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#TNGBIGSHOW2015
A SUCCESS
DESPITE RAIN AND GENERATORS Trey Henderson Editor-in-Chief Thursday afternoon and faced with a hard decision, the Touch-N-Go executive board made the call: to stay strong and proceed with #TNGBIGSHOW2015 in the Voyager Parking Lot. Despite critical weather forecasts, setup in the ICI center would have been near impossible. Athletics’ scheduled Blue and Gold Gala, which took place Friday night preceding Bigshow, eliminated the freedom for TNG to set up in the ICI center. Stage and equipment setup for Bigshow, a two day process, would need to be crammed into a 6 hour period prior to the 7:30 p.m. show start. With hundreds of thousands of dollars of sound, lighting, and stage equipment, it simply wasn’t possible. As such, Touch-N-Go pushed forward and hoped for the best on Saturday afternoon. The day started with a forecasted 90% chance of rain at showtime and mother nature certainly didn’t disappoint. With a relatively calm morning and afternoon, conditions had degraded significantly by showtime. Hundreds of students lined Aerospace Boulevard in anticipation of the event when light raindrops began splashing down over campus. Within minutes, the light shower had turned to a downpour with students redirected to safety within the Student Village, Apollo, and McKay. Despite the inclimate weather, students’ morales were still high as they enjoyed their time in the Student Village atrium. One student joyously began playing “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the atrium piano to which dozens of others chimed in with vocals. With door opening now delayed an hour and twenty minutes from the scheduled 7:30 p.m. commencement due to extreme proximity lighting and the heavy downpours, students and members of the community finally began streaming in at 8:50 p.m. With The Icarus Effect now on stage and the crowd growing, it seemed as though Bigshow was back on track. But not for long. Soon into Smashmouth’s set, power failures began to plague the show. One of the rented generators, which was supplied with the wrong oil, began intermittently overheating. Built-in holds during the show were implemented and many inadvertent failures were masked by crowd-pleasing drum and guitar solos. Throughout one failure during Plain White Ts’ set, band members proceeded to take selfies with crowd member’s cell phones and even came into the crowd to meet with fans, take pictures, and sign memorabilia in order to pass time while the generator cooled. Unfortunately, the rain delay and generator complications resulted in an abbreviated set for all the acts, but nonetheless, #TNGBIGSHOW2015 was a huge success with hundreds in attendance enjoying free food, beer, and a great show.
Plain White T’s rhythm guitarist and lead vocals, Tim Lopez, plays fan favorites such as ‘Hey There Delilah,’ ‘1,2,3,4,’ and ‘Our Time is Now’ during Touch-N-Go’s Bigshow 2015. Photo Credit: Jack Taylor/The Avion Newspaper
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Day 6: Trust the Instruments Brought to you by the Center for Faith and Spirituality
The instrument phase of my Air Force flight training included a session in the Barany chair named for Dr. Robert Barany, an Austrian Nobel Prize winning physician. Dr. Barany’s early 20th century experiments led to the discovery of the vestibular system of the inner ear as the source of our sense of balance and body movement. His studies also revealed the causes of vertigo that has plagued pilots since the first flight through the clouds. The Barany chair was mounted on a rotational axis. The instructor would spin the blindfolded student in one direction, then slow the rate of rotation. The student would feel the sensation of stopping and beginning to turn in the other direction. It provided a lasting impression
of the fact that you can’t trust your own sense of movement when you have no visual reference. The vestibular system in each inner ear comprises two components. The semicircular canals indicate rotational movements by comparing levels of stimulation as the head moves left and right, up and down. The otoliths indicate accelerations and decelerations through fluids moving back and forth over “hair cells” that sense the flow of the fluids. The system constantly sends these sensations of movement to the brain which instantly signals our eyes and muscles to move in a way that keeps us balanced and oriented o our environment. When we lose our visu-
al reference, such as when we are flying in the clouds, our brain can receive erroneous vestibular messages (as in the Barany chair). Our body can falsely sense movement that our eyes can’t prove as wrong. Hence, vertigo can set in, and we are prone to make incorrect control inputs. In the airplane, with no outside visual references, we have to give our eyes something from which to reference our spatial orientation. We replace outside references with our primary flight instruments. We all know that the only option for flying in IMC is to trust our instruments, since we can’t trust ourselves in the environment. The truth is we can’t trust ourselves in much of anything. Our mind and body will often betray us.
