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Under the direction of founder Akeem Edwards, Pulse Dance Troupe is bringing together diverse dance styles. Story by Emily Creighton

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In the March 24 issue of the University Press, the article “Lights Out” stated that the biology of above-ground creatures was evolved because their biology was dependent on the constant cycle of light and dark. In actuality, those creatures evolved, but their biology was not dependent on their evolution.

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Features Two Worlds, One Beat Take a look into the two disciplines of Pulse Dance Troupe and how they are making a name on campus.

Story by Emily Creighton

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Lost money to a vending machine? Find out how long it takes to get a refund.

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Halting the Storm Be careful: FAU and Confrence USA rules can prevent students from storming the court. Story by Ryan Lynch

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We the Students Find out how you can get involved in rewriting FAU’s constitution. Story by Gregory Cox

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Two Worlds, One Beat

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“In a dancer, we look for energy, how well they learn the moves and how well they perform the moves,”

Pulse Dance Troupe brings two styles of dance together and it’s Story by Emily Creighton finding success. Photos by Mohammed F. Emran

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ith Usher blasting in the background and laughter reverberating off of the walls of a room in Live Oak Pavillion, a group of 15 students practice routines filled with everything from popping and locking to tutting every Tuesday night. Flash forward to Wednesday evening in a studio located in the Arts and Letters building with wall-to-wall mirrors and barres. Another group of 15 students plie and pirouette to classical music with the soft pattering of ballet shoes on the studio floor. Finally, on Saturday afternoon, the two worlds of these hip-hop and contemporary teams come together to form Pulse Dance Troupe. The group was founded at Florida Atlantic in 2011 as an unregistered organization under the name “Florida Atlantic Dance Theatre” with the hope of building a dance community. “I came to the school and I didn’t really see any dance organizations here,” said founder and senior Akeem Edwards. “It was apparent that the organization was needed on the campus, and students were happy to have finally found a place on campus where they can let their creative minds wander.” He continued, “The goal of Pulse Dance Troupe is to form a creative outlet for students while helping them improve their skills and also exposing the FAU community to the different styles and forms of dance.” With a hip-hop team and a contemporary team — hip-hop featuring “jazz-funk, popping, and locking,” and contemporary housing “a collection of ballet, jazz and modern styles” — Pulse Dance Troupe has a membership of approximately 30 studentdancers with a wide range of backgrounds in the field. Edwards began dancing a little over six years ago, adding multiple dance styles to his repertoire during his time at the Jacksonville Centre for the Arts before coming to FAU. With a push from his dance instructors back home, Edwards took initiative and started the group with about 12 friends and hopeful performers. UPRESSONLINE.COM

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Features The fact that they didn’t begin as a registered student organization led them to a small turnout for their first audition, only pulling in about 15 dancers that comprised two teams. But, after becoming official and blowing up their presence on social media — they currently have a combined number of 883 followers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook — people began to recognize Pulse. In 2014, approximately 80 students of all backgrounds turned out for fall auditions — a two-week process. The team made cuts, but those students were encouraged to continue to dance and try again next semester. “In a dancer, we look for energy, how well they learn the moves and how well they perform the moves,” Vice President and Fitness Coordinator Taneshia Pierre said. “Even if you don’t know the moves and you’re performing — that’s the biggest part.” Edwards confirmed this, saying, “If you can dance and you can pick up the movement, I don’t care what you look like.” Although everyone who auditions has equal opportunity of making it in Pulse, the decision to have two teams was a calculated one to make sure each dancer could live up to their full potential. Pierre explained, “The dancers [on the contemporary team] that we have are really advanced. Like, it would look bad if we put someone who is not that advanced with them … That team is actually trained. So, they’re trained very extensively. But, with hiphop, if you can dance, we’ve got a spot for you.” The two teams work cohesively when they join forces and enjoy seeing what the other brings to the stage. “This year, I’ve noticed the hip-hop team has been a lot more technical with their movements and it really complements them as dancers and as a team,” said Samantha Arbonida, a junior on the contemporary side of Pulse. “It shows that they can do more than just twerk for show. On the other hand, where contemporary includes dancers who are very technically trained, we are inspired by the hip-hop team and their ability to make any performance one you don’t want to miss.” Nia Awonsa, a senior marketing major who has been a member of Pulse for two years, described herself as mainly a hip-hop dancer, but she also joins the contemporary team’s practices. “They are extremely different,” Awonsa said. “The main differences are that contemporary practices are much quieter and smaller compared to hip-hop as there are more members in hiphop. In contemporary, I have to be extremely focused because it is more technical and if I miss something, it could mess up the entire piece.” Awonsa continued, “Overall, even though each team within Pulse is different, they provide a dancer like myself a basis for which I can grow and expand my talents and abilities within dance.” With this mindset, Pulse has had success both on and off of campus.

