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Eliminating the Runaround with ERNIE Central
Brandon Collins/Business Manager
The Central Place for Student Services Brandon Collins Business Manager Last semester, the Avion reported on the opening of a new department on campus, at the time known as the “one-stop shop” (which has since been named ERNIE Central). The main premise of ERNIE Central is to eliminate the infamously known “Riddle Runaround.” As most of our readers know, the “Riddle Runaround” is when a student is sent to various departments around campus to take care of an issue that students should have no problem completing, this process usually taking over an hour or two to complete. In an effort to eliminate this issue, the Embry-Riddle administration created a new department known as ERNIE Central. ERNIE Central will hopefully improve the experiences of students by conveniently housing multiple departments in one location. At this time, it is currently home to four major departments: Student Financial
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ERNIE Central will hopefully improve the experiences of students by conveniently housing multiple departments in one location.
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This Week’s Waves
Services, the Office of the Registrar, Financial Aid, and parts of EAGLEcard. Students will be able to go here if they need help with account balance questions, academic records (registering for classes, add/drop, evaluations, and transfer credits), financial holds (paying bills, flight deposits, and making payment plans), financial aid (status, loans, awards, verification documents, and scholarships), or issues with their EAGLEcard. In the future, the department would like to add other services for students, such as First-Year Programs, Student-Advisor Relations, Document Input, and Student Employment. The departments have cross-trained all of their employees so that the staff of the ERNIE Central will be able to answer most, if not all, of the student’s questions when they visit, eliminating the runaround students experienced in prior years. If the staff member is unable to answer the question, they will call or Skype a staff member in the necessary office to get an answer for the student. They currently use a similar method if the student’s advisor needs to approve something for the student. The office utilizes a queue management system to help the flow of students. Much like the one in Student Employment, students will sign-in, and when it is almost time for them to meet with a person, they will receive a notification. From here, students can either say they are ready and available to
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attend, or they can ask if they can delay for a few minutes if they are preoccupied. Students are not be obligated to stay in the office, and if time allows, they could go and grab food, or even run to Starbucks to get a cup of coffee if they felt like it. The department has also made themselves app friendly, and students can find them on Qless, which when students use, they will be added to a queue of students so that they can join while sitting in class or eating lunch. There will also be a kiosk located at the Welcome/Info desk situated at the front of the new UC so that they can join the queue right after they walk-in. The department is currently located in the Tomcat Annex and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and it plans on keeping the same hours when they open in the new UC. When that happens, they will also be relocated to the first floor in the southwest corner of the new student center in Room 161, next to the bookstore’s new location. During peak times of the semester, i.e., registration, they plan on bringing in more staff members from the three departments to help out. They currently have student employees at all times to help with simple questions and tasks much like most departments on campus do already. ERNIE Central was able to have a soft start over the summer, opening their doors on June 25, and they saw
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great success, having already serviced well over 3000+ students since they have opened their doors. They were able to work out some of their smaller kinks during this time and became more efficient for the students. They currently have about a 10-minute turnaround time to help resolve issues for students who walk-in. Their turn around for e-mails is presently less than 24 hours, which they hope to improve as the semester progresses. You can currently contact them via phone at (386) 226-6280 or via e-mail at AskErnie@erau.edu. For students who do not have the time to stop, they can go online to https://daytonabeach.erau. edu/ernie-central/ for self-servicing. ERNIE Central’s online presence allows students to request transcripts, view course catalogs, apply for graduation, access payment methods, and much, much more. At this time, the current plan of action is for the department to improve over time. They will fix any issues as they come up, and if they find that they are the source of the problems, they will do their best to change. The ultimate goal of the department is to improve the students’ experiences and end the runaround. They are always open to suggestions and love to hear feedback from students about what they do well, and things that you think they should change.
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Study Abroad Spotlight: Berlin
Keenan Thungtrakul Senior Reporter
Hey engineering students! Want another way to fulfill your Electrical Engineering course requirements? Consider joining Dr. Demirkiran on a one-month long session in Berlin, Germany! You will learn more than just electrical engineering. You will have opportunities to experience Berlin's cultural diversity and explore a city rich in history. Side trip suggestions are always encouraged on this program. The Electrical Engineering I (EE I) Berlin program is offered during
room, but it can be the classroom at a school building or a lounge space in the dormitory that you stay in during the trip. Whatever the mood the group feels, the professor tailors the class to that mood. However, don't make this an excuse for procrastinating or neglecting on your academics. While study abroad is an excellent opportunity, it requires discipline to get the most out of the program and the cost of going on one. This statement holds true for this program too. Unlike other popular Embry-Riddle study abroad programs, the EE I program is more laid back. Instead
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both summer terms and covers EE 327/EE 328, EE 335/EE 336, and an approved open technical elective, for a total of up to seven credit hours towards your degree. One can take any combination of classes; they will still count. Now, why would this program be worth considering? One, you still have class sessions that cover the required material, but the classes are taught in a more laid-back fashion than on campus. The program runs on the overall mood of the day, and students get to plan their own activities in the afternoons and weekends. Last summer, one student obtained a German Rail Pass that allowed him to travel by train around the German countryside on a weekend excursion. The German Rail Pass allows for unlimited rail travel on a select number of flexible days or consecutive days. In this fashion, the student was able to take friends along with him on one of his side trips and go solo for a second trip. This program has the students traveling with the professor on planned trips and features flexibility for individual student groups to form their own travel plans or fly solo. For instance, Summer A students took a road trip to Prague, Czech Republic and flew to Budapest, Hungary on a three-day trip. One significant element of any study abroad that makes it very appealing is that classes are flexible by nature. For this program, you still have your standard lecture
of being on the move constantly, you have a home base in Berlin that you can form travel plans around during the program or use as a starting point for travel after the conclusion of the program. You will have opportunities to visit iconic sights such as the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Zoo, castles, and more. Also, as mentioned earlier, additional travel is highly encouraged. The student who had the rail pass traveled to other well-known German cities such as Cologne, Frankfurt, and Nuremberg. He also took a group with him to a town near the Baltic Sea. The pass covers Germany's entire rail network, which itself is quite extensive. You can practically go anywhere you want so long as you choose the right trains. If such an endeavor proves to be too much, Berlin's a big enough city to get lost in for tourist. The term "get
lost" can either literally mean get lost in the city exploring or it can mean traveling where the tourists usually do not go. Berlin's public transportation network is fairly extensive, so in the event you get really lost, find the nearest transit stop. There is almost always a map at every urban rail, tram, or subway stop. As long as you know where your origin point is, getting back to where you were is not all that hard. Of course, if you want to go beyond Berlin, a German Rail Pass or a flight with a budget carrier like EasyJet or Ryanair is the way to go. To help make planning easier for those interested, last summer the total cost for the program, excluding personal expenses and airfare, is anywhere from $5738 (3 credits) to $8522 (7 credits). These figures include half-price tuition plus a program fee that covers stuff such as housing, some food, and planned trips. When combined with airfare and estimated personal expenses, the total is still less than what one would pay to take these same classes on campus. Financial aid is available for this program but do note that this is a summer term program, so please speak with your Financial Aid counselor on this matter. Airfare is excluded for summer programs to enable the freedom of traveling before the program, after the program, or taking another program that same summer. Those interested in the German Rail Pass can find more information at germanrailpasses.com and eurail.com. The student who had the rail pass reports that English was fairly common in the places he traveled to during his free time. Any German that he needed to learn he learned using Google Translate and looking up the essential travel phrases for German. He wished that the program was longer so that he can learn more German and have the ability to carry a conversation while abroad. Summer programs are designed to give you a taste of the culture of the country you travel to during the program. Long-term programs immerse you in the culture and give you a better sense of what living in the country is like for the natives. Ultimately it boils down to personal preferences and finances. Nonetheless, whatever program you choose, you will still be having an adventure of a lifetime.
