ways in helping the community and making sure everyone has a chance to live a healthy life. “There are two reasons we do a 5K for the Garden of Life,” said Ray. “The first is to support Palm Beach County. We were
founded in 2000 in Palm Beach Gardens… we are [the] number one nutrition brand across the United States and all of our employees pretty much come from Palm Beach County. The second reason and the more important reason is to raise money for Special Olympics. It is a wonderful organization and Palm Beach County probably has the best county in the entire United States of running a Special Olympics organization.” With Garden of Life being one of the leading companies that sells organic, non-GMO and RAW whole food supplements, Ray said this event was the perfect way to give back to the community. “We want people to know that Garden of Life was founded 16 years ago in Palm Beach Gardens,” stated Ray. “We wanted to do this fun, family event for the community to let people know that our mission is to empower extraordinary health here in our hometown, as well as the rest of the world.”
Above: The Garden of Life 5k was a family friendly event which raised money for special Olympics this past Saturday. Staff Photo/ P. Ellenson.
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COVER ALUMNI CONSERVATORY STUDENT RECOGNIZED Former Lynn Tubist Joseph Guimaraes Receives Educational, By MARIA J. CARDENAS Graduate Assistant Joseph Augusto Guimaraes 16’ has received the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants. Selected from 1,775 applicants, he is one of 30 recipients who were chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to U.S. society, culture or academic work. “When I looked at the list of past fellows, I was able to relate not only to their stories but also to what they where trying to do to better the country,” said Guimaraes.
Originally from Recife, Brazil, Guimaraes came to the United States in 1998 when he was 10-years-old. His family established themselves in Boca Raton and from an early age Guimaraes learned the concept of hard work through what his parents were able to accomplish. “Hard work typically yields whatever it is that you what you want,” he said. Guimaraes started playing the tuba when he was in the sixth grade and continued throughout high school. Guimaraes studied music education for two years, but because he also had an affinity towards sciences and mathematics, he decided to
switch to biology. He changed paths once again when he said, “One day I was reading a book, and was humming and moving my fingers to the notes that I was humming and said ‘I don’t think this is my passion, I want to do music.’” While he was not accepted the first time he applied to Lynn, he auditioned a year later and got one of the only two tuba spots at the Conservatory of Music. “When I got to Lynn, that was the start of my professional life,” he said. “The majority of the professors that I came in contact with were very inspirational and they really believed in what we could do. I am forever grateful for that.”
Above: Joseph Guimaraes, a tubist of the Lynn Conservatory, was named the 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow. Stock Photos.
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STORY FOR HIS DEDICATION AND HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC Professional Development Stipend As The 2017 Soros Fellow
In addition to joining the tools to underprivileged children and tuba player. He is looking prestigious community of to empower and engage them into pursuing a doctorate degree, recipients from past years, through the performing arts. and in the future hopes to get each honoree receives up to T M P FA I is the a per formance job or college $90,000 for cor nerstone of his professorship. their graduate work with youth as well “I credit Lynn, and especially program. as education reform. my mentors and the professors Currently, The organization’s that were closest to me as a Guimaraes work is only possible large part of why I was able to is a master’s be accepted to come to Yale,” with the help of student at the Guimaraes said. He would like to private supporters Yale School of and donations can be thank the following Lynn faculty: Music. made via their website Kenneth Amis, Dan Satterwhite, “[Apart under the TMPFAI tab. Marc Reese, Thomas L. McKinley, from] In the next year, Sophia Stone and Greg Miller, receiving the Guimaraes plans to and the whole Conservatory of financial aid, graduate and get Music for all their support. joining the married to his fiancée, To learn more about Guimaraes - Joseph Guimaraes, Paul & Daisy Nicole Kukieza, who is and his initiatives, visit www. Lynn alum fellowship also a Lynn graduate JosephGuimaraes.com. and the class of [past fellows] will be an invaluable tool to get closer to achieving my goal,” said Guimaraes. “I’m trying to push for a national music-education reform were every child should take and hopefully will take a music class.” “Music has the ability to teach lessons; lessons that cannot be taught in traditional classrooms,” he continued. “Music, in conjunction with our current education system, would be able to create people that are not only intellects and scholars but are also able to be human.” As an advocate of music education, Guimaraes launched his company, The Valve Beanie in 2015. He is also the founder of The Mouthpieces For All Initiative (TMPFAI), whose Above: Joseph Guimaraes shares his love for music with students at a local school. Stock Photo. mission is to donate musical
“MUSIC HAS THE ABILITY TO TEACH LESSONS; LESSONS THAT CANNOT BE TAUGHT IN TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS,”
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NATIONAL NEWS TRUMP PUTS AN END TO “LET GIRLS LEARN” INITIATIVE
The Administration Will Discontinue International Girls Education Program
By ADRIANNA MATAMOROS Editor Recent reports from various news sources point to one of the latest policy changes made on behalf of the Trump administration. The reports indicate that “Let Girls Learn,” a signature girls education program founded and lead by for mer first lady, Michelle Obama, is to be dismantled. The decision to end “Let Girls Learn,” which began in 2015 as a “holistic approach” to change perceptions of the importance of education for young girls across the globe according to its website, has been met with much opposition and criticism from a variety of members involved with the initiative, as well as among public opinion. “Moving forward, we will not continue to use the ‘Let Girls Lear n’ brand or maintain a stand-alone program,” wrote Sheila Crowley, the agency’s acting director, in an email sent to Peace Corps employees. According to a White House statement, there would be aspects of the initiative that would continue, despite international documents obtained by new sources hours earlier that advised administrative employees that the education initiative would not continue. Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman told reporters, “There have been no changes to the program.” H o w e v e r, a c c o r d i n g t o internal sources, many of the
Above: Former first lady Michelle Obama founded the “Let Girls Learn” initiative to empower girls world-wide and to promote education for girls in developing nations. Stock Photo.