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Akeem Edwards, founder and president of Pulse Dance Troupe

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The contemporary team of Pulse Dance Troupe poses during their Wednesday practice.

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“All of a sudden, everyone started asking for performances,” said Edwards. “Now, it’s getting to the point where we’re having to say no because so many people are asking for performances, like outside of FAU as well.” On top of performing at basketball games this year in hopes of creating a strong relationship with FAU Athletics and of events such as FAU’s Black Student Union’s 2015 Fashion Show, Pulse won New Student Organization of the Year in 2012 and Apollo Night in 2013 — a talent show hosted by Program Board where the audience judges the performers. They also were invited to the Baldwin House to perform for President John Kelly for last year’s Halloween party. “I would say our biggest performance would probably be Apollo Night,” recalled Edwards. “That performance kind of like set the stage for what was to come because we had so many factors playing against us and then we still won.” They also had several opportunities April 7, 2015

off campus to show just what they can do. Word of mouth has landed them appearances at studios, step shows and a fashion show with an audience upwards of 700 people. Pulse is more than happy to accept the recognition. Edwards hopes to get involved in competitions and to eventually host one at FAU. With all of their success and the hope of the team’s continued presence, Edwards and the other senior members are preparing to pass on the torch as they graduate. “I just hope everybody’s devoted enough … You have to be willing to sacrifice your time, your energy, your patience. You have to be willing to set all of that aside to do work for the organization,” said Edwards. “I have high hopes,” said Pierre. “I think we’ll be leaving it in great hands. Everyone here loves dance and they love this organization, so I’m not really worried. I think Pulse is just gonna grow from here.”

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Learn about the misconceptions about vending machine refunds and how easy they are to get on campus. Story by Reimy Benitez Illustrations by Ivan Benavides

ending machines are convenient, but their snacks often cost more than the advertised dollar for a pack of Sun Chips. These costs come from the spike in blood pressure associated with watching the archaic machine you just fed your money to get stuck, leaving your coveted snack in limbo. According to the office of Business Relations, there are 42 snack machines that sell chips and candy on the Boca Raton campus. All of these are run by Gilly Vending — a company based in Miami. There are also seven ice cream machines, Coca-Cola and microwaveable food vending machines — the amount of which Business Relations was unsure of. The University Press ran a short poll on Facebook to see just how many people had their money stolen by any of these machines without a snack. Out of the 37 people polled, 30 had their money taken by a Florida Atlantic University vending machine. That’s 81 percent of people who have lost their money.

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With so many people having their money taken, the UP expected a lot of refunds to be given out. But after asking around, we couldn’t find a single person who even tried to get their money back. Some thought the process would take too long. Others, like psychology major Jordaine Blake, didn’t even know it was possible. “I didn’t know you could get your money back until someone told me recently,” she said. Blake has lost money various times to the vending machines on the second floor of the Student Union. So the UP decided to see what the refund process with the on-campus vending machines is actually like. To our surprise we didn’t have to call the company. We didn’t even have to send emails. All it took was going to the Owl Card Center on the first floor of the Student Union and letting a staff member know that we had lost $1.25 in the vending machine upstairs. They immediately gave us these odd looking paper bills (pictured below). These bills can only be used one at a time and have no cash value, but with them you can get that snack you wanted without having to hit the machine multiple times or attempting to tip it over. The entire process took no more than three minutes. It’s safe to say that most people don’t get a refund not because they don’t want their money back, but because they either don’t know how, or think it’ll take too long. If you find yourself losing money to a vending machine off of campus, however, the process is a bit different.

