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On Sept. 23 the Palm Beach Atlantic College Republicans Club attended the annual national Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

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InsideStudents gather for Christival 2011

J.R. Vassar joined the Zach Williams Band in headlining this year’s Christival.Looks 8

Intramurals generate excitement Students will compete in volleyball, flag foot-ball and basketball in the coming weeks.Sports 7

Mr. Piano Man PBA alumnus Jonatan Barahona won a Honda Civic song writing con-test this past summer. Find out what he has been up to.Features 4

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By Jessica WhartonStaff Writer

U.S. Rep. Allen West told students of Palm Beach At-lantic University on Thurs-day that they should become politically active because “Florida will be the battle-ground for the upcoming election.”

West, who represents the 22nd District of Florida, spoke at the DeSantis Fam-

ily Chapel at the invitation of the Republican Club of PBA.

The congressman opened the event by saying, “This is truly about your future; it is truly about the legacy you will pass on to the next generation and if you under-stand the basic fundamental truth about how this country was established, you’ll un-derstand why we are sitting in a chapel.

“Our inalienable rights do not come from man; they

come from our great creator; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” said West. “And I believe that if America can get back to that understand-ing we will once again be a great and powerful nation.”

He encouraged students to become involved and chal-lenged those in the chapel to study and understand the political terms of socialism, liberalism and radicals so they can act and speak as “in-formed students.”

He briefly talked about each factor, and said, “Now you know who they are, so now let’s talk about who we are and what I am promot-ing. I am promoting you not so much to be Republicans, but rather I want you to focus on the principles of govern-ment and what constitution-al conservatism really is.”

West then gave those in at-tendance an acronym to re-member what constitutional conservatism is: LIFTS,

standing for: limited govern-ment, individual responsibil-ity, free market and enter-prise, traditional values and strong national defense.

“America is not a location, it is an ideal that lives within people and if you don’t pro-tect it, the greatness will be lost forevermore,” said West. “ I’m not letting that happen on my watch.”

Mitt Romney (left): “All across America there are people sitting across kitchen tables with their calculators and their checkbooks won-dering if they can make ends meet.”

Who will you vote for?According to a recent Gallup poll, 62% of registered voters say they would definitely vote or would consider voting for Mitt Romney.

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In an age where technology makes communication with co-workers, family, and friends instant, the use of “snail mail” provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS) is becoming a thing of the past.

Since 2006 the USPS has closed 186 facilities and is looking to close many more according to the United States Postal Service’s Sept. 15, 2011 press release.

Personally, I am sad to see so many post offices around the country closing. Yes, it is easier, and sometimes more practical, to send a quick e-mail, text, or a Facebook wall post. However, how much sentiment can you actually find in one of these quick electronic messages? I believe that there is a time and place for technology, but there is still a need for real hand written messages.

My friends and I constantly take advantage of the Postal Service and exchange letters regularly. Being from Ohio, my group of high school friends and I are spread out all over the country and when homesickness kicks in, nothing is better than opening a hand written letter from a friend.

Just last week I opened my PBA mailbox and found many birthday letters, along with those little yellow notecards notifying you of a package with your name on it. When I saw them, my heart skipped a

beat and the feeling of warmth from knowing someone cared enough to take time out of their day to write me a letter took over.

I grabbed the handful of letters and tore through each and every one of them. Each one was special to me; they were all so diverse, coming from different colleges around the country and different family members. Now, after birthday recognition like that, who could be against the great postal service?

That said, with the recent Post Office closings and more to come, I fear that fewer and fewer people will take advantage of the system that was implemented by our fore fathers in 1775 when Benjamin Franklin was appointed as postmaster general.

If that brief Americana postal service history didn’t pull at your heartstring for a sense of pride in snail mail, then you clearly have yet to indulge in the greatness of sentimental personal messages, and I can assure you that the history of Facebook and Twitter have nothing on Benjamin Franklin.

I believe the Postal System, which has stood the test of time and lasted over two centuries, should always play a part in communication in America and I know that I, personally, will greatly miss writing letters to my friends and receiving them if Post Offices around the country continue to close.

Now, take a few minutes and go write your mother!

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With technology, mail still reigns

L ast Monday, students from across campus

swarmed the Vera Lee Rink-er Recital Hall in order to get seats to see a new PBA staple, Monday Night Live or MNL.

