Issue 1 Spring 2012

Tuesday January 24, 2012

Volume CXXXIII Issue 1

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Letter from the Editor Costas Sivyllis

Editor-in-Chief Welcome back to campus! It’s finally 2012 and The Avion is completely new.

New paper. New format. New size. New ideas. New goals. This is the year The Avion will become your main source for any Embry-Riddle related news, as well as a go-to source for information. We’re launching our new brand, which you are ALL a part of!

The Avion is actively recruiting students to be a part of our new movement. Writers, photographers, editors, web designers, and layout designers are just some of the roles we need you to fill! With a shift in focus

to more electronic media, our main goal this semester is to create a website and keep in touch with students more through Facebook and Twitter.

Staff members also obtain exclusive access to many events such as launches from Kennedy Space Center. Get close to the action as part of the Avion!

If you know anyone interested in any of the above, The Avion is your place to not only have fun with a great staff, but also add new experience to your resume. Being a part of such a dynamic and important student organization gives you a chance to have important input all across the university—Step up and join the organization that changes your life today!

AUSTIN COFFEY/AVION

The Executive Board and staff of the Avion are proud to present to you, our fellow students the new and improved paper. We look forward to hearing from you about things you would like to see in the paper!

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV takes off as the first United States’ orbital launch of the year on Thursday, when it launched with the fourth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft. The WGS is a next generation communication system being introduced by the US military. Another five satellites are expected to launch in the upcoming years.

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The Avion, January 24, 2012

Executive Board Editor-in-Chief Costas Sivyllis Managing Editor Austin Coffey News Editor Peter Tan Business Manager Alena Thompson Photography Editor Anthony Sekine Advertising Manager Allie Iacovelli

Editorial Staff

Front Editor Costas Sivyllis Campus Editor Peter Tan SGA Editor James Scott Student Life Editor Alena Thompson Opinions Editor Karissa Hewitt Sports Editors Austin Coffey Anthony Sekine Comics Editor Johnathan McFarland Entertainment Editor Floyd Perkinson Copy Editors Karissa Hewitt Angelina Smedley

Staff Members

Lauren Moran

Due to the overwhelming success of the Fall 2011 Bonus Bucks incentive program, the Student Activities & Campus Events staff is excited to announce a new addition to the Bonus Bucks incentive program: The Bonus Bucks Academic Challenge!

The goal of the Academic Challenge is to encourage co-curricular involvement that enhances student learning. During the Spring 2012 semester, students will have the opportunity to collect Bonus Bucks at sponsored events, programs, and lectures that meet the following criteria: Any event that has a tie to academic, research-based, professional, or educational student learning outcomes and compliments the academic mission of the university.

The Bonus Bucks incentive program is made possible by department sponsors who not only host events, but also provide the financial support for the Bonus Bucks

Prize Auction held at the end of each semester.

The Spring 2012 Academic Challenge sponsors include: • The Fund for Embry-Riddle • The Arts & Letters Series • Career Services • College of Business • Counseling Center • Honors Program • Distinguished Speaker Series • President’s Speaker Series Student Organizations can also sponsor Bonus Bucks events that meet the mission of the Academic Challenge program. For more information on how your organization can host a Bonus Bucks event, contact Student Activities & Campus Events.

All Academic Challenge events will include the Bonus Bucks logo on their event advertisements and on ERAU Connection.

Also keep an eye out for the “Bonus Bucks EVENT” flags that will be on display outside or near a Bonus Bucks event.

A complete list of Academic Challenge events is always available through Student Activities & Campus Events.

In order to kick-off the Academic Challenge, Student Activities & Campus Events will reward students for their academic success. Any student that brings in a copy of their Fall 2011 transcript or pulls it up electronically in the office, will receive the following: • 4.0 semester GPA – $20 Bonus Bucks • 3.5 to 3.9 semester GPA – $10 Bonus Bucks • 3.0 to 3.49 semester GPA – $5 Bonus Bucks You can collect Bonus Bucks at Academic Challenge events throughout the semester via your Eagle Card. So be sure to have your Eagle Card on you at all times!

Students can cash in their Bonus Bucks at the Academic Challenge Prize Auction, which will be held on Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Center.

Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 18, 2012 -- Student leaders from the Central Florida area will gather at EmbryRiddle for the 2012 Student Leadership Conference, Creating a Community of Leaders, on Saturday February 4.

Students attending the conference will have the opportunity to hear inspiring speakers, participate in dynamic leadership workshops and learn strategies for their future endeavors.

The Embry-Riddle Department of Student Activities & Campus Events has assembled speakers from across campus to offer insight into how to improve one’s own leadership style, how to make a difference in your school or organization, and how to translate these skills into later professional life.

The day-long conference has become an annual offering at Embry-Riddle, and has grown from a campus-wide event to one that includes students from numerous colleges and universities across the state.

This year the Conference will also welcome delegates from the Academy of Florida Independent Colleges and Universities (AFICU), an SGA organi-

zation that will hold its annual meeting here.

Attendees will be able to choose up to three workshops on a wide variety of topics, to explore their areas of interest through question and answer sessions, and share their ideas with their peers.

Keynote speaker for the conference will be Matt Jones, a well-known speaker who draws his insights from his own life experiences of overcoming cancer, relearning how to walk, and completing marathons around the world. Jones is currently pursuing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership.

His topic will be “R.E.A.L. LeadershipBecoming a Person of Influence.” Jones will share the characteristics of a R.E.A.L. leader and how to apply them to become a leader of impact in home, work, and society.

He will explain the components of R.E.A.L.: Relational - Leadership is About Others; Ethical-The Importance of Doing what is Right as a Leader; Authentic- Finding your True Self; Lasting-Leaving a Personal and Professional Legacy.

“The Student Leadership Conference

is a really great opportunity for students from across campus (and even across the state) to come together to learn about strategies for improving their own leaderships skills,” said Jessica Searcy, Assistant Director for Programming & Leadership in the Department of Student Activities & Campus Events.

“This year’s conference will focus on encouraging students to explore how their own strengths and weaknesses as a leader relate to those of their peers. I would encourage students who are thinking about attending to come talk to me about the conference. I would be happy to answer any questions I can and provide more information about what they should expect!”

Searcy’s office, SC108, is located in the Student Center next to Touch-N-Go. Registration for the conference is online and the fee is $10 per participant.

This includes all conference materials, and a continental breakfast and lunch.

For additional information or to register please visit connection.erau.edu/ organization/leadershipprogramming .

The registration deadline for the conference is Friday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m.

Student Activities

Reporters Chris Heale Tim Campanaro Julliet Okeke Photographers Antoine Daugny Richard Weakley Huang Shizhen Jackson Rosario Bonny Thomas Page Editors George Mychawski

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“Troublemaker” visits ERAU

RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION

Former US Sen candidate and best selling author Christine O’Donnell kicked off her Florida book tour with an inclusion in ERAU’s President’s Speaker Series discussing her book “Troublemaker”. O’Donnell answered questions regarding civic involvement with ERAU students and the general public for two hours afterwards the interview and book signing.