“I didn’t know you could get your money back until someone told me recently.” - Jordaine Blake, psychology major

Gilly Vending has a refund section on their website. To fill this out you’re going to need the machine number — usually found on the side of the machine on a white sticker — as well as inputting personal information such as your address for delivery of compensation. The process can take several days, and might actually be more of a hassle than it’s worth. But as long as you’re on campus, if one of those pesky vending machines takes your money, remember that a refund is never more than a few minutes away.

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lorida International then-senior guard Phil Gary held the ball at the free throw line, his team holding a 72-71 lead over Florida Atlantic. If he hit both his free throws, FAU’s only shot to continue the game would be to hit a late 3-pointer. Gary missed both shots, allowing sophomore guard Greg Gantt to rebound. The Owls had a chance to win. In the window of eight seconds, Gantt passed to junior guard Alex Tucker, who drove the length of the court to pass to senior forward Brett Royster, who hit a layup with four seconds remaining. FIU tried to hit a full court shot with the time remaining and missed, giving FAU a 73-72 come from behind victory. Students ran onto the court, swarming Owl players. Gantt remembers the moment fondly. “I remember it like it was yesterday, everyone was on the court.” he recalled. “I jumped on the media table and started yelling to our fans, It was great. We had so much fan support back then, it was my funnest (sic) year at FAU. The court storming never got old.” This action taken by the FAU fans on the night of Feb. 5, 2011, known as “storming the court,” has been a staple of fan celebration in college basketball UPRESSONLINE.COM

throughout the history of the game. Students across the nation swarm after a huge upset victory (win over a heavily favored opponents) or a last second shot. They’ve often created several of the largest moments in the sport’s history, including during last year’s semifinal in the 2014 NCAA Final Four, where a buzzer-beating shot by then-senior Shabazz Napier caused the University of Connecticut fans to celebrate moving on to the final by spilling out from the stands. But on Feb. 24, when Kansas State University fans rushed the court after an upset at home, storming the court transitioned from a moment of fanship to an issue of safety. The fans streaming onto the court banged into Kansas players and pinned head coach Bill Self against a media table in the crush of bodies. “I wasn’t nervous for me,” Self said in an interview with the Topeka Capital Journal after the game. “There were several students that hit our players — not saying like with fists, but when you storm the court, you run in, you bump everybody, stuff like that. This has got to stop.” And now, more divisions are starting to say the same. April 7, 2015

Conferences such as the Southeastern Conference and Conference USA are starting to look at fines and punishments for students storming the court. While Self’s team plays in the Big 12, a conference that doesn’t discipline teams for this kind of fan behavior, FAU plays in Conference USA, who does. The Owls previously played in the Sun Belt, who don’t have any rules in place for court invasions, but switched over to C-USA in 2013. In the conference bylaws under the competitive environment section, schools are fined in ascending fashion for each offence in a five year period, from $10,000 for the first occurrence to as much as $30,000 for the third time and following occurrences within the cycle. Hosting teams may also be forced to forfeit the game if the fans are unable to be controlled and cause serious problems. FAU also has its own code of conduct for game day behavior regarding students. Those who are not properly credentialed and enter the field of play face penalties that could include ejection from the event, arrest and possible prosecution by state and federal law, possible loss of ticket