MNL is a student and PBA staff produced sketch com-edy show that is a mixture of live and filmed skits.

Modeled after Saturday Night Live, MNL also fea-tures PBA’s talented musi-cians.

This past Monday, the cast held two showings of MNL, one at 8 p.m. and the other at 9:45 p.m.

The multiple showings didn’t stop students from lining up outside the door and around the building.

Bring it on down to hipster church: Rinker Resident Director Jeff Timmer (right center) and senior Jenny Bacallao (back left) perform a skit to a crowd of PBA students during last Monday’s show.

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Andrea PreciadoStaff Writer

When was the last time you received a hand-written letter in the mail? In today’s world, our lives revolve around computer screens, and snail mail has become much a thing of the past.

As more billing options go paperless and develop into digital processes, the United States Postal Service has been chronically losing business the last several years. Additional competition from FedEx, UPS and other companies has added to the drop in revenue as well.

According to an article from the Chicago Postal Worker, the postal service needs to seriously downsize “or it will be unable to deliver mail by the end of next summer.” So what does that mean for the future of our mail services in the United States?

Debra Fetterly from USPS Corporate Communications said, “the only noticeable change in the next six months is a change in service standards.” A change in service standards refers to the alteration in delivery time for items such as periodicals and first-class mail, which will take one more business day to reach its destination than before.

Due to the constant decline in mail volume over the last several years, the current collection of mail equipment, employees, and facilities that once was not enough in the 1980’s is excessive and under utilized in the 21st century.

Suggested cut tactics include discontinuing Saturday work days, cutting workweeks down to only serving Monday through Friday. Other suggested cuts or adjustments include consolidating branches and shutting down some locations, cutting back on mail delivered to doorsteps and only utilizing mailboxes, and of course cutting e m p l o y e e s . Fetterly said that the Post Office is currently studying its infrastructure in order to decide how

to consolidate and best utilize the current resources. Those processes will begin to show results in the spring of 2012, which will result in bigger actions for combating the imbalance of mail volume and facility resources. Options are expected to appear from several bills in Congress and even from the White House.

Herbierto Rodriguez, supervising coordinator of the PBA mailroom, discussed how this situation will affect mail service on campus. Presently, Rodriguez has seen little impact in the flow of mail. In fact, he said, “our volume increases as new students arrive” and has done so especially the last few years as the school has grown. Rodriguez reflects on how the mailroom has constant business as “students ship stuff in advance” and “many order books” in August when the fall semester began this year. Although changes for the Postal Service are still up in the air, Rodriguiz said “changes are based on how much people use their services.”

Although the mailroom on campus and mail services across the country have survived without much change so far, the future of the

mail might be in for drastic change.

U. S. post offices facing problems

Digital takeover?: Will email, Skype and the like spell the end of “snail mail”?

Seen and heard


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By Becca StripeStaff Writer

On Sept. 23 members of the Palm Beach Atlantic

University College Republicans Club attended the annual national Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, where they heard all of the Republican presidential candidates.

One of the main reoccurring topics that the candidates addressed in their speeches is that America is currently going through a difficult financial time and that they’d like to take action and do something to get the country out of this state.

Front-running candidate Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, shared with the attendees that if elected into presidential office, he’d like to rebuild the economic engine because “all across America there are people sitting across kitchen tables with their calculators and their checkbooks wondering if they can make ends meet.”

Eleven PBA students attended the conference. Club President Jenna Steffens and Vice President Shelby Baker took a lead on organizing the trip to CPAC.

“I felt that it was really important for the club members to attend because it was an encouraging and informative start to the political year,” said Baker. “We are nearing the 2012 presidential election and it’s really important to become politically active as soon as possible.”

The theme of this year’s CPAC was “We STILL Hold These Truth.” It put an emphasis on principles the United States was founded on, including

constitutionally limited government, individual liberty, free markets, a strong national defense and traditional values.

According to the club members who attended CPAC, the main highlight of the conference was hearing all ten of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates, including Michelle Bauchman, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Perry.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott also made an appearance at CPAC. He told the crowd that he has faith in all of the ten presidential Republican candidates and that Americans should “be optimistic because this is [our] time.”

According to PBA’s College Republicans Club members who attended CPAC, the main highlight of the day was hearing presidential candidate Herman Cain speak. In the fifteen minutes time allotted for his speech, he received three standing ovations from the audience.