The Avion, January 24, 2012

How to be a Good American

RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser’s family fled the Syria’s Baath regime in the 1960s. The founder and president of the American-Islamic Forum for Democracy, Jasser will be interviewed by the audience on the issue of being a good American. He advocates the fundamental principles of the U.S. Constitution, and the separation of church and state.

Al Haynes speaks on the United 232 crash Scott Szuhay

Guest Reporter We all have our own heroes, and those in the audience of the last Distinguished Speaker event of the Fall had the privilege of meeting one. His name was Al Haynes, and he’s one of my heroes. When the Number 2 engine on his DC-10 exploded in 1989, Haynes used luck, preparation, communication, cooperation, and execution to get it on the ground. Amazingly, 184 of the 296 people on board didn’t die.

What’s the first rule he decided the share with us? “In a crisis, never start shouting,” he says, a telling remark from a very levelheaded guy.

Haynes wasn’t the only hero involved in the crash of United 232 on July 19th, 1989.

He tells how there were 5 controllers in tower. One talked on the radio while the other four got everybody off the frequency and out of the airspace immediately. “You’ll never hear the names of the other four,” he say, but the were just as instrumental as anyone.

At one point, Captain Haynes began to cough, but when he reached for his water, it fell to the floor. He stopped, picked it up, drank from it, and said, “I have a chronically dry mouth…and I can’t get this water to stay on the desk.” But soon, he figured out how to position the bottle on the slopping podium so it wouldn’t roll and continued with the talk. He’s still a problem-solver on every level.

Trouble began that day when a hairline crack in the Number 2 engine fan caused the fan disk to disintegrate with such force that shrapnel cut all three of the DC-10 hydraulic lines. “That explosion was so loud, they heard it on the ground,” Haynes says.

What happened next is one of the greatest examples in aviation history of what modern pilots call Crew Resource Management, or CRM. “CRM comes down to one word: teamwork,” Haynes says. “There’s no more ‘I’.

It is ‘we.’”

Haynes isn’t the kind of guy to dwell on

the weight of the event thirty-two years after it happened. He still maintains a sense of humor about it all.

“I remember at one point saying ‘Forget it’, but on the CVR transcripts, they were kind to me and called it ‘expletive deleted.’”

He even has the enviable ability, after three decades, to laugh at himself.

“He (the copilot) said the attention-getting statement of the day. He turned to me and said, ‘Al, I can’t fly the airplane.’ I looked over and saw he had the yolk the full 90 degrees over to the left and all the way back in his lap. Then I said the dumbest thing I ever said in my life. I grabbed my control and said, ‘I got it!’”

One bit of luck Haynes had that day was a United training pilot sitting in first class.

Not only was he an expert, but he also kept a cool head as an improptu member of the flight crew: “The training pilot did not bang on the cockpit door.” Haynes said. “Instead, his CRM training kicked in, and he asked the flight attendant to advise the Captain that he was back there.”

Haynes went on telling the story, using two screens with photos and graphics.

When Captain Haynes showed United 232’s squiggly flight path, he joked, “I was talking to a bunch of Chicago controllers, and I made the mistake of saying, ‘This looks like a normal approach to Chicago O’Hare.’”

The controller stayed cool right up to the end, actually clearing United 232 to land on a specific runway. It had sounded so routing that Haynes even joked about over the frequency. We heard the recording.

Haynes asked, “Now did you ever hear such a calm voice over the radio? I told Kevin later, ‘not only did you sound calm, you didn’t even sound interested.’” He had in turn told Haynes, “I didn’t thing you would make it. 296 people were going to die, and there was nothing I could do.”

Haynes said that controller had transferred from a busier airport because “it had been to stressful.” Everyone laughed.

By the time they maneuvered the DC-10

down to Sioux City airport, the only runway Haynes could land on was actually closed.

“The FAA had shut down this runway years earlier. I guess I reopened it, because I haven’t heard from the FAA yet.”

Normal airliners land at roughly 150 knots with a sink rate of 100 to 300 ft/min.

The impact of United 232 occurred at 215 knots with a sink rate of 1850 ft/min.

“As soon as we hit, I was knocked out, so I missed the whole thing. I don’t have any nightmares or flashbacks because there’s nothing there. I saw the crash for the first time with my wife three days later in the hospital. I said, ‘Who was that?’ She said, ‘that was you.” I said, ‘No it wasn’t. That was unsurvivable.’”

The largest section of the fuselage came to a stop in a cornfield between the runways.

Most of the passengers in it got out but collapsed. The fuselage section then caught on fire, and it would have killed the unconscious passengers who had evacuated if they had not been shielded by the corn stalks.

Captain Haynes showed a photo of a National Guard colonel carrying a toddler away from the fire. He told how the colonel insisted that the photo was insignificant because he had not personally saved the child nor had he delivered him to triage.

Haynes said he disagrees. He said the colonel represents the over 1000 people on the ground who came to help United 232, and the toddler represents the 296 passengers and crew they tried to save.

Haynes talked about the awe he had for Sioux City, Iowa. He talks about a convent opening its door to the survivors and wellwishing citizens driving up with supplies and blankets. He said every restaurant reopened to provide food to the survivors, and 450 people were prepared to donate blood.

Haynes also acknowledged his own ordeal of dealing with PTSD, something he admits he didn’t believe in before the accident.

“Make no mistake,” he said, “it’s absolutely real.”

But of others who have been through trauma, Captain Haynes says, “never tell

anyone, ‘I know how you feel.’ Because you don’t know how they feel.”

How do you get over it? “You have to talk about it. You have no choice. You have to learn to deal with it. ‘What if’and ‘Why me?’ don’t work.”

One student asked the most intelligent question of the evening: “What is it like to come and do talks like this and basically relive the most traumatic experience of your life? What makes a person do that?”

Haynes’ answer was direct and deeply revealing. He said that his survival guilt is so strong that the only way he has dealt with it is to have given over 1700 talks to audiences like ours. He feels he owes it to the 112 people who lost their lives. The obligation outweighs the burden.

He says he doesn’t see himself as a hero.

Instead, he remembers the words of his therapist: the people are the ones who need the hero. You are only a hero to them. What’s it like to be a celebrity? “Don’t believe it,” he says. “Don’t get carried away with it. It’s just the situation.”

“Would you have done anything different if you were in that situation again?” someone asks. “Yes,” Haynes jokes, “I would have called in sick.” Again, everyone laughs.

Then, amazingly, he actually answers seriously, saying how afterward, analysts had realized that the DC-10 had the ability to transfer fuel from wing to wing. He says he would have transferred fuel to the left wing to try to keep the airplane level.