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privileges and a student conduct case put against them. The risk of punishment doesn’t deter all students. “You could have problems with mobs,” said 24-year-old civil engineering student Ryan Bays. “But I would do it if I knew it was in good fun.” Exercise science major Donovan Washington, 22, seemed to light up at the thought of the possibility. “Yeah, I’d be down do it,” Washington said. “As long as they don’t take the win away from the team or throw me in jail.” The University Press reached out to all 32 athletic conferences in NCAA Division 1 with college basketball. Two (C-USA and SEC) said they had policies and fines specifically for court storming. Twelve others did not have any policies or penalties specifically in their bylaws. The other 18 conferences did not respond to requests for comment as of publication time. While the 12 schools did not have any specific laws against it and spoke of having very little problems in the past with this tradition, most cited that facility security and the hosting university are responsible for player and spectator safety, and that in most cases a commissioner is allowed to issue fines and punishments if an incident is severe enough. “The Southern Conference currently does not have a policy concerning storming the court, nor do we have any penalties in place,” said the Commissioner of the Southern Conference John Iamarino. “This has only been an issue in the championship game of our tournament, which is likely why we’ve had no policy.” Besides basketball, students storm at college football games under the same conditions, but on a greater scale. Fans spill out mostly from the student section, and run straight for the field and goal posts, which can cause financial damage.

Conferences that do not have specific policy:

Big 12 Horizon Mid-American Conference Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Missouri Valley Conference Northeast Conference Southern Conference Southland Sun Belt Summit West Coast Western Athletic Conference

Last season, fans at the University of Mississippi tore down goal posts and took them out of the stadium after their 23-17 victory over the University of Alabama on Oct. 4, 2014. One goal post was brought to and left at “The Grove,” while the other was brought to an off-campus apartment a few blocks away. Both posts were later recovered and cut apart to be sold to fans to pay the $75,000 needed to pay for new posts and a $50,000 SEC fine. The fans raised the money in a matter of four hours. According to SBNation and Everythingtrackandfield.com, the average college goalpost (made of aluminum) can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $18,000. According to Assistant AD for Media Relations Karina McCormack, FAU’s goalposts cost $12,000 for the set. Looking at the prices, that can be up to $36,000 worth of damage – a large amount of money for something that happens in a matter of seconds. Despite fines, penalties and the risk of bodily harm, there seem to be very few things preventing fans from charging onto the court or field. At FAU’s football and basketball games, University Police and Contemporary Service Corporation (a contracted security company) gather at the end zones and on the sidelines at the end of the game to deter any field invaders from jumping the fences. While not every conference will create policies, some schools are beginning to take notice of the risks. “We anticipate discussing this with our athletic directors in the spring,” said Iamarino. FAU Athletic Director Patrick Chun could not be reached for comment as of publication. Time will tell if tradition will be ceased in favor of safety measures.

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tudent Government is looking to rework its entire constitution and the 12 chapters of statutes that outline how Florida Atlantic University Student Government should operate. For the first time since 2013, Student Government has assembled a Constitution Revision Committee in order to clarify any confusing or questionable statutes. This committee contains 20 voting members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two faculty appointments made by Vice President of Student Affairs Corey King, three people chosen by the student body president, two appointments by the chief of justice, one seat for the dean of students, and 12 appointments by the houses (four from each house). Terry Mena and Shontae White, the advisers to Student Government also attend the meetings, but are not voting members. Headed by Boca Raton governorelect and current member of the Boca Raton House of Representatives Chris Ferreira, this committee will gather throughout this summer in order to rewrite any of the confusing statutes. P. 24

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Current student body President Michael Cepeda called this year’s CRC together, otherwise it would have been held in the summer of 2016. “I am writing this to call to order the 2015 Constitution Revision Committee. Over the years, as some of you may know, student leaders have run into problematic challenges with interpreting between the constitution and statutes,” says Cepeda in an email among SG officials. “This is why I wish to call the Constitution Revision Committee together.” One of the main reasons for this year’s assemblance of the CRC is the unique situation that arose during the spring election. Ferreira put in two declaration of candidacy forms — one for the governor’s ticket and one for the presidential ticket.