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Opinion: Florida’s Political Climate Scott Oakley Correspondent
An Overview of the Florida Primaries
It is election season once again, and the 2018 midterms are shaping up to be to be quite contentious, with Florida being no exception to this rule. While there is a bevy of hotly contested congressional seats up for grabs in Florida, which currently features a close contest between Governor Rick Scott (R) and incumbent Bill Nelson (D) for Senate, the one race that eyes around the country will be watching eagerly is the race to replace Rick Scott as Governor of Florida. This past Tuesday's primaries confirmed the candidates for the governor's mansion as Congressman Ron DeSantis (R) and Mayor Andrew Gillum (D). DeSantis, a conservative Ivy League alum, former Navy JAG, and 3-term congressman from our home district here in Daytona Beach, has secured the endorsement of President Trump, which rocketed him past rival Adam Putnam, Florida's current Agriculture Commissioner, to a 56-36 victory in the primaries. Gillum, on the other hand, is a progressive that served on the Tallahassee City Commission before successfully running for Mayor of Tallahassee, to which he has followed up with his current bid for Governor. His successful bid for the Democratic nomination comes as an absolute shock to Republicans and Democrats alike, as polling was consistently placing him at or around 11 points during the primaries, landing him in 4th place. The favorite for the nomination was a moderate backed by the establishment, former congresswoman Gwen Graham, who had former Miami Mayor Philip Levine and billionaire Jeff Greene within striking distance the whole time. However, low and behold, Gillum finished the day Tuesday coming away with a 34-31 victory over Graham, which has subsequently made him the first black gubernatorial candidate for Florida. His stunning upset has prompted several questions as to how he managed to pull it off, to which I have a few ideas.
1) The top three candidates bashed each other so hard and for so long that all it did was make them all look bad, thus opening the door for someone outside the mainstream establishment to swoop in and take the nomination. 2) Gillum has a sympathetic story that he frequently cites at campaign events, being the 5th of 7 children, born to a construction worker and school bus driver. 3) He was the furthest left of the candidates in the field. Endorsed by Bernie Sanders himself, Gillum ran on a platform of healthcare-for-all, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), banning assault weapons, and ultimately impeaching Donald Trump. The reason I list this as part of why Gillum won his primary is that, in response to the rise of Bernie Sanders and the election of Donald Trump, the Democrats have moved further left ideologically and have begun to coalesce into anti-establishment sentiment. As the party continues along this track, more and more candidates like Gillum will win,
as the left works to resolve the ideological split that has formed in between the Hillary Clinton establishment Democrats and the Bernie Sanders Democratic Socialists. A good parallel to look at of this would be the nomination of Stacey Abrams (D) for Governor of Georgia, who is the first black woman to be nominated for that position and was also the furthest left of the field of Democrats. She is set to face off against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is also endorsed by President Trump. So, what does all this have to say about our current political climate? I believe this primary result, along with the Georgia results, establishes the political dichotomy and microcosm we find our country in at the moment: Trump Republicans vs. Bernie Socialists. Trump, while a contentious figure among Republicans during the 2016 election, has managed to deliver some of the most conservative policy we have seen in a long time, and as a result of this has been able to garner the highest intra-party support in history, with the only exception being
George Bush after 9/11. Due to this level of support among Republicans, a Trump endorsement spells death to any primary opponents, thus resulting in general elections where we will be hard pressed to find a Republican that Trump has not expressed support for in one way or another. On the Democrats side, a real revolution was ignited by Bernie Sanders in 2016, where his message of socialism resonated profoundly with a surprisingly large number of people who felt disenfranchised with the Democratic establishment. Even though he was unable to win the battle of the nomination, I think he clearly won the ideological war and forced mainstream Democrats to swing further left to avoid being outflanked by his ideological disciples. The result has been a fascinating struggle between the two groups of the left, and we have even seen total nobodies, such as socialist bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, defeat the 4th most powerful Democrat in the House and potential future Speaker of the House, Joe Crowley, in their district's primary in New York. While this new progressive wing of the Democrats is still relatively small, it is undoubtedly growing and picking up speed. These reasons are why the 2018 race for Governor of Florida is not only incredibly important but also carrying much more significant ramifications for our current political climate. We are going to see first-hand the head-on clash between the epitome of Trump supporters, Ron DeSantis, and the new face of the progressive ideological left, Andrew Gillum, duking it out for control of the most critical and influential swing state in the country. What happens this November will not only serve as a barometer on the two ever-polarized political sides of the country, but also set the stage for a swing state in 2020 that will either have a governor who is best friends with the President, or a Governor who wants to see the very same President removed from office. The choice is up to the voters this November.
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Have Fun and Make a Difference
Christie Miller
Asst. Dir. Leadership/Civic Engagement
Do you like to have fun? Do you like to help people? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should get involved in the Volunteer Network, which can help you find meaningful volunteer opportunities while you are studying at ERAU. To get involved, please see Christie Miller, the new interim Assistant Director for Leadership and Civic Engagement. She can be reached in her office, which is located in the Student Center, Room 106 D or by email at millec81@erau.edu or by phone at (386)226-7966. The Volunteer Network is off to a great start this semester! Here is what we are already doing: Rise Against Hunger On Saturday, August 25, nearly 200 ERAU students came out to
pack meals for the hungry all over the world. ERAU partnered with Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable. Students worked together in teams to scoop dried vegetables, soy, rice, and a vitamin packet into serving-size bags. These bags were handed off to the next team, which weighed each bag and adjusted the weight by adding or removing rice to meet the standards. Then the bags were sealed using a heat press. Finally, the students counted, boxed, and loaded the meals on the truck to be distributed to developing countries all over the world. All of this work was done while singing, dancing, laughing, talking, and making new friends. Every time students completed 1,000 meals,
they rang a gong and cheered in celebration. Twenty gongs later, ERAU students had packed 20,000 meals. It was a great accomplishment! Thanks to all who came out to help! Many people all over the world will have food thanks to your efforts. Upcoming Event—American Heart Association Heart Walk--Set Up On Friday, September 14, ERAU students will be helping to set up for the American Heart Association Heart Walk at the Daytona International Speedway. Please come out and join us for the set up to make the walk a success. ERAU students will be unloading the truck, setting up tents, decorating, placing signage & balloons, etc. The shifts will be 9-11 a.m., 11-1 p.m., and 1-4 p.m. Please come out. It will be a great way to meet other students and help prepare for a big fundrais-
ing event for heart disease awareness and research. Transportation will be provided from the Student Center 10 minutes before the start of each shift. Sign up ASAP • In Person: See Christie Miller, the Student Center, Room 106 D • Online: Go to https://goo.gl/ forms/pn6kg3hpL53GqYuh2 • To form a team and walk to raise money, go to http://www2.heart. org/site/TR?fr_id=3674&pg=entry to register your team. Be sure to select Embry-Riddle as your team company. Many more volunteer opportunities to come… so come out and join us. Have fun and make a difference.