What seems right to us from logic and experience frequently turns out to be a mistake. We can’t see and fully understand what is really out there. We need another reference that is more reliable. Solomon put it plainly that anyone who trusts in himself is a fool (Proverbs 28:26). As we develop our relationship with the Lord, we come to realize that we have in Him the source of all wisdom. He knows everything about us and everything about the world we live in. Why wouldn’t we want to rely on His perfect judgment rather than our own? As our faith in the instruments rather than in our senses has proven successful, our faith in God rather than ourselves proves equally successful. We are encouraged to live by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Deferring to God in daily living is not mysterious. It is very practical. First, we must accept the fact that our own judgment can be flawed and that God’s judgment is perfect. Then, we pray for wisdom and consult the scriptures for application to our daily decisions. When we are seeking Him through His Word and are in regular communication with Him through prayer, the decisions we make, large or small, will be aligned with His desires for our life. He asks nothing more of us… and nothing less. Are you trusting Him completely?
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DUI Simulator Brought to Campus
Michael Wildes SGA SRB Safe Ride Committee Member
Every Semester, the Safe Ride Committee plans strategic events for the benefits of students. The aim is to educate students about maintaining safety on the roadway while also being a fun outlet for students to experience something new. This semester, Safe Ride worked in conjunction with CEP Incorporated to bring to the campus a DUI Simulator for students to get the oppor-
tunity to learn what the impacts are of driving under the influence. CEP Inc. is a company that specializes in providing exciting and educational events to universities, and they brought their expertise to our campus on April 2nd. They brought their cutting edge DUI simulator and set up on the West Lawn so that any student who was willing and able could experience for him or herself the influence alcohol or drugs has on their cognitive abilities. Unlike many other
simulators, CEP Inc. brought an actual vehicle onto campus and allowed students to drive on a computer controlled road simulator via simulator sensors. What made it even more unique was that students who participated had to give their personal statistics (weight, height, age, gender, etc.) to the technicians present who would then create the augmented environment tailored to that one student. Obviously, it proved to be very fun and educational to students on campus.
Drunk Driving has steadily been the number cause of death for Americans between the ages of 15-24- the age most people are in college. You can probably think of one person in your life who has had an accident because of being under the influence, running into someone under the influence, or furthermore, someone who has died because of this. Alcohol significantly impairs cognitive abilities, judgment, and response times in people, and when students do not practice safe
road rule, like wearing their seatbelts, for instance, the risk is further compounded. With this activity, Safe Ride aimed to be a meaningful source of guidance on campus for students. One of the benefits of Safe Ride on Embry-Riddle’s campus is to have a relief driver in the form a taxicab that can pick students up almost anywhere in Daytona Beach if they have had too many drinks and don’t think it is safe to drive home. We have been able to do this for a flat fee, and stu-
dents consider it a huge benefit. If you have not already sign up for this, visit our SGA office in the Student Center and speak to a receptionist. It takes 5 minutes, is FREE, and will save you money. For the 100 students who came out to participate in our event this semester, we are certain that they are much more aware of the danger off driving under the influence. Safe Ride hopes to continue this venture in the form of DUI and Distracted Driving Simulators for years to come!
number of graduate students to reach 600 in fall 2015. This includes graduate students from all of the colleges at Embry-Riddle. Moreover, the traditional Graduate Student Orientation that takes place during orientation week of each semester will be changed to an online presentation, allowing students to read the guidelines at their leisure. The Graduate Admissions Office will also announce the new graduate programs being offered at Embry-Riddle next semester. In addition, after a very successful ‘SGA Graduate Student Forum’ this semester, it has been decided to include the
forum at the beginning of next semester. More details about the forum and the future graduate programs being offered starting next semester will be advertised soon. Also, information about graduate student research incentives in collaboration with the SGA Academic Committee will be forthcoming. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sarah Orfinger, Assistant Director of International and Graduate Admissions at orfinges@erau.edu or contact Ravi Gondaliya, SGA Graduate Student Representative at gondalir@my.erau.edu.
Claudia Ehringer Lucas Engineering Fundamentals Faculty
underwater facility in the Florida Keys in July. CORAL II will be submerged in pieces by Navy divers, and the aquanauts will assemble it on the sea floor with failures modes. The overall NEEMO 20 project will be a combined effort of multiple Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Departments, including the Human Factors, Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, Commercial Space Operations and the College of Business, as well as the Embry-Riddle’s scuba club. The student, Kate Osmers, has drawn the structure using CATIA, making the original conceptual design for this project into a buildable final drawing
that the EGR 101 students will use this week to start constructing CORAL II at the Teledyne facility. This is the second time Prof. Lucas has had the opportunity to choose students in her class to be part of this amazing experience. This is a great opportunity for ERAU students to learn new skills from hands-on experience that build on the knowledge acquired in the classroom while provides awareness of what takes place in private and government industries. The three submerged panels of CORAL I during the NEEMO 19 mission will be brought back to the surface to be analyzed by Teledyne.
