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Fatality in New Smyrna Cessna 152 Crash Crystal Cortez Correspondent At the beginning of last week, Federal investigators arrived in New Smyrna Beach to inspect the ruins of a fatal plane crash. The pilot, identified as Mihoko Tabata was flying a Cessna 152 Tuesday night that was reportedly not checked out to her at the time of the incident. The woman was reported as the only one on board. New Smyrna Beach Police pulled the victim out of the water. As a result from the autopsy her death was caused by her injuries from the impact of the accident. NTSB investigator verified that the pilot was rated as an instrument pilot. She took off from Massey Ranch Airpark in Edgewater and crashed offshore of New Smyrna Beach. During her flight she reported to Daytona Beach control tower she did not know where she was. The control tower repeatedly communicated for her to be calm and climb. Moments after the last radio transmission, Daytona Beach Tower called dispatch and reported what they believed to be a down aircraft. Additional calls came from the locals and eyewitnesses to 911. As many of the Embry-Riddle students know, last week’s weather was unpleasant for VFR flying, but more investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will attempt to determine if thick fog played a role in the accident. Weather cannot be presumed to be the ultimate cause of the incident.
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James Bukowski Correspondent In this age of commercial space exploration, excitement is growing in the aerospace industry about the innovations being made by private companies like SpaceX. One of the most notable achievements of SpaceX is its Falcon 9 family of launch vehicles. These launch vehicles were commissioned by NASA as orbital resupply vehicles, carrying the Dragon spacecraft, the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station. There have been 13 total launches of the Falcon 9 since 2010, and just recently, SpaceX
attempted a sea landing of the first stage of the rocket onto an autonomous spaceport drone ship. The reason for such a revolutionary landing method is that the first stage boosters couldn’t survive the aerodynamic stress and heat of an upper-atmospheric re-entry. As a pioneer of the commercial space industry, SpaceX is advancing into largely unexplored territory and, along with large success, there are bound to be some failures. On January 10th, their first attempt to land the Falcon 9 rocket, the fins lost power due to a lack of hydraulic fluid. Although the craft landed on the ship, it landed at a 45 degree angle, resulting in a spectacular explosion. As
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said by Elon Musk, the Falcon 9 went under “rapid unscheduled disassembly” upon landing. Overall though, it is exciting to know that there are still 7 planned launches of the Falcon 9 resupply missions remaining, all using the same landing method. As proven here on campus by the addition of the new degree program, commercial space operations are beginning to dominate the space industry. While NASA is still an industry leader, it is run by the government and, without funding, it cannot support routine missions to the ISS along the potential for innovation. This is the gap that companies like SpaceX are filling and many more are to come.
Orion Makes Space Flight History Jack Taylor Photo Editor
Dec. 5, 2014 the United States took its first major step toward deep space exploration. NASA’s Orion space capsule is nearly ready to carry U.S. astronauts into space. Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) was NASA’s mission to test the major systems of the vehicle. Of these systems, the most important are the new heat shields that are the largest ever built. During re-entry the spacecraft will enter the atmosphere at 20,000mph causing the heat shield to reach temperatures upwards of 4000
degrees Fahrenheit. If the crews piloting future missions are going to return safely, the heat shield must be in perfect condition. NASA has steadily increased its manned capsules in crew capacity with every new generation. The Orion capsule can carry the most crew of any high orbit spacecraft with a capacity of 4 astronauts. Along with the increased crew capacity is a major increase in range. Orion is designed to send astronauts further into space to new destinations such as interplanetary asteroids and Mars. Although EFT-1 was only a test mission, Orion flew to an orbit of 3,600 miles,
which is roughly fifteen times higher than the orbit of the International Space Station. Orion lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:05a.m on the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. The Delta IV Heavy is currently the most powerful operating rocket in the world with 2.1 million pounds of thrust. The next Orion launch will be made on NASA’s new rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS). The next launch, EM-1, is slated to take place in 2018. This test will also be unmanned but will be the final check flight before the first manned Orion mission.
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You need a letter of recommendation from a professor for an internship, graduate school, or a job. Which professor should you ask? What can you do to make the professor’s job a little easier and therefore more likely to help you in a timely fashion? Based on our years of experience writing letters for students, we provide guidance that will hopefully help you more easily navigate this process. Which professors? Ideally, you want to make your request to a professor who has been impressed by you in some way – perhaps by your academic achievements, your leadership, or your work on projects. If your professor is impressed with you and has specific examples of where you have excelled, so much the better. My professor agreed. Now what? Your professors are busy people, and yet you want them to remember what is special about you and what sort of job or graduate school program to which you are applying. The best way to achieve this is to assemble a small package of material for him
submitted your letter. If you have decided not to apply somewhere already on your list, immediately let any professor know who has not written or sent the letter yet. If you find more places to apply to, just update your chronological list. Remove entries that are no longer relevant and place your new entries into the list. Send the list to your professor with an email letting him or her know how many new places you have added to the list. If the number is substantial or they arrive at a bad time, politely acknowledge that you know your professor may not be able to write all of these letters. When the whole process is over and you have either received a position or will be looking again later, send a follow-up email thanking your professor for his or her help. This opens the possibility for further letters of support. How many applications are too many? Your recommender will typically need an hour or two, and sometimes longer, to write the first letter. Subsequent letters typically take 10-15 minutes each, if you provide good quality of information, as outlined above. Some web interfaces fail, others are non-intuitive, and still others ask for additional information that your
professor has not included in the letter, so the time and effort your professor needs to invest on your behalf may increase. Your professor will typically prefer to write four or more letters at a time, so avoid filing webbased applications one at a time and late, which may require that your professor fill one request at a time. If your professor needs to print and physically mail a letter, provide him/her with typed or hand-printed addressed envelopes or adhesive labels that can be attached to envelopes. How effective will this letter be? That depends on how impressed the professor was by your work and the nature of where you are applying, including how competitive that application process is. One way to determine whether you are applying for appropriate jobs or graduate schools is to find a student who you judge to have similar talents, grades, and a related major who is a year or two ahead of you, and see what positions he or she has obtained. Then ask that student how he or she selected his or her recommenders. Your professors want to see you succeed, yet will not want to waste their time, so while it is good to apply for dream positions, it is best to primarily focus on realistic positions.