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Engineering Relationships
Christina Frederick & David Keck Professor and Reverend
This is the first edition of a new series with the Avion. Professor Christina Frederick and Chaplain David Keck will be responding to your letters and requests for advice (see below for how to send them something). They hope to help students develop better interpersonal relationships with colleagues, friends, and significant others. Meaningful relationships, whether they be romantic or with friends, family or colleagues, can be beautiful -- but they can also be challenging. They are here to help and offer a new perspective. Here is one example. “Engineering Relationships” Jack (not his real name), an AE major, came into one of our offices wanting to talk about a love triangle he found himself in. Unfortunately, Jack is the odd man out, even though he feels very strongly that he really is the right guy for Jen (not her real name). He very much enjoys Jen’s friendship and does not want to jeopardize it by forcing her to choose between him and her current boyfriend. Jack describes his relationship with Jen as a natural, deep companionship, one that provides a level of fulfillment for both of them. By contrast, Jen and her current boyfriend have
a stormy relationship, one that at times seems unhealthy, at least to Jack. Why is she still going out with the other guy? At one point in the conversation, Jack said, “I told her three weeks ago that no matter what happens with [the other guy], it really matters to me that we do our homework together. So she knows that this is important to me. She knows it. And now … she just stopped doing homework with me. She has not said anything. She just stopped. I have not done anything. What is going on with our friendship?” Our thoughts: When we discussed this situation, the image that came to mind was the image of a whiteboard filled with equations. Jack said that he had told Jen something significant three weeks ago and that, therefore, she knew it. It was as if the facts of the matter were all on the board for the both of them to keep in mind. Engineers are wonderful, smart people who are immersed in science, logic and rational thinking as a way of understanding the world, but sometimes applying an engineering mindset can get in the way of understanding human relationships. Just because we say something clearly does not mean that the other person hears it the same way. And just because we remember something as being
important, does not mean that our friend remembers it with the same degree of importance. Merely saying something is only one part of the process, a process that takes time. I may think I have shared my feelings with you, and I may expect you to understand my feelings because I expressed them, but that does not mean that you understand things the same way. A conversation that sticks in my mind may not hold in yours. At the same time, maybe Jen heard Jack loud and clear, but she either does not feel the same way or is unclear how she feels and needs time to think and decide on her course of action. In our current “instant gratification” world, we say or post something, and we see and come to expect an instant response. However, with important life decisions, a response isn’t always immediate. Jack may never get the response he wants from Jen, or it may come in a couple of weeks or months or a year from now. So, here’s the deal Jack – If you really do care for Jen, regardless of whether or not you ever have a romantic relationship, you will allow her the time she needs to think and decide. You will continue to be kind to her when you see her, and (this may be really hard) if she does not choose you at the current time, you will accept it with
dignity and grace. We hear the hurt in your situation and hope she does pick you but realize that you have plenty of time in your life for love, now or in the future. Whatever happens, live your life fully, enjoy your friends and family, and see what happens. You have told Jen how you feel and now it is up to her to respond. It is out of your control, so it is time to let it go on your end. And if Jen does decide to respond positively to your declaration? Remember that entering a romantic relationship is just the first step of many. Healthy relationships require steady nurturing and lots of repetition. While you wait for an answer, it is an excellent time to think about what you want in a partner and how you will fit that into a busy life in a healthy way. Call for Questions: Do you have any relationship questions? You can send an email to frederic@erau.edu or keckd2@erau. edu, or, if you prefer to keep things anonymous, you can drop off notes for HumanE Factors Prof. Christina Frederick, Human Factors, COAS 4th floor or Chaplain David Keck, Center for Faith and Spirituality. To respect your privacy, real names and identifying details will be eliminated in our responses in the Avion.
Changing the Way We Drink Samantha Stirmel Reporter There is a new competition available for eager entrepreneurs to get their hands on which is supported by Starbucks and McDonald’s. The NextGen Cup Consortium and Challenge seeks a new idea on entirely compostable cups for the two companies. The immersion of this challenge comes months after both companies have pledged to eliminate plastic use in their chains. In 2019, McDonald’s is testing out the elimination of straws in their overseas stores while Starbucks is replacing straws with different lids and a paper alternative. Across the world, similar chains have expressed their plans for eliminating plastics within the next few years. The challenge will officially start in September. Awardees will be granted up to $1 million to accomplish their task based on milestones they achieve. Up to seven awardees will be put on a six-month accelerator plan working directly with the two chains to make sure cup designs fit size specifications and can stand up to the harshness of being a to-go cup in trials. Starbucks initially launched the challenge by offering up grants and encouraging start-ups to work with each other using their Eco-Friendly investment firm, Closed Loop Partners. McDonald’s
contribution to the competition is also bringing investments in to help the firm finance those individuals that are working towards the solution. Despite the different genres of food and drink that they serve at each chain, Starbucks and McDonald’s are staunch competitors for sales across the world. Those in the industry have been wowed by the fact that they are both working together on this one project and hope it holds good news for the future of the environment.
Both companies, including all their like competitors, have recyclable cups already. The plastic cups from both are even easily recyclable. The problem is where the cups go after they get into the hands of customers. Even at this point, the cup could be put by a customer into a recycle bin and then still not get recycled. The thing that will make this new cup different is the fact that it is made to be compostable. This fact means that when a cup is thrown away haphazardly, it will
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still be able to go to a dump and break itself down at a faster rate than previous cups ever have. The importance of identifying this issue and owning up to fix it is an extraordinary step for these two food and drink giants. Not only is Closed Loop Partners giving funding to those participating in the challenge, but they are also providing funding to recycling facilities. This $100 million loan reserved for facilities will work towards developing better methods for sorting out waste and making sure things get recycled. The inconsistency across recycling centers in the world is what keeps many of our recyclable plastics and papers from being done so in the correct way. The straw debacle of this year started because of the damage it is doing to marine life, all because straws are too light to be detected by most recycling machines to be properly disposed. This competition, if successful, stands to eliminate 600 billion cups from sitting in landfills globally and will instead have 600 billion easily compostable cups that will break down by themselves in little time at all. Not only that but this is just the first item on the docket for the NextGen challenge; maybe next, lids.
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Hi, Welcome to Chile
During the fall semester this academic year I will not be on the Embry-Riddle campus because I have been granted the privilege of participating in an internship with Delta Air Lines and the ability to travel that comes with it. With this series, I intend to relay stories and information about various destinations in my travels and attempt to give helpful tips and tricks that will help other traveling eagles in their journeys. The goal is to reach all six inhabited continents and many other exciting destinations within the United States before the end of 2018. However, the first stop in my globetrotting adventure was Santiago, Chile. When thinking about a country in Central or South America, one might imagine rugged mountains and rainforests, or a land struck with violence or poverty. Many nations in the region are like this: Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Venezuela are all typical examples. However, Chile stands separate from the rest of the Central and South American crowd. Overall, Chile is a modernized nation with a reliable infrastructure, plenty of public spaces, and a diverse mix of European and indigenous cultures. This was very surprising to me at first since all I had known about the country before visiting was the decades-long Pinochet dictatorship that tortured and killed thousands of
political dissidents. From Atlanta, the flight to Santiago is approximately 5000 miles and takes eight to nine hours. Nestled in the Andes Mountains, Santiago is the Chilean capital city and was established in the mid-1500s by Spanish settlers, which creates a fascinating architectural landscape ranging from 600-year-old monasteries to the 64 story Grand Santiago Tower, the tallest skyscraper in South America, that was completed in 2013. However, my favorite building that I saw is the Torre Telefónica, or Telephone Tower, in the Providencia District. Built in the 1990s, the Torre Telefónica is literally shaped like an early cell phone and is home to the telecommunications company Movistar. During my visit to Santiago, the tower was also hosting the 2018 World Press Photo Expo, which showcased breathtaking journalistic photography from around the globe. Santiago is also an easy city to navigate with plenty of public transit and street signs for those who are on foot. There are also hop-on-hop-off bus tours that will take you to all the famous sites around the capital while filling you in on the area’s local and Chile’s national history. I opted for the bus tour pass because I had only 24-hours in the country and wanted to cover as much ground as possible. It enabled me to see a plethora of historic buildings, street art, and Chilean national monuments. My bus pass also included a cable car up to the
top of San Cristóbal Hill, where there are a Catholic monastery and statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. It is also highly recommended to take some time and indulge in some of Chile’s local food and drink choices. However, you might have to look for a while before you find a vendor that serves it. Walking around you
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Mike Shekari Reporter
will see a lot of food chains based out of the United States. Some of the ones I saw were McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Dominos. On the streets, I found sopapillas, which is a fried bread that is typically served with salsa, and other tasty snacks like cocadas manjar, a very fluffy caramel pastry, and mani confitado frutilla, which seemed like some kind nut coated in a berry flavoring. In the evening I was in for a real treat, a dinner show that featured dances inspired by the indigenous Mapuche people, authentic Chilean dishes, wine, and a mixed drink that contains egg whites
Chilean Capitol Building Mike Shekari, The Avion Newspaper
called Pisco Sour. The entertainment was very engaging, and the cuisine was absolutely delicious. Santiago is definitely a location that I would recommend others consider visiting. However, there are a few things that must be considered before traveling. Basic Spanish language skills are mandatory, and at least intermediate skills are highly suggested. Very few people who live in Chile speak English on at least a conversational level and less are fluent, which is understandable given even much of Chile’s tourist business comes from other Spanish speaking nations. I was able to get by with what I knew from two years of high school Spanish class and what I picked up from friends over time, so it is possible to survive even if you are far from fluent. Also, it is important to remember that Chile is in the southern hemisphere, which means the seasons are flipped, our summer is their winter, so do not show up wearing shorts in the middle of June, July, or August. On a security note, be aware of your surroundings and avoid having things worth stealing in your possession if possible. I received several warnings from locals about the pick-pocketing hazard around the area. Another essential security tip is to try and avoid taxi services from the airport that approach you directly, they are not authorized and will end up overcharging you. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way in the confusion of when I first arrived in the country.