After he explained his 999 economic plan (which can be found at hermancain.com/999plan), candidate and businessman Cain shared three simple things that he is stressing to Americans: stay informed, stay involved, and stay inspired.

Cain also wants Americans to remember that “there’s man’s plan and then there’s God’s plan. And we’ve got to listen to God’s plan.”

In addition to getting the chance to hear the candidates speak, the PBA College Republicans Club had the opportunity to attend and get involved in various workshops and panel discussions throughout the convention center.

One popular and highly attended panel discussion was Recruiting the Next Generation of Conservative

Activists.“Young people cannot find work. They cannot afford

anything,” said Alex Schriver, national chairman of the College Republican National Committee. “We cannot wait for the youth vote to come to us. We have to go to them.”

“Much of our generation is apathetic,” she said. “They believe that their vote doesn’t count.”

Today’s youth are going to be faced with the three “M’s” after college: mortgage, marriage, and munchkins, according to Patrick Coyle, vice president of the Young America’s Foundation.

“So get active now,” Coyle said while addressing the young audience at this panel discussion.

Steffens Baker want students at PBA to become politically active and know that their votes count especially since this approaching election is a huge election.

“Jenna and I have huge hearts for our country and we want to do what we can to get this nation to a place where we feel comfortable to where we can all raise our kids,” Baker said.

According to Baker, CPAC was an opportunity to feed off of the enthusiasm of other conservatives and become informed on the different policies of the Republican candidates.

“CPAC was an extremely fun and great bonding experience with the club and was a small sneak peak into the future of elections and campaigns and gave us a bit of insight into the political atmosphere,” said Baker. “We’ll definitely be looking forward to CPAC in 2012 in Washington, DC.”

PBA sees presidential candidates

By Kayla ViaudStaff Writer

The Socratic Club will host their 4th annual faculty debate on Wednesday October 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Gregory Hall 116. This year’s topic will be “Is Libertarianism Good for Society? Is It Christian?”

Libertarianism is a laissez-faire political viewpoint advocating minimal state intervention in the lives of citizens. Libertarianism can focus on points such as, self in economics, maximum profits, competition, and survival of fittest, but is not limited to.

One could question whether it promotes greed in our society. Libertarianism is also a controversial topic because it is associated with the Tea Party.

Dr. Cora Barnhart, professor in the Rinker school of business will be

arguing in favor of Libertarianism. One prominent argument presented during the debate is who will come to the aid of those less fortunate if there is minimal government intervention. “Libertarianism argues charity and church”, said Barnhart.

On the other hand, Dr. Roger Chapman will be presenting the opposing view. He believes Libertarianism is “a radical ideology that asserts there should be no governmental role in the economic sphere. It is unclear to me if there is any major difference between libertarianism and anarchism.”

He adds, “My position is for preserving the American tradition of a middle way, which utilizes a certain amount of governmental regulation of the economy. The libertarian way is far too radical for me”.

Both professors were approached

by Dr. Joeckel, associate professor of english, to partake in the debate. As the Socratic Club’s faculty advisor, Joeckel has moderated all three past debates.

He has been the advisor since the club began in 2008. “It is modeled after the original Socratic Club which begun in the 1940s at Oxford University. C.S. Lewis was the first president. The heart of the club is discussion and debate,” said Joeckel.

Members of the Socratic Club will assist Joeckel in organizing the debate and will serve as timekeepers during the debate. Students who are not part of the club are welcome to attend and participate in the event.

“One purpose of the debates is to make PBA students aware of the intellectual diversity on campus and to model how, within that diversity, two intelligent and well-educated scholars

can disagree vehemently and civilly on important issues”, said Joeckel

Both professors do not consider themselves to be debaters, but agree that students will find the debate interesting.

“Professor Barnhart is not Ann Coulter and I am not Michael Moore, but it might be worthwhile to hear some intelligent pro and con on libertarianism since the Tea Party and libertarian candidates are frequently in the news”, says Chapman.

Barnhart also said, “Our plan is to provide students with both sides of a topic and learn more about both sides”.

At the end of the debate a Q&A session will be held. Students are encouraged to join the Socratic Club anytime. If interested, students should contact club president Chris Jensen at [email protected].

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A lesson in conservatism: Congressman Allen West visits the PBA DeSantis Chapel to speak to students.