The World Rallies for Freedom of Speech Bryan Rallet Correspondent
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or her. Provide a summary paragraph of what sort of position you are applying for, in addition to any additional information that speaks to why you would be particularly good at this position. Also include the CV or resume that you will be applying with and any application essay, if relevant. Offer to sit down with your professor for 10-15 minutes to discuss items on your resume or CV that your professor was not involved with, so that he or she can get a feel for the big picture and can write a more thorough letter. Also, include a list, in chronological order, of all the places you would like the letters to be sent to, including the physical address, and any notes about whether your recommender will submit a letter by email, the web, or possibly receive a phone call. Although physical addresses may seem irrelevant in this day of electronic submissions, your recommender cannot write an appropriately formatted letter without a target individual or committee and his or her address. My application process is moving forward, how much do I communicate with my recommenders? Send a polite email reminder to your recommenders if the deadline is approaching and they have not yet
France was hit by a string of deadly terror attacks taking place in Paris between Jan. 7 and Jan. 9 that led to the greatest public gathering since the Liberation of Paris in 1944. On Jan. 7, two Islamic religious fanatics opened fire on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo before fleeing in a stolen car and leaving 12 dead, including Muslim police officer Ahmed Merabet. This barbaric act, which was later claimed by Al-Qaeda Yemen, was perpetrated because of the religious satirical cartoons Charlie Hebdo
had been publishing. After murdering a policewoman on Jan. 8, a third terrorist stormed a kosher supermarket on Jan. 9, killing four Jews before taking hostages. Simultaneously, authorities cornered the two initial terrorists and a hostage approximately 30 miles northeast of Paris. Eventually, security forces launched a synchronized assault against the two positions killing all three terrorists. With an effect on the people of France comparable to that of the World Trade Center attacks, the Charlie Hebdo shooting symbolized an attack against democracy and
everything it stands for. While the French do not necessarily stand behind the satirical content of Charlie Hebdo, they most definitely stand behind Lumière Philosopher Voltaire’s words in his Essay on Tolerance: “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.” Hundreds of artists commented on the event and signified their solidarity by producing more satirical drawings concerning the situation. More significantly, in another echo of the New York City events, the most important rally in French history was recorded on Jan. 11 as 4 million people filled
the streets of France. Many state officials including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chief of State Mahmoud Abbas joined them. However, the absence of any U.S. senior elected official was noted. Overall, these events demonstrated the unity of the free world, which was able to take a strong stance against violence and hatred while celebrating diversity, democracy, and freedom of speech in the three words: “Je suis Charlie,” or “I am Charlie” in English.
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Canary Islands Mojo Genderie Rivera Study Abroad How does a summer full of adventures and memories sound? The Canary Islands Summer B Study Abroad Program is all you need to have a once in a lifetime experience. Dr. Janet Tinoco, Daytona Beach College of Business, embarked on this journey with ten ERAU students for the first time this past summer. These students had the opportunity to participate in a unique learning environment and life experience at the Universidad Europea de Canarias in Tenerife, Canary Islands The Canary Islands are part of Spain, but lie closest to Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. They were once considered the gateway to the New World, active in international trade and the last stop for Christopher Columbus before he embarked on his journey to discover America. Tenerife, one of the main islands, has near-perfect year-round temperatures, letting you enjoy one of the most unique landscapes in the world: tropical rain forests, active El Teide volcano with its barren surroundings, sunny beaches, and his-
toric villages and cities. Tenerife also boasts the El Teide Observatory, a key element of the astrophysics research in the Canaries. The island was also the site of the worst airline disaster in aviation history where two Boeing 747s collided on the runway at the Los Rodeos Airport on March 27, 1977; 583 people died as a result of the terrible crash. The Canary Islands Mojo summer abroad program features six undergraduate credit hours or three graduate credit hours in a length of one month. The courses offered are HU399 Spanish Art, Literature, and Culture and BA399/699 International Trade, Regulation, and Competition (a course substitute for BA335, International Business). Professors from our Spanish host university taught our students Spanish language, art, and literature, which allowed us to meet some great professors and students from the Canaries. On the other hand, Dr. Tinoco taught the International Trade course, combining trade and regulation with business strategy and competition. We had plenty of time for our own excursions on
the weekend—a weekend in the south sailing on a catamaran, whale watching, snorkeling and scuba diving on in the sea. Space is limited, so we encourage you to start applying now for an unforgettable study abroad experience. This session includes island excursions, apartment lodging, maid service, transportation to and from the university, books and insurance for $3912. Tuition is only $1920 for six undergraduate credit hours or three graduate studies credit hours. So, join us in Summer B, June 28 to July 24, 2015. Swim in the lava pools, dance the night away in the rich club scene, sip wine at the Bodegas Monje winery, go scuba diving, hike the rainforest, or sun on the beaches and find your mojo in the sunny Canary Islands. Contacts for this study abroad are: Dr. Janet Tinoco (tinocoj@erau. edu) and Study Abroad (dbstudy@erau.edu) or for the student perspective, Genderie Rivera (riverag3@my.erau.edu), Hady Eltokhy (eltokhyh@ my.erau.edu), Jincy Raj (rajj@my.erau.edu) or Alex Horvath (horvata1@ my.erau.edu).