NASA Ready to Lose Opportunity
Samantha Stirmel Reporter
On August 30, NASA sent out a release about the fate of the Opportunity rover on Mars. With the dust storm subsided and the rover still not transmitting, the administration has set deadlines for when the rover can be salvaged for the mission. The deadlines state that when the dust in the atmosphere has settled down to 1.5 tau, they will authorize a 45-day listening period. If the rover does not respond within the 45 days, they will authorize ‘several months’ of passive listening before they give up hope on the little rover that could. Opportunity went to Mars back in
2004 with its sister Spirit, who was pronounced dead in 2011 by NASA. Both rovers relied heavily upon the sun since its solar panels are the things that give the rover life and keep the rover moving so that the temperature does not freeze its parts. The dust storm that started in June has blotted out the sun completely all this time and still is not officially over. Rover specialists were astounded by the peak intensity of the storm on Mars reaching 10 tau; something that has not happened on the red planet in decades. Another thing that does not help Opportunity’s case is the fact that it is on the opposite side of Mars. NASA has only been able to see where the rover is based on satellites.
Many scientists at NASA’s JPL are publicly outspoken with their frustration by the lack of NASA’s confidence in the rover. When Spirit had similar problems almost a decade ago, NASA took almost two years to work with their teams and try and give the rover a chance to respond. Now it seems like NASA is not even trying to give Opportunity a chance. Not to mention the fact that the team working directly on Opportunity wasn’t consulted on the amount of taus for when communication could reasonably be opened. There is hope for the Opportunity rover within the next few months though. The dust that is in the atmosphere, which is now falling because
the storm is losing intensity, will hopefully soon be wiped away by the dust devil season which starts in November. This will give the rover an increased chance for survival as past dust devils on Mars’ surface have proven to be useful in brushing the dust off both solar panels and the rovers in general. Despite these facts, it is incredible that Opportunity has lasted this long. Initially, NASA put a mission end date to the rover of 90 Martian days because they believed the rover would be buried by the dust that circulates all over Mars.
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NASA’s Deep Space Gateway Steaming Ahead Despite Objections Michael Weinhoffer Senior Reporter
On Tuesday, August 28, two NASA Advisory Council committees met in a joint meeting to hear from engineers about progress on NASA’s Deep Space Gateway, formally called the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G). The Gateway will be placed in the Moon’s orbit and will support both lunar and deep space missions. The reaction from the committees was positive regarding the Gateway, which is the direct successor to the International Space Station. The first element of the laboratory is scheduled to launch as early as 2022, but the entire project depends on the on-time launch of NASA’s Space Launch System, which will be used to fly astronauts and cargo to the Moon and eventually to Mars. The Gateway has been under development for a few years and is a critical component of NASA’s deep space exploration plans. The Gateway will serve primarily as an orbiting lunar research station, but it will most likely be configured in the future to serve as an actual transportation system to Mars. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will launch on top of the SLS rocket, does not have the resources to go to Mars on its own. Orion could dock with the Gateway, which then fires its solar-electric
engines and heads to Mars. The station was originally going to have modules for propulsion and power, logistics, and habitation, as well as an airlock. The current Gateway design has nine elements, including an airlock. Canada, Japan, Europe, and Russia are all planning to contribute at least one element a piece to the outpost, which will make it an international laboratory, just like the ISS. Despite multiple sections, including a robotic arm and lunar sample return vehicle, the Gateway will have only 10% of the ISS’s pressurized volume and is not meant for a permanent human presence, according to Jason Crusan and Bill Gerstenmaier, two senior NASA officials. The Deep Space Gateway is designed to enable both lunar and deep missions, and development work is already underway to meet that challenge. NASA has an extensive “to-do” list in front of them for the next few years regarding deep space exploration. Their first task is to launch the long-delayed Space Launch System rocket on its first mission, currently scheduled for mid-2020. This uncrewed mission will launch the Orion spacecraft on a nearly month-long journey to fly well past the Moon and then splash down back on Earth. After that, a crewed mission around the Moon will launch between 2021 and 2023. The third SLS mission
will bring the first crew to the Gateway. On August 23 of this year, Vice President Pence spoke at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. He told NASA employees that, “We are only a few short years away from launching the Gateway’s first building blocks into space, turning science fiction into science fact. And our administration’s working tirelessly to put an American crew aboard the Lunar Orbital Platform before the end of 2024.” His timeline is ambitious, but not impossible if Gateway development is smooth and the first SLS missions are successful. There is no doubt that we will see a lot of deep space exploration activity from NASA at the beginning of the next decade, and that is something we can all look forward to seeing. This summer, NASA issued a call to the commercial space industry to lead development for the first element of the Gateway, called the Power & Propulsion Element. The module will provide solar electric propulsion, electrical power, and communications to the Gateway, and is targeted for launch in 2022 on a commercial vehicle, such as the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Atlas V or Delta IV. Through NASA’s NextSTEP program, six prominent US spacecraft manufacturers are developing habitation module prototypes that will be delivered to NASA for ground testing in 2019. NASA has made good prog-
ress this year in getting national and international partners on board with the Gateway, and hardware development is well on its way. In a similar way to the Space Launch System, there is a fair amount of objection to the Gateway from advocacy groups and former astronauts. Former astronaut and ISS commander Terry Virts argued that the cost to service the Gateway would be much greater than that of the ISS and NASA needs to justify this cost through tangible long-term exploration goals. Virts is also opposed to sending cargo and crew to the Gateway on one flight because the separation of freight and crew was a recommendation made to NASA after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The current plan to send both astronauts and Gateway elements to the Moon on the same flight directly violates this recommendation. These and other objections are worth considering, but NASA appears to be quite confident in their mission planning for the Gateway. NASA and other international space agencies see the Deep Space Gateway as the next logical step in deep space exploration, but they cannot let ambition lead to overconfidence, as that has had tragic results in the past. Ultimately, the best Gateway will be the safest Gateway, and that is something our nation will take pride in having.
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First Japanese A380! Destination: Hawaii?
Vanessa Burkett Reporter
On August 30, dreams were becoming a reality for both Airbus and All Nippon Airways (ANA). In Toulouse, France, the first A380 for ANA has rolled out of the final assembly line (FAL). There is much excitement and anticipation that comes with this new addition to ANA’s fleet, and for a good reason. ANA is a Japanese airline, also known as Zennikkū, which was established on December 28, 1952. They are one of the most popular airlines in Japan, with a fleet size
of 227 and 97 destinations available. The two hubs for ANA are in both Tokyo-Narita and Tokyo-Haneda. So, what makes this specific A380 special? Simply put, the Japanese needed a larger plane for one of their most popular destinations: Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii has grown into a popular tourist destination over the years, and Japan is no exception. So much so that in 2015, an article in the Pacific Business News by Jason Ubay, states “[ANA] plans to double its number of flights from Tokyo to Honolulu from seven to 14.” That number continued to skyrocket over the years.
According to statista.com, “in 2017, passenger traffic at Haneda airport in Tokyo increased to approximately 85.4 million passengers… making it the world’s fourth largest airport concerning passenger traffic.” This amount of traffic can be challenging to overcome. To combat such an increase, ANA Holding Inc. placed a firm order for three A380’s from Airbus, becoming the first customer of the superjumbo in Japan. Passengers seeking to travel to Hawaii from Japan have much to look forward to during their flights. According to Airbus, “The first delivery is scheduled early
in 2019, and the A380 will initially operate on the popular Tokyo-Honolulu route.” Airbus’s A380 presence in the sky is increasing, with 229 A380’s already operating in 14 airlines around the world. Each aircraft is designed for more personal space, a decrease in emissions, and to assist in the cost reduction in air travel. It’s no wonder Airbus is the global leader in aeronautics, space, and other services. Airbus continues to soar above the rest in not only accommodating for flight passengers, but also for the airline industry and atmosphere.
