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11th annual Relay For Life brings people together for cancer research

The John E. Miller Office Building: the center for administration at Florida Tech.

BUDGET CRISIS

Photo by Ebube Ubochi

// REBEKAH DUNTZEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The relay, and the many laps walked throughout the night, symbolizes the battle of a cancer patient. The Relay ends as the sun rises, bringing a new day for ev-ery cancer patient, survivor and caregiver.

Sponsored by the Amer-ican Cancer Society, the event was run by Florida Tech students Samantha Hodge and Ariana Tate. Along with the Relay For Life Committee, who were all dressed in red, the duo tirelessly worked to run a successful and lively event

in order to raise money for cancer research.

This event, the 11th an-nual Relay For Life cancer research fundraising event at Florida Tech, was hosted by Colleges against Cancer.

Michael Fenn, faculty adviser for Colleges against Cancer opened the event with a brief speech. Flor-ida Tech ROTC (Panther Battalion) presented col-ors, and finally, admission

Almost 100 joined together in Clemente for an annual all-nighter on March 25. All for cancer research.

Relay for Life is an annual event in which

people donate money and then join together to stay awake throughout the night. The premise of the all night event, which starts at dusk and ends at dawn,

is to detail how a cancer patient goes through their experience, starting with the initial diagnosis and ending with the treatment of cancer.

Cancer survivors walking with a banner. Photo by Ben Goess.

// BENJAMIN GOESSCONTRIBUTNG WRITER

Administration has been working to keep the effects of a $7.5 million revenue shortfall from being felt on campus from last fiscal year, while also trying to predict next year’s revenue more conservatively in order to not make the same mistakes.

“We made some com-mitments based on the revenue that was predicted based on the finance depart-ment predictions that were ill-advised; really, and truly ill-advised, because there were not funds there to cover all those things,” said

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi-cer T. Dwayne McCay.

That mistake was a sim-ple one: the fiscal year runs from May 1 to April 30, but the two main influxes of money — tuition — are in August and January. The finance department, howev-er, must guess at how much revenue the university will make, and they don’t know if they guessed correctly until they have the data to show for it in September, according to McCay.

“The finance depart-ment last year were overly

ambitious with regard to guessing or estimating the revenue. And much more so than they should have been,” McCay said. “So that caused an over-zealous hiring of faculty.”

President Anthony Ca-tanese wasn’t available for available for interview but released an emailed state-ment.

“The budget situation for FY16 is complete, and we will end the year on 30 April 2016 on target with no deficit. This is positive for students in that we can keep the tuition increase to

a very small cost of living (HEPI) increase for FY17. Dr. McCay is finishing the FY17 Budget which he will administer,” he said.

Catanese also spoke to over 100 students at the Student Leader Luncheon on March 21, held by the Student Government Asso-ciation, about the issue and answered many questions raised by students.

In order to take care of last year’s budget crisis, McCay and other members of administration reduced expenditures: he got rid of contingency funds and

eliminated the surplus they were anticipating. McCay also has a significant re-search equipment fund that has $1.5 million per year in which he had to zero out, and he also did away with a faculty equity fund.

Along with zeroing these accounts out, tuition is going up 3 percent in Fall 2016 — but 2.1 percent is inflation for the cost of living increase, (the HEPI explained in Catanese’s statement).

Florida Tech experiences revenue shortfall, uncertainty

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CAPS PSA Sexual Assault Awareness Week

// KENDRA BARTELCAPS OUTREACH COLUMNIST

DIANA DAVIS ACTIVE MINDS REPRESENTATIVE

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault and needs assistance, you can contact:

Campus Security: 321-674-8111

Student Counseling Center:

321-674-8050

The Student Health Center:

321-674-8078

Title IX Coordinator: 321-674-8700

Dean of Students: 321-674-8080

EVENTS:

“Love Me Like You Do” on April 5 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the Olin Life Sciences Building, Auditorium, room 130

Learn about safe romantic relationships and friendships, consent, and awareness and prevention of sexual assault.

Active Minds “BAND Together Against Sexual Assault” event on April 7, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Panther Plaza.

Write inspirational messages on bandan-as that you can use to spread aware-ness about this important issue.

Sexual Assault has become a topic you may be seeing more and more about, especially on a college campus.

Many college campuses have taken action to ensure students are aware, knowledgeable and protected from sexual assault. Unfortunately, this is still a problem.

Through the “It’s On Us” campaign, students can take a pledge to help prevent sexual assault. Below we will cover some of the tips “It’s On Us” provides to help students keep themselves aware and protected.

Tip # 1:

“Consent is voluntary and mutual, and can be withdrawn at any time:”

Yes means yes and no means no. If you change your mind, your “no” is just as valid, and someone should never continue to advance or be forceful.

Also, if someone says “no” to you, it’s important you stop advancing right away. Do not try to pres-sure them into something they do not feel comfort-able doing.

Tip # 2:

“Past consent does not mean current or future consent:”

Just because you said “yes” the first time does not mean you will want to say “yes” in the future. Your consent only counts for that moment.

It’s important to respect someone if they decide they don’t want to be intimate with you later.