On Jan. 8-11, 2015, members of Lambda Mu Chapter joined more than 500 Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity undergraduate officers from across the United States and Canada at the annual PIKE University Chapter Executives Conference at the historic Peabody Hotel. The conference began with opening remarks from Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton Jr. and Shelby County Mayor Mark H. Luttrell Jr. Two prominent Fraternity alumni, Hjalma E. Johnson (Florida, Alpha Eta ‘58) and D. Blain Claypool (Oklahoma State, Gamma Chi ‘85), spoke to undergraduates regarding leadership and life lessons. Johnson is president of
Triple J. Ranch Inc. and Investment Advisors Inc. Claypool is president of St. Vincent’s Medical Center Clay County. Each year, the Chapter Executives Conference teaches Pi Kappa Alpha undergraduates organizational best practices and provides education on effective leadership and motivation. The three-day conference is divided into educational tracks that target three chapter officer positions – president, treasurer, and recruitment chairman – as well as a host of general sessions focused on bystander intervention, understanding personal values, and servant-leadership values. Undergraduates also toured St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where they had a unique oppor-
tunity to see and hear inspiring stories. PIKE’s best and brightest left the conference empowered and motivated to create change within their chapters, campus communities and lifestlye. The Chapter Executives Conference is one of the nine PIKE University events held annually across the continent with over 3,500 annual participants. PIKE University is the combined banner for all Pi Kappa Alpha leadership programs and educational curriculum. The mission of PIKE University is to develop and provide educational programs aimed at fostering leadership, management and personal development skills in order to prepare college men for success in life.
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Airshow Center Open House/Fly-in Palatka, FL January 24
• Airplane, Helicopter and Open Cockpit Biplane Rides. Lunch begins 11:00 a.m., Skydive Palatka actively jumping throughout the day, Ford Tri-Motor selling rides Thursday through Sunday. _________
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Titusville, FL March 13-15 • Honoring the memory of Vietnam Veterans with the USAF Thunderbirds. Gates open 8:30 a.m., Flight Line Closes 12:00 p.m., Airshow starts 1:00 p.m. _________
Air and Space Show Melbourne, FL March 21-22
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A Fleet to be Qatar Airways A350 takes Reckoned Flight With Shemar Alexander Staff Reporter Air Europa placed an order for 14 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on Jan. 15. The order is valued at approximately $3.6 billion and is the largest Boeing wide body order from the Spanish air carrier. Air Europa now has a total of 22 787-8s and 787-9s on order while they transition to their all-Boeing aircraft fleet. Juan Jose hidalgo, President of Globalia, the parent company of Air Europa stated in a press conference in Madrid, “We have always looked for the best quality and comfort
for our passengers and the Boeing 787 meets our needs because it is faster, quieter and more comfortable as well as being more efficient and more respectful to the environment.” The 787-9 is complimentary and increases the 787 family. The fuselage has been stretched by six meters (20 feet) over the 787-8. The 787-9 can also fly up to 40 more passengers an extra 830 kilometers (450 nautical miles) with the same amazing environmental performance, using 20 percent less fuel and 20 percent fewer emissions than aircrafts that they replace.
Mark Fetters Staff Reporter Qatar Airways flew the first passenger flight with the highly anticipated Airbus A350. The A350 was a concept by Airbus in 2004 as a replacement for both the A330 and A340 aircraft. In 2005, at the Paris airshow, Qatar announced the order of 60 A350 aircrafts. With much criticism from the start, a redesign of the aircraft was made and announced at the Farnborough Airshow where it received the official title of A350 XWB (XtraWide Body). After a few more years of development, the maiden flight took place on June 14, 2013 from the
Toulouse Airport. During its testing, the aircraft would receive its ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards) with 370 minutes, which allows it to fly over six hours on a single engine. Qatar Airways currently flies its only A350 between its hub in Doha and Frankfurt, Germany with plans to fly the A350 to other cities in Europe as well as the eastern seaboard of the United States. The A350-900 has a maximum range of 7,750 nautical miles and can seat up to 440 passengers. With 780 orders currently for the A350 we will begin to see plenty in the sky over the next few years, and it should be an aircraft that can stand the test of time.
• The Blue Angels and their C-130 will storm the skies of Melbourne at 3:00 p.m. both days and will be joined by the GEICO skytypers, the Wild Waco, the Goodyear MX-2 and many more. Gates open 9:00 am. _________
Florida Int’l Airshow Punta Gorda, FL March 27-29
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and acrobatic performers will be roaring into Punta Gorda Airport for three days in this special Family-Friendly Charity event. Voted one of “10 Best Air Shows Around the World” by USA Today, proceeds will benefit Southwest Florida working charities.