After West spoke, Interim President Bill Fleming said, “If you believe in LIFTS and in the country and that the best days are yet to be, then you need to get up and get involved. PBA is about people being involved and becoming active.”

Kyle Rehberg, who is part of the ROTC program at PBA said, “I am a political science major and I love watching the news, so I have heard Congressman West speak before. I really look up to him and find him to be inspirational with his work in both the army and politics.”

Franqui Carver, who also attended the event said, “I came today because I believe it is my duty as an American citizen to be informed and this directly deals with my future.”

‘Be informed,’ says congressman

By David Fox for the Beacon

Express line to Halloween in CityPlaceMichele KappasStaff Writer

Standing on the corner of CityPlace, waving your hands while jumping up and down and wearing a captain America out-fit is going to gain you a few stares. Many

may wonder, what in the world is this guy doing, or what could he possibly be pro-moting as they roll down their windows for a quick picture and a few laughs. For Halloween Express, this ac-tivity is normal.

Hallow-een Ex-press is a new store in City Place that opened on Sept. 10.

“ W e have two p e o p l e that trade off wearing the Captain America outfit or the tooth fairy one every day. The one wearing the tooth fairy will actually run around CityPlace and Clematis Street,” says employee Amy Schim-koski.

Kevin Klockner is the manager of Halloween Express in CityPlace

along with the one in Royal Palm Beach. He has been managing for the one in Royal Palm for about a year and has been working with other stores in different areas for the past five years.

Klockner began work-ing with this store through one of his com-

m e r c i a l real estate c l i e n t s t h r o u g h his family business. He didn’t face many problems with the CityPlace l o c a t i o n and was able to get

it ready once working with the people regarding the lease.

Curtis Sigretto, the owner of the CityPlace location along with four other stores in Palm Beach County, gives Klockner free reign with the store set-up and other responsibilities as man-ager. Klockner said that many days he spends

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Jeremiah DiasContributing Writer

Palm Beach Atlantic University graduate Jo-natan Barahona, a music major specializing in pia-no, originally began tour-ing with a band around Latin America. However, when Barahona record-ed a music video for his song “Forever,” it pro-pelled him to victory in Honda’s “The Sounds of Civic” competition. The video included several PBA students, past and present. In addition to winning a Honda Civic, Barahona got to open for popular music acts such as Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance. I had the chance to sit and talk with him about this experience.

JD: Tell us a bit about your backstory; where did you start out?

JB: Well, I went to PBA; I was a music stu-dent there. My sopho-more year, I got asked to tour with a Christian singer, Ingrid Rosario, and I’ve been doing that

for about five years. I also have piano students, so I’ve been teaching piano.

JD: What sparked your love for music?

JB: It’s hard to single out a “sparking mo-ment.” I grew up in a mu-sical family... almost ev-erybody on [my mom’s] side of my family plays an instrument, sings or has a group... My father is a pianist, and his brothers are musicians as well... so, it’s always been some-thing that is very inherent to my family’s identity.

JD: How’d you find out about Honda’s “The Sounds of Civic” compe-tition?

JB: Well, Daniel Schwab, a friend of mine [who] went to PBA. He tweeted a link to me at three in the morning... I went on the contest page, and I was like, “Whoa, maybe I can actually do this.”

JD: How did you go about preparing for and eventually shooting the

music video?

JB: That was very tough because when I got the tweet from Dan Schwab it was six days before the deadline. First I called my friends down in Miami and I said, “Hey guys, do you think we can do this? Do you think we’ll be able to pull this off?” They were like, “Hey, yeah, we’ll help you out.”

So I decided to do it and filmed the music video first with a lot of friends from church and school. [We] got that done in one day, then went to Miami and recorded whatever I could in two days and submitted it.

JD: What was your first reaction when you won?

JB: Total disbelief. I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to win, but there was part of me that was sort of hopeful... I got the email saying, “Congratu-lations, you won the car!” and all [these prizes], and I was freaking out.

JD: Do you feel God played a role in the pro-cess?

JB: I really think that there were an unusual amount of people that were emotionally invest-ed in this video and mak-ing sure that I won, and promoting it. I think it was definitely a God thing that I wasn’t the only one working towards that. There were a lot of people who were just as passion-ate as I was, and I can’t thank Him enough.

JD: So, now that all this craziness has trans-pired, you’re opening up for bands like Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance, where do you plan on going from here?