Tip # 3:

“There is no consent when there is force, intimi-dation, or coercion:”

The only person in charge of your body is you. If someone is being force-ful, intimidating or trying to make you do what you don’t want to do, this is not consent, it is sexual assault. If you do not want to take part, your voice counts.

Tip # 4:

“One cannot always consent when under the influence of drugs or alco-hol:”

Drugs and alcohol can impair our abilities to be aware of our surroundings, and we may be unable to fully take care of ourselves.

It is important not to make a move on someone who is under the influence, as they may not be able to fully give consent.

Remember, just because someone says “yes” during an earlier time period,-doesn't their “yes” when under the influence later counts. It doesn't.

Tip # 5:

“Talk to your friends honestly and openly about sexual assault:”

If you have been a vic-tim of sexual assault, speak out. Talk to your friends/family and seek support from them.

It is important you don’t stay silent or keep it to yourself. Also, talk to your friends about ways each of you can stay safe when going out, or hanging out at a party.

Develop a group system or a code word for when someone is making you feel uncomfortable or starts to get forceful.

While being a victim of sexual assault is NEVER your fault, there are things you can do to try to prevent it from happening.

For more tips, infor-mation and resources, visit “itsonus.org.” And, take the pledge!

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// MARY KOZAITISSTAFF WRITER

CAMPUS LIFE

CENTER COURT EXISTS

Pi Lambda Phi smashes stereotypes, stigmas with wall

Pi Lambda Phi's philanthropy is to eliminate prejudice by breaking down stereotypes: literally smashing it to pieces come Friday.

Pig, whore, terror-ist, wetback... those were only a small fraction of the words displayed on a wall in front of the Student Union Building last Friday.

These woeful memories past all crumbled to rubble however, as with a defiant cry, students armed with hammers took to the wall and left it a solemn heap of

dust.“Pi Lambda Phi's Na-

tional philanthropy is the Elimination of Prejudice, and we can't eliminate prejudice in society if we

don't acknowledge the prejudice that is present,” said Brian Mai, one of the organizers of “The Wall Against Prejudice” event.

The event be-gan Monday and invited students of any kind to write down past insults or verbal attacks they had suffered from others, with the wall to be de-stroyed by Friday.

“Pi Lambda Phi believes that everyone is equal and we should not be stereotyped by race, nationality or

religion,” continued Brian Mai, “Destroying the wall at the end of the week will symbolize the elimina-tion of the prejudices that are present in our society today.”

Nearly 150 people chose to write on the wall

over the week, including Dean of Students Rodney Bowers, Greek Life Advi-sor Cat McGuire, President Anthony Catanese and his wife, Sara. Countless more watched and read the writ-ings of others as the week progressed.

By Friday, the wall, covered in personal writ-ings, both heart-breaking and heart-warming, was ripe for destruction.

Over 100 people watched as the wall was reduced to rubble, and with the wall’s destruction it was as if the whole crowd was lifted of a heavy burden. “I was impressed by the lack of area left to write upon by the end,” concluded Brian Mai, “it shows that our ef-forts to eliminate prejudice were not in vain.” v

// EVAN LINDEMANSTAFF WRITER

Students who believe food choices are limited at Florida Tech may be for-getting about Center Court, located inside the Clemente Center.

Open 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Center Court does not have the amount of recognition other places on campus do.

Many students have never been or never heard of the place existing, and if they do, many refer to it as “the smoothie place in Clemente,” instead of its actual name.

They offer a huge vari-ety of smoothies including Caribbean Craze, Jamai-can Jammer, Peach on the Beach and many more. Stu-dents also have the option to add protein or an energy shot to each smoothie for those looking to improve their athletic performance.

Although the smoothies are the most popular item on their menu, few students know about the other ex-tensive choices they offer. Along with 17 different smoothie flavors, Center Court offers different kinds

of thin-crust pizzas (includ-ing BBQ and buffalo chick-en), meatball subs, muffins, and other assorted candies and snacks.

Regardless of Center Court’s menu and location, many students are unaware of its existence, or hardly go.

“I had a student come in the other day,” said Cheryl Harris, who has worked at Center Court for 19 years, “and he said ‘we didn’t even know you were here.’”

It seems the main time that Center Court gets a good business is during games or events in the Cle-mente Center.

“Events sometimes get busy,” said Harris, “and sometimes after classes students come in waves, but not all at once.”

Students enjoy having the place on campus, but agree it is not the most pop-ular place to be.

“I’ve personally never been there,” said junior Lauren Lide, “I’ve never seen the place packed, and I don’t know if it necessar-

ily brings in a significant amount of revenue for the school, but I think it is a nice perk,” Lide said.

Other students have similar opinions.

“I’m not in Clemente that much,” said Melena Carter, a sophomore, “but I wouldn’t think that would be the first place that some-

one would think of eating lunch.”

Although Center Court is far from the most hap-pening place to be, the people who work there still have the faith and enthusi-asm as if it was.