Photo Credit: Gordon Werner Boeing 787-9 ZB001 taxiing at Paine Field
January 18, 1911
Eugene B. Ely makes the first carrier landing when he flies his Curtiss pusher biplane to a specially prepared wooden deck on the stern of the USS Pennsylvania.
January 18, 1957
Gen. Archie Old leads a flight of three Boeing B-52 “Stratofortresses” on the first jet powered, round the world, nonstop flight.
January 20, 1913
Attempting to establish a new women’s altitude record, Bernetta Miller is covered with oil and temporarily blinded when her oil flow indicator smashes.
January 21, 1976
First passenger services by a supersonic airliner begin as British Airways and Air France “Concorde” supersonic transports take off simultaneously for Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro.
A Qatar Airlines A350 on approach
Boeing Business is Booming Shemar Alexander Staff Reporter
This Week in Aviation History
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Boeing achieved their market goals for 2014 and were very satisfied with their success. Boeing set a global record in the industry for the most commercial aircrafts
delivered in a single year. Boeing delivered 723 aircraft in 2014, keeping its place as the world’s largest airplane manufacturer for a third year in a row. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner stated “What the Boeing team
achieved in 2014 is truly unprecedented, especially in the face of fierce competition.” Mr. Conner continues to say that the success of the company is intertwined with the dedication the Boeing employees have and the trust their customers
have in their products and suppliers. 1,432 net orders were booked with Boeing, valued at approximately $232.7 billion. The company has also had its backlog of unfilled orders grow to a crazy high of 5,789 airplanes. Boeing’s wide-
body family of 747-8, 767, 777, and 787 Dreamliner accounts for more than 60 percent of the twin aisle deliveries last year. The Next-Generation 737 program also delivered more single-aisle airplanes than ever with 485 deliveries in 2014.
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NASA To Develop Mars Cars Cassandra Vella Correspondent NASA and Nissan have decided to work together in the efforts of creating the perfect design for autonomous vehicles that can navigate through the average urban area and, soon, a Mars environment. The two companies announced a five-year partnership on Jan. 13, 2015. This partnership will be connecting engineers to work together on these futuristic cars. This “R and D effort,” as the companies have been heard calling the plan,
will use technology that is going to be used in average passenger cars on Earth and placed in rovers on Mars. The cars that they are looking to develop with the set up of the zero-emission technology are going to be based off the Nissan Leaf designs. Silicon Valley’s own NASA Ames Research Center will be the home of the research efforts for this project. Nissan has already been working on its own designs for autonomous vehicles, which have already been tested, that can autonomous-
ly navigate urban areas. The “smart” vehicles are able to navigate through complicated urban environments, which may include pedestrians, cyclists, constructions, trucks, emergency vehicles/authorities, etc. NASA’s robotics and Nissan’s autonomous technology will be working hand-in-hand for these vehicles. The two companies say their technologies have been facing very similar obstacles. For instance, NASA has been able to operate rovers on Mars before, but when they go into deeper space and
more dangerous destinations, they really want to be able to have technology that is more autonomous at their grasp. Aside from the navigational performance, emission nonexistence, and autonomous capabilities, the two companies are ensuring the safety of the cargo and passengers that will be using their products. The technology will hopefully be able to replace a human driver, in order to optimize the human safety inside the vehicle. The idea of autonomous driverless cars has become a very familiar
topic among the automakers such as Japanese Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. along with Google Inc. The public is still holding deep concerns over the issues that could arise with a driverless car. The drivers in England are very nervous about these types of vehicles being operated in their dangerous and busy streets. Many people are also concerned over the new laws to accompany accidents, crashes and collisions, as well as who would be responsible for the damage reparations.
Launch Control Center MUOS 3 - Atlas V
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DSCOVR - Falcon 9
January 31 @ 18:30 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-40
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March 12 @ 22:44-23:14 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41
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ISS Sightings Saturday, January 24
6:36 A.M. - Appears from 10 degrees above North, disappears 11 degrees above EastNorth-East. Max height is 14 degrees, visible for 3 minutes.
Monday, January 26
6:28 A.M. - Appears from 10 degrees above North-NorthWest, disappears 27 degrees above East. Max height is 34 degrees, visible for 4 minutes.
Tuesday, January 27
Time - Appears from 15 degrees above North-NorthEast, disappears 14 degrees above East-North-East. Max height is 17 degrees, visible for 2 minutes.
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Spend an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Charles Krauthammer, who will review the recent election and discuss the prospects for the 2016 presidential election with host Marc Bernier. A brief book signing for Dr. Krauthammer’s book, “Things That Matter,” will follow the discussion.
Upcoming Events Feb. 11: Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm
View the President’s Speaker Series schedule at erau.edu/speakers
This Week in Space History January 24, 1986 Voyager 2 passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus. January 26, 1962 NASA launched the Ranger 3 moon probe atop an Atlas-Agena rocket. After a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft ended up missing the moon by about 22,000 miles. Fail, NASA!
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Thursday Women’s Basketball vs Johnson & Wales Daytona Beach, Fla. - 5:30p.m. Men’s Basketball vs Johnson & Wales Daytona Beach, Fla. - 7:30p.m.
Friday Men’s Track & Field at Jimmy Carnes Invitational Gainsville, Fla. Women’s Track & Field at Jimmy Carnes Invitational Gainsville, Fla.