JB: Well, I was always sort of a keyboard guy, someone in the back-ground. This would be the first time that I would be performing as a solo artist... I think the com-petition was very encour-aging to just explore that area, keep writing songs and see where that goes.

Mr. Piano ManPBA alumnus Jonatan Barahona won a songwriting contest and got to play with bands Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance. Jeremiah Dias sat down with Bar-hona for an interview about the experience and Barahona’s plans for the future.

New costume store, Halloween Express, opens up in City-Place.

By Christina Cernik for the Beacon

Playing Dress Up: Halloween Express offers many costume choices for holiday parties and activities.

“I just want ev-eryone to [stop by] here. We will treat you right and take care of you” -Klockner

Express line to Halloween in CityPlaceabout 15 to 20 hours working. “What keeps me in this is that it feels like my own company,” says Klockner.

He is a firm believer in the dress-up guys be-cause they bring in posi-tive responses and help advertise for his store. “I just want everyone to [stop by] here. We will treat you right and take care of you,” says Klock-ner.

Julia Vezina, a senior at Palm Beach Atlantic Uni-versity, applauds Hal-loween Express for their customer service: “The people were incredibly nice and helpful. They were so goofy and clearly love their jobs. Hallow-een Express seems to be passionate about what they do.”

Schimkoski, another store employee, and Alivia Cochram are en-thusiastic about their jobs and about the atmo-sphere provided through Halloween Express.

“It’s so much fun. You don’t feel like you’re at a job,” says Cochram.

Klockner says his fa-

vorite part of his job is meeting the different customers that walk in. “It is very entertaining.”

With Halloween around the corner, ideas for outfits and parties are developing more and more each day for stu-dents at Palm Beach At-lantic University.

“The store has items for every occasion,” says Vezina. “Even if you don’t like going big for Hallow-een, it offers make-up, goofy hats, jewelry, and much more. They even had silly sunglasses I considered wearing.”

Halloween Express plans on staying open until a few days after Hal-loween and the company is open to hiring more employees who are pas-sionate about working with people as the count-down to Halloween be-gins.

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By Jeremiah Dias for the Beacon

Dream come true: PBA grad Jonatan Barahona performs original songs.

Check out videos for these stories and more on readmybeacon.com and on vimeo.com.

Kaitie ChasseStaff WriterAccording to Josh Hol-

brook, an education spe-cialist at the Palm Beach Zoo, there are only 600 wild individuals left of the Malayan Tiger spe-cies. United States zoos currently host only about 50, the Palm Beach Zoo being one of them. So when our local tigress birthed three cubs, it is no wonder that it attract-ed everyone’s attention.The Malayan Tiger is an

endangered species natu-rally found in the rainfor-est of the Malay Peninsu-la according to Holbrook. Because their numbers are so sparse, repopulat-ing the species is of high concern.The three new cubs

from the Palm Beach Zoo are part of the Species Survival Plan. Holbrook, who does the daily Tiger Talk, best describes SSP. “SSP is like a dat-

ing service for endan-gered species through the Association of zoo’s and Aquariums (AZA.) Through the SSP, ‘com-patible’ animals are paired together based on health and genetics (same species/subspe-cies but not related.)” What this means, is that

the two adult tigers at the zoo, Rimba, the male, and Berapi, the female, were brought together specifically to breed. Ac-cording to Holbrook, Rimba came from the San Diego zoo and Berapi made her arrival to Palm Beach earlier this year from the Bronx zoo.The cub’s birth wasn’t

only a big deal to sci-entists and zoologists. Apparently, baby cats

of prey will attract just about anyone.“We had our highest

visitor day, ever, at the zoo the night the cubs were unveiled,” said Hol-brook.The cubs are healthy

and growing and ac-cording to Holbrook, they weighed about 30 pounds last time they were weighed. The cubs are currently

living with their mother, Berapi. Since Tigers are solitary cats, Rimba, the father, would end up killing the cubs if they were kept in the same pen.“(The cubs) will live with her (mother) un-til they are getting into scraps with her and are 100 percent weaned.