“This is the best place on campus to be,” said staff worker Kim Steen, “We’re

like one big family here.” Next time students are

looking to switch it up as far as food choices on cam-pus, Center Court may just be the place to be. v

Students forgetting Center Court another option for food

Center Court, Clemente. Photo by Mary Kozaitis.

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: Joni Oglesby

“The other 0.9 percent is additional funds to help do some of the things that we’re trying to accomplish here,” McCay said.

Other ramifications include layoffs, which will not affect faculty that are “mission-critical,” ac-cording to McCay, which mean educating and doing research. The layoffs will affect only about 1 percent of the 1,200 or so employ-ees at Florida Tech.

For this year’s uncer-tainty, the school adminis-tration is doing its best to not make the same mistake twice.

“It’s an interesting thing trying to do budgets for a private institution like this,” McCay said.

“Since the tuition is a big driver and the amount of tuition you collect, that’s a sizable fraction of the revenue,” McCay said, citing the fact that Florida Tech’s budget is $220 mil-lion. A $7.5 million short-fall is a big number, but not a large percentage.

“If you don’t sit down next Fall and we counted you, then we budget reve-nue that doesn’t exist and it doesn’t show up,” he said. “If you come back and you bring three friends, then that’s additional revenue.”

He said they’ve been conservative in their esti-mate and hope to be pleas-antly surprised come Fall semester, but another factor in this are the economies

around the world and the unexpected pullout from international student pro-grams: all kinds of issues coming together to form one big problem.

“We had some cutbacks from Saudi Arabia and from Brazil but we weren't counting on it,” Catanese said at the student leader luncheon.

According to McCay, Brazil’s Science Without Borders is being zeroed out, Saudi Arabia’s Ab-dullah scholars program is sending less Abdullah scholars globally, Kuwait government is sponsoring fewer students, and Aramco is sponsoring fewer stu-dents.

All these programs and

sponsorships bring several students that the university isn’t counting on for next Fall semester anymore, and administration is focusing on domestic recruiting as well.

While focusing on domestic recruiting, they’re also enforcing academic standards now more than ever.

“Last year was the first year since I’ve been here that I made a decision that no one is going to get in at less than the minimum requirements to be a stu-dent,” McCay said. “We will never, as long as I have anything to say about it, drop in our standards in regard to admission.”

It led to the smallest

entering class, but the best entering class, recorded in history as far back as they keep data, he said. And because they weren’t ready for it, in terms of making predictions, they weren’t “adept at enforcement of the standards.”

The budgets are bal-anced and, according to McCay, no student fees are being touched, and no changes were made that would impact the students other than the tuition raise and a slight meal plan in-crease next Fall.

They will present the budget for the new fiscal year on May 1 to the Board of Trustees on April 22. v

// REBEKAH DUNTZEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Budget Crisis (Story from front page)

Joni Oglesby, vice pres-ident of support services, title IX coordinator and chief diversity officer of Florida Tech, is the Crim-son Woman of the Week.

As Title IX Coordi-nator Oglesby said, “I bring awareness to issues of Title IX and diversity reminding us all to be respectful with our relationships with peo-ple of other genders or sex-ual orientation, making sure that we do not discriminate against anyone no matter what their preference or identification is.” She also deals with any issues of sexual harassment/assault, rape, stalking or matters related to the nature.

Chief Diversity Officer is a newly created position in which Oglesby has been appointed. She described her responsibility in her position to be one that is to remind us all to be respectful and to work and play well with one anoth-er. Oglesby pointed out that both of her positions beautifully intertwine with each other in the nature of keeping the people of the FIT community safe and encouraging people to be respectful of one another.

Oglesby didn’t see herself seating in the seat she suits so well today, earlier in her life. In fact, she wanted to be a come-dian as a child. Oglesby said, “Rodney Dangerfield cracked me up as a child.” He would say things like, ‘I don’t get no respect…I walked up to a dog to pet it and he bit me.’

Never forgetting her childhood dream to become

a comedian, Oglesby went off to college. She would encounter a life changing experience within her first semester. Oglesby became a victim of an attempted sexual assault. The assault-er was an international stu-dent who would soon leave the school for unknown reasons. She kept the in-cident a secret for several years, not feeling confident to tell anyone.

Oglesby explained back then, sexual assault victims were seen as people who put themselves in that posi-tion to be taken advantage of. When she was in school people would ask sexual assault victims questions like: what were you wear-ing, did you lead him on and how many partners did you have? Oglesby said, “It was always the victim’s fault.”

When asked to take the position as the Title IX Co-ordinator she didn’t think she could do it, initially. But Oglesby kept silent for long enough. Eventually, she found her voice to open up about her incident while operating as an advocate against the cause of sexual mistreatment. “I decided I never wanted another person to feel what I felt,” she said.

“As an African-Amer-ican born in the 1950s, I have experienced a lot of prejudice and discrimi-nation.” In contrast to the prejudice and discrimina-tion opposition she faced, Oglesby encountered at least five people who gave her positive affirmation for life. Remembering

those positive affirmations, Oglesby learned that there were good people out there and one person’s bad decision doesn’t represent a whole race of bad people.