After the accident, every DC-10 engine in the world was inspected.

“How does McDonnell Douglas avoid this problem,” someone asks. Haynes answers in perfect technical expertise: “There’s now a bypass valve before the tail,” he says.

Thirty-two years later, he’s still an expert.

He closed by advocating that people form “Disaster Teams” in their home communities so they can be as prepared as the people of Sioux City to deal with the unexpected.

And a final quote to end on: “If you panic, you’re dead.” For pilots or just college students during finals weeks, it’s a life lesson for all of us.

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The Avion, JANUARY 24, 2012

Do you know the next SOTM? Jon Christian

College of Aviation That is the phrase used by the Student Government Association to promote the new transformation of the scholar of the month program. The SGA realizes that it is hard work being a full time student and they want to recognize the students at Embry-Riddle who are doing well academically and whose actions better student life on campus or in the community. In its second year, the program is successful in recognizing students from each college that exemplify being an Embry-Riddle scholar. The criteria for winning this distinguished award is not only doing well academically, but also being involved in campus life. That can range from Greek life, to student clubs and organizations, to volunteering your time doing community service. The difference with this program is the fact that students, as well as faculty and staff, are able to nominate candidates for this award. The November winners

of Scholar of the Month were Colleen Costello, COAS, Marco Li, COB, Manu Sharma, COE, and Keri Younger, COA. Two of these recipients were nominated by their peers, which the SGA considers excellent because faculty and staff are not always aware of the involvement of students outside of their classroom.

Colleen Costello is a Sophomore Human Factors major. She is actively involved in AFROTC, where she was freshman of the year for human factors major, and Theta Phi Alpha Sorority where she is on the junior executive board for two semesters.

She was nominated by Krystel Parra for her “…promise, dedication, and leadership to the Embry-Riddle community…” and it is for these same reasons that she was selected to be a November Scholar of the Month.

Marco Li graduated this past December, receiving a bachelors of science from the College of Business. During his time at Embry-Riddle, Marco served on the SGA, and help leadership rolls in Pi Kappa

Alpha Fraternity and Order of Omega Honor Society. Marco was nominated by Christine Dow because of his involvement and taking his time to help other students by mentoring and tutoring on an individual and group basis.

Manu Sharma is a Senior Aerospace Engineering major and a member of the Honors Program. Manu has worked and lead many engineering projects on campus and he even initiated, organized, and launched the first TEDx Embry-Riddle Event. Manu is leading by example in and out of the classroom and because of this was nominated by Dr. Kain and selected to be a recipient by the Student Representative Board.

Keri Younger graduated this past December, receiving a bachelors of science in Applied Meteorology. In her academic pursuits, she wrote a paper on tropical meteorology that was accepted for presentation at the National American Meteorology Society annual meeting. She was an active leader in two service organi-

zations, Alpha Phi Omega and Chi Epsilon Pi. As a member of Alpha Phi Omega she participated in their annual Teeter-Tottera-thon in an effort to raise funds for junior diabetes education, and she spent more than 6 hours on teeter-totter for this cause.

Dr. Guinn in the College of Aviation nominated Keri for this award.

As you can read, the scholars of the month have been diverse and involved in many different ways around campus. They are active in and out of the classroom, and have been recognized by their teachers and peers alike. As recipients of the award, scholars receive a certificate presented by Dr. Heist at the weekly Student Representative Board meeting, their name engraved on the scholar of the month plaque in the SGA office, and a $25.00 gift card. If you would like to nominate someone, go on the SGA website or stop by the SGA office to pick up a nomination form today! So, there is only one thing left to say, do you know the next Scholar Of The Month?

the SGA will not fund for items such as airfare, food, give-away items, or personalized items (such as shirts or jerseys).

All budget packets must be emailed to dbsgabp@erau.edu by 1/28 at 11:59PM for them to be reviewed by the Student Finance Board. Once the packet has been submitted, go to http://www.doodle.com/ aexiddd2yzvpbie8 to sign up for an allocation time. The available dates are January 31, February 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, and 21 if necessary. A club can only sign up for an allocation time after their packet has been submitted. All of this information, and more, can be found in the budget packet.

To help with the budget packet process, the Student Finance Board and Student Activities will be holding a Treasurer’s Training Workshop on Wednesday, January 25th at 6:30PM in IC 103.

We will be reviewing how to fill out a packet and show examples of completed packets. If you have any questions, feel free to email the SGA Treasurer at sgatres@erau.edu.

Giselle Maranhao

tradition that will help make our campus greener.

In addition to these events, the EAC will continue with their regularly scheduled events. The Adopt-A-Road cleanup will be conducted on both February 12th and March 31st. Also, the First Friday cleanup will be on February 2nd, March 2nd, and April 6th. With the sponsorship of Sodexo, students that clean the campus will receive a free meal plan on those days. The EAC will be meeting every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the SGA Conference room.

The Environmental Awareness Committee is responsible for promoting student involvement in recycle programs and other environmentally sound projects. This committee is also responsible for working within the university and the community to promote environmental programs and activities. We are open to any suggestions from the campus community and invite all ERAU students to participate.

Budget packets EAC committee Jonathan Rauch

Student Finance Board Is your club looking for budget allocations this semester? Well it’s as simple as filling out the Student Finance Board budget packet that’s available online now! A budget allocation is the amount of money the Student Finance Board approves for each club/organization to use towards expenses associated with activities and items throughout the semester. All registered student organizations are eligible to apply for funding through the Student Finance Board.

To download a budget packet for your club, log-on to sga.db.erau.edu, or type “SGA” into the URL bar on any school computer. Just click the link on the homepage, fill out some information, and the budget packet will download directly to your computer. It’s important that expenses in the budget packet be itemized and specific as possible with exact or approximate prices of each event or item. Remember,

College of Aviation The Environmental Awareness Committee (EAC) will be hosting several events this spring semester for all students. On March 5th, Karen Zhao, from the Finance Board, will teach those interested how to turn their excess tee-shirts into an eco-friendly product, a T-shirt quilt. Representative Rachael Isphording will work with professor of meteorology, Dr. Snow, to give a presentation on energy saving (date to be determined) to increase awareness on the need for it as well as ways to save. The Electronics Drive will be hosted on April 27th by Representative Sarah Fitzpatrick. On that day, everyone on campus will have the opportunity to bring and old electronics they have (music players, TVs, cell phones, etc.) so they can be recycled. The EAC will also work with grounds to plant a tree on campus on Earth Day, April 22nd, and hopefully start a new campus

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The Avion, January 24, 2012

Kyle Fennesy

Students for Life Last week, Students for Life at Embry Riddle delivered over 1,400 diapers to a local nonprofit organization.

The Pregnancy Crisis Center of Daytona Beach serves women facing an unplanned pregnancy, offering them counseling, financial and material support regardless of marital status, residence, age, religion or financial status.