They will never have con-tact with Rimba,” said Holbrook.Even though the cubs

are still nursing, Hol-brook said they are also on the same carnivore diet as their parents.“A carnivore diet is a

mixture of ground meat with all different parts of animal bones and ten-dons. Vitamins are also added. It’s especially for-mulated for carnivores,” said Holbrook.The tiger cubs are

healthy, growing, and at-tracting a lot of zoo visi-tors but they still have yet to be named.The zoo recently held an

auction to name them, but the names will not be revealed to the public un-

til the winter.The zoo is open Monday

through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday nights for Safari Night. On Safa-ri Night, admission price is reduced by five dollars. Holbrook said the Safari Night is the best time to visit since the animals are most active during evening hours. Tiger Talk with Holbrook, and other zoo educators, is held every day at 3 p.m.Students who wish to

volunteer are encour-aged to do so and can find more information at www.palmbeachzoo.org/volunteer.html. Ser-vice at the Palm Beach Zoo counts for Workship credit.

Triplets at the Palm Beach Zoo keep guests roaring for more

By Kaitie Chasse for the Beacon

Feisty Feline Addition: Tiger triplets attract new visitors to the Palm Beach Zoo.

Palm Beach Zoo acquires Malayan tiger cub triplets.

What’s for lunch?: Tiger cubs nurse, but also enjoy carnivore diet.

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2012 Quality Initiative Faculty and Student

Research Grants

Application Deadline – November 1

For more details, go to MyPBA/Departments/Institutional Research and Effectiveness/ Faculty_

Research_Council.jnz

Current Grants in Process or Recently Completed:

· Dr. Roger Chapman, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Science, President Harry Truman, the Portal-to-Portal Decision, and Domestic Cold War Politics

· Dr. Yuh Jia (Mike) Chen, Associate Professor, Rinker School of Business, The impact of the Religiosity Be-liefs on Students’ Spending Patterns

· Dr. Angela Clauson, Assistant Professor, Gregory School of Pharmacy, The Impact of a Critical Thinking Class on the Critical Thinking Skills of First Year Phar-macy Students

· Dr. David Compton, Professor, School of Education and Behavioral Studies, Noradrenergic and Histaminergic Intervention of Age-Associated Cognitive Decline

· Dr. Jamie Fairclough, Assistant Professor, Gregory School of Pharmacy, Predictors of Health and Psycho-social Well-Being among Pharmacy Students

· Dr. Craig Domeck, Dean and Assistant Professor, Or-lando Campus, Emotional Intelligence and Effective Teaching

· Dr. Kathy Maxwell, Assistant Professor, School of Ministry, Seeing a Different Horizon: Understanding How Others Read Scripture

· Dr. Maurice Thomas, Professor, School of Arts and Sci-ence, An Investigation of the Natural History of Bats of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama

· Dr. Angie McDonald, Associate Professor, School of Educational and Behavioral Studies, Multidimensional Study of the Effects of Parents’ Divorce on College Stu-dents, with Brianna Kulp and Bianca Marcellus

· Andrew Courter, Research in Microexpressions and Lie Detection

· Victoria Moucha, Religiosity and Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes

· Allegra Nothaft, Preliminary Survey of Bat Roosts in MacArthur Beach State Park by Means of Thermal Im-aging

· April Ostrom, The hatching success of partially sub-merged Pomacea insularum (Ampullariidae) egg clutches and the hatchling success of snails yielded from submerged egg clutches.

· Estone Owen, Tess Wieland, Benjamin Hsu, Nathan Shoemaker, John Sarner, jeni Chavez, Viviana Hoge, Blake Nichol, Megan Roper, Breanne Fairfax, SIFE: Reaching Out

· Daniel Schwab, Community as Defined by the Non-Involved Student

For additional information, contact Carolanne M. Brown, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Effectiveness

(561) 803-2050 or [email protected]

The number of pounds gained at the Fresh Food Company may have more to do with lack of knowledge than healthy opttions.


A common area of interest on campus is Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Fresh Food Company and its healthy options.

Brett Cook, assistant professor of exercise science, said, “the food in the cafeteria is not the only reason students gain weight, especially freshman.

“The problem with the cafeteria is that students swipe their card once and then treat each meal like a buffet,” said Cook. “Students also aren’t expending as much energy as they consume in calories which translates into fat and weight gain.”

Many students living on campus have found ways to make the cafeteria work, and avoid gaining unwanted weight.

Junior Johann Lilly said, “many freshman and sophomores do not realize how far the caf has come in the last two years with Aramark taking the reigns. I like the options we have now; it just takes discipline and creativity to put together a different nutritious meal each day.”

Cook said, “many students are just uninformed of what is in the food

they eat and how to eat healthy. The salad bar is a great option and any veggies and fruits will always provide great sources of nutrients.”