A second obstacle Oglesby faced was at her first, higher-level admin-istrative job. She heard an unforgettable statement that would become one of her motivations to succeed in her career. Oglesby said, “At my first administrative job, someone pulled me aside and said he knew I was just an affirmative action hire.” She was deter-mined to prove to her col-leagues, and to the individ-ual, that she wasn’t there to fulfill an affirmative action quota and deserved to be there.

Oglesby highlights Rosemary G. Layne as a woman who has influenced her career. The two have known one another for 20 years. Layne and Oglesby formerly worked together at Eastern Florida State College for a program called Leadership Enhance-ment Program. The pro-gram was designed to help prepare women and minori-ties for leadership positions in higher education. Ogles-by said, “Layne mentored me and helped me grow…and then I did grow and got promoted.” Layne is currently the director of graduate programs at FIT.

Olgesby also thanks the ‘real’ men in her life who have positively influenced her success. She identifies her father, husband, son, Anthony Catanese, FIT president, and Dwayne

McCay, FIT COO. “They weren’t look-ing at the fact that I am an African-Amer-ican or that I am a woman, they are looking at what I can do,” Oglesby said. “They said go forth, do and let us know how we can help you.” She particu-larly acknowledges Catanese and McCay who gave her the op-portunity to become the vice president of support services.

The VP for Sup-port Services re-ceived the Joan Bix-by Award in 2015. The Joan Bixby Award recognizes a Florida Tech student, staff or faculty mem-ber, male or female, who enhances the climate for women's participation and development on campus. She is also slated to lead a workshop educating wom-en on Title IX and diversity for National Organization for Women convention this year.

In her speech for receiv-ing the Joan Bixby award she thanked the positive men and the men who weren’t so positive in her life. “To the man who told me that I didn’t need my Bachelor’s degree because he was happy with me being his secretary. Thank you. I got my degree and over time I got your job...”

Oglesby has learned how to overcome the many obstacles life has thrown her way. This woman of the week is an FIT staff

member who didn’t just survive numerous personal and professional challeng-es, but learned how to live, thrive and smile through it all. Oglesby would like the students to know, who have been told by others they can’t succeed, ‘the best revenge is success.’

Oglesby loves to serve and her passion and com-mitment for service to the FIT and local community continues to guide her toward success and fulfill-ment. She said, I want peo-ple to people to remember good [about her]. Although I don’t plan to leave Florida Tech, I want to leave Flori-da Tech a better place than when I got here. v

// SHANTEL HANNASTAFF WRITER

CAMPUS LIFE 5ISSUE 9 MARCH 29

Well-known indie musician Lars Lindquist comes to the Rathskeller

L ars Lindquist preparing for his performance at the Rathskeller.Photo by Nathaniel Ashton.

Students give back, at global level

Well-known Indie mu-sician Lars Lindquist made an appearance at the Raths-keller, along with Florida Today writer John Torres and his band, The Heming-ways.

John Torres played a crucial role in getting Lindquist to perform here

at Florida Tech. Torres was listening to Pandora one day, trying to escape a hectic environment and the song “Summercat” came on.

He wrote down the name and artist, and a few weeks later messaged and followed Billie the Vision

and the Dancers on Twitter. “We started chatting and I said, half-jokingly, ‘if you’re ever in the states I have room for you to stay.’ And then Lars asked ‘What’s the weather like in Florida right now?’ and from then on we planned for him to come down and play some gigs.” Said Torres.

Then, it was just a matter of getting Bino Campanini the Vice President for Alumni and the

Rathskeller involved to bring the idea into practice.

Posters and an ad on FIT Forum drew in the crowd, and the stage was set. Lind-quist played a few songs including “Summercat”, “I Miss You” and some of his solo music.

Lindquist and the Hem-

ingways played at a few other venues prior to the Rathskeller. These included Main Street Pub in Down-town Melbourne, and Flor-ida Discount Music’s Open Mike’s, a local coffee bar, lounge and music shop.

“In college, out of college, in the real world, music is so personal to everyone,” said Torres “and it means different things to everyone.” Torres sees his band and its 3 hours of rehearsal every Tuesday as an escape from reality, and a chance to recharge his batteries.

Lindquist has a similar opinion, “Without music, I don't think I would be around.” Said Lindquist. He has been writing his own music since he was 15 years old, and it’s become a natural activity for him.

“I think it’s a kind of therapy. You get to deal with the issues you have in

a wonderful way.” In “I Miss You” Lind-

quist sings about losing his grandfather, dealing with this loss and rising above the sorrow.

Billie the Vision and the Dancers originally started as just Lindquist in Malmö, Sweden. Then he found several members to form a full band, and in the spring of 2004 they recorded their first album.

The band has kept busy in the past 12 years, ac-quiring and losing different members and releasing a total of 5 albums. Their lat-est album “The Key To My Magic World” was released in 2015, proving that Billie the Vision and the Dancers are still going strong. v

// NATHANIEL ASHTONSTAFF WRITER

Florida Institute of Technology students served in the European commu-nity for Alternative Spring Break 2016.

Cat McGuire, director of student activities, said “We decided to go bigger in going global this year.”