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The Embry-Riddle women’s basketball team notched perhaps its biggest win so far this season as they registered a 71-56 upset of 25th-ranked Webber International, Saturday at the ICI Center. The Eagles, who improve to 10-5 overall and 2-3 in Sun Conference play, exacted a measure of revenge for a loss to WIU on Dec. 3, and handed the league-leading Warriors (12-2, 5-1) their first conference loss of the season. Sabrina Whiting turned in her second-best scoring performance of the year, leading all scorers with 20 points to go with five rebounds and
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three steals. The freshman was also the best shooter from the perimeter, going 4-of-6 from the three-point line to go with a 4-for-5 performance from the charity stripe. The first 7:24 of the contest belonged to the Blue and Gold who raced out to a 20-6 lead. The Eagles capitalized on a poor shooting start by a Warrior team that managed just one of their first seven shots, and scored seven unanswered points before WIU could get on the board. Despite the sizeable advantage, the Warriors showed why they are ranked as one of the top teams in the country and should not be counted out as a Laquanda Brazil layup at the 12:21 mark sparked
Warriors began to chip away at the lead, and with 5:01 showing on the clock, Stalworth made an unassisted layup to make it a 10-point game (53-43). As was the case in the first half, the Eagles withstood the WIU rally and got timely baskets from Hannah Carine, Whiting and Martin, whose three-pointer at the 2:34 put her team back up by 14 (61-47). A team that has struggled from the charity stripe this season, the Eagles made good on six of their last eight free throws when the Warriors resorted to fouling down the stretch to pull off the upset. Jorge finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, while Martin contributed 14 points, six rebounds and five assists. Taylor Cyphers led all players on the boards with 11 rebounds to go with eight points. The Eagles will travel to Thomasville, Ga. on Tuesday for a 5 p.m. tilt against conference foe Thomas.
Cyphers Leads ERAU Women’s Basketball Past Gyrenes for First Conference Win
Baseball vs. Sun Conf. All Star Daytona Beach, Fla. 12:00p.m. Women’s Basketball vs Southeastern Daytona Beach, Fla. 5:00p.m. Men’s Basketball vs Southeastern Daytona Beach, Fla. 7:00p.m.
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a 13-3 Warrior run and closed the ERAU gap to just two points, 23-21. Both teams struggled offensively over the next two and a half minutes, with the only points during that stretch coming on a pair of Ashley McWilliams free throws. At the 4:12 mark, Kalah Martin knocked down her first long-range shot of the game to put the Eagles up by seven (2821) and the home team maintained that advantage, taking a 32-25 lead in the intermission. ERAU opened the second half with a Mercedes Jorge layup and a Whiting three. Once again, the Warriors came up empty offensively to start the frame and another Jorge layup, a pair of Martin free throws and a McWilliams trey helped push the Eagle lead to 19 (44-25) with 16 minutes remaining. Webber International looked for an answer and got it from Quanthavia Stalworth who scored 12 of her team-high18 points in the second half. The
Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics Junior Taylor Cyphers registered her second double-double of the season to lead the Embry-Riddle women’s basketball team to a 71-51 defeat of Ave Maria in Sun Conference action at the ICI Center on Saturday. Cyphers led all players with 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Eagles (9-4, 1-2) notched the first-ever conference win in program history. Cyphers was one of three players in double figures for an Eagle squad that dominated the reigning conference tournament champions from the first whistle. Mercedes
Ave Maria: 51 Jorge was one board shy of the double-double, finishing with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Kalah Martin added 12 points and six assists. The Eagles did most of their damage on the inside in the first half, led by Cyphers’ 10 points. ERAU was 0-8 from long range but knocked down 15 of their 23 attempts inside the arc. ERAU scored the first points of the game but Taylor Lindsey answered with a layup to tie the score. Cyphers put the Eagles back on top and the home team never looked back. Holding a two-point lead, the Blue and Gold
got a jumper in the paint from Allison Abbott. That bucket keyed a 6-1 run that extended the Eagle lead to seven (18-11) with 11:18 left in the half. Both sides traded baskets over the next three minutes, and a layup by Martin and a jumper by Ashley McWilliams gave the Eagles their first double-digit lead (25-15) of the half, prompting AMU Head Coach Bob Batson to call a timeout. The Lady Gyrenes drew up a play that led to a Lauren Gillingham jumper and made it an eight-point (25-17) game, but that was as close as AMU would get as the Eagles closed out the half by outscoring the visitors 12-8 to take a 37-25 lead into the intermission. Coming out of the break, the Eagles continued to pour on the offense, while the defense forced five turnovers and limited the Lady Gyrenes to just four made shots in
the first 8:20 of the half. That combination gave the Eagles a 22–point cushion with 11:40 remaining, marking their largest lead of the game. Back-to-back threes by Kimberly Tucker and Ashlee Rioux, sparked a 13-2 AMU run that closed the gap to 11 points (59-48) with 4:27 left to play. ERAU Head Coach Lisa Nuxol-Wilson used a 30-second timeout to rally her troops and the ERAU women answered, besting the Lady Gyrenes 12-3 in the final 3:56 to seal the win and holding AMU to their second lowest scoring total of the season. Taylor Lindsey was the only player in double figures for the Lady Gyrenes who fall to 9-6 overall and 1-3 in league play. The Eagles are back on the road next Thursday when they travel to Miami to take on league leader St. Thomas.