The nonprofit does not receive any local, state, or federal funding and is completely dependent on the community for support.

Students for Life collected diapers and donations during their inaugural diaper drive held Oct. 24 – 28.

Through the generosity of students and faculty they collected almost 2,000 diapers. The rest of the diapers will be

delivered in the coming weeks.

The campaign, with the tagline “Everybody needs a place to poop”, was centered entirely on providing resources for women in poverty that struggle to support their newborn children. Students for Life is extremely grateful for the generosity of the university, “it was so encouraging to witness the aid being offered for children in need” said Students for Life Treasurer Luke Turnage.

Women facing an unplanned pregnancy are often unaware of the support and resources available. In the Daytona Beach area alone, there are four pregnancy resource centers that offer free assistance. These centers provide free baby food, clothes, counseling, adoption contacts, and free diapers.

For more information about Students for Life or local pregnancy centers contact erauprolife@gmail.com.

ERRSA hosts superbowl party Branden Kensington Siegle ERRSA

Hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break. ERRSA’s first event of the semester was a viewing of the NFL Divisional Playoff games in the Student Village Buffet on Jan 22, Sunday. The next event that ERRSA will be hosting will be in conjunction with Student Activities and will be a LAN Party as a part of Evening Eagles on Jan 27 from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m.

Come join us for an evening of fun!

On Superbowl Sunday, ERRSA will be hosting a Superbowl Party in the Student Village Buffet. All of ERRSA’s upcoming events are on our Facebook page.

‘Like’ our page to receive event

updates in advance.

Finally, the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association will be hosting the annual Florida Association of Residence Halls conference from February 3 to 5, so you may notice more people around campus than usual.

This is a huge opportunity for the Resident Student Association as well as the Department of Housing. The university and all it has to offer will be showcased for all of the Residence Hall Associations of Florida.

For more information about ERRSA, you can come down to a general board meeting in the Fountain Room on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., visit their ERAU Connection page, or ‘like’ their Facebook page at Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association.

Rev. Melynne Rust

human beings have fundamental, or sacred, worth, regardless of what they look like, what they believe, or how they behave. It is One of the goals of the Chaplains Office about remembering that before someone is is to foster a healthy interfaith commu- anything else, he/she is a human being, and nity on campus, encouraging and providing that humanity is a community we all belong support for students, staff, and faculty to to. If we believe human beings have value, respect people from diverse religious tradi- then it goes a long way in enabling us to tions. How can we respect people who hold treat them with value. vastly different religious beliefs, oftentimes When our belief of respect matches our contradictory to our own deeply held reli- behavior of respect, it is called integrity. gious beliefs? With religious diversity, it is We have integrity when our ethical behavhelpful to look at what respect means. ior stems not from others’ expectations or Respect can be both a belief and a requirements, but from our own ethical behavior. We can treat someone with beliefs. The belief that all human beings respect (behavior) without having have value and should be treated with to believe that they are worvalue is at the core of most religious thy of that respect (belief). and philosophical traditions.

To exhibit the behavior Therefore, when we treat peoof respect without the ple with value because we belief of respect is believe humanity has value, nothing more than being we are not just being respect“politically correct” (or, in ful; we are also often being faithother words, behaving ful to our own particular in a way that meets religious tradition. In CHAPLAINS OFFICE certain expectathis way, we can hold tions). Behavior of respect onto our deeply held religious without belief of respect is what often leads beliefs and at the same time respect people to “political incorrectness,” or inappropri- who believe differently. ate language and unethical behavior.

Diversity, respect, integrity….these three Belief of respect is about recognizing peo- words are part of the STAND UP cample as human beings rather than identifying paign. You can STAND UP for integrity, them as categories, whether it is religion, diversity, and respect by recognizing people race, gender, disability, or sexual identity. from diverse religious traditions as human Belief of respect is about valuing people beings, valuing their humanity, and treating as human beings. It is about believing that them with respect because of it.

Interfaith Chaplain

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The Avion, January 24, 2012

Debbie Grunloh

Society of Women Engineers Come Jan. 28, The Society of Women Engineers is hosting an event called Introduce a Girl to Engineering Workshop (IGEW). SWE members have planned different hands-on activities, such as making a non-Newtonian fluid, building roller coasters and experiencing the powers of electromagnetism, that promotes higher education and hopefully increases the amount of women entering the field of Engineering.

The event is from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m., allowing the students to participate in 5 different modules.

SWE members have planned the modules, coordinated with the local schools and will be running the modules the day of the event.

This is a great experience and makes a good thing to add to your resume and volunteers are needed! We are looking for men/women of any major at ERAU to volunteer us as module helpers. Volunteers will help the grade school students complete the activities, help answer questions and help ensure all

the kids are learning and having fun. No prior experience or knowledge is needed to be a volunteer. Volunteers need to arrive at 7 a.m. the morning of Jan. 28 at the Instructional Center and will stay till 3 p.m. It is a fun event, even for volunteers, and a good way to gain volunteer hours while encouraging the next generation to continue on with a higher education. Be a role model! Have fun! Help these kids have fun! If you are interested, please contact Debbie Grunloh, SWE Section President, at grunlohd@my.erau.edu The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Student Section of Society of Women Engineers is a non-profit o rg a n i z a t i o n dedicated to the equal opportunity of women in the engineering workplace and promoting the study of engineering! SWE was founded in 1950 and has since become an international organization and a network of engineering students and professionals. SWE is a great opportunity to network with professionals, attend conferences, participate in outreaches, develop leadership skills and have fun!

Meetings are every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in COA 255. Anyone is welcome!

PHOTO COURTESY SWE

The Society of Women Engineers is hosting Introduce a Girl to Engineering Workshop or IGEW January 28. If you are interested in being a role model and assisiting the workshop contact the SWE Presiden at grunlohd@my.erau.edu

Stand up and get a good view Dr. Libbie Searcy Studen Affairs

To “stand up” for something means to take action rather than take a seat.

Although you tend to sit in desks while professors pass on information to you, your brain is not stuck in that seat.

Only when you refuse to let your

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isn’t easy to do. Integrity can involve standing up for yourself or others when displays of disrespect threaten to cut someone off at the knees. If you witness disrespectful comments or behavior that make people feel alienated and you choose to look away, then you may well be contributing to those people feeling the need to lower their heads.

Everyone—no matter their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, etc.—has the right to stand tall, to move through the world with their head held high.

Standing up for yourself

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brain be still can the information you’re receiving become knowledge. Standing up for education means actively thinking, asking questions, or expressing ideas. If education were just about passively receiving information, then you could just surf the Web. But you’re a college student, so make sure your mind is always standing at attention.

A mind standing at attention is bound to get tired, and while you should lean on your peers and seek help when you need it, the work you produce must be your own.