The focus of ASB is to facilitate service and edu-cation immersion experi-ences for students to serve with and educate in diverse communities. It’s designed for students to learn about social issues and become lifelong citizens. For some of the traveling FIT stu-dents, ASB2016 has been a life changing event.

FIT business major Kaity Crook said, “This civic engagement adventure has been one of the best experiences of my life…The amount of culture we experienced in 10 days was more than you could attempt to learn in a semes-ter-long class.”

The 25 students had to complete an application this year, answering two essay questions why he or he wanted to go on the trip and what he or she hoped to gain. McGuire said, Dean Rodney Bowers and Vice President Randall Alford, both of student affairs, has been super excited about the trip and extremely sup-portive wanting to offer the trip at a reasonable price to students.

The total cost of the trip was $750, including travel and lodging. Breakfast and dinner was also inclusive to the trip. Students paid out of pocket for lunch, person-

al purchases and $150 for tips for the entire trip.

The students were divid-ed into four different teams; each given an assigned task. Additionally, every student and chaperone was required to complete a daily written reflection of his or her experiences.

McGuire has traveled internationally before, unlike the majority of the students who haven’t trav-eled outside of the United States. She reflected upon her biggest takeaway of the trip: serving and learning in Italy. McGuire said, “My daughter was born at 27 weeks and had to stay two months in Winne Palmer [hospital]. In going to Myer Brigg Pediatric facility, it was fantastic to see that is something global that doesn’t change...our love for children and for giving back [American volunteers who worked at the facili-ty].”

The adventure began its journey in Ciao Rome then made its way to Florence, Venice and Munich. The two community service opportunities took place in Rome at the soup kitchen, titled, Caritas di Roma and Myer Pediatric Hospital in Italy.

FIT student Allison Depietro never owned a passport prior to her trip to Europe, foreign to travel-ing outside of the United States. In reflection, she hoped to experience differ-ent cultures, going beyond our borders to get a dif-ferent perspective. “I have never been out of the state,”

Depietro said. “This is an opportunity to personally grow.”

Depietro shared her personal struggle of anx-iety and she believed the alternative spring break trip would help given the chance to travel and serve others. After her return, the FIT student is happy to say she didn’t experience any anxiety the entire trip and had a lot of fun. She attri-butes the group of students and staff selected to travel and her supportive, praying parents to helping her feel at peace and open to enjoy-ing her time in her travels.

A great deal of prepa-ration, organization and coordinating went into the international civic engage-ment. FIT students held various fundraising events including a doughnut drive and yard sale to donate a European organization of their choice. They also created a GoFundMe link to receive donations for the cause.

The civic engagement group raised $1,100. Stu-dents decided to donate $250 to the soup kitchen to help provide food the people in need in Rome and the remaining $850 to the hospital to better the lives of the severely-ill children.

International FIT stu-dent Adrian Zhanda shared his reflection of his trav-els. “The experience was especially touching to me because there were some Africans among the refu-gees,” he said. “Coming from Zimbabwe, I know how difficult it is to get a

job due to the harsh eco-nomic environment. Most people are forced to emi-grate and seek work else-where. It was good to know that there are people in other countries who go out of their way to help.”

Gian Corallo, another FIT student traveler, spoke about the different structure he observed volunteering at the soup kitchen compared to the United States. “They require the people to go to get personal assistance, like go to an Alcohol Anon-ymous meeting, or to do something service wise to benefit them. So they don’t just get a hand out.”

Corallo remembered how he used to have to go to children’s hospital often as child for his cerebral palsy. He said, “It was re-ally interesting to see how handled things there; the

therapy methods were com-pletely new and different…it didn’t feel like you were in a hospital at all.” Hav-ing cerebral palsy makes Corallo’s muscle tense on the left side affecting his motor skills, but he didn’t have any struggles getting around on the trip.

Depietro advice to students, faculty or staff interested in participating in next year’s ASB is to be open-minded. “If an opportunity arises to do something [while on the trip] make good decisions and be open,” Depietro said. “The memories you make with the people make a difference. Everybody was nice to be around, even though I didn’t know everyone on the trip.” v

// SHANTEL HANNASTAFF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Instagram: @floridatech_osa

6ISSUE 9 MARCH 29 SGA ELECTIONSELECTION GUIDE Presidential Candidates

Johnny CirilloJunior, Pre-Medical Biology1. Seat a student representative on all standing university com-mittees. 2. Allocate funding to campus organizations in a transparent, standardized manner. 3. Maintain productive commu-nication between upper-level faculty and the student body.

Afnan IslamJunior, Aerospace Engineering

My first goals as the President would be to help approach the higher au-thority of our college to resolve the issues we face with parking and Pan-thAir.One of my other goal is to improve the quality of life of the student body here at Florida Tech. As an SGA sen-ator, I have been working to compare the prices of groceries and food on campus and get the price lower.

Warren P PittorieGraduate, Aviation Human FactorsI have two main goals for next year. The first one is to improve campus communication between student organizations, to the general student body, and to the Florida Tech faculty.My second large goal is to improve the presence of SGA here on campus. It is my opinion that SGA and CAB are currently the two most visible campus orga-nizations. However, I feel SGA can do even more to remain in the number one spot and to have an impact on campus as an "umbrella" organization that helps coordinate and communicate with all other student organizations.