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“If a candidate, ticket or party has spent less than ninety-percent (90%) of their total campaign contributions by the end of the campaign period, the candidate will be assessed with a minor violation.” -Statute 316.500(d) This was an issue that Chair of Elections Carter Lewis, a senior studying history and criminal justice, has never seen before. He is now revising the statutes to prevent a similar situation from happening again. “I’m changing it so you can only have one [ticket] in at a time, but … allow a 24hour grace period so after the mandatory candidates meeting, candidates will have 24 hours where you can take out a declaration of candidacy form and submit a new one for a different position,” says Lewis. Another statute Lewis is looking to alter is statute 316.500(d). This statute states: “If a candidate, ticket or party has spent less than ninety-percent (90%) of their total campaign contributions by the end of the campaign period, the candidate will be assessed with a minor violation.” Campaign contributions are the amount of money that each candidate can raise in order to fund the advertising for their campaign. The way this statute is now, a candidate can raise the full amount of money allowed, not spend any of it, keep the money, and still win the election without being disqualified.

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This is because it takes three minor violations — any violation not affecting the outcome of an election — to be disqualified. The only other penalty is a major violation (any violation affecting the outcome, repeated minor violations, or blatant disregard of election statutes), which would result in a disqualification. “We have a big problem with punishments in elections,” says Lewis. “The Elections Board pretty much has no power. We can only disqualify or reprimand. I was also adding in more punishments, [more of] a middle ground punishment.” Lewis further explained that he plans to create punishments that would reprimand the candidates by restricting the amount of time for campaigning or attending events, or limit the amount of money that the candidates can raise. He believes that limiting what a candidate can do can be detrimental to their campaign and would be an appropriate punishment for candidates. A separate proposal by Lewis is to raise the amount of money that each candidate can collect to fund their campaign.

Current Amount Candidates Raise

Future Amount Candidates Can Raise

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$3,000

$2,000 $400

$5,000 $500

$200

$500 April 7, 2015

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He argues that by raising the amounts, each candidate would be able to be more creative with their advertising campaign. As the chair of elections, he would be able to spend more of his budget encouraging people to run for office, rather than focusing his funds on advertising the elections. “I want to advertise the beginning portion. I want to spend all my money trying to get as many people as I can to run, and then they spend and raise the money to get their name out,” said Lewis. Ferreira also had some preliminary ideas as to what needs to be changed within the statutes. “There is room for improvement ... We’re exploring ideas with changing the way senators are elected,” said Ferreira. He plans to decrease the amount of power that advisers and other officials have over the decisions SG makes. “When I was speaker … I needed suits being hung in my office ... so I wanted a hanger for the door, and it was about $15 … and I had to get that approved by the adviser,” said Ferreira. “That’s ridiculous if you ask me.” These are just a small portion of the changes that Ferreira and the CRC are looking to make. The CRC will begin meetings over summer, dedicating May to revising the constitution and the rest of the season to edit the chapters of the statutes. “We’re gonna have a preliminary meeting before the semester ends, just to talk about what should stay the same, what do we like, what do we really need to change,” said Ferreira. “I challenge the student body to take part in the process over summer.” The general student body can get involved by submitting proposals to the action committee as listed below.

Timeline of the CRC April 13-30 - CRC will set a timeline for student body submission and review not to exceed 14 days.

Student body (except CRC) members will have 10 days to submit proposals to the action committee.

Then action committee takes four days (if necessary) to review all proposals submitted by the student body.

May 4 -12 - After proposals have been voted on and sent to the

secretary of the CRC, proposal submission timeline for the CRC shall be set up by the chair of the commission not to exceed seven days.

May 20, 21, 22 - The full CRC meets the days delineated by the calendar and considers proposals and votes on them.

May 25

- All adopted proposals are sent to the style and drafting committee for review of language and style for placement on the ballot.

June 3 - CRC breaks out and establishes committees to revise

statutes to fit with new constitution draft (dates and times to determined by committee chairs.)

June 30

- Committees finish and are sent to chair of elections for inclusion on the fall ballot.

July 10 - Both constitution and statutes will be sent to all FAU media outlets.

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