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Embry-Riddle: 96 Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics Led by 23 points from Reed Ridder and 21 points from Joseph Gonzalez, the second-ranked Embry-Riddle men’s basketball team improved to 17-0 overall and 5-0 in Sun Conference play with a 96-71 victory over Webber International on Saturday night at the ICI Center. Ridder’s 23 points tied a career high that he previously set against Alice Lloyd on Dec. 12, 2014. The junior was 8-of-13 from the field and 6-of-9 from behind the arc, while also picking up five steals and three assists. Joseph Gonzalez added a season-high 21 points on
Webber Intl: 71 9-of-11 shooting, while also grabbing a gamehigh nine rebounds in 21 minutes. Dalton Barnes chipped in 11 points and six assists and DeForest Carter had 11 points, six rebounds, five steals and four assists. Nathaniel Morrell led the Warriors (7-11, 4-2) with 18 points and seven boards while Raymond Durant (13 points) and Dewaine Lyals (11 points) also reached double-figures in scoring. The Eagles jumped out front on a Daniel Kielsing three-pointer just 36 seconds into the game and never trailed. The Warriors tied it at 9-9 before a 6-0 ERAU run put the home team back in front, 15-9.
A layup from Gonzalez just over halfway through the first period extended the Eagle lead to double-digits (29-18), and just over 90 seconds later the Blue and Gold had run out to a 20-point advantage (38-18). A Gonzalez triple capped the 19-0 Eagle run to push the lead to 41-18 with 7:02 left in the half. Kielsing knocked down a jumper with 3:47 to play before halftime that built the lead up to 31 points (53-22) and the Eagles would go into the break with a comfortable 55-31 advantage. The Warriors scored the first eight points of the second half, trimming the deficit to 55-39, but that would be the closest they would get. After a long scoreless drought for both teams, the Eagles went on an 8-0 run to reestablish a 24-point cushion (63-39) with 15:16 left. A Ridder trey got the Blue and Gold back to a 30-point lead (75-45) halfway through the sec-
ond period. Brian Johnson scored a layup with 6:19 to play that made it 80-48, which was the largest lead of the game for ERAU. The Eagles cruised through the final few minutes of the contest, eventually coming away with a convincing 96-71 victory. The Eagles shot a blistering 59.6% from the field (34-for-57), including 46.4% from beyond the arc (13-for-28). ERAU racked up 29 assists and 16 steals in the game, while grabbing 35 rebounds. The Warriors, who are 4-2 in league play with both losses coming at the hands of Embry-Riddle, shot 46.2% (30-65) and 22.2% from 3-point range (6-for-27). WIU had 13 assists against 20 turnovers with seven steals and 31 rebounds. The Blue and Gold hit the road on Tuesday, Jan. 20, when they travel to Thomasville, Georgia for a conference clash with Thomas.
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Embry-Riddle Listed Fourth in Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics
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The Embry-Riddle softball team won its first regular season championship in just its second season of competition in 2014. With firstyear Head Coach Kelsi Dunne at the helm, ERAU has been picked fourth in the preseason poll voted on by all nine TSC softball coaches. Despite being picked to finish third in the preseason poll a year ago, the Blue and Gold surprised the conference by winning the regular season championship. The Eagles earned a top-25 ranking at the end of the regular season, the first in program history. With a new coaching staff and six newcomers among the 13 players on the roster for 2015, the Eagles received one first-place vote and a total of 45 points, just one point behind thirdplace Thomas and four
points behind second-place Southeastern. South Carolina Beaufort received three first-place votes and 56 points to top the poll. Key returners for the Eagles this season will be Talia Barraco and Robi Zimmerman. Barraco was third on the team with a .343 batting average a year ago, while leading the team with 24 RBIs. She also racked up 11 doubles, a triple and a home run while scoring 15 runs. Barraco also led the Blue and Gold with 16 sacrifice bunts and a pair of sacrifice flies and was 5-for-7 in stolen bases. Zimmerman went 10-10 in the circle last year, compiliing 55 strikeouts and a 3.06 ERA in 119 innings of work. She threw 10 complete games and one shutout, which was the program’s first-ever one-hitter. At the plate, Zimmerman hit .220 with eight doubles and a home run; her lone homer was a three-run walk-off shot that gave ERAU a
doubleheader sweep on the final day of the regular season and secured the regular season championship. Also returning will be Anna Battison, who hit .273 and scored 16 runs last year, as well as Haleigh Lewis, who batted .267 with seven doubles and seven RBIs. Taylor Cowan was an effective relief pitcher a year ago, appearing in five games with a 3.32 ERA. Head Coach Kelsi Dunne has also brought in six new faces for this season, including freshmen Kailah Varnadoe-Rain, Alexis Sutton, Gabriella Obia, Kelsey McDonnell and Victoria Reed, as well as junior transfer Raquelli Bianco. The Eagles open up the 2015 campaign with a pair of neutral site contests against Lee and Valdosta State in St. Augustine. EmbryRiddle’s first home games will be against Rollins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14.
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Men’s Track & Field Eagle Women Hit Posts Five Qualify- Eight Standards, Set ing Standards Two School Records Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle men’s track & field team opened the 2015 indoor season with five qualifying standards at the ERAU Indoor-Outdoor Challenge on Saturday. Alec Hernandez hit an “A” standard in a pair of events, qualifying in the 1000m individually (2:30.77) and helping the men’s 4x800m team achieve an automatic qualifying time of 7:51.67. James Fell, Jamin Mays and Ryan Larson were also a part of the
4x800m relay team. Rico Saldana posted an “A” standard height of 2.05m in the high jump, winning the event. In addition to being a part of the 4x800m relay team, Mays earned a “B” standard time of 2:32.87 in the 1000m while Matt Graves hit a “B” standard in the 5000m with a 15:06.61. Brodie Lubelski set a new school record with a 45.72m throw in the discus, while also recording a person best of 13.59m in the weight throw. Zach Farner also set a personal record in the weight
throw (14.25m) and Kameron Turner established a new personal best mark in the shot put (12.60m). Other personal bests set on Saturday include Zane Ziegler in the 60m hurdles (8.62), Adam Lawrence in the 5000m (15:57.55) and Harish Prasad in the 60m (6.96), who missed the “B” standard by just .01 seconds. The Eagles will be back in action next weekend when they take part in the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Gainesville on Friday, Jan. 23.
Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle women’s track & field team got off to a strong start in the first meet of the 2015 indoor season, hitting eight qualifying standards (six “A” standards) and breaking two school records on Saturday. Ellie Staker achieved three “A” standards on the day, including the mile, 1000m and 4x400m relay. In the mile, Staker broke the school record with a time of
4:43.42, winning the event by nearly a full minute. She then posted a 2:56.96 in the 1000m and capped her day by helping the relay team, along with Kristen Metcalfe, Kandice Dixon and Marina LeVine to a time of 3:54.58. Metcalfe also achieved an “A” standard individually in the 600m with a 1:35.02. Dixon and LeVine also hit “B” standards in individual events, with Dixon posting a 7.75 in the 60m and LeVine finishing the 600m in 1:37.51, missing the “A” standard by
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just .01 seconds. Maite Moscoso won the 3000m Race Walk with an “A”-standard time of 15:02.19, while Stephanie Mueller won the high jump with an “A”-standard and school-record mark of 1.65m. Also of note, Rebecca Love set a new personal best in the 1000m with a time of 3:08.55. The Eagles will be back in action next weekend when they take part in the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Gainesville on Friday, Jan. 23.
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Athlete Spotlight of the Week Andrea Froshaug - Women’s Soccer You go in a game to win so you feel satisfied of course when you win because that is the goal. I feel that I’m a player that gets easily affected by school or problems and stuff, so last year I tried to see if I can get some help to help me stay at the top of my game. I met with sports psychologist to help me find out what key things to think about while I’m on the field playing soccer. Thus this year I feel like a better player. I feel like I’ve managed to put my problems or concerns to the side and focus more on soccer. I also think that’s why I’ve been so successful on the soccer field this season.
I’ve always been a sports girl since I was little, I played handball till I was 14. I was good at handball and soccer but I had to choose one since the trainings were too much to handle at the same time. I started playing soccer when I was eight years old, I was inspired to keep playing because I was never the best, so my hunger for becoming one of the best players and perfecting my skills grew. That’s been one of my goals to always perfect what I have to work with. I decided to come to riddle because I actually had a friend here, martina, who is also from Norway from where I’m from. She told me
she was having a good time here and I wanted to experience something different and experience America in a way. I also received a soccer scholarship. I love my team the most about the riddle, my coaches. I also like how the school is small and more intimate. I also like how it’s different from Norway that the schools have no teams there but over here they’re together. You get to come here and be a part of something bigger. You represent the school and the other sports teams. Interviewed by Shemar Alexander Shemar Alexander/The Avion Newspaper Andrea Froshaug from the women’s soccer team. She was our leading scorer this season and was named the NAIA National Player of the Year.
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American Sniper Out-Performs Other January Films Rachel Weeks Correspondent American Sniper is a biographical war drama that is centered around the life of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the man who was given the title of Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. He earned the title of deadliest marksman with 255 kills, 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Pentagon. Kyle, played by Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper, was just a normal Texas boy who lived by his father’s motto, “be a sheepdog who protects others, not a sheep or a wolf.” Earlier in his life Kyle worked as a rodeo cowboy, but after seeing footage of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, he enlisted to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. This viewing of the attacks ultimately changed his life forever. Director Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar
Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) truly captures the life of an American soldier in this film. The scenes change quickly, symbolizing how fast life seems to go by when you’re juggling tours in Iraq and taking care of your family. Kyle is forced to find a balance between his military and personal lives. He goes back to Texas and becomes the doting husband that his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), fell in love with but finds himself struggling to suppress the side of him that is a military weapon. The most memorable moment in American Sniper is when Kyle spots a little boy who he assumes is carrying a grenade. He is ordered to take the call on the shot. There is a moment when Kyle stops to check his morality and you finally see the father underneath the Navy SEAL uniform. This shows that even the most lethal man in the U.S. military knows what is
right and wrong. Soldiers are not only trained for destruction. Following Kyle’s life, from his four tours in Iraq to his marriage to Taya and the births of his two children, feels entirely real. While watching this film, you realize that this man who has killed so many people for his country is a real person and there are many more men like him out there. Even when out of Iraq, Kyle showed a patriotic spirit by helping out wounded soldiers at a local hospital. He once states that he was “haunted by all the guys he couldn’t save”, so he thought this was a good way to save the ones that were still alive. American Sniper surely delivers to anyone who watches it, delivering a mixture of action and emotion. Whether you read Chris Kyle’s autobiography or never heard of the name before in your life, you will not leave the movie theater disappointed.