Collin C ZollJunior, Global Management and FinanceMy goal is simply to continue to listen and give the students a voice to be heard. My goal is to successfully hear their wishes or concerns and act on them to the best of the Student Govern-ments ability. The way I see it, I will have put in this position solely for the purpose of leading our student body and making sure their opin-ion becomes heard by the faculty. My goal is simply to serve the Florida Tech students the best that I know how, and make our school a great place for the students.

7ISSUE 9 MARCH 29 SGA ELECTIONSELECTION GUIDE Vice Presidential Candidates

Daniel AtaSophomore, Molecular Biology

If elected, I will create an environment where SGA is approachable to the stu-dent body, and not an organization that only serves a small amount of students.Also, I will try to heighten the overall awareness of the student body about our university as it takes appropriate mea-sures to diversify itself and step to the forefront of teaching and research in the coming century, as I focus to create more philanthropy events with SGA along with other organizations on campus to promote intercultural exchange from all around the world, which will include not only the community at FIT but also Melbourne as a whole.

Amanda GalloSenior, Psychology

If selected, my goals for Student Government would be to keep on top of finding out how Administration is doing when we come to them about students' issues and to continue to help the rest of SGA bring the stu-dents what they want for the campus.

Claire LangJunior, Business Entrepreneurship

My goals would be to be fair, honest, and unbiased in all that I do. I would listen to the students and take what they have to say, be it concerns, issues or questions, seriously and act accordingly. I would work tirelessly to boost Student Government attendance and campus wide awareness of the great resource that is SGA. Furthermore, I would work to make Florida Tech the best possi-ble experience for each and every student, faculty member and administrator.

8ISSUE 9 MARCH 29 SGA ELECTIONSELECTION GUIDE Candidates for Treasurer

Jacqueline Suzanne CullenJunior, PsychologyIf elected treasurer, I would like to work to use the entire SAFC budget to benefit as many clubs as possible. This is because I would like to see every club learn how to correctly submit SAFC requests and to show the school that the student organi-zations can benefit from an even bigger budget every year. To insure that students organizations can submit funding requests correctly I will work to educate organizations on the SGA bylaws and SAFC rules. I will strive to always be available to help clubs and answer any questions they have about funding. I will be fair and organized with all funding requests and run all SAFC meetings to be efficient and productive as possible.

Trenton B LizakowskiSophomore, Mechanical Engineering

As an initiative put in progress this year by our current Treasurer, Jonathan Cirillo, I want to make sure that we do not leave out budget unspent. That is, I want to make sure the SAFC funds we are collecting from every student in the form of a $125 Student Services Fee each semester gets put to good use. Otherwise, we are doing the campus community a disservice in showing that we cannot handle their money appropriately.

Paul TufisSenior, Marine BiologyTo have an SGA that integrates more on campus and off campus activities that the student body can participate in. To implement surveys on what students would like for student government to do and plans those ideas with the Senate. Make it where the student body gets to par-ticipate more in asking questions and making decisions during the bi-weekly general meetings.

9ISSUE 9 MARCH 29 SGA ELECTIONSELECTION GUIDE Candidates for Senators

Mario Andrés AcostaFreshman, Mechanical Engineer

Pulkit AggarwalSophomore, Computer Engineering

Daniel F. AtaSophomore, Molecular Biology

LAKSHMI NARASIMHON ATHINARAYANA VENKATANARASIMHANSophomore, Mechanical Engineer-ing

Lindsey BarrettJunior, Molecular Biology

Paul Julian BersouxSophomore, Pre-Law

Rebecca L CandelariaFreshman, Forensic Psychology

Sree krishnan ChidambaramGraduate, MBA

Maria Vittoria ElenaJunior, Mechanical Engineering

Amanda Marie GalloSenior, Psychology

Mackenzie HoudekSophomore, Biomedical Engineering

Afnan IslamJunior, Aerospace Engineering

Francisco J IzquierdoSophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Rajalakshmi KrishnamurthyGraduate, Software Engineering

Claire LangJunior, Business Entrepreneurship

Priyadharshan NadunayagamSophomore, Aerospace Engineering

Rebecca L CandelariaFreshman, Forensic Psychology

Bindi M NagdaSophomore, Aerospace Engineering

Elifsu S. OrhonFreshman, Mechanical Engineering

Victoria N PaviscFreshman, Civil Engineering

Ramesh Rohan PrahaladSophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Jasmin I PimentelJunior, Biomedical Sciences

Ankon RahmanSophomore, Aviation Management

Drushti RaneSophomore, Aerospace Engineering

Paulo R Silva De FariaJunior, Chemical Engineering

Daysiry M RodriguezSophomore, Civil Engineering

ASHWIN S SURESHMaster's in Biotechnology

Vihang ShahGraduate, Electrical Engineering

Mary V TabelingFreshman, Business Administration

Alexander M YanesFreshman, Astronomy & Astrophysics

Patrick M WrightSophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Michael F VelozSophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Paul TufisSenior, Marine Biology

Akhil TallaGraduate, Computers Engineering

Wei ZhouGraduate, Computer Sciences

10ISSUE 9 MARCH 29 NEWS

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// LINDSAY ISAACSTAFF WRITER

Relay for Life (cont. from front page)counselor Bonnie Neptune performed the National An-them. The event was open to students, staff, faculty and community.