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FALCON HEAVY VS. DELTA IV HEAVY
Two heavy lift rockets put head to head in the commercial market
FAST FACTS Mass at liftoff: Delta IV: 733,000 kg Falcon H: 1,420,788 kg Height: Delta IV: 72m Falcon H: 70m Payload to LEO: Delta IV: 28,370 kg Falcon H: 63,800 kg Payload to GTO: Delta IV: 14,220 kg Falcon H: 26,700 kg Fuel Type: Delta IV: LH2/LOX Falcon H: RP-1/LOX
Nicholas Hernandez Webmaster Over the past few years, rocket launches have become more and more common. That is because companies have been able to manufacture and put out more advanced technologies for various reasons. While companies have goals to put humans on Mars, others work towards bringing the rocket industry back to the United States. These goals have caused a bit of internal competition between some U.S. companies. Primarily SpaceX, and the United Launch Alliance (ULA). Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space, & Security are the two companies that comprise ULA. The company has been launching their Delta and Atlas rockets jointly since the alliances founding in 2006. NASA selected ULA for potential contracts in heavy lift launch vehicle systems. This decision was due to the largest of the Boeing's Delta class family, the Delta IV Heavy. It was the only system of its time that could carry such a large payload into orbit since NASA canceled Space shuttle program in early 2004. SpaceX, founded in 2002, is the brainchild of Elon Musk whose primary goal is being able to let humans live on other planets. SpaceX landed its first contract in 2008 from NASA after becoming the first privately owned company to put a liquid-fueled rocket into orbit. Since then, SpaceX has been able to reach feats unbeknownst to the space travel world. Such as, landing and reusing the 1st stage from a Falcon 9 rocket. With SpaceX continually furthering its expectations, in 2018, ULA’s competition came to be. The Falcon Heavy had a successful first launch
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in February 2018, now able to launch heavier payloads deeper into space. While the Falcon Heavy and the Delta IV Heavy may have similar structural designs, there are two very distinct differences. The first being the Falcon Heavy has three launch cores, each fitted with nine Merlin engines. Whereas the Delta IV Heavy also has three cores, but only one Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 engine per core. The second difference is that the Falcon Heavy's cores can return to earth and are reusable, while the Delta IV Heavy boosters are non-reusable, and fall into the ocean. With these powerful engines, and both rockets first and second stages, each system can put its payload into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), Lunar Transfer Orbit (LTO), and Mars Transfer orbit. With all stages attached, the Delta IV Heavy stands at 72 m (236 ft) tall and weighs roughly 733,000 kg (1,616,000 lbs) empty. The Falcon
Heavy stands at 70 m (229 ft) tall and weighs 1,420,788 kg (3,125,735 lbs). That is close to triple the weight of the Delta IV Heavy, but with the power to back it up. The Falcon Heavy boasts that it can carry an astounding 63,800k g (140,660 lbs) to LEO. This capability is the most massive payload sent to orbit since the Saturn V in 1973. The Delta IV Heavy can carry 22,560 kg (49,740 lbs) to LEO. That's just a third of what the Falcon Heavy can carry. While the Delta IV Heavy has carried numerous payloads, including its most recent mission, to carry the Parker Solar probe to orbit the Sun, the Falcon Heavy has only carried one payload into space. It was Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster. While initially planned for it to make it to Mars orbit, it, unfortunately, overshot its target. However, this proves the capabilities of the Falcon Heavy for future launches to come.
Addiction in the Aerospace Industry Payton Muglia Editor In Chief Rajan Khanna News Editor Paul Bell Asst. Dean of Students As we begin the new academic year, it is essential to bring to everyone's attention some information that hopefully will enlighten and educate our Eagle community. The topic of Alcohol and Drug use among college students is easily Googled, and you will find various laws and statistics. Of the number of individual Honor Code cases revolving around reported drugs and alcohol violations, we know that alcohol is the number one detractor from academic success with drugs being a minority in the number of Honor Code violations at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach. With alcohol and drug violations, we absenteeism, missing of assignments, and distraction from academics as reported by the 2017 Social Climate Survey produced by Institutional Research. In partnership with the Avion, it was requested that a story run on cocaine use in the aerospace industry to help remind our student body of its responsibility. The temptation among our students is not unlike other colleges and university-aged populations. However, our graduates stand to lose so much more due to the sensitive nature and safety concerns in the aviation and aerospace industry.
This is not surprising given the caliber of our students and the safety culture promoted and expected here at Embry-Riddle. Background investigators are asking more profound questions of roommates and staff on the integrity of the individual going for a position within the industries. To dispel rumors, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach had 97 alcohol-related student conduct cases last academic year compared to 21 drug-related incidents during the same time period. The majority of offenders are freshman followed closely by sophomores. Through lack of reporting, bystanders may still be held accountable for having knowledge of violations without reporting them. The Honor Code is online: http://daytonabeach.erau.edu/ campus-life/dean-of-students/honor/ and the Student of Concern Form is easily accessible via the ERNIE 24/7. Please know every student matters at Embry-Riddle and alcohol and drugs do impact your future, one that you have worked so hard to secure. Cocaine, also known as benzoylmethylecgonine, is a stimulant which people usually use as a recreational drug. It only has a few accepted medical usages, such as a local anesthetic. Snorting, intravenous injection, or ingestion by mouth are common ways. It is the second most used illegal drug in the world, after
cannabis. Effects range from intense happiness or agitation to loss of contact to reality. It inhibits the reuptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine and forces a higher concentration of those neurotransmitters in the brain. Its addictive properties are due to how it affects the reward pathway in the brain and carries a high likelihood of dependence. Many underestimate the addictive and dangerous properties of cocaine. Cocaine addiction can begin after a single use. Roughly 17% percent of people who try cocaine develop a dependency. An addiction to cocaine is not one that is easy to break. Without seeking professional help, 50% to 90% of addicts relapse from sobriety. The short-lived high of cocaine often causes consumers to use, or binge, too much of the substance in a short amount of time which can lead to overdose. Each year in the United States, 5,000 to 6,000 unintentional deaths involve cocaine. Using this substance quadruples a person's chance of cardiac arrest. Beyond this, researchers linked approximately 505,000 of emergency room visits in 2011 to cocaine. Due to its stimulating nature, many pilots use cocaine to stay awake during long flights. It has been detected in pilots at least once each year. Nearly 40% of pilots between the years of 1990 and 2012 tested
positive for at least one drug finding. Cocaine is the second most common illicit drug found in male pilots. With these effects and its addictive nature, cocaine has no place in the aerospace industry or any industry for that matter. Even experimentation with the drug can and will lead to addiction and dependence on the drug.
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Upcoming Games
Tuesday, Sept. 4
Wednesday, Sept. 5 Thursday, Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. 7 W Soccer vs. Flagler @ 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8 W Volleyball vs. Tampa @ 4 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 W Soccer vs. Tusculum @ 11 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 10
Athlete Spotlight
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Alyssa Rudd
Alyssa Rudd is a junior here at Embry-Riddle and hails from Tallahassee, Florida. She is 19 years of age and is a Lady Eagle on the school volleyball team. Academically, she is majoring in Aviation Business, with a minor in Psychology. After she graduates, she wants to continue her education and get her Master’s degree. She says that she won’t be pursuing the Master’s here at Embry-Riddle, but is not yet decided on where she will study. Alyssa chose Embry-Riddle because it was far from home, but not too far away. She also fell in love with the community here and decided to make this her home. Although she isn’t a participant in any other organizations on campus, in her spare time, she enjoys going to the beach on the weekends. Alyssa also enjoys taking photos as a hobby. She says that her favorite part of Embry-Riddle as a whole is the people, from students to staff and faculty. She didn’t get started in volleyball at a very young age, as some do, and did not get involved until later. Before volleyball, she played golf. In the 4th grade, her friends started volleyball, and Alyssa joined two years later to be with her friends. As of now, she is the Eagle’s setter and does a fantastic job. Alyssa has played in all 22 sets of the seven matches the team has played as well as holding the highest number of team assists easily, holding 254 of the 270 team assists. Great job Alyssa, keep doing great work!