One thing Lilly would like to see in the cafeteria is nutrition facts on every food option and also a list of ingredients in each food. “The FDA does not require a food to say it had trans-fat unless it is over .5 grams per serving, and, unfortunately, many of these food meet this requirement. Students are still unaware of the amount of fat they are consuming.”

“One key to eating right and keeping a healthy figure is to practice nutritional planning,” said Cook, “students need to think ahead of what they want to eat at the cafeteria and stick to it. Also, they should avoid going into a meal starving; this will lead to eating unhealthy comfort foods.”

Another key to keeping a healthy figure is simply to exercise.

According to recent studies, students should engage in some sort of cardiovascular activity for 30 minutes three to five times per week. They should also participate in some sort of resistance training using free weights two times a week.

Cook said, “I tell my students to remember that Jesus was a walker. We live in such a beautiful area; it’s so easy for students just to walk outside of their dorm and walk along the Intracostal to get their daily exercise.”


Brett Cook: The problem with the cafeteria is that students swipe their card once and treat each meal like it’s a buffet.

The ones to watch in high school footballBy Shannon O’SheaStaff Writer

The 2011 high school foot-ball season is underway. High school students, parents, alum and locals can expect to see great things under the Friday night lights.

Jeff Greer, the Palm Beach Post “Palm Beach Game Time” high school sports writer and analyst, predicts this year’s big team picks in Palm Beach County to be Glades Central (5A), Dwyer (7A), American Heritage-Delray (3A), Semi-nole Ridge (8A), Park Vista (8A) and Palm Beach Central (7A).

“Glades has just about ev-erything,” said Greer. “They have great fans; they have a sort of swagger to them that makes them just an incred-ible team. They are a six time 5A state champion and have been runner up for the past two years. This team lives and breathes football.”

Dwyer also is still expected to be a major contender this year after losing four major players to graduation, one being Nick O’Leary who now plays tight end for Florida State.

American Heritage – Delray is predicted to compete in the 3A Class State Championship

this year.Park Vista has a young team

this year due to the graduation of star running back Trey Ma-son. Expect to see Park Vista play with a spread offense this year in oppose to their usual power running game.

“Palm Beach and Dade County have the best football in the state of Florida,” Greer stated.

This 2011 season also has a few division 1 prospects. Av-ery Young, a 6’6”, 280-pound senior offensive tackle for Gardens, has offers from high powered schools such as the

University of Florida, Ala-bama, Georgia and Oklahoma.

Patrick Miller, a 6’6”, 280-pound senior left tackle from Dwyer, has committed to LSU.

Jessamen Dunker, a 6’7”, 315-poound senior guard from Boynton Beach, has commit-ted to UF.

Jaime Wilson, a senior re-ceiver from Glades Central, has offers from Marshall, Memphis and Western Michi-gan while Angelo Jean-Louis, a 6’0” senior receiver and cor-nerback, has committed to the University of Miami.

According to The Post, this year’s top coaches are Dwyer’s Jack Daniels and Seminole Ridge’s Matt Dickmann.

“Being a good coach means that you develop players and you have a successful system. These coaches teach their players blocking, X’s and O’s, and have a very regimented system,” said Greer.

Greer also said that this year’s quarterbacks to watch out for “are Park Vista’s Quad Martin (junior) and Lake Worth’s Even Moore (senior).”

“Martin can run and throw, this year so far he has 263 rushing yards and three touchdowns and in his passing game he has 11 completions, 175 yards and two touchdowns with only three interceptions,” said Greer.

“Moore’s rushing game so far consists of 218 yards and three touchdowns. His passing game is more consistent with 36 completions 503 yards, six touchdowns with only two in-terceptions.”

According to Greer, this season’s dark horse teams are Park Vista and Palm Beach Central.

“With Park Vista’s change of offense and a new found de-fense they have proved their worthiness with a win against Seminole Ridge,” said Greer.

PBA intramurals generating excitement

Hogg receives award

By Joshua ReidSports Editor

On Sept. 23 the women’s soccer team saw its four-game winning streak come to an end as it fell to the University of Tampa, 1-3. Frehman Moriah Zusi scored the Sailfish’s only goal of the match.