While the attendance of the event was event was less than that of last year, the dedication was all the same, and the devoted peo-ple remained true to their commitment.

“I’ve been doing relay for about 9 years,” said Ar-iana Tate, co-chair of Relay For Life. Tate began par-ticipating in Relay For Life during her freshman year of high school. She joined the committee during her senior year of high school and followed it with four more years during college.

As the co-chair of Relay For Life here at Florida Tech, Tate oversaw the work done by the various departments and students involved on campus, while the event chair, Samantha Hodge, coordinated with the community, including the Relay for Life represen-

tative. Following the departure

of the representative, with one month left to go, Tate took on the duties of the representative in order to allow the event to run as smoothly as possible.

Tate, along with many of the participants at the event, has had family members pass away due to cancer.

“I actually just had to put down my dog,” she said. “She had stage 4 lymphoma.” Tate is not only an advocate for cancer research of people, but for those of animals as well, and looks forward to re-search in cancer treatment for animals.

The first lap of the Relay started at 4:34 p.m., and followed the survivors and caregivers present for the event. All of the sur-vivors carried with them a different story, including a childhood leukemia survi-vor and a three-time cancer survivor.

This first lap was then followed by the participat-ing students and teams, in-cluding Alpha Phi Omega, Sigma Tau Gamma, Florida Tech Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy and the Biomedical Engineering Society.

The Relay included many events to fill the night, including the Mr. Re-lay 2016 Pageant and Alpha

Tau Omega’s TAUCuts. There was also a raffle, with prizes provided by the participating student orga-nizations, as well as a 50/0 raffle, where 50 percent of the money from the raffle went toward the American Cancer Society.

The event official-ly ended at 5:30 a.m. on March 26, Saturday morn-ing — 13 hours later.

The participants donat-ed money toward research. Alpha Phi Omega donated just north of $1,000 on the morning of the event. They designed and sold T-shirts to all of the members. In addition, they made use of social media, urging friends, family and extend-ed family to give what they could. v

Artist in Residence performs in second residency concert

Florida Tech’s 2016 Paris Conservatory Artist in Residence, Alice Lestang, took the stage to perform works by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss.

The performance was the second of Lestang’s three residency concerts, held at 7 p.m. at the Glea-son Performing Arts Center on March 25.

The operatic soprano

was joined onstage by guest pianist Romain Louveau, a colleague from the Paris Conservatory. The two per-formed for an audience of nearly 40 faculty, students and community members.

“Florida Tech’s Res-idency Program brings world-class artists to campus to enrich student learning experiences and raise support for the arts in

the community,” said Kevin R. Burke, director of Music Programs and associate professor of music at Flori-da Tech.

Lestang is Florida Tech’s third Artist in Res-idence from Paris, follow-ing pianist Paul Anquez last year and percussionist Rémi Durupt in 2014.

The artist began her vocal studies with Nobuko

Takahashi in Lille, and then pursued further training with Dina Grossberger at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels prior to entering the Paris Conservatory in 2010. Lestang completed her master’s degree in 2015 at the prestigious Paris Conservatory.

During her Florida Tech residency, the sopra-no has worked to share the art form of opera with the community. Through various workshops, con-certs and lectures, Lestang has sought to demonstrate that opera is not an art form reserved to a small elite.

“Once one has the ‘keys to the kingdom,’ it’s easy to dive in,” Lestang stated.

The artist’s residency will culminate in “Bravo! An Evening of Opera Fa-vorites,” a concert to take place in Gleason Perform-ing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on April 19.

"Alice Lestang has embraced the traditions established by FIT resident musicians, such as flying in guest artists, providing

workshops for FIT students, recording a studio album in Melbourne, giving lectures for the community, and engaging in outreach to public schools; but she is also adding her own touch,” Burke said.

Lestang is currently involved in producing her first album in collaboration with Louveau, which will feature some of the works performed by the artists present at Friday’s concert.

The official release of Lestang and Louveau’s CD will be on April 19 in Glea-son Auditorium following Lestang’s final residency concert.

The concert will be free and open to the public.

“Alice Lestang and the FIT music program will be collaborating with Eastern Florida State College to perform a series of opera scenes featuring students, faculty and our guest art-ist,” Burke announced. “A first for FIT and the resi-dency program!" v

Alice Lestang, a soprano, and Romain Louveau on piano to her left. Photo by Lindsay Isaac

Photo by Ben Goess

One of the environmental issues the electronics industry currently faces is proper acquisition and disposal of materials used in their products, many of which can pose hazards if not handled properly.

Apple has demonstrated one possible solution through an auto-mated recycling system.