Volleyball Opens 2018 Season with Back-to-Back Sweeps
Michael Pierce ERAU Athletics
The Embry-Riddle volleyball team got the 2018 season off to a strong start on Friday, sweeping both matches it played on the day to move to 2-0. The Eagles took care of Westminster, 25-22, 25-19, 25-23, before dispatching Shaw in the nightcap, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20. Both the Griffins and the Bears fell to 0-2, respectively. ERAU 3, WC 0 The Blue and Gold got 11 kills from Erika Barbour and 10 kills from Melanie Canfield to lead the offense in ERAU’s first match of the day. Olivia Roa picked up a match-leading 29 digs while Canfield and Theresa Jordan each tallied 10. Alyssa Rudd racked up 36 assists as the quarterback of the offense. Embry-Riddle found themselves trailing 14-11 in set one before going on a quick 5-1 spurt to take a 16-15 lead. The set remained close, with Westminster regaining the lead at 17-16 and again at 18-17, but the Eagles were able to wrestle back the lead for good on
a McKenna James kill that put the home side up 19-18. A few points later, Canfield put down a kill to close out the frame at 25-22. ERAU got off to a much better start in the second set, running out to a 12-4 lead early on. The lead ballooned to double-digits at 17-7 and peaked at 13 (20-7). The Griffins showed their resilience in fighting back to within five points, but ultimately the lead was too large to overcome as the Eagles claimed a 25-19 set win. The third set was the most competitive of the match, as Westminster rallied late to take a 20-19 lead after not having led since 11-10. ERAU briefly moved back in front at 22-21, but the Griffins responded with back-to-back scores to take a 23-22 lead. Canfield scored a big-time kill to tie it at 23, and WC committed two straight attack errors to end the match with ERAU taking the final frame, 25-23. ERAU 3, SU 0 Canfield was the only player with double-figure kills in the second match, totaling 14, while Barbour added nine and Jordan chipped
in with eight. Sam Lanning had a match-high five blocks while Roa had a match-high 12 digs and Rudd racked up a match-best 38 assists. ERAU jumped out to a 9-4 lead early in set one, though the Bears fought back to tie it at 10. The set was tied at 15 when the Eagles went on a tear, closing out the frame on a 10-1 run to win it, 2516. The second set saw the Blue and Gold start strong once again, running out to an 8-2 advantage. Shaw battled back again, eventually taking a 12-11 lead. ERAU then scored 12 of the next 15 points to take control at 23-15, and the Eagles would go on to claim the set, 25-18. Embry-Riddle used three separate 3-0 runs in the third set to methodically pull ahead, 17-10. The Bears would close to within three at 23-20, but a bad set and a Jordan kill ended things at 25-20, giving the Eagles their second sweep of the day.
Volleyball Wins Twice on Final Day of Bahama House Labor Day Classic Michael Pierce ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle volleyball team picked up a pair of wins on Saturday, the final day of the Bahama House Labor Day Classic. The Eagles knocked off Bentley in three sets (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) and capped the tournament with a 3-0 win over Oklahoma Baptist (25-14, 25-16, 25-16). The Eagles improved to 6-1 with the wins, while Bentley dropped to 1-5 and OBU fell to 3-6. ERAU 3, BU 0 The Blue and Gold outhit the Falcons .272 to .066 in a dominating performance, led by Erika Barbour’s 13 kills and Melanie Canfield’s 12 kills. Theresa Jordan and McKenna James each chipped in with nine kills, while Jordan also added 14 digs. Olivia Roa collected a match-high 24 digs and Alyssa Rudd circulated a match-best 42 assists. ERAU turned a 10-9 deficit into a 15-11 lead thanks to a 6-1 run and never looked back, going on to claim a 25-20 win in the opening set.
In set two, ERAU jumped out to a 6-2 lead thanks to a pair of Jordan service aces. After BU closed to within three (12-9), the Eagles rallied for six straight points and finished the frame on a 13-2 run, pulling away for the 25-11 win. Set three saw the Blue and Gold grab hold of a 10-3 lead early on, and the lead would remain comfortable throughout the rest of the set. ERAU used a 5-0 run to pull away late (19-10), and cruised to a 25-15 win, completing the 3-0 sweep. ERAU 3, OBU 0 The Eagles were dominant once again in the nightcap, outhitting the Bison .288 to .067. Barbour again led all players with 16 kills and added 13 digs, while James had 10 kills and hit .563. Rudd notched a double-double with 36 assists and 13 digs and Roa anchored the back line with a match-leading 28 digs. The first set was highlighted by an extended 18-6 run that pushed the home team to a commanding 21-9 lead. The teams traded sideouts for the set’s final eight points, but that suited the Eagles just fine
as they coasted to a 25-14 win. Embry-Riddle found itself trailing 11-8 in the second set before going on a 6-1 run to take a 14-12 lead. Oklahoma Baptist answered with three straight points of its own to retake the lead, 15-14, but a block from Jordan and Sam Lanning sparked a 7-0 spurt that became a set-ending 11-1 run as ERAU took the set, 25-16. The Bison got off to their best start in the third set, jumping out to a 6-2 lead thanks to five straight kills. The lead grew as large as five (9-4) before a James kill started a 4-0 run to pull the Eagles to within a point (9-8). Another 4-0 run ignited by a Rudd kill helped the Blue and Gold take the lead, 13-11. Embry-Riddle once again closed out the set strongly, winning 11 of the final 14 points to win the frame, 25-16, completing another 3-0 sweep. The Eagles are back in action on Friday, Sept. 7, when they open the Sunshine State Conference portion of the schedule with a road match at Rollins beginning at 7 p.m.
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Volleyball Splits Day Two of Tournament
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Michael Pierce ERAU Athletics
The Embry-Riddle volleyball team moved to 3-1 on the season with a split of its two matches on Saturday. The Eagles easily swept Valdosta State 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-11), who fell to 1-3, before getting swept in the nightcap by 4-0 Wayne State (14-25, 21-25, 16-25). ERAU 3, VSU 0 The Blue and Gold got 10 kills apiece from Erika Barbour and Theresa Jordan to lead the offense in ERAU’s first match of the day. Olivia Roa picked up a match-leading 10 digs while Alyssa Rudd racked up a match-best 29 assists. As a team, the Eagles hit .313 while holding the Blazers to a -.065 clip, thanks in large part to 11 Eagle blocks. Embry-Riddle jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set and never looked back, pushing the margin
to 13-5 and then to double-figures at 21-11 before closing it out with a 25-14 win. As strong as their play was in the early stages of set one, the Eagles started even better in the second frame, running out to a 7-1 advantage right away. The Blazers battled back late in the set, trimming the margin to just five points (22-17), but it wasn’t enough as the Blue and Gold went on to take the set, 25-19, taking a 2-0 lead. The third set saw ERAU outdo itself once again, scoring 11 of the first 12 points to take command very early. A Barbour kill built the lead to 18-3, the largest of the match, and the Eagles would cruise to a 25-11 win to complete the sweep. WSC 3, ERAU 0 The tides were turned on the Eagles in the final match of the tournament, as the Blue and Gold
were limited to just an .092 hitting percentage while the Wildcats hit .229. McKenna James led all players with 10 kills while Melanie Canfield and Barbour each chipped in nine. Roa had a match-high 18 digs and Rudd tallied a team-leading 29 assists. The Wildcats quickly took a 7-3 lead in the first set, though the Eagles kept things close as late as 17-14. From the point, however, WSC rallied for eight consecutive points, keyed by three service aces, to win the set, 25-14. Embry-Riddle found its footing quicker in the second frame, turning a 4-1 early deficit into a 10-7 lead. Wayne State answered back by going on an 8-1 run to move ahead, 15-11. A late 4-0 run pushed WSC to a 24-18 lead, and although ERAU got three straight points from James on two kills and a block, the Wildcats were able to
score their 25th point to win the set, 25-21, giving the visitors a 2-0 lead. The Blue and Gold found themselves leading the third set, 8-5, after a kill from Jordan. Wayne State chipped away at that deficit and the Eagles final time sitting in front would be at 11-10. After that, WSC scored five straight and 10 of the next 12 points to pull away to a 20-13 lead. The Wildcats would go on to close out the match with a 25-16 win in the final set, finishing off the 3-0 sweep. The Eagles are back at home next weekend when they host the 2018 Bahama House Labor Day Classic Aug. 31-Sept. 1. ERAU will face off against No. 25 Flagler on Friday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m., before taking on Bentley (1 p.m.) and Oklahoma Baptist (7 p.m.) on Saturday, Sept. 1.