Standing up for integrity on an academic level means not standing on someone else’s shoulders to make yourself feel tall but letting others help give you the strength and skills you need to stand on your own two feet.

Integrity is often about making an ethical choice when no one is looking or when it

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means not looking down and not crouching in a corner.

When you feel like your legs are too shaky and weak to hold you, reach out for help so your legs can get stronger. If you see someone struggling to stand and your own experience or knowledge can help that person to rise up, then extend your hand.

Standing up for yourself can also mean that you’re willing to admit that you don’t know it all, that the people standing around you have mastered steps that you haven’t yet mastered.

As college students, you have the opportunity to learn how to become good professionals and good people. So STAND UP. The view is good from up here.

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Karissa Aponte Hewitt Staff Reporter

CONGRESS, can you hear us?

The users of American social networks, blogs and search engines needed their voices to be heard.

The onslaught of piracy and counterfeiters that sails the Internet are continuously a posing threat towards everyone, but the two acts created to deter and detain the bad guys caused an uprising on the web.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) will strengthen the defense and protection of copyright infringement and theft.

Yet, a majority of website corporations and web users are incredibly worried that the two bills will greatly hinder expression on the web.

In reaction to the proposal of the bills, on Wednesday, January 18, the website Reddit started the online rebellion against the passing of SOPA and PIPA. The multi-site blackout included numer-

ous sites, such as Wikipedia and Mozilla.

Wikipedia’s web pages were replaced with a single message, “Imagine a world without free knowledge.”

The massive search engine, Google, protested with a doodle stating, ‘Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!”

Across the country, physical protests and picketing were conducted outside of state representatives’ offices.

The battle over SOPA and PIPA was between content providers and Internet companies.

The content providers stated jobs are continuously threatened by the evergrowing percentage of Internet piracy committed. They claimed oversea pirates profit from their stolen content. The providers wanted the bill to pass.

Whereas, the Internet companies were against the passing of the two bills because of interworking and connections that are shared between domestic and foreign websites.

Though the acts directly attack foreign sites, the U.S.-based websites can be held

liable for linking their content. A majority of start-up sites and less-wealthy sites will have trouble affording the costs of defending themselves against the justice department.

Luckily, to all those opposing SOPA and PIPA, the estimated 7,000 sites that protested via blackout or web designs and the protestors at Capital Hill, the two acts have been stalled.

Thanks can be sent out to all those who fought against the legislations, but on the same day SOPA and PIPA were stalled, another online piracy act was introduced.

Representative Darrell Issa introduced the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). According to Issa, the new bill delivers stronger creative and intellectual property rights for American artists and innovators while protecting the free expression and openness environment of the Internet.

Unlike, SOPA and PIPA, the new legislation will assign oversight to the International Trade Commission instead

of the Justice Department. The ITC sounds much less frightening than the Justice Department.

OPEN will focus on foreign websites and include an appeal process. Those accused have the ability to fight back.

Unlike the inter-web distaste of SOPA and PIPA, Internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Twitter support the new option.

Those opposed include the Motion Picture Association of America.

Yet, no matter what companies and providers think, piracy will never truly go away and the future of an open Internet isn’t secure with SOPA and PIPA. The quarrel between providers and users and those voting on the legislations will not end anytime soon. People will continue to favor or protest against acts that aid them the most.

The newest idea, OPEN, might be the best alternative to place people as close to the same page as possible.

Hopefully, all domestic Internet sites and users will be OPEN to a solution.

The Internet Meme Karissa Aponte Hewitt Staff Reporter

The world of Internet memes is popular and hilarious.

Across the world wide web, pictures, videos, hyperlinks and websites have made memes travel from person to person via social networks, blogs, e-mails and websites dedicated to the new cultural icons.

Usually photos adorned with text, memes poke fun at people and subjects, from stereotypes to politics.

The most popular are usually screencaps from films such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or Inception.

The text is plastered on the alignment of screencaps and often results in a fit of laughter from the viewer.

Fans of different types of memes, or those interested in becoming familiar with the internet-based fad, can go online at www.knowyourmeme.com to view memes from Horny Harry to Cereal Guy.

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ERAU defeats Northwood 78-72 NORTHWOOD ERAU

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ERAU Athletics The intense preparation and hard work leading up to the game against the topranked team in the nation paid off for the Embry-Riddle men’s basketball team on Thursday. The Eagles, with the enthusiastic support of a great crowd on Greek Night, registered a 78-72 upset of No. 1 Northwood in Sun Conference action at the ICI Center. The win improved the Eagles’ record to 12-7 overall and 3-2 in

league play and snapped a 15-game winning streak for the Seahawks (16-2, 4-1) who have been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA national ratings for the last three polls.

Three-pointers were the story of the first half for the Eagles who were a blistering 10-of-12 (83.3 percent) from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes of play. Justin Bozzelli, who had a season-high 11 points, got the scoring started for ERAU, knocking down his first three-point attempt of the game. Northwood’s leading scorer and the reigning Sun Conference Player of the Year, Jonathan Dunn tied the score with a three of his own on the next Seahawk possession, but the Eagles went right back to Bozzelli on the

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The Seahawks tied the score again at 9-9 with 16:08 left in the half, but the Northwood defense w a s

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unable to contain the Eagles’ perimeter shooting and the Blue and Gold used the long-range shot to open up a 10-point lead (23-13) with 11:44 remaining in the half.

Over the next four minutes, the Seahawks, paced by Dunn’s 17 first-half points, steadily closed the gap and at the 7:42 mark, the visitors had cut the lead to two (29-27).The Eagles, who had turned the ball over six times during that stretch, regained their composure and went back to what worked for them in the early stages of the game and the last seven minutes of the half saw ERAU connect on four more threepointers to extend the advantage to 13 points (47-34) at the intermission.

Coming out of the break, the Eagles’ offense appeared to cool off, while

Northwood seemed to be heating up. The first six and a half minutes of the second stanza saw the Eagles make just one of 11 field goals, while Masse Doumbe scored 10 points to pull the Seahawks within three (54-51) with 13:18 remaining.

At the 12:57 mark, Daniel Mondragon, who had a career scoring night and was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, drained a long range shot and that basket sparked an 11-0 run that built the Eagle lead to 65-51 with 10:46 left to play.

Once again, the Seahawks looked to their go-to player, Dunn, and the senior responded by scoring seven of the next 11 Northwood points to cut the ERAU lead to six (68-62). After grabbing the defensive rebound on an Eagle miss, Patrick Horstmann was fouled and converted both free throw attempts to make the score 68-64. Two more free throws by Doumbe on the next Northwood possession made it a two-point game with 3:09 left to play.

The Eagles managed to increase the margin to six (74-68) on baskets by Bozzelli and DeForest Carter, but once again Dunn had an answer with four free throws and an unassisted dunk to make the score 74-72 with 43 seconds showing on the clock.