Update From Your EGR 101 Students to Construct Graduate Student Teledyne Lab Representative
Ravi Gondaliya Graduate Representative
As you prepare for your final examinations and as some your friends plan to graduate, here are a few updates from the SGA’s Graduate Student Representative. These updates serve to provide useful information about the upcoming events and changes happening in Embry-Riddle’s Graduate Admissions Office and are intended to provide a ‘heads up’ to the student body. During the past month, Graduate Admissions has been busy recruiting future Eagles from all around the world. The university is expecting the total
Claudia Ehringer Lucas, Professor of EGR101 has selected eight students, Joshua Degroate, Aaron Ford, Brian Gruzdis, Suubi Musisi, Lilian Njoki, Raymond Picquet, Jitesh Rane and Khiet Tran, all aerospace students in her class, to construct the Collaborative Oceanic Reliability Analysis Lab II (CORAL II). The test stand has been designed by engineers of Teledyne Oil and Gas and will be delivered during the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) Mission 20 at the Aquarius
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Australia Brings Stunning Views
Dayton Drugovich/The Avion Newspaper Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is an iconic sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory of central Australia.
Dayton Drugovich Staff Reporter Going to the “Outback” is something I’ve wanted to do for the longest
time, and other than the fact that every living thing can kill you in minutes, it is up there on my list of favorite places. I flew to Alice Springs, which is
almost in the exact middle of the continent, and in the heart of the outback. Located in the northern territory or more accurately called the “red centre,”
Alice Springs serves as a good starting point for the journey since this is about the only decent size city (which means bigger than a petrol station with a con-
venience store) throughout this uninhabited part of the world. Around Alice Springs, there are many places close by that give you that outback experience, but perhaps the most recognisable symbol of the outback and even Australia is Ayers Rock, also known by its Aboriginal name Uluru. It has become famous around the world for its sheer size and location. Rising over one thousand feet above the flat and featureless desert floor, from a distance it size is not that noteworthy, but as you approach its grand scale becomes noticeable. Comprised of a single piece of sandstone, much like an iceberg, what is visible is only a fraction of its true size. It extends another 3 miles beneath the desert floor. The 280 mile drive one-way from Alice Springs made for quite the long day, and if you want to see Uluru at its best, get there at
sunrise or sunset when it glows a deep red. It is possible to climb Uluru, but this should be done early in the morning to escape the heat. When I was there it topped out at 45°C (113°F), and the hike gets closed off if the temperature reaches 36°C, or if the winds are too high. Most people opt for the loop track when the summit is closed, which is what I did. While on the walk, I began to understand why Aboriginal people have been around Uluru for over 10,000 years, and it is of the highest religious significance amongst them. In every direction you look, there is nothing but endless desert. But here around this massive rock, which seems divinely out of place, there is everything you need: caves, many year - round springs, and the animals that come to the water, so you have your three basic needs met right there: food, water, shelter.
Students to Create Artwork for New Student Center and Library Kelly Pratt Marketing & Enrollment This Friday two paint parties promise to transform the Hunt Library and West Lawn at Embry-Riddle. The fun starts at 4 p.m. April 17 at the Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library, when the first floor becomes the setting of an interactive art party complete with a
Photo provided by the Hunt Library.
Right: Perego paints a portrait of Jack Hunt, to be posted in the new Student Center and Library.