Men’s Soccer Comes Up Short in 30th Season Opener Cole Helman ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle men’s soccer team kicked off its 30th season Saturday night when they took on Lee University at the ERAU Soccer Stadium. Both teams seemed evenly matched as neither side was able to gain a large possession advantage throughout the game. It seemed like the match was headed to halftime scoreless; however, Lee’s Owen Keck broke the scoreless tie with eight minutes remaining in the first half. His lone goal would be all the Flames (1-1-0) needed to come away with a 1-0 victory.
The Eagles (0-1-0) had their fair share of opportunities in the first half. ERAU finished with seven shots including two shots on goal. Alex O’Brien had a chance to score the Eagles’ first goal of the game at the 23-minute mark. His shot from inside the box was saved by Daniel Hrenko. At the 25-minute mark, Lee was set-up for a corner. The ball sent into the box gave Jake Brown a chance just outside the six-yard line; however, his shot ricocheted off the crossbar and was cleared away. ERAU moved quickly on the counter attack. Olav Olsen Aamlid created space at the top of the box, but his attempt was also saved by Hrenko.
Keck would break the scoreless tie with eight minutes left in the first half. Keck received a pass at the top of the box from Reese Lavery. He was able to create separation from the Eagle defense and score the Flames’ first goal of the season. ERAU was unable to score the equalizing goal down in the second period. The Blue and Gold outshot its opponent 13-5, but none of its shots were able to find the back of the net. The Eagles failed to capitalize on two opportunities late in the match. With 11 minutes remaining, a misplay by the Flames gave ERAU an attacking opportunity with a numbers advantage. Christian Mather had a one-on-one shot at the keep-
er, but his attempt sailed high. With six minutes remaining, Aamlid nearly tied the game. Yannick Blackman sent a high cross into the box, and it found Aamlid’s boot on the other side of the pitch. He made a powerful strike on the ball, but it skimmed the crossbar and went above the goal. Aamlid led the Eagle attack with three shots. Ryan Kirby, Diogo Cobos, and Gardar Benediktsson tallied two shots each. ERAU will travel to Rome, Ga., on Saturday to play Shorter University. The match will kick off at 6 p.m.
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Finding the True Fountain of Youth
Collin Anderson Reporter
Imagine it is a Saturday morning in the early to mid-2000’s. You come downstairs and are greeted by your parents making chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, and eggs on a griddle in the kitchen. Just outside Deland, nestled away in DeLeon Springs State Park, exists a restaurant that will bring you back to these simpler times of your childhood. The Old Spanish Sugar Mill is in a, you guessed it, old Spanish sugar mill rebuilt around 1900. The Old Spanish Sugar Mill is a restaurant known for their unique service that also serves breakfast all day. Your party is brought to a table with a griddle in the center. As far as what to order goes, they are most well-known for their all you can eat pancake deal for $5.25.
You get two carafes of pancake batter; one is white flour batter, and the other is buckwheat batter. You can make pancakes on the griddle in front of you to whatever size or flavor you want. There are containers of pancake syrup, honey, and molasses on the table for your enjoyment. Fillings like chocolate chips or blueberries cost extra at $1.95 per dish as does real maple syrup but for $3. There is also an option for you to cook your own eggs on the griddle however you would like for an additional $1.95 for two whole eggs. Meats like bacon, sausage, or ham are cooked in the kitchen and brought out to the table. Other foods are also available like sandwiches and salads. The staff is amiable, and the pancakes are phenomenal. The batter is incredibly thick and is meant to fill you up quickly so be sure to pace your-
self. The small dishes with blueberries and chocolate chips seem like they’re designed for six small pancakes. For nearly $2 per plate, you are probably best forgoing the fillings. The interior of the restaurant is like that of Cracker Barrel except there is a water wheel on the north wall. The food is excellent, but after the baseline of the pancakes, everything on the menu seems very à la carte and almost unnecessary. An important thing to know when going here is that, since it is in the DeLeon Springs State Park, you must pay $6 in cash at the park entrance per car of two to eight people. With that in mind, make going here a day trip. You can hike and swim in the park with that $6 admission. Another piece of information is that there is not a lot of seating and a wait develops quickly. The Old Spanish Sugar
Mill opens at 8:00 a.m. on weekends and by 8:30 a.m. there will be a wait. They only accept reservations for 10 or more so be sure to get there early. The last piece of advice is that an 18% gratuity is added on, so there is no need to tip as you already have. This restaurant is unique and blows IHOP and Waffle House out of the water. Given, it does cost more, but you get more value for your money. Being able to cook your own food at the table can best be characterized as a do-it-yourself breakfast hibachi. As the semester picks up the pace and more work piles on, go to the Old Spanish Sugar Mill on the weekend to relax with close friends and family and enjoy a homecooked breakfast even when home is thousands of miles away.
Operation Finale Review: Guilty of trying to Escape its Past Henry Neiberlien Former Editor-in-Chief Nearing the end of the Second World War, the leadership of Nazi Germany knew that the punishment for their crimes would be nothing short of death. Some chose to take their own lives to escape the consequences of their actions, while some chose a different path hoping to avoid prosecution. One of these men was the “Architect of the Final Solution,” SS officer Adolph Eichmann (Ben Kingsley). Eichmann escaped Germany and fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina where he lived in hiding under a fake name. One small slip up led to the Mossad, the intelligence agency of Israeli, learning that not only is Eichmann still alive but living in Argentina. It was 1960, and the last of the Nazis had mostly been hunted down, but Eichmann again evaded the authorities of Israel. It was then up to a special ops team of Mossad agents led by Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) to capture him and bring this monster of the Third Reich to justice.
This story is mostly an unknown one, and this film does an excellent job portraying how difficult it was for these operatives operating so far from home in a nation sympathetic to the Nazi cause to extract one of the most wanted criminals of the Holocaust. Naturally many members of the team want strict revenge for the deaths of over six million Jewish people and want nothing more to kill him on the spot. This creates some tension between the team members and sometimes comes off as shoehorned in conflict to make the story more dramatic that stealing an old man from South America. However, these themes do not distract the audience too far from the main plot. Although some scenes are shot to bring the audience the same flashbacks to the Holocaust as the characters being portrayed, and these can be confusing to the viewing though they end up making sense at the end of the film. The main reason to see this film is definitely Ben Kingsley’s portrayal of Obersturmbannführer Adolph Eichmann. Kingsley’s body language, mannerisms, and way of speaking
about the atrocities committed by himself and the Nazi parties make even the most grizzled man uncomfortable. The interactions and the relationship that seems to bond between him and Oscar Isaac lets the audience peer into the deranged mind of a man trying to justify what he did. The chemistry the two actors have is outstanding as both try to battle with the past of their characters, one a Nazi war criminal and another who lost a loved one to the Holocaust created by the man sitting across from him. As we learn more and more about Adolph side of the story during the time after his capture, the viewer may even be compelled to believe he was just following orders and is an ordinary man after all. This portrayal forces viewers to continually remind themselves of the horrendous crimes that this man without a doubt did commit during his time within the ranks of Hitler’s elite. Operation Finale, at times, loses the weight and dramatic tension of the themes it is portraying; however the hunt, capture, and extraction of Eichmann is entertaining enough on
its own. It is an often overlooked part of history, and many do not know of the extensive Nazi ideological presence deep within Argentina. Operation Finale is also not a film that would keep the average moviegoer used to big-budget action flicks invested, but if you are a big history buff or just interested in how a small nation like Israel could hunt down the last of the Nazis wherever they may hide then this is the film for you. The film also takes its liberties and noticeably tries to add obstacles randomly for our heroes to overcome, a common problem when a true story is more mundane than what a movie would call for. Although it does an excellent job for the most part, to stay faithful to is source material. It may not be on the levels of Oscar-winning historical pieces, but Operation Finale is an excellent portrayal of an often overlooked and forgotten part of World War II history, the aftermath of the Holocaust and those personally affected by it who hunted down its creators.