On their next offensive trip, Carter was fouled and went to the charity stripe for a one-on-one, but he was unable to convert on the first attempt and the rebound went to Horstmann. As Dunn prepared to take the ball down the court in search of the Seahawks’ first lead of the game, Blake Touchard got into his defensive stance and tapped the ball away from Dunn as he tried to gain position just outside the arc.

The senior raced to the basket and after being fouled in the act of shooting, he knocked down both free throws for a four-point (76-74) Eagle advantage with 20 seconds left.

The Seahawks got the ball into Dunn’s hands on the next possession, but his three-point attempt bounced off the rim and was corralled by Carter who was immediately fouled with 13 seconds remaining. After Carter hit both of his free throws, the Seahawks raced down the floor and looked for the longrange shot once again, but it too missed the mark and the rebound was pulled down

by Carter who held onto the ball to run out the clock and secure the Eagle win.

Carter and Mondragon tallied 14 points each to top the Eagles’ scoring chart, while Jason Powell added 12 points and Justin Bozzelli and Touchard contributed 11 points apiece.

Ray Graham led the Eagles on the boards with 10 rebounds, with Carter adding six and Mondragon and Powell collecting five rebounds each.

As a team, the Eagles were 47.4 percent (27-57) from the field and 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from behind the three-point line.

Embry-Riddle out-rebounded the Seahawks 40-32 and got great production from its bench, which outscored the Northwood reserves 25-5.

Dunn was the game’s high scorer with 35 points, including a 9-for-9 performance from the free throw line. Doumbe totaled 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in the Northwood effort.

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The Avion, January 24, 2012

Four Eagles take part in Sun Coference All-Star Game Ryan Mosher

ERAU Athletics The 2012 Sun Conference All-Star game saw all of the scoring come in the top of the third inning as the North came away with a 4-0 shutout victory over the host South in the annual contest. The North pitchers combined for 10 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and allowing a baserunner to reach third only twice all game.

ERAU’s Ben Kline, Adam Paulencu, Chris Page and Frankie Arias were selected as the Eagle representatives on the North team. Kline and Page were both first team All-Conference honorees a year ago while Kline also earned honorable mention All-American status.

Justin James (AMU) and Adam Miller

(USCB) garnered the starts for the South and North respectively, moving through the first two innings with ease.

The North plated four runs in the top of the third inning after Dane Stone (STU) took over for James on the mound for the South, giving up a leadoff single to Taylor Mathis (WIU). Mathis would move to second on a wild pitch before advancing to third on Ethan Lovell’s (WU) ground ball to Stone. Daniel Mims (SEU) drew a walk and stole second to put runners on second and third with one away. Ty Main (USCB) singled to short, scoring one run, and Hunter Pope (SCAD) laced a double to right center, scoring another run for the North.

Billy Glessner collected an RBI when he grounded out to second base, bringing

the score to 3-0. Jamison Sweat (SCAD) reached on an error, scoring Pope and finishing the scoring for the inning and the game at 4-0.

Both sides relied on pitching and solid defense to move through the following innings without either team really threatening. The North had two men on with one out in the fifth, but a fouled bunt and a called third strike ended the inning without any further damage.

The South turned a rare 5-4-3-2 triple play as Frankie Arias (ERAU) appeared to have slid under the tag at home, but was called out by the home plate umpire.

The South’s best chance to score came in the final inning with runners on first and second with just one out. However,

2010 second team All-Conference performer Phillip Kish (SEU) induced a ground ball double play to end the game and secure the 4-0 victory for the North.

Main finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Pope was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. Matt Zajac (SCAD) went 2-for-2 for the North.

Six South players recorded a hit while six pitchers saw action compared to seven pitchers for the North.

The No. 5 Eagles open their 2012 season next Friday (Jan. 27) when they take on No. 13 Auburn Montgomery on the road, followed by neutral site games against No. 18 Tennessee Wesleyan and No. 21 Southern Poly. ERAU’s first home series will be Feb. 3-4 when they host Sun Conference foe Florida Memorial.

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Eagles participate in SALLY Championship Austin Quinn

ERAU Athletics Four members of the Embry-Riddle women’s golf team took part in the 2012 Women’s South Atlantic Amateur Championship (SALLY) held at Oceanside Country Club Jan. 11-14.

Formally known as the Women’s South Atlantic Amateur Championship, the SALLY, dates back to 1926 and fields contestants from all over the world. The four-day, 72-hole event, held annually in January, is filled with great golf and is

one of the oldest surviving amateur golf classics in the country.

Fabys Barreto-Guzman, Bea Serra, Heather Wiquist and Pia Jenko all competed in the event, which consisted of 85 competitors.

Barreto-Guzman, a senior, was the highest finisher for the Blue and Gold at the event. The Caracas, Venezuela native finished tied for 51st on the leaderboard and tied for third in the second flight with a four-day total of 85-85-8577=332. In her best and final round of the tournament, the 2011 first team All-

American finished five-over par with 12 pars and one birdie.

Serra, a native of Barcelona, Spain was the next highest finisher for EmbryRiddle. The junior’s 342 (87-82-81-92) put her in 60th overall and 15th in the first flight.

Wiquist and Jenko rounded out the Eagle participants in the 2012 SALLY. Wiquist, a sophomore, finished three shots back of Serra in 65th place and her 84-87-85-89=345 put her 13th in the second flight. Jenko, also a 2011 first team All-American, finished in 70th overall

and third in the third flight with a 353 (99-81-87-86).

Moriya Jutanugarn won the tournament shooting a 12-under par 276 (7566-65-70). Ariya Jutanugarn, who shot 279 (67-71-69-72) and Charley Hull, who shot 280 (72-68-70-70) were the only other competitors to shoot under par.

The Embry-Riddle women’s golf team will begin their 2012 season as a team on Feb. 20 when they compete at the Lady Moc Golf Classic hosted by Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla.

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Livin’ Life Shameless Angelina Smedley Staff Reporter

Shameless is a television series that premiered on Jan 9, 2011 and they are now on their second season. This show’s genre is a mixture of drama and comedy that pulls together to make an excellent and entertaining hour of fun for the family.

Shameless is based on the award winning British series of the same name and is set in a Chicago south side neighborhood.

The show follows the Gallagher’s, a very dysfunctional family. The House is run

by Frank Gallagher, who is a father of six children. Frank Gallagher spends his days and nights in a local bar getting drunk constantly, while his children have to fend for themselves and learn how to take care of their own situations.

Frank’s alcoholism affects his family in the show, forcing them to get out of many dramatic situations, like saving each other

constantly, getting their family members out of trouble and so forth.

Fiona Gallagher, the oldest child of Frank Gallagher basically adopted the role of mother by taking care of her brother and sisters throughout the show, making sure they get a good education and ensuring they do not get into trouble. She also supports the family by holding several jobs and if not for her, the Gallagher’s would be living on the street begging for food and water to survive.