administration’s employees received emails that indicated that the name “Let Girls Learn” and many of its advancements as a stand-alone program would end. The White House refused to comment with regards to the future of “Let Girls Learn” and its status as a stand-alone program. The White House also did not directly speak about the memo. Representatives of first lady Melania Trump declined to comment. The memo detailing the end of “Let Girls Learn” was released just hours after Sonny Perdue, the administration’s agricultural secretary, announced changes to healthy school lunch initiatives that were also implemented by the former first lady. “The Peace Corps continues to prioritize girls’ education and empowerment programming,” said a spokesman at the Peace Corps and United States Agency
for International Development, which ran the program. “Girls’ education and empowerment has been a hallmark of our work over the past 56 years and we look forward to continuing those efforts with our inter-agency partners. We remain dedicated to the passionate work of our volunteers and staff to empower and educate girls in their communities.” According to a 2013 UNESCO Education for All monitoring report, investing in education for girls would mean an average of 12.2 million children in some of the world’s most impoverished developing nations would avoid stunted development and would be 50 percent more likely to surpass the age of five if they had a literate mother. The report also indicates that 64% fewer child marriages for girls between the ages of 12 and 15 would occur and 59 percent fewer girls would become pregnant before the age of 17.
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ATHLETICS A LYNN STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE FOR THE AGES
Freshman Toto Gana Reflects On Trip To The Masters Golf Tournament By MATT MAZZAMARO Staff Writer
April 6 marked the start of the 81st Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National golf club in GA. This year’s tournament had a little bit more significance for Lynn, as one of their very own from the men’s golf team participated for the first time. After securing the victory in the Latin America Amateur Championship in January that gave him an automatic bid to Augusta, Lynn freshman sensation Toto Gana took this year’s tournament as an opportunity not only to represent Lynn University and all of Division II golf, but his home country of Chile as well. “Representing Chile was incredible because I was just the third Chilean golfer to even play in the Masters, so being there for my home country meant a lot,” Gana said. “I don’t know how high their expectations were for me, but all my friends sent me encouraging messages saying ‘Come on, Come on, you can do it’, so that for me was the best part.” Although Gana did not have the tournament that he wanted, he still took the experience as a learning opportunity and has high expectations for himself to be back at Augusta again in the near future. “I would’ve obviously loved to make the cut, but I really just wanted to play well and it was just surreal to be surrounded by so many of the best golfers in the world,” Gana said. “It was just an all- around amazing experience.”
Above: England’s Justin Rose and Toto Gana share a laugh on the course at Augusta. Stock Photo.
Looking back on the tournament as a whole, Gana is not disappointed in himself. Being just the third golfer from his country to even get to the Masters, Gana is also the youngest ever out of the three to do so at 19-years-old. “Hopefully, I can be back there a couple more times,” Gana said. “Now I feel a lot better about it because that experience was just so much for me. It’s not like I am a new player now, but kind of. Taking everything in, the experience, the pressure and all of the people surrounding the course, it was just amazing. So now coming back to finish the season at Lynn, I feel different-with more confidence and experience.” As if it was not enough to just be in the presence of so many great golfers, Gana was excited about one in particular that he was able to learn from during the tournament.
“I played with Vijay Singh and he told me a lot of good things, so I just felt really good.” Despite his experience playing golf, Gana was met with added pressure prior to the tournament’s start, due to its global influence. “I prepared the same as for any other tournament,” he said. “I practiced my approach and my long game, I had just played a tournament for school, so I felt really prepared and really good. I felt pretty chill before the tournament, I mean obviously once it was time to tee off, I felt it a little bit, but that’s normal. I was just living in the moment and enjoying every second of it.” With this year’s Masters Tournament in the books, Gana is optimistic that he will make his way back to Augusta soon and all those supporting him maintain the same faith that he will make a quick return.
May 5, 2017 | Page 8 The sixth annual Celebration of the Arts was sold out last Friday. The show marked the end of a year of preparation on behalf on students, faculty and staff members. LU Photo.
ATHLETICS
UPCOMING EVENTS ZBT Donut Sale 5/5 @ 10 a.m. | Perper Plaza
WOMEN’S NEXT GAME GOLF NCAA South Regional
Date
Time
5/8
8 a.m.
GOLF NCAA South Regional
5/9
8 a.m.
GOLF NCAA South Regional
5/10 8 a.m.
Spring Fashion Show 5/6 @ 6:30 p.m. |Wold PAC
MEN’S NEXT GAME
Date
Time
BASEBALL @ Embry-Riddle
5/5
6 p.m.
BASEBALL @ Embry-Riddle
5/6
1 p.m.
5/8
8 a.m.
GOLF NCAA South Regional
With summer fast approaching, Lynn’s annual Pine Tree Camp is scheduled to begin soon. The camp will host daily activities for children over the break. LU Photo.
Conservatory Student Recital 5/5 @ 2 p.m. | AG Concert Hall
Animal Welfare Club Shelter Drive 4/30 @ 9 a.m. | EML Res Lobby Tri Sigma Kickball Tournament 4/30 @ 10 a.m. | Perper Intramural Field