live deejay, paint brushes, canvases, mood lighting and performance artist Perego. A few hours later, at 8 p.m. the painting continues at WIKD’s Glow Show, an electronic dance music party infused with paint cannons. Known as a one-of-akind performance artist and painter, Perego and his “Art Army” assistants will invite students and faculty
to join the ranks with loaded paintbrushes to help commemorate the library’s history. So wear some clothes you don’t mind getting paint on and get ready to bring on the color. Prefer to standby? Watch Perego’s brand of rock art climax when he dips his hair in paint to splash on the finishing touches. “This is your chance to make your mark and help
us honor the building that some of you have grown up with before we move out at the end of April,” said Library Director Kathleen Citro. “We’re going to Get Loud in the Library on a whole new level so come out and help preserve your memories of Embry-Riddle through this art project so that future generations can enjoy it.” After a 30-year run in its current location, the Hunt Library will be moving to the Student Center Annex and reopen the week of May 11. The move makes way for the demolition of the building this summer and construction of the new Student Union and future home of the library, which will feature the artwork that students help create this Friday. Named after the founding university president of Embry-Riddle, the Hunt Library is unlike most libraries: It prides itself on being noisy. “We’re usually loud with student intellectual activity, but when you Get Loud in the Library this Friday it’s going to be a fun way to celebrate all the positive changes that are coming,” Citro said. Once you’re done painting at the library, head to
the West Lawn for a more abstract experience. The WIKD Glow Show will splash into the weekend with electronic dance music (EDM), black lights and “lots and lots of paint,” said Sam Lenderman, general manager of Embry-Riddle’s WIKD 102.5 radio station. “This is the first time we’ve done anything like this,” Lenderman said. “If you like dancing, music and painting, you should come.” The Glow Show draws on the expertise of the Paint University Company to bring an outdoor dance party experience with the added bonus of spraying everyone down with a washable, nontoxic and water-based paint. “Wear white clothes that you want to add some color to,” Lenderman said. Timed about a week before classes conclude, the events promise a memorable ending to Spring semester. “It’s a nice coincidence that we planned these to happen on the same night. Head to the library first to add color to the canvases and get some free food outside. Then get ready to dance with WIKD,” Lenderman said.
Event INFO • About: Students are welcomed to create painted artwork that will be posted in the new student union and library. Performance artist and painter, Perego, will be creating original painted artworks with the Embry-Riddle student community. The event will also celebrate the 30 year history of the Library with a Glow Show from WIKD. • Who: All students and faculty are welcome. • What: Get Loud in the Library Art Party • When: 4 to 7:30 p.m., Friday April 17 • Free: Entry, barbecue and beverages. • Details: Help paint canvases to be featured in the future Student Union and Library. No experience necessary. Wear something you don’t mind getting paint on.
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YOU ARE. WORLDWIDE. You don’t have to be on campus to take classes this summer. With Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, you can take classes from home – or wherever you are!
EMBRY-RIDDLE WORLDWIDE ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER 2015 SCHEDULE * Available courses for the May 2015 (May 31 - August 1) summer term.
MGMT 371 Leadership
COURSE # COURSE TITLE
MGMT 388 System Forensics, Investigation, and Response
MGMT 387 Mangaging Risk in Information Systems
ASCI 202
Introduction to Aeronautical Science
ASCI 254
Aviation Legislation
ASCI 315
Unmanned Aerial Systems and Operations
ASCI 357
Flight Physiology
MGMT 394 Information Security Management
ASCI 404
Applications in Aviation/ Aerospace Law
PHYS 102
Explorations in Physics
ASCI 406
Airborne Law Enforcement
PHYS 142
Introduction to Environmental Science
BIOL 107
Elements of Biological Science
PHYS 150
Physics I for Engineers
BSAB 410
Management of Air Cargo
PHYS 301
Astronomy
BSAB 415
Airline Management
PHYS 304
Environmental Science Introduction to Psychology
MGMT 390 Business Law MGMT 391 Introduction to Project Management
BSAB 450 Airline/Airport Marketing
With Embry-Riddle Worldwide, you may be at home, but you’ll never be on your own. Faculty members assigned to Web-based classes are as accessible and supportive as they are in the classroom, and online learners develop a strong sense of community and camaraderie through online support groups, email discussion forums, online help desk and an academic support system.
PSYC 220
CSCI 109
RSCH 202 Introduction to Research Methods
Daytona Beach Campus students who would like to take online summer courses must follow these procedures: • Students who do not enroll in any Daytona Beach summer course may take any Worldwide online course on this list. • Students who do enroll in any Daytona Beach summer course may take Worldwide online course(s) that Daytona Beach is not offering during summer 2015. • Have your program coordinator sign your registration form. Students are expected to have completed DB prerequisites for the WW courses. Ask your program coordinator if the WW course will count in your degree program. Take the signed form to the Records and Registration office and ask for Yvonne Terry. • Register for Embry-Riddle Worldwide online courses at the Daytona Beach Office of Records and Registration (386-226-6338). Registrations for the May 2015 (May 31) term will be accepted now through May 22 and for the June 2015 (June 15) now through June 8. • Graduate students should see their program coordinators for advising and for a list of graduate courses available online through WW. • Self-enroll in ORNT 001 before online classes begin, to get familiar with the online format.