Lip Gallagher, a genius who gets straight A’s on everything and a 2400 on his SAT is the second oldest of the children in the household.

Ian Gallagher is the third child and participates in Army ROTC at his high school.

One thing about Ian is that he is gay and only a handful of people know, including his older sister Fiona and his brother Lip. Debbie Gallagher is the fourth child and takes after Fiona by trying to be a mother

to the younger children sometimes. She has a good heart and tries to do good things by helping out the family as much as she can at her age.

Carl Gallagher is the second youngest in the family and probably the biggest trouble maker. He constantly gets into fights at school and seems to just not care about school all together.

The youngest and last child in the Gallagher family is Liam and he is an African-American baby despite having two white parents.

The neighbors of the Gallagher’s are their friends, Veronica and Kevin, and they help the Gallagher’s out as much as possible and also hang out with them every day. Veronica is Fiona’s best friend in the show as well.

Fiona Gallagher has a love interest in the show, Steve Lishman. Steve is a good looking young man that is trying to win Fiona’s heart. He also tries to help out with the family, by getting them things and helping them pay their bills when they desperately need it. Steve steals and sells

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The first season of Shameless took place in the winter months where the kids were in school, Fiona had a bunch of jobs to keep the kids safe during the winter months and Frank was getting drunk during the days and nights and not caring about his kid’s survival as much as he needed to.

The new season of Shameless that premiered on January 8, 2012, takes place four to six months later in the summer days when the kids are out of school and have nothing else to do but play in the backyard family pool or get into fights in street alleys. Nothing has changed about Frank; he still is that drunk that he was.

The third episode of the second season aired on Sunday January 22. If you have the ShowTime Channel, I recommend you watch this show. However, this show is intended for mature audiences only. I would not suggest young children to watch this series because of all the violence, nudity and harsh language.

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Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes is a character in a multi-novel series created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is the second chapter in a film series starring actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. In his novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle depicted Professor Moriarty as a devious genius who was Holmes’ evil counterpart, which Jared Harris (Moriarty) failed to do in the film. Harris’ portrayal of Professor Moriarty seemed more fitting for a Sean Connery-era Bond villain.

Whereas, Robert Downey, Jr. managed to capture the essence of Holmes’ ability to capture minute details and disguise himself

into anyone seamlessly. Robert Downey, Jr. captured audiences in his excellent portrayal of Holmes, unlike Harris who completely missed the mark on Professor Moriarty.

Although the casting choice for Professor Moriarty may be questionable, the visual style of the film was absolutely stunning. A Game of Shadows was done in steampunk style, which not only helped the audience relate to the story, but also brought interesting Victorian-styled concepts to the film.

Aside from an intriguing re-imagining of the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows included many explosions and fight scenes in the same style as the first installment.

The film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows may have revolutionized the Victorian era in movie-making, but the story remains tightly knitted to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original chronicle.

In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, Holmes fashioned his own contraptions and in his final showdown with Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Moriarty both plummeted to their death off a waterfall in a last struggle. The film follows Holmes’ last adventure, and after the waterfall scene, the story end just as the original did.

Robert Downey, Jr.’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, a steampunk Victorian society and a storyline true to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’ works earned Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4 out of 5 airplanes. If you love Sherlock Holmes stories then don’t miss Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows!

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Entertainment Manager The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Swedish novel by Stieg Larssen, is about investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) uncovering a 40-year old murder case.

The story takes place in Sweden and unfolds as Mikael uncovers more and more about the murder, getting closer and closer to the killer.

Craig’s portrayal of Mikael Blomkvist was spot-on; yet Daniel Craig was not the only character whose acting blew the audience away. Rooney Mara’s portrayal of Lisbeth Salander brought incredible dynamics to the researching duo.

In the film, Lisbeth Salander is a social outcast who has a terrible past, which continuously haunts her. She suffers terribly through the disturbing events in the film and the magnificent Rooney Mara

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portrayed a tune hatred and disgust that was completely in tune with what her character.

Mara designed her character Lisbeth Salander with a distance and loneliness that let the audience know of the emotional scarring she had experienced.

The secrets that were uncovered by the investigative duo grew more disturbing as they delve deeper into the 40-year old case.

As the skeletons in the film were slowly tugged out of the closet, mysterious things such Nazi supporters, raped girls, dismembered animals and tortured victims were discovered.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo consisted of so many traumatizing events that it was not surprising the characters were incredibly dysfunctional.

Exceptional acting by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara along with the most interestingly disturbing story earns The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 4.5 airplanes out of 5.

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Tintin Comes to America Pink

The Adventures of Tintin is a 3D motion capture film based on the famous foreign comic series. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg and featured its own artistic style much like the comic.

Director Steven Spielberg was adamant in assuring that the art style of the film was in parallel with the art of the comics.

Spielberg wanted the film to appeal to fans of the original comic book art style.

Although fans of the Tintin series may find it odd to see their beloved characters in 3D, Spielberg’s talents definitely succeeded in the creation a unique visual

experience.

Not only did The Adventures of Tintin have an artistic style akin to the comics, but it also featured many of the same characters, highbrow references and comedy from the Hergé’s comic book series.

The use of slapstick humor along with cultural and intellectual references throughout the film made The Adventures of Tintin a film worthy of the Tintin name.

Although Hergé and his artistic creation, Tintin, may be very famous internationally, they are relatively unknown in the United States.

A majority of people under the age of 40 in America has never heard of Hergé’s comics about the most accomplished red

head ever.

Tintin is a Belgian reporter, who with the aid of his white fox terrier Snowy, solves crimes, discovers treasure, uncovers mysteries and completes tasks that would make James Bond look like a guy who couldn’t even open a bottle of Listerine.

Despite a lack of notoriety, The Adventures of Tintin attracted large crowds to packed movie theaters.

Spielberg’s aspirations to create a Tintin movie that paid homage to the original Tintin series succeeded internationally. If you want to experience Hergé’s work; be sure to catch The Adventures of Tintin when it comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD. 4.5 out of 5 airplanes.

ences entertained for decades.

As part of the Mission: Impossible series, Ghost Protocol was packed with explosions, fights and all around exciting action.

In the film, audiences looked on with excitement as Tom Cruise ran down the side of a hotel in Dubai and wove his way in and out of traffic in a new BMW i8.

Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol was partially filmed using IMAX cameras, which gave the movie added detail during action scenes and explosions.

The BMW i8 in action and shootouts

using IMAX cameras gave Ghost Protocol a higher resolution picture.

This cinematic difference is what sets it apart from other action films.

Aside from Tom Cruise’s action exploits, Ghost Protocol featured beautiful and deadly French assassins, sexy field agents and infiltration.