At Apple’s “Loop You In” event on March 21, Lisa Jackson, vice president of Apple’s Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, ex-plained their aim to reduce envi-ronmental impact presenting their iPhone recycling robot known as

Liam.Liam is designed to tear old

iPhones down to their component materials, which can then be sorted and used for other purposes. Since it’s specifically designed for iP-hones, it is able to properly sepa-rate and group materials by loca-tion and type as needed, though it’s not useable for other types of electronics.

Liam is able to extract a wide range of materials from an iPhone including: gold, copper, silver, platinum, aluminum, cobalt and lithium.

According to Mashable, Liam looks more like a large assembly line than a robot and has a total of 29 robotic arms which are encased behind glass. While it’s been over 3 years in the making it was known only to a handful of Apple staff prior to its public reveal.

Many of the phones obtained are those traded in at Apple retail stores which typi-cally have suffered from water dam-age.

Liam has a va-riety of automated tools including drills, screw-drivers, suction cups, and grips. It is provided iPhones through a conveyor belt which can fit about 40 at a time.

Screws are taken out, and then sucked up by tubes, while SIM cards are dropped into a bucket. Some of the arms work in pairs so that if one takes longer than usual to remove a piece, the others can still continue. Apple says Liam has a 97 percent success rate of remov-ing components.

According to Apple Insider,

Jackson explained examples of how recycled iPhone materials could be reused. Tungsten from the phone’s vibrator could be used in cutting tools, silver could be used in solar panels, and dangerous

chemicals like cobalt and lithium could be separated and disposed of properly.

Apple’s recent push for recycling comes after previous complaints over its potentially illegal acquisition of materials.

According to En-gadget, Apple has faced complaints that tin used in its products may have been illegally mined from mines in Bangaka Island, Indonesia.

These mines often provide unsafe working

conditions, utilize child labor, and cause nearby environmental dam-age.

After facing pressure from the environmental ground Friends of Earth, Apple began looking into the issue and funded a study to better understand the situation. v

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Liam is able to extract a wide

range of materials from

an iPhone includ-ing: gold, copper, silver, platinum,

aluminum, cobalt and lithium.

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Apple reveals iPhone recycling robot “Liam”

Apple’s Liam tearing down an iPhone

McCay outlines upcoming plans for growth as University President

Buzz Aldrin Gets His Ass To MarsBuzz Aldrin, famous as the

man who punched Bart Sibrel, stayed true to the slogan of his Mars exploration campaign, “Get your ass to Mars,” during his landing on the red planet earlier this week.

“Neil may have been the first man to set foot on the moon, but I’m here today to mark another first for man-kind,” Aldrin declared as he exited his landing craft.

After descending the multi-billion-dollar craft’s lad-der toward the Martian surface, the 86-year old astronaut gently

sat down on the dusty land-scape, leaving behind the shape of his butt.

Aldrin next fumbled with a pocket on his suit, pulled out a cell phone, and took what he later explained was “One small snap for a man, one great selfie for all mankind.”

Photos of both the butt-print and Aldrin’s selfie will soon be available on t-shirts for sale on his website.

(Aldrin is also the second man to have walked on the moon.) v

News in BriefNew Iphone SE perfect for Donald Trump

Northrop Grumman donates $5 million to Florida Tech to invent lightsaber

Student running late, stops for coffee

Apple’s latest gadget, released this week, marks a return to the days of phones with smaller screens.

With it’s four-inch dis-play, it has been described as “an iphone 6s in the body

“We are truly excited about this endeavor with Northrup,” said President Antony Cantonese. “It will be like the real ones in the movies. May the force be with us all.”

“I’m gonna be late anyway,” she said, “what’s five more minutes?”

Big changes are coming to Flori-da Tech starting this fall, University Vice President T. Dwayne McCay said at a press conference Thursday.

“Like President Cantonese before me, I am focused on making the most of my time as the leader of Florida Tech,” he said.

McCay said he thinks Cantonese set a good example for how a uni-versity president ought to conduct himself. “Everyone knew the story of his red convertible, and I plan on driving Florida Tech’s legacy into the future even faster.”

Among other things, McCay

spoke at length about the power of university image. “It’s important that we have the latest and greatest at Florida Tech.”

McCay will assume office August 32, 2016, and he assured the media that his plans to make Florida Tech great again include strengthening engineering departments as well as his fleet of cars.

“With me behind the wheel, there’s no knowing how far things will go,” he said.

McCay was later seen at local Audi and Lamborghini dealerships. v

At press time, University Officials had received com-munications from military personnel interested in using the weapon.

of an iphone 5,” perfect for people with smaller hands.

Experts note that the reduced size will not inhibit users from tweeting.

New Melbourne housing project in reponse to empty dorms on campus

Construction on the Melbourne Commons, new off-campus student housing, is underway in the tract across Babcock from main campus.

The complex of apartments is being built, officials say, in response to the many empty on-campus dorms. v

ClassifiedsStudent needs graduation tickets

For sell: Dinning room table

Bike for sail: slightly rusted from exposure to ocean air, Posted by Aaron DeTiresLitter of kittens looking for good home: cardboard box includedMoving: selling all my dirty dishes, microwave, toaster, house, etc.