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Avion Reporters Visit London, as Big Ben Rings in the New Year Dayton Drugovich Staff Reporter Mark Fetters Staff Reporter London is my favorite city. I try to go back at least once a year, if not more, and have gone at least a dozen times or so. The thing I absolutely love is that no matter when I go there is always something going on in the city. In my opinion, London is one of the best cities to just walk through and people watch. This time I decided to go as a spur of the moment idea and within 24 hours of thinking about going somewhere, I was in a global first seat to Tehran. My first stop was the hotel for a shower and to grab a quick nap. I would soon be in Paddington station, hopefully before noon. On this trip I was making it a goal to see sights that I had not previously been to and try to get out of the city center and avoid the heaps of people in town for New Year’s Day. My first stop was the Tate Modern housed in a former power station on the Thames. The Tate is a Modern art gallery where entry is free, like most museums in London, however there are paid exhibitions where about half the collections lives but it is still worth the visit. If you have never visit-
ed an art gallery, you should definitely go because it gives you a unique view point to really appreciate the art. After spending a few hours, of which I barely scratched the surface of the entire collection, it was time for a nice packed lunch on the embankment of the Thames. Right across the river from the Tate is St. Paul’s Cathedral the other famous church in downtown London. It has not had quite the same fanfare as its cross town cousin Westminster, but it still plays an important part in the history of this fantastic city. After a walk through St. Pauls and the financial district, it was time to make my way over to the hotel for a quick nap in preperation for the long night ahead. With the time counting down and five hours remaining, it was time to head down to the embankment to get a spot to watch the fireworks. While arriving with lots of time to spare, the first thing I noticed was the obstructed view of the London Eye, the center piece of the festivites. This was the first year you had to buy tickets to be at the center of the event to view the fireworks, but at least we had a good spot and would make the most of it. After hours of waiting, the hour drew closer, one hour to go, 15 minutes, 30 sec-
onds and everyone began counting down, Three… Two…One…Happy New Year! As the clock struck midnight the bells of Big Ben rang in the new year and a spectacular fireworks show consisting of 12,000 fireworks. Nothing cures a New Year’s hangover quite like a full English breakfast does. Since it was already a late start to the day there was no time to waste. I had planned to head out to Greenwich, a city everyone at ERAU should be familiar with since it is the G in GMT(Greenwich Mean Time) or more commonly referred to as it as Zulu time. Greenwich earned this honour because the city sits on the Prime Meridian and is home to the Royal Observatory. The Royal Observatory played a large role in Britain’s conquest of the oceans with advances in celestial navigation and accurate time keeping. Today it houses a museum, with the Prime Meridian actually marked on the ground which makes for a unique picture for tourists to “straddle the line.” London is a fascinating city with things to see and to do everything would take a lifetime to fully appreciate. Being there to start a new year is something that I will always be greatful that I had the opportunity to do.
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Billy Nguyen Staff Reporter Angelina Jolie’s wartime drama, Unbroken, centers around Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who becomes a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, following his struggle for survival. From the moment I saw the trailer in September, I was immediately hooked and could not wait to see it. I am happy to say that the movie met all of my expectations. All the components of the movie from the actors, the music, and the “set design” all came together for a movie that was one of my favorites of 2014. In the movie, Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) is an American Airman during World War II. His North American B-24 experiences engine failure while conducting a search and rescue operation and ditches in the Pacific Ocean. After surviving on the open sea for 47 days, he is captured by the Japanese Navy and is sent to a Prisoner of War
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camp in Japan. From then on, the movie follows Zamperini’s struggle of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese Army. O’Connell did a fantastic job playing Zamperini and his performance was extremely moving. Throughout the movie, Zamperini faced tremendous physical and mental abuse and O’Connell helped capture Zamperini’s emotion and pain. Takamasa Ishihara played Mutsushiro Watanabe, a high ranking Japanese officer who controlled the prisoner of war camp at which Zamperini was held. Ishihara’s performance as Watanabe was excellent as well because Ishihara added a lot of depth to his character. Rather than being just a hate-filled protagonist, Watanabe’s rage is fueled from his disgraced military career and his hatred towards Zamperini due to his constant defiance and resilient personality. As the movie progresses, Watanabe gradually becomes more and more afraid of Zamperini which leads
him to relentlessly attack Zamperini in hopes of “breaking” his spirit. For Unbroken being a period-accurate war movie, there wasn’t as much action or violence when compared to other movies like Fury which also was released in 2014. The movie is more of a drama, rather than an action movie. Because of this, the movie itself isn’t as fast-paced which explains its nearly two-hour run time. While two-hours may seem like a long time, each “act” of the movie received adequate run time and the pacing was on point. In the beginning of the movie, we have occasional flashbacks of Zamperini’s childhood to show the audience how he progressed from “being a kid on the street” to becoming an Olympic athlete. After becoming stranded at sea, the flashbacks seem to stop all together, which was a slight let-down for me because they were so predominate in the beginning of the movie. This however, did not take away
from the movie though I would’ve liked to have more insight into Zamperini’s life. In the end, Unbroken was an awesome movie. Almost everyone who I spoke to said that they enjoyed the movie, and it’s because of their recommendations that I went ahead and saw the movie. Unbroken reminds me of a similar movie called Rescue Dawn which was released in 2006. Much like Unbroken, Rescue Dawn is the story of how American airman Dieter Dengler survived being a Vietnamese Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War. I highly recommend watching Rescue Dawn since it was also based on a true story. Unbroken was really an inspirational movie and I feel sorry that not many people, like myself, knew about Zamperini’s story until the movie was produced. Unbroken’s main message is that “if [you] can take it, [you] can make it.” We all should keep fighting for what we believe in even if the odds are against us.
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