Introduction to Computers & Applications
ECON 210 Microeconomics ECON 211
Macroeconomics
ECON 420 Economics of Air Transportation
SCTY 410
Physical Security
ENGL 123
English Composition
SOCI 210
Introduction to Sociology
ENGL 143
Studies in Rhetorical Theory
SOCI 300
Marriage and Family
ENGL 221
Technical Report Writing
SOCI 310
Personality Development
ENGL 222
Business Communication
ENGR 115
Introduction to Computing for Engineers
Available courses for the June 2015 (June 15 - August 16) summer term.
ESCI 202
Solid Mechanics
COURSE # COURSE TITLE
GOVT 340 U.S. Foreign Policy HIST 130
History of Aviation in America
HIST 302
Evolution of Scientific Thought
HUMN 142 Studies in Literature HUMN 300 World Literature HUMN 310 American Literature HUMN 330 Values and Ethics MATH 106 Basic Algebra & Trigonometry
ASCI 404
Applications in Aviation/ Aerospace Law
CSCI 109
Introduction to Computers & Applications
ECON 211
Macroeconomics
ENGL 123
English Composition
ENGL 222
Business Communication
GOVT 331 Current Issues in America
MATH 111
College Mathematics for Aviation I
HIST 130
MATH 112
College Mathematics for Aviation II
MATH 111
College Mathematics for Aviation I
MATH 112
College Mathematics for Aviation II
MATH 140 College Algebra
History of Aviation in America
MATH 106 Basic Algebra & Trigonometry
MATH 142 Trigonometry MATH 143 Precalculus Essentials
MATH 140 College Algebra
MATH 222 Business Statistics
MATH 211
MATH 412 Probability and Statistics
Other information:
MGMT 201 Principles of Management
• The Worldwide online May 2015 term runs from May 31 through August 1 and the June 2015 term runs from June 15 through August 16.
MGMT 203 Management for Aeronautical Science
• Previously failed courses may not be repeated via Worldwide online courses.
MGMT 308 Public Administration
• Students on Academic Warning or Academic Probation may not participate.
SCTY 385 Intelligence Collection and Analysis
MGMT 210 Financial Accounting MGMT 311 Marketing MGMT 312 Managerial Accounting
• Tuition is $645 per credit hour. Books and incidentals are not included in tuition. This special summer online tuition rate is offered exclusively via Embry-Riddle Worldwide for the May and June 2015 terms only.
MGMT 314 Human Resource Management
For more information about Worldwide online registration dates and schedules, please call Yvonne Terry at (386) 226-6338.
MGMT 321 Aviation/Aerospace Systems Analysis Methods
MGMT 317 Organizational Behavior MGMT 320 Business Information Systems
MGMT 324 Aviation Labor Relations MGMT 325 Social Responsibility & Ethics in Management MGMT 335 International Business
Statistics with Aviation Applications
MGMT 201 Principles of Management MGMT 203 Management for Aeronautical Science MGMT 210 Financial Accounting MGMT 311 Marketing MGMT 314 Human Resource Management MGMT 317 Organizational Behavior MGMT 325 Social Responsibility & Ethics in Management MGMT 371 Leadership MGMT 391 Introduction to Project Management PHYS 102
Explorations in Physics
RSCH 202 Introduction to Research Methods SOCI 310
Personality Development * This schedule is subject to change.
Sophie Olley, majoring in Human Factors, swings her club, and sends the golf ball towards Hole #10 at the Bash of The Beach Golf Tournament.
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Upcoming Games: Tuesday Baseball at Brewton-Parker (DH) Mount Vernon, Ga. 2 p.m. Baseball at Brewton-Parker (DH) Mount Vernon, Ga. 5 p.m. Softball at Rollins (DH) Winter Park, Fla. 6 p.m. Softball at Rollins (DH) Winter Park, Fla. 8 p.m.