On Sept. 26, the team played host to Texas A&M Interna-tional University. After 90 minutes of play in regulation and two ten-minute overtime periods, the game ended in a scoreless tie. The Sailfish’s re-cord now stands at 5-4-1 over-all. The next home match is Oct. 7 against Nova Southeast-ern University at 4 p.m.

On Sept. 24, the cross coun-try team had its first meet of the season by participating in the University of Florida Mountain Dew Invitational. The Sailfish would finish 12th out of 19 participating teams, including the third best team finish of non-NCAA Division I teams. Junior Faith Warren was the top individual finish-er for the Sailfish with a time of 19:45 to finish 53rd in the field.

Sept. 24 also saw the men’s soccer team in action. After losing three in a row, the Sail-fish won their second straight game, defeating Eckerd Col-lege 5-2. Their record is 4-3 overall. Sophomore Kenny Hogg scored four goals in the match, bringing his total to six in two games this week. Hogg was recognized by the Nation-al Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) as the player of the week. The Sail-fish will have a week of rest be-fore taking on Francis Marion University on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. in Florence, S.C.

The volleyball team had only one match this week, as its match against Barry Uni-versity on Sept. 26 was post-poned due to a scheduling mishap with the officiating. The Sailfish’s lone match came on Sept. 28, as they defeated Southeastern University 25-12, 25-17, 25-14 to improve their record to 12-1 on the sea-son.

The team’s next home match is the Pepsi Bash at the Beach tournament on Oct. 7.

By Mike PinzonStaff Writer

Intramural season has ar-rived at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and the students are as passionate as ever. Some of the most popular sports that go on during the fall semester are volleyball, men’s and women’s basket-ball, racquetball, and flag foot-ball.

“Volleyball has been excit-ing,” said freshman Matthew Wiesen. “Although my team (Veidy Nice) isn’t doing that well, we’re still having a lot of fun. I think the team to watch out for is Fluffy Bunnies. They can win it all.”

As volleyball comes to an end on Oct. 6, men’s and women’s basketball will come to an end Oct. 7.

“I played basketball in high school, so a group of friends and I decided to try intramu-rals,” said freshman Brandon Hadely. “My team (Le Pepe Le Pop) is 2-2 right now. We’re having a lot of fun. I think Charlie Sheen’s team is pretty dangerous and is a favorite to win it all.”

Even though volleyball and basketball will come to an end soon, racquetball and flag football will beginning. Racquetball starts on Oct. 10 whereas flag football starts on Oct. 17.

“Flag football has always been a pretty interesting and impressive event here on cam-pus,” said senior Ricky Marc, an official for intramurals. “As far as turnout, we continue to get higher and higher num-bers (for sign-ups) every year. Everything is being prepared for flag football to have the best turn out as possible.”

“We (The Stud Muffins) are going to go far this season- we are going to show PBA how flag football is supposed to go down,” said freshman C.J. Lu-carelli.

To make sign-ups for in-tramurals easier, PBA has made a deal with iamleagues.com. It now allows students to sign up online and particpate with their favorite intramural sports or teams. To sign up go to iamleagues.com/pba.

Game Ready: Daniel Falmlen (center) of “RX Kids Have No Game” passes Jared Reuter (11) of Nu Delta Nu to block a shot by Michael Tillett (33).

By Jennifer Rodino for the Beacon

Sailfish weekly report

Sports 7The Beacon Monday, October 3, 2011

Sophomore soccer player Kenny Hogg named playerof the week;volleyball continues impressive season

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Photo Courtesy of Jeff Fryd

A walk in the park: Dark horse, Park Vista, celebrates a victory

VolleyballTuesday @ University of Tampa, 7 p.m.

Cross CountryDisney InvitationalSaturday @ Lake Bueno Vista, Fla

VolleyballPepsi Bash at the Beach

Friday v. Sheperd University, 3 p.m., Seton Hill University, 7 p.m. Saturday v. Davis & Elkins, 10 a.m.

Men’s SoccerTuesday @ Saint Leo, 7 p.m

Men’s SoccerFriday @ Rollins Col-lege, 7 p.m

Women’s SoccerFriday vs. Nova South-eastern, Home, 4 p.m.

C h r i s t i v a l 2 0 11Christival 2011 featured speak-er J.R. Vassar from New York. Also, musical worship from The Zach Williams Band, alumni from Palm Beach Atlantic Uni-versity. With only five meet-ings, Vassar has challenged students to new depths in their faith.

Photos by David Fox

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