The lovely Paula Patton starred as IMF agent Jane Carter who struggled to avenge her dead partner.

Patton’s role as leading actress allowed her to show of her talents. After starring in a high grossing action film it will be

interesting to see where Patton’s career will take her.

The use of IMAX cameras to create better quality images, the beautiful Paula Patton’s acting talents and Tom Cruise in extreme action scenes earned these movie 4.5 out of 5 airplanes.

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Entertainment Manager Your movie, should you choose to accept it, is an entertaining action film starring Tom Cruise. This article will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

Tom Cruise returned as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible series, Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol.

The new Ghost Protocol film featured all of the elements of the Mission: Impossible franchise that has kept audi-

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Joyful Noise

Julliet Okeke

Staff Reporter From the small town of Pacashau, the divinity choir needs to win the competition to help the fallen community.

Winning the competition will help lift the spirits of everyone in the community.

How is the choir to do this with their two leaders always arguing with each other’s ideas? What could have caused so much strife between these two women?

The choir is a really good one with their singing always melodious and harmonious. However, the discord between Vi Rose Hill (Queen Latifah) and G.G. Sparrow (Dolly Parton) is tearing the choir apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly

wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.

Every thing falls apart when G.G.’s grandson comes to town to live with her.

G.G.’s grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan) is a really good singer and joins the choir not only for music, but also for Vi Rose’s beautiful daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer) The teenage spark between both of them causes more friction between the two women.

The choir goes for the annual zonal joyful noise and loses to Kirk Franklins’ choir. The pastor loses hope and says that they would never go for the zonal competition from that moment on.

When everything seems to have fallen to bits, G.G. discovers a secret, which puts the Pacashau divinity choir through to the finals. This is good news for everyone, but the two women are still fighting each other. The pastor also disagrees to the new method suggested by G.G. and her grandson.

The choir gets to Los Angeles for the finals. To top things up, they are competing with a children’s choir, further demoralizing the Divinity Choir.

Taking the stage, their song sends the audience to sleep, but with the quick intervention and change of heart from Vi Rose, the choir brings the audience back to life and wins the competition. The final song is the best hip -hop and Christian remix that I have heard in a while.

This movie is a must watch as it combines music with romance, comedy and drama.

What else can be a better mix than this?

Contraband

Tim Campanaro Staff Reporter

Some actions movies are filled with inconsistencies and some that are just way too overdone. The movie Contraband is like the entree everyone has always enjoyed with some new spices and seasonings to give it a new flavor. While the inconsistencies are still there, it’s the same kind of taste everyone has always enjoyed.

Contrabrand is not a male testosterone rage crazy sort of film. There is intense fighting and shooting scenes as to be expected, but the story wraps everything into a good blend of different elements.

The plot is about a man named Chris Faraday (Mark Wahlberg) who used to be a smuggler and is now trying to become legit and turn his life around. When his family is endangered, he must once again embark on a mission to ensure their safety.

There are several things I enjoyed about this movie. First of all it took place in an unusual city for an action movie that does, however, make a lot of sense with the plot.

Instead of the typical New Yorks, Chicagos, LAs, so on and so forth.

The setting was New Orleans accompanied by a nice little jazzy soundtrack. This made a lot of sense for this movie. It’s about a man who is seriously trying to start a normal life.

The main character’s career decision seems reasonable. He has developed his own security alarm system company and seems to be doing well for himself. He’s had to know the ins and outs of places and who better than to install security systems than a former smuggler.

All of the characters had believability in the parts they were playing. Faraday’s brother-in-law who runs into trouble with smuggling of his own, his father who has been placed in jail. They let you feel immersed in Faraday’s situation.

Contraband has many scenes that happen in Panama and there were two factors that really caught my attention. It showed Panama’s economy seriously relying on their shipping industry. Everything down from their shipping yards, employees, etc. is all in order and much more sophisticated than America’s it seemed.

It was interesting to see what important features the country had to offer. Panama’s police force also seemed to be very competent, which was kind of surprising based on their current economic status in the world.

Whether or not the movie accurately depicted these aspects is a mystery to this reviewer.

It was still very interesting all the same.

However with the good news, also comes the bad news. While there wasn’t a whole lot to be disappointed with, several inconsistencies felt same old, same old.

While there were some conflicts in the movie. The barriers that obstructed them from being resolved seemed way bigger than the movie made them out to be. While Mark Wahlberg does a fantastic job in his role, the script downplays him a little bit.

The absurdity that he seems to figure out difficult tasks out rather simply even after becoming rattled in a few scenes is irritating. These moments are shown exclusively near the end, on the ship, and in Panama.

As a viewer I could see the filmmakers were trying to make Faraday seem highly intelligent but it was just a little too much though with the ‘Hollywood’ sudden realization moments.

One major point that has to be made is how does nobody ever see the main character? Either this guy has been trained to be a ninja, his feet have no sound when he walks, or people have now become oblivious to shadows or any sudden movements.

These are the only explanations I can find for how nobody even considers looking around or feeling uneasy. I could believe him not ever being caught. When he’s snooping or sneaking around it’s like they might as well paint him white and call him Casper.

This movie is solid for the most part if you like movies that are to the point with a lot of suspense then this is a decent buy. There is no unbelievable edge of your seat action or amazing drama. Don’t be the first in line to see it but if you’re bored and looking for a new fast paced adrenaline movie, this is it.

Beauty and the Beast comes back in 3D

Beauty and the Beast 3D

Floyd Perkinson Staff Reporter

Beauty and the Beast - The beloved fairytale from childhood about a misunderstood and unappreciated girl who develops Stockholm syndrome is back and in 3D. Disney has re-released Beauty and the Beast to theatres in 3D, and for a limited time you can recapture your childhood in higher quality than ever before.

With its artists working hard at restoring and converting old Disney classics, expect future releases of your favorite childhood movies; in the mean time, if you head over to a theatre you can watch Beauty and the Beast without any of those VHS noise lines from memories of days gone by.

The Disney team did an excellent job in restoring this family classic to the silver screen. With richer and more vivid colors than ever, I almost forgot how messed-up the story actually is. The 3D effects of Beauty and the Beast did not detract from the original

but rather made certain things in the movie stand out more, such as the enchanted rose or the dinner show for Belle. The high resolution picture and added dimension made me feels as if I was watching the movie just as the original artists envisioned in their minds.

True to its original 1991 release, the new 3D release of Beauty and the Beast did not feature any changes to the story itself. The undisturbed storyline was both relieving and disconcerting given that Belle still suffers from Stockholm syndrome. No matter what underlying psychological torment may be, it is good to know that Disney will not try to politically correct our childhood.

The high resolution, 3D effects, and continuity persuade me to give Beauty and the Beast 3D 4.5 airplanes out of 5. If you are in the mood to see an old Disney classic like never before, be sure to catch this film before it goes back on moratorium.

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