Wednesday No Games
Thursday Women’s Golf vs The Sun Conference Championships TBD All Day Men’s Tennis vs The Sun Conference Tournament Daytona Beach, Fla. TBA Women’s Tennis vs The Sun Conference Tournament Daytona Beach, Fla. TBA
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Eagles Soar for Bash at The Beach Robert Lopez ERAU Athletics The 15th-ranked Embry-Riddle women’s golf team kicked off the Bash at the Beach on Saturday, its final home tournament of the season, and sits in fifth place out of 10 teams after one round of play. The 36-hole tournament is being played at LPGA International’s par 72, 6,048-yard Hills Course. The Eagles shot a team
total of 318 in the first round. Sophie Olley led the way for the Blue and Gold as she carded a 73. Olley is tied for fifth place on the individual leaderboard and is just three strokes back of the leader, Josefine Garton of Seminole State. MacKenzie Cunningham is also currently in the top 20 as she is tied for 15th place with a score of 79. Several other Eagles are within distance of a top 20 finish as well. Hannah
Robb is shot an 82 on the first 18 holes and is tied for 21st place, while Charlotte Orren fired an 84 and is tied for 26th place. Fatima Carriles rounded out the Eagle five as she carded a 90 and is in 37th place. Abbey Trinca is competing for ERAU as an individual and currently sits in a tie for 34th place with a score of 89. Seminole State sits atop the team the leaderboard with a 292 total, while
NAIA No. 1 Northwood (301), Illinois Springfield (315), and Bethune-Cookman make up the rest of the top four. The Eagles will try to climb up the team leaderboard during the final round of the Bash at the Beach on Sunday, as they are just three strokes behind the third and fourth place teams. Play will begin on Sunday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
Athlete Spotlight of The Week Hudson Cadet - Men’s Basketball
Friday Softball vs Ave Maria (DH) Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 & 3 p.m. Baseball vs Southeastern Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m. Women’s Golf vs The Sun Conference Championships TBD All Day Tennis vs The Sun Conference Tournament Daytona Beach, Fla. TBA
Saturday Softball vs Northwood (DH) Daytona Beach, Fla. 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Baseball vs Southeastern (DH) Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 & 4 p.m. Track and Field vs The Sun Conference Championships Daytona Beach, Fla. Tennis vs The Sun Conference Tournament Daytona Beach, Fla. TBA Women’s Golfvs The Sun Conference Championships TBDAll Day
Sunday Women’s Golf vs The Sun Conference Championships TBD All Day Track and Field vs The Sun Conference Championships Daytona Beach, Fla.
Monday No Games
Shemar Alexander/The Avion Newspaper Hudson Cadet, a Forward for the Embry-Riddle men’s basketball team is an electrical engineering major.
I came to riddle for two reasons. One was to get the most of my collegiate career and academic career, and Riddle was the only place to allow me to do both at the highest level that I wanted to go, plus I could come here and study to be an engineer. It’s easier to go to bigger Division One schools, but they would want you to change your major because the schedule might become hectic, and they want you to focus more on basketball. On the other hand, here at Riddle they want you to focus on being the best student you can be. So Riddle seemed to be the perfect place for me as well as academics and athletics are concerned. I’ve always wanted to be an engineer my whole life, I don’t know what made me want or what moment inspired me, but I’ve always wanted to do it. After I had done some electric work for someone, it intrigued me, and I decided that I would go into electrical engineering. I didn’t start playing basketball
until my sophomore year of high school. I played soccer before that; I was about 6’3 my freshman year. Then my sophomore year of high school I shot up to 6’8, and then I turned into a basketball player my sophomore year. I wasn’t the best at first, but I got better and improved my game by my senior year of high school. My parents have always supported me one hundred percent. They support me going to this school, and the choices I’ve made through life. My short term goal is to get an internship this summer; I would like to work this summer before going into my senior year, so I can hone my craft as an engineer. For the long term, I’m more of a “cross that bridge when I come to it” kind of guy. Obviously I want to be an engineer somewhere, I don’t care where I think about the people I’m around. If someone ask who Hudson is, I’d say I’m the guy that likes to most out of whatever situation I’m in. I always try to look at things on the bright
side; I can definitely say I’m an optimist. I like my friends, my teammates; I like to have fun. I’m definitely big on family; I love my family. Immediate and extended I love them. I just like to be around the people for whom I love and care. Put me around those people, and I’m a happy guy. My favorite thing about Embry-Riddle, since I’ve been here, is the relationships I’ve built for sure. It’s nice to have a place to come and feel like there’s family all around you. I love how comfortable I feel at the school. The advice I’d give to young athletes depends on your major. If you’re an engineering major, you have to master your time management between your practices, studying, class, eating, and sleep. When you can manage that, I think you can maximize your performance in school and athletics. Also self-discipline is another key characteristic to have as well. Interviewed by Shemar Alexander
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