Entertainment D3 Stellar Game Line-up for Fall Brandon Collins Business Manager As every gamer knows, there are two primary game seasons every year. You have the Spring game season, where significant games are released in March and April, and then you have the Fall game season, where other major games are released in October and November, just in time for the holiday sales. To commemorate the preFall game season, the Avion is going through their top five most hyped games for the Fall line-up in descending order, with honourable mentions coming before the most hyped game. #5 - Fallout 76 (Xbox One, PC, PS4) Announced just weeks before E3 2018, Fallout 76 is the first multiplayer version of Bethesda’s hit series, Fallout. The sequel to 2015’s Fallout 4, Fallout 76 takes players to 25 years after the Great War of 2077. The game opens on the player awakening on Reclamation Day, where the occupants of Vault 76 will finally leave their fallout shelter to begin the rebuilding of the United States of America. Fallout 76 is a multiplayer-centric entry that focuses on survival, team combat, and base building (which wwas initially introduced in Fallout 4).Fallout 76 is currently set for release on Nov. 14. #4 - Spider-Man (PS4 Exclusive) Reminiscent of the Batman Arkham games, Spider-Man is Insomniac Games’ first attempt at a superhero game. Breaking from the norm, Insomniac’s Spider-Man will take place eight years after Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man (unlike most previous Spider-Man
games, where the player experiences Peter Parker become his superhero persona in the game). Tons of gameplay has already been shown, and anyone who has seen the trailers know that the game is packed full of multiple villains, including the likes of Mr. Negative, Vulture, Rhino, and many more. Spider-Man is currently set to release on Sept. 7. #3 - Immortal Unchained (Xbox One, PC, PS4) What seems to be a “Dark Souls, but with guns,” Immortal Unchained grabbed our attention the day we saw its trailer. The story follows the player after they have been “awoken and released from [their] eternal prison, [the player] must fight to the center of the nine worlds to discover the dark truth. Who are [they]? Why are the nine worlds ending? And what are [they] going to do about it?” Toadman Interactive develops the game and Sold Out Sales & Marketing Ltd. publishes it. It is currently set to release on Sept. 7.
Of course, these are not the only games we are hyped for this semester. So before discussing the last game, let us go through some honourable mentions. EA’s Battlefield V (set to release on Nov. 20), Microsoft’s Forza Horizon 4 (set to release on Oct. 2), THQ Nordic’s Darksiders 3 (set to release on Nov. 27) and Square Enix’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider (set to release Sept. 14). #1 - Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Xbox One, PC, PS4) Ubisoft’s latest installment into the Assassin’s Creed series, players will go back to 431 BCE, the furthest back in time any Assassin’s Creed game has ever gone. This installment will be the first of any Assassin’s Creed to allow the
player to choose whom they play. The game offers two choices, a male and female, and from there, players can even make the experience even more their own via dialog choices and romantic partners, similar to those in Mass Effect and Fallout 4. Odyssey is set to release on Oct. 5. Now, we love reviewing games just as much as we enjoy and talking about them. So look out for reviews of all these games coming out throughout this semester. If you enjoy reviewing games, stop by the Avion Newspaper (UC 110) when you get a chance and let us see if we can publish your reviews in the paper! You can also join us at LAN-Party, WIKD’s video game talk show that happens every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in UC 111.
#2 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (Xbox One, PC, PS4) The prequel to the best western game ever, Red Dead Redemption 2 is on every gamer’s watch list. It’s Rockstar’s first game since their hit-game Grand Theft Auto 5. The game centers on Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang at the turn of the 19th Century, during the final years of the American Old West. Players can look forward to seeing familiar characters such as Red Dead Redemption’s protagonist and antagonist, John Marston and Dutch Van der Linde. The game is currently set to release in a month and a half on Oct. 26.
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A mutated sloth from Fallout 76 is one of the many mutated animals in game.
Apple Hints at the New iPhone Samantha Kirby Correspondent
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The multitude of devices on the market designed to make our lives easier continues to grow with new companies entering the growing industry, but these new companies have the toughest competition with Android, Apple, and Google continuing to output groundbreaking phones that change the industry. With so many to choose from, it is no surprise that many consider Apple among the best and most popular. iPhones, Macs, Apple Watches, and iPods are the most famous of Apple’s products that get upgrades and new designs annually. Just last year Apple released its iPhone X with face identification and Animoji that made it stand out from the crowd. So, what does Apple have in store for us this year? Unlike the single iPhone released in 2017, Apple is said to reveal three new iPhone designs and the
Apple Watch 4 this September at an event in California. According to the news site Bloomberg, the iPhones Apple plans to reveal are modeled after the iPhone X but with varying features to appeal to different users. These features include a larger screen, more colors options, and improved functions. The names of these iPhones are not released; however, the codenames are D33, D32 and N84. The D33 will have the largest screen of any iPhone with 6.5 inches and a high-tech OLED screen like the iPhone X. It will also come equipped with a two-app function that allows two apps to be displayed and used at the same time along with duel back camera. Not so different is the D32, an iPhone that will be a direct upgrade to the iPhone X with a slightly larger 5.8inch screen and the only improvements being the processing speed and the camera. On the other side is a replacement to the iPhone 8, the cheaper N84 that will not have
an OLED screen but instead an LCD one to lower the price. The N84 will consist of a 6.1-inch display and a different look than the D33 and D32. There is more to the September event then new upgrades to the iPhone 8 and X, however, since the Apple Watch Series 4 is also expected to be released alongside improved AirPods and the rumored wireless AirPower. In MacWorld’s article about the event, they stated that the Series 4 would have small changes to be more user-friendly, including better fitness tracking and a larger screen. Apple has supposedly made the well-liked AirPods more water resistant and may have even added “Hey Siri,” a handsfree, voice command mode. Furthermore, the mysterious AirPower may get revealed in September, which would allow users to charge their devices such as iPhones and iPads wirelessly, but not much information is out on when it due to release.
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Schedule of SGA Division Events Tuesday - September 4
Wednesday - September 5
Thursday - September 6
7:00 p.m. - The Avion Newspaper General Meeting - Come out and join the Avion Newspaper at their General Meeting in the Willie Miller Instructional Center in Room 104. We are always looking for new reporters and photographers!
7:00 p.m. - The WIKD 102.5 FM General Meeting - Join the WIKD 102.5 FM at their General Meeting in the Willie Miller Instructional Center in Room 104. If you have any interest in DJing or being a Radio Personality, you should come out to the meeting and get trained!
7:00 p.m. - Touch-N-Go Productions General Meeting - Come on out to the Touch-N-Go Productions General Meeting in the Willie Miller Instructional Center in Room 104. TNG is always looking for a helping hand during events, so join them at their events.
7:30 p.m. - The Avion Newspaper Meet and Greet - The Avion Exec Board and upperclassmen will be holding a Meet and Greet at the Doolittile Volleyball courts for students interest in getting to know the organization they are joining. Refreshments will be provided.
8:30 p.m. - Touch-N-Go Weekly Movie - This Thursday, TNG will be airing Spielberg’s movie adaptation of Ready Player One in the Willie Miller Instructional Center Auditorium. It is free to students, so come on out and enjoy a movie.
Friday - September 7
Saturday - September 8
Sunday - September 9
12:00 p.m. - The Avion’s Headshot Friday - Join the Avion on the Flight Deck in the Student Center to get a free headshot taken. You can dress professionally to use this as a photo with your resume, or you can just do a silly photo and have a fun photo taken!
12:00 p.m. - Article submissions for Issue 2 of the Avion Newspaper are due to news@theavion.com
7:00 p.m. - TNG’s Seriously Funny Comedy Series - Laugh your butts off with TNG’s first Seriously Funny Comedy Series of Fall 2018. Comedians T. Murph and Kiry Shaboz will be performing in the Student Center.
5:00 p.m. Advertising from RSO’s for Issue 2 of the Avion Newspaper are due to business@theavion.com
1:00 p.m. - The Avion’s Production - People interested in joining the Avion are invited out to the Avion’s office in Room 110 in the Student Center to see how a paper is made. The Avion’s staff will demonstrate to new students how we layout our paper for printing, the guidelines we follow, and how fun it can be to be a part of the paper.
12:00 p.m. - Photo submissions for Issue 2 of the Avion Newspaper are due to photo@theavion.com